Chapter 120: The Belief in Winning
After being tricked by Lehi, Granger was a lot more cautious, don't look at him silent, he is actually a proud guy, but he doesn't have much ball possession in the Pacers, so he can't play with Lehi to the fullest. Pen | fun | pavilion www. biquge。 info
The Pacers continue to play the world with O'Neal Jr., and Lehi feels a little tired of playing like this inside, but it's a pity that no one can handle this guy in the Knicks.
Jasco Visius also hit two three-pointers to push the Knicks hard.
After Lehi hit Granger two balls, he didn't continue to reluctantly find the feeling of organization, and strengthened his aggressiveness, in this situation, he passed a few good balls to the inside, and now the Knicks have a good mid-range shot, even if they can't prevent O'Neal Jr., they can hit a few balls.
Through these balls, Lehi also has some opinions on the definition of organization, in fact, he does not need to be rigid, each player has the characteristics of each player, what he has to do is to integrate the method into his own reality.
At the end of the third quarter, the Knicks led by two points at 73:71.
Aside from Granger, the Pacers' current bench lineup doesn't have any outstanding characters, resulting in a longer period of time for them to play main.
In a crucial quarter, O'Neal Jr. still showed no signs of fatigue and was unstoppable on the inside.
At this time, the Knicks definitely wouldn't watch the opponent attack like this, and took a pinch attack without hesitation, but they didn't expect their Jamal Tinsley to stand up and start hitting consecutive shots.
Even if Larry Brown emphasizes the defense of the guard many times, the mistakes that those people should make will still be committed, defense is not the same as offense, it is not possible to rely on imagination, some players do not want to defend, and some are personal characteristics that make it difficult to improve defense.
Granger Lehi has already prevented him from having few chances, but this alone can't do it, the Pacers are not relying on Granger to score points now, even if Lehi keeps him clean, it doesn't mean much.
At this point, the only thing left is to attack.
The Knicks played a small lineup again, but unlike the previous games, there was no Nate Robinson in the backcourt, but Quentin Richardson.
With Jamal Tinsley fouling Marbury to the free-throw line, the Pacers' lead stretched to four points.
Lehi licked his lips as the sweat ran down with a hint of saltiness.
The Knicks can't go on a losing streak, and the reason why Marbury will be super with the head coach in the morning is also because of the impact of three consecutive losses, and they are going to enter the sequence of strong teams this season, and they must win this game.
"Guys, don't give them a shot, I'm going to absolutely stop them when they come in."
As soon as he finished speaking, Jamal Tinsley squeezed in past Marbury.
Just as Tinsley was about to score in his less regular way, Lehi suddenly appeared and slapped the basketball out.
Even though Tinsley came in and shot a bit of a streetball, the final goal was to put the ball in the basket, and Lehi was not affected by the attack.
Crawford got the ball and rushed quickly, dribbled behind the opponent's half court, accelerated and rushed inside to make a layup, which also had the flavor of street ball.
Granger sped from behind, also in a big hat.
Then the ball fell to Lehi, who picked up the ball and stepped forward to pick it into the basket, but Granger couldn't stop it on a second jump.
O'Neal Jr. was trapped, the Knicks' outside defense was wide again, and the Pacers' players broke through again, this time it was Jasco Waisius, who was extremely fast and about to make a layup.
Lehi jumped high again and slapped him in the face.
Lehi doesn't have much to do with that kind of big center on the inside, but he can play a good role in helping defenders who come in.
The Knicks can play a small lineup, and they can't do it without his defensive ability.
Channing Frye took the ball and handed it to Lehi, who made a long pass to Quentin Richardson who ran earlier, and Richardson held the ball to the three-point line and hit a three-point shot.
It made him feel a little bit like he was still with the Suns, but he only appeared occasionally with the Knicks, and he never got used to Larry Brown's tactics.
There were only 3 minutes left on the clock, and this is when the Knicks overtook again.
After the Pacers took a timeout, O'Neal Jr. received the ball and was passed to Crohill, who took advantage of the moment when Lehi wrapped O'Neal Jr. and turned around to hit 2 points.
Then in turn, Lehi received the ball with his back, turned neatly past Crohill, and used his best method to start by leaning on O'Neal Jr., who came up to make up the defense, and made the opponent's foul.
This time, O'Neal Jr. also fouled five times, and the Knicks' pile of fouls was too many to sit underneath, which had no effect on the situation on the court, and Lehi hit the free throw steadily, turning over by 1 point again.
The Pacers played the same tactic again, putting the ball in the hands of O'Neal Jr. first, Lehi went over to pinch it, and O'Neal Jr. passed the ball to Crohill again, this time Lehi turned more quickly, Crohill didn't have a chance to shoot, and passed to O'Neal Jr. again.
O'Neal Jr. leaned on Channing Frye this time, ignoring Lehi behind him, straightened his arm and put the ball directly into the basket.
The Knicks also called a timeout to allow the players on the court to catch their breath, and in the last few minutes of the game, everyone's nerves were tense, and it was the most physically exhausting time.
Serving in the half, the time was less than 1 minute, Marbury consumed the time, and when it was 7 seconds, Li Haihai came to cover, and Marbury stepped past the defender and pulled up a jumper.
When Marbury made a shot, Lehi rushed out, which is an old problem with Marbury, and the ball after the timeout in the final time will often be less powerful.
Lehi rushed straight to the bottom of the ball and jumped high, flicking the ball from O'Neal Jr.'s head to Crawford, who also rushed in.
Crawford got the ball and went straight to the basket without the slightest pause, O'Neal Jr., who had five fouls on his back, couldn't fully pounce, and Crawford scored a layup.
After another timeout, Tinsley seized the opportunity to hang O'Neal Jr. after returning to the court.
Lehi wouldn't let the other party do the same thing so easily, he had long guessed that the Pacers would play like this, this is the weakness of the target that is too obvious, and he firmly believes that the ball will not reach the hands of Krohill next to him at first, so when the opponent makes a move, he moves.
O'Neal Jr. leaned on Channing Frye and was about to receive the ball when Lehi's figure rushed past him and picked it up in the air.
Lehi rushed to the opponent's half, and then stopped, the time was less than 24 seconds, and the opponent could only foul after a few seconds of unsuccessful snatching.