Just as Del Harris predicted, by the fourth quarter, the Lakers, who had been cruising smoothly for the past two quarters, faced a wild counterattack from the New York Knicks!
With a 7-2 run, the Knicks narrowed the gap to 5 points, bringing the score to 58-63, and Del Harris called a timeout!
The opposing player is injured, and it's their strongest player injured; would the Knicks feel it's not fair to win? Impossible, they're playing harder than before, giving the Lakers no chance to adjust to O'Neal's absence, no opportunity to adapt; they pressed the Lakers hard from the start of the fourth quarter!
To this, the Lakers players don't see any problem.
If the Knicks had a player injured and out, the perfect gentleman Mr. Zhang Hao of the Lakers would definitely seize the opponent's phase of pain and press them hard.
