After the big bosses of New York and Philadelphia exchanged "opinions", the game really entered the familiar rhythm of the two sides, which are two fairly traditional teams, three or even four defenders, one or two offensive points, the difference is that the offensive point on the Knicks' side is the inside, while the 76ers are on the outside.

In fact, Van Gundy can also be regarded as a member of the academy coach, facing the founder Larry Brown, Van Gundy is full of respect and passion for challengers, everyone comes from the same faction, although you are respected as a master tactician, but this is also my territory.

Van Gundy specially created a new system based on the characteristics of the current Knicks, which was originally intended to be used until at least the Eastern Conference Finals, but met Larry Brown's 76ers, and this set of tactics had to be taken out in advance, but in the first game of the series between the two sides, Van Gundy couldn't help but have some sense of showing off.

The Knicks used to focus on Mo Xi alone, both offensive and playmaking, and now Van Gundy has played a clever game. Mo Xi is either an organization point or an offensive point, and the role of Mo Xi is more concentrated, which not only ensures Mo Xi's physical strength, but also a good protection for Mo Xi's concentration, after all, when a player has to do everything on the field, it is really a major test for his game concentration, and if he is not careful, he will not be able to do anything.

After hitting a starting shot, Murphy began to focus on organization, and Van Gundy borrowed from Princeton in the past to build a system of his own.

Mo Xi held up to Mutombo with his back in the high post, and in this position, even Mutombo was a little cautious, and the farther away from the basket, the smaller Mutombo's physical advantage.

At the same time, Kurt Thomas also pulled out, completely evacuated the basket, and stood on the horn position on the side of Moxi, forming a vacuum under the 76ers' basket.

Houston and Sprewell began to cross the baseline and run at the baseline, but there was also a difference in the running positions of the two men, Sprewell's movement was more for receiving the ball and occasionally attacking the basket directly, while Houston was more inclined to shoot from the outside.

Larry Brown frowned off the court, just at a glance, the world-famous veteran coach saw at least four variations of this lineup, that is, this is just a tactical thinking structure, and he also saw that it was Mo Xi who really supported this tactic, as a senior Georgetown student who was submitted to graduate school, Mo Xi's IQ still has some, and the ball quotient is naturally not low, just a casual glance, you can see which offensive method should be used in the situation on the court.

Resisted Mutombo, faked and turned, and suddenly passed diagonally to Houston, Houston made a shooting feint, Iverson was not fooled at all, and pressed over.

Houston immediately dribbled laterally, found Moxi, passed the ball to Moxi, and he used Moxi's cover to get rid of Iverson.

In the run, the two directly completed a hand-to-hand cooperation, and Houston received the ball and made a direct jumper.

At this time, the Knicks' tactical system was still working, and after blocking Iverson, Mo Xi immediately moved sideways and made a cover for Thomas, who rushed directly to the basket, which caught Mutombo off guard, and Houston made this ball a steady shot, but it is conceivable that even if this ball did not score, Thomas could rush to grab this offensive rebound.

However, Larry Brown did not say anything because of the emergence of the Knicks' new tactics, and he still looked at everything on the court coldly.

The most satisfying thing about the 76ers that he has trained is their defensive resilience, reflexes and ability to adjust themselves.

But next, the Knicks still have to face a wave of offense from the 76ers first.

The 76ers' point guard is Snow, and although he is not considered a top 10 point guard in the entire league, in fact, he is second only to Mutombo and higher than Aaron McGee in the 76ers' pairing, because he is the only one who can slow Iverson down.

Iverson plays like a wild horse, often taking the team directly to the spot, but with Snow on the court, Larry Brown can perfectly limit the team's rhythm and not float too much, Snow is like a rein.

Snow steadily controlled the ball through the half, directly ignoring Iverson's signal to ask for the ball, joking, this is neither the first goal, nor the critical moment of the game, give the ball to you, the whole team has to fly with you!

Snow and the 76ers' forward did a simple pick-and-roll combination, but his purpose was not to put himself in a state of switching defense, but to find another person to switch defense.

Iverson suddenly went around the baseline and shot out from behind Mutombo and Moxi, at this time Iverson had completely escaped Houston's defense, and Moxi had to follow out to defend, even if there was an empty Mutombo behind him.

In the face of Moxi's defense, Iverson also has some headaches, Snow's pass is too close to the basket, and it is difficult for him to play his advantages, but let him be so cowardly? I also felt a little uncomfortable in my heart.

Iverson gritted his teeth and was about to make a move, when suddenly, he seemed to hear the cold snort of a white-haired demon, Iverson hit a spirit, and with a wit, he threw the ball high into the air, directly past Mo Xi, and looked for Mutombo.

Mo Xi was only two steps away from Mutombo, and he could come to the opponent with a step back, but at this moment Mutombo was already under the basket, and his height and arm span were above him, and he couldn't stop the opponent from scoring under the basket at all.

In a hurry, Mo Xi jumped down, whether he could prevent it or not depends on how high Mo Xi jumped.

Mo Xi's bounce is actually just a middle-class posture, after all, the upper limit is determined by blood, but Mo Xi's bounce speed is very fast, Mutombo saw that Mo Xi wanted to interfere with his catch, and he had to take a step forward and jump up to fight for the ball.

The ball was eventually won by Mutombo, but Moxi's purpose was also achieved, Mutombo was pushed out of the basket in the air this time, and he came face to face with Moxi, and he had to score this goal through Moxi.

As a super center produced by Georgetown, Mutombo is not only a defender, his hook is also a nightmare for many people, although the action is stiff, but Mutombo's hook shot rate is not below Mo Xi and O'Neal.

However, Mutombo only paid attention to the ink in front of him, but ignored the rest of the Knicks, and just as Mutombo put on a hook move, Thomas suddenly came out of the diagonal stab and snatched the ball alive.

Relying on the new tactical system, the Knicks slightly suppressed the 76ers in the first quarter, Iverson did not directly take over the team's offensive power in the first quarter, but only got 6 points, 1 board and 1 assist, as for Mo Xi, except for the opening ball, he didn't make a move, but Mo Xi performed very well, 2 points, 3 boards and 5 assists, people who don't know may think that this is a top point guard here.

The Knicks took a slight lead at 26-23 in the first quarter.