Chapter 5: Warring States Period Chapter 144 Running Wild in December (II)!

Chapter 144: Running Wild in December (Part II)!

"I know what those guys are thinking, and now the championship is not as good as beating us, and they think that after beating us, they can go and show off, and I should be honored to do that, isn't it? What I want to say to you is, if you want to challenge us, please just let the horses go, don't do so much, it won't do us at all, and you'd better be a little more restrained, don't be too presumptuous in our turf, if there is a next time, I won't give up, maybe an accident like Bruce Bowen could happen at any time."

Keller is not a fool, other teams began to target the Knicks, of course he saw it clearly, and some have even begun to adopt killing tactics against the Knicks' players, a large part of Bynum's injury today is to blame on Biderins, if Biedrins can stop in time at that time, Bynum will not be able to hit it at all, of course, this is just his opinion, and he has no evidence to prove that Biedrins is deliberate, but the necessary deterrence is still necessary.

Anyone who wants to move me would better go to the hospital with Ruth Bowen first, but of course it was just an "accident" but Keller doesn't guarantee that such an accident won't happen again, especially if he and his teammates are hurt.

Keller has already released cruel words, but for those teams who are red when they see the Knicks, such a threat can't make them retreat at all, but because of Keller's threat, they start to target the Knicks on the court even more.

After the game against the Golden State Warriors, the Knicks players got a day off, although most of their games during this time were played at home, but Christmas approached, the team's injury number was added, so that the team's interior strength was lowered another notch, and Thomas had to start preparing for the future.

On the 18th, the Knicks welcomed a relatively tough opponent on their home court, the Utah Jazz

Today's Utah Jazz team is obviously much weaker in terms of strength than the previous black and white era, although the team's current staffing can also be called a soldier with enough food, but neither the Turkish Oku nor the natural anti-bone Boozer can replace the postman Malone in people's hearts, on the one hand, in terms of strength, on the other hand, they obviously lack the domineering spirit of Malone during the game.

As for Stockton's replacement, Deron Williams, although he is slightly better in terms of his own attacking power, he is 108,000 miles behind Stockton in terms of organizing the team's offense, and the same is true in defense, he is physically stronger than Stockton, but his defensive efficiency is far inferior.

Of course, players are only one aspect, and in Keller's view, there are other reasons that are really hindering the Utah Jazz's rebuild, and it will be difficult for a team to improve if they haven't changed in more than a decade.

Sloan has been coaching the Jazz for 21 years, during which he has only created a brilliant record in the era of black and white, and although he still missed the championship ring in the end, Sloan is also worthy of the title of star coach. It's just that he is too superstitious about the routine of blocking and dismantling inside and outside, and he wants to re-experience the glory of Malone and Stockton at the beginning. It's a pity that although Williams' strength is good, whether it is Oku or Boozer, they are still far from Sloan's requirements.

Although there is a gap between the overall strength of the team and the Knicks, the Jazz also have a magic weapon, that is, solid defense, Sloan's coaching philosophy has always been like this, the championship is built on the basis of defense, and defending from the opponent's half is Sloan's consistent creed.

As soon as the game began, the Jazz followed Sloan's instructions, trying to slow down the pace of the game and use defense to wear down the Knicks' fighting spirit, when the Knicks players slowly became anxious.

In the first quarter of the game, the Jazz did a really good job, under their physical defense, the Knicks' shooting percentage was not very high, especially Keller, after experiencing the madness of the first few games, his hand finally cooled down, and in the first quarter of the game, he got a total of eleven shots, but only hit three, the Knicks were not in good shape as a whole, and the Jazz also took the opportunity to play a beautiful offensive wave under the leadership of Deron Williams, and at the end of the first quarter of the game, they were still 25: 18, seven points ahead of the Knicks.

Thomas saw that the team had been fighting continuously for a while, and even if he made adjustments, at the beginning of the second quarter, people were surprised to find that the Knicks' on-court lineup had changed to center: Dwight Howard, power forward: Danny Granger, forward: Trevor Ariza, shooting guard: Kevin Martin, point guard: Kyler Korver, a typical big four.

Thomas's meaning is obvious, since the opponent wants to slow down the pace of the game, then he naturally has to do the opposite, using artillery tactics to disrupt the rhythm of the Jazz game and let the initiative return to his own hands.

Thomas's change of formation immediately took a miracle, at this time, the five players on the Knicks' court, each of them is a freak with amazing athletic talent, the most important court Ariza and Martin, and Granger are the culmination of off-ball offense, in fact, this is not like this from the beginning, the key is to play next to Keller, they just want to possess the ball is simply impossible, since possession is hopeless, then simply specialize in off-ball offensive techniques, and as a result, they have developed such a group of players who can run crazy on the court.

Now that he is in the position of point guard, Keller naturally has to take on the responsibility of organizing the team's offense, and gradually fans are now that the Knicks really don't need those big-name stars to stand in the point guard position, even Keller, who is a halfway monk, seems very relaxed, almost every ball he sends can be handed over to the most threatening person, as long as his ball is passed, the assist data will be added immediately, with Martin, Granger, Ariza this group of karts is in, the Jazz defense is unlucky, as long as the Knicks advance the ball to their half, the air defense alarm will be immediately sounded, although they have tried their best to keep an eye on the people to defend, but helplessly their defensive objects are all too good to run, at first they can keep up, but soon they have a very serious problem, the Knicks players don't care about physical strength at all, and they can't, except for an absent-minded Halprin on the bench, the rest are all coolies, once the main player's physical strength is problematic, who else can take on the responsibility of leading the team to attack。

There was no way, Sloan could only adopt a conservative strategy, abandoning the strategy of pressing all over the court and starting to play half-court man-marking, although the defense has improved, but there are bigger problems in the offense.

Although the blocking and demolition tactics are the magic weapon of Sloane, but if they are used on Boozer, or Oku's body, it is really a bit of a cup, although these two people are tall and big, but they are weak in terms of strength, especially Oku, the madness of the Turks has not been reflected in his body at all, and the blocking and demolition tactics are also a little timid, and a little carelessness will make the fat cheeks fall into a heavy encirclement.

The blocking tactics can't be played, and Sloan is helpless, although he makes frequent substitutions, hoping that this can save the team's decline, but don't forget that he is facing the Knicks today, a strong team in the league.

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The Knicks won another game at home, and Sloan, who was defeated by his junior Thomas after the game, also seemed a little disheartened, he may have felt that he is no longer suitable for the Jazz, but he can't say the words that he has been thinking about for a long time, and finally just said nonchalty: "The Knicks performed well, but we also have a chance in this game"

Where is the Jazz's chance, I'm afraid they can only go to the West to find the answer, after the victory over the Jazz, and then the Knicks on the 2o, in their home court Madison bloodlessly solved the challenge of the Bobcats.

The Bobcats haven't made a lot of moves this season, but they've not really made much of a difference, with the exception of a grumpy Jackson, who has only pulled a few role players.

However, with Gerard Wallace, Raymond Filton and the recent signing of Jackson, they are already qualified to challenge the rest of the league's established teams, but unfortunately, they are missing a strong interior player on the puzzle of the Bobcats.

As a result, the craziest player in the Knicks team in this game was Howard, and throughout the game, all the Knicks players were doing their best to feed Howard, which also became a monster, he played forty minutes in the whole game, scored 48 points, and broke his single-game scoring record, although this record is still far from Keller's 1o2 points, but this record is enough for him to show off for a while.

However, from the fourth quarter of this game, the attention of the Knicks players is not on this game, their brains have already flown to the 22nd, that day, they will face the biggest creditor of the season, it is a day they have been looking forward to for a long time, on that day, all the Knicks players will shout the strongest revenge.