Chapter 320: Don't take the Wizards as a team
In the second half of the game, the Knicks continued to attack.
Tyberdu also replaced Monroe, and there were five people on the court: Kirilenko, Li Feng, Wright, Harden, and Belineri.
In order to defend Li Feng, the Mavericks have committed a lot of fouls, and the two interior players have not finished the third quarter, and they have already committed five fouls, and Li Feng has been sent to the free throw line again and again. Without fouling, he always has a way to get the ball to the basket.
In the third quarter, the Knicks played another wave of offensive highs. tide, Li Feng scored 16 points in a row, all of which were misplaced attacks after being pulled to the periphery, and Heywood was beaten to death.
After seven minutes, Haywood fouled hard and got his fifth personal foul and was substituted. With two minutes remaining, Cardinal was also fouled five times.
The Mavericks played a small-ball game, and the center was actually Odom.
Odom, despite his strong physique, doesn't like confrontation, and the Knicks immediately replaced Cousins and Wright to attack the interior.
Cousins had a record of knocking down the opponent's interior line back then, and now he has got that opportunity again, and he is in the low post with Li Feng.
Pelineri hoisted the ball to Cousins to play, and Smith kept running on the outside looking for opportunities, and Pelineri waited for an opportunity to shoot a three-pointer from the outside.
The score continued to widen, and the Knicks led by 35 points at 114-89.
Can't prevent it, the mentality of the Mavericks players is affected, the offense is also out of order, and the game is won or lost.
In the fourth quarter, Li Feng had no need to play again.
The situation of the Mavericks is awkward, their interior line is almost all sent off, and they can only rely on a small lineup. The Knicks sent Diop, Ibaka, Parsons, Korver, Livingston.
This is already the Knicks' most marginal lineup, but the players have their own characteristics, Livingston is in charge of playmaking, and Parsons is in charge of breaking. Korver is in charge of the three-pointers. The inside duo only needs to defend. Ibaka can occasionally go along with a dunk.
At the end, the New York Knicks scored 157 points in a single game, the Mavericks only scored 108 points, and the Knicks won by 49 points. Although the highest score in a single game is 180+, it was three overtime, and today's Knicks beat the Mavericks in back-to-back situations, which can be called a bottoming out.
Li Feng scored a game-high 56 points, 7 rebounds, 7 assists and 4 blocks in 27 minutes.
Dorrell Wright is also in amazing shape. He shot 10-of-12 from three-point range and scored 36 points.
Seven Knicks scored in double figures, and the entire team scored.
Li Feng was very low-key at the press conference, saying:
"It wasn't normal for the Mavericks today, they didn't play at their level and we happened to be at our best, so it was a good game, but it's not something to be proud of."
Tyberdu specifically mentions Wright and Belineri.
"Dorrell has always been a good player, not just about shooting, and Mark has also managed to blend European and NBA play. Enriched our tactics. β
Li Feng scored 81 points last night, and 56 points in less than 30 minutes today. Up to now, Li Feng's average points per game have soared to 37.1 points, dominating the position of the league's scoring champion, so some reporters asked:
"Li Feng, will you try to win the scoring title this season?"
Li Feng smiled:
"If I wanted to, I would get it."
A big win greatly boosted the team's morale and extended the Knicks' winning streak to 27 consecutive wins, only 6 games away from the NBA's longest 33-game winning streak.
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With a string of strong teams in front of them, plus the Spurs and Mavericks' back-to-backs, the Knicks' schedule is a little easier, and their next opponent is the Washington Wizards, who are at the bottom of the East.
Players from both sides came on the pitch.
Wall stepped forward and shook hands with Li Feng, looking a little nervous, even though Wall is no longer a rookie, but in the face of Li Feng, who can sweep 80+ at any time, he still can't be calm.
Today is relatively easy, the Knicks have hidden the inside twin towers and Derrick Rose, and the starting five, Ibaka, Kirilenko, Li Feng, Smith, Livingston.
Wizards starters: Blatch, McGee, Lewis, Nick Young, Wall.
Ibaka and Bracy battled for the ball, and the contrast between Rough Brother and Tricky Flow, Ibaka won easily, and the Wizards players shrank into the box and began to defend together.
The Wizards sent McGee to start in order for him to protect rebounds and defense, Bracy grabbing rebounds is not a strong point, Lewis is on top of the power forward and has no height, against the Knicks, if there is no defense, look at the Mavericks in the last game.
McGee also broke out this season, averaging 10.8 points, 11.6 rebounds and 2.8 blocks per game, is a very good defensive interior, and he is still on a rookie contract.
Livingston controls the ball to the frontcourt, Wall follows, he has the height, but the confrontation is relatively poor.
Wall averaged 16 points, 8 assists and 2 steals per game this season, and if this data is paired with a playoff team, it is natural to be an All-Star, but aside from the Wizards' record, Wall's three-point shooting rate is 7%, which is even more terrible than last season's 29%, and Rondo has to bow down, 7 of 100 goals, such a player actually appears in the NBA arena, or the top show.
Li Feng pulled to the top of the arc to catch the ball, and Lewis defended it and clinged to Li Feng.
Lewis can play the No. 34 position, Thibodeau still arranges Li Feng to attack, the Wizards do not have a strong swingman, Nick Young can't defend him, and Li Feng has the same advantage against Lewis.
"It's naΓ―ve to try to defend me with just one Lewis, it's easier than fighting Heywood."
Li Feng thought to himself. Now the players in the league that he didn't have the confidence to pick up don't exist.
Lewis's physical confrontation is not strong, Li Feng turned his back from the top of the arc twice, Lewis retreated, Li Feng immediately held the ball and turned around and broke through from the right side into the three-point line, Nick Young did not help defense, and Smith, who was opposite Nick Young, was originally famous for his three-point shooting like dunks and nerve knives, and his 41% three-point shooting rate this season could not be let go casually.
Li Feng rushed to the inside with the ball, Kirilenko had already pulled to the outside, and there was only Brach in the low post.
He let go of Ibaka's defense.
Li Feng rushed towards Blatch with the ball in both hands, and when he got close, he suddenly jumped up, turned 180 degrees and entered the middle.
Blatch and Li Feng took a step away and jumped up with all their might, watching his shot.
Li Feng didn't shoot. With his back and left hand, he took the ball and passed it from his armpit. Handed over to Ibaka at the bottom line. Bracy jumped in the air, how could he defend himself?
Ibaka catches the ball and leaps up and scores, albeit with a simple move. But the beauty of the violence was shown, and the whole stadium applauded, and they came to see this kind of performance.
Jeff Van Gundy laughed:
"Ross truce, Li Feng began to do his old job. In fact, Ross shared a lot of pressure on Li Feng, and now without Rose, Li Feng has to organize scoring and pick it shoulder, and fight like this every game, even if Li Feng's body can stand it, it is not as good as maintaining enough physical strength to deal with tough battles at any time, he is very much like you, Erwin. β
Today's reconciliation is Magic Johnson, and the magician laughs:
"I'm not as physically fit as he is. If he were to play point guard, no point guard in the league would be able to resist him. Unless Dwight Howard switches to point guard. β
The Wizards attacked, Wall took the ball to the frontcourt, passed to Nick Young on the right side, ran and cut into the air, and Nick Young hoisted to Blatch.
Bradge singled out Ibaka with the ball in the low post, and Bradge's footwork impressed people, and some people said that if his rebounding and defense could be better, maybe he could really reach the height of Aljefferson in the future, but it will always be if.
Serge Ibaka opened the scoring and was excited to top up in the low post.
Bracchi is also not a man who plays hard and does not easily defend against Ibaka.
Bracchi took the ball with his back to his left foot as the axis and took a step towards the middle with his right foot.
Ibaka saw that the pivot foot was very accurate, thinking that the opponent would have a feint follow-up, but Bracchi really turned to the middle and threw the ball backwards.
The Knicks attacked, Livingston brought to the frontcourt, the ball passed to Smith, who handed it to Kirilenko who pulled out the perimeter, Ibaka also pulled to the high cover, Li Feng shook off Lewis to get the ball in the low post, and Bracy switched defenses.
As soon as the ball was passed to the low post, Li Feng caught the ball on the right side and shook it violently, and turned to the bottom line violently.
This kind of ball is difficult to prevent, the speed of the large inside line can't keep up, and the inside line that can keep up with the speed will be Li Feng with his strength and strength Blatch didn't keep up, Li Feng entered the basket and smashed the ball with both hands on the back of the lever.
The Wizards attacked, Wall broke through with the ball inside, and Livingston was slower than him after the injury, but he used his experience well, followed on the side, and squeezed him to the side. Wall finally opened up a step away from Livingston with the ball, and the man was already away from the basket and made a pull-up jump shot.
A person suddenly jumped on the side, Li Feng let go of Nick Young, who was assisting in the defense, and gave Wall a thunderbolt hat!
After the block, Li Feng rushed out of the ball as soon as he landed, and Ibaka received the basketball and passed it to Livingston.
Nick Young defended very quickly and kept up with Li Feng, and Livingston waited for Li Feng to reach the edge of the penalty area before passing the ball over.
Li Feng received the ball and pushed Nick Young hard twice with his back, turned around to the middle, and shook the ball for a while. He saw McGee running back with his peripheral vision.
In a flash, McGee jumped up and pounced on the block. Nick Young stepped closely, Li Feng did not force a shot, separated the ball from the outside, and handed it to Kirilenko.
Brac went to defend Ibaka, Kirilenko was unguarded from the outside, and hit a 60-degree three-point shot on the left side.
The Wizards' lineup has momentum, but the experience is not as good as the already very young Knicks, who cooperate very well at the beginning.
Whitman shouted to the court:
"Pass the ball to Andre!"
Blatch was the Wizards' No. 1 scorer inside. Whitman's tactics were to use Wall as the core during the fast break, and the positional battle would be passed to Brach's interior as the axis.
Whitman brought the Wizards' style of play with Garnett as the core in the Timberwolves, and wanted to make Bradge a player who can shoot inside and out, he is indeed a rare big man who can shoot three-pointers, but his ability to break through with the ball is not as good as Nowitzki, and his comprehensive ability is far from comparable, not even the poor version of Nowitzki.
Brache pulled up the high post for Wall to cover, and Wall dribbled sideways to attract the defense and pass it back to Bracch. Blatch relied on his height advantage to single Livingston, turned and dribbled a step, and hit a pull-up jump shot.
Knicks, Wizards start defense.
Li Feng received the ball at the top of the arc and wanted to break inside, but Wall immediately stepped forward to block his path with Lewis.
Li Feng attracted the bag pass, Livingston made an empty three-point shot, and the ball was deflected!
Whitman's arrangement of defense is to put Livingston to shoot, it doesn't matter how many times Livingston shoots, he is not the type to score well. As long as Li Feng is prevented. The Knicks were half down. That's what a lot of teams think these days.
McGee took the backcourt rebound and launched a fast break and handed it to Nick Young, who passed to Wall, Livingston was completely left behind by Wall, and Li Feng was too late to defend with all his might. The distance was too far away, and I could only watch Wall burst into the basket and score the basketball, and the Wizards chased the score back.
The Knicks attacked, and Wall let Livingston go again. Bag clamp Li Feng.
Li Feng passed to Livingston again, and he thought to himself, "How can it be easier to shoot in the open position than if I am trapped, right?" I don't believe you won't come in. β
As a result, Livingston really missed another shot, and Blatch took the backcourt rebound, and it was very demoralizing not to score in consecutive open positions.
This time, the Knicks players returned quickly and did not let the Wizards play a fast break.
Wall controlled the ball and handed it to Nick Young, who passed to Lewis, Lewis and Nick Young blocked, misplaced to face Smith, calmly dribbled and turned, at this time. Ibaka in the low post goes around defending Bracchi.
Bracch immediately ran to the other side.
Lewis is experienced and doesn't attack aggressively. And it was passed to Wall.
Wall dribbled the ball horizontally and burst inside with McGee's cover, Kirilenko switched defenses, Wall didn't take the ball inside, and passed to Blatch.
The Wizards played very patiently, Bracy took the ball and turned to the middle of the frame, made a quick stop and turned left, he didn't make a feint, and carried Ibaka's left hand directly to hit a layup.
The current tonnage of Ibaka is not enough, although the strength is good, but the physical confrontation is not as strong as imagined.
The Knicks attacked, and Livingston dribbled to the frontcourt. The Knicks both pulled out, Li Feng went into the low post, Livingston passed the ball to Kirilenko, cut inside, as long as he was close to the basket, the Wizards did not dare to relax their defense against him, the closer to the basket, the more accurate.
The Wizards put Ibaka instead, and McGee and Lewis wrapped up Lee in the low post after the misplacement.
The two big men put more pressure on Li Feng together, and Li Feng saw the opportunity and passed the ball to Ibaka again.
Ibaka couldn't shoot in the open position, and the Knicks' usual starters had three people sitting and watching the game, so naturally the tactical system would be flawed.
Li Feng struggled to get stuck in position after passing, but he still couldn't reach McGee and Lewis together, and the rebound was won by McGee again.
The Wizards are also playing well.
Blatch pulled back to the perimeter and Wall broke through with the ball.
Kirilenko didn't block fast enough, Wall's dribble under his crotch changed direction and flashed out of space, and he made a stop-and-go jumper, but fortunately he missed the shot and didn't score.
McGee grabbed the rebound on the inside, and the second offense caused a foul on Ibaka's hitter.
McGee played tough in this game, fearless in the face of the Knicks' two interior players, and scored multiple rebounds. He went to the free-throw line and hit one of two free throws.
The Knicks are in trouble on the offensive end.
Livingston and Serge Ibaka missed consecutive shots, and the Wizards players were even more unscrupulous when they wrapped up Li Feng. Fortunately, the Knicks' defensive intensity is not low, and the Wizards players are also playing iron and iron, and the two sides have entered a stalemate.
Livingston played 5 minutes and was substituted for Bellinelli's cameo in the No. 1 position, Wall's speed was too fast, and there was a way to break through Livingston without covering, and Livingston was destined to not play for too long.
Belineri is not physically strong, has a tight defense, and is not very organised, but he has an excellent sense of the big picture and strategy, and has a beautiful basket.
Seven minutes into the game, Ibaka was replaced for two fouls and replaced by Diop.
The Wizards also asked for a substitution, and Booker came on to replace McGee.
The substitution strengthened the Wizards' offense. Bradge started pulling out from the perimeter for Wall to block and give Booker the low post.
Booker used his footwork three times to turn Diop's dizziness and score low posts.
In just five minutes of playing time in the first quarter, Booker scored eight points and grabbed two rebounds.
At the end of the first quarter, everyone couldn't believe their eyes, and the Knicks trailed by 10 points 28-38 in the first quarter, and the Wizards blew up the Knicks' interior.
Tyberdu thought about it again and again, and didn't let Li Feng play the No. 4 position, he was thinking, when there is no Cousins and Monroe, must he rely on Li Feng?
In Tyberdeau's view, the Wizards' lead is not a concern, it is better to observe the team's lineup matching, of course, the Knicks are somewhat unexpectedly behind.
Van Gundy Says:
"The Knicks had a problem offensively, they got a lot of easy shots and didn't take them. Livingston's starting shooting disadvantage will be exposed, his role is only reflected in defense and organizing offense, although Wall is not accurate, but after the breakthrough is very resolute, Livingston can not prevent the breakthrough. The Knicks also had problems with their interior defense, allowing the Wizards to score too many points. β
Magic Johnson laughed:
"Booker's height is probably not called the Twin Towers, is it? However, his attack is indeed beautiful, and he makes up for the lack of talent with his skills. β
Van Gundy Says:
"Look at the second quarter of the game, the Knicks didn't have a point guard, and the second quarter was not easy, and Jordan Crawford could win the best sixth man this season."
Johnson said: "The Wizards played so tenaciously today! β
The Knicks are known for their bench depth, but at the start of the second quarter, the Wizards, a super underdog, were actually okay.
The Knicks sent Diop, Parsons, Smith, Wright, Belinelli.
The Wizards have McGee, Booker, Roger Mason, Morris Evans, Jordan Crawford.
Randy Whitman's lineup was very targeted. He fielded a two-guard lineup. Wright is not tall, Morris Evans does not suffer in defense, and the Knicks' biggest advantage is Smith against Roger Mason.
Booker is in charge of blocking and pick-and-roll, Jordan Crawford frequently hits the Knicks' interior, he is averaging 13 points per game this year, is the top player on the Wizards' bench, and Whitman likes to arrange him to play shooting guard.
Jordan Crawford isn't fit to play as a shooting guard, and a large part of the reason for him to play more is to prepare for a future trade.
If his stats are good, his value will be higher, and the Wizards have actually locked in the target for recruitment, just waiting to be implemented.
McGee's offense is terrible and he can be an open target, but he can only involve the defense in the low post, basically never leaving the baseline, and giving his teammates no ball cover. If McGee is in the low post, he can dunk directly after receiving the ball, and his physical fitness is also top-notch.
Roger Mason ran back from the baseline, McGee blocked Smith, Parsons was slow to switch defenses, and Roger Mason ran to the bottom corner of the other side to catch the ball, got an open three-point opportunity, and hit it steadily.
When it came to the Wizards, Roger Mason's stats have rebounded, with 7 points in little playing time and a three-point shooting rate of 38.7, and he has become an important backup for the Wizards.
The Wizards' Jordan Crawford scored six points in a row to further stretch the score, while the Knicks relied on Smith's singles to bite the score and were not pulled to double digits.
The Knicks' second-team offense also went awry, with Wright and Parsons not working well together.
The Wizards used 122 defense, and the main defense was Smith breaking through. Now the Knicks are the only people who can shoot three-pointers on the court, Wright and Smith. Parsons' three-pointer was so ineffective that Tyberdu didn't dare let him go.
After less than four minutes of play, Parsons was substituted.
Against Booker, he exploded both offensively and defensively, in fact, it was not that Parsons was weak, but that he could only play small forward, even if he was on top of the big forward, he should face the kind of European interior line that flew kites, not a player like Booker who relied on interior singles. (To be continued.) )