Chen Jiyuan's score and one assist instantly helped the Knicks establish an advantage. Let the Knicks not be messed up by the Magic's scoring behavior.

The Magic attacked again, this time Ralph Alston and Dwight Howard coordinated with the pick-and-roll, and after Ralph Alston bypassed Howard, he was blocked by Chen Jiyuan, whose footpace speed was able to catch up with the defender's footsteps within a certain distance.

After Ralph Alston went around, he gave the ball to Turkoglou on the wing, Turkoglou also has the ability to shoot three-pointers, Stephen Jackson quickly stepped forward to defend Turkoglou, Turkoglu made a fake three-point shot, Stephen Jackson did not eat this feint, but the next time Turkoglu shot, he threw the ball directly near the basket. Obviously, the action of shooting is not a shot, and Chen Jiyuan, who reacted, knew in an instant, not good, bad.

Chen Jiyuan quickly followed up inside, jumped up and wanted to reach the ball, but the arc of the ball was very good, the ball passed over Chen Jiyuan's hand and flew near the basket, and at this time, Howard caught the ball in the air and pressed the ball directly into the basket, and Howard directly got two points. 34:31。

In the second half of the second quarter, the two sides went back and forth, and the score basically went up alternately. Occasionally, they hit each other in the middle of the game, and occasionally scored goals together. The second quarter of the game was quite harmonious after that. Slowly, little by little, by the end of the second quarter, the score of the two sides was 44:41. The three-point advantage was maintained until the end of the half.

When it came to the third quarter of the game, there was finally some fluctuation, and the game began to have an exciting part.

At the beginning of the third quarter of the game, Chen Jiyuan came up and had a heads-up with Howard in various ways.

The first ball, after Chen Jiyuan received the ball, facing Howard, this time Chen Jiyuan carried the basket single, Chen Jiyuan arched twice, and then turned around directly, and then shook it, Howard jumped up not so easily, the second time, Chen Jiyuan shook it very quickly, and made a move to shoot, this action Howard thought that Chen Jiyuan was going to shoot, but his body got up slightly, Chen Jiyuan was waiting for this action, and when he saw Howard get up, he hit it directly.

When Howard was in the air, he saw that Chen Jiyuan still hadn't really gotten up, so he knew that the situation was not good, and he knew that he was shaken. In the air, Howard turned his body as much as he could, trying to avoid Chen Jiyuan, but Chen Jiyuan couldn't let Howard run away, Chen Jiyuan crashed into Howard and won two free throws.

Both free throws hit all of them again. 46:41。

When the magic attacked, Howard wanted to find a ball in front of Chen Jiyuan, after Howard received the ball, he hit the frame, and then accelerated, wanting to pass from Chen Jiyuan's right side, but Chen Jiyuan's speed was also very fast, and he instantly followed Howard's footsteps, and did not lose his defensive position at all.

Before Howard and Chen Jiyuan "hugged", Howard turned around, and then followed the rhythm of the turn, and directly made a hook hand, even if it was Chen Jiyuan, he didn't keep up with the ball, and he didn't block, but Chen Jiyuan still jumped up and interfered, forcing Howard to raise the arc of the ball.

But. Even if it was interfered with, Howard's goal still went in. 46:43。

The confrontation between Chen Jiyuan and Howard is obviously the biggest attraction of this game.

For an opponent like Howard, Chen Jiyuan is also quite happy, because it is under such defense that Chen Jiyuan can enter the rhythm of the playoffs faster. It's important to get your groove early on.

The Knicks' attack again, Chen Jiyuan received the ball inside, and once again had to single Howard, Chen Jiyuan leaned his back against Howard this time, and wanted to arch inside, after Chen Jiyuan arched two steps, he directly jumped to the front of the basket, and then jumped up directly to hook his hand, although Howard also followed Chen Jiyuan's footsteps, but the ball was still not blocked.

Chen Jiyuan successfully scored with a hook shot. At the same time, this ball, Chen Jiyuan is in the process of jumping. There was physical contact between Howard and Chen Jiyuan, and Howard's action of wanting to cut the ball was determined to be a foul by the referee. Chen Jiyuan caused Howard's foul again.

If this foul is counted on Howard's head, Howard is already the fourth foul, and Howard is in a dangerous situation. It's very likely that Stan Van Gundy will take Howard off the court in order to protect him. Then leave the opportunity for the crucial fourth quarter of the game at the end.

When Howard heard the whistle, he immediately ran to Howard to theorize, this is too fake, this ball Howard must have a good talk with the referee about life.

Howard went straight to the referee's side and explained what he had just done.

Although this explanation will not change the penalty just now, it can affect the next game, so that the referee will not blow his own behavior lightly.

After Howard finished talking to the referee, when Chen Jiyuan made a free throw, he said some words to the head coach on the side of the court. It doesn't look like he's ready to replace Howard.

Chen Jiyuan stood at the free throw line and hit another free throw steadily. 48:43。

If someone counts, they will find that today, Chen Jiyuan's free throw shooting rate is 100%. So far, all 8 free throws have been hit. Of course, such a situation is nothing now, after all, Chen Jiyuan's free throw shooting rate is still relatively common in the first few free throws.

The game continued, and it seemed that the Knicks were resolutely letting Chen Jiyuan attack in the third quarter.

After Lewis missed a three-point shot on the Magic side, Chen Jiyuan directly grabbed the rebound, and then with a long throw, he stole the ball in the hands of Stephen Jackson who was running in front of him. Running to the basket, a dunk came. Stephen Jackson was also a very passionate man.

After the dunk, Stephen Jackson also cheered at the crowd on the sidelines as he ran back. Although the Knicks are playing away from home, the Knicks players are naturally happier when it comes to making these Magic fans unhappy. 50:43。 The margin has widened to seven points.

Another offensive failure on the Magic's side was that after receiving the ball, Kuttney Lee wanted to make a three-pointer, but under Tony Allen's defense, the ball was still deflected, and the rebound was grabbed by Stephen Jackson from the outside.

Stephen Jackson quickly dribbled forward on his own. After half-time, seeing that there were no good chances, Stephanie Jackson gave the ball to Starkey. Prepare for the Knicks to slowly re-attack. Organize a positional battle.

Starkey dribbles the ball at a forty-five degree angle on the left. Everyone else is taking their place. Stephen Jackson was on the right sideline, waiting for a three-pointer shot. Tony Allen is preparing to receive the ball at a 45-degree angle on the right side, but because Tony Allen should also run inside when he receives the ball, Tony Allen does not deliberately stop at a 45-degree angle on the right side, but runs back and forth, which can also draw the opponent's defensive attention.

Chen Jiyuan and Lefu are both in the low position. Chen Jiyuan was shaking back and forth, ready to scramble for the rebound in the front court.

Starkey's ball is a single Ralph Alstom, Starkey's movements are not the limit of fast, first a right acceleration, then change direction, go left, Ralph Alston has always followed Starkey's footsteps, not allowing Starkey to have a good shot. However, Starkey suddenly took a step back, and then prepared to collect the ball and shoot, Ralph Alston quickly pounced forward, but Starkey's action of closing the ball was fake, Starkey did not intend to collect the ball and shoot at all, Starkey directly used his right hand to shoot the ball, and at the same time changed his direction of progress, and took a step to the left, and then began to slip the bottom line, Chen Jiyuan saw Starkey coming in his direction, and blocked Howard by the way, preventing Howard from interfering with Starkey's layup, Chen Jiyuan and Howard are competing with each other, Howard still can't escape from Chen Jiyuan's hands so easily, Starkey has come to the basket, an easy layup, and successfully solved the battle. 52:43。

Chen Jiyuan and Starkey high-fived each other and celebrated a little.

Then quickly return to defense.

The Knicks' defense during this period of time allowed the Magic to continue to score no points, and the Knicks gradually widened the gap during this period of time.

Now the margin has become 9 points, and if it goes on like this, it will become double digits. At this point, Stan Van Gundy asked for a timeout again. It's time to get things straight.

Greeted by the head coach and assistant coaches. The Knicks' players were also beaming. After all, they played very well during this period of time, they successfully played the defense that Thibodeau wanted, and also made a pretty good performance on the offensive end. This kind of competition is exactly what Thibodeau wants.

Thibodeau didn't set up too many tactics during the timeout, and continued to let the team play according to this routine. To strengthen his defense, Thibodeau repeatedly stressed that Lefour must follow up with Lewis, who has an attack range all over the half court and cannot let go too far away. Otherwise, Lewis would have hit a three-pointer. At this point, Love can only work harder, and Love and Landry can only take turns to defend Lewis.