According to the schedule, the G3 game of the Finals between the Lakers and the Knicks will be moved to Madison Square Garden in New York on June 8.

After the G2 match, O'Neal said in an interview in response to the controversy over his use of "fake falls" in the game: "As you all know, the person I admire the most is Michael Jordan.

So I can swear to God that Michael Jordan's eight-time championship is that my fall in the competition was not a fake.

It was Yao who injured me with his internal strength!

Truth be told, until now, I haven't slowed down! ”

I have to say that O'Neill is indeed a humorous person.

Because compared to those players who tend to be tough in the face of the world's criticism to maintain their image......

O'Neal's joking explanation not only euphemistically acknowledged the fact that he used fake throws against Yao Ming in the match, but also succeeded in diverting attention.

On the night of the G2 game with the Knicks, the Lakers flew to New York overnight on a special plane.

As a result, O'Neal, Kobe and others, who had experience in the finals, all said with a puzzled face after arriving in New York:

This New York fan ......

Why didn't you beat the gongs and drums near the hotel where the Lakers were staying, and then have a few more concerts to affect the quality of the Lakers players' sleep?

You know, in the NBA, the so-called home-court advantage never refers to more than just off-court weighting in the game.

Off-field interference from fans is also one of the most important aspects of home advantage.

In fact......

Knicks fans haven't thought about holding a couple of concerts near the Lakers' hotel.

But on the afternoon of the 7th, when the Lakers were practicing on the court at Madison Square Garden, they accompanied everyone to see the "Wang Shuo Statue" standing in the basketball mecca......

The answer to Knicks fans' choice to forgo off-court interference with the Lakers was suddenly revealed.

Yes.

Knicks fans don't want Lakers players to sleep too well before Game 3 of the Finals begins.

But considering that the man is over thirty years old, he needs a good quality of sleep to ensure good health.

Therefore, Knicks fans have magnanimously let the Lakers players go.

However, on the evening of the 8th, the Lakers players who could ensure the quality of sleep before the start of the G3 game were not so lucky.

On this night, Madison Square Garden received a different cheer than even Wang Shuo, who surpassed Duncan and Yao Ming, during the appearance ceremony......

On the court, every Lakers player will attract high-quality abuse and boos from Knicks fans.

Especially O'Neill.

On the sidelines, Farke O'Neal's appearance brought the entire Madison Square Garden to a climax almost instantly.

At the scene, some Knicks fans even held a sign with O'Neal's "little brother" painted on it and shouted at O'Neal: "Farke O'Neal, this is your little brother who can't do anything!" ”

As we all know, the English language is broad and profound.

Therefore, this "dry" is not the other "dry".

The holy land of basketball, after the appearance ceremony, the two teams were first revealed:

Lakers: Farke Gasol, Farke Wallace, Farke Bryant, Farke Ellis, Stephen Curry.

Knicks: Yao Ming, Duncan, Chandler, Smith, Rondo.

In this game, Curry once again proved the gold content of his "chosen son".

As the only player in the Lakers starters who has not been renamed by Knicks fans, Curry narrowly escaped because of his relationship with Wang Shuo.

In addition, unlike the previous two games, Brown also adjusted the Knicks' starting lineup in this game.

It not only put Jr. Smith, who had a "war criminal-level" performance in the first two wars, to the first start.

And also sent the more athletic Chandler in the No. 3 position to partner with the "meme" group.

Although, when seeing the Knicks' starting list tonight, many Knicks fans are questioning Brown's employment.

But on the Lakers bench, Malone glanced at Wang Shuo and said, "Wang, it's really as you said......

This round of finals has just begun! ”

True, Smith didn't perform well in the first two games of the Finals, but when he was on the court, Bryant also had to stay focused on the defensive end.

Therefore, after figuring out this link, Brown decisively put Smith in the team's starting lineup in this game.

As for the more athletic Chandler......

Brown used him to play the starting lineup in order to relieve Rondo's defensive pressure.

In Wang Shuo's previous life, in his career record with Rondo, Curry shot only 43.1% from the field, only 35.5% from three-point range, and averaged only 19 points per game.

In every sense of the word, compared to those so-called "Curry Terminators......

Rondo's defense of Curry is the real textbook of defense against Curry.

However, in this round of the series, Wang Shuo added Ellis as an assault point to Curry's side......

Therefore, Coach Lang often loses one or the other in the first two games of the finals.

So in this G3 battle, after carefully reviewing the first two games, Brown decided to use Chandler to defend Curry and let Rondo focus on guarding Ellis.

Ha?

You say that since Rondo defends Curry so well, why doesn't Brown let Rondo continue to defend Curry?

A: Of course, it's because Ellis at this time is more lethal than Curry.

Summing up the first two games of the game, Ellis scored a total of 61 points for the Lakers.

Admittedly, once Ellis bursts out on the court, there is nothing Long can do about him.

But in this series, Brown knew very well that if he didn't want to find a way to solve Ellis......

Then the Knicks can only accept the fact that Ellis can consistently replace any one of the "meme" combinations to score every game.

You must know that for the Lakers, no matter how good Ellis's performance on the court is, he can only be regarded as the "little king" on the Lakers' side.

So......

In any case, Brown can't accept that the Knicks have been replaced by the Lakers with "Little King" for their own "Big King" passive situation.

Just like what Director Zhang said in the previous commentary.

Kobe, Ellis, and Curry are three glasses of poisoned wine.

Therefore, on this night, Brown's defensive approach was undoubtedly the best solution based on the Knicks' roster structure.

That is: by increasing the defensive pressure on Kobe, affecting Kobe's feel, and reducing the possibility of him pressing the "God descends" switch button on the court.

And let Rondo take advantage of the home advantage to target Ellis wholeheartedly.

and, using Chandler's height, reach, and athleticism to pestering Curry.

Perhaps, compared to offense, Brown will not be able to compete with Wang Shuo for another hundred years.

But more than defense, this piece of "black bread" definitely has its uniqueness.

On the court, after the start of the first quarter, the New York duo, who returned to Madison Square Garden, led the Knicks to a 10-2 spurt early in the first quarter.

In the first two games of the Finals, Sloan was used to create a misalignment in blocking and disintegrating to punish the Knicks, who were destined to be unable to keep up with the Lakers' mobility, and the Lakers played quite an amazing offensive efficiency on the court.

But now, the situation is different.

Although Brown couldn't crack Sloan's block for a while, in the case of sending Chandler and Rondo to entangle Curry and Ellis, the Knicks gave the Lakers two point guards a lot less chance to play small than in the first two games.

On the sidelines, when the Lakers' first timeout of the night was filmed, Wang Shuo quickly adjusted the Lakers' offensive layout and signaled that Xiao Jia and Wallace could use Curry and Ellis's pull to make more moves on the court.

All five players on the Lakers court were able to shoot three-pointers.

But in this round of the Finals against the Knicks, if you keep floating on the outside......

Wang Shuo knows very well that once he repeatedly fails to shoot, the Lakers will easily be opened up by a team like the Knicks who can score points steadily on the court with high efficiency.

On the court, Wang Shuo's adjustment quickly paid off.

Because when the Lakers executed Sloan's pick-and-roll, they wanted to completely block Curry and Ellis's movement, and the Knicks also had to put some opportunities on the inside for the Lakers.

On the court, the Lakers attacked.

At the moment when Ellis and Curry were covered by teammates on both wings, Xiao Jia, who was holding the ball in the high post, suddenly went down after transferring the ball to Kobe.

In the Knicks restricted area, facing Smith in front of him, Xiao Jia received Kobe's wonderful pass and hit a two-point shot.

12 to 17.

Come back, the Knicks have the ball.

Xiao Jia quietly pulled the corner of Xiao Yao's clothes when defending Yao Ming in the low post.

If it was at the Lakers' home court, the referees would definitely turn a blind eye to this small action.

But on the Knicks' home court, it was for him his second personal foul in the first quarter.

In this regard, Wang Shuo had nothing to say, so he immediately sent O'Neill.

And at this moment, Madison Square Garden is also completely crazy.

If it weren't for the on-site security personnel stopping the ......

Wang Shuo always felt that this elderly shark was likely to be beaten to death by angry Knicks fans who rushed into the court.

After all, for the old New Yorkers of the Stars and Stripes......

Yao Ming is their counter-scale.

In the past two years, whoever touches it has died, without exception.

In addition, when he went on the court in the face of the boos from the scene, O'Neal also took the opportunity of the substitution to pull Kobe Bryant to his side, and conveyed Wang Shuo's new instructions to him, saying: "The leader wants you to add some breakthroughs in the game."

I'll give you a pick-and-roll when the time is right. ”

Wang Shuo knows very well that if he wants to win this game, he must have to suffer Kobe Bryant again.

No matter how much work Kobe Bryant has to take on on the defensive end.

He's going to have to make a name for his two little brothers on the offensive end.

Otherwise, the Lakers are destined to struggle to put enough pressure on the Knicks on the offensive end like they did in the previous two games.

As the saying goes, if you want to wear a crown, you must bear its weight.

Wang Shuo painted cakes before.

But if Kobe Bryant really wants to go up to the top this year......

Then he must move to a higher level in the realm.

From transcendent sanctification to ......

It's called the realm of the first world!

On the court, after the Lakers substitution, the Knicks attacked.

After receiving the ball, Xiao Yao's low-post attack was blocked, so he had to turn over and lean back.

O'Neal, who knew that using "earth-shattering" in someone else's home stadium would only be a joke, this ball stubbornly pushed Yao Ming out of the emoji.

However, the all-time No. 1 center is the all-time No. 1 center after all.

In this goal, O'Neal's defense in the low post was flawless.

But Yao Ming used his soft touch to turn the basketball over and send it into the hoop.

The mecca of basketball is crazy again at this moment!

I saw the Knicks fans at the scene frantically chanting Yao Ming's name.

Spike Lee on the sidelines also yelled at O'Neal, "Shaq, this is the gap between you and Yao!" ”

If it had been placed in the past, O'Neal would definitely have found a way to give the Knicks and Yao Ming a response in the Lakers' next offensive round.

But on the court, after Curry dribbled the ball past half court and handed the ball to Kobe......

O'Neal, however, pulled up to the high post and gave Kobe a textbook pick-and-roll.

Of course, O'Neill knows that in this life, he can no longer be compared to Yao Ming.

Can......

As long as he can taste the championship again, even if he goes to hell to deal with the devil, why not?

On the court, at the moment of tearing down the wall, I saw O'Neal suddenly go straight to the Knicks' basket.

TNT TV, Barkley, who saw O'Neill's downward route through God's perspective, exclaimed at the first time: "This is 'David West cover'!" ”

Yes, in the process of this down, O'Neal's downturn was not to get a chance to catch the ball and attack the frame.

Instead, through the famous "West Blocking", Kobe Bryant blocked the Knicks' assistant defensive players!

When "OK" becomes "KO", even though it has long lost the majesty of the year, at this moment, O'Neal also used his last ripple to light up the way for "Peter Pan" Kobe to continue to move forward!

In the Knicks restricted area, Kobe Bryant flew up and hit a layup.

14 to 19.

In front of the TV, at this moment, the CP fans of the "KO" group don't know if they are crying Wang Shuo.

But he noticed that Duncan's next glance at O'Neal's old rival was clearly full of respect.

So, what should be the greatest respect for the opponent?

A: Extermination, of course!

In this game, the New York double kings who returned to their home stadium were like a divine help.

In the first quarter of the game, Yao Ming shot 5 of 7 and counted 6 free throws, scoring 16 points and 4 rebounds for the Knicks in a single quarter.

Duncan made 4-of-5 shooting and 3-of-4 free throws to contribute 11 points, four rebounds and three assists to the Knicks.

On the court, at the end of the first quarter, the Lakers, who were playing away, fell behind 29-36.

In this year's defense-themed playoffs......

The Knicks and Lakers used no one to stop anyone's offense in the Finals, like the world fully demonstrated how good these wonderful goals are played with high-quality defense.

In addition, as Wang Shuo expected, this round of the series moved to New York......

The Lakers want to increase the physical consumption of Yao Ming and Duncan on the court through high-intensity defense on the defensive end, and they will inevitably pay more fouls as a price.

In the second quarter of the game, the Lakers' on-court lineup was Jordan Jr., McRoberts, Odom, Gallinari, and Ellis.

The Knicks' on-court lineup is Gortat, West, Hill, Ariza, and Rondo.

Compared with the previous two games, in the G3 game, Brown also plans to reduce the team's personnel rotation, and change to a 10-person rotation like Wang Shuo.

It was a wise decision.

Wang Shuo's previous life, don't look at Cole's 12-person rotation all day long.

But in that round of the battle of the century with the "light bulb" combination, in fact, in the most critical tie-break, except for Quinn Cook and Patrick McCaw, who only played for one minute each, the Warriors only dared to use 8 people in rotation at that time.

In this round of the finals, because the level of play played by the two teams determines that the "barrel effect" will be infinitely amplified, even the Knicks and Lakers, who both have luxury bench groups......

I didn't dare to let the substitutes of the two teams play too long in the game.

Tonight, Rondo, who was on the bar with Ellis, fully played the spirit of I don't score in the first half of the second quarter, and you don't want to be happy.

Fortunately, Gallinari stepped up in time and used his desperate straight break to repeatedly win the Lakers opportunities to go to the free throw line.

Even if it's the Knicks' home court, the referees can't completely give the Lakers no whistle.

Of course, Gallinari, who has always regarded himself as a "Roman", will not use "shocking knees" to win sympathy for himself even if he dies.

But in the face of this iron-blooded Italian cannon, the breakthrough of life and death is beyond the bounds......

How could the referees ignore the physical contact he had with the opposing team when he went to the basket?

CCTV, and even Director Zhang, whose stance in this series has completely fallen to the Knicks, sighed: "Gallinari is a player...... As long as you play, you can really only describe it as playing with your life. ”

However, the Lakers have Gallinari.

The Knicks likewise have David West.

In the first half of the second quarter, the Lakers, led by Gallinari, had just closed the gap between the two teams to two points.

West led the Knicks to an 8-0 offensive spurt to respond to the Lakers.

West's small personal crit became a turning point in the game.

Because of the second quarter, the Knicks always maintained the lead in the score under the leadership of West, and Brown was able to give the New York Kings an extra two minutes of rest.

For basketball, a sport that is extremely demanding in an instantaneous manner......

This short two-minute break is enough to change the tide of a game.

In the remainder of the game, the Lakers pushed the scores of the two teams to within five points on several occasions.

But compared with the first two games, Yao Ming and Duncan, who can get more rest under West's efforts, can lead the Knicks to respond to the Lakers with more consistent scoring every time.

Wang Shuo is well aware that it is difficult for the Lakers to win at Madison Square Garden with this kind of small outburst in a local period of time.

In the final quarter of the game, as the timer went to zero, the finishing score of the G3 battle in the finals was finally fixed at 112-120.

Back at home, the Knicks managed to pull one back.

In the G3 game, Yao Ming and Duncan contributed 37 points, 11 rebounds, and 3 assists to the Knicks, and 28 points, 17 rebounds, and 7 assists respectively.

But in Wang Shuo's view, it was West, who scored 23 points, 5 assists and 4 rebounds for the Knicks in the game.

On the Lakers' side, in the G3 game, Kobe Bryant, who had to be a father on offense and a mother on defense, contributed a total of 39 points, 9 rebounds and 4 assists to the team.

Ellis played mediocre, shooting just 4-of-14 from the field, and totaling 14 points, 4 rebounds, and 3 assists from the free throw line.

Curry's performance wasn't ideal, either.

He shot just 5-of-15 overall from the field.

Although he made 5 of 10 three-pointers, he didn't score 15 points from Curry's game......

In this game, the elementary school students contributed 4 more blocks to the "emoji" group.

Curry was hatted in this year's Finals, which is related to the fact that his "layup" at this time still needs to be upgraded.

In Wang Shuo's previous life, Curry's finishing rates in the first four seasons of his career before he upgraded to the "layup" were 59.9%, 61.8%, 56.3% and 58.3% respectively.

If you compare it with my turtle in the same period in history, you may think that Curry's finishing rate under the basket is not low.

But as the saying goes, any comparison of hit percentages without looking at the number of shots is meaningless.

In fact, in the first four seasons of his career, Curry never averaged more than three shots per game.

It wasn't until his "layup" upgrade was completed that Curry could be regarded as a breakthrough master in the true sense.

In the 15/16 regular season, Curry averaged 4.6 times per game under the basket, with a finishing rate of nearly 70%, and his breakthrough efficiency can put a lot of historical Demomen to shame.

Wang Shuo knows that Curry at this time is still a certain gap from his peak.

So he didn't accuse Curry after the game of helping Yao Ming and Duncan brush their hats in this round of the Finals.

Can be under Chandler's defense......

In the G3 game, Curry only made 10 shots outside the three-point line, which was obviously unqualified in Wang Shuo's opinion.

Because compared to the top wing in the real sense......

Chandler couldn't completely block Curry's three-point shot in the game.

In this round of the finals, Mike Brown is already determined to use Rondo to fight Ellis.

In this case, Wang Shuo knew that more players on the Lakers' side had to step up and score in order to help the Lakers maintain offensive firepower on the court.

Compared to Ellis, Curry, who has a better output environment, naturally bears the brunt.

A day later, the G4 match between the two teams continued at Madison Square Garden.

In this game, both the Knicks and the Lakers continued to start in G3.

Although after the G3 game, Wang Shuo considered putting Ellis on the bench and letting him travel with Rondo at a staggered pace.

But that way......

The firepower of the Lakers' starting lineup is bound to be weakened.

Moreover, when Yao Ming and Duncan are on the court at the same time, Gallinari's straight-line breakthrough will also be greatly diminished in power.

In the first quarter of the game, Curry, who was entrusted with a heavy responsibility by Wang Shuo this night, lived up to Wang Shuo's expectations for him.

He shot 4-of-6 from beyond the three-point line in the first quarter, including free throws, and contributed a total of 14 points, 2 rebounds, and 3 assists to the team.

However......

Kobe Bryant was iron-clad this time.

Excluding the strong attack under the basket on 3-of-4 shooting, Kobe Bryant missed all 5 mid-range shots and 5-point shots in the first quarter.

Kobe Bryant did not feel well in this game, and there was only a day between the G3 and G4 games, and his physical fitness has not fully recovered.

After all, no matter how much Iron Man doesn't matter, Kobe, who played 44 minutes for the Lakers in this series, is not really made of steel.

At halftime, the Lakers trailed the Knicks by 13 points, 52-65.

CCTV, at this time, Director Zhang, who can rest assured, objective and neutral, said worriedly: "Kobe Bryant has shown fatigue in this game......

The Lakers are in trouble for the rest of the game. ”

At halftime, Wang Shuo changed his mind about the game and chatted with Kobe: "In this game, I will control your playing time a little."

This series has just begun, and only you can lead the Lakers to victory in the rest of the game. ”

Hearing this, Kobe Bryant smiled and said: "Wang, you don't have to explain so much to me, whether you let me rest off the court or play on the court, I will listen to you." ”

In the third quarter of the game, after playing half a quarter, Wang Shuo replaced Kobe Bryant and replaced Green and Gallinari in the third and fourth positions respectively.

Seeing this, Brown originally wanted to take one of Yao Ming and Duncan down to prepare for the final quarter of the game.

But on the court, Danny Green, who suddenly began to shine, almost wrote a fairy tale for the Lakers on this night!

Madison Square Garden, in the third quarter of the game, when the Lakers trailed by the largest margin of 19 points, Green made five shots from the outside, which once helped the Lakers close the gap between the two teams to 7 points.

And, in the final quarter of the game, Gallinari also hit two three-pointers on the court in a row, which shocked the Knicks fans on the scene in a cold sweat.

And it wasn't until this time that people realized how terrifying this Lakers' ability to chase points was.

You know, this is a point chase that the Lakers have completed on the court by other players in Kobe's average state.

In this round of the Finals, under the premise that someone must be sent to limit Curry and Ellis, Kobe Bryant is destined to be prevented by his own hand every game.

In the last quarter of the game, it was not until the last 6 minutes that Wang Shuo replaced Kobe Bryant on the court again.

Compared with the first three quarters, Kobe Bryant's hand warmed up in the last quarter, shooting 5 of 9 in a single quarter, counting free throws, and scoring 14 points for the Lakers in the first quarter.

But Yao Ming and Duncan are like two walls of sighs, blocked in front of the Lakers!

In the game, no matter how Xiao Jia and Wallace defend, these two guys can complete the hard solution on the Lakers' interior against the joint defense.

Wang Shuo has nothing to say about this.

Because just like the Lakers' first two games, there is always someone who can stand up at a critical moment.

In this level of competition, Wang Shuo must also accept that the New York Three Kings can play at a super level in the game.

In the end, the score of the G4 game in the finals was 109-117, and the Lakers failed to complete the comeback on the road, unfortunately missing the opportunity to take the lead in this round of the finals.

Yao Ming shot 14-of-24 from the field, including 1-of-2 from three-point range and 12-of-12 from the free-throw line, contributing a total of 41 points and 10 rebounds to the Knicks.

Duncan shot 10-of-18 from the field and 9-of-14 from the free-throw line to give the Knicks a total of 29 points, 18 rebounds and five assists.

"Wei Erye" was not as bright as the G3 game, but he also got 18 points, 5 rebounds and 4 assists.

On the Lakers' side, Kobe Bryant, who was the first to be accurate, scored a total of 25 points, 8 rebounds, and 5 assists.

Curry, Green, and Gallinari scored 27 points, 4 rebounds, 6 assists, 18 points, 3 rebounds, and 20 points, 4 rebounds, and 2 assists, respectively.

Ellis lost again in this game, finishing with just 11 points, 3 rebounds, and 3 assists.

On the Internet, after the Knicks pretended to be a 2-2 draw in this round of the finals, the number of fans who are optimistic that the Knicks can win the championship this year has suddenly increased.

But at the end of the G1 and G2 battles, Wang Shuo did not lose his mind because of the 2-0 lead over the Knicks.

Mike Brown also doesn't think that after returning home to two consecutive cities, it means that the Knicks have taken the initiative in this round of the Finals.

Truth be told, if he could start all over again this season, Brown would definitely whip the Knicks players who had no desire for the regular season to win a few more games in the regular season.

Because with this round of the finals, it has changed from a best-of-7 system to a best-of-three system......

The Lakers' home court advantage over the Knicks is determined, and at this moment, the Lakers are the side that holds the initiative in the Finals.

According to the schedule, the battle between the Lakers and the Knicks will be moved to the Staples Center in two days, that is, on June 13.

Yes.

Now, this round of finals ......

It's the Lakers' turn to attack!