The victory in the first game did not make Thibodeau relax again, and it was not easy to lead the team to the playoffs in his first year of coaching, not to mention that Thibodeau's goal was obviously not as simple as the playoffs.

After the end of the game, the Knicks team still did not put down the training, it was still the same as before, but the intensity was a little more than before, and the current training was more for the players to find their own form, rather than to improve their skills. At this time, the training should not be excessive, otherwise, it will increase the chance of injury to the players. Compared to temporary wins, it is the long-term wins that the players and the team are looking for.

On April 22, the Knicks ushered in the team's second game at home.

In this game, the Knicks players are still full of confidence, and the victory in the last game gave them a lot of confidence. This is also a normal thing. After all, the opponent's score was suppressed in the first quarter of the last game, which is quite a rare situation in the playoffs. In addition, the whole game was played smoothly. It's no wonder the players are unhappy. Now against the Heat, the Knicks' players already have a psychological advantage. Even if it is the rookie Lefou, it can be seen before this game that he should not be too nervous, although he has only experienced a playoff game and will not make great progress, but against the Heat here, it is definitely not like the first game.

In this second game, the battle between the Knicks and the Heat started again.

The result was still not unexpected at all, and the Knicks took out the Heat again.

In the first quarter of the game, the Heat was still struggling, the Heat played really well in the first quarter, in order to find the feel and feel of scoring today, Stephen Jackson went to defense and had no effect, Thibodeau replaced Starkey in advance and replaced Tony Allen, but even so, Wade was still able to score, which still gave the Knicks a headache, but the problem is that the Heat except for Wade who can score accidents, the rest of the players are hated to death, and they have no scoring ability at all.

Then poor Wade could only look at his teammates with teary eyes, looking at the opponent, and then angrily ripped off his jersey and yelled: Grass mud horse, come on.

As a result, Wade scored 17 points in the first quarter, and the team scored a total of 22 points. At the end of the first quarter, Wade was lying on the ground, foaming at the mouth, grabbing Pat Riley's hand, looking like he was explaining what was going on, and said in a weak tone: "Pat, I really tried my best, and everything I have grasped is dedicated to Miami." Please remember to burn incense for me. ”

Although Wade scored 17 points in the first quarter, the Knicks still led the second quarter with a score of 28-22.

The Knicks' offense is playing very smoothly, not that the Heat are weak, the main thing is that the Heat's interior players are indeed a little unplayed, Chen Jiyuan casually played two balls, and the Heat's side of the bag came up quickly, but Chen Jiyuan's passing vision was not a joke, he could quickly find his teammates and send assists, Chen Jiyuan got 5 points, 5 rebounds and 5 assists in the first quarter of the game, according to this trend, then Chen Jiyuan is obviously going to go for a triple-double. But a lot of things don't happen in one game.

In the second quarter of the game, the Knicks still couldn't open the score, the two sides went back and forth, and in this quarter of the game, Wade's teammates seemed to have finally opened up. Heat's bench player. Michael Beasley scored seven points in the second quarter of the game, Beasley's table is quite eye-catching as a rookie this season, but as a rookie at the second level, it is obviously not enough to be able to play a good game in the next two or three years, Beasley must have the fact that he can get a good contract after the end of his rookie contract.

In the time of coming off the bench, another unexpected outbreak of the Heat player was Daequine Cook, Daequinn Cook showed a very good desire to score during the time he came off the bench, Daequinn Cook made 3 of 5 three-pointers and scored 11 points, Daequine Cook and Michael Beasley successfully helped the Heat not be pulled away in the face of the Knicks' bench players.

By the end of the half, the Heat and Knicks still had a six-point gap. The score on the court was 45:51.

Although the first half of the game was played very well, and the Heat successfully did not let themselves reach the point where they needed to surrender directly, but in the third quarter of the game, the time to come still came.

The Heat once again managed to let the team score no points in 7 minutes under the defense of the Knicks, and the Knicks were ruthless and crazy to cut points during this time. This scene Chen Jiyuan is my favorite.

Chen Jiyuan was the most energetic during this period, scoring 10 points.

Soon, the Knicks were working hard with the players. Successfully opened the score with the Heat. And after the end of the third quarter, the Knicks once again lost the suspense of the game.

At the end of the third quarter, the Knicks led the opponent by 23 points, but the Heat did not give up the game, when the game reached the last quarter, the Heat still sent the main players, and the Knicks were very bold to send the bench players, but in the face of the Knicks' bench players, Wade was trapped, and although his teammates occasionally scored, the scoring efficiency was very low, which led to the fourth quarter when the game was halfway over, and found that the team still did not chase the score back. The Heat, who had no choice, could only give up the game again. For such a result, the Knicks players are also drunk.

It's been a bit of an easy playoff.

In fact, this is indeed the case, the Knicks easily won two games against the Heat, and this situation inevitably made some Knicks players think that the playoffs were nothing more than that.

So, with such an idea of underestimating the enemy, the Knicks quickly paid the price.

At the end of the second game, there was another interesting thing that happened, that is, when Chen Jiyuan's interview was over and he was about to go back to the locker room, a little fan and a little boy on the edge of the field had been struggling to hold up the jersey in his hand there, while shouting at Chen Jiyuan, Chen, I love you.

The boy was holding a No. 27 Knicks jersey playing at home.

Chen Jiyuan had just finished a relaxed game at that time, and he was still in a relatively happy mood. After seeing this little fan. Before Chen Jiyuan entered the player's tunnel, he came to the little fan's side, Chen Jiyuan squatted down and asked the little fan if he wanted to sign for him himself?

There is an adult like him next to this little fan, this man is also wearing the No. 27 Knicks home jersey, and he looks like the father of this child.

Chen Jiyuan was talking to his child, and the man seemed to be very calm, touched his child's head, and signaled his child not to be nervous.

This child paper may have been a little nervous when he saw himself so close to his idol, but it was soon better, and this child paper looked at Chen Jiyuan expectantly, "Can you sign my jersey?" ”

With a pair of big eyes and pitiful eyes, Chen Jiyuan felt that this child was so cute. is also reluctant to refuse this child's request.

Soon, Chen Jiyuan found a pen and signed his name on the clothes of this little fan. Chen Jiyuan also patted the little fan's head with a smile and said, "Thank you, support me!" ”

The little fan was very happy to clench his fist with one hand, and then swore that "I will lead the New York Knicks to the playoffs like you in the future, and then win the championship." ”

Not only Chen Jiyuan, but also the staff around Chen Jiyuan and the child's father also laughed, this child's ambition is ambitious enough.

Chen Jiyuan said a few words to this child, then walked into the players' tunnel and returned to the locker room.

The atmosphere in the Knicks' locker room is very good, the team can win, everyone is naturally very happy, Chen Jiyuan's table makes him deservedly the number one person in the New York Knicks, this is an unshakable thing, even if the players are not convinced, there is no way to make any threat to Chen Jiyuan's low position, to say that the slightest dissatisfaction is Starkey, Starkey feels that he is the second person in the Knicks, but he did not get the treatment that the second person should have in the Knicks, This is one of the reasons why Starkey wants to leave.

Starkey even coveted Chen Jiyuan's low position, but in the face of the two-time scoring champion in a row, he was really a little lacking in confidence. Unless Starkey can get the same results as Chen Jiyuan in a team with his own strength, at that time, Starkey can prove that he is indeed a star at the same level as Chen Jiyuan.

The second game with the Heat is also over. With a 2-0 score, the Knicks packed up and prepared to go to Miami for an away game.

The record of the eastern side is very obvious, the top four in the east all flew to the away game with a big score of 2-0, it can be said that the promotion of the top four is already a sure thing. It's just a matter of how many games it takes.

The Knicks' opponent after winning the Heat is their old enemy, the Cleveland Cavaliers.

The battle on the Western side is not so simple, with the Mavericks and Spurs 1-1, the Nuggets 2-0 Hornets, and the Rockets and Trail Blazers 1-1. Lakers 2-0 Jazz.

The Mavericks and Rockets look like they're going to get down.