At the end of the first quarter, the Hornets led the Knicks by five points at 34:29.

Although the Knicks' Gallinelli did well after that, Gallinelli could only help the team on the offensive end. And what about Horn? On the offensive end, you can play Turiaf casually, on the defensive end, you can greatly stop the Knicks from entering and exiting the restricted area, and Horn plays a huge role on both offensive and defensive ends.

As a result, Gallinelli himself could not catch up with the score despite his good performance. This is the reason why good big men are more valuable. The small man can only control the offensive end and the defensive end is of little effect, but a good big man is strategic and can control both the offensive and defensive ends at the same time, and if he has the means to respond, a big man can even expand his influence to infinity. In the end, the big man is still the foundation of the basketball game, and the small man is based on the foundation.

At the end of the first quarter, several living treasures on the TNT commentary bench began their own unabashed moments again.

Kenny Smith said: "I said I'd be surprised that Horn scored 50 points one day, and today he was in a completely different state than the previous two games. You can feel that his shooting rhythm is much, much better! This guy is a jerking guy, he's jerking off again today, and if I were Dantony, I'm going to find someone to stare at him! ”

"It's a pity you're not Dantony, Dantony won't waste his energy on Horn! It's useless if you just want to keep an eye on him, he's not a ball-handling player. You can't always find two people running with Horn! ”

Chris Webb's words still have some admiration for Horn.

"Dantony won't be counting on defending Horn, he's going to expect his team to score more points than Horn. However, if he continues in this form, Horn will get more shooting opportunities, and he should have a time to play against Stoudmayre. I'm looking forward to seeing this! ”

"That's right! Right! Right! I want to see these two guys in line, these two guys are arrogant and brainless, and it must be fun to play together! ”

Kenny Smith was also very open-mouthed at this time, saying that Stadamire had no brains.

"Hey, hey, hey!"

A few of Kenny Smith's buddies aren't good either! Hearing him say this, he immediately laughed on the side.

On the Hornets bench, Ball went through the first half of the game and found that Horne was quite efficient in scoring one-on-one against Turyaf. At this time, he came over and said to Horn: "Horn, do you think Turyaf's defense can be broken by yourself?" ”

Horn said confidently at this time: "If you give me space, I am seventy percent sure!" ”

Horn is not talking big, Turiaf's speed, especially the turning speed, is on the slow side, and once he gets close, Horn is very sure to break through him. Now that he has a good shooting touch, Horn can shoot calmly if Turiaf doesn't pull it out. Sure, confident, that's why Horn dared to say that.

Ball knew that Horn would say something similar, and he immediately said: "In that case, in the second quarter, I will devise a tactic to let you and Turiaf one-on-one, and the opponent will need to pass the ball immediately, and the opponent will change the defense, and we will make adjustments." ”

"I'll do my job!"

Horn was also very happy to hear that Ball had finally designed a tactic for himself.

Unbeknownst to the Knicks at this point, they would face Horn's first head-on assault and return to the court in the second quarter with no change in the Knicks' personnel and setup.

In the first round, all the Hornets players were standing on the right side of the court, and suddenly Horne ran out of the box to the left to receive the ball, and Turyaf followed, but all four of the Hornets players were still waiting on the right side. On the half side of the pitch, Horn and Turyaf formed a complete one-on-one.

As soon as this formation was set up, the battle-hardened TNT commentary team immediately said in unison: "One-on-one tactics!" ”

"Ball really trusts Horn and directly lets Horn play one-on-one." Kenny Smith roared in a strange tone in his hoarse voice.

Chris Webber rolled his eyes at this time and said: "Although it is very abrupt, I think it is quite reasonable, because in the first quarter, Horn played Turyaf very well, and now it is just to see Horn's play!" ”

The TNT commentary team was shocked because Horn has always been a role player, an off-ball player, and the tactics are none of his business. The tactics are all designed for others, others can't play, or Horn runs out of position, and the team will pass the ball to Horn. It seems that there is such a special situation now, and the whole team creates opportunities for Horn alone, which is absolutely none.

With the tactical support that he didn't have before, does this mean that Horn is starting to become a core! It's a big question to watch, and they're eager to see what Horn can do when he's backed by the whole team.

Horn himself values such an opportunity, and he knows that this kind of opportunity is missed, and it may not be available for a long time.

So he didn't shoot easily in the face of Turiaf, but chose a more consistent way. Raise your hand and click, then immediately break through to the right and attack directly to the basket.

Horn himself accelerated with all his might, and he played very seriously, but Horn forgot one thing. Basketball is a sport that requires the courage to do movements, Horn played conservatively at this time, using the most commonly used right side to break through, which happened to be guessed by Turiaf, Turyaf came over and immediately stopped Horn with a horizontal body, Horn was squeezed away from the basket during the breakthrough process, and as a result, he threw a 3 without sticking.

Horn's first individual single, with tactical support, played a three-no-stick and watched the ball fall innocently to the ground.

Kenny Smith in the commentary box immediately burst out laughing: "Hahaha! As I said, Horn is unstable, and it's still too difficult for him to play this kind of ball-handling attack. ”

Barkley also shook his big bald head and said: "Horn's ball handling is too stiff! He lacks experience. ”

Horn really didn't handle the ball well, and he didn't play to his strengths. This kind of performance made Bauer grin unfortunately, and now Bauer has regretted his decision, but after only one round, he is a little bad and immediately changed his course, it seems that he is too unresponsible.

Dantony, who was on the side of the court, saw Horn's performance and shook his head disdainfully, and he also thought that Horn was better running.

Turyaf was abused by Horn in the first quarter to vomit blood, and now he finally managed to defend one, and immediately yelled with excitement, and in the roar of Turyaf, Maddison's Garden Court resounded with cheers. And a boo against Horn!

Failed the first time! Horn looked back at the court and slammed his fist hard in the chest, telling himself that even if there was a setback, his heart would go like steel.

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