Chapter 339: Comparison of the Two Teams
The fourth quarter officially began, with players from both the blue and red teams on the field.
After coming on the court, Chen Jiyuan's blue team served first, and Chen Jiyuan gave a free throw to Robinson, who slowly moved forward with the ball. Robinson is not very qualified in terms of organization and overall situation, but he can grab points in a certain period of time. This is also the reason why Robinson has not been reused in the past. After all, Thomas is a player who can contribute an average of 20+10 per game, and Thomas attaches great importance to the overall situation and assist ability of defenders. Perhaps this is why Robinson was put in the cold by Thomas.
After Robinson brought the ball over halftime, he decisively gave the ball to Crawford, mainly because Crawford and Robinson had a good private relationship, so Robinson passed the ball to Crawford, and more importantly, from the previous preseason, Robinson could see that the head coach was more interested in himself, so he was likely to get a certain amount of playing time in the new season, in that case, it would be very beneficial for his contract renewal. After all, his rookie contract will end next year, and before that, the Knicks did not offer Nate Robinson an early contract extension, so Robinson must work hard for his contract next year, so at this time, it is especially important to be appreciated by the head coach. And the thing that the head coach often emphasizes is defense, so Robinson decided to do what he likes and work on his defense, and Robinson even wondered, in this case, can he replace Sessions as the starting point guard? Such an idea is also in Robin Xu's heart.
Crawford faced Starkey's defense this time, and carried out a very rhythmic crotch, slowly looking for opportunities. Starki wasn't in a hurry either.
Suddenly, Crawford started, not fast, but he seized the moment when Starkey's body's center of gravity was slightly to the left, and instantly changed direction to go from the right, however, Starkey's lateral movement was not slow, and he quickly kept up with Crawford's footsteps, so Crawford still didn't have a good chance to shoot. However, after Crawford took a step, he urgently retracted his footsteps, and after taking it back, Crawford directly shot a three-pointer, however, this ball was a little hasty under the interference of Starkey, and he did not complete this wonderful goal. Chen Jiyuan wanted to fight for this frontcourt rebound, but although Chen Jiyuan quickly judged the approximate landing point of the ball, however, Lefu's judgment was also quite fast, Lefu grabbed a favorable position before Chen Jiyuan, and tried his best to squeeze Chen Jiyuan out of the line, although Chen Jiyuan wanted this frontcourt rebound very much, but he didn't get it, Lefu still grabbed this rebound.
The red team attacked, this time Lefu and Sessions blocked and dismantled, Chen Jiyuan quickly sandwiched Sessions, and after rushing in, Sessions made a pass to the ground and gave the ball to Lefu on the outside, Lefu was near the three-point line, after receiving the ball, he jumped directly, although Lefou's projection can stay not so good, and he has not developed a three-point range, but now Lefou, the mid-range crosshair is okay. Although it can't be said that no one can score, but at least when there is no one, the chances of scoring are still quite high. After Lefu scored this goal, the score between the two sides became 76:54. BLU takes the lead.
The blue team attacked, Chen Jiyuan singled Lefu in the low post this time, turning over and jumping, but under the influence of Lefu, the ball was deflected. However, in this ball, David Lee grabbed the rebound in the front court and then scored in the basketball. 78:54。
Even if the strength of Sessions and Starkey is good, however, Tony Allen and Richardson are half a catty, the main reason is that Richardson is not the main offensive point, today, Richardson is not too outstanding, before, there was news of trading Richardson in the market, which is still a bit of a psychological impact for Richardson, and the team did not give Richardson any promises, and even, even the rumors of this kind of transaction Richardson were not refuted. This is simply a tacit acquiescence. This makes Richardson a little absent-minded, and he is going to be traded away anyway. Why bother playing ball. For this kind of behavior of Richardson, we can call it a lack of work ethic, but, perhaps, everyone has forgotten that when Richardson was in the sun, he was sold and called a touli. It's not muddy at all. In an effort to ease the pressure on Amare Stoudemire on the inside, Suns management traded that season's three-point champion Quentin Richardson and rookie Nate Robinson for Knicks center Kurt Thomas. That's a big deal for Richardson.
This is also why, now, at this time, after knowing that it may be traded, Richardson's interior line will be so shaken, mainly because since he will not continue to stay in this team, then, before leaving, why should he play desperately for the team that sold him. Meaning, mixed mouth food can be eaten.
Based on this mentality, Richardson, who is not very motivated to play, will naturally not run to death in the offensive and make a three-point shot. I won't go it alone with the ball. If Richardson doesn't do this, he will naturally not be able to reflect the role of Tony Allen, after all, Tony Allen can only show his super defensive ability when facing the strongest offensive players.
In the position of power forward, David Lee's strength is still stronger than Karl Landry, and the two are relatively similar in size and style of play, but David Lee's experience and comprehensive strength are slightly higher. Therefore, in this position, although Landry tried his best, he was still slightly suppressed.
And Crawford and Starkey are basically a character who blows up each other. Chen Jiyuan, David Lee, Lefu, and Landry, the four interior players, basically did not carry out too many defensive behaviors, mainly because Lefu's defensive attention was completely involved by Chen Jiyuan. And Chen Jiyuan is often pulled out by Lefu, and he doesn't have time to make up for it, if he doesn't defend Lefu, Lefu's outside crosshairs are still qualified. And David Lee was entangled by Landry, after Starkey broke through, in the face of David Lee's supplemental defense, he could often pass the ball to Landry, and after Landry received the ball, he would shoot very quickly in front of David Lee, and such a shot would basically not miss. As for Landry, blocking was not his specialty, Landry was so good in body, and the turnaround running speed was amazing, faster than Conley, the No. 4 rookie of that year, Conley was a point guard, and Lanley was a power forward. Why did such a body fall to the second round? This is because Landry is relatively short, only 2.02 meters, which is obviously a big forward, but not as tall as James, who mainly plays small forward. is so short and has no outstanding arm span to make up for it, which leads to Landry's inability to protect rebounds, as well as Landry's blocking and defensive ability. That's why Landry was able to make it to the second round. As a result, Landry often goes to make up for it, and then it doesn't work, and even pays a foul.