At the start of the second quarter, Van Gundy switched to a new lineup, or a half-new lineup, which they used in the regular season.

Center Moxi, power forward Marcus Camby, small forward Larry Johnson, shooting guard Sprewell plus point guard Arenas.

From a certain point of view, this lineup can be called a heavy tank lineup, these five people except for Camby, the physical fitness is excellent, and they all have good strength, even rookie Arenas, his upper body strength is also considered to be above average among point guards, and the Lakers' backup point guard Lynch Hunter is just a mediocre qualified backup point guard, the Knicks are really planning to push Staples this time.

Arenas dribbled quickly through the halfcourt, in the words of Chris Charles, who was previously traded: "The Knicks actually chose to use Mark Jackson instead of me, and I walked faster than Mark Jackson dribbled." Although there is a lot of anger in it, it is also undeniably exposed that there are a lot of problems, and the Knicks' pace is too slow, especially after they use such an "old" point guard.

And now, the Knicks suddenly changed their style and replaced them with a rookie point guard with full impact, the Knicks' rhythm doesn't know how much faster, although this is also a hidden danger, but Van Gundy has already prepared, he plans to let Arenas play like Iverson, focus on offense, and leave the responsibility of the organization to Sprewell and Mo Xi to deal with, which is also another way to let Mo Xi rest, but from off the court to on the court, at least the offensive pressure on Mo Xi will not be so great.

But what Van Gundy never expected was that these two boys from Los Angeles would play like this in Staples..." Unsympathetic" basketball.

Arenas quickly got rid of the opponent with the help of Thomas's cover, and in the face of a fairly good shot, Arenas magically resisted the desire to shoot, although others had already come to the air early to start jumping, but at the last moment he dodged Brian Shaw who was making up the defense, and picked the ball into the hands of Mo Xi.

O'Neal also returned to the court at the beginning of the second quarter, because the Lakers had been Kobe Bryant leading the offense in the first quarter, so O'Neal had plenty of energy and physical strength to firmly block Moxi's offensive position.

Ink began to dig deep again, and O'Neal began to be pushed under the basket imperceptibly.

O'Neal realized that this was a prelude to Moxi's shot, and he was highly focused, ready to pounce at any time to prevent the hook shot that Mo Xi was likely to choose.

Immediately after, I saw Mo Xi half-turn, his hand raised, and he replaced it with an arc.

Hook?!

O'Neal squeezed forward, intending to cover the ball before Mo Xi made a move, but he soon found that the route of Mo Xi's ball did not seem to be towards the basket, but under the basket!

As soon as O'Neal turned around, he saw that Arenas had plunged into the basket at some point, and Moxi's pass appeared on Arenas' forward path at this moment, and when Arenas received the ball, the man was just under the basket, and Arenas hit a layup on the sideways board.

The combination of Moxi and Arenas is just the beginning.

Soon, the two of them joined hands and staged another good show.

Arenas did not wait for Mercy to enter the basket like Mark Jackson, but at the same time as he disassembled the ball horizontally to the ground, Mercy jumped to catch the ball to the free throw line, and Arenas himself ran all the way to the baseline and went straight to the basket with the cover of Camby.

Mo Xi's starting hand is a three-threat action, O'Neal is one step away from Mo Xi, Mo Xi's shooting speed is not too fast, and the distance of one step is enough for O'Neal to come forward to defend.

Mo Xi didn't intend to force one to hit O'Neal, and another hit the ground and passed to Arenas, who cut into the basket.

O'Neal's reaction to this ball was very fast, when Mo Xi hit the ground, O'Neal had already run to the basket, as soon as Arenas received the ball, he felt a black cloud overhead, but Arenas didn't look at who it was, he directly passed the ball back to Mo Xi.

Mo Xi took a step forward to receive the ball, and then raised his hand directly to make a mid-range shot, the Lakers' defense was completely disrupted, and the Knicks' offensive core Mo Xi was completely empty.

The performance of the two continued.

It's another pick-and-roll coordination, but this time, Arenas is not so easy to talk to, after all, he has played two excellent cooperations, no matter what, this time he has to play according to his own will.

After the corner block, Arenas took a few quick steps forward, and suddenly a pull-up jumper made Lynch Hunter only had time to reach out his arms before Arenas had already made a move. Although the shot selection was a little far-fetched, Arenas still scored the ball.

That's not good! Phil Jackson frowned off the court, and just four minutes after Arenas came on the court, the Knicks played a wave of 11:4 mini-climax Phil Jackson decided to replace Kobe Bryant immediately to curb the Knicks' offensive momentum from the situation, Phil Jackson gave Kobe a very clear instruction to Kobe, leave Sprewell alone, and defend the zero kid who came out of nowhere on the opposite side.

So, the Knicks' "MA" combination met "OK" for the first time.

Arenas has played against Iverson, one of the best guards in the league, and before that, Arenas has always been unconvinced that once he has those opportunities, he will not do worse than them, but against the 76ers, Arenas, although he is still supporting himself with pride, has to admit that he is not very the opponent of the top scorers in the league.

Although Arenas is a little petty, but in the face of victory, he is still very persistent, he knows that he can't beat Kobe, according to Mo Xi, if he can't beat now, he can't beat him, and after three years, he is him, and now he wants to win.

Arenas decisively handed the ball to Moxi, who was raised by the high post.

Arenas started running with Moxi.

Mo Xi did not directly come to a hand-to-hand cooperation, but after receiving the ball, Sigma turned around, faced O'Neal, directly lowered the center of gravity, accelerated, and killed from the diagonal side, seemingly getting farther and farther away from Arenas.

O'Neill followed closely step by step, but he didn't dare to be too fast, he knew that once he grabbed a step and blocked Mo Xi's offensive line, Mo Xi would inevitably directly turn around and squeeze him to the outside, calmly shooting.

But at the moment, this is also extremely beneficial to Mo Xi.

Mercy suddenly made a behind-the-back pass, Arenas quickly diagonally to receive the ball, and then half-turned to block Kobe Bryant who was following behind him, and passed the ball to the basket.

At this time, Mo Xi really turned around and stuck O'Neal on the side of the baseline and inserted it directly into the basket.

O'Neill plans to defend against Mo Xi's ball, but after all, he is on the outside and can't restrict Mo Xi's movement, and once such a ball makes Mo Xi rush, even he can't cover Mo Xi, of course, it's the same way around, but now it's Mo Xi who is attacking.

Mo Xi received a half-high ball from Arenas, squatted slightly, and then burst into flames, slamming his left hand sideways.

The Knicks seem to have found their rhythm.