The third game started as scheduled after a short rest between the two sides, Los Angeles did not choose to come to New York a day in advance to prepare, but came to Ou New York in the morning, Phil Jackson's thinking is very obvious, Los Angeles has a great advantage, at this stage, the Lakers will definitely not take these off-board moves in vain, plus now Kobe Bryant is injured, I don't know which one can come back, at this time, maintaining the team's state and confidence is the top priority

And O'Neal, who just cut 40+20 in Los Angeles, has become the object of attention of the whole New York at the moment, for the stark contrast between himself and New York's insiders, O'Neal is good at it, saying that in fact, New York also had a chance to get him back then, but Ewing didn't do it, for a while, the spearhead of the New York media pointed at Ewing, coupled with Ewing's injury problems and declining dominance in the past two seasons, New York failed to make the Lakers have internal problems for a while, but it was his side that first appeared discordant. Pen? Interesting? Pavilion wWw. ｂiquge。 ｉｎfo

The Knicks began their battle of backs amid a wave of skepticism.

The atmosphere in the Knicks' locker room is very solemn, and for the Knicks, this is not just a battle of backwater, but even a battle of their dignity, especially the Knicks' interior line that was blown up by O'Neal by himself.

Van Gundy made some changes to the starting lineup, putting Thomas in the starting position, replacing Johnson, directly strengthening the interior defense, and even giving up the Knicks' rare Johnson outside offensive ability who can pull out space.

In this game, Mo Xi can be said to have completely adjusted his state back, and caused a lot of trouble for O'Neill as soon as he started.

O'Neill had planned to beat Mo Xi in the 45-degree waist position he was most familiar with, replicating his previous performance, but this time, Mo Xi was actually a ghost who made a god to prevent it.

O'Neal received Harper's pass, withstood Mo Xi, and planned to go inside directly against Mo Xi as usual, but this time, Mo Xi's defense was extremely resolute, and his lower body was firmly rooted on the ground in a triangular posture, O'Neal's forced advancement, in the first time, he did not push Mo Xi, but on his side, because the advance could not be completed, he was surrounded by Sprewell outside, and directly grabbed the ball in O'Neal's hand.

O'Neal frowned, O'Neal has experienced an unknown number of times like this, but the timing of Sprewell's catch is too good, it was he who didn't impress Mo Xi and was blocked on the line of the three-second zone.

O'Neill had to rely on his strength advantage and force an elbow to force Sprewell away, intending to deflect the ball.

But at this time, Mo Xi suddenly grabbed a step and clicked on the ball in O'Neal's hand, O'Neill was holding the ball, so he was a little out of his hand in an instant, and O'Neill had to take a step out, so he controlled the ball in his hand.

But after going back and forth, Sprewell and Mo Xi's double pressing, O'Neal didn't wait to deal with the ball, the referee's whistle sounded, O'Neal took the lead in three seconds, and the Lakers' opening offense was fruitless.

Although looking back, the Knicks' offense did not score, but what is surprising is that O'Neal's next wave of offense was defended by the Knicks again, unlike the last time the Knicks used the way of packing, this time, Mo Xi actually defended O'Neal alone.

O'Neill missed in his last attack and was serious when he came back. He pushed Mo Xi inside, intending to get the ball in a position near the baseline. 、

At this time, Mo Xi showed great resilience, and pushed O'Neill alive to prevent O'Neill from going deeper, and the two began a wave of fierce confrontation without the ball.

O'Neal turned to catch the ball, at this time, the Lakers' offensive time had been delayed for a long time, and O'Neal was also a little impatient, but in the face of Moxi's strong defense, O'Neal had to be cautious.

Resisting Mo Xi, O'Neal did not chisel into the inside line first, but turned around directly, pulled it out first, and went to the upper left side of the basket, Mo Xi was silent, without expression, and stubbornly used his body to block O'Neal's turning axis.

O'Neal couldn't say that he didn't plan to turn around to play this ball, he just wanted to pull out a space as a buffer and increase the intensity of the offensive basket

The reason why O'Neal is not so keen on turning and attacking when he plays Moxi is because Moxi has strength and is not slow at his feet, and turning around to attack cannot fully play O'Neal's positional advantage, which is the best offensive way for Moxi to defend O'Neal.

O'Neill quickened his pace as he elbowed his hand at Moxi.

Mo Xisheng ate this one raw, didn't say a word, and hung himself directly on O'Neill. The two of them walked straight to the basket all the way.

When he got to the basket, O'Neal suddenly exerted his strength, intending to push away Mo Xi and force him to go to the basket, but Mo Xi was soft, like a piece of paper, and ate O'Neal's strength alive, and still went up, O'Neal forced his shot, and the two jumped at the same time, O'Neal threw himself up fiercely, and Mo Xi did his best to press O'Neal down, the two of them fought in the air, Mo Xi did not fall into the wind, O'Neal forced a shot, but this ball was interfered with by Mo Xi and failed to score.

After O'Neal landed, he had to get up again, intending to force the frontcourt rebound, but at this time, Thomas and AC Green on the side also rushed up, Thomas secretly pulled Green's clothes and forced him into the basket, and while O'Neal had just landed, Thomas stole the rebound directly.

The Knicks strike back!

As one of the few teams in the East that is also very good at defensive counterattacks in the league, how can the Lakers' half-hung defense be the opponent of the Knicks, plus the Lakers' biggest defensive pillar O'Neal is still far behind, Ward controls the ball and advances directly to the frontcourt, and the Knicks don't even encounter any decent blockage.

Ward passed the ball to Sprewell, who went straight to the basket, and Harper chased after him in vain, but could only watch Sprewell put the ball into the basket.

O'Neal felt a lot of pressure in the first quarter with a defense that almost risked his life, and although he could still score, there was no doubt that the devastation he had before was gone.

O'Neal played the entire first quarter, but unlike the previous unstoppable state, O'Neal only got a measly 8 points and 4 boards in the first quarter, and more importantly, it seemed to choke O'Neal's point, and the Lakers really couldn't keep up with the firepower in other positions, and the Lakers fell behind the Knicks 21:26 in the first quarter.

For a while, the citizens of New York, who had already given up a little, seemed to see some new hope. It all stemmed from the sudden opening of the interior on the defensive end. At this time, Mo Xi was sitting on the field, secretly rubbing the painful parts of the hit, and under the jersey were bruised scars everywhere.