The Knicks are still the same old problem, rebounding! As long as the offensive lineup is on, there is a lack of protection for rebounding, and Stoudamire has never averaged ten rebounds per game in his career, which is where he is inferior to Howard. It's harder for Anderson to grab rebounds on the inside when he goes out of defense, and they are not good at card positioning and anti-man, and it's hard to have both.

Zhou Xuan dribbles the ball, and Billups is still the main defense. Zhou Xuan was ready to exercise his unlimited right to shoot. Billups is an experienced player who moves slower than he used to be, and he's no longer fit for the No. 1 position.

Billups refuses to accept old age. Many stars go through this stage, and they are too young to be able to do their best. "Big Shark" O'Neill is a typical example, he looks at Howard unpleasantly, sneering, just wants to maintain his status, but old is old.

Zhou Xuan dribbled the ball under the two crotches in the front court, holding the ball in his right hand and approaching with his left hand. Billups didn't move, stretched out his hand, and before he could take a step forward, Zhou Xuan changed his direction to the left. This "Buddha worship" feint was not eaten by Biloops, but if his center of gravity was not lowered, he couldn't move sideways quickly, and he was still passed by Zhou Xuan in one step.

Zhou Xuan took a big step to open the distance, and made a jump shot at a 60-degree angle on the left side, Billups turned around and couldn't block it, and the ball went in. 4 to 2.

Nuggets attacked, Billups still passed to Anthony, "melon" single Gallinari was once again caught by the bottom line, he passed the ball to the outside, Afflalo couldn't score a jumper, and the rebound was obtained by Stoudeyer, passed to Gallinari, who made a long pass to Zhou Xuan, who rushed through the half.

2 to 2 in the frontcourt, Zhou Xuan did not pass the ball, and once again singled out Billups, he did not make a feint, and relied on speed to rush inside. Billups followed the low post from the side. Zhou Xuan made an emergency stop on the right side with his back and left foot as the axis, took the ball and shook it towards 60 degrees Matthews, then turned to the bottom line, leaned his body to the left and hit Billups, and picked up the basket with his right hand with a low hand, and the action was very coherent.

Billups jumped slower, and Zhou Xuan also used his left half of his body as a cover, and his movements seemed awkward, but it was actually difficult to block, unless he was much taller than him, and he had excellent bounce power. In this ball, he dodged the block, scored a cricket kick, and scored 6 points in a row. 6 to 2.

The Nuggets attacked, Anthony took the ball on the right side, and Nene covered without the ball, helping Billups cut through the middle to get rid of Zhou Xuan. Bottom line: Sheldon blocked Matthews and helped Afraro run back. Anderson followed out of the way, not out of position. Anthony passes to Billups, who misplaced Stoudamayre and couldn't get rid of it. Pass the ball to Nene and let him go head-to-head into the corner of the box for Gallinari.

Anthony had an open spot in an instant, Matthews quickly caught up, Zhou Xuan ran to Billups, and the Knicks did a good job of switching outside wheels.

Nene received the ball with his back to Gallinari, turned to the middle and threw the ball with one hand, 6-4, and there was a significant gap in the strength of the two. Gallinari can't defend the inside.

Back in the defense, George? Karl shouted at the pitch for Billups and Afflaro to switch guards.

When he first arrived at the Nuggets, Billups received a lot of praise, but the happiness was short-lived, and his stats were not much worse this season, but his defensive role declined.

Zhou Xuan controlled the ball in the front court and found Anderson to cover and avoid Afflalo. In the face of young players with fast speed, Zhou Xuan does not attack.

As the No. 27 rookie in the first round in 2007, Afflaro has grown into one of the league's best outside defenders, and he has also been dubbed the "Kobe Bryant Terminator" for his previous successful defense against Kobe. Although a good performance in a game may be exaggerated, Zhou Xuan does not want to make a painstaking attempt.

Nene came out, leaving Sheldon, the "landlord", on the inside. Zhou Xuan took the ball and moved horizontally to the right side.

This side is the weak side, Gallinari attracts the defense at 60 degrees, and there is no one to help defend Zhou Xuan. Anderson stood in the middle, and such a simple triangle position opened up space, and Afflaro did not dare to chase the defense, otherwise a pass would be empty.

Zhou Xuan held the ball in his right hand, leaned close to his left hand, turned his head to the left, and thought in his heart that he should not be a "Buddha worship" feint, otherwise he would have to change direction to the middle, so he took a small step forward.

How did he know that Zhou Xuan left the basketball with his right hand, and took the ball with his left hand to break through the bottom line. This change of direction can be described as "weird", it is a streetball hand-changing action. The referee hesitated with his whistle in his mouth and did not blow it. Just like a wrist flip, it was actually Zhou Xuan's feint of getting closer together with both hands, attracting Nene to move and then changing to a left-handed ball to break through, which was a wrist flip feint made by the ball in the air, and his right hand did not touch the ball.

Zhou Xuan burst into the basket, attracted Sheldon to make up for the defense, pulled the ball up, and shook the ball in the direction of Stoudemire with both hands. Sheldon hurriedly turned around, but saw that Stadameyer was empty-handed, Zhou Xuan made a quick stop with his left foot as the axis, took the right foot and turned around the right basket, and hooked the ball with his right hand. 8 to 4.

"Good guy, nice low footsteps, completely fooled Sheldon Williams." "Magic," Johnson shouted.

Van Gundy said with a smile: "Today, Zhou Xuan's offense is extremely resolute, usually Anthony likes to break out, but I didn't expect Zhou Xuan to score 8 points in a row at the beginning." ”

Zhou Xuan's performance stimulated Anthony. Melon asked for the ball on the perimeter, dodged Gallinari with the inside blocker, leaned on Anderson to go inside, and made a pull-up jump shot on the edge of the three-second zone to hollow into the net. 8 to 6.

Zhou Xuan and Stoudamire blocked and dismantled, the Knicks were on the outside, and Sheldon could only defend himself.

Stadamire quickly cut to the inside, Zhou Xuan almost carried it to Sheldon, and when he was about to collide, he dribbled back under his crotch and opened up space. This retreat not only created space for himself, but also put Sheldon in a dilemma. Forward, Zhou Xuan passed, retreated, and Stadameyer had already reached the basket. Sheldon opted for his own interior defense, moving sideways to jam Stadamire and allowing Afflalo to chase down from the side.

Zhou Xuan held the ball in his right hand and broke through to the inside, Afflaro dodged the screener and could only follow from behind, Sheldon couldn't stop Zhou Xuan anymore, a slight step back became an excellent feint, Nene let go of the Gallinari in the bottom corner to make up for the defense, Zhou Xuan took the ball and ran two steps to fake the shot and passed it to Gallinari.

How could Gallinari let go of such an opportunity? Catch the ball and shoot the ball in. 11 to 6. Zhou Xuan added another assist.

Su Qun said: "I have a hunch that Zhou Xuan is going to play super data again this time, and the Nuggets can't prevent him." ”

Yang Jian smiled: "If you take the kind of data that beats the warriors again, it will be too fierce." Against fast-paced teams, Zhou Xuan always seems to find a way to score. ”

Nuggets attacked, Billups avoided Zhou Xuan by covering and brought it inside, this time Anderson was worried that Billups passed the ball to the middle, and the defense was a little slower, Billups made a change of speed and hit the basket and scored a layup. 11 to 8.

Each side hit the iron once. Knicks positional battle, Zhou Xuan passed the ball to the side Gallinari, and Stadamire covered without the ball in the middle, the Hawks offense ran to the weak side, Gallinari passed the ball to Zhou Xuan, Sheldon did not dare to let go of the empty cut of Xiao Si, Zhou Xuan received the ball on the right side of the 45-degree emergency stop jump shot in. 13 to 8.

Zhou Xuan's personal 10th point, Afflalo is very active in defense, and it takes time to bypass the cover to chase the defense, the Nuggets' interior line does not dare to relax the defense of Stoudeyer, and the outside players can't let it go. That's the biggest advantage of Anderson's starting No. 4 position, and the same ability to remove the interior as Lewis, the Magic's starting No. 4 position, and Lewis's salary is much higher than Anderson's.

Billups passes the ball to Anthony, who breaks through with a pick-and-roll, Stadamire switches, and Anthony returns the ball to the high post. Nene squeezed Gallinari away and took the ball and broke inside. Anderson let go of Shelton's defense, and Nene didn't pass the ball, because it didn't help much to know that the pass was useless, and Shelton's offense could only be under the basket.

Nene jumped up and bumped into Anderson throwing a bullet box, the referee blew the whistle and the thug fouled.

Nene hit both free throws. 13 to 10.

Zhou Xuan controlled the ball over half court, and this time passed to Matthews, who pulled it outside the three-point line on the right side, and Zhou Xuan covered without the ball in the middle and ran to the bottom corner of the weak side. The Nuggets started with a joint defense, which was very uncomfortable. Stodameyer didn't have time to cut and stayed in the high post. As long as the defense is changed, Matthews crosses the middle and crosses the bottom corner are misplaced.

Sheldon chose to switch defenses, Matthews didn't face Billups and passed to Zhou Xuan, who was almost in the corner. Zhou Xuan took the ball and shook it sideways, and the ball was passed to Stadameyer, who cut to the low post.

Xiao Si received the ball without any feints, and scored through the basketball through Aflalo. 15 to 10. Zhou Xuan gave the second assist.

Nuggets landed in battle. After a couple of passes, Billups missed the perimeter shot, and Anderson stuck with Shelton and grabbed the backcourt rebound with his height advantage. The Nuggets quickly returned to defense, the Knicks had no intention of breaking fast at all, and Zhou Xuan stepped back to take the ball and stretched out two fingers.

Su Qun said: "The Knicks have completely changed, in the past, they had to be quick to defend against the Knicks, they would chase and counterattack, and shoot quickly, but now it is mainly positional warfare." ”

Yang Jian said: "Zhou Xuan's rhythm is the rhythm of the Knicks, if he doesn't get up, the whole team can't get up." I feel more efficient this way. ”

Zhou Xuan was not in a hurry, waiting for Gallinari and Matthews to cover without the ball, Gallinari mentioned the right periphery, and he passed the ball over. A misalignment, Billups defended Gallinari, and direct shots were good opportunities. Gallinari didn't shoot, waited for Zhou Xuan in the middle and Stadamyre to cover to get rid of Afflalo, run to the bottom corner and pass the ball.

This time Afflaro quickly chased after him, Zhou Xuan received the ball and turned to face the frame, holding the ball in his right hand and approaching with his left hand. This has become Zhou Xuan's signature move, which is a test of the defender who pursues the defense, if he jumps up to block it, or even raises his arm, he may be overcome. Afflalo raised his left arm to interfere and moved in front of Zhou Xuan, using the right defensive style.

Zhou Xuan gave the ball to Stadameyer with a toe drop, and then cut to the bottom line. Afflaro had just stood still, and Zhou Xuan left him behind as soon as he started.

Sheldamayre relied on Sheldon's back to protect the ball, and gave it to Zhou Xuan, who cut through the air, Sheldon didn't jam Zhou Xuan in the first step, and then turned around to defend slowly, Zhou Xuan almost didn't jump, and slipped the bottom line and scored a backhand basketball. He scored 12th points, 17-10.

Look at Zhou Xuan's consecutive scores, George? Carl asked for a pause.