A Brilliant Exchange, Li Fei's Advertisement Fees Are Burning!

Just one possession later, Barkley bullied Larry Johnson under the basket with sheer strength. After scoring, he copied Li Fei by deliberately showing off the "Flying Pig 2nd Generation" shoes on his feet to the camera.

"HAHAHAHA!"

Bill Walton slapped the desk at the commentary table and laughed. "What are they doing? They're advertising for us! This is the most expensive—and the most hardcore—advertisement I've ever seen!"

The smell of gunpowder on the court grew thicker and thicker.

In the latter half of the first quarter, the Knicks brought in their bench unit, and "Madman" Latrell Sprewell checked in.

Like a wild horse let loose from its reins, he challenged Scottie Pippen in isolation twice in a row after taking the court.

The first time, he used an outrageously wide crossover to send Pippen's defensive balance flying, drove into the paint, and finished with an unbelievable Up and Under in midair.

The second time, he held the ball beyond the three-point line. Facing Pippen's outstretched long arms, he stubbornly sank a fadeaway jumper!

Madison Square Garden went completely wild!

Pippen's expression turned somewhat ugly. He could accept being scored on by talents like Li Fei or Kobe, but getting beaten in consecutive isolations by a player on Sprewell's level made him feel the cruel truth that time spared no one.

I really am getting old... he sighed inwardly.

At the end of the first quarter, the Knicks held a 28:24 lead over the Houston Rockets thanks to their stronger attacking force.

Kobe had scored 10 points by himself and was on fire.

The second quarter began, with both sides sending out their rotation lineups.

For the Knicks, the wing pairing of Sprewell and another bandit-like player, Stephen Jackson, was like a pair of sharp blades, relentlessly cutting into the Houston