In the game against the Magic, both sides took it very seriously, so both sides also showed the spirit of 12 points to fight.

The Knicks' starting lineup is Chen Jiyuan, Love Love, Stephen Jackson, Starkey, and Tony Allen, who finally got permission from the head coach to play.

Originally, Sessions was almost ready to play. However, the problem is that Sessions can still feel a slight pain, so with the advice of the doctor, the team will definitely let Sessions rest until the playoffs start, but before the playoffs begin, Sessions will play one game or two games to get back to his competitive form.

After all, playing directly in a playoff-like game, Sessions can easily lead his body to not keep up with the rhythm of the game due to a long rest, which will only drag down the team. And Sessions, as the starting point guard, is still very important for the Knicks.

Starkey is obviously more inclined to attack on his own than he is to attack on his own, and he is still slightly lacking in the overall situation and control of the game.

And although Sessions is not as bright as Stucky, he is actually no weaker than Starkey in helping the team. Because Sessions will make the right choice many times, and Starkey will often start to get hot-headed because of his personal offense, at this point, Chen Jiyuan is the same, when there is Sessions, Sessions can press no matter who they are facing to ask for the ball. This is also where the Knicks can't do without Sessions.

The Magic's starting lineup is Howard, Lewis, Turkoglou, Kurtney Lee, and Ralph Alston.

The Magic's starting lineup has also been used for most of the season. It's been this lineup since Nelson's injury, and the Magic haven't really made much of a change.

As soon as the match began, it was clear how seriously both sides were taking the match.

Just started a few balls, and after that, Chen Jiyuan was directly fouled by the Magic player and fell to the ground in an attack.

The players of the Magic are quite sensible, and when the ball fouled Chen Jiyuan, they still protected Chen Jiyuan a little, so that Chen Jiyuan would not have any problems affecting his career because of this. It's just that Chen Jiyuan fell to the ground, looking like he was very strict. In fact, Chen Jiyuan just slid on the floor for a distance. And it only hurts a little to take it when it lands.

Turkoglu's foul directly put Chen Jiyuan on the free throw line, because Chen Jiyuan was fouled by Turkoglu when he went to the inside to go to the basket, so Chen Jiyuan naturally got two free throw opportunities.

Chen Jiyuan got the opportunity to make free throws, and half of them will convert this opportunity into scoring, and Chen Jiyuan's free throw shooting rate is still very high. Ranked first in the league among taller players above 2.10m.

In fact, I have to say that Chen Jiyuan's free throw shooting rate is also due to his crossing in a sense, we all know that free throws are shot when no one is defending, generally speaking, such shots are relatively simple. After all, there's no defensive pressure. However, one of the factors that affect the player's free throw shooting rate is the body, many players are at the beginning, the body is good, and the adjustment can restore calm, and they can steadily take the ball. But as the game progresses, the players' free throws become more and more difficult to hit. And Chen Jiyuan, as a traverser, he has always felt that his body is very good, although it may be that the original Chen Jiyuan's body is very good, and at the same time, Chen Jiyuan also feels that his recovery ability is really good, every time he is injured, Chen Jiyuan feels that he is getting better very quickly, and although he did feel very painful when he was injured just now, but the pain was very fast after that, and Chen Jiyuan didn't say anything too much to others. But Chen Jiyuan already regarded these small discounts as a skill that came with God when he let him cross.

Chen Jiyuan feels that his body is always recovering quickly, although he will also feel tired, but if he rests, Chen Jiyuan feels that he will recover very quickly, at this point, it is still quite helpful for free throws, especially for the free throw shooting rate, many times the player's free throw shooting rate in the fourth quarter will be affected by a certain amount of dù, and Chen Jiyuan is indeed very little affected.

So Chen Jiyuan's free throw shooting rate for the whole season was 89.5%. There is no need to explain how high this hit rate is. To make the most intuitive comparison, among the players who made more than 5 free throws, only Chen Jiyuan and Nowitzki kept their free throw shooting rate above 85%. The star of the Magic, Dwight Howard, shot a measly 59.4 percent from the free-throw line. You don't need to forget the subtraction between these.

After Chen Jiyuan hit two free throws, the atmosphere of the game between the two sides did not change at all. It even worsened a little because of this foul.

Both sides had a lot of physical contact and played very both the defensive and offensive ends. The intensity of this game is the same as the intensity of the playoffs.

Tony Allen's defensive prowess made it very uncomfortable for Kutney Lee throughout the first quarter, and as a rookie, Kutney Lee suddenly began to doubt his future.

When the first quarter ended, the score was 18:17. The Knicks edged up by that point. The scores of both sides are very low, and it seems that if this trend continues, the scores of both sides in today's game will not break 100. Unless it's coming to one or two single quarters 40+. It's just that that kind of situation is not cabbage, and there is something to say.

At the beginning of the second quarter, the Knicks sent Wilson Chandler, Crawford, Nate Robinson, Lazy Care, and Love. Some time ago, because Crawford and Wilson Chandler's tables were quite bearable, their playing time in both games increased slightly. It looks like it's going to be a playoff game with more minutes to play.

The Magic's bench is actually relatively weak, and the only person who can rely on it is Mirisic. Marcin Gortat is also a good player, but the problem is that he doesn't get playing time. Although it is his second season, Gortat still averages only 12 minutes per game. What can you do in such a time?

Substitutes come on to the pitch to compete. The Knicks, for their part, quickly gained the upper hand. Mirisic scored six points against Landry's defense. However, on the Knicks' side, Crawford hit a three-pointer and Wilson Chandlermont hit a three-pointer. At the same time, Love also hit two shots in the high post, and then the Knicks pulled the score away little by little.

By the halfway point of the second quarter, the score had become 30-24.

At this point, Stan Van Gundy is about to take a timeout, and at this time, it is time to change the main force. In Stan Van Gundy's tactics, the dependence on the main team is very strong, which is also a small shortcoming of Stan Van Gundy as a head coach, unwilling to use more newcomers, unwilling to hone more newcomers.

After the magic was replaced with the main force, the effect was still relatively obvious. Howard came up and dunked a basket to help the Magic boost morale. And that's not the end of it, as Lewis hit another three-pointer from the outside.

The Magic scored five points in a row to instantly chase the score to 30:29.

The Knicks have to respond, Chen Jiyuan did not respond to the pass after receiving the ball this time, but made a gesture to do it alone, Chen Jiyuan faced Howard's defense, broke through the frame, and took a step to the right, and then while Howard had not reacted yet, Chen Jiyuan instantly turned on the speed and walked to the right side. Howard also quickly followed Chen Jiyuan's footsteps. However, in the process of advancing, Chen Jiyuan directly made a throw, Howard didn't expect Chen Jiyuan to shoot while on the move, this ball was a little caught off guard, and it was directly thrown by Chen Jiyuan. 32:29。

This ball directly helped the Knicks stand on their feet, so that the Knicks would not continue to be chased for points.

Magic's offense, Turkoglu rushed directly into the interior line through Howard's cover, and after arriving at the inside line, Turkoglu made a long pass to Lewis outside the three-point line, after Lewis received the ball, he directly shot a three-point shot, but unfortunately the ball was out of the way, Chen Jiyuan was entangled with Howard in the outer place, and Lefu quickly turned back, and then protected the rebound, after grabbing the rebound, Lefu gave the ball to Starkey on the side, and Starkey ran to the front court with a swish, without slowing down at all, Starkey's speed isn't the top in the back, but he's also a defender.

After Starkey passed halftime, although the Magic's defensive formation was not completely settled, there was no chance for Starkey to attack now, because the Magic team now had three more people in their three-point line. Tekoglu ran back early. Lewis ran back after making a shot, and he didn't even think about grabbing the rebound.

The other is Ralph Alstom, who is a street ball player with a staggering speed. Ralph Alston was quick to get out of the way.

Starkey can only wait for the team to settle down, and then attack, when Chen Jiyuan came to the top of the arc, Starkey passed the ball to Chen Jiyuan, after Chen Jiyuan received the ball, he didn't stop for a second, and passed directly to Lefu on the inside, Lefu cut into the inside line at this time, and there was no one around to defend, after receiving the ball, Lefu directly made a layup, dodged Howard's chasing hat, and went directly to the basketball. 34:29。