Halloween in 1995, Madison Square Garden Arena, New York.

Amid the calls of "Farke Smack", Lin Xing stood on the court.

In the commentary seat, Matt Gudica shouted: "New York legend Fark Stay has returned to his home court, and almost all New York fans are shouting his name..."

Matt Gudica joked that Yangwu, who also broadcasted the game, was a little embarrassed.

The commentator Shuangping of course understood what the crowd of calls on the scene meant without stopping.

But they couldn't explain, so they could only skip the neat calls and put their perspective in the center of the court.

This Knicks is no longer the Knicks at the helm of Pat Riley, they have changed their handsome guys.

Riley's disciple Jeff Van Gundy is the new coach of the Knicks. Therefore, from tactics to the team's specific playing style, the Knicks have not changed much.

The only thing that has changed a lot is that Jeff Van Gundy's employer is different from Riley.

At this moment, the five starting players of the Knicks have already stood on the court-

The point guard is Derek Harper, the shooting guard is John Starks, the small forward is Anthony Mason, the power forward is Charles Oakley, and the center is Patrick Ewing.

Compared to last season, the biggest change in this main lineup is that Jeff Van Gundy reused Anthony Mason.

Mason has become the absolute main force of this Knicks, and the team has a very high status, almost the second scorer of the Knicks outside Ewing and the core of the defensive end.

In the opening game, against the Pacers, although the Knicks lost, Mason had 16 points, 9 rebounds and 3 assists.

On the offensive end, he was the second ending point after Ewing, and on the defensive end, he was the key man in sweeping the middle distance.

In the opening game of the preseason, Anthony Mason performed a personal performance that matched his status, and it seemed that Jeff Van Gundy's promotion was very successful.

But before this game, Nelson, the old man shook his head after mentioning Anthony Mason.

"Anthony Mason's performance is great, but if this performance is just going to help him become the No. 2 character of the Knicks, it only means that the Knicks are not good."

It’s true that in the eyes of Lin Xing, the latecomer, there is nothing wrong with the judgment of Old Nelson.

Compared with the Knicks in the previous two seasons, the Knicks in the new season are indeed not considered a strong team.

John Starks' decline was too critical, and before Alan Houston and the Madman joined the Knicks, the Knicks' peripheral firepower was seriously lacking.

Supporting them was only the iron-blooded defense left by Riley, and Patrick Ewing, who was in the inside.

Although Lin Xing and the Knicks had a deep hatred, Madison was full of "Farke Strick".

But Lin Xing has no hatred at all when standing on the court and facing the Knicks' major players.

It’s not that he doesn’t hold grudges, but that’s really the Knicks’s, and his strength is no longer on the same level.

"Dalin comes out of the line, look at this posture, is he the one who jumps the ball in this game?"

Yangwu and Coach Zhang noticed the subtle details of the matchmaking on the court.

When Lin Xing faced Ewing, he did not speak politely before the game, but simply used pre-match matchups.

Director Zhang was right, and after the opening game, the Warriors made a decision. Lin Xing jumped the ball and guaranteed that he would win the ball at the beginning.

On the court, Lin Xing stared at Ewing provocatively, but Ewing's eyes were dull and there was no response at all.

“It’s not interesting…”

Lin Xing shook his head and glanced at the referee Dick Bavita holding the basketball.

Bavita is also an old acquaintance. He looked at Lin Xing and said directly:

"What, I can't even lose the jump ball?"

Lin Xing nodded and sighed: Look at Dick, the referee knows how to interact with each other, and then look at the gorilla, that's it?

"Then it starts?"

Bavita previewed, then blew the whistle and threw the basketball into the air.

"Bang!"

At Madison's altitude, Lin Xing's thick and yellow hand first touched the basketball.

"Dalin won the jump ball, and he is worthy of being a 100% player with a hop success rate!"

The madman controlled the basketball and advanced to the frontcourt, and then handed the ball to Lin Xing.

"The beginning, Dalin still holds the ball..."

Last season, the Warriors' offense revolved around Lin Xing.

By this season, the whole team has turned to defense and has even lacked offensive routines.

To tear the opponent's defense line from the front, Lin Xing can only rely on strong breakthroughs.

At this moment, Lin Xing looked at Anthony Mason who was facing him, and then looked at Oakley who was eyeing him close, and probably thought about how to fight this attack.

"Dalin, the step after the crossing step was directly over Mason!"

Anthony Mason's defense is characterized by its great strength, so powerful that Danzi has to avoid Mason's attack every time he encounters New York.

Lin Xing didn't have this problem. He had the fastest first step. After really thinking about Mason, it was just a cross-step.

The problem is that after Mason passed, Oakley rushed to eat like a hungry wolf.

Although Rodman was empty, is there no difference between Rodman's attack and?

Not to mention, there is really a difference.

The difference is - at this moment, Rodman shouted: "I'm empty, Stah, give me the ball!"

Lin Xing rolled his eyes. It was impossible to give it, and there was no chance to pass it to others. It would be better to shoot one by himself against Oakley's defense.

"After Mason, facing Oakley's backup defense, Dalin directly made a shot!"

Lin Xing jumped up from the middle distance, and his shooting posture was very standard.

But standards are useless. The moment Lin Xing took action, he knew that the ball was gone.

Sure enough, with a clang, the moment Lin Xing landed, the basketball smashed out of the frame.

Rodman grabbed the rebound, and he seemed to prove something. He grabbed the rebound and turned around and wanted to make a layup against Ewing's assisted defense.

As a result, Ewing raised his hand and was a big hat.

With a clang, Rodman's hat was turned over.

Lin Xing wanted to spread his hands, and what he wanted to express was that, fortunately, I didn’t give you the ball.

Thinking about it again, didn’t he even make the mid-range shot? Brother, don’t laugh at the second brother.

Oakley, who returned to the basket, grabbed the basketball that was blown away by Ewing, and then it was the Knicks' counterattack.

But as old Nelson expected before the game, the Knicks' offense had completely slacked.

How far has the scorching been? The scorching was their only stable scoring point.

Except Ewing, everyone can get a certain ball right.

But everyone's offense except Ewing was very unstable.

Therefore, the Warriors' defense is very simple.

In the inside, Mo Ning stared at Ewing to death, and didn't even need Rodman to assist in defense.

To put it bluntly, although Mo Ning is not among the four centers, he is not inferior to Ewing in terms of defense.

In his previous life, Ewing had no MVP or DPOY, but Mo Ning was the winner of two DPOYs, which shows that.

One-on-one defense in the penalty area, Rodman and Lin Xing swept wildly outside.

In the current attack, the Knicks can't even pass the ball to the basket.

Derek Harper was lucky in the periphery, and then a random mid-range jump shot.

With a clang!

"Rebounding boards!"

There were shouts on the court, but in the end, Rodman was the one who grabbed the rebound.

Morning and Ewing restrained each other, Oakley was really old and couldn't jump.

As for Lin Xing and Anthony Mason, these two are also restraining each other.

So at the beginning, Rodman almost made all the rebounds round.

However, Rodman did not hand over the ball to Lin Xing as soon as possible, but instead held the basketball and negotiated with Lin Xing with the conditions.

"Star, give you the ball, but you have to promise me one thing."

Without thinking, Lin Xing nodded immediately and replied: "Okay, no problem."

Then, he pulled away the basketball in Rodman's hand.

"No, I haven't said anything yet?"

"I will violate the rules in 8 seconds after you finish talking..."

"Do you know what's going on?"
To be continued...