Chapter 217:-for-tat
There was little temptation in New York and Los Angeles, and the two sides soon entered into a real showdown. And what is a little unexpected is that Mo Xi actually took the initiative to find O'Neill and Carl Malone one after another, and took the initiative to engage in wheel battles with each other, which is a bit incomprehensible.
Whether it is Carl Malone or O'Neal, they are typical characters with explosive physical talents, and it is not a wise move for many people to entangle with them strongly, but George Carr nodded frequently from the sidelines, as if he intended to do so.
In George Karl's view, the current Lakers have a very fatal problem, modern basketball is paying more and more attention to the outside, but the Lakers not only do not have a good enough shooter, but the breakup of the outside line is only Kobe and Payton, Payton is more responsible for sorting out the team's offense, at most there is a Derrick Fisher can assist from the side, the biggest threat to the entire Lakers is the inside, whether it is the two giants inside, or Kobe, their offensive focus is biased towards the inside.
And Mo Xi's vexatious attack, there is only one purpose, which is to constantly consume these two people on the defensive end, so that they can restrain themselves on the offensive end, but what is frightening is that Mo Xi still does not fall behind in such a confrontation.
When Mo Xi played the Lakers, one of the things he felt most comfortable was that the Lakers would never come to wrap him, because the pride in the hearts of the superstars did not allow them to do so, whether it was O'Neal or Karl Malone, maybe Phil Jackson arranged to be packed, they may listen, because they are professional players, but they will still be more or less uncomfortable in their hearts, and Phil Jackson's style is obviously more concerned about what the players think, therefore, This game turned out to be the easiest game to receive the ball since the start of the game.
Mo Xi pulled outward to the lower position of the horns, and the thick back was pushed back, leaning on Ma Long's body, Ma Long felt the pressure from Mo Xi, and he also did not show weakness and went back directly, and directly greeted it with his hot chest, and a pair of iron arms were going to clamp Mo Xi to death.
But Mo Xi's body is not an ornament, his shoulders are pushed hard, Ma Long's hands trembled, he couldn't use his strength, and he had no choice but to put down one hand and hold the other hand high on the top of Mo Xi's head.
Ma Long, whether it is physical or technical, is the top insider, even the current Mo Xi is not sure to hit with one blow, Ma Long's only problem is that time has left too many traces on him.
Mo Xi stretched his hand down, received the hit to the earth, and sent a small elbow back, but where would Ma Long pay attention to Mo Xi's itching, but lowered his center of gravity lower.
Mo Xi simply shook left and right, and it seemed that he was going to turn around directly, but just when Ma Long was about to move his footsteps, Mo Xi started, not turning his back, nor Sigma step, but a powerful impact.
Because of the shift of the center of gravity, Ma Long couldn't hold the impact of Mo Xi, and took half a step back, only then did he ease up and stabilize his body again.
Immediately after, Mo Xi's next blow arrived, and he slammed back, and the muscles of the two made a steely thumping sound.
Marlon didn't move, it looked like he had kept Mo Xi out of the paint area.
However, without waiting for Ma Long to breathe a sigh of relief, Mo Xi actually used the power of this impact to strongly press Ma Long, and directly turned his back and attacked the basket from the middle.
Malone was overtaken of the first step, but he was by no means a good person, he followed closely, stuck Mo Xi with his shoulder, and wanted Mo Xi to make an easy layup.
Mo Xi gradually had a tendency to be forced to stop dribbling, and Mo Xi decisively changed to his back again for the first time, protected the ball, sat under the basket and began to advance.
Mo Xi's position was too deep, and Ma Long used all his strength to resist it, and quietly pushed Mo Xi out of the net little by little as much as possible.
Mo Xi felt the huge power behind him, and directly retreated and leaned back.
Marlon pressed forward, leaving no room for Mo Xi.
However, this is Mo Xi's feint, and Mo Xi immediately pushes forward, and then turns to the side, raises his hand, and uses a standard hook hand.
Ma Long is a few points shorter than Mo Xi, and with this turn, Ma Long is even more difficult to interfere with Mo Xi's shot, just stretching out his arm in vain and watching Mo Xi send the ball into the basket.
In the blink of an eye, in the next round, Mo Xiyou let go of Malone and went straight to O'Neill, planning to get wet with rain and dew.
It's just that playing O'Neill and playing Malone are two completely different looks, Mo Xi faced O'Neill, directly chose a low position, and stuck a position hard, and then, Mo Xi actually entered a wrestling state with O'Neill, and the two of them were on top like this, both of them did not move, but Mo Xi suffered a little after all, because there was still a five-second regulation on his back, and seeing that the time of five seconds was about to come, O'Neill knew that Mo Xi was going to make a move, and he was engrossed in Mo Xi's hands.
Then, O'Neill scolded in his heart.
Mo Xi directly turned around and hooked his hand, and O'Neal was like Malone who had scored the previous goal, he could only watch the basketball fly over his head, and then cursed that the ball would not go in.
Suddenly, Malone and O'Neill seemed to see the shadow of Olajuwon on Mo Xi's body again, not only in his footsteps, but also in this hook hand, which has almost become a swan song.
The younger generation of centers seem to be relying more and more on their physical gifts to play, and forgetting about the hook skills that the center used to be proud of, relying on eating. Now there are not many centers under the age of 30 who can skillfully use the hook, or even interior players, even those who claim to be the big four, they can also hook, but obviously they can't use the hook as their regular weapon.
Mo Xi high-profile and O'Neill and Ma Long against Gang, for a while, it seems to be effective, but the price is obviously huge, after the half of the game, Mo Xi is already sweating, and even the entire half, Mo Xi only played for 14 minutes
But it was these fourteen minutes that let people all over the world see Mo Xi's interpretation of the super center.
In the first half, Mo Xi scored 15 points, 5 rebounds, 2 assists and 1 block, which seems to be far inferior to his usual performance, but delete these data, and those who really watch this game will understand how to continue to learn from the center and open the mountain for future generations, in addition to three free throws, the remaining six goals, Mo Xi used six completely different offensive methods, which can be called a kaleidoscope of interior offense.
At halftime, the Knicks temporarily trailed the Los Angeles Lakers by three points at 44:47 at home.