Chapter 19: The Twin Towers of the Knicks
George Karl didn't set up the tactics, but said directly to the players, "You are my players, my players are not afraid of not shooting, don't be afraid of their defense, bold shots, speed up the tempo, Casal, are you not as good as the Ward on the other side?" The frontcourt players hit the basket and scramble for offensive rebounds, and the Knicks have poor protection for rebounds and are bolder. Pen, fun, pavilion www. biquge。 info”
I have to say that George Carr's vision is very vicious, and he saw through the weaknesses of the Knicks at a glance and forcibly made adjustments.
The two sides returned to the court again, and the Bucks got new instructions to play more resolutely, Glenn Robinson directly forced to hit the basket, Johnson was not bad for a while, Robinson was successfully attacked, and Mo Xi hurriedly followed up with the defense. Robinson didn't intend to go hard, and passed the ball back to Casal, who shot straight into the shot.
At this time, Mo Xi and Johnson gathered together, the rebound lost protection, the three Bucks forwards rushed together, Mo Xi and Johnson squeezed together, lost their position, the Bucks won the offensive rebound, gave it to Glenn under the basket, and Glenn licked the basket directly.
Van Gundy hadn't realized that George Karl had pinpointed the Knicks' dead end, and was just loudly reminding Murphy to protect the rebound.
The Knicks attacked, as before, Ward directly hung the ball to Moxi, who received the ball in a position where he took a step up from the left baseline. The Bucks' Reid is cautious, for the Knicks' way of playing inside, the Bucks no longer dare to rush forward to wrap up, and letting Houston and Sprewell feel away is definitely much more difficult to deal with than Mo Xi alone on the inside.
Mo Xi didn't give the Bucks time to choose, and turned around directly to divide the ball. It's not a good choice to split the ball in this position, because it's too close to the basket, and after Mo Xi passed Red, the person is already under the basket, which makes his shot look a little awkward, and it's not a comfortable position. But it seems that thanks to the previous performance, the Bucks' three forwards all poured into the basket and wrapped up the memory.
Even though Mo Xi has a height advantage, but he looks up is the basket, it is difficult to pass the ball from above, at this time, he made a bold passing choice, directly passed the ball out of Rhett's small door, due to the height of Mo Xi is very high, this ball is not very good, just Kankan passed the ball out, fortunately outside Houston responded in time, caught the ball, and hit it directly.
Mo Xi's unbelievable pass won the applause of the house. With such an imaginative pass, Mo regrets that he always has to pass so many times in a game, but without professionally planned passing training, his passing errors are very high.
The Bucks attack again.
The Bucks' offense was very resolute, just three or two passes, and passed the ball to Ray Allen, Ray Allen's position was still not very good, Sprewell followed too closely, but Ray Allen directly turned around and shot three-pointers, against Sprewell, and the shot was very decisive.
Unfortunately, Sprewell's pressing was too strong, and Ray Allen's three-pointer was deflected.
The Bucks' three forwards rushed forward again, scrambling for rebounds, but this time Johnson single-handedly blocked two people out of the box, and even though Johnson was at the end of his career, his strong body was still not to be underestimated.
Murphy jammed Reid and took the rebound, and the Knicks suddenly hit a fast-break counterattack.
But the Bucks are also a team that is very good at running, and the Knicks were caught up by the Bucks just after halftime, and the Knicks' fast break was stillborn, and Ward had to stabilize the rhythm and enter the positional battle again.
Mo Xi stuck in the waist position, received a pass from Ward, this time Mo Xi's position was very comfortable, he directly forced his body to advance to the restricted area, the Bucks' outside players were a little hesitant, Mo Xi's position was too good, even if it was a bag, it was difficult to clamp Mo Xi.
Mo Xi began to exert a second force, leaning on Rhett and turning inside, Rhett was difficult to resist, Mo Xi came directly to the basket, Mo Xi turned around again, pushed Rhett, turned over and hit a hook hand.
The Knicks' offense was too strong for the Bucks to resist.
But the Bucks were not discouraged and quickly launched a counterattack, Glenn Robinson received a pass from Cassar, and took advantage of the Knicks' unstable foothold to shoot directly, but every shot, he quickly stepped forward to point out the frontcourt rebound, Casal caught up with Ward to control the ball, and handed the ball to Ray Allen on the outside, this time Sprewell was restrained by the inside line, and Ray Allen got a good shot and directly raised his hand for a three-pointer.
Ray Allen hit his first three-pointer of the game.
At this time, Van Gundy faintly felt that there was something wrong, the Bucks' rushing rebounds were too decisive, as if they were targeting the Knicks, and Van Gundy, who found this, quickly called a timeout and replaced Camby for Johnson.
The Knicks Twin Towers came on the court against the Bucks' Striker.
After Camby played, in fact, Mo Xi will have a lot less space to move on the inside, after all, he can't pull out to play like Johnson, but he can help him a lot in defense, after all, Johnson is limited in height, and when he gets older, he can only barely guarantee the defense of the position.
Mo Xi came back to the high post to receive the ball, but this choice seems to have some problems, after all, he is a forward who defends him, and he does not lose to Mo Xi at all in footsteps, Mo Xi was going to use a cross step to break into the inside, but he was recognized by Glenn Robinson, blocking Mo Xi's breakthrough route in advance, and clamping Mo Xi.
Mo Xi panicked and almost made a mistake, but fortunately there was Sprewell behind him, he handed the ball to Sprewell, and he took advantage of the situation to cover, and Sprewell took advantage of the cover to shoot.
It's a pity that Sprewell missed the ball, but Camby, who had just come on the court, taught the Bucks a lesson, and when the Bucks turned around and started to run to the frontcourt, Camby jumped up, picked up the rebound, stepped into the inside, came to the basket, and threw the ball directly into the basket from the air.
The Bucks' offensive rhythm was blocked, which made it hard for them.
The Bucks attacked again, this time the Bucks played a classic George Karl small combination, Ray Allen and Glenn Robinson crossed cover, Casal broke through directly to the basket between the two, and Ray Allen, who ran out of the ball, Ray Allen did not stop the ball and handed it directly to Robinson, who came over, and Robinson hit the basket directly.
Unfortunately, what Robinson didn't know was that Johnson and Camby had very different defensive styles, Robinson easily won a layup, but just as he made a shot, Camby fell from the sky and slapped the ball out of bounds.
Robinson looked at Camby with a blinded expression, and the flamboyant champion had a feeling of being insulted.
The Bucks tee off again, Robinson asked for the ball directly, switched positions with teammates, and singled Camby. Robinson leaned Camby, then quickly turned, took a step-back and shot straight away.
But he still underestimated Camby, who was a little unhappy when he saw Robinson so presumptuous in front of him, and flew up to block Robinson again.
The Bucks' offense was in vain.
The Knicks continued to attack, and after having the inside barrier of Camby, the Knicks' offense was more open, and Camby and Mo Xi directly played the cooperation of the inside pass.
Mo Xi held the ball in the left waist position, turned around, grabbed the ball with one hand, and faced Rhett sideways, Red took a step back, and Mo Xi saw this and passed the ball directly to Camby on the other side.
Camby, who is also six feet eleven inches tall and has a clear height advantage, took the ball and forced it out of the way, but he was a little far from the basket, and Camby was not sure to throw it, so he passed the ball back to Moxi.
At this time, Mo Xi had already moved to the front of the basket, and after receiving a pass from Camby, he relied on his height advantage to shoot directly under the basket.
In the face of the Knicks' twin tower offense, the Bucks felt very uncomfortable, obviously they had played the Rockets before, but they were a little at a loss in the face of this twin tower combination that was not as good as the Rockets. This is mainly because compared to the Hawks and Rockets, the Knicks' defense is undoubtedly superior, and with a strong defense as the backing, the Knicks' interior line is infinitely expanded.
At the end of the first quarter, Mo Xi, who played the first quarter, scored 10 points, 3 rebounds and 3 assists, the Knicks led the Bucks by 11 points at 33:22, and Camby also scored 4 points and 5 boards.