At the end of the first half, with Li Chen's ultra-long three-point whistle, the Knicks were able to equalize the score, 58:58, Wannian Fish Belly met the defending champion, but the result was a big surprise.

In ESPN's technical statistics, Li Chen became the best player in the first half, he scored a total of 20 points in the two quarters, made 14 shots, hit 7 shots, and the shooting rate just reached 50, including 3 of 5 3-pointers, with a shooting rate of 60, in addition, Li Chen got a total of 5 free throw opportunities in the first half, hitting three shots.

The Lakers' Kobe Bryant's play cannot be ignored, although the score is not as high as Li Chen, but the god who scored 14 points also sent 4 assists in the half, and the enthusiastic Los Angeles people were pleasantly surprised to find that since last season, the Black Mamba has surpassed the Big Apple in assists for the first time.

Unlike the Lakers, the Purple and Gold's lazy game attitude didn't put much pressure on their physical strength, unlike the Knicks, who ran longer distances than their opponents in the same amount of time, and exerted more physical strength.

Especially Li Chen, who is in charge of most of the offensive and organizational tasks, he is facing pressure that is unimaginable to the rest of the Knicks, whether it is offense or defense, the Big Apple is active in every corner of the court, fortunately, the Knicks were able to draw with the Lakers under his hard work, and this result was not in vain everyone's hard work for half the game.

"Hurry up and rest!" D'Antoni was studying the tactics and thinking about what to do next, "The Lakers must have found a problem. If nothing else, we're going to be under a lot of pressure in the third quarter. ”

"Don't worry!" Li Chen, who was not far away, was very calm, although his body was already a little tired. But he still tries to make himself look more solid as much as possible, "Playing steadily, there will always be opportunities." ”

Fifteen minutes later, the two teams changed places and the Knicks had the right to serve, but unfortunately, New York could not take advantage of the opportunity to take the lead. Li Chen's turnaround jumper was a little shorter, and the Lakers got the rebound.

Fisher held down the tempo steadily, and the old fish didn't show the weakness that the outside world expected when facing the Knicks. His experience allowed him to control the tempo of the game well, with the Lakers pushing forward steadily and Kobe Bryant attacking as always.

Gasol asked for the ball in the low post, and David Lee was a little powerless in the face of Big Plus. The name of the other party's soft egg didn't give him much advantage. Not to mention how many points he scored, at least in the competition of the most basic inside skills, he lost to his opponent more than once.

With a small hook on the side, Gasol scored two points and the Lakers took the lead again.

As for the Knicks, they didn't have any physical problems just after halftime, and after a quick kickoff, all the players began to run constantly.

"I'll go. It's annoying! Lao Yu looked at the opponent's movements a little helplessly, he was originally the slowest one in the entire Lakers. The Knicks also deliberately accelerated the pace, isn't this the rhythm of Chiguo Guodi to exhaust him.

Fisher's guess was not wrong, the Knicks players covered each other and made the Lakers' defense very difficult for a while, and soon, Larry Hughes successfully slipped the baseline to find an opportunity, received the ball and made a layup.

The Zen master on the Lakers' bench suddenly stood up, and he gestured to Fisher, and the old fish nodded in understanding. At the same time, Li Chen also saw Jackson's reaction, others may not be able to understand it, but for him who has been in the Lakers for a year, the Zen master's tactical gestures are very clear to him.

"Day, do you want to be like this, don't give you any way to live!" Li Chen, who understood Jackson's tactical intentions, was very helpless, the Knicks had just found a little offensive strategy, and he didn't expect the Zen master to make a response so quickly.

As if sensing Li Chen's resentful gaze, the fake monk smiled gloomily. 3-2 joint defense, for the Knicks, who have a group of outside shooters, such a defensive position is simply deadly, whether it is at the top of the arc or at the 45-degree three-point point on both sides, the 3-2 joint defense can be very oppressive and strong, and because the defensive range is expanded, such a defensive strategy is also very beneficial to the fast break after the steal.

Don't think too much, the Knicks soon encountered offensive problems, the Lakers' tight defense made the panicked Knicks a little confused for a while, breaking through because of the existence of the twin towers is very difficult, and the outside line has to encounter the opponent's joint defense, except for letting Li Chen force a single through personal skills, they can't find a better way.

The decline in offensive efficiency has caused the Knicks to make mistakes one after another, while the Lakers have repeatedly seized opportunities, whether it is defensive counterattacks or positional offense, they can always execute the Zen master's tactical intentions in an orderly manner.

D'Antoni applied for substitutions, Hughes and Chandler were replaced one after another, Battier and Thorton had to play, Li Chen still played his small forward, and the Knicks' lineup on the court has become a classic run-and-shoot lineup with four small at this time, if they were a little different from the Warriors before, then now the two teams are exactly the same.

Although the 3-2 joint defense can limit New York's outside shooters well, at the same time, this defensive strategy also has an obvious weakness, in addition to the three points on both sides and the baseline, the area below the free throw line and above the small box is also his defensive blind spot.

D'Antoni's intention to replace Battier is very obvious, using the deterrence of Batman, Curry and Thorton on the sides and in the bottom corner to force the opponent to shift the defensive center of gravity to a certain extent, and at this time Li Chen's technical characteristics can come into play, super projection ability and good low post offense can help him attack unscrupulously.

Of course, all this has to be based on the premise that Li Chen's personal hand is good, if he can't shoot, all of D'Antoni's offensive strategies can only be in vain.

"Than offense?" The Zen master in the coach's seat sneered disdainfully, with the current lineup of the Knicks, although they can bring a lot of problems to the Lakers on offense, but at the same time, their defensive quality can basically be regarded as useless for the Lakers, whose offensive ability is unmatched. The Lakers are enough to give the Knicks a headache just by playing inside.

At the same time, the problems on the field were also seen in the CCAV commentary room, "D'Antoni's substitution was very bold. It's a very risky thing for a team to sacrifice defense almost entirely in exchange for their offensive freedom, and the offensive problem can be solved, but is the defense really that insignificant? ”

Regarding the partner's opinion, Yu Jia expressed his opinion, "Actually, it's not necessarily true, the overall strength of the Knicks is more than one cut worse than the Lakers." Neither offensively nor defensively, they don't have the quality to defend the champions, to put it appropriately. They are faced with a situation where there are wolves in front of them and tigers in the back.

The offense can't be opened, the defense is not strong, and the opposite Lakers are pressing step by step, and the Knicks are now in a dilemma. D'Antoni's approach is risky though. But it's not a try. ”

As everyone expected, after the substitution, the Knicks quickly found their feelings, scattered positions and cold air cuts made the Lakers unable to find much of a way for a while, a team of 5 people have the ability to shoot from a distance, which can be imagined the pressure on the defense.

Through constant passing and running, Li Chen was finally able to find an opportunity to step back and make a jumper on the left side of the free throw line. The basketball smacks through the basket.

However, the goal did not make Li Chen much easier, and he knew very well that the bigger test was ahead. The defense of such a team is far from being weak, Battier is strong defensively, but that is only when he is an outside defender, if he is on the inside, it is already rare to be able to protect rebounds.

The Lakers didn't bring many surprises to people, and the purposeful offense made the fans cry out for boredom, so relying on the advantage of the inside line alone to eat the opponent, even the Zen master himself blushed a little, they are like an adult bullying a child, relying on themselves to be taller and stronger than the opponent to play on the top of the opponent's head.

But this can't be helped, competitive sports are like this, since D'Antoni dares to expose his weaknesses, there is no reason for the Lakers not to take advantage of it, otherwise, where is the majesty of their twin tower combination, if they don't shoot the ball, do they look at it as a door god?

Bynum hits a hook shot under the basket! In the game against the Knicks, Bynum found the feeling of a little shark as he wished, because whether it was Chandler before or David Lee later, the two were far inferior to Bynum in the competition of strength, especially Bynum's arm span and bounce were not bad, which made the Knicks' interior defense and the breakthrough of outside players helpless.

Fortunately, the Knicks also scored in the next offense, this time it was David Lee, who ran in the opposite direction along Li Chen's route after pulling out, and quickly received the ball and hit it after getting rid of the defenders.

After getting the ball, the Lakers still focus on the inside, Kobe Bryant forced a breakthrough, without Chandler's weak-side defensive ability, the Knicks' interior line can finally be described as empty, if David Lee dares to reach out, it is a two-plus-one, simply, he doesn't have the guts.

Bynum was a little carried away after the goal, and he even joked with Li Chen, "Cruze, come and attack the inside, I can't wait to send you a big hot pot, believe me, my blocking ability has improved a lot recently, if you don't believe it, you can try it!" ”

Li Chen didn't have much reaction to Bynum's brain-dead move, knowing the other party's temperament, he knew that it was just a joke, even if the joke was a little inappropriate. But Kobe Bryant was different, the performance of the younger brother made him very embarrassed, he didn't say anything, he grabbed Bynum's neck, pulled him away.

The Knicks scored, this time it was Thorton, who suddenly went up after cutting from the bottom line, the rookie's move made Bynum who was sitting in the basket pounce, and Li Chen also dribbled like a baseline to attack, and the big apple decisively divided the ball in the face of defense.

Curry received the ball and stuffed it straight into the hands of Thornton, who was a little outside the penalty line, and the combination of the two rookies helped the Knicks score two points, which sounds a bit complicated compared to the Lakers.

"No, it definitely won't work like this." Despite scoring several goals in a row, Li Chen is not optimistic about the team's situation.

Completely giving up defense is not the same as letting go of the basket for a team of the Lakers' level, and the Knicks can only score one with their desperate efforts, but the Lakers can easily score with their interior advantage, no matter how they compare, this strategy is not cost-effective for the Knicks.

After all, mid-range shooting is a very test of feeling, and the Knicks can't guarantee that they can continue to have a good hand, once they miss a few shots in a row, the Lakers will be able to seize the opportunity to extend the lead, and at the same time, for the Knicks, repeated failures will only increase the pressure of the shot.

The situation on the court soon developed in the direction that Li Chen predicted, the Knicks' shooting miss brought the Lakers an opportunity to expand the score, Gasol's dunk made the Knicks' basket tremble a little, and Kobe's flying layup made the Knicks' defense powerless.

Psychological imbalance = inaccurate attack! It's an equation that doesn't have to be questioned, and after changing tactics, the Knicks finally fell into a meltdown, and D'Antoni failed to outperform the scheming Zen master compared to tactics.

After three quarters, the Lakers led by 13 points, and this was basically caused by the collapse in the last 3 minutes, losing to the opponent by 13 points in a single quarter, which is a big challenge for Li Chen, who still dreams of turning the tables and winning! (To be continued......)