The Knicks and Rockets have never had any grudges. Lin Yu and Dayao are from the same country and hugged each other very affectionately before the game.
Therefore, from the time he came out to the warm-up, and finally until the game was about to start, there was not even a single boo from Madison.
Lin Yu is very pleased. This means that as the Knicks' record improves, Knicks fans have also made improvements in quality.
But when he took off his training jacket and was about to start his opening ceremony, Madison suddenly burst out with boos that were about to tear his eardrums.
Lin Yu immediately rolled his eyes. Just as he felt relieved, he was immediately interrupted by the group of fans at the scene.
"David Stern arrived late, and he took his seat in a private room on the second floor amidst Madison's boos..."
Kenny Smith, who was sitting firmly in the commentary box, quickly told everyone who didn't know why Madison's boos sounded.
Charles Barkley, who was also sitting, shook his head: "No, he came at just the right time. Look, the game is about to start."
Lin Yu on the court also saw David Stern, who had just taken his seat, and James Dolan, who was accompanying Stern with an embarrassed look on his face.
He also understood where the boos came from, but rolled his eyes and continued to complain: No wonder the league always dislikes the Knicks in New York and Madison, the basketball mecca.
He waved his hand and immediately took a step onto the court, immediately ending the boos in the audience.
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The starters on both sides have already appeared. The Knicks have put together a starting lineup that is the same as last season. On the Rockets' side, Rafe Alston and Tracy McGrady partnered in the backcourt, and the small forward is the newly added Ron Artest.
, the inside line is the partnership of Dayao and Scola.
Dayao stood in the center of the court. He and Kwame Brown were fighting against each other. The referee held the basketball and walked to the center of the court.
There was a beep and the basketball was thrown into the sky above the arena.
Kwame Brown jumped up and immediately slapped the ball into his own half.
Lowry took a step forward, got the ball, and immediately rushed to the frontcourt.
Lin Yu was faster. After confirming that his team could get the ball, he immediately started and rushed towards the frontcourt as quickly as possible.
Ron Artest followed Lin Yu closely, but when he and Lin Yu rushed to the three-point line in the frontcourt, Lin Yu suddenly made an emergency stop and turned back, directly knocking Artest back.
However, Lin Yu returned to the outside of the three-point line.
Immediately afterwards, Lin Yu caught the ball and raised his hand to shoot.
Whoosh!
Madison erupted in violent cheers. In the midst of the cheers, Rockets coach Rick Adelman roared: "Keep an eye on him, Ron!"
He and Artest were old acquaintances. They had worked together when they were with the Kings. The Rockets were able to acquire Artest in a robbery-style deal not only because there had been several good cooperations between the Rockets and the Kings, but also because
It has something to do with Adelman's existence.
Artest made an OK gesture toward the sidelines, turned around, and it was the Rockets' turn to attack.
Artest once again stood in front of Lin Yu. It seemed that he was entangled with Lin Yu. Regardless of offense or defense, he had to confront Lin Yu.
Lin Yu did not go after McGrady. The Knicks' defensive strategy was also to misplace marking. He went to guard Artest, who had less offensive threat, and McGrady was lost to Wilson Chandler.
As for the Rockets' possession of the ball, after Alston, the street ball king, controlled the ball for half the court, it quickly passed into McGrady's hands.
In McGrady's singles, Dayao gave him a pick-and-roll.
But after the pick-and-roll, Kwame Brown took a step back, and Wilson Chandler bypassed the screen.
McGrady had a brief moment to take a shot, but he didn't. Instead, he chose to break through and then face Wilson Chandler's defense again.
Then he changed direction, changed hands behind his back and accelerated. When Wilson Chandler retreated, he suddenly stopped and took action.
But with a bang, McGrady's emergency shot missed the basket.
Yangwu also broadcast this game, with Director Zhang and Yu Jia providing commentary.
When McGrady missed this pull-up mid-range shot, and compared with Lin Yu's off-ball pull-up shot in the opening game, he turned around and hit a three-pointer, the gap seemed to be reflected.
"Tramp McGrady didn't make a mid-range shot. He should still be adjusting, but one thing we have to admit is that McGrady is really not as good as Dayu now. Look at the cooperation between Dayu's national team and Dayu, and look at Tracy McGrady. The gap is already there."
It couldn't be more obvious."
"So, it would be great if Dayao and Dayu join forces. Unfortunately, Dayao can no longer leave the Rockets, and Dayu doesn't seem to be leaving the Knicks."
Although Tracy McGrady has countless fans in China, several major domestic commentators chose to dump the heaviest blame on Tracy McGrady after the Rockets' countless disappointments...
On the court, the Knicks got the rebound and Lin Yu received the ball immediately.
He quickly pushed forward to counterattack, and the Rockets retreated quickly, but Lin Yu only wanted a chance to defeat the Rockets' defensive system.
Dayao's slow retreat obviously gave Lin Yu this opportunity.
He was closely guarded by Artest. Artest was physically strong, his defensive predictions were accurate, and he was very aggressive. But for Lin Yu, the only impact was that he could not find the Rockets' defensive space in a short period of time.
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He could only control the ball and continue to push forward. With his physical fitness no worse than Artest, he pushed directly to the inside.
The further inside, even Lin Yu, who is anxious to attack the basket, will become extremely threatening.
He immediately attracted the help of Alston and Tracy McGrady, and then with a shake of his hand, the basketball was passed out by him.
After a cross pass, Wilson Chandler on the other side caught the ball and took advantage of the situation and sent the ball that had been fed to his mouth into the basket.
The Rockets could only kick off from the backcourt again, and Alston controlled the ball through half the court, and then handed it to Dayao who was positioned at the top of the key.
Dayao supported the ball from the high post, and Kwame Brown directly defended it, but the defense was not so tight. Dayao turned back and forth, and then suddenly started to control the ball and took two steps in.
McGrady made a circle from the inside, went around to the top of the arc, found Dayao and made a hand-to-hand. After getting the ball, he passed the ball again.
Artest caught the ball, took two steps, and made a layup against Lin Yu's defense.
There was still a bang, and the basketball missed the basket again.
After Lin Yu completed the interference, he took advantage of the opportunity and pocketed the rebound. While turning around to prepare for a counterattack, he stared at Artest with his surprised eyes, as if to say: What do you think, challenge my defense?
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Then came another wave of counterattacks from the Knicks.
Artai's speed slowed down a step, following behind Lin Yu.
Lin Yu's speed became faster and faster, and he rushed to the frontcourt almost instantly, and the only thing standing in front of him was a weak and helpless Alston.
Lin Yu rushed to the area near the frame and suddenly jumped up like a cannonball. Alston, who was under the basket, looked at the already unstoppable Lin Yu and could only hide aside.
boom!
A powerful dunk, the basket rack groaned, and the entire Madison was directly ignited after this dunk!
"Counterattack, counterattack again! The game has just started, and the Knicks' offense is like a gust of wind. It's obvious that the Houston people can't bear it anymore."