Chapter 169-for-tat vs. Mai Mang

At the end of the first quarter, the Knicks chased the score to only two points, 24-26 into the second quarter.

With Houston's last shot, the Knicks' cheerleaders came on the court and began to sing and dance, in his previous life, Liang Xiao hated the most when the court five was playing the cheerleaders, so he pinched off the picture, I don't know if the people of the court five are in the water, such a strong song and dance is not allowed to watch, it is really intolerable, I hope that the current court five will not build a TV building like a big pants, not to mention that he is not allowed to rippling,

Van Gundy praised the performance of the Knicks players who came off the court, as a head coach, he still knows when to scold and when to say good things, otherwise blind scolding will not receive good results, it will only backfire, Liang Xiao was extremely appreciated by Van Gundy, and did not score a point in the first quarter, just to revitalize the Knicks' lineup,

Seeing that Van Gundy did not choose to get angry off the field, but patiently explained the tactics, Bill Wharton said: "Marven, you know, Van Gundy is not a good gentleman, now he is not angry, it can be seen that he is still very satisfied with the second half of this game, the Chinese teenager is really good, and the future is definitely limitless." ”

"That's right, just now in the first season because of such a performance, as long as you have a conscientious attitude, you are definitely a good player in the NBA, I heard that the Knicks only signed a one-year base salary contract with him, it seems that the general manager of the Knicks is definitely not a discerning guy, if such a player is placed in this year's draft, he will definitely be able to enter the small green house." Marvin Albert immediately changed his views after Liang Xiao's performance, which is as a commentary, a media person's wall-to-wall attitude on opinions,

"It seems that after this season, if the Knicks can't match a high-salary contract, I think there will be a lot of teams willing to give a high salary to this Chinese teenager, you must know that he is only 19 years old, who are the players who entered the NBA at the age of 19, just look at those players who entered the NBA in high school, which one is not a talented player." For Liang Xiao's future, Wharton is more optimistic, and can't help but think of high school players like Maddie and Kobe,

The cheerleaders quickly got off the court, the Knicks and the Nets players came on, Liang Xiao took the ball in Thomas's hand and started the second quarter of the game, and the funny performance at the tee off in the first quarter prompted the Knicks to kick off in the second quarter.

Kidd has a high understanding of Liang Xiao in the last quarter of defense, Liang Xiao likes to break through the ball more often and create more opportunities for his teammates, so that the Knicks chased the score back at once, and Kidd obviously paid a lot more attention to Liang Xiao after playing again, for a super point guard like Kidd, Liang Xiao's breakthrough is Kidd's arrogance to suppress,

Kidd took a tight defense of Liang Xiao's defense, not letting Liang Xiao break through, in the Nets' inner line, as long as Liang Xiao doesn't throw Kidd away, everything is easy to say, Martin and Uncle Mu have strong interior strength, for Liang Xiao's breakthrough, two defenses and one, that kind of certainty can be 100%,

After Liang Xiao lowered his center of gravity, his left foot probed forward, and the ball slipped on Liang Xiao's right hand and his left hand, Kidd's eyes stared at the ball, as if he was going to turn the ball in Liang Xiao's hand upside down at any time.

This kind of dribbling is actually rare in the NBA, the NBA's point guard is more often to choose the most direct and effective way to dribble, using speed and change direction to solve the resistance encountered in dribbling, Liang Xiao fell back and forth a few times left and right and did not choose to break through, because he also knows that under such a tight defense as Kidd, it is still very difficult to break through, others are super point guards, and their strength in defense should not be underestimated, two seconds later, Liang Xiao chose to pass to Sprewell, and the madman catching the ball is a breakthrough, Practical and simple dribbling, shaking the opponent's Jefferson and hitting the shot, for the now 22-year-old Jefferson, the strength of the madman has a very prominent advantage.

The Nets relied on Kidd's rapid advance this time, Martin was on top of the air cut, facing Thomas's strong shot, although there was a score, but in the process of scoring, it was obviously not as easy as at the beginning, and the Knicks' positional battle was playing a role.

In the second quarter of the game until the first official timeout, the score of the two sides has always remained at a two-point gap, and no more benefits have been obtained from the opponent, the Knicks rely more on positional warfare, the difference is when attacking, now it is not only Liang Xiao's impact on the inside selection, Houston and Sprewell are involved, the Nets choose more Kidd as the engine, everyone revolves around Kidd to score, Kidd points to where teammates go, and the score is generated, There are a lot more ways to score than the Knicks.

But it doesn't matter, although the Knicks' scoring means seem relatively simple, but they are not weak in the lineup, and it is still very good to convert it into scoring by the simplest direct and effective means.

"Now that the second quarter is officially suspended, I really don't know who the final winner is, the current situation is vague, Liang Xiao, a Chinese teenager, still chooses to break through the ball more in this quarter, and he is still more conservative in scoring." Albert saw the official timeout in the second quarter, and there was some uncertainty about the current situation.

"Now it's up to the bench lineups, and if the bench doesn't make a big difference, it's possible to fall behind." For the main players of both sides who played more than a full quarter, Wharton guided the focus to the bench,

After the timeout, the Nets helped to keep Martin and Kidd, the center position was replaced by Aaron Williamson, and the point guard was replaced by Lucios Harris, the Nets' important sixth man, this Harris is not Harris, this Harris is a second-round draft player in '93 and is now 32 years old. However, the data of 10.3 points and 2 assists per game shows that this Harris is definitely an old guy, every player has an ageless heart on the road to the championship, and the Nets' substitution also significantly strengthens the strength of the interior, Rodney Rodgers, the interior line, also plays, and the Nets have formed three big ones with two small ones,

Compared with the Nets, the Knicks use a small lineup, and they don't have as much talent as the Nets on the bench inside, leaving Harrington and playing Easley, Liang Xiao, Anderson and Witherspoon, Van Gundy knows that his advantage is now going to be transformed into a small lineup to play fast offense.

Liang Xiao fell behind immediately after he came on the court, and now he turned to the scoring guard is different from the point guard, Liang Xiao's task focuses on scoring, and the scores on both sides have not been opened, now it depends on who can get more scores, who can come out on top,

Easley faced Kidd's defense, he had no advantage in technique and age, and had to choose to divide the ball after reaching the frontcourt, Anderson received the ball and broke through, Liang Xiao followed up behind, waiting for Anderson's ball.

Harris looked at Liang Xiao by Liang Xiao's side, not letting him run out of the vacant position, Liang Xiao's ability in the previous game left a very deep impression on him, Anderson felt that the top of his head was covered by a few big hands after the three-second zone There was no gap, but at this time Anderson's vision was very open, and he saw Liang Xiao following up on the left behind, a ground pass, Liang Xiao grabbed the ball and immediately rushed in,

Although Harris scored more than 10 points this season, his pace became sluggish with the growth of age, Liang Xiao's rapid change of direction made Harris's footsteps not keep up, and under an emergency stop, the inside line did not come out in time to fill the position, allowing Liang Xiao to hit the basket.

The Nets' offense chooses to rely on the inside, and Kidd is now less on the dribble, which is also a way to maintain physical strength, and when he gets to the frontcourt, as long as he sends the ball to the inside, basically don't care about other things.

Harrington on the Knicks' side of the interior line did not choose to play the inside, in the case of the opponent's three big men occupying the inside, forcibly trying to fall into the sea in the three-second zone, will only end up in a failure and ending, more options are to pull outside the three-second zone for mid-range shooting, at this point, Harrington is still very confident, the Knicks score more points or thanks to Anderson and Liang Xiao, now Liang Xiao does not score too much on the inside, but occasional breakthroughs can still cause lethality on the inside, Let the opponent's inside foul, but it's still very dangerous to do so, and the three of them will always get the opportunity to give Liang Xiao a big hat.

Liang Xiao against Harris can be said to be a complete victory in the second quarter, in terms of breakthroughs, Harris is not so sharp, in defense, Harris does not move so fast, in terms of assists, Harris is even more unlikely to be able to create so many opportunities for his teammates like Liang Xiao, Anderson at this point, although there is no way to limit the opponent's physical advantage on the defensive end, but under the active defense is still the channeling effect, But the most important point is that he will use his feet to cause fouls on defenders on the inside line and get more free throws, Liang Xiao does not have such rich experience as him.

The game went on until 2 minutes and 13 seconds left in the second quarter, the scores of the two sides were still tight, although they were not willing to give up their side, even if they were now more substitutes on the court, but both sides were competing, the Nets were running for the championship in the league, and the Knicks wanted to stick to this home court without losing,

In the end, the Nets seemed to need a victory in this game more urgently, called a short timeout, after this timeout, Liang Xiao was pressed on the bench by Van Gundy, since he doesn't have to worry about it now, he drinks water off the court with a cup, this kind of nutritional water is really not good, but in order to recover as quickly as possible, Liang Xiao still sat on the sidelines and drank it by himself,

"Beal, now both sides are not relaxed, and the role of the bench on the court can't see which side is better, the Knicks rely on the fast lineup of Liang Xiao and Anderson, and the Nets are big men, which can be said to be-for-tat." Marvin Albert watched the score between the two sides freeze at 47-48, and no one could pull it away, and such a score had no chance to be decisive for both sides.

"Well, I had to continue watching, I think this game will have unexpected gains." Bill Wharton is also not optimistic about which side can win this game.