Chapter 20: Kill God

The Wizards started making free throws, but apparently the Wizards player didn't feel very good, hitting one of two free throws and missing the last one.

Ewing and Mo Xi worked together to directly block the area under the basket, and it was not leaking.

But obviously, the kung fu of these two people is not at home, although it is a drop of water that cannot be leaked, but it is added by Kata Yu.

The Wizards' No. 23 once again showed his super individual ability at a critical moment, rushing forward strongly, rushing directly from outside the three-point line, and picking the ball off the top of Mo Xi's head.

Frontcourt rebounds, another offensive opportunity for the Wizards.

The number 23 directly distributed the ball from the outside, and the Wizards reorganized the offense.

Van Gundy frowned slightly off the court, whether it is Ewing or Moxi, these two people have the same weakness, that is, rebounding, strange to say, these two people are also serious about defense, and the defense of the restricted area is outstanding among the Knicks, but on rebounding, these two people are really not satisfied, and Moxi won an average of 10+ rebounds per game last season, which really made Van Gundy happy. As for Ewing, maybe he has Oakley, Messer or Johnson, Thomas and the like around him all the year round, he doesn't have to care too much about rebounding at all, several teammates, especially the first few people who make a living from this, when he is young, he doesn't lose any rebounds at critical moments, for example, when facing Robinson, when facing David, when facing Admiral, although they are alone.

But right now, Ewing and Mo Xi are on the court together, and rebounding is very problematic.

Van Gundy waved his hand, Kurt Thomas began to warm up, in terms of rebounding ability, Camby and Thomas are similar, but Thomas's defense is very comprehensive, although Camby can also cover the defensive range to the three-point line, but Thomas's stealing ability is something that Camby does not have.

The Wizards' offense was put to Whitney, who suicidally rushed to the basket, crashed into Ewing and hit the free-throw line.

Taking advantage of the opportunity, Van Gundy replaced Ewing for Thomas.

Whitney hit both free throws, and the Wizards once again took the lead.

There is one less Ewing, but the Knicks still have a pity on the inside, and the effect he can play alone is undoubtedly better than when both of them are on the court.

Thomas pulled up to the high post to cover for Sprewell, who barely managed to shake off the number twenty-three, but instead of going straight to the clouds, he slowed down, and handed the ball to Mo Xi before the number twenty-three did not catch up.

The Wizards seem to have been prepared, and as soon as Mo Xi got the ball, the other Wizards' interior line also hugged up, and Kwame Brown sandwiched Mo Xi one after the other.

If it was put in the last season, Mo Xi was still a little busy at the moment, but at this time, Mo Xi's skills under his feet and his tendons and flesh have reached a small peak. Mo Xi held the ball firmly with both hands, not allowing the opponent to have a chance to put his hands on the ball, causing a scramble for the ball, and at the same time, his body was horizontal, and his two shoulders were excited, and two defenders resisted.

Mo Xi made another mistake at his feet, dribbled the ball, moved his body sideways, and faced the basket, and the two defenders had been thrown out of half of his body by Mo Xi in an instant.

Kwame Brown was in a hurry, and hurriedly stepped forward to block Mo Xi.

At this time, Mo Xi was already facing the basket, and he could touch the net when he raised his hand, and when he saw Kwame Brown stepping forward to continue defending, Mo Xi was a little moved, directly lowered his center of gravity, squatted deeply, and then raised his head.

"Huh~" Kwame-Brown flew up, flying so fast, the beauty of the posture made Mo Xi shocked, I didn't even start the feint, you flew up, how do I play!

Mo Xi waited for Kwame Brown to start falling and jumped lightly, gently putting the ball in the basket above Kwame Brown's head. Mo Xi carefully avoided Kwame Brown this time, not because he was afraid of injury, but because he was afraid of fouls, afraid of Kwame Brown's fouls, such a good scoring machine, what a violent thing it would be to not stay on the court and let him go.

At this time, Kwame Brown didn't know that he had been calculated, and he was complaining about the other interior of the Wizards there, in his opinion, if the other party was like him, forcibly blocking and continuing to defend, then Mo Xi would definitely not be able to score this goal, and he would not eat this dangling.

With the guarantee of Kwame Brown's point, the scores of the two sides have been staggered up.

But soon, the Knicks' welfare was gone, No. 23 was angry, he directly called a timeout on the court, replaced Kwame Brown, maybe Leitner was in foul trouble, but No. 23 believed that even so, his performance would not be worse than this guy, No. 23 kept comforting himself, this was only his first game, hey? What's my first game like?

After Kwame Brown went off the court, Mo Xi couldn't reach the state of giving and giving on the inside, and at this time, the Wizards' No. 23 stepped up again.

It's a single Sprewell again, Sprewell doesn't know how many times he has been singled in this game, at this time he is gritting his teeth and holding back the fire, staring at the old rascal No. 23 in front of him, in fact, the old rascal didn't score much points tonight, until now, it's only eighteen points, no matter what period he is placed in, this is a substandard result, correspondingly, the person who defends him will definitely be aware of the fame, but Sprewell won't think so, you know, this guy opposite, If his age were changed to someone else, he would definitely be ready to retire or retire directly, but now, with a body that has not played in a professional league for several years, he has cut a dozen points on the top of his head, nearly twenty points, which is really unbearable for him.

The more Qiao Gang Leader was at such a moment, the more excited he became, and when he saw Sprewell being so persecuted, he laughed instead, but this smile seemed a little hideous.

No. 23 started, just like back then, one step past Sprewell's half of the body, Sprewell was full of excitement, and then jumped back slightly, just in front of No. 23, No. 23 directly pulled, changed direction, elegantly shook off Sprewell, and then directly pulled out the jumper.

Coming in again, the Twenty-Three showed super offensive ability at such a moment, almost single-handedly outnumbering the entire Knicks.

Time gradually passed, and in the last two minutes, the Knicks were still one point behind, the score was very tight, and the Knicks never relaxed for a moment.

Mark Jackson hoisted the ball to Murphy in the low post on the inside.

Mo Xi took a deep breath, and was out of the first round of the playoffs last season, and Mo Xi's performance in the final moments was criticized, losing a rebound and a turnover, and sent the Knicks back to New York. Now, it's time to make a name for yourself.

The Wizards' interior line is not very strong, but at such a desperate juncture, the defense is not to be underestimated.

Mo Xi leaned back and shook left and right, turned over left, didn't throw, turned around, turned right, still didn't throw, but at this time, he turned his heel, his toes fell off, and the ball was also changed to the left, directly a small hook hand close to the basket.

Score!

The Knicks overtook it!

A cruel smile appeared at the corner of Qiao's gang leader's mouth, this kind of game is interesting.

The Wizards turned around to attack, and at the critical moment, the ball could not be separated from the hand of No. 23.

This is the consensus of the entire league, but it is also an opportunity for the Knicks to fight for their lives.

Mo Xi directly let go of his defender, stepped forward to contain Jordan, relying on the excellent footwork of the interior players, and the tall players stepped forward from the weak side to clamp the players, which has always been a very important part of the Knicks' defensive system. (In the future, when Thibodeau was in the Bulls, Noah stepped forward to wrap the point guard was such a regular tactic)

Now, the Knicks' defensive system will be tested by the number 23 once again.

Mo Xi stepped forward quickly, but the twenty-third reacted faster. He didn't pass the ball to the vacated Wizards inside, nor did he force a wave of butterflies to pass through the flower steps, but passed the ball to Whitney, the point guard on the Wizards' court, and if he won this game, Whitney would definitely contribute to it.

However, Mark Jackson is also a standard New York-produced guard, and even when he goes to the Pacers, it's a typical defensive powerhouse. In the final moments, the veteran's attention was highly focused, and as soon as the ball left his hand on the 23rd pass, Mark Jackson grabbed his ass and pushed straight past Whitney and pounced on the ball.

A steal from the Knicks!

Aggro!

Another wave of fast breaks from the center followed, with Mark Jackson closely followed by Murphy, and next to him was Sprewell and, the number two.

Suddenly, the twenty-third suddenly erupted, took a step forward, saw the opportunity, and knocked the ball straight out of Mark Jackson.

However, No. 23 failed to pick up the ball, and Sprewell on the side had already forced No. 23 away from the ball with a near-grappling approach.

Murphy controlled the ball, but the Knicks' fast break was aborted. The Knicks had to make adjustments and go into positional warfare.

Mo Xi dribbled the ball to the high post, stopped the ball, held the ball high, and looked around at the Knicks' run.

Mo Xi suddenly lowered his center of gravity, so that the Wizards' center played a thrill, and only reacted after a few seconds, Mo Xi had already stopped the ball, Mo Xi handed the ball to Mark Jackson, and then ran directly down to the right corner.

Sprewell saw an opportunity to run past Mo Xi, and with the help of Mo Xi's cover, he planned to ask for Twenty-Three's entanglement, but Twenty-Three followed too closely, and Mo Xi's cover only blocked half of his body.

But Mark Jackson still gave the ball to Sprewell's hand, and looking at the Joe gang who was pressing up in an instant, Sprewell threw the ball high to Mercy.

At this time, he saw that the problem of Joe's gang leader in the Wizards was coming, and he didn't believe in the Wizards' personal defense at all, so he decisively let go of Sprewell and turned around to defend Moxi.

Mo Xi calmly took the ball, watching the Joe gang leader run towards him, one step, two steps, Mo Xi suddenly fired, and quickly threw the ball back to Sprewell, Joe Gang Leader was too late to go back at the moment, and could only watch Sprewell throw the ball in, this ball was thrown, Sprewell roared angrily, and shook the whole court.

Sprewell's goal was scored, the Wizards trailed by three points, and in the last two minutes, the Wizards' players began to be a little nervous, although God was on their side, but on the other side, it was a first-class defensive team, and at the last moment, when the penalty scale was reduced, their defensive skills will be on the next level.

But some people don't care.

Joe waved his hand and said, "Give me the ball." ”

Whitney dared to hesitate and handed the ball directly into the hands of Joe's gang leader.

After receiving the ball, No. 23 turned directly to his feet, facing Sprewell, and did not make any moves, not even a feint, and directly pulled it up with the intention of scoring on Sprewell's head.

Sprewell roared and jumped to his feet, but the people in the air noticed that he was getting farther and farther away from the twenty-three.

Backward jumper, the heaven-given magic skill of the twenty-three.

The whole person seems to be lying in the air, shooting elegantly, for those who played and watched the game in that era, even if it was a boiling quarterline, where could it compare to this fateful blow?

Number 23! Number 23! At the critical moment, it was the No. 23 Joe old gang leader, receiving a pass from Whitney, and against Sprewell's defense, he jumped directly, threw a shot backwards, and forced the Wizards to get back two points, which was regarded as a shot in the arm and forcibly continued his life.

The Wizards pressed the score closer, and the Knicks were not to be outdone and wanted to fight back, and handed the ball to Mo Xi again.

After receiving the ball, Mo Xi directly began to push forward, leaving no time for the Wizards to react, but Mo Xi's position this time was a little shallow, and he couldn't catch up with the Wizards' people before he stepped forward to wrap up, Mo Xi's shooting line was locked, this time Mo Xi did not use his personal ability to force the score for a long time, but chose to be safe, and distributed the ball to the high position of Thomas.

Thomas took the ball and shot straight away.

Mo Xi couldn't grab this rebound in the entanglement between the Wizards and the Wizards.

The Wizards quickly launched a fast break, but the Knicks' offensive and defensive transitions were too strong, especially at this time, the Wizards' fast break was aborted.

No. 23 wanted to attack again, but Mo Xi stepped forward in advance to trap him and clamped him in the high position, because of Mo Xi's excellent height, Jordan could not pass the ball into the inside, so he had to pass the ball to Whitney nearby.

Whitney shot straight ahead.

The ball is off!

Backboard!

Thomas showed his value on the court at this time, and among the two Wizards players, he looked a little clumsy, but he pulled the ball down from the air.

There was no time, and the ball happened to be in the hands of an interior player, and Whitney did not hesitate and stepped forward directly to hold down Thomas and foul the tactic.

With about five seconds left in the game, the atmosphere became solemn.

Thomas walks to the free-throw line.

The Knicks fans watched Thomas with bated breath.

"Bell~"

The first penalty was missed, and the New Yorker's heart lifted.

Thomas took a deep breath, to be honest, the first free throw was missed, this goal could not be scored, the Knicks were dangerous, but at least it was scored, and the Knicks' defensive options were better.

Mo Xi picked up his jersey and wiped the sweat on his face, the pressure brought to him by the legend is really great, so far in this game, Mo Xi has cut 26 points, ten rebounds, five assists and two blocks, in terms of data, this is excellent.

Mo Xi stared intently at the ball, watching Thomas' second free-throw.

It's not a big game, but because of the opponents, it's very different.

Thomas picks up the ball, stares intently at the basket, inhales, exhales, and shoots!

Oops!

When Thomas made a move, his little finger flicked the ball and it was crooked!

Mo Xi kept an eye on Thomas, and when he saw Thomas's expression, he realized what was happening.

You can't foul, you can't stop the ball, and even if you can't grab this rebound, it will take more time.

Mo Xi quietly pushed the Wizards center in the card position, pulled the opponent's jersey, and then forcibly moved a step to the side, blocking the opponent's center behind him with a backhand.

Outside the three-point line, the number 23 also came in at the time of the free throw, and he had a gut instinct that told him that the game was won or lost.

Mo Xi and Qiao Gang Leader jumped at the same time, although No. 23 had a bounce advantage, but in the end, Mo Xi's height and arm span were better.

Mo Xi touched the ball first, but under the interference of the 23rd, Mo Xi couldn't control the ball, so he had to be on the ball a little, and the ball bounced up again.

At this time, everyone also realized what was happening, Thomas pounced directly to the basket, and with the Wizards' center, the four of them competed for the second spot.

Four people jumped at the same time, Mo Xi and No. 23 stood out, such a vertical bounce touched the height, obviously Mo Xi had more advantages, in the frenzied shouts of the New Yorkers around, Mo Xi was the first to point the ball.

Jump again!

Only this time, only Mo Xi and Twenty-Three remained, and the continuous bouncing ability of the other two was obviously not comparable to these two people.

It was the hand that looked like a white jade, like a dragon king ascending to heaven, breaking through the clouds, Mo Xi clicked the ball again, and at the same time, when it fell, the other arm fished down from top to bottom from the other direction, and pressed the ball directly in his hand.

Joe stepped forward to grab it, and Mo Xi pressed the ball directly to his chest. The two argued, and the bruises on their heads burst out.

It was at this time that the referee stepped forward and blew the final whistle.

Failed to get the final victory, Qiao Gang Leader was obviously a little unhappy, but Qiao Gang Leader's bearing was still very big, with a little smile, he hugged Mo Xi's neck, and said: "Little ghost, you did a good job, let's see you in the next game." ”

Mo Xi said very honestly: "Washington is also half of my home field. ”

When the gang leader Qiao heard this, he laughed and walked away.

The Knicks snatched the win at home.

Mo Xi walked back to the locker room a little tired, and at this time he didn't know that a certain big mouth was destined to make him uncomfortable.

At the same time, in the ESPN studio, a fat man with a big mouth was very excited and squirted saliva, "Haha, Lao Tzu said that he is nearly forty years old, what kind of excitement do you play, you are educated, you deserve it, this kid has done a good job, I will be his fan in the future!" ”