Chapter 37 [Meteor Garden]
The New York Knicks suck, and it's no wonder Isaiah Thomas.
Last season, the Knicks brought in Larry Brown as head coach, and he could turn the Pistons into a division of steel, but the failure to teach the Knicks to defend was clearly a problem with the players. It's a team of lazy, unteamed problem players who are hard to change regardless of the coach, and the Knicks' already problematic roster is even more fragile after the injuries to David Lee and Crawford.
19-2, this is the home of the Knicks, it's too ugly.
Thomas could only ask for a timeout again.
He added the impact by bringing on Nate Robinson, playing man-to-man when defending, waiving Yao Ming and allowing Eddie Curry to go around the front.
"The main attack on Alstom, Channing (Fry) blocks and dismantles, and if the breakthrough fails, return the ball to Channing to shoot." Thomas said.
Thomas used to be a super point guard, and it can be seen that the Rockets are tightly defensive, Quentin Richardson is entangled by Battier, Frye is pushed by Hayes and can't get into the three-second zone, Curry is not easy to play with his nemesis Yao Ming, and their only defense is the guard position.
After the substitution, the Knicks stepped up their offense and started scoring. However, their defence has not been able to improve in any way.
Defending around the front is a good way to deal with Yao Ming, but it also depends on who defends. Want Eddie Curry to go around the front defense? When it comes to defense, Curry has never paid much attention. He occasionally has an earth-shattering cauldron, which is used to confuse pseudo-fans who only watch highlights and not games. Having a huge body but not knowing how to move your feet to occupy a favorable position is the essence of Curry.
When Hayes easily grabbed a frontcourt rebound and scored on the second offense, Alan Houston, one of the Knicks' on-site commentators and retired "mid-range king", said helplessly: "Curry is too lazy." Once again, he watched Hayes, who was a head shorter than him and one size smaller, win the rebound, and watched the opponent shoot an easy two-pointer...... He can't grab rebounds with his height and weight! ”
Alan Houston's words must have spoken to the hearts of many fans, and Curry's style of play is simply an insult to his height.
Nate Robinson hit a three-pointer and the Knicks were determined to focus on Alston a little.
Alston dribbled across the half court and handed it to Maddy, who borrowed Hayes to block and break through, attracted the defense and then handed it to Battier, who hit another three-pointer in the bottom right corner.
After a while, Hayes squeezed a few more inside lines to hand the ball to Alston on the outside, and Alston jumped up one meter outside the three-point line to shoot and scored.
The Rockets hit back-to-back three-pointers, and the blow to the Knicks' morale was fatal.
After this goal, the atmosphere on the sidelines also changed subtly, and some home fans turned against each other and began to applaud the Rockets. As the most expensive team, it is not easy for the Knicks to rot to this extent.
At the end of the first quarter, the Rockets were 44-21 with a 23-point lead. Their three-point shots were even more terrifying 8-of-11, and all the starters hit three-pointers except for Yao Ming.
"Play well, keep playing on the outside, shoot threes." Jeff Van Gundy laughed.
Although the game was only played for one quarter, everyone knew that the Rockets had won.
It is not terrible to be backward, but it is terrible not to have the slightest sense of initiative. The Knicks couldn't organize any effective tactics, and everyone on the court played their own game. Their two star guards, Marbury scored 2 points on 1-of-5 shooting, Francis missed a point on 0-of-3 shooting, and the best performance was the small dunk king who came off the bench, Nate Robinson.
"Coach, I suggest that Yao Ming also pull out and shoot three points, he often throws in during training, don't hide it all the time if you have a trick." Hayes looked at Yao Ming and said with a smile.
The players are talking and laughing, and now the Rockets don't discuss tactics during their breaks, they are chatting.
"So I really voted in the second quarter? You go in and grab a rebound for me! Yao Ming said with a smile. He has only made two three-pointers in his career. With so many leads, if you continue to play in this state, he won't have to go on eighty percent in the second half, and it's not bad if you try to shoot two three-pointers. In training, he practices a lot, but he doesn't use it easily in competitions.
As the saying goes, "the artist is bold", Yao Ming's courage is bigger, and Jeff Van Gundy's courage is getting bigger and bigger. In the previous two seasons, he would have been screaming at this suggestion. But now, he found the suggestion interesting and entirely feasible. Besides, the Rockets are too far ahead, so there's really no pressure.
"Okay, Yao Ming, you go up to block and dismantle, Tracy (Maddie) is responsible for breaking through, when the ball is given to you, you can shoot the three-point shot if there is a vacant opportunity. Chuck goes inside to play. Jeff Van Gundy laughs.
During the break, Alan Houston lamented, "The Rockets' three-point offense today was like a meteor shower, and every player was more accurate than I was in my prime. It's not a defensive problem with the Knicks, the Rockets weren't quite on track today. ”
And that's just the beginning. When Yao Ming shot a three-pointer in the second quarter, the fans were shocked, and the game was destined to go down in history as a legend for Madison Square Garden.
Yao Ming made a block for Maddie, and Maddie immediately handed the ball back to Yao Ming after breaking through. Yao Ming took a look outside the three-point line, shot, and hit the first shot.
The Knicks are petrified en masse.
Alan Houston's mouth was crooked, his eyes widened, and he said sadly: "The Rockets look down on the Knicks too much, even Yao Ming pulled out to shoot three points, and actually went in." If this is a tactic they devise, it is infuriating. ”
After playing for two minutes, the Rockets replaced Yao Ming and Maddy, and replaced the most accurate three-point shooters, Novak and Hyde, and all five people on the court were shooters.
Hayes didn't play hard, and used inside and outside to continuously distribute the ball to the outside, and he only grabbed rebounds. The four shooters were constantly running for opportunities, taking turns firing. Hyde quickly got his chance to shoot and hit a three-pointer, and Novak was not to be outdone, hitting two in a row.
Azubuike also hit a three-point shot on the fast break after coming on as a substitute for Battier, and the Rockets blossomed across the board.
In the case of a large lead, the players are becoming more and more relaxed, and they tend to shoot more accurately in a relaxed state.
Hayes stayed on the court as a center and played the entire quarter as he became a blue-collar player, picking up rebound after rebound. The best performer in the quarter was Novak, who shot 4-of-5 from three-point range.
The Rockets made seven more three-pointers in the second quarter. He led the Knicks by 24 points at halftime. Although the home team is still behind by a large score, some fans who like to watch miracles are very excited and feel that they have not come to watch the game in vain.
The NBA's single-game three-point record is 22, and the Rockets shot 15 in the half, and they are likely to break the three-point shooting record.
In the second half, the Rockets did not disappoint the defective fans, marched towards the "legend", and continued to rage on the outside, Hayes went to rest, Yao Ming first turned around at a 45-degree angle and hit a jumper, and then pulled to the perimeter to shoot a three-pointer.
Alan Houston yelled into the microphone: "I think I should pull this big monster Rocket to the laboratory to study it, it's going to be hung up today, right?" Yao Ming is dying! ”
Of course, it is not Yao Ming who hangs up, but the Knicks carry forward the humanitarian spirit and treat the NBA regular season as an exhibition game.
Nate Robinson and Quentin Richardson teamed up to storm the Rockets' defense. However, they were never able to keep the score close.
Hayes returned to the court after less than five minutes of rest to replace the average-feeling Padgett as a small forward. He hit another three-pointer with Yao Ming's pick-and-roll and assisted Novak on a three-pointer.
Yao Ming was replaced after hitting his third 3-pointer of the game, and he shot 3 of 5 from the outside, and he was surprised, and he smiled after sitting down.
The fourth quarter became garbage time, with both sides switching to their main players.
The Rockets' five benches were on the run, with Bunch Wells leading the way and Novak at center.
After falling behind by a big score, Alan Houston couldn't get angry, he looked at the statistics and said with a wry smile: "It's really an incredible game." The Rockets are all bench now, and the coordination is not smooth at all, but it is still very accurate. Oh, rookie Novak hit another three-pointer, 6-of-8, he's Larry Bird, Battier is Reggie Miller today, we also saw the Maddie who moved God to cry, Wells also hit a couple of threes. Chuck Hayes...... My God, what is it? 18 assists? If it weren't for the fact that he grabbed 18 rebounds, I'm afraid people would think he was playing point guard...... As for Yao Ming, I don't know how to evaluate it. He's like an alien today, the kind from the planet Seybertern, and he can turn into a truck and drive back to Houston by himself when he gets out. ”
The Knicks only kept Nate Robinson to score points on the court, and Marrick Rose, Jared Jeffries, Jerome James, and Marty Collins, four high-paid incompetent guys, rushed to grab rebounds.
The Rockets bench still shot three-pointers and gave up on the interior entirely.
The two teams played a terrifying high score. The Rockets beat the Knicks 157-113, setting a new season scoring record set by the Grizzlies.
With less emphasis on defense, the Knicks also scored high in the second half. Today's biggest "data brush" Nate Robinson scored a career-high 47 points, and without that classic block against Yao Ming, God compensated him in other ways.
Hayes was named the best again, scoring the fewest of the starting five, but he had his second triple-double of the season, playing 36 minutes and shooting 4-of-7 from the field, 2-of-4 from three-point range and 1-of-2 from the free-throw line, finishing with 11 points, 18 rebounds, 18 assists and one steal.
In three-point shooting, Yao Ming was 3-of-5, Maddie was 5-of-8, Azubuuk was 1-of-2, Novak was 6-of-9, Hyde was 2-of-4, Battier was 4-of-6, Alston was 2-of-4, Wells was 2-of-4, and Padgett was 1-of-3.
The Rockets made 29 of 48 three-pointers in the game, setting a number of records. The team's single-game scoring record, NBA's all-time single-game three-point record, (7 in one break), Hayes' personal single-game assist record, and so on...... The Rockets have not had a player reach 18 assists in a single game in 10 years, and this achievement was actually obtained by Hayes, who played most of the center in the half, which made people very speechless. It can be seen how accurate their outside line is.
After the game, Hayes took a shower, and before he even entered the press conference field, he was surrounded by a group of reporters, with long guns and short guns on board, crackling wildly, and even his shoes were on top of the camera.
"Mr. Chuck Hayes, you got another big triple-double today, what is your goal?"
"Mr. Hayes, you've been playing better and better lately, do you have any tips for staying in shape?"
"You've had three consecutive double-doubles in rebounding, is there any secret drilling? Where do you fit in the team now? ”
"Your contract expires next year, and half of the teams in the league have vaguely expressed their desire for you to join, will you stay with the Rockets next year? If the Knicks make a salary cap offer, would you be willing to come to Garden Square? ”
Faced with one question after another, Hayes answered simply, his heart was full of pride, he became more and more confident, and he no longer had any dissatisfaction with becoming Hayes.
Blackness is not a problem, looks are not a problem, what matters is glory!
I'm a talented man! That's right, that's the life I want!
I'm going to be a superstar!
I'm going to get stronger and stronger!
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