Chapter 108: The Old Tree Rejuvenates

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At the end of the first quarter, the two teams were tied at 24, although the Knicks had the advantage at the beginning, but in the second half, because of the rotation of the main team, the Heat quickly recovered the score gap, and under the influence of injuries, the bench lineup that had always made New Yorkers proud became a hole for the Knicks in a blink of an eye.

Battier is a team player, without teammates, the Batman can only fall into mediocrity, a good defense is not very important for the bench, and scoring is the primary goal. Thorton's situation is the opposite, he has the ability to score, but the absence of helpers makes him much more anxious than before, and under the influence of this mentality, he has not been able to perform as well as he should.

"I'm sorry I didn't take responsibility for scoring!" On the bench, Thorton looked ashamed and said to D'Antoni, "I thought I could get in, but Lady Luck doesn't seem to be on my side!" ”

Without waiting for D'Antoni to speak, Li Chen took the initiative to pat his younger brother on the shoulder, "Marcus, don't care, you have done a good job, everyone knows that our current bench lineup is a mess, and it is already very good that you can withstand the pressure, as for Lady Luck, I don't think you need it with your strength." ”

Battier, who is the leader of the locker room and the captain, also explained Thorton, "You can score more points than me, it's just normal to not play well, you see I never bother myself, and you look at Darko, although he hasn't scored a point, we all know that he has worked hard!" ”

Because he knew that Milicic was very cheerful, Battier deliberately picked up this guy to talk about things. Sure enough, Victory Cigar complained angrily after listening to Battier's words. "Damn, don't use me as a negative lesson, you think I can't score. Actually, I just want to give you a chance! ”

After a few jokes, the atmosphere within the Knicks returned to normal, and D'Antoni took the opportunity to redeploy the lineup, he paired Hughes and Thorton, and the steal king has a better offensive ability with the ball than Battier, which is a good offense for the current main lineup. Shooting ability is clearly more valuable.

At the beginning of the second quarter, Hughes, who had not been able to perform for a long time, finally seized the opportunity to show his face, got rid of the defense and received an assist from Douglas for a layup. The Knicks scored their first point of the second quarter.

On the Heat's side, the good form of the benches continued into the second quarter, and Super Mario hit a solid three-pointer from the outside, and it is not difficult to see from his performance why Stella wants to support this guy on the top. Because according to the analysis of the technical characteristics of the players. Chalmers' three-point strength can complement Wade, who is good at breaking, and Arroyo is a bit redundant in comparison.

Beyond expectations, both teams' benches played at a very high level in the second quarter, both in terms of shooting percentage and offensive efficiency, and the score was tied again by about four minutes into the game. This is obviously good news for the Knicks.

After the main force returned to the field one after another. The state of the game is back to the way it was before, and the tactical execution of the main squad is obviously more than one notch stronger than the individual play of the substitutes.

After back-to-back reels, the Knicks turned the ball into Harrington's hands, and the former Warriors Ohmachi was happy to be a tactical finisher, making a mid-range jumper and the basketball slid into the basket after a spin on the basket.

The Heat quickly launched a counterattack, Chalmers was still put on the court by Stella, and compared to Arroyo, Super Mario was able to pull the Knicks' defense wider, and Wade's breakthrough was able to release more power.

Unsurprisingly, Wade broke through with the ball again, burst into the box and cleverly distributed the ball to Chalmers on the outside, and Mario scored the three points with a knife in his hand.

In the subsequent attack, Wade tried to repeat this performance again, but this time his pass was wrong, and Li Chen reached out to cut off the unsafe pass. Strictly speaking, Wade is entirely to blame for the Heat's mistakes, and the Flash has never been able to get rid of the problem of random passing, which is the main reason why he averages more turnovers per game.

Li Chen advanced quickly after breaking the ball, and a chase for three points made the scene exclaim, the same casual, but the luck of the big apple is obviously much better, of course, if you ask someone, he will never say that it is luck.

"Strength reasons! Otherwise, how do you think I can be so decisive, because I know I can go in, don't ask me why I know, look at my three-point shooting percentage, and shut up! Li Chen has always been impatient with chattering reporters, and he prefers Anna, the empathetic young reporter of The New York Times and Cruze's first girlfriend, in contrast.

Although the beauty had plans to repay the favor, considering that someone in New York still refused with righteous words, after all, there were already faint signs of revelation with Andrews, and he didn't want to expose himself to a more dangerous situation.

And to be honest, the reason why he didn't have the intention of catching up with Anna was largely because he was afraid of leaving something for this woman, so that he would be threatened to do something bad, while Andrews was different, beautiful reporters don't need any lace news to enhance their influence.

Back in the game, Harrington scored another goal, holding the ball with his back to him, he shook off the defender's Haslem with his feet, and then scored the ball with a small sideways hook. There is no need to doubt Harrington's offensive prowess, in the original history, the dismal Big Apple City was no different for Harrington, and he brushed out a stable quasi-20+10 level star stats as always.

Perhaps it was the opponent's continuous offense that stimulated Xiao Ao, who was strong in his heart, and in the subsequent offense, O'Neal Jr. took the initiative to reach out for the ball, facing the thin Chandler, the stout Xiao Ao easily stuck in a favorable position, but those who know the NBA know that Xiao Ao's test is still ahead, because what Chandler is best at is to make up for the disadvantage of his position by relying on bounce and arm span.

Xiao Ao held the ball, and the tentative turning action did not cause Chandler to react, and the boxing king is also a veteran player. He is more aware of the technical characteristics of Xiao Ao, who is also a veteran player, as long as it is not a special situation, this product will generally not be squeezed under the basket to play. It was a bit of a waste of his own excellent physical fitness, but that's the way it really is.

Born as a high school player, Ao has excellent physical qualities, whether it is offense or defense, he can do his best at his peak, and in the years when the old Pacers disbanded and led the team alone, this baby-faced guy quickly became one of the most influential players in the league's power forward position.

If you take a closer look at Xiao Ao's game, you will find that this product is a little weird. He usually dribbles with his left hand, but when he shoots, he switches to his right hand, and when dunking, he uses both hands five or five times. As for whether he is a left-handed general, it is difficult to say clearly.

Holding the ball with the baseline with his back, and then turning around to attack the basket is Xiao Ao's strongest move, and the weakened version of this move is that the back is hard to work. Small step-back shots. O's range extends beyond the free-throw line and inside the three-point line. He likes to finish in this position. And because of injuries, he plays to the basket less and less often, which also causes his shooting percentage to be slightly below the average inside.

Xiao Ao's defensive awareness is first-class, has excellent blocking ability, is fast, and his strength and impact are also first-class, and his role in defense will help the team even more. The disadvantage is a common psychological problem among high school players, who become negative when they are in trouble. Not good at playing tailwind, lack of fighting spirit when behind. These are his hard wounds.

Of course, today, Xiao Ao has not exposed his problems for the time being. After taking the ball, he tried to turn around to no avail, and he took a signature step back to shoot, and the high-arc basketball slid into the basket like a meteor, bringing a refreshing sound as it brushed the net.

Chandler shook his hand, he thought that Xiao Ao would use this trick, but he couldn't use the method of restraint, because with Xiao Ao's physical fitness, even if it declined slightly because of injury problems, but the big action of stepping back and jumping back is still not something that Chandler wants to make up for with bounce and awareness, on the basketball court, position can decide many things.

Back in the defense, Xiao Ao once again proved his existence with his performance, Li Chen's three-step layup after cutting in from the outside was vigorously slapped away by Xiao Ao from the wing, and the crisp sound made the fans on the scene rejoice.

Accustomed to seeing the majestic appearance of the Big Apple calling the wind and rain, occasionally seeing some scenes of him eating deflated is more memorable, such as his dribbling and smashing his feet before, I believe that after today's game, these two shots will be in a prominent position on many sports websites.

Wade's pass in the fast break accurately found his teammates, unlike the casual in the positional battle, the Flash's long passes in the fast break are usually in place, and he and James can often be seen in the game to cooperate throughout the court, and this time, the object of the empty catch was replaced by Xiao Ao, who had just sent out the hot pot, and his strong body allowed him to parachute into the Knicks' three-second zone like a god, and the basket was bent over by him.

In this ball, people seem to see the super inside line who averaged 20+10 per game, saying that he is Xiao Ao is not because he is O'Neal's weakened board, in the peak period, Xiao Ao is completely capable of destroying any non-superstar level opponent.

Chandler couldn't stand it, he gave Li Chen a look, the latter easily understood what the boxing king wanted to say, he gave Chandler a secret gesture, this is a secret code between the two, the reason why it is secret, just don't want to arouse the opponent's vigilance.

Chandler nodded, and according to the plan, he pulled it out to block Li Chen. Big Apple easily shook off Beasley with his speed, and Xiao Ao decisively chose to change defenses.

However, the big apple that scored first on the list was obviously not so easy to settle, even if he had already covered one just now, Xiao Ao understood that it was just Li Chen's carelessness, and now that people were clearly prepared, he naturally didn't dare to be careless.

However, concentrating did not help Xiao Ao, Li Chen changed direction and widened the distance between him and Xiao Ao, and then accelerated again, and Haslem decisively moved sideways to try to block Li Chen's advance. The Big Apple seemed to turn a blind eye to all of this, and he continued to speed forward, and Haslem blushed and wanted to teach Li Chen a lesson.

However, they were all wrong, Li Chen threw himself into the air, holding the ball in his hand and he seemed to be planning to repeat his old trick, Xiao Ao tried to jump up the block diagonally, and Haslem also tried to rely on his body to shake the opponent's impact.

Everything was ready, and the east wind was also coming, but the protagonist slipped away, knowing that he had deceived the opponent, Li Chen was secretly happy, and in the astonishment of everyone, he grabbed the ball with one hand and pulled it behind him, and then held it slightly with his fingertips.

Chandler once again performed to the audience a god descending to earth, and the boxing champion who performed ** stood majestically in the Heat's forbidden area.

"Don't let me come back next time, it's harder to pass this ball than to jump and dunk at the free throw line!" In order to fulfill his teammates, Li Chen fell miserably in front of a group of cameras, hoping that those guys would not record any embarrassment.

But to be honest, even Chandler was reckless, but O'Neal Jr.'s performance in the second quarter was really an All-Star level, shooting 3 of 5, hitting two free throws at the same time, 8 points, 2 rebounds and 1 block, he seemed to have returned to the domineering Pacers at the beginning, at that time, he was still the famous O'Neal! (To be continued.)