The most dazzling thing in the night sky is always the bright moon, although the starlight is bright, but it is difficult to compete with the bright moon. On this court, Mo Xi and Duncan are the well-deserved bright moon, and the rest, whether it is Houston, Sprewell, Rasheed Wallace, Arenas, Parker, Ginobili, Bruce Bowen or even David Robinson, can only be regarded as sparks. Sometimes, however, moonlight can't light up the entire sky alone, and he needs the help of Starlight.

Now, it's such a moment.

At halftime, the Spurs and Knicks tied again, 48:48 on both sides, Mo Xi and Duncan were responsible for scoring more than half of the team's scores, Duncan cut 18 points, 10 rebounds and 5 assists, in addition to 3 blocks and 1 steal, but there were 3 turnovers; As for Mo Xi, he scored 21 points, 9 rebounds and 3 assists, as well as two blocks, and what is even more remarkable is that Mo Xi did not make a single mistake.

When the core of the two teams is not high, who will decide the direction of the game?

Second, in charge?

The sixth person?

Key role player?

Instructor?

Probably any one of them. Only in this case can the starlight overshadow the moonlight, and the legend of the finals is often staged like this.

At the beginning of the second half, the Knicks took the lead in making changes, they replaced Arenas on the court and replaced Ward, which instantly lit up the red light in Popovich's heart.

Ginobili!

Popovich immediately thought of his Pampas Eagles, and it has to be said that George Karl is very gambling in some ways.

Popovich sneered and clapped his hands, loudly encouraging his players, since you want to bet, then at least be prepared to sho hand.

The game continued, Spurs possessed the ball.

Duncan directly brought up to cover Parker, who suddenly exploded and accelerated as he passed by Duncan's side.

Ward was blocked by Duncan and couldn't keep up, so Mo Xi decisively left Duncan to make up for Parker.

Parker was indeed fast, but the pressure brought by Mo Xi behind him was too great, and Parker had to make a sudden stop, turn around directly, and throw the ball to Duncan again.

Ward's height is considered tall in the No. 1 position, but in front of Duncan, it seems insignificant.

But Ward didn't even bother to go up and defend, he just retreated.

Just when the fans were wondering, Rashid Wallace on the side had already switched defenses with Ward, and Duncan's arm that was about to be raised had to be lowered again.

Defense, this has always been the basis of the Knicks, even if their current coach is called George Karl, but the iron-blooded momentum that belongs to the New York gangs engraved on this new Knicks who inherited the Knicks Steel Legion a few years ago is still deep.

Duncan didn't make a rash move, and put the ball down again, his shoulders sank, and his center of gravity pressed.

Wallace quickly stopped, his weight pressed down, but when he stopped, it meant that Duncan could move on to the next move.

Duncan had no intention of attacking Wallace, and he struck the ball right past Wallace and gave it to Malik Rose.

Malik Rose is playing big and small at the moment, facing Ward, but obviously Malik Rose lacks offensive means, fortunately, he is just an offensive transfer station, Malik Rose did not hesitate after receiving the ball, and passed the ball directly to Parker under the basket.

At this time, Mo Xi was about to turn back to the defense, but he happened to be hit by a time difference, and he couldn't react, Parker gently put the ball into the basket and stole the basket.

The Knicks served the baseline quickly and didn't use the power of Moxi, and the rest of the Knicks side stepped up.

Wallace quickly fed the ball to Ward, who didn't lean on his pathetic pace to push towards the Spurs' half, but continued to pass quickly to Sprewell.

When it comes to the Thunder's fast-break methods, when Sprewell first came to the Knicks, he showed his hand well in the life-and-death duel with the Heat, although he is getting old now, but Sprewell's crazy style still exists, Sprewell is like a volcano erupting at an accelerated speed, like a vigorous buck, directly rushing to the Spurs' half.

The Spurs were a little caught off guard, but the Spurs' defense is also the top five in the league, and in just a moment, the Spurs' defensive circle reacted and quickly began to shrink.

However, at this time, the Spurs' on-the-spot decision-making was problematic, because the Knicks also had a person who was very good at chasing three-pointers.

Sprewell threw it again, the ball came out again, Houston stepped up, received the ball, stopped at the three-point line, and shot directly, all in one go, without lag.

"Huh~"

The Knicks responded with a three-pointer in the blink of an eye. And this offense, the Knicks only took six seconds.

Another half-time set-up by George Karl, picking up speed.

After putting Arenas on the bench, the Knicks can only rely on the passing ball between the players if they want to speed up, especially using the transmission to form a propulsion, resulting in a local fast-break scene, which is what the team coached by George Karl is best at.

The confrontation between Mo Xi and Duncan is still deadlocked, or rather, the two of them have begun to consciously retain their physical strength, they are waiting for the final quarter of the death showdown, this game is necessary for these two people to play the whole game, the distribution of physical strength is particularly important, in this case, who can stand up, who is the savior, maybe he can't be Jesus, but he can become Moses.

In the first half of the third quarter, both sides seemed to have returned to the tentative phase due to the silence of their respective cores, and the game was a bayonet at the beginning, but there was no mild tentative phase, and now it is to make up for this.

During this time, Rasheed Wallace stepped up for the Knicks, and he faced Malik Rose who was actually just a decent bench player, and had to be mentioned to the starting position in order to make up for David Robinson's shortcomings, and he couldn't find North at all in the face of Rasheed Wallace, who was quite sharp on offense.

Three points in the bottom corner

Turn-and-back jumper

Step-back jumper

Back-to-back jumper

Turn around and break through

Cross-step layup

……

Rasheed Wallace took out all of his skill sets and tried them out, and although he shot four of six shots with Duncan's help, it was amazing enough to score nine straight points in just five minutes, and it turned out that Rasheed Wallace definitely has an All-Star calibre.

However, despite this, the Knicks were unable to pull the score away, because like the Spurs, they also have a pseudo-starter on their lineup, Ward.

Tony Parker, who is opposite Ward, is the second scoring point of the Spurs, especially Parker, who is good at speed, can directly eat Ward, which is almost without any suspense, the only suspense is that Parker does not have a stable shot, most of his shots have to be close to the basket to complete, even if he is the best at throwing, which gives the Knicks' twin towers a good operating space, Mo Xi and Wallace frequently appear in front of Parker, causing huge pressure on Parker, and it is precisely because of this that at this time, The Knicks narrowly led the Spurs by three points.

Popovich glanced at the clock with a frown and with a wave of his hand, he brought Ginobili and David Robinson on, Bruce Bowen and Malik Rose off, and the Spurs began to use their tiebreakers.

The Knicks also showed no weakness, Ward went off the court, Arenas played, this is the Knicks' most firepower lineup.

Under the guidance of the commanders of both sides, the decisive battle began in advance.

Arenas didn't start his messy style directly after he came on the field, but strangely integrated himself into the team, which was really surprising, but Ginobili showed himself very brilliantly.

On the third offensive round after he came on, Ginobili began his own show.

Facing the defense of Spreville. Ginobili first circled the baseline before coming out and catching the ball.

Sprewell is not the kind of dogskin plaster type of defensive player, so at this time it seems a little far away from Ginobili, after a few games, he knows deeply that this strange-looking guy really dares to shoot directly!

Sprewell sped up his pace, but he didn't dare to jump directly, even if the opponent could shoot three points directly, it was only possible, whether he could score or not was a problem, and if he jumped up and tried to forcibly interfere, then the probability of being fouled by man was 100%.

Ginobili pursed his lips as he watched Sprewell get closer and closer to him, but he didn't panic, just stood there quietly waiting for Spreville to get closer.

Sprewell stopped a step and a half away from Ginobili, and for Sprewell, it was already a defensive distance he could accept.

However, it is clear that this is also an acceptable defensive distance for Ginobili.

Ginobili Launch!

Instantly accelerating, Ginobili exploded violently, and he took a step towards the right of Sprewell.

Seeing Ginobili's figure approaching, Sprewell didn't choose to retreat, but instead met him, his left hand swiped forward, he knew that this guy in front of him would definitely change direction, he just had to wait for him here.

Ginobili did change direction, but Sprewell didn't wait for Ginobili's dribble, Ginoby used a weird twist to dodge Sprewell and slid straight past Sprewell, as if a cunning snake was leaving its prey at will, from a television point of view.

Sprewell's defense was completely misjudged and Ginobili passed him.

However, the Knicks' defense did not break up like this, and Ginobili's breakthrough seemed to find a wrong route, where Rasheed Wallace on the baseline and Mo Xi under the basket stepped forward to sandwich Ginobili directly in the middle.

The two elders gave Ginobili no vision to pass the ball.

What to do? For a moment, the hearts of all Spurs fans were lifted, and they jumped out of their mouths.

Ginobili stepped on the left and right twice, the European step, with a typical Ginobili style of the European step.

Where had Mo Xi and Wallace seen this thing, and the two chose to retreat as soon as possible, which gave Ginobili a chance to get close to the basket.

Between the two people, Ginobili forced a jump, and then against Mo Xi, his hands in the air and a stroke, a huge pull rod, Ginobili dodged Mo Xi's defense, and floated to the other side of the basket. The lever throws the ball into the basket.

Just as the basketball fell into the white net, the holy city boiled, and the huge cheers made it impossible to even hear the referee's whistle on the court, Ginoby proved himself with a 2+1 while helping the team tie the score.

This goal is still a foul that Mo Xi, and there is no doubt about morale.

The Knicks were caught up with the score, and although they were just sitting off the court, the Knicks' bench players still felt their mouths dry.

At this point, the Knicks need to respond.

Arenas didn't know what was going on, and the ball still hit Mo Xi in the first place.

Mo Xi is the ball that is received in the waist position.

At the moment of receiving the ball, Mo Xi made a naughty feint, Mo Xi's left shoulder moved sharply, and his arm slammed back, just a smash, just a smash.

Duncan subconsciously moved back, and at the same time his eyes glanced behind him, he had reached a state of some fear for Mo Xi's back to turn around and split the ball, which was not psychological, but subconscious.

Seizing the gap in Duncan's loose defense, he grabbed the ball with his right hand and passed the ball to Arenas, who cut directly into the basket from his side, while blocking Parker for Arenas.

With nothing in front of Arenas, it seemed like he could make a move.

But just as he was about to make a move, Ginobili appeared in front of him with an unpredictable ghost, and his palm was high above Arenas's head.

Arenas is unmoved, and in Arenas' world, there are only baskets, basketballs, and himself, which is the result of his constant training.

Few people remember that Arenas was also a training maniac, but his training was all his own, so for him, the court only meant the basket, the basketball, and himself.

Ginobili's fingertips slid imperceptibly over Arenas's palm, and the referee hesitated for a moment without blowing the whistle, and directly focused on the basketball that had just been thrown.

Arenas' shooting is not the same as many traditional point guards, he only borrows a small part of his strength from his legs, and most of it relies on his upper body strength to shoot the ball, which is very similar to Billups.

Arenas' shots were never pretty, and the basketball just dragged a slightly stiff arc through the air and fell straight into the hoop.

Under the bright moon back then, it was the stars competing for glory.