At 2:6, the Knicks lead.

In the next half quarter, every two or three rounds, the Knicks had to use a strategy based on Garnett's breakthrough. After the referee gave the whistle to take care of it, Garnett successfully completed Li Wei's entrustment, and even shot and made free throws, scoring another 8 points!

Garnett brought up the momentum of the Knicks, and in the second half of the first quarter, New York led by a large score, and Li Wei replaced Garnett, Big Z and others and replaced them with substitutes.

Pat Riley didn't make a substitution, but let the main force continue to insist, he wanted to chase points!

It's a pity that the Heat is a defense-oriented team, not to mention Mourning and Dan Marley, the team's power forward PJ Brown is also a super defensive giant, and has been selected to the best defensive team many times in his previous life.

In the '06-07 season, Bulls coach Skels still said, "PJ is the best interior defender on the team," despite having four-time Defensive Player of the Year Ben Wallace. ”

In '08, PJ Brown retired, and the Celtics gathered the Big Three of Garnett, Ray Allen, and Pierce to challenge for the championship.

In order to win the championship, Pierce and Ray Allen went to PJ Brown's home during the All-Star Game and invited him out of the mountain. After receiving the support of his family, PJ Brown returned to the mountains and finally helped the Celtics win the championship!

Compared to the iron bucket defense, the Heat's offense is a little undersighted.

Tim Hardaway is too short and skinny, and he suffers in this era of fierce physical confrontation, and with a major knee injury, he can't break through as frantically as he used to.

Alonzo Mourning's skills are all-round, with his back, layups, mid-range shots, and hooks, but his height disadvantage is too great. After the Knicks' starting center Big Z is off the court, Ben Wallace, who comes off the bench, can also fight with him!

In the face of Big Ben's defense, Mourning also performed mediocre and failed to help the team turn the tables!

The Knicks' bench group limited Mourning on the inside and Hardaway on the outside, and the Heat could only hope for the shooters' hand if they wanted to open up the situation.

Pale Riley has a large number of shooters and is also the No. 4 three-point team this season behind the Knicks, Rockets and SuperSonics. But shooting is really a matter of watching the sky, and the Knicks also know their characteristics, focusing on outside shooting, so they are very iron throughout the quarter!

At 17:29, the Knicks led by 12 points in the first quarter.

In the second quarter, as soon as the two sides started with a bench fight, the Knicks took advantage again. The Heat's backup point guard, who once set an NCAA steal record, Eric Murdoch, who is known as a steal man, failed to limit Nash, allowing the opponent to shoot and open up the situation!

In the second half of the second quarter, the Knicks' main force returned to the court, and Garnett continued to fight Dan Marley, forcing the Heat to adjust their defensive layout.

However, when Pat Riley let PJ Brown and Mourning move forward to block Garnett's breakthrough route as much as possible, Li Wei waved his hand on the sidelines and changed tactics!

In the next few rounds, Garnett did not break through, but held the ball on the perimeter. The Knicks have a lot more empty cuts to slip the bottom line!

Brown and Mourning stood up front, guarding against Garnett's breakthrough, of course, it was impossible to take care of everything, so several chances to score easily came out!

At halftime, the score was 33:54, and the Knicks led by 21 points!

Mike Brin smiled: "Coach Riley said that Coach Li was a puppet doll, but he was beaten to the ground, which is a bit of a big loss of face!" ”

Walter Fraser said, "He'll say it's Chuck Daley's work!" ”

Mike Brin said: "But when Chuck Daley led the team alone, he lost to the Heat twice, could it be that he is only used to directing behind the scenes?" ”

Fraser laughed, "Hahaha! Mike, don't say it so absolutely, the Heat may be able to turn defeat into victory! ”

In the third quarter, the Heat team got up, and their shooters felt very good in this quarter, especially the backup small forward Keith Askins, who actually shot three in a row!

Li Wei looked at Askins and hit three yuan, a little helpless. This guy actually has a good shooting ability, but he is not good at three-point shooting. After returning to the original distance from the three-point line this season, he shot just 28 percent from the field.

With a score of 31:24 in the quarter, the Heat recovered seven points, but the Knicks still entered the fourth quarter with a 14-point advantage!

In the fourth quarter, Riley still wanted to create a miracle, but unfortunately the players couldn't do it.

The Knicks are back-to-back games, everyone is tired, and what about the Miami Heat?

They had just finished fighting in Minnesota yesterday and were flying to New York today. Although Minneapolis is the easternmost of the West's home courts, back-to-back away games are exhausting!

And the Heat aren't the Knicks, they don't make big rotations. Mourning, Hardaway, Dan Marley and others have played nearly 40 minutes, and if they fight again today, they should be really more than enough but not enough!

"Hey!" Pat Riley sighed and glanced at a white man on the bench.

After the All-Star break, he traded backup center Isaac Austin, backup guard Charles Smith, and a first-round pick in '98 for Clippers guard Brent Barry.

Brent Barry is the youngest son of legendary superstar Rick Barry, the No. 15 rookie in '95, and his contract expires at the end of the season. He shoots very accurately, in addition to having a rare physical quality among white people, and just won the slam dunk contest in '96, which is also the first white slam dunk king in NBA history.

The Clippers will definitely not renew the contract of such a high-priced rookie, so they changed the Heat's draft pick in advance.

Unfortunately, after Brent Barry arrived with the Clippers, his defensive attitude did not satisfy Riley. Pat Riley wants him to be the next Dan Marley, but Brent Barry doesn't seem to think so.

Playing time has shrunk and Brent Barry has gone from bad to worse in his limited playing time, and now Riley simply doesn't want to let him play.

"It would be nice if Austin was still around, he would at least be able to go inside for a while." Pat Riley thought silently.

In the end, Riley still didn't let Barry play, and the rest of the Heat played the whole game.

80:103, the Knicks at home won a big victory!

Alonzo Mourning had 26 points and eight rebounds, but it wasn't very efficient, Tim Hardaway had 16 points and 11 assists on 6-of-22 shooting, and PJ Brown grabbed 12 rebounds.

On the Knicks' side, Garnett had 29 points, 7 rebounds and 9 assists, Alan Houston had 22 points, Oakley had 14 points and 13 rebounds, and Big Z didn't have much playing time, 13 points and 7 boards.

After the game, New York reporters asked Pat Riley what it was like to lose to the puppet dolls, and Riley grimaced and only said that they had played a very bad game.

On the Knicks' side, reporters also asked Li Wei if he was a puppet doll.

Li Wei nodded and said: "That's right, the team won the game because of Chuck and my assistant coaching team, as well as the credit of all the players, I just shouted on the sidelines!" ”

Chuck Daley said with a smile: "David is the head coach of the team, he is responsible for all our tactical arrangements, and I, like other assistant coaches, only play a supporting role. People on the outside may not imagine how smart David is, but I personally think that he is a qualified manager and will get better and better. ”