At halftime, the Chinese NBA Tieba "Xuan Mi" seemed to have celebrated the New Year ahead of schedule. Every minute, there are many posts that expect Zhou Xuan to break the scoring record. There are a few posts with good content, and the bar friends didn't have time to leave a message and shout two sentences, so they were sunk by the top of the new post.

Bryant scored 13 points in the half and didn't shoot much in the second quarter. There is only one true god in today's game, Zhou Xuan, and many Lakers fans are worried about the prospects of their favorite team, and such a defense wants to win the championship unless the Sun comes out from the west.

"Cavaliers Daming Gorilla" (the account created when Yao Ming and James joined forces) left a message: "The Lakers' Artest, Fisher, Gasol, and Bynum's defense this year is too poor, relying on Kobe Bryant to defend alone, and the offense has been trapped, so it's strange to be able to defend the title." ”

In the eyes of this netizen, Matthews, Gallinari and others, who have been defending Kobe Bryant alone in the half, have no credit at all, and they have become encircled with invisible people......

Netizen "Glory Days" said: "Should the Lakers exchange Bynum and Fisher for Howard and Artest for Gerrard? Wallace, the salary is about the same. ”

The salary is about the same, but how can this be exchanged? Are the other team managers mentally retarded?

in the Lakers locker room. Jackson said to Kobe: "Kobe, I need you to calm down, don't care what kind of feints Zhou Xuan makes in the second half, don't just step forward and stretch out your hand." If he's out of position, don't rush in and help defend, he'll pass the ball and we'll be open. If you want to win this game, you have to find a way to limit his breakthrough, and we can only win if we prevent him. ”

Kobe Bryant didn't speak with a black face, and Zhou Xuan had already blown him up in the half. Maybe he can score 40 points in the whole game, but how many points will Zhou Xuan score at that time? It's a shame!

Jackson said to Artest again: "Ron, you have to be quick when you change defenses, your defensive intensity this season is not as good as the previous two seasons." You've won the Defensive Player of the Year as a non-post player, and you're the only one since Payton to do that. Pull yourself up, and I hope to see you on the All-Defensive Team at the end of the season. ”

Artest nodded vigorously.

He has no spirit because he has no pursuit. Last season, he didn't have offensive power with the Lakers, and his role was to fight James to the death, and he got a championship ring. The media only treats him as a role player, and rarely mentions him in the news, as long as there is, it is generally negative. The shooting percentage is down, the stats are slipping, the score is too low, dragging Kobe Bryant and so on.

Artest is a person with a lot of self-esteem. In the Rockets, he couldn't get used to Maddie, and he wanted to be the boss in the team in the later stage. Now the team doesn't pay attention to him, let him shoot less, let alone arrange tactics for him. fought hard to defend and won after the worst, and the news also said how good Gasol and Kobe Bryant were. He believes that without himself, the Lakers are afraid that they will not even be able to enter the Finals last season. The change in status also made him unable to lift his spirits.

D'Antoni continued to arrange Zhou Xuan's main attack, and Stoudamire and Anderson formed an inside line, one cut in the air, and the other shot three points, the strongest offensive interior combination. Outside Gallinari, Matthews, Zhou Xuan.

Zhang reasonably commented on the Knicks' lineup and said: "The manager of the Magic team will definitely be depressed when he thinks of Anderson. Lewis was sent away, and Anderson could have taken his place, and although his ball-handling offensive ability was average, he was no worse than Lewis in his shooting. Now the Magic is moving back to Clark to strengthen the offense in order to pull out the empty basket. With Howard, Bass is also not as good as Anderson. ”

Yu Jia smiled: "In addition to Anderson, Matthews' performance is also unexpectedly good, averaging 14 per game. 8 points and 40 three-point shooting. 4%。 The Knicks' signings have been very successful. No one before the season would have believed that the Knicks could compete with the Lakers this year, or even slightly better. ”

The second half of the game begins. The Lakers attack first.

After multiple screens, Fisher hit the basket with an iron. The Knicks attacked, Zhou Xuan broke through on the right side with the ball and passed to Stadamire in the middle. Xiao Si cut into the basketball in the middle. 73 to 60. Zhou Xuan's fifth assist.

Bryant got rid of it by covering it, hit a three-point shot, and also colored. 73 to 63.

In the next round, Zhou Xuan still attracted defensive passes and gave Stadameyer an attack. He likes to think backwards, and he guesses that the Lakers will definitely find a way to limit his scoring at this time, and if Stoudamire is allowed to focus on a section first, it will not only disrupt the Lakers' deployment, create conditions for him to score later, but also calm the mood of his teammates.

Joining the Knicks for $100 million in 5 years, Stoudeyer is not here to be a blue-collar worker. He didn't have many shots in the first half, so he must have held back his strength.

As Zhou Xuan expected, the Zen master asked the inside players to resolutely block Zhou Xuan's breakthrough, forcing him to the periphery and then returning to the inside to defend, in fact, the formation was still 32 joint defense. Stadameyer held the ball in the frame and brought out all the advantages of his explosiveness.

The Lakers started the opening game, Bynum and Gasol, and their ability to control rebounds exploded in the league, but they were not fast enough.

The Knicks compress the defense, and the defense is not the shooting. The Lakers relied on outside shots and foul free throws to score constantly. In the second half, Bryant blew the whistle as soon as he touched the referee, and he didn't even need to make a shooting move, and inexplicably went to the free throw line twice. Matthews was substituted for four fouls and was replaced by Douglas.

"The coach said that you should defend Kobe, it doesn't matter how many times he breaks through, pay attention to controlling the number of fouls."

"Understood." Zhou Xuan gave D'Antoni a thumbs up, and D'Antoni made an "OK" gesture.

The gestures of the two seem to be reversed, but in fact, this is a tacit understanding. They talked before the game, and when Kobe Bryant started to foul, he immediately changed the guard to control the ball to save Zhou Xuan's organizational pressure. And Zhou Xuan went to defend Kobe, which was also the object of the alliance's support, and it was impossible for the referee to blow Zhou Xuan down a few times, unless it was the bald Crawford. In this way, the home whistle is offset, and it will be difficult for Kobe Bryant to break through if he does not block and dismantle.

When Douglas was training, the word he heard most from the two assistant coaches, Malone and Woodson, was "steady", and now he can do it very well and will not rush through the half like a rebirth.

Zhou Xuan did the work of a scoring guard, running to catch the ball and shooting, or misplaced singles. Unlike usual, this time he is not mainly passing. In this game, he wanted to go all out to score high points, and the first four minutes were just preparations to disrupt the Lakers' defensive system.

In the third quarter, 6 minutes and 24 seconds, Zhou Xuan got rid of Kobe Bryant outside to get the ball without the ball and faced Gasol. Just when the Spaniard thought he was about to pass to his teammates again, Zhou Xuan suddenly pulled out his hand in front of Gasol. The two were only a little more than one step away, and Gasol easily completed the block, but the ball was very sudden, and Zhou Xuan threw the ball out of the ball without jumping to the highest point. He hit his sixth three-pointer of the game and scored 44 points. 82 to 70.

A minute later, the Knicks counterattacked, Douglas passed to Zhou Xuan, and he quickly changed direction past Brown, who came off the bench, and scored a layup. Individual 46 points.

At 4 minutes and 03 seconds, Zhou Xuan broke through on the right side and caused Artest's foul with a strong attack. Artest was too slow, followed the defense on the side, and as soon as he stretched out his hand, Zhou Xuan raised the ball and hit it. He hit both free throws and scored 48 points.

In 2 minutes and 17 seconds, Zhou Xuan hit a one-step stop-down jump shot after blocking and dismantling, and Bynum was a little slower to change defenses, scoring 50 points personally.

Kobe Bryant also made more shots, Zhou Xuan's score stimulated him, this is the home court of the Lakers, and the fans are chanting his name. But his score is only half of Zhou Xuan's, no! Yes! Endure!

Bryant was caught inside and even so, he regained some touch, hitting six of his 11 shots and scoring 15 points from the free throw line.

Zhou Xuan didn't send any more assists, but his misplaced singles were efficient. Jackson asked for a timeout. It was a game in which he called timeouts more frequently.

Zhang Reasonable said: "Zhou Xuan's play during this period reminds me of Lei Allen, constantly relying on teammates to cover and intersperse runs, get rid of defense, and only hold the ball when facing the misplaced interior players. He's now perfectly fit for the shooting guard position. ”

Yu Jia said: "Douglas also played well, scored a layup, was very desperate on the defensive end, and Fisher, who was entangled, didn't have any good shots in the entire third quarter. ”

Zhang Li said: "Zhou Xuan is likely to break the personal scoring record today, he is too accurate." The Lakers didn't interfere enough with his shots. ”

During the pause, D'Antoni did not arrange tactics, but asked Zhou Xuan if he wanted to rest, as long as he was there, the Knicks would definitely be able to form an offensive system, needless to say.

'I want to play the whole second half and I want to be the main attacker.' Zhou Xuan is colored.

D'Antoni asked: "Do you want to break the record?" ”

"This game was broadcast live in the United States, and it was again in Staples against the Lakers. Of course I want to break the record. I want to go all out and see how many points I can score, okay? Zhou Xuan looked at his teammates as he spoke, and asked, "What do you think?" ”

"You attack as much as you want, I had no problem with the last time you scored 66 points, but when will I break out again?" Stadameyer laughed.

"If you run into a team that's a little worse inside, I'll pass you the ball all over the court." Zhou Xuan said with a smile.

Others also said they had no opinion. Matthews said he wanted to watch Zhou Xuan score off the court. "It's all your fault that you score so many points, I'm distracted on the court, I'll just watch you perform off the court."

Then Matthews looked at D'Antoni again and said, "Coach, I'm kidding." Let me go, I'll be skewed with Kobe. ”

D'Antoni said solemnly: "The next 32 joint defenses, the inside line should be changed quickly, including Kobe." With so many points in Zhou, I think Kobe Bryant should do something. He's likely to attack with all his might next, don't let him break through. ”

"Everyone shouts together." Zhou Xuan shouted.

"Victory!"

When the Knicks met the Lakers last season, they just wanted the game to end as soon as possible and win with less loss. Now everyone has the confidence to beat the Lakers because their offense is better than before, and the defense is not useless.

Matthews came on the court, and Zhou Xuan no longer had to defend Kobe, and he made three shots in the last few minutes, hitting a mid-range shot. He scored 52 points in the third quarter, accounting for more than half of the team's scores.

The Knicks led by eight points at 97-89.