At the start of the second half, besieged by fouls, Ewing did not get many chances to play throughout the first half. Ewing, who was holding back his strength www.biquge.info Pen Fun Pavilion, was indeed terrible, and after he came on the court, he scored six points in a row for the team and tied the score with two consecutive mid-range shots plus a back-to-back single Mutombo.

But it seemed that he was also overactive, and after less than four minutes of the second half, Ewing committed a foul and walked off the court with a black face amid Van Gundy's angry rant at the referee.

Van Gundy brought on Sprewell, but did not replace Thomas as usual, and Thomas was extremely good in this game, because the Eagles did not have a strong offensive point, so Thomas, who is better at team defense, played like a fish in water.

Wilkens breathed a sigh of relief, Ewing's previous scoring streak made him think that the Knicks' offensive tide had begun, but Ewing was gone.

It's a pity that after he forcibly gave himself a mouthful of milk like this, the situation reversed.

After a season of running-in between Houston and Sprewell, the backcourt duo is beginning to show its power, and when two men who are good at running and shooting appear on the same team, there is no doubt that the coach will be relaxed, because he only needs to design the tactics of covering the runs, and the players will do the rest.

Johnson's strong body stood there, and even Mutombo couldn't push him, and with such a wall there to cover, Houston and Sprewell were exceptionally easy to catch the ball.

In the Hawks' tactics, they should have used the fast pace to break down the Knicks at this time, but unexpectedly, the Knicks used a faster and faster offense to open the score in two minutes, and even had a tendency to crush the Hawks in one fell swoop.

Wilkens also miscalculated, originally he thought that the Knicks' outburst would come later after Ewing was off the court, but he didn't expect that the point of the Knicks' outburst was not Ewing. Even though he hadn't come up with any good ideas at this point, he called a timeout to stop the Knicks from playing momentum.

The two teams have met three times this season, with the Hawks leading the opponent by two wins and one loss, but the psychological advantage does not seem to be here for the Hawks right now.

Everyone on the Knicks' side felt a little relaxed, after a vicious battle, although everyone looked a little relaxed, but the string in their hearts was still tight, but the first game against the Hawks was so smooth that everyone couldn't help but be a little excited, and for a while, the momentum was like a rainbow, and even Ewing's face didn't want to be so dark in the past.

On the contrary, there was some rumor on the Eagles' side, and before the game, they thought that they would have a full day of rest to rest for themselves, but who would have thought that they seemed to be more tired.

Wilkens didn't come up with any good ideas for a while, so he had to emphasize the defense on the outside, strengthen the change, and replace a backcourt player, and hurriedly let the player play.

The Hawks, who returned to the court, found that the Knicks had made a substitution.

Thomas, Johnson, Ward are off, and Moxie, Dudley, and Charles are on the field. In terms of lineup, it seems to be a little weaker than the one just now.

But the fact is that the Hawks lack an interior offensive arrow, and this Knicks don't need to pile up a bunch of defensive players on the interior like the Heat.

At this time, it was the Eagles' turn to slow down the pace of attack. Although the operation of the ball is still smooth, the Eagles' shot has been obviously hesitant, and even afraid to shoot.

Offense and defense transition, Knicks offense.

Mutombo has not been rested, and the Eagles have also gone through a tiebreaker before, and Mutombo's physical strength at this time is exactly at a limit.

At this moment, Mo Xi is at the peak of his state, facing Mutombo, Mo Xi shallowly asked for a position, and after receiving the ball, he hit it hard a few times, and was pleasantly surprised to find that this time Mutombo's response was not strong. But Mo Xi still had some suspicions that this was a defensive trap created by Mutombo, and he didn't dare to take the plunge, but he just leaned on Mutombo and turned inward, while blocking between the two with his left hand, grabbed the ball with his right hand, and suddenly moved away from Mutombo, jumped slightly, and his right hand crossed the air, and the big hook that belonged to Mo Xi shot.

Mutombo had just exhausted his old strength, and his new strength was not born, so he could only watch the ball fly over his head.

It's a strange thing to be in the form of a player on the basketball court, and sometimes a guy who isn't good at defense can work the offensive end after he does a lot on the offensive end, and vice versa.

Mo Xi has this feeling today, although there have been occasional highlights on the defensive end before, but when it comes to defensive attitude, it is not particularly positive, this game so far, Mo Xi has been extraordinarily serious on the defensive end, of course, Sprewell has used his defensive enthusiasm to drive the whole team.

"Smack"

With a crisp sound, the Eagles made a mistake, Houston poked the ball, Mo Xi jumped past the slow Mutombo, stretched out his long arms to scoop the ball, and threw the ball straight to the front court like a quarterback in football, where Sprewell had already shaken off everyone and dunked it again.

This ball, no matter how unconvinced the Eagles' commentator is, he has to say that the "bone crusher" is coming.

Obviously, the Knicks who are in high spirits are very terrible, the Hawks have to be cautious about every ball they make, this is their rotation is slower, Wilkens frowned off the court, the slow offensive rhythm is suitable for stability, but now the Hawks are behind, the Hawks should speed up the pace, but when I think of my own inside, Mutombo obviously can't keep up, but there is no one available in his hand, I can't help but be a little jealous of the Knicks' interior configuration.

On the offensive end, Mo Xi once again got the opportunity to play Mutombo alone, which made Mutombo faintly feel that he was about to pass that period of fatigue, and Mo Xi did not take advantage of the card position.

Mo Xi suddenly used his long-lost human ball at this time, and when facing the Heat, he didn't dare to make such a move at all, not that their defense was worse than Mutombo, but that Mutombo would not directly press him to the ground like them.

Mo Xi didn't feel any easier after passing Mutombo, his instincts told him that Mutombo was right behind him, and that he was waiting for him with his arms outstretched. Mo Xi stopped abruptly and passed the no-look-pass to his side, where Alan Houston took a knife and added two more points.

Compared with many newcomers to the league, Mo Xi has an advantage that many people can't match, a team has an interior line who loves rebounding, and is keen to play back and is good at shooting, needless to say that Johnson is still a good strategist, Mo Xi has learned a lot from them, and this ball is one of them.

But looking back, Mutombo, who had eased up, gave Mo Xi a good look. Whether it is height or weight, Mo Xi is far inferior to the other party. Mutombo completely hung Mo Xi up and beat him this time, arched his butt to the basket, and pushed his back hard, even Dudley, who came over to help defend, was knocked away together, and Mutombo grabbed the ball with both hands and slowly flew up to dunk it.

Turning back to the Knicks, this time Houston signaled that Mo Xi would come to play, and he wanted Mo Xi to come and make an "answerball".

This is the second time this has happened to Moxi, the last time was when he was a fledgling, but now he is opposite Mutombo.

Mo Xi hesitated a little, Mutombo was very strong, but Mo Xi's mind moved, thinking about the first time he singled out Mutombo, his mind became active.

turned around with his back and broke through, and the action was done in one go, but this time Mutombo did not give him the bottom line, but left space in the middle, and after Mo Xi's basket, he still faced Mutombo's defense.

Mo Xi ruthlessly raised his hand to buckle it.

Mutombo was about to cover the ball skillfully, but somehow, he suddenly thought that the rookie in front of him had deducted himself twice, so he kept an eye on it, and simply put both hands on it together, and pressed it straight towards the ball.

Mo Xi knew that this time he couldn't be like before, but it didn't matter, how could a center forward jump casually.

Mo Xi was attacking with dribbling from beginning to end, and the dunk under the basket was just a bluff, he didn't even jump, his feet moved lightly, his body turned slowly, and he came to Mutombo's side, and gently put the ball into the basket with a low-handed layup.

Mutombo was upset, he was once again being teased by Moxi. He intended to attack, but the Eagles, who were playing team basketball, didn't give him this wayward opportunity.

The excellent play of the inside ink made the pressure on Houston and Sprewell outside greatly reduced, and for a while the Hawks' defense was scattered, and the Knicks scored several goals in a row, if it weren't for the Knicks' three-point hand today, it is estimated that the Hawks at this time could already surrender the gun.

At the end of the third quarter, the Knicks were already leading by seven points, which was not a big difference, and even said that it would take less than three minutes for the Hawks to catch up.

But at this time, no one in the entire arena thought that the Eagles had this ability.

Dragging the tired body, the Knicks scored 32 points in this quarter, in the playoffs, such a single quarter score is very terrible, and the Knicks' shooting rate is extremely high, although the main general Ewing has only played ten minutes, but he has already scored 12 points on six of seven shots, and the shooting rate is amazing, you must know that Mutombo, who defends him, is two inches taller than him.

As much as Wilkens was reluctant to admit that they had lost the game in a sense, the fourth quarter must not be garbage time given the morale of the team.

So Wilkens did his best in the fourth quarter and held the game hard, and finally the Knicks defeated the Hawks 100-92.

Looking at the Knicks slowly leaving, Wilkens had a sense of foreboding.