The Hawks weren't unprepared, but they underestimated the Knicks' momentum, and according to Raheem's impression of Sprewell, the guy didn't work that hard.

Can't stand Sprewell only has a team option left, that is, it can be regarded as a contract year, the 6-year 75 million contract he signed after the Black Eight has come to an end, this contract is fully guaranteed for the first four years, the fifth year team option, and the last year is an extension clause.

He attaches great importance to the salary of more than 14 million next season and an extension clause for a sixth year outside of the contract, but to trigger the clause of a one-year contract extension, the team must first implement the team option, and Sprewell will have the last player option, and a group of children and women in the family to raise.

So this year, the madman played very hard, and he was also selected for the second defensive team that year, and he was really good at defense, the key is good physical fitness, and the 33-year-old "old man" averaged 41 minutes per game.

The madman's defensive rampage gave Rahim a lot of distraction, so Jason Terry missed a shot first.

But the Hawks didn't let this gaffe, and immediately returned to the defense and waited for the Knicks to attack.

Easley pushed in, Jason Terry defended, Raheem was just too caught by Sprewell's rough defense to catch the ball, Raheem is not a person who has suffered a loss and does not fight back, and after coming over, he used the same ferocious defense as Sprewell to fight Sprewell.

The Knicks' tactic is that Easley pushes over and gives the ball to Sprewell, who averages 16 points, 4 rebounds and 5.1 assists per game this season, is the core of the Knicks' offensive end, and Easley is a shooter with a 35 percent three-point shooting rate.

However, Easley also has some organizational skills, seeing that Sprewell couldn't catch the ball, and defending himself was Jason Terry, the weakest defender in the Hawks' current lineup, so he pressed up and leaned sideways against Jason Terry and pushed it inside the three-point line.

Jason Terry didn't expect Easley to play this way, he didn't resist a step, and he was pushed back by Easley a big step!

Just when Jason Terry reacted and hurriedly fought back, Easley had already turned around, and at this time, Alan Houston just took a step from outside the free throw line, turned to chase Eisley's Jason Terry, and blocked Prince with Easley!

And, just as Alan Houston ran over, Easley handed the ball to Alan Houston, who got the gap and hit a mid-range jumper.

It's so accurate!

Alan Houston, who shot 42 percent from mid-range range and 40 percent from three-point range this year, is too accurate to give him any open space at all!

The Knicks are equally well prepared!

With Spreville and Raheem hurting each other, they decisively executed their backup tactics!

It's the Hawks offense again, Raheem didn't continue to entangle with Sprewell on the inside, if it was last season, maybe he would have just finished with Sprewell, but this year he is no longer the team's top scorer, and even the third scorer is already playing, he got an average of 20 10 3 1 1 data per game as early as 23 years old, and now he doesn't pay attention to personal data, he wants to win!

Jason Terry held the ball on the right side of the arc, Prince pulled to the bottom corner on the left side of the basket and waited, and Muhammad and Ratliff met on either side of the three-second zone.

Jason Terry tried to break through to the right side, but Easley's defensive ability was average, but he was very active, and his strong body strength was also good, and he quickly pressed up towards the route of Jason Terry's breakthrough, and suddenly, Jason Terry changed direction to the left, and Easley quickly turned around to chase, and then crashed into Raheem who pulled out to block the dismantle!

There was no chance in the singles, Rahim contributed from somewhere else, Jason Terry trotted the ball to the left side of the top arc, at this time Raheem cut inside, Eisley could only chase Rahim, Jason Terry brought Sprewell over, and then passed the ball through to Rahim, Rahim dribbled into the three-second zone, Hanington watched the menacing Rahim immediately go up, Rahim was not greedy for scoring, threw the ball to the right side of the basket, Ratliff jumped up and easily pressed the ball into the basket.

At the beginning of the game, the two teams entered a state of attack, the Hawks played a team offense, first found a way to send the ball to Raheem, as long as Raheem received the ball, the Knicks had to wrap it, and then it was up to Raheem to see if the teammates who passed it out could be thrown.

On the Knicks' side, it's very simple, try to get the ball into the hands of Alan Houston, not necessarily to let Alan Houston score, but you can rely on Alan Houston's ridiculously accurate open position to catch and shoot, and create opportunities for others, mainly whether the outside line can be shot.

This year, the Knicks have had a good start and are solid offensively.

Liu Mang watched the performance of his teammates and opponents on the sidelines, and roughly understood the situation of the game, although the Knicks had Sprewell's big explosion on the defensive end this year, the overall defense was average, the interior line was not high, although there was a help defense, but there was no air interception ability.

The focus is to prevent Alan Houston, Prince and Raheem can't keep up, Jason Terry is short, Liu Mang can't help but smile again, it's time for the master to appear!

Boozer saw Liu Mang's sinister smile, this smile was too evil, but Boozer had seen too much and already had the ability to bear it in his heart, and then looked at Alan Houston, who started coquettishly on the field, and began to mourn for this opponent......

……

The first quarter played 5 minutes, and the two teams were tied at 12!

Except for Raheem and Sprewell, who each received a foul, they played very harmoniously at other times, running tactics, catching and shooting, which was completely a tactical battle and a battle of shooting ability.

The two teams played so well in the second half of the season, and the tactical aspect must have been excellent, although the Knicks lineup was obviously inferior, but Alan Houston was really accurate!

Alan Houston averaged 22 points per game throughout the season, but if you only look at the games after late January, he averaged 24.4 points per game! That's why the media commented that this was Alan Houston's best season, and he had previously averaged 21 points per game.

The Knicks saw that the tactics were playing well and held on, so they sat firmly on Mount Tai and did not call a timeout, but the Hawks couldn't sit still, they came with the goal of a big victory, and wanted to use this game in the basketball mecca to start the playoffs, but the game was sniped by the Knicks at the beginning.

Mainly in Jason Terry's defense, more and more unable to keep up with the rhythm of the starters, Prince has been playing for a season and his experience is getting better and better, due to taking on heavy responsibilities in advance, although he is a little weaker, but he already has the defensive ability that he only had in the second year when he was on the Pistons, this comparison, Jason Terry's defense is much worse!

Coach Kruger replaced Jason Terry with Liu Mang and Muhammad with Boozer to enhance the outside defense and interior shooting ability, with Ratliff guarding under the basket, strong as Kurt Thomas can't make waves, the main thing is to strengthen the defense on the outside.

Mike Woodson laid out a defensive strategy against Alan Houston, and seeing this defensive strategy, Liu Mang felt that Mike Woodson was really good, as a defensive assistant coach, really good! It's mainly that it coincides with him Liu!

……

Just as Mike Woodson was setting up the defense, Coach Kruger called Jason Terry, who was surprised that he was replaced so early, to the side to talk to Jason Terry.

Jason Terry wonders, what does the coach call himself to do next to him? What did you do wrong? Replaced so early?

After a moment's hesitation, Coach Krueger still said his thoughts: "Jason, I have something I want to discuss with you. ”

Jason Terry nodded blankly, he didn't seem to play much bad today, right? On the offensive end, his side played well, making a three-pointer and an assist.

"Jason, I replaced you early because I wanted you to wait a while to lead the second team to play." Coach Kruger's expression was serious, but he was attentive to the change in Jason Terry's expression.

Surprisingly, Jason Terry didn't show a little dissatisfaction, but smiled: "I see, I just said I didn't play that badly, haha, coach, I love playing with the second team." ”

What is the reaction? This time it was Coach Kruger's turn to be a little unresponsive, and then the idea that had been brewing for a long time couldn't help but have an urge to test it.

After organizing the language, Coach Kruger said in a deep voice: "Jason, it's not that I disrespect you, but I think that maybe Ace is more suitable to play as a starter than you, and you are more suitable to play as a substitute." ”

Coach Kruger said this a little weakly, Jason Terry's strength, a first-class star, can play as a starter on any team, even if it is to the Lakers, the Zen master will definitely put Kobe Bryant at small forward and let Jason Terry play starting point guard.

Such an approach may make Jason Terry dissatisfied and may affect the unity of the team, but Coach Kruger's idea has been born for a long time, especially when Liu Mang occasionally wants to play as a starter, Jason Terry "accommodated" Liu Mang to sit on the bench, and the two played very different effects, and the effect was very positive.

But Coach Kruger never took the initiative to put Jason Terry on the bench, Liu Mang and Jason Terry discussed, Jason Terry played as a substitute, that was Jason Terry's voluntariness, but now this situation is a request of the team, Coach Kruger is worried that Jason Terry will be dissatisfied, so Coach Kruger has been looking for an opportunity to discuss with Jason Terry, and now it seems to be a good opportunity.

The head coach has the power to let anyone play as a starter or substitute, but the NBA is a league of stars, and the real one has absolute control, except for Pat Riley and Popovich, who are both head coaches and executive officers of player operations, many coaches are actually constrained by stars, even if they are Zen masters, they can only use psychological tactics to control the players.

“…… Jason, when you and Ace swapped starters and bench positions, I saw that you performed better on the bench than the starters, you have more free ball control, and the cooperation between Ace and the starters also made the offense and defense more fluid, I have an idea, you take Ace's position as the sixth man, and I want to try Jason for the rest of the games, you play the sixth man, and Ace plays the starting ......"

Coach Kruger simply said what he thought in one breath, then watched Jason Terry's reaction and immediately appeased Jason Terry if he strongly objected.

Coach Kruger already regretted that he couldn't help but say it, he felt that it was so difficult to coach the NBA, and that he had too little real power as a head coach, and that it was far less comfortable than being a college coach.

Although Coach Kruger still looks quite dignified now, even when he discusses, his tone is relatively hard, but he is very worried in his heart.

Jason Terry jumped up with excitement! Coach Kruger thought that the discussion was bankrupt, but unexpectedly, Jason Terry excitedly grabbed his hand and whispered, "Coach, are you telling the truth?" I promise! I promised to play as a substitute! ”

"Huh?" Coach Kruger didn't expect Jason Terry to react this way and crave this change more than he did!

Hell yes!

Just now, I was sighing in my heart that coaching the NBA was too difficult, and now I think it's too easy!

The rotation lineup who was about to play heard the movement here, and turned his head to see Jason Terry excitedly grabbing Coach Kruger's hand, Coach Kruger was stunned, and everyone felt a chill behind them!

Don't dare to take a shower with Jason Terry in the future!