Chapter 223: The Chaotic Knicks (3/3)
Every team starts the new season with illusions. A fantasy about their team position.
Some teams will be more pragmatic, for example, in a new season, it would be nice to go from 10th last season to the playoffs.
If you finished 6th last season, then this season's playoffs will be good to enter the second round.
Usually such a team will have a more fulfilling life in a season or the overall feeling.
It's not good, and it's not too bad. Unless there is a major player change, player injury or other reasons.
And if they live up to the expectations they had at the start of the season, then chances are they will be a strong team in a few years!
However, due to the teams at the top of the table and the bottom of the league, it is not easy to adjust in terms of mentality.
The top-ranked teams are very concerned about their rankings, and the whole season is actually quite mentally stressful.
That will continue into the playoffs. And the teams at the bottom of the league will either fight hard for dozens of games, or they will just mess up.
The Knicks team has always been very conflicted, the team wants to become a strong team, but the players can't always play results.
So far, the team is still in the run-in stage.
The Warriors' definition is that the Knicks haven't played well so far, so they think they're an underdog.
This game is still mainly based on training. But will try to win, Coach Cole is in charge of today's game.
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What kind of team the Warriors are now, the Knicks still know. But Anthony's attitude is that they still have to try to win today.
Although we have lost a lot of games, the season has only just begun, and we have not played 10 games yet.
What if they start a winning streak?
There are still problems with the players in the team at this time.
But they continued to ignite their fighting spirit in this game!
Cole: "Balbosa, I've been observing your behavior lately. If you still play like you did last game, I think you should rest this season."
Balbosa: "I'll try to match my team-mates' ......"
Cole just looked at him for a few seconds and then went back. Under Green's watchful gaze, Balbosa immediately became a lot more well-behaved.
After a while, the Knicks' starters came on. They are O'Quinn, Williams, Anthony, Calderon and Grant!
On the Warriors' side are Vallejo, Green, Iguodala, Lee Feng and Balbosa.
The first quarter of the game still gave Balbosa some playing time.
The team has always thought that the defenders in their team are good.
But in terms of strength, Li Feng and Curry are indeed very powerful now.
There aren't many games this season. But the team gave the other defenders a lot of playing time, and they didn't play it themselves, so there was nothing they could do.
No matter which team encounters the Warriors with Li Feng this season, they will be suspicious.
What they suspect is, is the Warriors really that strong?
Even the Knicks.
They are going to verify it for themselves today to see if the strength of the Warriors is as powerful as the media has blown it!
At the same time, cheer themselves up!
Grant: "If Li Feng wants to talk about technology, it's not very good now." How can you be in the same league as today's top stars?
I think this Asian player is still in the top 10 in the league in points per game this season.
That score list is not a rookie list, it's a total score list! ”
Calderon: "A good shooting guard, nothing else is too demanding. As long as he throws it in the ring, it's fine."
With the game starting, Vallejo got the ball and passed it to Barbosa.
In this game, Barbosa really didn't dare to play like before.
If it's still a mischievous attack, the team may really want to put him under house arrest!
Up front, relying on his own unique rhythm and pace, it's still easy to get past a defender. Eventually, the basketball came to Green.
Dream Chasing Jumper Blocked by Anthony!!
The Knicks fans at the scene immediately got excited! At this time, the melon is the spiritual symbol of their team!
Greene: "Anthony, you're looking for something." Is your team losing face? Do you dare to build me again? ”
Anthony: "It's no problem to cover 10 of you!" When you're away, just be honest with me, don't you hear it? ”
Green: "That's a good point. Then your team is waiting for the big score to lose to us! ”
When Calderon saw the two forward players distracted at this time, he jumped up and hit a three-point shot!
Barbosa was about to go over to catch the ball, but was pushed away by Green......
Dream Chasing held the ball over the half, Li Feng got his pass and faked to shake Grant, and finally relied on Iguodala's body to block the opponent and then jumped back to score three points!
Anthony also wanted to say something to Green, but the other party directly chose to ignore it.
So Melon asked for the ball directly, and he single-handedly passed the defense of three players of the Warriors, and finally hit 2 points in the face of Green!
Kerr was standing straight on the sidelines at this time, and now it seems that the Knicks' cooperation is still not good.
Seeing this, he was relieved.
Anthony quickly snatched the basketball from Green's hand, and despite the opposition of their team's coach, he rushed over by himself and hit a three-point jumper in front of Iguodala's defense!
The Knicks played well at the beginning!
At this point they got 8 points. But Melon doesn't seem to be in a hurry at all when it comes to the Warriors.
In today's game, the opponent did not come on the bench at the beginning.
Coach Wharton didn't lead the team either.
But the players on the New York side don't feel like they're very good either.
Li Feng took the basketball, faced the opponent's strict defense, and decisively passed the ball to Barbosa.
The latter went straight past the opposing defender and passed the ball to Vallejo. Barbosa today seems to have turned into a playmaking defender.
In the game, you may forget to pass the ball because you dribble, and Barbosa is being watched by the whole team.
So his main way of playing this game is passing.
Vallejo dunked directly to score points!
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It can be said that the first quarter of the game completely drove the emotions of the Knicks fans!
! In the last 3 seconds of the first quarter, Anthony hit a three-pointer to overtake the Warriors and take the lead!
Melon still goes to see Grimm, but finds that Dream Chaser doesn't look at him anymore.
On Anthony's side, it is understood that Green still has no confidence to look at him, but in fact, Dream Chaser is snickering there.
Anthony and his teammates played like this, which not only angered Green, but also made Curry very unhappy!
Barbosa returned to the bench to rest after getting four assists and one steal in the first quarter.
In the second quarter, the lineup on the Knicks' side remained unchanged. The Warriors replaced Barbosa with Curry.
Kerr's feeling today is, don't be too exhausted with the Knicks.
If you want to train your troops, you will first beat your opponent to garbage time.
At the beginning of the game, Curry dribbled directly to the front court and hit a three-point shot in the face of the opponent's bag!
A bad feeling hung over the Knicks players.
Calderon held the ball slowly through the half, and rushed in after facing Li Feng's defense directly past the opponent!
The melon had already come out at this time, and after getting his pass, he missed a three-point jumper, and O'Quinn scored directly with a dunk!
Wharton: "The melon is still so powerful!" In fact, the Knicks have had a chance for several seasons. But they seem to have been in a bit of a mess all along.
The media is also reporting all kinds of things that are not being reported, and there are also contradictions between the team management and Melon. I've seen a lot of things like this. ”
Kerr: "If a team can finally twist this mess of theirs into a rope and use the power in one place, there's still a play."
But over the years, there aren't many teams that have been able to do it. On the contrary, because of the competition among players, the relationship is chaotic and easy to contradict, and the relationship between coaches and players is not harmonious, so that the team's combat power cannot be further improved. ”
Wharton: "If Anthony goes to other teams to form giants, maybe there's still a play. ”
Li Feng attracted the attention of his opponent and passed the ball directly to Barnes, who hit a three-point hollow shot!
In the first quarter, the stalemate between the two teams seemed to be gone, and the Warriors began to open up the gap from the beginning.
The players in New York have little to say at this point.
The Warriors' strength, now in the regular season, sometimes they play completely depending on the mood.
The margin won't be too big if you and your teammates the Warriors' players...... The consequences will be terrifying.
But at this time, the melon's cruel words in the first quarter of the game have been released......
Anthony's breakthrough this time was directly fanned out by Green with a bloody cap!
Then he immediately received a pass from his teammates and hit a three-point shot!
Melon for several seasons, sometimes you can feel the feeling of a diamond with 4 bronze.
Can't take it......
Curry had a murderous look in his eyes at this time.
He's going to play basketball, facing the Knicks players and wrestling with them. In the end, it attracted the defense of three players from the opposing team!
Li Feng got his pass and hit a three-point shot in front of Green!
The Knicks are going to take a timeout.
Green: "I wanted to win by 20 points today. But they can stretch the minimum score difference to 30 points."
Curry: "Maybe even higher"
Greene: "Hahaha, that's right! ”
Cole: "Well, stop talking. I'll just say, in the first half, the difference will be as wide as possible, and the substitutes will have to come up and adapt to the game."
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I don't know why, when the players on the Warriors' side came up, there seemed to be some arguments on the Knicks' end.
Grant: "Anthony would have been nice if you had passed the ball a little more. ”
Anthony: "The last game, no, I did that in the first three games. But what about you? How many points did you get?
It's not that I don't do it. It's that you guys really don't score very efficiently. Jackson, he's now a vice president of management, not the team's head coach.
What does he know, does he know what makes the most sense to do on the field? ”
Calderon: "So be it. I'll organise the game and the ball will be passed to the other players. And then let's ......"
Anthony: "No! I disagree! Basketball basically has to go through my hands! I'll decide whether to attack myself or pass the ball to you in the end! ”
The rest of the players stopped talking at this point. Because there is nothing to say.
If you insist on reasoning with melons, it is true that Anthony did not score much in the game when they gave them the ball......
Eventually, the ball was given to Anthony, who rushed to the basket and was capped.
Li Feng picked up a rebound, and Curry caught the ball in the front court and hit a three-point jumper......
At this point, it started to rain on the Warriors' side. The players on the Knicks' side are all in a state of confusion, except for melons.
Don't say they can't score, even if they score 2 points now, 2 points against the Warriors, they can't keep up with the rhythm of the other party.
The Warriors used the score to seem to pour cold water on the Knicks fans.
The atmosphere of the scene rose very high in the first quarter. But in the second quarter of the game, the enthusiasm of the fans began to wane.
Anthony looked at his shooting accuracy, which did drop a lot in this quarter, so he began to pass, but his teammates' shots were also iron......
Melon went to look for Green several times, but found that Dream Chaser seemed to be much quieter today.
The Warriors are doing one thing as a team right now. That's what Kerr said during the timeout, to open up the margin and buy playing time for his bench teammates......
The Knicks are at a discord at this point. This makes them even more chaotic in terms of the pace of the game.
Their players are now not thinking about how to play, but about whether Anthony will pass the ball.
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The Warriors' second quarter was about the same pace as the first. There are times when it's not even as fast as Barbosa's ball, but it's a lot better in terms of efficiency!
The opponent passed the ball methodically, his teammates responded, and then the defender's side kept shooting threes.
At the beginning of the game, the Knicks had just built up confidence. In the second quarter, don't smash it with your hand.
Kerr: "If you were to be the manager of a team like this, what would you do? ”
Wharton: "I didn't even think about it. Hahaha! If it were me, I would probably choose to resign~"
Cole: "Haha! Don't do this. Let's talk about it. What if they give you $5 million a year to make you the head coach of the Knicks? ”
Wharton: "More than 8 million a year, otherwise don't talk about it~ Jokes are jokes." If it's me, I'm going to get the players in the team together and listen to me. Otherwise, I'll just let the team mess up.
If they start listening to me. I'll start with some basic fits. Slowly develop their ability to trust each other and cooperate with each other in the game. You know, it's not easy. I can't get down without a 30-game run-in.
In short, it's hard. I don't know if I have Kidd's two hits. I don't know about his coaching ability, but he does have a knack for dealing with his own players."
Cole nodded slightly when he heard the young Wharton assistant say this.
Last season, Kidd was really good. Will be a team of internal contradictions, players do not cooperate well with each other. Brought to the finals and won the championship.
The two coaches stood on the sidelines with their shoulders crossed, chatting and watching the game. Basically, it doesn't matter anymore.
Although Melon hit another three-pointer near the end of the first half. But at this time, the difference between the two teams has been more than 10 points for a long time.
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