In the third Finals, the Knicks' five people were Chen Jiyuan, Love, Sessions, Iguodala, and Stephen Jackson.

The Lakers' starting five Tigers are Kobe Bryant, Artest, Gasol, Bynum, and Fisher.

It's all a lineup that hasn't changed much.

However, what has changed is the state and mentality of Sessions today.

The serious defeat in the last game was, of course, a complete irritation for Sessions. In this game, Sessions also made up his mind that he had to play super awesome statistics. You have to show your strength in front of everyone, otherwise, how can you prove yourself, how can you convince other teams to sign you.

Sessions sometimes thinks that if he leaves the Knicks, won't he prove that he can't compete with Chen Jiyuan, doesn't it mean that he wants Chen Jiyuan to admit defeat?

But after thinking about it, first of all, it is very difficult for me to surpass Chen Jiyuan in terms of ball skills, plus the number of fans of Chen Jiyuan in the Knicks, not to mention the support of Britney, it is difficult for anyone to shake Chen Jiyuan's status in the Knicks. This is the same effect as anyone who wants to shake Kobe's position with the Lakers. Didn't Howard leave the Lakers in disgrace back then? Isn't it because of Kobe's existence?

So after thinking about it, Sessions decided to leave the Knicks so that he could almost win the chance to become the team's boss.

The competition has officially begun.

Both sides jumped the ball, and this time Bynum jumped at a better time to take off and gave the ball to Fisher.

The Lakers were given the opportunity to attack first. The Lakers poured the ball a couple of times from the outside, then let Bryant get the ball with his back at a 45-degree angle on the right side.

Iguodala defends Kobe Bryant behind him. At the same time, Chen Jiyuan on the inside line also did a little bit of assistance to Kobe Bryant, but he didn't come up, but waited for Kobe to break in, and Chen Jiyuan was in the bag. Directly clamped Kobe Bryant.

After waiting for his teammates to open up space for him, Bryant opted for a back-to-back jumper. The arc was very high, and Iguodala had almost blocked the ball, but Kobe Bryant turned up the arc and the ball still went in.

The Lakers' triangle offense at the beginning of the game was not the usual familiar Gasol, but Kobe Bryant's back to carry the ball. Gasol mentions the high post to make shot selections and passes.

However, if you fight like this, will Kobe's physical strength be able to hold it? In the fourth quarter, it is very likely that you will feel tired because you are working too hard in the first quarter, so you will not be able to play the desired effect.

But in the first quarter of the game, the Lakers really let Kobe Bryant hold the ball and play alone in the low post.

Kobe's offensive effect is still very mediocre, but Gasol does open up. Gasol is very powerful when he sues me, which is a bit similar to Chen Jiyuan, because when Chen Jiyuan is in a high position, he can pass, shoot and break through.

It's the same with Gasol. Gasol's ball quotient is also very high, and in terms of passing, Gasol also has quite a passing vision and passing awareness.

Gasol hit both high jumpers and two assists in the high post today.

With Gasol's excellent play, the Lakers had a slight lead in the first quarter of the game.

The first quarter of the game between the two sides was 20:22.

In the second quarter of the game, the Knicks' bench advantage was finally shown.

The defense of the interior players, and the feel of the outside players, were very well proven and performed in this game, which made the Lakers very uncomfortable.

However, Phil Jackson was not in a hurry to change the main player to chase points today. This is because the Lakers' bench players also performed very well today.

Curry and Thorton hit three three-pointers in quick succession from the outside, but soon Famar and Vujacic each hit a three-pointer. Helped the Lakers stabilize their position.

Ibaka also hit a two-pointer.

The Knicks relied on the bench players to not only chase back the two points behind, but also lead the Lakers by four points.

And after Curry broke into the interior again and caused Odom's foul, the Lakers could no longer sit still.

Not only because Odom is already the third foul, but also because the score has a posture to start.

Phil Jackson was naturally about to take a timeout, and at the same time replaced Kobe Bryant and let Kobe play more. Chase back more points.

After the timeout, the players from both sides returned to the court, and at this time, the Knicks had Curry, Thorton, Ibaka, Gibson, and Barnes on the court. The five players on the court for the Lakers are Fisher, Kobe, Vujasic, Odom, and Bynum.

Bynum and Odom's inside matching.

As soon as the game restarted, there was a situation.

On the Knicks' side, after Curry hit both free throws, the Lakers attacked, and Artest broke through the bottom corner, but after entering the inside, he was blocked by Ibaka's supplementary defense.

The Knicks originally wanted to play a fast break that transitioned between offense and defense, but unfortunately failed.

It can only be a little bit of a slow positional battle.

After playing a positional battle, Curry passed the ball to Thorton, and after Thorton received the ball, he made a direct lateral breakthrough, Kobe Bryant because of his previous defensive attention on Curry, and came over to make up for the defense, Thorton took advantage of the different direction of the center to directly attack the inside.

And Bynum, who was on the inside, saw Thorton coming in, so he naturally wanted to make up for it.

Thorton lowered his center and wanted to pass Bynum, but as soon as Thorton's body was lowered, Bynum also moved sideways, and at this time, Thorton wanted to take a small horizontal step, but it had no effect. As a result, he collided with Bynum.

This collision would have been a normal collision. However, if you catch up with that coincidence, there will be abnormal results.

Thorton hit Bynum's knee right in.

That's an instant bad thing.

Bynum had a knee injury. Just like Kobe's attitude towards his finger injury, he has to have surgery in the finals anyway, and he can't delay the finals, he has to endure any injuries at such an important time.

I could have endured it, but when I add this impact now. It's hard to say.

Thought Bynum was still moving, so the ball blew for a defensive foul on Bynum.

Thorton and Bynum both fell to the ground, Thorton was quickly pulled up by his teammates, and Bynum did fall to the ground.

A pained expression. As soon as Phil Jackson saw this, he knew that he was going to have bad dishes.

The competition on the inside line is a very important part of this finals.

If Bynum is injured and can't play, the Lakers' trusty interior players will be Gasol and Odom. Odom will definitely be promoted to the starting lineup, and the inside of the bench will be worried.

The only remaining inside player is DJ Mbenga.

DJ Mbenga has only played three games in the entire playoffs, so how can Phil Jackson feel comfortable handing over the inside sky on the Finals battlefield to him?

As for Josh Powell, he is a forward, although he can occasionally play center, but it also depends on who the opposite player is, if the opposite player is Chen Jiyuan, then Phil Jackson has no hope at all.

The Lakers' team doctor stepped forward to check on Bynum's condition and checked it a little, at least there is no way to continue the game now. I had to help Bynum off the field first and go to the lounge to check it out in detail.

Looking at Bynum's painful expression, I felt that there was little hope for continuing to play in this game.

Although Bynum went off injured, the game had to go on.

The Lakers, on their side, let Odom play and continue the game.

Injury from Bynum is a dividing line. A dividing line where the situation turned on the field.

Because, although the substitute is there, it doesn't make much difference. However, when Chen Jiyuan came on the court, there were still 6 minutes left in the second quarter, and Curry and Thorton also helped the team tie the score at 37:35.

The Knicks, on the other hand, are two points ahead.

After Chen Jiyuan came up, the defense he faced changed from the original Gasol Gabynum to the current Gasol plus Odom.

Although this is a bit of a danger, it is a fool to know the weaknesses of your opponent and not take advantage of them.

Chen Jiyuan leaned on Gasol with his back. First, Huang Jian feintmed left and right, and then took advantage of Gasol's lack of reaction to instantly launch an impact on Gasol behind him. Gasol didn't have time to raise his strength to resist, and the next powerful impact came.

Although Chen Jiyuan is not particularly fat, how low the fat content in the body is and how strong the muscles are are unimaginable.

Only those who have been countered with Chen Jiyuan have the most profound experience. Whether it is O'Neill or Ben Wallace, Chen Jiyuan is completely unaffected when he fights physically.

At the same time that Gasol lost his center of gravity, Chen Jiyuan suddenly turned around, rushed to the inside, and after attracting Odom's defense, he passed the ball from Odom's waist and gave it to Lefou's hand.

Lefu shot directly into the shot, and the ball hit steadily.

The Lakers who hit this ball instantly have no temper at all.

Gasol's defense is not bad, but because although Odom can play and defend from the nominal No. 1 position to the No. 4 position, in fact, in the position of power forward, Odom's body is slightly thin and lacks physical confrontation. This caused Odom to fall into the disadvantage of Love when he was grabbing the position.

It was this small detail that really decided the outcome of the game in the rest of the game.

In the second half of the second quarter of the game, Chen Jiyuan successfully led the team to a wave of climax. The small climax of 10:2 ended the second quarter of the game.

In the last 6 minutes, the Lakers were defended by the Knicks and scored only 2 points, which was a shame. Phil Jackson's two timeouts failed to change the situation.