After the warm-up, everyone returned to the locker room.
Head coach D'Antoni made the final tactical arrangements.
D'Antoni has emphasized many tactics before this, and he emphasized them again this time to ensure that players do not make mistakes on the court.
"On the offensive end, we increased the speed. Except for Jennings, they have no player who can keep up with Sickle. This opens up space for Sickle to misplace singles. Once the opponent double-teams Sickle, the shooter is always ready."
"On the defensive end, Zhu, remember to guard Jennings to death and don't give him any chance. Paul, Bogut will leave it to you. David, if necessary, you can help defend and don't give the opponent any chance."
"..."
"Boys, remember, this is the playoffs, this is the real battle. From now on, we have to devote 200% energy to the game. I believe you can defeat the Bucks and send Milwaukee to Milwaukee just like you did in the regular season.
People go home to fish.”
D'Antoni's tactics are still the same, running and gunning, opening up the space, and handing the ball to Lian Dao. In the first game, D'Antoni had no intention of letting Lian Dao play without the ball, although D'Antoni knew that Lian Dao was the best one without the ball.
The most terrifying.
However, the first game is all about stability, and winning steadily is the most important thing.
"Knicks!"
"Must win!
!" "Must win!
!" "Must win!
!”
Everyone in the Knicks cheered in unison.
The Bucks are also new to the playoffs. Their playoff experience is similar to that of the Knicks, both of which are pitiful.
The Knicks can use the Bucks just in time to adapt to the playoffs.
Therefore, this is also the reason why the Knicks tried every means to prevent the Heat from ranking sixth in the regular season.
If the Heat were the Knicks' first-round opponent, it would definitely not be easy for the Knicks.
CCTV Sports.
Yu Jia: "The match between the two sides is about to begin. Let's first introduce the starting lineups of both sides."
"For the Knicks, the point guard is Jrue Holiday, the shooting guard is Wilson Chandler, the small forward is Lian Dao, the power forward is Paul Millsap, and the center is David Lee. This is the latter part of the Knicks' regular season.
A lineup that is often used, this time they also won the regular season."
"The Knicks' lineup takes into account both offense and defense on the outside. Each of the Knicks' three outside lines can launch an offense. On the defensive end, their efficiency this season can also be ranked among the top three in the league."
“For the Bucks, point guard Brandon Jennings, shooting guard John Salmons, small forward Carlos Delfino, power forward Ersan Yinlyasova, and center Andrew Bogu
special."
"The Bucks have moved Carlos Delfino to the third position. Carlos Delfino is faster. The Bucks should be looking for a defender who can keep up with Lian Dao.
, but there is a big difference in height between Carlos Delfino and Lian Dao. With this arrangement, doesn’t head coach Scott Skiles worry about being sifted by Lian Dao from the outside?"
"Director Zhang, what do you think of the Bucks' arrangement?"
"Bucks head coach Scott Skiles should not choose to defend Lian Dao alone. Even James cannot limit Lian Dao alone, let alone Carlos Delfino. They should
It’s a defensive arrangement of cooperating with positions 2/3, double-teaming Lian Dao from the outside, and blocking the inside basket..."
Mr. Zhang Lili also analyzed the Bucks' arrangements.
…
On the field, the entrance ceremony has been completed.
Today, Madison Square Garden is packed with people, and the entire stadium is filled with carnival-like shouts. This season, the Knicks have also been upgraded to the home court of the Devils.
The entire Madison Square Garden is filled with blue and white ocean waves.
Many fans held up cheering and cheering banners in their hands.
All the Knicks players seemed to ignite the blood deep in their hearts at this moment. Amid the cheers of the home fans, all the Knicks players showed a high fighting spirit.
Jennings' scalp was numb when he was standing on the court.
It's not like he has never seen the Devils' home court, but he was still disturbed by the boos at the scene.
Playing in this kind of atmosphere, if the away players' psychological quality is not strong enough, there will be a kind of pressure in their hearts.
On the floor of Lian Dao Station at Madison Square Garden, he didn't feel nervous at all. Instead, he felt a little excited.
It seems that the playoffs are his real stage, as if he was born to spread his wings and fly high among the stars.
…
The Knicks play against the Bucks, G1 starts immediately.
David Lee and Bogut take a jump ball.
Bogut has an obvious height advantage and takes the lead to win the ball.
Jennings received the ball in the backcourt and took the lead in launching the attack.
Brandon Jennings threw the ball to Bogut who had just reached the basket before Holiday stepped forward to defend.
Bogut caught the ball and took advantage of Millsap's unsteady footing to take off and dunk under the basket.
Although Lian Dao hates Bogut, he still has some strength at the basket.
Although his shooting is not very accurate, he is still very good at dunking down behind the screen.
2:0.
At this time, Madison Square Garden was booed by the audience.
Turning around, the Knicks had just served, and the fans in the stadium burst into deafening cheers.
"attack!
"
"attack!
"
"attack!
"
If Madison Square Garden was the home of the Devils during the regular season, then it's hell now.
All the fans at the scene were concentrating on helping the Knicks and shouting cheers.
Holiday pushed forward steadily, constantly making tactical gestures as he advanced.
Holiday is much more mature now than when he first arrived, and he knows how to help Lian Dao share the outside pressure.
Carlos Delfino saw Lian Dao cross the half court and began to defend Lian Dao closely, constantly preventing Lian Dao from catching the ball.
Carlos Delfino's defensive attitude is tough, but his height and strength are at a disadvantage when facing Lian Dao.
Lian Dao put his shoulder against Carlos Delfino, and Holiday just passed the ball over. After receiving the ball, Lian Dao knocked Carlos Delfino away with his shoulder and made a pull-up jumper from the outside. .
The basketball feels very soft when released.
"brush!"
Three point hit!
2:3.
This is the advantage of being tall and having long arms. When Lian Dao was shooting, Carlos Delfino opened his hands, but he couldn't cause any interference to Lian Dao at all.
Lian Dao took the lead with a three-pointer to help the Knicks open up the playoffs.
After Lian Dao scored, the audience burst into loud cheers.
Although Delfino spares no effort on the defensive end, this aspect is really not his strong point; Delfino is a typical middle-sized player, without many outstanding features and no fatal shortcomings. He is quite satisfactory and lackluster.
Delfino's three-point shooting was not very stable, but his three-point shooting percentage was very good at critical moments, which impressed Lian Dao.
On the other hand, the Bucks are still playing inside, but this time Millsap keeps moving forward to defend, making it particularly difficult for Bogut to catch the ball, and this time all the Knicks' perimeter players are already in position.
Jennings didn't dare to pass the ball like before. Holiday's defensive quality was very high, and he constantly put pressure on Jennings on the defensive end.
Ersan Yinlyasova came to the outside to provide a screen for Jennings. The Knicks switched defenses infinitely, and David Lee firmly blocked Jennings's breakthrough route on the left inside.
Jennings found that the breakthrough route was blocked, so he quickly passed the ball to Ersan Yinlyasova on the outside.
After receiving the ball, Ersan Yinlyasova made a three-pointer directly in front of Holiday.
Holiday had tried his best to jump up and reach out to interfere, but he was limited by his height.
As a tall man of 2.08 meters, Ersan Yinlyasova's outside three-point deterrent is really too great.
The basketball drew an arc and then fell straight into the basket.
The Bucks are very similar to the Magic. Except for the center, other members of the Bucks can shoot three-pointers from the outside. They are also a one-star and four-shooting lineup.
It's just that the overall strength is far behind compared to the Magic.
5:3.
There is no problem with the Knicks' defense. Although the Bucks also have 1 star and 4 shots, the Bucks' outside shooters lack three-point stability.
D'Antoni also doesn't believe that the Bucks' perimeter will always be so accurate.
Holiday still gives the ball to Lian Dao.
Holding the ball, Lian Dao encountered a double attack by Carlos Delfino and John Salmons. He passed the ball to Chandler, who was open for a three-pointer at 45 degrees from outside on the right.
This is Chandler's hot spot for shooting, but this time Chandler was a little flustered.