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Chapter 233 Defense is the winning formula!
January 12, New York, Madison Square Garden Arena.

The Magic challenged the Knicks away.

In the era of golden double guns, the record of the Knicks was mediocre.

10 wins and 8 losses!
It is not a big problem to hit the playoffs. It is probably a bit difficult to stop the Magic.

During the simple appearance and warm-up, on the big screen in the arena, the starting lineups of both sides for tonight's match were also displayed.

Magic 5 people, Kidd, McGrady, Jackson, Duncan, O'Neal.

The Knicks started with the Five Tigers, Mark Jackson, Houston, Sprewell, Big Ben, and Camby.

wow~
In the jump ball, Duncan beat Camby and scored the first attack for the Magic.

Kidd hit Mark Jackson step by step with his back in the frontcourt.

36 years old and 1 meters tall!

Kidd is very good at how to use his physical advantages.

Houston and Big Ben rushed over.

Kidd rolled over and jumped up, flung in the air.

Under the basket, Duncan jumped up, and with a bang, he made an alley-oop and blasted the basketball into the basket.

2 to 0! !
The Knicks attack.

Slowly transported to the front court, Mark Jackson observed the situation on the court.

On the left, Houston and Ben played a flank screen tactic.

Big Ben made an empty cut to the inside, and Hughtons moved to the free throw line.

Mark Jackson deals, Houston catches, free-throw line jump shot...  

Swish-!
2 to 2! !
"The shooting of the king of mid-range shots is very comfortable.

Just by looking at the shooting posture, you know that the ball is there. " Barkley said with a smile.

"Next, the Magic were on offense and the Knicks were zone defense. For Kidd, it was just child's play.

Easy pass to Tracy McGrady, drive, horns, pull-up [-]-point jump shot…”

Swish-!
4 to 2! !
Van Gundy had some headaches.

The Magic have too many mid-range shooters.

The zone defense tactics are not good for empty defense, coupled with Kidd's continuation, it is easy to hit the offense to the weak point of the Knicks' defense.

Man-to-man is not his style.

He can only look at the situation again.

The Knicks attack.

Van Gundy didn't care.

Don't ask, it's just a deadly star game.

Sure enough, the madman Sprewell broke through with the ball, and he has the complete star's personal scoring ability.

McGrady couldn't stop and was sentenced to a thug foul.

Swish-swish-!
At the free throw line, two free throws were made.

Sprewell scored.

4 to 4! !
The Magic attack.

Kidd points the ball to Duncan to attack.

Taking advantage of his height, Duncan hit the board with a two-point shot on top of Ben...

Boom, swish—!
6 to 4! !
No matter how strong Daben's talent is, the dislocation advantage is still obvious.

Coupled with Duncan's personal strength, he will make this advantage more prominent.

The Knicks attack.

It's still Mark Jackson dealing the cards and others looking for space to attack.

Cambila comes out, catches the ball, makes a two-point jumper from the horns...

Bang-dang-!
Blacksmithing is different.

Van Gundy shook his head.

After Camby signed the contract extension, he was not as amazing as the contract year.

At this time, the Knicks began to slowly show the star black hole.

It's just not obvious now, after all, the first generation, the Knicks are also an afterthought.

In fact, Camby is just an advanced blue-collar worker.

Offensively, it is impossible to ask too much.

The rebound was picked off by Duncan, dribbled a step, and made a quick pass. Kidd made a long pass and found McGrady who rushed to the frontcourt.

Although Houston retreated quickly, its defense was average. Facing the impact of the talented Tracy McGrady, he failed to block it.

Bang-dang-!
McGrady made a dunk with a tomahawk and scored two points.

8 to 4! !
The Knicks continued their star offense.

The madman Sprewell stepped forward and scored a three-pointer against Jackson's block.

8 to 7! !
Looking back, Kidd broke through, pulled the ball up inside, flicked it in the air, assisted O'Neal in the alley-oop, and his whole body hung on the basket.

Bang-dang-!
Scored two points.

10 to 7! !
Van Gundy's defensive tactics are very good, but his personal defense is much inferior.

For the average team, the zone defense can definitely play a good defensive efficiency.

Throughout the season, the Knicks' defensive strength will also rank among the top.

However, facing the superstar lineup of the Magic, the zone defense tactics are actually full of flaws.

The Magic can score a lot of players, and the strength is also very strong.

In addition, except for Jermaine O'Neal, everyone else has a good ability to support passes as long as they are willing.

The players are very versatile, and they are simply nemesis for the zone defense.

It is not only the bottom three-pointer and the mid-range shot from the side that are efficient cracking aspects.

That's just at the tactical level, and at the player level.

Relying on their personal ability, the Magic gradually opened up the situation offensively.

Defensively, the strength of the Magic is also very strong.

The Knicks' offense.

No.

It should be said that there are no tactics at all, it is left to the stars to solve it.

Facing the strong defense of the Magic, the efficiency will naturally not be so high.

After the first quarter, the score was 29 to 19, and the Magic took a 10-point lead.

In the second quarter, Li Mu continued to let Kidd and Duncan stay on the court.

Bring in Reid, Maggette and Magloire.

Van Gundy let Big Ben and Houston continue to play.

Bring in Charlie Ward, Shandon Anderson and Kurt Thomas.

big...

No.

It's the five dead.

In the Knicks lineup, the tallest is Thomas at 2 meters, playing the center position.

Kidd started to make the ball inside.

Duncan hit the big book with his back, turned over and pulled the ball to hit the board...

Although Big Ben can withstand the impact of Duncan's strength, his height weakness makes his defense passive.

In Li Mu's previous life, Daben's state reached its peak, but when he met Duncan, he was still blown away and lost the finals.

Although Daben won the best defensive player 4 times in the future, it is a dream to block Duncan's personal scoring.

The Magic are fully attacking inside, and the outside shooters are also very daring to shoot.

After all, with the advantage of rebounding, Reed began to fire frequently, and even Kidd's poor shooting skills were very resolute.

The difference began to widen.

Van Gundy's winning formula is defense.

Now he can't guard against it. He has nothing to do except stay on the sidelines and run around in a hurry.

The only way to do it is to waste time.

Yes, you read that right.

The Knicks were obviously behind, and Van Gundy didn't want to attack and solve it. Instead, he started by strengthening the defense.

The only hope of waiting.

Wait for the Magic to make a mistake, and then slowly chase points back.

The scene was very ugly, and the rhythm of the game was controlled by the Knicks.

No way, they waited until the last 5 seconds before making an offensive move, regardless of whether they entered or not, they immediately retreated and shrank.

The Magic's desire to control the rhythm is simply a dream.

At the end of the second quarter, the Knicks trailed by 16 points.

At the end of the third quarter, the Knicks trailed by 20 points.

In the fourth quarter, the Knicks were still not in a hurry, and it took time with the Magic.

hum~
The buzzer sounded, the end of the game, and the Knicks realized that they had lost the game.

With a score of 108 to 83 and a loss of 25 points, the Magic won 20 wins in the new season, showing an invincible temperament.

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(End of this chapter)