Chapter 506: Tenacious Struggle
While Yang Mo was desperately rushing back, his teammates were also quickly returning to the defense, they finally took the lead by so many points, and they must not be beaten back at this critical moment.
With the Knicks' players gritting their teeth and chasing after them, the Magic players really couldn't please them, their fast break was blocked outside the three-point line, and every Knicks player chased down an opponent, which instantly made the man-to-man tactics play to the limit.
When the Knicks' defense was in place, the original Magic's smooth offense came to a halt in an instant, and their fast break could only be fruitless. After Nelson tried to break through two or three times from beyond the three-point line and failed to get rid of Tony Allen, he handed the ball to Rashad Lewis.
After Lewis received the ball, he immediately found Ryan Anderson as a cover, and he made a jump shot after using Anderson as a cover to break through to the left, in his opinion, Jeffries, who was already out of breath when he walked, would definitely not be able to bypass Anderson to chase over, so he was relieved to make a bold jump shot.
But at the moment when he was about to make a shot, he realized that he was wrong, because a figure actually fell from the sky, and then a giant hand snapped the basketball he had just thrown out of the court mercilessly...... Drip! The referee quickly blew the whistle and signaled for Jeffries to kick the ball out of bounds, still with the Magic.
Although the ball is still on the Magic's team, the fans at the scene cheered and screamed excitedly because of the block, and they didn't expect that the almost exhausted Jeffries could still block the ball, and he squeezed Anderson and flew high and slapped the basketball off the court.
"Well done, guy 1" Yang Mo from the restricted area cheered for Jeffries loudly.
Jeffries just smiled, then took advantage of the ball break to bend down, supporting his knees with his hands and breathing heavily. Let the sweat fall like raindrops.
Seeing Jeffries tired like this, the blocked Rashad Lewis couldn't help but be a little stunned, is this still the guy who just flew up and knocked my shot out of bounds? Why is he still able to jump up and block when he is so tired?
Lewis felt like he couldn't see through Jeffries at all, as if the Magic hadn't seen the Knicks through the whole time. They always thought the Knicks were a bad team, but it turned out that they were brutally killed by this bad team twice, just like Jeffries slapped the basketball away with a clean slap.
After re-serving, Jeffries, who was still out of breath, immediately recovered and clinged to Rashad Lewis tightly, following him on the run. Didn't give him the slightest gap.
Again, the rest of the Magic team has suffered from the same situation. Not only did they not find a chance to shoot, but they couldn't even find a chance to pass the ball.
The Knicks' tenacity was far beyond their calculations, and their original fast-break plan could only end up in such a way that they couldn't even shoot the ball until the last 24 seconds.
It was a beautiful defence without a doubt.
But for Stan Van Gundy, it was a shit-like offense. He complained loudly on the sidelines: "Run, run, won't you cross cover?" Why can't you even throw the ball? Are you already so bad? ”
Van Gundy's complaints didn't help, it's not that the Magic players didn't want to shoot, it was that they didn't have that opportunity, and the New Yorkers were so tenacious that these guys were literally defending with their lives.
When it's the Knicks' turn to attack. Tony Allen deliberately took the ball slowly forward in order to give his teammates enough rest. When he brought the ball to the front court, he hurriedly handed the ball to Yang Mo.
After Yang Mo received the ball, Howard had to follow. At the same time, Yang Mo bent down and slowly slapped the basketball, he was not in a hurry at all, he was leisurely. It wasn't until he entered the countdown stage that he suddenly activated, and he rushed into the forbidden area with a swift stride. Yang Mo took out all his speed and explosiveness. Howard's reflexes are hard to keep up with, after all, he's a center and doesn't have an advantage in heads-up.
Therefore, almost instantly, Yang Mo passed his defense. Then he rushed into the restricted area with the speed and furiousness of a bullet from a submachine gun. Yang Mo flew like a bullet, and the Magic team naturally had no one to stop him, and in the end they could only watch him score a layup.
When Yang Mo's basketball fell into the Nets, the red light behind the rebound just lit up, and it was a perfect whistle to score another two points for the Knicks and a short timeout for his teammates.
In fact, by the time he was on the sprint, the Knicks players were already back on guard. By the time the Magic served for a fast break, they had almost all arrived in the front court and took the lead.
In a sense, now that the Knicks have handed over all the offense to Yang Mo, the rest of the offense will be handed over to Yang Mo to deal with.
Coming to the frontcourt, the Magic still looked a little struggling under the Knicks' stubborn defense, and in the end, it was Redick who used a beautiful reverse run to get rid of Larry Hughes's pursuit and alleviate the Magic's scoring drought with a mid-range jumper.
Stan Van Gundy was very happy with the score, but his joy didn't last long, and Yang Mo soon responded with a three-pointer at the whistle.
The offense and defense rotated, and the Magic team still couldn't find a way to crack it, and finally when the time was about to run out, Howarddra went out and shot a three-pointer, boom! Of course, his three-point shot missed, and the rebound was grabbed by Anthony Randolph first, and then he handed it to Yang Mo.
After Yang Mo received the basketball, he quickly suppressed the rhythm. There were only nineteen seconds left in the third quarter, and the Knicks led by 26 points. It was a score that exceeded their expectations, and if the last buzzer-shot shot could be thrown in, then they would go into the fourth quarter with a bigger advantage. In this way, it is equivalent to burying half of the Magic team's body into the loess.
Yang Mo came to the three-point line with the ball and slowly consumed time. At this time, Stan Van Gundy was already irritable and couldn't suppress it, and he shouted at the top of his voice outside the court: Bao Jiao, Bao Jiao! Be sure to wrap up, now the Knicks are the only ones who can shoot, and everyone else can give up. Kill him!
Stan Van Gundy's shouting made Yang Mo laugh dumbly, and he felt that Stan Van Gundy's IQ seemed to have fallen below the horizontal line.
(To be continued)