The Eastern Stars were victorious, and Lehi scored 39 points to get his wish as the All-Star MVP. Pen @ fun @ pavilion wWw. ｂｉｑUｇE。 ｉｎｆｏ

But the impact of the All-Star did not end, and a reporter wrote an article on the same day, accusing several members of the Knicks of destroying the atmosphere of the All-Star, turning the All-Star into a battlefield, and losing the special purpose of entertainment.

It was originally an eye-catching article, but I didn't expect fans to form two factions of better entertainment and support for real play, and launched a heated discussion.

It is conceivable how popular Li Hai and others are, and in the end, after all the data shows that the audience likes this fierce all-star more and thinks it is enjoyable.

So I originally wanted to step on Lehi's report, but it added a lot of popularity to him.

For the Knicks, the All-Star is just a mid-season relaxation, and with no personnel changes in the middle of the season, it's even more important to keep the momentum going through the regular season.

Their first opponent after the All-Star break was the Magic team who came to New York to challenge them, and the Magic team also changed their starting lineup in order to deal with the Knicks.

They promoted Darko Milicic to the starting lineup and played a double tower against the Knicks' interior.

Hill also returned to appear in the starting lineup, which can be regarded as a lineup with both offense and defense.

After the opening, the Magic's interior did have an advantage, and the rebounding ability of Howard and Milicic obviously threw off the Knicks' interior line, but the Knicks' outside line shook the Magic's outside line more than one street.

It's not that the Magic outside line is too bad, it's that the Knicks are too strong, and Hill is no longer as sharp as he used to be, and he is no longer the man who won the All-Star vote for Jordan.

The two teams have an advantage on the inside and an advantage on the outside, as if they are playing two more basketballs.

It's just that the Knicks' offensive success rate is higher, and the bench lineup is also stronger than the Knicks, the Knicks won by 2 points in the first quarter, 6 points in the second quarter, and 10 points in the third quarter.

Howard had two double-doubles and three blocks, and the Magic also scored double-doubles for five, but in front of the Knicks' seven-man double-double score and three's 20+ performance, they had no choice but to lose.

At 110:94, the Knicks continued to soar, already leading the second-place Pistons in the East by 7 wins, and if nothing else, they have booked the first place in the East this season.

The next day, their away back-to-back was lost to the 76ers again, and the back-to-back after the All-Star did have some impact, but the main reason was when the bench lineup came on, the 76ers Korver scored 20 points in the first half and directly let the Knicks have been chasing points, and the three-point shooting rate of Korver was more than eighty percent in the whole game, and the Knicks were helpless.

And Eddie Curry is in a mess on the inside.

Lehi also lost patience with his teammate, and if it weren't for the fact that this was the time, he would have really planned to put pressure on the team.

On February 23, the Knicks played against the Bucks, and Eddie Curry was suppressed by Bogut all over the court, and if it weren't for the Crawford-led bench lineup to beat the opponent, this game would have been dangerous.

It was also at the last moment that Lehi played 2+1 to win by 4 points.

On February 25, the Knicks challenged the Nets away.

After the Nets lost Kostic, their style of play also became a completely foreign team.

He is very experienced in dealing with the Knicks, an outside team, and Jefferson is also injured and out of action, so the first two quarters have formed a certain pressure on the Nets, blossoming inside and outside, and firmly grasping the advantage of the game.

But in the third quarter, Carter suddenly exploded.

Carter scored 15 points in a single quarter, not only allowing the Nets to tie the score, but also overtaking the Knicks by 8 points.

By the final quarter, Lehi was wholeheartedly restricting Carter.

The Nets only have two tridents left, and Kidd is not good on the offensive end, as long as he can stop Carter, the Knicks can control the situation on the court.

It's not that the Knicks didn't realize it, it's just that Carter has a hot hand and they have to come up with tougher defense.

Lehi leads the defense, then pinches as soon as he gets to the three-point line, letting go of the Nets' worst attacker.

The current Nets are also miserable, because of injuries, they can't hold the scorers above the level at other points, and the Knicks dare to let go, also because some players on the other side can't even shoot in the open position.

Carter was unwilling to work hard to gain the advantage of coming to naught, but also ruthlessly, constantly impacting the basket, compared to the front, compared to the previous game, today Carter seems to be back to the peak moment.

Lehi fouled twice, and Marbury, who came to the pinch, also fouled twice, and no one could do it if they could force the Knicks' defense to such a situation where it didn't explode.

It is also because of this point that the Nets' offense finally has problems.

Kidd also missed two open three-point shots, and they didn't have many defensive methods against the Knicks.

Outside of defense, it is offense, after Eddie Curry was also targeted on the inside, the Knicks simply sacrificed a small lineup, using one of their most commonly used routines, Lehi went to the low post, Marbury and Channing Frye blocked and dismantled, and then Channing Frye dismantled out, Marbury and Francis cut out, and Crawford just waited outside the three-point line, he had three points.

At 4:53, Crawford hit an open three-pointer, and the Knicks chased the score to just one point.

Next, Carter hit the iron under the pinch, and the Knicks played steadily, and Lehi turned over and hit a jumper, and finally overtook the score at the 4-minute mark.

As soon as the score leads, the advantage is entirely in the hands of the Knicks.

They did not relax Carter's defense at all, and now Carter's physical strength has also been greatly consumed, and he has no choice but to gamble on the outside.

Carter had already made three three-pointers before, but that was when he was full of energy, and it was impossible to beat the Knicks with a three-pointer at this time.

He missed two three-point attempts, but the Knicks seized the opportunity, and Channing Frye hit two two-pointers from the outside to stabilize the Knicks' lead.

At the last moment, the Nets took two timeouts to change the situation, but the Knicks did a good job both offensively and defensively, and didn't give them a chance at all.

At the end of the game, the score stopped at 102:95, and Carter scored 40 points, 9 rebounds and 8 assists for a quasi-three-pointer but still lost.

Lehi had 23 points, 10 rebounds and 10 assists, and although he scored a little less, it was a real triple-double.

As we enter the second half of the season, there are other issues to be considered by strong teams and star players in addition to the playoffs.

Compare the rankings of various stats, such as one team and one defense, as well as the fate of the regular season MVP.

This season's regular season MVP, Lehi, Nash and Nowitzki, are often the top three best performers, and it would be false to say that Lehi doesn't care at all. (To be continued.) )