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Chapter 252 Eastern Finals, Fight the Knicks!
Sweeping the 76ers to advance, the Magic have a week off.

The opponent is the winner of the Knicks and Celtics.

This season, Pierce and Walker are really the pinnacle of the twin stars.

In the playoffs, all kinds of explosions, and the Knicks reached the tiebreaker.

In the end, the Knicks, who were more willing to spend money, had the last laugh.

Van Gundy's tactical play is actually very similar to Larry Brown's "correct basketball".

Mark Jackson was quite half Billups.

Houston is known as the CIC king, and Hamilton's style of play is also very similar.

Hamilton is physically invincible, Houston has a longer range and a little bit of offense with the ball.

Both of them were in tandem and played well in the Pistons.

Compared with Prince, Madman Sprewell has stronger offensive firepower, and Prince is more defensive.

The madman is stronger, which can just offset the part of Mark Jackson's loss to Billups on the point guard.

To be reasonable, the current Knicks team is still [-] million points similar to the Pistons.

Big Ben is still the original Big Ben.

Camby is a fairly underrated version of Rasheed.

Pierce and Walker, leading the Celtics team, which relies entirely on the draft, requires experience and lack of experience, and requires a thick bench. They made it to the Eastern Conference semifinals and even made it to the 7th game. Their performance is already amazing.

It can only be said that they have come so far thanks to the support of their peers, and they can even go one step further.

The Knicks did not give the Celtics a chance. In the tiebreaker, they used suffocating defense to freeze the Celtics' offense. With a score of 4 to 3, they eliminated the Celtics and advanced to the Eastern Conference Finals .

In other words, in 4 regular season games, the Knicks beat the Magic.

However, before the game, the media commented on the Knicks' promotion path is pessimistic.

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On June 5th, Orlando, TD Waterhouse Center Arena.

In Game [-] of the Eastern Conference finals, the Magic officially started their home game against the Knicks.

The Magic started with five players, Kidd, Tracy McGrady, Jackson, Duncan, and O'Neal.

Knicks starting lineup, Mark Jackson, Houston, Sprewell, Big Ben, Camby.

beep~
Accompanied by the sound of the whistle.

The game started with a scrimmage, with Duncan beating Camby for the Magic's first down.

In the frontcourt, Kidd singled out Mark Jackson with his back.

Step by step, hit the shooting sweet spot.

With the Knicks' zone defense tactics, the madman rushed over to attack, and Ben also used his mobility to sweep through the penalty area.

Kidd turned over and pulled the ball up, throwing the basketball to the left basket with one hand in the air.

Duncan, who came in through an air cut, caught the ball and jumped up.

It was already too late when Big Ben turned around and rushed back.

His height was originally a disadvantage, and he had to be distracted to sweep.

Bang-dang-!
Two-handed dunk, scored two points.

0 to 2! !
The Knicks attack.

Mark Jackson has the ball up front.

On the left, Ben pulls out and sets a screen for Houston.

Houston shook McGrady's defense, received a pass near the free throw line, and hit a two-point jumper.

2 to 2! !
Continuing to hit Mark Jackson with his back, Kidd faced a 1-meter-tall opponent who was still 85 years old.

Naturally, he wants to maximize the advantages of point guards.

The Knicks still dealt with the zone defense, Kidd found the right time, turned over and made a jumper, and hit two points steadily.

2 to 4! !
The Knicks attack.

Mark Jackson organizes possession.

On the left, Houston and Ben, flank.

Attract the Magic's defense.

On the right, the crazy Sprewell received the ball, forced McGrady, shot from close range, and also hit two points.

4 to 4! !
Kidd and Duncan played a pick-and-roll tactic.

The Knicks chose to flank Kidd, facing the flanking of Mark Jackson and Big Ben.

Kidd made a scalpel-like pass, Duncan dribbled one step, took three steps for a layup, dunked with one hand, and blasted the basketball into the basket.

4 to 6! !
When Big Ben came out, the Knicks' basket guard was like paper.

Offensive and defensive transition, Houston got rid of the ball, caught the ball and made a jumper, but faced Jackson's help defense block.

Forced against the defense, a two-point jump shot...

The shooting posture is very standard, but the basketball is ironed.

Bang-dang-!
The Magic are extremely mobile.

Personal defensive talent is also very good.

Houston only shot two points, and naturally won't get a lot of space.

The Magic fought back.

The Knicks prefer to play slowly and pick up the tempo.

Their defensive system can't stand up at all.

In the counterattack, McGrady scored two points.

4 to 8! !
Seeing that the point difference was about to be widened, the madman Sprewell decided to make a strong three-pointer after catching the ball.

Jackson did a great job defensively.

Bang-dang-!
The madman's gamble failed.

Van Gundy frowned.

What he doesn't like is not that he can't score offensively.

He didn't care if he could score or not, what he only cared about was that the madman ignored his tactics and forced a three-point shot.

In the era when CIC is king, using three-pointers as an offensive weapon is an outlier on the court.

However, he also has nothing to do with madmen.

The rebounds continued to be grabbed by the Magic.

Big Ben is the rebounding leader, but the Magic have a lot of rebounders.

Another counterattack.

The Knicks can move well.

Blocked a wave of counterattacks from the Magic guards.

But O'Neal couldn't stop the rushing up, ran from the backcourt to the frontcourt, caught the ball, made a layup, and hit two points with a close-range jumper.

4 to 10! !
The rushing Magic team can take advantage of their physical talents.

The Knicks' offense is still the first choice for singles.

When the single efficiency of the star dropped, it was only when he remembered to play tactics.

Cambila came out and played a pick-and-roll with Mark Jackson.

However, the Magic are the least afraid of pick-and-roll tactics in the league.

As a result, the Knicks' offense did nothing at all.

Defensively, facing Kidd's strength, McGrady's talent, Duncan's height advantage, and O'Neal's impact.

After the first quarter, the score was 31 to 20, and the Magic took an 11-point lead.

In the second quarter, Li Mu let Kidd, Duncan and McGrady continue to play.

Bring on Reed and Magloire.

Van Gundy's scalp was numb. Such a lineup is not far behind the starting lineup.

The strength of the Magic team has always maintained its strength, so how can it be played.

He chooses to be the main force.

Camby, the glass man, and veteran Mark Jackson rested.

Bring in Richard Ward and Kurt Thomas.

The rotation lineup is also good.

The second quarter started.

McGrady stormed Houston with the ball.

Defensively, Houston is a half-bad guy.

The extremely fast first step, after rushing into the inside line, regardless of 21 [-], made an emergency stop and made a two-point jump shot...

Houston simply couldn't reach it.

Swish-!
20 to 33! !
The Knicks attack.

Richard Ward is also a courier-style point guard.

Carry the basketball to half court, then, leave it to the stars to figure it out.

McGrady of the defensive madman Sprewell.

Up to the Eastern Conference finals, McGrady defended very seriously.

His defensive skills are very average. However, his strong physical talent still prevented Sprewell from shooting.

Bang-dang-!
The madman misses the iron.

Duncan took the basketball, took a dribble, and quickly passed the ball to Kidd.

In the counterattack, McGrady took the lead, rushed up, dodged the madman's block, and sent the basketball into the basket.

15 minutes! !!

The gap between the two sides continued to widen.

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(End of this chapter)