Chapter 120: The Knicks' Last Struggle
Obviously, although the gap between Mo Xi and O'Neal is not to the extent of the difference between cloud and mud, it is still a little worse, although Mo Xi stabilized the decline of the Knicks, but the difference between the Knicks and the Lakers is still there, but every time the Lakers want to get rid of the Knicks, Mo Xi will stand up and continue the life of the Knicks, the game has reached this juncture, and the fans in New York have not dared to breathe, for fear that their breathing will be too loud, which will affect the concentration of the players. Pen, fun, pavilion www. biquge。 info
In the last attack of the third quarter, the ball was on the side of the Lakers, and instead of giving it to O'Neal, Kobe Bryant held the ball and dribbled the ball outside the left three-point line, looking for an opportunity.
The Knicks didn't use Houston to defend the young quarterback, but instead let Sprewell defend Kobe, and it was not uncommon for Sprewell to pick up the dirty work.
Kobe Bryant is not comfortable facing Sprewell, the old quarterback, obviously you have gone to the forward position, why do you want to come back to play guard, Kobe Bryant wants to sit down with Sprewell for a cup of coffee and talk, but Sprewell's defense is too aggressive, and under constant pressure, Kobe almost lost the ball.
It is necessary to get rid of each other as soon as possible.
Kobe Bryant made up his mind, and then immediately started, Kobe first pulled to the side, pulling out half a step of space, and then seemed to plan to directly use his speed and explosiveness to force Sprewell.
To tell the truth, these two Sprewell are far inferior to Kobe, but Sprewell just slid back lightly and returned to Kobe.
Kobe frowned, he didn't expect this guy in front of him to be so difficult, as stiff as the steak made in the restaurant around the corner of his house, and he couldn't chew it without a good tooth. However, my teeth are very good.
Kobe Bryant suddenly made a big feint to change direction, Sprewell was completely unmoved, but he also pulled his center of gravity down, at this time Kobe suddenly raised his hand and threw the ball directly into the air.
Sprewell looked back, but found that there were two people in the air, the two collided directly in the air, the one who was wearing the same clothes as himself was directly overturned and fell from the air, and the other was Shi Shiran grabbed the ball and stuffed it into the basket.
O'Neal forced an aerial relay against Moxi, which was a bold attempt and Kobe's trust in O'Neal.
This goal was scored, the third quarter was basically over, and the Knicks failed to score another goal, which made them feel very uncomfortable that under the forced efforts of this quarter, they were actually pulled away by ten points, and the Knicks were already ten points behind, which is not a good sign.
Van Gundy was also a little anxious, but he didn't have any very good cards in his hand, didn't he, he thought he had caught a king and a pair of fried, and he was ready to call the landlord with a big grin, and then threw out a set of three spade aces on the opposite side, telling you that this was playing atoms, and then bowed his head, and you were a full half less than the opposite card. No matter how Van Gundy complains and complains, the Knicks are really at a critical juncture now, but at this time, almost all of these people on the Knicks have not rested, and if they continue to play according to this model, the disadvantage to the Knicks is too great, and as a last resort, Van Gundy replaced Houston and Mo Xi for the time being, so that they can rest a little, and when it comes to the critical time in the fourth quarter, the Knicks are now the two of them who have the best offensive hand.
Ewing once again put on the battle, dragging his scarred body, and once again went to the battlefield, this time, he felt that even if he fell, he would have to be on this field.
Ewing's style has changed, after coming on the court, Ewing did not use his turn-over jumper on the offensive end to destroy the opponent as in the past, but incarnated into a high-cost interior blue-collar, complement defense, rebounding and interior top defense O'Neal, Ewing all picked up on one shoulder, Ewing at this time made people feel so strange, in the early years, Ewing was criticized for his interior defense, and now, Ewing uses interior defense to prop up a piece of the Knicks' sky.
Ewing's hard support not only did not collapse, but inexplicably recovered two points, the Lakers only led by eight points, and when there were more than seven minutes left in the game, Van Gundy called a long timeout, he planned to change to a very offensive lineup, Charles, Houston, Sprewell, Larry Johnson and Moxi, Ewing, who already had some muscle cramps, was put off the court by Van Gundy, and some limping Ewing walked off the court, refusing anyone's help, he put a towel on his head and stared at the floor, Stunned.
Mo Xi wanted to step forward, but after all, he still held back, and now he stepped forward, what could he say?
The Knicks were back on the court and the game was restarted.
Now the Knicks' lineup is very interesting, this is a very thorough set of one big and four small lineups, except for Mo Xi, there is not even a Knicks side who is more than two meters. (Johnson is said to actually be only 198cm, about the same as Barkley) four people stood on the three-point line, and Mo Xi stood alone in it.
In fact, if it weren't for the Lakers, any other team would have a bit of a headache when it encountered such a crazy offensive lineup, but the Lakers have O'Neal, and he alone means that the door to the interior is half closed.
Once the interior is dumb, then the Lakers' defense can seem to be afraid to force the outside, but even if Mo Xi can score a few points under O'Neal, but in retrospect, how many balls can he defend in O'Neal's hands? And his success rate in single-playing O'Neal is not very high.
But for now, that's the best deck of cards the Knicks have in hand!
Mo Xi faced O'Neal again, he did play at a super level in this game, even he didn't expect that he had scored 8 of 16 shots, plus 7 of 8 free throws, he had already scored 23 points, and there were eight rebounds and five assists, this was simply the pinnacle of his career, however, Mo Xi sighed softly in his heart, only victory and love can not be disappointed.
Mo Xi feint and turned around, O'Neill seemed to see it, but it didn't seem to be, he still moved half a step, but this half step of space is also precious to Mo Xi, Mo Xi turned his feet, suddenly adjusted himself into a face frame, and launched a death impact directly under the basket.
O'Neill scoffed at this, it was no different from those human bombs, they were just some kind of goods. O'Neal squeezed Mo Xi away from the offensive line, but at the same time, O'Neill also left a heart, in this case, Mo Xi was probably going to turn around, and O'Neill simply stuck Mo Xi's foot, making it difficult for him to turn.
Mo Xi didn't expect O'Neal's defense of him to be so comprehensive, generally speaking, O'Neal's defense is, you shoot, I'll cover you, that's it, rarely think about these things.
Mo Xi had to change back to his back, but this back seemed to be just a look, after Mo Xi turned into a back body, O'Neal posted it, Mo Xi actually stopped the ball directly, turned around, and seemed to shoot directly under the basket.
O'Neill raised his hand directly, and a sneer appeared at the corner of his mouth, such a bold move, who do you think you are playing with? As long as you make a move, I will risk that you can't take care of yourself.
Mo Xi stepped out directly with his right foot, and at the same time, his body took advantage of the momentum to deviate to the side, and the whole person pulled over, which was a low-handed layup that forcibly bypassed the defender.
O'Neill roared angrily, turned around and slapped him. But O'Neill didn't feel the imaginary touch coming from his hand.
Mo Xi chose to throw the ball to the rebound at the last moment, this is a small angle of the board, there is no future board maniac, Mo Xi's incredible layup, it is simply betting everything on luck.
As the main character, how can luck be bad?
Mo Xi forcibly added a very powerful spin to the ball, and as soon as the ball hit the rebound, the spinning force immediately dispersed, and the ball swirled in the air and slowly flew into the basket.