Stoudemire came to the court, saw the Knicks lineup opposite, and secretly compared it with his current team, Xiaobawang was quite proud in his heart, thinking that as long as the current Knicks lineup joined him, then three consecutive championships were within reach! This is his confidence in himself, Xiaobawang believes that if he replaces Yao Ming, then this season the Knicks will become the most offensive team in the entire league, and they will definitely win the championship!

The thoughts in Xiaobawang's heart now, to put it bluntly, are a bit self-inflicted. In fact, New York no longer plans to bring in interior stars, and their new general manager thinks that the team's current roster is reasonable enough to tinker at most, and no longer need to be a local nouveau riche everywhere as before.

New York fans think the same way, and while they have the money, they now know that bringing in stars at this time will only make unpredictable changes in the team's good chemistry, and it's simply not worth it. The most needed addition for the Knicks right now is actually a summer sign like yesterday's opponent, Rashid who was signed by the Celtics in the summer. A veteran like Wallace, not an All-Star.

These former star players, due to their age, can't play much time, so they won't have some additional conflicts because of the competition for playing time like their interior line is now. These veterans can provide the Knicks with far more support than rookies in their limited playing time, especially in the playoffs, and these veterans who have not won a ring will burst out with energy far beyond people's imagination to decide the outcome of the game.

Coming back to this game, the substitutes have started to leave the pitch now. The game was about to begin, and the two teams were in positions ready to open the jump.

Yao Ming vs Stoudemire, these two people are lifelong enemies. The two drafted in the same year, one first and one second.

Stoudemire is proud of himself, he never thought that he would be worse than Yao Ming, and he still insists that it was not because of strength that he didn't get the champion at the beginning, but because of Yao Ming's yellow race. Arguably. Stoudemire has always been angry that he didn't get the champion, and he is naturally very unhappy with Yao Ming, who snatched his champion, as long as the two of them appear at the same time. Stoudemire will do everything possible to prove that he is better than Yao Ming on the court.

At the beginning of the game, Stoudemire planned to have a good competition with Yao Ming from the opening jump ball.

Originally, with the bouncing ability of the two of them, Yao Ming was not Stoudemire's opponent. A few seasons ago, though. Xiaobawang underwent minimally invasive knee surgery, and his ability to bounce inevitably decreased. Now, a few more years later, his bounce ability is faster than a player who hasn't been seriously injured, and the goal is too deliberate to win, but he doesn't have the timing of his jump right.

Yao Ming relied on his height advantage to touch the basketball first, so something shocking happened, Stoudemire actually lost to Yao Ming, who was famous for his jumping ability.

New York fans burst into laughter. Last season David. Lee's jump ball, basically never won. Yao Ming, who was traded this season, is another player with notoriously poor jumping ability, and they originally thought that this season's jumping ball would be wiped out again. However, they never expected that after more than a dozen games, Yao Ming's opening jump ball victory exceeded 50%, which was a rather surprising result for them!

The Suns' starting lineup for today is: Steve. Nash, Jason Leigh. Chadson, Grant. Hill, Amare. Stoudemire, Massin. Gortat.

The Knicks' starting lineup hasn't changed, it's still the same: Ty. Lawson,Zhang Yu,Gerald. Wallace, Kenyon. Martin, Yao Ming

Zhang Yu took over the basketball after halftime, and his dribbling steps made it look like he could accelerate through the opponent at any time.

Richardson, despite his excellent physicality, has never been a good defender. Last season, Zhang Yu had the upper hand in the game with the Bobcats, this season, Richardson is like Carter, they and Zhang Yu have fallen and risen, after the other, the two have long been no longer equal, Richardson's average points per game this season has dropped to less than 15 points, and he has changed from an All-Star player to an excellent starter.

Zhang Yu easily broke through to the Suns' restricted area with the help of Yao Ming's blocking, and Gortat had to defend Yao Ming's down, at this time, Kenyan, who was responsible for defending the mid-range shooting ability. Martin's Stoudemire should interfere with Zhang Yu's breakthrough and assist in defense, but Xiaobawang has the same effect as Richardson on the defensive end, and the attitude of single defense has already made the coach crazy, let alone to assist in defense?

Stoudemire didn't care about himself, Zhang Yu felt that his breakthrough seemed too easy, and he was worried about whether the Suns had set any trap for him, so after entering the restricted area, he raised his hand first and made a shooting feint, and the result was ...... Damn, basically no one pays attention to him......

The red rabbit couldn't laugh in his heart, and wasted his feints in vain, so the second time he really shot and easily hit a close-range shot that couldn't have been easier in the box.

The ball was less than eight feet away from the basket, which translates to nearly three meters in meters, which is no longer a mid-range, but a close range.

The cheers of Madison Square Garden suddenly rang out, and they didn't care if Zhang Yu's goal was easy or not, as long as he scored, it was excellent......

This season, ESPN TV has been broadcasting more of the Knicks. Every time Van Gundy explains Yao Ming's game, Fan Bald hopes that his former disciple can win a championship this season and not leave regrets.

Van Gundy started with defense when he coached the Rockets, and his defensive tuning is one of the best in the league, so when he saw the Suns' defense like a tofu scum project, he couldn't help but sneer: "A strong team should have a strong interior line, and a strong interior line means that the opponent is not allowed to shoot easily in the restricted area!"

Jeff Today. Van Gundy's commentary partner is Reggie. Miller, Ray Loudmouth is more sarcastic than Jeff. Van Gann was even more ruthless, and said with a smile: "The Phoenix Suns were the third-most blocked team last season. The Knicks must pass more balls, find more gaps, and block more, and if they have the opportunity, they must try to shoot at the first time, otherwise they will be slapped by the big hat once they enter the interior line. ”

Fans in front of the TV heard Reggie. Miller's words. They are all very puzzled, especially Phoenix fans, how can they not know that their team was so good last season?

Reggie. Miller then showed a smirk, and then said, "I'm sorry, I got the wrong line, I was talking about the Lakers." As for the Phoenix Suns, they had the third-lowest number of blocks in the league last season. Their defense is like a piece of Chinese tofu that can be inserted with a slight poke......"

Phoenix fans have the urge to vomit blood at the moment. I can't wait to pull this nasty guy out of the TV and beat him up!

On the court, just as Zhang Yu felt that his offense was too easy this time, the Suns had already rushed to the Knicks halfcourt.

Steve. Nash is 35 years old and has logically passed the prime of a player. Even if he's a point guard.

But obviously. Judging from the number jù, Nash is still at his peak this year, averaging 16+11 jù per game. And he, like Zhang Yu, is in the range of the 180 club so far, which is really incredible for a veteran who is about to turn 36 years old, and it is not clear that Nash will not only enter the 180 club this year, but also win the league assist king again.

Steve. Nash received the basketball close to the midcourt and pushed it fast. When he got to the frontcourt, he threw the basketball directly to Richardson, who followed up on the wing.

Richardson didn't slow down after receiving the ball and broke straight to the basket.

The Knicks only have this time. ZHANG Yu,Gerald. Wallace, Thai. Lawson's trio goes back, Kenyon. Martin had just returned to the three-point line, and Yao Ming had just passed halfway.

D'Antoni suddenly knew that it was not good, the Suns were obviously planning to use speed to drag down the Knicks who had Yao Ming today, and his lineup today seemed to be problematic. Martin's short-range explosiveness is still good, but his full-court return speed is far inferior to Channing. Frye and Carl. Landry.

Coach Gentry's arrangement today is obviously to speed up the offense and defense of the whole court, and use speed to drag down the Knicks' two interior lines, especially Yao Ming In such a rhythm, it is estimated that he should be tired to death in less than half time.

Gerrard. Wallace misplaced to defend Richardson, Stoudemire caught up with Kenyon. Martin and Yao Ming followed up quickly, received Richardson's ball under the basket, and jumped up to score two points for the Suns with a thunderous tomahawk dunk.

Zhang Yu's ball is next to him, don't say it's him for a slam dunk this time, even if it's Loeb. Ron James stayed under the basket and couldn't stop a dunk that Stoudemire couldn't stop.

"If they want to play fast, then let them play on their own, and we will still play at our pace. Not only are they inefficient on the defensive end, but they are certainly not as successful as us on the offensive end. Zhang Yu is actually purely blind, he doesn't know how the opponent's offensive and defensive efficiency is, but at this time, he just has to say nonsense to his teammates.

The Knicks had Zhang Yu, the rabbit leader, and the whole team had no reaction to the Suns' fast break, and the offensive end was step-by-step, just like Zhang Yu said, the Knicks played at their own pace.

Zhang dribbled to the frontcourt, the Suns originally wanted to try to use the full-court pressing, but seeing this dead rabbit dribbling slowly behind Yao Ming, if they went up to force at this time, don't think about it, they will definitely be blocked by Yao Ming's generous body, and when the time comes, with the breakthrough ability of the red rabbit, as long as they accelerate, they will face the situation of playing less and more in the frontcourt.

The Knicks arrived in the frontcourt and waited for Yao Ming to be in the low post.

Zhang Yu hoisted the basketball to the low post, and the Knicks opened the game after the rabbit attacked it once, and then restarted the positional battle, allowing Yao Ming to play alone in the low post.

Gortat is 210cm tall and weighs 245 pounds, he has good mobility and much longer anti-pick-and-roll ability than Yao Ming, but he is not strong enough, and his single defense ability in the low post is far from enough to defend against a low-post killer like Yao Ming.

Coach Gentry is a great coach and of course has some way to do that, and his approach is to use a bag, which is also the choice of most teams against Yao Ming. However, the Suns' choice for this package is really worrying, I saw Stoudemire hesitate at the free throw line for a long time, and finally moved towards Yao Ming, ready to fight the little giant with Gortat.

Gortat was pushed back three steps by Yao Ming, and scolded in his heart: "Where did the bag you said go?" You'd hurry! ”

Yao Ming had already half-turned around and shot, and at this time Stoudemire was late, and the basketball thrown by Yao Ming with a hook hand crossed the Suns' two interior lines and fell into the basket accurately. (To be continued......)