The storm in New York may be late, but it will come. There are many powerful offensive combinations in the league, but there are not many guys like the Knicks who savagely sweep the score, maybe there are, but there are never three at the same time like today's Knicks.

Maddie's brainless pulling, Iverson's brainless breakthrough, Kobe's brainless pull-up, Carter's brainless dunk, according to the guidance of high school and even college coaches, this is the most cancerous way to play, but everyone is poisoned.

It was this poison-ridden play that the Knicks used in the second quarter to destroy the Spurs' defense.

After the halftime break, the Spurs seemed to have eased up, but judging from their palpitating faces, it seemed that they still did not let go of the Knicks' unreasonable offense at the end of the first half, which was New York's domineering.

Popovich was craving a glass of wine at this time, he felt that his mouth was a little dry, it wasn't nervousness, he was just thirsty. The Knicks were using a very rough tactic, and Popovich had always thought it was a way to play away from the competitive spirit of basketball, but he had to admit that once they were turned on, it was really good. Now Popovich needs to stabilize himself, and in the Spurs' most difficult Finals three-game road trip, Duncan, the cornerstone of the team, and Popovich, the Spurs' all-team commander, have the heaviest burden on them.

When the two sides returned to the court in the second half, Popovich's worst fears came up, and the Knicks chose to change lineups.

Moxi, Rasheed Wallace, Witherspoon, Spreville plus Arenas featured. George Karl was going to take advantage of the victory to chase down, and with the help of these three savage sweeping guys, he simply slapped the spurs hard.

In the second half, the Knicks played more domineeringly, and Rasheed Wallace didn't go into the low post, but retreated directly outside the three-point line and ambushed in the bottom left corner. Sprewell was in the corner position, and Witherspoon was ambushed near the three-second zone, ready to rush for rebounds.

Mo Xi went straight to the top and blocked Arenas.

Duncan didn't dare to let go of Mo Xi, but after a slight delay, Arenas immediately went back to defend Mo Xi, but it was such a small gap that he and Parker switched defenses again, and Arenas shot directly.

Typical Arenas-style offense.

Arenas missed, but Sprewell and Witherspoon, who were lying in ambush under the basket, swarmed up. Mo Xi and Wallace have emptied the Spurs' interior line, and now the Spurs are baskets with forwards on both sides vying for rebounds. To be reasonable, the two people on the Spurs' side, Stephen Jackson and Bruce Bowen, are both more than two meters tall, while on the Knicks' side, the tallest Witherspoon is only 1.98 meters, not even two meters.

However, the scramble between the two sides was reversed, even if "Martial Saint" Stephen Jackson was present, the frontcourt rebounds were still brutally taken down by Witherspoon.

After Witherspoon grabbed the rebound, it went straight to Rasheed Wallace in the bottom corner.

Malik Rose's footwork is not as good as David Robinson, who is already at the end of his career, and it is a little unsightly against Rasheed Wallace. Rasheed Wallace first made a shooting feint, and Malik Rose hurriedly stepped forward half a step. But then Wallace's center of gravity dropped, and he stepped forward with a tentative step.

Malik Rose panicked and stopped abruptly, looking like he wanted to take a step back.

Rasheed Wallace didn't give him a chance at all, and went straight to his hand with a three-pointer, a brutal score and a corner three-pointer that he does best.

The game between the Spurs and the Knicks is very similar to the Eastern Conference playoffs in recent years, two teams that emphasize defense collide together, everyone's defense is very good, and the decision becomes offense. The most important point of the Knicks' offense is Murphy, and the Spurs' side is naturally Duncan.

The Knicks just took Houston off the starting line and replaced him with a rebounder, Houston's defense is indeed strong, but Witherspoon is not too bad, the Knicks' defensive intensity has decreased, but it is only a little, and the Knicks' defense is still airtight.

The Spurs' successive attacks were fruitless, and Duncan had to sink to the low post again to play a single pity.

Mo Xi was behind Duncan, and for some reason he always felt that there seemed to be a strange sense of déjà vu in front of him, Duncan's feeling seemed familiar, wasn't this his past way of playing? Integrate into the team to attack the camp and stand up when the team is in crisis, but the Knicks at that time are always in dire straits.

Just a few months ago, he and the Knicks were still struggling in the abyss, and the inexplicable loss made the Knicks demoralized, but now, they are standing on this stage again. In recent years, the Knicks have really been a regular in the Finals, except for that year Iverson led the 76ers, all the way to the Finals, and slashed into the Finals, no one has been able to take the Eastern Conference championship away from the Knicks.

Duncan began to sneer.

The strength of the two people is almost the same, and the confrontation in strength is more to ensure the balance of their bodies in the attack. Duncan thrust Mo Xi three times in a row, then stepped back slightly, opening up some space to the side.

Mo Xi's body moved slightly, and he moved forward imperceptibly, Duncan pulled the space away, but Mo Xi didn't dare to guarantee that this was not his feint, although Duncan's strongest was his back, but his weakest was the face frame defense, which was likely to be caught by Duncan.

Sure enough, Duncan showed off his inside footsteps, a cross step, Duncan held the ball high, and Lady Liberty-style dunk.

Mo Xi was blocked by Duncan, and the hard defense would only be fouled by Duncan, Mo Xi hesitated for a moment or gave up, after all, the Knicks were still in an advantage.

The Knicks are still at an advantage, and it's not a small advantage. Although the Spurs relied on Duncan's singles. has maintained the difference between seven and eight points, but anyone with a discerning eye can see that Duncan is already a little difficult to support.

Popovich couldn't see it, he immediately made a change, but when it came to bench depth, there were really few people who could compare to the Knicks, and the Spurs could only replace David Robinson and Ginobili on the court.

Compared with Popovich's clever wife, George Karl has a lot more options, and the Knicks also made substitutions, Houston replaced Witherspoon, Ward replaced Arenas, Dale Davis replaced Wallace, and George Carr simply took out the Knicks' tactics last year to deal with the Spurs.

The ball is completely concentrated in the hands of Mo Xi, who has unlimited fire rights at this moment.

Both teams are team teams, but George Carr also knows in his heart that he has just taken over this team for half a season, and in terms of tacit understanding and execution, it is definitely not comparable to Popovich and his Spurs.

Sure enough, the Spurs, who were accustomed to Popovich's tactics, suddenly let them play back to their "backward raw" offensive tactics and obviously didn't perform as well as the Knicks, and although Duncan was evenly matched with Mo Xi on the court, the rest of the players on both sides decided the course of the game.

By the fourth quarter, the Spurs were already trailing by 10 points.

Suddenly, Duncan touched the back of his head in confusion, he now understands the feeling of regret in the middle of the season, his basketball is not wrong, so who is wrong?

(Sure enough, it can only be a coach, right!) Change coaches! Fire that old man who always tries to make me laugh! ）

If you want to chase points, you have to defend first. It's just that the problem that the Spurs are facing now is not that they can't prevent it, but that they can't score, and they always rely on Duncan's attack alone, and the Spurs' scoring is still too inefficient, after all, Mo Xi is not a paper paste.

Popovich boldly made a change of formation, Popovich no longer uses the center, the young Duncan said that he is not willing to go to the fifth position, Popovich simply put Stephen Jackson in the fifth position, anyway, it will be Duncan to defend against Mexico, the result is the same, Ginobili to the third position, Bruce Bowen second position, Parker first position, this is the Spurs' most extreme lineup, they are the same as the Knicks, with five endpoints on the court.

The New York fans on the sidelines couldn't help but lift their spirits when they saw such a scene, this is to use a Knicks-style lineup to deal with the Knicks! In Madison Square Garden, the only person who dares to fight the Knicks face to face with the bayonet is probably the Spurs.

When Popovich uses such a lineup, it is destined that the next trend of this game will be very miserable. The Spurs will either die more ugly or be Jedi.

What Popovich never expected was that in the fourth quarter, Mo Xi perfectly suppressed Duncan, which was unexpected by everyone, even the two parties, Mo Xi and Duncan.

In the face of Duncan's defense, Mo Xi used the hook hand to play cleanly, and in the entire fourth quarter, all of Mo Xi's shots were hook hands, ten shots, and only two were lost under Duncan's interference, and Duncan was blocked by Mo Xi when facing Mo Xi, and Duncan himself was a little unresponsive for a while, and wanted to temporarily rely on the team offense to hibernate for a while, but during this time, the score difference became bigger and bigger.

Duncan picked up his sword again, leaned back, and deflected again under the interference of Moxi.

Duncan only scored five points in the fourth quarter, and even Mo Xi, who was defending him, didn't expect it to be such a scene.

God is also on the side of the Knicks at this moment.

Popovich's back-to-back failed, and the Spurs were defeated, losing to the Knicks by a full eighteen points.

Mo Xi continued his highlight performance in this game, cutting 36 points, 12 rebounds, 4 assists and 4 blocks, while Duncan only got 18 points, 15 rebounds and 6 assists because of the slump in the fourth quarter.

With a big score of 2:1, the Knicks won the battle of Little King Mountain and won the advantage of the finals, and the pressure on the Spurs increased by another point.