At this time, Reggie Miller asked Jeff Van Gundy according to the routine of the show:

"Jeff, what do you think is the key factor for the Knicks to tie the Spurs?"

Jeff Van Gundy was also prepared for such a stylized question, so he immediately replied: "

The most important thing in this is the rhythm, and the Knicks have accelerated the pace in such a short period of time! There is a gap in the Spurs' solid defensive system, and the Spurs' half-court defense is very solid, but there will inevitably be times when the offensive and defensive transitions will not be stable. ”

"The Knicks seized such an opportunity and pried open the softest weakness of the Spurs at a blister's speed."

"So this wave of fast break from the Knicks looks simple, but the ball for the players is quite high! Li Feng's performance in this middle is commendable! ”

"Hmmm! Especially Li Feng's jumping dragon gate, which is impressive! ”

Jeff Van Gundy was serious, but was interjected by Reggie Miller. Immediately, the two of them laughed again, and many fans watching TV also laughed.

At the end of the timeout, the Spurs returned to the court, and Parker's side just wanted to stabilize the good organization.

Suddenly, he saw Smith and Dragic coming up towards him together, and Parker's first reaction was to protect the basketball and walk to the left with the ball.

But when he stepped back to the side, the Knicks' defense chased after him while constantly harassing him and denying him a chance to watch his teammates pass the ball.

Parker was chased by two people, and he knew that there must be an empty spot for the Knicks at this time, but he couldn't observe the court at all, and he couldn't see the man.

At this time, he was afraid that he would be squeezed into the corner, and hurriedly passed the basketball to Leonard's hands.

Leonard took the ball outside the three-point line, a position he was not good at, and could only pass the ball again to Duncan inside.

The Spurs were playing very messily in front of them, and they were forced by the Knicks to be at ease without what they had before. Duncan didn't have much time left to get the basketball. Duncan could only turn around and force a shot on his own.

At this time, I have to admire Tim Duncan's talent, Duncan's basketball still fell into the Knicks' basket in such a hurry.

The Spurs still hit the ball, but by this time the players of Tyberdu and the Knicks understood that their tactics were successful.

They succeeded in forcing the Spurs out of their own laid-back rhythm, and even if Duncan hit the ball at the end of the game, there was a lot of luck. The tactics themselves work.

At this time, Jeff Van Gundy, who was on the sidelines, as a former head coach, often lacked on-the-spot response when he commanded the team himself, but now sits in the commentary box. As soon as this change came out of the Knicks. Jeff Van Gundy immediately said:

"The Knicks' defense has changed a lot, they put a lot of pressure on the ball, so it's a good way to disrupt the opponent's rhythm with such a local concentration."

Wave. Povich also saw intuitively what was happening on the sidelines, but he still misread the Knicks' defensive strategy.

He thought the Knicks were just delaying and pinching Parker, the playmaker, so he quickly yelled at the court:

"Duncan take Tony, pick him up!"

Wave. Povich wanted Duncan to pick up Tony Parker. Povich yelled here.

The Knicks are also on the offense. They took the ball and immediately rushed forward, all the way over, but the Spurs' defense was already in place.

At this time, Dragic tried to break through. He couldn't tear apart the Spurs' defense, and immediately passed the ball to Li Feng's hands.

Li Feng stood outside the three-point line with the ball, and didn't even look at Split, as if this person was air. Raise your hand for a three-pointer.

Fang Cai's three-point shot had already given Li Feng a warning, and that goal told Li Feng that he felt good today. So Li Feng threw out the three-point shot again, and he had a bottom in his heart. Since it feels good, and I have opened a pumping shot again, now my feel should be guaranteed.

"Brush!"

The goal confirmed Li Feng's thoughts, and Li Feng hit a three-point shot. And with this goal, the Knicks are one point ahead of the Spurs.

Because Tim Duncan shot 2 points, and Li Feng shot 3 points.

But at this time to the wave. The bigger shock that Povich and the entire ATT arena brought was Li Feng's attitude of ignoring the Spurs.

Li Feng just made a three-point shot too easily, receiving the ball and shooting, without even looking at anyone, without hesitation, without thinking, and without scruples. Just raise your hand, according to the words of a reasonable teacher, it is completely unreasonable.

But Li Feng used this way to score simply.

At this time, the Spurs players, the coaching staff and the fans inevitably have a feeling of helplessness. Because no matter how reasonable you play, you can't beat luck and feel.

FANG Caibo. Povich deployed Duncan to pick up Parker, and this round, the Knicks just made a move to press Parker. Duncan really came over, but as soon as Duncan came, the Knicks' defense suddenly changed, and Duncan was sandwiched in the middle.

Tim Duncan's individual skills are almost without shortcomings, and he is also a top power forward.

But the Knicks disrupted the rhythm of the Spurs, Duncan twisted for a long time before passing the basketball out, and the basketball came out with little time, Parker could only pick Dragic, but the result was not good, and Parker's mid-range shot was missed.

This time, Tyberdeau's local pressing defensive tactics finally succeeded, and the result was expected.

Rose won the basketball under the basket, and immediately rushed towards the Spurs' half, the Spurs quickly retreated, Ginobili came up to delay Rose, Rose saw that the Spurs had returned to defend three people, so he immediately passed the basketball diagonally to Li Feng's hands.

Leonard has been taking care of Li Feng this time, and Leonard was also by Li Feng's side when he received the ball.

Li Feng took the ball down, and his body slammed forward with his shoulder.

Li Feng's strength was fully opened, and Leonard was suddenly pushed out of his temper, and his steps retreated again and again.

Leonard was pushed away, and he realized that his defense was out of position, and immediately performed and sat on the ground with a shout.

wanted to win a foul, but Li Feng's three-threat posture and shoulder resistance were not fouled at all. Not even a suspicion of foul play!

So the referee didn't pay attention to Leonard at all, and Li Feng took this opportunity to make an easy jump shot when no one was around, and the basketball fell into the Spurs' basket cleanly.

The ball went in, but the ATT arena was booed, and it was clear that the fans were very unhappy with the referee's decision.

Wave. Povich also yelled at the referee twice at this time, and then his face was gloomy.

Because of such a counterattack by Li Feng, the Knicks are now 3 points ahead of the Spurs. From tie to lead, the Knicks moved steadily, and this was after they called a timeout. This shows that the previous team's setup was completely ineffective.

At this time the wave. Povich looked gloomy, but he was undecided, he didn't want to call another timeout so soon, but the situation of the team was a little dangerous.

The Spurs were disrupted twice in a row by the Knicks on the offensive end, completely destroying the Spurs' flowing offense.

Parker, who got the basketball again, also realized that things were not easy to handle, and he handed the basketball to Split after halftime.

He then ran to a relatively empty spot empty-handed himself before asking for the ball again towards Split.

Parker handled it wisely by avoiding the Knicks' first wave of pressing, allowing him to observe the court and process the ball at the moment he got the ball.

Parker took care of his own problems, and saw Ginobili running through the baseline and he immediately passed Ginobili to play Ginobili's off-ball.

But Ginobili took the ball. Cousins and Li Feng, who were originally defending Duncan, immediately pounced on Ginobili together.

Cousins has height, Li Feng has agility and bounce, so suddenly a tight defense Ginobili himself offensive opportunity is immediately gone, and he is extremely difficult to pass. After the last, he could only stealthily come and pass the ball to Split.

But he just passed the ball, Li Feng's defense made up for it, and there was still no good opportunity for the Spurs to vacate the space, but there was not much time.

Split could only force Li Feng at this time. Once Split decided to play strongly, he was immediately energetic and dribbled a step. Then suddenly there is a turning feint, and then immediately turning back and hooking the left hand.

Split's set of offensive moves, the footsteps are sharp to death, and the movements are also extremely realistic.

Li Feng was shaken all of a sudden, the gravity muscle was used in the wrong place, and the whole thing pounced on McDygee's body, giving the opponent a foul in vain, and sending Split to the free throw line.

Li Feng, who was very coquettish as soon as he came, actually suffered such a loss from Split.

At this time, Reggie Miller said with some schadenfreude:

"A South American player like Split is really tough to play against. Li Feng is also going to be deflated! ”

"Huh!"

Jeff Van Gundy also smiled on the side.

Split hit both free throws from the free throw line, and the Spurs didn't seem to suffer a loss and scored two points, but in fact, the Spurs still didn't solve the problem. They were still cornered by the Knicks' defense, and only after the last did they rely on hard work and luck to score two points.

It's okay to rely on luck once or twice, but it's harder to hold on for a few minutes.

The Knicks tee off in the backcourt, and this time they had no chance of sneaking up at all. After halftime, Dragic still handed over the basketball to Li Feng to deal with.

Li Feng took the ball on the three-point line, and the first moment he touched the ball this time was to raise his hand to shoot.

The last time Li Feng did this Split, there was no response, but now Li Feng raised his hand because of the lessons of the previous two times.

Split immediately pounced forward, Split moved, Li Feng took a step forward directly, and then at the moment when Leonard helped defend himself, Li Feng jumped directly from Leonard to the basket in front of him.

This time, Li Feng went to the basket, but it was not empty blue, but under the basket with Tim Duncan squatting.

Li Feng couldn't go to the basket and could only make a slightly coquettish pass behind the back and send the basketball to Smith in the bottom corner.

Just such a three-pointer, he didn't shoot, which completely wasted Li Feng's feelings.

Smith missed his own shot, and he probably felt a little depressed, so he immediately came up and picked up the rebound in the front court.

The Knicks' long-range shooting is painful, but the scramble is top-notch.

snatched back the rebound, Smith hurriedly handed the ball back to Dragic, and Dragic took the ball and continued to get close to the basket under his crotch to prepare to attack near the basket.

That's how Dragic plays, and he immediately compresses the Spurs' lineup as soon as he makes a move.

Spurs' defense once compressed. Under the basket is concrete, Dragic can't smash it into it if it's so hard, so he can only turn around and hand the basketball to Li Feng.

Li Feng didn't have much time to get the ball, so he could only stab forward with three threats, dividing Split's spirit, and then Li Feng immediately closed his feet and suddenly picked up and shot at Split's head.

Split's reaction was indeed slow, and he couldn't jump, and he hurriedly stretched out his hand and hit Li Feng's arm at once.

Although Li Feng's difficult shot was missed, the foul still caught it.

When it came to the free throw line, Li Feng also hit both free throws.

After that, the Spurs attacked again. Still being hurt by the Knickska, their offensive efficiency began to decline. Because of their offensive rhythm, the way they used to cooperate was completely destroyed by the Knicks.

The Knicks played a playoff-level top-tier defense at this time, not only with a very high level of motivation, but also with a very good sense of cooperation with each other.

In this way, the Spurs' biggest reliance on the Knicks is gone, and their smooth coordination is gone.

Here the Knicks sneak up on the Spurs from time to time, although the Knicks still don't play well.

However, the margin was still widened, starting from the last few minutes of the second quarter. The Knicks actually stretched the difference all the way to 53-48, and at the end of the second quarter, the Knicks led the Spurs by 5 points.

At the end of the half-time whistle, the Spurs veterans walked into the tunnel with indignant expressions.

At the same time, the ATT arena was also booed, in the midst of a sea of boos. Jeff Van Gundy says:

"In the first quarter, the Spurs also had an absolute lead. But in the second quarter, they lost that momentum, and it had to do with the Knicks' flexible adjustment. ”

"On offense, the Knicks took the approach of sneaking up as much as possible and taking advantage of the fast-break scoring method, seizing every opportunity to score easily. Defensively, they finally found a way to contain Spurs' fluid offense. They used a local pressing. This series of changes has changed the situation of the two teams. ”

Van Gundy, as an academic coach, has a thorough analysis of the situation.

But the fans don't like to hear about it at all. The fans had already dispersed to eat, and only today's on-site reporter ran to Li Feng with a smoke, put the microphone in front of Li Feng and asked:

"Striker, you did a very good job today. With 32 points in the first half, you predict how many points you're going to score in the whole game today. ”

Li Feng wiped his sweat and said:

"I can't really predict how many points I'll score, it depends on how the team needs me to play. But I hope that I don't have to score too many points in the second half, because that would be a good indication that my team-mates are scoring points. ”

"Oh!"

The reporter stretched out his voice and exclaimed in a very fake admiration, and then continued to ask:

"Forward, you were beaten badly by the Spurs in the first quarter today, what caused the current reversal."

"Oh! Spurs are a very mature team, and their style is more distinctive, which shows that the tactics are more mature. In the first quarter, they played a classic game and we really couldn't resist it. ”

"As for the second quarter when we were able to come back, it was the Spurs who underestimated us and they made a substitution too late. Now we have reversed but we can't relax at all, you know, they are a really strong team. ”

Li Feng is not a compliment, but a heartfelt truth. But the reporter didn't like this kind of nice words very much, frowned, Li Feng ignored the reporter's careful thinking, he talked a few words and walked into the player's tunnel.

The atmosphere in the Spurs' locker room was as oppressive as the eve of a storm, and no one in the entire locker room spoke.

Parker, Ginobili, and Tim Duncan all lowered their heads and did not speak, and the bigwigs of these teams were silent. The small characters below naturally didn't dare to speak one by one.

There's a reason why the atmosphere at Spurs is so oppressive, in the period leading up to this game. Spurs' management has revealed that they want to adjust the team and rebuild. This offer is a matter of time for the already aging Spurs.

But for several Spurs veterans, it is bad news, they have been on the team for too long, they have been connected to the team, and they have completely become a whole with each other.

For these old guys, the Spurs are not a team, not a place to make a living, but a home, a place where their hearts and souls are stationed, and the symbol here is the holy place of their hearts.

At this time, the management wants to rebuild the team, it is like tearing flesh from their hearts.

Now the Spurs are the Knicks, an absolutely very important game for the Spurs. If the Spurs really take the recent rising Knicks, there is no way, let the Knicks play comfortably and win.

In this case, the management must have an excuse. So today's game is a matter of life and death for the Spurs.

Everyone sat in the locker room silently, and it was Split who spoke first:

"We played so well in the first half! It's also too much for perfect coordination, and I think from now on we should measure the game by the fight. ”

As soon as Split's words came out, Parker, who had been silent for a long time, was the first to nod:

"In the first half we played too much and we should show the young guys the hard bones of the old guys."

"Hard bones!"

"That's right! Tough cookie. ”

Parker said this, and several old men in the Spurs locker room looked at each other. In the middle of the comprehension, several old men actually laughed.

This scene fell in the eyes of the young man of the Spurs, with a bit of magic, and a little bit of faint impulse in his heart.

The influence of a mature team is inherited, and under the influence of their predecessors, newcomers are greatly influenced by their predecessors, and this influence will accompany them throughout their careers.

The old bones of the Spurs made a decision that was even better than that of head coach Bo. Povich's words still worked. (To be continued......)