Chapter 47: Offense vs. Offense

Lehi rushed out of McGrady's side like a running cheetah. Pen & Fun & Pavilion www.biquge.info

He picked up the basketball that he had photographed in the front court and dunked it into the basket without hesitation, giving the Knicks the lead again.

Rockets head coach Jeff Van Gundy touched his head, which was already running out of hair, in chagrin and called a timeout again.

The two sides were back on the court, and Lehi was still staring at McGrady.

This time, the Rockets took a more cautious way of serving, and the ball was first handed to Yao Ming, who ran out of the three-point line to receive the ball, and then Yao Ming handed the ball to McGrady.

McGrady was not in a hurry to attack with the ball, only a one-point gap, and he intended to make a final shot without giving the Knicks any time to fight back.

That's McGrady's confidence and the team's belief in him.

Lehi tried to hold his breath steady, and to be honest, he'd seen a lot of Rockets games, and by defending McGrady throughout the game, he had a few tricks.

Time is getting less, 9 seconds, 8 seconds, 7 seconds...... All of Lehi's attention was on McGrady, and he wouldn't react even if the money fell on his head.

McGrady moved, the pace was so great that the average defender simply couldn't keep up.

Lehi moved quickly, not giving his opponent any room to shoot.

At this time, come to what you are best at, Lehi thought silently in his heart.

When he got up, McGrady pulled it up, and Lehi jumped up with all his strength at the same time.

With the timing just right, Lehi worked hard for the whole game and finally showed all his defensive skills in the final moments.

His fingertips just touched the basketball, causing the arc of the basketball to change slightly.

The ball smashed into the basket and bounced high, the calculator on the rebound had turned red, 93:92, and the victory of this game belonged to the Knicks.

The Knicks staged a successful comeback in the fourth quarter, and Lehi was drenched, and the feeling of hard work finally paying off was really cool.

On the 19th, the Knicks went to challenge the Mavericks away, and it was back-to-back again, but this time Lehi felt energetic.

It's not been long since he entered the NBA, and he's already getting stronger little by little.

The Mavericks have had a good start to the season, Dirk Nowitzki has come out stronger, and the roster changes have not made them less powerful, but more dynamic.

However, Michael Finley and Jason Terry and Eric Dampier will not be able to play due to injury, but they are still strong even if they are not in the right personnel.

Rookie Devin Harris has adapted quickly to the NBA arena and has become the team's main No. 1 position, Marquis Daniels and Josh Howard can also take responsibility, and there are still ruthless characters like Jerry Starkerhouse on the bench.

Compared to the embarrassment that the Knicks are often unavailable this season, some teams can be described as powerful.

The Knicks' start, Tim Thomas's weakness has become the norm, and head coach Lenny Wilkens will replace him as soon as the time comes.

When Lee Hai played, the two sides were playing inextricably, with the Knicks dominating the No. 1 and No. 2 positions, but the No. 3 and No. 4 positions were at a loss.

There will be no problem with replacing Lehi at the No. 3 position, but Nowitzki's problem is difficult to solve in the whole league, 2.13 meters has a strong outside projection ability, and can create scoring opportunities on his own, which is simply open.

After Lee Hai went up, he immediately made a foul on Josh Howard and put the Knicks in the lead.

Seeing the advantage of the No. 3 position disappear, Mavericks head coach Don Nelson immediately chose to make a substitution, replacing Jerry Starkhouse, but replacing the team's center.

Don Nelson put Nowitzki in the center position and played the small lineup he preferred.

In this way, all five of the Mavericks have long-range projection ability and move a lot faster.

Knicks center Muhammad is not tall enough and not fast enough, Wilkens can only follow the move, take Tim Thomas, who has just been replaced, and speed up.

The Knicks' small lineup is actually about the same height as the starting lineup, and if it weren't for Tim Thomas's unreliability, their lineup should be a big killer.

The Mavericks are now opposite Lehi by Stark House, who was a starter before coming to the Mavericks, a singles player in the league who averaged 20+ per game for several seasons.

"Hey, rookie, you need to guard against me." Stackhouse came up and went to the low post to ask for the ball, intending to single Lehi.

He is very strong at the No. 2 position, and he is perfect at the low post, but now that he is at the No. 3 position, it is not so smooth to meet a powerful small forward like Li Hai.

Stackhouse pouted his ass and squeezed it twice, and seeing that the effect was not great, he immediately used his housekeeping skills to turn over and jump shot.

Lehi never lost his defensive position, and the moment the opponent jumped, his hand was sealed.

Starhouse was taken aback, he didn't expect Lehi's defense to be so good, and he almost made a three-shot shot to avoid the block.

On the other hand, Lehi received the ball and completed the mid-range shot directly in front of Stackhouse, and after knee surgery last season, Stackhouse could not jump so high, and he was a little physically overwhelmed to deal with Lehi.

Lehi had the upper hand, but Josh Howard was active again at power forward, and Tim Thomas felt like he was a little weak, and Lehi suspected that the night was rich, or he had smoked marijuana or something.

But Josh Howard wasn't the Knicks' biggest problem yet, and with the referee's whistle, Kurt Thomas had to go off the court for his third foul.

Kurt Thomas can defend out, but not Nowitzki.

Coach Wilkens had no choice but to bring on Jerome Williams, who couldn't defend and couldn't play a role in front of the Mavericks' small lineup.

"Attack, use the attack to break the opponent." Coach Wilkens gives instructions to the players on the field.

Defense may be the biggest weakness of the Mavericks' lineup, since the Knicks can't completely defend the opponent's small lineup, it would be good to score more points than the opponent.

Crawford hit a three-pointer and the ball popped out.

Lehi rushed over, rushing for rebounding skills, and he had perfected his two years at Syracuse University.

He jumped high and took off the basketball in the air, took a step forward and bounced up like a spring, and the man hung on the basket.