The Knicks' play today is still relatively stable, although they did not prevent Harden's scoring, but their own side has also achieved good results by focusing on the interior play.

The two sides went back and forth, the scene was still very intense, and the score was always alternating upwards.

Before the game, even the periphery was optimistic that the Rockets could win the game, and after every time the Rockets lost one game, the next game would explode, so everyone was generally optimistic that the Rockets would win the final victory in this game.

What everyone didn't expect was that this sudden change of formation by the Knicks started directly from the Rockets' weakest interior line, and it was indeed very useful.

With Noah on the inside, the Knicks' players were surprisingly open today, and their shots didn't feel a little shrunken.

Noah may also be particularly active after entering the starting lineup again, constantly competing for rebounds on the inside, and has already won five rebounds in just half a quarter.

Playing like this, in this game, Noah went for the data of twenty rebounds.

Capela, who is also an interior line, can't be said not to work hard, but in the face of the Knicks' two big interior lines, Anderson is also very painful when Anderson does not have good interior support.

No way, I can't get out of the position.

Although the Knicks seem to be working well on the inside, Porzingis still needs to grow, and Noah is also injured, so there is no guarantee that he will play so well throughout the game.

Moreover, when they are really fierce, if they want to score by force, they still have to rely on Anthony.

However, the Rockets are different, whether it is Paul, Harden, or Cheng Lei on the Rockets' side, they all have the ability to stand up and score at critical moments.

That's the charm of a superstar, otherwise, why would every team want to sign a superstar.

After Harden attacked for a while, he also took the initiative to give up the ball, and no longer took the initiative to reach out for the ball, and needed to let the players find their touch.

Paul tentatively made a three-pointer.

DUANG!

It doesn't seem to be very good today, this is Paul's first three-point shot today, and the strength is a little heavier, if you add the previous two shots, Paul hasn't opened it today.

Paul doesn't have a good hand, and he doesn't continue to force shots to find his touch, and as a top point guard, he still needs to integrate the whole team.

Cheng Lei helped Anderson block and let Anderson rush all the way to the inside, Paul directly stuffed the ball in, and after Anderson scored, he started directly and rushed to the basket.

Today Anderson also fought hard and jumped up against Porzingis.

It's not Anderson's style of play, but he doesn't hesitate to jump towards the basket.

Porzingis naturally blocked it, and seeing that the ball was about to be shot off, Anderson folded his body in the air, and the ball avoided Porzingis' hand from the side and threw it to the basket.

The ball kept spinning on the basket, and after three or four turns, it finally fell into the bag, and Anderson breathed a sigh of relief.

"It's crazy, Anderson is actually a strong man, and the security is not like his previous style!" Rockets fans exclaimed.

Towards the end of the first quarter, Noah obviously felt that all aspects of physical fitness had not returned to the peak, and in a one-on-one situation, Capela began to gain the upper hand, and Anderson seemed to have found a way to defend Porzingis, in short, the Knicks' interior line was suddenly inaccurate.

If you can't score on the inside, the Knicks can only rely on Anthony to play at this time.

Although Anthony's style of play is not very flashy, his fundamentals are too good, and various scoring methods emerge in an endless stream, known as the league's offensive kaleidoscope.

If Anthony had LeBron's desire for a championship, he would probably have achieved more than LeBron.

It's just that Anthony doesn't seem to have much desire for a championship now, and compared to the championship, the top salary he gets is the most real.

When Cheng Lei defends LeBron, most of the time he only needs to block LeBron's offensive route and put some shooting distance, but when defending Anthony, this move is absolutely not good.

You can't afford to be sloppy in defending Anthony, he has too many offensive methods and there are almost no dead ends.

It doesn't take too many fancy moves, it's pure strength, weight, leaning back against Cheng Lei, and pushing it in step by step.

The fierce muscle collision between the two was heard clearly by the audience who were close.

Although Cheng Lei's core strength is very strong, he still suffers a loss compared to Anthony in terms of weight, and in terms of height, Cheng Lei also suffers a loss against Anthony.

After Anthony stepped back a few times, he didn't go inside, he came up directly in the help defense, and directly turned over and jumped to solve the battle.

Good guy, he actually used Nowitzki's golden rooster jumper, and the raised foot directly cut off Cheng Lei's heart that wanted to block, and he could only watch Anthony throw the ball.

"Boy, there's still a lot to learn, try to stop me!" Anthony said to Cheng Lei.

Paul often mentions Cheng Lei in front of Anthony, and after many times, Anthony also has a good impression of Cheng Lei, otherwise, he would not have helped Cheng Lei.

"Cameron, my mission today is to defend against you with all my might!" Cheng Lei said with a slight smile.

On the offensive end, the Rockets are now playing relatively simply, generally catching and shooting after blocking and dismantling when there is an opportunity, and if there is no opportunity, it is Harden who is strong on offense.

This time, Harden had a chance and did not shoot directly, but rushed in and gave the ball directly to Capela.

In a comfortable position, after receiving the ball, he rushed up directly, faced Noah, and put the ball into the basket.

The Knicks possessed the ball, and the offense was still handed over to Anthony, and Anthony didn't have any fancy moves, after dribbling the ball under the two crotches, he turned sideways directly, and after finding Cheng Lei's position, he was ready to play with his back to the single.

If you want to talk about this move, it turns out that Kobe Bryant is the best in the league, but Anthony's move is also very tough.

Syllable... Syllable... After Anthony dribbled the ball twice, his body jerked and he began to squeeze the position.

Cheng Lei was also mentally prepared and didn't let a single step.

"It's been a long time since I've seen Anthony play so seriously," said Kenyon Martin, who used to be teammates with Anthony.

"That's how men play!" Barkley said.

Anthony also knows very well that he doesn't take advantage of Cheng Lei's pure strength, and the reason why he pushes a few times so hard is so that Cheng Lei can't keep up with his changing movements later.

After pushing hard again, Anthony unexpectedly made a back dribble, the whole person quickly turned back, and after holding the ball in his right hand, he had already jumped up and shot before Cheng Lei made the next move.

Anthony is an old fritter, as long as he jumps and shoots, basically Cheng Lei can't stop it, just look at his leg raised high, if this is pushed up, it is estimated that the egg will be broken.

(End of chapter)