Chapter 140: Talent Suppression

The Nets and the Knicks are two teams, and if you compare the main lineups, it is estimated that they are comparable, but the Knicks' bench bandits are obviously stronger than the Nets. Pen, fun, and www.biquge.info

In addition to starting Francis, Channing Frye also mentioned the starting position.

Traded to Francis, in fact, the Knicks did not pay any substantial combat power, so in the case of more firepower, Channing Frye's firepower becomes a starter, whether to worry about the team's offense being interrupted.

When Francis joins, he will immediately take on some of the responsibilities of the organization, so it will be more difficult than Jalen Rose to integrate into the team.

The first quarter of the game was like that, because of unfamiliar reasons, Francis was slow to get into the groove, and because he wanted to play two fouls, the Knicks also started to fall behind.

The situation only got better when things got better in the rotation, the Nets really didn't have a bench, and it was difficult for Kidd, Richard Jefferson and Carter to step up without a three-person match, at most plus an inside Kostic, but also a starter.

Both sides had their own problems, but it was clear that the Knicks were in trouble and they went into the fourth quarter with double-digit deficits.

In the last quarter, Serbian Kostic hit consecutive shots, seeing that the Knicks were about to collapse, Lehi couldn't help it, obviously their lineup was stronger, why couldn't they integrate well.

"Guys, we'll have a lot of time to practice the lineup in the future, so let's take this game first, in fact, we can beat most of our opponents just by our individual ability."

Lehi's words are obviously a little unconvincing with the philosophy of head coach Larry Brown, but at this time Larry Brown did not stop him, the Knicks are now a lot of young people, and some of the veteran players are new signings, and they need to be enthusiastic.

The Knicks have the most expensive backcourt in the league, more than 30 million, three quasi-10 million, three of whom have started in the All-Star, and just fighting for talent can blow up all teams in the league.

At the critical moment, the Knicks still chose a routine that slowly formed this season, letting Lehi distribute the ball.

After a timeout, Lehi squeezed past Richard Jefferson for his fifth foul, and then he hit Jefferson with his back, drawing full attention and passing the ball to Francis from beyond the three-point line, who hit his first three-pointer to the Knicks.

In just a moment, the atmosphere on the court changed, this is the home court of the Knicks, and as long as they are together, it will be like a tide.

The Nets saw that the situation was not good and called a timeout, but they were not able to stop the Knicks' offense, and it was difficult to limit the breakaway shots of Lehi, Marbury and Francis.

With six minutes left in the game, Lehi took the ball with his back, sat inside twice, and passed to Marbury on the other side, who hit the ground to Eddie Curry, who squeezed and raised his hand to make Kostic graduate with six fouls.

In fact, as long as you play well, at least on the offensive end, Eddie Curry is an All-Star level.

Without Kostic, the Nets' tactics would not be so complete, and Carter and Jefferson immediately learned from the Knicks and began to kill inside with their heads covered.

With just four minutes left in the game, the Knicks played very well today, with Channing Frye, who had already scored 20 points, committing six fouls.

The Knicks simply brought Crawford up again, let Lehi go to the power forward position, and put on the strongest offensive mode.

With three minutes left in the game, the Nets still led by four points, and it was time for the two sides to fight bayonets.

The Knicks' current defense is to block and dismantle and rotate, focusing on Jefferson and Carter, because of the position, the Knicks are also trying to strengthen the team defense, Lehi does not stare at the opponent's arrows, but focuses on assisting defense, and for the opposing players who do not have enough offensive power, they will give a certain amount of offensive space.

In the end, Kidd had no choice but to shoot himself, and the shot ended with an iron.

The Knicks' offense was launched from Lehi's side, and he is now the team's No. 4 position, because the opponent is a real inside, Lehi does not receive the ball in the low post, and takes the ball outside the three-point line, and breaks directly through the front.

Nets center Jason Collins sat under the basket and shrunk defensively when someone broke through, but they clearly underestimated Lehi's ability, and Clifford Robinson, who came off the bench, couldn't keep up with Lehi at all, and Lehi changed direction and killed the basket and successfully created a foul.

After hitting both free throws, the gap between the two sides was only 2 points.

The Nets also broke through like this before, but Lehi's move was not good after the inside, Lehi's reflexes are not comparable to other interior players, whether it is Jefferson or Carter, if he faces Lehi after the breakthrough, he can only choose to stop the jump shot, and if he is interfered with, it will be iron.

Carter broke through with the ball and was blocked by the two, he had to pass the ball to Jefferson, Jefferson saw that there was not much time, chose to pull up the jumper, the ball bounced on the basket and fell into the basket, and the Nets' lead became 4 points again.

But then Lehi broke through to attract the defense and split the ball to the weak side, and Jalen Rose hit a three-pointer, and the two-point gap was suddenly shortened to 1 point.

The Nets' offense, Kidd passed the ball to Carter again, Carter did not let the ball stop in his hands, and directly stuffed it to Jefferson who slipped over from the baseline.

Jefferson received the ball and rolled over for a jumper, but Lehi was quick to block Crawford.

Jefferson hit a shot, and Crawford got the rebound and went fast.

Crawford met the Nets defender and directly distributed the ball in his hand to Lehi, who was fast on the side, Lehi hit the bottom line, flicked his long arm, and stuffed the ball directly from the side of the defender to Francis, who was fast on the other side, Francis scored a layup, and the Knicks finally overtook with 1 minute left in the game.

The Nets rushed to a timeout, and after resuming the game, Carter ran for a three-point opportunity, but unfortunately missed the shot.

The Knicks controlled the time, and Marbury tried a three-pointer near the end of offensive time, but also missed.

The time shown on the timer allowed only one offense, and the Nets asked for another timeout.

After a timeout, Kidd's mid-line serve, Carter and Jefferson were stared at by Knicks' teammates, and Clifford Robinson stepped forward to receive the ball and then deal with Kidd, which is also one of the Nets' common routines.

Just as the ball was being released, Robinson only felt Lehi squeeze forward with a sharp force, and he couldn't stop Lehi.

Lehi cut the ball directly to the frontcourt, and it took seven or eight seconds to turn around before being caught up by the Nets players for a foul. (To be continued.) )