Although the Knicks scored 50 points at halftime and took a big lead, Paul Pearce's performance still made the new champion a little uncomfortable.

"This is New York, this is Madison Square Garden, we can't let a L.A. kid go wild here!"

With such a slogan, the Knicks returned to the court in a big way, and this time, it was clear that the Celtics would face a huge challenge.

Van Gundy made changes in the midcourt, Sprewell put all of his energy into defense and playmaking, and limited Arenas' shots, and the basketball machine called the Knicks began to work.

The second half started with the Celtics' offensive possession, and Paul Pierce seemed intent on using his superior offensive touch to continue to open up for the Celtics, but things didn't seem to be going the way he expected.

Pierce once again singled Sprewell on the flank, but this time he couldn't get out of the defense, and Sprewell went from head to tail, and Pierce was forced to turn his back to protect the ball.

Pierce was going to use his power to push Sprewell inside, but Sprewell gritted his teeth and pushed Pierce outside the three-second zone.

At this time, Tony Barty stepped forward to block for Pierce, and Pierce turned around and rushed directly to the basket.

However, at the same time as Tony Barty stepped forward to block the pick-and-roll, he also brought Mo Xi over.

Moxi's defensive blind spots are outside defense and a style similar to David Robinson's face-frame offense, and the protection of the basket, Moxi still inherits the characteristics of a traditional center.

Mo Xi turned around, chased the hat directly behind Pierce, and fanned the ball down with one palm, and landed on the ground.

Sprewell stepped forward, picked up the ball, turned around, and the Knicks launched a fast break.

Sprewell threw straight to the frontcourt, Arenas scurried, Houston appeared diagonally behind, and the Knicks hit one-two at halftime.

The Celtics, who returned to defense, didn't even have the strength to fight back, and could only watch Houston's final flying layup.

Feeling the huge defensive pressure from Sprewell, Pierce could no longer score as unscrupulously as in the first half, and the next round of offense was still guarded by Sprewell, who controlled the rebound, and then made a long penetration, which accurately passed through the half court and fell directly in front of Arenas.

After Arenas received the ball, he accelerated again, and with a flat horse in front of him, Arenas flew up and staged a fast-break dunk.

The Celtics attacked again, and this time Pierce chose to break through and distribute the ball to Walker outside the three-point line.

But what is very surprising is that Walker, who has always liked to shoot wildly, threw the ball directly out as soon as it touched his hand, as if it was not a basketball, but a bomb about to explode.

The bomb fell into the hands of Tony Barty, and at this time, the helpless Barty had to choose to attack with a frame and face Mo Xi.

Barty crossed his steps and broke straight forward, trying to break through Moxi's flank, but Moxi moved lightly and directly blocked Barty's offensive line.

This is also the time when Barty is waiting, Barty dribbles hard, makes a big jump, goes from one side to the other, and raises his hand directly to make a layup.

Barty's jump was very large, but Moxi's defense seemed to suddenly open up, and he quickly moved sideways and directly pressed down the basketball that had not yet been shot.

The Knicks' iron-blooded defense, which was once thought to be no longer going to be repeated, reappeared, and the Knicks continued to block the opponent's offense cleanly.

This time the Knicks did not choose to break fast, Arenas pouted, it seemed to be a little dissatisfied, but this is also something that can't be helped, the Knicks are a slow-paced team, don't look at the high score of 50 points in the first half, it is all based on the Knicks' high hits, more simply the Celtics can't let go of the Knicks, but for the Knicks, the offense they are most accustomed to is still like this.

Arenas steadily pushed the ball across the halfcourt.

After a block, Mo Xi fell directly to the low post to ask for the ball.

At this time, the Celtics switched defenses, and the defense was only a point guard with a height of less than 190, and Arenas did not hesitate to pass the ball to Moxi.

Mo Xi made an effortless impact, directly pushed the defender, and turned to split the dunk.

This is the most troublesome thing for the Celtics, they can't limit Mo Xi's play on the inside, not even Mo Xi, even Brand They can't limit it, Brand also has a very good back shot, and it is almost a foregone conclusion that the Knicks will completely blow up the Celtics' interior in this game.

The Celtics put on a new interior lineman, Wen Baker, at least the defensive ability is better than Tony Barty, but it is useless, Mo Xi still goes his own way, but Pierce, who killed all sides in the first half, struggled very much under the full care of Sprewell, and the shooting rate dropped directly to below 40%.

Van Gundy was not enough, replaced Brand and Houston, replaced with Dale Davis and Barnes, and the entire Knicks became the most classic way to match the two-person main offense and three-person main defense, in fact, it is more practical to say that Mo Xi is tearing the Celtics alone, but when the Celtics shrink, Arenas and Sprewell still have a good three-point hand, even the rookie Barnes can shoot a few three-pointers.

However, Mo Xi killed the game very directly.

The Celtics are packing again, this time Pierce is in the pack, and Eric Williams is not far away, and this time the Celtics are even ready for a three-man pack, as long as Mo Xi moves in a little more.

As if he hadn't seen the Celtics' gift, Mo Xi resisted the defender and squeezed in directly.

The Celtics' unhesitating three-man bag seems to be intending to press Mo Xi directly in the three-second zone.

Someone once commented on David Robinson, this left-handed player who didn't use his right brain too much to think on the court, his achievements are by no means comparable to today's, and since last year's finals, he has some understanding of this sentence, it's okay to play and think, but sometimes you don't need to think about playing at all, you just need to beat everyone who tries to stop you, and then put the ball in the basket.

That's what Mo Xi is doing now.

With a pout of his buttocks and a top of his back, Mo Xi first pushed away the Celtics center behind him, and then when the other two Celtics stepped forward to grab, he dribbled the ball hard, smashed the ball to the floor, and then grabbed the ball with one hand, slammed it, turned around and jumped, and cut directly to the basket.

There was a loud bang.

Leave a place of surprise and admiration. On a technical level, Mo Xi has reached his peak ahead of schedule.

After playing most of the third quarter, Mo Xi was substituted, and the Knicks led the Celtics by as many as 26 points.

In this game, Mo Xi only played 24 minutes, 11 of 11 shots, plus five free throws, Mo Xi cut 27 points, 9 rebounds, 3 assists and 4 blocks.

In the end, the Knicks won three in a row 99-78.