Chapter 5: The First Battle
"It's like a big welcome party, but the people who welcome you don't necessarily like the setting." Barkley looked at Jordan's welcome ceremony on the field with some taste.
"Ha, it's false to say that you don't envy, but this old opponent of yours seems to have chosen the wrong place to come back, the Wizards are definitely not a qualified team this year, the players are old and young, and the backbone is only Hamilton, but unfortunately, Hamilton is only a shooter, and Jordan's position overlaps to a certain extent."
"So, I'm excited to see what kind of lineup the Wizards can field...... It's coming, the preliminary round list has appeared, I'll take a look...... Jordan, Hamilton, Leitner ......"
"There seem to be two missing from this list."
"Well, I was too surprised, the guard is rookie Gong Feng, and the center is Kwame Brown? Is there no one on the Wizards? Sending two 19-year-olds in the first tough game? It's about giving up the rhythm of the game! ”
"Two rookies? This must have been unexpected by the Knicks, maybe Collins planned to do so, and maybe these two rookies will surprise us a little. ”
"Everyone knows that there is a shortage of wizards, but it's surprising that there is a shortage of people to this point."
"Well, anyway, it's the first NBA game for the two rookies, and in such an atmosphere, you don't want to give the rookies more excitement, and in such a situation, if the performance of these two rookies is very normal, it can be considered potential...... But it's really exciting to see the performance of the newcomers. The scene was said, but the smile on the corner of Kenny Smith's mouth could not be concealed.
"** people! With you, you have to be on guard at all times. That's the only thing Barkley who noticed Kenny's smile right now.
"The Knicks fielded a lineup of Alan Houston, Sprewell, Kurt Thomas, Mark Jackson, and Filton Spencer. The lineup seems to be very formal, and the head coach Van Gundy Jr. still uses that lineup and that style of play, without the slightest change. This season, the Knicks' manager seems to have changed, only the coaching staff has not changed, but the team's results are really uncompetitive compared to before, let alone spectacular. ”
"Mill Dolan of the Dolan family is the new general manager, and I don't know what that would mean for the Knicks."
"But no matter what, the current Knicks are still the one on defense, which makes all teams feel a lot of headaches, and Van Gundy's coaching has also ensured the competitiveness of the Knicks to a certain extent, although most of the team's players are old, but the team's internal and external combination is still fundamental, let's wait and see."
In the opening jump ball, the extremely excited Kwamei dialed the ball to Gong Feng, Gong Feng dribbled to the front court, handed it to Jordan, and quickly opened up the distance directly to the weak side, giving Jordan space to play Houston alone.
If the first ball is not handed over to Jordan to play, all the fans on the Internet will spray Gong Feng to death, and Gong Feng's excitement does not mean that he will be brainless.
Jordan faced Houston's defense near the free throw line, didn't do any extra feints, and took a step straight to end the battle with a standard step-back shot, Jordan with a strong sense of the ball, and the ball went straight into the net.
The fans in the stadium immediately booed...... That's the greatest tribute.
The Knicks' players didn't care in the slightest about Jordan's goal, and after serving from the baseline, Mark Jackson began to slow down and began to attack the half-court offense, which was still very common in this era.
The current lineup of the Knicks can only play half-court offense, although Houston has now been nailed to the ranks of high salaries and low energy, but as a pure shooter, as a representative of the Black Eight Miracle, as a friend of Knicks boss Dolan, he is still very hard working on the court, but unfortunately the final age and injuries can't spare Houston, but not now, the current Houston is very combative.
Mark Jackson was a representative of a defensive guard when he was a player, and when he coached the Warriors in the future, he also took the route of defending first and then attacking, and the best player in the back single among the point guards looked a little fat, and if you wanted him to run, he couldn't run.
Interior players Kurt Thomas and Spencer are standard blue-collar players, and while Thomas' talent has begun to be recognized by everyone who works in basketball, what can these two do offensively?
Of course, if you just see this, the Knicks are already a candidate for the top pick, and there is no hope, how can you win the Wizards?
In fact, there is another person who needs to be introduced, that is, the 'madman' Sprewell, who became famous in the Warriors, is a step further in the Knicks' lineup, and later the Timberwolves' Big Three, the role of reaching the Western Conference Finals, you know why the other four can still maintain a certain competitiveness at a somewhat bad pace.
When you look at the Knicks' experienced benches, you can see why the Knicks' Van Gundy is still coaching.
Of course, if history is concerned, this is just the beginning. However, what is somewhat different from history is that Dolan's son is now the general manager of the Knicks, in charge of the operation and management of the Knicks, and has even begun to meddle in coaching affairs, I hope this will be a little different, anyway, if the Knicks, the first brand of the NBA, can take the lead in rising, the influence caused by the general city can not be replaced, which is also the regret of the NBA management in it.
Defending Jackson is Gong Feng, a comparison of the physique of the two people, you know what is thin and what is strong, Mark Jackson of the 87 draft can survive in the NBA for many years, and he has his own philosophy back then, even if the average score per game in the past five years has not exceeded 10 points, Gong Feng is also very serious about defense.
"This is the first chance, how many opportunities can the NBA give itself? I'm a blue-collar newcomer here. ”
However, the first offense, Mark did not attack by himself, but waited, the Knicks' offense is basically Mark looking for an opportunity to pass, running to find a chance Houston, or a madman, Houston and the inside after blocking, received Mark's punctual pass, shot, and the ball went in.
This is the standard Knicks offense, and after Ewing is past his peak, the Knicks' main tactic.
It's a pity that without Ewing's interior line, the limitations of the Knicks' lineup have gradually been explored by all teams.
The Wizards attacked, Jordan held the ball to face Sprewell, and Bow Peak and Hamilton continued to run, looking for space to shoot, but in terms of the technique of running inside the three-point line, Bow Peak was much worse than Hamilton.
But this is also Gong Feng's chance, because Gong Feng's shooting selection, three points account for the vast majority, and Hamilton's three points, well, he was only about 45 percent at his peak...... It's just a year.
This is where Hamilton won the championship, but he was different from Ray Allen and Reggie Miller...... Hamilton was the most standard goalscorer in the 90s.
Gong Feng, who got a chance on the outside, faced a defender a meter away, shot directly, and scored a three-point shot...... This is one of the limitations of the Knicks now, there is no defense and assistance ability outside the three-point line, Houston is old, Sprewell is not a qualified defensive player again, and although the pace of interior players can keep up, the ability to assist defense has declined a little.
The first quarter of the game ended with Jordan rushing left and right, leading the Knicks by 10 points, although Jordan got 6 points and 4 assists in the first quarter, but the biggest contributor to the lead in the first quarter was definitely not Jordan, but Kwame Brown.
Kwamei, who didn't get a good chance to score in the first quarter, grabbed nine rebounds...... This is the second limitation of the Knicks, once the option of secondary offense is lost, there is no need for the Knicks' interior line to exist on the offensive side.
Van Gundy can only be speechless with Thibodeau in the face of such a situation, and the Wizards' offense is like this, with the current Knicks have no good way.
"Everyone played very well in the first quarter, especially the performance of your two rookies, very good, keep it up, you will control the ball in the second quarter, Brown will play with Bow in the second quarter, White you will go on the court and pay attention to protect the rebound, Nesby, pay attention to the help defense, Hamilton, pay attention to retain your strength."
That's how the Wizards are right now, with no players in rotation other than the skinny Tyrone Lue, White, and rookie Haywood.
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