Chapter 357: Dismemberment of the Lynx II
The Bobcats' current defensive ability is undoubtedly the league's first-line level, and if the Knicks want to really rely on one knife at a time to win one game after another, although they can also be successful, this approach will definitely consume too much stamina from the Knicks.
The journey of a championship team is an extremely long process, starting at the end of April and ending in June, and the physical and energetic and stressful two months that are spent exponentially more than the regular season games.
If you want to go to the final stage, physical fitness, injury protection, technical and tactical superiority and even luck are indispensable factors.
Anything can happen in the stadium, especially against a defensive team, especially against a young and energetic team, and it doesn't have to be a violent muscle collision that will cause you an injury in one place.
As a player, you have to have a variety of awareness, but it is also an option for many players and coaches to avoid it when it is possible.
Continuing the run-and-gun tactics of the regular season is a positive option for the protection of the team's players.
However, a run-and-shoot team is different from a run-and-shoot team, and you can't just say that two teams are exactly the same run-and-shoot just by combining fast and three-pointers.
The Knicks, with Bow Peak as the core, led the run-and-gun tactics that D'Antoni has appreciated and satisfied with so far.
Gong Feng is the same type of point guard player as Nash most of the time in the run-and-bomb lineup, but there are two major points that the two are very different, Nash's personality is completely different from Gong Feng, if Nash's personality is gentle, rare among superstars, and a very good personality, then Gong Feng is arrogant, of course, this is a character that can only be experienced by people who know him well, and when getting along with many people in ordinary times, Gong Feng can definitely be regarded as 'empathetic'.
The second point is that Gong Feng's defense and catching and shooting after running without the ball are better than Nash, and Nash's technical actions on the offensive end and the control of the team's overall rhythm are also stronger than Gong Feng.
If Nash's passing is a breeze and drizzle, quietly delivering the ball to the person who should be delivered, and the player's actions can dominate Nash's passing, then Gong Feng's passing style is thunderous rain and wind and clouds.
Gong Feng will not let anyone dominate the direction and purpose of his passing. A lot of Gong Feng's passes are just to tell you where I'm going to end up, but you just can't stop me.
This kind of domineering passing style cannot be said to be the first person in Gongfeng, but it can definitely be regarded as an alternative style in the league.
Gong Feng's passing will be converted into assists by others many times, although Nash is the same many times, but De Antony's system still outlines a general passing route for Nash, but Gong Feng completely according to his own ability, give the person who should be given, because the Knicks do not fully follow the system to attack.
This is also one of the reasons why Gentry wanted to leave the Knicks at the beginning of the season, because the Knicks' players are too strong, coupled with the achievements of their predecessors, all of this tells Gentry that the Knicks don't need you at all, because they have their own successful offensive system.
Many people may be confused about how the Knicks can get such a good record this season, and such a record should not appear in a team of defending champions, but those who are familiar with the Knicks see another point.
A team led by Gong Feng has been formed, and Dior, Bosh, and Battier have completely entered their own maturity period, which is a completely different Knick from the Knicks of the past, even if the players still look like those people.
In other words, the current Knicks have a relationship with the Knicks in the past, but they are not in an overlapping relationship.
After the game against the Bobcats, a well-known basketball reporter recounted the changes in the Knicks after the start of the year.
Brown's mind is still aiming for the Knicks in the past, but the brutal result tells the league's famous veteran coach that the Knicks have made another change of their own.
Okafor's speed and help defense have always been criticized, and in this game, they were amplified to the extreme by Gong Feng's passing and the Knicks' movement, and Okafor, who left the three-second zone, was like a clumsy bear under the Knicks' attack.
Gerrard's defensive ability is very strong, and he can be regarded as taking on an important role in Ben's Pistons defensive system, but Gerrard's character is not that kind of hot again, and a 'conscientious' defender no matter how much he shows his toughness, he has no way to deter the enemy.
Felton's progress can't even catch up with Paul, not to mention what role it can play in such an environment, Gong Feng sometimes needs to deliberately reduce his feints, otherwise he will suffer if he does too much!
Finley's shooting skills are not weak, but when dealing with Allen, who is focused on defending him, he seems to be a little mediocre, and without his own strong physical fitness, there is no guy in the Bobcats' tough defensive lineup who can pass the ball for him.
The Bobcats, who are not as good as the Knicks in terms of rhythm control, have very limited ability on the defensive end, and a team like the Knicks that does not rely on one person for passing and attacking is not a dish that Brown is good at cutting.
The defense is not good, when it is the turn of the Bobcats to attack, the performance is even worse, Okafor's low-post offense is good, which can bring a lot of trouble to Bosh, but the Knicks' defense belongs to the targeted defense of abandoning the Bobcats' outside line.
Bogans, Gerrard, and Felton have not shot more than 30 percent of their three-point shots this season, while Brown's team is considered a common occurrence of 70 or 80 by others.
By the end of the first quarter, the Knicks were already 10 points ahead of the Bobcats, which was why the Knicks' outside three-point shooting was not accurate.
The young Praetorian Guards of the Bobcat were snatched away by the Knicks' momentum at the beginning, and the Knicks' attack like a storm directly blinded these young people.
In the second half of the game, Gong Feng did not play, and under Mill's arrangement, even several of the Knicks' fringe personnel began to look for a playoff feeling on the court, especially Paul did not rest in the second half.
Watching Paul's expression change from serious to relaxed to serious, Gong Feng nodded off the court to express his approval, if he can't maintain a certain sense of awe for the opponents in the playoffs in the rookie stage, such a player will not go far in the future.
Maybe it was the big score behind in the first game, which directly led to the imbalance of the Bobcats, a team dominated by young people, maybe the strength of the Knicks is so strong, in the next three games, the performance of the Bobcats did not cause too much trouble to the Knicks, the Bobcats have no core on the court, if Finley's sluggish performance is the core, then the Bobcats can't even enter the playoffs.
The core of the Bobcats can only be Larry Brown, who has been famous in the league for a long time!
But all the tactics arranged by Brown seem to have lost their due effect to the Knicks, and this kind of blow is very big.
After the Knicks played the pick-and-roll, the Bobcats chose to block all the passing lanes of Gong Feng, greatly delaying the passing and offensive timing, but Okafor's speed always seemed to be a step slower, and the Knicks' outside players and three-point players can always get their own good opportunities under the operation of the ball.
When the Knicks opted for a simpler high post pass, and Dio stepped forward to cover the ball, Gerrard's movement and blocking ability were not visible.
If these can only be regarded as bad things that can be solved, Filton, who can control the ball, is like a college student's level compared to Gong Feng, the timing of the breakthrough is not right, the rapid assault is not good, and it is easy to be provoked by Gong Feng and play some brainless and difficult scores. (To be continued.) )