After the Mavericks eased up, the Knicks had to accept the Mavericks' crazy bombardment, at this time Arenas also had a headache, he was not the kind of player who liked to defend, but it was a matter of whether he could continue to play, Arenas defense was also very hard, but he was opposite Steve Nash, although the current Nash was not as brilliant as in the future, but his offensive ability and organizational ability were first-class, and it was definitely not something that Arenas could defend with two knives, and the worst thing for Arenas was that He can't stop it and he has to continue to defend, and Van Gundy has replaced him several times in succession.

But there was one person who was even more uncomfortable than Arenas, and that was Moxi.

This game is still Nowitzki and Mo Xi in the opposite position, according to Dirk's defensive ability, if Mo Xi was hard to chisel, I believe that the Mavericks' inside line would have been broken through, but now, Mo Xi also has to be responsible for organizing at the same time, so Mo Xi is completely lost in the contradiction between offense and organization, Mo Xi found that when he concentrates on the organization, he will hardly choose to shoot himself, and on the contrary, when he attacks, even if his teammates appear in a good position, Mo Xi sometimes will not notice.

The halftime rushed by, the Knicks trailed by five points at 41:46, and the Knicks were completely blown up by the Mavericks' crazy bombardment in the second quarter.

Mo Xi shot two of seven in the half, three of three free throws, and only got a measly seven points, four rebounds and four assists, while Arenas's performance was much more eye-catching, with three of five shots, but it caused many fouls at that time, and in just half time, he scored seven free throws and got 14 points, three rebounds and two assists.

At half-time, Van Gundy found Mo Xi, who was playing very awkwardly, and began to coach the opponent.

Van Gundy pulled Mo Xi to sit down and said to the latter: "Mo, who do you think is the best playmaker in the league?" ”

Mo Xi didn't think about it and replied directly: "Divac." ”

Divac can be said to have opened a new path for a center forward, although Sabonis is also known as an aerial architect, but the peak Sabonis is extremely strong in all aspects, and he is also a member of the super center, while Divac is different, he does not have the strong offensive or penalty area defense ability of those big man centers, and completely relies on his own elusive passing to open up a new world, and the high-level play-oriented center is also the most perfect because of his existence.

Van Gundy smiled and continued, "So who is the second?" ”

Mo Xi hesitated for a moment and said, "Sabonis? ”

Van Gundy said: "Actually, I think it's Olajuwon, Olajuwon, or the Rockets, their tactical system is to give the ball to Olajuwon to handle, Olajuwon is the offensive core, and the playmaking core, and he also plays the role of the defensive pillar, and he switches between offense and organization very easily. ”

Mo Xi looked at Van Gundy and said, "You want me to learn the way Olajuwon plays?" ”

Van Gundy said: "No, I hope you use your way of playing, your assist ability is also very good, I hope to better develop your talent in this area, but assists are not the same as organization, you have to think more when you organize, instead of hoping that your teammates can score when you pass the ball, and on the other hand, you don't need to care too much about the transition between organization and attack, the attack itself is part of the organization, and in turn, the organization is actually a part of the attack, and being too obsessed with a certain point will distract you." ”

Mo Xi took a deep breath and said, "I'll try." ”

Mo Xi only now understands what Van Gundy meant, it is precisely because he is facing a strong team like the Mavericks, and because this is only a regular season, there is not so much pressure, but there is enough pressure, that Van Gundy decisively trained Mo Xi in this game.

After the start of the second half, Mo Xi still stumbled a little, but Mo Xi's performance was obviously much better than the first half.

Because of the crazy killing in Houston in the last game, even the old Nelson, who has great respect for offense, did not dare to be presumptuous, and arranged for Juwan Howard to assist in defense at any time, but Howard felt that Mo Xi's offensive desire in this game was not strong, and the strength of Mo Xi to assist in defense was not great, so Mo Xi seized this opportunity.

Mo Xi holds the ball in the high post and holds Nowitzki. Mo Xi suddenly leaned forward and left Nowitzki's upper body, Novitsky realized that Mo Xi was about to move, and hurriedly waited.

Although Mo Xi didn't attack much in this game, Nowitzki didn't dare to be careless, he suddenly felt Mo Xi's hips sinking, and he realized that Mo Xi was about to turn around and break through, Nowitzki slightly deviated his body, leaving Mo Xi an outside space.

Mo Xi rushed straight through the outside space left by Nowitzki, and Nowitzki's footsteps were fast enough to follow Mo Xi closely.

Mo Xi suddenly stopped and turned around.

Nowitzki hurriedly took a step back, and Howard also saw that the situation was not good, and hurriedly came over to defend, at this time Mo Xi suddenly slowed down the action of turning around and shooting backwards, and when Howard pounced on the second step, Mo Xi suddenly passed the ball to the vacant Thomas.

Thomas was about to make a move, but Howard was moving fast and immediately returned to Thomas, who was then spotted and passed the ball away.

It turned out that after passing the ball out, Mo Xi did not stop, and pulled directly to the free throw line, Thomas turned back to pass, Nowitzki was still under the basket, and Mo Xi was empty.

A precise vertex mid-range shot, hit.

As for what Van Gundy said, Mo Xi didn't really understand too much, but he did understand a little, in short, he wanted him to expand his offensive options a little more.

But for the Knicks now, the more important thing is obviously chasing points.

Mo Xi began to strengthen the low post offense, Mo Xi's low post offensive intentions are not only in the low post tactical intentions, he hopes to use his low post singles to attract the Mavericks' defensive contraction and provide space for the Knicks' outside line. Mo Xi three times in a row to beat Nowitzki successfully, the Mavericks who advocate offense will unconsciously begin to shrink the defensive line, another change point in this game Arenas began to break out, he proved his strength with his performance, in the case of Mo Xi attracted a lot of outside defensive attention, Arenas frequently made three-point shots, and occasionally came to a breakthrough after a pull-up shot.

However, Arenas, who played high, obviously forgot something, and after missing Nash directly, Arenas directly forced a three-point shot, but missed, and this was his sixth shot in the third quarter, that is, Arenas made more shots, and Van Gundy angrily replaced Arenas off the court.

With a player like Arenas, you have to give him a chance to perform, but you have to put a lock on it, otherwise he will drive you crazy sooner or later.

When Arenas went off the court, the Knicks trailed by just one point at 71-72.