Reborn as Kobe

On June 18, the second game between the two sides began.

Players from both sides stepped into the arena, and O'Neal saw Ewing in suits and ties on the sidelines cheering up his teammates, deliberately stepped forward, lowered his voice and said, "Man, I will have two rings soon, otherwise you will come and hold him next season. My thigh."

Because of his sullen face, he said coldly: "You are not holding Kobe's thigh, you can't win the championship without Kobe."

O'Neill furiously said, "Okay, I will show you who is the core of the Lakers today."

Ewing didn't say anything. He was no longer in the mood to quarrel with O'Neal. This injury can be said to have ruined everything about him.

O'Neal looked at Ewing who ignored him, and returned to the court a little angrily, ready to start the game.

The referee's whistle sounded, O'Neal jumped the ball and won, and the game entered the most intense state from the beginning.

The competition between the two sides in the basket has entered a fierce degree from the beginning, Chris Dudley can be regarded as desperate, desperately against O'Neal.

O'Neal felt very sick, and Dudley's big hands were constantly groping on Olajuwon's body, which made people very unbearable.

O'Neal couldn't help but said, "I said, buddy, you can't be glass, you're a straight man, stay away from me."

Dudley remained unmoved, and whispered: "Shaquille, don't talk about those useless, what I want to do now is to make you not comfortable with the ball, as long as we can get the final victory, it is really to make a glass I don't care either."

Seeing that his own words didn't play any role, O'Neal reached out and started asking for the ball. Kobe didn't hesitate to pass the ball to O'Neal.

After O'Neal received the ball, he turned around and faced Dudley's block, which was a dunk. 0: 2.

O'Neal, who hung on the rim, looked condescendingly at Dudley flying out, with a smirk at the corner of his mouth. He jumped off the rim and yelled: "This is my team."

The Knicks attacked, Sprewell controlled the ball, observed the player's running position on the Jazz, beckoned to make a pick-and-roll with Larry Johnson, raised his hand and passed the ball to Alan Houston who left Ray Allen.

Alan Houston received the ball in an open position and threw the ball out before Kobe helped defend. With a scream, the basketball hollowed into the basket. 2:2.

Alan Houston's shooting hand is extremely standard, but unfortunately the road is wrong, later generations call him the CIC King, in fact, he can completely become the three-pointer surpassing Reggie Miller.

The two sides started the fiercest battle since the first quarter of the game. The Lakers used their inside advantage to start to fight the penalty area. Today, O'Neal is in surprisingly good form, with frequent violent dunks.

The Knicks used Sprewell and Alan Houston's two shooting strengths, using the pick-and-roll to hit open mid-range shots.

The two fat guys, O'Neal and Barkley, worked so well together, and they messed up the Knicks' inside lanes.

Kobe's precise pass made O'Neal the strongest offensive power since entering the playoffs. It only took six minutes to score 12 points and 6 rebounds. The Jazz can only rely on Spree. Weir and Alan Houston's long play, struggling to support, did not let the score open.

The situation on the court was insightful by Don Nelson. He easily watched the disciples play without any adjustments. Old Nelson understood that once the Knicks' outside touch fell, there would be no suspense in the game, so he is not at all. Anxious.

The little Van Gundy next to him frowned. He knew it would be dangerous to go on like this, but there was nothing he could do. O'Neal was too confused.

Eight minutes into the first quarter of the game, Kobe and Ray Allen switched defenses. He personally defended Alan Houston. This change immediately caused confusion on the Knicks' outside line. Kobe's current defensive ability has entered the peak, whether single defense or assist defense is comparable to Michael Jordan in his heyday.

Now the Knicks' firepower was cut off by Kobe. After Ray Allen made two consecutive three-pointers with Kobe's screens, the Lakers stretched the lead to 8 points in one fell swoop.

The Lakers rely on a strong inside line to constantly crush the Knicks, and the game once again entered the control of the Lakers.

At the end of the first quarter, the score was 20:32, and the Lakers expanded the point difference to double digits.

After the start of the second quarter, the Knicks made a desperate move. Everyone was blocked in the penalty area, preventing O'Neal and Barkley from taking the ball, and competing with the Lakers for outside shots.

But Kobe didn't give it for nothing. He once again showed his killer qualities, relying on Barkley to pull out the pick-and-roll, hitting three consecutive three-pointers, and widening the point difference to 15 points.

Little Van Gundy saw that this would continue sooner or later, and he hurried to the sidelines and shouted: "Double-team Kobe, don't let him shoot easily to prevent him from killing him."

The Knicks' defensive attention shifted out, which made the Lakers active again. The classic connection between Kobe and O'Neal was once again staged. Under the guidance of Kobe's passing, the Lakers blossomed inside and outside.

With a "bang", O'Neal received a pass from Kobe in the last second before the end of the half game and smashed the ball directly into the basket.

"Who else?" O'Neill shouted domineeringly: "I am an invincible big shark."

Looking at O'Neal, who was already a little forgetful, the LOGO man fell into deep anxiety. He whispered to the old Bass next to him: "Boss, we have to be prepared to lose Shaquille."

Old Buss, who was on the side, froze for a moment, and asked in a low voice, "Why?"

Jerry West said meaningfully: "No one wants to be a supporting role."

After the start of the second half, the Knicks improved significantly on defense, as if they had let go of their heavy burdens, and the Lakers could no longer attack so unscrupulously. As long as the Knicks complete the offense, regardless of whether they advance in or not, the Knicks will defend in halftime. UUreading www.uukanshu.com strives to suppress the Lakers' rhythm.

As the so-called horizontal fear is stunned, stunned and afraid of death, now the Knicks are dying.

Although the Lakers were restricted on offense. But the Knicks' own offense also failed, and the two teams fell into a stalemate.

As time passed bit by bit, before the end of the third quarter, the Knicks' physical fitness began to have problems.

Jr. Fandi thought about rotating players, but the Knicks had too few players to play, and he didn't dare to place a substitute.

In contrast, the old Nelson performed very well. Despite the injury to Eddie Jones before, the Lakers have many substitutes. In his opinion, as long as the OK combination is okay, the game is okay.

With three minutes left before the entire game, the Knicks players finally couldn't run. Ray Allen took advantage of the decline in the opponent's defensive strength and made two consecutive three-pointers, expanding the score advantage to 28 points, and the game also entered garbage time.

Little Fandi gave a wry smile, replaced the main player, and announced his abandonment of the game.

Watching the Lakers' substitutes dash all over the court and continue to crush the Knicks, Fandi Jr. almost ran away. He really felt like a clever woman.

In the end, the Lakers beat the Knicks 128 to 85, with a total score of 2 to 0.

In this game, O'Neal shot 19 of 29, 7 of 15 free throws, 45 points, the highest in the game, and 12 rebounds. Kobe made 14 of 20 shots, 4 of 6 three-pointers, 5 of 5 free throws, 37 points, 8 rebounds, 11 assists, 1 block and 2 steals. Ray Allen made 12 of 21 shots, 5 of 8 three-pointers, 29 points, 3 rebounds and 2 assists.

After this game, no one believed that the Knicks could come back, it was just a question of whether they were swept away.