In this game, Jonny and Alan Houston both fought, but the difference in strength made Alan Houston unable to compare with Jonny, Alan Houston lost from the first ball, and then, Alan Houston was also behind everywhere, and Jonny, who was completely in a state of madness, put in energy that he had never invested before on the defensive end. ∽↗

And the magic of this game, in addition to Jonny's very desperate, there is also a Nick Anderson, his desperateness on the court, far more than every previous game, although before this game, Nick Anderson had no feeling for Jonny's revenge declaration, and even showed a disdainful expression, but this does not mean that Nick Anderson does not value this game, on the contrary, he values this game very much.

Nick Anderson knows that in the current Magic team, Jonny's starting point guard position should be unshakeable, so if Nick Anderson wants to regain the starting position, he can only compete with the injured Denis Scott, and Nick Anderson feels that he is slightly worse than Denis Scott, but Nick Anderson knows that his defense is better than Nick Anderson. With Jonny also having a three-point range and a terrible defense, Nick Anderson knows he only needs to get hold of those games to secure the starting point guard position.

And in this game, facing former NBA All-Star aunt Larry Johnson, Nick Anderson seemed to be working hard, not only on the offensive end, but especially on the defensive end, he almost worked hard to defend Larry Johnson. Last season, in the Charlotte Hornets, the aunt who averaged 20+8 per game didn't hit the opening consecutive shots under Nick Anderson's desperate defense.

And Nick Anderson seems to be working hard, and the rest of the Magic players have also burst out with strong fighting spirit, starting point guard Darryl Armstrong and starting center Ronnie Secali are all players who were inspired by Jonny's words before the game, so in the Magic's starting lineup, only one Horris Grant doesn't seem to care much about this game and has been playing this game at his normal level.

However, even if Horris Grant did not use his full strength, Patrick Ewing, who was in poor condition, seemed to be unable to find any shooting state under his hands, although the deterrent power of the interior is still there, but most of the Magic's offensive methods in this game are actually floating outside shots, such as Jonny's three-point shooting, pull-up jump shot, etc., Darryl Armstrong's three-pointer, and Nick Anderson's three-point and Ronnie Secali's mid-range shot, all in all, the number of times the Magic rushed into the interior to score in this game is only a handful, Only Darryl Armstrong and Nick Anderson rushed inside once or twice, but thanks to Patrick Ewing's deterrence, the Magic also consciously reduced the number of times they rushed inside to score.

The magic of this game obviously broke out with an unimaginable hot feeling on the outside, and the Knicks fell behind step by step in the impact of the outside like the Magic.

And after the end of the first quarter of the game, under the leadership of Jonny, the Magic unexpectedly suppressed the Knicks, who have been in good shape recently, and the Knicks fans in the audience looked a little bad, they were excited to watch a good show, but they didn't expect their team to be suppressed by the opponent in the first quarter, and Alan Houston, who performed the worst, was surprisingly abused by the fans on the sidelines, which also surprised Jonny very much.

He didn't expect that the Knicks' fans were of such quality, but it was also the largest city in the United States, and the quality of the fans here was really not good, especially when they scolded the players of their own team, and for the scene in front of him, Jonny was very happy when he saw Alan Houston's iron face.

At the beginning of the second quarter, the Magic continued to play the main game, for the Magic of this game, it was a luxury to replace the bench in the second quarter, because they only had three bench players on the bench in this game, namely Brian Shaw, Derrick Strong and Amar McCasgill, and the other players were either injured, or Ricky Adubatu couldn't look down on them, and Richie Adubatu, who attached great importance to this game, it was impossible to send that group of substitutes who were a bit of a pit to dig holes. He is willing to let Jonny's main team play more, and would rather the main force not have the physical strength to play in the next game.

After all, this game is a game that Jonny values very much, and it is also a game that the team's uniform team values very much, and they shouted a declaration of revenge before the game, so victory at all becomes the only option for the Magic.

However, the Knicks obviously won't be so easy to tie up, in the second quarter, Patrick Ewing obviously increased the number of times he played on the inside, and the defense against Jonny also increased sharply, and the defensive intensity suddenly increased. And Jeff Van Gundy's substitution in the second quarter, Buck Williams came on to replace the in-form Charles Oakley, erecting a wall in the mid-range, in addition, the player who defended Johnny also changed from Alan Houston to John Starks, and Starks replaced Big Mom Larry Johnson.

Speaking of John Starks, the New York legend is a tough defensive and tough villain, and his defense in his peak season is one of the few players who can make an impact on Michael Jordan. And his tough and vicious side can also be used to deduct Patrick Ewing as soon as he enters the NBA, and then he also dunked Michael Jordan in an official NBA game, this kind of courage, such a lawless character, makes John Starks a fearsome defender in the league.

And when Alan Houston faced Jonny's offense and the defensive end seemed to be struggling, Jeff Van Gundy naturally chose to replace John Starks, although compared with previous years, John Starks' state has declined a little seriously, but overall John Starks' state can still be compared with most of the NBA main players, especially his defensive ability, even if he can't prevent Jonny, but it is still easy to limit Jonny.

The arrival of two veterans, John Starks and Buck Williams, has made the Knicks' mid-range no-fly zone, and their outside offense has also been opened. In the second quarter, in the face of John Starks' defense, although Jonny continued his offensive touch, but under the interference of John Starks, he didn't get too many opportunities to shoot in this quarter, so at halftime, the difference was erased by the Knicks.

After the point difference was erased, the sidelines of the Madison Square Garden Arena obviously had a different atmosphere from the first quarter, and the Knicks fans began to look forward to this game again, and the successful defense of John Starks in the second quarter also made this group of somewhat strange Knicks fans let out a huge cheer, and the endless greetings to Jonny's family on the sidelines were re-enlarged.

And on the sidelines at this time, Jonny and John Starks couldn't stop muttering something when they got off the field, and their mouths kept moving, which made Mav Albert on the commentary seat laugh: "Obviously, Jonny and John Starks are trash-talking." ”

That's right, from the beginning of the second quarter, the new John Starks provoked Jonny, and with Jonny's personality, he naturally fought back, and as a result, throughout the second quarter, Jonny was fighting with John Starks, even if he was going to enter the locker room to rest at halftime, and both of them couldn't stop in their mouths.

At this time, Jonny was about to play with John Starks, he even forgot about the original opponent of this game, Alan Houston, but now Alan Houston, but he has no face to fight with Jonny, the entire first quarter, he lost in the hands of Jonny I don't know how many times, he hit a three-point shot through the open position, Jonny was like an insult to his defense to shoot a three-pointer. And Alan Houston completed a breakthrough, Jonny was even more ruthless, Jonny rushed directly into the interior, either causing Alan Houston's 2+1, or completing a layup on Patrick Ewing's head, anyway, the difficulty is always more difficult than Alan Houston's everything.

And throughout the first quarter, Jonny's various disdainful words also made Alan Houston have no way to deal with Jonny. And the appearance of John Starks in the second quarter directly relieved Alan Houston.

And back in the locker room, the more Jonny thought about the first half, the more he felt that something was wrong, in the entire second quarter, it stands to reason that his state was good, but in the entire second quarter he only shot 4 times, hit 2 goals, and the 50% shooting rate was already very good, and under the defense of John Starks, Jonny was stunned and didn't get any shots, which is very abnormal.

Jonny thought about it for a moment, and he thought that maybe it was trash talk with John Starks that affected his offensive rhythm in the second quarter.

"Jonny, what's going on with you in the second quarter? Why did you only shoot 4 times? Sure enough, as soon as he entered the locker room, Ricky Adhubatu questioned Jonny, the current Magic, it can be said that Jonny is their backbone, if Jonny can open the situation, the Magic can easily win the game, so for Jonny suddenly reduced his number of shots in the second quarter, Ricky Adubatu is very dissatisfied.

"This, coach, seems to have affected my state because of my trash talk with that John Starks." Jonny scratched his head in embarrassment.

"It's not like, it's just!" Ricky Adubatu also feels a little funny, there are many people in this league who are good at trash talk, but most of them are after long-term training, or innate talent, will have the ability to trash talk with opponents on the court, and it will not affect their ability to play, and as a lawless villain, John Starks is an innate talent, and Jason's long-term training is a combination.

And it would be strange for Jonny to fight against such a trash-talk master, not being affected, and not having problems.

Jonny nodded a little abruptly, and then assured Richie Adubatu: "Don't worry, coach, I already understand, in the second half, I won't let that John Starks have a good time!" ”