After a wave of confrontation after Mo Xi and Duncan appeared, both of them involuntarily stopped the rhythm of strong attacks, returned to their respective systems, and began the confrontation between the two systems.

Under the guidance of Popovich, the Spurs began to build their own system, and in this system, there is an undoubted core, that is, Duncan, the biggest advantage of the rotation of the entire system is based on Duncan's personal ability, it can be said that when this system is completely built, it is when Duncan is the strongest and the Spurs are the strongest.

On the Knicks' side, Van Gundy is still continuing the overall tactical style of the previous Knicks to establish a half-new system, which has Pitino's eyesight, Pat Riley's thoughts, and Van Gundy's own adjustment to defense, it can be said that he has consumed the demeanor of the star, but it is more like team basketball, although he has recently relied more and more on the performance of Moxi, but the combat effectiveness of the system is still very strong, but some can't keep up with the times, this is like the Premier League's long pass rush, you say he is behind, she is really a little behind, But sometimes, he is inexplicably very useful.

The initiation points of both sides are on the inside.

The Spurs handed the ball to Duncan, Duncan had reservations about eating Mo Xi alone, but the strength of the two people was half a catty, Duncan could only push Mo Xi in, and then held the ball in one hand, observed the situation on the court, and threw the ball directly.

Steve Smith ran out to catch the ball, not an open spot, Ward followed, and then passed, Tony Parker.

Facing the aging Mark Jackson, Parker has an absolute speed advantage, after receiving the ball, Parker doesn't look at Mark Jackson at all, directly accelerates past the opponent, and then goes straight into the inside.

However, the inside line Mo Xi has gotten rid of Duncan's entanglement and directly greeted him.

It's a pity that Mo Xi has no experience with Parker, and he doesn't know that this French sports car has two unique skills, one turns and one throws.

Parker was not afraid of Mo Xi's supplemental defense, he knew that he was still a little behind in the league, and whether he could gain a foothold depended on this.

Parker stuck to Mo Xi's body and turned around directly, so fast that Mo Xi didn't even realize that he had been passed by, and when he reacted, Parker was already behind him. However, Mo Xi's defense has really made great progress in the past few years, Mo Xi did not turn around, but just twisted his waist, turned around and reached out directly to cover Parker's head.

However, at this time, Parker threw the ball directly up, throwing, unbelievable throwing, which can almost be described as an antelope hanging horns, and the basketball flew out of the palm of Mo Xi's hand and fell directly into the basket.

This kid from France used this ball to play his own prestige.

The Knicks began their own offense.

Similar to the Spurs, the Knicks' ball is also given to the interior first, and Mo Xi was unable to hold a position in the low post because of Duncan's card position, so he could only raise his position upwards to 45 degrees, although it is dangerous to hold the ball in this position, but it can give Mo Xi more options. Mo Xi put the ball on the side of his head with both hands, his head swinged slightly sideways, he glanced at the whole court, suddenly, Mo Xi suddenly shook his hand as if he wanted to pass the ball out, the ball was halfway through, Mo Xi relied on his giant palm and long arm to turn the ball back, depressed the center of gravity and suddenly burst out, directly against Duncan's side chest, Duncan was pushed back half a body, and Mo Xi entered.

Mo Xi took two more steps forward, and suddenly stopped suddenly, because Duncan had secretly followed his side, Mo Xi turned around, and at the same time blocked Duncan with his body, and then passed the ball directly to Thomas on the baseline, Thomas shot directly and hit.

The two sides relied on the system to finish the first half, the Spurs led by three points into the second half, the turning point in Barkley's mind never appeared, at halftime, Duncan 7 points, 5 boards and 3 assists, while Mo Xi was 10 points, 3 boards and 3 assists, it is indeed impossible to see who performed better.

At the beginning of the second half, the Spurs changed the focus of the offense, Duncan began to make frequent balls for Parker, and even Robinson pulled out, Parker relied on his speed to force the Knicks' basket, the success rate was one thing, but the most important thing was that the Spurs began to create damage on Mo Xi.

Four minutes into the second half, although the Knicks tied the score, Mo Xi also had three fouls, at this time Van Gundy also saw the Spurs' intentions, Van Gundy hurriedly called a timeout, Ewing's speed was already a little unable to keep up with the rhythm of the court, Thomas was not good, only one Camby in the Knicks' team could make a difference, Camby was ordered to play.

It's just that Van Gundy's adjustment is a little slow, after Camby played, the Spurs immediately changed the focus of the offense, back to the original two-tower tactics, Duncan sat in the low post, Robinson came to the high position, Camby's running and jumping talent is very good, yes, the help defense ability is also very good, and the height and arm span are good enough, but Camby lacks a good enough body, Robinson directly hung Camby to the inside line, impacting the basket, this time Mo Xi did not rush forward to make up for the defense, Robinson easily succeeded.

The next blow to the Spurs was concocted in the same way, but this time Mo Xi pushed it up, the referee did not give a whistle, and the Knicks defended it and played a fast counterattack.

Then the Spurs changed again, and returned to the rhythm of Parker's main offense, but Camby gave full play to its characteristics at this time, even Parker's throwing failed to escape Camby's clutches, and was directly nailed, but the offensive rebound was picked up by Duncan, and he hit the basket directly under the basket, and Mo Xi failed to interfere.

Just when Mo Xi breathed a sigh of relief, the Spurs' offense changed back, Robinson and Duncan's high and low positions cooperated, Camby was left behind, Mo Xi faced the impact of two top interior lines alone, Duncan hit the ball to the ground and passed to Robinson, Robinson handed the ball back to Duncan, Duncan shook Mo Xi, and fell to the ground to make the fourth foul on Mo Xi's body.

With half of the third quarter remaining, Mo Xi had to go down.

Van Gundy scratched his head, things were not going to be easy.

After Mo Xi got off the court, no one on the inside could replace Duncan, the Knicks' combat effectiveness plummeted, Duncan scored six points, four boards and a cover in this quarter, and Mo Xi only scored two points, one board and two assists, the important thing is that the Knicks were hit by the Spurs with a small climax of 8:0, and instantly the Knicks fell into a disadvantage, Sprewell was blocked by Bruce Bowen, and only Houston struggled to support him, it was really a bit difficult to support himself, and now Ewing is no longer the same as he used to be, His symbolic role on the field is far greater than his actual role.

Van Gundy gritted his teeth and decided to put the victory in the final quarter, just taking the opportunity to let Mo Xi take a breather.