Chapter 232: An Offensive Storm from the Iron-Blooded East
In the face of the Knicks' change of formation, Larry Brown scratched his head and did not take any special measures, and the Pistons' bench was okay, but in Larry Brown's view, there was no need to change people now, although the Knicks strengthened their offense, but now the lineup on the Pistons court is their best defensive state.
As the game continued, the Knicks' substitutions made their lineup more dynamic, but it didn't mean that the defense was also taken up a notch, and the two people who came on were not the kind of people who were good at individual defense even at their peak, and Arenas couldn't even reach the average level.
The Pistons attacked, and Billups directly beat Arenas.
Billups' style of play is actually very similar to Arenas, except that Arenas is more violent at times, while Billups is a little more loose.
It's far from the peak of Arenas, but Billups is really at the top.
Rashid came out to block for Billups, but the quality of the block was not particularly good, and he was bypassed by Arenas, but what Billups wanted was just such a momentary offensive space, using his upper body strength that was stronger than Arenas at this time to squeeze Arenas into the middle.
Big Ben and Mo Xi competed for positions in the low position, and it was difficult to eat Big Ben in terms of strength after losing weight, after all, Mo Xi sacrificed a lot of his dominance for a better team attack, and Mo Xi wanted to help defend, but was held down by Big Ben.
Ratliff was too old to move too fast to keep up with Billups, who was open and unobstructed, and Billups made an easy layup.
Mo Xi doesn't care much about this, the Knicks' lineup only has a strong interior defense, although the outside defense is not seen as a colander, but it is definitely not a championship level, the strength of this lineup lies in their offense.
A real storm of offense
Under the tutelage of George Karl, the Knicks not only inherited the Knicks' usual iron and tension on the defensive end, but also had an unparalleled offensive rotation.
Serve from the bottom line.
Arenas quickly advanced to the frontcourt.
Anthony made a pick-and-roll at the free-throw line and Arenas, then quickly led away the defender and led the man to the baseline, where Arenas accelerated decisively after gaining a bit of space in an attempt to force Billups.
Billups unceremoniously smacked Arenas with his body. In terms of upper limb strength, the two are indistinguishable, and Billups's impact made the referee on duty see it, but the referee only frowned slightly and did not choose to blow the whistle.
Arenas, who has changed from the trajectory of history, failed to become the boss, and although he is now a sixth man who flies into waves, in this case, he can still only hoist the ball to Mo Xi, who has sunk to a low position.
Arenas's passing skills are indeed flawed, Arenas trains very hard, but he is all in individual training, rarely team training, this drop ball is a little floating, which makes Mo Xi, who has lost weight, have to withdraw a lot to take the ball under the confrontation with Big Ben.
Mo Xi pulled himself completely out of the basket with this retreat, about fourteen or fifteen feet, but this retreat did vacate the inside line.
Under George Karl's transformation, even if the Knicks receive the ball on the inside, other players will not directly pull away and let Mo Xi directly form a single as in previous seasons, but will begin to cover and run without the ball more frequently.
The ball didn't stay in Mo Xi's hand for too long, that is, a little more than a second, Mo Xi started directly, he used his arm to block Big Ben's ribs, his body twisted, and he turned around and rushed to the basket.
Big Ben's first step was passed, but he seemed to have expected it, and followed closely, and at the same time secretly hit Mo Xi's shoulder with his chest, making Mo Xi's travel path narrower and narrower.
However, Mo Xi did not react to this, and after dribbling two steps, he suddenly raised his hand without warning and handed the ball forward.
I saw that Anthony had gotten rid of the defender with the help of the off-ball cover at some point, and galloped all the way to the other side of the basket.
This ball Ben was about to turn around and defend, but when he just pressed against Moxi, his center of gravity was completely pressed on the other side, and he could only turn around and watch Anthony dunk this ball.
Big Ben really wanted to pull down this kid who was so arrogant in front of him, but he just rolled his eyes, and caught a glimpse of Mo Xi, who was already pinching his hands and turning to look at him.
It's not that Big Ben doesn't think he can't beat Moxi, he just thinks it's the end of the regular season. It's a game, and it doesn't seem necessary to fight and ban a game.
The Knicks' coherent offensive rhythm made the fans howl, in this era of bloody defense, such a smooth offense is not something anyone can play, the first element is not whether you can play it, but whether you have the kind of bigwig player in the lineup who stands there and makes you try to stop the offense with malicious fouls.
The Pistons serve, and Billups controls the ball.
The past few years may be the best stage of Billups' career, the entire East, except for Kidd, he really can't beat, the rest of the point guards, none of them are his opponents, it can be said that the current situation in the entire East No. 1 position is very simple, Kidd is in the first gear, Billups is in the first gear, and the rest of the others are in the first gear.
Billups didn't use the block this time, he sat directly on Arenas, in terms of lower body strength, Arenas was not an opponent at all, and Billups took a step from the three-point line and pushed to the free throw line, which made Billups form a peculiar high-post response state.
The Knicks' current lineup can't be said to be bad defensively, it should be said that there is no defense at all except for the interior, and Anthony watched Prince take a three-point shot after receiving the ball.
With a "bang", the ball hit the back frame and bounced out.
Mo Xi took the rebound with one hand.
It's not that George Karl didn't think about defense when he used this lineup, it's just that the Knicks' current lineup is like this, and the fans still like it, and they want to watch this kind of offensive basketball, so he simply put his heart down to ensure that the interior defense and the outside defense are all released, and there is no such historical super shooter group in this era, Mo Xi and Ratlif stuck under the basket, even if they let go of the outside, but the Knicks' offensive efficiency is higher, isn't basketball a game with a higher score than anyone?
The Pistons have no way to take the Knicks, the Pistons don't want to start using the various tactics they prepared for the Knicks in the regular season, so they can only be pressed by the Knicks in this way, and in the last two minutes of the first quarter, the Knicks and Pistons have changed to the bench lineup, and the situation has improved slightly.
The reason for the slight improvement is that Anthony and Arenas are also considered substitutes. The Pistons' bench is completely unable to find anyone who can compete with the Knicks' lineup.
In this regard, the management of the Knicks is not inactive, after the first championship of the Knicks, they have begun to vaguely realize something, and the second championship period has confirmed this, the Knicks' bench lineup has reached an unprecedented thickness, which is the biggest reason why the Lakers lost to the Knicks.
It's not that O'Neal can't beat Mo Xi, it's really that O'Neal has only one Kobe Bryant by his side, and Mo Xi is around, although he doesn't have Kobe, but there are many others, considering some specific moments, the Knicks can do a nine-player or even ten-man rotation even in the Finals.
After the first quarter, the Pistons were not pulled away, and 21:28 was still a bite of the difference.
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