Chapter 12: Back in the Arena (Part II)

With 10 minutes and 17 seconds left in the fourth quarter, Mo Xi came on as a substitute. Pen, fun, and www.biquge.info

The Eagles fans let out a cry of delight when they saw Van Gundy send an Oriental whom no one had ever seen, and in their opinion, Van Gundy was about to surrender.

At this time, the score was still scorching, and the Eagles led by 6 points at 60:54. The Knicks are a semi-bench lineup, with Chris Charles, Sprewell, Larry Johnson, and Marcus Camby. The Hawks on the other side are all bench except for point guard Blaylock, with Ed Gray, small forward Tyrone Corbyn, big forward Alan Henderson, and center Mark West.

With Tyrone Corbyn hitting one of two free throws, Mo Xi officially entered the game.

Knicks offense.

After a defensive battle in the third quarter, neither side had the energy to do another Verdun meat grinder.

Under the thread of Charles and Johnson, the Knicks' passing ball was still smooth, and soon Sprewell got an open shot opportunity, but unfortunately under the high-intensity defense of the previous quarter, his hand has not yet recovered, and the ball came out after a circle in the frame.

Mark West jammed Mo Xi and stretched out his long arm in the direction of the rebound, leaping high.

"Snap" A warm jade hand stretched out from behind West, startling West. I saw that the hand was a little on the basketball that was about to fall into West's hand, and the ball flew briskly backwards.

After West landed, he hurriedly jumped again, reached out and fished it back, and held the ball tightly with both hands.

At this moment, it was the hand that was as warm as jade, stretched out between West's two arms, grabbed the ball, and pressed it fiercely in his direction.

West, who was working hard, had no room for resistance at all, so he snatched the ball away, and when he looked back, it was Mo Xi who had just come on the field.

Mo Xi, who grabbed the rebound in the front court, did not put the ball in his hands for too long, and passed the ball directly to Johnson.

"Auntie" was also a little stunned when he received the ball, in his opinion, it was only natural that Mo Xi was beaten up. Johnson took a look at the ball and hit the ground and passed it to Sprewell, who cut in.

Sprewell catches the ball and takes off to pick up the basket.

Sprewell's layup was very comfortable, because West, who was helping to defend the opponent's inside, was completely blocked on the other side of the basket by Moxi.

Sprewell only felt refreshed, swept away the resentment of the third quarter, and he happily ran back to half court and patted Moxi's buttocks.

Van Gundy raised his eyebrows, but he was not surprised, after all, Mo Xi's offensive ability is still very good, and the occasional flash of attack is also incredible.

Back on the defensive end, the Hawks continued to stick to their previous tactics, and after a few rounds of conduction, Ed Gray took advantage of Alan Henderson's cover to get to the basket again.

Ink broke free from West's interference and stood in front of the reasonable collision zone, and his position was disorienting, standing on the left side of the basket, Ed Gray's right-hand end.

Ed Gray was a first-round pick in '97, the starting point guard at the University of California that year, and he also played against Mo Xi many times in the NCAA, and he experienced a year in the NBA, and as a point guard, he also made great progress. Instead of forcing a forced attack, Gray passed the ball to Henderson after the pick-and-roll.

Henderson took a step forward, plucked onions on dry ground and made a jumper.

However, he faced Marcus Camby, and although Camby is a man who is valued by the coaches of various teams for his ability to help defend, it cannot be understood that his individual defense is not good.

"Pop" Camby waved his palm lightly, blocked the ball, and the ball fluttered to the side, Charles quickly grabbed the ball before Blaylock, and quickly attacked into the opponent's half.

Alan Houston followed up and hit a fast-break catch-and-shoot pull-up jumper.

In this round, the Knicks recovered two points.

Off the field, Van Gundy frowned, and it could be seen that Mo Xi had changed a lot, although he still didn't see any progress in physical confrontation, but in some details, he was better than some old balls.

The Knicks are on the offensive again.

This time he went back to the horns to cover for Alan Houston, and Ed Gray had to pounce around the back to defend.

However, Charles didn't choose to pass to Houston, who was not in a good position to receive the ball, which belonged to a big two-pointer. Charles hoisted the ball to Moxi.

Mo Xi was a little surprised, he would hardly receive passes from his teammates in this position, mainly because this was not his offensive position. With the ball in one hand, with his back to West, he observed his teammate's movements. Then, Mo Xi used a behind-the-back dribble to pass West, but instead of choosing to go straight to the basket, he distributed the ball to Sprewell on the left baseline, who calmly made a jumper in the face of the rushing Tyrone Corbin.

"Toot ~"

The eagle called a timeout.

Wilkens felt that the tempo seemed to be against the Hawks, and the new No. 30 rookie, who hadn't noticed him much before, didn't seem to be something West could deal with.

Wilkens said: "Alright, boys, I think it's time for you to finish the game, Anthony, Steve, DeCambe, you guys play, DiCambe, watch out for that number 30, he's got some signs of not doing us well. ”

Mutombo grinned and said, "Of course, it's also from Georgetown." ”

"Oh," Wilkens was immediately interested when he heard this, and said, "I haven't heard from him before, what's wrong?" Is it an injury? ”

Mutombo frowned and said, "Young man, there are always times when he is a little arrogant and overdone, but, in the words of his hometown, the prodigal son will not change his money." ”

Wilkens nodded, mentally deciding that he must let the scouts pay more attention to this kid after the game.

The atmosphere on the Knicks' side is a little dignified, and the current situation on the court is still not good for the Knicks. In this game, the Knicks' starting point guard Charlie Ward performed so badly that Van Gundy was no longer going to use him. Van Gundy thought to himself: should I try that small lineup again, but after all, one Mutombo is too lethal. Van Gundy looked at Mo Xi, and the ghost messenger actually said: "Just play according to this lineup, don't be afraid of Mutombo, and kill it." ”

The Knicks' offensive means are still a little insufficient, almost everyone is based on jump shots, and where a jump shooting team can go, it depends on defense, and at present, the Knicks' defense is good enough, and the rest is to look at the feel.

The time for a pause was fast in coming.

Mo Xi came to the field and faced Mutombo, who was half a head taller than him.

Mutombo grinned, bared his white teeth, and said with a bloodthirsty expression, "Welcome back, rookie." ”

Surprisingly, Mo Xi replied, "Yo, old man." ”

At the start of the attack, the Eagles dropped the ball directly to Mutombo.

Mutombo has height, arm length and weight, and effortlessly squeezes Mo Xi under the basket, without even making a feint, just a turn and hook hand.

Mo Xi can't do anything about it, but he doesn't care about it, his body can't be trained overnight, in the face of these experienced super centers, or guys who have been trained by Ewing, Mo Ning and others for many years in the east, Mo Xi is ready to be eaten alone.

Back to the Knicks' offensive section, Mo Xi once again pulled outside as a cover, and this time, after doing the cover, he did not immediately return to the interior line, but stayed in the horn position, at this time, the Hawks inside line wide open.

Charles immediately seized this good opportunity and accelerated into the inside, but unexpectedly, Mutombo suddenly killed the horse pistol and slapped the ball on the rebound.

The ball bounced back into Charles's hand, Charles stretched out the opponent's inside line, didn't dare to hold the ball for too long, didn't look at anyone, and hurriedly passed the ball out.

Mo Xi coincidentally received the ball, but he didn't get a chance to shoot, and Mutombo, who had just finished blocking, actually returned to Mo Xi, and a pair of long arms flew up and down.

Seeing this, Mo Xi first protected the ball with his back, then used his right foot as the axis, and his left foot continued to test the step, and his body was pushed back, testing Mutombo's reaction.

The centers from Georgetown started their first meeting of the match.

Feeling that Mutombo did not put too much power on himself, he turned his left foot and half-turned the crotch to dribble to the left hand, and the pivot foot changed to the right foot, and the left foot poked out to the left.

Mutombo saw that Mo Xi chose to break through, and did not change direction easily, but just took a step back.

And with the gap in this step, Mo Xi suddenly turned into a cross step, and the change of direction broke through from the right side.

Mutombo took another step back.

The two long men have advanced from the free throw line to the restricted area, Mo Xi to the basket, the left foot slammed into the diagonal in, half of the body against Mutombo, the ball changed to the left hand, the right hand blocked Mutombo, and the right foot turned around and split the dunk.

Moxi's block only made Mutombo lose the lead, but as a good blocker, Mutombo still jumped at the most opportune time, and the giant palm from Africa covered the basketball hard.

However, Mo Xi seemed to have expected this for a long time, and he had been prepared for a long time. Mo Xi's left hand did not have strength, did not accelerate, but still buckled towards the basket in a graceful arc.

"Bang"

To everyone's surprise, Mo Xi dunked in, this position, although it is not a dunk, but this is also a dunk in Mutombo's defense, or a Yan dunk, such a performance in the East may only be able to do it by those super insiders.

For a moment, the entire arena was silent. After a while, a clear female voice broke the silence.

"Ah~"

Mo Xi suppressed the joy in his heart, and he noticed that this cry was somewhat familiar.

Off the court, Mo Liyu lowered her voice and said to her brothers who accompanied her to watch the game: "How is this like Tai Chi, didn't you teach him Bazi Boxing?" ”

Mo Liyue said: "You care about it wrong, how can you play ball and still play boxing." ”

Mo Liyun on the side said: "At the beginning, you told people that there was boxing in our plaque." ”

Mo Li said hurriedly: "But what I said is true." ”

Mo Liyun sneered and said, "Isn't that guy's way of playing ball and boxing the same?" ”

Mo Liyue was speechless for a while, that is an achievement that the ancestor only had to fight for a lifetime, can it be the same?

Mo Liyu on the side said impatiently: "Still no one told me, didn't you say that I would teach Baji?" Who taught Tai Chi, Whitebeard Grandpa? ”