The Knicks changed their style of play, and Zhou Xuan went to the frontcourt to block and dismantle Gallinari to avoid Terry. After attracting Marion to defend, the ball is passed to the perimeter.

When Gallinari received the ball, Terry and Marion relied on their speed to complete the return position, but Zhou Xuan would not stand stupidly, and then ran to the weak bottom corner with Stoudamire without the ball.

In this way, the ball is passed to Zhou Xuan's hands, and at least he can get the opportunity to go head-to-head with Nowitzki in a misplaced position. Nowitzki defended it, Zhou Xuan immediately hung the ball inside, and Xiao Si received the ball in the middle and threw the ball in. 21 to 8.

Yao Ming can't defend under the basket every time, and Zhou Xuan sent his first assist.

Terry relied on the cover to catch the ball, misplaced Gallinari to break through, and scored on a pull-up jumper to stabilize the situation, 21-10.

The Knicks attacked, Zhou Xuan broke through and distributed the ball to Stoudamire, who squeezed away Terry and missed the jumper, and Yao Ming grabbed the rebound.

The calves have increased the number of mates. Yao Ming also pulled out Lu to cover his teammates and create an open cut for Marion. Nowitzki responded high and distributed the ball to Marion, who misplaced Stadamyre and threw a shot without pause. This action of his is very weird, throwing the ball out quickly like a scared, the arc is very high, and he dodges the block and really goes in! 21 to 12.

Zhou Xuan attacked, and the calf finally wrapped him up, blocking one person in front and chasing Terry behind. Zhou Xuan passed to Stardameyer in the middle, who missed another jumper, and Nowitzki took the rebound in the backcourt.

Su Qun sighed: "What did Xiao Si do? Last season I felt like he even developed a three-point shot, but today he had a poor shot. ”

Yang Jian smiled: "Maybe I have overrested, and I can get better after a while." ”

The Mavericks played a bit simpler, Nowitzki drew the defense and distributed the ball to Kidd, who didn't make a jumper. Kidd's three-point shooting has unknowingly reached the third place in NBA history, but he has survived his 18-year career, only 34% of his shots last season, and his first shot today was missed without defense.

The Knicks attacked, Zhou Xuan got rid of it by covering, and he didn't score a 60-degree jumper on the right side of the ball.

The two sides are at a stalemate, fighting hard to defend. It wasn't until the end of the first quarter that Zhou Xuan scored again, and after the breakthrough, Yao Ming was fouled and hit both free throws.

He scored 14 points and 2 assists in a single quarter, and Yao Ming had 6 points and 3 rebounds. The Knicks led by eight points at 29-21.

In the second quarter, the two sides switched to the bench. The Knicks went up to Miller, Matthews, Leonard, Amunderson, Anderson.

Leonard's defensive prowess was appreciated by the coaching staff and he was given the opportunity to play, with Matthews sharing time with Battier and being brought on as a substitute after a half-quarter break. Beverley could only sit on the bench.

Miller stayed, and Beverley was doomed to the fate of only playing off the bench for a while. Although D'Antoni admired him, he couldn't screw the rest of the management. Everyone felt that a veteran like Miller was more important to the team and could not be cut easily.

The Mavericks have two guards on one side, Boubois and West, Cardinal and Odom at the front, and Heywood at center. This lineup is the equivalent of Odom as a small forward, and Cardinal is only responsible for defense.

Barkley said: "With Caron and Peja gone, the Mavericks are tight forward, and it's not a good idea to have a cameo as a small forward. ”

Smith said: "They wanted reinforcements in the summer, but they were too short on time and failed. Carter can play small forward, but Carlisle looks more interested in solidifying the defense. ”

CCTV5 Yang Jian said: "There are a lot of players in the Mavericks this year, Yi Jianlian is not in the squad, I think there is a problem with the coaching staff's arrangement, how can the UAE be better than the veteran Cardinal, right?" ”

Su Qun said: "I also think that since the coaching staff still wants to examine him, we can only wait." ”

In the second quarter, the Knicks were weak offensively, but the defense was still strong, and the two teams took turns to play iron. Leonard was responsible for defending Odom, and did a surprisingly good job, defending the opponent with three shots, and he also misplaced the offense, turning low and hitting the board to score.

Su Qun said: "No. 15 rookie Leonard's performance is very eye-catching, Odom can't pass him, the interference is too in place, not like a rookie at all." ”

Yang Jian said: "The Knicks had high hopes for him, and sent Redick and Fields away in order to make room. But with Matthews here, I think he has to start from the bench and be a substitute in the No. 2 and No. 3 positions. ”

Miller became the team's main point of attack, hitting Boibis twice, and Matthews also relied on his body to squeeze through West and score on a jumper. West also heads-up also in color.

There was no score on the inside of either side. Anderson couldn't score a three-pointer, Amonderson could only mark people, and neither he nor Cardinal received the ball. Haywood had a height advantage and failed to score.

When the official timeout arrived, the two sides made substitutions, Gallinari came on the court to replace Matthews, Zhou Xuan replaced Miller, Leonard and Anderson continued to play, and the inside line was replaced by Stadameyer.

Yao Ming didn't play, and Chandler continued to rest off the court to make sure he could protect the basket when the Mavericks were on the twin towers. The coaching staff also has to control Chandler's playing time, after all, he has a history of serious injuries, and if he gets injured, he will be in trouble.

The Mavericks also made substitutions, with Terry replacing Boubois to strengthen the outside offense, West continuing to play, and small forward replacing Carter.

Zhou Xuan followed West, and Leonard defended Terry. This was specially arranged by D'Antoni, and it was a bit of a plucking effect. The coaching staff wanted Leonard to gain experience against established players. Terry got rid of it with a pick-and-roll, Gallinari switched defenses, and Leonard followed Nowitzki again.

I can't be guarded by a rookie, I'm the MVP of the Finals, Nowitzki chose to play singles with the ball, and everyone else pulled away. He took a step sideways to the right with the ball, and the "rookie" followed, he leaned back and turned around in the middle, but the "rookie" didn't shake and took a step forward to get close. Nowitzki made a step-back jumper and the ball was deflected.

Battier and Leonard worked together for a few days, and they were convinced that he could become the league's top defender in the future, with a perimeter breakaway, a help defense and a block, and he was so agile that Nowitzki hated. After thinking about it, the coaching staff decided to let him try, and the first shot disrupted the opponent's shooting rhythm.

Anderson took the backcourt rebound and gave it to Zhou Xuan.

Zhou Xuan and Stadamire blocked and dismantled in the frontcourt, Nowitzki changed defenses, and Terry chased after them. Zhou Xuan passed the ball to the middle, and West supplemented Xiao Si. Smalls made a close-range pass to Leonard, who was cleared, and the latter scored on a jumper. 41 to 33.

Barkley exclaimed: "Rookie Leonard scored again, and some people in the draft said that his template was Luke? Bamot, that's so demeaning for him, Bammott can't shoot at all. ”

"The Knicks took him by surprise over Ucevic by the Knicks, but it also shows how much the coaching staff values him," Smith said. ”

The Mavericks attacked, Anderson defended Haywood inside, Stoudamire and Marion, Nowitzki misplaced Leonard again, he still chose to go heads-up, forced his shot to deflect under interference, and the opponent's speed and long arms made him very uncomfortable. If it is Zhou Xuan's misplaced defense, Novitzki will definitely have to kneel, no matter how smart he is, he can't make up for the congenital shortcomings, and the Knicks' outside defense has also improved.

The rebound was picked up by Stoudamire. Zhou Xuan blocked and dismantled in the front court, paused on the left side, held the ball in his right hand, and moved closer with his left hand, Nowitzki took a step forward slightly to change defense, and Zhou Xuan immediately changed to the bottom line. Nowitzki is also a year older and slower.

Haywood didn't go out of the basket and didn't have time to make up for the defense, Zhou Xuan made a 45-degree emergency stop jump shot, scored a cricket, and scored his 16th point. 43 to 33.

The Mavericks attacked, and the inside double cover helped Terry get rid of it, and after Terry received the ball, he shook to attract the change of defense, and passed the ball to Nowitzki, and the German tank turned low and forced a layup, forcing Leonard to score the ball. 43 to 35.

Carlisle was not happy to see his players score. He knew that this game was not easy to play, and the Knicks still had Battier off the court, plus rookies "Leonard" and Gallinari, all three of them could entangle Nowitzki, and a rotation could also ensure plenty of physical strength.

Heywood has no attack power at all, and Anderson can defend against him, as long as he interferes in front of him.

At this time, Su Qun said curiously: "Plus in the first quarter, Odom only played 8 minutes before going to rest, it's strange why the Mavericks don't give him a little more time, at least he can withdraw the inside line." ”

Yang Jian said: "Yes, this substitution is incomprehensible, Yao Ming will definitely get about 30 minutes of playing time, and Odom will definitely play for a short time." ”

Carlisle is self-aware. They poached Odom to prepare for the defense of the title, but they didn't expect Odom's unimaginably poor state in training, slow pace, poor shooting, and soft, and rebounding is not Heywood's opponent. He was the league's best sixth man last season, and his form has slipped all the way to the center of the earth...... I knew that he was so bad, so the calf went to dig up other people, and it would be good to have a small forward.

There's a reason why Odom is so bad, he played too HIHG during the holidays and didn't practice at all.

In this quarter, Zhou Xuan mainly passed, attracted the bag or supplementary defense, and immediately sent the ball out of the line, and Leonard was the object of being relaxed defense. The Mavericks quickly realized they were wrong, and Leonard scored on another shot a minute later, then broke through to make a foul and hit both free throws. Anderson also hit a three-pointer and Stoudamire scored on a jumper......

At halftime, the Knicks led by 12 points, 57-45. Zhou Xuan scored 2 points and handed out 5 assists. 16 points, 1 rebound and 7 assists in the half. He's going to get 20+10, which looks like it's going to be easy.

The Knicks' defensive intensity increased significantly, with Nowitzki scoring 12 points, Terry 14 points, and no one else scoring in double figures, Yao Ming sat on the bench for the entire quarter.

In the locker room, D'Antoni shouted: "Well done, continue to control the rhythm in the second half week, don't shoot and return quickly, as long as you prevent Nowitzki, Yao Ming, and Terry, the Mavericks are nothing remarkable, we must win." ”

"Victory!" Miller shouted in the lead.

"Victory!" The crowd responded. The Mavericks are not as tough as they were in the Finals, and they are all confident of winning on the road.

The Knicks are better than last season, they learned to defend!