The competition is still in progress.

Knicks offense.

After Allen Iverson dribbled the ball to the frontcourt, he passed the basketball directly to Yao who was stuck in the low post.

Under Han Ning's transformation, Allen Iverson now rarely chooses unreasonable offensive methods.

Now, the Knicks clearly have some advantages inside.

Therefore, it is the most reasonable choice to give the main attack rights and most of the ball rights to the inside players to attack.

After Dayao received the pass, he directly chose to play from behind.

Once, twice.

After pushing Kevin Cato away with some difficulty, he put the ball together with both hands and turned around quickly.

While leaning back slightly, he pushed the basketball away with his right hand.

Although in the past two years, Kevin Cato has become a bit older.

But my physical condition is still good.

In terms of strength, it is still very difficult for Dayao, who has not gained weight, to simply rely on back-up play to complete his offense.

If he just relies on back-up play, he can open some distance between him and Kevin Cato, so he can complete the turn, shoot, or use the steps under the basket to try to open up the space again.

These are all good ways to attack.

"Whoa!"

The basketball crossed the net and made a crisp sound.

The Knicks scored two points.

The Rockets attack and once again attack from outside advantage.

Use the movement between the players to seek opportunities, and finally use long-range shots to complete the scoring.

The two players inside spend most of their energy on rebounding, pick-and-rolls and defense.

This situation was really beyond Han Ning's expectation.

Before the game, he never thought about it.

The Rockets would actually give up Da Zhi's offensive ability.

The outcome of the game depends entirely on the performance of the team's outside players.

Coupled with the increase in defensive intensity brought by Sean Battier, this will inhibit the performance of the Knicks' outside players.

To put it simply, it means giving up the team's top three offensive points.

Instead, use your outside advantage to try and win the game.

As for the Knicks, the starting lineup has not yet had time to practice and adjust to Mike Brown's new defensive tactical system.

After all, there is only so much time to prepare for the new season. With Mike Brown's energy, it would be great to be able to train a lineup at the beginning of the season.

The defensive tactical system is different from the offensive tactical system.

It requires a lot of time and energy to train.

Therefore, under such circumstances, the Knicks' starting lineup is somewhat unable to stop the offense of the Rockets' outside players who are good at playing.

In this case, Allen Iverson needs to devote most of his energy to leading his teammates to defend.

On the offensive end, it is inevitable to rely more on the likes of Dayao and Kurt Thomas on the inside.

Although Da Zhi and Kevin Cato are not very capable on the defensive end.

But it can also bring some difficulties to Dayao and Kurt Thomas.

Han Ning is very aware of the mid-to-long-range shooting abilities of the Rockets' outside players.

As long as the Rockets' outside players don't have any problems with their touch.

So in the competition of the starting lineup, the Rockets are definitely not weaker than the Knicks.

Even scoring at the basket can be more stable.

But three-pointers are worth more points than two-pointers!

Moreover, the Rockets also have many people who can shoot three-pointers! With Da Zhi, four people have the ability to shoot three-pointers!

Therefore, the Rockets even have a slight advantage.

In terms of the competition of the bench lineup, the Rockets' bench lineup is not much weaker than the Knicks' bench lineup.

The chances of winning this game are great!

Such a conspiracy made Han Ning feel a little worried.

If the Knicks' starting lineup can apply Mike Brown's defensive tactical system as well as the bench lineup, he won't be so worried.

But unfortunately, it was at the beginning of the season, and there was really nothing he could do.

In fact, he couldn't even replace several outside players from the bench and starting lineup.

After all, any internal or external defense requires the support and cooperation of another part.

If there is a disconnect between the inside and outside lines, then no matter how good the defensive tactical system is, it will become full of loopholes.

When the game reached the seventh minute of the first quarter, the score between the two teams had reached 18 to 15.

The Knicks trailed by 3 points.

The difference is not big.

So much so that the Knicks fans who were watching this game didn't feel anything yet.

When both teams took the starting lineup off the court to rest and replaced the bench lineup on the court, the Knicks even had a slight advantage.

By the third minute of the second quarter, the score between the two teams had reached 32-32.

The score is tied.

Speaking of which, the Rockets seem to have never forgotten the rotation policy that Han Ning gave them at that time.

Until now, the Rockets are the only team in the entire league that, like the Knicks, insists on adopting a rotation policy of replacing three to four players at one time or even five up and five down most of the time.

And whether it is the starting lineup or the substitute lineup, they all have very reasonable playing time.

Just when many Knicks fans and some Rockets fans thought that the Knicks were about to overtake the score and gain the advantage.

The Rockets players suddenly broke out.

Francis, Shane Battier and Ginobili suddenly started a three-point rain.

In the few minutes before the end of the first two quarters, six three-pointers were scored.

The score gap directly widened by 8 points!

The two teams entered the halftime break with a final score of 62-54.

This sudden wave of climax caught everyone by surprise.

By the time the third quarter started.

Han Ning had no choice but to replace the team's substitute lineup.

Use the bench to counter the Rockets' starting lineup.

It is hoped that the current defensive strength of the bench can be relied upon to limit the Rockets' scoring.

However, when the Knicks made such changes, the Rockets also came up with ways to deal with it.

Da Zhi, who had been unable to unleash his offensive firepower before, stood up at this moment.

Facing the slightly older Vlade Divac, Da Zhi made many independent shooting moves from the high post.

And he used his cutting ability to lead Vlade Divac to keep running.

Finally, when Vlade Divac's physical strength began to decline significantly, Dazhi began to play in the paint again.

If you have a chance, hit it. If you don't have a chance, decisively distribute the ball to the outside and try for long-range shots.

After one quarter of the game, the Knicks not only failed to limit the Rockets' scoring.
Chapter completed!