Chapter 229: Defensive Changes at the Beginning
Hill and Ray Allen were supposed to form offensive space from both sides, but after seeing their defenders, the two immediately made a quick blocking and dismantling cooperation near the three-point line, and Ray Allen stopped directly at the three-point line, and the defenders of the Wizards team were extremely incompatible at this moment.
When Carter saw this, he immediately stopped and prepared to defend Ray Allen's three-point, but as soon as he paused, he directly blocked Jerry's interspersed route of running in an instant, and Arenas was out of position at this moment, and there was no way to stop Hill who accelerated directly to the basket.
The trust between Bow Peak and Hill is like this, and even Bow Peak and Hill know when and in which direction they will pass the ball to each other.
As for Yao Ming and Ma Long, who were in the backcourt, they didn't have the slightest intention of moving, especially when they saw Gong Feng accelerating to the basket.
After seeing this, Mill nodded with great satisfaction, no matter what D'Antoni wants the Knicks to become, this kind of small-scale cooperation is definitely a big weapon for the team to win, and it is also an important means to boost the team's morale.
But Wizards head coach Eddie? Jordan immediately yelled at Jerry and Carter on the sidelines, which was very dissatisfied with their performance...... This made Mill look at the new head coach in surprise.
You must know that the pursuit of this ball, the Wizards actually have no mistakes, if it is replaced by other teams, it will be easier for the Knicks trio to score the basket, as for the final pause, it is because of Hill and Allen's deterrence, because of the strength of the two. Carter's approach cannot be said to be wrong. If it's wrong. It's also a defensive instructional mistake from the coaching level.
Mir couldn't help but laugh and think, "This coach doesn't think that this will increase the morale of his side, right?" ”
Anyway, after Jerry and Carter's faces were reprimanded, they didn't have any good faces, but fortunately, when Kwame saw this when he retreated, he put his hands on the two of them, showing his core demeanor, probably saying a word of encouragement to his teammates.
In the second offense, Kwame took a good look at the Knicks' position at this time, and Haywood had already completed the block with Arenas on the outside, but after seeing this. Yao Ming, who stepped forward to defend, immediately changed the direction of defense and blocked Kwamei's passing route at this time, but did not block Arenas in the first place.
Yao Ming has received private training in this year, and he is the longest in the team's main force, and Thibodeau puts most of his mind on Yao Ming and Battier, as for Hill's defensive guidance, it is more with Yao Ming in training and games.
Under the personal demonstration of Thibodeau and several assistant coaches, Yao Ming, who strictly controls playing time, has more extra free space and a clearer understanding of his position in the team, especially Yao Ming's understanding of defense. At this moment, there is also a earth-shaking change in fundamental understanding.
Ahead of this game, Thibodeau emphasised one point. That is Kwamei's passing time and opportunity, Kwamei's personal ability is very strong, although because of his height, Kwamei's passing is more like a cannon and goes straight, and there are not many changes, but because of the height, Kwamei's passing vision is also the top in the league.
But Kwamei's pass also needs space, especially when the Wizards don't have a second passer for the time being, what Arenas needs after blocking is to get the pass, but at the moment when Yao Ming blocked the pass, Gong Feng had already completed his defense, which directly cut off Kwamei's organization.
Carter has been the core for many years, although after coming to the Wizards, he abides by his responsibilities and does not interfere too much in the ball he should have, but it is unlikely that Carter will change his playing habits all of a sudden.
To put it bluntly, although Kwamei's passing progress is rapid, it is still far from being compared with masters of the level of Gong Feng and Kidd.
Kwamei's passing is more about the physical advantage and the offensive advantage, rather than the ability from the spatial imagination that a good passer must have.
So after seeing the movement of Malone and Hill, Kwame still passed it directly to Jerry, who was in a good position on the inside.
After receiving the ball, Jerry, looking at Malone's ready-to-help defense, still completed a shot with his back to Allen very quickly, but Jerry seemed to have forgotten a little, Ray? Allen's strength has not been bad, especially in a lineup like the Knicks, Allen doesn't need to spend all his strength on offense and organization, and Allen is now more responsible for defending offense from outside core players.
If Jerry has enough space, the basket alone against Allen has a high success rate, but the moment Jerry receives the ball, Yao Ming has quickly returned to the defense, ready to form a bag from the inside with Allen, Malone directly opened his hand to jam Kwamei's impact on the inside action, Hill and Gong Feng have also moved quickly, cutting off Jerry's obvious direction of being able to pass the ball quickly.
Besides, Jerry's style has always been an individual offense, and his assist statistics have never been average among point guards.
After seeing Jerry's shot, Yao Ming immediately opened his hands to block Haywood's impact rebound, and at the same time blocked the basketball from ejecting in his direction, and Ray Allen also stuck Jerry ready to grab a close-range rebound.
As for Malone, he had already stuck the position of Kwame to grab the rebound, so that the league's rebounding king had no way to jump up and grab the ball at this moment. Gong Feng and Hill didn't step forward to grab the rebound, the two had slowly moved to near the halfway line of the court, and Carter didn't dare to give up Gong Feng and Allen, so they could only move with them.
Many team managers and coaches looked at the Knicks in this way, and frowned suddenly, if the Knicks are an offensive team and rely on offense to crush the opponent, many teams still have many ways to stop, and the worst can also fight with the Knicks to attack, but what kind of trouble is the Knicks who look like a strong defensive team now? Is this your sister still the Knicks in everyone's impression?
Malone and Hill don't say anything first, these two have been in the league for many years, and they have already gotten what they deserve, and they also understand what they need at this moment, and they can make their own sacrifices for the team.
But what about Hill's average triple-double per game in the regular season?
What kind of trouble are you going to make when Lei Allen, Gong Feng, and Yao Ming are so mature, even beyond their own age?
You must know that the Knicks in this way, the personal game data has not been good, and you are not afraid that the Knicks will not give you ...... in the future
But looking at Mill's smile on the sidelines, thinking about the adjective that the Knicks have always given everyone a 'big dog', it is possible to give a blue-collar player a salary of 9 million, let alone the main player on the court.
Thinking of everyone here, they couldn't help but smile bitterly, this nun sister is directly not giving people a way to live!
You must know that in the past, when the Knicks had such a bad record and such a high total salary, there were not many losses, and this year's Knicks' salary was one of the lowest paid teams in the league. Jordan called two timeouts, and many people even changed the channel in silence.
The Knicks' sudden defense made the Wizards completely devoid of what a playoff team should be, and that's it, there are teams in the league that are now defensive, but look at the Knicks' half-court offense!
Gong Feng and Allen can be said to form horns to complete the dribble to the half, and then directly hand it over to Ma Long in the high position, Ma Long is of course facing Kwamei's defense, but Ma Long in the high position faces much stronger environment than Kwamei.
Although Heywood made a detour of Yao Ming for the first time, Yao Ming did not take the position for the first time this time, but let Heywood block him.
Yao Ming just leaned on Heywood, with one hand on it, and Yao Ming, who didn't use much strength to grab the position, seemed to have found a chair for himself. (To be continued.) )