Chapter 173 Closing the Door,

Liang Xiao watched the game officially start from the sidelines, Liang Xiao knew that victory was unlikely in this game, but it couldn't stop his desire to win, especially now that the Knicks are in a difficult period, Liang Xiao's heart is even bigger.

Harrington on the middle circle and the opponent's Gazuric compete for the ball, and the obvious advantage of Harrington is much greater, otherwise Gazuric would not have run to the CBA to fight in the previous life, plus the other party is a rookie, and his ability in all aspects needs to be constantly honed, although he played a few starters, but none of this can change Gazuric's lack of ability,

Van Gundy off the field is also very worried about this game, missing one of the two guns of Sprewell, the firepower is absolutely weakened, there is no manager who does not want his superstars to be like clouds, who does not want his subordinates to be a group of strong generals, now can only hope that it will not be too embarrassing in this game, and I hope that these games will pass quickly, I am afraid that these games will be shrouded in this season like a cloud, this is Van Gundy's last season in the Knicks, I don't know what the next season will be like when the contract expires, and whether the Knicks will continue to renew their contract, but these are just a flash in Van Gundy's mind, a professional coach sees not only the current games, but also the O'Brien Cup in the Temple, and his future career.

Harrington quickly relied on his advantage, and put the ball in the hands of Easley in the backcourt, such a game does not know how many kicks he grabbed, if anyone is willing to calculate, it is definitely a considerable number, Harrington also knows the difficulty of this game, after the point, immediately to the front court to fall low, in the three-second area waiting for teammates' balls,

Easley is definitely not at the same level for the Bucks' Cassel, Cassel has been a rookie since he spent a few seasons with the Rockets, and he has received a championship ring that others have never gotten in his life, and the general luck of the vice president will always bring luck to the teams he has experienced, in his previous life, Cassel changed many teams, but each team has changed a lot since his arrival, and now the three musketeers of the Bucks are also falling apart, but it does not affect the reputation of Kassel, In his previous life, Cassel went to Minnesota and combined with Garnett and Sprewell to become the Timberwolves three-headed monster, which was also a rejuvenating year.

Kassel's defensive ability is really not strong, he is definitely a thin guy in the point guard position, and the awareness of defense is not very good, Easley directly chose to break through to the layup, but the players of the Bucks obviously do not attach great importance to him, but the players in the interior sit on what they should do, come out to make up for the position, on the inside, the Bucks are definitely strong, although Gazuric is not strong, not as good as Harrington of the Knicks, but in the small front Tim Thomas can play the big front position, The physical fitness is absolutely excellent, plus Anthony Mason, Easley's thin figure is like a single soldier entering the tank camp, and if he is not killed by a shell, he will be crushed to death by iron armor,

In the case of looking for opportunities in the interior to no avail, he had to let the ball fly into the hands of Houston, Ray Allen directly defended Houston, for the humble gentleman Ray Allen, such a defense is always covered by his three-point and fast shots,

Houston was trying to break through, and found that someone came up to implement the joint defense, but the ball had to be thrown by himself, as the first person of the team, he had to choose to stand up when his teammates were fruitless, but under the plaster-like clinging of Ray Allen, the ball hit the frame and popped up, and was pocketed by Thomas of the Bucks, for such a result, Houston had to shake his head, as if lamenting his luck was not very good,

"It seems that the Knicks' luck will not be too good today, and there is still hope for this ball to be scored, as if Houston is under a lot of pressure." The commentator watched Houston hit the iron, and couldn't help but feel a little pity, this game has to stand up,

"Try the feel of the tee, it's not that serious, and the Knicks' luck won't fall to the bottom so quickly." Yang Yi said on the side, he is still confident in the Knicks' performance tonight, although the Knicks were expelled from the court in the last game, but in the end they still got a victory, and luck is not very bad for the Knicks.

Liang Xiao watched Van Gundy on the sidelines very calmly off the court, I don't know what this bald guy is thinking, it seems that this game does not have so many requirements for the Knicks' players, looking at the situation on the court, I can't see the clues now, but obviously Houston has been taken care of more by the Bucks, and the Knicks have one less gun, such a game, more defensive focus is on the body of the mid-range shooting king, I don't know when I will be able to play,

The Bucks are attacking, Cassel and a group of people here are constantly running, even the speed of the 36-year-old Anthony Mason is not slow, George Karl may not be the most impressive in his previous life, but the winning rate determines the achievements of a coach, George Carl is obviously an excellent coach, for the Knicks, the strain of this game is also a test of the head coach, in the Knicks who do not have a full lineup, George Karl gave up the position, started the runandgun-based tactics, that is, the run-and-gun tactics, because the main scoring points in the Bucks still come from the outside, Cassel, Ray Allen, Michael Reed, these are the top scorers this season, are all guys who shoot from the outside, Tim Thomas, who scores the highest on the inside, is also a role that can play small forwards, and he is not weak in long-range shooting, and the same is true for Tony Kukoc, the strongest small front bench,

Soon after a series of inverted balls in the front court, the V-shaped position formed allowed the Bucks to get a lot of opportunities, basically no longer scoring inside, which also increased the pressure on the Knicks on the outside, even the players on the inside line have to take out the three-second zone from time to time, and such a run is easy to form a three-second violation.

In the end, Ray Allen made a quick shot in front of Houston, and hit a three-point shot, which ignited the passion of the Bradley Center at once, and the fans present loved this humble gentleman, calm and introverted character, without much ostentatious momentum, even on top of hatred, he relied on his own goals to give the opponent a blow,

When the Knicks attacked, the Bucks were obviously weakened in the positional battle, without Thomas's interior support, their ability to respond was much weaker, Harrington had to run out of the three-second zone to respond, just when the Knicks' Houston was about to attack, he found himself in a desperate situation, because the Bucks used closed-door tactics against Houston, this kind of defense is now a nirvana for the Knicks, because the Knicks lack a lot of firepower, and Houston is about to pass the ball out immediately after closing the door, under the bag, it is rare that a few people can make it,

At this time, Houston found out how happy it was to have a Thomas on the inside and a Sprewell on the outside, Houston was blocked by Ray Allen and Tim Thomas outside the three-second zone, and there was no way out, so he had to give the ball to Anderson, Anderson broke through after receiving the ball, and found that the same tactics were adopted for him on the other side, Tim Thomas and Mason on the inside line stood there like an iron wall, blocking the offensive line alive,

Anderson asked for a split ball, but this time he didn't get the bag, because Harrington came out from the inside, Harrington's long-range shooting ability was outstanding, the tall man had a wide field of vision, and it didn't make much sense to close the door, Harrington hit,

Soon came the first official timeout, more than three minutes later, but the Knicks only scored 6 points, the Bucks already had 13 points, Van Gundy didn't have anything to do, the players after the game were around him, waiting for him to tell how to crack the Bucks' offense and defense,

"It seems that the Knicks were chased and intercepted, the defensive end was disintegrated by other people's running and bombing, and the offensive end was blocked by other people's closed-door joint defense tactics, which simply made the Knicks go to a dead end." The host of the Imperial Court Radio 5 said with some concern, and had great expectations for the Knicks after the pause.

"What Van Gundy has to do now is to change his tactics, and now he still has to rely on the positional battle in the half court is ineffective, the defense is not blindly defending, now is to find a breakthrough, Houston and Anderson, the two most active players of the Knicks, are limited, the Knicks' mobility will be gone, how can it be possible to get more effective transformation on offense, I think Van Gundy should focus more on offense off the court, and the best defense is offense." Yang Yi said with advice, but he couldn't be by Van Gundy's side,

However, Van Gundy off the court, there is no such state of obsessed bystanders, and it is obvious that if the current Knicks do not find a way out of the offense, it is the Knicks' final death, and they are all nostalgic for the days with Sprewell and Thomas, or if McDyce is not injured at the beginning of the season, it is also a good choice, but there is no way now,

"Liang, Alain, and Sam, I want you to pose a threat to their inside line in the next time, no matter what method you use, if you can't, I hope you can do it on the outside." Van Gundy asked Liang Xiao off the court, Houston and Anderson had more impact on the inside, and if not, it was okay to kill on the outside.

When Liang Xiao heard this, he couldn't help but despise Van Gundy in his heart, if you want to say that he can run and bomb, there are so many tricks, remake, it's not that he didn't see the other party's closing for a few minutes, the defense is not weak at all, and you don't give up, Van Gundy means to try the breakthrough and pass of the positional battle, if it doesn't work, continue to run and bomb, there is no way, sleep Van Gundy is born at this point, the positional battle is a hundred fights, and when he was in the Rocket team in his previous life, he also arranged heavy troops on the inside,

Soon the timeout ended, this time on the court was Liang Xiao as the main force on the court, Witherspoon went off the field, forming a fast lineup of one big and four small, and the firepower on the outside was absolutely strong.