Chapter 153: The Battle of Proof

Players on both sides began to enter the court in the cheers of the fans, after the supersonic players entered the court, to the Knicks, Liang Xiao stood in the players' tunnel, as if he had not been here for a long time, constantly jumping and moving his hands and feet, as the scene DJ reported Liang Xiao's name in a long tone, the fans broke out into a huge cheer, and now Liang Xiao seems to be higher in the Knicks' popularity currency Houston, because Liang Xiao's young, handsome, and healthy image is very popular with every fan, not only young fans, even older fans love this young man from China very much,

Liang Xiao walked out of the passage and still felt his blood boiling, a trot, and the fans on both sides of the passage kept clapping their hands, after walking on the field looked at the group of lovely fans around, Liang Xiao bowed to the surroundings, and expressed his gratitude to the fans on the spot, he had not played for a long time, and the players' love for Liang Xiao was deeper.

"Okay, now that the game has officially begun, the Knicks' starting lineup remains the same, Liang Xiao is still sitting on the bench, let's take a look at the supersonic starting lineup, the point guard is Gary Payton, the point guard is Brent Barry, the small front is Rashad Lewis, the big front is Desmond Masson, and the center Dubcek." The host said a series of names, "Judging from the starting lineup of the SuperSonics, the Knicks' chances of winning this game are very high." ”

"Yes, the supersonic since the rain man Sean Kemp is gone, the strength is ranked behind in the league, this is an indisputable fact, but the gloves are still so sophisticated, but it is also declining, although the current state is still very strong, but compared with his peak period is far behind, if the supersonic is to be reorganized, this veteran must be a trading weight, the only bright spot is Lewis, this team wanted to enter the Houston Rockets now why the supersonic is playing very well, this game, The Knicks still have a big advantage in all points, and the interior strength is not much stronger, but in terms of small front and guard, the Knicks are still better. ”

"Okay, let's watch the game and start scrambling." The host saw that the centers were standing in the center of the court, and with the referee's whistle, Harrington took a small jump and put the ball in Houston's hands, "Okay, now the Knicks are starting to attack with the ball." ”

After Easley received Houston's ball, after arriving in the front court, Gary Payton defended very tightly in front of him, Peyton's physical condition was excellent, plus the defense was excellent, so Easley couldn't get any benefit at all, Easley had to divide the ball, which seemed to only hear Peyton's trash talk performance, only scolding Easley for being a soft egg, fortunately, Easley is also a battle-hardened veteran, and he won't eat a technical foul because of this,

Houston faced Brent Barry, a veteran who is also in his 30s, and chose his best mid-range shot to score.

"With two points at the beginning, it seems that Houston has maintained a consistent feel, and in a game like this, you have to have such a player, who has a good feel in the mid-to-long range shooting, so that the team can stabilize." The host saw that Houston's first ball hit steadily,

Director Zhang's hoarse voice sounded: "Exactly, I think that at the beginning, when the Knicks had Ewing on the floor, Houston was willing to be a green leaf, and it was because of his performance that the Knicks would be so competitive in the Jordan era, and now they are still immortal." ”

The supersonic side attacked, and the gloves staged trash talk directly in front of Easley, which is also one of his routines, constantly talking, it is easy to distract people, talking is a cold shot, Payton's shooting speed is very fast, Easley can only watch the ball throw,

On the Knicks' side, the Knicks' two-gun combination of Houston and Sprewell is mainly used, Houston likes to solve the problem with shots from the Central Plains, while Sprewell chooses to break through more often,

Brent Barry's offense against Houston is still a little worse in defense, the white veteran in his thirties, even if he was powerful back then, is now constantly declining, as a veteran, Houston's state has remained good, which is also a physical advantage for blacks,

Lewis is now 22 years old, and the growth rate in the league is also very fast, but in the face of the veteran Sprewell, plus Sprewell is a little domineering when he plays the ball, otherwise, his madman's nickname is not in vain, and he didn't cause much trouble to Sprewell on the defensive end, but he is not weak on the offensive end, likes long-distance shooting, and the shooting rate is very high, likes to run, air cut, so the physical consumption of Sprewell is very large, A lot of times when Sprewell was defending, I don't know when Lewis would run to another place to get the ball and shoot the head.

On the inside, the advantage of the Knicks is greater, Thomas lost in the first few games, there is a lot of unhappiness in his heart, in this game, I like to ask for the ball, and it is very smooth to beat the opponent in the low position, and the defense is also to play their own strengths, constantly up and down the opponent, causing the opponent to be easily distracted, Harrington also did a lot of shots in the middle of the shot,

played six minutes and twelve seconds in the first quarter, and the score between the two sides was not much different, 17-16, the Knicks led by one point, although the Knicks are stronger than the supersonic in many aspects, but Gary Payton and Lewis's ability is not weak, especially in Payton, Easley can't let go of the other party at all, Lewis made two three-pointers after the opening, and tonight's hand is also very good,

Since neither team had a timeout, an official timeout was taken at this time.

Van Gundy smiled at Liang and said, "Are you ready now, otherwise, you can wait." ”

"Head, don't worry, I don't know how good it is, leave the rest of the time to me." Liang Xiao patted his chest and said,

"Well, go on the court and replace Easley, you go up point guard against Gary Payton, I hope you can contain the other team, then you've made it." Van Gundy said to Liang Xiao, as long as the opponent is contained, it is good, because Van Gundy knows that the opponent is very strong defensively, and there are really few people in the PG position in the league that Payton will be afraid of.

Liang Xiao listened to Van Gundy's on-court layout with the other main players on the court, in the first half of the first quarter, the Knicks' teammates were all decent, Van Gundy sent Liang Xiao in the hope of breaking the current deadlock, and now it is necessary to get a victory.

"Coach Zhang, now pause, after this timeout, Liang Xiao should be on the court, I think the Knicks urgently need a victory, the first half is played more conservatively, used a lot in positional warfare, and the defense is also very good, which makes the SuperSonics aim to play on Payton and Lewis at two points." The host saw the pause and talked about the first half of the Knicks,

"Yes, supersonic is the talent of the players, but there are no tactics, tactics can't be played, you can only let the players try on the court, fortunately, the supersonic players still have talent, if the average team doesn't have any players, just like the Wizards, if there is no Jordan, it can only be said to be a chaotic war." Director Zhang said that the reason why the supersonic players did not fall behind in the first half of the quarter was because the players handled it themselves, not scored tactically.

"Okay, the timeout is over, Liang Xiao is really on the court, this game is a proof battle for Liang Xiao's return, and now he is replacing Easley to play point guard, will this make him a little embarrassed, you know, Payton is not a vegetarian." The host was a little worried about Liang Xiao,

"It should be okay, Liang Xiao's ability is still there, and now I think Van Gundy's consciousness is to solve Easley's problem of poor offense and defense after Liang Xiao comes on the field, and Liang Xiao still has an advantage in attack."

The Knicks drove the ball, Liang Xiao received the ball and used Thomas's body to block Payton, constantly going around the frontcourt, Payton faced Liang Xiao in the frontcourt, and kept talking trash talk, since the start of the season, the SuperSonics have not met the Knicks, but in the preseason, the Knicks won the SuperSonics, which makes Gary Payton still very familiar with Liang Xiao,

"Hey, rookie, do you dare to shoot, as long as you do, I will definitely block your ball, oh, don't hide behind, I will break your ball." Gary Payton said while staring at the ball in Liang Xiao's hand, Liang Xiao didn't break through too much, because Liang Xiao knew Payton's defense, and watched the supersonic game video before the game, Liang Xiao also remembered Van Gundy's words, it's good to defend,

At this time, Liang Xiao was observing the situation on the court, all the players were in Liang Xiao's eyes, Sprewell was entangled by Lewis, Lewis's physical fitness really didn't say, Houston didn't have a very good position, but Liang Xiao saw Thomas come forward, as if he was going to block and dismantle with Liang Xiao, and the local defender Mason also came out, but Mason obviously didn't guess Thomas's intentions, Thomas came out of the paint area, and Mason also came out, but before he came out, Thomas ran into the basket,

Liang Xiao saw all this in his eyes, and when Thomas turned around and went inside, the ball in his hand flew out, only to see Thomas turn around and get up immediately under the basket, the ball just flew to the basket, Thomas caught the ball in the air after a violent dunk, the whole court suddenly burst into cheers, Liang Xiao's pass was very in place,

Seeing the ball go in, Liang Xiao said to Payton: "Hey, old guy, you have to pay attention next time, you may give me a chance at any time." So saying, he ran back,

A beautiful assist, Liang Xiao's proof battle began to open,