The time soon came on February 2, and the Knicks were at home to face the Lakers. This game is very important to fans, after all, this season's Lakers are the first in the West. It's a super strong team in the West. A strong contender for the Western Conference title. Everyone likes the strong matchup, and the battle between Chen Jiyuan and Kobe Bryant is also the bargaining chip they are looking forward to. Or, to be precise, this is the drama they are most looking forward to.

For this game, ESPN and TNT also attach great importance to it.

It was still the golden duo of Barkley and Kenny Smith who were the golden commentators to explain the game.

Although the Knicks are now fourth in the East, they can play against any of the top three teams in the East. The Knicks' current record is very large, and Cheng Dù is blamed on Chen Jiyuan's injury during that time, which is also something that cannot be helped. Injuries are not something that can be controlled by humans.

It can be said that in the eyes of fans and experts, the Knicks are one of the top teams in the East. However, Chen Jiyuan did not dare to relax because of these remarks, and he must always maintain a high degree of attention and a desire to compete and win, so as to be able to lead the Knicks to move forward.

To be honest, the situation in the regular season can only reflect part of the situation in the playoffs, the following things happen every year, the players of that team are relaxed, that team is about to be defeated, in a competitive environment like the playoffs, whoever slacks off brings the failure of the whole series and the failure of a season.

The game between the Knicks and the Lakers is about to start, and Chen Jiyuan and Kobe Bryant still hugged very friendly before the game. Although Chen Jiyuan doesn't want to play on the same team as Kobe Bryant at all, it doesn't mean that Chen Jiyuan doesn't respect Kobe. Kobe Bryant also admires Chen Jiyuan very much, mainly because Kobe Bryant's heart has always had such thoughts, if Chen Jiyuan could be traded at that time, he would have hit the championship a long time ago. Why wait until now. And even if Bynum is traded for Chen Jiyuan, it will not necessarily affect the arrival of Pau Gasol, and at that time, the Mavericks will be Bynum as the main body. For this matter, Chen Jiyuan has always complained about Xiao Bas's operation. After all, Kobe Bryant knew that Phil Jackson at that time was very supportive of this deal, and it was because Bass Jr. refused to let go that the deal that was about to be reached was aborted. Once Chen Jiyuan almost became a player of the Lakers, but unfortunately, or fortunately for Chen Jiyuan, Bass Jr. resolutely did not agree to this deal, otherwise, Chen Jiyuan would have to be on a team with Kobe, and it may be difficult for Chen Jiyuan to leave the Lakers at that time, after all, the dynasty behind the Lakers' super foundation will have a lot of trouble.

After Chen Jiyuan and Kobe Bryant said hello, the game was about to start.

The starting lineup on the Knicks' side is center Chen Jiyuan and power forward Kevin Love. Small forward Stephen Jackson, shooting guard Rodney Starkey. Point guard Ramon Sessions.

On the Lakers' side, starting point guard Kobe Bryant, point guard Derrick Fisher, small forward Luke Wharton, starting power forward Lamar Odom, and starting center Pau Gasol.

Because Andrew Bynum was injured, Pau Gasol had to step up as a central striker. In fact, Pau Gasol is indeed able to play as a center forward, Pau Gasol is 2.13 meters tall and has a super long arm span. Against any center, there is no loss at all.

The game started immediately, Chen Jiyuan and Pau Gasol jumped the ball, Chen Jiyuan successfully dialed the ball to Sessions, and the Knicks attacked first.

The Knicks' offensive routine is actually relatively simple, after halftime, Chen Jiyuan first blocked and dismantled Sessions, and then saw Pau Gasol go with Sessions, Chen Jiyuan was ready to go down, but Odom quickly made up for it, there was no good passing opportunity, and Sessions couldn't wear it. Pau Gasol went to defend Lefou. The Lakers' two interior lines are very mobile. Odom is actually a small forward if he is shorter, and he is still a very standard kind of small forward, with rebounding ability and assist ability, scoring ability, flexible footsteps, and is a small forward.

When the Lakers were the sixth man, Odom's position was actually very vague. The swingman in position 34. That's what Odom said.

Sessions had no choice but to give the ball to Starkey, who was in front of Kobe Bryant, who was named to the All-Defensive Team for eight consecutive years. But Starkey is also a newborn calf who is not afraid of tigers, it doesn't matter what Kobe Bryant or Kobe Bryant is, anyway, Lao Tzu is going to score.

Starkey faced Kobe's defense, first an acceleration to the left, and then suddenly retreated, but Kobe still kept up with Starkey's footsteps, Starkey's right hand moved to the ball, looking like he wanted to shoot, but Kobe didn't take a feint, Starkey simply pulled up and shot, Kobe quickly followed, jumped defense, but Starky was not very accurate in the middle distance, and this time it really went in. Although Kobe's defense is actually very good, it still didn't succeed. The Knicks took the lead with two points. 2:0。

The Lakers attack, and the Lakers' triangle offensive model is still very firmly executed.

Fisher's role with the Lakers is basically to dribble past half the court and then wait for an opportunity, although Fisher never felt that he lacked offensive management, and in fact, Fisher's offensive ability is quite good, with a shooting rate of nearly 40% in these two seasons. At the same time, Fisher was a very good player at key moments. Fisher's big heart can be said to be able to tolerate a qiē. And Fisher has been in the league for so many years, not only is his prestige very high, but Fisher is extremely experienced. This wealth of experience is often reflected in the playoffs.

Fisher dribbled the ball past half court and passed the ball to Bryant, who faced Starkey's defense and decided to come back with a single one. Kobe Bryant continued to crotch, and then shot directly on a three-pointer. Starkey also quickly jumped forward to defend, facing one of the league's most powerful offensive superstars, Starkey did not dare to distract at all, for fear of being accidentally blown up. So Starkey, who has been paying close attention to Kobe's movements, jumped up to block it as soon as possible, but it was obvious that Starkey couldn't cover it, and Kobe Bryant's ball still flew to the basket with questions, but unfortunately, this ball didn't have it. The ball hit the edge of the basket and then collapsed. The moment Chen Jiyuan saw Kobe Bryant's shot, he instantly turned around, ready to scramble for the rebound, and Pau Gasol also turned around directly, wanting to get stuck in Chen Jiyuan and find a good position to grab the rebound. However, how could Chen Jiyuan obediently hand over the good position of grabbing rebounds to Pau Gasol, Chen Jiyuan and Gasol were engaged in hand-to-hand combat on the inside.

Many people say that Pau Gasol plays soft, but in fact, Gasol's "softness" is definitely not the soft that most people understand, and Gasol will never be afraid when it is time to fight, and Nowitzki is the same, otherwise, how can a real soft egg get an average of nearly ten rebounds per game. The same applies to Nowitzki.

After the rebound popped out, Chen Jiyuan arched Pau Gasol with his buttocks, and then jumped directly and took off the rebound. In the final analysis, in terms of strength, Chen Jiyuan still has an advantage. After Chen Jiyuan grabbed the rebound, he quickly gave the ball to Sessions, and Sessions ran forward with the ball, but the Lakers' defense was still very fast, and they didn't give the Knicks a chance to break quickly.

After Chen Jiyuan and others came over, the Knicks began to attack, this time attacking Chen Jiyuan stuck Gasol at a forty-five-degree angle on the left side, and then reached out to ask for the ball, Sessions took the ball to the left, and then gave the ball to Chen Jiyuan in a high profile, Gasol did not dare to reach out to break the ball lightly, otherwise Ha, Chen Jiyuan can pass Gasol in an instant, it turns out that Chen Jiyuan is not the kind of bulky inside, but he is not afraid to defend around the front, and he can't go around the front to defend Howard is the same reason, a circle forward, Howard will be able to educate you in minutes with an aerial relay. And Chen Jiyuan is also like this. If Gasol breaks the ball and doesn't break it, Chen Jiyuan will be able to rush into the inside line, and a heavyweight center like Chen Jiyuan will rush up, and it will not be so easy to block at all. So Gasol was still very solid when defending Chen Jiyuan. Maintain the principle of no steals, no blocks, but just don't let you get strong.

Since Chen Jiyuan received the ball, Gasol has resisted Chen Jiyuan to the death, if Chen Jiyuan is ready to turn over and jump shot, Gasol will definitely follow as soon as possible.

Chen Jiyuan leaned on Gasol, felt the direction of Gasol's force, and found that Gasol was pushing himself forward, so Chen Jiyuan quickly decided, directly turned around, quickly turned to the direction of the bottom line, and then slapped the ball, and got up in three steps. Chen Jiyuan's man was under the rebound, but his hand reached in front of him, and a heavy dunk ended the ball. Gasol adjusted his focus and when he came to chase Chen Jiyuan, Chen Jiyuan had already completed this dunk. 4:0。

This turn can be regarded as where Chen Jiyuan studied in Nowitzki. In fact, turning around is a way for big players to pass people. However, there are not many people who can use it well. Nowitzki's turn is really good, when he was a calf, Chen Jiyuan learned Nowitzki's turn experience, and then he often practiced it. Finally getting more and more proficient.

The Lakers are attacking here, I don't know what is going on with Kobe today, once again choosing to play his own singles, facing Starkey's defense, Kobe Bryant accelerated, and passed Starkey from the right side of Starkey, although Starkey followed behind, but the role was not very large, Chen Jiyuan quickly stepped forward to assist in defense, but Chen Jiyuan was far away, just started, and found that it was too late, so Chen Jiyuan did not do that useless work, just stood there and watched Kobe a light gliding dunk. The posture is graceful. It's really a little imaginary with Jordan's dunk back then. 4:2。

In fact, Kobe Bryant is the most like the flying Jordan, because Kobe and Jordan both have the same most outstanding physical element. That's the stagnation. Jordan's airspace is notoriously strong in the league, and Kobe's airspace is also the top in the league, and even at this point, Kobe is stronger than James. James is a power style of play, while Kobe and Jordan are actually more light, and Kobe is the same. Jordan and Kobe Bryant are both soft on the body and tend to make a lot of graceful gliding dunks. And the violent tomahawk heavy dunk is a more suitable way for James to dunk, and it can also show James's domineering spirit more.

However, the difference between Kobe and Jordan, or Kobe's physical disadvantage, is Kobe's hand, Jordan has a pair of big hands that are difficult for anyone to match in the same position, which is good for Jordan's ball control and shooting. But Kobe Bryant is the opposite, Kobe Bryant is not only a small hand, but also a small hand type. It's hard for Bryant to grab the ball with one hand like Jordan and then come and wobbly. However, despite the weakness of small hands, Kobe Bryant still managed to become the biggest superstar in the entire league by his own efforts. At this point, I have to admire Kobe's efforts.

The Knicks attacked again, Chen Jiyuan held the ball again, and then, Starkey ran past Chen Jiyuan, Chen Jiyuan gave the ball to Starkey, and then blocked Kobe.

Stucky went to the basket, but Pau Gasol quickly made up for it, Pau Gasol followed and chased Stucky, Starkey slipped the bottom line, and after jumping up, Stucky also knew that Pau Gasol was by his side, so, on the left side, Starkey made a pretended layup and deceived Gasol, Gasol reached out to block Stucky, but Stucky pulled the ball back, a wonderful lever, and wiped the ball from the right side. It was a brilliant pull goal, and while it was Rose's masterpiece, it didn't stop anyone else from doing the same. On the one hand, most of Rose's layups basically have the shadow of a pull-up, but other guards need to think about it before they go to the basket, and the save has already determined how to pull the ball and how to open the cover more. Therefore, when it comes to tie rods, the first thing that comes to mind is Derek Ross. 6:2。

The Lakers attacked, and after Kobe Bryant broke through the interior this time, he passed the ball to Pau Gasol, and after Gasol received the ball, he shot directly from the middle distance and scored the ball. 6:4。

Chen Jiyuan turned around and returned it to Gasol in the middle distance. However, Chen Jiyuan held the ball and singled by himself, and then jumped up to shoot. Gasol still hit the ball under the defense. 8:4。

Bryant hit another single, leaned against Starkey with his back, and then shook his shoulders and feints, easily turned over and jumped back, and the ball went in. Kobe Bryant's hand feels really good today. 8:6。

After that, the two sides each fought several times. It wasn't until Kobe Bryant hit a three-pointer that he broke the scoring drought.

After Bryant hit a three-pointer, the Lakers defended Love to shoot again. However, Chen Jiyuan grabbed the rebound in the front court, and then jumped up directly and dunked a blue.

As a result, Kobe Bryant hit another three-pointer after hitting the first three-pointer, and he was addicted. Kobe Bryant has really done a lot of solo work today.

In the first quarter, both sides played a stalemate. It's also intense. The field is also full of gunpowder. Even though this is only a regular season game, both sides are more serious about the outcome of this game. Mainly because both sides see each other as potential adversaries.

In the first quarter of the game, Kobe Bryant singled many times, and the effect was good, Kobe Bryant was 6 of 9 in a single quarter, 2 of 3 three-pointers, and 3 of 4 free throws, and scored 17 points. And Kobe Bryant's singles weight is significantly more than usual games. Although the efficiency is good, it can still be seen that it is a little abnormal. I don't know where Kobe Bryant took the wrong medicine.

On the Knicks' side, Chen Jiyuan shot 2 of 4 and 1 of 1 free throws. got 5 points, but he handed out 3 assists and grabbed 5 rebounds, because he wanted to let go of Odom, so Lefu was always pulled out of the inside, and as a result, the rebounds on the inside could only rely on Chen Jiyuan.

Bryant's 17 points helped the Lakers build a seven-point lead. At the end of the first quarter, the Lakers led the Knicks by seven points, and the score was 21-28.

In the first quarter of the game, the Lakers almost widened the difference to double digits, but fortunately, Kobe Bryant's three-point shot at the end of the first quarter of the game was not energetic, otherwise, the Lakers would have really widened the difference to double digits in the first quarter of the game.

Although the first quarter of the game was led by 7 points, but this did not prevent the Knicks from chasing points, in the second quarter of the game, after the substitution, although Trevor Ariza and Vladimir Radmanovic are good players, but their tables are decent, and there is one person on the Knicks' side - Karl Landry.

After Carl Landry came on the court, he grabbed an offensive rebound on the Lakers' territory on the first shot, and then dunked it under Odom's defense. Landry's physique is very good, and in the face of Odom's defense, he is completely ignorant of it. Pull it up and buckle it. Landry's upper body strength is very strong, and in the team, Landry often fights with Chen Jiyuan physically, and it is still the kind of confrontation to the death. Therefore, the relationship between the two people is still very good.

In short, after Landry came on the court, the continuous scoring not only helped the Knicks recover the point difference, but even helped the Knicks establish a one-point lead.

Landry faked a basket to trick Odom into the basket and then drew Odom's second foul, and after hitting both free throws, the Knicks led the Lakers by one point at 35-34, and Phil Jackson also called a timeout. Now halfway through the second quarter. You can also change to the main force. The Knicks, on their side, are also ready to switch to the main force.