"The Raptors were very fast, they got the ball and it was very quick to get through the half, and the Knicks weren't even in position on defense! Entered! The Raptors' fast offense only took 11 seconds, Vince Carter dunked, this offense is very difficult, maybe the New Yorkers have to pay attention to them, they have to defend full of holes! ”

Failed to defend Stephen Marbury, but in retrospect, the Raptors played another signature fast break, and the entire offense took only 11 seconds, which was very fast.

But the Raptors still can't seem to stop Stephen Marbury, the score is 4:2, the Knicks' second offense, Roger Mason faced Stephen Marbury again, he just stood in position, opened his arms to block Stephen Marbury. As a result, Stephen Marbury turned 360 degrees directly on the spot and directly wiped Roger Mason, this time Roger Mason was more thorough, Stephen Marbury rushed directly into the interior line, throwing off Roger Mason half a step away!

Rodstrickland, who was making up for the defense, rushed over, but it was already a step too late.

Chris Bosh was helpless, moved two steps sideways, and raised his hands to interfere with Stephen Marbury. Unexpectedly, Stephen Marbury actually took three steps directly, dodged Chris Bosh in a very distorted position, and lifted the basketball out.

Beep beep ~ ~!

"The referee's whistle blows, a beautiful pass, a beautiful 2+1! Stephen Marbury tore apart the Raptors' defense alone! ”

Stephen Marbury jumped on the spot, pounded his chest and roared, then suddenly turned around, raised his finger and pointed at Xu Yi on the bench, and made a downward gesture, which means "low".

Xu Yi turned his head, he almost didn't want to watch this game, Stephen Marbury's provocation made Xu Yi feel a wave of anger in his heart, but he was still not ready to make adjustments, he didn't believe that Stephen Marbury could maintain such a good state all the time.

But Stephen Marbury has played several waves of offense in a row, and the state of big red is getting deeper and deeper, and there is actually a trend of changing to black and red, Xu Yi is a little anxious, especially Stephen Marbury seems to have begun to help his teammates score, which is extremely bad news for the Raptors.

If Stephen Marbury really brings the state of the rest of the Knicks up, it will be difficult for the Raptors to win this game, you must know that although Alan Houston is unstable, his shooting skills are still there, and he must feel warm, so don't try to prevent him. In recent times, two-thirds of the games won by the Knicks have been won by Alan Houston.

"Stephen Marbury, he assisted Coat-Thomas to complete the dunk, the Knicks bit the score, 14:12, the Raptors fell behind by 2 points!"

The situation is critical, Xu Yi has to make a change, he now has two options, one is to implement the two-step defense he thought of before the game, and the other is very risky, to implement the half-court wrap-and-hold strategy proposed by Belbeno before the game, but this tactic is too risky, which will make the Raptors' defense too many holes.

Xu Yi began to hesitate, he was unwilling to let Stephen Marbury get a lot of opportunities, especially when Stephen Marbury provoked him just now. But for the Raptors, victory is the most important thing, especially what they need is a big win, and the score is scorching like this, which is not what Xu Yi wants at all.

"Stephen Marbury, break through! Wow! The beautiful dunk also caused Jalen Rose's foul, Stephen Marbury's condition was so good that it exploded, it seems that he really broke out when he met an old enemy! The Raptors are in danger, Xu Yi is going to be finished! Walter Fraser shouted excitedly.

And the reporters in the press box also instantly turned into fans of the Knicks and Stephen Marbury in this game, and when Stephen Marbury scored this 2+1 goal, the group of reporters on the sidelines jumped high and cheered loudly.

"Well done Stephen Marbury! Beat them! The inner monologue is: "Everyone who provokes the uncrowned king will not end well!" ”

At this moment, Xu Yi made up his mind, he decided to choose a safer two-step defense, at this time the Raptors were 5 points behind, Xu Yi shouted a long timeout, all the players on the court went off, Xu Yi began to adjust his tactics, and made the first substitution.

The first substitution Xu Yi made was to replace Roger Mason with Morris Piterson, and after 5 minutes of the first quarter of the game, Roger Mason's state has always been pale yellow, and Morris Piterson's state has become pale red, and he is also an outside single defense player, Xu Yi will naturally choose Morris Piterson, who is in better condition.

"Let's make a substitution first, Roger is off the court, Morris is on the court, after Morris comes on the court, the main defense is Stephen Marbury, let's adjust the way we defend Stephen Marbury, cancel the bag, use the one we practiced before to put two steps to defend, put Stephen Marbury, we will stare at the others!"

After a nervous arrangement, the Raptors changed to a new defensive tactic and came onto the court.

On the Knicks' side, Lenny Wellkens didn't change anything at all, and even if he made a change, Stephen Marbury wouldn't listen, not to mention that the Knicks were an advantage now and didn't need to change anything at all.

Back on the court, the Knicks didn't know what kind of changes the Raptors had made, but when they saw Roger Mason being replaced and Morris Pietson on the court, they instinctively felt that the Raptors were just changing a defender.

So Walter Fraser scoffed: "The Raptors replaced Roger Mason with Morris Pietson, can a defender be able to stop Stephen Marbury?" What a naivety! Sure enough, it's a rookie head coach! ”

Back to the first wave of offense on the court, the Raptors played another fast break, but Rodstrickland's pass was wrong, the basketball was cut off by Shanton Anderson, the Knicks quickly started the fast break, Shanton Anderson took the ball and ran to the front court quickly, this time he didn't give the ball to Stephen Marbury, and chose to go it alone.

However, at this time, the Raptors have made huge adjustments to their defensive strategy, and the Raptors' defense speed is very fast, in an instant, there are three people who return to defense, and the Knicks are just two fast breaks, except for Shanton Anderson, who is Stephen Marbury, who is two steps behind him.

Shanton Anderson thinks that the three Raptors who return to defense must focus on Stephen Marbury, isn't this how the Raptors played before? So Shanton Anderson chose to come by himself without hesitation.

took two steps in a row, jumped up on the last step, and Shanton Anderson made a three-step layup!

But to his surprise, the three people who returned to the Raptors defense actually completely abandoned Stephen Marbury, and pounced on him with a honeycomb, and the three pounced, completely interfering with Shanton Anderson's vision, and the ball was naturally completely interfered with and failed to score.

At this time, the reporters on the sidelines were still talking and laughing and waiting for the result of the game, in their opinion, Stephen Marbury completely stormed, this game is destined to be won by the Knicks, after the game, it will definitely be able to make the arrogant Chinese look good.

And the Raptors' defense this time, no one paid attention to it at all, they just thought it was a very normal and ordinary defense, even the Knicks themselves thought so, and Shanton Anderson was just secretly unlucky.

Then, the Raptors continued to implement their run-and-bomb tactics, and in Xu Yi's shouting, they accelerated wildly. The Knicks don't have any rhythm masters, and the team's lead point guard, Stephen Marbury, is just a sticky point guard and is not good at controlling the tempo.

In the face of the Raptors' run-and-bomb offense, the Knicks didn't have any good way, at most they just grabbed a few mistakes from the Raptors and played a few waves of counterattacks.

And the Knicks' own offense slowly went wrong.

After Stephen Marbury found him breaking through, no one came to cover him, Morris Pietson defended him the whole time, and Chris Bosh would only come over when he rushed to the deepest part of the interior line. And Morris Piterson's defensive style also made Stephen Marbury feel strange, he found that Morris Piterson actually let him go two steps directly, so Stephen Marbury directly shot a three-pointer on the spot, but did not score.

Stephen Marbury is not a qualified three-point shooter, Xu Yi knows this, Stephen Marbury is a very similar player to LeBron James, although there are long-range shots, but they are unstable, the offense relies on breaking, and is very sticky to the ball. That's why Xu Yi thought of using the Spurs to deal with LeBron James in the future.

After missing three points, Stephen Marbury knew that he didn't have any long-range shooting skills today, so he then chose various breakthroughs.

At this time, the power of putting two steps comes out, as soon as Stephen Marbury breaks through, Morris Piterson, who puts two steps, can react quickly, and then there is enough space to go to Stephen Marbury, and the Raptors focus on the other players of the Knicks, this time, it makes the Knicks' offense on the verge of dumb fire, their offense becomes very difficult, Stephen Marbury's singles can be successful a few times, and others are simply hanging around on the court.

The Knicks' offense turned into a 1v1 duel between Stephen Marbury and Morris Pietson, and the Raptors' occasional bag of Stephen Marbury made the game a 1v2, 1v3 or even 1v5 offense of Stephen Marbury, and then whenever this happened, the Raptors could open up a little bit of difference, just a little bit, a point or two.

At the end of the first quarter, people were surprised to find that the Raptors actually led the Knicks by 10 points! They panicked, especially those reporters, those reporters who were still happily waiting to see the Raptors' jokes, they didn't know why the Raptors were unknowingly leading the Knicks by 10 points, obviously Stephen Marbury was still scoring, and it was clear that the Raptors couldn't stop Stephen Marbury! Why are the Raptors ahead?

Why?