Chapter 618 [Home Explosion]
On the way back to New York, the Knicks players were excited, especially Leonard, who was lucky to be joining the Knicks, and the first game was enough for him to remember for the rest of his life.
Stephenson continued to be depressed. Redick was gone, and the newcomers who came outperformed him in the competition. Whether it's shooting or defense, he's a step behind Leonard, plus Battier and Matthews, he's actually the fourth bench, and he can only play when these people are resting. HIS HEIGHT IS ONLY 196CM, WHICH PREVENTS HIM FROM BECOMING A CLASSIC SMALL FORWARD AND A SHOOTING GUARD.
On the day off, New York will play their home opener, full of gimmicks, and the league will arrange for their opponent to be the Golden State Warriors. In one year, the Knicks entered the Finals, and the Warriors became the weak team in the lotto area, and the contrast was huge. What kind of sparks can these two teams encounter? Curry and David Lee need to prove themselves, and Zhou Xuan may make the Warriors regret it even more.
Looking at the strength, the Warriors are significantly weaker than the Knicks, and they lost to the Thunder in the first game.
After the day's training, D'Antoni talked to Zhou Xuan, and said: "Zhou, I hope you will make more shots at night, Amare is not in good shape, and you need to take on more offensive tasks." ”
"It's easier to get back on the ball by passing him more, right?" Zhou Xuan asked.
"It's not that simple." D'Antoni sighed, he was the one who knew Xiao Si best. In the past, he was indeed an unstoppable little overlord, but even if he was a dragon slayer and was hit by an arrow in the knee, he could only decline in state.
D'Antoni has already seen the signs of bad luck, and once the physical fitness of a player like Xiaosi deteriorates, the strength will quickly decline. If Mullin had come a month earlier, the Knicks might not have poached him with a high salary.
Zhou Xuan asked, "How do you fight at night?" ”
D'Antoni said with a smile: "Double blocking, misplaced Turyaf and David Lee can't prevent you." Substitute Kwame? Not to mention Brown. It's a good opportunity to boost morale. You're welcome to the home unveiling, try your best to shoot! I'm going to start Ryan and he's more able to get to the basket. ”
"Let's hope they don't lose too quickly." Zhou Xuan smiled.
Anderson's opportunity is to fight offensively, the Warriors offense is fast-paced, and both sides are easy to play counterattacks, and this game must be exciting.
Zhou Xuan knows the purpose of the coaching staff, and the star will attract more fans if he wins super data. He had a lot of assists last season, but the fans preferred to watch the scores. Malone and Woodson also agreed and were ready to arrange a corresponding lineup for Zhou Xuan, with four people defending and one person attacking.
Zhou Xuan didn't invite Ellis to dinner, and he didn't contact him for a long time, and the relationship between the two became weaker, and considering the salaries of the two, the chances of joining forces again were also slim.
Ellis averaged 24 per game last season. 3 points 3. 4 rebounds 5. 1 assist, 2. 1 steal, the data is very eye-catching. He also said that the scoring guard Kobe Bryant was first, and he was second. didn't even make the playoffs, but his self-confidence swelled like this, and Zhou Xuan didn't bother to talk about him. Ellis seems to have strayed on the path of team basketball.
The Warriors ruined Zhou Xuan's goal of being on the same team until he retired, as a somewhat cautious person, he wanted to let the other party not be able to eat and walk around, and he wanted to let the Lacob family fall to the bottom.
That night, the arena was full. Robert Jr.? Donnie, Scarlett? Johnson and the others did not have a new movie to make, and they all went to the scene to watch the game. The only pity for Kolo? Moretz didn't come, and Zhou Xuan felt empty in his heart. When he goes to the scene to watch the game, as long as he passes a good ball or scores in a row, Colo will jump and jump excitedly on the sidelines. She is a true fan and his most loyal fan.
During the warm-up, Zhou Xuan greeted Turiaf and Ellis, and then talked to D'Antoni on the sidelines.
"Aren't you warming up?"
"No need, I've been here a little earlier, and I've already warmed up."
"Do whatever you want."
In the locker room, D'Antony arranged the tactics, leaving only Stadameyer on the inside, and Anderson starting, adding an outside firepower point. Gallinari, Matthews and Zhou Xuan are on the outside.
In this way, there are four fire points on the outside line, which can maximize the space. Chandler is not lacking in strength, defending Turyaf, it doesn't matter if he doesn't play.
CCTV5 broadcast live again. Zhang Reasony said: "Zhou Xuan played a luxurious statistic on the field, and today he returned to the home field against his old club, I don't know how he will perform, he looks very relaxed." ”
Yu Jia said: "The Knicks' starting point has changed, and it seems that they are going to attack. ”
The Warriors fielded Curry, Ellis, Wright, David Lee, and Turiaf. In addition to the center, everyone else can also shoot.
The race is on. Stoudamire jumped the ball to beat Turyaf, Matthews received the ball and passed to Zhou Xuan, and Curry defended. Zhou Xuan brought it to the frontcourt, everyone pulled away, and Stadameyer came out to block the demolition.
Anderson went to the right side of the three-point line, attracted David Lee to defend, only Turyaf defended out, Zhou Xuan dribbled to the left side to avoid Curry, Turyaf came out slowly, Zhou Xuan 60 degrees emergency stop jump shot in. 2 to 0.
As expected before the game, the Warriors were not good at blocking and pick-and-roll, especially on the inside.
Turyaf had just 4 stats last season. 8 points 5. 6 rebounds 1. 7 caps. It was thanks to Randolph's departure, Martin was injured and he got a lot of playing time. His role is very simple, which is to defend under the basket, and if it weren't for the fact that there was no one available inside, maybe the Warriors would have given up on him. Now that more useless inside linemen such as Gazuric have been abandoned, Turiav can also play a dozen as a weakened version of Perkins.
The Warriors attacked, Ellis received the ball in the frontcourt, and directly singled out Matthews without relying on blocking and dismantling.
After Zhou Xuan left, Ellis and Curry did not cooperate well, and the scoring was mainly heads-up. He relied on a change of speed to shake out the right side of the space to break through, Matthews followed sideways, Ellis didn't look at people, lowered his head to take the ball and rushed to the basket, forced three steps to jump, pull the lever in the air, dodged the small Si shot out of the defense, and the rebound was obtained by Anderson.
As soon as Zhou Xuan saw his reckless style of play, he knew that after he had the privileges of the Warriors, his consciousness regressed, and the more this kind of chaotic attack, the faster the team lost. Brushing data is certainly cool, and it is only possible to brush it if you can win. Otherwise, no matter how beautiful the data is, no one will admit it, such as Kevin? Lefou. Conversely, data handicaps are just as popular, like Kidd. Now Ellis can be said to be a cancer.
The Knicks were not in a hurry to break quickly, Zhou Xuan passed to Gallinari to the frontcourt, and Stadamire ran to the weak side of the bottom corner without the ball.
Turyaf kept up with Zhou Xuan this time, Gallinari still passed the ball to the bottom corner, and the coach's arrangement was to let Zhou Xuan attack.
Zhou Xuan took the ball and shook it, the frame changed to the left, and Stoadeyer cut it empty. Ellis pursued Zhou Xuan, and Turiaf retreated inside. Zhou Xuan took a step forward with the ball and threw a jump shot at Turiaf.
Turiav and Ellis were a little slower to interfere with the front, Zhou Xuan shot without pressure, and Xiao Si went to the basket first, with a high chance of grabbing the rebound in the front court. He has a good 45-degree hand and scores on the board. 4 to 0.
The Warriors attacked, Curry and David Lee played blocking and dismantling, Anderson changed defenses, Curry passed the ball to the middle, David Lee squeezed Zhou Xuan away, and the jump shot went in. 4 to 2.
The Knicks attacked, Zhou Xuan blocked and passed to Stoudamayre, and then went around the outside line from the left side with Gallinari without the ball, and Wright switched defenses. Gallinari ran to the bottom right corner, and Stadameyer in the middle could single Curry for three misalignments on the court.
Stadamyre leaned his back against Curry, turned to the left side and didn't protect the ball enough, Curry stepped back in time, stretched out his right hand, broke the ball, and immediately threw it to the frontcourt.
Ellis showed his Scud's ability to get off Matthews to catch the ball and go to the basketball. 4 to 4.
The Knicks attacked, Zhou Xuan passed to Gallinari, and Anderson made an off-ball cover, and Xiao Si went to the low post on the right side. Zhou Xuan ran to the bottom corner on the right side. Continuously changing tactics, even if the ball is followed, he can also give the inside lob ball. David Lee went to Zhou Xuan, and Curry switched to Anderson.
Zhou Xuan received the ball and turned around and shook his face for a moment, David Lee took a step forward, Zhou Xuan then took the ball to the left side, flashed out of space in one step, and made a jump shot.
David Lee's center of gravity was lost, and he didn't have time to jump after turning around, the ball had been thrown, and he scored on the board again. 6 to 2.
Yu Jia shouted: "Zhou Xuan scored consecutive points at the beginning, it's too beautiful." Curry didn't chase the defense, I don't know if this was the arrangement of the Warriors head coach, and he would definitely be able to score high points if he didn't cover him. ”
Zhang Li said: "He will share the ball with the situation." He is always able to deliver good balls without packing, his passing awareness is top-notch, his shooting is getting more and more accurate, and his offensive end is becoming more and more dominant. Mark? After Jackson became the coach of the Warriors, he knew very well the power of the point guard, so he wanted to limit Zhou Xuan with a single defense. ”
At the end of last season, Smart was out of class, and the most popular commentator in the uniform group was the last to choose a commentator, retired point guard Mark? Jackson as the new head coach of the Warriors. Summer, Joey? Lacob didn't know who to use, and the manager said that using Jackson might help Curry improve and develop a star guard, so he chose him.
The Warriors attacked, Ellis and Turiav blocked, Ellis dodged Matthews, stepped back and opened up space with Small, and scored a jumper. 6 to 4.
Chandler is not on it, and the Knicks' interior defense has become the same as last season, and the change of defense is not timely, and it is easy to shake.
Ellis shouted at Zhou Xuan when he returned to the defense, and was a little dissatisfied with him not coming to fight him. Zhou Xuan didn't pay attention to him at all, and only followed Curry.
The Warriors had a good opening shooting rate, Zhou Xuan had no pressure, and his spirit was on the offensive end. After the ball was passed to Gallinari, Zhou Xuan ran to the bottom corner of the right side again, and this time Anderson ran to the three-point line from the side, and Stadamire came to a "close" double screen, blocking Curry and Turiaf in the middle.
David Lee didn't react and stayed under the basket. Zhou Xuan received the ball in the bottom corner, turned around and shot in the open position, Curry bypassed the defense and was two steps away from him, unable to interfere.
This ball Zhou Xuan's hand is very soft, completely ignoring the surrounding environmental influence, shooting like in training, and the ball is hollow into the net. He scored 9 points in a row in the opening game. 9 to 4.
Zhang Li shouted: "It's terrible, it looks like he's going to break out today!" ”