In the second half, the Heat also realized that their defense was problematic and made targeted changes. Pen "Fun" Pavilion www.biquge.info

The Knicks' defense is still in shrink mode, with only a few minor changes in the details.

Seeing that the Heat's defense of the outside line was tighter, the Knicks gave the ball to Eddie Curry several times for singles, and Eddie Curry hit a decent shot, but caused O'Neal to be fouled.

Lehi saw that O'Neal's foul count had come to three, and he also had a plan.

In a transition attack, Lehi took advantage of O'Neal's unstable position to rush over, and O'Neal showed no mercy to the opponent who dared to rush him, and pressed his big arms hard.

Lehi was already prepared, dodged in the air, and made a layup movement towards O'Neal's arm, and the referee's whistle did not disappoint him and sounded in time.

O'Neal had four fouls and had to go down early to rest.

Alonzo Mourning, while also good, is limited to the defensive side, and because of his height, Eddie Curry is not afraid of him.

If you don't care about the Heat's interior offensive power, the Knicks can wholeheartedly fight with the opponent on the outside, and the Knicks' outside strength is not afraid of any team in the league.

After O'Neal left the court, the Heat's offensive responsibility was completely pressed on Wade, and the other players had no interior support, and the threat was greatly reduced.

The Knicks maintained the lead into the final quarter, and O'Neal, who was very upset by the Knicks, also had some anger, and after he came on the court again, the first shot directly squeezed Eddie Curry to the basket, and the catch was a heavy dunk.

However, he hit a hook near the free throw line, a superstar is a superstar, even if his strength is no longer at his peak, it is still different from ordinary players, and when O'Neal broke out, no one in the Knicks could stop him.

Fortunately, even if O'Neal turns on the furious mode now, it will be a quarter at most, and more often, he can only play the performance of an average excellent center.

The two things add up, and it is still a burst of strength, but he didn't show the performance of an average excellent center forward before this game, so it was a little late to break out at this time.

The Knicks are not a fish belly team, O'Neal broke out and let him explode, at this time they have a double-digit lead, as long as they play the offense well, they will win.

In the face of O'Neal's outburst in the final moments, two inside five fouls, Lehi kept attacking, and when he found an opportunity, he tried to make O'Neal foul.

Although his shooting percentage was not very high after being targeted in the fourth quarter, and he didn't succeed in trying to get O'Neal to foul too much, his attack successfully contained the Heat's chasing points.

In the final moments, both Wade and Jason Williams began to try three-pointers, three-point is not a regular weapon for the Heat, Wade chose three points to show that the Heat have no choice.

In the final minute, the Heat gave up the game by coming off the bench.

The Knicks won their first win of the second round 99-89, with Lehi scoring 32 points, Marbury and Francis also scoring 22 and 20 points respectively, and the three of them also contributed a total of 20 assists.

After winning away from the Heat, the media in New York was cheering, the Knicks haven't won in the second round for several years, and their performance this time has given many people hope for further progress.

Within the team, there is also a great increase in confidence, and some people even think that the Heat is no longer scary.

Lehi didn't intend to pour cold water, but he also tried to remind others to pay attention to their opponents.

Then in the second game, the script of the two sides seemed to be reversed.

Wade went big in the first quarter, scoring 17 points, Marbury, who was opposite Wade, was limited to only 4 points, and Lehi was only 8 points after being taken seriously by the other party, and the Knicks fell behind by double digits all of a sudden.

In the second quarter, relying on the play of Crawford and Jalen Rose, the Knicks recovered the score gap to single digits, but in the third quarter, the Heat team was O'Neal again, scoring 13 points and forcing Eddie Curry to break down early with four fouls, extending the score advantage to double digits.

In the final quarter, Li Hai changed Wade's defense, which did not allow Wade to play a strong performance again, but at the same time, he also consumed his energy, and he was also average in the offensive end, and failed to help the team chase the score back, and the big score between the two sides became a 1:1 draw.

For this loss, the Knicks' players are also indignant.

"Damn, we were too careless in the first quarter."

"It's not that we're not as good as the other side, it's because Wade gets too many free throws at home."

Li Hai was a little worried after hearing this, "Actually, we still didn't handle the defensive details well enough, and we have to be more cautious in the next game." ”

"Lee, you're talking more and more like Coach Brown, don't worry too much, it's our home field next."

Marbury also smiled: "It's good to fight for an away game, as long as we win at home, we can avenge last year's one-shot victory." ”

Back to the home game, the Knicks are more strict in defending Wade, even if Lehi doesn't change the defense, the Knicks don't need to change the team defense against Wade, unlike Arenas, Wade is not a strong threat outside the three-point line, and the Knicks can still shrink the defensive line and be ready to deal with O'Neal at any time.

There were no mistakes in the opening game between the two sides, and the game was difficult to solve.

In bench time, the Knicks rotation lineup led by Crawford also played normally, but the Heat's rotation lineup also played well, and the Heat's rotation lineup was more defensive.

After the Knicks' main lineup came on the court, they played with a twelve-point spirit, but by the end of the first half, the two sides were also able to tie the game at 51:51.

By the third quarter, O'Neal was like a timer had been set.

Eddie Curry also played well against O'Neal, but it was still a little bit worse than O'Neal.

Even if he has worked hard in these games, strength is something that has been accumulated through hard training all the time, and there can be no big changes on a whim.

The Heat relied on O'Neal's play to enter the final quarter with an 8-point advantage, and then it was Wade who started faster than Lehi, so as long as he threw himself inside, the Knicks had a high chance of fouling inside, not because the referee was biased.

Lehi almost tried his best to stop Wade, but in the end, the Knicks still lost with a 91-99, 8-point advantage.

With no excuses at all, the Knicks felt a critical disparity in strength, and morale plummeted. (To be continued.) )