Chapter 052 vs. Clippers (5)

Now it's up to who's faster, and the inside players don't have an advantage. At this point, Anderson and Sprewell were at the front with the Clippers' Miller and Odom.

Anderson and Miller were a little faster, and they saw that the ball could be hooked with one arm, but what they didn't expect was that Anderson leaped forward, threw himself in the air, and changed the direction of the ball with his fingers. And Sprewell came from exactly this direction, and after receiving the ball, he took a quick three steps, and the ball was picked into the basket.

Miller and Odom in the back could only stare dryly.

The audience erupted in a roar, a block from Thomas, and the ball was sent to the basket in a flash of lightning. A series of wonderful performances by the Knicks gave the fans a luxurious feast.

Sprewell scored four straight points to make it 16-23 and a 6-0 run knocked the Clippers over. Clippers head coach Gentry immediately paused when he saw this situation, and the main Clippers team still wanted to regain his face immediately, while the Clippers head coach paused, all of them were like frosted eggplants, and walked off the court with their heads down and no longer angry.

Running back and forth for several rounds in a row makes the players on both sides physically exerted, and the players sit on the bench and drink energy drinks to constantly replenish energy.

"Now if the Clippers can't find a solution to the problem, they're going to be broken. Kenny, what do you think of the game that was suspended? If I were Brand, I wouldn't have any good fruit for the Knicks to eat, so unscrupulously spread wild on my own territory! Barkley saw the Clippers clearly irresistible to the Knicks.

"The Clippers obviously didn't anticipate the development of the situation, and they believed in their own delusions too much, you must know that Van Gundy started on defense, where can the Clippers, a young army, keep running and bombing in front of him so unscrupulously." Smith said.

Now Clippers head coach Gentry is constantly angry, teaching Brand not to stand up at critical moments, but Brand can't say that he has bitterness, and it's hard to say that Thomas always likes to be close, so he has to swallow this bitter fruit himself.

Gentry asked the main players of the Clippers to slow down, not just pursue fast goals, run and bomb, and suppress the momentum of the Knicks, if they can't press it down, it is estimated that they will not be able to explain it later, it is only a few days after the start of the game, and in the previous game, they have lost to the strong Sacramento Kings, and if they lose this game, they will lose two in a row.

The time was still 5 minutes and 37 seconds, only half a quarter, and the opponent scored 23 points, Gentry replaced Richardson this time to replace Odom as a point guard, and Margeti played small forward, one is to let Odom rest and wait for the visiting power forward, and the other is that Ah Q's defensive ability is more outstanding.

Van Gundy's side still maintains the original plastic surgery, and then it will be up to the Clippers to act, if the situation is stabilized, after two rounds to replace the substitute to rest the main team, if the Clippers have no good strategy, pulling away the score can also allow the main team to get more rest.

The 20-second timeout ended quickly, and the Clippers came out with a stance as if they were going to play against the Knicks.

Andre Miller's rhythm slowed down obviously, and it took five seconds to get ready to hang the pass inside, this time he didn't directly let Brand take over, but saw that Olowokandi kept asking for the ball, and immediately distributed it to the inside, Olovo Kandi has improved a lot compared to his rookie period, and after learning from Abdul-Jabbar, he has greatly improved his footwork and feel.

Looking at Harrington, he turned around angrily, took his left foot as the origin, and turned around, but Harrington was a bully, one hand was always like a straw hat on the top of his head, not allowing him to shoot comfortably.

I had to send the ball to Margeti and then back to the back, leaning on Harrington's low post to play hard, and once again reflexively sidewalked, not letting Harrington's hat reach, and the ball bumped in the frame.

The offense was complete with only four seconds left in the 24-second period, but it was ultimately a goal, which relieved Clippers coach Gentry, who had been standing on the sidelines for a long time, and finally sat his ass.

Van Gundy stood on the sidelines at this time and began to pace, touching his big nose with his hand, very dissatisfied with the defense just now, shouting loudly to the field not to lose his position.

Houston is still in control of the ball, facing Richardson's defense, not to mention, after Margeti defended Sprewell, the pressure on Richardson to come up to defend is really great, and it is obvious that Ah Q's defensive ability is a cut away. In his previous life, Ross Barkley praised Richardson's defense, saying "he can do it as long as he wants", which shows his defensive skills, and although he is only a third-year now, these are gradually revealed.

Houston gave the ball to Anderson and let him find a breakthrough against Miller, who was only 188cm. Anderson's ability to break through and score is strong, which reassures Houston.

Anderson received the ball and started quickly, but Brand's timely ability to fill the position was strong, and Anderson didn't think of a direct layup, but the breakthrough caused chaos in the Clippers' defensive line. Seeing Brand fill in, he gave the ball to Spreville outside to continue to break through.

Margeti is in the small forward position, in fact, against Sprewell, he is weaker than Odom, so he is a little lower in height. Sprewell received the ball and swung it around, swaying left and right twice before Margeti was shaken out of position. At this moment, Brand stepped forward in time to fill in the position, Brand is really a hard-working guy with a blue-collar excellent style, and he doesn't let his team miss out on those quarters.

Sprewell's height is not as intimidating as Brand's, and with Brand's long arms, he set up a tent over Sprewell like Tarzan, and there is no good chance to make a move. What makes Knicks even more depressed is that it is enough to have such a pair of long arms, and he also covers two people at the same time, and he really does not fall behind.

Seeing that Sprewell, who had no chance, was constantly looking for his teammates at this time, Houston had no chance, and was more tightly defended by Ah Q, Anderson was also constantly running, and there was no chance to catch the ball, the Clippers' Miller was close to him, and Thomas was not bothered.

However, at this time, Harrington saw the predicament of this side, and pulled it out resolutely, not continuing to stay on the inside, he knew that his opponent's Olovocandi actually did not have a great advantage on the inside, whether it was rebounding or bouncing, so looking for his advantage over the opponent was to pull it to the outside. Harrington has a mid-range shot with a good feel, and the lethality can always be pulled one step inside the three-point line.

Seeing the opportunity, Sprewell passed the ball from behind, Harrington hit the shot, and Olovocandi didn't follow in time, giving Harrington a chance. Two-point hit. At 18-25, the Knicks still led by 7 points.

In the next opportunity, Margeti broke through Sprewell in a pick-and-roll, and Thomas, who was in the position, was very capable of facing the general positional defense, and in the face of Margeti's fast break, it turned out to be a foul, allowing the Clippers to score three points.

Switching sides to attack, the Knicks were divided by Anderson, Thomas and Harrington played together, and scored two points inside, so that the time was only 3 minutes and 11 seconds. The score became 21-27, the Clippers stabilized their position under the Knicks' joint defense, and Van Gundy immediately made a substitution, knowing that this was the time, otherwise the main team would not have enough rest time and would be inefficient in the second quarter.

Liang Xiao, Williams, plus point guard Charlie Ward, the three of them top Houston, Thomas and Sprewell, in this way, a big and four small situation is formed, and Ward is 32 years old, Liang Xiao and Williams are both rookies, but there is no way, who makes the Knicks really lack a rotation lineup, only this is the only way to let the Knicks' main players rest more.

In the situation of one big and four small, the speed of the Knicks will definitely be faster, in fact, Van Gundy is very reluctant to throw away the advantages that exist now, I just hope that when the main team rests, these benches will not be caught off guard by the Clippers, and the rest of the things can be completed by the main forces.