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Chapter 551 The Battle of Tianwang Mountain

On the sidelines, Phil Jackson saw the old K enter the basket to get a position, and immediately recalled the memory of the old K pushing and smashing in the Bulls' penalty area in the previous three finals.

However, now his team is not the Bulls without strong insiders. The big sharks can completely contain most of the old K's energy, and the K law also restricts the old K's most ferocious sideways attack. Now the Knicks' restricted area, it is not the old K's turn to play wild.

"Take him!"

He immediately yelled at the field, his tone resolute to the extreme.

"Pass it in!"

Not far away, Harris was a little nervous, but still firmly supported Lao Wang's play style of getting into the basket.

Now 10 points behind, if the old K can play a world 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 win back.

Two behemoths, Wang Tiejun and O'Neill, are fighting in the restricted area. The former wants to trap the latter behind, while the latter wants to go around. Between the collision of muscles, a lot of physical energy is wasted profligately.

At the last moment of the offensive three seconds, with a stronger basic strength, Lao Wang stuck O'Neill behind him and successfully got a position at the basket. At this time, Mark Price's ball came in.

The moment the ball is received, the offense restarts in three seconds.

At the next moment of catching the ball, he put his hands together, leaned over and squatted down, and prepared to get up. As long as he adjusted the direction of his feet, he could get up and attack.

At this time, the Knicks' backup power forward Terry Carliss, backup forward Jerome Kersey, Jordan and others had already rushed to Lao Wang's side, forming a four-person double-team for him.

There are six arms blocked on his head from the upper, left and right sides, and O'Neill is frantically defending at the back. The space around him has been completely blocked, and the risky pass is likely to be cut off.

The next moment, the squatting Pharaoh stepped back with his left foot and inserted it between O'Neill's legs, and then Tieshan relied on his back arch to launch.

"Oh!"

With the pause of both feet, the six forces instantly merged into one, and as the upper body slammed into O'Neill's body fiercely, there was a heavy impact sound, and O'Neill also groaned, staggered and took two steps back.

Comparing the basic strength of the two, Pharaoh is as high as level 98, plus Tieshan has a maximum bonus of 10%, which definitely exceeds level 95. According to his estimation, O'Neill is at most level [-], how can he stand up to it?
Without O'Neal, the other three are nothing to Lao Wang, and he wants to force these three under the basket.

The right foot of the supporting foot did not move, the left foot moved, and he turned around abruptly. He forcibly completed the direction adjustment under the siege of the three people, and the three people who were attached to him were also squeezed by him.

"Snapped!"

Facing the old K who was jumping, Cummings slapped down hard and hit his left arm, but his strength could not stop Lao Wang from getting up.

"boom!"

In the next moment, Lao Wang broke through the blockade of the three, smashed the ball with both hands, and smashed the ball into the basket.

"Di!"

The referee's whistle also blew.

"yeah!"

For the Lakers, from the players on the court to the bench, to the [-] away fans, to the entire Los Angeles, to the huge country on the other side of the Pacific Ocean, and the Fengshen Street where tens of thousands of people gathered, countless fans instantly cheered.

"ah!"

Pharaoh, who scored four against the basket and succeeded in the strong attack, was also extremely excited, and roared at Jordan and others.

"Hoho..."

O'Neill, Jordan and others were panting constantly, not only because of physical exhaustion, but also under enormous psychological pressure, which made 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 sense of confusion in Jordan's heart was even stronger, because he was the only one who lost one, two, and three losses against Old K in the finals, but his willpower was as strong as iron, so he didn't show it.

On the sidelines, Phil Jackson, who resolutely double-teamed Old K, was shocked.

Four people double-teamed, and O'Neill, the only behemoth that could compete with Old K, still couldn't stop Old K's strong attack at the basket, which made him feel a huge sense of powerlessness.

He thought that with O'Neal holding back most of the old K's energy, coupled with the encirclement of other people, he could limit the old K's offense at the basket.

But he immediately saw Old K who was panting violently, his eyes lit up, and he immediately shouted at Jordan: "Michael, Shaq, don't be scared by him, he is very tired from playing, he can't fight this kind of attack a few times, if he dares to go in again, continue to double-team him."

He said this without any cover, and he shouted it in front of the Lakers, revealing the strong self-confidence in his heart.

"good."

Jordan glanced at Old K next to him, who was panting harder than him, and his eyes couldn't help but shine.

The same was true for O'Neill and others. Seeing Old K's breathing, they felt hopeful.

"Special!"

Lao Wang glanced at Phil Jackson on the sidelines. This guy who likes to whistle hooligans has a bit of eyesight!
From the regular season to the present, with the huge consumption of physical energy, now using Tieshan to deal with a monster like O'Neill with all his strength is really emptying out the few remaining physical reserves, and he can't use this technique more.

Tieshan relies on hitting, exerting all his strength in an instant, which consumes a lot of energy. The physical energy consumed by an attack may be ten times that of a hook attack, especially to knock off someone like O'Neill, and he must do his best, which consumes even more.

However, his level 105 stamina is not that bad, just a little blood recovery is enough, and then he will do O'Neill again.

He was panting heavily and missed the penalty. At 28:35, the Lakers were still 7 points behind.

Knicks attack.

O'Neill was not convinced, he was hit by the old K at the basket just now, and he wanted to go into the basket to return another one.

The two behemoths once again fought hand-to-hand in the penalty area, attracting everyone's attention.

But to O'Neill's disappointment, the position failed. His strength was not as strong as the old K's, and his confrontation skills were far inferior to the old K's.

At this time, Jordan broke through with the ball and led Richmond into the paint area, forcing Lao Wang to return to the basket, and O'Neal also took the opportunity to enter the paint area.

Lao Wang blocked a step in front of the basket. At this time, Jordan broke through and gave the ball to O'Neal on the left. The latter caught the ball violently.

"boom!"

Pharaoh sideways blocked the block with one hand, but he missed the shot. O'Neal dunked heavily with both hands, sinking the Lakers' basket.

"The combination of internal and external dual-core superstars is so difficult to defend. Old K can only choose to defend one, and the other will come out." Bill Wharton praised.

Barkley said with a smile: "If the Lakers want to really defend against O'Neal and Jordan, they must have a top perimeter defender who can limit Michael's breakthrough.

But his ability is too strong, you can keep up with him, he has an emergency stop jumper, and ends the attack with his best mid-range shot, but you can't keep up with him, he goes in with the ball and cooperates with O'Neal, old K can't defend at all.

Unless Fordson on the weak side can return to the basket in time, block Michael first, and join hands with old K, then there will be a chance to defend Michael. "

"Michael can still distribute the ball. If the old K goes to defend Michael, he may not be able to return to O'Neal in time. What's more, Michael can also distribute the ball to Fortson's people, which can also create open space." Bill Walton shook his head.

Kenny Smith said with a smile: "To put it simply, the combination of Shaq and Michael is almost impossible to be restricted, it can only be said to reduce their efficiency as much as possible.

The Lakers can win two games against the Knicks, but not once by limiting the offense of both of them. "

Barkley nodded and said: "The Lakers won the two games because they played better offensively, so if the Lakers want to continue to win, they have to make their offense better.

Defense is a foundation. Without defense, there is no championship, but without offense, there is also no championship.

But today the Lakers' offense is not going well. If there is no change, I think this game is a bit hanging. "

Kenny Smith said: "The Lakers' offense today does have some problems, but the main thing is that the Knicks' offense today is very good."

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 clung to the score and retained the hope of a comeback.

Wang Tiejun only rested for more than two minutes in the second quarter, and did not rest after that. He made a lot of shots in the second and third quarters. He made 20 of 11 shots, 55% from the field, and 12 of 7 free throws. He scored 29 points, 12 rebounds, 8 assists, 5 turnovers, 4 blocks and 4 fouls in the three quarters.

Zhang Lili said: "Under the full double-teaming of the Knicks, Tie Jun can still play such an efficiency. He has tried his best. It is that there are too many mistakes under the double-teaming, 5 times, which is terrible."

Su Qun said: "O'Neal scored 20 points and shot 54%, which is about the same as the old K. Jordan scored 24 points and shot 56%, which is slightly higher than the old K. The two of them teamed up and played really well today. It made the Lakers hard to defend. The efficiency is too high."

At the beginning of the last quarter, the Knicks restored their full lineup.

The Lakers attack.

Under the desperate encirclement and suppression of the Lakers, Lao Wang also forcibly played some offenses at the basket, but the physical consumption was too great, and now he is a little lacking in physical fitness. He threw a hook outside and the ball smashed into the basket.

Looking back, Ellis, who hit three three-pointers in the first quarter, didn't make 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 a three-pointer.

"Be careful. Ellis only played 19 minutes tonight. In addition to this shot, he made 8 of 5 shots and 6 of 4 three-pointers. All three-pointers were empty shots. This is a typical space killer. Leaving him open is very fatal." Zhang Lili said anxiously.

The Lakers attacked, Kobe missed a single, and the Knicks grabbed a rebound.

Jordan went to the right wing this time and attacked with the ball. Ellis made a pick and roll for him on the three-point line, and he took the opportunity to break through with the ball.

But he only took one step forward, and stopped in the three-point line.

At this moment, in addition to Richmond who was facing up, Chris Mullin who was defending Ellis also rushed over to double-team.

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 too late, and Ellis jumped up one step away.

"Not good! Be careful again." Su Qun said anxiously.

"brush!"

When the water splashed, the entire Madison Square Garden burst into cheers.

Seeing this three-pointer, Del Harris stayed on the sidelines, speechless.

"Hey, 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 and didn't take many shots. Now when he first came up, he threw two three-pointers in a row. The Lakers felt uncomfortable!" Su Qun sighed.

"75:87, the gap is now 12 points. If you can't catch up in the first half of the quarter, this game will be troublesome." Zhang Li shook his head.

"If the game is 5-[-], then the Knicks still have a home game. The Lakers must win Game [-]. If the Knicks get it, it will be really troublesome." Su Qun said.

Zhang rationally analyzed: "If the Knicks get the match point first when they are behind [-]-[-], the morale will definitely become very high, and the morale of the Lakers will suffer a considerable blow."

Next, Lao Wang led the team to catch up and scored 7 points in 6 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 waist of the paint area, and after attracting the Lakers' defensive attention, he suddenly split the ball.

He didn't give O'Neill a step away, but passed 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 quickly ran to the right bottom corner. Mullin started half a beat later and hurriedly chased after him.

"Snapped!"

After catching the ball with both hands, Ellis made a stand up very calmly, and then Mullin, who was chasing down from the upper side, jumped up immediately. The former was short and received the ball. When Mullin flew out of the baseline, he got up again, his eyes were as cold as a killer, and he calmly shot a three-pointer.

"brush!"

Splashes appeared and a three-pointer was hit.

Ellis was already very excited after making the shot. He kept waving his fists, shouting and yelling at the audience. All the Knicks players, including Jordan, also ran towards him.

"Damn it, 10 of 7 shots, 8 of 6 three-pointers, 20 points. This veteran didn't perform well in the first three games. Tonight, he completely broke out." Zhang Lili sighed.

"It's 9 points again. It's finally getting closer, and it's almost double digits again." Su Qun said bitterly.

"The important thing is that there is no time." Zhang Li shook his head and said.

At the basket, Pharaoh was panting heavily, knowing that this game would be difficult.

But he hasn't given up yet, 9 points is not a point difference that makes people despair.

The Lakers attacked and called a timeout.

Harris let Pharaoh enter the basket to attract double-teams, then split the ball and made 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-pointers were not good today, but they made 14 of 4 shots, and their shooting percentage was less than [-]%, so they didn't shoot three-pointers in the final quarter. Now they want to play three-pointers.

"Remember, never give them a chance to shoot an open three-pointer. Charles, you still have two chances for fouls. If Old K wants to play 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 Yu Yong and moved to the basket.

O'Neill also tried his best to resist Lao Wang with his last bit of physical strength.

However, the physical fitness of the two is almost the same, and the confrontation intensity is far less than when the physical fitness is abundant.

After finally getting Shaquille O'Neal to get a position at the basket, when Kobe passed the ball in, he found that the Knicks didn't have many people double-teaming him. Except for O'Neal, only Oakley on the right rushed over.

Why, he didn't have time to think about it, and immediately started attacking the basket after receiving the ball.

Up to now, he has no physical strength to rely on the iron mountain, and immediately hits a sideways hook after catching the ball.

Oakley didn't have a chance to foul. He took a step too late. O'Neal jumped and missed the shot. With a bang, the basketball hit the rim and fell into it.

"Seven points, defend the next goal, score another goal, there is still a chance to tie the gap of 7 points." Su Qun shouted excitedly.

On the sidelines, head coach Harris sighed. The Knicks' defensive tactics changed at the last moment, and they gave up double-teaming the old K, which made his three-point chasing tactics impossible.

Knicks attack.

Jordan held the ball on the left wing, made a false shot, made two steps into the three-pointer, and then stopped for a jump shot. The basketball flew into the basket accurately.

Lao Wang wanted to make up, but was blocked by O'Neal. He had no chance, so he could only watch Jordan make the shot.

"Oh, it's 9 minutes again, there's no time." Su Qun sighed.

"95 seconds, 9 points, the Knicks don't give the Lakers a chance to shoot a three-pointer." Zhang Lili also shook his head.

In the end, the Lakers still failed to pull back and lost by 7 points.

At the last moment, the Knicks did not let down their vigilance. 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 also 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 tie the score.

Barkley said after the game: "Two to two draws, the Knicks won the second home, and then the third home, with the advantage of the home, the Knicks had better win the third home, match point in hand, have a chance to beat the Lakers.

Otherwise, if you lose the third home game and let the Lakers get the match point in the away game, Old K will not be polite when he returns home. It is very difficult for the Knicks to win the away game. "

"Charles, you are friends with Old K and Michael, who do you prefer to win the championship?" Bill Walton asked.

Barkley smiled and said: "Bill, this question is a wrong proposition. Winning the championship only depends on strength."

Bill Wharton laughed loudly, nodded and said, "It's true that I asked the wrong question, so let me ask again, who do you prefer to win the championship? Who do you prefer to win the championship?"

Barkley said with a smile: "From the perspective of friendship, Michael and I have been friends for many years, but old K is my brother."

He didn't go any further when he said this, this sentence is enough to express his meaning.

"It's also golden thighs?" Bill Wharton slandered.

(End of this chapter)