Chapter 126: Clarity of Mind

When the Lakers have no way to do it on the offensive end, Kobe Bryant comes in handy, and the boss's single is sometimes the best offensive tactic.

Both Chandler and Hughes were fatally flawed against Kobe, and the boss quickly hit with his trademark turnaround jumper.

The Knicks said that no matter so much, it's normal to not be able to guard against Kobe, as long as their own offense is played, then they are not afraid of anything.

David. Lee and Wu Huang's offenses caused the Lakers to foul one after another, and the two made three of four free throws, and the Knicks took a one-point lead at 47:46 with 3:10 left before halftime.

Milicic, who got his first chance to play in the regular season, unexpectedly became the Knicks' surprise today.

The Lakers were in big trouble after Milicic came on the court, and it was really difficult to prevent such a tall and skilled interior player once he played in shape, and the Lakers had to replace Bynum to limit Milicic, the Serbian seemed to be very open and confident after facing Gasol.

The Lakers didn't expect that Milicic didn't look down on Bynum either, and today he has played with confidence, playing less than five minutes, his shooting has been four shots, so that the shooting rate of 100 shots makes him dare to face anyone to shoot, and the same is true for Bynum.

Gallinari missed a shot after a breakaway, Milicic and Bynum tangled under the basket, and neither of them jumped.

David. Lee missed a layup under the basket, and the Serbian invisibly contributed again, helping the Knicks solve the backcourt rebounding trouble. Before that, Gasol and Bynum had already stolen a lot of rebounds from the Knicks, and Milicic's height made up for the team's rebounding disadvantage.

Gasol then hit from mid-range. Kobe Bryant made a three-point shot. The Lakers relied on the strong play of two leading stars to equalize the score.

The Knicks quickly adopted a defensive tactic of wrapping up Kobe. Artest took the opportunity to hit a 3-pointer, but he was soon caught by Wu Huang and contributed another turnover. And that wasn't the end of the beast's poor performance, and it wasn't long before Atay's layup was blocked by Chandler and the defense.

In the last 1 minute and 35 seconds of the quarter, Atai stood in the bottom corner of the right side of the basket with the ball, Gasol was waiting for Artai to pass the ball in the open space under the basket, but Atai did not give the ball to him, and when Gasol turned to cover. The beast split the ball and handed it directly to David. Lee, the Knicks scored two points on another easy comeback.

Before halftime, Bynum was also punished for a walking violation under Milicic's defense when he was attacking in the low post, and Wu Huang turned his head to assist a fast teammate for a layup, and the Knicks unexpectedly led by seven points at 62:55 at halftime.

After the end of the first half, Milicic was still yelling at the Lakers fans on the court, no one knew what he was shouting, anyway, he was greeted by boos from the fans, and even the Knicks players were booed by nearly 20,000 Lakers fans on the scene when they walked into the player tunnel.

Wu Huang scored 15 points, 3 rebounds, 7 assists and 3 steals in the first half. Milicic had 10 points, 4 rebounds and 1 block, and Gallinari had 11 points and 3 rebounds. Chandler had 7 points and 3 rebounds. Lee had six points and four rebounds, and Harrington had six points.

Kobe Bryant had 24 points, 3 rebounds and 2 assists in the first half, Bynum had 8 points and 4 rebounds, Gasol had 6 points, 8 rebounds and 2 assists, Artest had 5 points, 3 rebounds, 2 assists and 5 turnovers, Odom had 8 points and 6 rebounds, and Lao Yu had 3 points and 3 assists.

"Our advantage is on the inside, in height, but we don't take advantage of that advantage." Phil. Jackson was unhappy with the play of the outside players, and the implication was that Kobe Bryant didn't give enough possession to the inside, and Gasol and Bynum combined barely got more than half of Kobe's score, and their twin towers didn't play as well as they should.

Kobe Bryant was a little upset, he didn't feed the ball to the inside in the second quarter, but Gasol and Bynum couldn't open it, so of course he had to come by himself.

The Zen master can't say much, Kobe's face is sometimes more important than winning, and if the coach and the coach have a conflict, it will not be a game problem.

But everyone knows that if the Lakers want to win, they must combine inside and outside, and Kobe Bryant has to take 25+5+5 data to be the most beneficial result for the Lakers, rather than counting on him alone on the offensive end, and then it will be the current situation, and they may not even be able to win by playing a Knick.

The atmosphere in the Knicks locker room was very harmonious, and a 7-point lead in the first half was not much, but the momentum of the game was on their side, especially the team's interior line finally opened today, coupled with the already sharp outside offense, New York immediately transformed into a team that even the Lakers couldn't defend.

Okay, it's a bit self-defeating to say that, there was a lot of luck in today's game, but as long as you imagine that Xiao Si can come to the team next year, then today's Knicks may become the norm, and New York will really become a strong team at that time.

"Good job, Dacko, show the Spaniard and the little shark with only height and reach in the second half." Wu Huang saw that Milicic was in a good mood, and went up at the right time to encourage him, hoping that this guy could use it before leaving, shine more for the team, and help the Knicks win a few more games, which was not in vain to be a teammate.

"I've played against Spain and I love playing with Paulo. Gasol was on the opposite side, he played soft, and if we had beaten the Lakers today, I would have taken off my shirt after the game and jumped on the technical table to celebrate. Milicic did seem to be very confident, but Wu Huang felt that his words only proved one thing, that is, this person had a flaw in his brain.

Wu Huang complained in his heart, and patted him on the shoulder with a smile, saying in his heart that you can jump if you want, anyway, it wasn't me who was beaten.

Gallinari is the only Knicks player who can see the displeasure on his face, and he has a lot of conflicts with Milicic, and the Italian is sitting alone in the corner at this time, taking his Walkman with him, ignoring the outside world and not bothering to pay attention to Milicic.

He also felt that the team suddenly let this guy play, maybe it was a precursor to trying to trade the annoying Serb, but he should not be traded by the team, because he is a descendant of D'Antoni, they have known each other in Italy, and the mustache worked hard to get him to New York, and he will definitely not trade him so easily.

Gallinari is not wrong to think so, D'Antoni likes his height, athleticism and shooting skills, all three of which meet the team's bombardment system. In addition, if you want to exchange for a defensive giant, the team will undoubtedly lack players with excellent shooting skills, and the Knicks will not trade him easily.

In the second half, the Knicks still replaced Milicic and David. Lee's interior combination, the latter plays the power forward position, which is also the case of David. Lee's height is the most suitable location.

Gasol against David. Lee felt good, Kobe Bryant listened to the Zen master's arrangement at halftime, and at the 11th minute and 35 seconds of the quarter, Gasol received a pass from Kobe Bryant and became David on the inside. Lee fouled, and in the next few offensive and defensive transitions, Gasol also had an all-round advantage, and more importantly, because of Gasol's strength, the Knicks had to use more energy to defend him, which gave Bynum more opportunities to attack easily on the inside.

Judging from the situation of Milicic not playing in the first quarter, Bynum's back-to-back jumper under the basket is quite stable, which is completely different from the stunned young man who could only hook hands and slam dunks back then. Although the Knicks defended the game with Milicic, who was about his height, in this quarter, the Lakers got enough of a second offense.

In the 9th minute and 50 seconds, Gasol's dunk after Bynum's jump shot was very revealing, and when the latter grabbed the rebound in the frontcourt, the Knicks' two interior lines had already followed Bynum to block out.

D'Antoni hurriedly called a timeout, and the Lakers' offense from the inside at the start of the second half was almost always from the inside, and it worked well, and they had to make some adjustments.

The Knicks were so passive as soon as they came up in the third quarter, which had nothing to do with the magic of Milicic in the second half, and once the Lakers seriously dealt with this parallel trade list, Milicic's lack of training and unstable hand weakness were exposed. His technical moves were standard and beautiful, but the shooting crosshairs couldn't find the basket as soon as the hot touch in the first half passed.

After a short break, Milicic returned again, but unfortunately the Serb was magically absent at this time, and was fouled by Gasol on the offensive end and then blocked by Artest, D'Antoni quickly replaced Milicic and returned to the team's regular lineup.

Wu Huangxin said that it didn't matter, Milicic's performance in the first half was already a windfall, and now it is better to treat him as if he had never appeared, and they continue to play the original bombardment attack.

The biggest difference between the current Knicks and last season is that they have a leader with a strong sense of the big picture.

Wu Huang has a thorough understanding of the situation on the court, sharp judgment, he knows when to do something, after the Knicks couldn't attack on the inside, he immediately accelerated and started a quick attack, shifting the offensive point to the outside.

Soon, Wu Huang's dispatch worked, and he assisted Qian Ning in a quick attack. Frye hit a three-pointer, and the New Yorkers played their familiar bombardment again!

The Zen master is really impressed by this champion who has gone out of Los Angeles, and this young man's level of stabilizing the army's heart and keen insight are indeed a bit demonic.

Don't look at what Wu Huang is doing now seems to be very simple in the mouth of the commentator, it is nothing more than the team changed the offensive rhythm after changing players, but in fact it is not like this, more than ninety percent of the point guards in the league do not have such a clear overall view and decisive judgment as Wu Huang.

Sometimes it seems very simple to watch what others do, but in fact, when it is your turn, you may not even be able to do one-tenth of others, and it is always 10,000 times easier to move your mouth and type twice on the keyboard than to be down-to-earth.

In addition to mentioning the team's offensive rhythm, Wu Huang also strengthened his personal offense, he knew that this time period was important for the Knicks, they had to maintain the momentum of the score, and when all the players started and entered the run-and-gun mode, he could hand over the basketball to his teammates, but he had to bring the offensive momentum first, which is the role of the core example.

Lao Yu is really weak in the face of Wu Huang, when he was young, he was not the kind of player with very flexible steps, what he was most afraid of was the fast No. 1 position, Wu Huang was the biggest nemesis of this old fish when he broke through at full speed! (To be continued.) )