After playing the Kings, back-to-back and then against the Suns, and playing against fast-paced teams in a row, even Lehi felt a lot of fatigue, and flying was a kind of torture. Pen & Fun & Pavilion www.biquge.info

The Suns, with a neat lineup, ravaged the Knicks again, and victory was not something that could be achieved by unwillingness.

Utah on February 7 was the last stop on the Knicks' road trip.

Due to injuries and run-ins, the Jazz's starting lineup has been changing this season.

The act of putting Matt Harprin, Raja Bell and Memet Oku on the bench makes the Jazz's main lineup and bench not much different in terms of offensive power.

With Crawford injured again, the Knicks' lineup has also changed.

Just as Tim Thomas returned, Lehi was back at the shooting guard position.

He's a screw, a nail where it's needed.

The current Jazz team, although Carlos Boozer has a good offense, but the real thigh is still Andrei Kirilenko, a man who can do everything in scoring, rebounding, assists, blocks, and steals, and this season's blocks and steals are at the forefront of the league.

Kirilenko is also extremely athletic because of his height and long arms, and he is very good at individual defense and help defense, and has more blocks than interior players, which alone can tell what he is good at, but his lack of offensive ability with the ball makes it impossible for him to lead the team to more wins.

Tim Thomas, who had just returned from injury, was directly cried by Kirilenko, and he couldn't defend people in the attack, causing himself and the barrier behind him Muhammad to quickly foul too much, and the two of them went off the court in less than half a quarter.

Acting head coach Herb Williams only felt that the heating in the stadium was too good, and his face was constantly oozing sweat.

He was forced to make early adjustments, replacing the backup guard and interior lineman, and letting Lehi go to the opposite Kirilenko.

Kirilenko is 6 centimeters taller than Li Hai and has 10 centimeters longer arms, which is also his willingness to defend strongly.

When he defends, he uses the long arm interference, even if it is a pass, he must be careful, he will always follow the offensive players, rarely eat feints, and when the opponent shoots, the interference of the long arm will come as scheduled.

The first time Lehi faced Kirilenko's attack, his shot was almost blocked, and in order to avoid the long arms, his shot became very unreliable.

Similar to Christie's judgment, the difference is that Kirilenko's physical fitness is much better.

At the end of the first quarter, the Knicks trailed by five points, 24:29.

When the second quarter continued, Lehi was not in a hurry to break through Kirilenko's defense, Marbury's side attacked well, and the task of scoring could be handed over to Marbury for the time being.

Lehi also began to defend with high intensity, Boozer did not feel good in this game, and the Jazz are now not only defensive, but also relying on Kirilenko offensively.

Kirilenko's two biggest weaknesses, not strong enough and not strong enough to hold the ball, Lehi can just make good use of it in defense, and he doesn't have any special skills, that is, he increases physical confrontation close to his body, and does not give the opponent a chance to receive the ball at all.

With Lehi's all-out defense, the Jazz's offense was somewhat stagnant.

When defending, Kirilenko was very depressed, and attacking Lehi found an opportunity.

He strengthened the breakthrough and used pure speed to shake off the opponent, and the Jazz interior Boozer and Oku had no blocking ability, and Lehi directly let Boozer foul too much.

After Boozer went down to the Jazz and lacked interior attack, the Knicks easily caught up with the score.

In the second half, Boozer had not been on the court for 1 minute, and Lehi broke through to make a foul again, allowing Boozer to receive his fourth foul.

With Lehi and Marbury on the back and forth, the Knicks quickly took a double-digit lead.

Coach Williams was relieved to rotate and let Lehi go off the field to recover when the opponent let Kirilenko go off the court to rest.

But what I didn't expect was that after Lehi went down, the Knicks did not withstand the attack of the opposing bench, and Matt Harprin and Raja Bell scored consecutive points to catch up with the score again.

Coach Williams had no choice but to replace the main players again.

In the fourth quarter, the scores of the two sides were on the same running line again, and it was obviously the decisive moment.

Lehi's defensive pestering was very good, and Kirilenko's off-ball running was top-notch, and after both sides were on the field after the timeout, their showdown began again.

Kirilenko kept shuttling through the crowd, his teammates kept covering him, and when he passed Oku's side, Lehi was blocked once, a little slower, and Kirilenko received the ball with a three-point shot.

He had also tried a three-pointer before, but he didn't hit it, but he hit it at a crucial moment in the fourth quarter.

Lehi is also actively asking his teammates for the ball, but he didn't blindly fight with the opponent for three points, if the Jazz defense is strong inside, he may try to make three points, but they are now two guys who don't know how to block inside.

He kept making tentative steps near the three-point line, and Kirilenko was half a step away from him, covering his body with his long arms, because of the advantage of his height and arms, Kirilenko could block his shots while preventing him from breaking through, which was very annoying.

Seeing that the other party did not make any extra moves because of his tentative step, Lehi immediately turned his back, sat down in with Kirilenko on his head, turned around and wiped it in with great agility, and began to start in front of Boozer.

The referee's whistle blew and Boozer looked innocent with his arms raised, but it was clear that he had committed a foul.

This twisting foul didn't do anything for Lehi, 2+1.

And Boozer was already for his sixth foul and was sent off.

After Li Hai hit the free throw, he immediately came to Kirilenko's side and marked the whole court, with his speed, he was not afraid that Kirilenko would throw him away directly.

Kirilenko used the cover of his teammates to find shooting opportunities, and he also found some tricks to prevent the whole game, and he was able to quickly squeeze through the cover most of the time.

Obviously, the Jazz still lack a master passer who can shove the ball past Kirilenko when it comes to it, and when the opportunity arises completely, Lehi won't let him appear.

So in normal games, even if Kirilenko is very active, there are very few cases where people get the ball.

Matt Harprin missed, Marbury dribbled to the frontcourt and missed, but Kirilenko was entangled with Lehi and didn't have time to protect the rebound, and Kurt Thomas grabbed the rebound and hit a two-point shot.

At the most critical moment, the initiative was once again in the hands of the Knicks.

With Jazz guard Raul Lopez missing a three-pointer, the game was decided.