Chapter 43: The New York Sky
“Airstrikessss~~~”
There was a loud roar over Madison Square Garden, as if it were an air raid siren during World War II, and the narrator also sounded the siren, because here, they did find two planes, one was a light and nimble fighter, and the other was a heavy and violent bomber. Pen? Interesting? Pavilion wWw. biquge。 info
After a long time in the second quarter, both sides switched to the second lineup, and the most eye-catching thing on the Knicks' side was not Spereyville, nor Houston, nor Charles, but New York's new interior partner, M& amp; amp; amp; amp; amp; amp; M,MoANDMarcus。
Bird analyzed a large number of previous game videos and formulated a series of arrangements for the Knicks' two-gun shooting, but after coming to the court, Bird angrily found that the Knicks had a new offensive point, the interior combination of Mo Xi and Camby.
Looking at Spike Lee on the sidelines, Bird suddenly came up with a sentence "Cut off one head, grow two heads." ”
In fact, the offense of these two people is still very rough, because neither of them has a stable enough shot, so both of them are stuck under the opponent's basket, theoretically this situation will cause the space of the inside line to be too small, and it cannot be used, but these two people weirdly wiped out this problem.
Mo Xi holds the ball with his back on one side, and the defense on the opposite side is very tight, ensuring that the previous defensive strategy remains unchanged, insisting on not giving Mo Xi enough space, if you can arch me, you will come.
Mo Xi couldn't complete movements such as turning, and then he actually began to arch. Because the other party is very close, in terms of strength, Mo Xi took advantage of it at this time, and Mo Xi forced the other party like a forbidden area.
At this moment, there was a shout from behind the defender, and it turned out to be Camby plugging in from the other side, one left and one right, and the Knicks' two 7-foot high forwards sandwiched the opponent between them, as if a small tree was rooted between two huge banyan trees.
Mo Xi and Camby are both tall and arm length types, in this position, Mo Xi grabbed the ball and went behind him, Camby and Mo Xi completed a hand-to-hand pass in such a small place, and the latter received the ball with a heavy dunk.
The poor Pacer center was caught in the middle and didn't know what to do, so he had to look at his companion with hatred, how did you let him in?
On the defensive end, the Pacers had planned to bully the footsteps of the two 7-foot-longs, constantly pulling in, hoping to pull an open space on the Knicks' interior.
I have to say that the most annoying thing about the general two-tower lineup is the team like the Pacers that operates quickly, passes and catches the ball, and runs open shots. This time, though, they ran into two strange people.
Needless to say, Mo Xi is thin, lightweight, naturally lightweight, and his movement is no different from that of an ordinary striker, but the confrontation is much worse.
The other Camby is very talented, not to mention tall and horsey, able to resist cattle on the green hills, fast to catch fish in the sea, in terms of physical fitness, black people are really a race that is blessed with sports, and the strong muscle fibers give them unique physical conditions to support various situations.
Two agile high school forwards on the court left and right, although it looked precarious, but stunned did not let the other party get a good shot, twenty-four seconds approached, Mullin hurriedly borrowed a cover, three-point shot, did not score.
At this time, neither Camby nor Mo Xi was under the basket, but at this time, Camby's physical talent was revealed, stepping over, jumping violently, and taking the rebound on the heads of the two Pacers players.
The Knicks quickly switched from defense to offense.
The Knicks' two-shot game was not very good, and the Pacers' defensive focus was all on the outside, and the ball came to Mo Xi's hands after several turns. At this time, Mo Xi already had a certain right to attack independently in the Knicks.
This goal is a pity to be located one step inside the three-point line, far from the restricted area, but the good thing is that the Pacers are not too afraid to come to the box.
Mo Xi did not hesitate after receiving the ball, Sigma Bu forcibly turned to face the basket, swept with his left foot, blocked the front, held the ball with both hands and drew an arc from left to right to force the opponent to stay away, and then calmly made a cross step to kill the inside.
However, Mo Xi did not completely get rid of the opponent, and the defender has been leaving the side and back, and at this time, as long as someone in front of him comes to help defend, Mo Xi's attack will be in vain.
At this time, it is a partner, although Mo Xi and Camby have been partners for a short time, but the technical characteristics of the two complement each other.
Camby was stuck in Moxi's offensive position in the surprised eyes of everyone, although he also blocked the defenders on the opposite side behind him, but Moxi's offensive opportunities were not very good.
The Pacers' inside line was not good, remembering the cooperation of the opponent's two inside lines in the restricted area in the last ball, and both hurriedly strode forward.
However, Mo Xi neither passed the ball here nor made a shot, suddenly paused, turned his back to the defender's side, and the defender's center of gravity forwarded without reacting, seeing this, he suddenly changed the direction of his body and forcibly jumped.
Mo Xi's eyes lit up, he found an opportunity, jumped with force, hit the opponent with one shoulder, and raised the ball high with the other hand, and scored the ball with a small hook, causing the opponent's defensive foul at the same time.
Moxi's nimble offensive talent is on full display, and he skillfully uses Camby's intimidating power to buy space for himself. Even in tight restricted areas, the Knicks' new twin towers can be at ease.
One black and one yellow, the two giants have built a new sky for New York, no matter how long it can last, where it collapses, where it dissipates, and where it disappears, but at least, this is New York's new dream.
However, Bird is used to being a villain, and did not leave much time for the Knicks to look forward, and directly replaced the Pacers' shooter group with a big wave, and the confrontation between inside and outside has always been a topic of great interest in the league.
Bird's substitution is not sharp, the game has been pressed into the rhythm of the Knicks, but after this timeout, the Pacers suddenly woke up, the offensive rhythm played fast, constantly running, tearing space, creating three-point opportunities, in the blink of an eye, the advantage of the Knicks just now was gone, but there was a tendency to be suppressed.
Van Gundy had to make a change as well, replacing Mo Xi with Johnson and strengthening his control over the outside line.
However, when facing a team with the best shooters, the most feared thing happened, the shooters of the Pacers suddenly broke out in this quarter, and the Knicks were completely powerless to resist, but fortunately, there was still the advantage of the two towers when they were on the court before, plus Johnson, who took over the banner of Ewing, was in front, and the Knicks only lost by five points at the end of the first half.
Van Gundy felt that his clothes were soaked, and if the opponent still felt like this in the second half, then the Knicks really couldn't recover.
There was some silence in the home locker room in New York, the Knicks players were a little confused, they were too tired, not physically, but mentally, they were under a lot of pressure, they did a miracle to get here, but as things stand, the situation is not good.
Alan Houston was talking to Larry Johnson in a whisper, and in the face of such a situation, the two highest-ranking players on the team had to make a quick decision. And soon, they had an idea, because there was a person who at least from the outside looked heartless at such a time.
"Mo, what are you looking at?" The two came to Mo Xi, who was concentrating on reading the book as soon as they returned to the locker room.
"Uh" Mo Xi is a little confused now, it has always been Mo Xi's habit to go back to the locker room to read a book at halftime, and it is not a day or two, he doesn't understand why these two people suddenly asked him this.
Houston also regretted it a little, he originally wanted to praise Mo Xi's calm attitude and encourage the whole team, but what is this book? Feynman Lectures on Physics? Houston and Johnson were silent for a moment, forgetting what they had come for.
"Professor Feynman? That's a great man," Dudley from Yale, who was also a top student, came over.
Van Gundy also walked in at some point, and when he saw the scene in front of him, he naturally knew what they wanted to do in Houston, so he simply got off the donkey and said: "Mr. Feynman is not just a physicist, he is a great professor, and his other book "Don't Make a Trouble, Mr. Feynman" is an autobiographical collection of stories, which writes a lot about humanity. At this point, Van Gundy gradually raised his voice, gathered everyone together, and then said, "As you are now, Mr. Feynman calls you ducks who want to shrink their heads, gentlemen, you have no heads to shrink, success or failure is a knife, why are you like this?" ”
A lot of people say that Van Gundy doesn't mobilize the emotions of the players, and he doesn't have the kind of heart-wrenching speeches like Pat Riley and others, but in fact, Van Gundy is good at a different type, and as a rather short-handed person, he can calmly eliminate the negative psychology of the players.
Van Gundy's words still had some effect, at least the sky was still bright in New York.