The New York Knicks are on a nine-game winning streak after stepping on Durant, who just won the Western Conference Player of the Month for February, but as they move towards a ten-game winning streak, they will once again face a tough opponent against the Atlanta Hawks.

Today, with the rise of the Eastern giants, the Hawks still play the role of a strong team killer, the Hawks, Bulls, Thunder and other teams have lost in the hands of the Hawks, the Bulls lost to the Hawks, and the Knicks have successfully widened the gap between the two sides to two wins.

The game was played at MSG, the home of the New York Knicks, and before the game began, the audience was almost half seated, and at this time, Bill Walton of ESPN, who was broadcasting today's game, said:

"The Knicks are on a nine-game winning streak and are about to win 10 in a row, and now it's definitely a big challenge for them to meet the Hawks."

Joan Barry, who commented on today's game with Bill Wharton, said:

"Yes! The Hawks' record is not strong, but if they are underestimated, the Knicks will also fail, the Chicago Bulls set an example three days ago, they actually lost by 27 points, you must know that the Hawks are strong on the inside, and the Bulls' interior is also the strongest defense in the league, they all lost, and the Knicks have to be extremely careful today.

At that time, Li Feng and a group of Knicks players were also holding back in the player tunnel.

The two teams played, and the starting list also came out, and on the Knicks' side were point guard Dragic, scoring guard Li Feng, small forward Belineri, power forward Monroe, and center Cousins.

The starting lineup on the Hawks' side is point guard Teague and scoring guard Louis Williams. Small forward DeMar Carroll, power forward Millsap, center Horford.

The Hawks began to decline after Joe Johnson left, and they kept declining, but no matter how they declined, they were among the top teams in the East, and they never really declined.

This is very magical, but it is also an inevitable result, because Horford is not leaving, as long as Horford does not leave the team, the Hawks will have a pillar of optimism on the inside. Interior defense and rebounding are guaranteed. Horford can still pull out the strategy, and with the rise of Millsap, with Teague and Louis Williams, the team's basic frame will not collapse.

The basic shelf of the team does not collapse. Serve it with a side dish. Plus Woodson's administration. The team can still achieve good results.

In the opening scrum, Horford couldn't jump past Cousins no matter what. Cousins clicked the basketball over, and the Knicks' side started the offense first.

Dragic came in possession. The Knicks first set up an open formation, putting Monroe and Cousins in the high position, and as soon as Dragic came over, Li Feng immediately ran in front of Monroe and used Monroe's cover to insert it to the basket.

At this time, Monroe went up to catch the ball, got the basketball, and when he looked back, Li Feng had basically controlled Carol, who was in charge of defending him.

Door Roma passed the ball to the ground, and the basketball went to Li Feng's hands.

The whole body used all his strength to sit up towards the two steps, Carol immediately couldn't hold on, Li Feng sat in one step, and at this time, the moment Millsap came over to help defend, Li Feng jumped up and threw a high throw.

Millsap's body is not very strong, and Li Feng has no choice but to watch Li Feng's high throw fall into his own basket.

Today, the Knicks played Li Feng at the beginning and played low at the beginning, showing a tough posture all of a sudden.

Just when Li Feng succeeded, Bill Wharton, who commented the game, immediately said:

"The Knicks' tactics today are very different from before, and they must have been adjusted after watching the replay of the Bulls' fiasco."

For an old man like Bill Wharton, he will be sensitive to any change on the court.

After the Knicks scored, the Hawks immediately kicked off in the backcourt, but the Hawks' running and positioning were completely different from the Knicks.

On the Hawks' side, Teague deliberately slowed down with the ball, allowing Horford and Millsap to run quickly and insert directly into the baseline to hold down the low post. The Knicks pulled away, but the Hawks went straight to the basket. From the running position and the standing position, you can see the difference between the tactics of the two teams.

Teague didn't hold the ball himself, but passed the ball to Williams who pulled out first, and he quickly ran without the ball along the sideline and the baseline.

In the process, Millsap and Horford both helped Teague do a high quality of covering on the baseline.

But when he turned out to the other side, Carroll's cover quality was much worse, and he didn't let Teague run out of the empty space.

In this way, Williams can only pass the ball to Carroll who responds, Carroll took the ball but did not attack by himself, but turned around and passed the basketball to Teague, Teague got the basketball and quickly broke through the middle, attracting the Knicks' defensive pass to Williams on one side, Mason passed to Millsap on the bottom line, Millsap missed the shot.

The first round of the Eagles was very complicated, very patient, and very Eagle-like.

Even though they missed, the basketball worked, which is extremely difficult for many teams to do.

And from the offense in this round, it is clear that the core of the Hawks' operation has shifted from Horford's body to Teague's body.

The tactics prepared for Teague's catch from the beginning, and Carroll's first reaction to the ball was to block Teague, not anything, which shows that Teague has firmly occupied the first core position in the Hawks' system.

The Hawks' offensive miss this time is of course due to the fact that the Hawks' offensive details are not in place, and the Knicks' tenacious defense has also brought huge trouble to the Hawks. Especially the Knicks' defensive speed, which the Knicks did particularly well.

The Hawks missed the shot, and after the Knicks protected the backcourt rebound, they immediately passed the basketball to Dragic.

Dragic ran over with the ball, Li Feng and Belineri, two three-pointers, immediately pulled the space away at 45 degrees on the left and right, and then Monroe and Cousins made several vertical cross-covers near the penalty area on the right.

Cousins pulled out to the high post and Monroe stuck down to the low post. At this time, Dragic passed the ball to Li Feng again.

Li Feng passed the basketball to Monroe's hands from 45 degrees, and asked Monroe to fight against Millsap.

Monroe's low-post kung fu is not bad, and the league is considered a must, but Millsap's low-post kung fu is stronger than Monroe's, he understands the low-post offensive routine, and can also defend the low-post.

Monroe came up and forced a step, and then when he got up to attack, he was immediately squeezed by Millsap without a position.

Without position, Monroe's shot immediately lost its crosshair and smashed onto the rebound, and Monroe's interior offense failed.

The Knicks are prepared on the defensive end, and so are the Hawks. Monroe's home cooking. You can't eat it on the eagle's body.

Monroe missed, and Horford immediately got up and grabbed the rebound, and it was passed quickly. The basketball passes, and Teague takes the ball and rushes forward quickly. But at this time, the Knicks' defense bit the Hawks to the death.

The Eagles' fast break simply can't hit it. At this time the Eagles followed the players. Immediately, he immediately stood on the four corners of the court, completely pulling out the space. Let Teague be alone on the left and go head-to-head with Dragic.

Teague himself is an assaulter, and this is the time to break through with the ball. The Knicks' interior line immediately came out to help defend.

was blocked by Teague all of a sudden, and Teague couldn't break through, so he could only turn around and pass the basketball to Horford, who just ran over.

Horford took the ball and shot directly from mid-range in the high post, but also missed.

In the first two minutes of today's game, both teams played not very well. The Hawks encountered the Knicks' tenacious defense, and it was basically difficult to take advantage, and the Knicks were afraid of breaking their teeth if they wanted to easily gnaw on the hard bone of the Hawks.

Both teams have a high intensity defensively and have some difficulty scoring. It looked like it was a lively game, but the score was low. Now it's been two minutes and the score is still 2-0.

The Knicks hit again, but Li Feng took the initiative to shoot, Dragic came up with the ball, and when he broke through to the bottom line with a high cover, Li Feng took the opportunity to cut in from the weak side to the penalty area.

Dragic took the opportunity to pass the ball, Li Feng took the ball and faked a little, Carroll did not jump, so Li Feng could only support his feet and did not move, turned around and made a turn to shoot.

With Li Feng's shot, the Knicks rewrote the score to 4-0.

From the opening moment, the two teams were stumbling and entangled, and by the middle of the first quarter, the two teams were only 10-7 low.

The reason for this situation is mainly because the defensive level of both teams is very high, the intensity is very high, and the players have not adapted for a while, let alone found the corresponding strategy.

In this way, the low score is a matter of course, and it is Taberdu who makes the first substitution at such times.

Seeing that the offensive firepower was insufficient, Tyberdu decisively accelerated and replaced Cousins with Kirilenko, who could defend the interior anyway.

On the Hawks' side, they quickly changed a shooting guard, and they replaced Korver, who had a more solid shot, and both teams were stepping up on the offensive end to try to break the deadlock first.

At this time, ESPN's commentator Joan Barry saw the Knicks fighting the Hawks here, and said:

"Today's Eagles played tenaciously and targeted."

"So you're not optimistic that the Knicks can win today!"

Bill Wharton heard the other man's tone and immediately asked.

Joanbari nodded and said:

"Of course, they're facing eagles! The Eagles' recent counterattack ability is too strong. ”

The game became this kind of attrition, this is the rhythm of the Eagles, seeing this kind of scene, not only Joan Barry thinks the Eagles will win, all fans who know the Eagles will think that the Eagles must have won.

Under this rhythm, the Knicks are indeed very uncomfortable.

The Knicks are a young team, and although youth is not a reason to fail, they are indeed inferior to the Hawks in terms of experience and patience.

And the Knicks used to play a happy and fast projection tactic, and now it is indeed very difficult to play so entangled with the Hawks on the battlefield. (To be continued......)