The game was played first on the Knicks' home court, and they enjoyed all playoff home court advantages for five consecutive years.

On the pitch, the fans booed James. At the beginning, New York fans used to welcome James very much, and when the Cavaliers came to New York to play on the road, they chanted MVP together, eager to attract James to join in this way. Since James refused and Zhou Xuan joined, New York fans have completely lost interest in him.

When Zhou Xuan appeared, the fans cheered together and gave a standing ovation, forming a stark contrast.

This is the treatment James wants, but unfortunately he can't get it. Only in Cleveland can he enjoy a round of applause. It seems that everything is good, but in fact, the estrangement between him and those fans who burn the jersey has long been irresolvable. It's like a crack in a glass of water, and it can't go away even if it doesn't leak.

CCTV5 Yu Jia said: "Audience friends, the Eastern Conference Finals are about to start, and it will be a feat to see if the Knicks can reach the Finals for five consecutive years." ”

Zhang said: "Zhou Xuan's career is legendary, he only missed the finals once, that is, the season when he was injured. His regular-season record in the past five seasons has set a record in NBA history in terms of total wins and win percentage. ”

"Even though the Cavaliers seem to have a stronger roster than the Knicks, it's interesting that they're called an upset when they advance," Yu said. Bledsoe can't play, but I'm sure the Knicks will win. ”

After the warm-up, the two sides made their debuts, and Zhou Xuan and James didn't even say hello.

James didn't like Zhou Xuan, even if he didn't say it, everyone knew it. Zhou Xuan never felt that he and James were friends, nor did he pretend to be very affectionate.

Knicks five: Zhou Xuan, Leonard, Parsons, Anderson, Bosh.

Cavaliers five: Irving, Martin, James, Love, Vallejo.

After Bledsoe's injury, D'Antoni decided to change the lineup and put Jefferson on the bench. In this way, with the loss of the number one striker in the second quarter, the inside line can add a strong attack point. Staggered playing time with Lefou, and the Cavaliers also had to put some thought into defending Jefferson. At the same time, the Knicks can also make up for the shortcomings of the poor passing awareness of the backup guards, and they don't need to have good awareness, just pass to Jefferson.

Bosh jumped the ball and won and passed it to Zhou Xuan's organization. Irving pressed as soon as he passed the half, showing a lack of experience, which you can't do against the Knicks.

Anderson immediately came up to cover Irving, and Zhou Xuan got rid of it on the left side, jumped to the three-point line before Love came up, and pulled up. Lefu jumped on the side to block it, and Zhou Xuan half-turned in the air and sent the ball to the middle with both hands.

Anderson got rid of the cover immediately after the screen, and the ball was caught ignoring Irving's side interference to pull a three-pointer. Let Anderson have a better chance of pulling out than Zhou Xuan, and the ball is hollow into the net. 3 to 0.

Zhang Li smiled: "Beautiful goal, the Knicks started the game with another three-point shot, and Anderson was too accurate." ”

Yu Jia said: "After Anderson's contract expires, he will definitely be able to get a contract extension, and the Knicks will not let him go." In this regard, he is not inferior to Lefou, who was substituted before, but Jefferson is too strong in attacking with the ball. Among the active interior players, Jefferson is one of the most dominant players in the low post. ”

The Cavaliers attacked, Leonard defended James, Parsons followed Martin on the side, and Zhou Xuan stared at Irving, using man-to-man tactics. The coaching staff studied the Cavaliers' previous games and found that it was not possible to use joint defense against them. James, Irving, and Martin are all strong offensive with the ball, and they are likely to choose heads-up directly.

James asked for the ball on Zhou Xuan's side and went heads-up, this move is not easy for the Knicks to defend, although Irving will also encounter misalignment after blocking and dismantling, at least he doesn't need too much physical confrontation and can save his body.

Owen and Lefu blocked and dodged Zhou Xuan, Bosh changed defense to follow, Owen passed the ball to the middle, Zhou Xuan immediately got close to him, threw himself into Lefu's arms, and leaned back slightly.

This kind of action will give the illusion of being a bystander, Zhou Xuan, who is squeezing forward, leans back, and Zhou Xuan's raised arms have a dodging action. In fact, it was Zhou Xuan who used his leg to Bele Fu's leg to disrupt the opponent's jumping rhythm, and leaned back to fake a fall at any time when the opponent was dribbling the ball. This is his stunt, if he touches the inside line with his back to resist, Zhou Xuan may slide out, and then the referee will blow the whistle.

This kind of foul **** makes people very depressed and hits the opponent's morale, and Zhou Xuan himself does not make free throws, and no one will catch him for free throws in the game and say more about his father's whistle.

Love turned around and played high, didn't shoot, and gave it to James, who was in the low post. The latter leaned on Leonard in the middle and turned to the left to throw the ball in. 3 to 2.

The Knicks attacked, Zhou Xuan and Bosh blocked and dismantled, and everyone else pulled away. Lefu can only defend it, Zhou Xuan got rid of Irving after taking a step inside the left three-point line with his right hand and holding the ball, Lefu stepped forward and took a small step, and he immediately changed direction to the bottom line to break through.

James let go of Leonard's defense. Zhou Xuan glanced at it, took three steps and quickly threw the ball onto the rebound, just avoiding James's block and bounced to the other side. Leonard comfortably catches the ball and scores from close range. 5 to 2.

The Cavaliers attacked, and after blocking the middle of the field, Vallejo took the ball and passed it to the side Love, who hung it to James in the low post. James singled Leonard, leaned on his back twice, turned to the baseline and forced a foul.

James hit both free throws. 5 to 4.

If you play in the low post, Leonard suffers from weight, he is too thin. James is more dangerous on the offensive end after developing his back-to-back attacking ability, and few swingmen can resist him. D'Antoni yelled at the players on the pitch to "change the defense".

They had thought of that possibility before the game, and they could let the taller Parsons try it out in the next round. This season, Parsons was selected as the league's 10th small forward, and was rated higher than Gallinari.

The Knicks attacked, Zhou Xuan first passed to Leonard at 60 degrees on the right side, and the middle and Bosh ran to the bottom corner of the right side without the ball.

Leonard easily sent the ball over Martin's head into the bottom corner without the slightest pause. It would be silly to give Parsons the drop ball as usual, and James is much more capable of jamming.

Anderson went to the bottom left corner to attract Vallejo's defense, and it was Love who switched to Zhou Xuan. Zhou Xuan took the ball and shook his hands virtually, changed his direction horizontally, and successfully broke through, and jumped to the basket.

James let go of Parsons' defense. Zhou Xuan jumped high under the basket, turned 180 degrees while almost hitting James, his body was fully stretched, and his right hand gently smoothed the ball to Parsons.

Parsons followed James to the left and cut in, received the basketball, and went to the basketball. No matter how fast James bounced, he couldn't immediately force Parsons, who was 208cm tall and wore shoes, after landing on the ground. 7 to 4.

Zhang Li said: "Zhou Xuan sent three assists in a row, no matter which team he played, he had a way to pass a good ball, and this style of play is now incomprehensible." ”

Yu Jia said: "If you want to prevent Zhou Xuan, first of all, the Cavaliers have to replace Vallejo, and on the athletic inside, you can't lose weight, and the two skinny Bucks can't take Jefferson." After blocking and dismantling, Jefferson scored with an empty cut, and Zhou Xuan could still assist. ”

The Cavaliers attacked, James went to the low post to ask for the ball again, this time it became Parsons defense, James leaned on twice, his right shoulder shook, turned to the bottom line and threw a jump shot, Parsons did not cover it, interfered, and the ball still went in. 7 to 6.

James was in very good form at the start.

The Knicks attacked, Zhou Xuan and Bosh blocked, and the person who switched the defense became Vallejo.

Zhou Xuan got rid of Owen and took it to the side, dribbled a little distance under his crotch and retreated to protect the ball, Owen didn't dare to chase the defense, and Bosh stood still in the high post. At this time, Leonard and Anderson on the right side got rid of Martin with off-ball screens, a simple screen, and there was another misalignment.

Zhou Xuan saw the opportunity and chose to hold the ball and jump to the middle when Leonard cut in the air. This can serve two purposes, attracting Irving to the pack, and Irving has a high jump shot as long as he leaves Bosh and passes the ball. The second is to make a little bit of a gap and pass the ball through the gap between the two to the middle.

Zhou Xuan could see the next scene in his mind, with his understanding of Leonard, even his teammates would take three steps to the basket when they received the ball, and the left right hand backhand layup was expected.

Lefu can't block at all, he will be blocked by the basket, and even if he can't stop it, his bounce is a tragedy, and he can't keep up with the speed.

Leonard took three steps after receiving the ball, scored a backhand basketball, and Lefu didn't even jump. 9 to 6.

The knight attacked, and after blocking and dismantling, Lefu faced Zhou Xuan to get the ball, Zhou Xuan didn't jump, but just raised his hands to get close to the interference and said a word to Lefu. "You have no excuses."

Love jumper, the ball is deflected.

The defensive end was terrible, and the Lefu mentality was also affected, and the shot was a bit rushed. Zhou Xuan's seemingly headless words, Lefu understood it, and he was upset when he listened. He has no excuse not to defend. He has no excuse for saying that his teammates are too bad. He has no excuse to prove that he is not actually a "counting brush". Against the Knicks, his shortcomings will be magnified.

Before the start of the game, ESPN experts analyzed it and believed that Love was the biggest hole in the Cavaliers' defense. It's impossible for Lefu not to worry at all. He used to seem to have a good mentality, but he didn't care about the team's victory or defeat. He has no pressure to take the number and let him lead the team to win, he is often unable to do it.

Zhou Xuan glanced at it and immediately launched a fast attack. Bosh grabbed the backcourt rebound and made a long pass to Zhou Xuan. Zhou Xuan advanced to the front court, paused in front of the three-point line on the left side, and Lefu was worried that he would shoot three points, so he stood relatively forward. After dribbling the ball under the crotch, Zhou Xuan took a step with his right foot to collect the ball, and then took a step to the left side, making a European step past Lefou.

He jumped up with his right foot, drew Irving to the defense, dodged the block with the air lever, and scored on the right side of the basketball. 11 to 6.

It was a beautiful goal and the fans applauded it. In the opening game, the Knicks scored consecutive points and hit an amazing percentage from the field.

James had another ominous premonition, and he was worried about his team's defense before the game began. The Cavaliers can break most teams by attacking aggressively, but their defense is weak.