The big screen gives the starting lineups on both sides.

The New York Knicks are unchanged, still the same starting lineup.

The starting lineups on the Lakers' side were:

Deron Williams at No. 1, Kobe Bryant at No. 2, Ariza at No. 3, Pau Gasol at No. 4, Bynum at No. 5;

On the bench sat ......

"Old Fish" Fisher, former "King of Blocks" Theo Ratliff, "Wandering Champion" Joe Smith, Shannon Brown......

Li Wan looked at the past, and his teammates who were once on the Lakers team actually had an "old fish" Fisher left, and the others on the bench had changed greatly.

But in fact, if you look through the trade records of the past few years, you will find that the Lakers' presence in the trade market is not high. It's just that even so, the Lakers' lineup has unknowingly undergone earth-shaking changes.

And this is the NBA, some of which hit the eyes of fans, and some of which happen quietly and unconsciously.

In just two years, the Lakers' bench has become "new wine in an old bottle......

It's getting less and less useful.

Well...... Aside from Shannon Brown, the only useful member of the squad is the 37-year-old Fisher.

But there is no way, this season, the salary space of the Lakers is indeed a bit embarrassing, none of the starting five people have an annual salary of less than 7 million, and three of them have an annual salary of more than 15 million!

With the old Bass's background, the only way to maintain this lineup is to......

Bitter on the bench again, the crime Kupchek bears!

Of course, the result of this is that even the starting lineup suffers.

So far in the playoffs, the Lakers' starting lineup has averaged more than 40 minutes per game. Bynum, who has a knee injury, plays a little less time per game, but also averages more than 37 minutes per game!

Against such a team, it is natural to attack people and attack physical fitness......

Before the start of the game, D'Antoni emphasized again: "Listen, guys, don't be too anxious, just drag it slowly, as long as you bite the score to the end, then the winner is us!" ”

This is the 10th time he has said this today. Counting yesterday, it was the 20th time.

Since the team actually reached the finals, D'Antoni has unconsciously become a "repeater", and he will repeatedly emphasize any aspect, for fear that there will be mistakes or players who do not understand clearly.

If you want to ask why......

Any idea how long he's been waiting for this opportunity?

Since coaching the Suns in '04......

7 years!

Exactly 7 years!

He's not trying to prove how great he is, but he's trying to prove:

Run, you can win the championship!

And now, he is still one step away from proving it......

As long as he wins the next round of the series, then he can wear the hat of "champion coach" on his head.

In such a situation, if D'Antoni does not change a little, it is abnormal!

"Both!"

The referee's whistle blew at this time.

Pau Gasol helped the Lakers steal the first offense.

Levan vs. Deron Williams.

"Little Fatty" wanted to harden Li Wan first, but after the confrontation, he realized that this guy was indeed not the rookie who only had height but no confrontation back then.

It's hard to get rid of ......

Delon quickly called Pau Gasol's pick-and-roll.

Li Wan chose to switch defenses with Lewis.

Lewis's mobility is okay, and there's no problem keeping up with Deron Williams' movement speed.

But Deron Williams' dribbling rhythm made him a little restrained, and one couldn't hold back to pounce, Deron Williams swept past him and scored a mid-range pull-up jump shot.

2-0！

The mid-range shot after the single is DeLong's unique skill, and it is also Sloan's forced practice. It's stable.

The New York Knicks fight back.

When Li Wan went to the frontcourt, he faced an opponent not Kobe, but Deron Williams.

Delong is 1.91 meters tall, which is considered to have a height advantage in the No. 1 position, although there is still a big gap in the face of Li Wan, he can only beat Li Wan's knee if he doesn't jump up.

Kobe Bryant wanted to keep an eye on him, but Ray Allen, who was running, didn't agree, and from time to time he made a sudden run, so that Kobe had to pay attention to him at any time.

Li Wan relied on Ray Allen to open up space, watched Kobe move to a position where he couldn't make up for the first time, and quickly broke through Deron Williams with the ball.

DeLong reacted quickly.

When he came to the Lakers, he had to prove himself again, and now he has a very good attitude on both the offensive and defensive ends.

Li Wan was one step away from him, and the sudden "Sam Gold", Deron Williams reacted at the first time when he was deceived, but when he wanted to correct his movements, the center of gravity of his body made him fall to the side and couldn't come back.

At this moment, Delong watched Li Wan burst past him, and said secretly in his heart:

Lose weight, I must lose weight!

But if he's 5 pounds lighter now, no, 10 pounds lighter, is that habit so big that he can't control himself?

Rushing to the free throw line, Lee Wan faced only Bynum as a defender.

Without waiting for the "little shark" to make his own choice, Li Wan had already completed the choice for him, and a cricket trick tricked him into turning around and letting go of the basket that he had worked so hard to get stuck.

Da Yao, who had space to jump, grabbed the ball and slammed it into the basket with one hand.

Bynum's only defense came from his eyes......

Commonly known as "eye defense"!

This defense made Kobe's offensive desire skyrocket.

If he doesn't hurry up and get two more, it's all the, can he win?

In the next round, just after half-time, Delon took the ball from the latter's hand.

Looking at Delon's appearance of not saying a word, he knows that this guy is coming to the Lakers, and he really has a lot of B in his heart.

Li Wan was very disdainful of this, he didn't expect this Delong to be such a person, and he bullied and bullied the old man who loved him, why didn't you dare to fight with Kobe?

Kobe Bryant held the ball and posed, Artest pressed up like a bullfighter with red eyes, looking like "If you dare to attack, I will fight with you for 300 rounds"!

If it were an ordinary person, they might be frightened by his appearance, but Kobe Bryant was "scared"? He didn't even go to college, so how could he be afraid that Artest would be a bastard, and the two would fight together.

To say that the current "Black Mamba" is really the first active person in the NBA in terms of technology, but the problem is that now he basically uses confrontation and technology to break through opponents, and simply relies on explosive power to break through opponents, which was not a signboard when he was young, and even worse now, it is just Artest, whose lateral speed has become slower, and the only thing left now is confrontation!

That's kind of hitting the muzzle!

Kobe Bryant gradually felt Artest's "fiery love" and successfully lost himself. In the 09 series against the Rockets, Bryant averaged 27.4 points + 5 rebounds + 3.7 assists per game while shooting 45.5% from the field.

Both the shooting percentage and the points scored were lower than the average of that season.

This shows that Artest does have his uniqueness in Kobe's defense.

For example, this "hot love" that is difficult for others to have.

The ball bounced out of the frame and was held by Pau Gasol in advance, and although Da Yao squeezed Bynum away, his short-handed problem was reflected at this moment.

Twisting and with a nice hook, Gasol sends the ball to the basket.

This is his fourth year with the Lakers, and his age has gone from 27 to 31, but his overall state is still stable, averaging 18.8 points and 10.2 rebounds per game is no different from when he first came to the Lakers.

Even Kobe Bryant's form has declined a bit this season, but he is the most consistent point for the Lakers.

4-2！

The New York Knicks played "Li Liu" to block and dismantle this time.

Seeing Lewis moving in Lewan's direction, Bynum instinctively felt a word:

Dangerous!

Seeing this, Kobe Bryant stuck in time and wanted to replace Li Wan after changing the defense.

Li Wan didn't notice this at first, but a deft run from Ray Allen passed behind him, allowing him to notice in time that the "snake" on the opposite side didn't know where to lie now.

Want to sneak attack?

You little trash!

The dignified "Black Mamba" has now become the "sixth child".

Li Wan immediately threw the ball behind him.

Ray Allen takes the ball and throws it.

When Bryant noticed the "backyard fire", the "backyard" was already "on fire"!

5-4！

"Hey, man, how long have you been in this alliance?"

Li Wan deliberately shouted at Kobe.

The stinky face of this "snake" has become more stinky with the naked eye.

Refreshing!

He's cool, and Artest is even more difficult to defend.

No matter how you say it, it was the "little horse dragon" of the year, this "dark elbow" that riveted enough strength, even if it was a "beast", he wanted to find a woman to replace "Huhu".

It hurts, it hurts!

But......

Artest looked at Kobe's eyes, and gradually changed.

If you're going to play like this, I'm not sleepy!

The Knicks fought back again, and the difference between the two sides changed to 7-6 at this time!

Artest took the initiative to provoke Kobe to receive the ball.

Again, the "Black Mamba" is not "scared", he has never gone to college, if you want to fight, he will fight, like a sand gull only asking, heaven and earth fight.

Artest immediately took the initiative to give a hard blow at the same time as he exerted his strength.

This time it was very hard, and directly made Kobe Bryant fall to the ground softly.

The referee blew the whistle and gave Artest a foul.

But I don't know if the whistle stimulated this "beast", and at the same time as Kobe Bryant fell to the ground, Artest actually moved sideways while continuing to curse.

This is Li Wan's teammate with Artest for two years, and he has seen the fastest "sideways" he has ever seen.

What is the league's top 3d ......

Stereo surround sound!

The emotions in the audience were also ignited, and the whole scene was also scolding. At this time, they don't care if the person who fell is Kobe Bryant or not, and the scolding is over!

Who makes them the league's most "loyal" home fans?

At this time, you must support your own team!

When the referee saw Artest moving, he hurriedly rushed over, and when he found out that this guy was just BB, he didn't move, and the whistle came out of his mouth.

Originally, he thought that Artest couldn't resist rushing up to fight Kobe.

I didn't expect it!

At this age, he has also become a "strong mouth king"!

Well......

That's not right!

The referee thought about it carefully, this "beast" has actually always been a "strong mouth king".

Kobe Bryant is also a pervert, under Artest's "artificial" stereo surround sound, after listening to a song "live diss", after being helped up by his teammates, he smiled and applauded, and glanced at Artest with a look of "Okay, you are like this, let's see", and then held the ball again in the boos.

Artest was the first to grapple with it.

After the "dismount" just now, the intensity of the confrontation between the two escalated again, and Kobe Bryant kept elbowing, wanting to further provoke Artest.

In his opinion, since Artest couldn't help but deliberately take the initiative to foul just now, it means that he is already on the verge of going berserk, as long as he provokes him again, this guy will inevitably go berserk.

If this guy had been allowed to leave the game with a "technical foul" earlier, it would have been much easier to play in today's game.

Without Artest, Li Wan must be in front of him!

It's just that just as he stretched out his hand again, about to give him a blow, and turned around at the same time, Artest, who had been sticking to him, suddenly turned his head to hide his face and fell to the side as if the corner of his mouth had been hit hard.

What the heck?

I haven't even tried it yet!

Kobe Bryant thought to himself, and when he shot the basket, he heard the referee's whistle.

"Lakers No. 24 offensive foul!"

I'm special!

When Kobe Bryant saw the referee's signal, he almost couldn't help but rush up to theorize:

Am I offending for a foul?

Actually me for an offensive foul?

When he subconsciously glanced at the replay on the big screen amid the cheers of the audience, he realized that he didn't know when, and the offensive action was a little exaggerated.

Artest hid his face, as if he had been hit by his elbow.

Although he knew it had to be fake......

But just looking at it like this, even he thinks it's true, let alone the referee!

"Nice, man, it's okay!"

Li Wan hurriedly ran towards Artest. only to find that this guy couldn't hold back his laughter. Seeing him like this, why didn't Li Wan understand what was going on?

Good guy, could this be the legendary "Zhang Fei embroidery needle...... Thick and fine"?

Artest actually played such a dirty trick!

"Lee, I learned this from you, do you remember our first game?" Artest continued to wink at him.

Li Wan: ......

Let's just say such a clever defensive trick, how can ordinary people be?

It has to be me!

However, Li Wan was really a little surprised, at the beginning, seeing Artest's irritable defensive style, he also thought that today's game would not be able to run without a technical foul.

I didn't expect it......

This is actually Artest doing it on purpose!

The "Beast" defense is starting to use its tactics......

This is really ......

Invincible!

Artest finished pretending to end, and looked at Kobe Bryant again with determination in his eyes.

When D'Antoni handed him the task of defending Kobe, Artest secretly said in his heart: This year must be better than the 09 time!

Although the effect was okay in the eyes of the outside world, Artest was not satisfied.

In order to make up for the decline in physical function, he has recently studied the defensive videos of other defenders, including Li Wan's.

Everything with one purpose:

Defend Kobe!

picked up an offensive round for nothing, but when Li Wan held the ball to the frontcourt, the Lakers players who defended him changed from Delon to Kobe Bryant.

It's as if asking:

Such a cheap trick, did you teach it?

Li Wan shrugged his shoulders and denied it.

It may be a little bit like my style, but it's not ......

It's just that he shrugged his shoulders and denied it, but Kobe Bryant thought he was acquiescing.

At that time, he was even more fierce to prevent it, and Li Wan almost blurted out:

Haven't eaten?

Fortunately, I held back!

Because he can feel that Kobe's current state is indeed fierce enough, it is no longer appropriate to add some material to him.

Kobe Bryant is the same kind of person as Michael Jordan.

Spitting trash talk at them is to make yourself uncomfortable.

The only difference is that against Jordan, you can't take the initiative at all, and against Kobe, you can take the initiative a little bit, but you can't go too far.

The reason for this difference is that Michael Jordan is more dominant on the court than Kobe.

Of course, there is another difference that Li Wan was born in Kobe's era, if it is in Jordan's era, in terms of Li Wan's character, there is actually no difference between watching Jordan and watching Kobe.

It is because he can't play against Michael Jordan on the court that Li Wan will have a little more respect for him.

However, it is not so much Jordan as the history of the NBA.

Without the past, there is no future!

As an NBA player, you especially can't deny the NBA's past!

Jordan's brilliance is precisely to give others a standard:

To what extent can you be called the "God of Basketball"!

Therefore, he Li Wan, is willing to call Michael Jordan "goat horns"!

A quick twist, and then a constant elbow to force Bryant back in order to get the fastest acceleration space. But what Li Wan didn't expect was that Kobe Bryant kept fighting with him as if he didn't feel pain, and he didn't have the idea of retreating at all.

Li Wan felt that he was about to get bald, but Kobe Bryant was more energetic.

This made him think that Barnes later scared him with the ball when he served, but there was no reaction at all. Although this is not the same thing, it is true that in some ways, this "snake" does not behave like a normal human being!

Da Yao quickly came out to make a block and dismantle, Li Wan killed Kobe Bryant inside, and successfully rushed to the basket with the help of cover, Bynum desperately chased the defense, but he could only watch Li Wan rush straight to the basket, and he was seriously injured several times, and his legs and feet really couldn't keep up.

Pau Gasol couldn't help but make up for it in the end, and Li Wan immediately sent the ball to Lewis at a zero angle on the wing.

Almost the moment Gasol moved, he moved.

Apparently he has been paying attention to Gasol's "beautiful sister-in-law".

Ariza hurriedly made up for it, but Lewis didn't even look at him and hit a 3-point shot!

Speaking of which, Lewis can be regarded as a player whose personal destiny trajectory has changed a lot because of Li Wan's existence.

Originally, he was sent to the Wizards by the rebuilt Magic team in the 10~11 season, and he also suffered a major injury, and only played 30 games in a season, and then reimbursed for the season, averaging only 11.4 points per game.

This was also the last season in which "Mr. Billion" averaged a double-double in points per game in the NBA professional game, and he has not recovered from the effects of injury since then, leaving the league after only two or three seasons.

And now, although his performance is still not worth his current annual salary of 19 million, he is still at the top level of the league in terms of outside projection.

Especially with Li Wan's blocking and dismantling, since it was used in the 09 finals, it has always been a "killer" general means, and to this day, it still makes every opponent feel pain.

Also changing direction has increased his value!

So......

It's really important to follow the right people!

Or it's really important to follow in the footsteps of Leevan, and that's evident in Kwame Brown's case, and it's also evident in Lewis's case.

10-6！

The New York Knicks' lead came to four points......

It is said that 5 points is a rhythm point.

The Lakers' offensive results this round suddenly became important.

Phil Jackson watched as Deron Williams carried the ball to the front court amid the cheers in the sky, but his hand still didn't come out of his pants pocket.

That year, he put his hands in his pockets and didn't know what it meant to be nervous!

As for the confidence......

Deron Williams holds the ball and calls for Pau Gasol's pick-and-roll.

Lewan had noticed Gasol's delay, but he still couldn't get around it when he posted it.

What a damn gentle countryman!

Delon broke through to the free throw line, noticed that the Knicks' entire formation shrank to the basket, and immediately gave the ball to the wing......

"Huh!"

The three-pointer fell into the frame.

9 to 10!

Once again, the margin is back to 1 point.

The cheers from the crowd were extinguished by the ball.

For the first time in this game, the big screen gave Ariza more than three seconds of footage.

Instead of running to the Rockets as an "iron tie" like he originally did, the "Cobras" who continued to stay with the Lakers continued to improve his three-point shooting and defense over the past two seasons.

Now, his results are on display.

Phil Jackson's gaze lit with satisfaction.

That's where his confidence lies.

In terms of offense, he is not aimed at anyone, he just wants to say that there is one in this league, including the New York Knicks, he is not afraid!

There are really too many points of attack!

And this was fully reflected in the rest of the first quarter, although the New York Knicks have been scoring, but the Lakers' scoring momentum is just as ferocious.

At the end of the first quarter, the scores were tied at 32-32......

Kenny Smith was stunned by this scene, and in his memory, he really couldn't remember who the team was tied with the New York Knicks after the first quarter, and which game it was.

Or......

Has there ever been such a game this season......

Now, of course, yes:

The Lakers did it!

Barkley, as Li Wan's loyal "licking dog", was also surprised by the fighting power shown by the Lakers:

"DeLong's arrival has indeed made this team have a lot of changes and possibilities on the offensive end, plus Kobe Bryant now knows more and more when to stand up and when to play a supporting role, I have to admit that the New York Knicks are in trouble!"