Chapter 177: Nicks who left Hill
Arenas faced Ray Allen's defense in the frontcourt, and suddenly made a difficult pull-up shot on the outside, although he looked at the basketball that popped out of the basket, his face was a little dissatisfied, but Arenas was still expecting something to happen after that.
Just when Yao Ming was almost sure that he would get this rebound, Kwamei suddenly jumped up and held the rebound with one hand, and at the moment when Yao Ming was still descending and looking at Kwamei, Kwamei had jumped up again and poured the ball into the basket.
Seeing Kwamei behaving like this, Gong Feng's eyes flashed with a hint of surprise, as if he was very unbelievable about Kwamei's performance, which had never shown such quick reflexes and repeated bounces in the past.
"It seems that I am not the only one who has made very rapid progress!"
Thinking of this, Gong Feng stepped forward and patted Yao Ming's waist, and persuaded in Chinese: "Brother Yao, in terms of bounce ability alone, you are definitely not his opponent, but his weight has not increased in the slightest, he is only 211cm, your height and weight are not an advantage for him." After seeing Yao Ming nodding, Gong Feng picked up the basketball on the ground, passed the ball to Yao Ming, and after receiving the basketball again, he came to the front court.
Hughes's defensive ability is indeed very good, Ray Allen's running and blocking for a while have no very good space to score, and the current Wizards team is completely rotational defense, and they are not afraid of the blocking and dismantling of opposing teams.
The Wizards' defense in the opening game is also very large, as if it can completely cover the three-point line in the backcourt, this kind of defense is also a way for the Wizards to believe in Kwame and give the restricted area completely to Kwame.
Gong Feng looked at the wizard who was both familiar and a little unfamiliar, and he didn't have the slightest way for a while. Because all five of the Wizards have defensive qualities and abilities.
However, seeing that Yao Ming had already sat on the inside line, Kwamei asked for the ball. Gong Feng hesitated a little and decided to hand the ball to Yao Ming.
Today's Yao Ming's feel is really good. After leaning his back against Kwamei, he made a feint, and before Kwamei could react, Yao Ming had already turned around and shot successfully, although the current Yao Ming did not have a strong interior lethality, but Yao Ming's own interior technology could already score on the inside.
Seeing Yao Ming holding his hands and cheering himself up, Kwamei could only look at Collins first, and Collins looked at Kwamei. Just a serious nod.
This time the Wizards' offense, Kwame did not take the ball directly, but stepped forward to make a block for Arenas, Arenas got the shooting gap at the moment of the block, and scored steadily, which is also the main reason why Arenas is in the main force, because Arenas is more stable than Jerry's shooting.
As Arenas, who is now averaging 18 points per game, his ability to shoot jumpers has become very strong, especially in the offensive position where he doesn't need to think much about it.
The next time the Knicks attacked, Kwamei decisively adopted a forward tactic against Yao Ming. This time, how to move Yao Ming's status, he wants to be in a position. Gong Feng could only shake his head helplessly in denial, in terms of movement ability alone, Yao Ming was obviously weaker than Kwamei.
Looking at Arenas, who was defending himself, Gong Feng thought for a while and looked in the direction of Ray Allen, wanting to see how Allen felt at the beginning.
Kurt, who was instructed, immediately stepped forward to block with Ray Allen, and after receiving a pass from Bow Peak, Ray ? Allen immediately made a pull-up jump shot, and it seemed that Allen also felt very good, and the ball was thrown.
The two sides ended the battle in the first quarter under the continuous fighting spirit of Yao Ming and Kwamei, and the two sides can be said to have played a tie in the first quarter, and the two head coaches did not make any adjustments on the court, as if they were just testing each other's bottom line.
After the opening of the second quarter, it was the time for the bench players of the two sides to play, which can also be said to be the time when Jay and Jerry competed.
After Hill couldn't play, the Knicks' already nervous bench players became even more nervous, even the fringe players Dolyak and Matt? Barnes needed to play in the second quarter of the game to make additions.
However, compared with the veteran bench players of the Wizards, the Wizards' bench began to gradually show their weakness, Anthony did not have a particularly good way to face Leitner standing in the high post, and Gerrard had no good way to face Russell, who could shoot three points on the outside and had a lot of playoff experience, and could only defend in the high post.
Jerry's defense of Jay is also demanding, whether it is physical fitness or game experience, Jerry can now dump Jay.
Such a substitute and a substitute with Hill's support are completely different concepts, and Jay has no way to organize the team well to attack.
Although the bench players only played half a quarter, the helpless Mir could only send the main players early, and at this time, the Wizards also changed the lineup.
Jerry didn't get off the court, forming an impactful outside fight with Hughes and Arenas, and Leitner then came on the court to provide the team with playmaking.
Battier would have suffered a loss to defend anyone in this situation, but his tall body formed an obstacle at this time, coupled with the weakness of the bow peak's defense, the Knicks' outside line announced an emergency at the first time.
Although Mill quickly sent Gerrard to strengthen the defense, all the outside line of the Wizards focused on Yao Ming...... Yao Ming received two fouls in the first half of the six minutes, plus one foul in the first quarter, and the Knicks fell into a foul crisis again.
Even in the attack, Gong Feng and Lei? Allen was able to get a little gap through constant blocking, and with Battier providing plenty of firepower, there was still no way to keep up with the score.
After Gerrard came on the court, although there was a slight improvement in defense, but when attacking, Gong Feng and Ray Allen had encountered unhesitating packs, especially after Kwame covered Gerrard a few times, making the Knicks' already difficult offense even more difficult.
In the end, seeing that there was no improvement in the offense, Mill could only directly send Jay to fight for the last hand, but unfortunately the Wizards' stable defense and offense did not give the Knicks the slightest chance at all, and Yao Ming also showed his biggest weakness for the first time in the fourth quarter...... Didn't maintain a consistent physical presence in the fourth quarter, especially when Kwamei was defending Yao Ming.
The first game of the Eastern Conference Finals ended in a non-dramatic manner, with the Wizards making a lot of pre-game preparation, and for the first time, the Wizards gave the impression that last season's success was not accidental.
Hill's weakness of not being able to play is clearly revealed by the Wizards' targeted defense and offense.
After the game, Mill told reporters that he was very satisfied with the performance of the players on the court, and put all the main responsibility on himself, and also had a new understanding of the Wizards, and also said that Kwame deserved to be the best rookie last season, and said that Kwame has improved a lot this season.
When asked by reporters if he had ever regretted trading with the Wizards, Mir was very surprised and asked, "Are Arenas the same type of players as Bow Peak?" If Mir had Arenas' attack power, would the Wizards let him go? If Gong Feng wasn't a playmaker point guard, would my Knicks agree to a trade? ”
"The Knicks-Wizards trade is a win-win situation and a classic example of shared success, and Bow is now the unquestioned core of the Knicks, even if Ray Allen needs Bow to help him play more."
After the question was answered, the Q&A time was over, and Collins was very surprised to see Mir talking eloquently when answering the question, without a half point of frustration, because what this game showed was the current gap between the two teams, but Mir didn't care in the slightest?
Collins didn't break anything to the media than Mir, compared to Mir's more sincere answer, Collins began to play Tai Chi, constantly saying that his players were very well prepared in this game, the Knicks were very strong, and the Wizards needed to take more precautions against the Knicks......
Anyway, Collins' statement is that there is no point, just to constantly decompress the Wizards' players.
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