Chapter 152: Entering the Playoffs
Kort guarded Rashid tightly from the beginning, although he still allowed Rashid to score a team-high 26 points, but this kind of result can no longer allow the whole team to win, the Knicks' offense is organized by Bow Peak and Hill, and the Trail Blazers are also a little confused and don't know how to defend.
In particular, Hill faced Pippen, who continued to malaise, and began to gradually show his ability, breaking through, making emergency stops, backs, and organization, which made people begin to think of the strength of the title of organization striker back then.
Gong Feng looked at the kind of indifference to the game in the eyes of the pioneers, the confusion about their choices, and the dissatisfaction with the current environment...... For the first time, I don't know how such a Trail Blazer can be compared to that playoff alchemy stone.
"What is a championship-type team, of course, the first point is to have an unsolvable point, whether this point is a star, or the team's tactics, this point must be unsolvable, otherwise it is absolutely impossible to get the desired results just by the accumulation of stars, so which direction does our current Knicks represent?"
can look at the smiles on the lips of his teammates, and the comfort he feels, Gong Feng still feels that the current Knicks are the best Knicks.
Then the Knicks continued to win back-to-back victories over the SuperSonics and Warriors on the road, and finally played the last game on the road, the Kings.
"Today's game is a test of quality, in these eight games, I believe everyone has found the feeling of the team winning, but what will this quality look like, I'm afraid all of you are putting a big question mark in your hearts, and playing against the Kings who are now at their peak is the best time to test us."
The crowd that watched the Knicks just stared blankly at themselves, tired from the journey. When the fatigue of consecutive away games is all visible on the face. Mir followed with some helplessness: "I know everyone is very tired right now. I even want to hurry back to New York after this game, but I really want to ask, do you already have New York at home? Or do you just want to go back to the Knicks and you're already feeling incredibly comfortable? ”
Seeing that everyone looked at him in a daze, Mir continued very proudly, "Don't forget, where did you come from, or do you just want to rest now. But I want you to take a good look at the Knicks' current record, we now have a lot of hope to hit the playoffs, the playoffs, what have you been fighting for so long? ”
Before the return of Bow Peak, Ray Allen, and Hill, that is, before the Clippers, the Knicks' record was 20-26, but after losing to the Lakers, the Knicks' record during this period was 7-1.
The overall record became 27-27. That is, they have entered the eighth place in the Eastern Conference playoffs, and if they can win against the Kings. The Knicks will overtake the Bucks and move straight into the eighth place in the playoffs.
Thunder? When Aaron saw this, the corners of his mouth couldn't help but smile. It seems that for the Bucks who abandoned him, Allen still wants to prove something in his heart.
"But don't be too happy, this year's Eastern Conference playoffs format is a very unclear year, except for the top four Nets, Pistons, Wizards, Pacers are relatively stable, no team dares to say that their team will definitely enter this year's playoffs."
"The Magic are in sixth place, two wins ahead of the seventh-place Hornets, but our Knicks, who are seventh to tenth, have the same record now. It's all a tie record. How's that, you're feeling completely stimulated, right? Have a kind of self that is really great, and before you know it, we are in the Eastern Conference playoffs? ”
"Do you still feel very tired when you think about it?"
Everyone, you look at me, I look at you, and they all let out a long-silent laugh to each other.
The Kings are still strong, but they don't give people the kind of toughness and power that they can't be invincible and invincible, especially after Bibby's seven-year contract, the Kings now always give people a sense that they are no longer in a rhythm for the future...... Of course, this feeling is not very obvious now, and there is still only one person at the core of them, Webb.
The Princeton system is essentially a civilian team that shares the ball, but when superstar Webb joins the system, it gives a sense of existence that destroys everything.
In this game, Kort feels obvious, but Yao Ming feels more about Divac's aging, and even at the end of his career, in fact, if the current main five of the Kings make an important ranking, if Webber is the first, Christic is the second, because he protects the outside of the Kings, and the third I don't think it will be Bibby, Armor, but this Divac, because he needs to protect the Kings' extremely weak inside.
Joined the professional basketball league in 80, joined the Lakers in 89, and was born in 68 Divac was 35 years old in 03, as a white center, this age usually means that Divac can no longer run, jump, pass and cut as in the past, and it is impossible to block the impact of a new generation of forwards and centers.
And because of injuries, age and other factors, the Kings have changed 13 different starting lineups this season, which also indirectly proves that Princeton is a tactical team.
Tactical teams tend to win in the regular season, but it's harder and harder to go further because you don't have a one-size-fits-all weapon, and it's easy to feel limited when you're a young person in that system, and it's easy for everyone on the team to be in a stereotype.
Today's Wizards team is not easy to meet a well-staffed Kings team on the road, but this original main lineup of the Kings team seems to be a little 'unfamiliar' with each other in today's game.
In the first quarter of the game, the Kings team had not yet completely entered the state, the Knicks took the opportunity to score 32-25, Yao Ming once again made a contribution, and in the efficiency of the first quarter, Yao Ming is now at the level of a superstar.
In the second quarter, Yao Ming did not play as usual, and Battier played as the responsibility of the power forward, directly defending Weber, which was also Mir's explanation to Battier. The first template for making Battier a smart defender for the team is Christic for the Kings, which Mill has been talking about with Battier since his arrival, and the Kings still didn't make a splash in this quarter.
Because of Battier's ability to move, the Knicks' defensive ability has been greatly strengthened in this lineup, and they can also play against the Kings in the third quarter, which looks like a 'defenseless' third quarter.
Webber still wants to continue his fight because of injuries, which is very respectable, but in such a lineup of the Knicks, the Kings still need his offensive ability, especially in the case of Bow Peak defending Christie and Allen defending Bibby, but Webber's score alone will definitely not win the current Knicks, especially under the lack of defense of the Kings against the Knicks.
The Kings don't have that kind of defense that makes people feel suffocated, because of the way of individual defense, no one except Doug is qualified, it can only be regarded as the kind of reluctance, of course, because the Kings almost won the championship, the current Kings are still very united, and they are still very defense.
It's just that in front of a team like the Knicks, where everyone's ability is strong, it seems a little poor.
In the past nine games, the Knicks have averaged about 18 points per game, Yao Ming and Ray Allen, two who average 15 points per game, Hill and Gong Feng, plus Jay who averages 11 points per game, Kurt who averages 8 points, and Battier who has 8 points, these people have averaged more than 95 points per game, and the Knicks have averaged 106 points per game after nine games.
If this offensive firepower is not limited, the Kings are not the opponent of the Knicks, this is the King's previous understanding of the Knicks, and they can't imagine that after attacking each other, the Knicks will not be weak.
In the fourth quarter, Yao Ming once again played the full quarter of the game, and there was a bow peak at the three-point line. Allen, Battier and with the help of mid-distance Cotter, the Kings did not dare to completely wrap Yao Ming...... But Divac is getting old after all. (To be continued.) )