Chapter 535: Battle of Inner Behemoths!
"Fack! What kind of plane are these players playing? This is the only player I spent tens of millions of dollars to sign?" James Dolan jumped up and down, sitting in the box and kept complaining to his assistant.
The little assistant is very innocent, not because he is a bad player, but because the Lakers are too outrageous!
In the first quarter, the Lakers' full-court press made the Knicks' halftime rate only 60%. In the remaining rounds, he was either intercepted or blocked until eight seconds of violation.
Alan Houston, Larry Johnson, Charlie Ward all try to hold the ball! But they all failed. The chain defense formed by the Lakers' outside players is simply terrifying. Especially Kobe Bryant staring at the ball handler! The oppressive feeling of the cheetah chasing and biting its prey made almost no Knicks player adapt.
At the end of the first quarter, the Lakers 32:14 Knicks.
"What to do, what to do, what to do?" Jeff Van Gundy stomped his feet anxiously. Although the Lakers were very strong last season, they didn't feel invincible to the Knicks.
But now the pressure on the Knicks from the Lakers is completely different, it's like two teams in different leagues! The gap is amazing!
Ewing was panting heavily, he was getting older, and his physical condition had not been adjusted to the best just entering the season, so it was a torture for him to perform such a back and forth run.
Ewing was very helpless. Don't talk about winning with O'Neal now. In the first quarter, he almost ran back and forth, and he didn't even catch the ball a few times.
I looked at Kobe with envious eyes. If I have a player of this level by my side, will I let Michael occupy the East forever?
The Lakers bench laughed and laughed. They played an All-Star game at Madison Square Garden. Every player was showing off, and every player played extremely happily.
It's really like the SHOWTIME era. The Lakers played wonderful basketball, but the Lakers' offense is based on defense.
"Cool! I'll pass some more passes later, you didn't see the envious eyes of the gorilla, wow." O'Neill was elated, and he had already dunked 4 shots in the first quarter alone. On a big stage like New York, playing like this in front of countless wealthy businessmen and celebrities, the Sharks are crazy, and the more they play, the more vigorous they are.
"Ewing didn't take a rest." Kobe said sternly.
"What? This old guy." O'Neill frowned, but Ewing really refused to admit defeat.
The Lakers' bench is in trouble for the first time this season.
A trio of Stark, Chris Mills, and Ewing has a strong fighting power, especially Ewing held his breath and continued to rely on his height advantage to complete single-handedly against Big Ben.
In the first game, Da Ben, who played an amazing defensive performance against Malone, didn't show much in front of Ewing.
Ewing's height is nearly 20 centimeters taller than Ben's. This cannot be compensated by other factors. Ewing just plays high. Daben has a good performance when facing inside lines below 2.10 meters, but when the opponent's height reaches 2.10 meters or more, Daben's height becomes the biggest disadvantage.
"Let's play early, too. There's no reason Ewing can play, but we can't."
"Then go!"
The bench lineup was unfavorable, and the Lakers quickly replaced the starters.
In the second quarter, the Lakers did not use the full-court pressing tactics, and they played early in the rotation time. If they continued to mark the whole court, it would consume too much on their bodies.
Drop position!
This is what the Knicks are happy to see. Their stars are born for positional warfare. Whether it is the gorilla Ewing, the CIC king Houston or the aunt Larry Johnson, they are all best at positional combat!
"Shaq, let's have a showdown!" The gorilla panted heavily with its huge nostrils. His fighting spirit was high, and it was very difficult to win this game. But defeating O'Neal, even if you lose, is worth it!
"Come on!" The big shark challenged!
Kobe directly stuffed the ball to O'Neal. He knew that he must give his teammates the greatest support at this time!
O'Neal's body is like a mountain of meat, leaning on the gorilla Ewing, catching the ball!
Hit!
There is no trick at all!
It's the hard top!
step!
two steps!
The power of the gods hit the gorilla!
Gorilla Ewing gnashing his teeth!
Fight down! It is victory!
O'Neill sinks!
The big butt squeezed abruptly into the restricted area.
Hit the ball vigorously, catch the ball, turn around, and jump on the spot!
Like a shark jumping out of the sea!
Opening his bloody mouth, he bit the gorilla Ewing.
Ewing pushed against O'Neill and jumped up too!
Two people collided in the air!
"Ha!" Ewing hit O'Neal hard with his hand.
O'Neill's majestic arm struggled to dunk down!
"beep!"
Go in!
foul!
2+1!
O'Neal hung on the rim, and Ewing backed up again and again.
Battle of the Inside Behemoths! Big sharks have the upper hand!
"Old man, are you convinced?"
"Not convinced!"
"Then continue!"
O'Neal and Kobe pick and roll, Kobe goes through.
After receiving the ball, O'Neill took three big steps, carried the gorilla Ewing strong, and completed the attack.
Top off!
Gorilla Ewing was pushed away by O'Neill abruptly!
The power of terror! The sound of two people's muscles colliding made the audience in awe.
"The Knicks team, from top to bottom, I don't accept anyone, but the gorilla Ewing." Byron Scott and Ewing are also old opponents, and sighed.
"He is really a veteran with iron and blood."
"Come again!" Ewing panted heavily, with his hands on his hips, and continued to provoke O'Neill unconvinced.
O'Neal caught the ball and turned around violently!
Throwing away the slow-footed Ewing in a flash, he dunked with both hands!
7 points in a row!
Ferocious big shark! The ferocious fangs are exposed!
This is the strength of the inside ruler of the alliance now!
As long as you have physical strength, it is impossible for a person to guard against a big shark! Not even Olajuwon!
It exploded!
In the second quarter, O'Neal beat the gorilla abruptly.
16 points and 7 rebounds in a single quarter.
A model of violent aesthetics!
In the third quarter, the Lakers continued to increase their defensive strength, pressing hard and taking the game away.
Check in three quarters!
The Lakers are still killing the Quartet and killing the game.
At the end of the game, the Lakers 124:79 Knicks.
O'Neal had 35 points, 16 rebounds, 3 assists, 2 blocks and 3 turnovers.
Kobe had 27 points, 5 rebounds, 9 assists, 6 steals, 1 block and 1 turnover.
The stats of the Gemini stars in just three quarters are more terrifying than the Knicks' Big Three combined!
Ewing had 17 points, 9 rebounds, 3 assists, 2 blocks and 4 turnovers.
Larry Johnson had 15 points, 7 rebounds, 5 assists and 2 turnovers.
The CIC king became the iron king, 4 of 17 shots, 11 points, 4 rebounds and 1 assist.
The Knicks made 21 turnovers!
Terrible error rate! This turnover rate is rarely seen even in college leagues!
"Shaq."
"What?"
After the game, Ewing found O'Neal.
"The glory of the center is in your hands."
A smile appeared on Ewing's ugly face.