Chapter 530: Xiao Si Erupts
Yi Jianlian's three consecutive three-pointers at the beginning of the game were all shots that jumped directly from one step outside the three-point line in the face of the defender, and the most important point was that all three balls were drilled into the basket, like a positioning amming missile, and it would not be affected by any factors.
It is also worth mentioning that this game is the first game of the finals!
As the final feast of every season in the NBA, the teams that can make it to that stage are undoubtedly the two strongest teams in the league this season.
This kind of game should be evenly matched, it should be you coming and going, it should be a dragon fight, it should not be a solo dance of a certain player.
What's more, this is not a scene that can be described by the word solo!
This is simply a tailor-made script for Yi Jianlian!
"Wow, aa
The gradually uncontrollable cheers at the scene are also illustrating all this, showing how it is difficult for New York fans to tell themselves after seeing Yi Jianlian's violent performance at the beginning.
"This is really a God-possessed performance that can be done, seriously, who in this league can score like Yi?" Spike Lee muttered to himself, his expression was the same as that of the New York fans, full of shock and all kinds of incredulity, as the most loyal supporter of the New York Knicks, as a witness to the past of this arena, Rao is Spike Lee's experience, he has never seen such an opening show.
"Yi's state tonight is telling one thing, no matter what all the experts think of him and his Knicks team before the game, he can use his performance to slap the face of these experts who are not optimistic about the Knicks, if the performance in the 5 regular season is not shocking enough, then use the performance in the playoffs, if it is not enough, then use the opening game to hit three three-pointers in a row to express their attitude!"
The Knicks started the game with a 9-4 lead under Yi Jianlian's completely unreasonable three-pointer.
"Don't worry, guys, we're not too far behind, and the game has just begun!"
However, the Mavericks quickly regained their former calmness and calmness under Yi Jianlian's strong performance, as if they didn't see Yi Jianlian's exaggerated three-point shooting at all, and the person who stabilized them was Jason Kidd, who used to be the promoter of the Nets, and now the backcourt commander of the Mavericks, and a member of the future NBA Hall of Fame.
Some experts have commented on Jason Kidd, calling him the best tactician in NBA history, he is not as biased as Steve Nash, he is familiar with fast-paced running and shooting and slow-paced positional battles, and he is the best tactician like Chris Paul and "Magic" Johnson.
The ultimate in organizational ability in the No. 1 position, that is, Jason Kidd!
In the face of Yi Jianlian's momentum of swallowing mountains and rivers, Jason Kidd showed a sophisticated side, he did not rush to organize an attack after Yi Jianlian's goal to quickly chase the score back, he was still very calm and led the team to play slowly attack.
In this round, he didn't even organize his teammates to run at the first time after crossing the halfway line, but spoke to comfort his teammates.
At this age, Jason Kidd certainly doesn't have the energy and ability of his youth, but he is now like the head coach of the Mavericks on the court, all the tactics are in his head, how to play all the tactics, how to master the rhythm, and all the games are in his head.
He dragged it until there were nine seconds left in the 24-second offensive time limit, and when Dirk Nowitzki was about to get into position, he carefully observed the movement of the Knicks players, made sure that the passing route was okay, and passed the ball to the latter.
Dirk faced Turiaf, and was not afraid of the biochemical weapons under the latter's armpits, he pushed hard, took a step back with the power of the rebound, and then raised his right foot high, leaned his whole body back, and looked like he was about to stand unsteadily, but the movements in his hands were very calm, his right wrist flicked hard, and his fingers rubbed the direction of the basketball to control the ball.
"Huh!"
The ball fell into the basket safely.
Derknowitzki also stood firm.
Obviously, the movement that looked like he was out of balance just now didn't really lose his center of gravity.
Dek Nowitzki called this trick "Golden Rooster Independence"!
This, combined with his ungodly touch this season, is why the Mavericks were able to reach the Finals this year.
This move of King Nuo Tianwang is really unguardable.
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Nowitzki, who had scored the goal, let out a low roar, and he wasn't really sure about it when he threw it, and Turyav was much harder than he thought.
He was almost off balance with this goal.
But fortunately, his hand in this game is still the same as the last game, just like him in the whole playoffs, very hot, this kind of ball really relies on his own muscle memory to get in.
The margin was back to 3 points remaining.
Rick Carlisle breathed a sigh of relief in an instant, but luckily the goal was scored.
"Stick, hurry up!"
Before the Knicks had yet to serve, Rick Carlisle immediately anxiously asked De Shawn Stevenson and Sean Marion to prepare to post and make up for the defense, looking at his anxious appearance, if these two guys didn't nod immediately, I was afraid that he would have to run up the court and drag the two of them.
However, after the two guys received the order, Yi Jianlian couldn't catch the ball smoothly this time, but Dragic improved quickly in those games of the Eastern Conference Finals, and now there is no rush to face Jason Kidd with the ball, and he waits patiently for the Knicks players to run.
ESPN commentator Bill Wharton, who saw this phenomenon, said sincerely: "Next summer, Goran Dragic will definitely get a big contract, and with New York City's usual arrogance, Dragic is also very likely to get a contract worth no less than 8 million annual salary, it's hard to imagine that this is the annual salary that a guy who hasn't been able to gain a foothold in any team in the first two seasons of his career can get, and the only change that has happened to him is to come to the Knicks, okay!" To put it more bluntly, he met Yi and changed the trajectory of his entire career! β
Dragic called Xiao Si to come forward and block with him, this routine is the most familiar tactics and routines for Xiao Si, before Yi Jianlian came, he and Filton relied on this trick to bring the Knicks to the sixth place in the East, and now there is a guy Dragic who is more suitable for running and bombing tactics, and he is naturally willing to continue to play blocking and dismantling tactics.
At the same time, he is also eager to stand up while Yi Jianlian is watched, the last time he played the Bulls, he was more just a spectator, the entire first half of that game was pressed by the Knicks, if it wasn't for Yi Jianlian's wit at halftime, Dragic was activated, then the Knicks were likely to lose that game.
So even if the Knicks win the game, Xiao Si still blames himself in his own heart, he is the highest-paid person in the Knicks this season, but he can only be like his teammates in more moments in the game, waiting for Yi Jianlian to rescue the team from an unfavorable situation, this is not a situation he wants to see, even if he has now realized that his strength is not as good as Yi Jianlian, but he doesn't want to rely on Yi Jianlian like other players, Even if he has accepted his fate as the second leader of the Knicks, it should not be a second leader who has no role at all.
So......
"Ball!"
At the same time that Dragic passed by him with his block, he immediately went down, and then made a quick request to Dragic, and his resolute attitude made Dragic not hesitate to stuff the ball directly into his hand.
"Ho!"
Xiao Si took the ball, turned around and shouted, and suddenly increased his speed and dunked the ball into the basket.
"Ho!"
The violent dunk was successful, Xiao Si looked up to the sky and roared, and the whole stadium went crazy again because of his violent dunk.
"I really want to see the little bully who flew over the Phoenix basket!" Barkley is also quite embarrassed, he was also a player of the Suns at the beginning, and he has a certain affection for his parent team, when the Suns reappeared as a powerhouse in this league with the Kombat Whirlwind, he was also sincerely happy for this team, and at that time he looked at the young and vigorous Amare Stadamier, and his mind was full of what he looked like when he was young, huh...... Probably a little oilier than him.
"Yi makes all the players better, but it also obscures their light, generally speaking, when Yi Jianlian can't stand up, his teammates rarely stand up, this is an objective fact, but in this game, when Yi can't get the ball, Amare stands up, this ball is definitely a morale-boosting goal!" Kenny Smith is also very touched by Xiao Si's goal, and he can see that Xiao Si also wants to stand up for this team.
He also came to the Big Apple as the savior, although not many New York fans thought so at the time, but in the United States, a personal hero complex is a must-have for everyone.
Xiao Si ...... I also want to be a hero in New York.
"Huh!"
In the next round, Xiao Si hit another mid-range shot!
He perfectly filled the scoring gap during the period when Yi Jianlian couldn't catch the ball.
The clock was running out of the first quarter, and the Knicks led 31-27 heading into the second quarter.
Xiao Si scored 10 points in this quarter, shooting 5 of 6, extremely efficient!
The last time he scored double-digit points in the first quarter of a game was against the Heat in the playoffs, but the Heat's interior strength was not enough to see, and it was normal for Xiao Si to be able to explode, and if he couldn't take advantage of the confrontation with Chris Bosh and Haslem, then he really shouldn't have been able to get so much money.
Even after the Bulls lost their first game, many fans were already dissing Smalls, thinking that he shouldn't have taken so much money.
But in the first quarter of this game against the Mavericks, Xiao Si finally proved the reason why he was able to take so much money, and he also believed that with his performance in the first quarter, the black fans who questioned him should be able to shut up!
These damn guys!
All right!
This is also the reason why Xiao Si played so fiercely in this game, in addition to wanting to stand up when Yi Jianlian was trapped, he also wanted to prove his ability.
The situation is very good, and the interviews between the festivals, the person selected by ESPN's reporters to interview is none other than D'Antoni:
"Okay, Mike, I wonder how you're feeling right now, are you happy that Amare played like this in the first quarter?"
"No, actually, I'm not at all, man, don't forget, I've worked with Amare, I know what he's capable of, and I know that's what he's doing!"
"But that's not what he's always done with the Knicks, you should know that, he's not the little bully anymore, you should know that."
"Judging from the performance in the first quarter, who can say that Amare is not the Amare he used to be, he is still the little bully, whether it is in Phoenix or now in the Big Apple!"
D'Antoni defended Smalls with confidence, and of course, he can be confident today, and Smalls' play in the first quarter of this game is also worth it.
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Yi Jianlian continued to play in the second quarter, just like the Eastern Conference Finals, De Shaun Stevenson and Sean Marion were also successfully paralyzed by him, and Sean Marion was still known as a "hacker" back then, and it was the existence of the alliance that could fly away back then, but now in the face of Yi Jianlian, he really feels what it means to be unforgiving!
Yi Jianlian's physical strength is still very abundant, he simply runs without the ball and does not need continuous attack, which is no different from what he usually does physical training.
And physical training, like eating and drinking water, has long been commonplace for him!
He's used to it.
Rick Carlisle saw him on the court at the start of the second quarter and felt like he was going crazy!
He has already taken off key players such as Dirk Nowitzki, whose age is there, playing a full 12 minutes, and giving them only 2 minutes of rest is far from enough, which is an objective fact that Rick Carlisle cannot violate.
In other words, now he really doesn't know who to take to defend Yi Jianlian!
Speaking of which, this may be the only flaw of the Mavericks, originally they won the championship in 2011, but they were eliminated by the Thunder the next year, one of the very important reasons is because the next year is a shrinking season, in this year the Mavericks played a lot of back-to-back, and there is a "back-to-back", this schedule makes the Mavericks not get enough rest in the regular season, and then the playoffs are even weaker, which is the opportunity seized by the Thunder, Including the Spurs, they were also reversed by the Thunder because of injuries and physical problems with core players, of course, it is not that the Thunder team is not strong, to tell the truth, the Thunder team that broke into the Finals has already cashed in on its talent in the eyes of experts at the time, but in fact, they were not complete at that time, whether it was Kevin Durant, Westbrook or James Harden, their ability far exceeded their ability in the Finals year.
In this year's playoffs, the Thunder team really won in the arrangement of the schedule, and won in the young and strong.