The Knicks reached the finals without Dragic and Ross. For this reason, the American football commentators believe that the Knicks made great progress in the playoffs, especially after defeating the Pacers, and now the Knicks lack only the final test.

The domestic football reviews are even more exaggerated. In various media, the Knicks are already the champion team and feel that there are almost no opponents from the Knicks in the league.

Domestic media said this naturally a bit exaggerated. Taiberdog naturally noticed the emotions that the team had developed and adjusted the team. During the training, Li Feng and the substitute team were abused by the substitute. Suddenly, the Knicks players suddenly became much more awake, and their pleasing psychology disappeared.

Next, the Knicks will take a few days off and wait for the finals to begin.

Like the Knicks, the Spurs won easily. The Grizzlies did not cause too much trouble for the Spurs. The advantage of 4-1 is close to the finals, while the Thunder has no godfather yet, and they have not even made the Western Conference Finals.

The Knicks and the Spurs have no direct grudges, but they are opponents in the finals and are incompatible. Either you die or I die.

The Spurs are the best touchstone in the league, because although the Knicks won a lot of goals before, they also played seven games with the Pacers. The Bulls are in a bad state this year, so the Knicks' achievements are not truly verified results.

Now their verification has finally come. The Spurs are strong this season, the strongest team in the tide, and the strong contender for the championship.

So in a sense, this game is much more important than the Spurs.

The game started as scheduled at the Knicks' home court, Madison Square Garden, and such a focus battle is naturally indispensable for TV broadcasts.

TNT's ace commentator Charles Barkley and Kenny Smith formed a partner to explain the game. Kenny Smith said before the start of the game:

"In today's game, either the Spurs became the touchstone for the Knicks, or the Spurs tear off the Knicks' mask, the first game of the finals is very important."

"Yes!" Barkley continued:

"If the Knicks can really defeat the Spurs, or they will be indisputable in the match against the Spurs, then the Knicks will have more and more hope for three consecutive championships."

"Well! This is indeed a game that can change the league's landscape!"

Kenny Smith and Charles Barkley reached an agreement on this matter.

Although the broadcaster in the United States is famous for entertainment, he always looks at this game seriously.

The domestic broadcasting of this game is completely different from that of the United States.

The domestic attention is better on the names of Li Feng's two new and old forwards.

At the beginning of the competition, Yang Yi said:

"In today's game, Li Feng and Duncan will definitely have a chance to confront each other. One is a new type of super forward, and the other is an old-school traditional forward. Li Feng can be both inside and outside, and Duncan can swing in the inside. Both are the peaks of forwards."

"Now Duncan has achieved success with the Spurs, and Li Feng is also moving towards success with the Knicks. Can today's game be regarded as a battle between two people?"

Today, Su Qun, who was commenting with Yang Yi, heard his partner say this and immediately said:

"It can be said that, and it can't be said that. First of all, this is a game between two teams, not a game between two people, but Li Feng and Duncan are indeed the most core players of the two teams. Although their functions are different, they are the most important for the team. So it can also be said to be a battle between two people."

"So do you think these two people are better?"

Yang Yi asked Su Qun this question. Su Qun naturally would not give a positive answer. You should know that these two players have a lot of fans, so Su Qun said immediately:

"The two people have different positions and ages. There is no way to compare. This is a comparison between Guan Gong and Qin Qiong, so I won't make a comment."

After Su Qun finished speaking, she smiled cunningly, and Yang Yi was the same. The two of them cunningly clashed.

At this time, the starters of the two teams came out. Because Monroe was not seriously injured and recovered, the Knicks' starting lineup remained stable. Point guard Livingston, shooting guard JR Smith, small forward Li Feng, power forward Monroe, and center Cousins.

The Knicks' starting lineup is not sharp, but the victory is stable and defeats the Bulls. JR Smith and Livingston are indeed better than Bailineli. Livingston can handle Paul and should be able to deal with Parker.

Compared with the Knicks, the Spurs' lineup is famous GDP, point guard Parker, shooting guard Ginobili, small forward Leonard, power forward Duncan, and center Split.

Unlike the Knicks, the Spurs are taking the team path, just intercepting one or two characteristics of each player. Each player is very functional. Ginobili has strong comprehensive abilities and can also play individual singles. However, the Spurs do not use Ginobili's singles ability, but only use Ginobili's running and shooting and organization without the ball.

This is team basketball. Everyone has sacrifices, everyone has clear division of labor, just do one or two things they are good at, and leave the rest to their teammates. This kind of team will inevitably be very united, because everyone is treated as a part by the coach and put it into the entire team. This kind of team must have good results, because everything they place the pursuit of efficiency as the most priority.

But as a player or a star, there must be huge restrictions in such a team.

At the beginning of the game, Split pointed the basketball to his teammates and shouted at Cousins, making Cousins ​​feel uncomfortable.

Parker came over and the Spurs played a high-level tactic at the beginning. Parker held the ball alone at the top of the arc, Ginobili quickly slipped into the bottom line, and the remaining three players stood in a row at the free throw line.

The Spurs are a tactical starting style that focuses on shooting, because the goal of this tactical strategy is to pull the empty post. Whether the three players raise the ball or Ginobili's out of the ball, there is only one goal to clear out the space under the basket.

The so-called "strikes" against the west, and I pull the high position and slip the bottom line are both fake, and only by pulling the basket is real.

Sure enough, the Knicks' attention was slightly shifted to the line, and Leonard suddenly turned his butt and rushed into the basket.

Parker caught the right time, and threw the basketball in with a counter-turn. Leonard raised his hand under the basket and deceived him with a fake move. The Knicks players flew. At this time, Duncan from outside followed in from behind. Leonard passed the ball to Duncan, and Duncan easily threw and scored two points.

The Spurs played a very team attack at the beginning. The team's style of play was clear, with strong tactical execution, and no problem with the ending ability. It fully reflects the Spurs' overall combat style.

The Spurs took the lead first. When the Knicks got the ball, Livingston passed halftime, and the Spurs took the initiative to put pressure on the Knicks on defense first.

Parker mentioned oppressing Livingston outside. At the same time, Leonard on this side interfered with Li Feng's reception, so Livingston could not pass the basketball to Li Feng as usual, and could only pass the ball to Monroe who pulled it out.

Monroe got the ball and Leonard came to defend, and his flexibility was much worse. Monroe dribbled to one side and threw it at the middle distance but missed it.

The Knicks did not complete the offensive mission at the beginning, and the Spurs' defensive strategy was clear through this round.

The Spurs' defense is to curb Li Feng and prevent the Knicks from having a smooth overall movement, and let Monroe play singles.

The Spurs also understand that if you want to defend the Knicks, you must give up some of the positions. In the end, the Spurs chose to give up Monroe and curb the Knicks' team running and Li Feng's touch.

Li Feng also raised his eyes and understood the Spurs' thoughts. He immediately went over to communicate with JR Smith and took the initiative to defend Leonard.

Sure enough, the Spurs really played Leonard at the beginning of the game today. The team came over and pulled the space from the free throw line to the top of the arc. Parker passed the ball to Leonard. Leonard took the ball and wanted to attack. But when he looked up, he saw that Li Feng was already standing in the defensive position.

Leonard didn't jump high and was not fast, but he had strong ability to fight, soft attacks, and rich offensive methods.

These characteristics are very similar to Anthony. The only way to defend such a player is to fight through a large number of high-intensity physical confrontation.

Li Feng immediately put it on and made physical contact with Leonard. Leonard came over and bumped Li Feng violently, then took a step back and jumped.

In normal state, Leonard hit this, at least he wanted to get a stable space.

But when he hit Li Feng, Leonard staggered and lost his balance. Leonard missed the shot after another mid-range shot.

Li Feng keenly noticed that the Spurs had the intention of focusing on Leonard at the beginning, so he came to sniper Leonard himself, so Leonard missed.

In this way, the offensive efficiency of both teams is not high at the beginning, which is not a good start.

Kenny Smith, who was on the sidelines, said:

"It seems like we are going to fall into a defensive battle today. Both teams attach great importance to defense at the beginning, especially on the Spurs."

"Indeed, but if you want to defeat the Knicks, you must start with defense. After all, the Knicks' offense is very sharp now, and the Spurs need to curb the Knicks' actions on the offensive end." Barkley believes that the Spurs are necessary and necessary from the beginning of defense.

This is indeed the Spurs' idea. When the Spurs observed the Knicks before the game, they discovered that the new Knicks are extremely aggressive. If the Knicks are allowed to attack smoothly, no one can stop them. So the first thing that came to the Spurs today is to do a good job of defense, and doing a good job of defense is also the true nature of the Spurs.

The Spurs wanted to do a good job in defense, but after the Knicks took the backcourt rebound, they immediately changed the offense and defense quickly, chasing the Spurs' butt and then came up.

Fast attack is also a Knicks' offensive weapon. The Spurs were prepared for this. They retreated quickly and maintained their formation very well.

Livingston had no chance at all, and the pass Li Feng was also hindered. He passed the ball to Smith. Smith rarely passed a good ball to give the basketball a free cut Cousins, but Cousins ​​suffered a loss when he confronted Split here, and Cousins ​​missed the layup.

The two teams had a great defensive end at the beginning and were very strategic. Neither team could score easily, so the opening confrontation was very sufficient.

At this time, the Spurs came over and ran around the two cover points at the bottom line, attracting all the Knicks' attention to the bottom line, but they passed the basketball to Leonard at the top of the arc.

Leonard still comes to play singles with Li Feng, and **Vic still believes that Leonard, who has grown up now, can play singles to anyone in the league under the Spurs' tactical system.

The last time Leonard failed to take a step-down jump shot, this time he simply came up and forced his breakthrough to Li Feng. Leonard's breakthrough is still very distinctive. He is the kind of stumbled and stumbled 18-inch drop. You can't touch him. Once you touch him, you will cheat and foul. You can't touch him. If you have a little lighter defense, Leonard can still use his rhythm to surpass him.

At this time, Li Feng raised his hand and pressed it against Leonard, and Li Feng used his stronger physical fitness to deal with the other party.

Leonard made a layup against Li Feng. Although he made a move, he didn't feel like he was shooting at all. Leonard missed a layup.

The Spurs missed two consecutive singles, and Leonard's offense was blocked. The Spurs and Leonard finally saw Li Feng's single defense ability.

The Knicks are still a team that advocates fast and offense. Once the Spurs fail to attack, the Knicks will immediately win the backcourt rebound.

Monroe passed the basketball to Li Feng in the backcourt, and Li Feng finally encountered the basketball.

Li Feng, who finally met the basketball, took the ball and pushed forward quickly. When Leonard saw Li Feng rushing over, he also came to defend Li Feng closely.

At this time, Li Feng was close to Leonard. He used the rhythm and ran a few steps under his feet. When Leonard paused slightly, Li Feng made a layup and scored two points.

So far, the two teams played for two minutes. Only 2-2 were achieved. Low scores and high-intensity defense have become the mainstream of the two teams' games now.

Su Qun also said in the domestic broadcast room:

"The Spurs are prepared and have excellent defense. Li Feng has almost no way to attack without receiving the ball."

"According to this situation, will the Knicks be on the bench?"

Yang Yi also knows Taberdeau's style very well. When he said this, Taberdeau was indeed thinking that he should replace him with a substitute. But what he was worried about was that he didn't know who to replace him first?

The Spurs were chased by Li Feng and beaten one, and **Vic was also considering the stability of the offensive.

If the Spurs do not have the stability of their offensive attack, they will not be able to beat the Knicks. Because their shooting percentage is low, the Knicks will have more backcourt rebounds, and backcourt rebounds will mean fast breaks. The Spurs can't bear it.

**Vic came over and shouted at the team, asking the team to play a fixed tactic.

Parker followed the head coach's command and controlled the ball near the three-point line. He made a move to Duncan in the left horn position. Then Parker quickly moved towards the bottom corner to cover Ginobili in the bottom corner.

Ginobili took advantage of Parker's cover and rushed out in one step, receiving the ball and taking the ball directly.

The Spurs' tactic was successful, and Ginobili also had a moment of open position to catch the ball, but Ginobili might not have found the first shot, so Ginobili missed the shot.

The two teams are still 2-2, and the Spurs still cannot score, but at this time the Spurs strengthened their competition for frontcourt rebounds, which prevented the Knicks from successfully grabbing the backcourt rebounds, so that the Knicks' fast break could not be played.

The Knicks can only play in the half-court position, and they will force the Spurs to defend the half-court, and the Spurs also restrict Li Feng's catch.

In this way, Livingston was not good at handling the ball, and Parker was still very capable of seizing the opportunity. Livingston did not react at once and immediately made a mistake. Parker seized the opportunity and pushed forward quickly, turned around and passed the ball to Ginobili. Allen scored two points in a jump shot very close to the basket.
To be continued...