"Diamond Backcourt" Heats Up and Becomes Unstoppable!

George wanted a piece of the action. He wanted to help his team.

But tonight, every player in the Lakers' "Diamond Backcourt" was playing extremely well.

He was already defending more seriously than usual, but it wasn't working as well as it normally did.

"Oh my god!"

At the announcers' table,

Reggie Miller marveled, "They're powerful—so powerful! The Lakers' desire to win is incredible.

It's brought out a level of play we've never seen from them before.

Paul and Kobe are already incredibly talented.

Now they've taken things up another notch. The 'Diamond Backcourt' is putting tremendous pressure on every Knick at both ends of the court!

Even the role players have become wild cards, and every one of them is on fire.

If they keep playing like this, it'll be very hard for the Knicks to come back!"

"That's right."

Barkley nodded. "Su Yan is certainly incredible, but for him to beat an upgraded Lakers team all by himself...

That's impossible.

To be honest, I don't understand why the Lakers have exploded like this when they're in such a desperate situation.

I mean... at most, I'd expect Chris Paul and Kobe to go wild and carry the team to a win.

The role players should be feeling enormous pressure, which would keep them from playing well.

But that's not what's happening at all.

It's unusual—strange, even. I just can't understand it!

The fact is,

the Knicks need to play with more focus if they want a chance to end this year's NBA Finals tonight!"

"Beep! Beep!"

The Knicks called another timeout.

The relaxed Lakers were playing so well that they'd forced the Knicks to stop play once again.

Coach D'Antoni told Su Yan to attack more decisively. He could even take the game on by himself.

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