Chapter 397: The Most Dominant Center
With four minutes left in the game, the Knicks led the Suns by six points, with the score at 109-103.
This time, this point difference, is not without hope of catching up. So the Suns need to take a good look at how to recover this score.
Although Chen Jiyuan played a god-like number jù, it did not affect the morale of the Suns, because no one would let the Suns players know this, and in the course of the game, how could the players pay too much attention to the number jù or something. It's all after the game.
The Suns attacked again, Nash still chose a three-point shot this time, Nash and Amare Stoudemire cooperated in blocking and pick-and-roll, after Nash passed by Amare Stoudemire's side, a step-back jumper, and Sessions opened up the distance, Sessions didn't get enough of Nash, so he could only watch Nash shoot this three-pointer. Nash's three-point shot is definitely at the level of God. Especially today, in the second quarter of the game and the third quarter of the game, obviously there were not many shots, and it was not so obvious, but now in the fourth quarter, it is a critical moment. Why are you still up on board? Chen Jiyuan only felt like crying without tears. Nash's three-pointer went in again. 109:106。
The difference has become three points again. There are 3 minutes and 47 seconds left.
Because at this critical moment, it is difficult for both sides to score goals, because the strength of the defense will obviously be high. That's how the Knicks were defending the Suns, and that's how the Suns were defending the Knicks.
The Knicks' players are going to stick to the Suns, don't give any gaps, and resolutely don't let the Suns' players have a chance to shoot three-pointers. The Suns' defense of Chen Jiyuan is also like this, the moment Chen Jiyuan receives the ball, the bag comes up, and he doesn't give a chance at all, giving people the illusion that the Sun's idea is that the game can be lost, and Chen Jiyuan can't score.
In this way, both sides made a few forced shots, and in general, the offensive speed of both sides was suppressed, mainly because the rapid offense on the Suns' side was suppressed by the Knicks. Every time Nash, Grant Hill, Jason Richardson, and Amare Stoudemire wanted to break fast, the Knicks would switch defenses, and Chen Jiyuan quickly returned to his own half to defend Amare Stoudemire. And Stephen Jackson, Ramon Sessions and Rodney Starkey also did a good job of forcing and defending the Suns' perimeter, which made the Suns' rapid offensive effect relatively low, and gradually became more than worth the losses, and then slowly, the rhythm of the game on the court became a slow positional battle.
In terms of positional warfare, the Suns will feel very melancholy, because although the Suns have found O'Neal, they are entering the positional warfare. However, one thing we must admit is that O'Neill can no longer kill all sides on the inside as he did in the early years, and he can no longer turn the opponent's inside line upside down. It's no longer enough to attract the attention of the opponent's entire interior defense.
And the rest of the positional battles are not what the Suns are good at, after all, they have been playing the run-and-bomb tactics for so many years, and it is also by relying on the run-and-bomb tactics that they can go all the way to the Western Conference Finals. Especially Nash, who has a deep affection for run-and-gun tactics. If it is a positional battle, the shortcomings of Nash's defensive holes are easily magnified. You must know that every player has their own strengths and weaknesses, but how to cover up the shortcomings and magnify the strengths has become a major problem.
Many players don't play at some point, not because they don't have the strength, but because they don't have the same personality as the manager, and once they leave this tactical system, they can't necessarily show how much strength they can play. This is also why Chen Jiyuan is determined to find the most suitable, not the best. First, because the most suitable team building can save a little money, and more importantly, only the most suitable team will have a higher chance of winning the championship.
Sure enough, the Suns were heavily defended by the Knicks. It's a little uncomfortable.
In the final two minutes, with 1:49 left to be exact, the Suns made a fatal mistake.
When Chen Jiyuan beat Amare Stoudemire with his back, Amare Stoudemire was fouled by Chen Jiyuan. Chen Jiyuan turned around and jumped, but Chen Jiyuan shook it, and Amare Stoudemire jumped up, which was exactly what Chen Jiyuan wanted. Chen Jiyuan hit Amare Stoudemire directly, made a shot, and the referee decisively gave a foul. It's not a big deal, but if the time for the foul is wrong, then it's a big deal. Now, for example, after Amare Stoudemire fouls, he has completed his graduation. And it was in the last two minutes of the game, at this most critical moment. Graduation is not a big blow to the morale of the Suns, and it is not a big blow to the interior strength of the Suns. You know, O'Neal is now unable to complete a lot of back-and-forth transfer of supplements and assists. These tasks have always been done by the very mobile Amare Stoudemire, and now that Amare Stoudemire is off the court, then the Suns' interior defense will be very weak in restricting the incoming outside players. The game is a bit of a winner.
Chen Jiyuan hit both free throws steadily. The Knicks took the lead again, leading by five points. The score on the court was 111:106. These two free throws broke a long scoring drought for both teams. At the same time, it also breaks the rhythm of the stalemate of this game a bit.
The Suns, of course, are asking for a timeout. There is no way, after the main interior player Amare Stoudemire is gone, the Suns must make some changes, otherwise, this game will really enter the rhythm of the Knicks. Then, the game is over.
After Chen Jiyuan also scored these two free throws, he successfully scored 28 points in the fourth quarter of the game. If Chen Jiyuan can score 5 points, then Chen Jiyuan will be able to tie the record of the highest score in a single quarter by an NBA player. If you score 6 points, you will be able to break this record. Although this probability is relatively low. Now the game is coming to an end. The Suns will guard Chen Jiyuan strictly, and it is not so simple.
However, he scored 28 points in a single quarter in the fourth quarter, and he still maintained a 100 percent shooting rate. It's simply impossible to finish time. But Chen Jiyuan did it. Just talking about the score in the fourth quarter of the game, Chen Jiyuan's 28 points is already a record, let alone a 100% shooting rate. This record is destined to be unbreakable. If nothing else, it's that this 100 percent shooting rate in a single quarter is not so easy to get, let alone 28 points. You know, the stars who can score 28 points in a single quarter can be counted in the entire league. And now there is someone who has done 100 percent shooting and scored 28 points. It's not human.
Chen Jiyuan made 13 shots in the fourth quarter of the game, hitting all of them and hitting both free throws. Got 28 points. A fouled shot is not counted, so Chen Jiyuan's shooting rate in the fourth quarter is still 100 percent. If Chen Jiyuan can not make a shot in the next game, then it will be enough for the number of today's fourth-quarter games to appear in the history of the NBA as a record. However, if Chen Jiyuan's shot here is not hit in the next minute or so, then Chen Jiyuan's record tonight will not be as dazzling as it is now. Although 28 points in the fourth quarter is also a good record, this record may not necessarily be broken at any time. If it were a normal player, it would obviously be in order to maintain his 100 percent shooting percentage and stop shooting.
However, Chen Jiyuan is not the kind of person who pursues records in the pursuit of numbers. Although Chen Jiyuan vaguely felt that he didn't seem to have missed a shot in the fourth quarter of the game today, he also vaguely felt that his fourth quarter score seemed to be a lot, and such a number seemed to be very radiant. However, this radiant brilliance can never cover up the haze of losing, especially for a competitive person like Chen Jiyuan, the haze after losing is even more difficult.
When the timeout was over, the players from both sides returned to the field, and at this crucial moment, Tom Thibodeau made an important substitution, that is, replacing Rodney Starkey with Toni Allen, who was definitely very liked by Thibodeau, but like is liked, Thibodeau is a man who seeks to win. Thibodeau will not allow his team's players to make mistakes, and Thibodeau will not tolerate his own mistakes that lead to the defeat of the game.
And at the last critical moment, compared with the offense, it is obvious that Thibodeau is more optimistic about defense, that is to say, compared with the offensive Starki, Thibodeau trusts the defensive maniac Tony Allen more In Thibodeau's view, at this critical moment, Tony Allen, who has a better defense, can lead the team to victory, and now the outside players sent by the Knicks are less offensive. It's not that it's not offensive, it's just that Starkey's self-help attack is much better than Tony Allen's. The offensive threat of two people is not at the same level at all.
The Suns were rested because of Amare Stoudemire's dismissal. Had to field a lineup of four strikers. Nash is definitely going to play. Jason Richardson also performed quite well today, and was also fielded, and, of course, the center is O'Neal, the other two are Grant Hill and Leandro Barbossa, it seems that the Suns are planning to turn the situation back with Guò attack.
In other words, in fact, the Suns basically have a five-starting lineup, but there is no way to do it, and the current Suns are basically five starters playing the whole game.
Sometimes the manager's ability is not good, and it is a real injury. Even if the players are awesome, the players are the players, and maybe the players with strong organizational skills can lead the team to make the right changes at a certain level, but the players can't make more tactical arrangements like the head coach. So, good tactical players, similar to Paul, can be the icing on the cake for the manager's tactics, but these players can't save the manager who is too weak.
Now the head coach of the Suns is obviously one of them, and the Suns are obviously not as good as the year after year. The strength of the team is also not good, and after the exchange for O'Neal, it has been going downhill every year. There's no way to replace Marion. Marion's salary contract is too large for the Suns to afford, and with O'Neal's $21 million contract, the Suns can't afford to give Marion a contract that he can satisfy. The Big Sharks' contract greatly limits the Suns' salary space. Coupled with Marion's constant complaints, and the Suns in the West in desperate need of a weak break through the current results, it is imperative to trade Marion. The resulting decline in the quality of the players is also a result that they have to bear.
After the players from both sides came on the field, the game began.
The sun attacked, Nash dribbled the ball through the half, passed the ball to O'Neal on the inside, O'Neal singled Chen Jiyuan, this ball, O'Neal also played backwards, facing the legendary O'Neal, even Chen Jiyuan felt a little pressure. After all, the current O'Neill still has some strength if he has a body. After all, O'Neal is still a player who can average 17.8 points and 8.4 rebounds per game. What restricts O'Neill is his body and his speed. O'Neal, who is getting slower and slower, will not be able to keep up with the pace of the entire NBA that is getting faster and faster. Therefore, it is foreseeable that O'Neill will not be able to stay in this league for long.
O'Neal singled Chen Jiyuan, a small hook hand that turned around, Chen Jiyuan was originally going to cover the ball, but was hit hard by O'Neal, Chen Jiyuan jumped late for a long time, and the result was that he could only watch the ball fly to the basket, and the ball went in. Then Chen Jiyuan could only helplessly pick up the ball and serve. 111:108。
The Knicks' offense, this time Chen Jiyuan was defended to death, O'Neal stuck to Chen Jiyuan and didn't say anything, the moment Chen Jiyuan received the ball, the bag came up, and the person who let go of the air was Tony Allen, and the speed of the bag was too fast. Chen Jiyuan could only steal the ball to Tony Allen, and Tony Allen rushed inside after receiving the ball. However, Grant Hill on the Suns' side also quickly assisted Tony Allen, and since Chen Jiyuan has been encircled according to tactics, then the people who might as well will naturally arrange it.
With Grant Hill's interference, Tony Allen's shot was missed. Tony Allen's right hand layup, after the ball hit the left side of the basket, it flew out, the ball slowly left the basket, obviously the rhythm of not getting in, all the players were ready to grab the rebound, Lefu stared at the basketball with stunned eyes, ready to jump up and grab the rebound at any time.
Just when everyone was about to get up and grab this rebound, they saw a figure swish, flying in front of him, why can a huge body have such speed.
Chen Jiyuan, who was dressed in white, came to the highest point in an instant, grabbed the ball with one hand, and dunked it into the basket hard. After landing, he couldn't control his speed and hit the basketball hoop.
Jumping, getting the ball, dunking, and landing all feel like a split second, and the fight ends in minutes. A direct dunk and two points here. At this time, O'Neal behind Chen Jiyuan could only watch Chen Jiyuan's performance.
O'Neill threw his head back and shouted, "Wow. Oh great god. That's amazing. ”
Then, Barbossa on the other side followed and said, "Great God, please hug your thighs." ”
The moment O'Neill turned around, Chen Jiyuan had already run to the inside, and after the ball flew up, Chen Jiyuan jumped directly to make up for the ball.
This ball can only be said that Chen Jiyuan's enthusiasm is very good, and the bounce is very good, and the bounce speed is very fast. A good physique, coupled with a good sense of competition, coupled with a good learning attitude, coupled with a positive competitive attitude. How can such a person not become a superstar? A: There are only injuries.
Chen Jiyuan scored the goal, and the cheers on the court immediately rose. No one was able to sit still. No one can fail to stand up and cheer. When you score this goal, it's the 30th point, and the 30th point with a 100 percent shooting rate. Although the players don't know this number jù. But the fans know it. What kind of historical record did Chen Jiyuan create? Moreover, this goal scored at this critical moment, and it also made a decisive contribution to the Knicks' victory. 113:108。
There is 1 minute and 15 seconds left in the game. The balance of victory and defeat gradually tilted in favor of the Knicks.
Because the atmosphere at home was too hot, the Suns asked for a timeout, and it was the Suns' last.
Chen Jiyuan waved his hands and enjoyed the cheers of the home fans.
Chen Jiyuan put his hand to his ear, just like the classic action that Iverson did back then.
Chen Jiyuan's behavior greatly stimulated the fans at home, and soon, the stadium, which was still noisy just now, slowly became "harmonious".
“Come.On,baby!” The shouts resounded throughout the stadium.