During this timeout, there were no major changes to the Knicks' defensive tactics, only some fine-tuning, but the results were immediately visible.
The Knicks attacked, Jordan missed a pull-up jump shot, Wang grabbed the rebound, and the Lakers attacked.
Lao Wang got the ball in the low post on the left wing. At this time, Fordson cut in from behind Oakley, who was helping to defend. He immediately distributed the ball, but Oakley responded quickly and defended, and then double-teamed Fordson with O'Neal. The Lakers' offense failed and the ball
Was forcibly snatched away by Oakley.
Wang Tiejun found that he had ignored Oakley. Oakley's defense was not as aggressive as before, but was not hasty or slow. He only blocked his path and had no intention of double-teaming him. In this way, when he passed the ball
, Oakley can get back to defend Fordson who cuts inside faster.
The Knicks' defensive tactics changed, and as the offensive core on the court, he immediately made changes.
"brush!"
Jordan was playing alone against Richmond, trying to break through. At this time, O'Neal suddenly moved to the basket, and after restraining Wang Tiejun, he made an emergency stop jumper from the left waist in the paint area and hit a nearly two-pointer.
"This is the role of O'Neal. Jordan's shooting percentage in the past two points is the lowest, only 32.9%. But O'Neal suddenly moved to the basket just now, which compressed the defensive space of old K, so he was able to hit this two-point shot.
." Barkley said.
"When the two top stars inside and outside join forces, O'Neal and Jordan can indeed create a 1+1>2 effect." Kenny Smith said.
Bill Walton said: "Then when Old K and Richmond join forces, the effect should be 1+1 greater than 2."
On the court, Lao Wang, who was facing up, took the ball. Oakley had already come over from the weak side. Fox and Fordson, who were on the weak side, also cut inside after the pick-and-roll. He blocked O'Neal with his left elbow and grabbed the ball with his right hand.
The ground was thrown towards the position where Fox cut.
The next moment, Oakley, who had just defended behind O'Neal, stopped and turned around and pounced on Fox. At the same time, O'Neal also started to turn around.
But what about the ball?
As soon as the two turned around, their eyes widened because they didn't see the basketball.
At this moment, they knew they had been fooled and quickly turned around again.
"Peng!"
At the moment when O'Neal turned around, Lao Wang started his swing while dribbling, turned around, and directly hit O'Neal. He made a fierce stride into the paint area. At this time, the ball was pulled up and caught in the paint.
With his hands in his hands, he took off and jumped towards the basket.
"Oops!"
As soon as O'Neill turned around, a huge golden figure whizzed past his eyes, and he didn't even have time to reach out and pull it down.
"It's over!"
At this time, as soon as Oakley turned around under the basket, a strong wind blew in his face, and his eyes were filled with golden color.
"Peng!"
Oakley flew away in response to the heavy impact. He was directly knocked away, not knocked over.
"Bang!"
The next moment, a violent explosion sounded.
"drop!"
The referee's whistle sounded.
"Peng!"
Oakley hit the floor two meters away, then slid backwards and hit the media box behind the baseline, knocking over two reporters and a camera.
"oh!"
Madison Square Garden was filled with surprises.
"ah!"
Only three thousand away fans cheered.
"Kill them!"
Wang Tiejun waved his fist excitedly and shouted at Kobe Bryant and others who came cheering.
This is his change, to strengthen his personal offense. If Oakley wants to double-team or not, then he will directly use strong attacks to defeat you.
"The Knicks are in trouble now. Oakley is holding his lower back and must have injured himself again!" Barkley shouted.
"Oakley is too light. He couldn't block Old K's leaping dunks, and Old K didn't hold back at all." Bill Walton said.
Kenny Smith said: "Without Oakley's help, the Knicks couldn't guard K. O'Neal alone couldn't guard K.
Old K obviously wants to beat Oakley first, just like in the G1 game. When he played the Jazz, he did this, beating Sabonis first."
On the sidelines, Phil Jackson looked nervously at the court, hoping that Oakley would stand up.
Later, he won the favor of Lady Luck. Oakley really got up and said that there was no problem and he could continue playing. He was relieved.
"Old K, it's not that easy if you want to knock me down." Oakley, with a stern look on his face, said to Lao Wang.
Lao Wang smiled and said, "If it doesn't work once, just do it twice. See how many times you can stop me."
Oakley's face twitched, you bastard, you can't do it to O'Neal, why are you staring at an old guy like me?
"Ah owe!"
O'Neal suddenly sneezed.
Next, Lao Wang had to add another free throw. Just now, Oakley did not jump to defend under the basket. Although he was knocked away, it was still counted as a blocking foul.
"brush!"
The extra free throw was made, and at 16:12, the Lakers led by 4 points.
The Knicks attacked, Jordan passed the ball down, and then went to the left corner.
O'Neal had suffered a loss just now and was determined to make a hit. After receiving the ball, he dribbled inwards, took two small steps, put his foot on the left sideline of the paint area, and suddenly turned around.
Dribbling with his left hand, his right elbow stuck outside when he turned around, resisting Lao Wang's pursuit, then he took a step forward and smashed the ball into the basket with a bang.
"Oh ho ho..."
The on-site commentator immediately let out a series of excited screams, and then began his passionate explanation.
"Old K, if you can, stop me!" After succeeding, O'Neal proudly began to challenge Lao Wang.
"Silly fish!"
Lao Wang cursed, turned around and ran to the front court.
"Don't call me a silly fish, I'm a big shark." O'Neal shouted after him.
"ball!"
As soon as he reached the low post on the left wing and held O'Neal with his left elbow, Lao Wang started to ask for the ball.
When Kobe passed the ball, Lao Wang noticed with the corner of his left eye that Oakley was still coming to help defend this time, but not as fast as he could. It was probably the same plan as before, not to double-team him, but to just block him.
The base is blocked to prevent his attack at the basket and at the same time guard against Fordson or Fox's back cut.
"Crack!"
When the ball arrived, he caught the ball with his right hand. The next moment, while dribbling, he moved his feet backwards and instantly approached O'Neal, who was half-stepping to defend. Through contact with his butt and other parts, he sensed O'Neal's position, and then started playing with his back immediately.
.
O'Neal wanted to retreat, but the rhythm of Old K's back was too fast, especially the step closer, leaving him no time to retreat. Now he knew he was going to suffer, because Old K's back arched again and again.
Once, until he was knocked over.
Now he has to hope that Oakley will come over and double-team Old K right away, otherwise he may not be able to handle it.
Because he knew O'Neal's position, the first time he arched his back, Lao Wang exploded with all his strength.
Under the iron mountain back arch, an explosive force was born, making him like a huge battering ram. His broad back slammed into O'Neal's chest with a short but extremely fierce force.
"Peng!"
Amidst the extremely heavy impact, O'Neal screamed strangely in his throat. His 135-kilogram body was uprooted by the huge force of the back arch. His feet were loosened and his center of gravity was lost.
"What?"
Oakley, who was behind O'Neal, couldn't help but twitch when he saw this scene.
He was familiar with this scene because he often saw O'Neal knocking over other people with his back arch.
The next moment, O'Neal's huge body collided with him. He reached out to help him, but at this moment, Wang Tiejun's second back arch came.
"Peng!"
In the collision, Oakley and O'Neal were knocked over to the basket at the same time.
"Bang!"
The next moment, Wang Tiejun flew over the two of them, dunked hard with both hands, and the basket roared.
"yeah!"
Kobe and other players on the court, the Lakers bench, and 3,000 visiting fans suddenly raised their arms and cheered.
"..."
The more than 17,000 home fans and on-site commentators were all dumbfounded, staring at Oakley and O'Neal on the floor under the basket.
"Kachakacha..."
The media behind the baseline were clicking their shutters crazily. O'Neal and Oakley became the best backgrounds, and they were double yolks.
"Haha, penalty area sweeper, this is the superpower of my brother Old K. He is an invincible siege monster in the penalty area, and the little shark is like a sardine under him. Old K turned O'Neal and Oakley into sardines
Canned." Barkley roared excitedly.
"Oh, now the Knicks' Double Olympics team is unlucky. They were knocked over by Old K together." Bill Walton shook his head.
Kenny Smith smiled excitedly: "It's really great! Old K's pace has improved, and after he has acquired the skill of facing the basket, it is rare to see him playing with such a violent back."
"Get up and drive quickly, old K is coming down!"
On the court, under the basket, and on the floor, Oakley looked at Old K, who was hanging on the basket with his head dangling. He might come down at any time. Old K was totally capable of doing this. He didn't want to be ridden, so he hurriedly pushed and pressed him.
O'Neal in him.
"Old K, don't mess around!"
O'Neal also panicked, fearing that he would be humiliated by Old K again, so he quickly turned over and got up.
"Silly fish, what did you just say to me? Are you asking me if I can stop you? Then I tell you now, I will only crush you into pieces. You stupid fish, I will chop you into pieces
Cut it into pieces and throw it into the Pacific Ocean to feed the sardines."
After the two got up, Lao Wang also fell down. In excitement, he started to spray a series of trash talk at O'Neal.
O'Neal had just been knocked over and had also implicated Oakley. O'Neal was already depressed to death, but now he was sprayed with saliva, and he was so angry that he almost fainted.
"Old Oak, weren't you crushed to death by O'Neal? You're quite tough." After spraying O'Neal, Lao Wang started spraying Oakley again.
"Old K, don't provoke me!"
Oakley was so angry that he didn't want to fall out. After all, he still owed Old K a favor. Ben stayed with Old K for a season and made great progress. Now he plays the main center in the Clippers and is very popular.
But Old K’s trash talk is really annoying.
"Coach Zhang, Old K rarely attacked in the first half of the quarter. Does this back attack mean that he will launch a strong attack in the second half?" Su Qun asked excitedly.
Zhang Liji nodded and said with a smile: "His physical exertion in the first half of the quarter was not great. He will definitely have to play a lot in the second half to open up the score."
On the court, 18:14, the Knicks attack.
Jordan passed the ball to O'Neal with the intention of getting him to return the ball.
Old K's offense just now has damaged the Knicks' morale. If O'Neal doesn't fight back, the Knicks' morale will not be restored.
O'Neal also knew this. Only he could recover the face he had lost. Even if Jordan scored a goal, unless it was a dunk on Old K, he would not be able to recover the face he had just lost.
"Bang bang..."
He started dribbling, preparing to hit Old K with his back.
Lao Wang didn't give O'Neal a chance to knock him over. He could knock him over, but as long as he gave O'Neal a certain amount of space and the shark's terrifying explosive power, he could knock him over.
Putting his chest against O'Neal's back, his 107-level low-post confrontation ability exploded. His top defense skills were brought to the extreme. In the confrontation that combined virtual and real situations, O'Neal could never find a chance to use his back arch, so he could only
Drilling in bit by bit, with such progress, you will definitely not be able to enter the reasonable collision zone within three seconds.
O'Neal had no choice, there was no chance of knocking over Old K, so he just stepped in and dunked him, letting out a bad breath first.
"Crack!"
But just as O'Neal was arching in, Lao Wang suddenly exerted force, stamped his feet, combined his six forces into one, twisted his waist and abdomen, and hit O'Neal's back hard with his left shoulder and chest.
"Damn it! What a great opportunity!"
Kobe Bryant, who was guarding Charlie Ward from a high post, his eyes lit up and he immediately pounced.
"not good!"
Jordan, who was on the left wing, saw something bad and quickly rushed down.
This time, Lao Wang's iron mountain support was a close-fitting force, and it was actually not very powerful. However, without warning, O'Neal leaned forward with his upper body. His feet did not move, but the ball he pulled up from the floor was touched by his own hand.
It's open.
"Floor ball, grab it!" Barkley shouted.
Lao Wang quickly went up to grab the ball, got entangled with O'Neal, and fell to the ground at the same time. The ball was knocked away and no one could grab it.
At this time, Kobe arrived and was in the right position to get the ball. Seeing Jordan leaving Richmond, he quickly passed the ball to Rock, who immediately launched a fast break and Jordan could not catch up.
"Damn it, it's Old K's fault again!" O'Neal got up angrily.
"Bang!"
At this time, Richmond ran into the paint with the ball and completed a flying dunk over Charlie Ward's head.
At this time, the hanging screen was constantly replaying the low-level confrontation between the two giant beasts. Everyone looked up and stared at it.
Barkley praised: "Old K's low post confrontation skills are really the best in the league now, no, the best in history. He leaves O'Neal's strength and explosiveness with no room to play. It's great!"
Bill Walton nodded without hesitation and said: "Charles, I agree with you. Old K's confrontation skills can be used not only in the low post, but also on the outside."
Kenny Smith said: "Now only Kobe has learned the old K's relying on fighting skills. He has the opportunity to learn this confrontation technique. If he masters this technique, his single defense ability should have the opportunity to improve to a higher level."
At 20:14, the Lakers were already 6 points ahead in the away game. The Knicks attacked and called a timeout after serving.
This is the Knicks' second timeout of the quarter. It's now the eighth minute of the first quarter, and Phil Jackson can't even wait for the official timeout.
The defensive tactics had just been adjusted, but Old K used strength on both ends of the offense and defense, knocking over O'Neal and Oakley to complete a basket attack, and causing O'Neal's second mistake of the quarter on the defensive end. Now the problem is even bigger. He wants to
Make adjustments promptly.
After the players came back, he came to Jordan and O'Neal, squatted down and said: "Michael, Shaq, the problem now is that old K is exerting his strength on both offense and defense. We have to find a way to hold him down.
"
"Phil, tell me, what should I do?" Jordan asked, staring at Phil Jackson.
Phil Jackson also stared at Jordan and said: "Michael, on the offensive end, I need you to score efficiently. On the defensive end, I need your ability to defend against fast breaks. Kobe and Richmond have already played three fast breaks. We
Not even once did I guard against it.”
Jordan smiled bitterly in his heart and nodded.
"Shaq?"
Phil Jackson focused on O'Neal again and said: "Shaq, you promised that you and Old K would have an exchange of blows. Now it's time for you to fulfill your promise.
Do you want to be suppressed by Old K for the rest of your life? You were embarrassed just now, in front of hundreds of millions of people around the world, and you must get it back from him.
If you can't get him back, you will have no hope in this life, because even if Michael joins forces with you, you can't defeat old K. Will you still have a chance to defeat him in the future?
If you can't do it, you will be just his background in this life, an eternal background. As long as he exists in the league for one day, you are not a big shark, you are just a small fish."
He knows that O'Neal still has potential, and he must find a way to fully tap the potential of this somewhat lazy shark before he can defeat the old K and the Lakers.
O'Neal's breathing suddenly became rapid and heavy, like a giant beast panting.
In fact, Jordan was also hit by this statement. Phil Jackson said that O'Neal and he couldn't defeat Old K, but wouldn't it be the same the other way around? If he and O'Neal couldn't beat Old K together, would there still be a chance to defeat Old K in the future?
?
"You guys, prepare to go all out. If you don't do everything you can, you won't be able to win against him."
Phil Jackson stood up and said the last sentence: "If we can't beat the Lakers tonight, there is a high possibility of losing this series."
"Four losses?"
Hearing the last sentence, Jordan's eyelids jumped and he squeezed his hands to death instantly.
O'Neal was also extremely unwilling. It had been six years since he finally reached the finals, and he didn't want to lose again.
"It's time to fight hard."
The two looked at each other, saying nothing, and nodded.