Chapter 093: Battle of the Wizards (4)

After Joe Dumas retired from Detroit, the legendary superstars came out to make a noise, and Starhouse was one of them. Stackhouse, as a little ghost in Motor City, is really a little bright, as a famous school in North Carolina, known as Jordan's little brother, and wants to turn out Jordan's fame, but this guy who always likes to fight alone is far worse than Jordan after all.

Attacking with the ball, he is very bold, straight to the basket, with his back to the basket, even in the face of Sprewell, a player who has been famous for a long time. Constantly pushing Sprewell from behind, I don't know if last night's alcohol consumed Sprewell's energy or didn't concentrate, so Stackhouse rolled over and then stepped back to shoot and the ball went in.

The turn-over and step-down jumper is Starkhouse's nirvana, and the hit rate is very impressive, compared to Liang Xiao's step-back jumper after the retreat, it has the same lethality, but Liang Xiao has not been tempered, and now the effect is worse, not that the means are backward.

Consider that Jerry Stackhouse was first selected to the NBA All-Star team in 2000 and received a lot of attention, as if he was Jordan's successor, combining with Grant Hill in Detroit to form a strong lineup. However, with Hill's injury, Detroit was overshadowed, and only Starkerhouse was majestic, averaging more than 20 points per game for several seasons in a row, ranking first on the team. Now after the Wizards, bad habits are brought to this weak team, and the offense is all like to be done by one person.

In the rematch of the battle, the Knicks just shot, Houston was a little shocked in his heart, and there was pressure in front of the Wizards' fish belly team. Easley dropped inside after pushing the frontcourt, and the Knicks had a good advantage over the Wizards. Center Haywood is still a rookie, a sophomore rookie, and he doesn't seem to have as much experience as Harrington; Power forward Leitner is a player who has not been drafted, but he graduated from Duke University, won two championships in the NCAA, and was the only college student in the 1992 Olympic "Dream Team", which fully shows that he is a good player, otherwise Jordan would not have spent a lot of effort to negotiate and get Leitner to the Wizards, but there is still a big gap compared to Kurt Thomas, in terms of average points per game, it is nearly six points less than Thomas.

Thomas got Easley's pass, held off Leitner, the white power forward, and kept squeezing hard in the low post in an effort to get more space to shoot. The white man does not have an advantage over the black man in terms of strength, Thomas is also a strong man, otherwise he would not have such a beautiful low-post singles technique, a few steps later, Leitner was squeezed to lose his armor, Thomas a sideways small hook, low score, finally did not continue the bad luck of the first ball.

Then there's the Wizards' offense, the Wizards don't seem to have the power of the interior line, the interior line is just a decoration there, Tyronn Lue is now a passing machine with the ball as a point guard, the guy who entered the league in 1998 is generally a speed, and other than that, there is nothing to praise. Coupled with a height of 183cm, it is easy to be blocked by others, who calls people do not have the technical bounce like Iverson, such a height in the league is a natural deficiency.

Tyronn Lue directly put the ball in the hands of Stackhouse, let the current team second solve the problem, where there is Jordan, no one else can be the boss, even if you are the captain, it is estimated that your influence is not enough.

"Stackhouse was a good player when he was in Motor City, and he was able to get a lot of stats every season, and now he should be able to get a lot of stats when he comes to the Wizards!" Barkley watched Stackhouse break through, and Sprewell was still a little absent-minded, and last night's nightclub life made this guy a little overwhelmed.

"The stats are good, but if you look at his time with the Pistons, the stats are beautiful every season, but the team hasn't had two good results, and now I think if he continues like this, the next shooting percentage will definitely drop, and then there will be no such good opportunities as now. After all, basketball is not one person's, but five people's, only five people work together to win, one person will always fall short, just look at the magic now, even if McGrady has god-like ability, he can't sit on the championship throne. Smith said that as a defender, he obviously knew that the team was going to go through, and the five-man team was the way out.

"Entered, Stackhouse, turnaround jumper, Sprewell seems to be a little out of shape today!" Barkley said with a smile.

At this time, Van Gundy, who was standing on the sidelines, kept shouting at Sprewell on the field, be optimistic about your own people, pay attention to your defense, for Stark House to play two in a row, Van Gundy was obviously dissatisfied with today's performance in his heart.

In the next game, Sprewell seemed to be stimulated and frequently asked for the ball, but the shooting rate was not, but several goals were scored by the Knicks.

The Wizards are constantly relying on Stackhouse and Larry Hughes on the outside, and the score is not opened, and the Wizards' interior line cannot enter the interior at all. Larry Hughes's breakthrough is relatively sharp, but in the face of Houston's defense, the situation is not too good, and the Wizards' shooting is not optimistic in the situation of more shots.

In this case, the scores on both sides have not been opened, and the gap in strength is there, but today's Knicks are like taking the wrong medicine, and the shooting rate is falling, especially Sprewell.

The game went on for 4 minutes and 47 seconds, Van Gundy stood on the sidelines and couldn't stand it, so he immediately paused, it would be a big problem if it went on like this, Jordan hadn't played yet, and now the score couldn't be opened. The score was fixed at 13-15, and the Knicks benefited from the inside line, which allowed them to exceed a little bit.

Van Gundy scolded, Sprewell was criticized for nothing, this former thorn in the head, when he was in Golden State, he didn't put the coach in his eyes, but now it's different to the Knicks, no one wants to take him in, it was the Knicks who took him in, and now he is at fault first, so he can only bury his head and listen to Van Gundy's reprimand.

On the Wizards' side, there is no way to deal with their own players, head coach Doug Collins has been an NBA player, four All-Star players, won the best head coach in 1997, and coached the Bulls with Jordan and Pippen in 1986, but the results are needless to say bad, and after a season, he was taken over by Zen master Jackson, and now Jordan asked him to come out of the mountain, and has been doing program commentary on TNT TV before.

Now I can only say that there is no way, the Wizards are a fish belly team, Stackhouse, the team's No. 1 scorer, is a lone wolf, press him on the bench, and the Wizards play, under the draft with bad results in previous seasons, selected a Kwame Brown, this guy is also a pure rough brother, the technology is terrible, incomparable, and now he can only play as a bench, and it is even more impossible to rely on Jordan to lead, after all, the hero is no longer the brave man he used to be.

Looking at the state of Stackhouse on the court, the only way now is to put Jordan on the court, equalize the offensive possession, and give everyone a chance to get a shot and replace the Wizards' already poor interior line.

On the Knicks' side, Sprewell was pressed to the bench by Van Gundy, allowing the guy to rest and think about life, and Liang Xiao replaced him. It stands to reason that Liang Xiao can't get a chance to play in this situation now, generally Liang Xiao's playing time is in the last three or four minutes of the first quarter, this is the current change, Van Gundy didn't say hello to Liang Xiao in advance, maybe it was because Van Gundy saw Liang Xiao didn't go out to the nightclub last night. Usually Anderson will play more often.

Now send Liang Xiao on the field, and the impact will be greater. And on the Wizards' side, Jordan replaced Haywood, which is a big and four small lineup, narrowing the inside line and expanding the outside strength, which is something that the Wizards have no way to do.