Chapter 167 Embattled

After Houston's mid-range shot, all fans believed that tonight's Knicks would never give up easily, but it was under this psychology that the Knicks disappointed them, and the Knicks began to look out of tune step by step.

Jason Kidd received Martin's serve, directly under Martin's cover, and continued to advance, before the gesture was played, the Knicks' positional battle had just been positioned, and the Nets launched an attack,

Martin, who went from the backcourt to the front court with Kidd, immediately carried out a blocking and dismantling cooperation with Kidd, the Knicks' guard line was powerless under Martin's body, Easley directly hit Martin's chest under the opponent's block, Kidd hurriedly entered the three-point line at this time, and was about to enter the three-second zone, at this time the Knicks' defenders began to panic a little, the guard line hated to intercept the ball immediately, and the inside line only hated that his hands were too short, You can't just turn the ball upside down.

Thomas, who had not pulled to the high position, immediately surrounded Kidd directly with Harrington, but as soon as it was blocked, things would be bad, if only Thomas stepped forward to defend alone, there would be nothing to do, as a point guard, Kidd's mid-range shot is really not flattering, and sometimes he hits smartly, if the ball is not blocked, let him shoot, it may not be able to hit, but it is such a blocking, Kidd's point guard's sensitive sense of smell immediately found the vacancy, and the ball was assigned to Uncle Mu, who had been waiting on the inside for a long time, For Uncle Mu, this is simply like probing the bag, although he is older, but the bounce is still there, and he bounces up his hands to dunk the ball in.

Seeing this ball into the frame, the Knicks were a little annoyed, this ball should be defensible in the positional battle, but he didn't do a good job in the first step, he made a wrong step, and finally let people succeed, Van Gundy saw that his disciples were a little absent-minded off the court, and he was anxious to keep waving his arms on the sidelines, shouting reaction, reaction, defense, defense, obviously dissatisfied with the player's reaction and defense,

Liang Xiao saw Uncle Mu quickly return to the defense immediately after he slammed one on the field, but he didn't expect that the current Uncle Mu was still so majestic, and the obvious sword was not old.

"Bill, how does it feel to see Mutombo score on the court." Albert knew that when Bill Wharton was in the league, he was also a very good superstar in the big front position, and he could constantly attack the opponent's interior line, and when he saw Uncle Mu's performance, he couldn't help but think of his colleagues around him.

"If I were a few years younger, I would also like to give my opponent a blow like this, this feeling like Marvin, you are not born as an athlete and you will not understand the feeling of this, I think the players off the field now are just as enthusiastic as me, and they also want to try their skills on the field." Wharton smiled and said that he was old now, and he couldn't help but toss,

"It seems that the Knicks are miserable, and they haven't found any state in this game, if this continues, if the Nets' fast break is played, it won't be so easy to counterattack." Albert's performance towards the Knicks is the same as Van Gundy's, but one feels a little pity, and the other feels angry.

The Knicks attacked, Easley just got the ball, and remembered that he began to implement a full-court pressing, and for a while he did not advance to the front court as soon as possible, Houston saw this and had to come forward to respond, just such a simple action, originally the Knicks' lineup was in a good position, waiting for the attack, Kidd's veteran experience suddenly disrupted the situation of the Knicks,

After Houston dribbled a few steps in the front court, he saw Easley come out of the position and split the ball, Easley saw the ball like seeing a hot potato, and immediately pushed it out, Sprewell immediately made a quick air cut at the top of the arc at a 45-degree angle, the ball just appeared in this position, and the defensive Jefferson didn't have time to keep up, a mid-range shot, Sprewell scored, so that the Knicks did not fall behind in the score,

The Knicks didn't fall behind in the score when they arrived, but they just felt uncomfortable playing, the positional battle didn't come out, and the fast break couldn't be played, so they could only rely on the talent of the players and fight separately, fortunately, the Knicks still had the Knicks' double guns, and the two were relatively stable at the beginning of the hit game.

Within ten minutes of the first quarter of the game, the Knicks' score did not fall behind, Van Gundy was dissatisfied with the performance of the players, but the score did not fall behind, and he never called a timeout, the Nets were much better in the conversion of the lineup, and there was no timeout, and within ten minutes, there was an official timeout,

"What are you all doing, sleepwalking, I want you to cheer up now, react in time and defend in time, give me a timely return to my position, and be optimistic about my own people, otherwise, you will return to the bench and give the opportunity to those who perform well." After the players got off the court, Van Gundy kept yelling at his players, in fact, in his heart, Van Gundy is definitely a strong outsider, not because of sex but because of the lineup, if the Knicks replace the current players on the inside, there is really no one who can replace them, to defend the opponent's Uncle Mu and Martin, although these two are not the top insiders in the league, but they are definitely first-class insiders, at least they can get A-level tasks on defense,

The timeout ended soon, Van Gundy did not make a substitution, under this kind of lineup, he wanted to see who was not in the state today, and who was going to be replaced, but in such a hesitation of Van Gundy, the Knicks immediately faced a crisis,

After getting on the court, Kidd advanced quickly, the conversion speed was significantly accelerated, and the ball was given to Martin, who was cutting quickly in the air, and after Martin received the ball, he relied on his strong body to push Thomas away directly, and bounced his hands to put the ball into the basket.

"The Nets' fast break looked like it was coming out, the Knicks couldn't keep up with the rhythm at all, and seeing Kidd send the ball out between the two, Martin's awareness was in place, and Thomas was already in action before he even got up." Marvin Albert was clearly dissatisfied with the Knicks' performance when he saw Martin put the ball in the box.

It was the Knicks' turn to attack, Easley saw Thomas and Harrington on the inside in the front court asking for the ball, a direct hanging pass, Thomas was scored by Martin just now, thinking about returning the color, a low-post single, with his back against Martin, but in the body Martin is still slightly better, under the strong play it seems that there is no effect, I can't help but feel a little impatient, immediately turned around and shot, at this moment, Uncle Mu, who had been waiting behind Martin for a long time, immediately flew up, "bang", The ball heading to the basket was shot in a different direction and went straight to the bottom corner of the three-point line.

Kittels in the bottom corner saw Uncle Mu flying to shoot the ball away, and immediately rushed forward to grab the ball, Jefferson ran to the front court in front of Sprewell, Kittels made a long pass, all the players rushed to the frontcourt, leaving only Uncle Mu in the three-second area of the backcourt shaking his fingers vigorously, after Jefferson received the ball, he jumped and flew up one step before the free throw line, and staged a flying dunk,

The 20,000 fans at the scene all let out an oh sound, and gave incredible applause to Jefferson's dunk, Liang Xiao watched Jefferson's violent dunk off the court, and had to praise the violent aesthetics of the ball, in other words, Liang Xiao jumped in front of the free throw line It was difficult to dunk at all.

"It's so beautiful, it's so perfect, it's got to be one of the top 10 balls of the week." Albert erupted into a certain fierce sound of Jefferson's dunk, and Van Gundy only kept touching his nose off the court and kept shouting off the court, which seemed to be in vain.

The Knicks once again chose to make a fuss in the positional battle, this time they didn't choose to play in the inner county, because the strength on the inside line is really incomparable, Sprewell received the ball and began to break through, for the sophomore Jefferson, there is no comparison in experience and technology, although Jefferson's efficiency is high, and it will make people adrenaline rush in bounces and dunks, but it is still a little worse than the crazy man who defends the Knicks,

After Sprewell broke through, the Nets players on the inside immediately came out to fill the position, Uncle Mu on the inside stuck the madman's offensive line, and when he reached the three-second zone, he had to choose to find a breakthrough in others, but Houston on the outside did not have time to receive the ball under Kittels' defense, so he had to give the ball to Easley,

After Easley received the ball, Kidd didn't keep up with his footsteps, and a false movement shot directly at the three-point line, but the basketball flew off the neck of the basket, and Uncle Mu pressed Harrington to jump up and grab the backcourt rebound.

Kidd saw that the rebound had been scored, and immediately stepped forward to answer Uncle Mu, the speed of the others was not slow at all, even Martin on the inside line fell to the three-second zone quickly in terms of speed, Kidd's a ground-hitting pass, directly into Martin's hands, this time Martin did not pose a threat to Thomas in the position, but the opponent's Kittels stood in a good position, Martin's ball was coordinated on the inside, and a mid-range shot on the guard line fell directly into the net bag,

This ball came down, the Knicks did not score in two rounds, which made the Knicks' head coach Van Gundy angry, but unfortunately he couldn't scold it, otherwise he would have to scold the players on the Knicks court for being pigs, and repeatedly emphasized the need to defend and defend, such a defense simply made the Nets feel like no one.

The Knicks once again started a round of offense under Van Gundy's tolerance, this time Houston chose to stand up, but the ball still had no effect, and the iron soared diagonally to the floor, causing a scramble between the players of the two teams, and finally Martin and Thomas both fell to the floor and held the ball tightly, there was no way, the referee had to choose to scrum in the front court of the Knicks,

After the ball was thrown, Martin was a step ahead and put the ball in the hands of Kidd behind, and it was another fast break, Kidd shot directly at the three-point line with a big heart, and the ball went into the net.

7-0 attack wave, the Knicks' score was thrown away at once, Van Gundy was a little furious, now the first quarter of the game time has passed 7 minutes and 53 seconds, the score is 8-15 behind, immediately pause, if you don't pause, Van Gundy feels that he is losing face,

Now the Knicks have a bit of an embattled taste, the hits on every point are pitiful, and every player is sleepwalking on the court.