Garnett was indeed the starting power forward for the Knicks today. The Heat's big forward PJ Brown is a blue-collar player with average offensive ability, and Garnett can still defend himself despite not gaining weight.

And as soon as his position was switched inside, the players of the entire Heat team had a very awkward feeling.

Their current defensive routine revolves around Garnett, and as long as this is strangled to death, relying solely on Charlie Ward to organize the offense, the Knicks will not be able to beat the Heat at all.

Riley made plans for the tactics that the Knicks could use to help Garnett get rid of defense, but they never expected that Garnett would not hide and crashed directly into the interior!

"How to prevent it?" PJ Brown looks at Pat Riley on the sidelines.

Seeing that the game was about to start, Riley had no time to say anything else, so he could only say loudly: "You just treat him as a European to defend!" ”

Europeans are naturally big Z. Because the Knicks' big center Big Z shoots far beyond the three-point line, when the Heat are defending, PJ Brown is defending Big Z, and Mourning is defending Oakley inside.

PJ Brown is 2.11 meters tall, taller than Mourning, and the effect of defending Big Z is also better, and Oakley will definitely not be able to pull outside the three-point line, and Mourning can also stay inside when defending him, better protect the basket and grab rebounds.

In fact, most teams now deal with the Knicks in this way, so that the center with better basket protection ability can defend the Knicks' power forward, and the big forward with better mobility can chase Big Z to the three-point line.

PJ Brown wants to defend Garnett as a big Z, but Garnett is not a big Z at all, he moves faster and runs more aggressively!

What's even worse is that the Knicks have this lineup today, and the small forward is Alan Houston!

Alan Houston is 1.98 meters tall, and he has no loss at all against Dan Marley, who is also 1.98 meters. The Heat's pre-game defensive routine was to choke the Knicks' small forward's three-point and basket, forcing Garnett to make a mid-range pull-up jumper.

The main points of this defensive routine, one is not to let the opponent burst to the basket, the other is not to let the opponent pass the ball comfortably, as for whether the opponent can shoot comfortably in the middle distance, it is impossible to take into account, and every defensive system cannot be perfect.

So Houston replaced Garnett as a small forward, and the situation was out of the Heat's control.

This thing's nickname is the king of mid-range shots, the best at mid-range shots, you let him burst to the basket like Garnett and dunk, let him pass the ball like Garnett, that's hard for a strong man.

He almost burst out laughing when the Heat pinched his pass and blocked him from breaking to the basket.

You don't have to think about it at all, you can vote when you raise your hand, and you will vote!

Swish! Swish! Swish!

As soon as the game opened, the king of mid-pitches hit three shots in a row, bringing the score to 6:0!

Pat Riley quickly called a timeout and he had to reset his defense. If it goes according to the pre-game plan, the Heat will have to be beaten into a sieve!

Eric Reed said: "Coach Riley called a timeout, and it was only two minutes into the game, and he called a timeout! ”

Jack Ramsey said: "He can't call a timeout, the Heat's defensive arrangement is targeted!" ”

Eric Reed said: "Didn't Coach Riley think about Garnett's pre-big game beforehand? Impossible, right? ”

Jack Ramsey said: "It's not about Garnett playing big forward, it's about Houston playing small forward. The Knicks usually put Garnett at the power forward position, and the small forward will be played by Bowen and Stephen Jackson. Bowen is mainly a three-point pointer, and almost does not attack with the ball, and Stephen Jackson's routine when attacking with the ball is similar to Garnett's, relying on his physical advantages, wanting to score under the basket, and the middle distance is unstable! ”

Eric Reed said, "That's the case, but so what? ”

Jack Ramsey said: "So according to the characteristics of the Knicks, the Heat focus on the basket and passing line when defending, and do not control the mid-range. But Houston's mid-range is too accurate, and it disrupts the Heat's overall deployment at once! ”

Eric Reed said: "I see, you're saying Coach Riley didn't think about Houston playing small forward at all, did you? ”

Jack Ramsey said: "What you said must have been considered, how could you not consider it!" ”

Eric Reed said, "But you just said that we were all in chaos before Houston was a dozen years old?" ”

Jack Ramsey said: "That's because usually if Houston plays a small front, the Heat don't have to pay attention to him at all, and still use him as a scoring guard to defend." But today, the Knicks' starting point guard is Hornacek! ”

Eric Reed suddenly said, "Oh, I finally get it. Hornacek's three-point accuracy can't be ignored like Houston, and the Heat can only defend him as Houston. But in the small forward position, the Heat can no longer use Houston as Garnett, Bowen and others to defend, so the loophole came out, and Coach Riley could only call a timeout!

So Coach Lee's genius is to put Hornacek and Houston as two top scorers at the same time, rather than just letting Houston play the small front, right? ”

"Yes!" Jack Ramsey nodded, but he knew in his heart that Li Wei's adjustment was more than that.

Garnett replaced Oakley to play the big front, and Big Ben replaced the big Z to play the center, which had a wonderful traction on the Heat's defensive system, which simply infinitely magnified their weakness of the small forward mid-range!

If it weren't for that, the Heat wouldn't have been beaten up like this!

"It's a coincidence, right?" Jack Ramsay thought secretly.

He didn't believe that Li Wei's thinking would be so comprehensive, this was simply a tailor-made way to break the Heat system.

Even Pat Riley, who designed defensive tactics, probably wouldn't have imagined that his system could be targeted like this!

"The director cuts the video, let's watch the goal again!" Jack Ramsay shouted.

The director of Sunshine Sports immediately replayed the goal just now.

In the first ball, PJ Brown could have gone to make up for the defense, but Garnett suddenly made a right move, and he had to follow, so the whole system collapsed!

In the second ball, Big Ben has a fast run, if Mourning goes to make up for Houston, then the opponent only needs to throw the ball under the basket, it must be an empty catch!

The third goal is a proper vacancy. And Houston's vacant jump shot was also bypassed by other players!

Objectively speaking, several of the Knicks' combinations are very simple and not esoteric at all, but they completely hit the weakness of the Heat's defensive system, and the more Jack Ramsay looks at it, the more he feels that the aftertaste is endless!

This palace-level coach, who coached the NBA in the 60s and is the greatest coach in the history of the Trail Blazers, stroked his hands and exclaimed: "Wonderful, it's really wonderful, the Knicks played so well!" ”