Chapter 150: A Different Nix
Gong Feng's first game with the Knicks was played with a starting lineup, and the other four were Hill, Ray Allen, Yao Ming and Cotter? Thomas.
The Clippers' performance this year has been very frustrating, not playing what everyone expected at the beginning, the champion of the year was injured, and there is no way to continue playing this season, Andre? Miller and Odom are both facing a departure from Los Angeles next year, followed by Bow Peak, Battier's teammate, and Captain Brand.
In the warm-up period before the start of the game, Brand didn't seem too embarrassed to greet his former teammates, because this game was a game that the Clippers could win, and who didn't know that the Knicks only played a few games in the training game?
Gong Feng and Battier still took the initiative to find their old teammates, and the four of them talked and laughed for a minute, and then patted each other on the shoulder, showing their friendship with each other, and the matter was quickly over.
The task of jumping the ball, Mir handed over to Kurt, and from the day Yao Ming came to the Knicks, protecting the giant from injuries was the first task that Mir assigned to everyone under the Knicks.
"If you can't jump, don't jump, you're not a spring person, especially a big center of your stature, every beating may increase the burden on a certain part of your body." These are the exact words that Mir said to Yao Ming.
Is it Sean who is fighting for the ball with Cotter? Lukes, a center with an official statistic of 208cm, but in the end it was Cotter who dialed the basketball, Hill got the basketball, and after a moment of hesitation, handed it to Gong Feng.
This is also what Mill said before the game, "Gong Feng is the most experienced of all of us as the main ball carrier, not for you." Hill...... His offensive firepower is certainly not as good as that of the other main forces. But as long as everyone believes in him. I'm sure you'll be more and more surprised by your offensive firepower. ”
This sentence was said in front of Gong Feng, although Gong Feng's face turned white and black for a while after listening to it, but he really couldn't live up to Mir's 'expectations'.
After everyone listened, they all laughed heartily when they looked at Gong Feng's 'uncertain' expression.
After Gong Feng held the ball, he didn't make any gestures. He just smiled at his teammates who were looking at him.
As soon as a very handsome handsome guy smiled from the heart, it was still very easy to infect the other teammates present, and everyone began to wait in their familiar positions, and they were ready to start running.
Miller is the kind of guard that Gong Feng likes very much, his performance is very stable, and he is also the same as Gong Feng, a traditional defender who mainly assists, and his defense is also very standardized, not far from Gong Feng, and is within the range of regular defense.
Gong Feng was in no hurry to attack. Instead, at the beginning, he asked Kurt to come over and play a pick-and-roll attack. Miller saw Kort coming, didn't move much, and prepared to defend the pick-and-roll, and Miller still believed in Brand's defensive ability.
But just when everyone's attention was attracted to Cott, Yao Ming still followed his familiar running position, and began to ask for a position under the basket, just after seeing Kurt go to block and dismantle, when he was about to go out to attract the defense, Gong Feng passed, and the ball was very comfortable in Yao Ming's hands, not high and did not need to adjust the action, not low did not need Yao Ming to look around after holding the ball, and the moment he received the basketball, Yao Ming felt that this was a pass that could be attacked immediately.
In the moment of Lux's negligence, Yao Ming was directly in the best offensive position after taking the ball and scored a cricket goal.
Bow Peak's first stats in the Knicks.
Mir also smiled when he saw Gong Feng's pass, and was very satisfied with Gong Feng's performance, allowing the opponent to revolve around him, which was a core performance.
The Clippers didn't react to the goal in the slightest, and after the ball was slowly released, Miller moved forward with the ball.
The Clippers' lineup is completely for Brand, because the Clippers are a little too high in addition to the center, power forward, and the Clippers' second and third positions, and Miller is not good at fast-paced offensive mode, just taking the ball and moving forward slowly.
The first shot must be given to the nominal core Brand, and Kort came up to defend Brand, and also to do a good job of the team's defensive tasks, of course, to shoot his own open shots.
When Brand played against Cott, he still relied on his stable strength and slowly scored this goal...... The Knicks have not yet formed an effective rotation defense, of course, Mill also knows that in terms of tactics, his own defensive weaknesses, although Van Gundy left, but Van Gundy's assistant coaches, Mir is not ready to fire all of them, but left most of them, including one person.
The Knicks' defense is bound to improve slowly.
Turning around, Gong Feng slowly moved forward with the ball, played a positional attack, and after everyone was in position, Gong Feng greeted Kurt to step forward again to block and dismantle.
But this time, Brand didn't step forward too much, but was ready to help defend Yao Ming at any time, seeing that Brand didn't come forward, Gong Feng smiled, and at the moment of blocking and dismantling with Cott, he got an empty shot outside the three-point line, and the ball went in.
After Brand saw this, he looked at his head coach a little helplessly, Gentry, but Gentry did not call a timeout, but just called Margeti to let the three of his team play a defensive posture, so that no one would suffer too much.
This time Odom made a mistake in dribbling, after Hill broke the basketball, Gong Feng and the other three began to counterattack quickly, Cook and Yao Ming just moved slowly at their own speed, which Mir explained before the game, the team can play faster on the court, but deliberately explained that Yao Ming and Kort must play according to their own unique rhythm.
Hill faced Odom and other two people, the first time to pass the ball to the bow peak, before Miller to help the defense arrived, the bow peak at the right 45 degree angle crossed to Ray Allen on the left side, and got a shot from Allen who was vacant for a while, and the ball went in.
Gentry looked in the direction of Gong Feng and unconsciously called a timeout, although he was not a coach known for his defense, but Gentry also knew that his team was in big trouble now.
But for a while, Gentry couldn't stop anything, except to tell Miller to guard Bow Peak, there was no way, because Bow Peak's teammates had changed drastically.
In the Wizards' approach to Bow Peak, it didn't work when it came to the Knicks.
In the first quarter of the game, as long as Gong Feng had no chance to counterattack, he handed it over to Yao Ming to deal with, and slowly developed a tacit understanding with his teammates, creating space and time for Yao Ming's singles basket.
Facing an interior player who is much smaller than himself, Yao Ming has too many ways to show his abilities, and in the first quarter, with the support of his teammates, he scored 15 points, setting his own single-quarter scoring record in the Knicks.
Yao Ming felt that this was the most refreshing play since the Knicks, and in the second quarter, Mill did not let Yao Ming play, but let Kert switch to center, and Battier played the No. 4 position, sending his own small man lineup.
Gong Feng faced this lineup and his teammates who had just finished warming up, smiled, and then took the initiative to ask, "Coach, can we play faster next?" ”
Mir smiled at everyone, "Send a lineup of small people, of course, to play faster, and let the opponent run with us!" ”
Then the second quarter began when the Clippers felt like they were in a hurry, and the Knicks, led by Bow, began to play dazzling offense...... Of course, this is compared to the Knicks in the past, and it is also the feeling of the audience, but it is the first time that I feel that my team is so powerful.
Ray Allen replaced, went up Jay, and continued, Hill went down, Cotter went on, and this time Bow Feng took himself as a shooter and gave the ball to Jay......
In the second quarter, Mill sent all the other substitutes, but he didn't replace Gong Feng, just to see what kind of person could partner with Gong Feng, and finally found that except for Doriak and veteran Anthony, who were a little uncomfortable with Gong Feng, everyone else could partner with Gong Feng.
In this match, what impressed Mir the most was Jay's performance, which was really upside down after Bow Peak arrived.
Breakthroughs, assists, and various offensive techniques completely tricked the players who were opposite them, especially after Yao Ming came on the court, and began to break through and share the ball......
All the Knicks fans were stunned, is this still the team they know? (To be continued.) )