Chapter 556: Fast Attack Showdown!
This is a result that no one expected!
The Cavaliers are considered the strongest team in the East, and they actually trailed the Knicks by so many points in the first quarter! This is simply incredible, the Knights' defense was completely broken by the Knicks, the Knicks seemed to be flying everyone, the Knights couldn't stop it at all, and the person who manipulated all this was Xie Chen!
"God, I can't believe the Knicks can lead the Cavaliers by that many points! The strength they showed in the first quarter felt stronger than the Warriors and Spurs! ”
The Knicks played the most perfect first quarter since the playoffs, facing the strongest opponent in the East, the Cavaliers, which gave everyone a new understanding of the Knicks team, most of the time, everyone always thinks that the Knicks' strength is not as good as other strong teams, especially that the Knicks do not have strong scoring points except for Xie Chen and Anthony, but today's game, Derrick Williams made everyone's eyes shine, and his performance is superstar-level.
Coupled with Derek Williams' flamboyant braided hairstyle, he gained more attention and fans.
The performance of the New York Knicks in the first quarter also stunned the entire Spurs team.
Veteran Tim Duncan touched his thigh and exclaimed, "It's too fast, they're too fast!" As soon as he gets the rebound in the backcourt, Xie will rush to the frontcourt as quickly as if he has a booster on his body, and his speed seems to be faster than Westbrook, and Derrick Williams, who is also advancing so fast. ”
Xie Chen and Williams' fast speed shocked Duncan, for veterans, speed is one of their major weaknesses, that is, if the opponent is replaced by them, when Xie Chen attacks their basket like this. Whether it was Duncan or Aldridge, it was impossible to keep up with Xie Chen's footsteps, so he could only watch and score.
Spurs have too many veterans and not many players who are too physically gifted, and even Leonard is not particularly fast. In the regular season, the Spurs lost to opponents such as the Thunder and Suns because of the opponent's fast break, so they had to worry about meeting the Knicks, the Thunder had two less, but now, the Knicks also had two less, not Xie Chen and Anthony, but Xie Chen and Derrick Williams.
LeBron James, who was sitting on the bench, was very unhappy and had just won the first game. I originally wanted to continue to win the second game tonight with full firepower, and he had no problem playing, but he didn't expect that the Knicks would play the league's top fast attack, and Xie Chen scored no matter how many points he scored, but it made Derrick Williams a big showman, scoring two 2+1s in a row, and also playing a pass that didn't look at people. Assisted Ray Allen for a three-pointer.
Every shot Ray Allen made James uncomfortable, because Ray Allen was supposed to be James' man. These points should have been earned for him.
While wiping his face with a towel, James looked at Derrick Williams in the opposite player box, and thought to himself: "I remember that this guy dunked very strongly, but the speed, in my memory, was not so fast before." Since Shea joined the Knicks, Williams' speed and explosiveness seem to have increased compared to before. ”
James is right, Williams has really changed a lot this season, especially the speed, faster than before. And he also lost weight, but it didn't seem obvious, and the reason why Williams did all this was to cooperate with Xie Chen.
Fisher looked at Xie Chen and Williams, and felt comforted in his heart, Xie Chen and Williams both joined the New York Knicks this season, Fisher would never have thought that these two people would be combined to have such power.
Anthony didn't score much in the first quarter, and the scenes were all snatched up by Xie Chen and Williams, but Anthony was very happy, patted Williams on the shoulder and encouraged: "Good job, keep doing this." ”
Williams dared to be proud in front of Anthony, for fear that he would steal the limelight from Anthony, and said timidly: "Boss......"
Anthony saw Williams' mood and said: "You are seven years younger than me, your speed and explosiveness are impossible to have now, the team needs you, you need to take that responsibility. ”
Before you know it, the Knicks are becoming more and more like a unit, and in Game 2 of the Eastern Conference Finals, everyone seems to be coming together.
However, it is not a good signal that the "weak team" is ahead of the "strong team" by so many points, and they must always be on guard against the counterattack of the "strong team", which is quite terrifying once it starts.
At the beginning of the second quarter, Kyrie Irving led the team to chase the score, while Anthony and Porzingis were also on the court to stabilize the morale of the army, ready to deal with the rebound of the Cavaliers' second team.
As soon as the Cavaliers scored, the Knicks responded immediately, and after a few minutes, the Cavaliers still trailed the Knicks by double digits.
James, can't wait!
James, Xie Chen, and Williams played at the same time, and a big showdown is about to start again!
James is eager to win, he doesn't want the team to be in a backward situation, in most people's eyes, the Knicks played crazy in the first quarter, and the Cavaliers were a little confused, but in the second quarter, the situation will slowly return to normal, and many people feel that the Knicks should not be able to withstand the Cavaliers' counterattack, and the score will be chased close in this quarter.
Sure enough, not long after James came on the court, he used the Knicks' fast-break tactics in the previous quarter to fight back the opponent fiercely.
JR Smith completed the steal, he and James immediately fastened, JR Smith is also 31 years old, the advance speed is not too fast, and he did not get rid of Xie Chen's defense, Xie Chen is confident that as long as JR dares to make a layup, he will cap him, but Xie Chen is worried about James who is following behind.
Derrick Williams also kept following James step by step, the duel between the two, in the previous analysis of everyone, it was believed that Williams was younger than James and should have an advantage in speed, but after the real matchup, it was found that it was not the case at all, Williams was always difficult to keep up with James, and his reaction was always a beat slower than James.
This shows James' agility and explosiveness. His physical condition is not at all inferior to last year.
Approaching the basket, JR Smith, who was holding the ball, knew that Xie Chen would definitely be able to cover his ball, and he didn't want to go to the basket at all, he jumped up and threw it high and backwards, giving James an aerial relay.
JR Smith jumped, Xie Chen couldn't help it. He could only follow the jump, although he knew that JR wanted to pass to James in the back, but he couldn't do anything about it, and could only hope that Williams in the back could stop James from scoring this goal.
In fact, JR Smith's pass was not good, and Xie Chen's defense was too threatening. JR Smith's pass made James very uncomfortable.
However, the difficult pass made it more difficult for Williams to stop James, James reached the ball with one hand, almost jumped to the highest position, and Williams was a step late and definitely couldn't stop James, and Williams played very excited throughout the first quarter, and now this excitement has not passed, so I thought about stopping James from scoring, but I didn't expect it to be self-defeating. The hand hit James's arm, which was a standard foul action, and the referee was ready to blow the whistle, but unfortunately, the thug did not seem to have any effect on James' next dunk.
Xie Chen had already landed, turned around to see how James completed the goal, only to see James in an extremely uncomfortable posture. Lean back and dunk the ball into the basket!
The scene quickly boiled! It's still a 2+1!
"Slam back for a dunk! This kind of dunk is what James can do! ”
"JR Smith didn't pass the ball well, but James was able to finish it perfectly. He's still at his peak! ”
At this time, James himself roared excitedly, screaming loudly, while lighting up the muscles of his right arm, and slapping with his left hand, as if showing off his provocation to Derrick Williams.
"James is really in good shape." Xie Chen also realized James's competitive state from this ball. It would be foolish to say that James is old, he is still at his peak, and it is even more difficult to deal with than in the past.
The Knicks' fast-break duo has Xie Chen and Derrick Williams, both of whom can dunk. The Cavaliers' fast-break duo includes James and J.R. Smith, who are no slunks compared to the former.
Speaking of JR Smith's dunk, Xie Chen's teammate Carmelo Anthony should be the most impressive, Anthony and JR Smith are teammates in the Nuggets, and then they are still teammates in the New York Knicks, it can be said that Anthony has witnessed JR Smith's exciting dunk in his career.
JR Smith's body is vigorous, and his personality is violent, he looks like a ruffian who doesn't accept anyone, and he has a special taste when he dunks the basket, Xie Chen's favorite JR Smith dunk action is, after jumping, put the ball on his waist with both hands, swing it slightly to the right, and then lift his hands to dunk, this action is very chic.
And JR Smith quickly used this dunk action in front of Xie Chen's eyes, this time, it was James who held the ball and broke fast, Williams alone would definitely not be able to withstand James, Xie Chen had to go over to help, James didn't want to be chased by Xie Chen behind him, so he found JR Smith, and then Smith completed a dunk like that.
In terms of the ability to score on the fast break, the Cavaliers are not afraid of the Knicks, in addition to James and JR Smith, Kyrie Irving can also participate at any time, his speed and various layup abilities are also something that the Knicks alone cannot defend.
With James and J.R. Smith playing together, the Cavaliers quickly chased the score to just five points.
This only five-point advantage seems insignificant to both Cavaliers fans and Knicks fans, and with the Cavaliers' strong strength, chasing these five points is simply a matter of minutes, and everyone feels that chasing from 15 points behind to 5 points is a matter of course.
But Xie Chen didn't think so.
"Why do we have to fall behind? Why can't we lead by double digits? No, I'm going to keep getting the margin back above 10 points! After being chased by James again and again, Xie Chen was very uncomfortable.
The stubborn Xie Chen wanted to use a three-pointer to quickly increase the score, but he was unlucky, this time the three-pointer was not shot, and the Cavaliers' protection of defensive rebounds was very good, and there was almost no hope of Lopez or Anthony grabbing it.
According to the law of these two quarters, as long as one side does not score, and the other side gets the rebound, the side that gets the ball must advance as fast as possible.
When James received the ball, he rushed forward with all his strength as soon as possible, as if he had become a big Wei Shao.
Xie Chen can't let James rush up so unscrupulously again, James is fast, and when he dribbles the ball for the first time, Xie Chen boldly stepped forward, using Chris Paul's steal skills to break James's dribble with a very low center of gravity!
"Oops!" The James people had already rushed over, but found that the ball had been cut off by Xie Chen!
Speaking of which, James was still in too much of a hurry to play the fast break, he didn't notice the defensive situation in front of him at all, and just wanted to dribble the ball to the front court as soon as possible.
Mozgov, the big center of the Cavaliers, wanted to run to the front court, but when he saw that the ball was broken by Xie Chen, he quickly retreated and stood firmly under the basket.
I saw that after Xie Chen broke James's ball, he didn't stop, went straight to the basket, and flew up!
Bang!
Xie Chen rode on Mozgov's body, and his hands were clasped violently!
"Hands! Oh my God, it's hands! ”
The audience was full of shocked looks, and Kate Upton was so shocked that she couldn't even scream.
A violent face buckle was awarded to Mozgov.
The Knicks bench was another celebratory scene, and the veterans of Ci Shiping and Odom also made funny expressions.
Xie Chen and Mozgov played too many times last year, and in each of the seven series with the Cavaliers, Mozgov was there, but at that time, Xie Chen only had Zach LaVine's dunk ability, and he didn't have Vince Carter's, so he didn't dare to rush in to have a physical confrontation with him, but now, with Carter's and even O'Neal's dunk ability, the restricted area is no longer a "forbidden area" for him.
Mozgov has not been in as good shape this season as he was last season, suffering from a knee injury and having undergone arthroscopic surgery on his right knee earlier, he has not yet recovered to his best.
After this ball, James took the initiative to step forward and slapped Mozgov and took the initiative to take responsibility: "This ball blames me." ”
James was furious, broke his ball, and then went to bully a teammate with a knee injury, and James had to pay the favor for what Xie Chen did.
The next time the Knicks missed the shot, or didn't know that the shot was missed, James had already started running, and after Lefu grabbed the rebound, he immediately heard James's call, and another big long pass was made to James, James ran at high speed, Xie Chen couldn't keep up, and then, James abused the basket again.
The narrator was saying at this time: "Everyone has been running since the beginning, and they really don't care about the physical exertion!" (To be continued.) )