Chapter 76: Outside Attack

Compared to the old and sturdy Reggie Miller, Lehi feels that the young and strong Stephen Jackson is the most troublesome figure on the outside of the Pacers. Pen, fun, pavilion www. biquge。 info

In fact, Stephen Jackson was the offensive and defensive core of the Pacers outside before Ron Artest's return, and one of Lehi's tasks was to limit him.

Of course, their biggest trouble is still O'Neill Jr., which is not a task that can be done alone.

From the start of the game, O'Neal Jr. caused problems for the Knicks' interior line, which was also expected, but Stephen Jackson didn't have much desire to attack.

Maybe it's because of the whole game with James yesterday, Stephen Jackson looks a little tired.

In fact, his offensive skills are comprehensive and diverse, although he is not at the top level, but he is also the type that can cause a lot of trouble for opponents, and he now focuses most of his energy on defense, and Lehi just saves energy.

Marbury didn't feel good when he came up, allowing the Pacers to take the lead with an inside-outside combination.

The 40-year-old Miller is still showing good competitive form.

"Boy, I'll crush you, do you know what crushing is." Stephen Jackson chattered, "Yesterday James was not convinced, and as a result, I could only keep hitting the iron in front of me, and you are the same, I think you like to break through and go to the right ......"

"Pretty much." Lehi received the ball, directly carried Jackson and pushed it inside.

Jackson stretched out his arm to pull the ball, but Lehi leaned against the opponent and forced a start, successfully creating a foul.

"It's useless even if you guess me, because you can't keep me anyway."

"Boy, you're dead, I promise you're dead."

In the interference of the other party's words, Lehi hit both penalties.

In defense, Lehi followed the opponent every step of the way, and Jackson was not in a hurry, just chattering in his mouth.

Lehi wasn't a person who was easily stimulated by words, so trash talk didn't do much for him, he received a pass from his teammates, made a single stance again, strode to Jackson's side, and passed the ball directly to the baseline, where Tim Thomas received the ball and completed the shot.

Tim Thomas plays the No. 4 position, the opponent's power forward can't defend it, and there are still certain opportunities to make a shot on offense, but the defense will suffer a lot.

It's a pity that his hit rate is not very stable, otherwise it would be a killer move.

After Lehi's side took the advantage, the Pacers' defense from the outside was clearly leaky, and Crawford seized the opportunity to hit two consecutive long-range two-pointers to tie the score.

On the Pacers' side, there is a lack of scoring points.

Jackson was forced to shoot a three-pointer against Lehi's defense, and after missing the shot, the Knicks organized a fast break, and Lehi made a layup to cause another foul on the opponent.

Now the Pacers' strongest point was brought off the break early, replaced by sophomore rookie James Jones, a tall shooter on the front line.

Lehi's physical fitness is the least afraid of this kind of tall pitcher who has no independent offensive ability, as long as he strengthens his defense and does not give them the opportunity to receive the ball easily, their threat will be greatly reduced.

Seeing that the Knicks were overtaking, the Pacers immediately let O'Neal Jr. go to the center position and replace Austin Crohill to increase the offensive power.

However, the Pacers flew to the away game back-to-back, and the players were not in very good shape, and Crohill also missed the shot after coming up, and in the Knicks' counterattack, Lehi hit a three-point shot directly.

So the Pacers could only pull away and let O'Neal Jr. play alone inside, and at the end of the first quarter, the Knicks led by three points at 27:24.

When it came time to rotate, two new signings, Malik Rose and Maurice Taylor, came in.

Morris Taylor's mediocre performance, but Marrick Rose came up and grabbed the frontcourt basket, and then grabbed the frontcourt rebounds several times to help the Knicks play a wave of 10-0 mini-climax.

At the end of the game, the Knicks were exactly 10 points ahead.

In the second half, O'Neal Jr. and Reggie Miller increased their shots again, intending to lead the team to catch up with the score.

On the Knicks' side, Marbury, who played half the game, eased up and launched a hurricane mode with the opponent.

Taking advantage of the fact that Stephen Jackson was not in great shape on the other side, Lehi found another opportunity to make two fouls on the opposing team, and sent people to the bench a little more than half a quarter.

Then it was much easier to play James Jones, although James Jones was very active defensively, but his physical fitness and experience were not as good as Stephen Jackson's, and the restrictions on Lehi were limited.

In the second-half rotation, the bench players on both sides didn't score much, and by the time the main team returned to the court, the Pacers were already trailing by 13 points.

O'Neal Jr. went to the break with five fouls on the inside.

However, the Pacers can't feel it on the outside, even if O'Neal Jr. hits all the Knicks inside, it's useless, the Knicks don't rely on the inside, and after playing hard, Crawford immediately hit a three-pointer, and O'Neal Jr. can only sigh.

There is not much time, and the Pacers have no chance of turning the tables around.

They stubbornly used foul tactics, but the Knicks' two guards plus Lehi's free throws were good, and the Pacers didn't have any chances at all.

At 90:79, the Knicks dominated from start to finish, turning a team's interior with a strong interior into an ornament for the first time.

After negotiating with the team to become the main player, being able to win consecutive victories made Li Hai breathe a sigh of relief and made him more confident.

The regular season continues, and on February 28 they welcome the Lakers at home.

After trading O'Neal, Phil Jackson also stepped down from the head coach position, and compared with last season, there is only one familiar face left in the main position, that is, "Peter Pan" Kobe Bryant, who is now the only king of the Lakers.

Unlike before, the current Lakers team is mainly on the outside, and the main point of attack on the inside, "left-handed magic" Ramar Odom, is often pulled outside, the team's offense is acceptable, but the defense is average.

Speaking of which, this season's Lakers are somewhat similar to the current Knicks, they are also flexible and fast, and even the team's record is similar, hovering on the edge of the top eight.

Kobe Bryant has gone from a Finals-caliber team to a playoff team, and is battling it out with Allen Iverson on the scoring charts.

Two teams that needed to win came together, and they were all in full swing.

The Lakers shot the mid-range in the first attack on Kobe, and Marbury on the Knicks' side also chose the mid-range, but it ended with an iron.

During this time, Crawford was not so crazy to shoot, Marbury became the Knicks' first blacksmith, and the Knicks still felt unstable.