"Maybe the fans in front of the TV didn't pay much attention to Chen Feng's pass just now, but we can see the shock of Chen Feng's pass through the Madison Garden Arena here, in the next few offenses, the Knicks players seem to be unable to find the rhythm of the offense, and the Spurs under his organization, regained their senses, with a wave of small high. The tide hit back at the Knicks, and we hope that the Spurs can continue to be in such a good form after the timeout. Xu Jiping is obviously not present now, and Chen Feng's passing just now brought him an absolute shock.

Popovich is naturally very satisfied with the performance just now, especially several role players, whose performance has improved significantly during this time, Dio's two consecutive offensive rebounds have greatly reduced the pressure on Derrick Favors on the inside, and Ginobili and Leonard's three-point shots have also made the Knicks' defense more chaotic, and the pressure on Chen Feng on the outside has also been reduced a lot.

After the timeout, the Knicks' lineup changed again, Felton, Carmelo Anthony and others formed a new lineup, which showed a better defensive lineup, the Knicks' offense did not have any problems just now, but the sudden outburst of other players of the Spurs made the Knicks' defense very chaotic all of a sudden, with Woodson's admiration for offense, he also had to consider the possibility of defense.

Spurs, here Maddy is also back on the field.

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At halftime, the Knicks led 59-52. Although the Spurs are still trailing by seven points, it is not quite the same as the bad start of the second quarter. Especially the morale that has been close to slopping, in this quarter back to the Spurs, Chen Feng, Derrick Favors is like the mainstay, after resisting the Knicks' offense again and again, the Spurs players gradually found themselves, especially Ginobili, although he only played eight minutes, he hit two three-pointers in a row, and his role is not reflected in the data, his defense of Felton is very good. And several times for the Chen wind shield poor. It won him a good opportunity to make a move.

During the intermission, the reporter chose Chen Feng for the intermission. It was Chen Feng who revitalized the team's offense in the second quarter and brought the Spurs back to life, but it was obvious. Victory for the Spurs. It's still far away. In a do-or-die battle in the second half, physical strength will be a lethal factor for the Spurs.

At halftime, the Knicks had nine players on the pitch. Even Carmelo Anthony, who was on the pitch for the longest time, also rested on the bench for more than five minutes.

During the interview, Chen Feng looked very tired. I saw him gasping for breath and answering reporters' questions: "Everyone can see, tonight's game is one of the toughest games we have played recently, the Knicks are a great team, their current offensive power is among the best in the league, and they are doing a good job in the rotation plane."

Especially after Cameron's outburst, they got even better. Now we are seven points behind them and if we want to win this game, we have to push harder in the second half. We are a tough team and we have a strong fighting spirit. The performance in the second quarter showed that we were still in the same form as long as we were in the second half and the victory was close to us. ”

"Hey, man, you're all right, are you?" Looking at Chen Feng's somewhat shaky body, Mills hurriedly walked up and wanted to help him.

Chen Feng waved his hand, took a deep breath and said, "It's okay, just take a rest." ”

Popovich arrived in the locker room earlier than Chen Feng, so he was worried when he saw Chen Feng like this. Chen Feng had no break in the first half, and in order to chase points, he played very hard, and his physical strength was too much.

Therefore, how to arrange the rest of the players, especially Chen Feng, is the most important issue for Popovich. In addition to Chen Feng, Derek Favors also needs a long rest time.

When fighting the Knicks inside, Derrick Favors suffered a lot of physical strength. For the Spurs, the most needed rest at the moment is Chen Feng and Favors, especially Chen Feng.

However, now the game is inseparable from the two of them, and Derrick Favors is the guarantee of rebounding, and his role in the interior is currently irreplaceable by the team.

In the second quarter, it was his excellent play on the inside that made the Knicks' offensive power basically focus on the outside, and Chen Feng was the guarantee of the team's offense.

However, the two are the players who need the most rest for the team, and once the game enters the most decisive juncture, they are the players that the team needs the most.

And Leonard, if he rests, God knows how many points Anthony can score!

Popovich doesn't have many options right now, give up the game! Or give up and let Duncan rest them!

Looking at Popovich's embarrassed look, Chen Feng naturally understood his difficulty, walked up to him and said: "Boss, don't hesitate, the game has already been played to this part, we only have one go, once the Knicks have room to relax, with our current situation, we can't fight against their excellent state." ”

Derrick Favors also said with a firm expression, Popovich was very excited when he saw their statement, but he still hesitated: "I'm just afraid that your physical strength will not support the end of the game, and as we play more and more smoothly, the Knicks will definitely strengthen their defense against you, and the next game will only become more and more intense." ”

Chen Feng clenched his fists and said, "Boss, if we all have to escape from this situation, then we will never be truly strong." ”

After listening to Chen Feng's words, Popovich already had a plan in his heart.

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"Huh? It didn't start the third quarter, and now Chen Feng has been sitting on the sidelines and resting for six or seven minutes, did the Spurs give up this game? Mr. Xu, what do you think? Sun Zhenping saw that Chen Feng was still not on the court, so he said with some doubts.

Xu Jiping shook his head and explained: "Of course the Spurs will not give up, so far this season, the Spurs have never given up the game!" The game has reached this point, if the head coach gives up easily, I am afraid that he will be criticized by the media after the game. And now the difference between the two teams is only 12 points, and the Spurs still have a chance to turn defeat into victory. The reason why Popovich didn't let Chen Feng play was entirely because Chen Feng's physical strength was almost exhausted. ”

Also, the five players on the Spurs, with the exception of Mills, are very good at defending, and if my guess is correct, Popovich's likely strategy now is to have the defenders strengthen the team's defense and try not to allow the Knicks to widen the margin. Before Chen Feng came on the court, he tried not to let the Knicks pull away the score, but in this way, the pressure on Derrick Favors was even heavier, after all, he is the only consistent scorer on the Spurs on the court. ”

After all, Xu Jiping has been engaged in the basketball commentary industry for many years, so he can see Popovich's intentions almost at a glance.

"That makes sense, now it's up to the Knicks to see how their offense goes." Sun Zhenping said.

But Popovich's intentions are also flawed, and that is that the team's offense is affected. If they can't limit the Knicks' powerful offensive firepower and can't play offense themselves, then this game is over. It is safe to say that Popovich is taking a big gamble. Xu Jiping continued.

And Xu Jiping can see these points, and Woodson can naturally see it. For the current Spurs team, Popovich's tactics are undoubtedly very correct, without Chen Feng's Spurs, the offense will suffer a serious setback, rather than this, it is better to simply focus on defense, for Leonard, Wesley Johnson and several players, what they want now is defense, they can completely fight the opponent to the end.

Woodson doesn't think the Spurs' tactics will do much for his own team, because his team's offense is too strong right now. The healthy combination of Amare Stoudemire and Carmelo Anthony is nothing short of a slashing combination.

Of course, he also knew that this was the reason why the old man on the other side let Duncan rest, otherwise, the current form would probably be reversed!

However, Woodson forgot one point, that is, the morale of the team, the morale of the Spurs in the first half was low, so that the Knicks played smoothly, but when Chen Feng's physical strength was exhausted and Derrick Favors supported the interior alone, the morale of the Spurs was successfully stimulated, and at this time they were on the court, with only one goal in mind, that is, to drag the Knicks' offense as far as possible and wait for Chen Feng to play.

There are many things that the coach could not have anticipated, and the high morale of the Spurs was naturally felt first by the Knicks players, who had previously adopted a half-court zone defense.

At the beginning of the third quarter, he spared no effort to defend the whole court urgently, and from the moment Felton received the ball, Mills kept interfering with his ball control.

With Felton's ability to control the ball, he naturally won't worry about the ball being taken away so easily, but Mills keeps moving his hands and feet, but it is also more troublesome, Popovich decided the whole court when he decided on defensive tactics, the Knicks' best offense, a congenital condition formed by their fast break, that is, the ball was not delayed, quickly passed the half, and then handed over to the players who had the opportunity for the first time, and once the offensive time was stretched, the lower the probability of the Knicks' offensive success. (To be continued......)