The third quarter gradually heated up under the leadership of two super centers.

The two strongest centers of the new century are all on fire, and this is not only a life-and-death battle in the finals for them, but also a battle of dignity.

The game continued in the third quarter, but this time the proportion of two people playing singles was gradually decreasing, and they began to join the teamwork, perhaps these two people have been playing like this and it is a little boring.

The two of them began to add this action command to their action sheets, but in this regard, O'Neal, who has been accustomed to doing everything by himself, is obviously not as smooth as Mo Xi, O'Neal tossed and turned just a few times, either to the outside to shoot, or to the outside to Kobe Bryant's singles, or to the person behind him who slipped the bottom line, although, these three are like Kobe Bryant is doing it alone.

And Mo Xi's response on this side is obviously not comparable to O'Neal, Mo Xi sometimes mentions the high position, withdraws the basket, creates space for teammates' running, or covers in the high position, hand-to-hand pass cooperation, or simply a low post advancement, push and push directly to the middle line, there must be someone cut in from here, or a fake turn, suddenly a point to the bottom corner, Houston feint to shoot, dribble to the three-point line, directly stop the jump shot, Even Mo Xi simply relied on his mid-range ability and excellent vision, simply stood at the free throw line, looked at the whole court unscrupulously, and as soon as the three-threat action came out, O'Neal also had a headache.

For a while, contrary to everyone's expectations, O'Neill seemed to be suppressed on the scene.

That being said, the score between the two sides didn't stretch away, and the Knicks slightly led the Lakers by two points, but against a defensive team like the Knicks, two points behind is not good news.

O'Neal continued to play in the low post, but this time something unexpected happened and Houston stepped forward to flank him.

Although Houston seems to be weak and has the same style as the original ink, but there has never been a wrong nickname in this league, Houston's "H20" is not only about his mid-range shooting and running, but also about his defense. Houston's defense, while not particularly good, is surprising that they can defend any type of player, thanks to the good foundation he laid in the Motor City of Detroit early in his career, after all, Detroit has been doing this for eight generations.

Houston's normal defender is Rick Fox, except for Fisher, the Lakers' other people did not get much rest in this game, mainly because the Lakers' bench lineup faced the Knicks' bench, and it was really a bit of a jump-and-jump posture when they met, so that Rick Fox, who was not outstanding on offense and had consumed a lot of physical strength, was vacated.

O'Neal thought for a while, and didn't force the attack, after all, with Mo Xi behind him, he was not very comfortable, and with a Houston, it was even more uncomfortable.

O'Neal hit two more shots, found that there was still no chance, and quickly deflected the ball to Rick Fox before Houston could get his hands on it.

Rick Fox said that the Lakers didn't spend so much money to bring me in not to make me attack. Rick Fox still had a good three-point shot in the early years, plus all aspects of the game, and was once considered the successor of Bird during the Celtics period, but unfortunately he couldn't play due to injury, and now, Rick Fox's scoring is more dependent on the second offensive score after grabbing the rebound in the front court.

Rick Fox hesitated after receiving the ball, but it wasn't too long, and he still chose to make a decisive shot, not intending to give up this hard-won open three-point opportunity.

However, Rick Fox is no longer the all-round forward produced by the Green Army back then, and this three-point shot is a little off.

O'Neal and Mo Xi are entangled together, when it comes to rebounding skills, it is obviously O'Neal who is better, but Mo Xi also has his own countermeasures, I can't get a rebound, you don't want to go over to grab a rebound, the two of them are entangled to death.

So the basket went straight to the rampage and stuffed five people.

Kobe Bryant, Robert Horry plus the Knicks' Sprewell, Houston and Thomas.

The Knicks had a clear numerical advantage, but Kobe Bryant took the lead and got the ball first.

However, then Thomas was quick and slapped the ball out.

The ball is outside the three-point line.

In the middle of the third quarter, Ward came off the bench, but Ward's rebounding ability was much worse than that of Mark Jackson and Arenas, and Fisher, as a member of the power point guard, naturally had some ability in rebounding, just a small turn, and Ward was blocked behind.

Just as the Knicks were about to lose this defensive rebound, Ward jumped to push the ball out, another destruction, this time Houston, who was closer to the outside, turned around and controlled the ball, Rick Fox was hurrying over from the other side, but it was obviously a step too late, and the Knicks launched a counterattack. 】

It's a pity that this time the Knicks' personnel are too far behind, and the Lakers successfully defended the Knicks' fast-break counterattack.

With the escalation of the firefight between the two sides, O'Neal found that his ability to respond seemed to be really a bit of a problem, at this point in the last round of the Western Conference Finals, he was seriously hit by two inside lines in one breath, and now when he meets Mo Xi again, O'Neal feels that Mo Xi's strategy ability is average, just a little better than himself. So O'Neill simply entered the low singles mode.

Mo Xi began to restrain his brilliance, and the proportion of the ball began to increase, and the Knicks have maintained a two-point advantage, not allowing the Lakers to tie or overtake.

The third quarter of the game was completely a war turned upside down, in the regular season, the Knicks and the Lakers played against each other, O'Neal and Mo Xi played a similar center single challenge, but obviously the technical and tactical level shown by the two people in that game was definitely not as strong as it is now, it seems that both of them kept a hand at that time, or rather, in the middle of this small period of time, these two people have improved to varying degrees.

After the third quarter, Staples Sri was already hot, even in the hot summer, I am afraid it could not withstand the scorching heat wave here, there is no doubt that this time Los Angeles vs. New York, really played the effect that people want to see.

At present, the Knicks lead the Lakers by two points at 78:76, Mo Xi cut 30 points, 11 rebounds, 8 assists and 2 blocks, while O'Neal is 34 points, 15 rebounds, 3 assists and 4 blocks.

Next will be the fourth quarter of the decisive stage, in the fourth quarter, the victory or defeat is often decided by the outside players, even if the Lakers have a big killer like O'Neal, in the fourth quarter, the Lakers' offensive arrow was also replaced by Kobe, but what about the Knicks?

Although the Knicks have two guns in the backcourt, but the two of them together may probably be able to wrestle with Kobe Bryant, but it is difficult to do so, Mo Xi's efforts are to prepare for the fourth quarter.

Phil Jackson was secretly frowning off the court and thinking about the opposite side's tactical ideas.