On the first day of the Lunar New Year, some people greet the New Year, and some people watch football at home.

This is the game that Chinese fans are most concerned about. Most of the people support the Knicks. The derby is only one aspect, and there are some people who want to see Zhou Xuan cut a high score. Compared with Zhou Xuan, Yao Ming's performance is much less exciting.

There are many Chinese in New York, and the appearance ceremony is full of festive atmosphere. Zhou Xuan, Stadamire, Gallinari and others all greeted the fans in Chinese.

Now the Knicks have officially become the Chinese home team, and it is a real home team, because the core is Chinese.

Barkley wore a Tang costume and sat on the commentary seat, and also wore an ancient Chinese black round hat, which looked very funny. This isn't his first drag show, and once he was dressed as a western cowboy. Smith is still dressed in a formal suit, which is in stark contrast to him, quite out of place.

Buckley said: "Today is the Chinese New Year, and the Chinese are the protagonists. I think Yao Ming will probably fight a little longer. In the last two seasons, he has played too little. ”

Smith said: "There is little playing time, the efficiency is still there, and how to defend Yao Ming and Nowitzki is a key issue for the Knicks to consider. The Mavericks' interior combination is the strongest offense in the league. ”

Zhou Xuan also greeted Kidd and Nowitzki, who were opponents on the court and good friends off the court.

CCTV5 Su Qun said: "I don't know what kind of way Zhou Xuan will attack today, the Mavericks are not fast, I think I can fight back more." ”

Yang Jian said: "Mavericks shouldn't let Kidd defend Zhou Xuan, De Shaun?" Stevenson was under a lot of pressure today. Interestingly, the Knicks also have a Lance on the roster? Stephenson, both of whom are about the same height and weight. (What's interesting?) Guo Degang and Guo Jingming are about the same height! ）

Stevenson's main job is defense and spot shooting, and he is a defensive striker.

The two starters stood in the middle of the court, and the Knicks five Zhou Xuan, Matthews, Gallinari, Stoudmayre, and Pekovic.

The Mavericks started Kidd, Stevenson, Marion, Nowitzki, Yao Ming.

In order to strengthen the defence, Marion started and has been playing regularly as a substitute lately. Pekovic started against Yao Ming.

The two sides jumped the ball, Yao Ming won against Stadamire, and the Mavericks attacked first.

Zhou Xuan didn't step forward to press, waiting for Kidd at the top of the arc. It's not that he is merciful, but Kidd is stronger than him, and he knows how to rely on his body to carry the ball through the half, and pressing is a waste of physical strength.

Kidd passed the ball to Stevenson on the flank, who hoisted 60 degrees to Yao Ming in the low post on the right, and Pekovic headed up. Pekovic is also quite excited, Yao Ming is a top five center in the league.

Yao Ming leaned two steps, turned around to the bottom line and jumped, Pekovic just stretched out his hand in addition to resisting people out of the penalty area, so Yao Ming definitely can't defend himself, he has a soft feel, and the ball went in. 0 to 2.

"Nikola, jump up and block or he'll throw in." Zhou Xuan shouted. He is very aware of Yao Ming's characteristics, when he is full of physical strength in the first quarter, the Mavericks will generally give the ball to Yao Ming instead of Nowitzki's main attack, just look at the efficiency of one quarter, Yao Ming is an absolute superstar.

Zhou Xuan dribbled to the frontcourt, Stevenson defended, and Pekovic was in the inside position. Let the white bear go up, mainly to defend against Yao Ming, but Yao Ming on the offensive end is not afraid of this type, Yao Ming was able to defend against O'Neill back then.

Stadameyer came out to block and dismantle, and then stood in the middle to attract the defense, and Zhou Xuan broke through on the left.

If Stadamire doesn't cut in the air, Stevenson will not dare to chase the defense easily, otherwise he will be able to jump as soon as the middle is empty, Zhou Xuan and Nowitzki will distance themselves, dribble the ball under the crotch and hand it over to the left hand, and the right hand will be close together.

Nowitzki followed sideways, did not take a step forward, kept his distance, and he was confident that he would rely on his height to interfere when Zhou Xuan made a move. Zhou Xuan saw that the opportunity was not good, so he changed direction to the right again, and Nowitzki followed.

Few people mention Nowitzki's defense, in fact, he is not a hole, he is above the level, he will follow the defense, and he is rarely shaken to jump, which is better than Stadamire.

Zhou Xuan broke through to the middle, and the calf's formation immediately contracted, forming a bag clip. Zhou Xuan passes the ball out of the line. Gallinari singled Marion and brought a pull-up jumper, Marion jumped up to interfere and the ball was deflected. Yao Ming grabbed the rebound in the backcourt.

Zhou Xuan made up his mind at this time, as long as he blocked this ball, he would immediately attack quickly, and if he slowed down the Mavericks' joint defense, it could play a role.

The Mavericks attacked, and it was another pass to the side, and Stevenson passed the ball into the low post. D'Antoni spotted the problem at this point, Pekovic is not good at going around the front defense. Usually Yao Ming relies on speed to defend and interfere with passes, and "White Bear" is slower than Yao Ming.

As soon as he received the basketball, Yao Ming took a step, shook his shoulders to the left side with his back, then took the ball to the middle, and half-turned to hook the ball in. 0 to 4.

Su Qun said: "Yao Ming is in good shape, and he scored in the opening two shots. ”

Yang Jian said: "Yao Ming's main moves are jump shots and hook hands, and the whole league has not broken them so far. If he is allowed to play an average of 35 minutes per game, he can still win close to 20+10. But then Yao Ming is at risk of injury, he has been healthy last season, only tripped in the finals. ”

The Mavericks throw, and the Knicks can't break fast. Zhou Xuan and Stadamire played a block and broke through to the bottom line, and Marion let go of Gallinari to shrink and form a co-defense. Zhou Xuan passed the ball to the bottom corner, and Marion rushed out to prevent the shot. His explosive power is very strong, and he can instantly kill in front of him at a distance of more than two steps, and his grinning expression can be frightening if he can't cover it. On the pitch, ugliness can also be a plus.

Gallinari's second opening shot, still missed, and he hasn't warmed up yet, and he has been a little lacking in consistency this year. Nowitzki went inside and grabbed the rebound.

Maverick positional battles. In the third round, things finally changed, with Kidd and Marion blocking and misaligning the ball to Marion, who sent the ball over Zhou's head to Nowitzki on the left.

Yao Ming pulled to the perimeter, and Stevenson was covered without the ball in the middle, and Stevenson ran to the bottom left corner. Pekovic didn't go out of the way, restricting Stevenson on the left. Nowitzki relied on Stoudeyer to take the ball and turned to the middle, leaned back to make an independent jumper, Xiao Si jumped with all his strength and blocked a little bit, and the ball went in. 0 to 6.

Smith said: "I didn't expect the Mavericks to play so smoothly in the opening game, and someone for the Knicks to step up and score. ”

Barkley said: "Zhou Xuan opened the game with the ball, and wanted his teammates to find their touch, I think he should go on his own. ”

Zhou Xuan thought the same way, and made a code to let his teammates pull away and singled out Stevenson. Stevenson, who is 196cm tall and weighs 99 kilograms, is a strong man, and Zhou Xuan believes that he has a speed advantage.

He dribbled under his crotch twice in a row in the middle to break through the right side, and Kidd immediately let go of Matthews to contract, no matter how far away he was, and he didn't force it to form a bag, just to put pressure on Zhou Xuan.

Zhou Xuan held the ball in his right hand and led it to the left, as if he was going to change direction, Stevenson thought that he was oppressed by Kidd so he didn't dare to go to the right, and his body immediately moved a little to the left with the ball. Zhou Xuan quickly dribbled the ball under his crotch to his right hand and broke through successfully from the right side. Kidd didn't dare to let go of Matthews completely, and instead of stepping forward, he confused his teammates.

60 degrees on the right side Zhou Xuan made a quick stop jump shot. 2 to 6.

After scoring the goal, Zhou Xuan returned to the defense with an expressionless face, he actually didn't want to win the game with a high score. After too many times, it will be troublesome for his teammates to become dependent on him, which is really a waste of teammates. If everybody can pass the ball, they can attack singles, and they can play exponentially, that's the strongest team. Spurs are that kind of way, a team with super playmakers and super guards, but there will be less cooperation, easy to play, and difficult to win.

Nowitzki pulled out the perimeter and received the ball from beyond the three-point line on the right side, with Gallinari defending. Stadameyer followed Marion, Nowitzki took a step sideways with the ball, and the ball was handed to Yao Ming.

Pekovic pushed Yao Ming out of the three-second zone with all his might, Yao Ming dribbled with the ball, shook his right shoulder lightly, turned to the baseline and jumped, Pekovic jumped to seal his eyes, and finally played a role, and the ball bounced out of the frame. Marion cut in the air, rushed to the frontcourt rebound, and dunked with both hands into the basket. 2 to 8.

How to prevent this, when will Xiao Si be able to keep up with people. Zhou Xuan secretly said in his heart, a little depressed. As long as the interior defense is strengthened, he thinks the Knicks are invulnerable.

The Knicks attacked, Zhou Xuan passed the ball to Gallinari on the right side, and the middle covered without the ball to cut to the bottom corner, while Matthews ran to the other side.

Marion was very quick to switch defenses, with the bottom corner Mavericks using 23 defenses and Nowitzki defending the pitchers. Gallinari was interfered with by Nowitzki, had a bad pass, and gave the middle. Xiao Si took a step sideways and hoisted to Pekovic, who asked for the ball on the right.

Just like when the rookies entered the league and wanted to single-handedly challenge O'Neal to prove themselves, the current interior also wants to challenge Howard and Yao Ming. Pekovic took a step hard to catch the ball, squeezed into the three-second zone and turned around in the middle, and hooked his right hand to shoot. If it's another inside line, there's no way. But Yao Ming was very tall, jumped forward, Yao-style hot pot was sent, and covered the ball with one hand.

As soon as Stevenson turned around, he picked up the basketball and handed it to Kidd.

Kidd took to the left and hoisted to Nowitzki. The German tank received the ball with its back and shook its left shoulder, leaning on Stoudmeier's quick turn to the baseline. Xiao Si was shaken up again. Nowitzki jumped up and scored with both hands on the basketball. 2 to 10.

"The Mavericks are slow on offense and it's not going to change unless Barria and Terry come on, but they're efficient," Barkley said. ”

Smith said: "Zhou Xuan hit himself again......"

Zhou Xuan singled out Nowitzki after dribbling the ball and Stoudamire blocked it, stepped back to make a 60-degree jumper on the left side, and dodged the block, but his hand was also infected by his teammates and deflected. Kidd went inside and grabbed the rebound.

The Mavericks fought again, and Yao Ming pulled to the perimeter to fight with Kidd. Zhou Xuan was also very depressed with such a ball, so he could only change the defense, Kidd passed the ball to the middle, it was a high hanging, Zhou Xuan couldn't reach it, so he could only be close. He was really embarrassed to poke Yao Ming with his usual small actions. Poking others is the waist, Yao Ming is too tall, if you want not to be seen by the referee, you can only poke the crotch.

Yao Ming received the ball and made a dry pull-out jumper in the high post, and the ball went in again.

2 to 12. The Mavericks twinked up, and the Knicks got off to a terrible start.