Chapter 64: Domination Offense and Defense
The Knicks were ahead, the Magic didn't panic, they served again, and they were ready to continue to use the height of the interior to bully the Knicks' shorty!
This time they hoisted the ball to big center Jason Lawson!
Jason Lawson, a second-round rookie this year, looks like he has a lot of potential, but his true level is a little worse than their big forward McCaskill.
In his previous life, McCaskill returned to the NBA twice to work on a short-term job two thousand years later, and his strength was always on the edge of the NBA. Jason Lawson sat on the cold bench for a year, and the yellow crane never returned, and then he couldn't stand in Europe, and could only play in the Mexican league and Jordan league. ”
Of course, the current Jason Lawson has not yet reached the hard time, he has just become the future star of the Magic, and he is full of spirit, vowing to crush John Wallace and show his style!
Bang bang bang!
The old-fashioned center plays back, one hard play, one hard defense!
Knicks center John Wallace, who is half a head shorter than the opponent, struggled behind Jason Lawson and actually held him up!
Bruce Bowen saw the opportunity and came over in time to help defend, and the stupid big Jason Lawson didn't check for a while, and the ball was lost!
Then, it was another lightning fast break, and the five Knicks ran to the front court with no life!
Jason Lawson lost the ball, was anxious, and ran back desperately. But John Wallace, who is only 2.03 meters tall, is much faster than him!
Nash saw John Wallace run to the free throw line and immediately threw the ball to the basket, and John Wallace took another step and grabbed the basketball in the air and slammed it hard!
Bang!
The basketball was smashed into the hoop!
Jason Lawson can only watch John Wallace slam dunk from afar!
"Beautiful!" All the audience applauded!
Seven to two, the Knicks continue to lead!
"Steady, steady!" Don Cheney shouted.
It's just that the Knicks are just playing randomly, and the frustrating thing is that they are still leading when they play randomly, which is so lucky!
Don Cheney feels that this situation will not last, as long as the Magic team is not chaotic and uses the height advantage to play steadily, they will definitely be able to overtake the score!
However, the situation on the field was completely unexpected.
A few more rounds, the tempo of both teams grew faster and faster, and the Magic players ran after the Knicks players. Ten to two, ten to four, twelve to four, fourteen to four!
When the score was fourteen-four, Don Cheney called a timeout because he felt his players were being beaten up!
Follow the rhythm of the Knicks, and the Magic Twin Towers can only practice switchback and running on the court, which is not good!
Picking up the tactical board, he said loudly: "Don't panic, we have to play the right way." Rick, you hold down the rhythm, don't mess around, don't run crazy with them, play tactics! ”
"Yes, Coach." Magic point guard Rick Bronson said.
Don Cheney looked at his twin towers again, and sighed, "You two be tough, don't even beat the two dwarfs!" Fight one by one, and they will definitely lose! ”
"Yes, Coach!" Jason Lawson and McCaskill said in unison.
Don Cheney deliberately devised several tactics for the twin towers on the field. He has led Olajuwon before, and last year he followed Van Gundy to lead Ewing, and the most important thing in his mind is the center-forward strategy.
A generation of famous coaches is convinced that the Knicks will definitely be stunned by him!
The game started again, and then Don Cheney was stunned, and the Magic team was directly beaten 8-0!
None of the tactics he designed succeeded, and the Knicks continued to run, grabbing points and grabbing a joy!
22-4, the Knicks lead by a large score!
The audience booed, of course, for Don Cheney - an old coach who has been in the league for 30 years, actually let a new assistant coach from Italy hang him?
Is there a point level?
Can you fight for face?
The face of American basketball has made you lose it!
Li Wei was also very happy when he saw that the situation was one-sided, and said to Xia Cuirong with a smile: "It's good-looking, right?" ”
Xia Cuirong blinked, and said with some confusion: "Which side has the score ours?" ”
Li Wei: "......"
After popularizing the rules to the president of the team who never watches the game, Xia Cuirong realized that the Knicks are now hanging the Magic team. Then she asked a crucial question: "Is there a prize for winning the competition?" ”
Li Wei blinked and said, "No." ”
"Then why are they fighting so hard?"
Li Wei: "......"
After a while, Xia Cuirong realized that most of the people who came to play here did not have a contract, and only good performance could get a basic salary contract. As for the rookies who have contracts, they have very little playing time in normal games and need to work out here.
"These players work so hard, but they can only get a basic salary, and I don't know anything, but I have a million annual salary."
Thinking of her treatment, Xia Cuirong blushed, and her gaze at Li Wei became strange.
"What are you thinking?" Li Wei asked.
"I, I was thinking that the No. 44 on our team seems to be very powerful!" Xia Cuirong pointed to John Wallace on the field, "Well, it's scoring again!" ”
"Hmm." Li Wei smiled and nodded.
Even Xia Cuirong can see that she is powerful, it must be really powerful.
At the same time, Don Cheney's eyes were also fixed on John Wallace, and he gritted his teeth hatefully and said, "Damn, how can this be!" ”
Run-and-gun tactics are a tactic with obvious advantages and disadvantages, and the core idea is to use the speed advantage of the small man on the court to grab points. But in this way, they will inevitably be unable to protect the rebounds and defend the tough interior line on the opposite side!
You can't stop me, I can't stop you, everyone plays against each other, whoever is sure wins!
To put it bluntly, it's actually a gamble!
Don Cheney's thinking is right, how the Knicks play randomly is their business, as long as the Magic team stabilizes the rhythm and uses the inside advantage to eat hard little by little, they will definitely win the final victory!
The closer you get to the basket, the more accurate you are, who are you better than me, and I can still be afraid of you?
However, he ignored the gap between the two players.
When the Knicks attacked, it was a typical small fight, and John Wallace and Stephen Jackson took advantage of their speed to sneak away from the Magic Twin Towers!
But on the other hand, when the Knicks were defending, the two dwarves actually confronted the twin towers that could them head-on, and they didn't fall behind!
Don Cheney's tactics that can score points when handed over to Olajuwon and Ewing are in the hands of the Magic Twin Towers, and they can't get a single point!
How bleak it is!
You can't beat me, but I can slip you to death, under the advantages of one and the other, it's no wonder that the difference is not wide!
Counting the rebounds again, Don Cheney burst into tears.
His twin towers didn't even grab the rebounds from the two opposite!
"That No. 44 is so strong!" The audience in the audience was also looking at John Wallace, "The single resistance magic center does not fall behind, can grab the board, can play fast attack, and can shoot three points!" ”
"What's the 44th, that's John, you didn't watch last year's March Madness? He took Syracuse University all the way to the finals! ”
"Wow, that's that John from last year!"
John Wallace in college, but the hero of Syracuse University and the star of the United States, the only problem is that there are some inconsistencies.
What do you mean by not being three, not four?
NBA coaches draw the tactical board and like to number each position. The playmaking guard is the number one, the scoring guard is the number two, the small forward is the number three, the power forward is the number four, and the center is the number five!
It's not too much of a No. 3 (small forward) or a No. 4 (power forward), somewhere in between.
For example, Kevin Garnett and Kevin Durant obviously have the same height as a big forward, but they have the speed and skill of a small forward.
Like two Kevins who have the figure of the No. 4 position, but have the speed and skill of the No. 3 position, the teams must rush to get it, because in the NBA, one inch is long and one inch is strong!
But the other kind of trouble is not careful.
This kind of person obviously has the height of a small forward, but he plays like a big forward, and in the college team, he also plays as a big forward most of the time!
They may be able to dominate the college league, but once they come to the NBA, they will show extreme discomfort.
Because the confrontation in the NBA is stronger, all of them are beasts. When everyone is about the same ability, the height is not as good as the opponent, and it will be a great loss. But if they switch to small forwards, they will fall behind professional small forwards in terms of ball control, awareness, defense, and footwork!
The representative figure is the NBA's biggest parallel champion - Anthony Bennett!
John Wallace is at Syracuse University, and his main position is power forward, although he is only 2.03 meters tall, he has speed, shooting, low post, rebounding, and no one can limit him!
By the time he was a sophomore, he was already averaging nine rebounds per game!
But he also knew that his height was too disadvantageous before he played big in the NBA, so he took the initiative to develop in the direction of small forward, constantly honed his skills, and even developed accurate three-pointers. In his graduation year, he averaged 22.2 points per game, but as he played more and more, his rebounds dropped to 8.7.
No one cares about his rebounding drop, because his increasingly accurate shooting has proven to the NBA that he can play well as a small forward!
If it was a young year in the draft, John Wallace could definitely be a lottery pick, but it's a pity that he met the 96 golden generation!
Iverson, Marbury, Ray Allen, Kobe, O'Neal Jr. and other future superstars with unlimited potential squeezed him to the eighteenth pick!
In fact, among the players who are not three, John Wallace belongs to the more successful transformation. In his previous life, he didn't get playing time for the talented Knicks, but he quickly became a starter after arriving with the Raptors. But then, it faded out of people's eyes due to injuries and other reasons.
Li Wei knew that John Wallace was the team's small forward, but after reading his scouting report, he found that this kid turned out to be a big forward and had good rebounding ability, so he immediately had a special idea.
He wants to use John Wallace as a small and Stephen Jackson as Marion in the summer league!
Who are Si and Marion?
Xiao Si's full name is Amare Stoudemire, nicknamed Little Overlord, because there is another one named Stoudemire in the alliance, who is older than him, so he is also called Xiao Si.
This was originally a big forward, and he was not tall enough to play center, but D'Antony asked him to play center because he had speed and could run!
Sean Marion is the Suns' small forward, only 2.01 meters tall, but D'Antoni put him in the position of power forward, because he can run all over the court and defensively resist the opposite big forward!
In the 04-05 season, the Suns used Nash as the engine, Xiao Si and Marion, who were not tall enough but had extraordinary speed, and Joe Johnson and others complemented each other, soaring into the sky, winning consecutive battles, and becoming the first in the league!
Of course, Li Wei knew that Xiao Si's strength completely crushed John Wallace, and the two could not be compared at all. If John Wallace is used as Xiao Si in the regular season, he will definitely be blown up and can't find the north!
But now it's Summer League!
In the game, Xiao Si played against O'Neal, Duncan and other beast-like insiders, and the defensive pressure was not ordinarily large. John Wallace is only playing against Jason Lawson and McCaskill, who are on the edge of the bench and are about to be swept away by the team!
There are no tigers on Straw Hat Mountain, and the monkey is the king. Li Wei believes that in the confrontation at this level, the former Syracuse University star can still play Xiao Si!
What is Xiao Si's main task?
Of course, it's a cut!
Li Wei wants to score points for John Wallace in the summer league and let him play beautiful statistics, so that he can also be more attractive!
As for defense, Li Wei only hopes that he won't be blown up too badly.
Everyone knows the weakness of the running and bombing style, that is, the height is misaligned, and no one can prevent anyone!
Xiao Si's defense in the NBA was criticized back then, but in fact, he is no wonder. John Wallace is shorter and easier to blow up.
But as soon as the game began, Li Wei found out that he was wrong. Today's John Wallace is not only as brave as Xiao Si in terms of offense, but also guards the opposing center on the defensive end, and even rebounds!
Completely dominate both offensive and defensive ends, this thing is going against the sky!