The two sides entered the final showdown, and the Knicks were in full swing, although the difference was not big at this time, but anyone who is used to the Knicks' style of play knows that it is very painful to be led by the Knicks in the fourth quarter, because it means that if you want to win, you have to put at least ten times more effort than usual to attack. Pen & Fun & Pavilion www.biquge.info

At the beginning of the fourth quarter, the Bulls made personnel adjustments, and Hojberg and Artest, who performed well in the third quarter, both played, although Brand was rested, Artest's muscle offensive was still a headache for Van Gundy, after all, Johnson was a little older, and his physical strength was not as good as in the past, and the fourth quarter must have to rest for a period of time before he could play, before that, he could only rely on the bench to withstand it, but for the sake of safety, Van Gundy still put Sprewell on the court as insurance.

Van Gundy proved to be the right choice, and just two minutes later, Hojberg and Artest hit three-pointers to put the score within five in an instant.

In Van Gundy's anxious gaze, Sprewell stepped up, although Sprewell's three-point hand was not good in this game, he still used his own way to relieve the pressure on the team, forced a breakthrough and caused the opponent to foul, 2+1.

Knicks at this time on the court almost only Sprewell has the ability to attack independently, so he has been taken care of by the Bulls, Van Gundy frowned slightly, the Knicks now need a scoring master on the bench, so that the team will not appear dumb in the rotation stage, but when I think of the urine of the Knicks management, Van Gundy's heart is cold, but look at the court, Van Gundy also sighed a little unlucky, he wants to find offensive players, but he can always meet players with great defensive potential.

With eight minutes remaining, Van Gundy took advantage of a dead-ball opportunity to bring on the main lineup, but replaced Sprewell with Camby, allowing the latter to rest off the court, and Johnson moved to the small forward position.

Before going on the court, Van Gundy approached Johnson and said to him: "When you get on the court, talk to that rookie named Artest more." ”

The two had been working together for a long time, and Johnson vaguely guessed Van Gundy's thoughts and said, "You're trying to poach him?" But he's a rookie. ”

In the league, there are very few who trade them in their first year of rookies, unless it is some second-round end pick, which may be used as an addition to some trades, and as for Artest, who is still in the middle of the first-round pick, probably the Bulls will not let go.

Van Gundy explained to Johnson: "I know we have to get him at least until his rookie contract expires, and I want you to talk to him a little bit more and make him feel a little bit more about the Knicks, and his style of play suits us, doesn't it?" It is perfectly possible to consider as your successor. ”

With a knee injury, Johnson, who is far less in shape than back then, is already starting to consider retiring, and at present, after he retires, it will probably be Camby who will be in the position of power forward, but at this time, seeing Artest's performance, Van Gundy feels that this is simply a natural Knicks.

Indeed, in terms of Artest's style and personality that can be seen from the future, no matter which Nix is absolutely in line with the temperament, it is almost a natural match.

Johnson nodded, his retirement was approaching, and he was already starting to gradually learn some of the things of the team's management and start preparing himself for the future.

What's the best way for a person to remember themselves? It's to blow him up in what he does best. Artest is already extremely good at this time, but even so, how can it be compared to boxing enthusiast Larry Johnson, there is also a technique called fighting in the Knicks' lineage, the last person is Charles Oakley, in Johnson's opinion, the next person is probably Artest.

But after the first goal on the court, Johnson did not choose to single Artest directly, and there are some things to show subtly.

The Knicks handed the ball to the interior and singled Simpkins with the ball in the low post. Although Mo Xi occupies an absolute advantage in the low post, this ball is definitely not easy to play, and Camby can't limit much to Brand, once Mo Xi turns around and attacks inside, he will inevitably face the opponent's two inside lines, and Camby's offensive ability is only limited to the basket, and the ball has no meaning in the past, and Mo Xi can only choose to divide the ball outside.

Houston received the ball, observed the situation, and consumed some time before Mo Xi used his physical advantage to take the position again, this time, stuck outside the three-second zone under the basket. Houston quickly got the ball back.

Mo Xi received the ball again, at this time the offensive time was running out, there were still eight seconds, because he was near the basket, Mo Xi did not need much movement to complete the attack on the basket, Artest planned to come up directly to wrap the clamp, not to let Mo Xi easily complete the offensive action.

It was at this time that Johnson made a move and forcibly collided with Artest, and then the two became entangled, and Johnson, who was proficient in boxing, instantly suppressed Artest, and Artest lost the opportunity to wrap up the first time.

Mo Xi dribbled inward, then the force of the recoil turned from the outside, made a 180° turn, and then hooked his left hand.

It's a pity that Mo Xi's left hand hooked the goods and still didn't get home, and the ball was a little too big and hit the other side of the basket.

At this time, Brand's inexperienced side appeared, he failed to use his physical advantage to jam Camby, let the latter jump, with excellent physical fitness, Camby pressed the opponent to win this frontcourt rebound, and made a layup.

The Bulls offense, back to the triangle offense system. The dimly defended Kukoc, who was defended by Sprewell in the game, has only scored once in an open game so far, and his poor shooting percentage has made him hesitate.

Kukoc didn't hesitate for long, as the team's leading scorer, he had to shoot, he had to shoot, even if he took the blame for it, but he still shot because he was Kukoc.

With constant passing rotations, Kukoc is in the right corner position at this time, which is not his sweet spot, but Houston is a little shorter than him and does not interfere with him very effectively.

But Cookzi's shot was deflected, and under Sprewell's tight defense, Kukoc could be said to have no touch at all.

At this time, Artest wanted to use his strength to force the frontcourt rebound, but as soon as he rushed halfway, he was squeezed out of the way, it was Johnson, Johnson used his control of his body to block Artest again.

The rebound was picked up by Camby, and the Knicks went on offense.

The ball was once again given to the inside line Mo Xi's hands, but this time it was replaced by Brand defense, Mo Xi's strength still has nothing to do with Brand for the time being, the two are deadlocked in the baseline position, but Mo Xi also has a pretty good low post technique, just when the Bulls put all their attention on the inside line, Johnson started to act again, pushed away Artest, quickly inserted the inside line, Artest also quickly followed up to make up for the defense, but at this time, Mo Xi's pass also arrived, Johnson and Artest launched another power duel.

"Bang~"

A loud bang was heard, and Johnson flew into the air with what little bounce he had left, crashing into Artest's violent dunk.

After the first blow was successful, Johnson pulled Artest, put his arm around his shoulders and said, "Hey, rookie, you're in good health, are you interested in boxing with me?" You can always come to me during your break. ”

So under a strange deal that I don't know how it was facilitated, the protagonist of the violent incident in the arena of the Megatron League in the future met the white-bearded old man and began his journey of being divorced and remarried.

Not to mention that Johnson continued to have a "pleasant" exchange with Artest, and at three minutes, Sprewell returned to the court to replace Houston, who had scored 24 points, and Kurt Thomas came on to replace Moxi

The Knicks began to focus entirely on defense and began the final game of the game.

Under the Knicks' heavy defense, the Bulls didn't score a point in the last three minutes.

At the end of the game, the Knicks defeated the Bulls 88-74, and the successor of the leader, Kukoc, was in tears by Sprewell's defense in this game, shooting 1 of 14 and only relying on free throws to score nine points.

Despite being back-to-back games, the Knicks started the season well with a strong playoff underdog, and they also got a day off to recuperate, and soon a day later, they had to take on the Detroit Pistons.