56 to 44!

At halftime, the Bulls were still trailing by as many as 12 points. However, Thibodeau was still a little relieved, and when he saw Anthony's killing mode on his body, Thibodeau's heart was directly cold, and he felt that the Bulls might be slaughtered by the Knicks at half time.

The reason why this result did not happen was Sun Xiaotian. At the end of the half, Thibodeau was pleased to see that Sun Xiaotian had contributed 16 points, 5 assists and 4 rebounds. It was his play on the offensive end of the court that allowed the Bulls to put more energy into containing Anthony.

Because Anthony has to revolve around him on the court, coupled with Anthony's style of play, the Knicks' fluid offensive rhythm is gone. It made Anthony score a lot of points, but the rest of the team felt cold.

At halftime, Anthony scored 25 points alone, accounting for almost all of the team's scores. Throughout the second quarter, Anthony was defenseless and scored 19 points on a loan. Although this is still a big gap compared to his previous 33 points in a single quarter! However, his performance like this has already proved his scoring ability.

'In the first half we failed to defend Melo, but I should blame him and I should have caught him earlier. Thibodeau made a self-criticism to his players during the break.

In terms of Thibodeau's defensive strategy for the second half, while continuing the second half of the second quarter, Sun Xiaotian was also included in the starting lineup for the second half. First, Sun Xiaotian is in a hot state, and second, Thibodeau wants Sun Xiaotian to become a wonder soldier in the second half, and he has an unstable foothold against the Knicks.

Thibodeau's strategy proved to be immediate at the beginning of the third quarter, and Anthony's hot hand in the second quarter did not continue in the third quarter, and the first three shots of the game were all off the basket.

It was the Bulls who played vigorously on offense, especially Sun Xiaotian. Thibodeau's arrangement in the second half allowed him to find the feeling of playing before the season, and coupled with the Bulls' correct defensive strategy against Anthony, the Knicks' offense couldn't find a way for a while.

In the first three minutes of the third quarter, the Bulls hit a 12-3 attack wave from the Knicks, rewriting the score to 56-59, and the Bulls trailed by only three points. In these more than three minutes, the person who led the Bulls' offensive climax was still Sun Xiaotian. Almost all of the 12 points the Bulls scored were related to him, and on the defensive end, he and Luhr Deng took turns defending Anthony, and the two different defensive styles switched to each other, making Anthony complain.

Looking at the situation on the court, Woodson was so anxious off the court that he stomped his feet, he hurriedly called a timeout, and replaced JR Smith on the court, still continuing the lineup in the second quarter, one big and four small.

Thibodeau saw Woodson's change of formation, and he simply responded to the change. And to Thibodeau, Woodson seems to be in a hurry.

This has been a constant occurrence for the Knicks this season, and once Anthony can't find his form, the efficiency of the roster with him will be surprisingly low. Of course, Anthony can't simply be said to be the team's poison, because Woodson has never found the right way to use Anthony -

After experiencing a period of discomfort at the beginning of the game, Sun Xiaotian suddenly found the initial feeling of playing after being instructed by the immortals, and he revitalized the entire Bulls team by himself. Under his leadership, Noah and Boozer frequently scored on the Knicks' interior, Ruhr Deng and Hinrich have also made six three-pointers, and the Bulls also led the Knicks 15-10 in assists.

After returning from the timeout, Woodson thought that JR Smith's offense would be able to open up the team's offensive woes. However, JR Smith no longer has the crazy energy of the early part of the second quarter, because he has been completely suppressed by Sun Xiaotian and can't get up.

However, Woodson is also a talented coach after all, and he still learned a lot from Larry Brown when he was with the Pistons. He saw that Sun Xiaotian had so much freedom on the court, and his presence made the Knicks feel like a bone in their throats.

As a result, when Woodson was replaced by JR Smith, he slowly adjusted the team's defensive strategy.

He also clamped Sun Xiaotian, and more often used his body to cause trouble for him-

Hinrich dribbled past the halfway line, and Sun Xiaotian came out to catch the ball directly from the right side at 45 degrees. At this time, Smith, who defended him, also came out. has found the feeling of teaching JR Smith a lesson, and Sun Xiaotian doesn't take him seriously at all at this time.

However, Sun Xiaotian ignored a problem, a person is forced to do anything in a hurry.

Sun Xiaotian grabbed the ball with both hands, lowered his figure, and also leaned out. However, perhaps it was suitable for Anthony to work with for too long, and JR Smith obviously guessed that Sun Xiaotian was a fake detective.

However, at this time, Sun Xiaotian suddenly grabbed the ball with his right hand and raised it directly in the air like Maddie. JR Smith panicked at this time, he thought Sun Xiaotian was going to shoot, and he was directly in the air like Maddie. JR Smith panicked at this time, he thought Sun Xiaotian was going to shoot, he wanted to spring, and jumped up directly.

It wasn't until he was in the air that he knew he had been tricked. Perhaps because he was humiliated by Sun Xiaotian, JR Smith was a little annoyed, and when he hadn't landed yet, he grabbed Sun Xiaotian's jersey and pulled him to the ground.

"Boom!"

Sun Xiaotian made a loud sound hitting the floor as he fell to the ground.

But fortunately, JR Smith had an obvious closing momentum at the end of Sun Xiaotian, and he didn't use all his strength. If it were a little heavier, the referee would not have said anything for the time being, and Noah's fiery temper would not let Smith go.

In the end, the referee simply gave JR Smith a physical foul.

JR Smith's vengeful character has been stirred up by Sun Xiaotian, and Sun Xiaotian has humiliated him several times, so he must return it.

When Kidd dribbled the ball through the center, Smith went one step ahead of Anthony and asked Kidd for the ball. After getting the ball, Smith didn't care that Anthony was already in place early, and went to meet Sun Xiaotian by himself.

JR Smith didn't think about how to break through Sun Xiaotian at all this time, he just relied on brute force alone.

When an uncool meets an extraordinarily calm, can you imagine what the result will be? Sun Xiaotian successfully stuck to Smith, and when Smith got to the basket, he couldn't jump, and was rewarded with a big hat by Noah.

Sun Xiaotian, who got the ball, did another thing at this time that surprised the audience, he actually passed the ball directly under the crotch of JR Smith. Then run all the way to meet Kidd standing in the penalty area, which is a tomahawk split!

Kidd fell to the ground, and the referee's whistle sounded at this time.

When the whole audience thought that Sun Xiaotian was attacking and fouling, the referee actually pointed to Kidd!