Davis came out in the finale, and the Pelicans were the regular starting five.

Outside Holiday and Morrow, Tang Tian and Davis on the front, Jason Smith on the center.

On the Knicks' side, Chandler is out with an injury.

They had Felton and J.R. Smith on the outside, Shampert and Antony up front, and Bagnani in the center of the line, who started in place of Chandler.

Stoudemire's form has declined badly, and Anthony has been playing more of the power forward position this season.

Davis jumped to beat Bagnani and gave the Pelicans the Nth chance to take the lead.

Holiday held the ball to the front court, and then gave the ball to Tang Tian.

It was the Pelicans' signature opening game.

But at this moment, Anthony came directly to help defend him.

Although Anthony has not averaged as many points per game this season, he has set new career highs in rebounds, assists and steals.

With Kidd retiring, both Stoudemire and J.R. Smith in form plummeting, and Chandler injured shortly after the start of the game, he entered Anlub mode early, really attacking and defending with one hand, being a father and a mother.

This help came very quickly, and it should have been the tactical set-up of head coach Mike Woodson.

He was forcing Tang Tian to pass the ball.

Tang Tian chose to pass the ball as he wished, a pass from the gap in the bag to Davis.

The ball was passed with great precision.

Fingertip art doesn't pass a lot of pompous and wonderful balls, but it's better than precision.

Davis received the ball and went straight to the frame.

Smith jammed Bagnani and Davis dribbled two steps to the basket and scored with both hands.

Although the outside world is talking about who is the boss of the Pelicans between him and Tang Tian, this will not have a result for the time being.

But what is certain is that the tacit understanding between Tang Tian and him is constantly increasing, and the two of them have been in the same hot state recently!

Felton held the ball to the front court and played for Anthony as well.

The Pelicans didn't wrap up, and Davis defended alone.

Davis is physically gifted and a power forward, so it should work well to defend Anthony alone.

Anthony is a three-threat frame, compared to Tang Tian, although his passing construction is a bit bad, but because the breakthrough is more lethal, the threat is also greater.

A breakthrough feint tricked Davis into taking a step back, followed by a sudden pull-out.

Because of his size, Anthony's pull-out is not as fast as Maddie's, nor is it so elegant, but he has a strong sense of rhythm and is also very steady when he shoots.

"Bang!"

The basketball grabs the hoop into the frame.

Anthony returned Davis with a shot and scored two points for the Knicks.

The signature salute and celebration after the goal.

At first glance, there is a kind of momentum of single-handedly picking off the head of the general.

Tang Tian held the ball again in the front court, and this time it was changed to Felton to clip.

Woodson's bag of changing the law still has two brushes in defensive tactics.

However, after the Pelicans have been running in for nearly two months, the team's tacit understanding has improved a lot, and Holiday is already cutting to the basket at this time.

Tang Tian shook the pass, and Holiday received the ball and scored directly against Bagnani, who was assisting in the defense.

Italian champions are notoriously soft.

The Knicks went to the frontcourt and continued to play Anthony.

The Pelicans were also caught in the bag at this time, and Tang Tian shrank back.

Anthony opted for passing, and he's really changed a lot this season.

It was an opportunity after Shampert received the ball.

"Bang!"

However, his three-point shot was noticeably crooked, smashing into the rim of the basket and bouncing high.

Smith defends the rebound.

The Pelicans attacked the frontcourt and continued to play Tang Tian.

The Knicks are packed, and this time the person who helps the defense is replaced by JR Smith.

Tang Tian passed the ball to Moro again, and Morrow made a three-point shot after receiving the ball.

"Huh!"

There are too!

7 to 2!

There was a stirring on the sidelines.

"Hey, look at Tang Tian's pass, he always passes just right, and this receiver can score when he gets the ball!"

Zhang Weiping explained with a smile on his face in the commentary seat.

Woodson's brow furrowed.

After defending 3 times in a row, Tang Tian sent 3 assists in a row, which showed that his defensive strategy had completely failed.

Tang Tian has a tacit understanding with the Pelicans, and the other members of the Pelicans have been in a hot state recently, so it seems that this will not work.

The Knicks' offense, JR Smith's layup after the breakaway was directly outside the court by Davis.

Although Smith said before the game that he was confident, his form this season has been really poor.

Bagnani missed a three-pointer at the top of the arc, and Davis picked up a defensive rebound.

After Anthony made an opening pitch, the rest of the Knicks missed back-to-back shots.

Comparing the two sides, Anthony is really a little impressed.

Tang Tian received the ball again in the front court, and the Knicks did not wrap it up at this time.

Tang Tian got a dozen chances with Shampert.

Shampert is a standard 3D guard swingman, very similar to Tang Tian's role in the Spurs, which can be regarded as a weakened version of Tang Tian during the Spurs.

With Kidd's retirement this season, his three-point ability has dropped a lot, but the defense is still there.

And although he is 1.96 meters tall, his weight of 100 kilograms is completely compatible with Tang Tian.

One to one opportunity, Tang Tian framed the attack.

It's the same triple threat, and Shampert sticks it tightly.

After Tang Tian saw it, he directly gave Davis a look.

Davis came over to block and dismantle, and Tang Tianyun took a step to meet Anthony's dry pull.

"Huh!"

Basketball goes to the net.

Tang Tian has a lot less scoring means than Anthony, but his way of playing is obviously smarter.

It's a waste to have teammates who don't need it!

The Knicks' offense, Anthony took the initiative to ask for the ball in the high post this time.

He also can't stand the spicy performance of his teammates.

This time he didn't use three threats, but hit Davis with his back, a movement to turn and walk under the basket, and then a washing machine spin, and directly leaned back to shoot.

Davis was a little out of tune.

"Huh!"

Anthony's second shot also went in!

4 to 9!

He took all the points for the Knicks!

Holiday went to the front court and continued to give the ball to Tang Tian.

Tang Tian has been in such good shape recently, he should make more shots.

Davis came up to block the demolition in advance this time, Tang Tian saw Anthony's pounce comparison, a dry pull feint tricked Anthony, and then burst to the basket, and sent the ball to the basket after confronting Bagnani.

11 to 4!

After three assists in a row, he scored four points in a row!

The Knicks' offense, Anthony asked for the ball directly at the three-point line this time, faced Davis with a breakthrough feint, and pulled out a three-point dry shot directly after receiving the ball.

"Bang!"

The shot was a little heavier.

But after bounced off the back edge of the basket, the second fall went into the net bag!

7 to 11!

You score 2 points, I'll get 2 points back, you break through and score a goal, I'll pay you back a 3 right away!

Tang Tian and Anthony, the two of them are in Madison Square Garden, staging a battle of points!