Chapter 133: [Total Defeat]
The Warriors players brace their spirits, but the Knicks don't have anyone to motivate. There was no leader in their locker room, but there was a cancer.
When Randolph was on the Knicks, he seemed like the most qualified person to be the boss, but Nate? Robinson dared to play tricks on him in the locker room. At this point, Robinson pulled Dujon again and complained that he couldn't catch the ball.
Of the other highly-paid players, Crawford only scores, rarely speaks, and has no boss consciousness. Others are here to make money, and when they have earned enough, they leave, using the Knicks as an ATM.
In the second half, Robinson returned to the court to partner Crawford to strengthen the impact, and Dujon rested. Richardson came on the court to add an outside firepower point, with Harrington and David Lee on the inside, and Chandler went off, which meant that the Knicks completely abandoned defense. Belinelli, who was previously traded from the Warriors, has yet to play.
The Warriors fielded their starting lineup.
Robinson looked at Zhou Xuan again, irritable and sharp-eyed...... However, D'Antoni has already said that as long as he ignores the team to pick up Zhou Xuan again, he will immediately replace him, so he still chose to pass the ball and handed the ball to Crawford.
Azubuke followed very closely, and as soon as Crawford got the ball, he immediately got close to him, so that he could not easily turn around and face the frame, which is an effective way to defend, and Crawford's offensive means are mostly to hold the ball in the face frame. Crawford waited for Harrington to cover and forced a breakaway pull-up jump shot that missed. Randolph stuck David Lee to protect the backcourt rebound.
The Warriors slowed down the tempo and went to the front court to block Randolph. After the first half, D'Antoni had realized that he had to guard against Zhou Xuan strictly, and he couldn't let him break through easily after blocking and dismantling, and he couldn't even pass the ball easily, so he let Harrington change his defense, regardless of the high position. Zhou Xuan immediately hung the high ball to Randolph after blocking and dismantling.
Although Robinson is the dunk king and has unparalleled jumping, it takes time for him to jump, he is too short, Randolph easily got the basketball, and his back squeezed Robinson to the inside. Harrington hurried to chase Randolph again, but it was too late. Randolph scored with a left-handed basketball. 79 to 65.
The Knicks attacked, Crawford and David Lee blocked and cooperated, and Randolph defended and blocked Crawford's breakout line. Crawford was optimistic about Azubuuk's position to send the ball to David Lee in the middle, but at some point, Zhou Xuan had let go of Robinson, blocked his passing path, and successfully broke the ball.
The range of cooperation of the Knicks is too small, Robinson obviously does not have the height and still cuts to the inside, he runs fast enough, but Crawford's passing awareness is not good, he didn't notice, Zhou Xuan happily let him go.
After breaking the ball, Zhou Xuan counterattacked, Robinson blocked him with a 100-meter sprint speed, Azubuke ran very fast, from the right side, Zhou Xuan passed to the unguarded Azubuk, who made an easy layup. 81 to 65.
Su Qun said excitedly: "The score has widened, this game Zhou Xuan proved that without Jackson and Margeti, they are still an offensive team, and Zhou Xuan's defense today is also impressive, this is his fourth steal in this game." After just two assists, he's already got a double-double. ”
Yang Jian smiled: "I don't know what data he can get, if the Warriors keep him on the court, he will definitely set a new high in his career data." ”
The Knicks attacked, Harrington misplaced Zhou Xuan after blocking and dismantling from the perimeter, and scored a jumper with a three-pointer. 81 to 68. He is still a little worse off the wrong guard. Although he was already trying his best to defend and catch the ball, Harrington squeezed him away at once, and the difference between the strength of the two was too great for him to block.
The Warriors attacked, Robinson defended closely, and Zhou Xuan passed to Azubuike.
Robinson provoked: "What kind of ball, do you have the ability to hit me?" ”
"I kind of understand why a coach doesn't need you, and you're a point guard like this?" Zhou Xuan thought to himself, little potato, I really didn't want to stimulate you, but why do you have to take the initiative to provoke and find excitement? He said in one breath: "Do you know the way? No matter how provocative you are here, no matter how much you love it, you will not be able to get a big contract, because you are too short, not only short, but also cheap, and your character is lower than your height. I don't even want to scold you, you took the initiative to run over to let me scold, do you say you are cheap? Don't stare at me, do you dare to touch me? Based on what happened in 2006, how many games do you think the league will give you a ban on SB? ”
In fact, he also annoys people like Robinson, he doesn't know what he should do, he is a scoundrel, and stabbing Yao Ming's eyes back then was counted as a cap, and he was proud of this.
Robinson has always been proud of his ability to speak trash to provoke opponents, but he did not expect that Chinese are not only good-natured people like Yao Ming and Yi Jianlian, but also sharp teeth. He only said one word, and Zhou Xuan scolded. And he gritted his teeth angrily, but he didn't dare to PK with Zhou Xuan on the field. Robinson has a record in the league, in December 2006, the Knicks and the Nuggets had a PK, Robinson, as the Knicks' number one player, won the "Most Courageous Award" and was banned for 10 games. Stern was "furious" and sentenced lightly because it was a disturbance in New York. If Robinson comes again, I'm afraid Zhou Xuan will have nothing to do, and he won't have to play this season.
At this time, Randolph attacked David Lee in a low position, the Warriors had begun to return to defense, and Zhou Xuan returned to expressionlessness.
The Knicks began to guard against Zhou Xuan's breakthrough, and he became a pure playmaker again, handing it over to Randolph and Azubuike to play, looking for opportunities on the perimeter. Randolph became the protagonist in this section, constantly attacking in the low post, and David Lee couldn't limit him alone. Randolph just passed the ball out of the line. He doesn't have a particularly good sense of passing, tends to be half a shot slower, and struggles to create open shots. But he knew that if he passed the ball to Zhou Xuan, Zhou Xuan would pass the ball to the right place.
Zhou Xuan played very well, as if he had returned to the NBDL period, when the Knicks players were thinking about offense, but defense was not taken to heart. Harrington is a case in point, playing under D'Antoni in New York and scoring as many as 20 points, but he was even more solitary, playing just one in 35 minutes. 4 assists and less than 6 rebounds. In the Warriors, Nelson Sr. scolded him, he fought hard when he was defending, and now he can only shoot.
Randolph felt that Zhou Xuan's passing was very comfortable, Zhou Xuan felt that Randolph's offense was very sharp, and it was his favorite to dodge out of the air as soon as he blocked, he could burst by himself or pass the ball.
After Zhou Xuan assisted Randolph three times in a row to score, Barkley sighed: "Randolph has always been known as a cancer, in fact, he is very suitable for blocking and dismantling the inside, shooting has an excellent feel, and the offensive means are also very rich, now that he has found his golden partner, it's time to prove himself." ”
Smith laughed, "You're just saying that because he's a fat guy like you, right?" ”
Barkley didn't deny it, saying: "If Randolph goes to a team that defends better and plays pick-and-rolls or a combination of inside and outside, I think he will become the third fattest man in the NBA after me and O'Neal." ”
Randolph compared to Glenn? Davis's kind of fat man, too much stronger. He is also very good at rebounding, and Eddie at his peak exploded? Curry, compared to Derek? Coleman, Sean? Kemp and Weinbeck, who have made a lot of money after the shutdown, are also much stronger, and have been in good shape since the third year of their careers. In terms of size, it's amazing that he can play well.
The Knicks' more amazing people today are Crawford and David Lee, and the two are also unstoppable on the offensive end. David Lee learned a lot from Randolph last year, and the two have something in common, the same height is only 206CM, and the middle cast is accurate. If it weren't for D'Antoni's tactical mistake in the second quarter, the score would not have been easy to pull away.
When the team is leading, the players' mentality will be more relaxed, and the shooting percentage will be higher, and the Knicks are on their home court, and they don't want to lose the game so much, and they are impetuous to chase points. In the fourth quarter, the Warriors launched another wave of 8-0 attacks, extending the margin to 20 points.
In the expectation of countless Chinese fans, Zhou Xuan set a new personal scoring record. He then relied on an open three-pointer and a layup to set a new scoring high, scoring 28 points and dished out 18 assists, 2 rebounds and 5 steals. He was substituted with three and a half minutes left in the game.
The home fans gave Zhou Xuan a round of applause. Boo your home team and support the away team, only New York fans have the courage to do so. This year, D'Antoni has been a little better when he arrived, and Marbury was still booing even more when he was playing.
When he got off the field, Zhou Xuan walked towards Stephen in the stands? Jackson beckoned, and a close-up of Jackson with a serious face was given. Although the team won, he was not happy, he was an energetic man, his teammates were fighting the field, and he had to sit on the sidelines and watch the game, which made him very uncomfortable.
Zack? Randolph was also substituted and the home fans did not react. Randolph also got super stats today, with 35 points, 14 rebounds and 4 assists.
"Hey, Zach, you did so well, they didn't give you a round of applause." Azubuk laughed.
"It's good that they didn't boo me." Randolph was in a good mood and took the towel from his teammates, smiling. Today, he also fought hard, his body was more expensive, and he was sweating profusely.
Unlike the Warriors, the Knicks didn't replace the bench after the worst, or the starters played on the court, and there was only one Robinson on the bench, and I don't know what Anthony thought about the Warriors, maybe he wanted some people to make the data beautiful in the medium term, or the other bench players were too annoying to him.
Seeing Zhou Xuan's end, Su Qun was still unsatisfied. "Today he almost got 30+20, which is amazing. If he had played a few more minutes, it might have been done, but Nelson Sr. wanted him to conserve his energy, and the day after tomorrow the Warriors were going to play at home against the Miami Heat, which would be a tough game. ”
Yang Jian said: "It's a pity that we will broadcast the online team against the Nuggets live at that time, and netizens who care about Zhou Xuan and the Warriors' records can only watch it online." ”
Even the radio commentators were frustrated that there were so few live Warriors games this season.