At the end of the timeout, Rivers asked people to mark, shrink the defense at any time, move closer to the strong side, and reduce Zhou Xuan's space to dribble. In this way, if you want to pass the ball, you have to move a wide area, and it is easy to make mistakes.

D'Antoni made no substitutions, emphasizing that Zhou Xuan held the ball and others attracted the defense.

At the beginning of the game, the Celtics attacked, Pierce took the ball and Garnett blocked and cooperated, the Knicks formed a contraction, and Pierce passed the ball out of the perimeter.

Rondo picked up the ball at the top of the arc and handed it to Ray Allen, who was running with no one around.

If Zhou Xuan is changed to any team, the assist will still be double, and Rondo may not change teams. Teammates who are too familiar with Rondo's style of play can help Rondo brush up assists, rather than Rondo attracting packs to create assists. Such a "freak" who doesn't shoot on the basketball court, there are still a group of people who call him the league's No. 1 point guard, and the call is even higher after being selected as a star, except for the fact that he almost hit a triple-double in the 2009 playoffs, is that his statistics are getting more and more beautiful, the shooting rate is close to 50%, and the record of being sent home to fish in the second round is ignored.

Ray Allen and O'Neal Jr. blocked and avoided Redick, and passed the ball to the baseline again, O'Neal Jr. won 50+ with his excellent mid-range shooting ability, and he also knew how to shoot, and this time he took the ball and jumped into the empty position. 15 to 8.

The Knicks attacked, Zhou Xuan broke through and was trapped, the ball was passed out of the periphery, and the Celtics turned to prevent Gallinari's three-point shot, and the rebound was picked up by Garnett. Rondo sprinted fast for the 100 meters, received a pass and scored a layup. 15 to 10.

Without a little carelessness, the Knicks were chased back by 4 points.

Zhou Xuan saw through the Celtics' train of thought, as long as he broke through to the bottom line, he would immediately get on the trap and let go of one side. The best way to crack this is to pass to the middle interior player. Like the Lakers Gasol spurs to pass or attack on his own, the interior player is tall, and it is difficult to be interfered with when passing, but unfortunately Xiao Si's organizational ability is very bad.

Zhou Xuan distributed the ball to the middle, Studamayre singled without thinking about it, the jump shot was missed, and the rebound was obtained by O'Neal Jr.

The Celtics attacked, the Knicks also used shrinkage defense, Rondo tried to shoot a three-point shot from the perimeter, and Smalls won the rebound.

Smith said: "This kind of opportunity gives Zhou Xuan nine out of ten, it's a pity." ”

Barkley laughed: "Rondo's free throws are not accurate, and it's normal not to shoot threes. ”

Zhou Xuan waved his teammates away, and directly singled out Rondo without covering. The position of the four teammates is exactly the 4 points on the field that are easiest to score by receiving passes, 60 degrees on both sides and in the bottom corner. Zhou Xuan holds the ball in the middle and has a wide field of vision.

He continued to dribble under the crotch to the right side, his left shoulder shook slightly, and the crotch dribble was handed over to his left hand, creating the illusion of changing direction, Rondo moved the center of gravity slightly in small steps, Zhou Xuanqiu returned to his right hand from the crotch, broke through to the right side, pulled the ball up, jumped and Rondo opened the distance, and quickly threw the ball out.

Rondo reacted quickly, didn't take a feint, jumped up on his side and blocked, his fingers a few centimeters away from the basketball. Zhou Xuan's vision was almost completely blocked, and he still scored a cricket ball at 60 degrees on the right side. 17 to 10.

Zhang Li said: "It seems that Zhou Xuan is going to do it alone, he and Rondo have not fought many times before. ”

Yu Jia said with a smile: "The main Rondo is not sure of shooting, so he can only rely on breakthroughs, and he usually attacks after blocking and dismantling, and Zhou Xuan and him do not actually play against him many times." And Zhou Xuan has always been organization-oriented. ”

The Celtics attacked, Rondo and Garnett blocked and hung to the middle, Zhou Xuan was close to Garnett at the moment when he turned around, raised his hands high, and threw himself into his arms, this action looked like Zhou Xuan was retracting his body to avoid Garnett, in fact, he stretched one leg forward and hit Garnett's leg, affecting the opponent's shooting rhythm. Because his legs are leaning forward, Zhou Xuan's center of gravity is not very stable, and he can fake a fall at any time.

Garnett suffered the loss of this trick, turned and passed the ball to the baseline, Pierce took the ball with his back to Gallinari, first shook his shoulder to the left side, and then turned to the baseline to break through.

His speed was slow and his explosiveness was gone, but the rhythm of the breakthrough was still perfect, and Gallinari was stunned. Inside Stoudmayre went to defend Garnett, and Anderson shrank to the basket and let go of O'Neal Jr.

Pierce passed the ball in the direction of O'Neal Jr., and Zhou Xuan suddenly shot out sideways and broke the basketball. Nice steal, Rondo was empty again on the perimeter. This is the situation that Celtic fear the most, unless Rondo breaks through with the ball, opponents can ignore Rondo on the defensive end. Passing the ball to him and not being able to shoot, no one can defend the jump shot percentage, and it is difficult to guarantee the shooting percentage.

After Zhou Xuan took the ball, he threw it to the front court and gave it to Matthews, who controlled the ball over half court, Zhou Xuan ran wildly across the half court, and the Knicks counterattacked.

Matthews took it to the front court and gave it to Gallinari, who passed to Zhou Xuan, who ran low on the right side, and Rondo defended it. Zhou Xuan first took the ball with his left foot as the axis and shook it to the bottom line, then turned to the right side and threw a backward jumper, the action was very elegant, dodging the Rondo block, and hitting the board at a 45-degree angle. 19 to 10.

Zhou Xuan scored two goals in a row and scored his 13th point. Rivers clenched his fists, his palms sweaty.

Barkley said: "I think he's more dangerous with that style of play, and Rondo can't guard against it. ”

Smith laughed: "The game has only been played for 6 minutes, and the Knicks have scored 19 points, and they are likely to play 40 in a single quarter. ”

The Celtics stabilized the situation and played a position, their counterattack was not sharp enough, only Rondo and Ray Allen were faster, and Rondo did not like to pass to Ray Allen. Basketball experts with good things have analyzed that the person who scores the least directly from Rondo's pass by the Big Three is Ray Allen. There seems to be some contradiction between the two.

Pierce took the ball and passed it to Rondo, who cut in the middle, who got rid of Zhou Xuan, Stoudamire followed the defense, Rondo forced a layup and did not score, and the rebound was grabbed by Garnett, who rushed into the middle of the line, and the second offense made up for the basketball. 19 to 12.

Yu Jia said: "Garnett's explosiveness has become weaker, otherwise Zhou Xuan may become the background of the top five balls. ”

Zhang said: "Today, the two sides fought for offense, which is the rhythm that the Knicks like. Rondo shot the ball too quickly just now, and if his teammates can't grab the rebound, the Knicks will definitely be able to play a misplaced counterattack. ”

The Knicks attacked, Zhou Xuan shook on the periphery, and suddenly pulled out three points, this time Rondo interfered successfully, the shot was missed, and Garnett grabbed the rebound. Although he didn't enter, Zhou Xuan was very resolute.

The Celtics' offense was trapped by the Knicks' defense, and Ray Allen missed a three-pointer from the perimeter, and Gallinari grabbed the rebound. The Knicks strictly guarded two three-point shooting points from the outside, and even if they scored two points inside, it was a smart strategy. On the offensive end, as long as the Celtics shrink, they will shoot directly from the perimeter.

Zhou Xuan and Gallinari played a block and passed to the middle, and the Italian faced Rondo to pull out three points, but the shot did not score, and the opportunity was already out.

For the next six minutes, the Knicks maintained a four-point shooter, with Beverley coming off the bench to replace Matthews instead of Miller.

The effect of this is obvious, the Celtics don't dare to easily trap Zhou Xuan, otherwise they will shoot on the periphery. And the Knicks' counterattack came out, and Zhou Xuan received Beverley's pass and quickly went to the basketball.

At 3 minutes and 11 seconds, Zhou Xuan hit Lei Allen with a dislocation on the right side of the fast attack, and after breaking through, he made a quick stop and jumped to shoot the ball.

At 1 minute and 25 seconds, Zhou Xuan faced Rondo on the periphery, broke through with a "worship Buddha" feint, and made a quick stop jump shot on the left side.

In the last attack, Zhou Xuan singled out Rondo, continuously dribbled under the crotch to the left, dribbled the ball behind him to the middle, and then dribbled the ball under the crotch to the left hand, attracting Rondo's center of gravity to move to the left, and the ball quickly passed through with his right hand.

A series of movements are like basketball hip-hop dance, which stuns Rondo. After the emergency stop, Rondo jumped up from the side to block it, Zhou Xuan still feintmed, and jumped towards Rondo in the last second, the two collided in the air, and Zhou Xuan pushed the ball out of Lu with one hand. The ball didn't go in, but the referee blew a foul, and Zhou Xuan went to the free throw line.

After hitting both free throws, Zhou Xuan scored 21 points, 1 rebound, 4 assists and 1 steal in a single quarter, and finished Rondo's 4 points and 4 assists. The Knicks had a 12-point lead at 37-25.

Smith laughed: "Rondo has been selected to the All-Defensive Team twice, and this time I don't know if he will be selected, and it will probably be announced tomorrow." ”

Barkley said: "I think the best defensive team should be based on individual defensive ability, not team defense, and I really don't think Rondo defends well if it weren't for Garnett. ”

Zhou Xuan was on the field and waved his hand to Kolo and the others not far away.

In the second quarter, he was substituted as usual. The Knicks were replaced by Miller, Beverley, Matthews, Murphy, and Pekovic. It is equivalent to two starters with substitutes, and they are two-guards, and they can launch a fast break when they grab rebounds.

The Celtics brought on West, Green, Davis, Kostic. Ray Allen continued to bring in the substitutes.

The second lineup Celtics played better, West and Ray Allen were both good at blocking and running, the Celtics were pulling out to cover inside, and Green was misplaced to attack in the low post.

The goal of the Celtics is to get Pekovic out of the basket, a little slower, and shoot from the perimeter, and all five can shoot.

Seeing that the score difference narrowed, Zhang Li frowned and said: "The Knicks' lineup is not bad, but it is rusty to cooperate, Miller only came in the middle of the year after all, and the big baby anti-white bear is also doing well." ”

Yu Jia said: "Pekovic is a little difficult to defend against Davis, Davis should be an inside strong attack type when he looks at his size, and the fat one doesn't seem to be able to bring his two arms together, but he has a good mid-range shot." ”

At 6 minutes, the difference was narrowed to 5 points, and Zhou Xuan came on the court and formed a double guard with Miller. He began to play like a shooting guard, running after covering without the ball, and receiving the ball alone.

The Celtics also went on with a double guard, West and Rondo. It was a tactical mistake by Rivers, and Miller was also very capable of playing alone, especially with his back to the back, and quickly beat West one. The Celtics shrank their defense, and Zhou Xuan received another pass and hit a three-pointer on the right side.

After that, Zhou Xuan quickly counterattacked, forced a layup in the face of Rondo, and a breakthrough caused Pierce to foul and hit both free throws. He had seven points and two assists in the first quarter. 28 points, 2 rebounds, 6 assists and 1 steal in the half.

At 67-59, the Knicks led by eight points heading into the second half.