Chapter 342: This is the playoffs
The man who jumped the scrum at the same time as Dwight Howard was not the more bouncy Milišić, but Eddie Curry. Eddie Curry is still a little fat at this time, but he is not known how many times better than he was bloated before, so gradually, he has begun to perform the tasks that a center should perform...... Jump Ball!
Syllable!
Basketball was eventually given to his teammates by Dwight Howard, and in the end, he was more than capable of bounce and speed faster than Eddie Curry.
As for the jump ball loss to Dwight Howard, Eddie Curry didn't have much to worry about. During this time, he lived very fast, and he began to feel that playing was a lot of fun, not just a job...... Before this, he even thought that basketball was a nightmare for him, a big fat man of more than 300 pounds. Now, he's starting to enjoy basketball a bit, and during this time, his average has stabilized at thirteen or fourteen points plus eight or nine rebounds per game.
Although there is still a big gap between this number jù and his peak, it is not a bad number. Even in this era of center dying, his numbers are already worthy of the huge contract that the Knicks have offered him before.
For his cousin, Isaiah Thomas is clearly the happiest non-Nixian, and he has stated it in public more than once...... Lo and behold, I'm not a good-for-nothing general manager, we just didn't find the key to unlock Eddie Curry's potential, and now his potential has just been unleashed, and he's become a terrifying pair of players, and with his talent, he can clearly do better. And Jerome James. I did give him a five-year, $30 million contract. But now you look at his table. Although he only averaged five or six points and five or six rebounds per game, his help to Xiao Xiao is impossible to measure, and he will provide at least four perfect covers per game. As for Stephen Marbury, I hate this guy, but the professionalism he has now can match any compliment, and he has given the team a lot of intangible help as the team's most experienced player. And all of this is why the Knicks are so invincible today. I don't think anyone can deny the help I have left behind for the Knicks.
Isaiah Thomas has been trying to get back to the NBA, and he doesn't want to be thrown off the fringes of basketball to become a head coach at an unknown NCAA university.
For the contribution he has been flaunting in front of the media. Most people are dismissive, and many Knicks fans are even sarcastic about taking credit for not saving zài.
However, a chic sentence eventually saved him: "Isaiah Thomas is a very, very, very good scout, and he can see characteristics that ordinary people don't see." Therefore, his previous idea of building a team was correct, but ...... He didn't have the keys to bring those characteristics to life, so most of the contracts he signed became garbage contracts. ”
Xiao Shi's words are very objective, affirming Isaiah Thomas's vision and original intention of operation, but at the same time, he also vaguely expresses his lack of control over the team.
With the objective words of Xiao Shi, the irony from Nix also disappeared into thin air. Now chic is the spiritual totem of the entire Knicks. Since he has expressed his position, it is based on his will. And it was because of his words. Isaiah Thomas was approached by management, and they were ready to bring him back as a senior scout. James Dolan's operating idea is like this...... Since Isaiah Thomas has a precise and sharp eye, and Chi has the key to unlock the strengths of those problematic players, then ...... Why not combine them into one?
When the Knicks expressed this intention, Isaiah Thomas over there didn't hesitate for too long and quickly hooked up...... He still has feelings for New York City. It's just that I don't know if his feelings and attachment are for the Knicks themselves, or the black aunts who work for the Knicks!
Isaiah Thomas didn't expect that he would one day be able to return to work in the Big Apple, and at this time, Xiao Xiao didn't expect that Rashad Lewis would be able to run as fast as Olympic champion Lewis, quickly reach the frontcourt, and then receive a long pass from Nelson across the half court, and hit a big three-pointer that transcends the distance...... Swish!
When Rashad Lewis's big three-pointer slashed through the Knicks' net, the center of the entire water hut was plunged into jubilation, and the sound was as intense as boiling water.
With the more than 20,000 fans in the stadium, all wearing white cheering shirts, it created a very strong oppressive visual effect and acoustic effect.
Xiao Dash was a little stunned...... Is this the rhythm of the playoffs?
Nelson on the side saw that his chic expression froze, and the corners of his mouth suddenly pulled out a sneer, and said disdainfully: "Hey, rookie, welcome to the playoffs!" Here, you don't want to get the same gentle treatment as you did in the regular season. ”
With that, Nelson walked away on his toes.
Watching Nelson stride away, Xiao's originally slightly hesitant face quickly opened up and showed a smile...... Heh, kind of interesting. Playoffs! It's getting more and more fun.
Dash has never been a man who is afraid of things, and as Charles Barkley said, he is a player who is made for the big scene. The greater the difficulties in front of him, the wilder his heart wanted to conquer.
However, the Knicks are not a team of five Shaws, so they can't have the same fighting power and willpower as Shaw. So, inevitably, they were a little flustered...... After all, the playoffs are still a relatively new thing to them.
Stephen Marbury is used to seeing 'Fengyue', but he is old and weak after all. Although he has been steadily holding the number of 15+5+4 since he joined, more often than not, he has relied on experience to play, and in terms of physical confrontation, he has fallen behind the young juniors who he used to be able to beat at will.
When Stephen Marbury came to the front court with the ball, Nelson immediately violated it ferociously, his movements were very 'wild', and Stephen Marbury's steps couldn't help but stumble a little. If it was a regular season, Nelson's action would be enough to get him a foul. But this is the playoffs. And it's their home turf. So. The referee selectively ignored it.
Stephen Marbury was a little struggling to defend by Nelson, and dashed to the outside to take the basketball from him. As soon as Xiao received the ball, Conteny Lee and Turkoglu came up.
The movements of the two are also quite intense.
But at this time, Xiao Xiao was no longer afraid of physical confrontation, and his strength was already at the level of a fierce beast, although his figure still looked a little thin. So he just squeezed Conteney Lee out of the way with a slight pout, and took advantage of this passage to take a drunken step out of nowhere, and in a few moments he was out of the circle. But the tail behind him was not thrown off by him. Tekoglu and Contney Lee were entangled like lypis.
For the heels behind him, Xiao Xiao is not worried. It's just that what he didn't expect was that the followers around him became more and more as he went deeper into the forbidden area.
When Xiao rushed into the paint area, Lewis actually let go of the defense and came up.
At this time, Howard was already waiting in the forbidden area, waiting for Xiao to rush up.
The more Xiao Xiao walked in, the tighter the four people's bags became...... Obviously, the current Magic team has put all the defensive focus on Xiao Xiao, they are just going to strangle Xiao Xiao, and they have calculated Xiao Xiao's passing skills and is not too good. The so-called taking advantage of his illness to kill him, the magic team is to grab the sore foot and step on it to death.
At this time, Xiao Xiao finally felt a hint of crisis. He rarely comes up against this level of defense...... Because there is no team that would be so desperate to put the defense all on one person.
However, the Magic team did just that. And it's done thoroughly.
There's no doubt that the Magic have taken their chic defense to the extreme.
Charles Barkley, the T-NT commentator who commented the game, couldn't help but burst out in the live room when he saw this scene: "Shi-T! Stan Van Gundy was so shameless that even Michael Jordan hadn't encountered this kind of dense ant-like defense back then. ”
Stan Van Gundy is indeed shameless.
However, the purpose of competitive play is to win, and there is nothing wrong with him doing anything as long as it is within the limits of the rules.
Seeing the encirclement around him shrink and shrink, and the pressure on Xiao Yan is getting bigger and bigger, he doesn't want to be destroyed by his first playoff game.
So, he fought back.
I saw that he suddenly stopped in the case of a rapid sprint, and the speed change was extremely fast, which can be called a violation of ergonomics.
Xiao Xiao made such a sudden stop, and Contney Lee and Tekoglu, who were closely following him, instantly stepped forward and broke away from the defense.
At the same time, Xiao Xiao made another backward jump, completely shaking off the two defenders who were moving forward according to inertia.
Under the rapid transition, Xiao Dash had already thrown off the defense, so he calmly prepared to shoot. But at this time, Lewis on the right had already swooped like lightning...... He's always been a spectator, he's seen it clearly, so he's made a sober decision, and he thinks that Xiao Po still underestimated this set of defenses. Moreover, he felt that Xiao Sao was too confident, and actually chose to shoot on the spot, isn't this looking for a risk? ?
But can Xiao Shi really be so stupid???
Of course not.
Xiao has always been a last resort, how could he miss Lewis?
The reason why he made such a calm shot was to trick Lewis into being fooled.
And it was clear that Lewis took the bait.
When Lewis pounced, Xiao slammed the shot away, and then rushed up again...... When Lewis saw Xiao Po suddenly collect the ball and pounce on him again, he immediately realized that he had been fooled.
But at this time, he was in mid-air, and he couldn't help himself, he could only watch Xiao Shi crash into his body, and then throw the basketball out of the twist.
Swish!
Basketball arrested!
It wasn't a flashy goal, just a normal shot from the basket.
But the design is stunning.
Directly destroyed the Magic's shameless four-man bag, and also played three defenders.
When the basketball entered the hoop, the audience fell silent, as if he was swinging Thor's hammer and blasting all the Magic fans.
This goal was a very shocking blow to Magic fans...... They know that Xiao is a strong rookie, and previous matchups have proven it. But they didn't expect Xiao Sage to be so strong that he could ignore the four-man bag and put the basketball into the basket so easily!!
Magic fans are blown away.
Xiao Xiao was very dissatisfied, and after he scored, he spread his hands to the head coach of the bottom line: "Hey, man, isn't this actually two plus one??" ”
The referee also threw his hands at him: "This is the playoffs!! ”
………… (To be continued......)