Chapter 116: Depressed Corinth
Mike Brin exclaimed, "Hill is amazing, it would have been nice if we traded Ewing for Hill in the summer." ”
Fraser said: "Do you think the Pistons are willing to change? Needless to say, Ewing, they can't change if you give Jordan, Hill is younger than Jordan! ”
Mike Brin said: "I know they can't be changed, but you can't let me fantasize about it?" ”
Fraser laughed and said, "Stop dreaming, it's dawn!" ”
At halftime, the score was 38-47, and the Knicks, playing at home, still led by nine points.
At halftime, Li Wei's first program was, of course, to scold Bowen: "Bruce, did you defend with your heart?" How could Hill get a burst shot and score eight points in the final moment? And two rebounds and an assist? ”
Bruce Bowen is called a grievance in his heart!
Grant Hill is the league's No. 1 small forward, Jordan's successor, and the NBA's popularity is second only to Jordan's!
Such a superstar, can a blue-collar worker with a basic salary like him handle it?
If he could even handle Hill, how could he stay here and get a basic salary?
But then again, no matter how much Li Wei scolded, he could only endure it.
After enduring Li Wei's scolding, you can continue to get a basic salary, otherwise you won't even have to get a basic salary!
"Coach, don't worry, I will never let this happen in the second half!" Bowen said.
Li Wei personally handed him a bottle of water and said slowly: "I can see that you have done your best, but this is not enough, and it cannot meet my expectations." In the second half, you don't defend him, let Stephen Jackson play. Stephen, I handed over Grant Hill to you, do you have the confidence to guard him off? ”
Stephen Jackson's face was overjoyed, and he said loudly: "Yes! ”
Li Wei nodded and advised: "In the Knicks, you don't have a chance to be Jordan, but you can become Jordan on the defensive end first, Jordan has won the best defensive player!" ”
Stephen Jackson said, "I understand! ”
Bowen was secretly anxious when he saw that Stephen Jackson had been weighed by Li Wei.
Although he is a leading scorer in the French league, these two brushes are not enough to see in the NBA!
The only thing that can give him a foothold here is defense!
If Li Wei trusts the 19-year-old rookie more on the defensive end than him, then he is not far from being made redundant!
"Alas, I always thought I had tried hard enough, but I didn't expect it to work. In a few days, I'll have to work harder, study Bill Lambir's experience again, and then watch the videos of Rodman, Peyton, and others. Well, our general manager, Dennis Johnson, is also a very good mentor, ask for more advice! ”
As soon as Bruce Bowen finished figuring out his evolutionary path, Chuck Daley called everyone together and laid out defensive tactics for the second half.
Li Wei interjected a few words in the middle, mainly because of the rotation of personnel, and he still wanted to let the substitutes play in the second half.
After Chuck Daley finished speaking, everyone digested it for a while, and Li Wei pointed out a few offensive questions.
He has always felt that it is not appropriate to give too much information to the players, especially between games. You can't expect every player to be like a coach and have hundreds of tactics in their heads.
For example, Stephen Jackson, who couldn't even get into the University of Arizona, now has to memorize every derivative tactic for a long time to memorize, and he can't understand it if he says it deeply.
As soon as the second half began, the fans in New York booed in unison. They booed no one else, it was Li Wei!
Let's take a look at who New York has on the scene – Herb Williams, Beau Outlaw, Stephen Jackson, Bruce Bowen, and Charlie Ward, who is destined to be cheated by these substitutes!
It's the second half, you're not on the main team, what do you want to do?
Li Wei's idea, of course, is to continue to consume the Pistons, anyway, the team is still ahead, so if the main team can rest more, just rest a little more.
In the summer, he had conflicts with Larry Bird and Larry Brown, but Larry Brown was an old handsome man and spoke more calmly, and the two were not yet on the tip of the needle.
Bird's side is completely sprayed with him, especially the preseason game in which he personally defeated the Pacers, which pushed the contradiction between the two to the point where all the media are hyping up!
So tomorrow's game against the Pacers is the real highlight!
You can lose any game, you just can't lose to the Pacers!
As soon as the substitutes came on the field, it was another ugly defensive battle. Three minutes later, Li Wei replaced Herb Williams with Buck Williams, and the two sides continued to shake hard!
Don't say it, Stephen Jackson's defense of Grant Hill in the second half really played a certain limiting role, of course, it is more likely that Hill himself was tired and missed several jumpers.
On the other side, Bowen desperately defended Dumas.
In the first half, Stephen Jackson prevented Dumas from hitting one of five shots, and in the second half, the two switched positions.
In this way, the Knicks' two outside lines are more energetic, the two interior lines continue to be ferocious, and the process of the Pistons' main force chasing points has become extremely difficult!
After half a quarter, the score became 50:52, Li Wei knew that he couldn't hold it anymore, so he waved his hand and went to the main force!
Big Ben, Oakley, Garnett, Houston, Hornacek are here!
It's another bold five up and five down!
Mike Brin sighed: "Looking forward to the stars, looking forward to the moon, we have finally put the main lineup up!" ”
Fraser said: "Five up and five down is also a unique feature of Coach Li's coaching, and he is the most daring coach in the league!" ”
Mike Brin said: "It's just nonsense, if you don't do this, you won't lose 21 in a row!" ”
The current Popovich is not the later Zhuge Vic, this year is only his second year of coaching in the NBA, and he has not yet shown this kind of magical operation!
Li Wei is indeed the first person in the alliance in this field!
The fans at Madison Square Garden saw that their main players were finally on the stage, and they clamored in unison, and the applause rang out in the sky!
The main forces of the Pistons were all tired, and when they turned around and saw the main forces of the Knicks holding their strength up, the morale was suddenly discharged!
It's not that they've been playing for a long time, it's that they've been playing for so long, and they're stunned that they haven't been able to put the Knicks' bench together!
If they can take a big lead, even if the Knicks are the main team, they won't change anything!
It's a pity that they are lagging behind!
The Knicks' bench dragged them down, and the main force went up again, who would be in the mood to fight to the death?
A wave of streams!
The Knicks hit a wave!
At the end of the third quarter, the score was 54:72, and the Knicks had an 18-point lead!
Pistons head coach Doug Collins on the sidelines was as black as charcoal.
What kind of team are the Knicks?
21 consecutive defeats, the lowest in the league!
His team was actually beaten like this by the deputy squad leader!
What's worse is that the main team didn't play most of the game, and the Pistons just fought with other people's substitutes!
Doesn't that mean the Pistons were beaten by someone else's bench?