It can be said that in the first quarter of the game, the Knicks' outside trio plus Bosh focused ninety percent of their attention on defense, and the end point of the offense was either on the way to create a score for Yao Ming, or directly let Yao Ming score on the inside.

Yao Ming, who is not Duncan's main defensive object, is 20 centimeters lower than himself on the inside, and his weight is not as good as his own outside line, which is really like a fish in water, receiving passes from all aspects and starting to chisel to the inside line regardless of it, what two plus one, what directly gets the opportunity to dunk, in the first quarter, Yao Ming is the superstar of the Knicks.

Popovich also looked very calm on the sidelines, and he didn't make any more adjustments after getting Manu on the court, even if Horry didn't replace the veteran in the first place when he was a little stumbling late in the first quarter.

Bobo was waiting, waiting for the Knicks' bench lineup to play, this was the real chance for the Spurs, but at the beginning of the second quarter, Yao Ming, who performed well in the first quarter and consumed a lot of physical strength, was off, but none of the other four went off the court to rest, or even just let Battier play, and let Bosh stay directly at the No. 5 position.

Popovich immediately stood up and stood on the sidelines.

The Spurs' on-court lineup just gave Parker a break, Barry came on, and then replaced Horry and Mutombo on the court to reduce the pressure on Duncan's defense, and Bowen didn't take the rest either.

But the Knicks did even better, directly turning on desperate mode, and the Knicks would have definitely gone off the court to rest two of the three, but this time they didn't replace one.

Popovich stood on the sidelines waiting for the Knicks' active substitution, and Popovich didn't believe that the Knicks would really fight the Spurs and use this game to decide the winner. However, Bobo guessed correctly, after Hill broke through the interior again and scored two points, Mill did immediately replace Hill and replace Payton, but still did not change Bow Peak and Allen.

Bobo then realized that the Knicks really don't seem to have more patience to compete with the Spurs tactically, but choose the most direct way, using the Knicks' players and superstars to press everything you do.

Another point is that this game still allowed the Spurs to win a little bit of luck in the end, how much energy does Duncan have left? Will he be able to play more than 43 minutes in Game 5? Even if Duncan's physical strength is better than Yao Ming's, Duncan, who is also a giant, is also the core, and Duncan's consumption is not ordinary.

The Knicks' defensive strategy in this game is to exert the most offensive pressure on the ball carrier, whether the ball carrier is Duncan, or Manu and Parker on the outside.

As long as the ball carrier can't form more passing connections with other teammates, that's what the Knicks want, and as for you to score on your own, the defender tries to block as much as possible, but you don't feel a little discouraged after you score.

After the Spurs abandoned the crazy three-point baskets of those role players, although the rest were done, when it came to offense alone, the Knicks never feared anyone again.

After Hill went off the court, Bow Peak even began to accelerate further, allowing the Knicks' perimeter to slowly start shooting from three-point distance, and Payton's misalignment also began to further accelerate the Spurs' crisis in this game.

If you send a small man to defend Payton, Payton will choose a low post single, especially when Manu and Parker's low post defense is really poor, if you send a tall man to defend Payton, Payton, who is not too old, will start to break through, and the rhythm of breaking through makes the Spurs' defense unguardable.

Seeing that the Spurs' foundation defense was in danger of collapsing, Popovich finally took a big gamble, replacing Parker and Duncan so that Duncan could get a full rest before halftime.

But after seeing Duncan go down, he immediately sent Yao Ming to play the last three minutes of the half. Duncan's defensive pressure on the inside is different from the others, and the same thing as O'Neal is that Duncan, who can only be regarded as a first-level defense in the regular season, is an all-around superstar in the playoffs.

Although Duncan did not win the Defensive Player of the Year award once, Duncan was named to the All-Defensive Second Team in his rookie season, and since his rookie season, Duncan has been a regular member of the league's best defensive team.

This kind of defensive ability is enough to cause more offensive pressure on any interior player than ordinary defensive players, as for the super blue-collar workers of Mutombo's generation, although defense is their instinct and the guy who eats in the league, but for Yao Ming personally, it is just a guy who will meet in ordinary games.

In the three years of competition with Kwame Brown, Yao Ming's ability on the offensive end is that Duncan has no confidence that he can win one-on-one in the low post, let alone others.

Seeing Yao Ming turn on the scoring mode again, and even after halftime, after the gap in the score was stretched to 15 points, even Bobo shook his head helplessly, the game with the Knicks was so uncomfortable.

At the beginning of the third quarter, Duncan still played again, but on the offensive end, Duncan did not hold the ball, but only provided cover for the players on his side, just the outside player who was accurate in the last game, in this game, after being put under more pressure by the Knicks at the beginning of the game, it can only be regarded as average.

On the Knicks' side, Allen and Bow Feng were given the first break, and although Jay quickly showed a strong performance idea after the opening, it was Payton who could handle the ball this time.

Payton hasn't had a minute off since he started in the second quarter.

Payton's role in the Knicks, although not as big as Malone's role in the Knicks last season, but Payton is the ******** of the Knicks' playoffs.

Payton, who did not have a particularly good performance in the regular season, was the Knicks' main rotation player at the beginning of the second round of the playoffs, from an average of 18.6 minutes per game, to 26 minutes in the second round of the playoffs, to 32 minutes in the Eastern Conference finals, and finally 38 minutes in some games with important roles.

This was evident from the crucial moment in which Mill stripped Jay of control and instead chose to keep Payton on the court to play.

Payton replaced Jay as the main core point of the Knicks, starting from limiting Parker to his own single efficiency, this arrangement really made the Spurs feel that they had to take care of one or the other, although Jay's three-point ability did not reach the level of Allen, but he never relented in the open shot.

What's more, Payton and Jay are the attack points on both sides, in terms of Jay's personal ability, if the Spurs want to limit his breakthrough, there must be two people to exert defensive pressure on him, but Payton and Bosh's blocking offense plus the presence of Battier on the bottom foot, the pressure formed, coupled with Dio, who transferred the ball for the team in the high post, the Knicks' lineup in the third quarter made the Spurs have nowhere to start.

The Spurs encountered more of an offensive mode in which Jay was the main point of attack, which allowed Jay to be the point of temptation and let others attack, which was an offensive tactic that the Knicks had never used again...... It's Gong Feng and Jay who play one day, and Gong Feng is covering for Jay.

Seeing the Knicks doing this, and then seeing the Knicks coaching staff without the slightest wavering, Popovich was silent all of a sudden!

From this moment on, the Knicks have been doing what they want to achieve without the slightest disguise, until after this game, after seeing the news from one of the Hawks, Popovich laughed, threw this message into the trash, and made himself make a posture of not moving.

The Knicks have already decided the overall situation at this time, and what to do at this time is already within the range of Knicks' expectations, even if the Spurs take the lead in stabbing something, Popovich can imagine what Mill will do at this time.

After the Spurs had no way to attack both sides at the same time, in fact, the rhythm of the game was still under the control of the Knicks......

Mir's tactics and other behaviors are still a bit naïve, but when it comes to other small means and team building, Mir is definitely not far behind in this league. (To be continued.) )