MTL - Healing Basketball-Chapter 976 976. The Warden is Stronger!
Chapter 976 976. The warden is stronger!
Fred Jones' defense, Liu Xiu is very familiar with it. It was trained in their prison team. It doesn't hold back. The slam dunk king's bounce is very good at disrupting shots.
But the guy's defensive flaw is not in basic skills and enthusiasm, but in awareness. He has no defensive talent.
There is almost no ability to predict, and the defense only reacts after seeing the opponent's actions.
Defending off the ball and against opponents of ordinary strength is quite effective, but it is a disaster for him to defend against the opponent's outside star.
When it came time for the Knicks to attack, McGrady met Ray Allen's defense and accelerated the breakthrough directly. The first three steps became faster and faster. After three steps, he came to the close-range smart frog. He jumped to avoid the birdman and made a layup. succeed.
Playing Ray Allen in this state, McGrady can get anything he wants from him.
Switching offense and defense, Liu Xiu continued to single Fred Jones.
Fred Jones single-handedly defended Liu Xiu, and the rest of the Knicks were actually worried about McGrady and Crawford's off-ball defense. Ray Allen's off-ball defense was the best in the league. Korver caught the ball and turned around for three-pointers very sharply. .
As for McGrady's defense, relying on his physical fitness, he can still make good interference, and his consciousness is not bad, but it can't be said to be good.
Crawford didn't defend directly.
But surprisingly, Ray Allen and Korver stood at the familiar shooting spots on both sides, and they counterattacked and followed.
This surprised the Knicks...too soon!
Even so, they can't prevent it!
Every time there is a break in the festival, the Knicks players always have some inexplicable expectations.
It's all about defense, I just think the method they came up with can work.
This situation has been analyzed and discussed by the media many years ago, not only the Knicks, but also the Yankees and Giants. No matter how unfavorable the situation is, they always have inexplicable confidence.
This is essentially different from the aristocratic disease of the Lakers, and it is named the Big Apple Syndrome in sports.
This kind of self-confidence comes and collapses quickly.
Watching Fred Jones use half-court tight defense to deal with Liu Xiu's emergency stop three-pointer, Liu Xiu went straight inside and smashed the ball into the basket through David Lee...
have to!
The Knicks players felt that they should not think about the problem of the opponent's wing shooter, and let's attack first!
As for why they didn’t defend Liu Xiu well, they defended well, and Liu Xiu scored 40 points in the first three quarters.
But it doesn't matter, they also have McGrady with 32 points in three quarters and Crawford with 26 points in three quarters!
When the Knicks attacked, McGrady broke through and scored, David Lee responded to the setter, Fred Jones took advantage of Crawford's restraint, went around to the right to catch the ball at a 45-degree angle and hit a three-pointer!
The Knicks have a luxurious lineup of 106 million dollars, and the outside firepower is tyrannical!
But as soon as the ball fell from the basket, Ray Allen picked it up and sent it to Liu Xiu, who counterattacked!
The Knicks retreated quickly, swarming towards the basket, blocking Liu Xiu.
Liu Xiu passed the ball back, and Ray Allen, who followed up, received the ball and was covered by McGrady, who stopped his foot at the free throw line and spread out. Ray Allen immediately made a second pass, and Korver received the ball urgently from the left sideline Stop, turn around and shoot a three-pointer... also go in!
If you can start a fast break, you can start a fast break. If you can’t start a fast break, you can play Liu Xiu’s singles. Maurice Cheeks’ bold idea is so simple and rude.
This is purely based on personal ability. Thanks to the Knicks' poor defense.
The two teams continue to fight against each other!
Liu Xiu and McGrady come and go, you make a three-pointer, and I score a strong breakthrough under the basket, you make a European step, and I make a small throw...
Liu Xiu looked at the European step and throw, which were very similar to him, and was easily displayed by McGrady, and his eyes closed again.
is too much!
He remembered that McGrady didn't play like this the last time they played against each other.
This guy's super talent that can be used directly after watching and practicing a few times is still there!
The technical details are not well grasped, but the physical condition is very good.
In the first few minutes, the Trail Blazers took the initiative, and almost kept pressing the Knicks. They played a wave of 14 to 10, and the score was 114 to 110. The Trail Blazers took a 4-point lead.
Before and after the official timeout, the Knicks took the initiative.
When the Trail Blazers entered the rotation, Ray Allen was replaced by Lou Williams, who performed poorly, not as good as Crawford, and replaced by Blake, also average, not as good as the Knicks. The little potatoes and the big Q.
During this period, relying on Liu Xiu's singles support, he scored 6 points alone, while the whole team only scored 11 points, while the opponent scored 16 points.
At 8 minutes and 55 seconds into the fourth quarter, the score came to 125 to 126. The Trail Blazers were 1 point behind the Knicks.
Morris Cheeks immediately called a timeout after the score was overtaken, and Ray Allen, Birdman, and Millsap were replaced, and Liu Xiu and Korver continued to play.
On the Knicks side, with 3 minutes and 05 seconds left in the game, they also replaced the lineup at the critical moment-Crawford, McGrady, Big Q, David Lee, Jared Jeffries.
Timeout comes back and the Blazers attack.
Liu Xiu chose to come by herself, and hit a two-pointer with a big Q in the singles, helping the Trail Blazers to overtake the score!
In the past few minutes, McGrady, who had been holding back and supporting him, immediately stood up and responded. He turned around and made a mid-range shot after receiving the ball with his back on the right side of the free throw line.
In the next few rounds, the rest of the two teams opened up tacitly, preparing to rush for rebounds or protect rebounds...
Both Liu Xiu and McGrady showed their scoring ability to the fullest.
Rao is the top scorer of the two teams who can average 25 points per game in his peak period like Ray Allen, and a top-notch knife like Crawford. Seeing the confrontation between the two is staggering.
too strong! A true scorer-level rivalry!
In a few rounds, the rebound protection and rush preparation of the two teammates were wasted.
McGrady then scored 3 goals in a row. Counting the timeout to return to Liu Xiu's first mid-range shot, McGrady scored 8 points in a row.
On Liu Xiu's side, after the step-back made a mid-range shot, he made another throw-up shot from close range, a strong counterattack layup, and a three-pointer that was directly pulled up by Millsap's pick-and-roll. to 9 points.
The current score is 134 to 134, and the Trail Blazers will attack next!
Till the end of the last quarter, McGrady has scored 15 points in a single quarter. Adding the previous 32 points, he has scored 47 points, 7 rebounds and 9 assists.
But everyone could see it, including the Knicks fans who admitted that Liu Xiu was stronger than McGrady in the first three quarters, but in the final quarter, the gap between the two became even bigger.
So far in the last quarter, Liu Xiu made 8 of 13 shots, including 3 of 5 three-pointers, plus 2 of 2 free throws, scoring 21 points in a single quarter!
After hitting a three-pointer after the pick-and-roll just now, his personal score increased to 61 points, and he scored 60+ in a single game for the second time this season!
Not only that, but also 12 rebounds and 9 assists!
(end of this chapter)
