Chapter 101: Rookie Wall (1)

At the end of the first quarter, 33-29, the Knicks are still four points behind, such a score is no threat to the Knicks now, the threat is that the Knicks' benches are not very good, now Liang Xiao has not scored a point in the first quarter, and others have no achievements, if such a game continues like this, this game is estimated to be lost.

Liang Xiao's playing time in the second quarter of the game was also in the last four minutes, Van Gundy watched Liang Xiao's game in the first quarter was not in shape, and Liang Xiao was not given time in the middle of the second quarter. But opportunities will always be given to those who are ready, Van Gundy gave him a chance in the second quarter to let Liang Xiao adjust himself, before playing, Van Gundy kept staring at Liang Xiao and said, don't think of him, you just need to be yourself, show me the momentum you started with.

After coming on the court, the Magic's lineup changed, and they also knew where their strengths were and where their weaknesses were, so after this rotation, Sean Kemp and a big forward Pat Garritty came on the court to form an interior line to prevent their interior advantage from being too weak. Maddie and McMiller as outside firepower support points.

The Knicks' outside Anderson and Liang Xiao, plus Sprewell, the point guard is Ward, and the inside Thomas is supportive. Liang Xiao gradually hid with the ball after he came on the court, because he knew that if he didn't try now, he wouldn't have a chance to shoot, and the current lineup was also biased towards the outside, and he might break his current so-called unsatisfactory situation if he made more breakthroughs.

In fact, letting a rookie perform like this, occasionally with a few scores in one game doesn't mean anything, but he is a player who has not been drafted, and everyone originally looked at Liang Xiao with great expectations, and now his contract is another one-year contract, these are not problems that he has to consider. If you don't have a good performance in one season, you won't get any good way out next season, and now you have to develop yourself, although Liang Xiao has a talent system there, but that's the sentence, there is no possibility of pie in the sky, everything has to rely on yourself, this is the case now, and it will be the same in the future.

"Yang Yi, now that Liang Xiao is on the court, look at how he is doing now, I think if this quarter of the game has not captured these last few minutes, I think Van Gundy will reduce Liang Xiao's playing time in the next time?" The host of the five stations of the imperial court said.

"Yes, Liang Xiao is going to seize the opportunity now!" Yang Yi replied.

"Look, Liang Xiao holds the ball, who is he facing, it's not Maddie, but McMiller, McMiller is last year's best rookie, a freshman in the second year, I think Liang Xiao still has nothing to be afraid of, now it's a matter of letting go!" The moderator said.

"Breakthrough, Liang Xiao's speed is not very good yet, but he is only nineteen years old after all, and there will be more and more opportunities in the future. McMiller stuck to him, Garridi came up to defend one, there is no need, look at Liang Xiao and don't enjoy the treatment of being trapped! Shooting, Liang Xiao's shot is very skillful, bending the knees, the two of the magic have already jumped, the line of sight is not very good, this ball is a little reluctant. Yang Yi looked at Liang Xiao shooting, "It's really reluctant, I didn't go in, Thomas rushed, the frontcourt rebound was taken into his hands, facing Sean Kemp, low-post singles, Rainman is old now, but not everyone can bully, see Thomas is not so easy, he hit twice, turned over and hooked his hand, and actually entered, this ball market is a little risky, but in the end it still enters!" ”

"Liang Xiao's other shot didn't go in, the next thing is defense, Liang Xiao's defensive character is actually Maddie, the opposing scoring guard, see how Liang Xiao responds?" The moderator said.

The Magic is advancing very fast, mainly with Maddie on the court, how can Maddie not grasp such an opportunity, a rookie, unknown. Liang Xiao could only follow Maddie closely, Maddie faced Liang Xiao and kept dribbling the ball, between the center of gravity left and right, Liang Xiao was thrown to the left, Maddie took advantage of the situation to go to the bottom line, but Liang Xiao was still quick to react, and grabbed the ball in Maddie's hand in a side step, but the ball was not caught, and Maddie's hand was caught, and the whistle sounded.

After serving, Liang Xiao continued to defend Maddie's breakthrough, but this time Maddie did not choose the same number of paths, and directly stopped one by one, mid-shot, Liang Xiao seemed too nervous, jumped a little late, and was poured into one by Maddie.

Yibian fought again, Anderson broke through immediately after holding the ball, the defense was the opponent's guard Armstrong, Anderson's breakthrough ability is very strong, facing only one meter eight five guards, Anderson squeezed directly in, Magic's inside line immediately messed up, it seems that the Magic's inside line is worse than the Knicks's, Kemp directly stepped forward to make up for the defense, Anderson split Sprewell, the latter made a mid-range shot.

Liang Xiao continued to break through in the next time, but it always did not have any effect, McMiller and Maddie sometimes took turns defending Liang Xiao, both of them had good strength, Liang Xiao was in a hurry many times, there was no crosshair, and his backward shooting rate dropped directly. The more Liang Xiao is like this, the less confident he becomes, he is always doubting himself, and his confidence is hit by failures again and again.

After defending Maddie for two rounds, Liang Xiao immediately fell into a foul crisis, which played a great role in his heart, so that his spirit could not be concentrated, and then Sprewell and he switched defenses to each other to have a good effect, but Liang Xiao walked in the last time and only got two points, but Liang Xiao broke through six or seven times, and the success rate was very small, and there were three fouls on his back.

As the end of the game in the second quarter was remembered, Liang Xiao walked into the locker room with a low head, although the Knicks' score was not much behind, but Liang Xiao had an indescribable sense of loss. At 59-54, the Knicks trailed by five points.

Van Gundy didn't talk too much in the locker room, just to the Knicks' main players to strengthen the scoring and play their own strength. Van Gundy also knows that now is not the time to criticize Liang Xiao too much, if this is the case, it will only get worse and worse, and he has been a coach for many years, although he is usually strict and does not talk much, he still knows how to change these players.

Sprewell sat next to Liang Xiao, holding Liang Xiao's shoulder with one hand, and said with a smile, "Hey, man, have you spent all your energy on women during this time, I said, you young people are still not as good as me, an old man, since you know everything, don't be reckless, I am five times a night, you can't do it three times?" ”

Hearing Sprewell's words, Liang smiled and smiled, "You're still five times a night, be careful that you'll have a short life!" ”

"Laugh, hehe, just laugh, there is no hurdle that you can't pass, only yourself who can't get over!" Sprewell patted Liang Xiao's shoulder and said.

"Thank you, Ratrier, really!"

"Alright, let's continue the fight!" Sprewell stood up and made a superhuman pose.

Liang Xiao looked at Sprewell's posture under the light, although there was nothing to wear inside and outside, but after many years, as long as someone mentioned Sprewell in front of Liang Xiao, he would recall this scene.

"Yang Yi, Liang Xiao really hit a bottleneck in this game, you must know that his data is decreasing in all aspects, in the second half of the game, I think Liang Xiao would still be like this if he didn't adjust well." Looking back at this week's top ten balls at halftime, among these top ten balls, Liang Xiao's dunk in the penultimate was on the list. After the advertisement, the host said Liang Xiao's performance.

"It doesn't matter, I think it's okay if this game, or this period of time, is like this, we have to know that Liang Xiao is still a growing superstar, and over time, I believe he will get more opportunities to prove himself. The rookie wall is something that many players will encounter, even if it is the current Da Yao, the performance is average, and there is a process of adaptation. "Yang Yi understands some of the players' struggles very well.

In the second half of the game, the Knicks' main team played a lot more time, Liang Xiao knew that this was because Van Gundy was not very satisfied with the performance of the benches, although he thought that these players played perfectly, but as a head coach, the first priority is to win.

In the second half, Liang Xiao played for a total of more than six minutes, and Liang Xiao was four or five minutes less than usual in this game, although Liang Xiao's mood changed in the second half was somewhat stable, but the god of luck didn't seem to be on the side of the small traffic, Liang Xiao scored a total of 5 points in the second half, and Liang Xiao ended his trip to Orlando with 7 points in this game. In the end, the Knicks lost to the Magic 96-92 in this game.