Chapter 114: Victory Belongs to the Knicks
This may be the first time O'Neal has played so tired in the playoffs, when the Lakers' outside line fell into a dumb situation, O'Neal had to stand up and give the Knicks a little color like the last game, O'Neal did this, but obviously, the result was not satisfactory, Mo Xi actually formed a certain degree of single defense against O'Neal, the most important thing is that Mo Xi didn't even take a few fouls, and O'Neal's free throws in this game were almost miserable, The Lakers are simply looking at O'Neal with an unbelievable look at this, but the Knicks are very happy, and even some New York fans have begun to chant Chris Dudley's name, because Chris Dudley has set the "best" free throw data in the league, which is beyond the reach of even Rondo or Howard later. Pen? Interesting? Pavilion wWw. biquge。 info
O'Neal's offense is starting to get a little impatient, his shots are getting faster and faster, and he is getting more and more undisciplined, so that unless he completely pushes Mo Xi away, it is really difficult to get a good chance to score.
O'Neill is really starting to show what kind of quality he has as the best center forward at this stage, he doesn't just play with the wind, he can stand up even if the team is in trouble. O'Neill asks for the ball at a 45-degree waist.
Brian Shaw passed the ball to O'Neal with a powerful blow, so that O'Neal could directly attack Mo Xi after receiving the ball, and sure enough, after O'Neal received the ball, with a force of impact, O'Neal directly slapped Mo Xi back, and Mo Xi was pushed back and trembled.
O'Neal seemed a little unhappy with this, and he strode around while knocking Mo Xi away with his shoulder, and O'Neal seemed to be planning to force a wreak havoc on the Knicks' interior.
It's just that Mo Xi will never watch it like this, Mo Xi was pushed away by half a step, but Mo Xi did not give up the defense, Mo Xi turned over, and used the way of turning his back to go around in front of O'Neal, but O'Neill didn't seem to take Mo Xi's defense this time as a thing, although before that, Mo Xi had successfully defended O'Neal several times.
O'Neal held the ball in both hands and slammed it hard, and his strong shoulders slammed into Mo Xi again.
Mo Xi also puffed up his strong chest again to meet it.
But obviously, O'Neal's attack this time is not simple, O'Neal's shoulder leaned up, but unexpectedly, O'Neal didn't have any strength, just when Mo Xi was also a little confused, he suddenly felt a strong force in front of him, O'Neal actually stuck to Mo Xi's body before he began to exert his strength, Mo Xi was caught off guard for a while, and was directly pushed away, and O'Neal jumped directly to dunk.
Mo Xi was completely out of position, O'Neal was about to start wreaking havoc on the Knicks' basket, at this time, Mo Xi didn't know where the courage came from, he stood up and pressed on O'Neal's shoulder, trying to pull him down from the air, but O'Neal, who had obviously rushed up, was really unstoppable, Mo Xi failed to stop O'Neal, but took a foul of his own.
At this time, O'Neill has pretended to be weak and crazy, in fact, this big man who looks optimistic seems to be a very funny person, but this does not affect him, he has a kind of self-esteem for victory, for himself is beyond ordinary people, maybe in the eyes of others this is called conceit. (In the finals the following year, O'Neal just thought he could beat Mutombo, but in fact, it was not considered a success, he was still limited in a few games, and O'Neal's retirement was also because he really couldn't play the ball, it is hard to imagine that a person who can do a minute without stopping in the finals and cut 40+20 will be in an ordinary regular season, and after only playing for five minutes, he will return to the locker room and lie on the ground like a dead dog panting)
It's just that it turns out that people with such conceited hearts, without exception, have achieved hegemony in the end.
Mo Xi got up from the ground, O'Neill was very strong, but Mo Xi faintly told himself in his heart that perhaps, he was not that strong.
Moxi's idea soon became a reality, the Knicks once again wrapped up O'Neal, O'Neal had to transfer the ball again, Harper hit two three-pointers, but it seemed a drop in the bucket, because the Knicks' outside offense was completely opened, and after Houston's unforbiddenly hit three three-pointers in a row, Phil Jackson also had to call a timeout, but what was completely unimaginable was that after this timeout, waiting for the Lakers was three three-pointers in a row, Respectively from Sprewell, Johnson and Ward, in the first three quarters of the Knicks, only Houston shot two three-pointers, Phil Jackson thought that the rest of the Knicks in this game would not have such a good touch, but who knows, the Lakers put too much defensive attention on Houston, so that when several other people received the ball outside the three-point line and shot, the defender opposite him was still staring at Houston's run.
O'Neal's single-core Lakers were still missing some ammunition after all, and the Los Angeles were suppressed on New York turf, and the Lakers had to suffer their first Finals loss at Madison Square Garden.
The Lakers eventually lost the game 87-100, and it is interesting that O'Neal missed 14 free throws despite still scoring 30+14 statistics, which is really interesting.
After the game, it is natural that someone will ask this question "without long eyes", when will O'Neal overcome his own free throw demons?
O'Neal gave what is arguably the league's most bragging point to date, but it's also true, a trash talk that isn't trash: "I guess everything has its reasons, and at the level of my current strength, if I shoot 80 percent from the free-throw line, don't you think it's scary?" So my terrible free throws made me look more approachable, and if I had the same shooting percentage as Reggie Miller, would I have to talk nonsense with you guys? Don't I look like a fairy? ”
After saying this, Reggie Miller was the first to agree, after all, O'Neal, a "child", is still quite good at being a person, at least Miller feels that he is very comfortable being praised.
The two main contributors to the Knicks' win in this game are Houston and Mo Xi, the former scored 30 points with five three-pointers, and the latter, although only 11 points, 4 rebounds and 2 assists were recorded, but everyone who watched the game at the scene, even the people who sat in the farthest distance, were so impressed by Mo Xi, swept away the usual bookish atmosphere, and now Mo Xi is like a cream boy from Boston, walked into a black restaurant, and then, walked out of a lumberjack from Minnesota.
The Knicks won their first home win to 1:2, and life or death is still unknown, but at the same time, there is another unexpected storm brewing.