Chapter 136: The Battle of Chasing Points

The Knicks trailed by eight points at the end of the first quarter, Van Gundy was quite dissatisfied with the performance of the players off the court, emphasizing that if anyone is not confident in their tactical arrangements, it is best to sit on the court and watch others play, while threatening and arranging tactics, in the next second quarter, the Knicks mainly aimed at the weakness of the interior in the first quarter, and appropriately avoided this, because now Van Gundy knows that the Knicks have no one to drink the Timberwolves' Garnett, only avoiding his edge is the last word,

Van Gundy's arrangement on the outside, more of the way he used in the last game against the Jazz, using the advantage of the outside to break through the Timberwolves' defense, constantly breaking through to cause confusion in their defensive lineup, only to fish in troubled waters in chaos,

Van Gundy There is no way to do this, if it was placed five years ago, there is no need to worry so much, there are one of the few big men in the league, Ewing, the inside line is the world of the Knicks, if Ewing is present, the Knicks' scoring is mainly based on the inside line is not centered, and the scoring and rebounding are all assured and bold.

But now the Knicks have no way, in the previous life, Liang Xiao remembered that the Knicks had always wanted to continue the tradition of center, in the post-Ewing era, the Knicks chose to replace Mutumbo to fight against the big man in the league, and now Uncle Mu did not come to the Knicks, but kept shaking his finger in the Nets,

For the current lineup, Van Gundy can only expect the outside line to give a satisfactory answer, otherwise, this game will definitely be an ugly loss, Van Gundy has coached the Knicks for six seasons, but he doesn't want to be in a situation where he can't win without a high-quality center,

"Charles, now that the Knicks are eight points behind, and now the Chinese boy has not played, don't you want to bet with me, we bet on him by 20 points, you don't dare." Kenny Smith watched the Knicks and the Timberwolves obviously fall on one side in the first quarter, such a game commentary is the most uninteresting, only the kind of game commentary that the two teams are about the same strength and no one will have too much advantage in the game is exciting, and now Kenny Smith, who is more composed, also began to chat with Barkley,

"Forget it, it's an unknown whether the Knicks can win or not now, you still bet with me that the Chinese kid scored 20, I think he will compress the playing time in this game, Van Gundy I don't know yet, only in the case of ensuring the victory of the game will the substitute have more playing time, now the main team has played a quarter on the court, I think the next thing is that the substitute has gone long and then the main force will play, I look at Kenny, you still forget it." Barkley obviously didn't believe Liang Xiao, suffered at Liang Xiao's hands, and was a little disdainful of Kenny Smith's provocation, but the current situation is really not a good sign for the Knicks and Liang Xiao.

The break in the middle was over quickly, and when the Knicks players were on the court, Van Gundy kept cheering them off the court, reminding them to move more on the outside, and Van Gundy's heart hated to go on the court himself to get the players out of the right position.

Thomas is still on the court, and now Van Gundy has no choice, the Knicks' interior benches are really too level, when he plays, Van Gundy told Thomas that as long as he does his job, don't be too presumptuous, the blood on the court is a good thing, but too much will bring disaster to the team, so that the team may face no players available, if before the start of the season, the Knicks' introduction of McDyce is not injured, and now the Knicks will not be stretched,

Liang Xiao looked at his teammates on the court off the court, and the morale is not very high now, since this season, there has not been a game where the Knicks fell behind by a large score in the first quarter, and now the first time I encounter this situation, I have to be hit hard in my heart.

After playing, the Knicks still implemented Van Gundy's tactical layout very well, looking for a breakthrough on the outside, Houston continued to wander on the outside, which played a good role in coping, so that the entire Timberwolves defense was very open, Houston used the opponent's defensive player Jill's old pace, starting to break through from the three-point line, and the Timberwolves did not have much rotation in the first quarter, and then let the main lineup rest,

Houston broke to the free throw line and distributed the ball to Sprewell, who ran out of space on the outside, who received the ball and used his physical advantage to stand up to Szebiak, and finally turned his back to throw the opponent aside, and made a jumper.

When the Timberwolves were attacking, Garnett still asked for the ball on the inside, and after receiving the ball, he made a back-to-back single at the free throw line, Thomas was very close, not giving the opponent a chance to turn around and shoot, but Garnett just grasped this, and now Thomas has three fouls, if the Knicks don't replace Thomas in Thomas's fourth foul, Garnett won't believe it,

Garnett sank his waist, a squat and then went up, Thomas was held up with an unbalanced position, after knowledge Garnett turned around and jumped, Thomas did not adjust the balance of his body in time, and his heart was a little anxious, and he flew up and pulled Garnett's arm by inertia, at this time the referee's whistle came up, four times, four fouls, Van Gundy really wanted to cry without tears off the court,

Garnett didn't stop, but was pulled by Thomas or interfered with the best shooting angle, the ball flew to the basket and smashed on the rebound, at this time Garnett made a free throw, Van Gundy immediately called Liang Xiao to his side, and instructed Liang Xiao, Liang Xiao waited for the registration of the staff in front of the technical desk, and the Timberwolves also began to change at this time, and the veteran Gil who had been playing for a long time was ready to be replaced, replaced by Anthony Piller, who was also 33 years old, and Szzczebiak was also replaced. Replaced with the champion show Joe Smith,

Anthony Peeler was selected by the Little Green House in 1992, and he was better at three-point shooting and assists, and was able to score 7 points and 3 assists last season, which is relatively good at such an age, and Joe Smith was the No. 1 pick in 95, and after the salary cap scandal, the talented player was completely dissipated, and when the most superstar-level player in the league came to the Timberwolves from the Warriors, he found that he could no longer compare with Garnett. can only exist here as the green leaf of the wolf king,

The Timberwolves replaced Joe Smith so that the Timberwolves have three big men on the inside, and as a transition, the Timberwolves will definitely replace the center in the next two rounds and put Garnett in the No. 5 position.

After Garnett's free throws, Liang Xiao came on the court, and Houston and Sprewell, who were behind the free throw line, conveyed Van Gundy's meaning, but it was just a tactic to implement on the outside, Thomas went to rest, and under the situation of four fouls on his back, it is estimated that there will be no playing time in the first half, and now the Knicks are completely Harrington with four small lineups to fight against the Timberwolves,

After the free throw, Sprewell stepped forward, Liang Xiao as a small forward, but now Liang Xiao has no position, the most important thing now is to score, now the Knicks are behind the Timberwolves by a full ten, as long as anyone can stand up in this situation, Easley was asked by Liang Xiao immediately after holding the ball to the front court, and now Liang Xiao has been waiting for a section off the court, Liang Xiao has not tasted such a taste for a long time, waiting is a very painful thing,

"Charles, now that the Chinese lad is on the court, our game bet has officially begun, remember that next time you will have to order a new microphone." Seeing Liang Xiao on the court, Kenny Smith said with a smile,

Barkley also doesn't show weakness and will use, "Who is afraid of whom, it's just coming on now, and the next time you eat it, you're going to eat a real guy." ”

After Liang Xiao holds the ball, facing the defense of the opponent's big man, in fact, in this case, Liang Xiao has a great advantage, Joe Smith can't be compared with Liang Xiao in terms of speed at all, as a big man on the inside, now the Timberwolves have advantages and disadvantages, after the inside line dominates, the speed on the outside line must be behind, Liang Xiao holds the ball after the breakthrough, immediately a stop-and-go jump shot, got the first point of the game,

On the Timberwolves' side, it is mainly on the inside, and the inside line immediately returns the color to the Knicks, Joe Smith goes on the court to get the guard's ball, and scores on the inside in a two-step manner, and there is no advantage in speed, not to mention in terms of strength, he can only press Liang Xiaoxiao,

After changing sides, Liang Xiao received a point from Sprewell, after facing Garnett's inside line, he broke through the ball, Liang Xiao continued to break through after receiving the ball, pushing Joe Smith to play the inside squeeze, to the limit of the power of propulsion, the right foot stepped back sideways, Joe Smith immediately pounced, but Liang Xiao's knee was wronged and made Joe Smith's block very difficult, Joe Smith also stretched forward, as a result, Liang Xiao hit a two-plus-one, Joe Smith hit Liang Xiao's arm when he reached out to block, Liang Xiao was fortunate to adjust the angle in time and was able to hit the ball after Joe Smith's foul.

At this time, the Timberwolves made a substitution and sent Garnett to the position of center, Liang Xiao hit the serve and scored five points in one go.

Looking at the situation on the field, Kenny Smith smiled: "Charles, you are a microphone eater, I don't know if you will be addicted to eating microphones." ”

Barkley also just smiled, in his heart Liang Xiao also despised it, when can China actually appear such a player, next time you must go to China to see, is it that the Chinese want to be able to grow so tall like this year's champion show,

After the Timberwolves adjusted the team's lineup, the main team began to constantly replace the court to rest, and the Knicks also began to make substitutions to rest the game, Anderson came on to replace Houston, Easley went off the court, replaced Ward as a substitute,

Liang Xiao's position on the field is now at a more critical moment, Houston's next Liang Xiao will be able to get more balls, in the battle for the ball, Anderson is a person who likes to break through the ball, occasional long-distance projection is his strength, he generally rarely goes back to hit the percentage after the breakthrough, Sprewell and Liang Xiao are originally a dead friend, and the two have a lot of cooperation, once Liang Xiao has the opportunity, he will not hesitate to share the ball, and he will not be as sticky as many players,

Liang Xiao began to carry the battle of chasing points, the Timberwolves are still inside-based, after Joe Smith got the ball, his treatment was different from Garnett's, Garnett had no way to defend, Sprewell stepped forward to interfere, but Joe Smith did not play, and Liang Xiao saw a rebound in the three-second zone,

Liang Xiao, who got the rebound, immediately counterattacked quickly, the Timberwolves players simply couldn't catch up with Liang Xiao's speed in this kind of fast down, Peeler is a player over thirty years old, the speed is old, only the opponent's point guard Hudson chased Liang Xiao's footsteps, but Liang Xiao didn't give him a chance, he quickly stepped to the three-point line in the front court and began to increase his pace, and the last step stepped on the free throw line and took a step inside, flying up,

"Oh, this Chinese guy is going to fly, is it proof that yellow people can fly." Looking at Liang Xiao's movements, Kenny Smith exclaimed,

Liang Xiao jumped up, stretched out his right hand, the ball was on the tip of Liang Xiao's hand, the fans in the target center were looking at Liang Xiao's ball, to dunk it, there has never been a yellow person here, such a distance can dunk,

Liang Xiao was actually a little powerless when he flew up, he originally wanted to stage a shocking dunk, but his bounce ability was still not enough, in mid-air, Liang Xiao changed his mind, and used his fingertips to pick up the ball, and the ball flew up again when Liang Xiao was about to fall, and went directly to the basket.

After landing on the ground, Liang Xiaoyou looked at the ball, the ball actually stayed on the frame for a second, but finally rolled into the net, looking at the ball, Liang Xiao was really a little embarrassed, and couldn't help but sweat in his heart.

Starting from Liang Xiao, the Knicks kept catching up with the score, Anderson used his breakthrough advantage to constantly threaten the Timberwolves, Sprewell and Liang Xiao waited on the outside, even Ward, the point guard who rarely played, Ye Zi, got a chance to score a three-pointer on the outside, Liang Xiao and Sprewell have a lot of cooperation, and the shooting rate on the outside is also very high, a good executor Van Gundy started the tactics on the outside, at the end of the second quarter, the Knicks caught up with the score and were only two points short of 58-56,