Chapter 129: For the sake of teammates
The Atlanta Hawks, the Knicks' next opponent to face at home. Pen | fun | pavilion www. biquge。 info
It's not been a year or two since the Eagles' record was rotten, they gave up early last year, and they also cultivated some rookies on the team, and they also did some work in the previous summer.
New signing Joe Johnson has done well, Zaza Pachulia has also been in the middle of the game, and Josh Smith, who has focused on development, has also strengthened, but the record is still not ideal.
The Hawks' strongest scorer other than Joe Johnson is Al Harrington, the Hawks' starting small forward, but can also play power forward and center.
has height and weight at the small forward position, and is very flexible to go inside, but this is facing ordinary opponents, and if he is against Lehi, Al Harrington is a little slower, and he can't completely crush Lehi in terms of strength.
After the two sides fought, the Hawks showed that they could fight with the Knicks, and they performed well inside and outside and even off the bench, but their weaknesses were also exposed, and they couldn't connect the team, and they played more singles than the Knicks.
Several of the Knicks' core players are good at singles, and coaches generally have to shout to prevent them from messing around, if there are more singles than them, there must be a problem.
Because of the movement problem, Al Harrington was affected by Lehi's average speed of two fouls in a quarter, and the Hawks had to switch to Marvin Williams, the star of the season, to defend Lehi.
They can't say that they can't show off this list, but obviously the order is a bit high, and they can't resist Li Hai at all, cutting down 26+8+8 data, and Li Hai also leads the team to win the Eagles.
However, after a seven-game winning streak in great form, the Knicks lost to the Raptors on the road, who did not have a good record.
Their defense in this game has become a complete decoration, and Larry Brown is very dissatisfied with the team's ability to assist in defense on the inside, as well as the tactical execution ability on the outside.
The team has players with personality and a head coach with character, Lehi sometimes finds it annoying, but he admires the defensive system created by Larry Brown very much, the so-called common ground while reserving differences, capable players, have proven their head coach, if they can show what they are good at, they will definitely be able to go far in the playoffs.
And what they have in common is that they both want to win, and this is the basis for coexistence.
The next game was a back-to-back back at home, with the Minnesota Timberwolves visiting.
Marbury has an inexplicable grudge with every team he's ever played for, so he's taken it extra seriously whenever it comes to it.
The game was also not good, and the Timberwolves guard Serbian Marco Jaric obviously couldn't keep up with his pace, but the Knicks were overturned by Kevin Garnett on the inside, and there was no good way at all.
Eddie Curry struggles as long as he encounters a tall and long-arm interior line, and his large body can't protect the backcourt rebounds well, making Lehi want to beat people up.
Lehi's communication skills are not very good, he can communicate with teammates who train hard and have a strong desire to win, and he can talk on the court in a way, while Eddie Curry, a player who is not so strong in winning and losing, Lehi is not very good at communicating.
In the first quarter, Garnett grabbed three frontcourt rebounds, while another Timberwolves interior player, Eddie Griffin, grabbed five.
In the case of the lack of strength on the inside, the Knicks relied on the attack power of the outside line to give the opponent not to pull the score away.
The Timberwolves' strongest firepower on the outside, Wally Szczebiak, was also well limited by Lehi.
As for the bench players, probably because of back-to-back fatigue, Jalen Rose and Crawford, the two strongest firepower on the bench, also felt cold.
Seeing such a situation, Marbury did not hesitate to add singles.
When Marbury encounters a specific opponent, Lehi will not interfere, the regular season and the playoffs are still a little different, and it is best to let the players play cool while winning, everyone will have such a time, face is given to each other.
Relying on Garnett's strong double-double in the half, the Timberwolves led by seven points.
"It's time to show strength in the second half, this is our home stadium." Lehi usually says something inspiring, and if he says too much, it may not have the same effect, but it will give confidence to his teammates who want to fight, and let them know that there is someone here who will always work hard.
After a few words in a loud voice, he walked over to Marbury and whispered, "You find that the offense is, and I will take care of the rest." ”
Lehi believes that no matter how good Garnett is, he can't win the ball alone.
At the beginning of the second half, Marbury stepped up the break, and so did Lehi, both of whom were quicker than the opposing players, and even if Garnett was amazingly defensive, he couldn't afford to worry too much.
However, Lehi's plan to make a foul did not go well, and Szzerbiak did not reach out too much, and he had no chance to be lazy.
The two sides were tied in the third quarter, but there was an accident, Marbury injured his shoulder in a breakaway, and although the specific situation had to wait until the end of the game to check, the game was definitely unplayable.
Lehi remembered that some time ago he chatted with Marbury and said that other people were too fragile and would be injured at every turn, but he didn't expect Marbury to be injured without warning, and it was common for his body to be strong and rush in, but this time the collision that didn't seem serious was a problem.
Seeing that the other party's brows were tightly locked, Li Haihai stepped forward and said: "Stephen, I don't dare to say anything else, I will definitely help the team get this game, you can have a drink below and enjoy it." ”
"That's what you said...... Wait, you're not trying to prove that I'm not better at the team. ”
"Maybe." Seeing that Marbury was still in the mood to joke, Lehi was also relieved.
Although Marbury has some shortcomings in playing, he is also an indispensable force in the team, and the Knicks have to go far, and none of their core players can have problems.
"Come on." On the court again, Lehi's eyes were sharper.
He will also be tired, although he has been working hard to play, not shouting a few words, but the excitement of the game is difficult to maintain every game, against the Timberwolves Marbury, Lehi is just average, he has no grudge against that team, so only the All-Star level guy will be extra scrappy.
But now he is burning his own blood for the sake of his teammates.
Lehi turned around after receiving the ball with his back and motioned for his teammates to pull away...... He passed Szczebiak in one step, and accelerated again in the face of the wolf king who was making up the defense. ”
Lehi squeezed past Garnett and backhanded a heavy dunk...... Oh God, Garnett didn't react at all, it was just perfect physical. (To be continued.) )