At the beginning of the game, Mourning and Ewing were both preparing to compete for the ball in the center circle.

In terms of jumping ability, Ewing's size really can't jump Mourning.

Sure enough, Ewing lost the jump ball to Mourning.

Ewing's size determines that he is not suitable to fight for the ball with someone with strong jumping ability like Mourning.

Mourning's jumping ability is one of the best in today's league, and he rarely loses on jump balls.

The New York Hans also started the first offense of today's game.

Marbury, who was assigned by Jeff Van Gundy to defend Kobe in this game, faced off against Kobe from the very beginning.

Kobe was obviously stunned, why did the opponent send a point guard to mark me? Alan Houston should be responsible for marking him, but it was Marbury instead.

This is interesting. Kobe was stunned for a moment and then recovered. It was just a misplaced marker. It wasn't like he had never experienced it before. He just didn't expect that the kid Marbury would be marking him in today's game.

Speaking of which, before this year's draft, Kobe had a bull fight with Marbury. How should I put it, there was a win or a loss. He hadn't received any guidance from the old gangster at the time, so he basically kept the same style of play as he did in high school.

Marbury performs bullfighting.

Kobe also believed that if he were to meet the current Marbury at his level, he would definitely die miserably. However, after being baptized by the old gangster, Kobe himself has changed. Now he comes to have a bullfight with Marbury.

If that were the case, it would definitely not be looking at him levelly but looking down at him...

I have to say that sometimes Kobe should really thank Bruce. If Bruce hadn't introduced him to old gangsters as "sparring partners", he wouldn't have been able to improve so quickly. It can be said that Bruce made him what he is now.

Of course, Kobe didn't know that Marbury himself was asking Jeff Van Gundy for instructions. If he knew, he would definitely look at Marbury "differently."

Doesn't he know what Marbury's defense is like? He has fought in several games. It can be said that Kobe's losses in those games were due to Marbury's offense, and Kobe can also explode offensively.

Marbury.

Although Kobe is averaging 20+ per game now, he is holding back and playing. If he really wants to let go, no guard in the Knicks today will be able to stand up to him. He was so confident as a freshman.

Now that Marbury still has the confidence to defend him, Kobe feels that either the world has changed, or he himself has changed, and when will these defensive scumbags be able to confront him.

Marbury's eyes were different today than usual. He did not provoke Kobe because he knew that Kobe's average of 20+ per game was not fake. He only averaged more than 10+ per game. What is the concept of 20+?

He still knows it very well.

After all, he had played seriously with Kobe. Although he didn't know how much stronger Kobe was now compared to Kobe back then, he still didn't want to risk provoking Kobe by talking trash.

After Kobe received the ball from Nash, Marbury immediately followed after half court.

The Knicks not only have Marbury to defend Kobe, but they also have another person beside Kobe, and that is Alan Houston.

"No-ball double attack!"

Kobe immediately understood what Knicks head coach Jeff Van Gundy was thinking. It turned out that I was waiting for you here. I thought you would let Marbury, a defensive scumbag, come to target my undergraduate. It was too underestimated.

I'm fine, I'm fine now, that's what makes it interesting.

Double-teaming is actually enough to show how good the player is on the court, and Kobe is obviously a member of that group.

Marbury was guarding Kobe well, but he didn't expect that Alan Houston crossed his arms to make up for him.

But now Marbury is not in the mood to praise Alan Houston for this behavior. Undoubtedly, head coach Jeff Van Gundy obviously does not believe me, and actually let Alan Houston intervene. This makes Marbury feel that he has been harmed.

insult.

But Marbury is still relatively professional. Even if head coach Jeff Van Gundy changes his mind before the game, he will not say anything now. He will have to find Jeff Van Gundy for an explanation after the game is suspended...

Hubie Brown looked at the game situation on the court and did not expect that such a situation would occur at the beginning.

This is too flattering to Kobe Bryant. The Knicks adopted a double-teaming method with Kobe Bryant, which was used on superstar-level players in the league!

Generally speaking, few teams will choose to double-team one of the opponent's players. Except for Jordan, only those All-Star players in the league can enjoy such treatment. But Kobe is this year's rookie, so that's where it starts.

They double-teamed, and they took Kobe too seriously...

I have to say here that Jeff Van Gundy was too cautious. Before he came on the court, he called Alan Houston to help defend Kobe, so that he didn't have to worry about Nash. Now, although Kobe has the embryo of a superstar, he is still a

You are acting like this to a player who has not yet been selected for the All-Star Game. Are you too timid too quickly?

Now Marbury and Alan Houston are guarding Kobe on the left and right.

There is no way, it is difficult for Kobe to break through, but if he attracts two people, wouldn't it mean that Nash will...

Nash also knew that Kobe was behind him. Of course he knew that the Knicks looked down on him and they didn't arrange for players to keep an eye on him, so he was just as angry as Marbury.

Kobe had no choice but to pass the ball to Nash, who was unguarded.

And Nash dribbled the ball quickly to the top of the key.

No one was guarding him in front of him. Nash really wanted to just shoot a three-pointer at this moment. No one was guarding him anyway.

But considering that this is my first time as a starter, would it be bad if I shot the first ball myself? Wouldn't it be too disrespectful to the team's bosses?

If the Han players hear Nash's voice at this time, they will definitely say that you are overthinking. If you want to shoot, shoot if you don't want to, then let the news out. Our Han players are relatively harmonious, unlike other teams in the league.

What a mess!

There is no other way, Nash can only dribble the ball and run to Glen Rice, because the person guarding Glen Rice is Larry Johnson. He still knows how big Larry Johnson is. Such a huge tonnage.

Speed ​​must be a weakness, but Glenn Rice's scoring ability is relatively strong, and he is also relatively flexible. It would be too easy to deal with such a big fat man. If he didn't give the ball to Glenn Rice

Then I really feel sorry for myself...

Nash's run made the fans in the audience stunned when they saw it.

Even commentators Hubie Brown and Kevin Harlan were confused.

Why?

The result now is that Larry Johnson, who was originally guarding Glenn Rice, actually stood between Nash and Glenn Rice.

Kobe, who was standing outside the three-point line, was defended by two and one. Nash and Glenn Rice, who were standing near the top of the arc, were defended by one and two!

This is interesting!

The head coaches of both sides, Paul Westphal and Jeff Van Gundy, were also stunned by this situation.

"How much does Jeff look down on Nash? He didn't arrange for anyone to guard him?" Paul Westphal said to his chief assistant coach

Rick Carlisle said.

Rick Carlisle also nodded. He has always been responsible for the training of the substitute lineup. To be precise, it is the team practice match between the starting and substitute players. He is the head coach of the substitute team, so he is too important to Nash.

It’s clear that Jeff Van Gundy will suffer big losses later if he underestimates Nash like this.

It can be said that Rick Carlisle believes that Nash is the best point guard that is most suitable for the Han Chinese team's "bombing" tactics. Even Kidd, the All-Star player in previous years, cannot compare. Kidd mainly plays positional warfare.
Chapter completed!