The Knicks score consistently, and it's all inside or through inside play.

The signs of using the weakness of the rockets are already extremely obvious, and the use of them is still diverse, both from the outside of the long shot to the basket under the basket, and now Li Feng has also had a chemical reaction with this pair of interior combinations. Seeing that the Knicks are getting better and better, the silent Knicks have opened up the difference.

The situation on the court is changing rapidly, the balance of victory has begun to tilt in favor of the Knicks, and if you don't react at this time, you will never get it back, and the players on the court are the most sensitive.

Harden saw that the team couldn't defend the opponent, and he couldn't cover so many places with a guard, so he could only exert his strength on the offensive end.

So when the Rockets hit again, Harden rushed at J.R. Smith like a fierce man, and Smith could only pay a foul to send Harden to the free throw line.

Harden hit both free throws from the free throw line, which was supposed to be a good opportunity for the Rockets to stop the bleeding, but the Knicks turned their heads and Thornton responded from the outside, and Li Feng and Kirilenko moved back and forth in the air.

In this case, the Rockets' defense was all on Thornton, Kirilenko, and Li Feng, and they accidentally missed Smith.

Li Feng jumped directly from the strong side to the weak side, and Smith threw a three-pointer from the bottom corner.

"Brush!"

Smith's three-pointer also scored, and suddenly McHale couldn't hold it, and he called a timeout immediately.

And at this time, Reggie Miller also said:

"Today, the Knicks wow with a pair of interior combinations. Not only did he get good statistics, but he also helped the team open up the situation, and Al Thornton turned into Scottie Pippen! At the same time, I think DeMarcus Cousins, a guy with a bad attitude, should be worried about his position, and his seniors put a lot of pressure on him. ”

Bill Wharton also said at this time:

Kirilenko can also explain that Al Thornton is no worse than the previous Knicks' Marcus Thornton, Marcus Thornton is a shooter, and Thornton is now a Dior-style panacea, and the second to fifth positions can be played. In 07, he was selected by the Clippers with the 12th pick in the draft, and then Griffin came and he had no position, and even almost left the league, but now he is worth it in the Knicks, the Knicks have Li Feng, Monroe, Kirilenko, Thornton, and only need to find another No. 1 defensive player to form a defensive formation, which can achieve twice the result with half the effort in the playoffs! ”

Not only are the two commentators marveling at the Knicks, a pair of "newcomers" on the inside, but even Tyberdu himself is surprised by the ability of these two people and the combined lethality.

In particular, Kirilenko's performance simply made Tyberdu's heart flutter, and Monroe was laughing. Anyway, Monroe's performance this season is the most consistent for the Knicks, while Cousins is inconsistent.

Uncle Cousins also felt that his lethality this season was not as strong as last season, and if he didn't work hard, the Knicks would not take out Monroe but him when they tried to test the lineup.

McHale called a timeout and came back with Asik and Morris, while the Rockets stepped up two interior shots to the basket.

However, at this time, Morris's offensive ability was weak, and Asik's was not a consistent scorer, and the Rockets did not take advantage of it.

On the Knicks' side. As soon as Tyberdu saw that he had a advantage, he immediately extended the playing time of the substitute inside.

At this time, the combination of Nikki Rylenko, Thornton, and Li Feng was in the state, and the Rockets were more fierce in defense. The offense is more courageous, and it can't stop the Knicks from playing continuously.

In Smith, Dragic, Li Feng. Under Thornton's three-point rain, under Kirilenko's blue attack, the Rockets couldn't resist it. At the end of the period. The Knicks led the Rockets by 11 points at 58-47.

As soon as half-time was over, ESPN reporters went over to interview Thornton and Kirilenko, who played well today.

Kirilenko is okay, but Thornton was interviewed once, and during the interview, he showed great wisdom and foolishness, which was very liked by the media.

In the interval between the games, experts immediately came out to make comments, thinking that the chances of the Rockets winning today are basically slim. Because the previously recognized strength of the Rockets, the bench firepower is not comparable to the Knicks, and although they are active enough on the defensive end, the effect is not good, and the offense is not as crazy as before.

This view is shared by most people, and many experts agree that the rocket is basically here tonight.

was sentenced to death after only half the game, the Rockets were naturally very unwilling, McHale could not have surrendered so early, you must know that the competition in the West is so fierce now, and losing a game is not a small thing.

In this situation, McHale thought about it again and again, and finally made up his mind to shift his focus more to the offense in the second half, and it was better to prevent a more violent attack anyway.

If the league's first crazy head coach is Nelson Sr., then the second position has to be McHale.

McHale decided on offense, and he opened the second half with the team's lineup, and the Rockets fielded a small man lineup at the beginning of the second half.

Douglas, Francis Garcia, Cosby, Harden, Asik, McHale fielded a full firepower lineup.

At this time, the Knicks also lowered the height of the team at the same time, Tyberdu used Cousins and Thornton to match an interior combination, and the outside line was replaced by the main lineup Li Feng, Dragic, and Belineri.

As soon as the starting lineups of the two teams were lined up, Reggie Miller and Bill Wharton immediately glanced at each other, and then Reggie Miller said:

"Looks like McHale is going to fight hard!"

"Yes! The defense didn't work well in the first half, and now they're going to chase the points back on the offensive end, but the Knicks should use Monroe instead of Cousins. ”

Bill Wharton obviously understood McHale's intentions deeply, and he had a lot of grudges against Cousins.

Tyberdeau's side naturally saw that McHale was going to work hard, and while seeing this lineup, Tyberdeau also trembled twice, if McHale's team fought hard with that team, the other party would not be able to tremble, and if McHale's lineup was smooth, there was really no way to contain it.

At the beginning of the second half, the Rockets took the ball first. Douglas took possession of the ball and immediately passed it to Morris, who was standing in the high post.

Morris holds the ball and Douglas moves towards the middle, directing his teammates as he goes. Just when everyone thought he was in command, Douglas suddenly pushed Dragic and used Morris's cover to break through viciously under the Knicks' basket.

Douglas came up with a trick and caught Dragic off guard, and when Dragic intercepted, Douglas was already on the edge of the box, after attracting enough defence.

Douglas passed the basketball to Morris with a ground-hitting pass, and Morris was already deep under the basket at this time, and took the ball to resist Cousins' half-shot, and the Rockets scored two points first.

The Rockets' two points were somewhat unexpected. Because the Rockets have a large number of scorers, the last to score is a person who can barely attack.

Who would have thought that the court was full of Harden, Garcia, and Cosby's last scorer, and it was Morris!

After the Rockets scored, when the Knicks came over in the first round of the second half, the routine was completely different from the first half.

At this time, the Knicks lost a basket heavy gun like Kirilenko, and after losing the two long-range firepower points of Smith and Dragic, they could no longer play the tactics of extremely open space in the first half.

At this point, the Knicks can only take advantage of the double pull effect of Cousins and Thornton. Playing zipper tactics and hawk strike tactics that emphasize air cuts. Li Feng suddenly had a lot of heavy tasks in this tactic.

When the Knicks played, Dragic passed the ball to Li Feng, who came up and used a cover to go directly around the top of the arc, facing the defending Cassbi Li Feng with a one-handed change of direction. Take the ball in his right hand and flick it to the left, then the whole body changes to the right and takes a step to pass Casby.

As a non-trivial striker, Cosby's speed is indeed a little slow, and after Li Feng opened up his ability, it was a little too easy to pass Cosby.

Li Feng stepped up, hugged the basketball with both hands and was about to make a move. was hugged by Garcia, who was killed on the side, with both hands and hugged him down at once. The Rockets would rather foul than let Li Feng score smoothly, which is a simple lesson from the Spurs.

Li Feng was hugged down. There was no way but to stabilize his position at the free throw line, and he hit both free throws.

The Rockets came back to the game, and Douglas came up and called for cover, using the cover to kill to 45 degrees, and then called the cover to run from 45 degrees to the top of the arc. The Knicks saw Douglas and his teammates separated at this time, and Li Feng and Cousins immediately wrapped up Douglas.

This is an extremely ferocious bag, Douglas was forced to die on the sideline by Li Feng and Cousins as long as he was a little slower, but Douglas was no one else, he was quick and experienced, and as soon as he saw the situation, he immediately sent the basketball in his hand to Morris on the inside.

Morris held the ball and wanted to hit it, but the Knicks were fast again at this time, and Li Feng turned around and went up to Morris.

Morris could only pass the ball back to Douglas at this time, Douglas didn't stay at all with the ball, and immediately threw out a one-handed pass to an exaggerated long-range hit the ground, and the basketball went directly to Harden on the weak side.

Harden took it to the open position on the three-point line, for Harden, anyone in front of him can shoot, and now there is no one in front of him in an instant, it is a good time to shoot. Harden pulled it up and threw a three-pointer.

"Brush!"

Harden threw a three-pointer when he came up, and the Rockets' offensive lineup really showed off the offensive firepower as soon as it started.

Seeing that the Rockets' offense was on the rise, Tyberdu immediately jumped up and asked his team to slow down.

The Rockets are now too small, too fast, and too sharp, and Tyberdeau still has the lead in the score.

He doesn't want to fight the Rockets, he wants to win steadily, so he asks the team to steady down.

Under Tyberdeau's command, the Knicks fell to the ground and Thornton received the ball in the low post and hit Harden with his back. As a result, don't look at Harden a lap smaller, but it is as hard as a stone, and Thornton can't eat Harden and can only pass the ball.

Cousins took the ball and turned back to Li Feng, Li Feng took the ball and immediately stabbed forward, and Cosby was only passed by Li Feng once. This time Li Feng stabbed, and Casby immediately retreated quickly, so that Li Feng was in front of a clear sky.

Li Feng got up and threw a long shot directly, but Li Feng missed the shot.

Li Feng almost missed the vacancy. That's a bad sign for the Knicks.

Just after Li Feng missed the shot, the rocket immediately came back quickly, Douglas took the ball or first used the high cover to directly cause a dislocation to face Thornton, Douglas quickly wanted to give Thornton directly.

But Thornton's feet are not slow, and it is not easy for Douglas to get past Thornton, Douglas was stuck at the free throw line by Thornton, and he could only return the basketball to Harden who was 45 degrees outside. Harden just hit a three-pointer, and at this time, he didn't care about the defender in front of him and threw a three-pointer.

Under normal circumstances, Harden is okay like this, but now it is Li Feng who defends him, and Li Feng almost pulls up with Harden and covers Harden's face.

Harden was met with Li Feng's strong defense. The ball he threw was immediately short, and it hit the front of the basket directly.

Although Harden missed the ball, it bounced accurately, and it rebounded to Douglas outside the three-point line at the top of the arc.

And there is no one around Douglas, this is the ball dribbling, the luck of the Rockets is coming, the luck of Douglas is coming.

He took advantage of that opportunity and picked up the ball and hit a three-pointer at the top of the arc.

"Brush!"

Douglas's three-point shot is very powerful, and the Rocket's three-point shot went in!

With Douglas's three-pointer, the Rockets' home court was full of applause.

It didn't take long to start. The Rockets' offense suddenly got up, and the Rockets beat the Knicks an 8-2, and the Rockets chased back 6 points in one breath.

The score between the two teams was rewritten to 60-55 after the opening two minutes, and the difference between the two teams was reduced to five points.

At this time, the home court of the Rockets was very excited. Now the Rockets' players can see their team's crazy offense again. Reggie Miller and Bill Wharton in the commentary box were also excited, and the two of them shouted almost together:

"The rocket's offense is out, and now there's a good show to watch!"

Tyberdo didn't want to see the Rockets' offense come out, and he almost immediately jumped to the sideline and yelled at his players:

"Defensively. Pay attention to defense, strengthen the scramble, and fight for any opportunity! ”

In the roar of Tyberdu. The Knicks pushed in, and at this point the Knicks realized they had to hold down the tempo.

So the whole team began to be cautious, Dragic took the ball and passed it to Thornton, and Thornton responded by passing the ball to Li Feng, who pulled it out.

When Li Feng was on the outside to get the ball, he happened to see Belineri run to the top of the arc from one side using Thornton's cover.

In this position, Li Feng quickly stuffed the basketball to Belineri, who had a chance to catch the ball and shoot at this time.

But the moment he received the ball, Belineri hesitated, he was too cautious, and after a little hesitation of the opponent's defense, Belineri could only use his body to dribble a step, and then turned back and passed the ball to DeMarcus Cousins in the penalty area.

Cousins took the ball against the opponent's defense and missed the shot.

It doesn't matter if Cousins misses like this, the basketball pops up and is just being carded by Harden, and Harden passes to Douglas when he turns his head, and this kind of offensive and defensive conversion ball is what Douglas is best at.

Li Feng hurriedly went back to defend, but Douglas immediately used Morris's cover in the run, and Douglas went around and faced Thornton to form a small fight. As soon as this misalignment was formed, Douglas immediately stabbed forward, leaning forward and dribbling forward, Thornton was the time when the big man's feet were stiff. Douglas immediately retracted his steps and pulled up a three-pointer.

"Brush!"

Douglas's three-pointer hit again, and this time the Rockets' home court was boiling, crazy, and full of cheers.

The audience was thunderous, and Douglas also stretched out three fingers with a little flamboyance.

Douglas's three-point smash not only made the Rockets boil at home, but also made all the Knicks sweat in shock.

Douglas is such a great guy that a few balls smashed the Knicks' previous advantage into ashes.

At this time, the Rockets had chased the score to 59-61, and the difference between the two teams was only 2 points, and the difference of 2 points was almost not a point difference.

At this time, all the Knicks' hearts were about to jump out, and the Rockets actually chased the score like this in less than three minutes of the opening game.

Tyberdu had realized by this time that he had to call a timeout, that he had to make adjustments. So he immediately called a timeout and brought all the players back. Taberdu said:

'Now we have to score, this round we have to score. After scoring, we have to curb the Rockets' three-pointers, and from beyond the three-point line I ask you to put pressure on them, press them for me, and then fight back and let the Rockets know how good we are! ”

At this time, Tyberdu was also a little angry by the rocket, and actually gave a killing order to his players.

If Thornton's performance today is to surprise him, Douglas's performance is just the opposite, two fringe people have broken out in this game, one is in defensive strategy, the other is in offensive scoring, and what Tyberdu has to do now is to kill the other party and strangle Douglas, so the must-kill order is imperative. (To be continued......)