Chapter 45: The Condor Heroes
In the first two meetings with the Atlanta Hawks, the Knicks lost miserably, so the Knicks seem to be branded as a defeat for the Hawks, which makes Anthony, the star of the Knicks, extremely unhappy, but there is no way, basketball is a five-person sport, and he can't control the game by himself. Pen ~ fun ~ pavilion www.biquge.info
When he lost to the Hawks for the first time, Wang Zhuo thought of a way to restrain the Hawks, and he also played a short-term effect in the last game, but he didn't expect the Hawks' three hawks to break out at the same time, especially in the second half of the third quarter, the Hawks suddenly made a force, caught the Knicks off guard, opened the point difference, and won the game in one fell swoop.
Budenholzer is an excellent coach, and his coaching ability is undoubted, especially in this game, he gave up the main attack Kyle Korver, played an inside and outside combination, and let the ball continue to pass in the hands of Jeff Teague and Al Horford and Paul Millsap, and Korver responded, running without the ball in an "S" shape between the two bottom corners, completely tearing apart the Knicks' paperwork defense.
Wang Zhuo also made a strategy to deal with it, but the tactics need to be executed by the players, not to mention that the Eagles have already played with momentum, and the three eagles are even more firepower, unstoppable, Rao is Wang Zhuo tried his best, and in the end he could only swallow the defeat.
According to the schedule of the regular season, the Knicks will also play the Hawks again at home and away on New Year's Day and the third day after New Year's Day.
Wang Zhuo's tactical strategy remains the same, using a sharp knife to smash the Eagles' defensive system, opening a gap in it, and then eating away at it step by step, and finally completely destroying it.
Carmelo Anthony is definitely up to the task, but anyone can think of such an arrangement, it is easy to be targeted by the other side, and the overall strength of the Eagles is already superior, once the tactics are targeted, it is only a matter of time before the gun surrenders.
Therefore, Wang Zhuo decided to switch a strategy and let Afflaro act as a surprise soldier to break through the Hawks' defense, liberate Anthony at the same time, and also lead Budenholzer into a tactical misunderstanding.
Afflaro not only shoots accurately, but also has a variety of offensive means, but also has a certain defensive ability, in today's era of withering shooting guards, Afflaro can be said to be one of the few top players in the second position, but due to the influence of the times, Afflaro is a player who is easy to be ignored or even taken seriously.
Wang Zhuo understands that there is a certain risk in tactics, if Afralo does not feel good and is in poor shape, it will make the Knicks fall into a passive situation, but Wang Zhuo has his own ideas, Afralo's leading offense will force Kyle Korver to put more energy on defense, which will inevitably affect his performance on the offensive end, and greatly reduce the threat of the Hawks' three-point shot.
Sure enough, on New Year's Day, when the Knicks faced the Hawks at Madison Square Garden Arena, Afralo quickly got into the groove as soon as he got on the court, taking the lead in opening the situation with accurate mid-range shots, and officially announcing to fans and opponents that he was the protagonist of the game.
In the face of Afflaro's hot hand, Budenholzer sensed that the situation was not good, called a timeout and sent Saab Sefrosa, the second-position defensive sharpshooter, to defend Afflaro, and promoted Kyle Korver to the small forward position, allowing him to be more involved in the attack.
Budenholzer's idea was right, but he didn't expect that Afflaro was completely unstoppable, and even Sefrosa, a defensive giant, couldn't stop Afflaro's offensive firepower at all, and could only watch him frequently hit long-range shots outside the three-point line.
It wasn't until the Hawks had no choice but to extend their defense to the three-point line, which also made their luxurious interior duo have to stay away from the basket, and the Knicks seized this opportunity to constantly attack the interior, and at the same time, the firepower outside the three-point line remained unabated, and Porzingis and Calderon kept adding firepower to the Knicks.
The Hawks have been completely stunned, compressing the defense, the Knicks' three-point shooting is like pouring rain, spreading defense, not only the three-point defense, but even the interior line is in crisis, and the bench group led by Jerry Grant and Derrick Williams continues to impact the Hawks' restricted area.
Although the Knicks still can't defend against the Hawks' offense, the ultimate meaning of running and shooting is to give up defense and only fight offense, so once the Hawks' defense is breached, then they will face a steady stream of attacks.
In the end, the Knicks shot down the Hawks with a score of 111-97 with a strong suppression on the offensive end, completing the revenge of the first battle and completely destroying the Hawks' desire to sweep the Knicks.
Afflaro shot 14-of-17, 7-of-8 from three-point range and 3-of-4 from the free-throw line, declaring him the king of the game with an efficient 38 points, and also confirming the feasibility of Wang's tactical hypothesis.
Winning the first game of the Hawks, all the Knicks players were greatly encouraged and vowed to take another city to sweep away the Hawk phobia within the team.
After a day of training and rest for the whole team, they went to Phillips Arena to play the Hawks again, and because of the experience of shooting down the Hawks in the last game, the Knicks continued to focus on Afflaro in the opening game, and Budenholzer learned the lesson of the last defeat, and sent Sefrosha to stare at Afflaro in the opening game.
Wang Zhuo had long expected that Budenholzer would focus on taking care of Afflaro, so the opening game of Afflaro was just a smokescreen, he changed the offensive core, changed Anthony as the offensive hub, and beat Kyle Korver, and spent more time ambushing Afflaro outside the three-point line and waiting for an opportunity to release the cold arrow.
Korver really has a big head, he was beaten by whoever caught him, and he even had the desire to rush to the Knicks bench and beat Fisher, but he didn't expect that all this was completely due to the Knicks' tactical assistant coach Wang Zhuo.
What's more beneficial for the Knicks is that Porzingis is hot in this game, frequently tearing apart the Hawks' defense with his accurate jumpers.
Affected by the loss in the last game, the Hawks did not dare to spread the defense line too much, but the bad thing is that they are afraid of something, the Knicks rained three points on the court, and in this game, all the players of the Knicks have become the king of mid-range shots, and even Afflalo, who was 7 of 8 three-pointers in the game, also changed his offensive strategy, and ended the offense more with mid-range shots, just coldly launched a few cold arrows on the outside.
In the end, the Knicks scored 65 points in a three-star streak, Afralo, Anthony and Porzingis combined for 65 points, and the Knicks shot down the Hawks again, and finally completed a double kill against the Hawks in two games in three days, and Afraro became a veritable Condor hero.