Chapter Sixty-Eight: The Attack Is Like Water
The Knicks are in the precursor to a collapse.
In the first quarter, the Knicks were still able to rely on Mo Xi's individual play to compete with the King's Princeton, but soon after Mo Xi left the game, the King's tactical advantage was suddenly revealed.
Turkoglou came on as a substitute for Webber and led the second team to continue playing, and the Knicks replaced all the interior and point guards, leaving Houston and Sprewell who had already rested for three or four minutes in the first quarter.
In the Knicks' previous games, the two guns were connected to the first half of the second quarter and held up until Mo Xi came on the court. The Knicks' backcourt duo is a terrible combination even in this era of explosive backcourt players, no matter which team they play against, but now they are in trouble.
The King's second team is not too far from the first team, or the King's Princeton, as long as the players understand it well, can still play their best.
Turkoglu came up high and Camby followed to defend. Camby has an absolute physical advantage in this alignment, which Camby has not experienced in a long time.
However, Camby found it more uncomfortable than when he didn't have a physical advantage.
Turkoglu didn't make contact with Camby at all, and Turkoglu ran straight to the three-point line to catch the ball.
Just as Camby was about to put it on, he saw Turkoglu take a tentative step forward.
Camby hurriedly stopped.
Immediately afterward, Turkoglu collected the ball and made a shooting feint.
Camby hurriedly planned to take a step forward.
But at this time, Tekoglu took another tentative step, and his center of gravity dropped, forcing the foot that Camby had just stepped out to retract alive.
Otegru still didn't move, and repeated what he had just done, and now Camby was not happy, you are playing me like a monkey.
Camby lunges up, only to see a basketball suddenly fly past his ears.
Turkoglu passes.
One of the king's generals, Gerard Wallace, was killed in the slanted stab.
Gerald Wallace was probably the most physically gifted of the Kings, as he caught Turkoglou's pass and struck the interior in a daze.
Sprewell blocked the side, blocking Gerrard's angle to the basket bombardment.
But for a team like the Kings, if you stay here for a month, you're going to be like Kidd even if you're Marbury.
Gerald Wallace made a casual pass and the ball went to the outside point back.
The ball did not stop and continued to move.
The point guard at the top of the arc caught Turkoglou's cover pocket and came out to catch the ball, and the ball was passed to Turkoglou, who in turn made a backhand back to the point guard who cut inside, who scored directly behind Ewing for a layup.
After going back and forth, the Knicks relied more on the outside scoring ability of the two guns, not to mention anything else, in terms of scoring efficiency alone, the Knicks were far behind.
In the first quarter, the Knicks' shooting rate reached nearly 50% because a large number of balls were controlled by Moxi, and now, because the Kings' defense is the most outstanding even among the Eastern teams, the Knicks' shooting rate plummeted, only 39%, which is a world of difference.
Almost instantly, the score was stretched to ten. And to add insult to the fire, the Kings replaced Chris Webb.
Chris Webber's peak is so short that many people don't understand what level of existence he really is, and I can only say here that he is actually the earliest perfect benchmark for modern players.
Webb was one of the first of the big four forwards to enter the league, he was the No. 1 pick in '93, and in '96, he was already an All-Star.
For a long time, Webber has been held up as a model for the offensive player, a true kaleidoscope, whether it is the back or the basket, or the outside three, he can score easily, in terms of individual ability, excellent feints and superb skills, Webber can be said to be a nightmare for all defenders, and even people don't want to defend Webber more than defend O'Neal.
And the singles ability is actually only the most insignificant part of Weber, his strongest point is the aura of passing. He has a very wide field of vision, and his passing skills are also very good, and he even once circled the ball around the defender's waist before passing the ball, which shows that his passing ability is terrifying.
Now, Webber is on the field and Turkoglu has stepped back to the number three position.
Chris Webb singled Camby, and Webber hit a three-pointer as soon as he came up.
Camby didn't react at all, just watched the basketball go into the basket directly.
However, this three-point point was immediately hit by Ewing's strong back dunk to play a 2+1, which wiped out all Webb's advantages.
But how could Webb's methods be all this, in the next wave of attacks, Webber hit Camby with his back.
Originally, in training, Camby has always defended Mo Xi's low-post attack, and he already has a certain ability to fight against most of the skilled back masters, but this time facing Webb, he suddenly had an illusion of facing Mo Xi for the first time with "martial arts", and he couldn't guard against it.
Canby doesn't know what he's doing, he can't control a few episodes, and he inexplicably appears in the air, and he flies higher and higher, and this jump is really real.
At the same time, a purple figure brushed two steps, bypassing Camby and heading straight to the basket.
Ewing in front of him was going to make up for it, but Webb didn't give him a chance to make up for it at all, and he made a wrong step at his foot and floated outward, bringing Ewing outward, and then he turned around again, shook off Ewing, and his backhand was a rebound on the board across the bridge.
Webb single-handedly played the Knicks' inside.
This time, the Knicks couldn't respond on the offensive end, and the Kings pulled the score away by two more points.
And Webb started his show again.
Camby looked a little annoyed and angry because he was teased on the previous ball, and he directly pressed Webb and kept pressing the opponent.
But who Webber wants to play has nothing to do with your pressing.
Webber suddenly made a backward throwing movement, Camby was startled, subconsciously looked back, saw nothing, and turned back again, and found that Webber had turned around and dribbled to break through, only then did he realize that he had been teased once.
Angry, Camby rushed forward again, and he was even about to foul Webb directly, but when he stepped forward, he suddenly felt a chill in his crotch.
Camby gets crotched.
Webb's entry quickly gave the Kings a huge lead, and Moxie, who had been off the court for nearly five minutes, was back on the court.
By this time, the Kings had a 12-point lead over the Knicks at 47:35.
And this is the first time in a long time that the Knicks have been pulled away by such a large margin at home.