On the sidelines, Phil Jackson saw Old K entering the basket and immediately recalled the memory of Old K pushing and crushing him in the Bulls' penalty area in the previous three finals.
However, now his team is not without the Bulls who have strong inside players. The Sharks can completely contain most of Old K's energy, and the K Law also limits Old K's most brutal sideways attack. Now the Knicks' restricted area has no turn.
Old K is acting wild.
"Double-team him!"
He immediately yelled at the court, his tone extremely firm.
"Pass it in!"
Not far away, Harris was a little nervous, but still firmly supported Lao Wang's play style of entering the basket.
Now 10 points behind, if Old K can create a space under the basket, it will be a blow to the morale of the Knicks. With the strength of the Lakers, it is entirely possible to come back.
Two behemoths, Wang Tiejun and O'Neal, were fighting hand-to-hand in the penalty area. The former wanted to trap the latter behind him, while the latter wanted to go around. Between the collision of muscles, a lot of physical energy was being wasted.
At the last moment of the three-second attack, with stronger basic strength, Lao Wang trapped O'Neal behind him and successfully gained position under the basket. At this time, Mark Price passed the ball in.
The moment the ball is received, the offense restarts within three seconds.
At the next moment when he caught the ball, he put his hands together with the ball, leaned over and squatted down, preparing to stand up. As long as he adjusted the direction of his feet slightly, he could stand up and attack.
At this time, the Knicks' backup power forward Terry Kallis, backup forward Jerome Kersey, and Jordan and others had already pounced on Lao Wang, forming a four-person double-team on him.
There are six arms blocking his head from the left, right and upper sides. O'Neal is frantically defending from behind, and the space around him has been completely blocked. A risky pass is likely to be intercepted.
The next moment, Lao Wang, who was squatting, moved his left foot back, inserted it between O'Neal's legs, and then started to arch his back.
"Peng!"
As his feet paused, the six forces instantly united. As his upper body collided with O'Neal's body with a fierce force, a heavy impact sounded. O'Neal also grunted and staggered back two steps.
Comparing the basic strength of the two, Lao Wang is as high as level 98. Plus Tieshan's support has a bonus of up to 10%. This support is definitely over level 100. According to his estimation, O'Neal is at most level 95. How can he withstand it?
?
Without O'Neal, the other three are just noobs to Lao Wang. He wants to overpower these three under the basket.
Without moving his right foot, he moved his left foot and suddenly turned around. Surrounded by three people, he forcibly completed the direction adjustment. The three people clinging to him were also squeezed by him and staggered around. The next moment, he forced himself to stand up.
.
"Crack!"
Facing the jumping old K, Cummings slapped him hard on his left arm, but his strength could not stop Lao Wang from getting up.
"Bang!"
The next moment, Lao Wang broke through the blockade of three people, smashed the ball into the basket with both hands.
"drop!"
The referee's whistle also sounded.
"yeah!"
On the Lakers side, from the players on the court to the bench, to the three thousand away fans, to the entire Los Angeles, and as far away as the vast country on the other side of the Pacific, tens of thousands of people gathered on Fengshen Street, and countless fans cheered instantly.
"ah!"
The basket was one-on-four, and Lao Wang, who succeeded in the attack, was extremely excited and yelled at Jordan and others.
"Hoo ho..."
O'Neal, Jordan and others were panting constantly, which was not only a physical exertion, but also a huge psychological pressure, making them feel very tired.
In addition to being tired, there is also a sense of confusion. Including Jordan, they don't know how to guard against Old K.
In fact, the confusion in Jordan's heart was even stronger, because he was the only one who faced Old K in the finals, losing one, two, and three, but his willpower was as strong as iron, so he didn't show it.
On the sidelines, Phil Jackson, who was determined to double-team Old K, was very shocked.
Four people double-teamed him, and O'Neal, the only beast that could compete with Old K, still couldn't stop Old K from attacking at the basket, which made him feel a huge sense of powerlessness.
He thought that with O'Neal restraining most of Old K's energy and the encirclement of others, he could limit Old K's offense at the basket.
But he immediately saw Old K who was panting violently, his eyes couldn't help but shine, and he immediately shouted to Jordan: "Michael, Shaq, don't be scared by him, he is very tired, and he can't play this kind of offense many times."
, if he dares to go in again, continue to double-team him."
He said this without any cover-up, he shouted it in front of the Lakers, showing his strong self-confidence.
"good."
Jordan glanced at Old K next to him. He was panting harder than him, and his eyes couldn't help but shine.
The same goes for O'Neal and others. Seeing Old K panting, they felt there was hope.
"What the hell!"
Lao Wang glanced at Phil Jackson on the sidelines. This guy who likes to blow whistles has some sense!
From the regular season to now, with the huge consumption of physical energy, using Iron Mountain to deal with behemoths like O'Neal is really draining the remaining physical reserves. He can't use this technique more.
By fighting, Tieshan exerts all his strength in an instant, which consumes a lot of energy. The physical energy consumed by one attack may be ten times that of a hook attack. Especially if you want to knock someone like O'Neal away, you have to do it with all your strength, which consumes even more.
However, his level 105 physical fitness is not that bad. He just needs to regain his blood a little, and then he can fight O'Neal again.
The next penalty was added. He was panting heavily and missed the free throw. At 28:35, the Lakers were still 7 points behind.
Knicks offense.
O'Neal was not convinced. He had just been hit under the basket by Old K. He wanted to get into the basket and return the blow.
The two giant beasts once again started fighting in the penalty area, attracting everyone's attention.
But what disappointed O'Neal was that he failed to take the position. His strength could not defeat Old K, and his confrontation skills were far inferior to Old K. He was almost knocked to the ground by Old K's sudden withdrawal. After three seconds, he had to withdraw.
Out of the paint.
At this time, Jordan broke through with the ball and led Richmond into the paint area, forcing Wang to return to the basket and O'Neal also took the opportunity to enter the paint area.
Lao Wang took a step in front of the basket. At this time, Jordan broke through and passed the ball to O'Neal on the left, who caught the ball and exploded.
"Bang!"
Lao Wang sideways blocked the shot with one hand, but missed the shot. O'Neal dunked hard with both hands, sinking the Lakers' basket.
"The combination of dual-core superstars inside and outside is so difficult to guard. Old K can only choose to guard one, and the other will have an opportunity." Bill Walton praised.
Barkley smiled: "If the Lakers want to truly defend O'Neal and Jordan, they must have a top defensive player on the outside who can limit Michael's breakthrough.
But his ability is so strong that you can keep up with him. He has a pull-up jump shot and uses his best mid-range shot to end the offense. You can't keep up with him. He holds the ball and goes in to cooperate with O'Neal. Old K can't do it alone.
Can't guard against it.
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Unless Fordson on the weak side can return to the basket in time, block Michael first, and join forces with Old K, then he will have a chance to defend Michael."
"Michael can still pass the ball. If Old K defends Michael, he may not be able to defend O'Neal in time. What's more, Michael can also pass the ball to Fordson's people, which can also create openings." Bill Walton shook his head.
Kenny Smith laughed and said: "To put it simply, the collaboration between Shaq and Michael is almost impossible to limit. All we can say is to reduce their efficiency as much as possible.
The Lakers were able to beat the Knicks twice, but they never won the game by limiting their offense."
Barkley nodded and said: "The two games the Lakers won were due to their better offense, so if the Lakers want to continue to win, they have to make their offense better.
Defense is a foundation. Without defense, there will be no championship, but without offense, there will also be no championship.
However, the Lakers' offense did not go smoothly today, and if nothing changes, I think this game will be a bit on the line."
Kenny Smith said: "The Lakers' offense did have some problems today, but the main reason is that the Knicks' offense played very well today."
Thanks to the efforts of all the Lakers players, the G4 game entered the most anxious stalemate. After the first three quarters, the Knicks led by 8 points. The Lakers could not narrow the point difference, but they held on to the score tightly and retained a comeback.
hope.
Wang Tiejun only rested for more than two minutes in the second quarter and did not rest again. He took a lot of shots in the second and third quarters. He made a total of 11 of 20 shots, a hit rate of 55%, and 7 of 12 free throws. He scored 29 points and 12 points in the third quarter.
Data of rebounds, 8 assists, 5 turnovers, 4 blocks and 4 fouls.
Zhang Lili said: "Under the full double-teaming of the Knicks, the Tiejun were able to achieve such efficiency. They were already trying their best. But they made too many mistakes under the double-teaming, five times, which was terrible."
Su Qun said: "O'Neal scored 20 points and shot 54% from the field, which was about the same as K. Jordan scored 24 points and shot 56% from the field, which was slightly higher than K. The two of them teamed up and played really well today.
The Lakers are hard to defend against, the efficiency is too high."
At the beginning of the final quarter, the Knicks restored their entire main lineup.
Lakers offense.
Under the desperate attack of the Lakers, Lao Wang also forced some offense at the basket, but the physical exertion was too great, and now his physical fitness is somewhat insufficient. He threw a hook outside and the ball hit the basket.
Looking back, Ellis, who hit three three-pointers in the first quarter, didn't take many shots later, which made the Lakers relax their vigilance against him. At this time, he once again used Oakley's pick-and-roll to get rid of Chris Mullin and hit
One three-pointer.
"Be careful. Ellis only played 19 minutes tonight. Including this ball, he made 5 of 8 shots and 4 of 6 three-pointers. All three-pointers were pull-up shots. This is a typical open killer.
Giving him space is very fatal." Zhang Lili said anxiously.
The Lakers attacked, Kobe missed a single, and the Knicks grabbed the rebound.
This time Jordan went to the right wing and attacked with the ball. Ellis set a pick-and-roll for him at the three-point line, and he took the opportunity to break through with the ball.
But he only took one step forward and suddenly stopped inside the three-point line.
At this moment, in addition to the opposing Richmond, Chris Mullin, who was guarding Ellis, also pounced and double-teamed.
But at this moment, Jordan actually passed the ball to Ellis behind him, and then made a pick-and-roll for Ellis, entangled Chris Mullin who was about to return to defense.
"Oops!"
Mullin quickly got rid of Jordan, but it was already too late. Ellis had already jumped up one step away.
"No! Be careful, it's another three points." Su Qun said anxiously.
"brush!"
When the water rose, the entire Madison Square Garden burst into cheers.
Seeing this three-pointer, Del Harris stayed on the sidelines, speechless.
"Oh, it's the fifth three-pointer! This veteran played 6 minutes in the first quarter and sat on the bench. He played a few minutes in the second and third quarters. The Lakers stepped up their defense against him.
, he didn’t take many shots, but now he just came up and threw two three-pointers one after another, which made the Lakers feel uncomfortable!" Su Qun sighed.
"75:87, there is now a 12-point gap. If we can't catch up in the first half, this game will be in trouble." Zhang Liji shook his head.
"If the score is 2-2, the Knicks will still have a home court. The Lakers must win the G5 game. If the Knicks win it, it will be really troublesome." Su Qun said.
Zhang Lili analyzed: "If the Knicks get the match point first when they are behind 1-2, their morale will definitely become very high, and the morale of the Lakers will be hit hard."
Next, Lao Wang led his team to catch up and regained 6 points in 7 minutes. With more than three minutes left in the game, they were only 6 points behind.
The Knicks attacked, Jordan broke through on the left wing with the ball, reached the left midfielder position in the paint area, attracted the attention of the Lakers' defense, and suddenly distributed the ball.
He didn't pass it to O'Neal who was one step away, but passed it to the right corner.
On the right wing, when Jordan broke through with the ball just now, when Chris Mullin's defensive attention was distracted by Jordan, Ellis suddenly started and ran quickly to the right corner. Mullin started half a beat slower and hurriedly chased after him.
go.
"Crack!"
After Ellis caught the ball with both hands, he very calmly made a motion to get up. Then Mullin, who was chasing him from above, jumped up immediately. The former lowered himself to collect the ball. When Mullin flew out of the baseline, he got up again.
, his eyes were as cold as a killer, and he took three-pointers calmly.
"brush!"
The water splashed and he hit a three-pointer.
Ellis was very excited when he made the shot. He kept waving his fists and yelling and yelling at the audience. All the Knicks players, including Jordan, also ran towards him.
"It's terrible, 7 of 10 shots, 6 of 8 three-pointers, 20 points. This veteran didn't perform well in the first three games, but tonight he completely exploded." Zhang Liyi sighed.
"It's 9 points again. It's finally a little closer, and it's almost double digits again." Su Qun said with a bitter look on his face.
"The important thing is that there is no time." Zhang Lili shook his head.
Under the basket, Lao Wang was breathing heavily, knowing that this game was going to be difficult.
But he hasn't given up yet. 9 points is not a disappointing point difference.
The Lakers attacked and called a timeout.
Harris let Wang get into the basket to attract double-teams, then released the ball and shot a three-pointer from the outside.
There is no problem with this tactic. The Lakers can shoot a lot of three-pointers from the outside.
It's just that the Lakers' three-point shooting today was not good, but they made 4 of 14 shots, with a shooting percentage of less than 30%, so they didn't shoot many three-pointers in the final quarter. Now they have to play three-point tactics, and if the feel doesn't cooperate, there will be no hope.
"Remember, you must never give them an opportunity to shoot an open three-pointer. Charles, you still have two foul opportunities. If Old K wants to hit hard at the basket, you go in and use them to stop his offense."
On the Lakers' side, Phil Jackson arranged defensive tactics.
The timeout ends and the game begins.
Lao Wang mustered up his courage and moved towards the basket.
O'Neal also used his last bit of physical strength to resist Lao Wang.
However, the physical fitness of the two of them is about the same, and the intensity of the confrontation is far less than when they are physically strong.
After finally catching O'Neal, he was about to reach the position under the basket. When Kobe passed the ball in, he found that there were no more people in the Knicks to double-team him. Apart from O'Neal, only Oakley from the right wing pounced.
This is why, without thinking too much, he immediately started attacking the basket after receiving the ball.
By now, he no longer had the physical strength to rely on anything, so he immediately hit a side hook after catching the ball.
Oakley didn't have a chance to commit a foul. He was a step too late. O'Neal jumped a little but didn't get the shot. With a bang, the basketball hit the rim and then fell in.
"It's 7 points. Defend the next goal and score another goal. There is still a chance to equalize the 5-point gap." Su Qun shouted excitedly.
On the sidelines, head coach Harris sighed. The Knicks' defensive tactics changed at the last moment and gave up the double-teaming of Old K. This made his three-point chasing tactics impossible.
Knicks offense.
Jordan held the ball on the left wing, faked a shot, took two steps into the three-pointer, and then stopped for a jump shot. The basketball accurately flew into the basket.
Lao Wang wanted to make up for it, but was blocked by O'Neal. He had no chance and could only watch Jordan take action.
"Oh, it's 9 minutes again, there's no time." Su Qun sighed.
"95 seconds, 9 points, the Knicks didn't give the Lakers a chance to shoot a three-pointer." Zhang Lijia also shook his head.
In the end, the Lakers still failed to come back and lost by 7 points.
At the last moment, the Knicks did not let down their guard. Jordan took over the game at the last moment and did not lose the final victory.
Lao Wang scored 39 points and scored 10 points in the final quarter, but he was unable to lead the team to victory.
O'Neal scored 26 points, Jordan scored 32 points, and veteran Ellis scored 20 points to help the Knicks equalize the score.
Barkley said after the game: "Two draws to two, the Knicks won the second home court, and then the third home court. With the advantage of the home court, the Knicks had better win the third home court, match point
Only with it in hand can we have a chance to defeat the Lakers.
Otherwise, if we lose the third home game and let the Lakers get match points on the road, Old K will not be polite when he returns to the home court. It will be very difficult for the Knicks to win the championship on the road."
"Charles, you are friends with Old K and Michael, who do you prefer to win?" Bill Walton asked.
Barkley smiled and said: "Bill, this question is a wrong proposition. Winning the championship only depends on strength."
Bill Walton laughed loudly, nodded and said: "It is true that I asked the wrong question, so let me ask again, who do you prefer to win the championship? Who do you more optimistic about winning the championship?"
Barkley smiled and said: "From a friendship perspective, Michael and I have been friends for many years, but old K is my brother."
He stopped talking at this point. This sentence was enough to express what he meant.
"It's also a golden thigh, right?" Bill Walton sneered.