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They also tried to bolster their defense against the Knicks, and to be honest, the Bulls were pretty good defensively.

But Lehi's several mid-range shots opened up their defense, and that's the difference between a real star and an average star in the playoffs, and being able to hit a shot under a tight defense can give the team an edge.

The Bulls managed to hold on until the time of the player rotation, intending to bring the bench players up for a change.

But a few minutes after the substitutes came up, they collapsed.

When Nocioni hit back-to-back irons, Crawford took the game away with two consecutive three-pointers.

Just over halfway through the fourth quarter, the Bulls surrendered, and in the end, the Knicks brutalized the opponent 101-70.

Lehi basically didn't play in the fourth quarter, but still scored 23 points, 7 rebounds and 5 assists.

The start of the second round was a pleasant surprise, but it wasn't really the strength of the Bulls, with Ben Gordon and Nocioni both playing out of sorts, but they were two important points for the Bulls.

Lehi is still as serious as ever in training, and to be honest, if he is lucky this time, it is not difficult to break through to the east, but the real strong opponent is still the west, such as the Spurs, and that is the strong team that really restrains them.

Because of injury, Lehi has not played directly against the Spurs this season, but if there is no accident in the final breakthrough in the West, it will be the Spurs.

A strong inside, impactful outside, and strong enough defense are much more threatening to the Knicks than the Mavericks and Suns.

If you don't gradually accumulate your form at this time, you may capsize in the finals.

Although he kept saying that he had to think about the game in front of him first, he didn't think that it would be impossible to wait until the end.

The morale of winning is high, but there are also people who are a little lax, the opponents they met in the first round are too weak, and many problems are not exposed enough, and if there are problems at critical moments, they may be planted with big heels.

"If you think about it a lot, the team and the coach." Seeing that Li Hai still looked meditative when he went home after practice, Xia Weiliang couldn't help but say.

Li Hai said helplessly: "No way, the temptation to defend your title is not too big, since you can't control it, you can do it with all your might." ”

"Be careful not to get too tired, it's not good if you don't have enough energy on the court, and now the Knicks' tactics, if you're not in good shape, will be discounted." Xia Weiliang reminded.

Li Hai smiled, and unconsciously, the team's tactics were indeed all built around him, first to improve the team's efficiency, and then to become a matter of course after winning the championship.

Compared with the treatment of those proud sons of the sky, he is a little different in his rookie year, he didn't expect it to be so smooth at the beginning, and now, he can't give up this kind of life, only to work harder.

In Game 2 against the Bulls, the Knicks opened the game with another suffocating defense.

The Bulls still didn't learn their lesson, or they did it on purpose, starting with Lore Deng beating Lehi again.

Lehi is more experienced in defending Lore Deng, and he is also an iron.

Then the Knicks hit again, exactly the same as the unfolding of the last game.

Next came Ben Gordon's shot, which seemed to be in better shape in this game, hitting a three-pointer and then committing another foul, hitting both free throws.

Just when the Bulls thought they could get off to a good start, the Knicks launched a stormy offense, first taking advantage of their inability to prevent Channing Frye from hitting a three-pointer, and then Lehi hit two mid-range shots after a breakaway, and with Marbury's three-pointer and Francis' layup, the Knicks' starting five quickly scored points.

However, the Bulls played steadily on the court, but Hinrich was not in good shape this time, and he played iron several times, and the score was pulled away all of a sudden.

This is the weakness of the Bulls, several of their core players, including the sixth man, are that kind of shooting type of play, if you feel good, no one can stop it, but when you feel bad, it is very pitted.

Relatively speaking, the Knicks have more ways to score, not to mention Lehi, they have players who can play on the outside, there are players who can shoot outside, and there are players with strong impact, and when one scoring method doesn't work, they can immediately switch to another, while the Bulls can't do it.

The Bulls' bench lineup has been revived, with Nocioni and rookie Tyrus Thomas both playing well, but this time it's their main force that has dug a big hole.

Because the Knicks led by 15 points in the first quarter, the Bulls have been chasing points.

They relied on the play of the bench in the second quarter to get back 1 point, yes, it's just 1 point, the Knicks' bench lineup is not idle, Crawford is a bit of a pit when he plays the main team, but when he plays as the sixth man, the pit time is getting less and less, as long as he breaks out in stages, the opponent will not be able to bear it.

So even if the Bulls' bench play well, the bench lineup led by Knick Crawford will not be bad.

In the third quarter, Lehi and Marbury continued to block and shoot each other, and the score gap between the two sides further widened, and the Bulls forced to change to the bench lineup in advance, using the best five people to fight.

The Knicks didn't let them find their chance and held on to the lead.

In the final quarter, the Bulls saw that there was no improvement and changed to all the bench lineups, and the Knicks also changed to the bench lineup halfway through the fourth quarter, and the whole game won 109-86.

In three of the four semifinals in the East and West, there was a 2:0 situation, and the Eastern Pistons also led 2:0 against the Cavaliers.

The Western Rockets also won 2-0 with the Warriors, and the Warriors seem to have used all their luck on the Black Eight, or their style of play can't restrain the Rockets.

Only the Spurs and the Suns played 1:1, looking like they were going to fight, but the Spurs also lost to the Nuggets in the first round, but they lost that game, and if they can't kill them in one go, they will probably not be able to consume them.

The home-and-away swap is a great opportunity for a team that is temporarily underdog to salvage the situation, so the third game is very important for that team.

Before the Knicks went to Chicago, they vaccinated their teammates and didn't want them to let up.

But in the third game, they still lost on the road, and it wasn't because Ben Gordon's three-point shot in the last minute made them lose hope of chasing points, they completely lost on the inside. (To be continued.) )