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Chapter 253 Then continue, let me be the master!
"Next, we strengthen our defense.

Use the zone defense to keep the Magic away from the basket and shoot, actively switch defenses, and use mobility to disrupt the Magic's offense.

At least keep the defensive players in front of their offensive players..."

After calling a timeout, Van Gundy Taotao continued to make his own tactical adjustments.

The Knicks players looked at Van Gundy blankly, as if they were looking at a mental patient.

The Knicks have fallen by 15 points.

As the head coach, Van Gundy didn't think about how to strengthen the offense, but always emphasized defense.

Could it be that the Magic will stop at the score and wait for the Knicks to catch up.

However, it seems normal.

This is Van Gundy's basic operation, they call it basic operation.

"The Magic are strong, but they're bound to make mistakes.

We need to work on defending, defending, defending...

As long as the first half is over, the point difference will be reduced by single digits...

We still have a chance! "

With the whole defensive tactics, the Knicks re-entered the court.

On Li Mu's side, substitutions were also made, including Tony Parker, the rested O'Neal and Jackson.

In the next game, Tony Parker used his sharp breakthrough to punish the Knicks.

Richard Ward's footsteps couldn't keep up at all.

Even if they keep up, O'Neal's screen pick-and-roll tactics made the Knicks hard to defend.

Jermaine O'Neal used his mid-range shot and his physical talent to attack and score frequently.

Plus Reid's three-point rain.

Seeing Van Gundy on the sidelines, like an anxious duck, stomping his feet in a hurry.

The defense couldn't stop him, and he had nothing to do but be anxious.

At the end of the first half, the Knicks' defense failed to limit the Magic's offense, nor could it narrow the point difference to single digits.

Instead, the Magic took the lead, close to 20 points.

In the second half of the game, the Knicks guarded for another 7 minutes. Seeing that the Magic hadn't made a mistake, their offense began to rush.

Houston began to try three-pointers.

Once he had the opportunity to become a star three-point shooter, but Van Gundy didn't give it a chance, and he didn't play three-pointers.

Lively made Houston the king of CIC.

For example, in Li Mu's previous life, McGrady was like this, always shooting inefficient long two-pointers.

Now cramming, the efficiency is not high.

Madman has a three-point shot.

However, it feels more convulsive.

Unfortunately, he didn't have a convulsion tonight.

Then, Big Ben also started to make mid-range shots.

On the Knicks, he wasn't much of a help on offense.

Without Billups' scalpel-like pass, his attacking the basket style of play is completely unplayable.

The Magic counterattacked comfortably, but the Knicks still couldn't hold their heads up.

After the first three quarters, the Knicks trailed by 21 points.

In the fourth quarter, the two sides went through a cutscene.

The Knicks prefer defense to offense.

As a result, the Knicks narrowed the point difference.

hum~
The buzzer sounds, and the full game time is over.

With a score of 109 to 96, the Magic only had a 13-point advantage, defeating the Knicks, and the Eastern Conference Finals series, the first victory.

基德17分9助攻，邓肯23分11篮板，麦迪22分4助攻，小奥尼尔19分7篮板。

The golden double guns scored 57 points and Ben grabbed 15 rebounds, but still lost the game.

……

On June 5th, Orlando, TD Waterhouse Center Arena.

G2 of the Eastern Conference finals started.

The Knicks continued to shrink their defense and defend with all their strength.

In Van Gundy's view, if the Knicks want to beat the Magic, the first step is to base themselves on defense.

Not to mention, Van Gundy is still very knowledgeable, knowing that he can't get along with the Magic on offense.

The Magic started and continued to focus on Kidd.

Mark Jackson and Richard Ward are completely overwhelmed by physical talent.

The Knicks fell into a passive position, and their defense was torn apart step by step.

Pass the ball when flanking, and shoot when defending alone.

The rhythm is completely in the hands of the Magic.

After the first quarter, the Magic led by 8 points.

In the second quarter, Van Gundy continued to speed up defense, increase physical confrontation, consume time, grind the lineup bit by bit, trying to annoy the Magic to death, and then take away the victory.

However, for Kidd, they still have nothing to do with him.

If the defense expands, the inside line will be penetrated again.

To be reasonable, even if it shrinks, the Knicks will still be pierced.

Big Ben is the Defensive Player of the Year, yes.

However, single defense, with his height, cannot stop Duncan's impact.

If flanking, Jackson catches the ball as an opportunity.

Or impact, or three points.

Another point for the Knicks, a flaw appeared.

Falling inside and outside, how could such a defense be able to stop it.

Up and down the Knicks, there is one and only, Van Gundy believes that defense can beat the Magic.

This is his style, leading with firmness in paranoia.

Then, in the first half, the Knicks trailed by 15 points.

In the third quarter, the Knicks defended a quarter of the game and successfully restricted the Magic, only 16 points behind.

The Knicks' defense seems to be getting better quarter by quarter.

then continue?

That's right.

Van Gundy did just that.

The Knicks also played like this, with me as the main player.

Can't see the score behind, the Knicks need to chase points.

The Knicks are still strengthening the confrontation, splitting the score, consuming time, attacking time, and never making a shot until the last 5 seconds.

I don't know, but he still thought that the Knicks were in the lead.

Obviously in terms of score, the Magic are leading.

Van Gundy and his Knicks firmly controlled the rhythm of the game in a daze.

hum!
Full time is over.

The score was 101-89.

With a 12-point advantage, the Magic made another victory and extended the big score to 2-0.

Only the Knicks were left staring and staring at each other.

When exactly did you lose the game.

They were still in a daze.

……

January 5, New York, Madison Square Garden Arena.

G3 of the Eastern Conference finals started.

The Knicks started first.

The madman Sprewell burst into the outside line and succeeded in frequent attacks, especially the three-pointer.

Houston's off-the-ball offense was superb. He stunned McGrady who was defending him.

Big Ben's offense was a lot tougher, desperate to hit the basket.

The sudden outburst of the Knicks caught the Magic by surprise.

In the first quarter of the game, the Magic trailed by 8 points.

With an 8-point advantage, Van Gundy immediately withdrew with all his strength and fought against the Magic for defense, consuming time and trying to keep the score advantage.

Such a tactic, without a doubt, is the most correct.

In football, that's what weak teams like to do, start stealing a wave, then shrink back to defend and counterattack.

It's just that basketball and football are the same round, but the rules are different.

In football, one ball decides the outcome, this is a routine operation.

In basketball, if you lead by 8 points, you shrink up and play. If you want to keep the score, it is simply a dream.

McGrady broke out, and at the beginning of the third quarter, he pulled the score back.

Then, Kidd and Duncan, one outside and one inside, broke the game and won the game back.

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(End of this chapter)