The Point Guard is Here

When Gorilla got angry, he would call Fanhee. Fanhee's pass was more comfortable than Derek Harper's, soft and smooth, and had a high hit rate.

However, at this time, Starks broke out.

The entire basketball world knows that Starks can be scary when he goes crazy.

When he hits the second three-pointer in a row.

Pat Riley crossed his legs, and he resisted the urge to replace Fanhee.

Because once Starks runs away on the offensive end, he will be sloppy on the defensive end. At this time, the team needs Derek Harper, a top defender, to help on the scene.

Moreover, Harper is not as 'sticky' to the ball as Fanhee, which is more helpful for Starks to perform.

Starks lived up to Pat Riley's trust.

He provoked the team's offensive end with his own strength. Although Olajuwon showed amazing firepower in the paint area, he still couldn't cover the brilliance of Starks.

Moreover, because Starks played a huge offensive threat from the outside, the Rockets' defense line moved outward, and Olajuwon, Charles Oakley and others on the inside also gained enough space.

Both sides come and go.

The first quarter is over.

32:29.

The Knicks lead by 3 points.

Starks' runaway gave Pat Riley more room to maneuver, and he became bolder. He replaced the new lineup of Vanhee, Hubert, Charles Smith, Anthony Mason, and Monty Williams during the rotation time.

This is the leader advantage.

Just like you are at the poker table, when you win money, your play will become more bold and calm.

Pat Riley's lineup broke the Rockets' original plan.

Tomjanovich didn't expect it.

Soon, this lineup made the Rockets suffer.

Because the style of play of this lineup is as gorgeous as Madonna's cheongsam.

Fan Xi stepped onto the court and launched a fast break.

He is more violent than Pat Riley's tactical requirements, and even said that he is out of the expectation of the fortune teller.

With the rapid increase in speed, he presented an unprecedented fast storm. When he led the players to attack the frontcourt like lightning, the Rockets' reaction was obviously a beat slower.

When the Rockets' defenders rushed to the frontcourt, Vanhey had already completed the pick-and-roll with Anthony Mason, and then quickly passed the ball to Hubert who ran to the bottom corner.

Hubert complied with Fan Xi's arrangement and acted decisively.

The whole process took less than 6 seconds: from the backcourt serve to the frontcourt shot, the formations of both sides were not stable.

Jeff Van Gundy panicked like an epileptic on the bench. He leaned on the back of the chair with both hands, as if his body had lost control, and he kept yelling: This is too fast, this is too fast.

In his heart, Fan Xi's game is heresy.

How can it be so fast.

Simply a quick shooter.

Pat Riley knew that Vanhee could be fast, but he didn't expect it to be this fast. This kind of quickness has subverted his perception of fast breaks. In the past, Fan Xi often launched fast breaks while the opponent's foothold was not stable.

But... it never seemed so fast.

The answer is simple.

Because Fan Xi's previous speed didn't catch up, now that his speed talent has been released to the peak of A+ level, he is naturally more unscrupulous.

If his speed is faster, he can theoretically complete the offensive faster.

Good-Job!

Pat Riley gave Vanhey a thumbs up from the sidelines.

He is an enlightened head coach. The rotation time is originally for the main players to recuperate. As long as Jack keeps the score stable, it doesn't matter how he wants to play.

After all, in Pat Riley's heart, in the entire Knicks, there is only Jack, a treasure who is afraid of falling in the palm of his hand and melting in his mouth.

At this time, the Rockets also let Olajuwon stay under the court to rest.

The current Rockets lineup is Pete Chilkat as the center, with power forward Chucky Brown, small forward Drexler, shooting guard Mario Eli, and point guard Sam Cassell.

This lineup is centered on Drexler, Chilkat is a standard white blue-collar center, his defensive speed is not fast enough, point guard Sam Cassell has no fast break experience, plus Chucky Brown is a bunch of out-of-position players.

After Vanhey launched a lightning offensive, the Rockets still moved slowly to organize the offensive.

In the 21st century, running and bombing was once criticized for weak defense and weak penalty area.

However, here in the Knicks, it is not the case at all.

Charles Smith and Anthony Mason are both forwards who can carry the center. Although Monty Williams is a rookie, he is also very elastic...Pat Riley may have defenders who can't defend, but there will never be guards who are not good at it. Defensive center.

Drexler launched an offensive in the waist zone, but tonight, he was not in a good state, and he was a little short of a turnaround jumper.

Anthony Mason at the basket caught the rebound and passed it to Fan Xie.

Just help shout: Run! !

The Knicks players rushed to the frontcourt as quickly as meteors, giving Houston no time to react.

The moment Vanhey arrived in the frontcourt, he and Charles Smith completed the screen. He easily got rid of Cassel's defense, sank into the paint area, and completed the entire offense with a clean layup.

Show-Time!

The on-site host shouted out classic lines.

Madison Garden Arena roared with cheers.

Applause for the lightning offensive led by Fan Xie.

beep!

Tomjanovich hurriedly asked for a timeout, the more cautious the better in the face of something he hadn't seen before.

Kenny Smith volunteered on the bench, and he applied to play against Vanheede.

Tomjanovich trusted Kenny Smith, and he also saw that the core of the Knicks' current rotation is Vanhey. As long as Vanhey is under control, most of this offense will be useless.

He didn't want Olajuwon to play so early, and his physical fitness should be left in the second half to fight the Knicks.

Pause ends.

The Rockets made fine-tuning, Robert Horry and Kenny Smith both debuted, and the team started with only Olajuwon on the bench.

The Knicks achieved great strategic success.

Pat Riley did not make personnel adjustments.

After the start of the game, the tacit understanding of the Rockets' offense after the return of the four main players has greatly increased. Drexler quickly assisted Robert Horry to hit a 3-pointer.

However, just the second after he scored, Charles Smith under the basket served to Fanhee.

Fan Xie sprinted with the ball, and Kenny Smith tried to block it near the center line, but Fan Xie quickly passed him by changing direction and accelerating... He didn't even see clearly what method Fan Xie used to cross the corner.

Arriving at the frontcourt, Fan Xi still went deep alone. But after attracting Robert Horry's defense, he used a concealed touch pass to help Anthony Mason soar into the sky and dunk.

Of course, no forward on the Knicks side can match Stoudemire's strength on the offensive end.

However, separate calculations, Anthony Mason plus Charles Smith, two-on-one, will definitely beat Stoudemire subduedly.

That's why the Knicks' tactic has been so successful.

The Rockets, who have changed the four main players, still can't defend the New York Knicks. Fortunately, they stabilized the situation on the offensive end and did not allow the point difference to accelerate.

Olajuwon played in the fifth minute of the second quarter, and immediately rewritten the situation of being passively beaten after he played.

Help the Rockets stabilize their position and narrow the score upwards.

After another 3 minutes, as Olajuwon narrowed the point difference to 3 points, Pat Riley replaced Starks and Ewing.

It is still to let Fan Xi take the fight and run and bomb quickly.

Starks was extremely accurate and hit a 3-pointer as soon as he came up.

Although Ewing doesn't like running and bombing, he also worked hard to cooperate and form a strong defensive involvement in the middle distance, which made the pick-and-roll between Vanhey and Charles Smith more powerful, and also allowed Starks' peripheral threat to expand infinitely.

Back on the defensive end, he also worked hard to resist Olajuwon.

The Rockets were beaten.

At halftime.

66:57.

Already trailing by 9 points.

Fan Xi scored 5 points and 9 assists in a single quarter, and his efficiency value was explosive.

On the way back to the locker room, Starks was very excited: If we knew that this kind of fight could knock down the Rockets, we wouldn't have to work so hard in the first game.

Fan Xi was very calm.

very calm.

He knew why the Rockets were beaten up, because they hadn't seen such a crazy fast break. Moreover, tonight all the players played at a super level on the offensive end. When the tide goes out, they have studied thoroughly... This style of play will not be so popular.

The running and bombing is as strong as the Phoenix Suns, and they have never won the Western Conference championship.

Fan Xi was very clear in his mind.

At present, he has no peripheral shooting ability. Although his breakthrough skills are very good and his passing is also very outstanding, he still lacks in finishing at the basket. Such a personal offensive level is difficult to partner with the core of the fast break.

[The Suns and Warriors of later generations are so fierce, because Nash and Curry are phenomenal three-point shooters. To use an inappropriate analogy, Rondo's start was probably due to being watched from the air. 】

Pat Riley is a very smart head coach who thought of that.

Therefore, he returned to the locker room and announced that he would not play run and gun in the second half.

This made the team members feel puzzled, but Fan Xi understood it very well.

Right now, the Knicks have taken the lead, playing steadily, and have a high probability of winning.

If you continue to play this kind of running and bombing, it will be easy for your opponent to see through and carry out targeted counterattacks.

The most important thing is that the longer you play, the more you will be exposed, and it will be difficult to use it in the future.

Raiders should be used in dangerous places.

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121:115.

The Knicks finally got their second home victory without any risk.

This is a result that caused an uproar in outside public opinion, because before the start of the series, more people were optimistic about the Rockets. But now, the wind is turning in the basketball commentary circle.

Starks was still vigorous in the second half, his hands seemed to be hanging, and he made 22 of 28 shots and scored 49 points.

Mario Eli, who defended him, was photographed with a frustrated expression many times in the second half. Facing an open shooter, the mental pressure on the defender is unimaginable.

Fan Xi played in the third and fourth quarters, and he still showed his speed advantage in the positional battle.

He had the upper hand in the matchup with Kenny Smith.

The speed and agility allowed him to easily cross the defense, and then delivered perfect shells to his teammates. Starks was fed by Fan Xie one by one.

At the critical moment of the fourth quarter, he passed Kenny Smith from the three-point line and went straight into the paint. The shot of Olajuwon scoring a layup again even appeared among the five best shots of the night.

This ball also made the game lose suspense.

After the game, Starks, who scored 49 points, was asked by a reporter: Do you want to take away Patrick's Finals MVP trophy. You went 'too much' tonight.

Starks laughed loudly, and he said heartily: We don't want to discuss the MVP issue right now. The focus is on revenge and lifting the championship trophy!

I'm sure Patrick felt the same way.

Stark said sternly.

Gorilla's statistics tonight are very mediocre, 18 points, 10 rebounds, 2 assists, 2 blocks and 1 steal. Opponent Olajuwon has 41 points, 17 rebounds, 6 assists, 3 blocks and 3 steals. It is almost a crushing result for him .

But he still showed a bright smile.

Winning is the most important thing.

Brother Gorilla said: Tonight, John's touch is good, so he will get more shots. Jack drives the tactics to run efficiently, so he can hold the ball more. I don't care about these, winning is the most important thing. .”

Gorilla is very frank.

Fan Xi also had a large double-double of 15 points and 15 assists tonight.

This data broke many rookie records, because he had assists in double figures in two consecutive games, adding up to 29 assists, which is a number that many point guards can hardly match in a series.

Of course, the most important thing left in this game is Olajuwon's speech after the game.

The African, the head of the four major centers, told the media in standard American English: Little Jack is the most cunning NBA player I have ever seen. His IQ can be the chief of our tribe.

The NBC reporter teased him: Can your chief also fall in love with two girls at the same time?

Of course. Olajuwon said: If Jack joins Nigeria, he can even marry all the women he loves home. With his cunning, he will definitely be able to coordinate the relationship between the two women.

Dameng always said that Fan Xi was cunning.

The reason is that Fan Xi's key layup made Dameng emo again.

Although Dameng is a center with outstanding talent and quick feet, he always thinks that he is different from the other three centers: I play with my brain.

However, at the critical moment of two consecutive games, he was cheated by Fan Xi.

In the last game, he was sent off the court directly by Fan Xie.

In this game, he thought that Fan Xi would pass the ball under high pressure, but he didn't know that this guy actually slapped it directly in his arms, and with his left hand darkened, he hooked the basketball into the basket.

Isn't that cunning?

Simply bad.

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The Knicks have won two consecutive home victories, and the Rockets have not achieved their expected goals. From the perspective of physical fitness and schedule, it is very unfavorable to them.

Even if they win two home games, it's still...a tough fight.

The physical fitness of Olajuwon and Drexler will be severely challenged.

The media felt that the slightly weaker Knicks would win the series in the tug-of-war by virtue of their lineup advantage.

These voices were permeated in various reports, and Fan Xi felt a little complacent in his heart: He was the championship at the beginning, which is a bit tough!

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