What does it feel like to watch someone else wear a championship ring? The Celtic players will always have a different answer, they will point to the top of their heads, with a faint look of helplessness and pride, to tell you

"This thing hangs on top of our heads every day, and there are a lot of thieves, which is very annoying."

The Knicks sat on the grand momentum of the championship in vain, but they spread such a team that was accustomed to the championship flag, and there was a feeling of punching the cotton, or more vividly, it was a nouveau riche who took the treasure antiques he bought to show off to the next door, and then the next door smiled, thought about the sixteen old antiques at home, and did not speak.

The appearance of the championship ring boosted the morale of the Knicks, and the people who got it naturally needless to say that they were very excited, and as for those who didn't get it, they were extremely envious in their hearts, but after thinking about it, they are now in this championship team, and it seems that it is not impossible to get a ring.

In the end, the championship ring still brought some attribute bonuses to the Knicks.

At the start of the game, the Celtics' roster didn't change much this offseason, and if there were, it could only be that Pierce was stronger, while Antoine Walker was more willing to shoot threes.

Murphy easily suppressed Tony Barty's jump shot, the Knicks won the ball, Arenas pushed quickly, and this time, the Celtics' No. 1 position had little power to stop his advance.

Arenas used his speed advantage to force a breakthrough, and with the help of Brand's huge body that had just run over, he directly accelerated again, completely throwing off the defenders, and when both sides were just in position, Arenas took advantage of the cover to directly stop and shoot a jump shot.

However, Arenas was a little too excited, the power of the ball was obviously too big, and he smashed on the basket and talked about the other side of the basket, which was beyond the reach of the whip.

Paul Pearce, who appeared in the No. 2 position in this game, jumped back to grab the rebound in the backcourt, and the Celtics were looking to break fast.

However, they are facing the Knicks, who happen to be the team that is the best at switching offense and defense, and they have always been the best in the league when it comes to defensive fast breaks, and even the Nets and Pistons are a little out of the dust.

Seeing that the fast break was almost hopeless, Paul Pierce immediately seized the slightest opportunity to make a pull-up jump shot directly on the wing and shoot in the middle.

Unfortunately, Pierce's shot was still a little too hasty, and the shot was missed, and the rebound was picked up by Sprewell, who arrived later.

Instead of handing the ball to Arenas, Sprewell pushed forward with the ball himself. The Knicks are steady, but they still choose the position they are best at attacking.

Sprewell hoisted the ball straight inside and into Moxi's hands.

Mercy is definitely nine out of ten against Tony Barty in the back, but considering the whole team, Mercy has been reducing the number of shots he takes recently, although the magic is that his score has not fallen.

Mo Xi carried Tony Barty to the basket all the time, while his eyes kept watching the movement, suddenly, Mo Xi turned his wrist and passed the ball to Elton Brand in the high post, Brand received the ball and shot it directly.

It's a pity that Brand didn't hit this goal either.

However, Brand's hand was very soft, and this time the rebound flew not far and fell directly to the basket.

Mo Xi struggled hard, pushed Tony Barty directly away with his left arm and shoulder, and reached out with his right hand to pull the ball down directly in the air. Mo Xi grabbed this frontcourt rebound.

After landing, Mo Xi quickly jumped again, grabbed the ball with one hand and swung it fiercely in the air.

"Bang ————————"

With a loud bang, Mo Xi dunked under the basket and scored the first point of the game.

After scoring two points, the Knicks also completely opened their offensive skill pack.

First, Houston scored on a mid-range shot, then Brand scored on the baseline, then Murphy singled Tony Barty in the low post, and then Arenas scored two quick counterattacks and fast-break layups.

Most importantly, the Knicks held the Celtics' seven inches down tightly. By the seven minutes, the Celtics had scored four points thanks to Pierce's excellent individual play, while the Knicks had scored 12 more points.

The Celts seem to smell something ominous.

The Knicks were too fast, or rather, they were too fast compared to the Green Shirts. Regardless of the position, they are not dominant in terms of movement speed, even the Knicks' slowest No. 4 Brand, opposite him Antoine Walker, Walker moves quickly, but his attitude towards defense is somewhat similar to Arenas.

But there is another thing that bothers Antoine Walker, Brand is very happy to defend, although Antoine Walker's offensive range is farther than Brand, but in fact, the style of play of the two can be said to be almost the same, and Walker's every run is blocked by Brand.

The Celtics were a little overwhelmed by the lack of offense and defense.

However, what worries Celtic even more is that Mo Xi has not really made a real effort.

As if hearing the Celtics' thoughts, the Knicks' offensive center of gravity began to tilt to the interior, and Mo Xi began to attack with the ball.

Mo Xi wanted to hold the position, and he didn't even push Tony Barty hard, but slightly opened up half a step away.

Now Tony Barty is also a veteran of the league for many years, and he has also made a name for himself with a completely different offensive style from other interior lines, but he is also very familiar with the basic technical movements of the ordinary interior line.

Tony Barty's decision may not be wrong, but he underestimated Mo Xi a little, Mo Xi's reaction was too fast, even if he may have had the intention of retreating at the beginning, but when he saw Tony Barty pressing forward, he immediately lowered his center of gravity, a big turn, and turned directly past Tony Barty, who had no time to defend at all, Mo Xi easily pushed all the way sideways, directly to the basket, raised his hand, and dunked with one arm.

In the next round, Mo Xi changed to the low post on the other side to ask for the ball, this time he really resisted Tony Barty, and chiseled it in, and after three or four times, Mo Xi turned around directly, pulled his body to the front of the basket, sideways to the basket, and hit a hook hand, pressing Tony Barty to score the ball again.

The Celtics were at a disadvantage in the first quarter, although the Knicks were not very good in rebounding, but the Celtics were not much stronger, and now with Brand, there is also a Clarence Witherspoon on the bench, and the Knicks rebounded twice as much as the Celtics in the first quarter.

At the end of the first quarter, Mo Xi, who didn't make much effort, scored 8 points, 4 rebounds and 2 assists, with a shooting rate of 100%, leading the Knicks to a 28-19 lead over the Celtics by a large margin. Pierce on the other side bit his lip, not knowing what was going on in his mind.