115. Battle of New York

On June 14, 2002, Game 5 of the Major Basketball Finals began as scheduled at Madison Square Garden in New York.

I don't know if it's people's illusion, but today's opening ceremony at Madison Square Garden is particularly shocking and exciting.

When the Knicks came out, the cheers of the entire Madison Square Garden never stopped, and the live DJ seemed to be moved by the fact that they said a few more words when introducing everyone.

"No. 32 Osara Harrington, another center graduated from Georgetown University, although this is a Washington university, seems to be a little more helpful to us in New York."

"No. 21 Charlie Ward, he started his career here, and to this day, he's always been the most reliable one in our No. 1 position."

"No. 23 Marcus Camby, he's our best inside shield, the best, no one, thank you! Marcus! ”

"No. 35 Clarence Witherpombo, although he has only just joined the new team, but his excellent rebounding ability has made up for the Knicks."

"Then, No. 2 Larry Johnson, it is said that our aunt wanted to retire last season, but under the persuasion of Ewing and others, he chose to stay and fight for the last year, thank you! Larry! ”

"And then our amazing two-wheeler, Gilbert Arenas at Zero, and to be honest, I don't think any of us ever thought he would do that, the Knicks would be different because of him, but that's just the way it is."

"Oh oh oh, look who's coming! Beasts of the East! P-Rick – Ewing – Protector of New York! This is your New York, and you're the center of New York! Good luck, Pat! ”

"Next up are our starting lads.

First of all, our old guy assists King Mark Jackson, welcome home, and soon after coming back to the stage of the finals, it must feel dreamy, right?

Aha, our Iron Gate, No. 40 Kurt Thomas, he has the blood of New York's oldest Iron Legion in his veins, gorgeous, cool, none of this has anything to do with him, he just needs to tear apart his opponent!

Next, mad man, our No. 8, No. 8 in New York, Latriel Spreville! The Knicks have come to this day, and this outside line has contributed a lot, and his name deserves to be on the ring!

And then, H20, Captain Alan Houston! The Knicks' most consistent outside scoring point is a nightmare for all enemies, and it is also the Knicks flag!

Finally~"

Seeing the tall figure of the last one to appear, the entire Madison Square Garden erupted into a huge wave of sound, which really wanted to lift the roof of the venue, and countless blue and orange towels waved in the air, as if converging into a different wave.

"Thirty from Georgetown University—pity—ink—"

It's just a pity that the DJ doesn't add a word of embellishment.

In the player's tunnel, a tall figure walked forward steadily.

Even if the light is dim, he can only be seen through this searchlight, but he is still so shocking.

Quite seven feet tall, the exposed part of the vest and shorts can be seen like marble-like muscles, although the soft facial features seem to be painted with flowing ink, but the neat board still makes the whole person look powerful, under this light, those eyes sparkle, revealing a terrifying power, those eyes seem to have a magical power, anyone who dares to look at him will be turned into a stone statue.

Mo Xi appeared.

The Lakers, who were already under heavy pressure, suddenly burst like a big balloon after seeing Mo Xi play, and it burst in an instant, and the whole momentum was leaked out.

O'Neill snorted coldly and didn't say anything. History is always made by people, and now his teammates are a little tempted to throw in the towel without playing. O'Neill usually looks like he is giggling, but when it comes to victory, he values it more than anyone else.

After a long time, the battle for New York finally began.

Murphy and O'Neal stepped onto the halfway line and prepared to start jumping.

The two centers looked at each other, and silent and colorless sparks kept popping out between the two men.

"Toot ~"

The referee blew the whistle.

Look at the route of the ball, two people jump at the same time, no, no, Mo Xi's jump is earlier, faster.

This time, Mo Xi finally jumped to the first attack in O'Neal's hands, and the Knicks got the first attack right.

There was no special change in the Knicks' first shot, and Mark Jackson pushed slowly at his usual pace, and when it came to halftime, he first protected the ball, and then began to look at the whole court.

Mo Xi stepped forward and mentioned the high-level blocking.

Mark Jackson dribbled forward to cover Fisher, but instead of passing the ball to Murphy, Mark Jackson continued to move forward.

It was Thomas, Thomas appeared on the flank at 45 degrees, which was a pseudo-double screen, and Mark Jackson quickly pulled his body this time, pulled sideways, and threw the ball to Thomas, who took another step towards the horns.

Thomas received the ball and threw it straight into the field.

To everyone's surprise, the Knicks' first shot turned out to be Thomas, who had the lowest scoring sequence in the starting lineup.

Thomas's mid-range shot was good, but the ball was a bit too powerful, smashed directly into the back edge of the basket, and bounced out, which was a long rebound.

O'Neill turned around, wanting to jam Mo Xi behind him, but Mo Xi's reaction was faster, and he also turned around, but it was just a reverse turn, which happened to be staggered with O'Neal, although from the point of land, Mo Xi was farther than O'Neill, but Mo Xi's turn was faster.

But O'Neal and Mo Xi didn't touch the ball, the first to touch the ball was Kobe Bryant, Kobe Bryant put the ball up a little under the entanglement of Sprewell, Sprewell pounced, but Kobe didn't get the rebound at the first time, O'Neal and Mo Xi followed.

The four of them jumped together, and this time there was no positional advantage, only a purely physical confrontation.

In the air, O'Neal outwitted all opponents, squeezed everyone out of the way, and pocketed the rebound.

O'Neal gave the ball directly to Kobe Bryant.

But then he was dumbfounded, Mo Xi directly reached out to knock the ball away, Sprewell quickly bent down to pick up the ball, and then turned around and rushed directly to the basket.

Kobe Bryant and O'Neal wanted to chase the defense, but they were cleverly blocked by Moxi, and Sprewell didn't make any fancy moves, and a simple dunk scored the first point for the Knicks.

O'Neill looked annoyed, he wanted to win so much, he unconsciously brought some recklessness in his actions, but Mo Xi was the kind of meticulous type, good at seizing every opportunity.

Absolutely not messy, absolutely not messy, I still have a chance. O'Neill kept talking to himself in his heart.

What O'Neill faces is the temptation to start a dynasty! This is something that even Olajuwon has never done!