After the timeout, the Knicks mainly attacked the inside, and Zhou Xuan replaced Beverley on the court and formed an outside line with Redick.

In this game, the referee's whistle sounded less, and the interior defense on the court fouled as soon as he touched it, otherwise the Knicks might not have lost. This time it was also a breakthrough, and normal physical contact Wade and James couldn't get free throws, and they suddenly fell into passivity.

The Knicks didn't make many free throws, but they played more aggressively, and Zhou Xuan split the ball after breaking through, and shot it when he had a chance on the perimeter. The defensive offense immediately hit a 7-second run and bomb, and the rhythm was fast.

Use different tactics against different teams, against the Heat, you must open the role players to win, Zhou Xuan rarely shot in the first half, that is, running and passing, and breaking through is also mainly divided.

In the half, Zhou Xuan scored 5 points and 10 assists. The Knicks led by nine points, 58-49.

Barkley said: "Zhou Xuan has reverted to a pure point guard style of play, no matter what the opponent is, he will make adjustments, and in four consecutive games, the Knicks' offensive focus is different. ”

Smith said: "Pekovic scored a lot of points in the low post today, as long as Joel? Anthony up, he can attack in the low post, and on Dampier, the Knicks immediately pull out the ball to shoot and withdraw the inside. Pekovic also covered. This tactic disrupted the Heat's defense. ”

"Dampier used to claim to be the second center in the West, and he is not qualified to be the Heat's second center now." Barkley laughed.

With Barkley's big mouth in the live broadcast, it is difficult for Dampier to find a job again, and he does have a significant disadvantage, too slow, and zero attack power outside the box.

At halftime, D'Antoni chatted with Malone: "We have found a way to deal with the Heat, the current pace is favorable for us, how can we defend better?" ”

Malone said: "We lack a tall inside line that can block, and the outside line is good defense, so we can only do this for the time being." ”

In the Knicks, Zhou Xuan didn't have this kind of person around him, and he didn't have it when he was in the Warriors, he always partnered with an interior line with poor defense, otherwise with his defensive ability with Matthews and Gallinari, the Knicks might be able to become a strong defensive team.

"Pay attention to the defense and the rotation, put them in the low post and guard the perimeter shots," D'Antoni said. The Heat only hit one three-pointer in the first half, as long as we keep it up, we will win this game, and when we get back home, we will clean them up! ”

The Heat are paired with Bosh and Miller on the inside, Wade, James, and Chalmers on the outside. Bibby's pace is too slow, and if he plays, the Knicks can play on the periphery.

The Knicks rested Stoudeyer and got Pekovic and Anderson on the inside, with Zhou Xuan, Redick, and Matthews on the periphery. Gallinari and Miller rested, increasing their speed and lowering their altitude.

The Heat attacked first, James took the ball at the top of the arc, and Matthews held at the top of the arc. Most of James' breakthroughs were initiated from this position. He scored just six points in the half today, shooting 0-of-3 from three-point range.

Matthews held his breath before James could catch the ball, and James hit him with his back, and he resisted. James turned to the left, and Matthews followed. Although shorter, Matthews is very tough.

James breaks to the right and is likely to jump or turn over, and on the left side is more likely to be a jumper. Matthews stretched out his leg to block the breakout and keep the distraction. James saw that the rhythm was not good and opted for passing.

Wade broke through with the ball, was caught by Redick and Anderson, and gave the ball to Bosh on the perimeter, Anderson saved to interfere with the shot, Bosh jumped wide, and the rebound was obtained by Pekovic.

The Knicks attacked, Zhou Xuan and Anderson faced James after blocking and dismantling, and passed the ball to Matthews in the low post with a step. The latter lobbed the ball to Pekovic, and together with Zhou Xuan, he stood on the periphery to attract the defense. Pekovic dribbled two steps to the middle and turned around to get Bosh hooked. 60 to 49.

The margin widened to double digits, Pekovic played well, already scoring 10 points, and it is not okay to let Bosh play center.

Yang Jian said: "There are Heat fans on the Internet who say that the Heat lineup is not very good, especially the interior is bad, and if Pekovic and Joel Anthony are swapped, the Heat can beat the Knicks by more than 20 points." I don't think that's the case, Pekovic didn't do a good job defensively, and bringing him in will create new problems, so will it be time for the two superstars James and Wade to pass the ball to him? ”

Su Qun said with a smile: "It's not that there are more stars, or the more players who can score, the team is stronger, for example, this year, everyone is optimistic that the Lakers will eliminate the Mavericks, and as a result, the Mavericks swept the Lakers, I think what the Knicks lack is just a big blue-collar who can defend, and it is of course better if he can shoot." ”

The Heat attacked, and James faced Matthews again.

James still resisted with his back first, turned to face the frame, and tried to rely on speed to pass the opponent. The moment he turned, Matthews was close to him, making it impossible for him to accelerate or use the jump step. James once again protected the ball with his back, shook his shoulders from side to side, broke through to the left, but still couldn't pass, and passed the ball out. Wade received the ball and singled Redick and scored on a pull-up jump shot. 60 to 51.

The Knicks attacked, Redick ran back to catch the ball, turned around and missed the jumper, and the rebound was picked up by James. The Heat's fast offense couldn't get to the ground. James faced Matthews again, dribbled two steps and passed the ball again, and after three passes, Wade broke through and couldn't pass the ball to James, seeing that the 24-second time was almost up. James misses a step-up jumper from inside the three-point line.

Barkley laughed: "James had a lot of bad performances in the playoffs last season, people said he was abnormal, now it looks like he is playing normally, he is afraid of running into players who are good at defending and penetrating, and he has muscles, he is good at attacking with the ball in the frame, he doesn't have much threat with his back, and he can't squeeze Matthews." ”

"Matthews is a treasure that the Knicks have picked up, and he won't be passive against players who are good at using their bodies," Smith said. Nobody mentioned his defense, which he actually did very well and misplaced can interfere. Of course, there are far too few big men in the league who can play with their backs and can shoot jumpers, masking the weaknesses of the perimeter players' defense. What if Alonzo at the pinnacle? Mourning should be the best interior player in the league right now, and he is strong both offensively and defensively. ”

James couldn't face Matthews' back-to-back scoring is a fact that can't be hidden. Not only the commentators, but also the home crowd were a little disappointed. One is the champion, the other is the undrafted rookie, and the gap is too big.

The Knicks attacked, Pekovic turned and missed a strong shot, and Wade won the rebound. The Heat are doing well defensively. As soon as James received the ball in the front court, the fans on the sidelines shouted his name.

Matthews put a step and a half away, James took the ball and accelerated, Matthews immediately defended, James accelerated and collided with Matthews, who was close to him, and almost flew him out of the air. Matthews lowered his center of gravity and held his breath before following suit. James took the ball and changed direction to the middle, and Matthews managed to get close to him, blocking the breakthrough with his legs.

James got up and threw a one-handed throw, the ball was a little far from the basket, a little further from the free throw line, and the shot was missed. The rebound was taken by Anderson.

Yang Jian said: "It's incredible, Matthews has once again defended James. ”

Su Qun said excitedly: "In the first few games, Gallinari was in the main defense, and Matthews was in the No. 2 position, so he should have been allowed to play a long time ago, moving faster and with strength." ”

The Knicks attacked, and Redick took the ball across half court and passed to Anderson on the right. Zhou Xuan and Pekovic got rid of Wade without the ball in the middle and ran towards the bottom right corner. Bosh changes defenses.

Anderson passed the ball to the bottom corner and pinned down James' defense. Originally, James's perimeter defense of Anderson was to facilitate the breakthrough after the pick-and-roll, and relied on the running position of the Knicks to disrupt the defensive system. Zhou Xuan received the ball in the back frame, shook his right shoulder lightly, and broke through to 45 degrees to open up the distance between Bosh and Bosh.

Pekovic cut into the basket, Zhou Xuan hoisted the ball in, Bosh let go of Zhou Xuan and quickly returned to the basket to make up for the defense, but Pekovic was already too deep, he turned around after receiving the ball, and hit the basketball with his right hand to shoot the basketball, Wade was misplaced and couldn't prevent it.

62 to 51. Zhou Xuan's 11th assist.

The Heat attacked, Matthews kept up with James, James faced Matthews, who was shorter than him, and the top frame of the arc still did not choose to pull out. His shooting touch can't be compared to Kobe's, he has to find a rhythm to be accurate, and forcing a shot in the face of defenders is not his strong point, so he passes the ball again.

The Knicks compressed the defense, and as the 24-second mark was approaching, Bosh's high jumper was deflected wide by interference, and Pekovic grabbed the rebound.

The Knicks attacked, Pekovic received the ball inside and turned to attract the defense, and there was a mistake in the pass to the middle, Redick didn't receive it, and the ball went straight back to the court.

The Heat made a substitution, and they found that they couldn't break through the Knicks' defense, and the defense under the basket also had problems. Simply replaced with Dampier to defend Pekovic.

But the Knicks immediately replaced Pekovic with Stoudemire. Veteran Andrey? Miller continues to sit off the court, with all five men good at shooting. As long as the Heat doesn't have two guards to strengthen the pressing of Zhou Xuan, D'Antoni doesn't plan to replace the veteran Andre? Miller. At this time, as soon as Xiao Si is up, Dampier must not be able to prevent it, and D'Antoni wants to see if the Heat can protect the basket.

The Heat attacked, Dampier pulled to the perimeter to block and dismantle, and the Knicks didn't care about him at all, compressing the defense and blocking James' breakthrough. James gave the ball to Wade, who missed a pull-up jumper with Redick's interference. Just a three-point shooting point can't help the Heat empty the Knicks' interior line, as long as Anderson himself defends it.

Stoudeyer took the rebound, the Knicks fast-break, and the ball was handed to Zhou Xuan, who passed to Matthews. Wade retreated to chase Zhou Xuan, Matthews took the ball on the right side, and shot a three-point shot in the face of Chalmers, Chalmers couldn't cover it, and the ball drew a beautiful arc and hollowed into the net!

Zhou Xuan's 12th assist, 65-51.

Matthews exploded on both ends of the floor, and the Knicks saw the light of day.