Chapter 59: Rotten Apple, Bite! (Above)
At night, Madison Square Garden Arena.
The lights are bright and the voices are buzzing.
This is the most prosperous place in New York, and it is also the place where people in the city life are most willing to entertain and relax at night, listening to the screams of the audience, people abandon the pressure of work during the day, do not have to think about anything, devote themselves to the game, and feel the charm of competitive sports.
In the NBA, there are two cities with different exposure than other cities, one is New York and the other is Los Angeles.
The existence of Broadway and Hollywood has made the stars of these two cities seek more ways to leave the country in various styles, of course, provided that they do not become the object of ridicule of the lace tabloids.
In the Madison Square Garden arena, the seats in the front row are full of upper-class people.
"That's about it, do you understand?"
After Wang finished speaking, he closed the tactical board.
"Got it!"
The crowd replied in a somewhat confused and untidy manner.
"Oops." Wang Tomorrow shook his head dissatisfiedly, "Why don't you have any momentum?" Do it all over again, do you understand? ”
"Huh?"
The players were stunned, they didn't understand what the head coach meant, what happened to Wang Mingming's sudden enthusiasm? So there was no reaction, and the atmosphere instantly became a little awkward.
"Ahem!" Wang Ming coughed dryly twice, and then stretched out his hand, palm down, back of hand up, "Pre-game slogan, let's do it again!" ”
"Three-two-one!"
"Attack, kill the rotten apples!"
In response to Wang Mingming's words, everyone pressed their hands on Wang Mingming's top, and shouted in unison: "Three-two-one, attack, kill the rotten apples!" ”
The loud noise spread, and the players and fans in the Knicks camp on the side were a little angry, especially Isaiah Thomas, the general manager and head coach, his face was blue and white, and the 76ers were too arrogant, and the first star was not there, so dare to be so arrogant?
Knicks starting five: Stephen Marbury, Jamal Crawford, Jarred Jeffries, Channing Fry, Eddie Curry.
The 76ers started five: Tyronn Lue, Sabo Saflosa, Andre Iguodala, Al Harrington and Dyrem Porter.
The Knicks' lineup is "very powerful" and rare, mainly because of their forward and center positions, and the "three highs" tactics they adopt.
What is the three tall, Jarred Jeffries, Channing Frye and Eddie Curry are all over 2.10 meters tall and barefoot.
Wang has studied the Knicks' lineup early tomorrow, in fact, it is mainly because of Eddie Curry's poor rebounding, so he has to make some fuss on the height, and at the same time, Channing Frye is the space type four, and Jeffries is a well-known defensive titan in the league.
Jarred Jeffries is a player who is like the epitome of the Knicks lineup, and it's pretty weird.
He is 2.11 meters tall, but he often wanders on the outside, he is good at making offensive fouls, so he has a very high defensive efficiency, but he has no strength to play center and power forward, no offensive skills to play small forward, and his ball control and shooting ability are very bad, so the outside world always has mixed evaluations of him.
On the field, the players finish their usual pre-match greetings and then prepare to start the game.
Because of the bad relationship, Wang Tomorrow and Isaiah Thomas sat on the bench quite "tacitly", and did not mean to stand up and say hello.
Kick-off, Durham Porter won easily, and Eddie Curry "Little Shark" Curry struggled to jump off the ground less than 20 centimeters.
"Do you want Tyronn Lue to organize an attack?" Isaiah Thomas's eyes were full of disdain, he still remembered last year, and it was about this time, the arrogant words of young people, and now even if Wang Tomorrow has achieved some achievements in the NBA, Isaiah Thomas's first impression is that Wang Tomorrow is terrible.
Coupled with the fanning of the media, although the two have not been scolded in person, they are not far apart.
Tyronn Lue kept the ball firmly across the half.
On the wings, Andre Iguodala and Al Harrington stood facing each other, then one cut to the baseline and the other turned and ran backwards to the line.
Iguodala is open and has an incredible amount of explosiveness, and when he plays off the ball, the taller Jared Jeffries can't keep up with him.
On the outer edge of the paint area, Daimham Porter's standard touching Dior standing position.
Jared is not blind, such a large person, he will not rush straight into it, and when he makes a mistake, he is ready to go around a little.
But at this moment, Iguodala suddenly changed direction, and the baseline cut turned into a move to the top of the arc, and at this time, Tyronn Lue had moved to the 40-degree wing to hold the ball and distributed the ball to Iguodala one step above the free throw line.
Al Harrington came around to catch the ball from Iguodala, who helped Harrington block his defending Channing Frye.
Ellington dribbled two steps to the right, no one defended, and in his most comfortable 45-degree position, he made a direct three-point shot.
"Huh!"
The opening was such a wonderful three-point shot, he finished shooting, Jarred came to make up for it, and in fact there was no interference, and the audience looked like Ellington seemed to be a bit of a strong shot.
3 to 0.
Iguodala's organization!
In this wave of offense just now, Iguodala had a few options when responding near the free throw line area, but he still chose the safest and Ellington's block, Ellington has the ability to attack with the ball, but he didn't expect the quality of the cover to be so good, directly blocking Channing Frye, who was defending him.
"Balloons."
Isaiah Thomas pursed his lips in disdain while making a gesture to step up the perimeter offense.
In his opinion, Allen Iverson is out of play, the 76ers' outside strength is damaged, and the Knicks are a team with strong offensive firepower on the outside.
Marbury saw a small man with dreadlocks.
"Think you're wearing the same hair, it's Iverson?"
Marbury complained silently in his heart, and then suddenly accelerated to start, ready to force Tyronn Lue outside the three-point line!
The 30-year-old Marbury's state is gradually declining, and he no longer has the explosive power he had at the peak of the Timberwolves, but even so, he is much stronger than the average player.
The wind blows the hair and has a flowing and natural feel.
But with such a handsome breakthrough, when I opened my eyes, Tyronn Lue was still following Marbury's side like a ghost, and he didn't steal or do anything, just followed Marbury.
Marbury spun around the top, still not getting rid of Tyronn Lue.
Tyronn Lue's defensive skills have not dropped at all.
Feeling that he had been in possession for a bit long, Marbury had to distribute the ball to Jamal Crawford, who asked for the ball.
After Jamal got the ball, he thought to himself that he should have given the ball to Lao Tzu a long time ago.
In front of him is the obscure, low-key rookie Saab Saflosa, a European player, how good can the rookie player's defense be, is this still a casual offensive rhythm?