Chapter 158: Chess Meets Opponents
Costas said: "Houston is really amazing, in the blink of an eye, he shot and scored 7 points!" ”
Isaiah Thomas said: "The Knicks went on a 9-0 run, 57-51, and they were only six points behind! ”
Larry Bird called a timeout and was about to play a targeted defense when he suddenly sighed.
After fighting for so long, he is already familiar with Li Wei's style. Now, if you want to defend the Knicks' mid-range tactics with a targeted defense, it will definitely not be useful at all.
When the game is replayed, the Knicks are 100% not the original five, and it is impossible for the tactics to continue to implement the routine just now!
Turning his head to look at the Knicks, sure enough, the five players who surrounded Li Wei in the middle were not the five people on the court just now, and it seemed that people were going to play the trick of five up and five down again!
"It's okay to toss poorly!" Larry Bird stomped his foot, then gathered his thoughts and said, "Bo Outlaw is going to be on the other side." This guy is fierce defensively, but his height is a hard injury, and we can make more mismatches on the offensive end. Rick, you're going to hit him next. ”
"Okay, Larry." Rick Schmitz nodded.
"Defensively, Outlaw has no range at all, so we can look out better for the Knicks' perimeter players. When encountering Hornacek's blocking and dismantling, it is necessary to change the guard in time. Now they're starting to shoot from mid-range, so we can't ...... too far out."
After Bird made adjustments, the game resumed.
In the face of the Knicks' bench, the Pacers played well, and the score was re-extended to 15 points!
After Li Wei came on as a substitute, he was not idle and continued to arrange tactics for the main players. Seeing that the score on the field gradually opened, the young head coach waved his hand, and the main force appeared again!
By taking the Pacers off guard with a mid-range shot, their defense began to shrink. However, Li Wei did not let the team continue to shoot, but designed several new three-point tactics!
It's not appropriate to say that the new ones are new, in fact, they are all old foundations of the original tactics, but one or two key running processes have been replaced, resulting in a bit of chaos on the field.
The Pacers are afraid of chaos, such a mess, they think that the Knicks are going to shoot again, and the flaws in defense are even greater!
Bang! Bang! Bang!
After a three-point rain, the Knicks actually tied the score!
When the third quarter entered the final 24 seconds, Houston led the defense, and Charlie Ward hit another three-pointer!
"Dang!"
The ball bounces out of the basket!
Garnett suddenly cut inside, jumped high and grabbed the offensive rebound from the heads of the Pacers!
Dale Davis hurried over to defend. Garnett leaned against the opponent and came with a light turnaround jumper to score the ball!
77:79!
The Knicks are two points ahead!
Then the Pacers served, and before they could dribble to the frontcourt, the time was up. Mark Jackson threw hard and threw out a three-way shot that crossed the half!
Costas shouted, "Ouch, the Knicks are overtaking the score!" In the final moments of the third quarter, they overtook the score! ”
Isaiah Thomas said: "Yes, it was the first time they had taken the lead in the game and they played well in this quarter! ”
Costas said: "Isaiah, why do you think the Knicks were able to overtake the score in this quarter? ”
Isaiah Thomas said: "First of all, their tactics have changed a lot. In the first half of the quarter, we saw Alan Houston's familiar mid-range shot, and in the second half, it was a three-point dance. In terms of three-point approach, they also have a few different routines, such as Charlie Ward's several large range of strong and weak side runs, which have an immeasurable impact on tearing apart the Pacers' defense......
The commentators are very realistic, the Pacers were leading at halftime, and the two of them were there to analyze why the Pacers were so strong, and now the Knicks chased the score back and overtook it, and the two immediately sided with the Knicks.
In fact, not only the commentary will be like this, but also the fans will be like this, competitive sports will always be a winner or a loser.
On the sidelines, Li Wei and Larry Bird glanced at each other.
The tactics of the two teams kept changing, and the score was staggered forward, which made both men feel sorry for each other.
It's a pity that they are enemies.
As the old saying goes, the people who know you best will always be your enemies.
Bird will no longer be naïve to think that Li Wei is a layman, and Li Wei also has a deeper understanding of the horror of this guy Bird!
In terms of physical condition, Bird is far inferior to many black players in the league, and he can be a three-time MVP and become the greatest small forward of all time, relying on his brain!
"David, I have to admit that you have improved a lot in recent times." Larry Bird said.
Li Weidao: "You are the same, you don't look like a new coach at all!" ”
Larry Bird said: "Haha, I'm different from you, I've been in this league for too many years, so you can't fight me, and your Knicks will definitely lose this game!" ”
Li Weidao: "If you can still play, maybe there is hope of beating us, now sitting on the sidelines in a suit, don't dream!" ”
"The only problem with you is that you're too confident, maybe you can beat a lot of teams, but you can't beat me. ”
Li Weidao: "Your father is still a father!" ”
The two teams rearranged their tactics, and the fierce fourth quarter began!
The Pacers attacked, they seemed to be running a common routine, everyone was blocking Chris Mullin, but in the end, their backup point guard Travis Best went straight to the basket!
Best, who is only 1.8 meters tall, was extremely fast and scored the ball lightly, 79:79, the two teams were tied!
The Knicks attacked, they ran a spin-off of the No. 53 tactic, and after a few hand passes, a long pass from the strong and weak side suddenly came, and Hornacek hit a three-point shot!
79:82!
The Pacers attacked, Jalen Rose ran out of the open space and hit a three-point jumper!
Big Ben grabs the defensive rebound, and the whole team is fast attacking!
The aging Hornacek had a very good chance, but unfortunately he ran too slowly and was slapped with a chasing hat by Jalen Rose, who came back to the defense!
Three minutes passed.
The Pacers' benches and the Knicks' benches were evenly matched, and the score was tied at 86-86!
Both teams switched to the main force almost at the same time!
The Knicks attacked, Garnett held the ball and went to the basket after two screens, and Dale Davis made up in time!
Garnett made a long pass to Houston in the bottom corner of the weak side, but unfortunately Houston didn't shoot!
The Pacers attacked, and Reggie Miller went around the cover at a 45-degree angle and also missed the ball!
86:88!
89:88!
89:91!
91:91!
The score is staggered forward again!
"Defend, defend, defend!" The audience shouted in unison.
As the remaining hours of the game get shorter and shorter, so does the madness of the fans at Madison Garden!
Costas said: "This game is getting more and more exciting, and the two teams don't give in to each other!" ”
Isiah Thomas said: "It's the No. 1 team in the East and the team that can win 17 in a row. I'm sure whoever wins this game will be worth the ticket price! ”