Lehi clings to McGrady, who knows it will be difficult to get out of his defense, and doesn't try to run off the ball, but goes straight to a 45-degree angle and steps on the three-point line with his back to Lehi to ask for the ball. Pen % fun % Pavilion www.biquge.info

Ralph Alston hoisted the ball straight to McGrady, who spun around and squeezed Lehi away a bit in two consecutive tentative steps, and then pulled straight up.

Lehi was also very familiar with McGrady, and knew that the other party would do a feint more often than not at the first tentative step, so he jumped up without hesitation.

Couldn't get to the opposition, but he managed to interfere with McGrady's shooting lane.

The shot hit the iron, and Eddie Curry got the rebound.

Lehi turned around to take the ball and suddenly accelerated, and saw that the Rockets' defense was still in place and immediately stopped in the frontcourt, but when the opponent thought he was going to stabilize the rhythm, Lehi accelerated again, squeezed past McGrady in one step, and hit the shot.

He came up in a short time, and immediately let the scores of the two sides reach the same running line.

Then the two sides entered a stalemate, and after McGrady missed three consecutive mid-range shots, the previously improved shooting percentage dropped sharply.

The Knicks are now shrinking defense, and Yao Ming can't find any good opportunities on the inside.

Lehi also shot a shot and hit the iron, but he has another option, compared to the Rockets who need McGrady to play too many singles at critical moments, the Knicks have more than one big heart.

After Lehi broke through twice, Crawford assisted the latter to complete the shot, forcing the Rockets to call a timeout.

After returning from a timeout, McGrady took the ball and broke through to the baseline, and then distributed it to Swift, who was pulling outside, and Swift felt good in this game, hitting a jumper.

When it was the Knicks' turn to attack, Lehi held the ball with his back, Channing Frye came to cover, Lehi went around and passed the ball to Jalen Rose who cut inside with a flick of his wrist.

The ball was passed just right, and Jalen Rose was completely empty in front of him, and David Wesley could only pull it to get Jalen Rose to the free throw line.

Jalen Rose hit a free throw and the Knicks still held on to the advantage.

Seeing that the time had entered the final 2 minutes, McGrady tried to shoot one step beyond the three-point line, but at this time he did not feel good, and the shot continued to hit the iron.

On the Knicks' side, Lehi assisted his teammate again, and Crawford hit another three-pointer.

With a seven-point difference, the Rockets had to call a timeout again.

After returning to the court, the Rockets also completed a pick-and-roll matchup, and McGrady finally hit a pullup jumper.

But then Lehi broke through and won a free throw, a seven-point lead, and the time came to the last moment, and the Rockets had little hope.

The Rockets only tried one foul tactic and had no follow-up, there was really not enough time, and their battle seemed to be mediocre, and the Knicks won the game 95-90.

Lehi returned with a quasi-triple-double of 20 points, 13 assists and 8 rebounds, which finally stopped the Knicks' losing streak, and New York fans' love for him also went to the next level.

On February 7, the Knicks welcomed the challenge of the Clippers at home.

Although the Clippers have not returned from injury to Corey Margetty, they still have a good record, Elton Brand and Chris Carman can also be considered twin towers on the inside, and Sam Kassel and Catino Mobley on the outside can also provide firepower, and their problem is that they don't have great bench players.

As far as the Clippers' main lineup is concerned, there is still some restraint on the Knicks, but the Clippers can't find a player who can defend Lehi.

After Margety's injury, the Clippers were left with only guys who were not as tall and heavy as Lehi on the outside.

As expected, the Clippers started the game from the inside, and the Knicks started with Eddie Curry completely attacking from the outside after Eddie Curry couldn't find any good opportunities.

Fortunately, the Clippers are not good at three-point shooting, and even if they have an advantage on the inside, they don't get too many open opportunities on the outside, and the pace of the game is slow.

In the first quarter, neither side scored more than 20 points, and when it was time for the players to rotate, the Knicks' interior line began to score, and their offense tended to normalize.

But the Clippers are still two inside players, and the outside players are always playing soy sauce.

This kind of slow-paced game, the Knicks have adapted very well under the guidance of Larry Brown.

By halftime, they went into the locker room with a 40-36 lead.

After entering the test of the last game, there is no need to control Lehi's playing time, but in this game, the opponent's offensive focus is completely on the inside, and there is no need for him to stay on the court all the time.

In the second half, the two sides still played their own games, the Clippers had two interior lines in the river, and the Knicks had a few outside mid-range shots.

The Knicks have always maintained a few points ahead, Lehi is not in a hurry, and he does a good job of scoring and helping to protect rebounds, Eddie Curry is 2.13 meters tall and is not sensitive to picking up rebounds at all.

With only two minutes left in the game, the Knicks still held a four-point lead.

However, at this moment, Sam Cassel, who had not shown anything before, suddenly raised his hand and hit a three-point shot, and the alien does have a big heart.

The Knicks quickly called a timeout, and when they got back on the court, it was Lehi who held the ball, and now he was defended by Sean Livingston, a talented high school student who has not shown his strength since entering the league, but has missed many games due to physical fragility.

Last season, he didn't suffer too much against Lehi, but now he can only rely on his height and arm length to interfere, Lehi broke through to Livingston's side head-on, squeezed him and hit a mid-range shot, the difference in strength between the two sides is too far.

However, under the cover of his teammates, Kassel raised his hand and scored another three-pointer, and the two sides fought to an 80-80 draw.

The Knicks asked for another timeout, and the head coach continued to give Lehi the option to launch the offense.

After receiving the penalty in the midfield, Lehi first controlled the time, and then beckoned the inside line to come up to cover, and randomly smashed it in like lightning, and Carman, who was making up the defense, jumped high.

Although Kaman had height, Lehi's complete jump left him helpless.

The referee's whistle blew and Kaman fouled the thug.

Lehi hit both free throws to give the Knicks an 82-80 lead.

This time it is the turn of the Clippers to pause, and when the game is played at this time, a little time can play for several minutes, fight patience and stability, and the side that can't sink will get closer and closer to defeat.

The Clippers still handed the ball to Cassel, even if the interior line was fierce again, there was a lot of inconvenience at the decisive moment, and Cassel also let the interior line come up to cover, and then he did not continue to shoot three-pointers this time, but sank into it. (To be continued.) )