Chapter 62: Easy Victory

Although the current Knicks are not as good as last season, Alan Houston and Latlis Prewell can still be in excellent form and performance.

So far this season, Alan Houston's overall form has been slightly worse, but he has also had one or two high-scoring performances, such as the Knicks' previous victory over the Miami Heat, and in the face of Eddie Jones' defense, Alan Houston scored 36 points.

And the madman Ratlis Prewell is the only player in the Knicks who has been in shape, averaging 19.4 points, 3.7 rebounds, 3.8 assists and 1.2 steals per game in the opening 11 games.

So in this game, Richard arranged a targeted defense, and he asked Jerry Stackhouse to switch positions to mark Alan Houston.

Although Alan Houston's performance was good and bad, Richard still felt that he could not underestimate this mid-range shooting king, for the Warriors, Ratlis Prewell's outburst was not enough to help the Knicks beat the Warriors, but if Alan Houston broke out again, then the Warriors would be really dangerous.

In the first wave of the Knicks' opening offense, Jerry Starkerhouse posted Alan Houston to defend Alan Houston, and the Warriors used to prevent him from receiving the ball as much as possible.

The mid-range shooting king's offensive ability with the ball was originally very good, but the continuous injuries in the past two years have made him unable to make those breakthrough shots, so the current Alan Houston is more like a fixed-point pitcher, receiving a wonderful pass from Mark Jackson when Mark Jackson is on the court, and then shooting.

Because of this new style of play, Mark Jackson is firmly on the throne of the starting point guard in the new season, averaging 7.5 assists per game, which seems to be a dream back to the top.

"Mark Jackson had the ball, the Knicks were looking for opportunities, but the Warriors were tenacious defensively, and they didn't show any flaws."

"Mark Jackson passed the ball, he gave the ball to Ratlis Prewell, it looked like he was going to let the madman finish the ball with individual ability, and when he lost Patrick Ewing and Alan Houston was out of shape, the Knicks were the only one who could step up."

"The madman's breakthrough, Michael Reed can't stop, is he going to dunk? No, he changed his ways, dodged Rasonestrovich's block and made a layup! ”

Crazy Sprewell roared and waved his arms, three seasons ago, he was a Warriors player, only to leave the Warriors because of a conflict with then-team coach P.J. Callesimo.

However, the situation at the time was that the madman Sprewell was spurned by the public because of his public hostility with the head coach and his blatant assault on the coach, and the madman was even almost banned by the league for a year, but with the help of arbitration, the one-year ban was reduced to 68 games.

That's why the madman was very irritable in Google Arena, and his roaring and waving of his arms also drew endless boos for him.

2:2, both teams seemed to play well in the opening period, but the Warriors played better together, and they scored more easily.

"The Warriors' offense, Chauncey Billups still has the ball, he pressed the tempo into the positional offense, passed, Michael Reed received the ball, but he didn't get an open opportunity, and it was Ratlis Prewell who defended Michael Reed."

"Passing the ball again, the Warriors played patiently, Rasonestrovic pulled to the high post to play, he and Jerry Stackhouse completed a cover combination, Jerry Stackhouse took the ball and rushed into the box! Slam dunk! ”

Doon Cosswell cheered loudly, and the Warriors' barrage of offensive coordination was very beautiful, and the extremely patient positional offense allowed them to find their chances.

What makes Richard happy is that Rasonestrovich has gradually adapted to the high-level play, although it is still a little rusty, but at least some simple cooperation can be made. That's where practice comes in.

Back on the defensive end, the Warriors' defense was still tight, and Ratlis Prewell could only go it alone again, but this time the Warriors, who were already on guard, packed at the first moment, and Ratlis Prewell had to make a last resort and finally hit the iron.

Ratlis Prewell's iron drew cheers from Google Arena, and in this atmosphere, the Warriors gradually relied on their own strength to open up the gap with the Knicks.

At the end of the first quarter, the Warriors led with a huge margin of 33:14 and 19 points.

Jeff Van Gundy's face is pale, and it is rumored that he is going to choose to leave the Knicks, and judging from this game alone, the rumors that Jeff Van Gundy left the Knicks may not be groundless.

With Patrick Ewing gone, with Alan Houston left with only one shot left by injury, and Ratley Les Prewell entering the end of his career, and junior Marcus Camby also suffering from injuries, the Knicks are clearly on the back burner.

The glory of the 90s did not bring even a championship to the Knicks, Jeff Van Gundy took the Knicks with good results, but there was no crown, and the new century came, the Knicks faced a rebuilding crisis, at this time Jeff Van Gundy chose to leave, perhaps it is also a kind of renewal.

In the second quarter, the Warriors switched to the bench and slightly accelerated the offensive speed, allowing the substitute Gilbert Arenas to run with the bench lineup, continuing to make the Knicks invincible.

At halftime, the Knicks could only trail the Warriors by 43:79, a 36-point difference, and the game was completely over by the end of the first half.

In the second half, Richard successively put substitutes on the bench for training, and several bench players who had not been given playing time got the opportunity to play, such as Joe Johnson and Gerard Wallace.

In the 11 games of the new season, Richard has always adhered to an 11-man rotation policy, with Danny Fortson, Lasonestrovic and Chris Anderson at the center position, Antoine Jamison and Kenny Thomas at the power forward position, Jerry Starhouse and Devin George at small forward, Michael Reed and Joe Johnson at shooting guards, and Chancey Billups and Gilbert Arenas at point guard.

And after Richard decided to let Rasonestrovic play as a substitute, Chris Anderson gradually ran out of playing time, and Joe Johnson, the scoring guard who was previously expected by Richard to get playing time, but the time was very small and almost negligible.

For the rest of the garbage time in this game, Richard let these youngsters work out, except for Luke Longley, Morris Evans and Earle Boykins in the DNP, the rest of the players got plenty of playing time in this game.

In the end, the Warriors also won by 103-88 by 15 points, winning the eighth victory of the season.