On December 3, 1996, Pat Riley returned to Madison Square Garden for the first time this season.

Tonight's game is also the Knicks' first national live broadcast in December, and Pat Riley still maintains his elegant image, with a straight suit and a shiny back...

The New York fans at the scene looked at Jeff Van Gundy, who was almost bald on the sidelines, and suddenly felt that the aura of their head coach was weak.

The Heat started the new season with a 12-4 record.

PJ Brown, who had just joined the Heat, seamlessly integrated into Pat Riley's "Iron Blood" tactics, and the interior line formed with Alonzo Mourning suppressed Patrick Ewing after the opening game.

The Heat's outside trio of Tim Hardaway, Sasha Danilovich, and Dan Marley also showed very aggressive defense, and the Knicks opened the game with a dumb offense...

“Defense！ Defense！ Defense！ ”

The New York fans in attendance shouted loudly to cheer on the team's defense.

Tim Hardaway took advantage of Mourning's pick-and-roll at the top of the arc to get away from Charlie Ward's defense, and Charles Oakley hurriedly retracted inside.

Taking advantage of Hardaway's jump to the basket, Oakley gave the opponent an elbow in concealment, and the ball knocked out of the frame, and before the old guy had time to be happy, PJ Brown grabbed the rebound in the front court...

"Shet! He fouled! ”

After landing on the ground, Hardaway was still complaining to the referee, and PJ Brown, who grabbed the rebound, threw the ball directly to the right wing outside the three-point line.

After receiving the ball, Sasha Danilovic didn't make too many adjustments, facing Alan Houston, who was defending, and confidently jumped and shot!

"Huh!" Three-pointers hollow into the net.

At 12:2, with 7:18 left in the first quarter, the Heat extended the margin to double digits.

"Shh

The New York fans at the scene were already angry, and boos and shouts rang out at the same time.

In the next round, the Knicks were defended by the opponent for another 24-second violation, and Pat Riley sat back on the bench with a smile on the sidelines.

As Mourning received a breakaway from Hardaway in the middle of the lane near the baseline on the left side and made a jumper, Jeff Van Gundy couldn't hold back and immediately called a timeout.

14:2, disastrous start, New York fans directly sent boos to the home team...

"Bad start, Ewing's low-post offense was completely limited, and the Heat's interior defense was simply airtight."

On the live commentary seat, John Andris looked at the technical statistics, and his tone became more and more low.

"Pat Riley should be the head coach who knows the Knicks the best in the league, and we have to make effective adjustments in time, 12 points is too much."

Commentator Marv Albert remembered the Knicks' offensive rhythm and also felt that the game was going to be cool...

On the bench, Jeff Van Gundy sat in front of everyone, writing and drawing on the tactical board while shouting:

"We still have enough game time to turn the game around, defend well, cherish every possession and don't drop rebounds again!"

No one responded, the old guys were in a bad mood, and the live broadcast in the United States was like this, and they couldn't hold their faces.

Charlie Ward sat on the bench in frustration as he watched Lee and the rest of the crowd reappear, and his playing time dropped dramatically after the game against the SuperSonics.

With the defensive pressure given by the Heat, falling behind by 12 points, it is indeed not an easy thing to chase the score back.

After his debut, Li You also looked serious, and when he encountered the league's top guards, some of the abusive styles of play could not be used.

“Let's go Knicks！ Let's go Knicks！ Let's go Knicks！ ”

On the baseline serve, cheers erupted again on the scene, and as soon as Li You received the ball, Hardaway pounced.

At the same time as giving a physical confrontation, his right hand hung on Li You's waist, and his left hand quickly cut the ball.

With a height of six feet (183cm), Hardaway can easily lower his center of gravity, and in the face of such an extremely pressing defense, Lee Woo turned around and accelerated immediately after releasing the ball with his left hand.

Unable to get rid of the opponent's entanglement, Li You, who held the ball in his left hand, carried the defense, kept accelerating, took advantage of the opponent's sliding, and immediately dribbled behind his back when he approached the halfline, and after switching to his right hand, he pouted and dribbled the ball across the half court...

Try to let your strong side hand control the ball, the scene is ugly, and Li You doesn't care.

Coming to the right wing outside the three-point line, Hardaway kept giving physical confrontation, pulling, cutting the ball, and constantly moving his hands...

Charles Oakley immediately moved to the left side of Li You, pulled out Mourning, and at the same time, took the initiative to play a pick-and-roll attack.

Hardaway aimed at the movement behind him, saw Li You's shoulders shaking, and subconsciously moved back, ready to squeeze through the cover, just moved under his feet, Li You suddenly lowered his center of gravity after blowing up the ball on the spot, and directly turned around to accelerate.

Losing half of his position in an instant, Hardaway cursed and slid quickly to the left while his right hand continued to pull covertly.

Li You, who cut in at 45 degrees, broke through to the right blocking area and immediately took the initiative to exert force, taking advantage of the opponent's pull, his body crashed into the opponent hard, and at the same time slowed down and stopped, exerted force under his feet, and retreated sharply!

Hardaway was knocked out and hurriedly jumped to his defense, and soon found himself unable to effectively interfere with Lee's step-back jumper.

"Huh!" Steady hit from mid-range!

The fans immediately cheered loudly, this was the first time the Knicks scored an athletic goal in this game...

Taking advantage of Hardaway's bottom line to catch the ball, Li You also stepped forward to lead the defense, gave the opponent an elbow in concealment, and said in a low voice:

"Your boring little gestures won't work for me!"

"Shet! Shut up, rookie! ”

I wanted to respond with a ball protector, but I found that Li You had already moved away, and Hardaway, who had suffered a dark loss, scolded angrily.

In the game against the SuperSonics, Li You suffered a dark loss on Gary Payton, he made 3 mistakes in that game, and the opponent's hand movements left a deep impression on him...

However, Li You learned quickly, taking advantage of Hardaway's acceleration, pulling from time to time, the opponent stopped at the three-point line, the two of them kept moving, and the referee couldn't stand it and whistled directly:

"Squeak!"

Hardaway saw the referee signaling him to attack for a foul, and jumped up angrily and complained loudly:

"Hey! Hey!! See clearly and blow again! ”

With the blessing of the home whistle, Li You, who took advantage, kept high-fives to celebrate, and the fans at the scene also coaxed loudly.

Seeing that his teammates were emotional, Mourning hurriedly pulled away Hardaway, who was still complaining to the referee:

"Back to the defense! We are 10 points ahead! ”

Hardaway's aggressive defense had no effect on Li You.

In the face of these small guards, the cautious Li You did not do any movement to change direction in front of his body at all, dribbled behind his back, pouted and protected the ball, and passed the half court steadily.

Ewing didn't want to lose, so this time he also took the initiative to pick up the block, dribble quickly behind his back, and after switching to the left hand, Li You immediately broke through on the left side.

Struggling to get past the screen, Hardaway chased after him, and PJ Brown on the inside followed the delay.

Under the encirclement of the two, Li You flicked his left wrist, and the basketball passed directly under PJ-Brown's crotch, and Ewing received a ground pass, and just about to rush up in three steps, he was pulled down by Mo Ning, who assisted in the defense.

"Falk Squid!"

The gorilla was pulled to a stumbling position, scolded, turned around and pushed Mourning, and the players on both sides squeezed under the basket for the first time, for fear that their teammates would suffer, and pushed each other.

Jeff Van Gundy on the sidelines saw that the situation was not right, and hurriedly shouted:

"Pat, stay calm, calm down!"