At this critical moment, it was Wall who hit again with the ball.

Once Wall came over with the ball at this time, he still called a half-court single, but at this time, the Knicks did not match Wall's half-court single.

Dragic was on top in front, Cousins was standing on the edge of the box in the back, and Li Feng was ready to pounce on one side.

In the face of this multiple defense, Wall still took the lead in testing the strength of the defense, poked forward, and then pressed into the area of the mid-range shot.

Wall pressed to this position, and the Knicks immediately moved Cousins and Li Feng towards Wall, and Wall had no room to attack.

When he turned back to find someone to pass the ball, the rest of the Knicks were just blocking Wall's passing route, and the Knicks' team did a good job of defending it.

The Knicks are forcing Wall to shoot outside, and we will give you a certain opportunity when you shoot on the outside, but if you want to break through the inside, you can't do it, and if you want to go to the restricted area to stir up us and accompany you, the Knicks only leave Wall with one way.

Wall now saw that there was not much time left to attack, so he could only make a slight swing from the outside and shoot a mid-range.

Wall's mid-range, don't look fast, but the rhythm is still very strange, and it is difficult for defenders to catch the real time of his shot.

Wall was indeed in good form today, scoring two more points against Dragic.

At this time, although Wall still scored, Tyberdu's mentality was stable and his mentality was very good, because he allowed Wall to score like this. No defense can be without holes, and every defense is bound to have holes.

Now the Knicks' defensive strategy is to prevent Wall from breaking through to the basket, not letting Wall disrupt the line, but allowing Wall to shoot from medium and long range. If you're right, you'll kill me, and if you can't kill me alone, you'll be a wizard.

The Knicks made this adjustment after consideration, and the first Wall singled a lot in the first half. The physical strength must be consumed, and the second half will definitely be affected, so the Knicks dare to gamble.

Second, although Wall is very strong, Wall is still a point guard in the end, not a scoring guard or a swing man.

He can't win by scoring 30 points every night, and today is Wall's hand outburst, and the Knicks are not afraid of him.

After weighing the pros and cons, this Knicks laid out such a defensive strategy. When the Wizards scored, the Knicks got the basketball again.

The Wizards still didn't let Li Feng get the ball, and at this time, Li Feng only used the double cover set by his teammates on the baseline to run out and get the ball in the bottom corner.

Li Feng takes the ball. Singleton hurriedly chased out to defend, and Li Feng, who had the ball, faced Singleton and stabbed forward tentatively.

Singleton didn't have any speed, and hurriedly retreated to guard against Li Feng's breakthrough, but at this moment, Li Feng pulled the basketball back with his right hand, and with a relaxed change of direction, he immediately threw off the distance, and jumped up with the ball to be a three-point shot.

Li Feng and Singleton would have made it too easy to shoot another three-pointer. The ball was a clean shot.

The Wizards didn't let Li Feng catch the ball, Li Feng wanted to catch the ball, he had to cut and run without the ball, and now Li Feng used the running to get the country of basketball and decisively threw three points directly. This shows that Li Feng has also turned on the scoring mode.

Li Feng began to throw long-range shots, which means that the Knicks are going to decide the winner at this moment, and once Li Feng starts to turn on the scoring mode, the Knicks are definitely ready to end the game.

The Wizards, for their side, are under a lot of offensive pressure. At this time, Wall took the ball again, and he tried hard, but he still couldn't break through. Can't mess up the Knicks' box defense.

At this time, Wall had no way to pull out and wanted to pass the ball to Nene to play, and Nene and Wall formed the offensive core of the Wizards.

But at this time, Nene was defended by Monroe, and it was difficult for Nene to receive the ball, and Wall had no way to shoot it again.

This time Wall missed, the shot was a little shorter, and Wall's side also missed. Because Wall has to push, to break through, and to attack, which is too much physical demand.

Wall isn't iron-clad either, and there's no way he's going to be able to shoot after doing so much.

Cousins grabbed the rebound in the backcourt, and the Knicks hit another Li Feng's off-ball run, and Li Feng ran quickly around the baseline.

Li Feng ran out by running without the ball, this time the wizards learned to be obedient, and the big man on the inside also came out to delay Li Feng.

But just when Trevorbuk was only taking a step, Li Feng took the ball and made a pass to the ground behind Trevorbuk.

Behind Trevorbuker, Cousins took the ball and made an easy layup to send the basketball to the Wizards' basket.

The Knicks are playing back and forth, and they still have to attack the inside of the Wizards team at the end, Li Feng used to attack the inside of the Wizards, and now once there is an opportunity for Cousins to hit the inside line of the Wizards, the Wizards are not good at height, and they have been bullied by the Knicks.

The Wizards do have weaknesses on the inside, and they must use offense to make up for their defensive shortcomings, but the Wizards are playing at this time and are also having trouble offensively.

The Wizards' offense has two cores, one Wall and one Nene, and the Knicks prevent Nene from taking the ball and let Wall go head-to-head alone. Wall didn't play casually with the ball, the Knicks allowed Wall to make a mid-range shot, preventing him from getting close to the basket, and even the restricted area didn't let Wall touch.

As a result, Wall came over, but he still couldn't break the Knicks' team defense alone, and Wall passed the ball to Trevor Booker on the inside single.

Trevor Booker has a certain ability to go head-to-head on the inside, but he is not very efficient in this regard. In the face of Cousins, who is taller and stronger than him, Trevor Booker's advantage is not obvious at all, and he barely misses the shot.

After the Knicks changed their defense in the second half, they greatly limited the Wizards' offensive efficiency, especially the minimal reduction of Wall's threat.

The Knicks successfully defended again for a round, and when they came back, Li Feng finally stuck Singleton on the wing and stuck Singleton behind him, and Li Feng got the ball in a good position.

is to seize the opportunity to squeeze under the opponent's basket, Li Feng is the main sufferer of the Wizards, so once Li Feng starts to attack.

The wizard immediately organized several people to wrap Li Feng, and Li Feng faced the bag clamp and immediately turned around and waved his elbow up and down.

Of course, an old thief like Singleton is not fooled, but Li Feng is not easy to mess with, and if Singleton is not fooled, he also forcibly lowers his hand to make a layup.

Singleton slapped Li Feng on the arm, but Li Feng's ball still hit.

"Whoa!"

Li Feng is overturning the river under the opponent's basket. There is skill, and hardness, and he directly pierced the inside line of the Wizards by himself.

Li Feng still had three points before, and there was still room to cut, everything was there, and Li Feng's continuous performance suddenly boosted the morale of the Knicks.

When Li Feng walked to the free throw line, Tyberdu felt that he should add more fire, and immediately replaced Monroe with Vucevic, who had been fighting Nene Hilario for several minutes. Physically, I really need to take a break.

The Knicks took the opportunity to change another excellent interior line, and Sanders was very hot to watch, and the Knicks had too many talents, which was indeed a huge happiness for the coach.

Li Feng hit a free throw from the free throw line, and when the Wizards came over and wanted to attack, they found that Vucevic was tougher defensively than Monroe.

Wall once again took the ball and forcibly singled out Dragic, Wall was also helpless, but this time Li Feng quietly ambushed behind Dragic.

The mid-range on Wall's side is already flying. flew relatively high, but did not escape Li Feng's Wuzhi Mountain.

Li Feng was behind Dragic, like a strange bird, and flew high, "Bang!" A slap blocked Wall's ball.

All of a sudden. Madison Square Garden piled up with a high level of enthusiasm and exploded to a high point.

"Boom, boom!"

The entire Madison Square Garden burst into cheers, and Director Zhang also exclaimed, "Beautiful!" ”

Li Feng scored in a row, and now he finally seized the opportunity to block Wall. Li Feng used the visual impact to give the team greater courage.

The ball blocked by Li Feng fell into the hands of Dragic in the back. Dragic took the ball and immediately went crazy and broke through towards the Wizards' half.

Dragic rushed all the way, and Singleton and Bill blocked Dragic quickly, but it was at this time that Dragic threw the basketball into the air.

Li Feng flew over from behind, caught the basketball in the air, and took the basketball with a kind of momentum that dominates the world.

"Bang dang!"

An aerial relay smashed into the Wizards' basket once again.

At this moment, the whole court of Madison Square Garden became more vigorous, the fans chanted MVP, and the Knicks couldn't calm down on the bench, and the audience cheered.

"Ahhhh

The whole audience cheered and screamed, Li Feng also beat his chest and roared when he landed, after being suppressed by the Wizards in the half, the Knicks finally pulled this breath back in the second half.

The Knicks' home momentum and home court advantage finally came out, and Li Feng also entered the god-killing mode in the second half.

Once he enters this mode, Li Feng can score unreasonably and unreasonably crazy.

Compared with Li Feng, Wall is not a scoring player, and he consumed too much in the first half, and at this time he gradually couldn't keep up with the rhythm.

And Nene was tortured by Vucevic and Monroe in turns, but he also had no feeling at all, and basically did not play in the second half.

Trevor Booker's condition is also not very good, so the Wizards are tired in the first point, lose their touch in the second point, and the game is like the flowing water that goes to the east of the river, and it is gone forever.

At the end of the game, the Knicks led the Wizards by eight points at 102-94, ending the battle.

Although the last win of the game, but the Knicks players all know that this game almost capsized, fortunately Li Feng blocked Wall, and on the other side, the Chicago Bulls also defeated the Utah Jazz, the gap between the two teams is still half a win, but now the Knicks lead.

Although the season is not yet halfway through, the competition between the two teams is gradually heating up, because whoever can take the lead in the regular season will have an extra home court advantage in the playoffs, which is what everyone wants!

The Knicks next flew to Houston to take on the Houston Rockets.

Last season's Rockets played respectable team basketball, but this season was ruined by the arrival of Harden, of course, even without Howard, the Rockets' record has improved, and they are currently sixth in the West, and the playoff spots are basically in hand.

This is the first time Harden has faced his old club, and Harden's departure in the summer is actually the Knicks' helplessness. The Knicks provided a maximum salary for the other party, there is no way, in fact, it is risky to give Harden a maximum salary to the Knicks, because next year Cousins and Monroe will also renew their contracts, Harden is also the top salary, Cousins and Monroe also ask for a maximum salary, so even if the Knicks are atmospheric, it is impossible to do this, Li Feng and Ross plus Kirilenko account for a lot of salary, and the Knicks are not afraid of the luxury tax. But it's hard to have a salary cap elasticity this way.

Before the game, the court was lively and enthusiastic, the players on the Knicks' side grabbed the touch of shooting before the game, the Rockets players came in, and some players were hurrying to say hello to familiar people.

However, the Knicks are basically rookies and public enemies like Li Feng, so even an old ginger like Camby simply shook hands with Li Feng.

Harden ignored Li Feng even more, Harden's personality is a bit of a child, he thinks that if he leaves the Knicks, he will be the enemy!

Li Feng didn't care about any of this. He knew that the Rockets' offense was powerful, so at this time he kept practicing the fast defense of sliding steps on the sidelines.

At this time, ESPN's broadcast has also begun, and the camera flickers from Li Feng and Harden. There was also a dangling in front of Asik and the others.

Then there's Reggie Miller's face, and Bill Wharton's serious face. Reggie Miller began by saying:

"Good evening, everyone! Here's the New York Knicks vs. Houston Rockets game brought by ESPN. These are two hot teams! ”

"Yes! The Knicks are on a 13-game winning streak, while the Rockets are seven, and in the summer, the Knicks' big man turned down a salary cap to join the Rockets. After being the boss of the Rockets, they have successfully attracted the attention of the fans, and now the two teams will split the winner tonight. It's an exciting thing! ”

Bill Wharton immediately followed Reggie Miller's words and said the gimmick of the game first.

At this time, the starting lists of the two teams came out, the Knicks did not adjust, the combination of Cousins and Monroe was used on the inside, Dragic was used as the starting point guard on the outside, the scoring guard was Belineri, and the small forward was Li Feng.

The starting lineup on the Rockets' side is point guard Douglas, scoring Harden, small forward Delfino, power forward Asik, and center Marcus Morris.

The depth of the Rockets' starting lineup is already very thick, with Marcus Morris and Morris on the inside, solid defense, and Marcus Morris on offense.

The connection between Douglas and Harden on the outside, offensive firepower and defensive ability are also sufficient.

Immediately after the starting lineups of both teams came out, ESPN played the winning stone for both teams. The first point that the Knicks need to do if they want to win is that Li Feng must score more than 25 points, the second point is that Cousins or Monroe has an offensive contribution, and the third point is that the defensive end must put pressure on Harden.

The way experts give the Rockets to win is, first, they must give full play to the offensive ability of the bench lineup, second, Douglas has good chemistry with the team, and third, they must curb Li Feng's scoring momentum on the offensive end, especially on the three-point line.

Compared with the Knicks, the biggest advantage of the Rockets is still in the thickness of the lineup, and on the bench of the Rockets there are figures like Francisco Garcia, Cosby, and Mortiyunas.

Therefore, if the Rockets want to win, they must maximize the strength of the bench lineup, and then they need Douglas to integrate more thoroughly into the team. The last point is obvious, no team in the league wants Li Feng to smoke from the three-point line.

After seeing the way the two teams won, Reggie Miller immediately said:

'Both sides of the game today will be attacking and there will be changes in defence. I'm looking forward to today's game, which will turn into an offensive battle, after all, it's just a good look! ”

When Reggie Miller said that, the game began, and although Marcus Morris was physical, he was not good enough to compare with Cousins' bounce and height and reach.

In the opening game, the Knicks won the basketball first, and Dragic took the ball to the half court of the Rockets, and was about to make a move, but found that Douglas was very fast to pounce.

Douglas's defense was very fierce to steal Dragic, Dragic was almost stealed, holding the basketball with both hands and quickly passing the ball to Li Feng.

Li Feng also took the ball on his side, and Delfino immediately came to defend closely, and the Rockets played differently at the beginning of today.

In the past, the Rockets' defense was relatively lax, they were an offensive team, but today the Rockets played a strong defense at the beginning.

The Rockets defended all of a sudden, and immediately gave the Knicks a signal that they couldn't attack casually.

Seeing this change in the rocket, Reggie Miller also immediately said:

"It's unknown what the chemistry of Douglas will be with the team, but it gives the Rockets the gift of tenacious struggle, which is definitely a precious gift for the Rockets!"

Li Feng took the ball and pasted it on Delfino, swept inside, and just as he saw Cousins quickly answer, he immediately raised the ball high and passed it to Cousins. Then he walked in front of Cousins and helped his teammates open up the space for the defense to take away.

The Knicks opened the game with Cousins, and Cousins was also passionate with the ball, with a slight stab at the foot of the step, and then Cousins got up and threw a mid-range.

If Cousins and Morris resist, it might be more troublesome, but now that Cousins is clever and shooting, all Morris can do is harass it.

The basketball flew out of Cousins' hands and landed clean in the Rockets' basket, and the Knicks got off to a good start.

When Li Feng was running towards the back, he heard Douglas shouting at Morris:

"Oppress him! It's good defense to be able to play with pressing, and it's time for us to play playoff basketball now. ”

When Douglas arrived at the Rockets, he said that he couldn't play playoff basketball until the playoffs. (To be continued......)