Kurt Thomas found the right time to complete the bag defense against Shaq O'Neal in time.

Facing the bag between the two, Shaq O'Neill felt extremely uncomfortable.

Mutombo is a very defensive centre-forward in his own right.

Although he is older, his strength is still online.

Otherwise, he would not be hailed by fans as a veteran among the four interior demons of the Knicks.

And Kurt Thomas is a brilliant blue-collar player in his own right.

It's also very good defensively.

With Karl Malone not on the court, having Mutombo and Kurt Thomas in the middle of the game to defend Shaq O'Neal can definitely reduce the Lakers' interior firepower by at least 70 percent!

One person can't stop Shaq O'Neal.

Those two interior stars are always okay, right?!

As for the Lakers' other interior player?!

In terms of the strength of the Knicks' interior players, there really isn't much to worry about.

Seeing that Shaq O'Neal, who had no chance to complete the offense, no longer hesitated, and directly threw the basketball in his hand outside the three-point line.

Seeing this, Kobe Bryant hurriedly stretched out his hand to take the basketball.

However, Mo Williams reacted faster.

Before Kobe Bryant received the basketball, he rushed over in advance and reached out to snatch the basketball.

Then, throw the basketball towards the front court.

Not far away, Jose Calderón and Kyle Korver have already launched a fast break.

Jose Calderón receives a pass from Mo Williams.

Then a quick dribble to the frontcourt.

However, Kobe Bryant's reaction was also very fast, and he caught up with the defense as soon as possible.

Jose Calderon didn't hesitate and threw the basketball in his hand towards the position outside the three-point line on the right baseline.

Kyle Korver, who had already run to position, didn't make any stops.

Start with your hand.

"Huh!"

Empty three-pointers!

The Knicks take the first three points!

Watching the basketball hit the floor, Kobe Bryant suddenly had a bad premonition in his heart.

He could clearly feel that the Knicks seemed to be different today.

Turning around, the Lakers attacked.

After the last time Shaq O'Neal lost offense, this time Kobe decided to attack on his own.

Slowly dribbling to a 45-degree angle outside the three-point line on the right side, he began to observe the situation on the court.

Then, directly against Jose Calderón's defense, he came to the low post and began to play back.

For Kobe, this is one of the most consistent ways for him to attack at the moment.

Of course, the most important thing is that it is easier to attack with a back basket.

The finals against the Knicks are undoubtedly very difficult to play.

Therefore, if you can save your physical strength as much as possible, the more you will be able to grasp a certain advantage in the final stage of the game.

Therefore, Kobe Bryant did not hesitate to choose the way of attacking with the basket on his back.

One, two.

After pushing Jose Calderón a little distance, he slapped the basketball in front of him with his right hand.

The basketball then slammed into the floor and bounced.

After that, Bryant shook his shoulders and didn't touch the basketball with his hands, just let the basketball fall freely.

Then, suddenly, he turned to the right.

He caught the basketball with both hands.

Quick jump, step-back jumper.

But just as Kobe Bryant finished jumping up, another figure appeared in front of him!

Mo Williams!

Together with Jose Calderon, a wrap-and-wrap defense against Kobe!

"Bang dang!"

This goal, under the interference of two people, Kobe Bryant failed to score.

Even the way the step-back jumper is rarely interfered with by the opponent.

However, the two-man bag defense still caused some problems for Bryant.

Mutombo held Shaq O'Neal under the basket and managed to grab the rebound.

Then he threw the basketball towards the front court again.

Kyle Korver received a pass from Mutombo and rushed straight to the three-point line in the frontcourt.

Facing the basket, jump straight and shoot.

"Huh!"

Another three-pointer!

The Knicks scored another 3 points!

The score became 6-0!

At the beginning of the game, the Knicks achieved a big advantage!

Ross Barkley and Smith on the sidelines were both full of flashes of light.

"Smith, the Knicks seem to be playing very well today! Although Aaron Iverson and Da Yao did not play, the score was ahead! It's really unexpected! Barkley looked at Smith beside him and whispered.

Smith, who was on the side, heard Barkley's voice and turned his head to look at him.

Then he responded: "Yes! ”

"Today, the Knicks are quite targeted against the Lakers' defense! Whether it's Shaq O'Neal or Kobe Bryant. ”

"As long as one of the two of them attacks, then the Knicks will send two players to play a sandwich defense!"

"It's really not taking the rest of the Lakers players seriously!"

"However, this kind of defense really works!"

When Barkley heard Smith's words, he couldn't help but laugh and said, "Hahaha! If it were me, I'd do the same! The Lakers' F4 combo is indeed strong. But the level of the other players is indeed a little unsatisfactory! ”

Barkley's words made many fans who were watching the game laugh.

It's not so easy to form an F4 combination.

The Lakers were able to do this, naturally at the expense of the thickness of the roster in other positions.

In other words, in addition to these four stars, the strength of the other players of the Lakers team is indeed not that strong.

And the meaning of Barkley's words just now almost pointed out that the Lakers are not good for anyone except these four stars.

Seeing the Knicks players on the court take the advantage, many Knicks fans have recovered a lot of confidence in their hearts.

However, there is more concern about whether the Knicks' current performance will be just a flash in the pan.

But Phil Jackson on the sidelines seemed to see something.

With a heavy face, he paced back and forth in front of the Lakers' bench.

Suddenly, he raised his head abruptly and turned his head to look at Han Ning.

The appearance of gritting his teeth made Han Ning understand that this little old man really saw his tactical purpose.

I have to say that as an NBA coach, this reaction speed is indeed very fast.

But.

Judging from that expression, Han Ning also understood that the tactics he had arranged this time were right.

The lifeblood of the Lakers was grabbed by him!

Otherwise, Phil Jackson would never be what he is now.

Hehe, I like this kind of look that makes you hate but can't do anything about it.

Han Ning, who was devastated in the first three games, finally returned this feeling to Phil Jackson again.

And Phil Jackson was also secretly scolding in his heart at this time.

This young man is really hard to deal with!