Chapter 206: Cancer

The NBA schedule is tight and tight, and the Memphis Grizzlies have not had enough rest for two days before the team has to fly to Detroit to prepare for an away game against the Pistons.

Over the past two days, Roy has been thinking hard about his positioning and style of play, and Abby's advice often comes to his mind.

Roy thinks like this: since his style of play and role can't help the team win, it may be that he hasn't found the most suitable team's positioning and style of play. So, you have to keep changing to find ways that can help your team win.

Roy plans to make his second attempt after entering the NBA, and this time the role he wants to play is called the core player, which is actually a well-known "cancer player" in the rivers and lakes.

"Cancer players" are a general term for players who monopolize the ball in the team, and if you want to list some of the most famous "cancer players" in the NBA today, don't believe it: LeBron James, Russell Westbrook, James Harden, and Kobe Bryant, who has retired.

Hearing this, you may say, aren't they all the superstars of the NBA? That's right, they are indeed superstars, and it is precisely because they think they are "unique" enough that they will become superstars. If you have a monopoly on the ball and can lead your team to victory and your stats are very good, then congratulations, you can be called a "core player". And those guys who dominate the ball but make a mess are undoubtedly what everyone calls "real cancer", and there is a long list of names here, such as Rajon Rondo, Deron Williams and Carmelo Anthony.

What Roy is going to try today is to be a "core (cancer) player", he wants to try to play "fight poison with poison", he wants to return to the previous style of play at Chino Gang High School, and he will occupy the ball and complete the offense by himself.

No matter what, Roy wants to win, not for anyone, even for himself, no matter what way, as long as he can win.

The Pistons are indeed an excellent target for Roy to try a "cancer style of play", they are in the same rebuilding period as the Knicks, and they are as weak as the Knicks (although the Pistons unexpectedly made the playoffs last season), and they also have the same criticized All-Star leader Andre Drummond as the Knicks.

The reason why Drummond is called "Zhuang Shen" has to start with his name, and his earliest name Drummond translates as "Zhuang Monde". Then, his long arm span, excellent jumping and athleticism earned him the reputation of "God", and the two made do, and "Zhuang Shen" was born.

In the NBA, players who can generally be called "X gods" either have two brushes or a little bit of amusement.

The former are such as "Tang God" (Klay Thompson), "Bo God" (Kristaps Porzingis), and "Buddha God" (Jimmer Fredette), and the latter are "Kaoshen" (DeMarcus Cousins), "Moe God" (Stephen Curry), and "Embarrassment God" (Javier McGee).

"Zhuang Shen" Drummond is a combination of the two, his strength is needless to say, but his temper is also a bit weird, and how well he plays in the game depends entirely on his mood - .

Today, "Zhuang Shen" is obviously not in a good mood, the first three shots in the first quarter are all iron, and the attitude of defense and rebounding is not positive. But do you think the Knicks can take the lead if the "Zhuangshen" is out of order? Not at all.

When "Zhuang Shen" sleepwalked, the team's Marcus Morris and Kentaveos Cardwell-Pope stepped up, shooting inside and out, actively defending, and beating the Knicks to death.

The Knicks are also a bit abnormal today, usually playing a stable "Boshen" hit the iron again and again, while Anthony, who had not performed well in the previous games, continued to score like a chicken.

The two teams played like rookies pecking each other until Roy came on the court, and the Knicks trailed by four points at 16:20.

Roy is on the scene.

Roy No. 1 is on the scene.

Roy was unusually good when he first came on today.

Before half-time, he asked for the ball directly from his old comrade-in-arms Vujacic.

He has made up his mind to be a "cancer", and no matter what the other four "bench bandits" think of his comrades-in-arms, he is sure to try the "cancer road".

On the first attack, he faced the aging Benno Yudri with a relentless forced hard attack, and the poor Slovenian veteran in front of him was already poor in defense, not to mention the speed and strength that age took away from him.

He was brutally abused by Roy at once, his weight shifted twice, and one stumbled and fell to the ground.

Roy found an open spot and made an easy jumper, 18:20.

"Well done." Motor City Detroit actually remembered the Chinese applause.

As soon as I raised my eyes, there were indeed many Chinese fans in the stands with Chinese character slogans.

Speaking of which, Detroit has been in a great depression in recent years, and even the government has declared bankruptcy, a large number of Americans have fled, and large areas of homes have been vacant. When the housing market bottomed out, the Chinese came, a large number of smart Chinese investors came, and now the number of Chinese in Detroit is quite staggering, and it is certainly not a problem to spend some money to support compatriots.

Roy undoubtedly enjoyed the treatment of half of the host, and the shouts of the audience and the encouragement slogans of the fans undoubtedly made Roy more confident, which made his "tumor" road more smoothly.

The ball changed hands, and over there, Kentavios Cardwell-Pope just worked hard and desperately to score two points to stretch the score to 18:22, and here Roy walked leisurely to make Udri as clean as the road in the morning, easily adding two more points, 20:22.

Uldry's poor performance made Pop a little unbearable, he felt that Udri's defense was too much of a drag on the whole team, but there were not many players available to the Pistons today, and the injury of the big man Reggie Jackson made the Pistons' guard line a little stretched, and Udri was already one of the best guards they could come up with now.

But apparently the best spare tire guard is now being by Roy, and Pope is making a quick decision to defend the rookie.

Compared to Yudri, who was born in 1982, Pope who was born in 1993 is like a basketball player from another world.

The shooting ability and top-notch physical quality of the shooting guard is also a "mad dog" defender who is aggressive defensively.

Unlike Udri's defensive strategy, Pope didn't intend to give Roy an easy hand at the ball from the start of the serve, and after the offense returned to the Knicks' side, he began to play Roy a full-court stalking defense.

Is that really good? Roy wanted to warn Pope that Lonzo Ball, Jaylen Brown and Iman Shambaugh, who had been so defensive before, didn't end well, and they all died miserably.

Needless to say, Pop's defensive style is Roy's favorite. Pressing close and following the whole court, this kind of defense looks very aggressive, but once it is broken by the ball carrier, it can cause serious consequences of "breaking the face with a point".

Just as experienced defenders in the league don't use close-quarters defense against John Wall and Kyrie Irving, the same can't be said for Roy. Roy has the top speed and explosiveness in the league like Wall and Irving, not to mention that it is Michael Jordan and Derrick Rose who teach him breakthrough techniques.

Pope was obviously careless, and when he was still wearing tinted glasses to despise the Chinese rookie player in front of him, he was going to pay the price.

Although it was difficult for Roy to catch the ball, his subsequent passing movements couldn't be simpler, two crotch dribbles, one crossover, and as soon as Pop's center of gravity was tilted, Roy immediately used reverse acceleration.

Pope was stunned by Roy's quick feints, and he stretched out his right hand to poke the ball away, but Roy was too fast, and instead of touching Roy, Pope fell to the ground.

Embarrassed Pop, he fell worse than Udri.

What an "ankle finisher", the whole court was in an uproar, Roy, who passed Pop, stepped on a shot outside the three-point line, relaxed, stable, and chic, 23:22, the Knicks led for the first time in the game.

"Oh my God, Roy's movements were so fast, he shook Pop straight to the ground, who would have thought it was a dribbling action made by a big man of two meters, I just thought I saw Iverson."

"It's really exciting, it's really amazing, even the audience at Detroit's home stadium can't help but applaud the performance of this Chinese talented player, the chic and agile pass, the incomparably accurate three-point, tonight's top five good balls seem to be indispensable to this one."

"I have to admit that I've hacked Roy before, but as the season progresses, he's getting better and better, and even if the Knicks haven't won yet, Roy will undoubtedly be the brightest star in New York this year."

"Well done, Roy."

"Well done, Roy."

"Come on, Roy."

More and more cheers, cheers, and praises reached Roy's ears, and he finally regained the feeling of being worshiped for a long time.

Roy needs more positive energy, he needs the support of the fans, he needs the media touting.

And all the praise, praise, praise, and praise finally turned into a force - the power of "cancer".