On December 17, 1996, the Knicks welcomed the Utah Jazz at home.

After a series of abuses, he finally ushered in a strong opponent.

With 18 wins and 3 losses, the Jazz currently lead the Western Conference, with a record just over the Rockets, who make up the senior Big Three...

Chris Childs has been in excellent form lately, with the new signing successfully squeezing out Charlie Ward's playing time and Jeff Van Gundy's favorite player recently dropped out of the No. 1 rotation.

The Jazz's starting lineup remains unchanged, with John Stockton and Jeff Hornacek in the backcourt, Brian Russell and Karl Malone up front, and 2.18m Greg Ostertag at center.

Despite the age of Karl Malone and Stockton, after adding Hornace, the Jazz team led by Jerry Sloan has become more and more courageous, and the record has become better and better in the past two years.

The iron-blooded boss started the game with his arms crossed and stood on the sidelines, only loudly alerting the players on the pitch when the team was defending.

On the other side, Jeff Van Gundy shouted loudly, he had just bragged in front of the New York media in the last game, and naturally he didn't want to be slapped in the face...

After the opening, Ewing missed a hook shot from close to the basket, and then followed with a mid-range jumper near the baseline on the right.

The Jazz's big man center, Ostertag, played a key role, crouching on the defense and stalling the Knicks' offense.

The offense didn't open up, and Charles Oakley didn't let Malone get any better than relying on the iron-blooded defense, except for hitting an iron-blooded jumper in the right elbow area after the opening, and then hitting the rim twice in the end.

There were 6 minutes and 26 seconds left in the first quarter of the game, and the Knicks violated the rules with 24 seconds, and the score was still 8:8...

"Shhhhh

The boos gradually rose, and the New York fans watched the iron-blooded offense and defense of the two sides, and some couldn't stand it.

As Hornacek's breakaway resulted in a foul on Larry Johnson, Lee Yoo replaced Childs as he made the free throw.

Hearing the New York fans cheering for Li You, who was on the stage, Stockton, who was standing outside the three-point line, glanced at it expressionlessly, and then stopped paying attention.

Before the game, the Jazz were naturally prepared, and after Hornacek hit both free throws, everyone quickly retreated, and Stockton beckoned his teammates to defend and settle down.

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

The scene once again erupted into loud cheers, and the fans were expecting the home team to play a hearty attack.

Also short guards, Stockton's defense is completely different from Hardaway's.

Seeing that Li You's right hand was close to the top of the arc, Patrick Ewing stepped out to block the pick-and-roll, and Stockton took the initiative to defend it.

Li You can detect the movement of the old guy's hand, quickly change direction under his crotch, and after switching to his left hand, he immediately wraps the ball around his back.

After taking the initiative to open up a distance, Li You protected the ball sideways, took advantage of Ewing's move to stand at the top of the arc, his shoulders swayed, and he suddenly lowered his center of gravity and turned around.

Fishing the ball with his left hand, Li You immediately accelerated, clinging to Ewing's body, and broke through on the left side.

Ewing did not go down quickly, but stood firmly, trying to delay the chasing Stockton, and the big man Ostertag, who was forced to change the defense, noticed that Li You pressed his center of gravity very low, and subconsciously moved a step back.

Li You got rid of Stockton's entanglement, observed that the big man could not delay in time, dribbled past the three-point line and immediately exerted his strength with his feet, simply and neatly retreated sharply, returned to the three-point line, and quickly combined the ball and jumped!

"Huh!" Three-point shot hollow into the net!

At 10:11, in less than 12 seconds, the Knicks completed the offense.

Ewing frowned when he saw Stockton stop beside him, and immediately high-fived Lee You with a smile.

"Coach Van Gundy made the right choice, Lee will punish the opposing defense!"

Feeling the arena getting noisy again, commentator Marv Albert also praised the substitution.

John Andalis noticed that Sloan on the sidelines was still calm, just a simple gesture, and immediately added:

"It seems that the Jazz have been prepared for a long time, and in recent games, Lee has been subjected to more and more targeted defense!"

The Jazz's offense was not only initiated by Stockton, when Malone received a pass in the left blocking area, everyone also began to run, and there was no 1-4 look at all.

Li You followed Stockton to run back to the bottom line, not giving the opponent a chance to catch the ball, while Ostertag, the big man on the inside, simply and rudely moved into the paint area.

Karl Malone sent a lob pass, and Ostertag did not let go of the ball after receiving it, but played high and completed the throw in front of the basket in the paint area.

Patrick Ewing's jump interference worked, and the basketball slammed into the frame.

Malone, who sent the pass, desperately squeezed under the basket, and Oakley was also not to be outdone, the two jumped at the same time, and finally Oakley relied on his advantageous position to protect the backcourt rebound.

"Fack! Don't let me find a chance! ”

was pinched by Malone when he was stuck in the position, and Oakley handed the ball to Li You, who answered, and immediately scolded in a low voice.

Noticing that the Jazz had completed their defensive position again, and after quickly dribbling past half court, Lee immediately signaled Alan Houston to come to the right wing to receive the ball.

For example, after the tactical gesture, Lee immediately gave the ball to Alan Houston, and at the same time, Ewing quickly came to the line to cover.

At the top of the arc, Li You first pretended to cut in from the middle, and then suddenly ran back, with the help of Ewing's cover, cut diagonally from the right flank.

Stockton thought it was a simple UCLA cut-in tactic, and after squeezing through the cover, he desperately chased after Li You.

The imaginary pass didn't happen, and Lee Woo cut in and ran quickly to the bottom left corner, while Alan Houston, who was on the line, quickly flicked the ball to Larry Johnson on the left flank.

The ball was transferred on the line, and Oakley, who was near the baseline on the left, also made a cover for Li You in time.

The old guy lowered his center of gravity as he covered, and his bent knee stealthily slammed into the left thigh of the chasing Stockton.

Scottotton, who was chasing the defense with all his might, was directly staggered and completely lost his defensive position.

When Li You came to the bottom corner of the left side, there was no one in front of him, Ma Long realized that something was wrong, and he didn't have time to pounce at all, and Li You, who saw the ball, shoot in an empty position!

"Huh!" Three-pointer again!

Larry Johnson, who sent the pass, and Lee Woo high-fived in celebration, and on the other side, Oakley looked at Stockton, who was sitting on the floor rubbing his thighs, and turned his head and grinned at Karl Malone:

"Man, don't leave New York lying down!"

The old guy knocked Stockton off with one move, ignoring Ma Long, who had an ugly face, and greeted Li You with a smile when he returned to defense:

"Lee, learn more! It's all a valuable experience! ”

Li You looked at Stockton, who was limping to the bench, and felt the joyful atmosphere of Madison Square Garden again, and immediately nodded:

"On the basketball court, there is learning everywhere..."