Chapter 41: The Situation Takes a Sharp Turn
Ewing's injury seems to have had a bad impact on the Knicks, and the drop in morale is first reflected in the defense, and the Knicks have made a number of unexpected mistakes on the defensive end, which is simply unforgivable in the hands of the disciplined Van Gundy. Pen & Fun & Pavilion www.biquge.info But what is a little reassuring is that the Pacers' offense suddenly became dumb, and Miller, who had been confused for a whole game, still did not find himself, although he relied on free throws to get a lot of points, but the overall shooting percentage was low and scary, and the other Mullin was too, and he only hit one ball so far in the whole game.
In such a situation, the Knicks miraculously bit the score and were always only three points away from the opponent.
No matter who it is, both sides need a breakthrough.
With the Knicks on the floor, they're the obvious choice. However, Houston also enjoys Reggie Miller's treatment, and also relies heavily on free throws to score, and the shooting percentage is also outrageously low, while Sprewell is much better, and the shooting percentage is still above the level.
In fact, the best players on the two teams are Mark Jackson and Larry Johnson, both of whom are the kind of people who eat their butts until they are old, and they can be described as a trick that is eaten all over the world, Johnson was rested because of five fouls, but Mark Jackson was present.
At this time, the ball was in the hands of the Knicks, and Charles steadily dribbled across the half court and began to dispatch.
Thomas is a mid-range shot with a decent hand, and he mentions the high position to make the wall, and he regrets the bottom position. Houston lay in ambush on the other side of the baseline, and Sprewell also rushed out from there to start running with the help of Thomas cover.
Thomas' wall was so thick that the defenders had to switch positions to defend Sprewell.
Instead of passing the ball to Sprewell, Charles dribbled up and Thomas made another pick-and-roll.
This time, the Pacers didn't make any more substitutions, but Charles's goal was achieved, with a back pass to Thomas, who made an easy shot in the face of a defender who was nearly 20 centimeters shorter than him, and the arc of the ball was very positive, and the Knicks' first shot of the fourth quarter.
Before the Knicks could celebrate, they were severely educated by the Pacers.
Mark Jackson once again had his back hard to chisel, Charles was unable to defend, and was pushed directly into the penalty area by the opponent, at this time, Mo Xi and Thomas began to gradually move closer to the penalty area.
Jackson wanted such a result, just when the encirclement of the three was shrinking smaller and smaller, Jackson suddenly waved his hand fiercely, hit the ground and passed, fast, accurate, and ruthless, the ball went straight to Antonio Davis, Davis calmly shot in the face of Thomas who was unable to return to defense, and returned a mid-range shot.
A team with a strong guard, with a much more selective back-to-back strategy than traditional inside, the Pacers are very accurate at grasping weaknesses.
The Knicks went back to attack, and the tactics remained the same, except this time it was Sprewell who attacked. Sprewell took action immediately after receiving the ball, but unfortunately this time Mullin did not seem to be dragged down by the pair of injured knees, and quickly followed, successfully interfering with Sprewell.
The Knicks couldn't grab this frontcourt rebound and were picked up by the Pacers.
With the lead now, the Pacers began to pursue offensive efficiency, with Mark Jackson controlling the tempo and then starting a new round of back-to-back offense.
Only this time, Sprewell changed at some point, although he still suffered in weight, but fortunately, Jackson couldn't sit in it easily.
However, Charles's defense was much worse than Sprewell's, and Reggie Miller, who lost Sprewell's balance, suddenly went berserk, received a pass from Jackson, and shook Charles straight into the basket.
Charles tried his best to chase back, but Miller forcibly raised his arm and tangled with Charles's hand.
"Drop"
The referee awarded Charles a shooting foul.
Charles's face was very ugly, and he left the scene with six fouls.
As a last resort, Van Gundy replaced Ward again, and Ward, who committed four fouls, was also in a very dangerous position, and he warned Ward that individual defenses should be released and must protect themselves.
Against Jackson, who was significantly larger than himself, Ward struggled to organize the offense effectively and had to give the ball to Sprewell.
Sprewell learned a lot after more than a year without the ball, so the first thing he did when he arrived with the Knicks was not to steal the shots, but to learn to organize.
Sprewell hoisted the ball to Mo Xi on the inside, the outside defense was too pressing, and the inside line was needed to open up space for the outside attack.
Mo Xi catches the ball, this time due to the frequent fouls of his teammates, he played for a long time, and the opponent seemed to have adapted to his offensive rhythm and method, stuck the position, used body contact as much as possible, you can pass the ball, but people can't.
Mo Xi could only honestly rely on the fight, chiseled in twice, found a rhythm, leaned on the other party, and turned around to hook his hand. It's a pity that the ball only came out after a lap in the frame, and the Knicks attacked to no avail.
After Charles went off, Jackson turned into Sprewell in defense and Ward switched to Reggie Miller.
Ward's defense is actually very strong, but in the face of Jackson's evil big ass, Ward is really powerless, but the defense of Miller can still have some effect.
Jackson couldn't get the good effect he had in the face of Sprewell's defense, and turned the ball out and gave it to Mullin, who quickly turned it to Miller, who didn't get rid of Ward completely, but still made a three-point shot, ignored the defense, and forced a shot.
After the shot, Miller's mouth began to move again, "Oh, my sweet boy, see?" The ball should be played like this, how simple it is, if you practice for another ten years, it will probably be about the same as me. ”
The Knicks hurried to the offensive end, and Sprewell found an opportunity to misplace the single, quickly shake, face the defender, and pull up the jumper.
Sprewell didn't find the crosshairs, the ball popped up, it was a long rebound, Thomas stepped forward to quickly control the ball, stabilized it, and gave the ball to the inside to ink.
Mo Xi's back efficiency in this game is not particularly high, only 4 of 9 shots, and Mo Xi is not good at making fouls.
Mo Xi wanted to pass the ball to the perimeter, but found that both Houston and Sprewell were in a disadvantageous position. Mo Xi had no choice but to gouge inside again, and then stepped back and shot with a slight back.
No, the rebound was picked up by the Pacers.
Van Gundy saw that the attack was blocked, so he had to replace Johnson, who had already committed five fouls.
After Johnson came on the court, the Knicks' offense really improved, but Johnson's temperament did not allow him to be timid on the defensive end. Johnson played less than three minutes on the court before pulling Reggie Miller's layup down along with the dribble.
Johnson left the court with six fouls.
With less than three minutes to go, Van Gundy replaced Dudley. However, Dudley got his sixth foul in a rebound grab after coming on the court, and the Knicks graduated again.
Camby was ordered to do so.
The two 96 new generation interior partners together to form a new interior combination of the Knicks, although they didn't see any miracles, but they stabilized the situation.
As the game progressed, the Knicks gradually regained their momentum and sent waves of shocks at the Pacers.
With seventeen seconds left in the game, the Knicks' last chance, 86-88, trailed by two points, Van Gundy had a timeout in his hands, and the Knicks players had to rely on themselves to finish the offense.
The Pacers pressed all over the court and sealed it so badly that Ward barely managed to catch the ball almost with five seconds left before being caught by the Pacers.
Mark Jackson saw an opportunity to poke the ball away.
Fortunately, after serving, Mo Xiyan quickly scooped up the ball and raised it high above his head, and in the end, the Knicks still had a thrilling cloud of the ball over half the court, but there were only nine seconds left at this time.
Normally, it would have been Houston who was more reassuring, but it was clearly Sprewell who was the better performer in this game. It's just that in this final moment, Ward still trusts the captain more, Ward controls the time, and with five seconds left, Ward passes the ball.
Houston came out to catch the ball on the wing, and Houston, who played almost the whole game, felt tired and had lead in his legs, but he still didn't hesitate to shoot one step from the three-point line.
Oops.
Houston secretly screamed badly, the shooter's hand was still very steady, but the load on the knee was a little unbearable, Houston's jump shot was perfect for the upper body, but the lower body seemed to be half disjointed, bent and did not move, did not open and jumped.
Houston yelled, "Rebound! Near point! ”
Hearing this, Camby and Mo Xi moved together, and the two struggled to pounce on the basket, entangled with the opposing player.
The ball slammed into the rim of the basket and landed straight down.
The four of them jumped together.
Camby took the ball first, but only flicked it and couldn't control it.
Dale Davis put his hands up in the air and pressed on the ball, as if to grab the rebound.
At this time, Mo Xi held the ball with one hand and slapped it outward.
The ball was knocked out, and in a panic, Sprewell picked up the ball and hurriedly made a shot, but the ball was deflected and hit the frame.
As soon as the ball left the frame, Mo Xi hurriedly jumped up again and pointed towards the ball.
It was four hands to the ball at the same time, and all four of them jumped in a hurry, but the long arm of Mo Xi had a great advantage, and he was the first to point to the ball and flick it gently.
Under the watchful eye, I saw the ball bounce on the basket a few times and slowly fall to the outside of the basket.
"Wow"
The entire arena exploded, and the Indianas let out a violent roar.
The Indians pulled back a city.