Van Gundy's adjustment of defensive strategy is very effective, first of all, Robert Horry, who is playing the fourth position, is not a physical forward player, and Camby's feet are flexible, and it is absolutely more than enough to defend Horry, plus Camby's height advantage, Horry's shooting is not released, so that although it reduces the pressure on the Lakers' outside because of Thomas's existence, it can effectively limit the Lakers' center and power forward, in other words, The Lakers' interior offense has been scrapped by half, and it will be up to Sprewell to see if he can defend against Kobe.

But what Phil Jackson didn't expect was that Van Gundy's substitution was not over, and soon, a few rounds later, Van Gundy was replaced by Larry Johnson.

Phil Jackson's face was crimson at this time, as if he was constipated.

Van Gundy's statement is obvious, I'm just bullying you There is no one on the bench, and the Lakers players are really not comparable to this iron-blooded army in the East in terms of physical fitness, except for the center, the Lakers are at a disadvantage in physical confrontation in other positions, even Kobe Bryant and Fisher, these two people are already in the second half of their careers when they gain weight.

All of a sudden, the Knicks changed their offensive style, and they didn't pay attention to the combination of inside and outside, in short, they just turned their backs to the inside.

Mark Jackson turned his back, bent down, and arched at Fisher, and after arching for three or four seconds, Mark Jackson quickly shifted the ball laterally to Larry Johnson.

Instead of immediately backing Fox, Johnson chose to dribble to the other side before starting to push with his back.

However, Rick Fox's mind did not appear any powerful impact, and he only felt that after Johnson pushed him a few times, his body was loosened.

But what about the balls?

Not long after Larry Johnson turned his back, he smashed directly into his crotch, hit the ground through the small goal and sent the ball directly inside, where Mo Xi pseudo Sprewell made a cover, Sprewell went directly to the bottom line, with the help of Mo Xi's cover to shake off Kobe's defense, catch Larry Johnson's pass, and raise his hand is a backhand layup.

Hit.

Phil Jackson suddenly stood up from his chair, how could such an ingenious tactic come from Van Gundy, and why did it look so familiar, like the King's Princeton, but it was far from that.

The Knicks then defended another wave of attacks from the Lakers, and they played another wave of rather flashy offense in the surprised eyes of the New Yorkers.

Mark Jackson hobs the ball to Moxi.

Mo Xi received the ball in the corner position, with his back to O'Neal, but Mo Xi did not make any offensive moves, just smashed the ball to the floor in the middle and hit the ground to pass.

Sprewell showed up again, but this time he didn't get rid of Kobe, but he didn't care. When he got to the basket, he gave the ball directly to Marcus Camby, who was on the baseline.

Camby's mid-range shooting ability is not fully developed, but in the face of Horry's defense, Camby is not going to attack with his slightly weird shot, Camby touches his feet, overtakes directly from the outside, and forcibly attacks the basket.

"Bang Dang ·~"

With a bang, Camby dropped himself directly to the basket, and the Knicks scored two points quickly again with a different offensive rhythm.

Phil Jackson vowed that after one more round, he would definitely remember where he had seen such an offensive pattern, which relied entirely on the player's ability to push forward, coupled with the fluidity of his passes, and would definitely not be unknown.

The Knicks fulfilled Phil Jackson's request, and here they were again.

This time the attack started with Larry Johnson. Johnson's age is not too old, but the knee injury has seriously affected his daily life, and his idea of retirement is not so incomprehensible, although Johnson's defensive ability and foot movement at the moment are a little regressive, but his one-handed three-point shot, coupled with excellent back-to-back shooting skills, is enough for Fox to drink a pot.

Johnson squeezed in with Fox, the two were not of the same tonnage at all, Johnson easily squeezed into the three-second zone, but he didn't rush to shoot, but split the ball again and gave it to Mark Jackson diagonally across his corner.

Mark Jackson also pushed forward, squeezing Fisher to the waist position, and when he got here, he quickly distributed the ball and gave it to the high post.

Mo Xi turned his back after receiving the ball, although he pushed inside will not be as devastating as Johnson playing Fox, but it also gave the Lakers a lot of pressure, but Mo Xi's advance did not seem to be so resolute, he pushed less than a second, and passed the ball out, and Sprewell received the ball and hit the basket.

At this time, the basket is already full of people, and from any point of view, this is not a reasonable choice.

Just when the Lakers were wondering, Sprewell split the ball.

Mo Xi receives the ball and throws it directly from the free throw line.

“￥%……#……%@*（）&（）”

Phil Jackson's eyes were raging with rage, he knew what tactic this was, which team's tactic it was, and whose tactic it was!

This is clearly the tactics of the last era, at that time there was not even a three-point line, but the Knicks just used this wolf-run style of play to blast down the terrible data of 130 points per game, such data, even today is an unattainable thing, not to mention that there was no three-point line at that time.

Phil Jackson felt a panache in his chest, Los Angeles had just finished mocking New York for its rich heritage, but it didn't have a few championships, and now New York has come up with an ancient set of tactics to deal with him, what is this? A slap in the face? Even if it's a slap in the face, who will mock you, who are you going to beat, what is bullying me here?

In the face of this ancient tactic, Phil Jackson is also a headache, the most critical point is that the Knicks' lineup on the court is too suitable for the core idea of this tactic except for Camby, using back-to-back technology to advance, while quickly transferring the ball to compress the opponent's space, or the opposite, opening up the space, leaving space for back-to-back offense, while constantly impacting the basket.

Phil Jackson never expected that the Knicks were originally a slow-paced team, and suddenly they started a fast offense with the Lakers, or with such an ancient tactic, the pace of the Lakers began to deviate a little, in the end, Fisher is still a little younger than Mark Jackson.

At the end of the third quarter, the Lakers' huge lead was gone, with a two-point lead at 78-76.

The Knicks held their ground and began to organize their counterattack, and from the point of view, it was quite good.