In the semifinals and the Knicks, the major media in New York had already rendered the atmosphere of the game to the extreme. It's no wonder that this is the first time the Knicks have reached the Eastern Conference semifinals since 2000.

The former glory has made the Knicks very disappointed in recent years, with the coat of giants, sitting in the largest city in the United States, but the year-on-year decline in results has made discerning New York fans miserable.

The championship flag flying over the stadium already feels a little strange, and the numbers 1969-1970 and 1970-1971 make people feel so old. They desperately want the team to regain their strength again, so they brought in Anthony, Small, Kidd, Chandler, and even Jeremy Lin, but the continuous injuries and poor results have made fans defect to the away team at home more than once.

And this season, the Knicks swept away the poor form of previous seasons, and Anthony rarely really took on the responsibility of the team leader, scoring 35+ points in 5 consecutive games in the regular season, tying the "miracle" maintained by James and O'Neal, and leading the Knicks to play a rare result. And in the second half of the regular season, the team won 13 consecutive games to lock up the Atlantic Division championship ahead of schedule, which is also the Knicks' first Atlantic Division championship since 1993.

New Yorkers have their own proud history, and Chicagoans are proud of their team's glorious history!

For Sun Xiaotian, although this is only his rookie season, he knows everything about the Bulls by heart, and he takes it as a responsibility and resolutely carries it on his shoulders, just like he did in the first round.

The reason why he did this is because he clearly understands that everything he has is a gift from God, and he does not dare to waste and slack off. All he has to do is do what the great people did in the present moment and be a part of the history of the team like them.

Coming to Madison Garden again, Sun Xiaotian is still not calm on the line, it seems that he is really destined for himself and witnesses his growth, even though this is the home of the visiting team.

During the pre-match ceremony, Sun Xiaotian looked at the New York championship flag fluttering in the center of the sky, and suddenly had an inexplicable impulse.

"I want to create my own glory! I'm going to show no mercy here, I have to beat you! No one can hinder me. ”

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New York starters: Felton, Shambaugh, Anthony, Copeland and Chandler; There were no changes to the Bulls' starting lineup.

In response to the offensive characteristics of the Knicks, Thibodeau formulated a countermeasure before the game.

What the Bulls have to do is to contain Anthony, and when they have to, let go of the rest of the Knicks, because the Knicks can't find a slightly top-notch offensive strong point except for Anthony's super point and Smith on the bench.

After the jump ball, New York got possession.

Felton held the ball, then went to see Anthony, and was in his familiar position early.

Anthony's low-post ball skills are top-notch, coupled with a height of 2.03 meters, an arm span of 2.13 meters, and a weight of 230 pounds, the strong melon has a great advantage even in the power forward position. This made the already strong Ruer Deng a little unbearable.

Anthony held the ball with his back to Ruhrdeng, then turned around his knees and made his signature probe in the frame, Ruhrdeng's position moved back a little, and Anthony made a dry shot.

Two points easy to get!

For Anthony's offensive skills, Sun Xiaotian has long seen it, after all, he has also fought against him.

It was Shambaugh who defended Sun Xiaotian, and as the best player in the team to defend Sun Xiaotian, he may have to be entangled with Sun Xiaotian all night tonight.

However, Sun Xiaotian has long been accustomed to such "entanglement".

When Sun Xiaotian took the ball, Shambaugh's method was close defense, the purpose was to make Sun Xiaotian uncomfortable whether he received the ball or dribbled, of course, this was a test of the defender's physical strength.

Sun Xiaotian held the ball, Noah stepped forward to cover, and before Shambaugh was in place, Chandler delayed a wide range of times, allowing Shambaugh to take advantage of the opportunity and not lose his position.

Thibodeau warned his disciples before the game not to make rash moves to prevent New York from counterattacking.

Noah stepped forward again, and before Sun Xiaotian could get in place, he leaned on Shambaut's body and killed the basket.

In addition to Shambaugh's follow-up defense, Chandler temporarily let go of Noah to contain Sun Xiaotian.

Sun Xiaotian suddenly threw the back of his head, and the ball was given to Noah, who was standing outside the three-point line, but Noah didn't dare to shoot.

At this time, Hinrich, who was on the other side, hurried out, and Noah handed it to him.

At this time, there are only 6 seconds left in the attack time.

Hinrich dribbled from left to right along the three-point line, and it was Sun Xiaotian who was waiting for him.

When Sun handed the ball to Noah, Luer Deng made a cover for him and went to the right side.

Hinrich almost passed the ball hand-to-hand to Sun Xiaotian, who had already run out.

Sun Xiaotian directly catches the ball outside the three-point line and shoots.

The rhythm is smooth.

The ball goes into the net and the red light comes on.

A tactic ran for 24 seconds, and that's what the Bulls wanted in this series.

Although the current coach of the New York Knicks is Woodson, the coaching team is still the team left by D'Antoni. When the Knicks fired D'Antoni, Woodson, as an assistant coach, continued D'Antoni's bombardment tactics of quick rotation + quick counterattack.

Accordingly, Thibodeau reminded the players to be "fast and slow", play positional warfare and speed up the retreat.

When Sun Xiaotian threw in the first goal of the opening game, the Knicks used the fast baseline ball to quickly pass the front court and try to impact the Bulls' formation.

The Bulls aren't a weak team, and New York isn't the Phoenix of what it once was.

Felton is still lacking in the heat when it comes to organizing the team, and being quick may allow the Bulls to seize the opportunity to fight back.

The Knicks wanted to drive up the pace, rushed to the shot, and the ball slammed out of the basket.

Grabbed the ball, Noah gave a pass to Sun Xiaotian, who was fast, and in the face of Copeland and Shambaugh, who had retreated in place, Sun Xiaotian did not come hard, stopped and waited for his teammates.

"I'll be in the bottom corner in a moment!" When Noah responded with the ball in a high position, Sun Xiaotian whispered to him.

"Hey! Carlos, catch the ball! Noah shouted at Boozer.

Boozer understood and stuck Copeland with his body, and Noah took the opportunity to pass the ball.

Boozer made a turn feint to the baseline, and Copeland moved, and Boozer immediately dribbled to the baseline in the opposite direction.

There is a gap between Copeland and Boozer in strength, Felton on the side hurriedly stepped forward to interfere, Boozer hurriedly gave the ball to Hinrich on the outside, Hinrich had a gap in front of him at this time, he made a shooting posture, Felton quickly got in place like a flying squirrel and jumped to block, but Hinrich retracted his body, dribbled in, and Chandler on the other side hurriedly blocked, Hinrich did not hurry to give Noah from Chandler's armpit.

Noah glanced at Sun Xiaotian, who had already run to the bottom corner of the weak side.

After Noah received the ball, he wanted to go to the basket, but at this time, there were three Knicks players under the basket, and they all stretched out their hands to interfere with Noah.

At this time, Noah grabbed the ball with his left hand, and with a long flick, the ball reached Sun Xiaotian's hand like precise guidance.

At this time, the defenders of Sun Xiaotian were still waiting under the basket to pick up the rebound!

Sun Xiaotian received the ball and hit a three-point shot.