The Bulls immediately advanced with the ball in the backcourt at this time, and the Bulls' tactics were almost the same as in the previous round.

Paul and Howard blocked high and then immediately passed the ball to Okafor on the left.

Howard walked to the basket as Okafor got the ball, while Paul and Iguodala crossed around Howard.

By the time Howard was in the spot, Iguodala also got the ball on the baseline and hoisted it high to Howard.

Howard didn't dunk this time, took the ball and turned over to the middle, and then got up with a small hook in his right hand, and the basketball simply hit!

Although Howard's skills are not much better than his rookie season, his strength and size are still there, and as long as he takes the opportunity, he is still a very scoring player. only

To get Howard in the right place, he's still a very effective scoring weapon. It's up to you to use Howard!

The Bulls used to play on the outside, but now with Howard, they have a bit of flavor in the half-court offense.

Immediately after Howard's dunk, the Knicks came over, very different from the Bulls. The Knicks played very, very simple, with Belineri in possession and immediately passing the ball to Monroe.

Monroe singled out Okafor, took the ball and controlled the ball one step, and threw it directly! Okafor's defense is strong, and Monroe's touch is average.

The toss missed, and the rebound jumped out.

Today's opening Knicks played very simply, which is also a trick made by Tyberdeau!

Just when the Knicks missed, the Bulls got the backcourt rebound and immediately pushed forward, and Paul advanced extremely fast.

When he arrived in the front court, he was about to stuff the basketball into the hands of Jimmy Butler, who cut inside, and at this time Li Feng could only violate the rules and kick the basketball passed by Paul.

In this way, the Bulls reopened the sideline, the ball came out, and Howard immediately returned to the low post on the left to take the position, but Iguodala, who took the ball, did not complete the pass in time, but transferred the basketball to Paul on the other side.

Paul got the basketball. It was almost a lot, and immediately a small hanging ball fell into the hands of Okafor on the right.

Okafor took the ball and suddenly turned to break through the baseline, and Monroe, who was defending him, was slightly slow to let Okafor break through.

Coming in Okafor is a trademark one-handed slam dunk!

"Bang!"

Okafor dunked, and this time the Bulls finally hit a high from the opening to now. The tide comes. Okafor was also quite excited after scoring, shouting again and again, and Howard also came over to high-five Okafor in celebration.

Just now Jeff Van Gundy had just finished losing the Bulls, and the Bulls played a small high. The tide comes. It's as if it's all a sarcasm of Jeff Van Gundy. At this time, Bill Wharton also asked:

"Jeff, you see the Bulls seem to have started well today. And the Knicks seem to have some problems, they lack some steady offense. ”

Jeff Van Gundy doesn't give himself a reason at this time. Instead, he said very frankly:

"In the opening minutes alone, the Bulls did play better than the Knicks. The Bulls played to their strengths more, but the Knicks didn't, so the Bulls took the lead! ”

Jeff frankly admitted that the Bulls had a better start than the Knicks, and Bill Wharton had no choice.

At this time, the Knicks immediately came over, and J.R. Smith broke through the baseline and scored two points. The Knicks finally scored again, but the Bulls came back right away with Howard in the high post. A quick high-low pass, and then passed the basketball to Okafor, who made another violent dunk under the basket.

The Bulls started playing better and better, and their morale was getting higher and higher. They hit the low post in a row. Playing the low post that they are best at, they actually suppressed the Knicks for a while. The Knicks have played excessively simple and without any bright spots in this period.

In today's game, the Knicks' turnover rate was indeed reduced, but they were suppressed as soon as they started. Didn't play out their rhythm at all.

In the next few minutes, the Bulls scored from Okafor and Howard to the left and right. The Knicks, on the other hand, are mostly shooting against the opposing defense, or shooting at a pace that is not their own.

As a result, with three minutes left in the first quarter, the Bulls had a six-point lead over the Knicks at 19-13.

The game was played like this, Tyberdu did not speak on the side, and Li Feng also felt depressed on the court.

The Bulls switched to the bench at this point, and the Knicks also began to switch to the bench.

After the Bulls changed to the bench lineup, the advantage of the interior line was gone, and the Knicks had Jones and Vucevic on the inside, and the Knicks stabilized the situation during the bench period.

By the end of the first quarter, the Knicks trailed the Bulls by four points, 20-24.

The Knicks are behind, though not much!

But in the game, the Knicks' sense of rhythm is a little incompatible, and Li Feng can't adapt to this oversimplified tactic, if you call a tactic without tactics a tactic, Li Feng can't accept it.

So at the end of the first quarter, Li Feng talked to Tyberdu about this matter, and on the bench, Li Feng said to Tyberdu:

"Tom, you see we can't play more pick-and-rolls so that we have more chances."

Tyberdu wanted to fight with Jackson, and Li Feng couldn't think of going together, but after listening to Li Feng's construction, Tyberdu didn't say angrily:

"On the pitch you have the final say, but I don't want to see mistakes."

In fact, Li Feng heard Taibodu say this, and Li Feng immediately said to Taibodu angrily:

"Well, since I have the final say on the court, then you don't interfere with me."

After Li Feng finished saying this, he immediately hurried his teammates over:

"Listen, everyone, we'll play a little bit more in a while. A little bit of patience on offense, and when there is a chance to break fast, we are playing fast. ”

At the beginning of the game, it was the Knicks' ball, and Livingston took the ball over and gave the basketball to Li Feng first.

Li Feng took the ball and immediately called Jones's cover, Jones still listened to Li Feng on the court, and immediately moved sideways and then made a cover for Li Feng in a high position.

Li Feng took advantage of Jones' cover, stuck his position at 45 degrees on the right, and then immediately turned his head to direct his teammates to cross cover and run.

Li Feng's side is playing by himself while directing his teammates, under the command of Li Feng.

Vucevic was an air cut that found an open cut in the middle, and Li Feng immediately took the ball into Vucevic's hands.

Vucevic picked up the ball and threw in a small throw to score two points for his team.

The Bulls are still on the bench at this time. So there is neither Howard's low-level heavy artillery, nor Okafor's low-level plane.

At this time, the Bulls could only play their previous small-ball tactics, so the Knicks only scored, and it was up to the Bulls to chase back quickly.

Chasing Hamilton with the ball and playing directly outside, taking the ball and shooting directly by himself, Hamilton hit the ball like this.

Hamilton, a player, is a partisan captain, and when he plays as a substitute, he shoots and breaks through by himself has a certain lethality.

Now that the Bulls lack offensive firepower, it's time for him to play. As soon as Li Feng saw this, the Bulls' offensive firepower was concentrated on Hamilton. He immediately paid attention to the next round to focus on defending Hamilton.

Livingston took the ball and pushed over, and at this time Li Feng saw that the Bulls' lineup was really small. The average height is very short, and Li Feng immediately threw the basketball into the hands of Jones, who was in the main position on the inside.

Jones singled out Gibson with the ball, neither of them was tall, but Jones was still thin and didn't resist Gibson.

In the end, the shot missed, although Jones missed the shot on his side, but the Knicks had Vucevic on his side. Vucevic was one block taller than his opponent Mohammed, and had better bounce and reach than Mohammed. So as soon as the basketball fell, Vucevic grabbed the ball first, and the game was indeed much more reliable than just now.

This change of the Knicks is more obvious. At this time, Jeff Van Gundy said on the side:

"Now the Knicks are playing more steadily, so it's normal, and it's not right to shoot like that. Because as a team, you need to take advantage of a mismatch and an open spot. You can't just think about simplicity and not play some more efficient balls. ”

The Knicks stabilized two balls in a row, and at this time the Bulls' bench lineup came up with a free U offense.

Hamilton still had to play hard with the ball, and Li Feng hurriedly moved over. Defend Hamilton personally.

Hamilton accelerated up and hit Li Feng's body all of a sudden, Li Feng was fine, and Hamilton immediately dropped the ball.

With that opportunity, Parsons picked up the basketball right behind Li Feng and then quickly countered towards the Bulls' half.

Parsons is thin after all, and the confrontation is not very advantageous, but once he runs, he is very fast.

Parsons got the ball at once past Radmanovic who was defending him, and after passing Radmanovic Parsons easily made a layup and scored two points.

Coming back, the Knicks scored 6 points in a row and overtook the Bulls all at once. At this time, Bulls head coach Phil Jackson also saw that the momentum was a little wrong, and immediately replaced Paul first.

Paul is the soul of the bull, and the system of the bull can be fully run with Paul, so at this time, Phil Jackson did not hesitate to go to Paul.

After the Bulls got on Paul's side, the situation was really different, with Paul's wandering and tandem Bulls' originally seemingly loose and disorderly offense was suddenly orderly.

It's a very strange feeling, Paul is very good at pinching together several people who are not reacting, no matter who plays with Paul, as long as you have a skill that you are willing to show, Paul can find an opportunity for you to show what you are capable of.

Now it's the same now, Paul was in the Knicks' court, running seemingly disorderly twice, and suddenly passed the ball to Gibson.

Gibson moved empty-handed on the baseline, took the ball and made a rebound, and easily scored 2 points.

Paul's hands have the power to transform decay into magic, and Gibson is like a piece of chocolate, smooth as silk no matter what.

The cooperation between Paul and Gibson seems to be very supple, whether it is passing, running, or scoring, it makes people look so comfortable.

was hit by the opponent like this, even Li Feng had to praise the opponent. From the defensive end, Li Feng went to the Bulls' half again to look at the Bulls' lineup, and the average height was still insufficient.

And the defensive intensity is not very strong, the Bulls' defensive intensity is not large, not that the players do not work hard to defend, but the lack of connection between defense and defense, the Bulls' defense is not a systematic tactic, but a separate battle.

In this case, Li Feng immediately went down to the right 45 degrees to get the ball and got the basketball.

Li Feng was also not polite to the Bulls' players. turned around and slammed towards the basket, Hamilton, who defended Li Feng, had a good speed, and his shooting was sometimes quite accurate, but he really couldn't bear Li Feng in terms of strength.

Li Feng stabbed into the Bulls' basket in one step, and Muhammad and Gibson came out to defend together on the Bulls' side. Muhammad came out in one step, but Gibson was clever enough to take half a step.

In this way, Li Feng turned around and gave the basketball to Vucevic, who took the ball like a huge ape flying up.

"Bang!"

Another slam dunk was completed, and Vucevic's dunk was quite ornamental.

This kind of ornamental buckle. It can greatly increase the morale of the team. So Vucevic dunked up, and suddenly the players on the Knicks' side were happy, and the fans at Madison Square Garden were also happy.

Although the Knicks did not play well in the first quarter, the morale of the Knicks suddenly rose in the second quarter. Slam dunk and fast break are all there!

Once the Knicks' morale rose, the defense immediately became stronger, and Paul dribbled over this time to pass the ball to Gibson to break through, and Gibson was actually defended by Jones.

Seeing that the Knicks were coming over again, the Bulls' defense had not yet stood up, and Li Feng passed a ball to Jones, who followed up. Jones raised his hand for a three-pointer.

"Huh!"

The three-pointer also hit, so the Knicks dunked again, and three points, and saw that morale was going to rise.

Everyone on earth knows it. You can't let the Knicks play too happily, this kind of team is too happy, there is no way to suppress it.

So Phil Jackson couldn't help it, and immediately replaced Okafor with Muhammad. The Bulls still have to strengthen their interior offense and defense.

The Bulls have never been a defensive team, and if you want to play well, you still have to start offensively.

The Bulls brought on Okafor and came back with a substitution. The Bulls immediately sent the basketball to Okafor, who was in the far back position.

Okafor took the ball and turned around to beat Vucevic directly, Okafor's face frame attack is not strong, but he is also very solid and skillful, so he didn't care much about defending Vucevic with the ball today.

Took the ball and shook it, and seeing that Vucevic's position was a little off, Okafor immediately broke through and took a step, and when he reached the basket, he was about to dunk it.

Okafor's dunk is very distinctive, basically seeing people high, others can't reach Okafor's ball.

But this time Okafor pulled up, but saw that Vucevic, who was half a step behind him, was about to arrive, this pace was surprisingly fast, and what was even more surprising was that Vucevic's bounce was also very amazing, and his left hand was blocked on top of his head.

Okafor faced with this situation, the raised hand changed the angle of a dunk, which was enough to dodge the opponent's block most of the time.

But Vucevic was even worse than Okafor, one hand did not touch the basketball, and the other hand immediately waved over.

In the air, Vucevic actually had a chance to wave his left hand and wave his right hand, and this time Okafor couldn't dodge.

Okafor's ball was smashed into the rebound board by Vucevic solidly.

"Smack"

"Boom, boom!"

All of a sudden, Madison Square Garden was finally a sensation, and Vucevic was too fierce at the moment! Li Feng was also watching from the side, and he smiled.

At this time, Bill Wharton was also a little stupid, and said on the side:

"This guy! This guy! It's just like I was back then. ”

Jeff Van Gundy said with a smile on the side: "I said the Knicks made two good trades this year. If this guy Vucevic is cultivated well, he will be a beast of the alliance. ”

Okafor was drawn by a rookie player like Vucevic, and his face was extremely unsightly, but deep down Okafor was also deeply jealous of Vucevic's style of play.

After Vucevic picked up the rebound, he immediately passed it to Livingston, who ran straight out with the ball for a fast break.

The basketball was given to Li Feng in the middle, Li Feng took the ball and dunked with both hands in the middle, and the Knicks gave a fast-break dunk in the blink of an eye.

As a result, the fans at Madison Square Garden cheered even louder, and in the case of home advantage, the Knicks played better and better, and saw that the Knicks had become a general trend.

Phil Jackson is a little anxious here, the Knicks were a typical crazy team before, and once they go crazy, the Spurs and Celtics can't bear it. So Phil Jackson hurriedly made another substitution at this time, replacing Gibson with Howard.

The Bulls made a series of three-time substitutions to withstand the Knicks' second quarter attack.

The Bulls replaced Howard, and immediately played a Howard low-post play, allowing Howard to be in the low post on the left, and then immediately passed the basketball to Howard.

Vučević defended Okafor very well before, and now that he has met Howard, he also took the initiative to defend.

But defending Howard is not the same thing as defending Okafor, he can defend Okafor with his own foot, with his own bounce and reach, but defending Howard is completely useless.

Howard didn't have any tricks at all with the ball, it was just two consecutive steps in the backseat, a sudden rollover, and then a throw that wasn't fast.

In this process, Vucevic did not have any room for resistance, he couldn't carry Howard at all, Howard took a step back, he had to take a step back, and when Howard turned around, Vucevic couldn't jump up at all, because Howard's weight was too big and completely suppressed Vucevich.

Vucevic's reach also couldn't be used because Howard's lateral area was also too large.

Vucevic had worked well against Okafor before, but it was almost useless to defend Howard.

In this way, Howard teased Vucevic immediately after scoring and blew at Vucevic.

The whole world knows that Howard is a living treasure's temper, and there is nothing he can do about it after Vucevic is molested.

NAB, who has no tiger in the mountains, Howard, a player who was originally a pure defensive blue-collar player, can also become the No. 1 center in the NBA, and the center is constantly withering and withdrawing from the stage of history! (To be continued......)