On the night of May 5, 1997, what Patrick Ewing feared did not happen.

The New York media didn't care about his inefficient play at all, and most people praised him in a fancy way, praising him for his scramble for rebounding, and also praising the bald young marshal next to him!

At the press conference, Jeff Van Gundy once again found a sense of accomplishment, and the New York media in the audience praised him as a flower, and at the same time, the gang did not forget to secretly ridicule Pat Riley:

"Without New York, Pat Riley is not going to be successful!"

"Madison Square Garden is a basketball mecca, and leaving here would be the wrong choice!"

This is what the New York media who just got lemons said and didn't say.

The little assistants of the year can win the best coach in the league here, and if Pat Riley insists on it for a few more years, why can't he win the championship?

The bald young marshal and the gorilla were praised so much that no one would dislike the victory, at least, the fastidious New York media was satisfied at this moment

On the morning of the 6th, Li You was eating breakfast in the apartment while reading the newspaper, and the headlines on the front page were still his records:

"'Best Rookie in the Conference – It's Time to Show Time in New York'"

The media in New York may have gotten the news and vowed to help Lee Woo take out a loan for the best rookie, and at the same time borrow "show time" to directly blow him into the next Magic Johnson.

As for the completely different styles of the two, the people who eat melons don't care, anyway, this newspaper makes people happy to read, and it's over!

In addition to the news of the Knicks' victory over the Heat, the Rockets' senior triumvirate's victory over the SuperSonics also took up a small part.

102:112, the Rockets who are fighting at home blossom more and successfully win the game!

Olajuwon performed very average against the SuperSonics' forward group, 6 of 11, with 15 points, 11 rebounds, 2 assists, 1 steal, 2 blocks and 3 turnovers;

And the reason why the Rockets were able to win the game was because the three-point shot exploded!

He shot 15-of-28 from the field and shot 53.6% from three-point range!

Mario Elie, a veteran point guard who just mentioned starting this season, was 7-of-8 from the field and 5-of-5 from beyond the three-point line, shooting nearly 9 percent from beyond the three-point line to score 20 points.

The benefits of superstar basketball were also shown, with Olajuwon being caught and Drexler and Barkley stepping up.

One was 8 of 15 and scored 22 points, and the other was 7 of 14 and scored 19 points, and the two also contributed 18 rebounds and 8 assists and 6 steals together.

The SuperSonics' Sean Kemp finished with a game-high 24 points on 11-of-15 shooting, in addition to grabbing 11 rebounds.

Gary Payton was 7-of-16 for 19 points, 3 rebounds, 3 assists, 5 steals and 3 turnovers.

Although the SuperSonics have more rounds and a 45.5% three-point shooting percentage for the team, there are too many stars on the opposite side, and there is a price to pay for the pack.

The Rockets won this game, and most ball critics no longer ridiculed that 1+1+1 is less than 3, and when it comes to the playoffs, the stars are easy to use!

Reporting the above news, the New York media did not forget to continue to praise Li You's performance, compared to Gary Payton, the name of "No. 1 point guard" was thrown on his head again.

It is really difficult to get 25+10 in the playoffs, but seeing that the newspaper has blown him into a flower, Li You still shook his head helplessly.

Replaced by other young players, it is estimated that they have already floated to the sky, but Li You doesn't like this kind of treatment very much.

The NBA is a small vanity fair, pink eye is a common disease, these veterans don't care about him, Li You knows that these people are probably sick

Christen-Lit, who was on the other side of the table, blinked her big eyes, flaunting the delicious breakfast in front of her, and saw Li You shaking her head from time to time, and asked curiously:

"Isn't it the treatment of a big star to be in the newspaper?"

Looking at the little follower who had restored his dress as a girl, Li You said casually:

"You're still too young, in another 10 years, maybe you can understand my current mood!"

Deliberately wearing a somewhat slim white T-shirt, Christen-Litt quietly glared at Li You, but when she thought of her shriveled wallet, she could only obediently bow her head to show off her food.

"If you're going to be in the modeling world all the time, remember to stay in shape!"

Christen-Lit, who was eating well, was choked again when she heard Li You's words, and then asked obediently:

"Li, you can send me there."

As soon as he was halfway through his words, Li You interrupted with a smile:

"Sidekicks don't get that kind of treatment, Alyce, remember what you've said."

"There is change at the door, take a taxi or take the bus to choose by yourself, remember to close the door!"

Seeing that Li You was about to leave, the little follower could only stare secretly, and then said obediently:

"I see!"

Alone in the apartment, Christen-Rit looked out the window at the bustling city and at the high-end goods she had just bought.

Thinking of the envious eyes of those Bichi people in the dormitory, he showed a smile again for a while:

"At least I don't have to go to those disgusting parties."

Li You, who drove to the training hall, didn't put his mind on this washboard that was thrown into his arms, after all, there were a bunch of big waves of girls beckoning.

Since Kaplan, the owner of the Gold Club, has been on the Knicks' line, he has been pushing sister notes to everyone every once in a while, hoping that everyone can pull more NBA players to patronize the club.

Although there is a risk of "Li You also did it" in the future, he cannot live up to the other party's "sincerity".

At the end of the video class in the morning, Jeff Van Gundy had a pair of dark circles under his eyes and shouted to everyone:

"We played a good game, rebounds, turnovers, we controlled it very well."

"But don't expect the Heat to be 5-of-25 from the field in the next game."

"The Heat will definitely bottom out, so don't underestimate your opponent and protect our next home court!"

Starks nodded vigorously, believing he would bottom out.

After the video lesson, the veteran trained harder.

The gorilla is definitely a good leader, he works the pitch and responds to the training sessions, but this also has to do with the reduced intensity of training.

Jeff Van Gundy is not Pat Riley, the training volume has been cut in half, and Ewing is naturally very happy with this.

As the morning training session draws to a close, most of the players have chosen to move their bodies with the assistant coaches, and G2 will be played tomorrow, so both days will be dominated by recovery and tactical sessions.

Li You looked around, only to find that "Auntie" was not there, and immediately asked Alan Houston next to him:

"Larry was still here, why is this gone?"

Alan Houston shrugged his shoulders and said helplessly:

"He went to practice boxing, saying that it would better activate his body."

“.”

On the night of the 6th, the Bulls welcomed the Eastern Conference semifinals G1 on their home court.

The Hawks eliminated the Pistons with a score of 3:2, and faced the Bulls, who were the first in the league in the regular season, and there was no stage fright, and the two sides fought until the last minute.

With 43 seconds left in the game, Pippen received an assist from Longley, and hit a three-pointer on the right wing outside the three-point line!

At 97:100, the Eagles ultimately failed to capitalize on their chances, and neither side scored again.

After 24 seconds of attack, bad passes, and jumpers, the Bulls won the game with excellent defense.

In 44 minutes of play, Michael Jordan made 13 of 25, 1 of 3 from beyond the three-point line, and 7 of 10 from the free throw line, and got a double-double of 34 points, 11 rebounds, 6 assists, 4 steals, 3 blocks and 3 turnovers;

In 43 minutes of play, Pippen was 11-of-24, 6-of-10 from beyond the three-point line, and 1-of-3 from the free-throw line, scoring 29 points efficiently.

Li You watched the game together at Starks' home, and subconsciously raised his eyebrows when he saw that Mai Buckle had a shooting rate of more than 5 percent.

"Pippen's salary this year seems to be less than 2.5 million US dollars, this guy has lost a lot!"

Starks' salary is not much, and he only received 1.9 million US dollars this season, but he felt very comfortable to see Pippen's performance like this 400,000 more than him.

Hearing the sound of schadenfreude, Li You knew that Starks was just the right lemon.

No matter how low Pippen's salary is, he is a regular in the Bulls, but the veteran was squeezed to the bench by Alan Houston:

"If you get the best sixth man, you're sure to get a good contract, John, congratulations in advance! It's time to buy a big house, too! ”

Winning the award does help to sign a good contract, and Starks smirks that the American knife is what he is desperately looking for at the moment.

Also playing at the same time that night was G2 for the Lakers and Jazz.

The game was extremely anxious, with the scores of the two sides alternating and rising, and with two seconds left in the game, the Jazz took the lead thanks to two free throws from Antoine Karl.

101:103, Van Axel's three-pointer in the final minute was blocked by Malone, and the Jazz finally narrowly defeated the Lakers.

O'Neal was decent, 10-of-25, with 25 points, 12 rebounds, 2 blocks and 5 turnovers;

Robert Horry, who was traded to the Lakers halfway through, scored 21 points on 7-of-7 shooting from beyond the three-point line;

Van Excel, who missed the kill, was 6 of 17 and 1 of 6 from beyond the three-point line, with 15 points, 4 rebounds, 12 assists, 1 steal and 3 turnovers.

On the bench, Byron Scott also contributed 24 points, and the Lakers rebounded strongly, but still fell short.

New MVP Karl Malone made 12 of 26 shots, got 31 points, 11 rebounds, 5 assists and 2 steals.

After watching the rounds, New York critics said that O'Neal and Olajuwon are not as good as Ewing, and the gorillas should be in the best team this year!

On May 7, the NBA league announced the best rookie of the 96~97 season, and Li You of the Knicks successfully won the award.

Coupled with the previous record in the playoffs, Li You's news was "on TV" again, and it was almost on the screen during this time.

Of course, Lee You's award also caused some controversy, and the Philadelphia media disagreed, thinking that Allen Iverson should win the award!

A total of 5 new players were shortlisted for the selection:

Allen Iverson of the 76ers, Stephen Marbury of the Timberwolves, Sherif Raheem of the Vancouver Grizzlies, Antoine Walker of the Celtics, Lee Yow of the Knicks.

Among the five, Iverson averaged 23.5 points per game, ranking first in points per game, and at the same time, he averaged 40.1 minutes per game and 19.8 shots per game.

In the end, Allen Iverson lost the selection with 30.43% of the vote.

Li You successfully won the prize with 38.26% of the votes.

Although there is a gap between the scores of the two, Li You's individual data is too good, and they both rushed into the top 10 in the league, with a shooting rate of 46.6%, which is more than that of the interior player Rahim.

Compared with several other budding players, Li You's efficiency and turnovers are more than all-round crushing, and he is already a qualified All-Star point guard.

Lemon can't change anything!

On the evening of the 7th, in Madison Square Garden, the New York fans present cheered for Li You, who won the cup:

“Wow！！”

Li You, who was wearing the white training uniform of the Knicks' home court, looked at the little bronze man trophy in his hand with a smile:

"Or the MVP trophy poses better!"

took a group photo with the staff of the alliance, and the New York media at the scene did not skimp on film, and they were very happy.

On the Heat's bench, Tim Hardaway was sour again, playing at his peak, and as a result, he didn't appear on TV as often as Lee You.

The MVP rankings rushed to fourth, but the big media talked about the top 3 players.

Although there is a high probability that he will be selected for the best team of the season, Tim Hardaway is not satisfied, and he wants to get more attention for himself.

The players from both sides completed the final warm-up and came to the center circle, and the scene immediately resounded with a huge cheer:

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

Mourning and Ewing both watched intently at the basketball in the referee's hand, and as the basketball was tossed high, Ewing jumped up prematurely, and Mourning saw the opportunity and flicked the ball towards his own half.

"Shhhhh

It was rare to see the gorilla jump ball fail, and the New York fans immediately booed the Heat.

Pat Riley sat calmly on the bench, while on the other side, Jeff Van Gundy was loudly reminding the crowd to defend in time.

Lee You doesn't guard Tim Hardaway closely, the opponent has a low center of gravity, is fast, and always keeps a small step away.

In the first round, Tim Hardaway did not attack on his own, but quickly came to the left flank and hoisted the ball to Mourning, who was in the blocking position with his back to the ball.

In the face of Ewing's top defense, Mourning did not force the attack, but immediately gave the ball to PJ Brown, who received the free throw line.

The latter received the pass and immediately moved sideways upward, Li You hurriedly chased the defense, the top of the arc, and struggled to squeeze past the cover.

Tim Hardaway took the hand-to-hand pass to the right elbow of the free throw line, drew Oakley's defensive attention and immediately sent a ground-and-hitting pass.

At the free throw line, PJ Brown received the ball again, took advantage of his height, took a look, and threw the ball away!

"Bang!"

The basketball ball knocked out of the frame, Mourning grabbed in front of Ewing, grabbed the rebound in the front court, and then the basket was strong, and was interfered with by Ewing, and the basketball knocked out of the basket again.

Fortunately, Ewing seized the opportunity this time and successfully protected the backcourt rebound, and the fans at the scene also cheered.

Seeing that the opponent also made adjustments, Li You didn't care, compared to tactical gestures, and the Knicks also played a low-post offense first.

Coming to the left flank, Li You sent a high hanging pass, blocked the position, and Ewing received the ball with his back.

PJ Brown, who was aiming at the bottom right of the basket behind him, was staring at this side, learning the lessons of the previous game, and the gorilla didn't jump directly into the paint.

Lee Yo and Larry Johnson opened up space on both flanks, with Alan Houston pretending to slip the baseline and then suddenly running back to the free throw line.

Shaking off the chasing Woshan Leonard and coming to the free throw line, Alan Houston immediately received Ewing's pass.

Without making too many adjustments, Alan Houston immediately jumped after receiving the ball!

Wolfham-Leonard didn't leave much room for Alan Houston to go and didn't seem to care about his foul, pounced fiercely from his side.

"Bang!"

The basketball slammed into the basket, and Alan Houston fell to the ground.

The referee didn't blow the whistle, and Jeff Van Gundy wanted to complain loudly, but found that the Heat had launched a transition offense and hurriedly shouted for everyone to retreat.

Alan Houston, who dodged in time and stood up, was not injured, but complained to the referee twice as he retreated.

Tim Hardaway rushed quickly after receiving the ball, and did not stop the ball when he came to the top of the arc, dribbling quickly under the crotch between the moves, and then immediately changed direction in front of the body, grabbed the ball with his right hand, and quickly crossed to break through!

Li You could only follow the desperate sliding, and the two soon came to the paint area.

Tim Hardaway, who was accelerating, rushed up in three steps, and before the help defense was in place, he leaned on Li You's body, tilted his body and threw with one hand with his right hand!

"Bang!"

The basketball plays the board into the basket, and the Heat converts the offense successfully!

The obvious change, noticing that Tim Hardaway was getting more fire, Lee Yoo immediately knew that the Heat team was adjusting, and he couldn't hit the inside, so he simply grabbed the opportunity to score easily.

"The referee made a controversial decision, and Werzen Leonard definitely had a problem with his defensive movements, which seriously affected Alan Houston's jumper!"

In the MSG commentary booth at the scene, commentator John Andris was still questioning the decision of the last round.

The players on the field naturally did not complain about the round that had passed, and Li You took the baseline ball, made a tactical gesture again, and signaled to play a low post again.

Ewing received the ball in the same position, this time with Larry Johnson cutting in, and "Big Mom" quickly moved to the free throw line, and after receiving the ball, he cut inside.

Noticing that PJ Brown came up to help defend and in the paint zone, Larry Johnson immediately distributed the ball to Oakley on the right side near the limit.

The latter received the ball, was unguarded in front of him, and hit a mid-range jumper steadily!

successfully played a tactical match, and Jeff Van Gundy on the sidelines was also completely relieved and continued to shout for everyone to retreat.

“Defense！ Defense！ Defense！ ”

The defensive cheers rang out, and Tim Hardaway didn't choose to pick up the pace, but waited until everyone was in position before slowly dribbling through the half.

Li You aimed at the Jamal Mashburn bomb behind him, and at the same time, Mo Ning also moved to the left blocking area, turning his head to remind the "aunt" who followed the defense:

"Assist in the defense!"

At the top of the arc, Tim Hardaway sent a cross ball to the left flank, and Jamal Mashburn received the ball and immediately sent in a lob pass.

Larry Johnson, who heard the reminder, directly let go of the opposing defender, slid in front of Mourning, and immediately cut the ball the moment the opponent received the ball, and at the same time, Ewing who was defending behind him could make a synchronous move.

Before he had time to release the ball, the ball in Mo Ning's hand was slapped to the floor by the joint interference of the two.

Larry Johnson controlled the ball, and Lee Woo received the ball again, noticing that the Heat had completed the retreat again, and helplessly raised an eyebrow.

The same tactic, this time Ewing changed the direction to receive the ball in the low post on the right side, Li You's pass was very timely, and the gorilla who completed the stuck position immediately turned to the baseline after receiving the ball, and turned over near the paint area to shoot the iron.

Mourning was dead on the plate, the defense worked, PJ Brown wanted to take the rebound, but Oakley stabbed the basketball in the back of the head.

The old guy jumped up for the second time and grabbed the rebound in the front court, and Tim Hardaway was going to go over to catch it, but when he saw that the rebound was lost, he hurriedly rushed out again.

On the left wing outside the three-point line, Li You received a pass, saw Hardaway pounce and raised it.

Noticing that Tim Hardaway was not shaken, while the opponent adjusted his center of gravity, Li You immediately put the ball with his left hand, lowered his center of gravity, and broke through with cross steps.

Tim Hardaway, who had been prepared, quickly slid to the right back, broke through to the left blocking area, Li You quickly dribbled behind his back, switched to his right hand after a quick stop, and looked up while feigning to close the ball.

With a quick feint of worshipping Buddha, Tim Hardaway subconsciously pounced forward, and Li You took this opportunity to immediately turn around and accelerate.

Holding the ball in his right hand and jamming half of his body, Li You broke through to the paint area, and without waiting for PJ-Brown to help the defense, he briefly carried the defense with his body and threw it with his right hand!

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

Li You's silky breakthrough immediately made the New York fans at the scene scream, and Tim Hardaway could only stare dryly, and his height suffered a big loss.

Relying on human throwing, Li You will only use it when he is playing against a small defender, and when he met Anfernee Hardaway in the last round, this trick is useless.

Jeff Van Gundy also clapped his hands on the sidelines, signaling that it was a beautiful attack.

The Heat frequently approached Mourning after the opening, and this time it finally worked.

The left side of the low post was deeper, and after receiving the ball, he quickly turned to the baseline, and Mourning arched into the paint area, causing Ewing's thug to foul.

Simple and rough offensive method, but achieved good results, looking at the punch and roaring at Mourning, Li You frowned, and the Heat team concentrated the ball at the beginning.

"Pat has to watch out for his fouls, and getting the first foul too early could get him off early."

"Compared to the Heat's interior, we lack height in the rotation."

Commentator Mav Albert couldn't help but start worrying about the team's foul when he saw Ewing receive a foul shortly after the game.

Mourning hit both free throws, and both sides opened the game quite smoothly.

4:4, and then the score began to rise alternately.

In the first quarter of the game, Li You gave the ball to Ewing in the low post step by step, and the Knicks also needed to kill the opponent's interior.

It's a pity that Mourning was prepared and was only responsible for the dead-top gorilla, and PJ Brown was responsible for the quick defense.

The expected effect did not work, leaving Jeff Van Gundy on the sidelines frowning.

Both players gave the ball to the center, but Ewing and Mourning were both inefficient.

Larry Johnson cut in frequently, and Lee You assisted "Big Mom" twice in a row to complete the score under the basket, just withstanding Tim Hardaway's one-point rain.

With 6:19 left in the first quarter, Mourning stepped up to the free throw line again, and Oakley helped Ewing back a foul.

"Shhhhh

The continuous free throws made the scene boo, and the New York fans were very dissatisfied, and some people had already begun to curse the referee.

After the frequent muscle confrontation after the opening, Mourning lost both free throws this time, Ewing grabbed the rebound, and everyone in the Heat team has quickly retreated.

After receiving the ball, Li You tried to speed up, accelerating along the right sideline.

Approaching the right wing of the three-point line, noticing that everyone on the Heat team was still echoing each other and communicating with each other, Li You, who was holding the ball in his left hand, first slowed down to approach the three-point line and turned his head to look at the top of the arc.

Before Tim Hardaway could get on the line, Li You suddenly lowered his center of gravity, his shoulders shook in confusion, he swayed left and right, and changed direction sharply.

The moment he switched to his right hand, Lee You accelerated with all his might, and the unprepared Tim Hardaway was passed in one step.

Amid the cheers of the fans at the scene, Li You quickly cut in from the right side at 45 degrees, rushed to the basket in the blink of an eye, and PJ Brown hurriedly returned to the defense.

Li You, who had already rushed up, did not choose to go to the basket directly, but slipped to the bottom left of the basket, staggered the defense, and made a backhand layup!

"Excellent offensive options! Lee always finds an easy score! ”

The beautiful transition offense made commentator Marv Albert praise again, and commentator John Andaris saw Pat Riley ask for a timeout, and also commented:

"This is the first time the Knicks have played a transition offense, and it seems that the Heat coaching staff is very unhappy with this defense."

At 10:14, Mourning missed a free throw, and Lee Yoo's goal helped the Knicks extend the score.

Tim Hardaway walked to the sidelines and raised his hand to indicate that it was his problem, and sat back in his seat depressed.

On the other side, Alan Houston was also depressed, and Wolfham-Leonard was very fierce in pursuit of defense tonight, defending "up and down" synchronously.

In order to guard against the opponent's black feet, Alan Houston lost his offensive rhythm, making 0 of 2 and completely invisible.

Jeff Van Gundy is still complaining to the referee about the Heat's defensive problems.

But there were no cylinders in those days, and there was no room for falling, so the referee gave a brief explanation and signaled to hurry back to the bench

"We need to play harder! Don't forget it's our home turf! ”

Furiously returning to the bench, Jeff Van Gundy shouted chicken soup and then set his sights on Alan Houston, all for the shooter.

Although the rookie played for the Pistons for three years, Alan Houston did not get contaminated with the temperament of the old Pistons, but played more "elegantly" like Grant Hill.

Alan Houston could only nod vigorously to show that he understood, Li You didn't say anything, he was not optimistic about this passive adjustment.

The Heat made full use of the rules tonight and made all-out jumpers, which had a huge impact on Alan Houston, who was a little weaker with the ball.

After the timeout, the atmosphere at Madison Square Garden continued unabated, and as long as the home team was ahead, the New York fans in attendance followed suit.

Perhaps it was Mourning's performance in the first half of the game that was a little stretched, and after the timeout, Tim Hardaway took over the offensive possession.

On the right wing outside the three-point line, Isaac Austin, who had just been replaced on the court, lifted the block, briefly got rid of Li You, dribbled across the three-point line, Tim Hardaway rose from the ground, and the two points were directly pulled!

"Huh!" The two-point ball hollows into the net.

At 12:14, the Heat quickly closed the gap.

Charles Oakley has no intention of making up for it at all, and this offensive method is acceptable to the Knicks.

As if he felt like he had regained some face, Tim Hardaway also beat his chest, causing constant boos from the audience.

The Knicks' offense is no longer launched from the low post, and after Lee Woo came to the left wing, Ewing immediately stepped up and blocked and dismantled.

Tim Hardaway immediately stepped up to the defense, ready to squeeze past the screen, and Li You, who had been sideways to protect the ball, immediately accelerated sideways and broke through on the right side after Ewing stood still.

Approaching the free throw line, Li You, who had been holding the ball in his hand, suddenly shook his wrist, and Mo Ning, who was delayed in assisting in the defense, subconsciously moved to the right rear.

But the basketball just bounced to the floor and returned to Li You's hands, taking advantage of Mo Ning's sliding step, Li You suddenly accelerated, broke through the middle and went straight to the basket.

Tim Hardaway behind him also accelerated, chasing the defense to his side in time, coupled with Mourning and Isaac Austin contracting the defense, for a while, Li You attracted three people to block.

In the face of the three-person encirclement, without waiting to jump up for the layup, the traveling Li You secretly sent a pass from behind, and the basketball flew accurately to Ewing near the baseline on the left side.

Mo Ning wanted to defend again, but it was too late, Ewing ate cake with a mid-range jumper!

Seeing the wonderful cooperation, the cheers rose again.

Soon, the Heat did the same, and Mourning received a breakaway from Tim Hardaway in the middle, and responded with a mid-range jumper from the right baseline.

By the end of the first quarter, the two sides had started scoring back-to-back goals, with Ewing eating cake and Jamal Mashburn hitting a mid-range jumper.

Tim Hardaway's pull-up jumper at the right elbow of the free throw line hit the iron, and the long rebound just fell into the hands of Li You.

Quickly launched a transition offense, the Heat team quickly retreated, and Li You did not stick to the ball, seeing that Alan Houston had run to the left wing, he immediately sent a long pass.

Alan Houston received the ball and slowed down, then immediately jumped to the ground, and the retreating Wolfan Leonard pounced on it, and both fell to the floor at the same time

"Oh!!"

After landing, Alan Houston stepped on the opponent's foot, and the fans in the front row all exclaimed, and then scolded Werchan Leonard who got up and pretended to be fine.

"Look at what he did to my players, it's definitely a malicious foul!"

Jeff Van Gundy saw the referee blow three free throws, and immediately became furious, rushed to the referee, and complained loudly.

It seemed that he sensed that the reaction on the scene was too great, and the referee made up for a malicious foul.

Alan Houston, who had been on guard, was not injured, but his expression was ugly and he looked at each other angrily.

Everyone on the Knicks hurriedly stepped forward to pat Alan Houston, and Oakley pointed at Tim Hardaway to signal the other party to be careful.

No one was bothering Vochan-Leonard, and it was clear that this was the Heat's strategy to trade role players for the Knicks' leading scorer.

Alan Houston was still affected, 3 of 4 free throws, after Mourning received the rebound, Tim Hardaway received the ball and immediately launched a conversion attack.

Against Li You's pursuit, Tim Hardaway rushed faster and faster, straight to the basket.

In the paint zone, Tim Hardaway just jumped against Lee You's block and was knocked to the floor in mid-air by the fast defending Oakland.

Seeing Tim Hardaway fall headlong next to the camera, the fans at the scene began to cheer loudly, and Mourning immediately wanted to rush forward to ask for an explanation, but was pushed by Larry Johnson instead.

As soon as the referee saw that the situation was not right, he immediately rushed over and stopped both sides.

"Don't let me see you in the paint zone again!"

Oakley yelled at Tim Hardaway as he walked to the bench and had two fouls and it was time to get off the court.

Tim Hardaway fell hard, grinning and rubbing his right arm, but Pat Riley on the sidelines didn't complain like Jeff Van Gundy, just clapped his hands and beckoned his players to focus.

"Charles responded, we have to play harder!"

Taking advantage of the opponent's free throws, commentator John Andalis also praised at the top of his voice.

As the first quarter drew to a close, the two sides started to shoot free throws again, and Lee's breakaway was knocked away just from the start, and Tim Hardaway was lying on the floor again.

The frequent clashes made the New York fans at the scene fascinated, and soon Lee You and Tim Hardaway were also substituted off the field.

"Lee did a great job, with four assists in a single quarter, but alain Houston never found his touch!"

Commentator Marv Albert looked at the technical statistics, Alan Houston scored 0 of 5 and scored 3 points, and commented helplessly.

"The Heat's defense did work, but I'm sure the lads will pull it through!"

Commentator John Andaris did not comment on this "reasonable" style of defense, but only revealed disdain in his voice.

After Lee Woo left the court, the first quarter of the game ended quickly, and at 18:22, the Knicks still leaded.

Madison Square Garden, the noise is getting louder, the fans are putting pressure on the referee, the main scorer is dumb, and everyone knows what is going on.

On the bench, Li You, who had changed into training clothes, looked at Alan Houston, who had an ugly face, and did not say words of comfort, but suggested in a low voice:

"Increase breaks, rub some free throws, adjust your play!"

Alan Houston nodded, although the first quarter of the game was stealthy and scoreless, there were no fewer chances:

"Shet! I'll give a response! ”

Jeff Van Gundy high-fived the players who walked to the bench, the bald young marshal was a little angry, he didn't like these off-the-board moves, returned to the bench, squatted in front of everyone and said loudly:

"Let go, it's our home stadium and let them know it's New York!"

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