Chapter 258: The Battle of Tianwang Mountain

The Knicks' home court, the battle of Tianwang Mountain,

Madison Square Garden was still bustling with people, and before the game even started, the arena began to flicker with flashes of light, and fans couldn't wait to witness the arrival of this moment.

Liang Xiao's fans held placards one by one, "Liang Xiao, leap." And the Nets were attacking "Kidd, you can go home fishing." "Nets, can you still shoot?" There are even some slogans that can't help but make you think about it, although there are no yellow violent words, but the English is as broad and profound.

Mu Qingyu and Annie still came to the scene to support, this kind of game is an important game for Liang Xiao, although the two girls are usually busy, but they still know that this is the time, and there are even many Chinese who came from Linzhou to the scene to support the Knicks, just because of Liang Xiao,

"If we lose this game, it's a big score of three to one, but you have to think about how difficult it will be for us to catch up later, so we must win this game." In the away team's locker room, the head coach of the Nets asked the players to cheer up and play at a high level, and saliva was splashing.

The home team's locker room is very relaxed, the madman also takes out some fun things from the cabinet from time to time to make everyone laugh, the old horse holds a grip device in his hand and pinchs it hard, Liang Xiao asked for advice that it is to exercise grip strength, better grasp the ball, it seems that this little spare time is not let go, the point guard's hand is still really strong,

Madison Square Garden constantly replays the wonderful pictures of the past three games on the big screen, from time to time there are crazy people playing the opponent's pass, Liang Xiao's violent dunk, Thomas's layup, everything seems to be the prelude to the game of Tianwang Mountain,

"Ladies and gentlemen, now the Knicks players are on the court." After the players of the Nets, beams of lights shone on the Knicks players who appeared in turn, and bursts of cheers overshadowed the shouts of DJs.

Before the opening, the madman staged a play with Lao Ma and Thomas, and Liang Xiao was supposed to participate, but Liang Xiao's dancing skills were too bad.

The atmosphere is so relaxed, but the Nets are nervous, I didn't expect the Knicks to be so relaxed, and they all wondered in their hearts, would it be pretending to be relaxed,

"This game was really unexpected, I thought the Nets would win the series with a score of 4vs1 or 4v0, but now it looks like the Knicks are more sure of victory."

ESPN TV commented on this game, which was not originally arranged in this way, but the performance of the Knicks made the American media fall through the glasses, and the commentator was not optimistic about the Knicks in this series of games at all.

"Actually, I like the Knicks very much, which only shows that your predictions are always inaccurate, let's take a look at the starting lineups of both sides." The TV media has always been a red face and a white face, otherwise this guy would not say that he likes the Knicks, but will say that he is sure that the Knicks will win this game.

On the court, the cheerleaders kept shaking their hips and long hair, and the sequins on their bodies were colorful under the illumination of the lights, and they were dynamic because they seemed to burn the passion of the game more vigorously.

Van Gundy used the last bit of time on the sidelines to make the final deployment of some of the ideas he had just thought of, the Knicks fans were dressed in orange-red uniforms, waving scarves in their hands, Madison turned into a ocean, but the Knicks and the Nets were not shaken by those shouts, and they were still making deployments before starting.

"Liang Xiao, your task in this game is not only to score, but also to create pressure on the inside, Stephen is to be on the outside, properly carry out the inside strategy, the position of small forward, I want to carry out more internal and external activities, I believe that the opponent is not as strong as us, everyone cheer." Everyone put their hands together and was full of confidence in the next game.

Liang Xiao tied his jersey tightly, looked at Kittels opposite, jumped a few times next to the center circle, and squatted down to watch Van Horn grab the ball in the middle circle.

"Bibi" Van Horn jumped, but the opposite Mutombo bounced better, and obviously had an advantage in strength, although Mutumbo was not young, but the salary of more than 10 million yuan could still keep his value from falling, and his ability also matched his salary,

Kidd's advance was fast, but he retreated back to the outside at the three-point line, and the Knicks were in place in time so that Kidd didn't dare to hit hard, Liang Xiao followed Kittels to the frontcourt, saw Kidd's expression, and knew that the Nets are now not relying on speed but on the inside, so as to implement the inside, stand firm in the paint area, and play steadily,

The Nets' style of play really didn't make Van Gundy's coping strategy wrong, Van Gundy wanted the Knicks' players to properly use the advantages of the outside line to expand to the inside when they scored, and the Nets' current focus is also on the inside, and their main purpose is to rely on the inside line to grasp the rhythm, the first two games, the Knicks still have few opportunities in the positional battle, but the rhythm has always been controlled in the hands of the Knicks,

Kidd's choice of method is to adjust the inside line, Mutombo's height and strength are good, under the condition that the knife is not old, a person's strong offensive ability is still very threatening, Van Horn's defense is more difficult, but Van Horn is also a veteran for many years, knowing that Mutombo's shooting is very bad, although the front defense is not good, but he has his own tricks, and the last shooting moment volleys, Mutombo turned around with his back against Van Horn twice and immediately turned around, Uncle Mu, who knew his shortcomings, was afraid of being cut off, After turning around, he found that Van Horn's defense was in place, his hands were raised high, although Uncle Mu had a good sight, he still let the ball hit the frame, and the rebound was taken by Van Horn.

The players of the two teams are moving forward quickly, the rhythm is different, the Knicks are using the speed to take advantage, and the Nets guard also runs, but in this run, the inside players began to fall behind, and the last one is Mutombo, and when the inside line of the Nets arrives, the Knicks have already stood for it, the ball was directly caught by Liang Xiao and then hit the inside, and Uncle Mu, who was caught off guard, could only choose to forcibly get up and block in the face of Liang Xiao's layup, but a slap was fouled,

In the first four minutes of the game, the Knicks' outside Liang Xiao, Marbury and the madman, the number of outside shots was compressed, and the impact on the inside again and again, even if it was tightly defended, the Knicks chose to keep blocking and dismantling, and the Nets were overwhelmed, and the inside line had four fouls in a row in four minutes, and the Nets only had a timeout for a while.

Van Gundy was more determined to win with speed at this time, and Van Horn was replaced by a man like Anderson who had three points and breakthroughs, and the combination was a small man and a big forward position Thomas, this kind of mobility played a lot.

The Nets also don't want players with slow interior speed, Mutombo obediently sat on the bench, point guard Harris came on the court, and Martin's position was also replaced as a bench player.

In a game, the rhythm of substitutions in a quarter often has a certain rule to follow, but after this rule is broken, you must make adjustments, otherwise you will be caught by the opponent at this point, the Nets are now caught by the Knicks, and the inside line has to replace the number of fouls, after all, there are still three quarters to go, and if you foul like this later, it will definitely be the rhythm of losing,

"Now that both sides are small lineups, the Knicks' speed can't have an advantage, and I think the score will be deadlocked."

"I don't think so, the Knicks are just more mobile, not weaker defense, compared to the Nets, it's a bit of a sacrifice, you must know that the Nets are not relying on the average small lineup to control the game, the Knicks have a combination of inside and outside." ESPN's commentators obviously have different views on the two teams, but the Knicks really have an advantage now, but at the beginning, the Knicks were more comfortable and rhythmic.

The rhythm of the Nets is basically controlled by Kidd, but now there is no inside, the outside scoring opportunity is not something that Kidd alone can mention, what the outside line needs is that everyone has a point guard's heart and the ability of the point guard to make things happen, the Nets lack such people, and they rely more on Kidd, I really see this, the Knicks force Kidd, sometimes causing the Nets to be in a hurry, and the ball is passed out in a hurry for a long time or forced to hold it in the chest,

In this situation, Van Gundy's voice can no longer be seen, but the head coach of the Nets kept shouting on the sidelines, but the Knicks' actions made them very helpless, just two minutes later, the Knicks pulled away 5 points in one breath, and the score suddenly opened to 7 points, and the first quarter of the game was already halfway over, but the Nets guessed 9 points and had to call another timeout, and the Nets were in a predicament,

The cheerleaders entered the court again, Van Gundy let Liang Xiao and Lao Ma go to rest, Ward and Van Horn and Harrington on the inside, Anderson and Thomas went to rest, the Knicks' lineup suddenly changed to a double-height inside, and the strength of the outside line only retained one starter, but this is the lineup of the rhythm,

The Nets also used the change of lineup, Martin sat on the inside, Kittels and Kidd on the outside, and the other two switched to the bench, in comparison, this lineup is more flexible and defensive than the Knicks.

Liang Xiao watched the Knicks' twin towers stand on the inside and surrounded Martin off the court, but the outside line was a little difficult to parry, and Kidd's connection was very good, in the two minutes on the court, the Knicks' score advantage began to fall again,