The Knicks' offense was split, or the Knicks' most effective outside offense was stifled by the Hawks. Pen & Fun & Pavilion www.biquge.info

Due to the Knicks' lack of outside bench players, Van Gundy doesn't have an outside player at his disposal who can open up the situation. As a result, the ruthless Van Gundy simply gave up the outside attack and instead focused on the inside line. Replace Charles, Johnson, Ewing, replace Sprewell, Moxi, Ward.

However, I have to say that the state is indeed a very magical thing, Ewing, who has not gotten much playing time in two consecutive games, does not seem to have accumulated the same feeling as before, the shooting rate is extremely low, and only one goal has been scored after playing, fortunately, Johnson is also a master of back playing, plus Dudley's rebounding performance in this game is indeed very outstanding, and the Knicks have bitten the score with the other party.

Van Gundy frowned when he saw it, Ewing's decline was too fast, and even a little unbelievable, Ewing was in the best form among these centers, but this season's injury seemed to have completely destroyed the trigger, which couldn't help but remind Van Gundy of the reason why Nelson was driven away at that time, and he planned to exchange Ewing for O'Neal of the Magic. I have to say that Nelson's eyes are still very vicious, and now Van Gundy has some plans to trade Ewing, not to mention that there is also a new offensive system in the team at this time, Houston and Sprewell's outside double gun.

Van Gundy had to make another substitution. Ewing was replaced by Moxi to take over the interior offensive position, and Sprewell came on the court again to replace Houston and strengthen the outside defense.

Mo Xi hurriedly put on the battle again to face the test of Mutombo.

Mutombo is one of the most notable of the Hawks at the moment, and because of the lack of a backup center, Mutombo often has only three or four minutes of rest in a game against a team like the Knicks with a strong offensive interior, but at least for now, Mutombo is still in a good physical condition.

The Knicks attacked, and Mo Xi got the ball again, with his back to Mutombo.

Mo Xi carefully moved inward, Mutombo spared such a move in order to conserve his strength, and only in the last few strokes did Mutombo show his demeanor as a top defensive center.

But this time Mo Xi's plan was not to hit Mutombo in the back, he just wanted a chance.

Suddenly, Dudley shook off his opponent and ran inside from a high post on the left flank with the help of Johnson's cover, and Mo Xi handed a hand to Dudley. Dudley catches the ball and is about to dunk.

Mutombo rushed to make up for it, but Dudley tossed the ball high into the hands of Mo Xi, who made a quick layup.

Also as a SAT 1533 score of the top student, many ideas between Mo Xi and Dudley are interconnected, should it be said that they are the same one-dimensional creatures? The two get along very well in private, although the positions overlap, but after all, the roles are different, and the two still play together many times.

The exchange of passes from the two high school forwards instantly ignited the atmosphere at Madison Square Garden.

However, this is not good news for the Eagles.

Back on the defensive end, the biggest player on the Knicks' bench also came into play. Sprewell spotted the Eagles' movement and flew to pounce on the ball before flicking it to Charles, who advanced quickly.

The Knicks, who came to the frontcourt, did not shoot immediately, and when there was no good opportunity to shoot, the Knicks still chose to play steadily.

This time, the Knicks played like the Hawks. Charles hoisted the ball to high Johnson, Johnson hit the ground and passed to the empty cut, and Murphy drew the defense to the basket and then passed the ball to Sprewell, who then Dudley covered the pocket, and Sprewell hit the shot.

It's a classic Knicks-style combination, with Van Gundy's team basketball and the Knicks' traditional mid-range shooting skills once again blowing up Madison Square Garden. The last wave of cheers hasn't stopped, and Knicks fans have set off an even bigger wave. The older generation of fans even felt as if they had seen the "miracle" New York led by Reed and "Black Pearl" Frazier.

In the face of the Knicks' ferocious pressing, the Hawks had to slow down again.

Coach Wilkens has a bit of a headache that can't be seen in the regular season, but the Hawks don't have a real No. 1 scorer, nor a grassroots point guard like Rod Strickland, and in the Eastern Conference playoffs, where defense is extremely emphasized, the Hawks almost run out of strength with every score.

This time, with the Eagles' repeated runs, an opportunity finally arose when Grant Long misplaced to single Charles. Big fights and small breakouts to force a breakthrough and eat each other.

The Knicks didn't care about the ball and quickly launched a counterattack. However, the Eagles trained by the old coach are very accomplished in the conversion of offense and defense, and can be said to be one of the best in the league, and the Eagles' rapid placement prevented the opponent's attempt to steal points.

Seeing that he couldn't steal the chicken, Charles immediately hoisted the ball to Mo Xi in the high position.

After a few rounds of training, Mo Xi understood that scoring alone Mutombo was not the point, the point was to draw Mutombo away from others, try not to let him help defend and empty the basket. And at this time, not only do you have to pass the ball from him, but you also have to hit the opponent from time to time, whether you score or not is secondary, and you can't make him feel better anyway.

Mo Xi chose to catch the ball away from the basket because it allowed him to make more movements.

In these few playoff games, Mo Xi also learned a truth, as long as you are fast enough, no one can stop you. And this kind of speed includes all, starting speed, shot speed, absolute speed, turning speed.

After receiving the ball, Mo Xi quickly turned into a Sigma step, facing Mutombo, and just as Mo Xi's body turned, he also started at the same time, and found that Mutombo's body was closer to the inside, so he accelerated and forced a breakthrough from the outside.

Mutombo was in a weak defense, and he couldn't keep up with Mo Xi at the first time, and seeing that Mo Xi was about to score easily, Mutombo pressed Mo Xi down with a palm.

"Drop"

The referee immediately gave a foul.

Mutombo didn't expect that he would have to rely on fouls to defend such a rookie, before that, he was struggling in his own hands, and now he has made himself suffer so much.

Mo Xi took a breath and hit both penalties.

Back on the side, the Eagles attacked, and Steve Smith played a little manic, forced a shot, and the ball missed.

Mutombo relied on his physical advantage to squeeze out Mo Xi to get the offensive rebound.

It's a pity that at this time, the rebounding maniac Dudley stepped up, although the height and bounce were not advantageous, Dudley still miraculously snatched the rebound back, and Mutombo looked very annoyed.

In this game, the Knicks' bench lineup can be said to have supported the entire Knicks, and half of the scoring rebounds came from the bench lineup.

Coming to the Knicks offensive end again, Charles still gave the ball to Mo Xi, but unfortunately Mo Xi was already on Mutombo's blacklist at this time, and this goal did not give Mo Xi a chance at all.

Mo Xi wanted to play a set of basket turns, but when he got close to the basket with a feint, he was pressed down by a giant palm of Mutombo and fanned the ball away.

But at this time, it was Dudley who stepped up, grabbed the offensive rebound, and forced a jump under the basket.

Mutombo just defended the next one, saw the other one rise again, and hurriedly took off again, but the timing was still a little late, although the ball did not score, but still made Mutombo a foul.

In just two minutes, Mutombo was fouled twice in a row, and Wilkens had to replace him first.

Seeing this, Van Gundy felt that the time had come, and replaced him with a Thomas with some offensive ability, taking advantage of the Eagles' inside gate to force the inside line.

The Eagles' interior line was powerless in the face of the combination of Johnson, Moxi, and Thomas, and suddenly fell into the disadvantage.

Wilkens had to put Mutombo, who had just been off the field for a few minutes, back on the field.

It's just that at this time, the Knicks are in full swing, and a group of bench thugs have come on the court to accelerate the dismemberment of the Hawks.

The Knicks miraculously broke the coach's blockade with the play of the bench players.

At the end of the first half, the Knicks led by three points in the second quarter, plus three points in the first quarter, the Knicks have led the Hawks by six points.

Wilkens felt a growing sense of foreboding in his heart.