Toney's buzzer-beating dunk helped the team successfully overtake the Knicks by one point at the end of the first quarter. Pen @ fun @ pavilion wWw. ｂｉｑUｇE。 ｉｎｆｏ

Ewing couldn't help but be a little annoyed by his failure to defend Toney's final attack, and Knicks head coach Jeff Van Gundy just patted the New York king on the back and didn't say anything.

Even if they are one point behind, the Knicks are still in a relatively easy state, in their eyes, it is not difficult to beat the Lakers, and it is only a quarter of time, as long as they make a force at any time, they can overtake the score at any time.

Looking at the indifferent appearance of his teammates, Ewing had a faint feeling of uneasiness in his heart, and he could clearly feel that the current Lakers team was much stronger than when they first met.

The current Lakers team has made significant progress in the movement of the ball, the choice of offense and the toughness of the defense, and if the Knicks players don't take them to heart, they may really turn over in the gutter.

Moreover, Ewing thinks more than that, he himself knows that he is 34 years old and will soon be 35, and he can gradually feel that although he can still maintain a stable state, he is really a little powerless at some times, he just wants to work hard to attack the championship in the last few years of his career, and he doesn't want to leave regrets for himself.

But his teammates' attitude of relaxing when they encounter a weak team makes him feel very dangerous, not to mention that the Lakers are not a weak team, they also have the strength to make the playoffs, there are no weak teams in the NBA, every team is likely to jump out and complete some miracles, if the Knicks players still have this mentality in the playoffs, then what district will compete for the championship?

Compared with the relaxed atmosphere on the Knicks' side, the atmosphere here for the Lakers is much more serious.

The Lakers can be said to have played quite well in the first quarter, they did everything well, but even so, the Lakers only relied on Toney's whistle to take a narrow lead by 1 point, and everyone in the Lakers could see that the Knicks had not been ruthless, and they were not seriously playing with the Lakers at all.

It's very dangerous, and the Lakers can't pin their hopes of winning on their opponents, they have to rely on themselves.

Harris has set his hopes on Toney, the Lakers are doing well enough now, but it's still not enough, if you want to win, you have to stand up and score with the stars in charge, Kobe's state Harris is not worried, he has performed well so far today, and the rest can only depend on Toney's performance.

Tony seemed to feel Harris's expectant look in his eyes, and he nodded.

In fact, Tony has been patient for a long time, and in the first quarter of the game he had to help the rest of the team integrate into the offense, so he has been suppressing his desire to attack.

Now that he has Harris' permission, he can finally compete with Ewing.

Thinking of this, Tony's body couldn't help but start to tremble slightly with excitement.

The second quarter begins.

Since the jump ball was won by Tony, the Knicks served first in this quarter.

Childs dribbled past halfcourt and Fisher began to press as soon as he received Ewing's serve, which made Childs a little uncomfortable for a while, and he almost made an eight-second violation, but fortunately he passed the ball to Alan Houston from beyond the three-point line when it was about to come.

Alan Houston got the ball and he's ready to go it alone.

Alan Houston is a good shooter and has averaged 15.3 points per game so far this season, but it's obviously a bit of a misnomer compared to the Knicks' huge contract.

In the face of Kobe's defense, Alan Houston's lack of offensive means could not handle the ball well at all, and he obviously felt that the defensive pressure on him from Kobe Bryant had risen sharply compared to the first quarter, he dribbled the ball a few times, but was almost copied by Kobe, and he could only grab the ball in a hurry.

Nixton was in a dead-ball situation, and Hawley did not hesitate to go straight up to Kobe Bryant to take a trap on him.

The quality of the Lakers' bag is very high, Hawley used his physical advantage to block Alan Houston's vision, so that he could not pass the ball to Oakley in the open space, and Kobe kept harassing the ball in Houston's hand, and for a while Alan Houston felt like he was in a quagmire and could not break free.

Luckily, Childles arrived in time to pick it up, and Houston was able to slip the ball out with difficulty.

But by this time, the Knicks' offensive time was running out.

Childs tried unsuccessfully to break past Fisher, and he had to make a hasty shot before the end of the 24 seconds.

Such a reluctant shot naturally missed, and the basketball slammed into the neck of the basket and bounced high.

However, Ewing didn't know where the strength came from, and he squeezed Tony away, grabbed the offensive rebound, and then dunked with one hand.

Tony wanted to interfere, but the others were behind Ewing, and Ewing seemed to know Tony's intentions, and when he dunked, he leaned forward slightly, blocking Tony with his wide body.

With that goal, the Knicks regained the lead.

Tony gritted his teeth in hatred and didn't speak.

In the next round, Tony began to battle Ewing.

He got into a mess with Ewing under the basket, almost fighting for every inch of land. Finally, Tony managed to occupy the position, which was a point where he was more comfortable attacking.

Tony immediately turned his back to Ewing and asked for the ball from the outside.

At this time, the ball was in Kobe's hands, and Kobe Bryant also saw Tony's position, and he immediately passed the ball.

Toney caught the ball, and Tony still had a great grasp of the shot in this position, so he almost didn't even dribble, so he turned his back directly and made a small hook.

Ewing didn't seem to expect Tony to be so decisive either, and although his defense followed, it was still a beat slower.

That's enough, Tony's small hook feels very soft, and the basketball doesn't even touch the basket at all, just through the heart.

Tony returned the favor with two points in return.

The game continued to go on, but the entire second quarter was almost a heads-up between Tony and Ewing.

Ewing just threw in a 45° shot on the board, and Tony immediately showed a small throw in response.

Ewing started to get in the mood, and he even refused a teammate's bag during a Tony possession and insisted on going head-to-head with Tony.

While Ewing's experience over the years has allowed him to repeatedly face Tony's tough defense, Tony's physical talent has made up for it.

For a while, the two were inseparable.