On October 28, 2003, because the New York Yankees lost the World Series, the melon-eating crowd in New York pinned their championship hopes on the Knicks.

Although it was a Tuesday and the kick-off was at 8 p.m., most fans lined up outside the stadium early before the game began.

Some visitors come from Penn Station, after all, the arena is just above the station.

If you are a fan coming from Boston, you will choose to take the bus directly.

Most people still choose to travel by subway, it is difficult to park here, and the parking fee is very expensive, and it is more cost-effective to drive the 11th walk for ordinary fans.

New York's night view aerial photography is beautiful, but Madison Square Garden is an old arena after all, and there are always endless renovation projects around it, making the roads in this area more and more narrow.

If it is the first time to come to Madison Square Garden to watch a game, take the ordinary entrance, there is a high probability that you will be startled by the New York fans who seem to be in high spirits, and there will always be a crowd of people shouting outside the arena:

“Let's MF go！”

“New York is champion！”

When the fans held up the slogan "Shaq is also dry", everyone shouted excitedly, and then hugged each other and jumped around.

Thanks to the fact that smartphones have not yet appeared in this era, and Facebook has not yet been born, otherwise Leziren has a better way to vent, and some players will most likely break the defense directly.

Once you enter the arena, you can see a huge poster of the Knicks, and the team store on the first floor is always the most crowded, and most of the jerseys, commemorative T-shirts, and championship hats will be purchased.

This season, James Dolan gave out team handkerchiefs to fans who came to watch the game for free, and each fan who entered the stadium had one, which can be regarded as adding some to the viewing experience.

After entering the stadium, you can take the escalator to find a seat, there are places to sell food on each floor, and the top floor of the stadium provides fans with a place to eat for free.

Many people like to buy a piece of food and go to a fixed location to eat and chat first, and most people will complain that the teams in the Eastern Conference are too weak, and this year is another year of big wins and special wins.

The Yankees were milked, but the Knicks were very milk-resistant all these years.

Lending has become a habit, and there is always an inexplicable sense of superiority when talking about the championship, swearing that the Knicks have no opponents.

The arena was filled with hubris and no one in sight, and during the pre-game warm-up, Tim Duncan only felt out of place.

Losing the Finals, Big Brother regretting his retirement, and Tim Duncan didn't have a happy offseason.

The owners did what they said they would, and this year they filled up the salary cap, an increase in spending from last season, but it was too far from what Duncan had expected.

There were more and more fans in the arena and Tim Duncan was back on the bench after finishing the warm-up, he didn't like to play here, in other words, he hated the city, the basketball here was not pure at all.

Duncan, who was becoming more and more depressed, suddenly spoke up after looking around the arena:

"Why did they win so many titles?"

There wasn't much communication during the holidays, and Popovich didn't know what to say when he heard Duncan's inquiry, so he could only say dryly:

"In addition to strength, the championship also needs luck, and we are just a little bit less lucky."

Hearing luck, Tim Duncan stopped talking again, was it his own bad luck that Bowen's seven-injured foot hurt him?

After the start of the new season, the Spurs' salary did exceed the salary cap, coming to 46 million US dollars.

Parker can receive a salary of $860,000 for the team this year, and Ginobili has $1.46 million.

The team did find a helper for Duncan, Russ Nesterovic, the main center of the Timberwolves last season, who came to the Spurs with a salary of 5.6 million US dollars.

Ron Mercer, the swingman at the front, holds the team's second-highest salary of $6.75 million.

One inside and one outside, the two are the Spurs' helpers for Duncan in the offseason.

On the 17th, Parker sprained his ankle in this preseason game and missed tonight due to injury.

Because the Finals surrendered too quickly, Spurs fans also complained about him, Parker didn't feel much, but after hearing Duncan's question, he was also thinking, and finally a thought popped up in his heart:

"Maybe the champion needs more input?"

At the Knicks' awards ceremony tonight, President David Stern expressed his thoughts on the new rules in a pregame interview:

"The NBA is a healthy league and we need to take responsibility for the health of our players, so we have to punish defensive actions that hurt players."

"I regret the finals last season, that series should have been even more exciting."

When it comes to Bowen's seven injured feet, David Stern has no smile, the G4 Finals ratings have plummeted, and without Tim Duncan, fans don't buy it.

One kick changed the series ratings and hit an all-time low

At the start of the new season, the league will implement new rules:

When the shooter initiates a shot, the defending player has to leave enough space for the shooter to land;

If the defender does not leave enough space for the shooter, the referee will punish the defender with a technical foul or a malicious foul according to the actual situation.

James Dolan, who was interviewed with him, was in a good mood, and although his proposal did not go through, there was hope for the matter.

It's in the league's interest to free up outside stars to make the game more beautiful.

Tonight's game was broadcast by TNT, and with Spurs Parker out and new players added, pre-game predictions were once again one-sided.

TNT's reporters no longer discuss the results, but gossip:

"James, we've got the news that you're going to reduce the number of times you watch games on the sidelines this season?"

Hearing this question, James Dolan, who was dressed in a black suit, immediately laughed:

"yes, after all, the Knicks are all wins, and I'm going to put some of my energy into building the Rangers, and I want people to focus more on the players."

"It doesn't mean that I don't focus on the team anymore, on the contrary, I have more plans, the stadium needs to be renovated and we need to develop more merchandise for the fans."

"The quality of the food and beverages in the stadium also needs to be improved, and we want to give the fans the best possible experience."

"I even wanted to do a solo show for Lee, but he focused on basketball in the offseason and never agreed."

The last sentence is, of course, to open his eyes and tell nonsense, like Li You, the curly boss also began to enjoy life, and the offseason opened a concert, the team lay down to earn, and he also played tricks

Before the game began, the TNT commentary booth was no longer the Marv-Albert familiar to New York fans.

Because last season's commentary on the Knicks' games often deviated from neutrality, which was complained by a large number of fans, this year's commentary on the Knicks' games was replaced by Kevin Harlan.

Doug Collins also left the Wizards after Michael Jordan officially retired and returned to the commentary booth.

As the time for the game approached, the two also began to talk about tonight's game:

"Tony Parker is plagued by an ankle injury and the No. 1 starting tonight should be Anthony Carter, which is just too bad for the Spurs."

Although Kevin Harlan didn't comment on the Knicks' games much, he also watched the finals, and no one in the Spurs defensive end could match Li You, and tonight's new signing Anthony Carter was probably given away for nothing.

Although Doug Collins has played soy sauce with Mai Buckle for two seasons, he has also gained a lot of gains, at least he knows the competitive state of the players better:

"In the first four seasons of his career, he had some good performances with the Heat, maybe because of injuries or maybe because of a tactical mismatch, Anthony Carter never got back into shape."

"It's not a good signing to compete for a championship, and the Spurs haven't been able to solve the problem at the No. 1 spot."

“.”

During his two seasons at the helm of the Wizards, Doug Collins was frequently beaten by the Knicks, and no matter how he set up his defense, it didn't make any difference.

In the past, it was just blowing Li You's data, but now Doug Collins has become a brainless blower, gushing out a point:

"The Spurs are out of play, the Knicks must win!"

The two are actually no different from Mav-Albert, blowing a little more reservedly.

Half an hour before the start of the game, the arena was full, the live DJ casually introduced the visiting players, and the New York fans didn't bother to boo.

Tonight's Spurs start made many fans feel like they lost their tickets:

"Who is this?"

After quickly passing the away players, the lights in the arena dimmed, the cheers grew louder, the lights were projected into the center of the field, David Stern took the microphone, waved his hand again and again, and waited until the sound was much quieter before he spoke:

“Thank you！ I am very happy to witness such a historical moment again, in the 2002~2003 season, the NBA championship is the New York Knicks! ”

“Wow！”

Hearing the cheers from the fans, David Sturt smiled again and then said loudly again:

"Tonight, we are honored to have the heroes of the New York Fire Department, sports bring us closer together, sports bind us together!"

"The NBA will work with the Knicks to launch a firefighting jersey this season, and most of the proceeds from this jersey will be donated to the foundation of the victims' families."

“.”

David Stern talked about a bunch of chicken soup, tonight's fire department group ticket, similar events have been held many times in the past two years, and the results are very good.

Soon, James Dolan appeared next to the president, took the microphone, and said seriously:

"73 wins in the regular season and 16 wins and 0 in the playoffs, this is a New York victory!"

"Of course, we don't forget the people behind the scenes, our broadcasters, our logistics team, all the staff of the team have put in a huge effort to do so."

"It's a special ring, I hope everyone will enjoy it, it's a symbol of the Knicks' dominance!"

The director focused his camera on the glittering championship ring on the table, which was larger and more material than in previous years.

In order to be able to engrave everyone's name, this ring has a clamshell design that can be used as a ring as well as a pendant.

The front is a spherical bulge with orange "Knicks", and the entire ring is covered with diamonds.

The dates are marked on both sides, with "New York", "Clay-Lee" and 73-9 on one side and "World Champion" and 16-0 on the other.

If you turn the ring over, the inside is engraved with tiny English letters, with the names of the management and the players present.

Although the curly boss didn't deliberately advertise it, as long as you see this big ring, you know that this thing is expensive.

Large rings, while beautiful, don't fit well on the hand and seem more suitable to wear around the neck.

James Dolan affectionately called out the names of the staff, coaching staff and players.

The team didn't advertise the shape of the ring beforehand, so everyone showed a very surprised expression when they held it in their hands.

D'Antoni couldn't help but look left and right when he put on the ring, and noticed that the names carved inside were him and Li You at the top, and he immediately clapped his hands with joy.

The same can be said of Grant Hill, who feels loose on his hand this time compared to the previous ring, and is a full two laps larger.

Getting his first ring in his career was so special, and Gasol still looked at it when he got it.

When he went to Li You's house as a guest, he saw the pile of rings, and Gasol also felt that the team had made a lot of money, and he couldn't stop laughing for a while.

Artest and Kurt Thomas have been with the team for a long time, and their eyes widened when they received the ring, and the large size of the ring was really shocking.

Stoudemire didn't feel comfortable wearing it on his hand, so he took it and kissed it with a smile

Wearing the Knicks' training uniform, when Lee Woo was the last to appear on the court, there were huge cheers in the arena:

“MVP！ MVP！ MVP！ ”

The management of the Knicks stood aside after getting the ring, and they all stepped forward to hug Li You, and James Dolan slapped it twice hard, and whispered while handing out the ring:

"I wanted to make it bigger, but the league told me it wasn't in line with the rules and that it was supposed to be worn on two fingers."

Li You put the ring on his middle finger, and he could feel that it was two circles larger, but this size looked harmonious as a whole, and there was some delicacy.

"Cool! This is probably the most beautiful ring in the NBA yet! ”

When the curly-haired boss heard Li You's praise, he was in a good mood for a while, and handed over the microphone again.

"This is a truly special ring! It seems to mark the start of the team again! ”

"For me, this is the fifth championship ring of my career, and I love the beauty of symmetry."

"After I have a ring on my left hand, everyone will know what I'm going to do next, yes, yes, I'm going to wear a ring on my right hand too!"

"Championship flags will be raised over the arena!"

"Are you ready?"

After Li You said this, his left hand wearing the ring also pointed to the championship flag that was about to be raised, and as the lights turned, the New York fans at the scene cheered again:

“Yee！”

Everyone gathered around to watch the championship flag rise above the arena, accompanied by six other flags, the former division championship flag was gone, and from this season onwards, the Knicks only hung the championship flag and retired jerseys.

In the final part of the award ceremony, the rounded Ewing and the number 33 jersey appeared in the center of the field.

The gorilla wears four rings on his hands, puts his newly acquired large ring on his thumb, notices the camera lens, and immediately raises his left hand, and the five rings stand out.

Ewing almost grinned at the back of his head, wearing a wide black suit, and even put an X next to the jersey, without speaking, and repeatedly raised his left hand

The only regret for the gorilla is that he didn't see David Robinson tonight, and he really wants to share his happiness with the other party.

Fortunately, the old teammates were there tonight to support, and after the lights came on, he took the microphone with his right hand, and Ewing looked at his jersey and said with some excitement:

"God saw my perseverance and I want to thank Lee and my teammates for changing my career!"

"Looking back on those failures, maybe it was just God's test for me, thank you, I have no regrets in my career!"

As the gorilla's No. 33 jersey also rose above the stadium, the atmosphere became more and more enthusiastic for a while.

Ewing continues to display 5 rings of different shapes, and in terms of number alone, he is no longer inferior to Michael Jordan!

For New York fans, although tonight's opponents are all at the "Passerby A" level, after watching the award ceremony and the jersey retirement ceremony, many people feel that the tickets are not lost.

On the Spurs bench, Duncan felt more and more uncomfortable when he saw such a scene.

Thinking that Big Brother had nothing in his hands when he retired, Duncan felt a little sad in his heart, but fortunately Robinson didn't come tonight, otherwise it would really be a shrimp pig heart

Popovich kept his eyes on the championship flag over the arena, and the Spurs contributed two to the Knicks.

He can continue to stay in the dugout this season, thanks to Duncan's support, he really wants to win the championship with his thighs, which is to lose every time.

As the players on both sides warmed up for the final warm-up, the arena became extremely noisy, with only the Spurs remaining silent, and many people ready to lose.

The live director focused the camera on Tina Fay and Rachel McAdams, who were sitting in the front row, and each person sitting in Li You's seat would have several sets of fixed shots, both of whom smiled sweetly.

"I want to invite Lee to my birthday party, what do you think?"

Rachel stabbed her plastic friend twice, staring at Li You and whispering.

Looking at the plastic sisters beside her, Tina Fey first looked at the other party's blonde hair, then pushed her glasses, and then turned her head and whispered:

"Ling's idea is terrible, don't expect Li to spread the news with you, he is actually very conservative!"

The two have just finished filming "Mean Girls", and Tina Fey is working as a screenwriter for the first time, so she doesn't want the plastic sisters she just met to fall into the pit

“What？”

Rachel has a question mark on her face, and tonight she deliberately dressed up as a blonde sweet girl, just to fish.

Tina Fei could see that the other party didn't believe her, but she didn't explain, Li You took the initiative to pursue it, and most of the people who took the initiative to send it to the door were eaten and wiped clean, and they were ruthless.

Rachel is almost 25 years old, and when she realizes that the other party insists on the invitation, Tina Fey secretly pouts, she is very strict-mouthed, but she will not tell the plastic sister Scarlett that she knew Li You when she was very young, and she grew up watching it.

The game started immediately, and on the commentary bench, Kevin Harlan once again introduced the Spurs' starting lineup:

"Anthony Carter and Manu Ginobili are in the backcourt, and the front three are Bruce Bowen, Tim Duncan and Rasu Nesterovic."

"Tonight's game will be a huge test for the Spurs' defensive line!"

Doug Collins noticed David Stern watching the game from the bottom of the basket and suddenly quipped:

"New rules will be enforced this season, let's see if Bruce Bowen will still show his aggressive defense!"

While the two were talking, the referee threw the ball up, Gasol turned the ball back into the half, and Li You, who received the ball, quickly made tactical gestures.

“Let's go Knicks！.”

The cheers resounded through the arena, and the Knicks took the lead in attacking, not hitting the top with the two big men from last season, with only Kurt Thomas stopping at the right elbow.

Artest and Grant Hill noticed that the Spurs opted for man-to-man defense and began to move towards the bottom corner.

When Gasol received the ball in the low post on the left side, Li You, who had completed the pass at the top of the arc, suddenly accelerated, cut in from the middle without the ball, and Anthony Carter failed to react in the first defensive and lost a position in an instant.

Gasol, who received the ball with his back, did not look at the basket, but suddenly threw the ball behind his head, and the basketball fell into the hands of Li You in the paint area.

Sensing that the defense behind him had caught up, Li You didn't pause, grabbed the ball with his left hand and stepped forward to pick up the basket!

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

Scoring so easily also made the cheers louder and louder, Duncan watched his new teammates raise their hands, didn't speak for a while, and silently ran to the frontcourt.

On the Knicks' side, Li You didn't lead the defense, and everyone still guarded a 122 area defensive position, mainly circling around the paint area.

Realizing that he would be caught when he got the ball, Duncan, who was observing his position on the court, loudly reminded his teammates to pass the ball on the outside.

The line continued to pass, constantly pulling the Knicks' defense, as Bowen and Ginobili came to the left and right corners. Anthony Carter, who was on the line, wanted to take advantage of the situation and pass the ball to Ginobili in the bottom right corner.

Artest, who followed the defense, paid more attention to the direction of the pass, and after adjusting his position, he took the initiative to cooperate with Li You to suddenly wrap up.

It didn't seem to have suffered such treatment, Anthony Carter couldn't finish the pass in the first place, and he didn't completely get rid of the defense.

Encountering the two together, it was only then that Anthony Carter thought about moving the ball as soon as possible.

It's just that he couldn't complete the pass, first Artest cut the ball, Anthony Carter wanted to regain control of the ball, and then Li You saw the opportunity and poked the ball away.

As soon as everyone on the Spurs team was in position, before they could implement tactical cooperation, another burst of cheers broke out in the arena, and when they looked up, Li You had already rushed past the halfway line and went straight to the basket.

In the case of no one defending at all, the basket jumped with both feet in front of him, Li You grabbed the ball with his right hand, turned 360 degrees in the air, stretched his body, and pressed the ball into the basket!

“OH——！ Clay-Lee！ ”

“What a show！”

Kevin Harlan exclaimed in surprise, and his emotions instantly became excited.

The fans at the scene also cheered loudly, witnessing a wonderful dunk, which can be regarded as earned.

Lee Yoo, who completed the dunk, glanced at Anthony Carter, who was depressed and returned to defense, and if he remembered correctly, the other party was the atmosphere group of the Heat last season.

I don't have a lot of playing time, the data is stretched, but I have a good contract!

"Man, you can't win a championship by joining the Spurs!"

Li You made fun of the other party when he returned to defense, and Anthony Carter heard this sentence and remembered the bad things in the offseason, and was almost blown up on the spot.

With the player option, Anthony Carter naturally opted for execution, and as a result, agent Bill Duffy forgot to send an execution email to the Heat.

Pat Riley somehow saved more than 3 million US dollars, and Anthony Carter, who joined the Spurs, currently has a salary of 700,000.

Taking a few deep breaths in a row, Anthony Carter reminded himself to perform well to earn the trust of the head coach, and after dribbling past half court, he was a little confused when he saw the Knicks' defensive formation.

Sensing that the atmosphere group's ability to play the ball was a little rushed, Li You returned to the half-court and instructed his teammates to change the defensive formation.

Lee Yo stepped forward to lead the defense, Grant Hill and Artest were on the left and right flanks, and Gasol stood at the free-throw line with his hands raised in the air to interfere.

Duncan wanted to ask for the ball in the low post early, but Kurt Thomas desperately went around the front defense, and the two pulled hand-to-hand combat in the low post on the left side, and Duncan couldn't catch the ball again for a while

Nesterovic opened his hand to ask for the ball on the right side near the baseline at this time, but the Knicks were heavily disrupted from the line, and Anthony Carter couldn't get the ball out of the game.

Popovich, who was on the sidelines, saw the players on the field standing still, and was so anxious that he reminded loudly again and again:

"Go to the bottom corner! Pull out the space! ”

Ginobili reacted the fastest, accelerating on the right flank and running towards the bottom right corner.

As Anthony Carter moved to the right wing, the Knicks' defensive formation shifted to the left.

Gasol went to the low post, Lee went to the free throw line, and Grant Hill started to move to the line.

The slow handling of the ball allowed the Knicks to adjust their defense, and after Anthony Carter passed the ball to the bottom right corner, Artest had already completed the slide and defended in front of him.

Seeing his teammate let go, Ginobili passed the ball back again in an attempt to pull the Knicks' defense.

Re-receiving the ball on the right flank, seeing that Lee Yo didn't post it, Anthony Carter helped remind Bowen to move towards the bottom right corner.

With the ball in his left hand and quickly to the top of the arc, Anthony Carter noticed that Lee Yoo accelerated up and hurriedly threw the ball to the bottom right corner.

Still the wrong attacking choice, in order to get the ball past Grant Hill to his teammates, the pass was high and the ball was slow.

Grant Hill only took two steps back, then jumped high to easily stop the ball, and to the cheers of the fans, Lee immediately accelerated, shook off Anthony Carter, and rushed through the half early.

After completing the steal, Grant Hill aimed at the front and immediately threw the ball out, close to the three-point line, Li You easily received the ball.

Many fans have already stood up in advance, raised their hands high, 1 to 0 in the front court, Li You rushed up in three steps and jumped high in front of the basket.

The right hand grabbed the ball and pulled the arm back, the whole body flew in mid-air, fully jumped off the flat frame of Li You's head, condescendingly, and smashed the buckle with his arm!

"Boom!" Tomahawk slam dunk!

“Wow！”

The visually striking dunk almost made the cheers burst through the arena, and on the Knicks bench, the atmosphere team also shook the towel.

Mutombo even covered his face with his hands, showing an exaggerated expression, as if he felt incredulous.

0:6, after the opening, the Knicks did not have complicated tactics, defended fast attack, and scored consecutive points.

Seeing Li You, who was retreating, shook his head again and again, Doug Collins subconsciously blew X:

"The Knicks really continued their dominance, and if the Spurs don't want to have a heavy defeat, they have to score early!"

Kevin Harlan found that his partner unknowingly began to blow X, and hurriedly adjusted his mentality.

He finally understood why Mav Albert would become a determined Lee Woo-chui, and as long as he watched the game, he couldn't help but be involuntarily attracted.

The Spurs' mistakes still didn't stop, and under the reminder of Li You, the defense reverted to 122 defense, and Duncan received the ball in the low post on the left side and was immediately trapped.

“Pau！”

Hearing Lee Yoo's reminder, Gasol moved to the line early, the basket was in front of him, and Duncan leaned on Kurt Thomas's throw.

Under the encirclement of the two, Duncan took advantage of the situation to distribute the ball to Nesterovic at the bottom right of the basket, who bent down to receive the ball, subconsciously adjusted, and then looked up, but was blocked by Gasol who returned to the defense.

Trying to force a basket against his long arm, Nesterovic lifted the ball to his chest and was cut by Gasol.

The basketball bounced off his foot and was picked up by the quick-eyed Artest in the paint area.

"Hell!"

Duncan shouted a shoutout to his teammates to retreat, but Lee You, who received the ball, rushed faster and faster, quickly dodged Anthony Carter with his right hand behind his back, and then chased Duncan to his side.

Taking a big step to accelerate the retreat, Duncan returned to the paint area in time, and at this time he didn't care about observing the position of his teammates, and saw Li You grabbing the ball with his left hand and rushing up in three steps, and subconsciously jumped up to block it.

In mid-air, Li You suddenly collected the ball, threw the ball without looking at the back of the head, and Gasol, who was speeding up to follow up, took off directly after receiving the pass, and slammed Duncan's hands with both hands!

"Ahh

Looking at Gasol roaring in front of him, Duncan was expressionless, but his heart was full of rage, and he smashed the basketball in his hand

When the Spurs attacked again, Anthony Carter finally made the right pass choice, facing the 32 defense on the line, and distributed the ball early to Ginobili in the bottom right corner.

The latter faced Artest, who was pounced, and hit the iron with a three-point jumper!

Seeing that the long rebound ball was accepted by Li You, everyone in the Spurs completely broke the defense, and Anthony Carter directly fouled on the three-point line.

"Shh

The New York fans, who were waiting to see the dunk, were immediately unhappy and began to spit fragrant after booing for a while.

It was rare to fight a positional attack, and under the command of Li You, there were no complicated tactics.

Gasol wanted to ask for the ball in the low post on the left side, but was squeezed near the blocking area by Nesterovich, Li You did not change his tactics and still gave the ball to Gasol.

After completing the pass, Lee Woo immediately accelerated to the baseline and then ran quickly from left to right to the bottom right corner.

The current version of the NBA team's most common tactical routine is the big man single

After receiving the ball, Gasol immediately released the ball with his left hand to accelerate the breakthrough after a simple triple threat, and was blocked by the opponent when he broke through to the bottom left of the basket with his excellent athleticism.

Slowing down while leaning hard, then immediately turning around, Gasol grabbed the ball with his right hand while leaning on his opponent, and grabbed the ball with his right hand to complete the throw.

"Huh!" Basketball hollow into the net.

At 0:10, Popovich reluctantly asked for a timeout, and Madison Square Garden was boiling again.

Before the game, a large group of fun people shouted at the Spurs:

“Who are you？”

As they walked to the bench, Duncan heard the shouts again

Back in his seat, Duncan dropped his drink on the floor and stared down at his feet.

In the first few rounds of the opening game, the Knicks continued to change their defensive formation, and Anthony Carter was too slow to react, and Popovich was eager to play on the court himself.

"Don't hesitate, pass the ball fast, pay attention to the opponent's movement and don't rush to the paint area recklessly."

"Bruce, we're going to get a chance in the bottom corner and go get those shots!"

"Tim, be patient, communicate in a timely manner, it's dangerous and tiring to log!"

Writing and drawing on the strategy board, Popovich stared at his players, reminding everyone that there are always open shots on the wing and in the bottom corner.

The timeout was fast in coming, and when Popovich didn't have time to command the crowd back on the court, the Knicks suddenly became a full-court press.

Ginobili almost missed a five-second foul on serve, and Anthony Carter, who was running back-to-back at the end, finally received a pass from the right blocker.

Putting the ball with his left hand, seeing that Lee Woo was sticking to it, Anthony Carter immediately wrapped the ball behind his back.

It's just that under the collision of the two bodies, Anthony Carter almost lost his center of gravity, and Li You slid while cutting the ball again with his left hand, successfully poking the ball away.

Seeing Lee You squeeze past the ball from his side, Anthony Carter, who was knocked away, didn't have time to foul this time.

The New York fans in the front row stood up again and cheered loudly with their hands raised to complete the steal, Li You took two big steps, approached the paint area and took off again, grabbed the ball with his left hand, and scored with a one-arm dunk!

"God! Lee destroys Anthony Carter! The Spurs got off to a disastrous start. ”

"That's how dominant Lee is in the game, it seems he didn't let up in the off-season and he was in great shape tonight!"

Kevin Harlan subconsciously blew hard, and after saying this, he realized that his explanation was tendentious, and hurriedly touched his partner next to him:

"I think the 25-year-old Lee can already be the best point guard in history!"

"On both ends of the floor, he completely dominated the opposition, and Coach Popovich should miss Tony Parker a lot."

Doug Collins also blew X, not feeling that there was anything wrong with what he said.

As the clock ticked down, the Spurs continued to score zero until 5:09 left in the first quarter when Nesterovic received a pass from Duncan and caused Gasol's foul under the basket.

Through these two free throws, the Spurs struggled to score 2 points, and at this time, on the Knicks bench, D'Antoni returned to his tactical backward posture, and the game was stable.

At 2:20, on the Spurs bench, Parker couldn't help but pout secretly when he saw such a situation:

"At least I held on for one quarter."

For several rounds in a row, Grant Hill and Artest cut to the basket through Kurt Thomas's off-ball screen to complete the score.

Popovich stood on the sidelines and was numb, and Li You squatted in the bottom corner or on the flank, and anyone could see that this was starting to fish

In addition to the mistake is iron, this time Duncan finally forced the basket on the bottom left of the basket against the defense.

Looking back, the Knicks continued to pass the ball from the outside, and finally Kurt Thomas handed Lee to Lee Yo in the elbow area on the right side of the free throw line, and his teammates were out of position, and Duncan was forced to help defend when he saw Lee Yo accelerate.

Instead of cutting off the passing route, Anthony Carter completely let go of Kurt Thomas at the free-throw line.

Lee Yoo's simple ground-hitting pass broke through the defense again, and Kurt Thomas received the ball and hit a mid-range jumper from the free throw line!

Perhaps because they didn't want the opener to be too ugly, as the two sides made personnel adjustments, the Spurs' continuous basket offense was finally about to make free throws.

The Knicks' offensive efficiency also began to decline, and Lee Woo was still on the court at this time due to injury.

In the second round after Stoudemire came on the field, the big man Wright stood early on the left near baseline in the positional attack.

Lee Yoo waved his hand at the top of the arc, and Stoudemire moved from the right elbow to the top of the arc.

Marrick Rose thought it was just a simple pick-and-roll, and when he turned his back to the basket, he didn't notice that Wright, the big man behind him, was also moving.

Duncan immediately noticed that the situation was not good, and Stoudemire's acting skills were too poor, so he accelerated to the basket in advance.

Big man Wright had a decent quality of upper screen, and the twisted Marrick Rose hit his head into his arms.

After accelerating, Stoudemire went straight to the basket, and Duncan also stepped back to the basket.

At the top of the arc, Li You threw the ball out early, and the basketball flew straight to the upper left of the basket.

At this time, Duncan could only watch Stoudemire, whose legs were loaded like springs, jump up early, hover in the air for a short time, and then successfully catch the ball, exert his body, and vigorously pour his hands into the basket!

"Boom!" Empty catch the storm dunk!

"Oh!!"

The powerful dunk once again ignited the atmosphere of the scene, and Stoudemire looked at Duncan and beat his chest and shouted, which completely made Duncan break the defense.

Popovich noticed that Duncan took the initiative to ask to get off the court, only to feel that his scalp was numb and his thighs were really angry!

In the last minute or so, in the midst of free throws and irons, New York fans began to celebrate the victory in advance.

At 14:37, the Spurs collapsed in the first quarter and handed out 7 turnovers in a single quarter.

In the first quarter, the Knicks did not make a single turnover, which made Kevin Harlan in the commentary box chant again:

"Perfect debut! On their home court, the Knicks have once again shown us their dominance! ”

Doug Collins looked at the Knicks players who appeared in the technical statistics all scored, and also smiled and commented simply:

"Like head coach D'Antoni said, I saw discipline in the Knicks, and he made his mark!"

"73 wins, no luck, maybe in a few years, we will be able to witness a legendary manager!"

Two minutes into the game, Raja Bale got an open shot in the bottom right corner and hit a solid jumper.

Back on the bench, the newcomer was in high spirits and high-fived everyone in celebration, and Raja Bale really didn't expect the game to be so easy:

"Last year's Western Conference champion turned out to be so weak?!"

5 of 5 in the single quarter, 10 points, 2 rebounds, 5 assists and 2 steals, Li You returned to his seat, D'Antoni clapped his hands again and again, happy to close his mouth, and the tactical execution was successful, even better than he imagined:

"Grant, you are responsible for organizing the attack, everyone pay attention to the response, and we have to end the game as soon as possible tonight."

With the substitute defender out injured, D'Antoni had to make a stopgap measure, and after a brief arrangement, he dropped the tactical board to the assistant coach.

The game is out of suspense, the atmosphere team is gearing up, and the assistant coach can also experience the functions of the head coach after taking over the tactical board.

Mike Malone, who had just joined the team, looked at the tactical board in Crawford's hand with some eyes, he didn't expect D'Antoni to be a master of the hang-up genre.

Most of the players are surrounding the assistant coach, Gasol is in a contract year and needs to get more data, and Li You has entered the state of fishing at this time.

After all, this year's MVP will definitely not be able to take his turn, and this kind of abuse game will not follow the data.

"Li, we should still add another backcourt, in the next games, you have to add some playing time!"

D'Antoni didn't know Li You's plans, and he was ready to let his thighs get more data.

Seeing the smiling appearance of the mustache, Li You laughed dryly:

"In tonight's opener, let's let everyone show more, and when the opponent chases the difference to 15 points, I will appear again!"

Hearing this answer, D'Antoni didn't care, 15 points is indeed a suitable point difference.

Li You watched everyone gather around the assistant coach, sit comfortably in the seat, and eat the fruit prepared for him by the little attendant:

"After so many seasons, it's my turn to enjoy it!"

Thank you for your subscription support (*)

(End of chapter)