After coming on the court after a timeout, the Knicks also showed the momentum of victory. Pen & Fun & Pavilion www.biquge.info

Their first offensive play was a success, with Lehi drawing attention and assisting Marbury for a three-pointer.

Marcin Gortat, who replaced Eddie Curry, also showed enough effort, and the Pistons didn't have a figure like O'Neal on the inside, and Gortat wouldn't have any problems playing for a longer time.

The key is that the Knicks are united, and under the leadership of several core players, they did not give the Pistons a chance to expand the score, and at the end of the first quarter, with Lehi's whistle shot, they narrowed the score gap to 3 points.

By the second quarter, the Pistons' madness really began to wane.

If you can't get a tactical advantage, you can't sustain the whole game with enthusiasm alone, which is even more unreliable than relying on a star to turn things around.

However, two of their team's top scorers, Billups and Hamilton, continued to go strong.

In fact, at this time, the Pistons are back to the situation when the two teams met for the first time, which can be regarded as the most conventional performance of their main lineup.

It's just that they don't dare to increase the playing time of the substitutes anymore, and it depends on whether they win or lose.

After the Knicks adapted to the rhythm of the other team, they also played better and better, and when Ben Wallace came off the break, they took the lead in using a small lineup, and the score was overtaken at once.

The piston saw that something was wrong and immediately made adjustments.

By halftime, the Knicks were trailing by just one point, 45-46.

"I just said, they can't support it for that long, or we have more staying power."

Listening to Lehi's rude analogy, a group of people laughed, and head coach Larry Brown talked about the details that appeared in the first half, and asked the players to pay attention to the second half.

In the rest room on the Pistons' side, the two Wallaces were also a little excited, they did their best to play like this, and they were extremely unwilling to fail like this.

The couple had been playing together for some time, and after a few shouts, they had some fighting spirit, and Billups emphasized: "We must win this home game, and I don't want to be beaten with my head down at home." ”

Heading into the second half, Billups led by example, first providing just the right assist for Rasheed Wallace to score, and then beating Francis for a free throw to stretch the score to five points.

At this time, Lehi rushed to grab the offensive rebound and hit the board.

"The second impact of the other party has begun, but we can't stop even two hundred impacts, don't be cowardly."

"Sun Tzu is cowardly, and we have never been afraid of them."

Feeling the Knicks' fighting spirit, the Pistons also gritted their teeth, they had no way out, and they could only go home obediently if they lost this time.

Prince also showed a strong desire to win, taking advantage of Ben Wallace's cover to run to the baseline three-pointer, receiving a pass from Billups and making a decisive shot, hitting a three-point shot.

Under Lehi's defense, Prince has not played very comfortably in these games, and some shots will have concerns, for fear of wasting the team's opportunities, and now that he has completely let go, he also has to contribute his strength on the offensive end.

When it was the Knicks' turn to attack, Lehi made a shooting move at the three-point line, Prince rarely pounced, he defended very hard, but the action was generally not big, and now he is also out of the way.

However, Lehi didn't intend to return the color, and when he saw the dot fly Prince, he immediately started at full speed and rushed in, Ben Wallace stepped forward, and his big palm completely sealed the space for Leal's basket.

He made another move that was satisfactory and expected, the hand for the layup was empty, and the other hand comfortably sent the ball to Eddie Curry, who immediately dunked with both hands.

Excited enough but calm, Lehi always does the right thing to help the team.

Billups and Rasheed Wallace both tried to pull away with three-pointers, and even if they didn't want to admit it, they subconsciously worried that a long-term stalemate with the Knicks would go wrong.

But the Knicks had anticipated the problem for a long time, and at halftime, they talked about defending Billups' three-point shot and how to intervene with Rasheed Wallace slipping beyond the three-point line.

The opponent missed the three-point shot, and the Knicks immediately counterattacked, even if it was the Pistons, it was difficult to have any effective way to face the breakthrough of the Knicks when they were in rotation.

The Knicks have so many people to shoot that they don't know who to focus on when their team's defense doesn't have time to get into position.

Halfway through the third quarter, the Knicks tied the score at 55-55.

The Pistons were not satisfied, and the next score was alternately led by the two sides.

Entering the rotation time, the situation has not changed, and the atmosphere is so tense that the fans in the audience feel a little suffocated.

McDyce hit mid-range on the final offense, and the Knicks trailed by two points at 66-68 for the final quarter.

The Pistons' interior bench McDyce had a good hand, and he hit consecutive shots at the beginning of the fourth quarter, and his shooting did have a certain level, and if it weren't for the injury, it would have been an All-Star level.

Seeing that the score was about to be pulled away, Crawford made an unreasonable three-pointer and pressed the score closer, compared to the trump card of rotation things, Crawford of the best sixth man will not lose to anyone, just like the unreasonable shooting.

His style has put some limits on what he can do, but it has also allowed him to often do things that no one else can't.

After Crawford completed a 2+1, the score gap between the two teams came to 1 point.

The Pistons couldn't wait to switch to the starter and only keep McDyce, who had a good hand, on the court.

The Knicks also reacted, and the moment of the decisive battle between the two sides came.

At the 3:25 mark, Billups drew another foul on Francis, and the Knicks trailed 80-82.

At 2 minutes and 55 seconds, Lehi hit a shot from outside the three-point line, and the Knicks overtook 83:82.

The Pistons began to make careful calculations, always trying to find a way to play McDyce when attacking and Ben Wallace when defending, but in the final moments, when the score was so tangled, neither side would save a timeout, and they could only let the other team succeed.

At 1:52, McDyce stepped up to the free throw line and hit both free throws, and the Pistons took the lead.

At 1:17, Francis also caused a foul on Billups, and the Knicks 85-84.

With 36.9 seconds left to play, Prince drew a foul on Marbury and hit a free throw, 85-86 for the Knicks.

The final moment came, and the Knicks were only one ball away from the Finals. (To be continued.) )