Chapter 533: Changes in the Knicks
"We still have a chance to win, I always believe that, losing the first game is not the end of the world, as long as we work hard enough, anything can happen in the future, but the most important thing is that we believe that we can win!"
While the world saw the Mavericks' victory, Yi Jianlian was very calm in front of the media at the pre-game press conference before the start of the second game, he still believed that they could win, and his tone and expression were very confident.
He doesn't think losing one game is the end of the world, and if he's not mistaken, the Mavericks lost the first game when they originally played the Heat!
But with their persistence and hard work, they finally took the Heat team down and became the last champion of the 2010~2011 season, and also became the last hero to defeat the "public enemy of the United States" that year.
So anything can happen, and it depends on how they adjust their mentality.
Anyway, mindset is the most important thing!
"Okay guys, this is the second game of the finals and theoretically we can lose two more games, so you don't have to feel any pressure, if we can't win tonight, then let's go to Dallas and win everything back!"
Yi Jianlian's pre-game mobilization is also very sincere, if you want to lose, you can lose two more games, it's a big deal to go to Dallas to win back!
The Knicks guys were really nervous originally, but now, after listening to Yi Jianlian, they are not nervous!
Yi Jianlian has never said such a thing, he has always been focused on motivating his teammates, and today he suddenly said such a thing, could it be that he was a little disappointed in them?
This made the Knicks team a little worried all of a sudden!
They don't want to leave Yi Jianlian, a good big brother.
Dry!
Anyway, I have to die tonight, no matter what, I can't let Yi Jianlian down!
Mavericks, yes!
Can you vote yes!
We have to kill you today!
……
The game begins.
Madison Square is still full of fans today.
The loss in Game 1 didn't disappoint the fans, or complain about the team too early, they are still full of confidence in the Knicks!
Anyway, this year, the Knicks finally made it back to the Finals, only to lose one game, what's the big deal, the series has just begun!
Maybe we can win it back today!
The Knicks' players didn't disappoint the New York fans from the start, and their overall momentum was significantly better than in the previous game.
Defensively, in particular, their overall momentum feels like a bunch of Mad Tigers who put all their energy into the game and don't give the Mavericks any downtime at all.
The Knicks' increased defensive intensity made the Mavericks uncomfortable, and they started the game from 7-3-10 down.
"The Knicks played very well from the moment they came up today, they used defense to drive the offense, and played a very smooth transition between offense and defense!"
"From the beginning of the game, they were so active on the defensive end, and the Knicks players used their actions to explain what they wanted to express, we will not give up easily in this game, if you all think we are going to lose, then wait to be slapped in the face by us!"
"Big mouth," Barkley said matter-of-factly.
On the Mavericks' bench, Jason Terry was a little anxious, he played well in the last game, scoring a total of 20 points, and all of them were points that occurred at the most critical moments.
At this point, the Mavericks were behind from the start, which made him a little unbearable, and he couldn't wait to get on the court again to help the Mavericks regain the lead.
Rick Carlisle glanced at Jason Terry and didn't do what he wanted, but continued to watch the court calmly, the game had just begun, and the short deficit didn't mean much, and he believed that with the Mavericks' veterans, they would soon be able to adjust their form.
Derknowitzki took the lead in Rick Carlisle's gaze, and when the ball was scored, he immediately raised his hand and said to the rest of the Mavericks: "Guys, believe in yourself, we can win!" ”
In Dirk Nowitzki's opinion, his ball can definitely inspire the rest of the Mavericks.
"Huh!"
However, the first to respond to his ...... It's Yi Jianlian!
Yi Jianlian scored a long-range shot outside the three-point line, and the little point difference that Derk Nowitzki had managed to recover was re-opened, and even opened up an extra point difference.
It's just that Yi Jianlian didn't have any expression at all, as if in his opinion, there was no difference between scoring and not scoring this ball, he just went back to the Knicks' three-point line, and didn't even have any interaction with the Knicks players.
The live audience of the Knicks, the players of the Mavericks, and the audience in front of the TV all found that Yi Jianlian's face was as cold as an iceberg tonight when this camera appeared!
"Yi doesn't have any extra expressions at all, he seems to be ......"
"Robots?"
"yes, that's what I want to say, this guy is like a robot on the field, completely emotionless!"
"Guys, let's defend all the balls we should be defending!"
Instead of Yi Jianlian to motivate the Knicks teammates, it was Xiao Si, who had shouted so loudly four or five times since the beginning of the game, and he shouted twice after almost a few rounds.
The effect is still quite obvious, and the Knicks' current lead shows that their defense is good today.
The Mavericks' offense was stopped by them again.
Yi Jianlian took the ball directly in the backcourt, and while quickly scoring the ball, the point difference was opened again, and the Knicks' lead has reached double digits.
At this time, the first quarter had just passed less than 6 minutes.
"The Knicks played like the Bulls today!"
Yi Jianlian scored 10 of the Knicks' first 15 points, while the Knicks limited the Mavericks' scoring to five as a team.
"I'm afraid no one thought they would play like this today, right?"
Rick Carlisle really didn't expect that today's Knicks team would be like this, except for Yi Jianlian, everyone else did their best on the defensive end.
Rick Carlisle didn't expect it, and D'Antoni didn't expect that the Knicks were so strong defensively tonight!
Is this still the Knicks he knows?
D'Antoni was happy in his heart, but there was an old look on his face, as if the Knicks had this expression tonight, and everything was under his control.