Chapter 495: Magic Tricks
Stan Van Gundy couldn't see a reason why the Magic would be beaten, and in his established thinking, the Magic were one of the top three teams in the East, and the Knicks were just the dark horses of the year. They managed to make the playoffs and finish sixth, and according to the normal script, they should be beaten by third in the East soon. How... Suddenly, they rode on our heads to show off their might, and they were so arrogant?
If the last game was because of Yang Mo's sudden strengthening that disrupted the Magic team's plan, then... There's no reason for them to look for this game. The only reason is that the skills are not as good as people, or... Unable to keep up with the opponent's rhythm in terms of technique and tactics.
Although in terms of strength, the Knicks are not good, but in terms of mental level and technical and tactical layout, the Knicks have always been in the front and led the rhythm of the game. The most important thing is that the players of the Magic team are far inferior to the Knicks in executing their tactics, and everyone in the Knicks is closely united around Yang Mo, who said that they will never go west if they go east. The Magic team is obviously a big step behind in terms of execution, except that the head coach is a little confused, their point guard is simply a headless fly, only buzzing, and the fit with the team is extremely low.
Therefore, in the last minute or so of the first quarter, the Knicks once again played a wave of small high-tides, and the Magic team barely fought back, and finally extended the lead to 17 points at the end of the first quarter.
Stan Van Gundy was at a loss for what to do, and the Magic fans in the arena sighed. They thought the Magic would definitely make it to the Finals this year, or at least the Eastern Conference Finals. But the reality is cruel. They were beaten by the Knicks, who they had never taken seriously, and they were powerless.
"Truth be told, the Knicks are more of a third in the East. The Magic are sixth in the East. Although it seems that the Knicks' lineup is not the slightest bit unusual, they can always play accurate coordination, and everyone can play at a super level. Like Turiaf, he was almost a bench in the bench when he was with the Lakers, and he only rotated the lineup when he was in Golden State, and tonight. He's pretty much top-notch at limiting Howard. And Jeffries, who we were talking about being a garbage contract, and now... I want to wait until his contract expires. There will definitely be more than ten teams making offers to him, and his adhesion on the defensive end is amazing, more chewing gum than chewing gum. Collins couldn't help but sigh during the interjunctive pause.
"Garinani is also a model of a goalscorer. Wilt Chandler still has problems with offensive options. But since Yang learned to pass, his problem has been automatically blocked, because Super-Yang will help him design a good style of play, he just needs to execute, so he is now more and more efficient. Barkley couldn't help but praise it.
"It's true that since Young learned to pass, the Knicks have become more of a unit, and everyone's good has been unleashed to the fullest. And their shortcomings are hidden. I think that's probably why the Knicks look like the Magic are stronger now. Collins realized. He nodded and said.
"Do you know what a great point guard looks like? It's about making teammates stronger, and obviously Super-Yang has met that standard, which is the real key to the Knicks' counterattack. And the reason why the Magic team played so hard, I think in addition to Stan Van Gundy, who is the main responsibility, should be the next Nelson, who successfully showed us how serious the harm a bad point guard can bring to a strong team. ”
"You mean that Super-Yang can already be called a great point guard?" Collins was somewhat surprised by Barkley's assertion.
"Why not? Super-Yang isn't just a great point guard right now, he's also a great shooting guard, a great small forward, a power forward with great rebounding ability, and a center with great positioning ability. Barkley wrenched his fingers and said Yang Mo's five strengths in a series of words: "These characteristics, ordinary people only need to do a little to gain a foothold in the NBA, but Super-Yang has completed five events, so he has naturally become the most comprehensive superstar in the league today, and I am looking forward to the day when he can play triple-doubles, quadruple-doubles, or even five-doubles." ”
After Barkley's words, Collins felt a little exaggerated, but when he thought about it carefully, he felt that it made some sense, Yang really had the abilities he said, but... It's not as legendary as Barkley says, and in some places he's still exaggerating.
While Collins and Barkley sang and praised Yang Mo, Jeff Van Gundy, who was sitting on the other side, quickly sent two text messages to Stan Van Gundy's assistant, one text message was to ask Stan Van Gundy to arrange the tactics of guiding Yang Mo to work near the free throw line, and the other was to completely insulate Yang Mo's connection with other players, and let him score alone.
Jeff Van Gundy let out a long sigh of relief after sending these two text messages, he thought that his hope of victory was still very good.
And at this moment, Collins suddenly muttered, "Hey, why haven't you seen Milicic play tonight?" He's the Knicks' only ace center, so does he Knicks want to play the game of the return of the king? ”
Jeff Van Gundy was quickly awakened by Collins' murmur, and he quickly stared at the monitor carefully, and he looked at the Knicks' bench for a long time, and finally realized that Milicic was indeed not there.
So, he quickly lowered his hair and sent a text message: Beware of Milicic, he is likely to be the Knicks' hidden trump card. Now you have to keep breaking through the box and forcing the Knicks to play this hole card as soon as possible.
Soon, Stan Van Gundy, who was on the sidelines, got three pieces of advice from his brother from his assistant, and after thinking about it, he decided to implement the second and third directly. He wants to completely isolate Yang Mo's connection with other players on the defensive end, and let Yang Mo shoot as much as he wants, while on the offensive end he has formulated a tactical rule of constantly sprinting to the restricted area, and he wants to force Milicic out of the hole card, so as not to repeat the tragedy of the previous game. He didn't want to be a stepping stone to the return of his opponent twice in a row.
Soon, the pause was declared over.
When Yang Mo walked to the court, Dwyanwade, who was sitting next to him, suddenly stood up and shouted to Yang Mo: "Come on, super-yang!" ”
Yang Mo heard this familiar shout, subconsciously turned around, and found that it was Wade cheering for himself, he was in a trance for a moment, he seemed to have suddenly returned to the Miami years.
He was stunned for a while, and when the Magic team had served, he smiled slightly and expressed his kindness.
In the midst of this smile, Dwyanwade suddenly felt as if some of the ice had melted.
At this time, Yang Mo had already quickly run to the half court and participated in the defense.
When the Magic brought the ball to the frontcourt, Nelson quickly summoned Ryan Anderson's pick-and-roll, and then he galloped all the way into the inside, and under the cover of Howard, he directly hit Turiaf's body, and Turiaf tried to block, but by this time the referee had already whistled for him to defend the foul, and Nelson made two free throws.
When his own defense was whistled for a foul, Turiaf looked a little annoyed, but Yang Mo comforted him in time and encouraged him to get the game back in the next round.
Boom! Swish!
Nelson hit one of two free throws and felt a little cold.
After the Knicks served, Yang Mo slowly walked forward with the ball, he suddenly felt that the atmosphere was wrong, he found that there was no defender around him, and the five Magic players were piled up in the half court, and they were constantly following the Knicks players, looking like they were entangled to the end, and Yang Mo seemed to have given up completely.
When Yang Mo came to the three-point line with the ball, Nelson slowly ran over and reacted defensively, and after Yang Mo stopped the ball and made a passing posture, he quickly flew towards the trajectory of the basketball, with a posture of just passing the ball and not shooting.
The Magic team adjusted the defense like this, Yang Mo suddenly felt a little uncomfortable, and after waiting for nearly two seconds and no one came to defend, he shot directly...... Boom! Basketball is iron!!
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