After watching Mir's No. 3 tactical gesture come out, Gong Feng nodded to his teammates expressionlessly, not arguing anything, let alone saying anything.

In the next half of the game, Gong Feng handed over the ball to Hill, and he continued to run actively on the perimeter to create better opportunities for his teammates, and after receiving the ball, he also passed quickly for players in better positions to shoot.

During several pauses, Gong Feng also listened carefully to Mir's instructions on the sidelines, did not justify his offensive behavior, nor did he continue to stubbornly insist on his own opinions, insisting that his approach was the most correct way to do it now.

No matter what, after such a change by the Knicks, they still led the Lakers by 6 points on the court, and the Knicks' interior shooting touch was also very good, and the score with the Lakers was not opened, which also made O'Neal look very tired.

The entire first half ended in such a rhythm, the Knicks' Malone and Yao Ming got the most outside shooting opportunities, and O'Neal scored the most on the inside, although on the court, the Knicks scored more, but this scoring method is actually not the Knicks' usual concentrated scoring form.

If you only talk about the shooting ability outside the three-point line, there must be players who can wipe out a team like the Lakers in the Knicks, whether it is Allen or Gong Feng, they have this ability, and Hill's breakthrough and low scoring inside are also one of them.

The Knicks' interior linemen, if they can't score on defense, will also become the fulcrum of the outside line, which is an interpretation of defense, but if it is halftime, Yao Ming and Ma Long's long-distance two points become the composition of the team's main scores...... Not once from the beginning to the end of the season.

In this league, the only players who can make Malone and Yao Ming face the reluctance to fight on the inside at the same time are Duncan and O'Neal.

Malone was the main defender who defended O'Neal in the first half, and he was also the player who scored the most two-point points from long range, no matter how much he trusts his ability and trusts that he can score points in any position, this is the kind of confidence and even paranoid ability that an MVP player must have.

It can't be said that the Knicks' players are doing something wrong, but compared to any previous game, the Knicks' overall three-point shooting and other tactical points have dropped to almost none, and the hand-to-hand scoring on the inside has become rare without O'Neal leaving the basket.

Now that the long-range two-point shot is dominant, the Knicks are not the Knicks that everyone thinks, and this is not the only one that Gong Feng has noticed.

"In the second half, if the Lakers suddenly ramp up their defensive intensity, do you think we're going to be in a scoring drought?"

"When there is no long-range two-point space, there are naturally other ways to open the situation on the court, Hill's breakthrough did not try to open, and O'Neal only had one foul in the first half, so this situation is very obvious for both sides, especially when we are still leading by 7 points, even if the Lakers suddenly strengthen their defensive intensity in the second half, the situation has not changed very significantly."

Mill rubbed his eyebrows, then asked, "Do you think O'Neill, who only played 14 minutes in the first half, is really tired?" ”

"With the intensity of the playoffs in the West this year, I think I should be tired!"

"Should? Let's hope...... Let's go in now. ”

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At the start of the half, the Lakers didn't look like anything had changed.

The defense has not changed from the response in the first half, the core of the lineup has not changed, although Kobe Bryant had a high intensity of nearly 22 minutes in the first half, but he did not go to rest at the beginning, it seems that the Lakers in the second half of the game, is it a desperate effort to deal with the Knicks?

But in the scene, the Knicks' players didn't feel so comfortable, just because of one point, the Lakers changed to a large and four small lineup.

Kobe, O'Neal, Payton, Fisher and Devin George.

O'Neal still hasn't changed much on the inside, and he won't go out of the high position with Yao Ming or Ma Long, George has a lot of responsibilities here, especially when he rotates, and he bears all the responsibilities.

Not only Devin George, but almost all Lakers players entered the high-speed rotation lineup immediately after the game started, and did not give any of the Knicks any space to shoot in the high post.

The Lakers seemed to have fully exploded all their abilities at the beginning, although the Knicks themselves had this kind of prediction, but they didn't expect that the Lakers would use this kind of replay to the big four small lineup that they hadn't used at the beginning.

Everyone in the Knicks is in trouble on defense, because these four small men have the ability to break through the basket and shoot, plus Kobe Bryant and Payton, two stars who can be called phenomenal, the Lakers' breakthrough caused very big trouble for the Knicks at the beginning.

In addition, the Knicks' offense also encountered a more intense rotation, although Malone and Yao Ming had the opportunity to fight big and small, but when faced with the threat of face and elbow when the small man didn't care about the threat of face and elbow, when he took the initiative to defend closely, the offense played by the two in the high post was also subject to a completely different level of interference from the first half.

In just five minutes, the Lakers, with their small lineup, have completely tied the score with the Knicks' five main players.

Just when the Knicks called two timeouts and began to play some slow rhythms, allowing Gong Feng to control the ball again to organize the offense, Hill served as the main force to break through and force the basket to score, the Lakers themselves also started O'Neal's strong playing mode, and Jackson said modestly in an interview after the game that this is the Lakers' gamble, that is, betting that O'Neal's strength is still above Yao Ming and Ma Long.

O'Neal, who completely cleaned up his own contempt, was extremely efficient in singles, and even O'Neill used small steps that he hadn't used for a long time.

When the Lakers took the initiative to score when O'Neal spared no effort and increased the burden of injuries, this had already opened up the score gap with the Knicks.

In this case, the two sides ended what looked like a magnificent third quarter, and the Knicks lost completely in the course of the quarter.

There are many reasons for the failure, first of all, the main players of the Knicks in the second half were still mainly peripheral projections at the beginning, and did not take the initiative to play a sure breakthrough and the impact under the basket, and Gong Feng did not force a breakthrough under the basket again, but gave many players space options to break through and shoot.

The second is the rotation and determination of the Lakers, especially the rotation speed of the small man beyond the imagination of the Knicks.

In the first round and the Western Conference Finals, the Lakers used a lineup of two big and three smaller, and after getting the results, no one would have thought that Jackson would use a deeper lineup of four small men...... This one is a much bolder lineup.

The Lakers' own strong ability to change tactics is beyond the expectations of all Knicks.

In the first half of the fourth quarter of the game, the Knicks did not fully send a bench lineup, but just let Yao Ming and Malone take a break, Hill and Allen were all on the court, and Gong Feng also took a break off the court.

Coat's appearance with Bosh seems to be just responsible for rushing for rebounds and pulling distance.

Simple and effective is what everyone at the Knicks needs most right now.

It's just that when O'Neal didn't come back, Kobe Bryant stayed on the court, and this was the second time that Bryant started to rest off the court after O'Neal was fully in control of the situation.

Now Kobe Bryant's next time on the court is when the Lakers' main team runs completely around him.

So the fans are most willing to see the star showdown, or the superstar showdown, which is wonderful, although Kobe Bryant is facing the pressure of the whole team as a whole, but the Knicks are also a little impatient.

When the game is entirely on one outside player, no one in the league can do better than Kobe.

Of course, if Kobe Bryant does it, he will either be better or completely finished, this is the extreme world that belongs to Kobe.

It's just very unfortunate for the Knicks that Kobe Bryant did an exceptionally good job at the beginning of the fourth quarter, and was even able to fully motivate his teammates.

And when O'Neal hit four free throws in a row after he came on the court, in fact, the overall situation of this game had already been decided.

The Knicks lost to the visiting Lakers by a score of 98-106. (To be continued.) )