Chapter 408: Challenge the league's No. 1 point guard!
The Suns attacked, Kidd held the ball to the frontcourt, and then looked at Nash, didn't play tactics, and directly forced it!
Nash defended tightly, but the physically strong Kidd made a small move and immediately squeezed Nash behind him!
Seeing this, Garnett had no choice but to leave Gogliota behind and block Kidd!
Kidd didn't expect Garnett's defense to be so quick and not give him a chance to go to the basket at all. However, as the top organizational defender in this league, what he is afraid of is not that others will make up for the defense, but that others will not make up the defense!
As long as you can play someone else's defense, the opposing defensive system can be loosened, and more passing opportunities will be born!
"Bang!"
The ball flew out of Kidd's hands at this moment, and his target was Gugliotta, who was released by Garnett!
Since Garnett was in the middle and tall and long-armed, Kidd was afraid that he would steal, and the ball was passed a little high, so Gugliotta had to jump up to catch the ball, and there was a slight pause in the process!
"Something bad!" The Suns' power forward thought to himself.
Because he had been teammates with Garnett, Gugliotta knew the speed of the other party, and sure enough, just after he took a moment, Garnett, who had run to defend Kidd, came back!
He's like a big spider, running all over the place!
"Forget it, I'm not afraid of you when you come back!"
As a former All-Star forward, with an average of 20+ per game, Gugliotta naturally has no shortage of inside singles skills, squeezing and leaning, and then making a hook!
Garnett stuck his former teammates stubbornly, and when Gugliotta hooked his hand, his hand on the opponent's back pushed even harder!
"Dang!"
Gugliotta is distracted, the ball hits, and it bounces to the other side of the basket!
Garnett held up Gugliotta to prevent him from rushing to grab the rebound, and Da Yao on the other side of the basket also leaned on Luke Longley, and at the same time reached out to grab the defensive rebound!
"Well done!" Li Wei nodded secretly.
Judging from the data, Garnett has nothing in this round, but Da Yao has a defensive rebound, but those who watch the game will understand that the success of defense in this round depends on Garnett, if he was replaced by a forward with a slightly worse defensive awareness, the Suns would have scored the ball early.
Garnett's significance to the Knicks is far from being reflected in the numbers.
Why is it said that those who are inside have the world?
Because in terms of shooting percentage, the closer you are to the basket, the more accurate you shoot, so the superstars on the inside are generally more accurate than the superstars on the outside, and the offensive end is also more advantageous.
On the defensive end, good interior players can greatly limit the opponent's breakthrough, and even support the defensive system of the whole team.
So, it's hard to equate the value of an interior supergiant with an outside supergiant, and when you have a top interior player like Olajuwon or Duncan, you can dominate both offensive and defensive ends!
Although Garnett is underweight, the top defense tank is difficult, and he needs a big meat shield to escort him, but in terms of supplemental defense, he is the top in the league, which is why the Knicks defensive assist Byron Scott has always wanted Garnett to play power forward!
Big Ben may be one of the few people in this league who can fight with Garnett for his interior defense ability, but when it comes to offensive ability, Big Ben should stay cool!
Why did Li Wei throw out a big contract with Garnett, the first in the history of the NBA's total salary, knowing that he was losing money, knowing that he was losing money?
That's because he knows that without O'Neal and Duncan, Garnett is the best team building cornerstone of this era, and if he misses it, he will be gone!
After Da Yao received the defensive rebound, he found that Houston and Maddie had rushed to the frontcourt, but unfortunately Penny Hardaway and Marion were not bad at defensive awareness, and the two chased after the defense tightly!
There was no quick break opportunity, so he had to give the ball to Nash!
Nash pushes forward with the ball and gesturing to his teammates: This round is going to be the 12th as planned!
The Knicks' No. 12 tactic, the first offensive option, is Alan Houston.
After Da Yao came to the frontcourt, he immediately covered Houston at a 45-degree angle on the left side, and Alan Houston used the cover to go around the three-point line and received Nash's pass!
It's a pity that Penny Hardaway defended well, he bypassed the defense, clinged to Houston, and didn't give the Knicks this top shooter!
So Nash quickly came to the left corner position to cover for Da Yao.
It's very slow to say, but the changes on the court are very fast, basically Da Yao finished covering Houston, Nash's cover also came, and Da Yao ran to the top of the three-point arc with cover!
Houston immediately distributed the ball to Da Yao!
Although Luke Longley is old, he also knows that Da Yao has a three-point range, so he didn't dare to slack off and quickly followed!
Da Yao didn't make a strong shot, but gave the ball to Garnett who was 45 degrees on the right side!
At this point, the first stage of the tactic failed, and the second stage was transferred!
Garnett held the ball at a 45-degree angle on the right side, and Nash continued to cover Houston!
Houston used the cover to go straight to the basket, but unfortunately Hardaway followed closely with two long legs!
At a 45-degree angle on the left, after Nash covered Houston, he immediately went around the arc, and Da Yao took two steps forward and gave Nash a cover!
Nash went around the three-point line with cover!
Garnett saw that Houston under the basket was not good at receiving the ball, and immediately distributed the ball to Nash at the top of the three-point line!
It's a pity that the Suns' defense in this round was flawless, and as soon as Nash received the ball, Kidd bypassed the cover and saved!
Fortunately, the Knicks' tactical system is also time-tested, and Houston, who runs to the basket, has no chance, so immediately carry out the third process of tactics!
He came to the right and covered Maddie!
Maddie in the bottom right corner took advantage of Houston's cover to go straight to the bottom left corner and look for an open three-point opportunity!
At the same time, Garnett, who gave the ball to Nash, also took two steps forward to cover Houston!
Houston, who had just covered Maddie, ran to 45 degrees on the right side with Garnett's cover!
Nash, who is holding the ball at the top of the arc, is looking at the opportunity at this time, and Houston and Maddie are the first and second choices of tactical passing!
He felt that Houston's chances were better, so he split the ball.
Houston, at a 45-degree angle on the right, received the ball and hit another three-pointer with his hand raised!
6:0, the Knicks continue to lead!
Danny Angie was speechless when he saw the Knicks playing such tactics, this Coach Li is really recognizable to three points!
What makes him even more speechless is that this year's rule modifications, especially the tightening of the blowing penalty for covering fouls, have almost made the Knicks the team that benefits the most.
The two teams come and go, and 8 minutes pass in a blink of an eye!
There is a thing called luck in this world, which is unpredictable. In the 8 minutes of the Knicks, the tactics were executed well, but except for the opening Houston scored two goals in a row, the team was a little iron at other times, so the Suns gradually caught up with the score, and even surpassed the Knicks by 1 point!
18:19!
Jump-shot teams will always have convulsions, sometimes they are particularly accurate, sometimes they are particularly inaccurate, but there are more times when they are not accurate, after all, the best shooters have a three-point shooting rate of more than 40 percent.
Li Wei frowned, a little dissatisfied with the starters of Tie Da, so he waved his hand and changed to a substitute!
Four games in five days, Hornacek and Nowitzki are rested today, and at this time it is Rasu Nesterovic, Big Ben, Rashad Lewis, and Dale Curry!
As for the position of the organizational defender, of course, it is Li Wei!
Suns fans saw Li Wei on the court and booed wildly, and some people even shouted at Jason Kidd: "Jason, blow up this clown!" ”
In the eyes of all Suns fans, Kidd has steadily beaten Li Wei, and now Kidd can be called the league's No. 1 point guard!