Looking at his thick eyebrows and big eyes, he was so immature that he didn't expect to play such a trick! Compared to the opening game, Zhang Hao changed a lot, not only his playing style, but also his style of playing seemed to have changed a lot.

I have played against the Lakers twice a year. The Knicks players’ understanding of the Lakers and Lakers players is limited to scout reports and news. I occasionally watch live broadcasts. I can prepare for tactics, but the feeling of fighting... Each team and each different player may feel different when facing the same team and the same player.

At the beginning of the season, at the opening game, the Knicks players who played against the Lakers felt that the Lakers had almost changed new teams from other lineups. At that time, they were similar to the Lakers, and everything was done.

Now that it's all the way to the end of February, the Knicks' own cooperation and tacit understanding have basically been fully developed and improved when the lineup formed is reasonable, and the winning rate of nearly 70% is also good. After all, the starting lineup has changed three players.

But the Lakers feel weird to the Knicks players.

The Lakers have a tactical framework, but the Lakers still give them a feeling of "everything is done".

It was the Knicks' turn to attack. John Starks carried the ball to the left of the top arc. Lary Johnson from the basket helped Ewing block O'Neal. Ewing quickly pulled out to the high position on the right side of the free throw line, and Barkley replaced the defense.

Facing Barkley, Ewing undoubtedly has a huge body shape advantage. Barkley could hardly defend Ewing from receiving and shooting in mid-range singles.

But John Starks did not pass the ball, but chose to break through!

John Starks is a standard individual defender. He has excellent defense. Although he has poor organizational skills on the offensive end, he has outstanding scoring ability. Three years ago, he averaged 19 points per game at the peak of 28 years old. He is the great contributor to the Knicks' tiebreaker against the Rockets in the 1994 Finals. Although he is 31 years old now, his breakthrough is still sharp!

Doug Christie knew that he couldn't stop him, so she didn't defend herself. Instead, she imitated Zhang Hao's advantage of height and wingspan to cover John Starks' shooting space and followed closely.

John Starks broke through to the right, and Doug Christie was blocked when he followed the arc position outside the free throw line!

John Starks bypassed Ewing and led Barkley to the basket with the first move to change defense!

Larry Johnson pulled away from the basket to the left of the three-second zone. O'Neal did not expand, but stayed at the basket. Fisher actively took it back and defended against Larry Johnson.

After John Starks broke into the depths and attracted O'Neal's attention, he passed back. Ewing moved back to the right side of the free throw line, leaned against Doug Christie and received the ball, turned around and shot... and hit!

The Knicks' attack is patient and meticulous, and even makes people feel a little redundant.

Ewing can clearly score by singles, but the Knicks just used running positions and movements of other players to create better opportunities for Ewing to catch and shoot easily.

But Zhang Hao thinks this is not a bad thing for the Knicks, and Lakers players also think that the Knicks' arrangement is very smart, because it can make Ewing play alone easier!

The Knicks have been committed to a more relaxed shooting environment this season, which has been highly praised by the media, experts and senior fans, and Jeff Van Gundy has become one of the hottest candidates for the best coach.

In fact, Jeff Van Gundy on the sidelines didn't think this was of any use at first. Anyway, it would be right to learn from the teacher. The teacher would definitely not be wrong so good.

Before Pat Riley left the Knicks, he instructed Jeff Van Gundy to use Ewing in this way, so Ewing will play better in the future.

Jeff Van Gundy began to adjust to this style of play last season, but the lineup was very different from now. At that time, the core tactics could only be driven by Ewing. Last summer, relying on the advice of former Knicks coach Reed Holzmann, the current Knicks president adviser, to continuously rob the Hornets and Nets to form a new lineup. This style of play was implemented.

Anyway, Jeff Van Gundy admires Pat Riley even more because it really worked.

Not only did Ewing play better, but the offensive stability of the Knicks team has been improved. This style of playing is still very slow, which is very suitable for their quick retreat and depression rhythm after taking action.

After returning from the timeout, the Lakers players still felt a headache when they played. The five players of the opponent's current defense is no worse than the starting stage!

Zhang Hao got off the ball as soon as Ewing took action, but the pass and receiving line was still blocked.

Fisher advanced steadily to the frontcourt. After his teammates got the position, he passed the ball to Zhang Hao who came to the left of the top arc and leaned against Larry Johnson.

Zhang Hao leaned against Larry Johnson to receive the ball, held the ball with one hand in his right hand and stretched it to the far end, stretched upwards with Larry Johnson's arm, and gestured to the people on the field with his left hand, with three fingers, big thumb, index finger and middle finger.

Larry Johnson directly ignored it, and the Knicks players also ignored it.

Who are you lying to? Who would believe that this little silver coin with poker face is a fool!

After Zhang Hao made the gesture, he turned to face Larry Johnson, slapped the ball, and pulled to the left.

Larry Johnson did not insist on blocking Zhang Hao's breakthrough, and Zhang Hao also saw this. This surprised him. Without the advantage of strength, it could not trigger the "strongest first step", and without crossing the opponent, it could not trigger the "King of Cross Steps", but he still broke through directly, and Larry Johnson struggled to keep up.

Zhang Hao broke down the left side to the left of the three-second zone, John Wallace attacked, Ewing at the basket was prepared to cut in, but Barkley honestly opened up space on the right side of the free throw line. Other Knicks players were ready to make up for defense, but Zhang Hao did not pass the ball and shot directly from the bottom line on the left side of the three-second zone!

John Wallace and Larry Johnson's follow-up defense were very good, and Zhang Hao shot with his body tilted and bounced high on the neck of the basket!

Ewing was about to catch the rebound when he heard the excited exclaim from the fans near the bottom line... A huge force came from behind Ewing, who jumped up, directly knocking him out of the bottom line.

Super re-buckle for large diesel engines!

Taking advantage of Ewing's attention to preventing the cutting and preventing Zhang Hao from suddenly changing direction and going to the middle, O'Neal left the three-second zone. When Zhang Hao took action, O'Neal immediately rushed into the basket and completed the rebate while Ewing was unprepared!

Looking at Ewing's embarrassing look who had just stopped hitting the sponge that hit the basket, O'Neal, who had been playing hard since the start of the game tonight, exclaimed fiercely. After landing, he was excited to find Zhang Hao to slap his high fives... No one was found!

When he turned around, he saw that Zhang Hao was almost running out of the three-point line!

In other words, after this kid made the outrageous shot that was tilted with his body, he stepped back directly!

O'Neal didn't know whether to be happy to be trusted or to rush up and kick the bastard.

The Knicks players were a little surprised when the Lakers attacked.

This kind of playing method is considered tactical or is it considered a blind fight?

In this regard, if the other party asks sincerely, Del Harris will tell them mercifully that this is our tactic!

Since Kenny Anderson was replaced, he did not send Magic or Brian Shaw, Del Harris' meaning was already very obvious, and the tactical arrangement was also very simple - the ultimate frontcourt trio found a way to get the ball in.

Zhang Hao's two gestures, the first one was done casually, and the second one was really a tactical gesture - I shot, the double fat was ready to grab the rebound.

Playing the "3" gesture means 1 board + 2 points.

The Lakers showdown directly, relying on the stars, just doing it!

When the Knicks attacked, the Lakers used O'Neal to defend the three-second zone and close range, and broke through to the basket from the outside of the Knicks. The others tried their best to switch defenses, defending from 1 inside and 4 outside, and tried their best to cut the pass.

Ewing and Alan Houston want to get a mid- and long-distance shooting opportunity again, which is not that simple. The Lakers didn't cooperate well enough in the past round, so they both went to block Larry Johnson. As the game deepened, the defensive cooperation became better and better.

The better opportunity the Knicks can seize is not the mid-range shot they expected in advance, but the attacking box.

However, O'Neal returned to the three-second zone and tried his best to defend the defense very bravely, and the frame protection effect was very good. The Knicks did not maintain stability as they thought when they saw O'Neal protecting the frame alone, and the goals were all matched.

The Knicks themselves provoked a high confrontation and loose slap standards. Tonight's referee Steve Jarvey did not change. O'Neal's rough inside defense movements were not clear, and as long as they were not clear fouls, they didn't even blew them.

Although Larry Johnson is called the player who looks the most like Barkley and his defense is better than Barkley, the offensive gap is actually very obvious. He averaged 22 points per game in his peak year, and is definitely not bad as an inside line. However, Barkley averaged 25+ per game at his peak, and even averaged 28+ per game in one year and 27+ per game in one year. With O'Neal's high-level franchise protection tonight, the other four Lakers' other players had excellent mid-range high-speed replacement, and their offensive performance was poor.

After losing weight, Ewing performed better in mid-range shots and had more opportunities, but his strong attack ability in the inside line has declined seriously.

The one who gets more shooting opportunities and scores more goals is Alan Houston.

In terms of mid-range shooting performance this season, no one can compare with Alan Houston except Michael Jordan. The 46.8% long two-point shooting percentage and 48.9% mid-range shooting percentage are still a performance in a long-term high-intensity offensive and defensive battle.

With Alan Houston's progress, the more Pistons fans look at it, the more they hate it!

However, although Alan Hughes scored 6 points in the last 8 minutes after the first quarter, the Knicks only scored 11 points during this period.

After the first quarter, the Knicks only scored 18 points!

The Lakers were not much better, but the fans on the scene just felt happy because the stars performed well.

Erpang is still the same, and he has the enthusiasm to open up the space, and has the enthusiasm to rush and defend. However, he is unwilling to work hard to play singles on the offensive end, so he is just a blue-collar mid-range shot, and the defense is very active. The effect is... Anyway, Alan Houston's shooting opportunity and John Starks' chance to break through to the basket and pass the ball at the basket are basically on Barkley.

But O'Neal and Zhang Hao performed very well!

Zhang Hao just shoots, O'Neal just grabs, and occasionally Zhang Hao will pass the ball to O'Neal. O'Neal can directly deduct it when he receives the ball. There are not many opportunities, but Zhang Hao, who has always been focused on playing basketball, can always seize the fleeting opportunity.

This is Zhang Hao's characteristic. He can always use what he knows and always seize opportunities.

In general, the intuitive feeling of the fans - their Lakers superstar is hard!

Do the opponent defends well? They can also defend well! And no matter how well the opponent defends well, they can still score with superstars!

In nearly 8 minutes after the first quarter, the Lakers scored 12 points.

17-18, the Lakers fell 1 point behind and entered the break.

...

The score was so low that it made people numb, but in the first quarter... Listening to the enthusiastic cheers of the fans on the scene, the Lakers players also felt very comfortable.

They have done a good job in defense in the past few games, but when they play against the Knicks, they find that the confrontation they give in defense is still too small and they can't adapt at the beginning.

Fortunately, Del Harris adjusted in time and quickly adapted to such confrontation under O'Neal's rough and tough defense.

Del Harris is very satisfied with the current situation, especially Zhang Hao's adjustment on the offensive end... No, it was O'Neal's adjustment on the offensive end, but it was not Zhang Hao who did a good job anyway.

Zhang Hao played more strongly on the offensive end, and was not efficient. He scored 5 points on 2 of 6 shots, and scored a total of 9 points in the first quarter. O'Neal focused on tip-offs and ate cakes on the offensive end, but he didn't score much, but he saved a lot of energy on the offensive end, without having to play singles or singles to attract singles to pass the ball.

Although the two had almost no communication, anyone with discerning eyes could see that the two were really suitable.

Only 90% of Zhang Hao's energy has been focused on strengthening offense over the past year, and his defensive progress has been slow... In fact, it has made great progress, but it is mainly because his offensive progress has been too fast. In contrast, the defensive progress seems slow.

In fact, Zhang Hao's defensive end has made progress, and it is really good to pick it up alone. An offensive player has played for less than two years, and his defense has stopped dragging him down.

But the media, experts, and fans have too high requirements for Zhang Hao...

Fortunately, O'Neal will only turn 25 next month, and Zhang Hao will just turn 20 not long ago. Both of them have a lot of time to improve...

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After returning from the break during the holiday, Del Harris sent Fisher, Brian Shaw, George Lynch, Jason Williams, and O'Neal.

When O'Neal put his composure to honor, played with all his strength and was willing to do dirty and tiring work, the strongest person on the Lakers is undoubtedly O'Neal, both offense and defense.

Del Harris is very clear who to rely on at this time. O'Neal is the key to their defensive transformation. Tonight, in such a situation, O'Neal will definitely have to play more.

O'Neal's physical strength is not a problem. Del Harris feels that talent is really unpleasant!

No matter how hard the others work, they can't beat O'Neal's style of playing, the word "diligence" is added... Then, Del Harris's dissatisfaction spread to another person in the head horse combination.

Looking at the dead child sitting on the sidelines drinking functional drinks, there is a talented and hard-working guy here.

The Knicks sent a combination of Chiles, John Starks, John Wallace, Buck Williams, and Charles Oakley.
To be continued...