The Knicks' individual defense is really frightening, which is something that fans who only watch dunks will not understand. And the magic of the opponent is very clear about this.

Whether it's Iguodala's defense against Carter, or Stephen Jackson's defense against Petrus, or Sessions' defense against Nelson, the ability to defend and block on the outside is really strong. In addition to the ability of the interior to assist in the defense, Chen Jiyuan's inspection and filling of the gaps in the defense, and the anti-human defense of the Lefu inside, all of these add up to the Knicks' defensive system.

Thibodeau is really talented on the defensive end, able to take advantage of the characteristics of the players, make the most suitable defensive set-up, and on the defensive end, no matter how detailed, Thibodeau can quickly identify the mistakes made by his players and correct them during practice. After a period of training, there is now the top three defensive strength in the Knicks league.

During the regular season, the league's No. 1 team in defensive efficiency was the Lakers, followed by the Celtics, and third, the Knicks. Although the Celtics are no longer small. There are also many members of the team who are already old. However, the Celtics have also done a good job of protecting the old guys. Therefore, the state of the three elders is still good.

With Garnett as the core of the defensive axis, and then the whole team around Garnett, the Celtics' defensive system was formed.

After the Lakers came to Artest, the defensive holes on the front line have also been greatly improved.

At the beginning of the second half of the game, as soon as the game began, Chen Jiyuan contributed a shot to everyone, uh, no, it should be a good set of balls.

Although Chen Jiyuan weighs 125 kilograms, Chen Jiyuan's continuous jumping ability is very good. That's the premise.

As a result, Chen Jiyuan let the Magic know why the Knicks' defense is top-notch.

Carter rushed into the inside with the ball on the outside, after all, it was not the UFO he used to be, Carter just wanted to end the battle with a gentle layup, although Lefu worked hard, but the movement speed was really not enough, and it was easy to suffer when defending the pick-and-roll. Especially when the opponent's pick-and-roll player blocked a good pick-and-roll, so that the Knicks' outside players had to choose to switch defenses. This shortcoming of Lefu will be revealed.

That's what the ball is, and the distance that Love was thrown away by Carter was slightly larger.

However, Chen Jiyuan quickly made up for it. Carter here didn't notice Chen Jiyuan, Carter's posture had been set, and the ball had gradually left Carter's warm forehead palm, and was flying towards the cold rebound.

And Chen Jiyuan, at this time, decided to give this basketball another chance to experience the temperature of the warm palm.

So, I slapped the ball with one hand.

Directly a large cap with a pegboard. The ball flew in the direction near the free throw line.

Carter flew out of bounds with inertia, and Chen Jiyuan quickly turned around and looked at whose hand the ball was.

At first glance, it turned out to be in Nelson's hands, forehead, well, it had to be defended again.

Nelson took advantage of the chaos to take a step inside with the ball, Chen Jiyuan took a step forward, and Nelson successfully attracted Chen Jiyuan's defensive attention. Yo Xi, properly drop. Nelson decisively threw the ball at Gortat.

In this ball, Nelson is still too self-aware, and in terms of Chen Jiyuan's frontal defense, his physical talent is still not so awesome. If you change yourself to James, there is still a little chance to think about it, and now that you have this body, okay, don't toss, wash and sleep.

Nelson passed the ball to Gortat at the waist of Chen Jiyuan. Then he quickly stepped back, okay, it seems that this kid paper understands the truth of self-preservation very well.

Chen Jiyuan didn't jump here, but after seeing Nelson's pass, he drove at full speed and went to Gortat.

Here, Gortat also wanted to dunk a basket, but the action was a little slower than the layup, and when Gortat jumped up and wanted to dunk with both hands, Chen Jiyuan had already arrived.

Chen Jiyuan's sinful right hand flew away with a slap.

Gortat's cute hands grabbed the air and came up with a dunk.

After the buckle, Gortat found out, Ahler, where is the ball?

Chen Jiyuan is another bloody cap, and both hats are very cool. These two times were not gentle little caps rubbing the edges, but bloody collisions of palms and basketballs.

After two blocks, the ball was picked up by Iguodala.

Chen Jiyuan was in a state of excitement, and he strode forward.

After half-time, Iguodala, who was waiting for someone next to him, threw the ball directly into the air. And Chen Jiyuan, who followed up in the middle, jumped off the trend. grabbed the ball with both hands in the air, and after drifting sideways for a while, Chen Jiyuan used all his strength to dunk the ball into the basket viciously.

A back-to-back small hook helped the Knicks take the lead in the second half.

56：48。

Barkley on the commentary bench decisively showed his big-mouth skills at this time: "It seems that the first center Howard was beaten a little badly." When the best defensive player was judged this year, there was a shady scene. Haha"

Kenny Smith thought silently, "Oh the hell, that's what you dare to say." ”

Kenny Smith, who has been Barkley's long-time friend for many years, followed suit: "Chen, who wears a mask, has become a defensive superman on the inside." Today, the Knicks' defense is very tough, and if the Magic hadn't scored with a very high shooting percentage, the game would have been in suspense. ”

Indeed, Howard's scoring efficiency in these two games is very high, and it is usually Chen Jiyuan who plays such data, but now that this person has become Howard, it is still very unacceptable for a while.

In the third quarter of the game, the Magic still relied on Howard to support them, while the Knicks were still in full bloom.

Chen Jiyuan remained aggressive and comprehensive.

Seven minutes into the third quarter, the Knicks extended their lead to nine points. At this time, the Knicks replaced the main players. This is also understandable, for the sake of the physical strength of the game in the fourth quarter. There's nothing wrong with that.

However, in this game, Van Gundy still played this game, and the main players still did not get out of the game, mainly Howard was still on the court, and Nelson and Petrus were on the outside. These three main players are on the field.

This time, Van Gundy's gamble was the right one, and the Magic quickly sounded the horn of a counterattack.

Howard still repeatedly succeeds in offense, and on the defensive end, Howard also sent a big hat to guard the team's interior.

Another person who came out of nowhere, the one who helped the team catch up with the score in an instant, was Lewis. It shouldn't be said that it was born out of nowhere, after all, according to the salary of more than 20 million US dollars, it is exactly what it should be.

After Lewis came on the court, he received assists from Nelson and Howard and hit two three-pointers in a row.

Helped the team close the score to 4 points.

At this time, Thibodeau obviously didn't want to replace all the main players so quickly, so he just asked for a timeout, arranged defensive tactics, and strengthened the defense of the Ty Gibson team.

However, after doing so, the Magic team began to focus on the interior again.

Howard singled Ibaka, Ibaka still needs time to improve, many players of the Knicks are like this, the potential is definitely there, and the combat power shown now is just a part of their full potential, and when these people all grow up, the Knicks' strength will go to the next level.

Of course, the premise is that they all grow up like that world. The space is so big, maybe the opportunity can't grow.

Howard's inside single Ibaka was still okay, with consecutive hooks and turns, and the ball went in.

As a result, three consecutive offenses were made, and the Magic overtook the score.

At this time, there was only 1 minute left in the third quarter.

And after the main team is off the court, the Knicks' bench players have not scored too much.

Curry dribbled the ball through the half, to be honest, Curry felt a lot of pressure, as a rookie valued by the team, if he couldn't withstand the opponent's defense, bring points to the bench, and provide a long rest for the main team, then he would be tantamount to not completing the task assigned by the head coach.

Although the competition for the best rookie failed, no one will ignore Curry's strength.

This goal, it must be scored.

Curry holds the ball on the outside, facing Nelson's defense, Curry sways back and forth left and right, waiting for an opportunity to move, and Nelson's defense is okay.

However, Curry suddenly accelerated, and Nelson was about to follow Curry's footsteps when he realized that he had hit something. Let's see, Nima, when did Ibaka come here?

Nelson quickly switched defenses as soon as possible, and Howard also followed Curry's movements.

However, Curry withdrew from the three-point line with the ball, and Howard hesitated to go out, but Howard still couldn't completely give up control of the interior.

It was this hint of hesitation that gave Curry a chance, and Curry shot a three-pointer directly. The ball goes into the net. Finally broke the Knicks' scoring drought.

In terms of scoring, Thibodeau can only help the team, and more depends on the individual attacking ability of the players.

The Magic attacked again, Nelson blocked and picked up with Howard, and after the pick-and-roll, Nelson passed the ball directly to Howard, who followed up and cut inside, made a layup, and easily scored two points.

There were only 23 seconds left in the third quarter.

In this last offense, Curry waited for time on the outside with the ball, and when there were 8 seconds left, Curry began to move, and Nelson followed very closely, and at this time, Curry made a direct pass after shaking, and gave the ball to Thorton in the bottom corner. Thorton had already run away from JJ Redick and landed a three-pointer from the corner.

The ball goes to the basket again.

In the third quarter of the game, the Knicks barely helped the team equalize thanks to a three-pointer from each of them.

The score was 76:76. The third quarter ended.