Although Mo Xi and Ewing played well on the court, Van Gundy frowned on the sidelines. Pen × fun × Pavilion www. ｂｉｑｕｇｅ。 info Because of Ewing's return, the Knicks' interior has become the offensive core again, but the Knicks' interior has two offensive fulcrums, and the offensive methods of these two offensive fulcrums are too similar, and there are often repeated runs on the court, and in defense, the movement ability of these two people is not excellent, if it weren't for the Celtics' interior line is not very strong, the Knicks' interior twin towers would have been clumsy long ago.

After thinking about it for a long time, Van Gundy still replaced Mo Xi halfway through the first quarter and replaced him with Camby. In terms of lineup matching, this is no problem, but what Van Gundy didn't expect is that Ewing now feels really bad, in order to protect Ewing who returned from injury, Van Gundy limited Ewing's playing time, and only planned to let him play 30 points, Ewing played eight minutes in the first quarter, shot zero of three, and only relied on free throws to get two points, but had two rebounds, two assists and two blocks.

This string of 222 data also shows Van Gundy's mood at this time, Ewing's return did inject a cardiotonic into the Knicks, but this dose of cardiotonic seems to be a little watered, mentally it is full of weight, but technically it is a lot of water.

In the second quarter, both sides switched to a semi-bench lineup. Here the Knicks are swapped for Charles, Houston, John Wallace, Kurt Thomas, and Murphy. This lineup has offense and defense, but for the Knicks, the offensive power of this lineup is also one of the best in the Knicks. On the Celtics side, led by Paul Pearce, last month's Rookie of the Year winner, assisted by Adrian Griffin, and a cadre of substitutes formed the Celtics' formation at the beginning of the second quarter.

The Celtics attacked first.

Pierce and Celtics' backup center Tony Barty did a pick-and-roll combination, and the two were separated with a touch, and after the split, it instantly became a pity to face his old friend Paul Pierce.

Pierce was ruthless and directly forced to break through the ink, Pierce's footsteps belong to the slow kind in the forward, although later the official poisoned milk said that it was three steps slower, in fact, Pierce was not fast enough to force the strength to make up. However, despite the lack of speed, Pierce's speed is enough to beat Mo Xi, who plays center. Pierce leaned on Mo Xi with his shoulder, suddenly turned around, exerted force under his feet, accelerated and forcibly passed Mo Xi, and wiped the basket directly.

Mo Xi planned to chase after him from behind, but Pierce seemed to have expected it, and his left hand was always on it, blocking Mo Xi.

At the beginning of the second quarter, Pierce came off the horse.

The Knicks went on offense. Although the Knicks' current lineup shows that the outside offensive point on the surface is Houston and the fulcrum on the interior is Moxi, in fact, these five people can be offensive endpoints.

Charles opted to pass the ball to Mo Xi first. After receiving the ball, Mo Xi chiseled in a few times and hit the ground near the three-second zone and passed it to Houston, who ran over.

Houston leaned in towards Wallace, and the two made a hand-to-hand coordination while Houston took the opportunity to run towards the baseline.

Wallace passed the ball to Mo Xi again, and Mo Xi did not pause, passing the ball directly to Houston on his side, who did not hesitate to make a decisive shot before the defenders rushed over, and hit the shot.

There aren't many points that the Celtics' lineup can attack, and Pierce doesn't get a chance to catch the ball when he goes around and around. At this point, substitute center forward Tony Barty came up to catch the ball.

Tony Barty's style is slightly different from that of the average center, his style of play is lighter, more like a striker, and although many people say that Robinson plays like a defender, Mo Xi believes that in terms of his hand-to-hand situation, the style of the guy in front of him is more like an outside player than Robinson.

Tony Barty first dangled from the free throw line, but although he was not shaken, his feet still moved a little, and his center of gravity had already risen. Barty crossed the step and broke through from the right side, but his speed was not fast, and although Moxi's center of gravity shifted, he still kept up very steadily. When Barty reached the position of the half-volley, he suddenly grabbed the ball with both hands and took a big step forward, Mo Xi hurriedly followed a big step back, and then only saw Barty take a step, skip Mo Xi, and make a backhand layup.

Mo Xi was caught off guard and hurriedly jumped up, but fortunately, his height advantage was enough, but he still interfered with the opponent, and Barty's layup rolled out. Mo Xi quickly grabbed the rebound, and the Knicks turned to offense.

It's not for nothing that Adrian was named Rookie of the Year last month, not to mention his defensive ability, and the only person he has seen is Sprewell and the Bruce Bowen he met before.

Houston was very uncomfortable to defend, and he had to give up the idea of attacking with the ball, but Adrian's close defense made it difficult for him to shoot the first time after receiving the ball, and he chose to move the scoring point to the inside and put it in the hands of Mo Xi after several rounds of unsuccessful attacks.

When Mo Xi faced Barty, the physical advantage was obvious, and he chiseled in step by step, and the latter could only retreat. Just as Mo Xi was about to turn around and hook his hand, a green figure suddenly rushed up, it was Pierce.

Pitino was born in the college league, and there are three biggest differences between him and the league, one is the famous 35-second offense, one is the NCAA free throw rule, and the other is the league is now gradually beginning to allow the adoption of the joint defense policy, of course, there is no official statement that the joint defense strategy can be used in the game, but there is no doubt that the referee has stopped blowing joint defensive fouls. Initially, in order to defend Jordan, many teams began to play the edge ball of joint defense, even the Pistons, which had the strongest defense, also used this defensive strategy to defend Jordan's common tactics, and at that time, the league had a penalty specifically for joint defense, and when the Olympics were lost, the league officially announced that it would allow joint defense.

Pierce's defensive strength has increased greatly under Pitino's tutelage, and the number of steals has surged, Pierce directly stepped forward to wrap Mo Xi, Mo Xi was just about to turn around, Pierce's bag clamp is very scheming, not too urgent, but it is not very easy, Mo Xi unfortunately chooses to continue to play back, and can also choose to pass, but Pierce understands Mo Xi, and Mo Xi will definitely hesitate in this case.

Sure enough, when Mo Xi saw Pierce come forward to wrap up, there was a pause in his movements, whether it was to continue to turn or pass the ball was a good choice, but the slight deviation from Pierce's idea was that Mo Xi's hesitation did not last long.

Mo Xi was very decisive at this moment, he chose the most difficult way, he made a feint, turned back reflexively, and let Pierce go, Barty saw this, and quickly pounced to defend, but it was at this time that Mo Xi stepped forward, squeezed open a gap, and before Pierce rushed over, he shot in a very awkward position between the two, and put the ball into the basket with both hands.

Mo Xi's success in this blow seems to have turned on some kind of switch, and suddenly became unstoppable on the offensive end.

Next, Mo Xi got another chance to attack with his back, still facing Barty. Mo Xi's offense this time is much more decisive, he first chiseled a few times, leaned on the inside, and then turned his back directly, using his wide back to directly push the opponent, and forced the inside line, the Celtics' big forward came up from the side and planned to chase the hat, but Mo Xi seemed to have foreseen it in advance, made a pull-up rebound, and sent the ball to the basket before landing.

Seeing that Barty was completely unable to limit Moxi, and there was only a limit to what he could do on the offensive end, Pitino simply replaced him with the Celtics' starting center, and in terms of tonnage, this kind of counterpoint Moxi would never be able to play.

Pitino's plan is not wrong, this kind of tonnage of the inside Mo Xi now wants to push the opponent, it will take a lot of effort, but in the face of such a center Mo Xi feels extremely happy, because Mo Xi's style is still more inclined to dexterity.

Mo Xi wanted to be very shallow this time, sitting on the other party in the waist position, feeling the pressure of 290 pounds behind him, Mo Xi even had a feeling that if he didn't rely on the horse step to stand firm, he would even be pushed out directly by the other party, which has nothing to do with strength, but purely because of the big difference in weight. But Mo Xi didn't care about this, swayed left and right, and then didn't see the ball for a long time, and when the opponent was at a loss, Mo Xi had already strode to the basket, and no one defended it and directly dunked it.

Pitino scolded off the court, there must be gains and losses, this kind of weight must make people very inflexible, not all basketball players have a nickname called "ladder", not every fat man can do a one-handed back crotch dribble such an action. (This is the real genius of basketball, it's a pity, it's a pity because it's so fat)

Mo Xi won a blow, and without hesitation, he continued to ask for the ball and hit it again.

Charles was very cooperative, and directly hoisted the ball to Mo Xi, Mo Xi was still in the waist position this time, and the other party had to be a lot more careful this time.

But Mo Xi didn't care about it, it seemed that he really opened his heart, and it turned out to be a person with his back to the ball, grabbed the ball with his right hand and knocked it back, leaned on the opposite side and turned to the left, and at the same time pushed the opponent's waist with his left hand, and rushed out with the help of the force, picked up the ball and rushed directly to the basket, this time Pierce wanted to come back to make up for the defense, but Mo Xi had already gained momentum, and rose into the air, Pierce had no choice but to dodge, not that he was afraid, but he didn't want to take a foul because of this.

Mo Xi's next performance directly exploded the opponent's center, and Mo Xi was in the position just now, the opponent was like a big enemy, and the eyes of the entire Celtic were focused on Mo Xi, and everyone was ready to step forward to make up for the defense at any time.

Mo Xi was expressionless at this, still focused, this time he seemed to repeat his old tricks, and once again he had a human ball. Mo Xi leaned on the other party, holding the ball in both hands, grabbing the ball with his right hand at will and knocking it back, and the whole person turned in the opposite direction. The defender was a little angry, so he was very angry when he used the same trick again and again to play him, and he didn't care where the ball was, he directly pushed with both hands, blocked Mo Xi, and dealt with the ball by man, the best way is to mark the ball and release the ball.

But Mo Xi didn't want to divide the ball at all, he actually knocked the ball back directly from the opponent's crotch, Mo Xi re-controlled the ball with one hand and pulled it in the direction of the left hand, and the opponent moved, Mo Xi changed direction again, and burst into the basket.

Mo Xi's series of actions seem to be a defender, but Mo Xi is very self-aware, this is only because the opponent is too cumbersome compared to him, and his dribbling is definitely not so good. After Mo Xi passed the defender, he was faced with two Celtic bags.

At this time, Mo Xi's inspiration suddenly exploded, risking his steps, and made another turn, but this turn was just to protect the ball, he passed the ball directly with the force of the turn, and it was given to John Wallace on the baseline, who did not break through again, and directly hit a jumper.

The Celtics were crushed.

Not only defensively, but also offensively, the Celtics did not get the effect they should have.

The opponent's center didn't want to return one, but Mo Xi was very targeted at his defense, and he began to jam the opponent directly in the half, trying his best not to let the opponent enter the three-second zone.

This kind of defense almost only exists in theory, in the league, unless it is the kind of weight difference, the strength gap is also very large The alignment will be completed, Mo Xi is naturally in this list, but Mo Xi's defense is very smart, he presses the opponent tightly, changing the direction at any time, so that the opponent can never receive the pass from his teammates, and he wants to come to the inside card position, at least it will take a long time, Mo Xi believes that with the discipline of the Celtics, he will never give him so much time.

In the end, the ball was handed over to Pierce to deal with.

Pierce faced Wallace, both of them belonged to that kind of power forward, this fight can be described as Mars hitting the earth, and in the end, Pierce was better, squeezed Wallace away, and rushed inside like a bomb with a basketball.

At this time, the fastest defender was Thomas, Thomas's defense was not the toughest in the Knicks lineup, nor the best one, but it was definitely the most ruthless one, and he slapped it on Pierce's chest.

Pierce, who had walked in front of the Ghost Gate of Death, almost scoffed at this, and he made a small fold in the air to avoid Thomas's defenses and lean towards Thomas.

At this time, a slender palm stretched out, Mo Xi got rid of the entanglement, rushed to the basket, and pulled out Pierce's ball, because the one just folded in the air, Pierce's protection of the ball was released, Mo Xi broke the ball, and directly found Charles with a long pass, and Charles made a fast layup.

In the second quarter of the civil war of the Los Angeles street kids, Mo Xi broke out in excellent form and led the Knicks to force down the Celtics.