The Knicks led 26-21 in the first quarter. Zhou Xuan scored 6 points and 3 assists. Chandler was the top performer with seven points and five rebounds.

In the second quarter, the Knicks sent Andre Miller, Beverley, Battier, Chandler, Parsons, and Anderson.

The Heat also play small-ball tactics, with center Haslem, power forward Mike Miller, small forward Dunleavy, and Kerr and Wade on the outside. Wade had a break in the first quarter and now came up to the bench.

The characteristics of the Heat's lineup are good shooting, but they don't have height. In this case, the attacking D'Antoni does not want to send a defensive player, Parsons is 206cm tall, and he can play a cameo role in the No. 4 position like Gallinari.

After getting on the court, Parsons was very excited, blocked Miller on the perimeter, and made a jumper outside the three-point line on the first time he received the ball, but unfortunately he was in a bit of a hurry and hit the iron off. Then he cut inside after the screen, received a pass from Miller, shook off Kerr, and scored with a one-handed dunk.

Soon, Parsons won the ball in the middle and passed to Beverley, who cut to the baseline, to score a layup. It only took two minutes for Parsons to prove his ability and good mentality.

The Knicks coaching staff had a blissful mess, these swing guys are fantastic, everyone is capable, and it's hard to choose who is on the court. When Gallinari returns, Parsons will only be able to play a few minutes off the bench. Novak, the team's most accurate pitcher, didn't get a chance to play at all, he was the least athletic and couldn't play well on the defensive end.

There is also the hapless Stephenson, who has the ability to attack with the ball and is also active defensively, and has been on the bench because of the inaccurate three-point attempt.

Andre Miller struggled to defend Wade, but the No. 4 position was quick to make up for it. The Heat mainly attack the outside, and the Knicks rely more on the blocking and dismantling of interior players, and the efficiency of both sides is not too high.

After changing to the main force, they still fought defense, Anderson and Zhou Xuan's blocking and dismantling offense was powerful, shooting two three-pointers, and the difference continued to expand, and Anderson's three-point hand this season was amazing.

At halftime, the Knicks led 54-45. Zhou Xuan felt average under strict defense, only relying on mid-range shooting to score 2 points and deliver 4 assists. 8 points and 7 assists in the half.

Barkley analyzed: "The Knicks can take the lead, the main thing is rebounding, the Heat's rebounding protection is really poor. The team's rebounding king is actually James, and Bosh averages only 6 per game. 8 pcs. Knicks pitcher Anderson, known as a softie, averaged 6 per game. 2, which makes people a little speechless. ”

Smith laughed: "Anderson has improved his score to 14 this season. With 9 points, the contract year exploded, and judging by the numbers, he has the potential to win the best sixth man. The Knicks should find a way to keep him in the summer, and no one has done a better job of removing the interior line. And I think he's underrated in rebounding ability, averaging 2 per game. 8 frontcourt rebounds, good at rushing. On the defensive end, he is more of a defender who breaks through and doesn't stay under the basket. ”

CCTV5 Yu Jia said: "Some netizens left a message, saying, 'It's a pity that Reddick went to the Bobcats, otherwise the Knicks are more interesting, there are many handsome guys on the team, and the new Parsons is also very handsome!'" I guess it's a female viewer. Indeed, in addition to Zhou Xuan, Anderson's image is also good. Originally, the Knicks accounted for three of the top ten male players in the NBA. Gallinari, Reddick, Zhou Xuan. Now Parsons replaces Redick. ”

"Curry is also very popular in the league, and if he doesn't leave, he'll be five people. Zhou Xuan is indeed a rare handsome star in Chinese sports. ”

Liu Xiang and Lin Dan also have many female fans. However, Zhou Xuan is superior in figure and temperament, which is recognized by the whole world. Yu Jia said with a smile. With Chinese celebrities so popular, he feels that he is fighting for face for the country.

In the locker room, D'Antoni said to Zhou Xuan: "You didn't shoot much in the first half, I will send a pitcher to partner with you in the second half, break through more, and you can decide whether to play yourself or divide the ball." ”

"Okay."

In the first half, his teammates had already thrown away, and Zhou Xuan was ready to play more actively.

Spoelstra is struggling with the matter of chasing points, if you want to strengthen the attack, you can't go up Joel Antony, he is not a threat inside, Chandler can wait for the opponent to attack in the low post and defend the penalty area. Pulling out the ball to block the pick-and-roll, Anthony was the target of the emptying, scoring 0 points in the half and not making a single shot. On the pitcher, there is only one height on the inside.

Bosh also performed badly today, unable to beat Chandler in the low post, and could only block and shoot jumpers on the perimeter, and the shooting percentage was still very low.

In the second half, the Knicks continued to take the initiative, the players all pulled to the periphery to attract defense, Zhou Xuan and Chandler played blocking and dismantling and relied on their individual ability to attack, and the main job of the others was defense in addition to fixed-point shooting. Stoudamire didn't play, and his role in the system has become smaller, because of his ability to pull away, the range of shooting is not as good as Anderson's.

The Heat's outside three-point shooting is completely dumb, and the shooting is frequent. James practiced a strong attack in the low post in the summer, and also hit the iron twice under Chandler's defense, and the score continued to grow.

Zhang Li praised: "Chandler's defensive ability is much better than Pekovic. Last season, the Knicks had to compress their defense, or let opposing guards rush at will. Now that Chandler is here, the Knicks can focus on the perimeter defensively, play man-to-man in many games, give Chandler himself the inside, and the opponent will have to shoot under his interference when the opponent rushes in. ”

Yu Jia said: "In the summer, many people said that Chandler had no potential, and the Knicks did a loss-making business, and now it seems that Mullin has turned decay into magic." Leonard and Battier are also great defensively, and now the Knicks are balanced offensively and defensively. If it had been the same lineup last season, I think they could beat the Mavericks. On the offensive side, they also made changes, Zhou Xuan's shots increased, and others returned to defend faster and paid more attention to defense. ”

At the beginning of the fourth quarter, the Knicks replaced the main players, only Xiao Si was on the floor, and the other four were Battier, Leonard, Beverley, and Miller.

This lineup is fast and defensively hard. But as soon as Chandler took it, the interior defense immediately dropped a notch, and the Heat broke through and caused two fouls by Stoudeyer. Although Xiao Si scores a lot, sometimes the data can be deceiving. Last season, the Knicks lost to the Mavericks, and the fact that the Smalls couldn't guard Nowitzki, which made the German tank frequently powerful.

In the 2010-2011 season, the Knicks had a defensive rating of 109. 2 points, 20th out of 30 teams. What about this season? 100。 3 points, soaring to fourth place, this is a qualitative leap.

There are other stats that show how effective Chandler is defensively. In Chandler's absence, opponents scored three more points.

When it comes to defensive pick-and-roll, Chandler's defense allows ball handlers to have a higher turnover rate and a lower shooting percentage than Smalls and Anderson.

Chandler's defense against non-ball handlers in the box allows opponents to score less.

With Chandler on the floor, the Knicks allowed opponents to score four fewer points in the box. 3 points, his protection under the basket is the top in the league, and has become the defensive pillar of the Knicks. This point Zhou Xuan can't compare, he can only work hard to prevent opponents from breaking through and dislocation to interfere with shots.

With the help of Zhou Xuan, Chandler also got a lot of easy shots, cut to the basket, singled out Haslem, and got 15 points and 14 rebounds in the third quarter. Zhou Xuan himself also scored 16 points and 11 assists.

Five minutes later, Zhou Xuan played again, partnering with Battier and Matthews on the outside, and Anderson and Chandler on the inside.

Zhou Xuan and Chandler cut off the ball and received a pass from Matthews to shoot a three-pointer in the bottom corner. Then Zhou Xuan relied on double cover to get rid of Wade and Haslem, and hit a three-point shot after receiving the ball in the middle. He went up 20 points while consolidating his team's lead. James, Wade, and Bosh went up together, and there was only one three-point shooting spot for Chalmers on the periphery. In the face of the Knicks' defense, especially with Chandler under the basket, they don't seem to have much to do. Surrender the gun early at home, and the last two minutes become garbage time.

104-90, the Knicks won seven in a row.

Zhou Xuan had 22 points, 2 rebounds, 14 assists and 2 steals. Chandler had 15 points, 17 rebounds and two blocks. Stoudamayre had 22 points and seven rebounds. Anderson had 16 points and eight rebounds. Parsons had a good performance with 8 points, 3 rebounds and 3 assists.

James had 27 points, 6 rebounds and 5 assists, and Wade had 28 points, 4 rebounds and 7 assists. Bosh was out of sorts, hitting just five of his 17 shots and finishing with 12 points and nine rebounds.

This game was more than just a regular season victory, the Knicks established themselves as the dominant players in the East, they won five games in a row against the Heat, and it is difficult for any team in the East to compete with the Celtics as they age, and the Pacers and Hawks lack superstars. There is a very good chance of making it to the finals again.

At the press conference, the reporter asked Spoelstra a pointed question. "Do you think it's appropriate for the Big Three to partner together?"

"I think the three of them are fine, it's just that today the Knicks did a really good job of defending the breakaway, they were just an offensive team last season, and now they've increased their defensive intensity and they're very strong overall," Spoelstra said. ”

The reporter asked: "In this game, the Heat is not very resolute in Zhou Xuan's bag, is it your arrangement?" ”

Spoelstra said: "Yes. I think if you want to see the Knicks score more than 120 points, you can do it with Zhou Xuan, they have too many shooters, even if Gallinari is injured, and Anderson, Battier, Matthews, they have great scorers at all positions. Zhou Xuan is the most difficult to prevent, and he combines the shooting points very perfectly. ”

D'Antoni said of Zhou Xuan: "What he brings to the team is not only assists and scoring, but also a culture where he teaches the players to do the right thing on the pitch, the players will attack and defend according to the requirements, they will not mess around. ”

Zhou Xuan is still very modest, he said: "We are the best team, it feels great to win against the Heat, and we will try to continue the winning streak in the future." ”

The reporter asked about the competition for the scoring title, and Zhou Xuan smiled: "Let it be, what I have to do is to play my best level when I play." ”