The Knicks' win over the Spurs was the news of the next day!

Ahh The Knicks have become the hegemon of the league", the New York Times expressed its surprise with such a headline,

Li Feng became the terminator of all spells and records, and under the leadership of the iron-blooded captain, the Knicks took solid steps towards defending their title. In a defensive and iron-blooded war, the Knicks once again used the victory to tell the Spurs who is the hegemon of the league today, and Li Feng also won in a direct conversation with Duncan, and the New York Knicks have shown the strength of this season to be the best in the league. ”

"Tyrannosaurus Rex Crushes Steel Cage", "The Washington Post" is also expressing its admiration for Li Feng's outstanding performance, "This is a great game, the two teams are like Mars hitting the earth, playing a game that is intoxicating, in which the duel between Li Feng and Duncan is also the biggest attraction in the game, and in the end Li Feng won easily, his 69 points in the whole process and 32 points in a single quarter helped the team laugh the most." Li Feng is already a well-deserved first person in the alliance. ”

The Los Angeles Times said: "The Knicks have won again, and with their quality, they have every chance of defending their title, and if even the Spurs can't stop them, who team can win." ”

"The New York Knicks have not been in great shape this year, but they are still winning all, Li Feng's perfect performance has propped up the team, and if Dragic adapts to the new team and Rose adapts to the new position, the Knicks will be unstoppable." ”

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As they say, the Knicks' form has been up and down, after the victory over the Spurs, the whole team was in average form, losing to the underdog Wizards, but then, the Knicks ended November with a wave of eight straight wins, and entered December with a 12-1 record and tied with the Chicago Bulls for the first place in the league. At this time, the Bulls traveled to New York to challenge the Nets, while the Knicks flew to Miami to challenge the Miami Heat.

Miami is a warm city, and there's a lot of warmth everywhere in the city. The moist and warm air, the clear sun, the cold drinks on the streets, and the girls in hot pants all make people feel warm. It's even a little hot.

Before the game, the smell of gunpowder was extremely strong, and after forming the Big Three, the Heat were one of the hottest teams in the league in the past two years, and they were also a very strong team. Because they have LeBron James as a monster on their lineup, as well as Dwyane Wade and Chris Bosh Niang.

The performance on the court in the past two years can only be described as terrifying, James's current ability is very terrifying, and he is simply in the Heat lineup.

And this season the Knicks are playing well, and the Heat are not bad. The Heat are now on a three-game winning streak, and the meeting of two teams with strong players and both on their own upward momentum will naturally attract the attention of fans.

So as soon as the Knicks arrived in Miami, they immediately caused an uproar. The media across the country is watching the game.

Li Feng naturally knows how powerful James is, but now Li Feng is not very afraid of the other party. Because the helpers around James may not be as good as their teammates, and in general, Li Feng has not really lost to James.

Under the attention of the whole United States, the media naturally wants to see the confrontation between Li Feng and James. The relationship between these two people is very cold.

But when interviewed by the media, both Li Feng and James kept their mouths shut about their opponents, and only said that this was a battle between teams.

Neither of them talks about the other. But once the game starts, can they really avoid each other?

In the minds of the media and fans, can they avoid each other? No, this answer is clear to both of them. But neither of them would say anything, because it would be a long, invisible battle.

On the night of the game, TNT's favourites Charles Barkley and Kenny Smith arrived at the arena and started preparing for the broadcast early.

The Knicks also went to the arena early to do shooting practice, and the same was true for the Heat, when the players of the two teams practiced shooting on the sidelines. Acquaintances and friends come over to greet each other.

James also came over to greet the Knicks, and when Li Feng was meeting James, the two of them seemed to shake hands affectionately, but there was a hint of hostility between their eyebrows.

This is a natural wariness, especially since Li Feng is not yet an American, which provides the basis for this hostility.

A faint handshake, and then a faint separation, the process was simple, but without words, this game increased the weight in the psychology of the two people. They all know better that the other party is the threshold that they can't get around.

When the two teams were shooting, the broadcast of the game also began, and Charles Barkley looked at Kenny Smith with a smile on the commentator at this time and said:

"It's a contest between the best teams in the East, and it's supposed to be a normal game. But now that there's so much attention, I want to ask the fans what is this for? ”

Kenny Smith was also happy to look at his old partner from the side:

"The Heat are now on a three-game winning streak and James was last week's best player. James has scored three triple-doubles this season and scored more than 30 points in eight games, almost every double-double, and his performance has been nothing short of terrifying. ”

"And what about Li Feng! He was last month's Player of the Month and has led the team to eight straight wins. A big comeback with the Spurs! So far, he has a triple-double in five games, scored more than 30 points in 10 games, and won almost all of the games in which the Knicks scored more than 30 points. ”

"Li Feng and James, both of them are absolute powerhouses in the league, the first person in the James League, but they were swept by Li Feng in the playoffs for two consecutive years, and now the first person has become Li Feng Undoubtedly. So this should be a battle of rivals! These should be the reasons why fans pay attention to this game, and of course, there is another reason, that is, the feud between the Knicks and the Heat has continued. ”

Kenny Smith was still happy when he said this, but Charles Barkley nodded Smith with a smile and said:

"Looks like you're not missing your homework!"

"What's the matter, these are my handy!"

Kenny Smith didn't admit it at all, just snickering on the side.

Barkley also had no choice with his old partner, so he said:

"Believe in you to have a ghost! You guy. ”

While Barkley and Smith were talking and laughing, the appearance ceremony had already begun on the American Airlines Center.

When it was Li Feng's turn to play, there was a chorus of boos, introducing the Knicks, and then it was the Heat's turn to play. The Heat are now in Miami, James is also a god in the Heat, this city belongs to James, the biggest billboard next to the road to Miami is James, Wade has become a thing of the past.

So at this time, the Heat is extremely welcoming, every Heat player comes out, they are greeted with cheers, and when James comes out at the end of the game, the entire American Airlines Center almost falls into madness.

When it comes to his status in the hearts of fans, James has been in business for so many years, and he is a fan of his country. He is indeed much more influential than Li Feng.

Li Feng stood with a group of young Knicks and whispered to the players around him:

"Our little emperor's appearance is really extraordinary! But I feel like I'm much better than him because my teammates are better than his teammates. ”

As soon as Li Feng said this, a group of young people in the Knicks looked at Li Feng differently. Because the Heat are by James' side, they have borrowed his aura and are quite famous in the league. Now that Li Feng bluntly said that his teammates are better, the Knicks and the young people are suddenly very comfortable. I am also very confident, and my fighting spirit is also coming.

"Let's have a good fight with them today!"

Li Feng said this, and then his eyes swept over the faces of his teammates, and a group of young people in the Knicks were even more proud.

After James threw magnesium powder. The starting lineups for both teams are also out, and the Knicks are now basically stable in the starting lineup.

Point guard Dragic, scoring guard Rose, small forward Li Feng. Power forward Monroe, center Cousins.

The Heat's starting lineup is point guard Chalmers and scoring guard Wade. Small forward LeBron James, big forward Hasleem, center Bosh.

The Heat relied on this lineup to thrive in the East, but looking back at this lineup now, it is very indebted.

When the time of the game came, with the referee's whistle, the center forwards of both teams entered the center circle and the game began.

As soon as the whistle blew, Cousins, relying on his youth and strength, suddenly pointed the basketball to the Knicks.

Dragic took the ball and pressed towards the Knicks. Now Li Feng has gradually handed over the task of organizing the attack to Dragic, and he has tried to reduce the promotion of this kind of thing with the ball.

It looks handsome to advance with the ball, and it is under the crotch, and it is shouting at teammates, but there is also a problem with the ball, and there is a problem at the same time, unable to run without the ball, and get better offensive opportunities with the cooperation of teammates.

Li Feng let Dragic get the ball more, and he was more able to give full play to his offensive ability.

The Knicks are now more and more aware of where their strengths are, Dragic is about to pass the basketball to Cousins on the inside, and the Knicks have opened up the formation to play from the inside first.

The Heat also prepared before the game, and the strongest point of the Knicks is the thickness of the interior line. So at this time, Bosh desperately pushed Cousins outward, although Bosh is soft now, but now that the game has just begun, when he is full of physical strength, Cousins can't take advantage of Bosh at this time.

Bosh temporarily stabilized Cousins, and Monroe was also entangled with Haslem, so the Knicks couldn't play the inside line at the beginning of the game.

Just when Coach Spoelstra, who attaches great importance to defense, showed a satisfied smile, Li Feng used the cover of his teammates to suddenly come around from one side.

When the Knicks opened a low-post attack, Li Feng hid behind and was ready to attack at any time. Now that Li Feng ran out all of a sudden, it was too late for the Heat to pass.

Li Feng took the ball and cut into the Heat's basket in one step from the middle, and the Heat's defense at this time was far from as good as the media reported.

Li Feng killed him like this, and Wade could only reach out and use a foul on Li Feng. Li Feng took advantage of the situation to make a shooting move, which can be regarded as a foul.

On the free throw line, Li Feng made two free throws steadily, which was equivalent to an offensive success. The Knicks played very layered at the beginning, the two interior lines were first placed in front of the main attack, and when the Heat's attention was attracted to this side, Li Feng immediately stabbed out and raided, and naturally earned the Heat once.

The Knicks stepped back as soon as they scored, and the Heat came over and played completely different from the Knicks.

James' tactics during the Heat period were extremely simple, or rather rudimentary. The team's style of play. It's basically James breaking through, the other four waiting to shoot, or James drawing the defender to one side, and then the player on the other side makes two singles.

No matter how you play, the Heat are based on James, so as long as you find a way to suppress James during this period, or make James unable to drink teammates, your chances of winning will greatly increase. Of course, if James himself goes berserk and scores in a row, there is no way to do it.

The Heat came over this round, and the basketball still came to James's hands first. James went up from beyond the three-point line to attract the defense, and then immediately passed the ball to Bosh in the low post, who was going to try to single Cousins at this time.

Bosh and Cousins hadn't played much before, and at this time Bosh wanted to test each other.

Take the ball and move back to sit, sure enough, he can't rely on the other party, Bosh immediately turned over and made a jumper, where did he think that Cousins defended well, and immediately came over to interfere, Bosh missed this low-post attack.

Seeing that this Bosh can't beat Cousins. Spoelstra and James on the side are a little upset.

They had all seen Cousins' video before the game, and they knew that this was a point that would be difficult to contain once it was played, and today we saw Bosh fall in the confrontation. They knew that the inside line would inevitably not be able to be kept today.

The Knicks pushed in for the second time. Let's start from the inside first, isn't the Heat heavily defending Cousins!

The Knicks just started playing from Cousins' side, and the Knicks came up to play Cousins, and immediately attracted the defense to Cousins' side.

Seeing that the Heat almost four people are on the strong side of the court. Cousins immediately returned the basketball to Dragic.

At this time, Li Feng went up to make a cross cover for Rose, and sent Rose to the empty space on the baseline, and Dragic passed the ball to Rose at this time. Rose took the ball and made a jumper to score two points for the second time.

As soon as the Knicks started playing, they played the Heat 4-0, and it seemed that the Heat's defense couldn't stop the Knicks' offense.

At this time, Kenny Smith said on the side:

"In the opening few rounds of today, the Knicks' offense was more layered, and once one side couldn't be opened, it immediately moved to the other side. At this point, the Heat have not done well, and they have always done badly. ”

Kenny Smith is a little wrong to blame the Heat team, the Heat team naturally wants to play better, but the Heat only has one operating core, which cannot be combined inside and outside, nor can the strong and weak sides be transferred, and it is almost impossible to think of playing at a more advanced level.

The Heat played again, but it was relatively simple. Chalmers took possession of the ball, and James immediately used a cover to catch the basketball at 45 degrees.

James's basketball broke through to the Knicks' basket laterally, which is a trick of the Heat, and the Heat used this trick in the past with a high success rate, but this time James broke through Li Feng immediately came up and delayed James, and at the same time, Monroe behind Li Feng was also very flexible to help defend.

The Knicks' defense doesn't look ferocious, but it's tight, orderly, and very restrictive for breakers.

What kind of person is LeBron James! Although he is the emperor who holds it up, there are still talented ones.

He immediately dribbled the ball to the outside of the three-point line, pulling the Knicks' defense away and re-attacking.

James was so patient that the Knicks could only rearrange the defense, and at this point James immediately called Bosh for high cover.

James came past Bosh with the ball, and he wanted to break through the high post, which was the Heat's signature offense. How could the Knicks not be prepared before, just when James broke through, the two Knicks players suddenly went out together to save James.

When James got up to pass the ball at this time, Doorman Roma pulled back to cut off Bosh's receiving route.

The Knicks' defense is very fast, very targeted, and has long been prepared for the Heat's offensive routine.

So the ball was thrown out on James's side, and Monroe clicked on the basketball, although Monroe didn't break the basketball into his own hands! But it was out of bounds, and Monroe ruined the Heat's offense.

In this way, it not only weakens the time of the Heat, but also destroys the rhythm of the Heat. The Heat sideline tee time was running out, and Wade forced a three-pointer to make a miss.

The Heat had this kind of forced-out unreasonable shooting, and the Knicks' defensive goal was basically achieved.

The Knicks got the rebound in the backcourt and immediately pushed up quickly. Because the Knicks are young, even with two big inside lines, the speed is very fast. They were even faster than the Heat, with Cousins running to the Heat's halfcourt one step earlier and finally getting the spot ahead of Bosh.

At this time, Dragic made a decisive pass, and Cousins took the ball and turned directly to a small hook, because his position was too deep, and Bosh had no choice. Cousins and the Knicks finally completed a low-post offense. In this way, the Knicks opened with a 6-0 against the Heat, which was a good start for the Knicks, but it gave the Heat a big blow.

For this game, Spoelstra and James previously said that they would not treat it particularly in front of the media, but now on the court, there is a slight uproar. Spopartstra did not stand on the touchline and shouted but immediately called a timeout, which shows that Spopartstra takes this game seriously and differently than he said in front of the media. (To be continued......)