The Spurs' starting lineup is easy to guess, with David Robinson, Tim Duncan, Bruce Bowen, Steve Smith plus a Tony Parker. And the Knicks have changed slightly, and I don't know if it's to cater to some gimmicks or really need it, Van Gundy put Patrick Ewing, who was just ready to play, into the starting position, against David Robinson, and Mo Xi came to the fourth position, facing Duncan, such a-for-tat arrangement, it must be impossible to say that Van Gundy didn't get any instructions before the game, after all, this is a business league, and there is really no problem with such a matchup, You can't expect Kurt Thomas to be able to defend against Duncan, although Thomas, although he can put some pressure on the other side, but in fact, at critical moments, once Duncan really exerts his strength, Thomas still can't prevent it.

And so a war between the Spurs and the Knicks began

As for other positions, it's even more similar, both small forwards are 3D players, of course, Spreville is better on the offensive end, but Bowen's defensive ability is stronger, and the scoring guard, both sides are first-class scorers, stronger offense than defense, often rely on the protection of teammates, but the gap in point guard is a little big, at this time Tony Parker has no ability, just fast, and Mark Jackson is actually really strong, no weaknesses, just too slow, the two sides back and forth, I don't know who will have the upper hand.

At the start of the game, Ewing couldn't beat Robinson with the jump ball, and the Spurs won the first offense.

As soon as the whistle blew, Mo Xi and Duncan looked very focused, different from their "talking and laughing" off the court, and now, their faces were extremely serious.

The Spurs hoisted the ball into Robinson's low post inside.

At this time, Mo Xi was stubbornly holding Duncan, and both of them were spinning one step inside the three-point line, and Mo Xi used his own strength to jam Duncan, not planning to let him in.

Something happened to the Spurs in the low post, Robinson was not as good as in the past after all, his body was still slightly worse than Ewing, and the space under the basket was killed by Ewing. Robinson couldn't make any moves, and Robinson passed the ball back to him.

Bowen receives the ball on the outside and passes it laterally to Parker.

Parker and Duncan had one more block, but the Knicks did not change their defenses, and Mo Xi stepped forward to delay a little, Parker thought he saw an opportunity, and directly crossed the ball and hit Duncan, but Duncan was still in the defensive range of Mo Xi, plus Mark Jackson's strength, Duncan had no chance to break through, Duncan suddenly leaned on Mo Xi and began to single him in the high post.

Duncan's strength is very strong, even O'Neal can arch with the other party, he and Mo Xi stalemate, Duncan suddenly exerted force, Mo Xi took a step back, and then suddenly turned around, as if to hang Robinson on the inside.

However, Mo Xi didn't intend to ignore him, and when he was forced to take a step back, Mo Xi quickly pasted it.

Duncan used his shoulder to resist Mo Xi, at this time Duncan had already lost some offensive dominance, but the ball was delayed in Robinson's hands for too long, and now it is twenty seconds, Duncan used his shoulder to push Mo Xi, half turned around and threw directly.

The iron was struck, and Ewing collected the rebound.

In the first round of the Spurs Twin Towers vs. the Knicks Twin Towers, the Knicks Twin Towers defended the opponent's offense.

The Knicks twin towers were quick to shoot back, and when they came to the offensive end, Ewing mentioned the high post to build a wall for Mark Jackson.

The two old people cooperated quite skillfully, although the action was very slow, so slow that everyone could react and keep up, but they couldn't prevent it, and Ewing got a chance to shoot in an empty position.

It's a pity that Ewing hasn't played for a long time, and his hand feels a little stiff, and the ball bounces out on the back edge of the basket.

Mo Xi immediately gave up the frontcourt rebound and quickly retreated.

In the first five minutes, the two sides focused on the inside, but it was obvious that Ewing had just returned from the Knicks, and he was still a little uncomfortable with the rhythm of the court and was suppressed by Robinson.

And Mo Xi and Duncan began to explode each other, Mo Xi and other my offensive ability is stronger than Duncan, but correspondingly, Mo Xi's defense is good, but it is still almost meaningless, in front of Duncan is a little unreasonable, the two each scored six points and two rebounds, but the Spurs temporarily led 10:8. During the technical timeout, Van Gundy replaced Ewing and Mo Xi returned to the fifth position.

Van Gundy's approach disappointed fans, but this is the most rational behavior for the Knicks, once Mo Xi and Duncan get fired, it will inevitably be divided a lot of energy, which is harmful to the Knicks as a whole, Van Gundy intends to let Mo Xi get out of Duncan, at least in the early stage.

However, what made Van Gundy feel terrified was that although the Spurs' position was not changed, Duncan came directly to defend Moxi, although it was not the No. 5 position, but all the things in the No. 5 position, Duncan was doing.

And after the Spurs came to the offensive end, it was Robinson who covered Duncan and forced Mo Xi to play against Duncan.

-for-tat, this is a thorough-for-tat, Popovich boldly grabbed the strongest point of the Knicks to play, maybe he couldn't see anything in the early stage, but the further back, the more difficult the Knicks said, and because Duncan defended Mo Xi, the Spurs never used others to come forward to wrap Mo Xi, Mo Xi had to be a pure interior organizer even if he wanted to pass, so that the Knicks fell behind a little more, Mo Xi immediately changed his style of play and strengthened his offense.

Because of the presence of Bruce Bowen, only Houston on the Knicks' side can help Mo Xi, and the two of them are a mile away, but they also stabilized the situation.

With three minutes left in the first quarter, the two sides officially entered the rotation lineup, and in this regard, the Knicks pressed the Spurs to play.

Before the Spurs led by four points and was instantly chased by the Knicks, Popovich frowned from the court, the bench lineup is still a little worse, if there is a Coop-a-loop (Michael Cooper, best sixth man) then the Spurs at that time are the real championship contenders, and it is better to have another excellent role player.

Popovich's coaching ability is not as terrifying as it used to be, and he casually turns decay into magic.

In the final part of the first quarter, Steve Smith led the team to face off against the Knicks' second team led by Sprewell.

At the end of the first quarter, the two sides were tied at 24 and returned to the same running line, and the dark clouds above San Antonio's head were getting thicker and thicker, and at some point it was an angry thunderbolt.