7:30 pm.

Both sides stayed on the court.

Magic: Carlos Arroyo, Morris Evans, Tcoglu, Lewis, Howard.

Knicks: Lin Rui, Richardson, Malicross, David Lee, Randolph.

The Knicks made lineup adjustments, and Thomas hoped to find the best cooperation.

Amid the cheers of the fans at the scene, Howard and Randolph jumped up!

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Howard broke out in this game.

Howard was very excited when facing Randolph.

Howard is now really talented, and he destroys the Knicks' basket in various flying spaces and earth.

Randolph and David Lee are both floor streamers, and there are not many good ways to face the violent Howard.

There is a reason Howard is so violent. He really wants to prove to the outside world that his MVP ranking should be higher than Lin Rui.

Lin Rui is just a rookie, but he stole all the limelight. The media and the outside world only know that there are James and Lin Rui in the east, and they completely forgot about his existence.

In this game, the entire Magic team was feeding Howard crazy.

Tkoglu is now also a top-level forward. With his connection, Howard plays very comfortably.

In the first quarter, Howard scored as much as 15 points.

At the end of the first half, Howard scored 25 points!

After the third quarter, Howard scored 36 points!

It can be seen that Howard wants to hit 50 in the Madison Garden Arena!!

"The Knicks were in trouble tonight, and Zach and David both had fouls on their backs," said Barkley.

"The Magic is stronger than the Cavaliers. Howard beat the Knicks' inside. The fierce battle with the Cavaliers in the last game still affected the Knicks' physical fitness." Smith said.

"Yes, the Knicks' overall condition is obviously worse than that of the Magic, so it will be very hard to play like this." Barkley said.

"Let's see how Lin Rui will fight." Smith said.

Rest during the holidays.

Lin Rui is not surprised that the Knicks' inside line was exposed. If David Lee was replaced by Marc Gasol, it would not be so easy for Howard to beat the Knicks' inside line. There was only one Zach Randolph, which obviously could not withstand it.

David Lee is not a player who is good at protecting the frame, while Howard takes off at any time.

With the blessing of Tkoglu, Howard played very comfortably today.

After the third quarter, the score at this time was 88 to 75.

The Knicks are 13 points behind at home.

Such magic is difficult to deal with, and Lin Rui also frowned.

However, giving up after falling behind by 13 points is obviously not Lin Rui's style.

If the Knicks want to make a difference in the playoffs, they must go through various tests of adversity.

Thomas was a little helpless with Howard. When he was setting up his tactics, he fell into silence for a while.

Lin Rui took the initiative to help Thomas and said, "Coach, we can try the Huo tactic in the last quarter."

Thomas said without much hesitation: "Well, you can give it a try."

Thomas's ability is not very good, but he is now willing to adopt suggestions, especially Lin Rui's.

Thomas himself also understood that Lin Rui was born with command. Many times, if he didn't know what to do, he would let Lin Rui deal with it. Lin Rui would always surprise him.

Then, Lin Rui also said that he would appear from the beginning of the fourth quarter.

The Magic team is indeed very strong. The Knicks just finished playing against the Cavaliers, but Lin Rui doesn't want to lose this game.

When encountering the playoffs, if you have the advantage of winning, you will also have a psychological advantage.

In the fourth quarter, the Knicks were Lin Rui and Crawford in the backcourt, Richardson in the front line, and Jeffries and Randolph in the inside line.

On the Magic are Arroyo, Redick, Tkogru, Lewis, and Gottat on the court.

The advantage of the score made Stan Van Gundy feel that there was no need to bring Howard up so early

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CCTV Studio.

Xu Jicheng asked: "Coach Zhang, do you think the Knicks still have a chance in this game?"

After thinking about it, Zhang Weiping said: "I think there is, Lin Rui has always been a player who is good at playing against the wind, and his explosiveness in scoring should not be underestimated. The Knicks need to catch up with some of the scores during the period when Howard is not around."

Zhang Weiping continued: "Lin Rui has always given people the feeling that it is reliable, mature and stable. Although he is just a rookie, he gives many people a sense of security. This is also one of the willingness of the Knicks to lose very little this season. I have a premonition that Lin Rui will explode next."

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On the court, the game continues to start.

Lin Rui dribbled the ball to the frontcourt and was immediately attacked by Arroyo and Redick.

Lin Rui immediately sent the ball to Crawford.

Crawford frowned when he got the ball, and the Magic's defense was extra strong today.

Although Lin Rui passed the ball, Redick quickly defended it, and Crawford didn't have a good chance.

Crawford gave the ball to Richardson, and Richardson handed it to Lin Rui again.

At this time, Lin Rui became Lewis.

Lin Rui plays a single tactic at this time.

Although Lewis' defense is average, he is also good today thanks to the Magic system.

Facing Lewis, Lin Rui began to dribble continuously!

"Bang!"

"Bang!"

"Bang!"

Lewis opened his hands as much as possible to prevent Lin Rui from passing.

Left or right.

Seeing that Lin Rui seemed to be breaking to the right, Lewis shifted the center of gravity to the right.

"not good!"

Lewis found himself cheated as soon as he shifted his center of gravity, so he quickly braked and stopped.

Lin Rui hit the ball to the left, and Lewis followed closely again.

Do you need to take a step back next?

Lewis felt that he had made the right judgment and continued to focus on the front, which could interfere with Lin Rui's step back.

But Lin Rui did not step back, but broke into the left side.

Lewis seemed to have stood up as if a wall had stopped, and he had no reaction at all.

Howard is not here, Gotat is stuck by Randoff, and the Magic's inside line is empty.

Lin Rui rushed in, stepped into the air, grabbed the ball with one hand, and raised it high!

Slash towards the basket!!

"box!!"

Tomahawk dunk!!

88 to 77.

Lin Rui scored his first score for the final quarter with a straightforward dunk!!

“omg!!”

“Beautiful job!!”

"nice shot!!"

Fans at Madison Garden Arena quickly cheered!

"It's too fast, it's really too fast. Lewis is a big man who moves fast, but he is still easily passed by Lin Rui."

On the field, the magic attack comes again.

"Defense, oppress them, don't give them space to shoot." Lin Rui shouted at his teammates on the court.

Under the leadership of Lin Rui, the Knicks players quickly took the initiative.
To be continued...