Chapter 145: Aftermath
Chapter 145 Later Force
Pierce began to exert his strength at the end of the first quarter, constantly bombarding the Knicks with three-point shots and mid-range shots, Van Gundy didn't have many good strategies off the court, the two main forces of the Knicks have just come off the court, and it is impossible to come back right now, and the other party has only one Pierce, if there is another Walker, will the situation be worse?
Van Gundy didn't dare to act rashly, although he was now behind the score, but with Liang Xiao and Anderson, two important substitutes on the court, the score was still relatively stable, but it was not expected that Pierce would explode in the last three minutes of the first quarter, which no one expected.
"Coach Sun, now the Knicks are six points behind, 29-35, such a score is not a big one, if the Knicks still can't contain Pierce's explosion in the next three quarters, the possibility of winning today's game is not very big." Seeing that the first quarter was six points behind, the host of the fifth station of the imperial court said with some concern,
"It's hard to say, I think the Knicks will still adopt the tactics of wrapping and sandwiching, if you want to say that the Knicks didn't play well in this game, not necessarily, you see Liang Xiao played for more than three minutes and has scored seven points, which shows that the Knicks are still in place on the bench, but Pierce has some unreasonable offense, I think in the next game, Van Gundy will strengthen the playing time on the main team, and the Celtics will be heavily defended." Director Sun's comments on the Knicks' offense and other issues are still very good, mainly because there is no effective way to contain Pierce's small universe explosion.
"Then Liang Xiao's playing time will not be compressed very little, will there be no achievements in this game in the end." The host is worried about Liang Xiao's appearance time,
"I don't think so, Liang Xiao is still very able to grasp the opportunity, and he played his due level for a minute on the court, I think that even if the Knicks strengthen their time on the main team, Liang Xiao's playing time will be reduced, and he will not have to worry too much about scoring." Director Sun is still very confident in Liang Xiao,
Pierce played well in the first quarter, and this performance did not end like this, otherwise he would have deserved the nickname of his truth, and in the second quarter of the game began his little universe burning again,
Liang Xiao only played for more than three minutes in the first quarter of the game, but he didn't open up other natural skills, and under the good preparation in front, scoring seven points was considered to be more than played, mainly because he was too rubbish on the Celtics' guard line.
At the beginning of the second quarter, Van Gundy sent all the main lineups on the court, Thomas and Harrington played the entire first quarter, and only rested for more than two minutes when they rotated in the middle, because the opponent's Walker was too much pressure on the inside, so the rest time was not enough.
Anderson replaced Houston on the court, Houston fell to the No. 1 position for point guard organization, in this way, more of the ball lies in his distribution, Liang Xiao is still a little weaker than Anderson in defense, and as a result, he sits on the bench, and the Knicks now have no need to strengthen the strength of the offensive end, mainly limiting the opponent's twin stars, and if you are packed, you have to defend very strongly,
Liang Xiao looked at the situation on the court on the bench, but now even if the Knicks have strengthened their defense, but the defensive effect on Pierce has not come out, Pierce is a breakthrough as soon as he gets on the court, and the small broken steps slowly squeeze into the three-second zone, Sprewell can only look at the opponent walking leisurely in his own half, Sprewell can't help but feel a little angry, and as a result, Pierce's strong build became a foul for Sprewell,
After Pierce hit the free throw, the Knicks mainly strengthened the scoring at this point in Houston, and Anderson was more about breaking through at this point, causing chaos in the Celtics' defensive line, and now their twin stars are on the court, although Walker is strong on the inside, but Anderson is still very smart on the break, back and forth twice, Walker is going to come out to make up for the position, Anderson is always on the edge of the three-second zone, which makes Walker a little annoyed as an insider, except that it is not, and it is not even more if he does not fill the position,
In this form, the Knicks can also divide the ball inside after Anderson's breakthrough, and the outside line is also OK, plus Houston's crosshairs are very good, and the Knicks did not lag behind the other party when they arrived, on the other hand, the Celtics, Pierce and Walker are the two of them playing double reeds, but the effect is very good, and the two of them feel surprisingly good tonight,
Pierce's shooting rate on the outside is high, when the Knicks are wrapping tactics on him, now Walker is on the court, more about passing to the inside, Walker always lives up to Pierce's expectations on the inside, with good footwork and small forward means and technical work, the jack-of-all-trades players do a very good job in offense and defense,
"Coach Sun, there are not too many problems on the offensive end of the Knicks now, but the Celtics are still good, and if the score continues to develop like this, who will win." The host said that the score of the Knicks and Celtics,
"Look at the next game, such a guess is not to see the current problem, oh, look, Sprewell, another foul, how often has it been another foul, it seems that Sprewell is a little impatient, whether it is a score or defense in this game, it is not very good, no wonder it is in a hurry." Director Sun said,
Liang Xiao has not played time on the bench, only in the middle of the second quarter rotated for about four minutes, got two points, or because Sprewell was plagued by fouls on the court, after playing in the second quarter, Pierce completely covered Sprewell on the offensive end, and Sprewell was hit by Pierce's collision on the defensive end, so that when defending, as long as he was thrown too far away on defense, it ended in a foul,
In the entire second quarter of the game, Sprewell was burdened with four fouls, which undoubtedly made the Knicks worse, there was no one to defend at Pierce, although Sprewell did not defend completely, but he did a good job defensively, but now he is not calm enough,
At the end of halftime, the host of the court station 5 said: "Coach Sun, now that Sprewell is in a foul crisis, if there is no one to defend them, the Knicks will not do any good in the second half." ”
"There's no way to do it now, in this case, I think Sprewell is a little uncalm on defense, as long as the Knicks can do a good job on defense and deal with it calmly, I think the Knicks are still very promising in the second half, you see in the second half, the Celtics will definitely decline their physical fitness, as long as they do a good job of scoring now, and do some more things on defense, there is still hope to win this game." Coach Sun still has confidence in the Knicks,
"I believe in the Knicks, and I also believe in Liang Xiao, look at the next Liang Xiao's performance, will the Knicks turn the tables, it's 53-58 now, the Knicks are still in a backward situation, and the live broadcast here is the NBA's Knicks home game against the Celtics, and we will come back after an ad first." After the host finished speaking, advertisements for Imperial Court Channel 5 began to appear, and at this time, the advertisement for the shampoo shot by Liang Xiao was being broadcast.
At halftime, Van Gundy made some emphasis on Sprewell's performance, admonishing him to be calm, as a member of the team, the general can't be so impetuous, the Knicks have been in a backward state, Van Gundy is thinking about whether to adjust Sprewell's playing time, and for others, it is more emphasized to carry out good offensive firepower,
Liang Xiao's time on the court tonight has not been added up to ten minutes, and it seems that Van Gundy has forgotten him on the bench, but Liang Xiao knows that if there is no effect in the second half, Van Gundy will be supporting the firepower point, and blindly defending is not a way.
"Okay, now come back, we are broadcasting the Knicks home game, Liang Xiao, as a Chinese player, the playing time in this game is compressed, let's see if there will be adjustments in the second half." After the host returned, the second half of the Knicks' game officially began, as a five-point gap into the second half.
This time Van Gundy is still conservative in defense, and Sprewell is still on the court, but after the start of the third quarter, the Celtics twin stars are still good hands, and after a period of halftime, the physical fitness has been restored, and the third quarter of the game is in general, Sprewell fouled again, which is under the ending of calming down and then calming, but he still can't control himself,
Van Gundy looked at this situation is really old, so he had to replace Spreville off the field, and now he lacks a strong firepower point, Van Gundy called Liang Xiao to his side, Liang Xiao knew that it was time for him to play, in this situation, Van Gundy would give it a go,
After playing, Liang Xiao was in the position of scoring guard, Houston mentioned going to the front to defend Pierce, so Liang Xiao can get more opportunities, there are a little more than 5 minutes left in the third quarter, and now is the time for Liang Xiao to stabilize, Liang Xiao has opened all his natural skills, and has been aggrieved on the bench for a long time.
Liang Xiao pointed out that all the natural skills are to exert force in the back, if you don't exert your strength during this time, it means that you haven't grasped the opportunity, as for the fourth quarter, you don't have to think about it so much,