Chapter 33: A Fight for Life

In the second half, Van Gundy seemed to be unable to bear the inaction of the first half, and directly replaced him from the starting lineup and replaced Dudley as the advance team. Pen & Fun & Pavilion www.biquge.info It turns out that Dudley, as a veteran, still can't control the impact of the first team, playing for five minutes, the data sheet is blank, and there is not even a single foul. This can't be said that Van Gundy's substitution is problematic, because he did play a role, and when he came on, it seemed that even Malone had reined in? turned out to miss all three shots, but fortunately there was Stockton, who repeatedly used mid-range shots to stabilize the team's scores.

In this situation, the Knicks did recover two or three points, but the lack of offensive ability is still very significant. Van Gundy had to pray that after a half-time adjustment, Moxi's form improved.

The Knicks went up and down, Houston and Dudley went down, Murphy and Thomas came on, Johnson went down to the small forward position, and Thomas came to the power forward and played against Karl Malone.

The Jazz also made a slight adjustment, replacing last season's starting center, Greg Ostertag from Texas (seeing this name, did you think of Auden the Great. )

Greg's tactical status in the Jazz is still very high, a little higher than the starter, but Sloan needs to put a bandit on the bench to take him down, Greg has been playing for the Jazz, Last season, he was able to get an average of 2.7 blocks per game, if it weren't for the BT on his head who was too BT, it is estimated that he would be the king of blocks, and this level is definitely a strong contender for this list even after a few years, but unfortunately he also met Mourning, who averaged 3.9 times per game, Shaun Bradley 3.2 times, Theo Ratliff 3.0 times, and Mutombo 2.9 times. (Truth be told, lists like the rebounding and blocking lists were horrible a decade or twenty ago, and that's not counting the legendary antiquity, and despite the data blowout this season, it's really bad in this regard.) )

Mo Xi's first reaction when he saw Greg was that this person was so tall. Greg, who is seven feet two inches tall and weighs more than 270 pounds, is a Big Mac even in the league, and Sloan's attitude of replacing Greg is obvious, I know that you will definitely change to Moxi to strengthen the offense, so I will add a lock on the inside.

It has to be said that Sloan is worthy of being a master tactician, and the young Van Gundy's every move has been guessed.

came up for the first ball, and Ward directly hung to Mo Xi on the inside, and Mo Xi sat and played Greg.

Mo Xi hesitated a little after receiving the ball, he clearly felt that the person behind him brought him a lot of pressure in terms of height and strength. Since Mo Xi strengthened his muscles in the summer, he has not met anyone who has the upper hand in height and strength in all aspects, and for a while, Mo Xi is a little at a loss, and he can't squeeze the other party, and the other party still has a height advantage.

In fact, it is not difficult to see from this point that the Knicks' current lineup is deformed, lacking the ability to attack inside, as he gets older, Johnson has lost the ability to call the wind and rain in the low post in the past, and before Ewing returns, the Knicks actually have to rely on a player with the least seniority who has not played 50 games in the league to attack inside.

None of the team except Johnson is capable of coaching Moxi's interior offensive skills. Because of this, Mo Xi met Greg for the first time and appeared extremely passive.

Mo Xi didn't dare to dribble easily, because after the first temptation, he had already discovered that he couldn't squeeze Greg, so what about the turnover jumper? Ink Sigma turned around, tried tentatively, and found that when he turned around, he was faced with Greg's jaw. Mo Xi hesitated for a moment, still didn't have the courage to shoot, but there was not much time left for him Mo Xi forcibly half-turned and advanced to the middle line, intending to use the turn hook hand to try to attack, because he couldn't see the frame, Mo Xi just attacked with his usual feeling, and this ball was light, hitting the front line.

Malone squeezed Thomas out of the way to grab the rebound and handed it to Stockton.

Stockton and Magic Johnson, two men who were once considered the most classic point guard representatives. Stockton is the most important, because he is a pure academic school (don't care about this, it's just a personal opinion, in fact, I still like Jason Williams and Big C). Stockton is moving fast, and in such a plateau environment, there are only a handful of teams that can do it quickly.

Of course, the Knicks can, but after a back-to-back away game, the Knicks are really a little tired, and in the second half, the Knicks have been unable to quickly return to defense.

Stockton saw the current situation of the Knicks and directly accelerated to the basket.

The Knicks are on the line, and someone has to step up. At this time, Johnson still couldn't stand up because of physical strength, but another person stepped up.

Ratriel Spreville.

Sprewell took advantage of Moxi's cover pocket to catch the ball at 45 degrees from the three-point line, and Sprewell's three-point line was not very good, so the defender opposite him took two steps back and put it away.

Although Sprewell is said to be an unruly man, but one thing is very sincere, you think I can't throw, prevent me from breaking through, then okay, I will never vote, I will pass you directly.

Sprewell dribbled widely, from left to right, a swift dribble, making the opposing defender's heart skip a beat, and his body began to shift a little.

With a contemptuous smile, Sprewell pulled back again, then flipped his wrist and pushed outward, and at the same time swung his toes to the side, and the whole person made a feint to break to the left.

The defender was also an experienced guy, but he still couldn't control the shift of his center of gravity, and by the time he reacted, he was already crooked, and Sprewell took the ball away and broke straight down the other side. Sprewell met Malone's defense along the way, but Sprewell deftly flinched, folded in the air, avoided Malone, and dodged a layup.

In this quarter, the Knicks were able to recover a 10-point difference, but the hole that the Knicks dug before was too big, and Mo Xi couldn't find his form in the face of Greg, but instead sent two fouls on the defensive end, which made the Knicks' road to chasing points extremely difficult.

In the fourth quarter, Van Gundy directly pressed Mo Xi to the bench, but Camby still didn't play a role after he came on the court, but Camby had more defensive ability than Mo Xi, which is more in the moment of chasing points than offense, Van Gundy needs more interior defense, not to mention that in this game, under the defense of Malone and Greg and others facing Jazz, Mo Xi only relied on free throws to score four points, which made Mo Xi very frustrated, but he couldn't do anything about it.

The rhythm of the fourth quarter was completely in Stockton's hands, unhurried, and the Knicks' offensive tactics seemed to have been completely seen through by him, and he could always make the Knicks feel extra uncomfortable in key places, not to mention a Ma Long.

Malone is now thirty-six years old, but time doesn't seem to have left a trace on him, the Knicks' interior line takes turns to defend, and the young people are panting from the beating, but Malone is still raging in the three-second zone.

The combination of Stockton and Malone, I don't know who made whom, or whether the stubborn old man sitting on the field made the great achievements of these two.

Finally, the Knicks gave up two minutes into the fourth quarter, and at this point, the Jazz still led the Knicks by a full fourteen points, and Van Gundy replaced the bench players such as Andrew Long and Wallace, and the game went into garbage time.

At the end of the game, the Jazz beat the Knicks by 10 points 98-88.

After returning to the locker room, Mo Xi's state was extremely depressed, he hadn't been in such a state for a long time