In the tactics of the New York Knicks, the concept of an organizational core was deliberately blurred, focusing on multi-player cooperation. Among them, if the star tactics can average more than 25 points per game, Ewing is the key. At the beginning of the game, the New York Knicks were looking for him at this point, but found that Ewing couldn’t find a good opportunity to catch the ball and shoot!

This time, Zhang Hao defended too well!

Zhang Hao realized the defense as he had learned, but at this moment, his understanding of what he had learned was more thorough, his analysis of the opponent’s intentions was clearer, and his judgment was more rational!

No choice, Ewing actively drilled into the inside, Derek Harper got the message and accurately passed the ball to Ewing who cut to the front of the basket.

Ewing made a feint, and not long ago, he had just dunked over the peak Moning. He used his arm span advantage and the deterrence of his ferocious dunks to fake out Campbell. When Campbell landed, Ewing went up again, extending his long arm for a signature fingertip floater... A hand reached out from an angle, slapped Ewing’s floater away!

A powerful block! Zhang Hao slapped the ball out of bounds with one hand!

Landing, Ewing looked at Zhang Hao, who was a beat late in landing and opened his left hand, with incredulity on his face, how could it be him?

After shaking off Campbell, a center who can somewhat limit O’Neal’s frame-protecting ability in the league, Ewing didn’t care about Zhang Hao. Having crossed paths before, Ewing found Zhang Hao the kind who would get faked out easily. The impression was deep because Zhang Hao was quite peculiar, able to keep up with the speed and had good analysis of the opponent’s offensive lines, but the final defense was really as bad as a high schooler.

Ewing took the risk to go inside, afraid Campbell wouldn’t bite on the fake, which would leave him blind, but unexpectedly, he successfully tricked Campbell, only to be blocked by the rookie he thought peculiar!

Ewing was stunned, the fans had just cheered for Ewing faking out the opponent, but fell silent due to the block, then the next second, Ewing was furious! The fans let out crazed boos and curses.

They saw Zhang Hao’s open five fingers close together... with one finger unclosed, the index finger!

Zhang Hao slowly raised his left hand, shook it towards Ewing!

"Beep"

The referee reacted immediately, whistling! Indicating a "T" gesture to Zhang Hao.

Technical foul!

Already knowing this result, Zhang Hao took it easy, ignoring the astonished opponent and the panic-stricken eyes of his teammates, and walked silently to the sidelines, waiting for the opposing side to take the technical foul free throw.

The panic was only fleeting, then, the players on and off the Lakers’ bench became excited!

Too badass!

He’s one of the top four centers in the league, ranked second!

Although Ewing didn’t have an MVP and DPOY, nor the extraordinary talent of O’Neal, in the players’ minds, Ewing, who led a team to the finals in 1994 as a single core, is currently the second center only behind Olajuwon! 𝚏𝗿𝗲𝐞𝐰𝚎𝕓𝐧𝚘𝘃𝗲𝐥.𝐜𝚘𝕞

Facing Ewing, Zhang Hao was even more arrogant than when facing Moning and David Robinson! If it were another rookie, even with the same performance as Zhang Hao, the Lakers players probably wouldn’t like it, but since it was their own rookie, that was awesome!

Wanting to scold Zhang Hao a few words, Del Harris, sat back down.

It was clear it was a deliberate provocation towards Ewing.

This was revenge against the New York Knicks! If they win tonight, Zhang Hao’s imitation of Africa’s Great Mountain’s block celebration action will definitely become an iconic scene; if they lose in the end...

Whether it ends up as a successful show-off or a foolish act... just fight all out!

Because of Zhang Hao’s action, his teammates’ desire to win surged to the extreme!

On the other side, the New York Knicks players were furious after the initial shock!

Ewing looked at Zhang Hao’s cold and handsome face, took a deep breath, his nostrils flared, he gritted his teeth and walked to the free-throw line... Missed the technical foul free throw!

The New York Knicks continued their attack; there were only 8 seconds left. The ball was passed to John Starks, who immediately initiated the offense, catching Nick Van Exel off guard, easily penetrating inside, right side of the three-second zone for a short-range floater...

Just as the ball was about to reach its highest point, a hand stretched out, slapped the ball, and it bounced off the backboard, rebounding to Campbell!

It was Zhang Hao again!

At the moment the New York Knicks inbounded the ball, Zhang Hao analyzed from the New York Knicks’ player positions and John Starks’ breakthrough route that John Starks was very unlikely to pass, decisively contracted in, and seized the opportunity to jump up and complete the block!

Unfortunately, the New York Knicks did a great job on defense against a fast break, although surprised by Zhang Hao’s opening show of two blocks, the defensive discipline left by Pat Riley still lingers, and Old Nelson hasn’t abandoned it, but instead made the defense better than last season, although not many paid attention to it.

After Campbell got the rebound, he couldn’t find Van Exel or the Magician in the first moment; the New York Knicks’ full-court pressing defense was excellent, trying to force the Lakers into an 8-second violation!

Zhang Hao decisively called for the ball, rushed forward quickly after receiving it!

Although not an elite dribbler, he temporarily elevated his level to a decent one at the moment, feeling like his dribbling was about to take off... On the street, he’d definitely be quite a skillful dribbling master. Even with Charles Oakley pressing up, Zhang Hao steadily advanced past half-court before the 8-second violation.

Once past half-court, Zhang Hao became much more cautious. Charles Oakley’s defense seemed to be looking for a fight, constantly confronting, and Zhang Hao quickly approached the three-point line, immediately turned around, and backed down against Charles Oakley, pushing his hips inward.

In the eyes of NBA players, Zhang Hao’s ball-handling, even temporarily raised to 73, is still worrying, and absolutely not up to the point guard standard. The previous proactive taking the ball forward was seen by teammates as just forced action, but now this move... is he starting a post-up from beyond the three-point line?