The 76ers attacked, and Iguodala continued to block with Hawes.

The effect of the tactical execution was average, the Knicks rotated the defense very timely, and Iguodala did not choose to attack strongly after losing the best opportunity, and gave the ball to Luis at the top of the arc.

Luis broke through with the ball, and his speed was very fast, like a youthful wind compared to another veteran of the Knicks, Mike Bibby.

Bibby is experienced, but doesn't have much to do with the speed point guard's prominence, and Luis dribbles diagonally to the inside.

At this moment, the Knicks' weak interior defense disadvantage is reflected, and in order to keep an eye on Tang Wenlong, who is more threatening, there is no one to help defend Luis, and I watched Luis fly to the basket and easily score two points. 30 to 18.

"Good shot!" Louis's breakthrough was resolute, and Collins applauded loudly and gave praise.

With 1:58 left in the first quarter, the Knicks were in an absolute losing position, and the odds were getting worse for them.

Anthony has taken eight shots so far in the first quarter, but only hit two shots and scored five points, but the efficiency is not satisfactory. Especially when Iguodala has been faced like this, Iguodala has only carried one foul on his back, and the latter's defense is too clean, but it is also very uncomfortable.

After half-time, Anthony distributed the ball and gave it to Bibby to organize the attack.

Bibby gave the young Shambaugh to the young Shambaugh, signaling that Shambaugh could try to break through, after all, the stage of this playoff still needs the Knicks to show vitality.

Tang Wenlong's long arms were spread out, and when he was blocked in front of Shambaugh, he was like a big spider, which would be entangled with death at any time.

His heart was empty. With a flick of his wrist, the basketball quickly shifted to JR's hand.

J.R. Smith faces David West. It's an unconventional dislocation. Theoretically, it was a small fight, so he puffed up in his heart, held his mouth and made a feint of changing direction in front of his body, and forced the basket on the right side.

West defends with a lot of experience and looks for a two-man physical matchup.

JR-Smith made a quick stop jumper, and West didn't jump, just reached out and interfered.

Hit the board in the middle distance, hit. 30 to 20.

"Good shot!" The Knicks bench burst into thunderous applause. It's not easy to score a point, and the 76ers' defense seems to be suffocating.

The 76ers attacked, and Tang Wenlong missed a step-back jumper.

The rebound was snatched by Iguodala and handed back to the outside lane to regroup. Hawes and Luis blocked the attack, Luis dribbled to the left, and the mid-range drift shot still missed.

This time, the Knicks grabbed the rebound with three people, and Shambaugh jumped high to pick up the rebound.

In positional battles, Anthony, who had a round of rest, began to single out Iguodala again, and Iguodala raised his arms to defend. Anthony turned around and dribbled and crushed Iguodala with his strong back muscles. Rush to the basket and score a dunk. 30 to 22.

With the last 47 seconds left, the 76ers made a mistake on offense, and Iguodala's pass flew straight out of the baseline.

Taking advantage of the dead ball time, the head coach replaced Iguodala and Tang Wenlong, and replaced Meeks and playoff rookie Jimmy Butler!

The two sides played the final 47 seconds again, and the 76ers led by nine points in the first quarter, 32-23.

Although suppressed, the Knicks still see hope, at least the point difference is still within 10 points, isn't it? In the intervals, Woodson loudly encouraged the players to play aggressively!

On the other side, Collins told the players to rest quickly, and the task of the substitutes was to ensure that the points created by the main team were not narrowed by the opponent.

Butler slipped around in the first quarter and was completely let go when he came back to the court.

"The young man is in good shape!" Iguodala admired Butler's composure, remembering his first playoff appearance, when he was so nervous that he couldn't breathe.

Butler smiled, "As long as we can contain the opponent on the defensive end, we can win." ”

"Yes, suppressing JR, who can score the most, the Knicks' bench won't be able to pull up any tricks." Tang Wenlong, who was on the side, emphasized that JR's convulsive style of play poses the greatest threat to the 76ers.

Butler nodded, and head coach Collins meant the same thing, and he was good at defense, and he happened to face JR on the opposite side.

At the beginning of the second quarter, the 76ers sent a pure bench lineup of Luis, Meeks, Butler, Speights and Hawes, and made a 10-man rotation. On the Knicks' side, Bibby, JR-Smith, Fields, Novak and Smalls are also very confident in the nine-man rotation.

Hawes defended Xiao Si, and Anthony was not there, Xiao Si had the idea of attacking independently, and after the start of the second quarter, he took the initiative to ask.

After receiving the pass, Xiao Si shook his shot, and he burst sideways, and soon cleaned up Hawes and made a strong layup under the basket.

After that, Xiao Si hit another mid-range jumper and scored four points in a row.

Collins immediately called a timeout, Hawes was obviously powerless in the face of Xiao Si's attack, although Xiao Si's form has declined greatly this year, but there is still 17+8 energy, including a hand of distance jump shooting ability, compared to David West, it is difficult to distinguish.

Collins made a mistake and replaced Iguodala or Tang Wenlong in advance to control the situation? That will be unfavorable for the later games, but if Xiao Si is allowed to attack, the 76ers' advantage will be eroded. He turned his head to look at the bench, and a pair of bright round eyes looked at him expectantly.

Collins' mind immediately contemplated Whiteside's brilliant defensive performance in the final stages of the regular season, and he immediately decided, "Hassan, why don't you go on the court?" Contribute your strength on the defensive end! ”

Whiteside jumped off the bench in surprise, his lips trembling with excitement, this is not garbage time, this is the key stage of the playoffs!

"Okay coach, I'll get the job done!" Whiteside quickly took off his outer training clothes.

At this time, Hoyce sat back on the bench depressed, not long after returning from injury, his state has not been adjusted to the best, but Xiao Si's mobile inside, he can't defend at all, it is better to defend that Novak, simply like defending a high school student.

Tang Wenlong turned his head and smiled and said to Iguodala: "Hassan, this guy has finally waited for his chance, he has always wanted to prove himself!" ”

Iguodala nodded: "That's right, he's a hard-working lad and he's very talented. ”

At the end of the short timeout, Xiao Si was stunned to see the 76ers replace Hawes and replace him with a stunned rookie who is not famous, is this teasing him? A big white border that has never been heard of, and may not have a photo frame on the official website of the NBA?

He couldn't figure it out, but he immediately began to suffer (to be continued). )