When the Cavaliers were offensive, the Knicks were highly concerned about James.

This ball knight is Xiao Mo's attack, Xiao Mo passed the ball to Alexander Pavlovich at a 45-degree angle on the right side of the arc, after Alexander Pavlovich received the ball, there was no good chance, Starki of course will not give Alexander Pavlovich a chance, except for James when he received the ball, the Knicks players are carefully guarding their respective players, Thibodeau has not sent a joint defensive formation for the time being.

Alexander Pavlovich did not dribble, and directly gave the ball to James in the bottom corner, after James received the ball, Stephen Jackson arrived in front of James in seconds, not giving James time to start at all, nor giving James space to start, because James is in the bottom corner, so the space here is relatively small, after Stephen Jackson was in place, Starkey also quickly let go of his defenders, came to James, and Stephen Jackson formed a sandwich style, So that James has no room to break through, let alone speed, now James needs to think about how to make this ball without mistakes.

This can see the Knicks' team's resoluteness when defending, indeed, Starkey's defense is equivalent to completely missing a person, but the Knicks' defensive system is like this, after a whole season of adaptation, the players have gradually adapted to high-intensity defense.

The person who Stucky misses, if he shoots, there will still be someone to make up for the defense, although it will give the opponent a good chance to shoot, but Sessions will work hard to defend, and if the opponent breaks through, then Chen Jiyuan's deterrent power on the inside line is getting stronger and stronger. In the defense of the interior line, with Chen Jiyuan, the matter of assisting in defense and supplementing defense still has a good effect.

However, Thibodeau is more concerned about the space for Starkey and Stephen Jackson James to pass the ball, knowing that if this person is James, then Thibodeau may not be able to allow the Knicks to play such a tactic.

The main reason is that James's existence is too threatening, so the Knicks, or Thibodeau, are paying such a leaky price for James.

After James was caught in the bottom corner, there was no good way, even if it was said that James was the pride of the sky and the successor of Jordan, but James was still a human being after all, James could only jump up and pass the ball to Alexander Pavlovich, after Alexander Pavlovich received the ball, Sessions quickly ran over to defend Alexander Pavlovich, Alexander Pavlovich looked at it, and then when Sessions ran in his direction, gave the ball to Mo Williams on the other side, after Mo Williams received the ball, he directly shot a three-point shot, Mo Williams's three-point shot was still quite sure, Mo Williams averaged 5.2 shots and 2.3 three-point shots in the Cavaliers' three-point court this season, and was able to maintain a 43.6 percent shooting rate. And that's one of the reasons why Gibson's schedule this season is so good. Playing next to James, a player without the ball, is indeed very profitable.

Mo Williams hit the three-pointer. 3:5。

Although Mo Williams' three-point shooting is still not comparable to Gibson's, it is now an indispensable and important part of the Cavaliers.

When the Cavaliers are defending the Knicks, the defensive strategy is also quite obvious. It's just that Chen Jiyuan didn't open it, the first ball didn't count, and the first ball knight didn't defend very seriously, both sides were still in the stage of finding a state, but this ball, the knight suddenly began to change, once Chen Jiyuan received the ball, the knight's Chen Jiyuan's defense became a bag.

Zajunas Ilgoskas defended Chen Jiyuan, and then Anderson Vallejo assisted Chen Jiyuan on the other side. It can be said that the defensive strategies of the two sides are largely similar.

After all, the leaders of both sides are super scorers. The opponent didn't dare to relax lightly.

Chen Jiyuan just received the ball, and when he saw that there was no chance, he could play the ball to Sessions on the outside, after Sessions received the ball, the ball did not stay in his hand at all, and the speed was very fast, and the ball was given to Lefu who was waiting for the ball in the middle distance in the bottom corner of the right side. Sessions passed the ball just right, just dodging James' hand that wanted to break the ball, after Lefu received the ball, he shot this mid-distance directly, if you want to talk about the shot, Lefu is still relatively sure, although the three-point ability has not been developed for the time being, but I believe it is only a matter of time, Lefu has the potential as a pitcher.

Love's mid-range goal helped the Knicks score two points. 5:5。

The Cavaliers attacked, and the Knicks' defense of James was still so urgent, so James never had any good chances, but fortunately, Zajunas Ilgoskas took the initiative to stand up.

Zajunas Ilgoskas hit a number of high jumpers in the first quarter of today's game, but even so, Thibodeau still did not relax his defense against James, Thibodeau is a head coach who will never regret his choice, because Thibodeau knows very well that sometimes changing halfway will not end well, it will only make things worse, it is better to go all the way to the dark.

As a result, nine minutes into the first quarter, the Knicks were in a tough battle, and Zajunas Ilgoskas scored 10 points in the eight minutes of the first quarter. greatly alleviated the situation of James being strictly guarded, and made the Knicks hesitate to guard against James, but soon Thibodeau dispelled this hesitation for the players, which was very simple and clear, and Thibodeau said it very straightforwardly. Hesitation in my heart, hesitation in my body, I will not hesitate, I will directly replace you, and replace someone who will not hesitate. How to lay out the tactics is my problem, don't think about which ones. What you need is to obey the tactics I have arranged.

Thereupon. There was a situation where even Zajunas Ilgoskas hit five shots in a row, but he still chased and blocked James, and James couldn't open the situation for a long time, so he could only pass the ball to his teammates, hoping that his teammates could stand up.

Thankfully, James' teammates didn't disappoint James, and when nine minutes into the first quarter, the Cavaliers managed to take the lead, and the Cavaliers led the Knicks by five points with a score of 17-12.

The Knicks scored 12 points in nine minutes, on the one hand, the Cavaliers' defense is indeed quite tight, or the Cavaliers' defense against Chen Jiyuan is really good. This may have something to do with the fact that James and Chen Jiyuan are really familiar.

However, in the final three minutes, the Knicks still had a chance to turn the score.

With three minutes remaining, the five men on the Cavaliers' side were James, Gibson, Mo Williams, Zajunas Ilgoskas and Anderson Vallejo.

On the Knicks' side, it's Chen Jiyuan, Crawford, Starkey, Stephen Jackson and Landry. Despite Landry's short stature, Anderson Vallejo, who is not very good at defending and attacking, has no problem.

Crawford's playing time has increased slightly now compared to before, and it is estimated that Thibodeau also knows that if Crawford does not brush up a good number, he will not be able to trade good players.

However, Crawford obviously didn't think so, this is a wonderful misunderstanding, Crawford thought that Thibodeau was giving himself the last chance to make a statement, Crawford thought that the time when he could not play was the time when Thibodeau wanted to trade himself, and Thibodeau no longer wanted to trade himself at this time after Crawford. But that's clearly not the case, and it's fair to say that trading Crawford is something Thibodeau has to do, because Thibodeau is more important than offense.

In the last three minutes, because Chen Jiyuan was strictly guarded, the offensive focus of the Knicks was also shifting to the hands of the outside players, and as a result, Starkey and Crawford were more energetic, and the players who were on the court at the same time were so hostile to each other, which was not good for the team's attack, and both guys would fall too much into their own singles, under normal circumstances, this is absolutely harmful to the team's offense. However, at some special stages, something else may happen.

For example, the current Knicks, although Starkey and Crawford have deep prejudices against each other, but Starkey and Crawford have both maintained a fairly high singles success rate, which is a headache.

Starkey faced Mo Williams' defence. After receiving the ball, he walked inside with Mo Williams, and after he walked to the basket, Zajunas Ilgoskas had no way to come over to help defend at all, because Zajunas Ilgoskas couldn't leave Chen Jiyuan for half a step.

Starkey squeezed past Mo Williams under the basket and scored a straight cricket. 14:17。

Gibson found an opportunity on the perimeter. After receiving a pass from Mo Williams, he shot a three-pointer and the ball went in. 14：20。

And on the Knicks' side, Crawford was on the outside and hit a three-pointer against Gibson. Quickly also to color. 17:20。

The knight attacks and strikes iron. Starkey dribbled quickly across the half, then drew a foul on Anderson Vallejo and made both free throws. 19:20。

The Cavaliers were stealed again, Starkey stole Mo Williams' dribbling, and then brought it from the backcourt to the frontcourt, but in fact, the retreat did not give Starkey a chance, Starkey was going to rush to the inside, but Chen Jiyuan signaled not to worry near the three-point line, Starkey gave the ball to Chen Jiyuan again, Chen Jiyuan passed the ball horizontally to Crawford, and then Chen Jiyuan stepped forward to give Crawford a block, Crawford quickly entered the inside, and then directly threw a throw. The ball went in again. 21:20。

Under the repeated bombardment of Crawford and Starkey, the Knicks unexpectedly overtook the score.