On June 9, 2001, the sports media in Los Angeles were smiling, and the Los Angeles Times was even more alive:

"The time for the Lakers is coming again!"

"Chamberlain" and "Jordan" in modern basketball, the strongest duo in the league! ”

After returning to the home court, O'Neal and Kobe Bryant scored 30+ in two consecutive games, and after G3 both scored 34 points, G4 made another effort and scored 38 and 35 points respectively.

changed the decline of the away team, not only the score increased, but the efficiency also increased.

So far in the series, after 4 games, O'Neal has averaged 37.8 points per game, shooting 61.1% from the field!

He averaged 16.0 free throws per game, shooting 49.5% from the free-throw line, close to 50% of the free-throw shooting rate, showing that O'Neal is in excellent shape!

Kobe Bryant began to rebound strongly after pulling his hip in G1, averaging 29.0 points per game and shooting back to 46.2% per game.

Although the free throw shooting rate was lowered a lot by G4, the average of 8.0 free throws per game, and the free throw shooting rate of 80.2% was enough to solve the Lakers' outside scoring problem.

After entering the Finals, the "OK" combination has surpassed the regular season, O'Neal has performed better than the Western Conference playoffs, and the Knicks have no interior defense.

Averaging 6.3 frontcourt rebounds per game, O'Neal is wreaking havoc under the basket every game, if it weren't for the Knicks' overshooting, which caused long rebounds to pop up frequently, the Sharks' average of 14.0 rebounds per game could have risen!

Under the chain reaction, Ben Wallace and other interior players also began to be questioned, G4 "Little Ben" left the court with 6 fouls prematurely, and Longley, who appeared on the court, was a stake, and was easily blown up by O'Neal.

90:104, last night's G4, the Knicks shot 8 of 27 from beyond the three-point line, and the shooting percentage of less than 30% also made the ball critics start to turn against them.

In this era, there are not many teams that throw three-point shots, and in the Finals, the Knicks will shoot 25+ per game

On June 10th, before the start of the G5 game that night, the NBA league and NBC worked together, and the sports media no longer discussed the performance of the stars, but worked hard to promote the finals:

"Tonight's game is going to be the best and most exciting basketball game in the world!"

The decline in ratings during the regular season in the past few years is something that no one in the industry wants to see.

When it comes to the annual drama of the season, it doesn't matter what whistle or star it is, and it is the common pursuit of all practitioners to shout together and restore the heat of the early 90s.

Bass Sr. and James Dolan were also frequently interviewed, and President David Stern even held a small press conference before the game.

Not only did he introduce the star players of both sides, but he also explained the basketball philosophy followed by the NBA league to the sports media in other countries.

"The NBA welcomes players from all over the world to play in the league, where players can enjoy the purest and highest level of basketball!"

"From the perspective of basketball development, this is a win-win choice, we are inclusive of different cultures, and the league wants to give the best basketball game to fans around the world!"

“.”

The North American market is the basic market, and the overseas market can continue to expand the influence of the alliance, David Stern is smiling, he loves to see the battle of Tianwang Mountain!

The new players of the Knicks will complain twice, but Li You, who has been interviewed by reporters in the past two days, has a bright smile, and the big score is equalized by the opponent, which does not seem to have any impact on him.

At 20 o'clock in the evening, a large number of media reporters continued to interview Li You in the away team's locker room.

Li You, who was already fully armed, sat in his seat and chatted with the media reporter in front of him in a good mood.

"Lee, in the last game, you were 5-of-13 from beyond the three-point line, will you continue to shoot in tonight's game?"

The Los Angeles Times reporter seemed to want to stimulate Li You, but received a positive reply:

"Of course, I've said it a long time ago, I'm going to keep shooting from beyond the three-point line, and that makes up for my free throw count."

As soon as the words fell, many people chuckled, Li You didn't care, noticed that there were Spanish reporters behind him, waved his hand and greeted:

"Guys, give the people behind you a chance, it's rare to see sports media around the world, I love it!"

Perhaps because Spain's talented big man is about to land in the NBA next season, European sports reporters are also on the scene during key games.

"Lee, at the end of the month, Pau Gasol will officially participate in the draft, and the Knicks seem to have sent out an invitation to tryout, have you been following Gasol's news?"

With the No. 4 pick in hand, the Knicks sent trial invitations to all of this year's outstanding big men, and Li You, who heard the question, quickly responded in Spanish:

"I've been keeping an eye on young players and Gasol is also a talent and he's going to have a successful career!"

The Yahoo Sports reporter squeezed over again and quickly asked a question:

This is perhaps the most pivotal game of the series, and how will Lee and the Knicks limit the "OK" combination? The opposite side seems to be in better shape. ”

Hearing this question, Li You laughed again, then shrugged his shoulders and quipped:

"I'm going to try to defend Fisher, he hit four three-pointers in the last game, and my only mission tonight is to play the whole game."

"Shaq can't be limited, and Kobe Bryant is doing just as well, but we can accept that they will contribute 80 points together and be prepared for that."

"The Knicks will be better at protecting the rebound tonight, I believe Ben, you guys underestimate him, he's definitely a talent!"

"We're going to shoot more three-pointers, and the Knicks are going to shoot like crazy from the outside, and that's our strategy."

Suddenly, the cards were revealed, so that the sports reporters on the third floor and the outer three floors looked at each other, and after careful observation, they found that Li You seemed to be serious, and many people complained in their hearts:

"With all that said, did Van Gundy agree?"

Unlike players who only pursue championships, Lee Woo prefers to expand his influence through the finals, which can only be solved by the league and cannot be solved by individual strength.

Michael Jordan's three-in-a-row championship made the world know him, and Lee Woo is going to do the same thing, hoping that someone in the United States can know him, and in the process, the championship is just the icing on the cake.

Kobe, who is still pursuing tactical status and championships, thinks that Li You's current mentality is exploding.

In the second half of the G4 game, Li You was behind in the score but played blindly, and the series has been going on so far, Kobe Bryant finally saw the dawn of victory!

In a brief interview, Kobe Bryant and O'Neal both confidently stated:

"The Lakers will defend their home court!"

Unlike the Knicks' pre-game locker room, which surrounded a large number of media, Lakers players didn't give too many interviews.

Phil Jackson also doesn't want to see New York reporters knock out the mentality of his players.

Phil Jackson took on the job of the pre-game interview himself, and in the face of questions from left to right, the championship coach only confidently responded:

"We'll get match point tonight!"

The continuous play did allow the Lakers to find the secret to winning, and after returning to the home court, they desperately grabbed the start.

After the game started at 21 o'clock that night, O'Neal showed excellent game form, rarely made free throws, and made the game pee-free.

The Lakers have no brains to contain Li You, and the Knicks continue to shoot wildly on the outside.

At the end of the half, at 45:51, the Lakers led by 6 points, and the Staples Arena was also boiling!

After the start of the third quarter, Jeff Van Gundy was already a little numb, he wanted to let Li You pick himself, but after frequent empty spots on the outside, he comforted himself that his shooting percentage would definitely rebound.

As the game progressed, the camera also frequently captured Jeff Van Gundy muttering to himself on the sidelines, and no one knew that the bald young marshal couldn't help but mutter:

"God forbid! God forbid!."

There were too many open shots, and the first to find his touch was Alan Houston.

Players in the contract year will never be soft, as long as Li You passes, Alan Houston will throw it when there is a vacancy!

Alan Houston, who has the attributes of a non-stick pan, seems to have no psychological pressure, and looks calm throughout the whole process, without showing a trace of pressure.

72:75, with 26 seconds left in the third quarter of the game, the Knicks made the last attack, and Li You, who received the ball on the bottom line, was not in a hurry, still with a faint smile on his face, showing a look of enjoying the game.

Kobe, who led the defense, stared at Li You's movements with his eyes open.

Although he played the whole game in every game, the young Kobe Bryant, like Li You, did not feel tired, and even felt that his physical strength had recovered after a few deep breaths after occasionally taking a few big breaths with the blessing of victory

“Defense！.”

The Knicks' sudden outbreak in the third quarter also made the Lakers fans on the scene more involved in the game, and the defensive cheers in the arena became louder and louder.

In the face of Kobe's leading defense, Li You, who was holding the ball in his right hand, accelerated in a straight line and quickly dribbled behind his back after encountering a physical confrontation.

Bryant immediately turned around and continued to give a physical confrontation, while interfering with his hands in an attempt to disrupt the rhythm of Li You's dribbling.

The moment he switched to his left hand, Li You turned around, grabbed the ball again with his right hand, no longer gave the opponent a chance to press, grabbed half of his body, crushed and rushed through the half, and stopped again at the top of the arc.

Far from the three-point line, Li You protected the ball sideways, waiting for the Lakers to wrap up, and control the game time by the way.

On the left flank, near the touchline, Alan Houston's pestle remained in place, waiting for Fox in front of him to wrap up Lee You.

In the bottom corner of the left side, Artest made a sideways action to catch the ball, and did not look at Fisher, who was constantly looking at him, and was always waiting to eat cake.

Left and right near the baseline, Kurt Thomas and Ben Wallace didn't plan to move upwards, and kept arching down to the basket, trying to get stuck in position and waiting to grab rebounds.

Time passed, and Li You was not in a hurry, just lowered his center of gravity slightly, turned around, changed to holding the ball in his left hand, and continued to protect the ball sideways.

Kobe Bryant kept interfering, Li You just protected the ball sideways, occasionally changed hands, and when there were still 5 seconds left in the offensive time, Li You, who switched to his right hand again, suddenly lowered his center of gravity and leaned over to accelerate.

Kobe Bryant hurriedly slid to the left back, Li You immediately crossed and pulled back, and the moment he switched to his left hand, he quickly completed the change of direction under his hips, and his body shook to the right front again.

It was obvious that Li You accelerated the speed of dribbling, and in the face of continuous crotch dribbling and forward body changes, Kobe, who readjusted his center of gravity, was never able to keep up with the rhythm.

Cutting the ball, Li You changed direction to break through, blocked the breakthrough route, and Li You quickly pulled back.

After two extremely fast dribbles in a row, Li You was already close to the three-point line.

Taking advantage of Kobe Bryant's cut to the left hand again, Li You continued to shake to the right front, grabbed half of his body, and quickly dribbled behind the ball the moment he dribbled past the three-point line.

There was 1 second left in the offensive time, Li You faced Kobe's block, and the right wing quickly jumped and shot!

"Huh!" Three-pointers hollow into the net.

"Shh The score was equalized, and the boos resounded in the stadium.

Li You smiled and raised three fingers, and blew lightly after the gun, and then slowly paced back to the defense.

The defense failed, Kobe Bryant secretly cursed, and with Fisher's ultra-long three-point miss in the final minute of the third quarter of the game, the two sides returned to the same running line.

At 75:75, the third quarter ended, and the suspense of the game was retained until the last quarter.

The Lakers who returned to the bench looked serious, Kobe Bryant and O'Neal only rested for more than 1 minute in the second quarter, and Phil Jackson didn't think too much about physical problems at this time, and continued to send chicken soup:

"There's only one game left to win, and with match point, we'll seal the win!"

"Show our hunger to win, hit the basket, defend well!"

The assistant coach was also loudly reminding everyone not to follow the Knicks to throw chickens

After the start of the fourth quarter, the Lakers took the lead in attacking, and Fisher stopped possessing the ball and ran to the bottom left corner with Li You.

By the time Bryant, who received the ball in the backcourt, rushed past half-court and came to the right wing, O'Neal had already completed his position, stuck Ben Wallace behind him, and opened his hand to ask for the ball with his back.

Bryant, who sent the pass, did not choose to cut inside, but slowly moved to the top of the arc, watched O'Neal release the ball with his left hand, and hit it.

Ben Wallace, who was slammed to the basket, took advantage of O'Neal to turn in the direction of the baseline and immediately fouled the opponent and sent the opponent directly to the free throw line.

"Shh

On the NBC commentary booth at the scene, Doug Collins noticed that this was Ben Wallace's third personal foul and couldn't help but praise:

"Wallace controlled his defensive moves well tonight, the Knicks aren't in foul trouble at the moment, and Coach Van Gundy has done a great job!"

Marv Albert was almost speechless, and he could already see that the Knicks' core players weren't very defensive tonight.

Li You is even more just a show, and Fisher scored 7 points in the third quarter, becoming the third big man of the Lakers.

"The Knicks can also cut down on some outside shots, and it's hard for scorers to get away from the opponent's pursuit and try more breaks."

At 75:77, O'Neal hit both free throws, and the Lakers fans at the scene cheered loudly.

“Defense！.”

In the midst of the defensive cheers, Li You just rushed past the halfcourt, and was immediately hit by Kobe Bryant and Fox's big delay.

Pulling the defense laterally, Li You jumped up and threw the ball, left wing outside the three-point line, Alan Houston didn't make any adjustments after receiving the ball, and quickly jumped and shot!

"Huh!" Three-pointers hollow into the net.

At 78:77, the Knicks overtook the score for the first time in this game.

Jeff Van Gundy on the sidelines threw his fists excitedly, and on the bench, the atmosphere team also flung the towel.

It was still Kobe Bryant who held the ball over the half court, and Fisher pulled Li You to squat in the bottom corner on the right side.

O'Neal was in a very deep position this time, received Kobe Bryant's through ball in the low post on the left side, put the ball on his right hand and relied on the hit, carried Ben Wallace, twisted forward quickly, and easily threw the shot!

78:79, overtaking the score, O'Neal shook his head disdainfully, as if he felt that the score was too easy.

With Alan Houston and Artest hitting the basket, the Lakers relied on Bryant's catch-and-shoot jumper in the right elbow area to widen the difference.

This offense, O'Neal once again stood on the free throw line, and when the first free throw was hit, the scene began to sound the shouts of "MVP".

As a result, the second shot hit the iron, and the shouts quickly turned into exclamations, Ben Wallace grabbed the rebound, and the responding Lee You rushed faster and faster.

Fisher was completely thrown away, and could only shout loudly to remind his teammates to retreat.

O'Neal, who was returning to the defense at full speed, saw that Li You had caught up, and wanted to commit a tactical foul, but he didn't expect Li You to react faster, suddenly close the ball and start, scream under the pull, and throw the ball to the basket at will

"Squeak!"

For an overly obvious foul, the referee immediately blew the whistle, just watching that the basketball had flown out of the court, and subconsciously pulled the corners of his mouth.

Li You didn't care about the fans' wild boos, stood on the free throw line, hit two free throws steadily, and then quickly retreated with a relaxed look.

At 80:82, the margin was narrowed again.

The Lakers were still patient with the offense, and this time it was Fox who suddenly broke through with the ball on the right wing, causing Artest to foul his hitter.

“Wow！”

After standing at the free throw line and hitting both free throws, Lakers fans cheered for Fox.

The pace of the offense slowed down, and the Lakers obviously wanted O'Neal to play and rest while on the court, while on the Knicks' side, Lee You, who was holding the ball in his right hand, handed over the ball over halftime.

On the right flank, Alan Houston did not rush to attack after receiving the ball, and immediately completed a horizontal pass while Artest moved to the top of the arc.

Li You, who handed over the ball, first cut in the middle without the ball, and then bounced out to the bottom corner of the left side, blocking the position, Kurt Thomas's cover did not dare to make superfluous moves, and naturally it would not play too much role, Kobe Bryant continued to chase and defend.

When he came to the position near the left sideline, Li You didn't stop, first pretending to slip the bottom line from left to right, tricking Kobe Bryant's body center of gravity, and immediately accelerated to the line.

Close to the left flank, the person arrived at the ball, the quality of the pass was not high, the moment he received the ball, Li You adjusted and raised the ball to shake, and Kobe, who re-attached to the defense, subconsciously raised his right hand.

Failing to deceive the opponent, Li You immediately protected the ball on the left side of his body, and then took a large test step with his right foot in front of the left in succession.

Kobe Bryant just turned sideways slightly, and at the same time kept moving his hands, not caring about the referee in front of him at all, and focusing on cutting the ball to interfere.

After tossing a circle, more than half of the attack time was consumed, Li You suddenly became smaller, and after trying to step to the right front, he quickly released the ball with his left hand, and then retreated sharply after blowing up the ball on the spot.

Kobe Bryant reacted quickly, but Li You followed the strength of the basketball rebound, leaned back slightly, faced the defense, and quickly jumped outside the three-point line!

"Huh!" Three-pointers hollow into the net.

Kobe Bryant glared at the back of Li You's retreat, this kind of defense that was close to his face, and he could still score goals, which made him angry and cursed:

"Hell three-pointers!"

83:84, Nyx's death chase.

In the next round, an angry Kobe Bryant used O'Neal's cover to cut into the basket on the right wing, causing a foul on Kurt Thomas.

Jeff Van Gundy couldn't hold back and complained loudly to the referee:

"He didn't have the ball at all, we already fouled it early, it was just a touchline ball!"

Li You moved to the sidelines, motioned for everyone to pull the bald young marshal back, and by the way, he also stood beside the referee and quipped in a low voice:

"Our manager is a little emotional, he actually respects the referee's job!"

“.”

Kobe Bryant hit both free throws, which made the Lakers fans at the scene excited, and the noise became louder and louder.

The Knicks played the same tactic, but in a different direction, and Ben Wallace's cover didn't do anything, and when Lee Woo received the ball near the touchline on the right wing, Bryant stuck to the ball again.

Under the "search defense", Li You first raised the ball to the back of his head, then quickly swept across, tested the step horizontally with his right foot, lowered the center of gravity at the same time, and quickly released the ball with his left hand.

With the force under his feet, he retreated sideways in the opposite direction, Li You took a step and immediately closed the ball, drifted to the left, and forced a jump throw!

"Huh!" Three-point shot hollow into the net!

At 86:86, the Knicks tied the score again.

"Oh!"

After Li You scored, he also screamed, raised his right hand, raised three fingers, and jumped back to the half-court, grinning, looking extremely excited.

On the bench, Ewing was covered with a towel, and when Li You made a move, he raised his hands high, and after scoring the goal, he hugged Grant Hill and yelled:

"That imitator can't stop Lee! No one can stop Lee from scoring! ”

O'Neal's eyes were straight again, and he clearly saw that Kobe Bryant had put his hand on Li You's face, and he couldn't see the frame under his eyes at all, but the ball still went in

The game entered the stage of responding to the ball, and Li You felt that he was getting better and better.

O'Neal asked for the ball in the low post on the left side, turned deftly, wiped Ben Wallace, received Kobe Bryant's high throw, and lit the arena with a violent dunk in the air!

Turning around, after passing the ball continuously from the outside, Lee Woo received the ball on the left flank, and Kurt Thomas faked a cover to quickly go down.

Drawn to Horry's bag, Lee Yo hit the ground and assisted Kurt Thomas' left elbow jumper.

Kobe Bryant's position at the top of the arc was greatly misguided and changed direction, and after catching the ball with his right hand, he went straight to the basket, causing Alan Houston to foul, stand on the free throw line, and hit a three-point free throw to detonate the atmosphere of the scene!

When it was the Knicks' turn to attack, Lee quickly slipped across the baseline from right to left and received a pass from Alan Houston in the bottom left corner.

In a very small area, Li You took advantage of Kobe Bryant's pressure to defend, put the ball with his left hand and then bulldozer broke through, and made a big jump close to the bottom left of the basket to completely carry the opponent.

There was a slight pause under the basket, Li You raised the ball and shook it, Kobe jumped subconsciously, heard the referee's whistle in the air, and the basketball also followed the board into the frame.

Bryant, who was forked under the basket, showed an unbelievable performance and seemed to be unable to believe that he was crushed and broke through.

After hitting a three-point shot, Li You smiled after completing the free throw, and Bang Bang beat his chest.

Fox stood at the free throw line again under the strong basket on the left wing, and after hitting both free throws, the Lakers fans shouted wildly!

suddenly changed his defensive strategy, and after blocking and dismantling, O'Neal cooperated with Kobe Bryant to pinch Li You.

At the top of the arc, Li You, who was pulling the defense laterally, failed to complete the "outside overtaking", and before the two men could close again, he flicked his left wrist and found Ben Wallace with a ground pass.

After receiving the ball, the depressed "Little Ben" ignored Horry, who was returning to the defense, rushed up in three steps, and pressed the ball directly into the basket with both hands against the defense!

"Ahh

Ben Wallace let out a shout as the Staples Arena suddenly fell silent.

He gestured to the referee, and when he saw that the opponent did not react, Ben Wallace shook his head and retreated.

The Lakers attacked, and Phil Jackson on the sidelines saw O'Neal's basket in front of him and missed the throw, and hurriedly reminded loudly:

"Hey!! Hold on! Break to the basket! ”

The Knicks attacked, and when they saw Lee Yoo hitting a three-point iron at the top of the arc, Jeff Van Gundy was nervous for a while, but he had a confident expression on his face, and then shouted:

"Li, don't hesitate, keep shooting!"

As the game ticked, the two sides began to fight iron, O'Neal's free-throw shooting rate dropped, and the Lakers rushed forward.

Li You didn't care about the situation on the field at all, took advantage of the decline in the opponent's defensive intensity, seized the opportunity, and began to strengthen the breakthrough.

When the game entered the last 1 minute, everyone on the scene stood up and watched the two sides play iron continuously, and there was an exclamation in the stadium for a while.

Both Phil Jackson and Jeff Van Gundy were so nervous that they couldn't do it, shouting unconsciously on the sidelines.

Li You, who had just struck the iron, was smiling at this time, constantly high-fived, and loudly reminded his teammates to defend.

O'Neal struggled to protect the backcourt rebound, with 27 seconds left in the game.

At 102:103, the Lakers led by just one point.

The Sharks got the buff of not being fouled again, and the Lakers didn't have a timeout, and everyone watched Kobe Bryant dribble through the half court with the ball.

“Wow！”

With victory in sight, many Lakers fans couldn't hold back and began to cheer loudly.

Taking a deep breath, at the top of the arc outside the three-point line, Kobe Bryant held the ball with his right hand to press time, Artest stepped on the three-point line, lowered his body's center of gravity, and stared at the opponent's movements.

Li You was still "just smoking" in the bottom left corner, and although the score was behind, he comforted the nervous Fox next to him:

"Take it easy, man! You don't have the initiative, but I think it's going to go to overtime and I'm going to hit a three-pointer on the left wing. ”

"Remember to say hello to Shaq and Kobe Bryant on my behalf!"

“.”

Fox pulled his face and put his arm on Li You's body all the time, but he was not in the mood to respond, looking in the direction of the top of the arc from time to time, and kept praying in his heart.

With 5 seconds left in the offensive time, Bryant, who was close to the top of the arc, dribbled the ball under his left crotch with his left hand, and then grabbed the ball with his right hand and pressed his shoulder.

Unable to get rid of Artest's sliding step, Bryant immediately turned sharply with his left foot as the axis when he came to the paint area.

Seeing the opportunity, Artest immediately cut the ball vigorously, and then the referee's whistle sounded in his ears.

"Ahh

Artest screamed regretfully, covered his face with his hands, and didn't complain to the referee, but just looked at Li You with some loss.

The Staples Arena was completely boiling, and seeing Kobe Bryant smiling and walking to the free throw line, Lakers fans shouted:

“MVP！ MVP！ MVP！ ”

Li You didn't care about the atmosphere of the scene, but walked to the sidelines and hugged Artest, who had left the field with six fouls, and comforted in a low voice:

“Good job！ Bro！ We're going to win tonight! ”

Although he was sucked by the boss, Artest had no opinion, just hugged Li You hard, and then stood on the sidelines, shouting with the atmosphere group to interfere with Kobe's free throws.

Grant Hill, who appeared again, was sweating slightly in his palms, and looked at Li You, who was looking at the time with a focused expression, and felt the gap between the two.

At the critical moment, Bryant hit two free throws steadily, and Jeff Van Gundy asked for the last timeout, and the Lakers fans began to yell wildly, and Phil Jackson followed with a secret punch.

“Yee！！”

Bryant, who walked to the bench, showed a vicious expression, did not feel the exhaustion of his body at all, and roared and hugged every teammate.

The panting O'Neal didn't care about the call for "MVP" anymore, and at this time he also showed a smile, although he was small-minded, but the most important thing was to win the game and get the match point.

On the Knicks' bench, Lee Woo took over the tactics board, beckoned to Ewing at the same time, and then said loudly:

"3.6 seconds, that's enough time for us to do one match, Pat, you catch the ball near the top of the arc."

“Allan！ As soon as I sent the ball, I opened up space along the left touchline, and I would start on the right wing and run back to get Pat's pass. ”

"Don't worry about the distance, just give me the ball, the other side can't run anymore, we have to get match point tonight!"

“.”

Grant Hill was already stunned, and Li You finished drawing tactics and started to deliver chicken soup again, and Jeff Van Gundy was on the side shouting "No problem".

Ewing didn't feel anything wrong either, and patted his chest after taking off his training clothes, indicating that he was ready.

When Grant Hill, who looked confused, returned to the field, his nervousness was gone, and he complained wildly in his heart:

"What's going on?"

In the Staples Arena, no one was sitting in the seats, and the Lakers fans who got up to watch the game looked nervously at everyone on the court, and at this time they could only shout at the top of their voices:

“Defense！.”

Alan Houston took a deep breath to kick the ball off the sideline, Grant Hill ran to the bottom left corner, Ewing stood in the paint, and Lee Woo was on his knees and was clung to by Kobe Bryant on the right wing.

Seeing the Knicks players standing, O'Neal subconsciously thought that Ewing was going to go up to the top of the arc to cover Lee Woo without the ball.

O'Neill and Phil Jackson shouted at the same time to remind:

"Squeeze cover!" "Shaq, help defend!"

Jeff Van Gundy on the sidelines was already stunned, so he could only unconsciously whisper a prayer and follow the Knicks to stare at the situation on the court.

As the referee's whistle blew, the Staples Arena became louder, Hill quickly slipped past the baseline, Ewing accelerated to the top of the arc, and Li You took a step slower to get rid of Kobe's entanglement and move sideways quickly.

The Knicks, who received the no-foul buff, kicked off very well, and Alan Houston immediately threw the ball to Ewing, who had just come to the top of the arc, and then immediately ran to the bottom left corner and took Fox away.

The moment Ewing received the ball, O'Neal's head was stunned, and Li You, who had already rushed to the vicinity of the gorilla, suddenly stopped and shook his body to the right, pretending to run back to catch the ball.

The Lakers fans at the scene began to scream, Kobe Bryant was also stunned, and subconsciously adjusted his center of gravity, taking advantage of this opportunity, Li You once again exerted his strength under his feet, and rushed to the left wing in two steps.

Although there were still two steps away from the three-point line, Ewing still subconsciously sent a pass, 3.6 seconds was a short time, the moment Li You received the ball, there was no adjustment, and the ball was thrown!

Kobe Bryant's eyes widened, gritted his teeth and struggled to make a blocking action, and the whole person flew sideways, but in the end he could only watch the basketball fly to the basket, and then he slapped horizontally on the floor.

As the basketball flew in mid-air, the final hum rang out, and the Staples Arena suddenly became a library, and everyone looked in the direction of the basket.

As the basketball drew a huge arc and fell into the basket accurately, Lakers fans subconsciously screamed:

"Ahh

On the commentary bench, Marv-Albert stood up, poked his head out, grabbed the suit on his chest with his left hand when the basketball entered the frame, and roared:

“He got it！ He got it！ ”

“YES！！ Clay——Lee！ He is my hero！ ”

The die-hard Knicks fan also couldn't care about his neutral status, and shouted at the top of his voice.

In the end, he simply threw the headphones on the commentary platform, and Marv-Albert covered his face and shouted unconsciously:

"Ahh

At 105:105, the Knicks equalized again and the game went into overtime.

Lee Woo laughed and jumped on Ewing, waving his fists in celebration.

The gorilla was stunned for a moment, then hugged Li You and roared, rushing straight back to the Knicks' bench, and soon everyone hugged and happily celebrated the game going into overtime.

Jeff Van Gundy seems to have become a little assistant again, completely losing his handsome shelf, first covering his head with his hands, then jumping and jumping on the sidelines, his hair on both sides is fried.

Like many Lakers fans, Kobe Bryant, who fell on the floor, was also stunned, was pulled up by his teammates, and subconsciously turned his head to look at where Li You shot:

"This can also go in!?"

O'Neal kept his mouth open, looking straight at the Knicks bench, being pulled away by everyone, and it seemed that he hadn't completely come to his senses.

Phil Jackson secretly shouted "not good" in his heart, but on the surface, he remained silent, and even put on a confident appearance, yelling and reminding:

"Stick to our game strategy, go to break through, go to kill the opponent, fight like a man!"

"Look at the fans who are supporting us, everyone is hungry for the title and now we are only five minutes away from winning!"

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Kobe Bryant, who kept taking deep breaths, didn't feel tired, but O'Neal, who returned to his seat and drank "oral liquid", couldn't, and Horry was also gasping for air on the other side, and the fourth quarter of the game greatly consumed his physical energy.

On the commentary bench, looking at the technical statistics, Doug Collins boasted about Li You's performance:

At the most critical moment, Lee scored 21 points and dished out four assists on 6-of-9 shooting from beyond the three-point line, 5-of-5 from beyond the three-point line, and 5-of-5 from the free-throw line.

"It's not the first time Lee has saved the team with a magical three-pointer, and it reminds me of the Eastern Conference Finals in '98!"

"It's incredible, maybe it's going to be a turning point in the series!"

Mav-Albert, who calmed down, let out a sigh of relief, still very excited at this time:

"I'm sorry, I had a hard time controlling my emotions just now, this is the superstar, Lee almost single-handedly dragged the game into overtime."

I don't care if it's the Lakers' home court, and the two people in the commentary booth can't stop.

James Dolan, who was sitting in the front row, was flushed with excitement, still holding General Manager Glenfield and throwing his fists wildly, not caring at all about the angry stare of the Lakers fans around him.

When the players from both sides returned to the center of the court again, Ewing, who was about to jump the ball, smiled at O'Neill, which was a real staggered trip.

Throwing the equalizer ball, Li You was only excited for a while, and then he returned to his smiling face, and even had the mood to ask Fox quipped:

"Dude, didn't you tell them the news? Why are you defenseless? ”

“.”

Fox tugged at the corners of his mouth, this curly-haired handsome guy really didn't want to deal with Li You, and he always felt that the more he responded, the more excited he became.

Seeing Li You's smile and not caring about the game at all, Kobe Bryant only felt anger surging in his heart.

Staring at Li You, Kobe Bryant seemed to want to "kill the opponent" with his eyes, and the response was Li You's contemptuous smile.

“Fuck！”

Not only Kobe, but O'Neal was also angry, scolding in his heart, and without paying attention, the referee had already thrown the ball high, and the gorilla dialed the ball to his own half.

“Defense！.”

Seeing Li You control the ball, Lakers fans began to shout at the top of their lungs to defend again.

didn't wait for half time, Kobe Bryant fiercely defended up, Li You was not in a hurry, after several consecutive body collisions, he simply pouted and steadily crossed the middle line.

Alan Houston ran to the bottom left corner and shouted to the returning Lewis to move to the right corner.

Ewing didn't mean to block and dismantle, ran to the right near the baseline, took advantage of the situation to make a no-ball cover for Lewis and stood still.

On the left wing, Hill did not move, and Fox, who was defending against the position, hesitated, and finally chose to shrink the defense.

Bryant's aggressive defensive moves didn't play much of a role, and Lee Woo just protected the ball sideways, constantly colliding with his body, and changing hands to make feints by the way.

At the top of the arc, Li You, who was holding the ball in his right hand, observed that his teammates had completely fallen into position, and Li You, who had been protecting the ball sideways, suddenly shook his shoulders forward at this time.

The moment he twisted his body, Kobe subconsciously followed and slid to the left, and Li You, who was sideways, quickly grabbed the ball with his left hand, and then immediately lowered his center of gravity and leaned over to accelerate.

Twisting around very quickly, Li You grabbed half of his body, dribbled two big steps to get close to the three-point line, and Bryant adjusted his center of gravity again and slid desperately to the right rear.

Sensing the opponent's defensive movement, Li You quickly crossed and pulled back, while switching to his right hand, after adjusting his footsteps, his left hand followed the feint to close the ball, and looked up at the frame slightly.

It was just a feint, Kobe Bryant subconsciously pounced forward, Li You pushed the ball slightly and changed direction, changed to his left hand again, lowered the center of gravity, Kobe was shaken and danced on the spot, and hurriedly moved to the right rear.

The Lakers fans at the scene also exclaimed, and when they saw Li You suddenly retreat after shaking continuously, completely shaking off Kobe, many people couldn't help but scream again:

"Ahh

At the top of the arc, Li You ignored Kobe Bryant, who saved again, and quickly jumped outside the three-point line!

"Huh!" Three-pointers hollow into the net.

Not at all in the same rhythm, Kobe Bryant jumped up the block to no avail, watching Li You smile and retreat, and beat his thigh angrily

The Lakers attacked, and in the first round, it was O'Neal who asked for the ball with his back in the low post on the left side, and Ewing was more physical, almost squeezing the shark out of his dessert zone.

Bryant, who dribbled past half court, finally chose to drop the ball, and O'Neal, who received the ball, arched his back to the basket, and turned to the baseline after approaching the paint area.

The speed declined, Ewing saw the opportunity to play directly, and did not give the opponent an easy chance to score.

"Squeak!"

The referee blew the whistle, the gorilla received his fifth foul, and O'Neal pulled his face to the free throw line.

In the fourth quarter, he made 6 of 10 free throws, and in the second half of the game, Lakers fans were praying, but O'Neal missed two free throws.

"Oh!"

The fan sighed, and Ewing, who received the rebound, immediately threw the ball to Grant Hill, who took the ball and lunged it and quickly dribbled across the half court.

Li You, who ran without the ball, ran to the bottom left corner for the first time, failed to get rid of Kobe, and slipped from left to right to accelerate again.

Alan Houston on the right flank moved sideways and Hill feigned hand-to-hand hand, then immediately ran to the left flank.

The line rotated in turn, and Lewis was already standing in the bottom left corner, close to the right near the baseline, and Lee Woo bypassed Ewing and suddenly accelerated the outside bomb.

Kobe, who was chasing defense, went to the line, but was still briefly thrown away by the faster Li You.

At the top of the arc, Grant Hill immediately sent a horizontal pass, and when the ball arrived, Li You, who came to the right flank, received the ball and twisted his body and raised the ball to shake.

The realistic feints suddenly made Kobe Bryant, who was chasing after the defense, jump up to pounce, and Li You took advantage of the situation to put the ball with his right hand and move sideways.

After landing on the ground, Kobe pounced again, Li You suddenly lowered his center of gravity, leaned over to accelerate, and took advantage of Kobe Bryant's sliding step to the left rear, and quickly crossed and pulled back.

Kobe Bryant, who continued to eat and shake and wanted to adjust the center of gravity of the defense, stumbled, his body and brain were not coordinated, and he slipped on the floor with a plop with his right foot and his left foot.

"Ahh

The Lakers fans in the front row tried to interfere with the shooting by shouting, but what they saw was Li You looking down and smiling, and the right wing closed the ball and made an easy jumper!

"Huh!" Three-pointer again!

111:105, overtime, the Knicks lead by 6 points, and Staples becomes a library again.

"Oh!"

Li You screamed again, erected three fingers, thrust into his head, leaned sideways, and jumped back to the audience seat.

Seeing the dawn of victory, on the commentary seat, Mav-Albert was also excited, and his speed became faster and faster:

"It's crazy! Lee is still doing his own scoring show! ”

Kobe Bryant's eyes were red with anger when he stood up, and in the next round, he dribbled under his hip continuously, carrying Grant Hill to the basket, causing the beater to foul and stand on the free throw line.

Trying to adjust his breathing, Kobe's second free throw was still knocked out of the frame, watching Li You catch the ball and rush violently, Fisher immediately fouled with a bitter face, and received his fifth foul by the way.

On the sidelines, Jeff Van Gundy couldn't hold back at all, high-fived with the atmosphere group, and shouted unconsciously, eager to rush directly to the court to punch the foul Fisher twice.

Taking advantage of the sideline ball, Li You once again smiled and teased Kobe Bryant, who hugged him:

"If you lose, I'll hit a three-pointer!"

"Blind grandma!"

Kobe Bryant roared angrily, and when Li You received the ball, he immediately interfered.

Enraged, Kobe Bryant, who slid past half court, didn't notice Ewing stopping outside the three-point line.

Li You, who was holding the ball in his left hand and accelerating, suddenly stopped suddenly, dribbled quickly behind his back, and the moment he switched to his right hand, he immediately accelerated with his shoulders heavy.

Ewing, who had stood still early, remained motionless, and when he came back to his senses, Bryant crashed directly into the gorilla's arms.

O'Neal yelled at Kobe Bryant to remind him that he had done all the useless work of chasing defense.

Moving his heavier and heavier body, O'Neal wanted to delay the exit, but saw Li You stop the ball one step away from the three-point line and quickly jumped!

“YES！”

"Lee completely dominated overtime! Incredible performance! ”

The moment the ball was scored, Mav Albert was excited again, and the Staples Arena was completely silent.

Phil Jackson immediately asked for a timeout, and the champion coach rubbed his eyebrows, watched Li You raise his hands and pretend to be X again, and also scolded angrily:

"This madman!"

At 114:106, Li You scored 9 points in a row, showing his scoring explosiveness.

Back on the bench, everyone on the Lakers felt nothing but a wave of despair, +1 but +3.

O'Neal didn't say "give me the ball" anymore, lowered his head and didn't say a word, only Kobe Bryant threw the towel angrily and scolded angrily.

The timeout couldn't solve the problem, although Kobe Bryant hit a strong shot from the back of the right blocking area, but as Li You received the ball on the left wing and threw it, the three-point shot went in again, and Staples was quiet again.

At 117:108, the Knicks are still extending their lead.

"Ahh

The Lakers fans at the scene watched Li You pound his chest and roar loudly, and couldn't help but bow his head and cover his mouth, as if it was difficult to accept such a result.

As the game ticked by, the two sides struck and the arena became quieter.

With 9.6 seconds left in the game, Kobe missed a three-point shot, Fox sent Grant Hill to the free throw line, and Lakers fans who came to their senses began to vent their dissatisfaction:

"Shhhhh

Boos rang out in the arena, Grant Hill hit two free throws, Lee Woo laughed and raised his hands in the air, and Jeff Van Gundy hugged the coaching staff with excitement.

The Lakers also stopped attacking, and everyone stayed where they were, quietly waiting for the time to run out.

121:114, a hard-fought overtime, and finally the Knicks got the match point!

“Wow！”

On the Knicks bench, everyone rushed to the court and hugged Lee You to celebrate wildly.

Looking at Li You, who raised his hands and smiled brightly, Doug Collins exclaimed again:

"4-of-6 from beyond the three-point line in overtime, scoring 12 points, Lee completely dominated the game tonight!"

On the other side of the commentary seat, Mav-Albert didn't care about the boos at the scene, and after getting the director's prompt, he praised in a brisk tone:

"55 points, 6 rebounds, 8 assists, 1 steal and 3 turnovers, congratulations Lee for tying the Finals scoring record set by Rick Barry in '67 and Michael Jordan in '93!"

"What an incredible performance!"

19-of-34, 10-of-17 from beyond the three-point line, 7-of-8 from the free throw line, looking at the technical statistics, Doug Collins was secretly speechless, and could only sigh again:

"Lee broke his own three-point record, and tonight is destined to be a sleepless night!"

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