The game is still ongoing.

The Knicks attack.

After Allen Iverson dribbled to the front court, he passed the basketball directly to Da Yao, who was stuck in the low post.

Under Han Ning's transformation, the current Allen Iverson rarely chooses some unreasonable offensive methods.

Now, the Knicks clearly have some advantage on the inside.

Therefore, it is the most reasonable choice to give the main offensive and most of the ball to the players on the inside to attack.

After Da Yao received the pass, he directly chose to hit his back.

One, two.

After a little difficulty to push Kevin Cato a little away, he directly put his hands on the ball and turned quickly.

While leaning back slightly, he flicked the basketball out with his right hand.

Although in the past two years, Kevin Cato is a little older.

But the physical condition is still good.

In terms of strength, it is still very difficult for Da Yao, who has not gained weight, to rely solely on back play to complete the attack.

If it's just a back-to-back shot, you can make some distance between you and Kevin Cato to complete the turn, or shoot or use your footsteps under the basket to try to shake the space again.

It's all a good way to attack.

"Huh!"

The basketball slices across the net with a crisp sound.

The Knicks scored two points.

The Rockets attacked, once again attacking with the advantage of the outside line.

Use the running positions between the players to find opportunities, and finally use the mid-range shot to complete the score.

The two players on the interior spend most of their energy on grabbing rebounds, blocking and defending.

Such a situation was really unexpected by Han Ning.

Before the game, he didn't think about it.

The Rockets would even give up Dazhi's offensive ability.

The outcome of the game depends entirely on the performance of the team's outside players.

Add the increase in defensive intensity brought about by Sean Battier to inhibit the play of the Knicks' outside players.

To put it simply, it is to give up the team's top three offensive points.

Instead, use the outside to try and win the game.

On the Knicks' side, the starting lineup hasn't had time to train Mike Brown's new defensive system.

After all, there is so much time to prepare for the new season, and with Mike Brown's energy, it would be good to be able to train a lineup at the beginning of the season.

The defensive system is different from the offensive system.

It takes a lot of time and effort to train.

Therefore, in such a situation, the starting lineup of the Knicks is somewhat unable to stop the offense of the outside players of the Rockets who are in good hands.

In this case, Allen Iverson needs to devote most of his energy to leading his teammates defensively.

On the offensive end, it is inevitable to rely more on the inside of Da Yao and Kurt Thomas.

And Dazhi and Kevin Cato are not very strong on the defensive end.

But it can also bring some difficulties to Da Yao and Kurt Thomas.

Han Ning is still very clear about the mid-to-long-range shooting ability of these outside players of the Rockets.

As long as the Rockets' perimeter players don't have any problems with their hand.

Then in the competition of the starting lineup, the Rockets are definitely not weaker than the Knicks.

Even scoring under the basket can be more consistent.

But there are more points on a three-point shot than on a two-point shot!

Moreover, the Rockets also have a lot of people who can shoot three-pointers! With the addition of Dazhi, there are four people with the ability to shoot three-point shots!

So, the Rockets even have a slight advantage.

In terms of the bench lineup, the Rockets are not much weaker than the Knicks' bench lineup.

The chances of winning this game are great!

Such a conspiracy made Han Ning a little worried.

If the Knicks' starting lineup could also use Mike Brown's defensive system in place like the bench lineup, he wouldn't be so worried.

But at the beginning of the season, he really didn't have much to do.

He couldn't even replace a few outside players from the bench and the starting lineup.

After all, any defense inside or outside needs the support and cooperation of the other part.

If there is a disconnect between the inside and outside lines, then even the best defensive tactical system will become full of holes.

By the seventh minute of the first quarter, the score between the two teams was 18-15.

The Knicks trailed by 3 points.

The gap is not big.

So much so that the Knicks fans who were watching the game didn't feel anything yet.

When both teams swapped their starting lineups off the court and brought their bench lineups, the Knicks even had a slight advantage.

By the third minute of the second quarter, the score was 32-32.

The score was tied.

Speaking of which, the Rockets don't seem to have forgotten the rotation policy that Han Ning gave them at that time.

Until now, the Rockets are the only team in the entire league that insists on a rotation policy of replacing three or four players at a time or even five up and five down most of the time, just like the Knicks.

And whether it is the starting lineup or the substitute lineup, there is a very reasonable time to play.

Just when many Knicks fans, as well as some Rockets fans, thought that the Knicks were about to start overtaking the score and thus occupy the score advantage.

The Rockets' players suddenly exploded.

Francis, Sean Battier and Ginobili suddenly started a three-point rain.

In the minutes before the end of the first two quarters, six three-pointers were made.

Directly opened the score gap by 8 points!

The two teams ended up with a score of 62-54 and went into halftime.

This sudden wave of small climaxes caught everyone off guard.

It was time for the third quarter of the game.

Han Ning had no choice but to replace the team's substitute lineup on the field.

Counter the Rockets' starting lineup with a bench lineup.

Hopefully, they can rely on the current defensive intensity of the bench to limit the Rockets' scoring.

However, when the Knicks made such a change, the Rockets also came up with a way to deal with it.

Dazhi, who had not been able to release his offensive firepower before, stood up at this moment.

Facing the slightly aged Vlad Divac, Dazhi used the golden rooster's independent shooting moves many times in the high post.

And using his air cutting ability, he led Vlad Divac to run constantly.

In the end, when Vlad Divac's physical strength began to drop significantly, Dazhi began to play on the inside again.

If you have a chance, you can play, and if you don't have a chance, you will decisively distribute the ball to the outside and try to shoot in the middle and long range.

At the end of the first quarter, the Knicks not only failed to limit the Rockets' scoring.

On the contrary, the score gap has been widened!