Paul relied on the off-ball cover to run, caught the ball on the left side and hit a three-point shot, and finally started to play. 74 to 61.

The home fans applauded together and they loved Paul too. Before Paul's arrival, the Clippers couldn't make the playoffs.

However, on the defensive end, the fans were disappointed, and Paul began to defend Bledsoe, handing Zhou Xuan to his teammates. The two are rarely opposed. And most fans want to see the scene of two stars splitting each other.

Bledsoe dribbled the ball across the half, Zhou Xuan borrowed Anderson to cover on the periphery to get rid of Barnes to get the ball, Battier changed defenses, and Scola came out to make a second block, which became Zhou Xuan vs. Griffin.

Battier chased Zhou Xuan and Griffin to form a bag, after the first half, everyone knew that Griffin couldn't prevent it, Zhou Xuan took a step sideways, and passed the ball to the middle of the road with both hands in the gap between the two.

At this time, Barnes's weakness was also exposed, he did not like to chase defense, and once he was separated by a blocker, he would choose to switch to a coverer.

Scola hit a shot from the spot, 76-61, and Zhou Xuan had his thirteenth assist.

The Clippers offense played to Griffin, and Scola did a good job of defending. Griffin chose to pass, he could ensure half of the shooting, but he could only score two points in a round, and the Knicks couldn't win with a two-point shot, and the outside had to be shot.

The year before last, someone compared David Lee to Scola.

Ingram, a hoop world expert, said: "Scola's defense is something Lee couldn't do. In fact, Scola is one of the smartest defenders in the league. He's a leading figure in the NBA with basketball acumen for defense, and the Rockets' teammates are very fond of the Argentine. Overall, Scola's strength is above Lee. While I really like Lee, his defensive efficiency is clearly not as good as Scola's. ”

Slow and short, Scola rarely loses position under the basket and interferes in front of Griffin all the time, which helps.

Paul leaned on Odom's cover to get rid of it, and the catch was a bit of a dummer. Anderson was a little far away, afraid that he would not have time to interfere, so he jumped up and blocked it, and was shaken, Paul then jumped forward, bumped into Anderson and threw the ball with one hand, the ball did not go in, and the referee whistled for a foul.

Paul hit all three free throws. 76 to 64.

It's just a regular season, but Paul has a super desire to win, although the style of play is different, he is actually the same as Kobe, he doesn't want to lose, and he will never give up until the last moment. Because of him, the Knicks, who were leading by double digits, did not dare to relax in the slightest.

Zhou Xuan ran after passing the ball to Leonard, and Barnes followed very closely, trying to make Zhou Xuan unable to receive the ball. Scola blocked, Battier also defended closely, Knicks players passed back and forth, Bledsoe missed a pull-up jumper, the rebound was picked up by Griffin, the Clippers counterattacked, Paul passed, and Barnes chose to shoot Zhou Xuan outside the three-point line on the right side.

He rarely attacks in this way, it is arranged by the coach, and if he has a height advantage, he must shoot boldly, so the Knicks dare not shrink too much, otherwise when Jordan Jr. is on it, they will not be able to break the 122 joint defense. The ball was lucky and popped in. 76 to 67.

Zhang Li said: "The Clippers are attacking well at this time, and the game is good. ”

Yu Jia said with a smile: "Now the fans are not afraid of the score, they are afraid that the opponent will lose too quickly." Paul and Zhou Xuan's-for-tat game will be more exciting. At this time, it was Barnes who was defending Zhou Xuan. ”

"Barnes isn't afraid of misalignment after the pick-and-roll, and now the Clippers have four good swing guys as well." Zhang Li shouted: "Zhou Xuan has made a move." ”

Zhou Xuan dodged the cover in three points, and deviated under the interference, and Battier's sealing eye took effect. No matter how the opponent plays, Battier will always be like this. In the second half, Zhou Xuan's head dropped a little.

The Clippers took the opportunity to fight back, and Griffin ran wildly across the half court with the ball, passing Anderson and scoring with a one-handed dunk. 76 to 69.

Seeing that his opponent had found his groove and narrowed the gap to just seven points, D'Antoni also called a timeout and made changes to the lineup. Bledsoe goes down, Nick Young goes up, adds a strong offensive point, and has a height advantage. If it is still Paul's defense, then Nick Young can pull it out directly.

The Clippers also made a substitution after the timeout, and Crawford came on to replace Barnes, also adding a scoring point, ready to recover the score in one go.

The two sides launched a fierce attack, with Crawford, Griffin, and Paul forming a trident to break through the Knicks' defense again and again. The Knicks mainly relied on Scola and Nick Young to score.

Because Griffin's attack power was too strong and Jordan Jr. was not played, D'Antoni did not dare to easily send Parsons to play small-ball tactics, so his attack power could not reach the strongest. Zhou Xuan only scored 6 points in a single quarter and handed out 5 assists.

At the beginning of the fourth quarter, Zhou Xuan rested and competed on the bench. The Clippers took the opportunity to go on an 8-0 run to narrow the gap to just one point. D'Antoni hurriedly called a timeout.

The flaws of the Knicks, who only have Zhou Xuan as a superstar, sometimes have no sense of touch and can't open the situation.

Nick Young dared to play with the ball, but he was not in good shape and his shooting percentage was not high. D'Antoni has decided to bring on Parsons, who is also a strong individual and has the potential to be the most improved player this year.

In order to ensure interior defense, Parsons plays small forward, with Bletche and Anderson on the inside, and scoring guard Leonard, and this lineup is definitely based on positional battles.

The Clippers have Paul, Crawford, Butler, Griffin, Jordan Jr.

Little Jordan was on the court to defend against Blecce, but at the beginning of the game, the two inside lines were pulled to the periphery to block and dismantle, and Zhou Xuan attacked with the ball.

After resting for 4 minutes, Zhou Xuan recovered some physical strength, and he came up to attack. D'Antoni didn't send Bledsoe to share his ball control pressure, and the others were not efficient, so it was better for Zhou Xuan to attack directly from the back. At least the opponent can't stop him from getting the ball.

Zhou Xuan broke through on the right side and pulled away from the bottom corner. At the same time, Bletche cut into the inside line. Paul chased Zhou Xuan, little Jordan took a step back from the low position, and Zhou Xuan took a step forward. At this time, Bletcher was also very clever and ran to the high position again. Little Jordan suddenly lacked skills, followed to the high position, Zhou Xuan went directly to the layup, did not follow, and the middle was empty.

Little Jordan didn't follow, Paul caught up on the side to form a bag, Zhou Xuan jumped up in one step, half-turned and threw the ball to the middle with a pass behind his right hand, just in the hands of Blecher. Every time Bleche receives this kind of ball, he feels very happy, adjusts it, jumps and scores.

This is the Knicks' 100th point, 100-97, Zhou Xuan's seventeenth assist, and he is getting closer and closer to the terrifying data of 30+20.

The Clippers attacked, Paul hung Griffin to single Bleccher, Griffin leaned back, turned to the middle, and then forced a jump shot, the ball did not go in, but caused a foul. After one of two free throws, 100-98.

Griffin also scored 33 points, 12 rebounds and 3 assists today.

The Knicks attacked, Paul defended, Zhou Xuan dribbled the ball at the top of the arc, glanced at Leonard on the right side, and paused with the ball.

It seems simple, but in fact, there are three possibilities for his action, feint to pass people, pass to the side, and shoot directly. Paul chose to respond to all changes with the same and keep his distance to prevent interference at any time.

Zhou Xuan saw the opportunity and passed to the side, and ran to the bottom corner without the ball in the middle. Leonard relied on his height advantage to pass the ball over Crawford's head. Zhou Xuan took the ball and gave it to Anderson in the middle without pause, who misplaced it against Paul. After Zhou Xuan attracted Butler's defense, he slipped to the bottom line and Bleche covered without the ball and ran to the other side.

Anderson was very open in the face of Paul's vision and sent the ball to the bottom left corner, Griffin let go of Parsons to make up the defense, and Zhou Xuan took advantage of the situation to transfer the ball to the left 70 degrees. Parsons received the ball and got open and made a three-point shot. 103 to 98.

"Many Knicks players are shooting around 40% from three-point range, and it's very popular to say that they have a lot of shooters, so they're very strong, but I don't think that's all the case," Zhang said. Zhou Xuan's organization can often allow teammates to get good shooting opportunities and improve the shooting percentage. Last season, Parsons had just 34 three-pointers. 7%, which rose to 39 this year. 2%。 Anderson shot 44 from three-point range. 3%, which is higher than the two-point shooting percentage. ”

Yu Jia sighed: "Zhou Xuan now has 31 points, 1 rebound, 18 assists and 1 steal, a terrifying performance. ”

When the two were chatting, there was a mistake in the Clippers' pass, Griffin leaned twice in the low post and turned around in the middle, wanting to pass inside to Jordan Jr., the power of the pass was a bit big, and Jordan Jr. didn't hold it steady. On the side, Zhou Xuan let go of Paul to grab the ball, easily mixed up a steal, and then threw it to the frontcourt.

Leonard misplaced quickly, picked up the ball on the edge of the box, turned and jumped up to the right with his back to Crawford, and scored a cricket kick with his right hand. 105-98, Zhou Xuan's nineteenth assist.

The Clippers attacked, Paul broke through by blocking and dismantling, passed Parsons' jump shot and missed, Jordan Jr. grabbed the rebound in the front court, took the ball and strengthened it, the referee whistled Bleche for a foul, and he hugged Jordan Jr. directly.

On the inside, the Knicks fouled fiercely, and Jordan Jr. went to the free throw line and hit one of two free throws. 105 to 99.

Blache was substituted for his fifth foul and Scola came on and could still play double cover.

The Knicks attacked, Zhou Xuan passed the ball to Leonard, the middle relied on the cover to get rid of Paul to catch the ball, Butler changed the defense, Zhou Xuan dribbled under the crotch and retreated to protect it, bringing out the three-point line to find the bag. Paul didn't chase the defense, there was an open space on the other side, Parsons slipped the baseline to avoid Griffin, and ran directly to the basket, Jordan Jr. and Scola on the right side.

Zhou Xuan took a big step sideways and quickly threw the ball into the basket with one hand. The ball almost hit the basket with a low level, and Parsons jumped up just to catch it, and scored a backhand basketball.

Griffin leaked the man and chased him from behind. 107 to 99.

At this time, the atmosphere in Staples Arena changed, many fans applauded Zhou Xuan warmly, and some Chinese fans shouted MVP, including people Zhou Xuan met in Los Angeles back then.

Zhou Xuan handed out his 20th assist, and there were four and a half minutes left before the end of the game.

Barkley excited: "There's still time, he has every chance to win 40+20, then he will set another personal record in Staples." ”