Chapter 572: It's not that simple
Jamal Crawford smiled, but the Hawks bench looked suspicious, obviously they were very sensitive to the scene where Jamal Crawford had such a hot chat with the Knicks leader and Stephen Marbury on the court, and in this kind of sabre-rattling situation, it was easy to take it as a collaborator!!
So, when Crawford returned to the bench, only three or five people reached out to him in the usual high-five motion.
Jamal Crawford didn't care much about this, and what he was thinking about now was how to use his whole body to show his whole body next, so that the Knicks could see that his iron armor was still there, and the long knife was still not cool.
It's just that...... Judging by Woodson's expression, it seemed like he was reluctant to throw Crawford onto the court.
It took less than two minutes for the Knicks to go from trailing by 10 points to trailing by 4 points, and when they walked onto the court, the Knicks' momentum changed dramatically. The defensive counterattack on the offensive end The Hawks couldn't find any possibility of blocking at all, and on the defensive end, the Hawks were stealed twice in a row, and none of them were successful! Now, we have to think about it, and the script of Nate Robinson should be real. According to his script, the Knicks should have taken a double-digit lead in the second quarter, which meant that the Knicks had to recover 15 points. To lead the opponent by 15 points in a single quarter, this is not an easy task even for the Knicks. After all, the Hawks are also fourth in the East in the regular season!! ESPN's host said during a pause in the intersection.
"It's not easy to take a 15-point lead in a single quarter, but it's a simple thing for Xiao Dash. I've seen him kill him too many times. And you don't feel like you've been back on the pitch since you got back on the pitch. Has the Knicks' defense become as solid as a bucket? In the playoff battleground. The regular season rankings don't have much to offer. After all, the alliance has had the Black Eight Miracle more than once. Looking back, the Knicks' record is not bad, they are also fifth in the East, and their fifth place in the East was confirmed in the last dozen games, which is not lower than the fourth in the East! Reggie Miller leaned towards the Knicks: "So, I think the Knicks will be very comfortable with Nate Robinson's script!" ”
"What is certain now is that the Knicks were actually consciously letting go of the water before. And, when the Knicks get serious. The Eagles really aren't on the same level as them! Jeff Van Gundy said, "However, I think it's more difficult for the Knicks to lead by double digits at halftime...... After all, they're still behind, and in a playoff defense, it's very, very difficult to pull away and make scoring waves! ”
"So now it's no longer a question of whether the Knicks can win, right? The question now is whether the Knicks can follow Nate Robinson's script and finish the game, right? The host suddenly realized that the nature of the game seemed to have changed!!
"Yes!" Reggie Miller's head nodded quickly, without hesitation.
Jeff Van Gundy thought for a moment, then said, "Yes." I don't think there's any suspense about where the victory will be. Although the team leading now is the Eagles. ”
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ESPN's live broadcast room came to such a conclusion, and they are quite subtle. Those comments on the Internet directly relegated the Eagles to the dust!!
"The only thing the Eagles can do now is probably fight to break the script that Nate Robinson has concocted. About victory. They have no hope at all anyway. As soon as I walked onto the court, I knew the Eagles were going to be done!! ”
"Even though I'm from Atlanta, I have to come to terms with the reality in front of me. The Knicks are too strong, and this team should compete with the Los Angeles Lakers, the San Antonio Spurs, the Boston Celtics, and the Cleveland Cavaliers. They are opponents at the same level, and the strength of the Eagles is still a big step behind them after all!! ”
"According to the situation analysis of the Eastern Conference playoffs, this year's Knicks are heading for the Finals, and if they can become champions this year, then ...... They will win more championships in a row, and there is almost no suspense! ”
"It's impressive that the Knicks are so much more powerful than we thought!!"
"As annoying as Nate Robinson may look, we have to admit it. The only suspense in this series may be the script he created! ”
"I wish the script for the next game was a little bit more difficult than this one, otherwise it really wouldn't be good to see, anyway, I already know the result in a week...... The Eagles were knocked out 4-0! ”
"Now it's all on Nate Robinson!!"
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The comments on the internet almost ignored the poor Eagles, and almost no one thought that the Eagles would be able to win this series! Even if the Knicks have a weaker record in the regular season, there is no way to ...... Now the Knicks are already a strong team!!
Soon, the game was already restarting.
Players from both sides took to the court, and the Hawks re-fielded their starting lineup. On the Knicks' side, Milicic was replaced by David Lee, and Eddie Curry replaced Tyson Chandler, but the outside equipment has not changed at all.
It's not hard to see the Knicks' intentions from this substitution...... The Knicks are going to play half-court and do a lot of offense on the inside...... Eddie Curry and David Lee are both offensive interior players who have their own holes in defense. Compared to the defensive interior line built by Tyson Chandler and Milicic, it is undoubtedly much more rudimentary.
ESPN's Jeff Van Gundy doesn't understand Shaw's substitution mentality, and he thinks Shaw should be able to balance defense and offense, and should have a combination like Eddie Curry with Tyson Chandler or Milicic with David Lee. Why do you always like to go to extremes?
Jeff Van Gundy doesn't like chic extremist thinking!
However, it doesn't matter if he likes it or not. The power is in the hands of Xiao Swan.
Moreover. At the moment when he questioned. Reggie Miller, who was sitting next to him, couldn't help but hurt him: "It's normal that you can't understand his substitution thinking." After all, you're his defeated man! If you can understand Xiao Yan's tactics and agree with his motivation for making such tactics, then maybe you won't have lost to Xiao Xiao in the first place!! ”
Reggie Miller's words Jeff Van Gundy is quite depressed, but he can only live and suffer, who made him unwilling to be lonely in the playoffs last year and have to go to the game with the Magic team to help his sloppy brother? In the end, the two brothers were tied up together and killed collectively!!
While Jeff Van Gundy was depressed. The game has begun.
The Hawks were very mobile, and Mike Bibby was a very experienced point guard, so he quickly directed the Hawks players to launch a fierce attack on the interior of the Knicks!
But... They all seem to have overlooked one thing, and that is the tonnage of Eddie Curry...... and his increasingly flexible pace!
On the first offense, Joe Johnson used Elhoffd to break into the Knicks' restricted area and then crashed into Eddie Curry's wall of flesh...... Burst!
The thick sound of impact made him feel the deepest shivers in his body.
However, the referee did not blow the whistle.
While Joe Johnson waited for the whistle, he felt his arm go numb and the basketball lost control.
He turned his head to see that the basketball was already in Xiao Xiao's control.
Xiao Xiao was not in a hurry to launch a fast attack. Instead, he gave the basketball to Stephen Marbury.
Stephen Marbury took the basketball and slowly held the ball forward.
Joe Johnson walked to the referee very depressed. Trying to talk to the referee about why he didn't get the penalty.
But at this time, Xiao Sa had already happily explained to him: "Our Eddie Curry is now the best at standing outside the reasonable collision zone and causing offensive fouls. If I hadn't stolen your ball just now, the referee would have blown your offensive foul a long time ago!! ”
Xiao Sa said it very easily, and his tone was all ridicule.
Joe Johnson subconsciously looked at the referee, but the referee did not say anything and acquiesced in this matter!!
For the referee's acquiescence, Joe Johnson could only shake his head, he subconsciously raised his head and saw the picture on the screen, sure enough, it was Eddie Curry who was stuck in advance and motionless. According to the rules of the league, this ball should indeed be punished for an offensive foul?!
Joe Johnson, who learned the truth, was suddenly depressed, and he found that the world was changing too fast, or rather, the Knicks were changing too fast...... Defensive idiots like Eddie Curry have learned to make offensive fouls. It's a surprise!!
Unbeknownst to Joe Johnson, Eddie Curry didn't suddenly learn to draw offensive fouls.
It's a skill that you forcibly learn in a variety of intensive training!
The most Xiao Xiao has done in the gym during this time has been working on Eddy Curry's positioning...... He always rushed towards Eddy Curry with great speed, so that Eddy Curry got used to the impact.
At first, Eddie Curry would always be tempted to shake his body or retreat, but as the training intensified, he began to become immobile.
How fast is Xiao Xiao, Eddie Curry can be quiet under Xiao Xiao's training, how can Joe Johnson scare him? And how could he be made to take half a step back?
This trick that Eddie Curry learned is not only a valuable skill for himself, but also a very beneficial help for the Knicks' defense! With such a wall of flesh to create offensive fouls, no matter who the player who partners with him on the inside, he will be much more relaxed on defense! Because the attacker doesn't want to be fouled, he has to take a detour, and once he detours, it is equivalent to entering the trap of defense!!
Soon, back after half-time. After a dashing sprint, the basketball was handed to Eddie Curry...... At this time, the Eagles' interior defense has been completely stretched, and Eddie Curry only needs to face Elhoffd's defense alone!!
Al Horford is a very potential interior star, but he is also only a potential interior star, and he, a third-year student, has not turned his potential into full instant power, at least so far, after all, not everyone in this league is smashy!
Once Eddie Curry received the basketball, he quickly used his body to create a turnaround and hook opportunity...... Swish!!
And threw the basketball into the hoop with ease!
In the face of Eddie Curry's suppression, Al Horford appeared passive. He can't guard against a fat man with hook skills!
Eddie Curry, who is averaging 14.6 points and 8.2 rebounds per game this season, makes it hard to imagine that he was a useless piece of waste a year ago. At that time, the Knicks wanted to buy out his contract outright. And now the Knicks management is discussing what price to use to renew his contract.
That's the magic of the Knicks right now. Every Knicks player is getting better. Or in other words, it will directly undergo earth-shaking transformation!!
The former waste Stephen Marbury and Eddie Curry have become the pillars, Tracy Maddy seems to have bloomed a second spring, and Milicic has changed from a parallel commodity to a rare center that can be lived in today. Other players such as Jeffries have also improved, anyway...... The Knicks should have evolved an ordinary configuration into a top-of-the-line configuration. At the start of the season, everyone thought Donnie Walsh's summer signings were like shit.
But now, it seems that the reinforcements are no longer important, and the Knicks themselves have completed a shocking evolution from the inside!
The game still went on and the Eagles returned to half-time after that. Continue to attack the Knicks' restricted area...... Woodson, like Jeff Van Gundy, believes that the Knicks' interior line has a huge flaw now, so he can desperately create interior kills!!
But the sad thing is that their second offensive was not successful!
After Josh Smith broke into the box, he was quickly entangled by Jeffries, who had been following him, and David Lee, who had been in ambush for a long time...... made it impossible for him to get out at all, let alone any violent deductions. Ultimately, he could only alleviate the siege by throwing the basketball to Mike Bibby from beyond the three-point line.
Mike Bibby received a pass from the inside and made a quick jumper...... Stephen Marbury defended desperately...... Bang! Basketball hits iron.
Eddie Curry had already stuck the position with his thick body, and David Lee easily picked up the backcourt rebound...... These two may not have the ability to compete for frontcourt rebounds, but the ability to protect backcourt rebounds is even in the league. It is estimated that the Spurs and a few other teams can compete on the inside!
After David Lee protected the backcourt rebound, he handed it to Stephen I. Marbury. Attack steadily.
When he got to the frontcourt, Xiao broke through again, and then handed the ball to David Lee near the free throw line, and David Lee faced the unguarded basket and hit an easy jumper...... The mid-range jumper is his eater! In today's atmosphere where the Knicks' internal chemistry is so strong, his mid-range shooting has become more and more accurate...... After all, everyone is getting stronger, and if he stands still, he won't be embarrassed!!
With this jumper from David Lee, the Knicks have tied the score.
But at this time, Woodson did not take advantage of this point to ask for a timeout, and he continued to ask the team to be brave enough to kill the Knicks' interior line.
But, alas, their third attack was still unsuccessful!
Joe Johnson didn't even break into the paint zone before he got tangled up in the smash and then he passed the ball to Josh Smith, who sprinted into it with a quick dash...... In the end, he collapsed on Eddie Curry's heavy body...... Eddiku didn't panic at all about Josh Smith's attack, and was stunned in place, and then Josh Smith bumped into it, and then the referee blew the whistle, and then Josh Smith had more fouls on his data sheet, and the ball went to the Knicks!!
The Knicks attacked, and it was David Lee who scored!
There is no way, the Hawks' defense can't stop Xiao Shao's wanton vertical and horizontal at all, and when they have to pay more manpower to defend Xiao Xiao, the rest of the Knicks' offense will naturally be relaxed.
And so on and so forth...... The Hawks have been working tirelessly to break up the Knicks' defense in the restricted area, but the success rate is quite low!
And the Knicks are tepid on this side and mainly play the attack of the two insiders, because of the slick variety of threading needles, so their offense seems to be extraordinarily like a fish in water, and the success rate is very high!!
This rhythm lasted for nearly five minutes...... Woodson finally realizes that something is wrong, but... His enlightenment came too late!
At this time, the Knicks actually had a 9-point lead, that is to say, through just five minutes, this kind of slow-paced play actually created a 13-point lead.
It's just one step away from a double-digit lead!
Screenwriter Nate Robinson, who was on the sidelines, was a little excited and a little unhappy.
Excitedly, I completed my own script steps.
Unfortunately, it seems too easy to finish. I knew that this would have made the script more difficult. This will make you seem to have a more presence as a screenwriter!!
While screenwriter Nate Robinson was excited and unhappy, Woodson asked for a timeout, and he realized he had been fooled.
He finally found out that the reason why the Knicks replaced David Lee and Eddie Curry was to deliberately lure him to constantly impact the inside of the restricted area, they were simply deliberate, and he didn't have a good heart at all!!
Woodson understood this, so he called a timeout, and he felt that the direction of the game should be changed immediately.
But in fact, Jeff Van Gundy in the ESPN live broadcast room realized this faster than him, although he also disagreed with Xiao Shao's operation ideas before, and he thought that Xiao Xiao was going to extremes.
Only now did he understand that Xiao Xiao was not going to extremes at all, but setting a trap!
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There's one more tonight! (To be continued.) )