Looking at the extremely calm faces of the five Knicks on the court, constantly making small movements of preparation, D'Antoni knew that this game was not easy to play.

If the calm Knicks and the passionate Knicks were asked to choose one situation, D'Antoni would rather choose the passionate Knicks.

Not because of anything else, just because the passionate Knicks will definitely ignore the details of defense a little, but the calm Knicks, that's a different situation.

Thinking of this, D'Antoni also thinks that this is also a very good choice now, and he should let his team take the initiative to sober up, of course, D'Antoni does not think that his team will definitely lose in this game, but he also knows that if there is anyone in this league who has a lot of in-depth knowledge of small ball, the Knicks must be one of them.

The Suns' starting lineup is Nash, Joe Johnson, Finley, Marion and Smalls, and the Suns chose to run straight at the beginning because D'Antoni knows too well what Yao Ming's low-post offense means to the Suns.

At the beginning of the game, the Knicks didn't do anything special, just targeted to deal with Xiao Si'.

At the beginning of the game, the two sides went back and forth, but Nash soon found that his offense became very easy, but the Suns' interior offense, or the Suns' overall offense, became very difficult, and the offense of other players on the interior became very rare, and it became very difficult for Xiao Si to connect the ball.

It's not because Nickster deliberately went to the bag or defended Xiao Si, but after Xiao Si and Nash blocked and dismantled, Gong Feng directly blocked Xiao Si's receiving route. And let Nash go straight inside to face Yao Ming's defense.

The direct opposition between Yao Ming and Xiao Si. Yao Ming, who was on the offensive, didn't need to say anything. Although Xiao Si is trying his best to defend Yao Ming and resist Yao Ming, Yao Ming no longer needs to wrestle on the inside, cooperate with his teammates, and then receive the ball comfortably...... To get the ball in a good position, for Yao Ming. Xiao Si is already indifferent when he is not in front of him.

Although he has been under Van Gundy, Xiao Si's defensive ability has improved a lot, but in the face of the offensive tactical system that the Knicks have built for Yao Ming for nearly two seasons, if Xiao Si can play in this system, it is a different concept, and the second enhanced version of Kwame has appeared.

It's a pity that the other comparisons between Xiao Si and Kwamei are still a bit big, although Kwamei's speed and mobility ability are slightly worse than Xiao Si, although Xiao Si's offensive ability is almost different from Kwamei. However, Kwamei's defensive ability and the tonnage of the interior line are not something that Xiao Si can have.

can't show his role in defense, and Xiao Si in the offense is the focus of everyone's care. Yao Ming was not in the right position to defend Xiao Si, but was a third-year rookie trained by Collins, Thibodeau, and Anthony, a muscle maniac back then, and Gerrard, whose physical fitness was only slightly inferior to Xiao Si, to defend him closely.

For Gerrard to defend Xiao Si, Gong Feng just smiled, but took the initiative to go over and slapped Gerrard's buttocks hard...... You must know that Gong Feng can easily not make this action, and Gerald, who has been with Gong Feng for three years, of course knows when Gong Feng will take the initiative to pat his buttocks.

Hill was even more surprised by this, originally Hill thought that he would defend Xiao Si by himself, but Hill also made a bold gesture to Gerrard, with his gesture.

The two bosses of the team asked him to do it well, and this is also his first start since this season, coupled with so many fans watching, broadcasting in many parts of the world, Gerrard certainly knows what to do at this time.

Yao Ming defends Marion, but Yao Ming defends in the low post, and he takes the initiative to give up the defense on the side of the basketball court, forming a closed area with Gerrard, or with Hill, to defend the players in this area, as long as it is in this area, with Yao Ming's height and arm span, plus a strong support, Yao Ming can pose a threat to any offensive player's various offenses.

With Yao Ming's huge body to actively defend a defense in one and a half of the area, no one on the Suns team wants to shoot easily in this area, and the other area is of course the business of the other three Knicks.

Of course, it is not that this kind of defense is very effective for the Suns, under the interspersed guidance of the passing and offensive master Nash, and with the strong support of players in every position of the Suns, the Knicks of this lineup cannot do all-round defense, or for a special purpose, and because of Xiao Si's special remarks, because of the existence of Yao Ming, the Knicks did not prepare for the Suns as a whole.

I don't know if it's lucky or unfortunate for the sun.

Of course, all this also needs another big support, and this support is the collective strength of the Knicks, only above the Suns, not below, and Gong Feng and Hill take the initiative to control the rhythm of the game.

In the first quarter of the game, the Suns were obviously very uncomfortable with the Knicks' regional defense, and Xiao Si got 3 turnovers and 2 fouls in the first quarter, and no other data was obtained, oh yes, there were 4 missed shots.

Yao Ming was in the opposite situation, with 18 points, 5 rebounds, 3 assists and 2 blocks in the first quarter, and under Xiao Si's defense, he shot 7 of 9 and 4 of 4 free throws.

Of course, this statistic must be because the Knicks gave all the offensive ball to Yao Ming, but De Antoni did not make any adjustments, firstly because he needed to adapt his players to such a defense, and secondly, because once Bow Feng and Ray Allen were allowed to shoot at the level of the outside, Phoenix would be more difficult.

However, D'Antoni only stood still in the first quarter, and the second quarter could not make Xiao Si so uncomfortable, no matter what, Xiao Si was the core player on his side.

The Knicks also replaced Yao Ming, if the core of the Knicks was only Yao Ming, this kind of defense would definitely last for a long time in the first quarter, but the Knicks' defense never counted on the personal defensive ability of any one of the Knicks.

The second quarter was dominated by the time of the two sides coming off the bench, with '03 rookie Barbosa and Joe Johnson forming the main scoring point in the second lineup.

If most teams in the league are really worried that these two people together can average 25+ backcourt combinations per game, this team definitely does not include the Knicks' bench lineup.

The combination of Battier and Jay plus Korver, Kor, and Bosh can be said to crush the Suns' bench lineup, anyway, the Suns traded Nash to Finley just because they wanted to play in the playoffs, who knew that D'Antoni and Nash met to bring the Suns to where they are now?

Of course, D'Antoni also knows about this, but the Suns' chips are already good, and now there are only a few people in the entire league who can shoot, grab rebounds, and keep up with the current Suns?

In the calculation of a gorgeous lineup like the Knicks when playing small ball, it can only allow the rookies who have reached such requirements to continue to improve, so that Kurt can take the initiative to start losing weight, rather than using Kurt directly, not to mention the Suns, who have just embarked on small-ball tactics?

Having a good outside line, especially Nash, and Marion and Smalls on the inside is already a very good result, and other teams want to have it yet.

But it doesn't matter, although Joe Johnson has met a defensive master, Barbossa's speed has also met Jay, who has crushed him in terms of physical fitness and speed, but a group of rebounds can grab rebounds, plus good coverage, although the Suns' bench is very likely to lose, but it is not so ugly to lose.

At the end of the second quarter, Nash, Finley, Smalls, and Marion continued to play, plus Matt, who was cut by the Jazz but knew D'Antoni very well? Barnes, this lineup still has to play. (To be continued.) )