"It's too tough, it's too tough"

In the commentary booth of Madison Garden Plaza, when Kenny Smith watched the big fat man on the court almost smash into the Lakers' basket, the commentator who had almost sentenced the New York Knicks to death in the first half of the game, was also a little calm at this time.

In the first half of the game, the Los Angeles Lakers used the initial devastating crazy offense to almost collapse the New York Knicks, at that time almost everyone would think that the Lakers won this game, after all, for the New York Knicks, for most of the first half, the team's biggest killer O'Neal has not played much.

In that case, almost everyone thinks that the Lakers' leading interior line has been crushed due to the crazy pressure from the outside world in recent times, and it is precisely because of this, who would believe that this team can suddenly catch up in the next games?

And when the second quarter was about to end, the New York Knicks and O'Neal suddenly made a force, chasing the score of the two teams to only 10 points, and the score of the two sides became 70-60, everyone was reacting, although the New York Knicks have been pressed and beaten in front, but there is no doubt that the team still has not given up, and it can even be said that there is a plan to play this game.

And especially at this time, when these people thought that the New York Knicks' offense was mainly launched by Marbury, they also understood that Marbury was accumulating strength for O'Neal, which means that O'Neal's silence in the first and first half of the second quarter was not that he was crushed by pressure, but that he had been waiting for the opportunity to give the Lakers a heavy come.

Of course, this is just speculation. After the end of the first half, there was a lot of speculation. Guess there might be nothing wrong with O'Neill. And at the beginning of the second half, this speculation also turned into a reality, at the beginning of the second half, the Lakers' leading player did not give up the ball to Marbury as he did at the beginning of the game, and watched from the sidelines, on the contrary, the league's No. 1 center continued his strong performance in the second half of the second quarter and began to continue to chase points with the New York Knicks.

"Marbury's passing is dangerous right now. He is deliberately avoiding Josh Smith's interception, but almost every pass to O'Neal requires O'Neal and Webb to do a scramble, I don't know if this is Phil Jackson's deliberate arrangement or Marbury's pass is really a problem, but from the current point of view, Josh Smith now has no way to take Marbury's pass to O'Neal, and Webb and O'Neal don't have any advantage when grabbing this pass, it seems that O'Neal's flexibility is not lost to Webb at all, it's unbelievable, Could it be that this is why he rested most of the first half? ”

This game is for the New York Knicks, as long as they don't solve the problem of how to pass the ball to O'Neal. Then the team will always be at a disadvantage, or even have no chance of winning. Almost everyone knows this, so at the beginning of this game, when seeing O'Neal appear in the starting lineup again, almost most people would think that the New York Knicks would lose this game worse than the previous game.

After all, the first two games proved that the current O'Neal can only be a burden to the team in the face of the current Lakers, but what he didn't expect was that although Phil Jackson did not completely solve the problem of passing the ball to O'Neal, he also found a very good way to pass more balls away from Josh Smith's blocking route.

Although such a ball creates a lot of difficulties for O'Neal's catch, O'Neal, who has rested for almost half the game at this time and is extremely hungry, is much stronger than Webb in terms of desire for basketball, starting from Marbury's extremely dangerous pass, Webb has not once defeated O'Neal in such a steal.

And this is a success, I thought it should be a risky move, but now it is no longer a risky move because O'Neal and Webb's struggle has won all, since it is not a risky move, then it is a method that can be used in conventional actual combat, and what is even more surprising is that every time O'Neal and Webb steal the ball from each other, Webber will lose his center of gravity, as long as O'Neal gets the ball, it will directly wipe Webb's basket and dunk, which is too beneficial for the New York Knicks.

"It's really an unexpected result" watched O'Neal grab Marbury's basketball again and wipe it under the basket to complete the dunk after hitting Webb, while Phil Jackson on the New York Knicks bench also thought excitedly at this time, although he asked Marbury to pass the ball to O'Neal like this because he thought that O'Neal could beat Weber well, but he still didn't think about defeating it so completely.

"Shaq, now you, hungry and unstoppable, let the world see your strength, can you lead the team to defeat that Chinese, we can win this game" Finally, looking at O'Neill who was venting his emotions on the field, Phil Jackson was also excited in his heart, for him, this game must be won, otherwise it will be a shame for him and the team, if before, he did not have the confidence to win the game like this, then now, O'Neill is his confidence, Now O'Neal is not only his self-confidence, but also the source of self-confidence of all the New York Knicks players on and off the court, and this big fat man has once again become the backbone of the team.

"Damn, it's so damnable, that guy is so tough"

Webb looked at the back of O'Neal who had walked back a little breathlessly, this game was too difficult for the Lakers' leading insider, if O'Neal was walking for most of the first half, he was also walking with O'Neal, and the game was completely in the hands of the Lakers, and he himself was playing very easily, then now, O'Neal's sudden takeover of the game directly allowed him to make up for all the leisure of the previous walk, and now it is even more painful, The pressure he was under in just a few minutes was even more difficult than the previous game, and the big shark was literally destroying his mind and body, which was completely different from the feeling he had when he played Duncan.

"Chris, calm down, now we're ahead. It doesn't matter if the opponent can score or not. As long as we can score, it's enough."

At this time, he was looking at Weber, whose face was extremely ugly. Hardaway on the side also smiled comfortingly, and at this time Webb also took a deep breath after Hardaway reminded him, every time Hardaway said, the Lakers are still leading at this time, there is no need to worry too much, for the Lakers, no matter if the other party can score, as long as he can score. And this is also what Zhuang Fei has been instilling in them this season, as long as they score more points than the other party, they win, which is also the reason why the Lakers' offense this season is more terrifying than the Timberwolves of that year, the Timberwolves of that year, Zhuang Fei just said to Nash alone, his offense can completely ignore his own defense, and now he has said all of them to the Lakers, so the team's desire to attack is absolutely stronger than that of the Timberwolves.

For the Lakers, in fact. Even if O'Neal suddenly became powerful at this time, this team should not have been chased back so quickly. Obviously, it was also because of some unstable footing or lack of preparation, and after halftime, the third quarter came back, although O'Neal was still as fast as after the end of the first half, but the Lakers' momentum of chasing points has obviously slowed down, and now the difference between the two sides is hovering between 6 points.

Although it seems that the Lakers have lost their advantage because of the interior explosion, in fact, the New York Knicks have no way to smash this team to death at once, even O'Neal can't do this.

"The Los Angeles Lakers' offense is fantastic, this is the first team I've seen that doesn't need interior defense at all, and can use their outside offense to fight together with the opponent's interior offense, Coach Z has created a miracle in Los Angeles this year"

When the two teams came to the tug-of-war in the third quarter, Kenny Smith on the commentary bench at this time also fell into madness, and at this time Barkley on his side had already stood up and kept yelling, and the fans of the New York Knicks on the scene were also driven by the team's crazy chasing momentum in this game, although it seems that the New York Knicks' chasing points has encountered a bottleneck now, but this cannot affect the enthusiasm of these New York Knicks fans who have been holding back for a long time, and it is exactly the case, Now the whole Madison Garden seems to be completely boiling.

At this time, the home court advantage of the New York Knicks was also shown in front of the world's audience for the first time.

"Coach, should we pause now to adjust"

The atmosphere of the Madison Garden officialdom at the scene is very scary, at this time, as the assistant coach of the Los Angeles Lakers, Stephen Green was a little worried by the crazy momentum of the scene at this time, although the Los Angeles Lakers players on the court are still stubbornly maintaining the score advantage, but it gives people a crumbling feeling, which will always make him feel a little unsteady, but what makes Green a little helpless is that although he hopes that Zhuang Fei can call a timeout at this time to let the team rest, but Zhuang Fei shook his head directly.

"Stephen, don't forget what I said, the more adversity like this, the more you have to believe in your players" Zhuang Fei said lightly, and then put his eyes on the court again, and at this time Green nodded thoughtfully.

There's actually nothing wrong with Green's approach, and most NBA head coaches think of timeouts and then avoid them when the team is facing a flood of crazy offense and crazy fans in the field, which is even the most sensible option for everyone.

It's just that this approach is not suitable for the Lakers now, this game is a game for the Lakers to harvest the championship, this game is a game in which the morale, momentum and self-confidence of the Lakers have reached the pinnacle, this game is also a game for the Lakers, in such a game, Zhuang Fei does not think that his players are willing to retreat, in fact, if the Lakers retreat at this time, then they will definitely lose more than the belief that this game must be won, for Zhuang Fei, He can now clearly feel the difficulty of his players on the pitch at this time.

Similarly, he can also feel the fighting spirit of his players on the court, the bloodthirsty fighting spirit when encountering a close opponent, the fighting spirit of wanting to compete with such an evenly matched opponent, so at this time, all the players of the Lakers have red eyes, and this is also the breath that has been hanging on them, which allows them to withstand the crazy offense of the New York Knicks and the crazy shouts of the New York Knicks fans.

And Zhuang Fei will never allow himself to let go of their breath, at this time he is extremely confident that his players can do this.

Zhuang Fei is indeed a very controlling head coach, but it is the same. Zhuang Fei is also a head coach who is willing to give his players maximum freedom. That's why his players always feel unconstrained. Be able to give full play to your basketball talent and aura, but you will not be dragged down and limited by your talent and spirituality.

"These guys are just too tenacious"

Although after the start of the third quarter of this game, the momentum of the New York Knicks made everyone see their hope of winning, but for these New York Knicks players, especially for O'Neal, who was the main offense at this time, the Lakers were too difficult to deal with, and no matter how they played, they couldn't beat this team. Not only can this team not be killed, but this team is getting more and more vigorous, which is simply incredible.

Of course, just as O'Neal lamented the Lakers' tenacity at this time, these Lakers players are also lamenting the pressure that the New York Knicks put on them, and the third quarter of this game is definitely the biggest challenge they face in this playoffs, and it is also the most exciting challenge for them.

"It's crazy, it's crazy, the New York Knicks and the Lakers are completely in the scorch, and this stage is for both teams. Whoever retreats first will lose the initiative and chance to win this game. Both teams understand this, so they're desperately trying to hold on, and this kind of game is great, this kind of game is the finals."

At this time, the New York Knicks and the Lakers were still crazy about attacking each other on the court, and Kenny Smilli at this time looked even crazier than them, basically similar to Barkley next to him.

In fact, at the scene of the game or in front of the TV, there are countless crazy people like Kenny Smith, such as the general manager of the New York Knicks in the box at this time, Dolan Jr., and his father Dolan, who thought their team would lose in this game, but suddenly broke out in the second half, and this kind of explosion is also extremely exciting, such a wonderful thing has basically never been seen in the lives of these two people, After all, the Lakers players and the New York Knicks who are playing on the court at this time are not just playing, and they are competing for more than just basketballs that are constantly switching in their hands.

"I wonder who will win this battle between these two teams?" At this time, Xiao Daolan had already found that his hands were full of sweat, and although the old Daolan on the side was not like Xiao Daolan, there was no doubt that his brows were also very tight.

For everyone, they want to know who will win the battle between the New York Knicks and the Lakers in the end, because at this time everyone knows that the winner of this game is the winner of this competition, and it is almost certain that this is the case, after all, if one team can break up the spirit of the other team at this time, then the next game is basically no suspense.

It's just disappointing that this contest did not distinguish the winner or loser, although neither Phil Jackson nor Zhuang Fei asked for a timeout, but when the referee finally announced the official timeout, everyone on the scene was disappointed at this time, and the players on both sides of the field were also a little disappointed at this time.

At this time, at the end of the third quarter and a half, the Los Angeles Lakers temporarily led the Lakers by six points at 88-82, of course, the ball was still on the Lakers' side.

"It's wonderful, it's wonderful"

When watching the players on both sides of the court walk off the court, Kenny Smith and Barkley sighed excitedly at the same time, in the third quarter of the half, the Lakers scored 18 points, and the New York Knicks scored 22 points under O'Neal's main attack, which is not inferior to the Terminator tactics led by Kobe.

So this will also make almost everyone on the scene think that the official timeout of the league at this time is a bit out of place, in fact, NBA commissioner David Stern, who has already brought the championship trophy at this time, also feels that this TV pause makes him feel empty.

"It's really a very good game, if only every game in the Finals was like this" At this time, David Stern, who was in the stands, looked at the Chinese on the Lakers bench and was also a little hot in his heart, this Chinese is undoubtedly the one who led the NBA to break through the bottleneck and complete the third leap.

It's not very clear right now. A television pause at this time interrupted a game that was supposed to be a winner. And at this time, everyone is wondering if there will be any new changes between the two teams after this timeout. For them, this game is a lot to watch right now.

And at this time, when the players on both sides came on the court, all the people on the scene were shocked, because at this time, there was no O'Neal who had just behaved like a god among the players on the New York Knicks, the leading player of the New York Knicks was sitting off the court at this time, and in the same way, the players on the Lakers court at this time were even more crazy, because at this time the Lakers three elders and Kobe Bryant were all sitting off the court.

And when I saw this scene. Almost all of the Knicks on the scene were buzzing, and it was clear that the head coaches on both sides were completely unexpected.

In fact, at this time, not to mention that they were a little surprised, even Zhuang Fei and Phil Jackson were also stunned when they saw each other's on-court lineups, and then looked at each other again, and this time, the eyes of these two NBA coaches met again. Only this time the two didn't look at each other for a long time like before, but they all turned their heads with a snort after a moment's stunned.

"It seems that whether it is Phil Jackson or Coach Z, both of them have thought of a piece. That's to save Armageddon for the fourth quarter."

After the lineups of the two teams came on in the second half of the third quarter, Kenny Smith also said with some thought at this time. At this time, the lineup on the New York Knicks' side is Odom, Butler, Alan Houston, Van Exel and Marbury, this is the lineup that dragged the Lakers in the last game, and on the Lakers' side, except for Josh Smith who is still on the court, the four Lakers players who just fought with the New York Knicks are all sitting on the bench, and at this time, in addition to Josh Smith, the other four players are Jackson, Szczebiak, Paul and Bobby Simmons.

"Judging from the comparison of the players on the court of the two teams now, it seems that the New York Knicks have a slight advantage, but we all know that although the Lakers are almost all in the rotation lineup, their rotation lineup can remain undefeated in many times even in the face of the opponent's starters, in the Western Conference Finals and the last two games of the Spurs, the Lakers' rotation lineup is equal to the Spurs' main lineup in some periods, so Coach Z sending these people does not mean that he has given up the game" Kenny Smith looked at the players on both sides of the team and continued.

"Just now, O'Neal's takeover game gave the other players of the New York Knicks a lot of rest, while on the Lakers' side, the Lakers' three elders and Kobe Bryant consumed a lot, in fact, it was the four of them who were fighting against O'Neal before, so it is understandable that Coach Z made such an arrangement."

Sometimes, the role of an inside line is definitely not just the number of people can fill in, everyone in the NBA knows that as long as the inside line blows up the opponent, it means that the game takes the initiative, and if the opponent does not have an interior line, then it will take a lot of money to fill up, although the Lakers' offense is not inferior to the New York Knicks who O'Neal took over the game, but there are many costs to pay.

And this is probably one of the core strategies of Phil Jackson in this game, that is, O'Neal and other players rely on each other, in the past, O'Neal was very distrustful of his New York Knicks teammates, after all, no matter what their ability is, they are a group of guys who can't even get into the playoffs, and now, after the last game, O'Neal chose to believe in his teammates, but at this time his teammates can give O'Neal little help is unknown, At least at this time, Kenny Smith is looking forward to it.

Kenny Smith is now looking forward to what kind of sparks these players from the New York Knicks and these rotation players from the Lakers can play in this game, and in fact, after the word game, the New York Knicks will take the lead.

"Beautiful three-pointer, Van Exel faced Bobby Simmons' defense and shot directly from outside the three-point line, and it was clear that Bobby Simmons, the New York Knicks' outcast, didn't know that this player who shot two steps from beyond the three-point line was higher than stepping on the three-point line."

"Is this guy still human?"

Bobby Simmons looked at Van Exel, who was one step away from him, and felt that his scalp was numb, how can this guy defend with such a range? It's just that Van Exel, who was stared at by Bobby Simmons at this time, didn't look at him at all, but set his sights on Szczebiak after hitting this ultra-long-range three-pointer.

The two were previously teammates. In the past, the two were also too strong in the team. Both were Phil Jackson's most trusted shooters back then. One is crazy, the other is stable and terrible, for such two people, they are destined to be opponents of different styles.

"Wally, the winner and the loser couldn't be separated before, this time, let's make a decision"

After a deep look at Szczebiak, Van Axel turned away. There are a lot of three-point shooters in the entire NBA, but the only person who really convinced this extremely unruly Fan Maniac was his former teammate.

And in the face of Van Exel's provocation and challenge, Szzczebiak was also a little excited at this time, he was an extremely calm shooter, and there was no psychological fluctuation at almost any time, which was different from Van Exel, who was crazy, but even at this time, he couldn't help it, obviously, Szzczebiak had been thinking about such a duel for a long time.

When I was with the Lakers before. Both of them are on the same team, so a lot of things are not very convenient. And at this time, the two can really distinguish one superior.

"Wally, are you alright?"

Looking at Szczebiak who was trembling beside him, Jackson asked with some doubts, and at this time, Szambiak also withdrew his gaze that had been looking at Van Exel's back, turned his head to look at Jackson, and shook his head with a smile.

"It's okay, just a little excited, I haven't felt like this for a long time" Szzambiak said and walked straight to the front court without paying attention to Jackson, who was still extremely confused.

The Los Angeles Lakers' rotation lineup is not weak, this is a thing that the whole world knows, this team's rotation lineup is not only not weak, but also very strong, and it is the strongest in the league, but even so, after Van Exel hit that ultra-long-distance three-pointer, the difference between the two sides came to 3 points, which is also the smallest point difference between the two teams after the start of the game, in this case, Even many Lakers fans know that their team's rotation lineup is strong, and at this time, they are a little sweaty for this team.

Of course, for Zhuang Fei, Van Exel's three points just now seemed to have no effect on him, and at this time, the head coach of the Lakers was still sitting firmly on the sidelines watching the Diaoyutai, and in fact Zhuang Fei believed that his team had a reason.

Because Van Exel, after hitting that three-pointer, turned around and Szczebiak quickly returned one.

The Los Angeles Lakers' rotation lineup is Paul, so Szczebiak and Van Exel have some differences in that he doesn't need to control the ball and throw three-pointers, although he played the role of a point forward when he was the boss of the Warriors, and his passing ability is still very good, but a team like the Lakers now doesn't need his passing.

In this case, his three points are completely different from Van Exel's threes, but although the style is different, one is to attack with the ball and the other is to attack with the ball.

And this difference is not only the style of the two's three-point shot is different, just like the style of facing the defense when shooting, Van Exel's three-point shot just now is two steps away from the three-point line, which looks scary, in fact, this is because he is not tall, in order to avoid blocking, he must have a certain distance from the defender, so Van Exel's three-point must get rid of the defender, and Szczebiak does not need to be like this.

When Paul threw the basketball in his hand, Szzambiak, who was standing 45 degrees outside the three-point line on the left side, ignored the league's mid-range shooting king and pulled it up directly in front of him when the defender Alan Houston was already in place.

It's a typical dry face, and when Szczebiak, a three-pointer who ignores the defender, throws it into the basket, the New York Knicks fans who just thought Van Exel's madness all fell silent.

At this time, Van Exel's and Alan Houston's New York Knicks players also frowned, and Szzebiak's shots were actually more hurtful than Van Exel.

"It's still so accurate, it would be nice if I could come to my team"

After Szczebiak threw this three-point in the face of defense, even Phil Jackson on the side had some hot eyes. In the former that Lakers. There are a lot of players he can trust. It can be said that except for Kobe, he can trust everyone else, and the most trusted players are Szzczebiak and O'Neal, who basically can't complete as long as they are assigned tasks.

If it weren't for the fact that Szczebiak was a player trained by Zhuang Fei, he would do whatever it took to poach Szczebiak to the New York Knicks, and if Butler was replaced by Szzambiak in this round of the finals, the New York Knicks would definitely not lose so badly in front, and might even win against the Lakers.

Of course. At this time, Phil Jackson naturally knew very well that all this was just fantasy

Van Exel's mood was very excited at this time, and he was also extremely nervous, and in fact, this was also caused by his complex psychology of Szczebiak, in many cases, when facing Szzczebiak, he appeared as a weakling, after all, Szzambiak is the league's five-world All-Star three-point king, although he is very arrogant, but he knows that his three-point shooting ability is still some gap from Szczebiak. Of course, such a gap is still traceable in his opinion. For example, in this game, he is ready to overturn Szczebiak's three-point unbeaten myth.

He wants to beat Szzzebiak in this match.

Because of this, the game started in the second half of the third quarter, the two teams were a little interesting, on the New York Knicks' side, it seems that everyone knows what Van Exel thinks, almost everyone is creating opportunities for the player, such as Marbury now giving the team's control to Van Exel, and when O'Neal is not on the court, control means first offense.

Similarly, on the Lakers' side, Paul seems to be deliberately looking for Szczebiak, obviously, the Lakers have also found some differences in this game, although Szzambiak did not say anything, but as teammates, whether it is trust in Szczebiak's strength, or for Szczebiak, they should support the Lakers' three-point king's battle.

So, after O'Neal and Kobe Bryant on the Lakers' side called the three elders off the court, the matchup between the two sides has now become a three-point shootout, or more accurately, a three-point shootout between Szzczebiak and Van Exel.

"What, you can still hit like this, it's too weird" Looking at Van Exel, who fell in front of him, Bobby Simmons was about to collapse at this time, although he was thrown away by Van Exel's at the beginning because he was not very familiar with Van Exel's style, and at this time, after being familiar with his style, this little man was still able to throw three points in such a difficult shot, which made the Lakers' defender a little speechless.

Of course, in fact, although Van Exel is a famous nerve knife, he is also a little excited to be able to throw it under a close fit like Bobby Simmons, after all, he is different from Szzebiak, he needs space to shoot.

In fact, at this time in this game, the real most depressed person on the court is probably not Bobby Simmons, but the former New York player Alan Houston who is defending Szczebiak, he is the league's mid-range shooting king, and his three-point shooting ability is also very good, but at this time, at the end of the third quarter of the game, this completely became the stage for Szczebiak and Van Exel, and he seemed to be redundant.

Especially every time Szzzerbiak ignored his defense and hit back-to-back threes, he was almost ashamed.

And when Van Exel missed his sixth three-pointer before the end of the third quarter, and Szczebiak still calmly made his sixth three-pointer in front of him, finally turning the difference from four points to seven points, the former New York Knicks player wanted to die.

Of course, Alan Houston was ashamed at this time, while Van Exell was a little disappointed, although he was in good shape and took the lead in the confrontation with Szzebiak this time, but in the end he still lost. It's just that at this time, although Van Exel feels a little regretful, Kenny Smith, who is on the sideline commentary seat, will not think so.

"Szczebiak hit the buzzer, crazy Hill three-pointer, and finally the Los Angeles Lakers and Szczebiak won, 108-101, and the Los Angeles Lakers temporarily led by 7 points into the fourth quarter"

"Armageddon of the fourth quarter is coming"

And at this time, just as crazy as Kenny Smith was all the fans in the scene and the fans in front of the TV.

At this time, the head coaches of the two teams, Zhuang Fei and Phil Jackson, who were standing on both sides of the bench, seemed extremely calm to many people at this time, and this calm seemed to be a little scary. (To be continued......)