At halftime, Mo Xi quietly went out and found Van Gundy, after all, Arenas has a good relationship with him, if he blatantly pulls up playing time for his friends, it may attract the disgust of the two Knicks big brothers, Mark Jackson and Ward are the three dynasties veterans of the Knicks, in this league of seniority, Mo Xi Although the team status is still quite high, he is actually still a small character.

Mo Xi whispered to Van Gundy: "Coach, I think in the second half, we might as well add some outside firepower, and the responsibility of organizing the offense can be a cameo for me and Sprewell, the Mavericks are running too fast." ”

Mo Xi's words completely point out the problem of the Knicks now, since Charles is gone, the Knicks' outside line is still a little difficult to defend the high-speed and agile point guard, and can only rely on Ward alone, while Mark Jackson is a real point guard representative of the power faction, and when playing against a team like the Mavericks, his advantage in strength is far from being able to offset the loss of speed.

Van Gundy obviously considered this problem carefully, but for Van Gundy, it is still defense first, he has not considered using offense to solve the problem at all, he is still thinking about how to use defense to block the calf, after hearing Mo Xi's words, he was slightly stunned, for this big man, Van Gundy is still very dependent, and Mo Xi's ball quotient is also very high, there is no problem with the judgment of the situation on the field, and the young man's unbridled imagination has really brought a lot of benefits to the team, But strengthen the outside firepower? Van Gundy didn't know who else the Knicks could use to bolster their outside firepower, and after injuries to Larry Johnson and the bench at small forward, the Knicks' outside firepower flaws were exposed.

Mo Xi wanted to say something at this time, but he also knew that it was too much, Arenas usually trained hard enough, and it didn't make sense that Van Gundy couldn't pay attention?

This is not to blame Van Gundy, after all, in this era, the only point guard with super outside firepower is now only one AI is famous, and others such as Byron Davis have not yet played, in this era, the best point guard evaluation is Stockton, Magic Johnson and the smiling assassin Isaiah Thomas, (Isaiah Thomas is actually an offensive point guard, but he is more of a shadow of a traditional point guard) In ancient times, you may be able to add Big O and others, And now Arenas, in Van Gundy's eyes, he is a kid who lies about his height to play a quarterback in order to score, and is furious when he learns that he has not been selected.

Van Gundy waved his hand, signaling that Mo Xi could go back, and he would consider Mo Xi's opinion, but it was hard to say how to do it.

However, what everyone didn't expect was that Van Gundy was stunned by two brushes, he simply took the point guard off the court in the second half and replaced him with Camby, since Camby's glass man attributes began to break out, Van Gundy expected a lot less from him, after all, a defensive center who could be injured at any time and lacked physical confrontation, his development prospects were not good, and he could only be regarded as a role player who could be used well in the Knicks, after all, Whether it's Moxie or Thomas, or the retiring Johnson and Ewing, they can help Camby block the player, and Camby will block from the wing.

Now the Knicks have replaced a big lineup, but because the three interior lines are all fast-moving, and the Mavericks are actually a frontcourt composed of three swing people at the three, four, and five positions, but in terms of movement speed, such a lineup is not a big loss for the Knicks.

The New York Knicks, who formed the Long Team, returned to their familiar rhythm in the second half, while the Mavericks, they were in trouble.

The Knicks' height has a clear advantage, except for the quarterback and Nowitzki who is on the court to the center position, everyone else is much shorter than the Knicks, as for Nowitzki and Moxi, obviously at halftime both coaches have made targeted arrangements, once Moxi enters the low post, Juwan Howard will immediately put aside Camby to help defend, but if you don't let him enter the low post, it's better not to let him enter the low post, as for the Knicks' side to defend Nowitzki is more flexible, Mo Xi is a single defense, Others like Camby, Thomas, etc., just jump if you have nothing to do.

So, at the beginning of the second half, the Mavericks were forced by the Knicks' strong defensive formation, and they all said that the Knicks were a jumper team, but in fact, the old Nelson's Mavericks were no different from the jump shot team.

Finley tried to make a move, but Thomas stood in front of him, and I went, a big mountain! Finley, who couldn't bear it, took three shots in a row, all of them iron, and the presence of Camby made Juwan Howard's rebounding impact not so easy to threaten.

As for Nowitzki, he's already had two blocks from Camby, and it's probably the most humiliating game the Mavericks have ever played.

The Mavericks played very hard, although the Knicks played relatively smoothly, but after all, a long circle of people on the court, and most of the Knicks' balls were handed over to Mo Xi, so the Knicks' rhythm naturally slowed down, although the shooting rate was very impressive, but in fact, the scores of both sides were still half a catty.

The Mavericks became more and more irritable in such an environment, and the Knicks felt more and more comfortable, and soon, the Knicks ushered in their first comeback of this game.

Ink Xi pushed Nowitzki to the low post, Finley and Juwan Howard secretly aimed at Mo Xi left and right, although the old Nelson's team does not pay attention to defense, but this does not mean that there is no defense, but they prefer to use offense to solve problems.

Sprewell burst halfway through, made a sudden stop, and slammed the ball to Mochi, and he sped to the other corner.

After Mo Xi got the ball, the Mavericks' Finley and Howard stepped forward at the same time, one left and one right, one fast and one slow, such a fast-break tactic is somewhat like George Carr's style. Mo Xi did not look panicked in the face of the menacing three-person bag, but half-squinted his eyes, and a simple Sigma turned around, took a step towards Howard's path, and his body was horizontal, and Howard collided solidly, with this force, Mo Xi retracted it again, and passed behind Nowitzki by mistake, and at the same time avoided Finley's bag by the way.

Nowitzki turned around to defend, but Mo Xi was already like a swimming fish, swimming directly under the basket, shaking it for a while, and at the same time shaking Juwan Howard and Nowitzki at the same time, he was a light half-turn, with a flick of his hand, a small hook under the basket hit, and the Knicks overtook by two points.

Nelson Sr. quickly called a timeout, and Van Gundy took the opportunity to replace Moxi with Osara Harrington, giving Moxi, who hadn't rested for a minute until now, to rest a little.

After Mo Xi got off the court, the Knicks' offense seemed a little monotonous, after all, these people on the court did not have good enough back ability, and the score was stalemate for a while, and the scores of the two sides staggered.

With just over a minute left in the third quarter, the two sides were tied again, and at this point, Van Gundy turned to the players below and said, "Mo, Arenas, get ready to play, I hope we can take the lead into the second half." ”

Mo Xi pulled the almost confused Arenas to the technical table.

Arenas struggled and said, "Don't help me, I can still stand." ”