The game begins.

Amidst the cheering of the New York fans, Stoudemire jumped to serve, Yi Jianlian took the ball and attacked, carrying Luer Deng directly to the basket and scored.

When the ball entered the basket, the expressions of the entire Bulls players and coach Thibodeau were slightly stiff. They unconsciously thought that the last game Yi Jianlian also started the soaring mode from the beginning. Originally, they also I don’t think Yi Jianlian can score a 50-plus triple-double in two consecutive games. Considering that Yi Jianlian scored 60-plus points in two consecutive games last season, they really don’t think Yi Jianlian’s performance in this game. It will be much worse than the previous one.

"MVP!"

"MVP!"

"MVP!"

The audience in Madison Square Garden was even more direct, and when Yi Jianlian scored a goal, the shout of "MVP" was heard uniformly.

Yi Jianlian returned to defense amidst these shouts, and subconsciously glanced at Liu Yifei during the defense. The latter's expression made him laugh dumb--Liu Yifei was also chanting "MVP" with the group of New York fans!

Derek Rose dribbled the ball to the frontcourt without a word. Just like the previous game, Yi Jianlian scored the goal. He must return it. Facing Dragic, he shook a lot and easily got rid of Germany. Radic, while rushing into the interior, a tie rod avoided Stoudemire in the air and put the ball into the basket.

2-2, draw!

"Yes!"

Derrick Rose clenched his fist hard as he returned to the defense.

This is the first goal in the opening game. With such a difficult drawbar, he has more confidence in his state tonight!

"The core of the two sides has been up since the beginning. This game tonight is foreseeable and it will be very exciting!"

This is also inevitable!

Although it is only the third game of the series, there will be at least two more games in the future to know who is more advantageous, but it has to be said that the Bulls lost one and now their home court advantage is in the hands of the Knicks. They naturally can't wait to regain the home court advantage, so that they can continue to occupy a favorable position in the subsequent games.

For the Knicks, this game is also very important. According to the rules of the NBA Finals, the Battle of Tianwang Mountain is held on the Bulls. If the Bulls are allowed to take the lead or return to the home court with equal points, then The Knicks are undoubtedly at a disadvantage again. More importantly, even if it is only a 2-2 tie, the winning team will inevitably occupy the match point after the Tianwangshan battle. In case the Bulls win the Tianwangshan battle, At that time, for the Knicks generals who have finally gotten rid of the psychological burden, there will be absolutely no harm but no benefit!

To be honest, the Knicks want to win this round of the series, even if they have already won an away game, they still have to do their best to fight their two home games, only in this way, this team In order to truly occupy the leading advantage, the impact of the Battle of Tianwang Mountain can be minimized!

Derek Ross understands this truth, and Yi Jianlian also understands this.

"Double-teaming!"

Thibodeau was even more ruthless this time. He started double-teaming Yi Jianlian from the second round.

Yi Jianlian couldn't get the ball, but the Knicks still scored in the next round!

With the cooperation of Dragic and Stoudemire, Stoudemire finally dunked in.

In his home court, Stoudemire was obviously more open.

It’s just that the Knicks’ offense is smooth, and the Bulls’ offense is not much worse than that of the Knicks. They have no pressure on the Knicks’ home court, and they play as if they are at home.

No wonder, if the Knicks players also double-kill the Bulls away in the regular season, they will definitely not have any tension in the Chicago Bulls United Center.

29 to 28!

At the end of the first quarter, the Bulls were slightly ahead of the game by 1 point.

"The score in this game is very anxious, Tom, do you have any tactics you haven't shown tonight?"

"Of course, I think I have to prepare some tactics for tonight. Otherwise, we may not be able to win this game. I must admit that the Knicks are in better shape in the playoffs than in the regular season. !"

"Can you tell me what exactly the Knicks have gotten better?"

"Well... of course it was Yi. I thought he had tried his best during the regular season, but now I realized that the one who really tried his best was the monster of this alliance. I regret that I forced out this monster. Now I only Let this monster be quieter!"

In a short inter-sessional interview, although the questions asked by ESPN reporters are very common, in the past n years in the NBA regular season and playoffs, such questions have appeared more than ten or even twenty times a year, but from Thibodeau’s answer It’s not hard to hear that what he did was aimed at Yi Jianlian!

...

Like the previous game, Yi Jianlian only took a break and immediately resumed playing in the second quarter.

The same thing as the last game is that Yi Jianlian once again put Luer Deng and Hamilton on the bench.

However, the difference from the previous game is that after Yi Jianlian came on the field, Thibodeau took out two Bulls' strikers and continued to follow Yi Jianlian.

Obviously, this is his new tactic. He intends to use uninterrupted double double-teaming to lock Yi Jianlian.

"Call!"

There was a burst of boos in the audience. In their opinion, Thibodeau was playing shame!

Yi Jian's difficulty in connecting the ball became more difficult. In the first half of the second quarter, the entire Knicks failed to score from the beginning like the previous game.

Yi Jianlian forced to play at this time and became useless.

The enemy wasted physical energy in vain.

The result of this useless effort was that when the main players of both sides returned to the court again, Yi Jianlian’s physical fitness began to appear in crisis. Hamilton and Luer Deng were not only as simple as following Yi Jianlian, but also constantly made physical contact to consume this. Guys have more physical fitness.

"This is a cow that can't stand it!"

The on-site commentators all had to sigh that Thibodeau’s approach was too cruel!

At the end of the first half, the New York Knicks trailed 56-60 by 4 points.

The points difference was further widened, and Thibodeau was happy from ear to ear, because it proved that his tactics are feasible!

Continue in the second half!

Thibodeau had made up his mind inside.

He just spotted the weakness of the entire Knicks bench that was too weak to provide enough help to Yi Jianlian!

***

The Knicks' home team locker room.

Being behind in the first half made these guys a little quiet, even Dragic, who used to watch movies during the intermission, also sat with everyone in the locker room today.

Yi Jianlian is so locked up, the biggest reliance in this game is gone, they don't know what to do!

If this game really loses like this, then the result of the entire series can actually be foreseen!

Everyone doesn't want to lose, so the big guy is a little silent right now...

"Hey, guys, keep your spirits up. This is just the end of the first half. We still have the second half. We still have 24 minutes to catch the score. More importantly, we are just behind. 4 points! Guys, do you know what this is? This means that in just two rounds, we can regain the initiative!"

D'Antoni discussed the tactics with the assistant coaching team and returned to the locker room with a look a little ugly. They did not discuss an effective way. To be honest, Thibodeau’s double team really made them wonder what to do. !

But at the moment everyone's momentum is very low. He can only smile and cheer for the Knicks players. Unfortunately, his cheering did not make the atmosphere in the locker room much more active. He was originally not one. The coach who can enliven the atmosphere and can make chicken soup for the players, he prefers to smile at the referee's judgment by touching his beard on the sidelines.

"Everyone, I think, I have a good suggestion!"

Yi Jianlian stood up at this moment. His first words made all the Knicks players who were still bowing their heads raised their heads. Including Stoudemire, they all looked at them with doubts and expectations. Yi Jianlian, they hope to hear the hope of life from Yi Jianlian's mouth!

"So..."

Yi Jianlian didn't sell anything. He said his idea. In the end, all the Knicks players really showed joy. What Yi Jianlian said can really be tried.

"How is it? D'Antoni coach!" Yi Jianlian asked D'Antoni again. In fact, he didn't need to ask anymore. The smile on D'Antoni's face already represents everything, but D'Antoni is the coach anyway, and he should give it to him. Face is still to be given.

"But..." A hesitation flashed in D'Antoni's eyes, and he looked at Dragic, who also had tension on his face at this time, and was even more nervous when D'Antoni looked at him!

The tactics Yi Jianlian said, he has to take on a big role.

D'Antoni believes in Dragic, otherwise he wouldn’t have adjusted Dragic to the starting line so soon, but although he trusts Dragic, this game is so important, it’s not good to say even D'Antoni's future is weighed on this game, so much pressure, can this guy bear it?

"I believe you can do it, Golan!"

D'Antoni didn’t take a long time, but finally his words turned into encouragement. In this situation, Yi Jianlian’s tactics are already the most reliable way to play. At this time, he said that other things are useless, and now he can do it. All that is to completely believe in Dragic!

Dragic looked at D'Antoni and nodded his gaze sharply, saying that it must be a fake not to be nervous. It is the first time since entering the NBA that Dragic has undertaken such an important responsibility, but he is now There is no hesitation and tense time. This is an opportunity to change his career. There is no doubt about it. So, no matter what, he will fight it!

***

"Wow!"

The audience cheered as the New York Knicks players re-appeared. The Knicks players spent 20 minutes in the locker room. They worried about 20 minutes on the sidelines. They really didn't know them in the second half of the game. How else to fight.

The **** Sibodu is too cheap!

"Beep!"

The second half of the game began with the whistle of the referee. The Bulls had the ball and Derrick Rose took the ball to the front court. The sharp breakthrough of the scalpel easily tore the Knicks defense. Facing Stoudemire, he The drawbar hits again.

The gap came to 6 points.

Huh!

In the second half, Derek Rose, who was still in hot form, made the New York fans grit their teeth, but before they had any more ideas, their attention was attracted by the changes on the Knicks field.

"What's the situation?"

"Is Yi not catching the ball in the backcourt?"

"He actually went to the front court ahead of time to go with Boozer?"

What's the situation with this guy?

Is this guy going to play position four?

Thibodeau's reaction was still very fast, and in just a few seconds, he reacted. Yi Jianlian adjusted from position one to position 4.

"You continue to double-team me!"

Yi Jianlian lightly threw a **** word at the Bulls players on the field, while the Bulls flanking players subconsciously glanced at Thibodeau on the sidelines. Yi Jianlian’s sudden change made them wonder how to double-team. Yi Jianlian.

"Boozer and Ruhr, you two hold him tighter!"

Thibodeau solved this not-so-difficult problem for them~lightnovelpub.net~ But while Boozer and Rueldeng posted Yi Jianlian together, Yi Jianlian rushed towards the outside line and walked to Derek Ross. Next to him, he made a pick-and-roll for Dragic.

There are two guys in this league who took a very strong first step after the pick-and-roll. The first is Tony Parker of the Spurs. His pick-and-roll cooperation with Tim Duncan has been a guarantee for the Spurs to score points for a long time. The individual is Dragic. In the end, he failed to become Steve Nash, but his first step after the pick-and-roll was better than Nash.

It’s just a pity that Yi Jianlian’s pick-and-roll brought Ruer Deng and Boozer to the outside line. Derrick Ross could not go around, but Boozer could make up for the defense at the first time.

"Think beautiful!"

Boozer yelled, blocking Dragic's breakthrough.

"Huh!"

Sibodu breathed a sigh of relief when he saw that Dragic hadn't rushed, but before he could fully exhale, he inhaled all of it again.

He relaxed too early.

While Dragic was blocked, he hit the earth to pass between Boozer and Rueldeng.

Dragic's passing ability still has two shots.

The ball fell into Yi Jianlian's hands.

Because Boozer shifted the defensive goal, now only Luer Deng is left in front of Yi Jianlian.

How can a Luer Deng guard him?

Yi Jianlian carried him and went inside to kill, Noah had to make up, Yi Jianlian handed it to Stoudemire.

The unmarked Stoudemire roared and dunked into the basket!

The point difference is back to 4 points!

There was a burst of cheers on the scene.

D'Antoni smiled calmly, and Yi Jianlian's proposal was really immediate.