Kobe's defensive counterattack instantly plunged the Knicks into the abyss, and Van Gundy's beads of sweat on his forehead were visible.

"We have to destroy the link between the opponent's inside and outside, start from the defense, block the opponent's offense, we have a chance to save the situation, we have to strengthen the passing, we can't always get stuck in local singles, Mo, the Lakers' defensive focus is almost all on you, either break it, or take yourself out as an outcast, we do have the second best winning streak in the league, but do any of you think that's enough? Do you want to just lie down here? I tell you, it's not enough, a team that doesn't go after every win, can't even touch the handle of the O'Brien Cup. Van Gundy gave a long list of speeches, but he wasn't good at boosting morale, and with the somewhat plausible tactics in place, the timeout seemed to have only served as a moderation.

After walking on the court, the Knicks players were still a little confused, but they saw that the big man of the 30th once again pushed O'Neal to the low post without hesitation, and everyone seemed to have found the backbone.

Although Van Gundy wants the team to play a little more team, now, the Knicks need a hero to step up and break the current predicament for them.

Ward, who was substituted on the field, took advantage of Thomas's cover to secretly or rather, as everyone expected, to hit the ball to the ground.

After receiving the ball, Mo Xi immediately put the ball away and raised it to his chest to prevent the opponent from suddenly wrapping up.

Mo Xi's offense this time is much more hesitant than before, but this is not because of doubts about himself, but because Mo Xi is thinking about how to make the team rely on his own better performance, Mo Xi now has almost all the team's scores and assists

Although Mo Xi was thinking and observing, the movements on his body did not stagnate, Mo Xi paused for more than a second with the ball, and suddenly started, his shoulder against O'Neal and turned inward, O'Neill also secretly exerted force from the side, intending to make Mo Xi deviate from the intended offensive line.

The upper body of the two big men confronted each other, and the wind did not fall under their feet, like two hot wheels, rushing towards the basket at a gallop.

Mo Xi suddenly stopped in the process of breaking through, O'Neill was already familiar with Mo Xi's offensive routine, and when he saw Mo Xi stop, he immediately looked for the ball, and put his hand directly on the ball, intending to force Mo Xi.

Mo Xi didn't expect O'Neal's defense to be so resolute, but Mo Xi's reaction was also extremely fast, O'Neal's hand just pressed the ball, Mo Xi had already moved the ball away, and transferred the ball to Thomas on the bottom line, although Thomas is the Knicks' inside iron valve, but there is still a good mid-range jumper, although it is not very powerful, but it is better than nothing.

Thomas took a shot directly after receiving the ball, Fox was about the same height as him, and could not interfere with Thomas's shot, but Thomas's hand did not seem to be good, and the ball directly deviated from the intended trajectory, hit the rebound directly, and bounced out.

At this time, Mo Xi's position was not good, and he was firmly blocked behind O'Neill, but it was precisely like this that O'Neal's huge body also blocked the referee's sight at the same time.

Mo Xi tugged at O'Neal's jersey without changing his face, and O'Neal was dragged, although it was only a small pause, but it was enough.

Horry wasn't too strong, and he was pushed away by Sprewell, who rushed up and stole the frontcourt rebound under O'Neal's giant palm.

But in the face of O'Neal's dominant posture, Sprewell did not dare to make a mistake, and Sprewell quickly transferred the ball to Houston outside the three-point line.

At this time, it was Kobe Bryant who defended Houston, although Houston's shot was very resolute, but at this moment, Kobe Bryant, who was already in a hurry, Kobe jumped high, and it seemed that he didn't touch it, but Kobe himself knew that he touched it.

Houston missed three points, popping out of the frame, at this moment Mo Xi was facing an enraged shark, Mo Xi's small action just now made O'Neal a little annoyed, and the two seven-foot men were almost twisted together under the basket If it weren't for the clear skin color of the two people, I was afraid that they would be seen as a stitching monster.

In the face of the falling basketball, the two people supported their elbows at the same time and stretched out their hands, because they were entangled, neither of them could jump but relied on their arm spans to compete for the title, in this regard, Mo Xi was obviously going to fall a little down, but Mo Xi's luck was very good, and the ball landed closer to his side.

With a "snap", two hands and a basketball collided together.

Neither Moxi nor O'Neill could get their hands on the ball, and the ball flew out.

Sprewell and Bryant both made a leap of the pitch and scramble for the floorball.

Sprewell didn't want to protect the ball in his hands, fought hard, pointed the ball out, and came to Ward's hands, and Ward directly pulled out a three-point shot.

The Knicks pulled back three points, and the Lakers only led by six points.

Next, the Lakers also quickly responded with a response, but Kobe, who was holding the ball, did not ignore O'Neal's low-post ball, but chose to play alone, and the young and vigorous Kobe Bryant must return the humiliating block on Mo Xi's head.

Kobe Bryant faced Sprewell, crossed dribble, kept shaking, Sprewell stared at the opponent with full attention, as long as this wave of offense is defended, then the Knicks will return to the stage of the stalemate just now.

Kobe Bryant suddenly changed direction sharply, one suddenly accelerated, and walked Sprewell's left hand side, Sprewell suddenly moved, and Kobe Bryant suddenly changed direction again, but Sprewell seemed to have been prepared and immediately returned to Kobe.

At this time, Kobe Bryant thought that he had shaken off Sprewell, and he had already shot, but when he encountered Sprewell's blocking, he couldn't help but feel nervous, and Kobe's shot was off.

However, the offensive rebound was taken by O'Neal.

As soon as O'Neal turned around, he was about to pull the bow and dunk directly, but at this time, Mo Xi, who had been squeezed out of the position because of the scramble for rebounds, suddenly appeared in front of O'Neal, and smashed down with his big hand, cutting the ball that O'Neal was holding tightly in his big hand.

Mo Xi pounced down and grabbed the ball in his arms.

O'Neill felt that his hands were empty, and he didn't want to think about it, so he threw himself down, holding down Mo Xi and not letting him move.

Mo Xi couldn't get up, so he could only bend over and hold the ball, but the Knicks didn't hand over the timeout, Mo Xi pushed hard, but couldn't stand up, and simply rolled the ball out, Houston grabbed the ball first, but at this moment, because of the previous O'Neal's obstruction, the Knicks failed to play a fast break,

However, the Knicks still advanced quickly, without any hesitation, Houston passed to Ward, Ward advanced a section and gave it to Sprewell, at this time Sprewell broke out in vain, directly outside the three-point line to catch the ball and pull out the jumper.

The madman erupted like a volcano, and the three-point shot seemed to bring a flame in the air and crashed directly into the basket.

The Knicks directly started a storm of chasing points, which made the Lakers a little powerless for a while.

The Knicks followed up with another successful defense, and this time they landed a successful fast-break to close the score to two points.

The Knicks forced a reversal with a playoff-like defense, and despite still leading by two points, the Lakers were already in a bit of a shaky situation.