Chapter 7: The Debut (Part II)
Four minutes and seven seconds
Knicks offense
Charles took possession of the ball and came to the frontcourt, stood 45 degrees outside the three-point line, and began to organize the offense. Pen % fun % Pavilion www.biquge.info
In the Knicks' bench lineup, only Charles, Scott, and Mo Xi have good offensive ability. It's just that Charles's poor ball protection ability still makes Charles a little unbelievable, and Charles, who is eager to get a triple-double, still believes in the ability of veteran Scott.
Scott was also an excellent scorer as a young man, averaging 15 points per game with a beautiful shooting hand, and Van Gundy signed him in the hope that he would be a major scorer off the bench.
Scott crossed the run with Bronson to get the ball to the corner, and it was Tim Leegler who switched over. Scott, the old ball ruffian, made a shooting action at the first time, his knees were half bent, his waist was straight, and the ball was raised above his head, and he was about to shoot.
Although Legler was worried that he was cheating on the foul, he had to rush over, but he also kept an eye on it, just spread his hand and did not jump.
However, Scott wasn't here to foul, just to get a better shot. Seeing Legler pounce, Scott slammed the ball down and pushed his shoulders forward.
The two bumped into each other, Legler took a few steps back, and Scott took advantage of the dribble to step back and shoot a big two-pointer.
"Bang"
While the chances were good, Scott Sr.'s performance this season has dropped significantly, with the ball bouncing off the back edge.
At this point, Camby used his body, which looked like he was a lap bigger than Ben Wallace, to try to jam the position. And Mo Xi ignored Randle Jackson and grabbed the position with his keen ball judgment.
Camby and Mo Xi jumped at the same time, one black and one yellow, two big hands high into the air, and the Knicks almost got this rebound.
Ben Wallace took the ball down and held it tightly with a big strong hand.
Wallace handed the ball to Whitney and the Wizards launched a fast break.
Mo Xi and Camby failed to compete for the rebound in the frontcourt, and they didn't return to the defense for a while, and Scott and Charles's old arms and legs couldn't keep up, and they were actually completed by Terry Davis with a fast-break dunk.
Van Gundy's face was a little unsightly, and such a loss of points was obviously avoidable, but both Camby and Mo Xi wanted to express themselves as much as possible.
That wouldn't have been the case with the Predators during Pat Riley's time, and Van Gundy couldn't help but feel that trading Oakley was a bad decision at the time.
Mo Xi and Camby's faces were a little unsightly, and this ball should be counted on their heads.
Mo Xi decided to get back on the field in the next attack.
Knicks' new offensive round.
Murphy leaned on Randle Jackson in the low post and asked for the ball. Although he still looks a little weak, after a few days of training by Mo Yishan, Mo Xi is not going to be squeezed down like he did in the team training, at least he can stand in his position.
Charles hesitated for a moment and didn't choose to give the ball to Moxi, and the ball came to Bronson after a lap from the outside.
Bronson, an undrafted player, a qualified bench, knows the best way to play on the court is -- reasonable. He saw that Mo Xi was stuck in the position, and he didn't have a good shooting condition, so he hoisted the ball to Mo Xi.
Mo Xi felt a push from Jackson behind him, and the weakness of his strength forced Mo Xi to take a step outside to catch the ball steadily.
After Mo Xi got the ball, he firmly tucked the ball between his chest and abdomen, first looked around, no one had the intention of coming over to help defend, and then leaned back, looking for a feeling, and then suddenly retreated and pulled out a vacancy, starting to shoot.
Jackson tried to stick to the past without losing his defensive position, and he also sensed the weakness of the rookie's center and tried to use his physical advantage to force the opponent to make mistakes.
In fact, Moxi's mid-range shooting is not very good, although the Knicks have many good shooters, Ewing, Alan Houston or something, but how can this thing be achieved overnight. Mo Xi hopes to take advantage of others' unfamiliarity with him to complete his first offense in the NBA.
When Mo Xi saw the opponent sticking up, he immediately collected the ball and turned to the bottom line. Halfway through the action, he pulled his feet, leaned on Jackson and turned to the other side, while his left hand stretched out to block between himself and Jackson, and his right hand grabbed the ball from the bottom to the top, and his wrist was loosened, and a big hook was sent.
The basketball arced past Jackson, who was reaching out in vain, and landed firmly into the basket.
Elegant but not overly ostentatious, gorgeous and basic.
I don't know who led the way, there was a burst of applause in the audience, although it was only a short moment, but Mo Xi felt that he had never felt comfortable, and even many years later, when Mo Xi recalled, he also felt that the cheer seemed to be in his ears.
The success of this goal seems to have alleviated the depression in Mo Xi's heart, and the poor performance in the team's previous training, and the continuous failure to get the opportunity to play gave Mo Xi a lot of pressure, and even lost confidence for a while.
On the Knicks' bench, "Big Mom" Johnson patted Ewing on the shoulder and said, "This is not like the junior of the Eastern Beast, but like the senior of the Western Beast." ”
Johnson's anxiety disorder refers to Olajuwon, who has since fallen from the peak after two consecutive championships, and Olajuwon has gradually become the irritable person he used to be. In those two years, whether it was Olajuwon, or Ewing, Robinson, and Barkley, they were all at the top of their careers, and it seemed that the Flyers' first retirement turned on a certain switch on them. What's even more amazing is that after 95 years, these super insiders have invariably begun to decline, but among them, Ewing has declined the least obviously.
Ewing glanced at Johnson and said calmly: "If possible, I hope he can be Hakim Olajuwon, not Patrick Ewing, so that he will have at least two championships." ”
Johnson was speechless for a while, championship, what a beautiful term.
Back on the defensive end, Moxi's thin body seemed to be a breakthrough in the eyes of the Wizards. The Wizards, who have never had much offensive power, actually began to drop the ball to Jackson on the inside, hoping that Jackson would return one.
After Jackson received the ball, he just leaned back, and Mo Xi was a little unable to stand and had to lower his center of gravity repeatedly.
Mo Xi had an idea, and suddenly there was a force on his body, and he came to withdraw the chair. Unexpectedly, Jackson didn't move at all, and looked at Mo Xi contemptuously. It turned out that people didn't use their strength at all. Mo Xi is not embarrassed.
Jackson also ignored Mo Xi, just like Mo Xi's previous attack, and turned around to hook his hands.
In his expectant eyes, a black shadow flew out from the side, slashing his head and covering his face, and Camby came from the flank to help defend and fanned the ball out of bounds with one palm.
Jackson pouted, he originally wanted to return one of the ball, but unfortunately there was still Camby on the side. But before leaving, he chattered and said to Mo Xi: "Yellow boy, how old are you, you don't have that for weaning, you don't have such a small force, you haven't eaten enough, go back to your mother." ”
At this time, according to the general routine of the protagonist of the novel, he should beat people up, and then ban him for five or six games. However, Mo Xi has mastered a magic skill, which is strange to say, Mo Xi has mastered a skill on the court without a teacher, blocking all trash talk... Not pretending not to hear, but going in and out of the left ear.
"Ah, I'm sorry, what did you just tell me?" Mo Xi said innocently.
As if he had eaten a fly, Jackson pretended not to hear it, and walked to the baseline to send the ball out.
The Wizards' offense began again, this time with a few simple passes, and Davis hurriedly shot and bounced out of the frame.
Mo Xi played his excellent prediction to find the rebounding position in advance, but just when he just jumped, a thick arm stretched out from the side, and the thick body knocked Mo Xi away from the air with a "bang", and at the same time scooped the ball over.
Camby and Ben Wallace barely entered the NBA in the same year, and they have played against each other many times, but they have not been pleased every time. An undrafted student is on par with the leaderboard, and Wallace's performance in recent years has shown signs of surpassing Camby. This time, Ben Wallace actually bypassed Camby's card position and forcibly took off the frontcourt rebound.
Wallace passes the ball and Whitney misses a three-point shot.
This time, neither Mercy nor Camby bothered Jackson, and both stood in front of Ben Wallace, and then, a scene that shocked many people appeared, Wallace forced himself to jump, and actually jumped up with Mercy, and pointed the rebound to the basket again from Camby's hand, the ball did not go in, but caused Mercy's defensive foul.
Mo Xi's face was a little ugly, and it was a shame to be taken up and grabbed by someone to grab the rebound.
Wallace hit one of two free throws, and the Knicks attacked.
Mo Xi looked at his watch, there were still two minutes and forty-seven seconds.
Once again, Mo Xi asked for the ball in the low post, but this time, it seemed that the deviation was a little too big. After receiving the ball, he couldn't even move, and it turned out that it was Ben Wallace who changed his guard at some point. He was stuck in the position tightly, Mo Xi couldn't even dribble, and he was unwilling to pass it out.
Mo Xi repeated his old tricks, Sigma stepped, and withdrew a step of space, but Big Ben was not comparable to Jackson, pasted up, and secretly strained under his feet, Mo Xi was unsteady on his feet, and walked.
Mo Xi was secretly annoyed.
For three rounds in a row, Mo Xi was constantly eaten alone on the defensive end, and on the offensive end, in the face of Big Ben's iron wall defense, Mo Xi played three times in a row, each time farther away from the basket, and even threw a three-way shot the last time.
The Wizards had already chased a thirteen-point deficit at this time, and with 13 seconds left, the Knicks were on the last offense.
Theoretically, Charles only needs to finish the dribble steadily at this time, but he hears Van Gundy's voice off the court, "Give the ball to Mo and let him continue to play." ”
Charles listened to the reluctance to hit the ball to Mo Xi, just because Mo Xi had just returned a few times in vain low singles and failed to get stuck in the position, Charles's triple-double was gone, he was reluctant to make the ball to Mo Xi, but after all, the coach spoke.
Mo Xi was a little stunned when he received the ball, several consecutive singles failures had made him a little lacking in confidence, and he didn't want to attack when everyone gave up catching the ball in this garbage time, but there was a burst of Ben Wallace's pushing force behind him.
Mo Xi didn't know where the courage came from, he pressed the time, took a deep breath, recalled Ewing's actions during training, turned around and retreated to make a jumper, and the basketball was smoothly thrown out of his hand and flew to the basket.