The Knicks scored continuously, and they were scored by insider cooperation or through insider cooperation.

The sign of using the Rockets' weakness is already very obvious, and the methods are still diverse, including long shots from the outside and strong shots from the basket. Now Li Feng has also had a chemical reaction with this pair of inside teams. Seeing that the Knicks are getting better and better, the Knicks quietly opened the score gap.

The situation on the court is undergoing a rapid change, and the scale of victory has begun to tilt towards the Knicks. If you don't react at this time, you will never be able to get it back. The players on the court are the most sensitive.

When Harden saw that the team could not defend his opponent, he could not hide so many places, and could only exert force on the offensive end.

So when the Rockets hit him again, Harden rushed towards Smith with a fierce look. With Smith's body, he could only give a foul and sent Harden to the free throw line.

Harden made two free throws steadily at the free throw line. This was originally a good opportunity for the Rockets to stop the bleeding, but the Knicks turned around and hit the ball to support Thornton from the outside, and Li Feng and Kirirenko cut and moved back and forth.

Under such circumstances, the Rockets' defense was all about Thornton, Kirilenko, and Li Feng, and they accidentally missed Smith.

Li Feng jumped up and moved to the weak side. Smith threw a three-pointer from the bottom corner.

"brush!"

Smith also made the three-pointer, and McHale was no longer able to do it. He couldn't hold on and immediately called a timeout.

And at this time Reggie Miller also said:

"Today, a pair of inside teams of the Knicks amazed the whole audience. Not only did he get good data, but he also helped the team open up the situation. Al Thornton actually became Scottie Pippen! At the same time, I think DeMarcus Cousins, a guy with an inappropriate attitude, should be worried about his position. His seniors put a lot of pressure on him."

Bill Walton said at this time:

"Kirillenko can also explain that Al Thornton is not worse than the Knicks's Marcus Thornton before. Marcus Thornton is a shooter. Thornton is now a Dior-style panacea, and can play at the second position to the fifth position. In 2007, he was selected by the Clippers in the 12th pick in the draft. After Griffin came, he had no position and even almost left the league. Now he has achieved his net worth in the Knicks. With Li Feng, Monroe, Kirilenenko, and Thornton, he only needs to find a defensive player in the No. 1 position to form a defensive team, which can achieve twice the result with half the effort in the playoffs!"

Not only the two commentators were marveling at the Knicks, a pair of "newcomers" in the inside, but also Tiberdore himself was surprised at the ability and combined lethality of these two people.

Especially Kirilenko's performance made Taberdeau full of joy and Monroe was also laughing. Anyway, Monroe's performance was the most stable for the Knicks this season, but Cousins ​​was unstable.

Mr. Cousins ​​also felt that his lethality this season is not as strong as last season. If he doesn't work hard, the Knicks will not take away Monroe but him when he is testing the lineup.

After McHale called for a timeout, he replaced Asik and Morris. At the same time, the Rockets strengthened the attacks from both inside players against the basket.

However, at this time, Morris' offensive ability was weak, and Asik's not a stable scorer, so the Rockets did not get any advantage.

On the other hand, on the Knicks, Tiberdore immediately extended the playing time of the substitute insider when he saw that there was a bargain.

At this time, the combination of Knickskirirenko, Thornton and Li Feng is in the state. Even if the Rockets are more fierce in defense and more brave in offense, they can't stop the Knicks from playing continuously.

Under the three-point rain of Smith, Dragic, Li Feng and Thornton, under the attack of Kirilenko, the Rockets could not resist. At the end of the midfield, the Knicks led the Rockets by 11 points 58-47.

As soon as the midfield ended, espn's reporter immediately went to interview Thornton and Kirilenko who performed well today.

Kirilenko was fine, but Thornton was interviewed. During the interview, he acted very wisely and foolishly, which was very popular with the media.

During the game, experts immediately came out to comment, believing that the Rockets' chances of winning today are basically slim. Because the Rockets' strongest bench firepower, which was recognized as the Rockets' bench firepower, is not as good as the Knicks, and although they are active enough on the defensive end, the effect is not as good as before, and the offense is not as crazy as before.

This view has been recognized by most people, and many experts believe that the Rockets have basically explained it tonight.

He was sentenced to death just after halftime, so the Rockets were naturally very unwilling to accept it. McHale could not surrender so early. You should know that the competition in the West is so fierce now, and losing a game is not a big deal.

Under such circumstances, McHale thought over and over again and finally made up his mind to shift the center of gravity to the offense in the second half. Anyway, it is better to attack more violently than to prevent it.

If the first crazy head coach in the league is Old Nelson, then the second position is McHale.

McHale decided to attack. He used the team's lineup at the beginning of the second half. At the beginning of the second half, the Rockets sent a small lineup.

Douglas, Francis Garcia, Casby, Harden, Asik, and McHale sent a full-fire lineup.

At this time, the Knicks also lowered the team's height at the same time. Tiberdore used Cousins ​​and Thornton to match an inside combination, and the outside lineup was exchanged for the main lineup Li Feng, Dragic, and Pelini. Although the sharpness of the three-pointer of this outside lineup was weakened, it was more stable.

As soon as the starting lineup of the two teams came out, Reggie Miller immediately looked at each other with Bill Walton, and then Reggie Miller said:

"It looks like McHale is going to fight to the death!"

"Yes! The defense was not effective in the first half. Now they have to recover the score on the offensive end, but the Knicks should use Monroe instead of Cousins, the lazy cat."

Bill Walton obviously understood McHale's intentions deeply. He was very resentful to Cousins.

Tiberdeau naturally saw that McHale was going to fight to the death. While seeing this lineup, Tiberdeau shivered twice. If McHale's team fought with that team, it would not be okay if the opponent did not tremble. If McHale's lineup was smooth, there would be no way to curb it.

At the beginning of the second half, the Rockets got the ball first. Douglas took the ball and immediately passed the ball to Morris who was standing in a high position.

Morris held the ball, Douglas walked towards the middle, commanding his teammates while walking. Just when everyone thought he was in command, Douglas suddenly pushed Dragic and used Morris' cover to break through fiercely at the Knicks' basket.

Douglas came up and played tricks, caught Dragic off guard. When Dragic intercepted him, Douglas had already reached the edge of the penalty area, and after attracting enough defense.

Douglas passed the ball with a hit and passed the basketball to Morris. Morris was already very deep at the basket at this time. He took the ball to resist Cousins ​​and broke the ball, and the Rockets scored two points first.

The Rockets scored these two points beyond expectations. Because the Rockets scored a big scorer, the final score was a person who almost couldn't attack.

Who would have thought that the court was filled with Harden, Garcia, and Casby DC’s final score was Morris!

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

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

At this time, the Knicks could only use the double pulling effect of Cousins ​​and Thornton, zippering tactics and the eagle strike tactic that attaches importance to empty cutting. Li Feng's task was suddenly much heavier in this tactic.

When the Knicks came over, Dragic passed the ball to Li Feng. Li Feng came up and used a cover to go around the top of the arc. Facing Casby, who was defending, Li Feng changed direction with one hand. He took the ball with his right hand and swung it to the left, and then changed his entire body to the right and took Casby over.

As a tyrant striker, Casby is indeed a bit slower. It is a bit too easy for Li Feng to pass Casby after he activated his ability.

Li Feng came up with one step, hugged the basketball with both hands and was about to make moves, but was hugged by Garcia, who was killing him, and suddenly he was hugged. The Rockets would rather foul than let Li Feng score smoothly, but this was just a matter of learning from the Spurs.

Li Feng was taken down. He had no choice but to stabilize his position at the free throw line and made both free throws.

The Rockets came back, Douglas called the cover and used the cover to kill to 45 degrees, and then called the cover to run from 45 degrees to the top of the arc. At this time, the Knicks saw Douglas and his teammates split, and Li Feng and Cousins ​​immediately double-teamed Douglas towards Douglas.

This is an extremely fierce double-team. Douglas was forced to death by Li Feng and Cousins ​​on the sideline as long as he was a little slower. However, Douglas was no one else. He had a lot of hands and experience and immediately hit the basketball in his hand and passed the ball to Morris, who was inside.

Morris wanted to play with the ball, but the Knicks quickly double-teamed again at this time. Li Feng turned around and double-teamed towards Morris.

At this time, Morris could only pass the ball back to Douglas. Douglas did not stop at all. He immediately threw one hand out and passed the ball from a long distance, and the basketball went directly to Harden on the weak side.

Harden took it to the open position at the three-point line. For Harden, anyone can shoot in front of him. Now there is no one in front of him, which is a great time to take action. Harden pulled up and threw a three-pointer.

"brush!"

Harden threw a three-pointer when he came up. The Rockets' attack lineup really showed off the offensive firepower at the beginning.

Seeing that the Rockets' offense was emerging, Tiberduo immediately jumped up and asked his team to slow down the pace.

The Rockets' lineup is too small, too fast, and too sharp now, and Taberdeau still has the leading score in his hand.

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

Under the command of Taberdeau, the Knicks fell to the position, and Thornton received the ball from the low post and hit Harden with his back. As a result, Harden was a little bit small, but it was as hard as a stone. Thornton couldn't bear Harden could only pass the ball.

Cousins ​​took the ball and turned to Li Feng. Li Feng immediately stabbed forward with the ball. Casby was just passing by Li Feng. This time, Li Feng stabbed, and Casby immediately retreated quickly, so there was a clear sky in front of Li Feng.

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

Li Feng almost missed the open position. This is a bad signal for the Knicks.

Just after Li Feng missed the shot, the Rockets immediately came back quickly. Douglas got the ball and used the high-level cover to directly face Thornton. Douglas quickly wanted to pass Thornton directly.

But Thornton was not slow, and it was not easy for Douglas to pass Thornton. Douglas was stuck at the free throw line by Thornton, so he could only return the basketball to Harden, who was 45 degrees outside. Harden just scored a three-pointer, and at this time he took the ball without paying any attention to the defender in front of him and threw a three-pointer.

Generally speaking, Harden is OK, but now Li Feng is defending him. Li Feng is almost the same rhythm as Harden, and it covers Harden's face.

Harden encountered Li Feng's strong defense. The ball he threw was short and hit the front of the basket.

Although Harden failed to hit the ball, he bounced accurately and just rebounded to Douglas's hand outside the three-point line at the top of the arc.

There was no one around Douglas, so this was the luck of the Rockets, and Douglas's luck came.

He seized this opportunity and took the ball and was a three-pointer at the top of the arc.

"brush!"

Douglas' three-pointer was very powerful, and the Rockets made a three-pointer!

With Douglas' three-pointer, the Rockets' home court was filled with applause.

Not long after the opening, the Rockets' offensive suddenly started. The Rockets hit the Knicks with an 8-2, and the Rockets recovered 6 points in one breath.

The scores of the two teams were rewritten to 60-55 two minutes after the opening game, and the low score difference between the two teams was shortened to 5 points.

At this time, the Rockets' home court was extremely excited. Now the Rockets' players can see their team's crazy attack again. Reggie Miller and Bill Walton in the commentator's seat were also excited, and the two of them almost screamed together:

"The Rockets' offense has been launched, and there is a good show now!"

Taberdog didn't want to see the Rockets' attack come out, he almost rushed to the sideline and shouted at his players:

"Defense. Pay attention to defense and strengthen fighting, and fight for any opportunity!"

Amid the roar of Tiberdore, the Knicks advanced, and at this time the Knicks realized that they had to suppress the rhythm.

So the whole team began to be cautious. Dragic took the ball and passed it to Thornton. Thornton responded to pass the ball to Li Feng who was pulling it out.

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

When he arrived at this position, Li Feng quickly stuffed the basketball to Belineri. Belineri had the opportunity to catch the ball at this time.

But the moment he received the ball, Beliner hesitated. He was too cautious. After hesitating a little, hesitated on the opponent's defense. Beliner could only use his body to hold the ball and then turn around and pass the ball to DeMarcus Cousins ​​in the penalty area.

Cousins ​​took the ball and shot from the opponent's defense in the middle distance, but failed.

It doesn't matter if Cousins ​​makes such a bad shot. The basketball popped out and was just right after being led by Harden. He turned around and passed it to Douglas. This offensive and defensive conversion ball is Douglas' best at it.

Li Feng hurried back to defend, but Douglas immediately used Morris' cover while running. Douglas went around and faced Thornton to form a small and big hit. Once this misalignment was formed, Douglas immediately stabbed forward, leaned forward and dribbled forward. After all, Thornton was when the big man's feet became stiff. Douglas immediately retracted his steps and pulled up a three-pointer.
To be continued...