"Lamar, don't stick to tactics, that's not what I want to see you, you should have your own mind on the court, you should deal with different situations on your own! Samuel, if you can't get the ball inside, you should try to get out. You can't win a game by one person, and even if you can't score, you can help the team in other ways, and you can come out and block and cover Lamar and Alan Houston, why don't you do that all the time?"

Under Van Gundy's direct gaze, Dampott couldn't help but feel a little ashamed. The scenery of the first quarter of the game completely carried him away, and he also turned a deaf ear to the head coach's arrangement just now, and even suspected that Van Gundy deliberately suppressed himself because he was worried that he would steal the limelight from Lamar. So at the beginning of the second quarter of the game, he was still stubborn to the basket, wanting to continue to score and use his ability to lead the team to win the game. In fact, I just want to prove to Van Gundy that he has grown up now and deserves to be the starting point of the Knicks.

But the next game made the Haitian big guy realize that he still has a lot of shortcomings compared to those stars who have been famous for a long time. Dampier, who originally made him look down on him very much, made him suffer a lot just by using a defense around the front.

"I got it, coach, I know what to do!"

"Good!" Van Gundy continued, "Next, our first choice is to get the ball moving on the outside, Lamar, keep passing, running, tearing up the opposition's defense! Now that Nowitzki is gone, whether they use Dampier or Devon George against you, I think you'll have a solution, right?"

"Of course!" Lamar replied, "I'll show them what it costs to me off." ”

The timeout ends and the game resumes.

During this time, Nelson Sr. did not make any changes to the personnel and tactics on the field. Because he didn't know what cards Van Gundy would play next, he could only see the moves.

The Knicks drove the ball, and Billups dribbled past half court before passing to Lamar and running to the bottom corner of the left three-point line. Widen the distance between you and Lamar as much as possible and mobilize the Bulls' defensive formation.

Old Nelson stood on the sidelines frowning, a little disapproving.

"Is that your response? If that's the case, I'm disappointed. ”

Thinking about it, Nelson Sr. began to wave his arms, signaling the players to shrink the formation, and treat the Knicks players who were surprised except for Lamar, preventing shots and not breaking through.

At this time, the defender of Lamar on the field was replaced by Devin George, and he also wanted to use Nowitzki's stubborn style of defense. Although he has more physical strength, strength and flexibility, his lack of experience still makes him very difficult, and he is almost broken by Lamar on several occasions. If it weren't for Dampier's timely fill-in, he would have been defeated by now.

The battle under the basket was the same, Dampier continued to go around the front defense, and when Dampoter tried to pull outside to block Lamar, he did not go out, but became the last barrier to defend Lamar.

Yes, on the court at the moment, almost every Knicks player is in a state of strict defense by the Bulls, and it is really difficult to connect with each other.

Van Gundy sat firmly in the coach's seat, and there was no trace of anxiety on his face, but he was also not at peace inside.

"Lamar! What the hell are you doing? Is a Devon George stumping you? Passing! Why don't you pass the ball? Now only you can break the disadvantage on the field and take back the initiative of the game. ”

Jackson was anxious, but Lamar was very calm at this time, he was not incapable of breaking through Devin George's defense, nor was he incapable of scoring. Compared to Nowitzki's airtight defense, Devin George learned decently, but in his eyes it was still not enough.

He's watching, and he's trying to find gaps in the Dallas Bulls' defensive formation. If it was him in the past, I'm afraid that he would have rushed up to fight to the death with the bulls at this moment! Of course, the consequence of that is likely to be that before the game is over, he will run out of strength, and the Knicks, who have lost their soul, will also be defeated in the final counterattack of the bulls.

Now that he's practiced for two seasons, he's matured, especially since he's come to the Knicks and he's changed the way he plays after establishing himself as the absolute centerpiece.

In the past, when he was with the Lakers, Lamar was like the prime minister, Kobe Bryant was the marshal, and Shaq was the king!

Suddenly, Lamar, who looked powerless just now, sped up the frequency of his dribbling. Several consecutive crotch changes, coupled with the feints on the upper body, made Devon George feel unbearable, and the already not very tight defense also appeared a big hole at this moment.

However, George was not too worried, because he knew that even if Lamar could break through him, Dampier behind him would be able to stop Lamar, and a second or two would be enough for him to return to the defense.

But this time it was obviously different, Lamar did not take advantage of the situation to kill the inside after shaking him off, but moved sideways with a false shot.

Devon George was startled, and just as he tried to follow, he felt himself hit a wall, and the huge reaction force caused him to fall. When he looked up, he saw Dampotter standing in front of him and grinning at him with a big mouth.

"Defense!"

Old Nelson from the field also shouted anxiously.

Dampier quickly pounced, throwing aside Dampotter, who was still on the outside without much attention from him.

But at this moment, Lamar passed the ball, jumped on the spot, twisted his body in the air, and passed the ball to Alan Houston, who was unguarded on the outside.

"Alain, let them see how good you are!"

Houston received the ball, with a calm expression on his face, jumping out of his hand, and all his movements were clear-eyed, worthy of the Knicks' mid-range shooting king Alan Houston.

"Huh!"

The ball was scored, and the first to break the deadlock for the Knicks in the second quarter was actually the Knicks veteran who had handed over the power of the team.

Because after entering the New York Knicks from Lamar this season, he began to gradually hand over the rights in his hands, although he was unwilling, but the situation was like this.

Lamar has received support from owners, fans, head coaches, players, and almost everyone in New York, and if he still has to hold on to the position of boss, what awaits him must be a trade, even if he has just signed a big contract of 100 million yuan!

However, there are also advantages to handing over rights, at least Alan Houston no longer has to bear the responsibility for the team's victory. And the blessing in disguise is that his game statistics have not declined, but his efficiency has increased a lot, and now he is regarded by New York fans as the next Scott Pippen, who believes that he will be the most important key to Lamar to start the era of the Big Knicks.

"What's your position? Is it really the Batman next to Lamar?" Alan Houston has been thinking about since the start of the season. Alan Houston, after thinking for a long time, clarified his position: a sharp knife! That's right! He is now a shadowy knife behind Lamar, ready to stab at the opponent who ignores it!

Alan Houston is actually still under a lot of pressure right now, and many players in the team have strong strength.

Dampot has squeezed out the original main Jackie Butler and has become Lamar's partner on the inside, firmly locking in the main position.

Olajuwon, although more often than not, is an assistant coach and only serves as a substitute for Darm Porter on the field. But the huge power generated by the formation of the twin towers with Dampotter in that game against the Spurs made everyone believe that this old guy is still young!

Even Arenas, the arrogant son, has a lot of fans in New York because of those wonderful breakthroughs and slam dunks.

Even Bobby Simmons, who has not been in the rotation for a long time, can average 5++ data per game in less than ten minutes.

Since Houston figured out his position, he immediately began to fulfill his duties, don't look at his usual inconspicuousness, but he can still get +4++1 data per game.

The opponent of this game, the Dallas Bulls, was the same, and no one on the team took this guy who seemed to have been reduced to the second or third of the team. It's already rare to be able to send someone to mean it in front of Alan Houston, and no one thinks that this guy can do anything earth-shattering on the field.

When Lamar passed the ball to Houston, when Houston took up a jumper, none of the Bulls players cared, and Nowitzki and Dampier on the inside quickly took advantage of the position to scramble for rebounds.

"Go, let those who watch you see how good you are, and let all of them know how wrong they are!" Van Gundy on the court had a smile on his face at this time, and his fists clenched as he waited for the sound of the basketball wiping the net.

"Huh!"

Basketball hollow into the net.

The Dallas Bulls players were dumbfounded, and the most surprised thing was that Finley, who was arranged to target Houston in this game, just now regarded Houston as the biggest weakness of the Knicks, who knew that at this time, this biggest weakness threw out a murderous sword.

Houston's face was still unwavering, and after confirming that the ball had been scored, he didn't react, and turned around and ran towards his own half. I don't know if he was born with a calm heart, or if he decided to pay attention to low-key, low-key is the most awesome show-off.

"Well done!" Lamar pulled back with Houston and stretched out his fist. (To be continued.) )