Chapter 819 [Disdain to Score]
Zhou Xuan dished out seven assists in the third quarter and scored 16 points and 11 assists for another double-double.
Barkley said: "I think the only person who can stop Zhou Xuan from assisting in a double is D'Antoni, because he is the only one who can control Zhou Xuan's playing time. β
Smith smiled: "Zhou Xuan's playing time is still guaranteed, and he averages 34 per game this season." 3 minutes. The Knicks' strong offense is inseparable from Zhou Xuan's organization. β
Barkley said: "Bledsoe is very attacking in the No. 2 position, and he can't play in the No. 1 position, Augustin is right on this stage. β
Some fans on the Internet said that Bledsoe is like Westbrook and a bit like Iverson, fast, dexterous, able to shoot, physically strong, but poor in organization.
D'Antoni sent Augustin and Matthews to partner on the outside in the fourth quarter, and Parsons, Anderson, and Jefferson in the frontcourt.
On the Spurs side are Mills, Ginobili, Bamot, Harris, Split.
The Knicks have the upper hand, with three of the five players available as the main players. The Augustine number jΓΉ looks poor, but actually has the ability. He has the advantage of being more solid than Bledsoe and can settle according to the coach's arrangement.
Parsons relied on Jefferson to cover and run on the side, take a shot when he received the ball, play as a playmaker if he didn't make a misposition, hang Jefferson to attack in the low post, or wait for Augustin and Anderson in the middle to play cover.
Non-stop coverage on the inside until it is misaligned is the main point of the Knicks' positional offense. This is very similar to the original Hawks, and a bit of the shadow of Princeton during the Kings period, and at the same time, it also has the speed of the Suns and Warriors' small-ball tactics, and the center grabs the rebound and immediately launches a counterattack.
The Knicks beat the Spurs 10-2 in a wave. Two three-pointers were made in two and a half minutes, and the score stretched to 18 points. 84 to 66.
Popovich asked for a timeout.
Su Qun said: "The Knicks' six-game winning streak has been relatively stable, and this Poparsons stepped up and played very flexibly. Jefferson also scored four points. β
"Jefferson is the most beautiful signing for the Knicks this summer, and Mullin really lives up to his name," Yang said. It's just that the annual salary of tens of millions of dollars has brought this low-level strong attack point to the team. He and Bosh both averaged 20+ per game, and Jefferson shot more from the field, so as long as the opponent didn't have a strong man under the basket, it was impossible to stop his back-to-back singles. The best part is that Jefferson can also play a misplaced defender from outside the box, and he has a good mid-range shot. β
Su Qun said: "When Randolph and Zhou Xuan cooperated in the Warriors, since then the salted fish has turned over and turned from a cancer to an all-star, I think it will be Jefferson's turn this year." β
The Spurs made a substitution, Duncan returned to the court, and Popovich was ready to make a last-ditch effort to increase Duncan's playing time. Normally, Duncan only plays 30 minutes, works hard in the first three quarters, rests in the first half of the fourth quarter, and if his teammates play a great game, the score is widened, and the second half is not needed. Today he only rested for six minutes in the second quarter, two and a half minutes in the fourth quarter.
Duncan did work when he came on, scoring on an immediate midfield shot and assisting on Ginobili's empty cut layup. D'Antoni immediately replaced Jefferson and brought on Bosh to strengthen the defense. Periphery Augustine is below, Zhou Xuan is above.
Jefferson was too bad at defending high posts and outside cuts, so his playing time was limited.
Augustine was also depressed, he played less than 10 minutes per game, and it was difficult to express himself in such a short period of time. He joined the Knicks with a base salary, and his goal was not only to win the championship, but also to learn from Zhou Xuan. Now he found that Zhou Xuan's strength was not only in his skills, but also in the combination of individual offense and ball sharing, which he couldn't learn at all. Sometimes Zhou Xuan passed the ball and assisted his teammates to score, and he couldn't see when his teammates ran to that position. As a bystander, his vision is not as wide as Zhou Xuan's.
The Knicks changed their style of play. Zhou Xuan passed to Parsons first, then ran without the ball, and covered on the side and Bosh.
Parsons attracted the defensive blue-collar Bamot and passed to Zhou Xuan, who was running, and Duncan had to pounce to change the defense. Harris followed Anderson on the other side, and the three points without exchanging Zhou Xuan are not something any team can afford.
As soon as Duncan came out, Zhou Xuan broke through with a false swing, jumped sideways to widen the distance, turned his head to look at Parsons who ran to the middle, but hit the ground and passed to the bottom line. Duncan's number did not drop, after all, he was older, and he was afraid of hitting the earth, so it was difficult to bend down to break, so he could only watch the ball pass not far from him. It's a detail that few defenders notice. At the beginning, Zhou Xuan used this kind of pass to almost flash Big Z and Yao Ming's waist.
After Bosh blocked and dismantled, he squeezed Mills into the air cut, jumped up after receiving the basket, his body was fully deployed, and a backhand dunk of "Lushan Shenglongba" smashed the ball into the basket. 86-70, Zhou Xuan's 12th assist.
The fans stood up and applauded the beautiful fit.
The Spurs attacked, and Mills broke through by blocking and pick-and-roll, and was caught by Bosh and Matthews. Parker encounters the upper line bag and can also protect the basketball and pass it out. Mills was nervous and handed over to Ginobili on the right without looking at anyone. Zhou Xuan guessed his intentions, let go of Bamot in the bottom corner, rushed out and broke the basketball, directly forming a single fast attack.
Mills turned back to chase after him, and Ginobili followed Matthews. Near the free throw line, Zhou Xuan turned his head to look, ignored Mills, who was following him, and threw the ball on the rebound with one hand.
Mills thought he was going to make a layup, jumped up to block, but found that the ball was ridiculously high, and didn't touch the basket at all to bounce back, Bosh was faster, shook off Duncan, jumped up one step forward in the reasonable collision zone, caught the ball with both hands, and dunked into the frame. 88-70, Zhou Xuan's 13th assist.
Su Qun shouted: "New York can also be called the city of empty connections, and this ball must be the best five." β
Yang Jian said: "It was Zhou Xuan's habit to monopolize the top five balls last season, he was the best at using rebounds in the league, and an ESPN expert said that because Zhou Xuan was there, rebounds were like the sixth man of the Knicks." β
The Spurs didn't make any substitutions, Mills passed the ball to Ginobili and Parsons defended. The demon knife is not as demonic as it was back then, and it can't break through and pass the ball again. Mills and Duncan covered without the ball and took a shot when they received the ball. Bosh changed the defense very quickly and played a disruptive role, the shot was missed, Parsons retracted inside to grab the rebound, and passed to Zhou Xuan.
Zhou Xuan single-handedly fast-breaking, because he was responsible for defending Bamot, a counterattack was misplaced, and he took half a court to Matthews, who ran to the left low post. Duncan followed Bosh, Mills defended Matthews.
Matthews received the ball and turned to the baseline, jumped up against Mills, and grabbed the shot with his right hand. Millsla fouled and couldn't pull people down, the referee blew the whistle, and Matthews scored on the board to create 2+1. He clenched his fists after landing on the ground, and Zhou Xuan had his 14th assist.
After hitting the free throw, it was 91-70.
With less than six minutes left, Spurs are gone. In the cheers of the fans, Zhou Xuan was replaced in advance, and the number of jΓΉ was fixed at 16 points, 1 rebound, 14 assists and 2 steals.
Popovich didn't want to give up, Parker replaced Mills, and Green replaced Bamot and was ready to bet on three points.
D'Antoni replaced Anderson with Dyreham Porter, and Bosh continued to play and strengthened the interior defense. On the periphery, Bledsoe and Augustin were replaced by a double guard to speed up the tempo. The fast-paced duo can guarantee assist efficiency and shooting.
The Spurs recovered a little point, but the hole was too big, and in the final two and a half minutes there was still 16 points behind, Popovich chose to give up, replaced all the main players, and the game went into garbage time.
The benches on both sides played fiercely, both of them wanted to buy more playing time, Bledsoe was active, scored 8 points in the final quarter, and the score was pulled away.
In the end, 107-85, the Knicks beat the Spurs by 22 points.
The Knicks still blossomed more, with six players scoring in double figures. The Spurs only had five players in double figures, and in the second half, the shooting percentage dropped, and the veteran's physical problems were already very obvious in the regular season.
Bosh had 20 points and nine rebounds. Jefferson had 14 points and seven rebounds, and Parsons had 17 points, five rebounds and four assists. Bledsoe and Matthews also played well. Leonard only scored 7 points, but he was the key to winning, and his misplaced defense in the middle made the Spurs' high blocking power plummet, and Dio, Harris and others played poorly.
Duncan had 18 points, 12 rebounds and three assists, Parker had 17 points and eight assists, and no one scored 20.
At the press conference, D'Antoni praised Leonard in particular. 'He's the defensive expert in our team and he's going to draw the defence on the offensive end, pass the ball unselfishly and pay the price if the opponent lets him go.
When it comes to Zhou Xuan, D'Antoni gives the highest evaluation. "I think Zhou deserves to be the MVP every season, and there's no doubt that he's the best player in the league and he can dominate the game every time."
The reporter interviewed Zhou Xuan and asked, "You are now averaging 17 assists per game." 5, this time he scored a high number of assists, do you think he can average 15+ assists per game this season, setting a new all-time record? β
Zhou Xuan smiled: "I don't know, it depends on how the opponent chooses." Since Al and Chris have come in, I think it's been a lot easier to attack and give assists, and they're both All-Star calibres. If you want to see me break the record, you just need the opponent to cover me. β
The reporter asked: "Bosh was questioned a lot in the Heat, and when he came to the Knicks, he was very grateful to you and admired you for sacrificing the number of shots for the sake of the whole, do you have anything to say about that?" β
Zhou Xuan said: "Whoever has a good chance will vote, and whoever has a good hand should make more shots, I passed him because he has an advantage and can grasp the opportunity, which is what I should do." I'm a point guard, and as long as my teammates can open up, shooting isn't something I have to do. β
Bosh wants to score, and he is not as low-key as he was when he was with the Heat, because D'Antoni requires him to score, not just as a fixed battery, and Zhou Xuan is willing to fulfill him.
Zhou Xuan said very modestly, but because the team's record is here, the media has no intention of making him humble. The next day's headline read, "Mage gets another double-digit assist." "The ultimate playmaker for a defender, he doesn't need to score to dominate the game." "It's too easy to win, and the mage doesn't want to get a high score."
Especially the last news topic, Zhou Xuan couldn't cry or laugh, there are only people in the world who can't score, how can there be people who don't bother to score?
However, he relied on the analysis of the number jΓΉ to conclude that now he has fewer shots and guarantees the hit rate, which is the most helpful way for the team. HIS 190CM HEIGHT, IF HE WANTS TO GET A GOOD SHOT, IT IS MUCH MORE DIFFICULT THAN BOSH AND JEFFERSON.