Chapter 443: A Stress-Free Soy Sauce Competition
The away game against the Pacers gave the Knicks a huge morale boost, and they went on to challenge the Los Angeles duo in a row, with neither Turner nor Griffin being able to cause problems for the Knicks, and Paul and Howard in the Bulls caused both teams to lose key players than in their previous lives, and the Knicks' winning streak extended to 12 straight wins.
After the Los Angeles duo, the Knicks' opponent was the underdog Philadelphia 76ers, and the Knicks visited Vojovia Arena to challenge the Philadelphia 76ers.
After the warm-up, players from both sides came out.
The 76ers started five Tigers: center Spencer Hoeas, power forward Elton Brand, small forward Saaddeus Young, shooting guard Aiwen Turner, and point guard Holiday Holiday.
The Knicks' lineup has also been adjusted, with Cousins, Li Feng, Parsons, Rose, and Dragic.
During TNT's broadcast, Barkley shouted: "The Knicks look like they're going to play small-ball, and last year's rookie Parsons was in the starting line, with Monroe and Kirilenko on the bench. If the Knicks don't fall behind in the first quarter, the 76ers won't be able to play well, because the Knicks will have Monroe and Kirilenko off the bench and will be strong defensively. ”
Kenny Smith was puzzled:
"It's a little incomprehensible that the Knicks sent troops to the lineup, Kirilenko, who obviously has a good defense, but he didn't play, Parsons is much worse than Yang in terms of height and physique, and he has no experience, isn't this letting Yang play casually?"
At the beginning of the game, the Knicks gave the answer, Parsons defended Young, and played well.
Hawes won Cousins on the jump ball, and the 76ers attacked first, hoisting the ball to the interior Hoyce, allowing him to single Cousins. The 76ers are still the same three-plate axe.
Cousins has lost a bit of weight from last season, but not much less in strength, and is better than Hawes. He put the location card to death. Cousins, who now weighs only 120 kilograms, is faster than before, and Hawes felt difficult in the first round, and he could only turn around and make a jumper. Shot missed.
Parsons grabbed the rebound in the backcourt and handed it to Dragic, and the Knicks were on offense.
Dragic dribbled the ball to the frontcourt, Cousins pulled to a 60-degree angle on the left perimeter, Dragic passed the ball to Cousins, and Brand followed to defend Cousins. Cousins passed the ball to Li Feng in the high post.
Dragic moves between 60 degrees and 45 degrees on the right side. Rose and Parsons ran to the left and right low corners, and all four pulled away, leaving Li Feng alone in the middle.
Tyberdu put Li Feng with his back to the high post, and if someone comes up to help the defense, he can pass the ball in four directions. If you don't come up to defend it, then you can play it alone. The 76ers had no one to help defend them, and they brought in Saaddeus Young, but they didn't let him play.
Let you see my progress, Li Feng didn't look for a block, he took the ball with his back and suddenly turned around and broke through from the right side.
His speed was very fast, Saaddeus Young couldn't completely stop him from turning, he could only follow the defense, the two kept making physical contact, Li Feng stepped on the three-second zone line and turned to face the basket in the middle.
Parsons got to the bottom line. Hawes followed the out, the inside line was completely emptied, and now he can only rely on Thaddeus Young.
Li Feng took the ball in both hands and turned around and jumped towards Yang. He's the best at it. Forced one-handed shots. Saaddeus Young has a strong physique, will not be knocked out of position, and immediately jumps up to block.
The two had physical contact, but the referee didn't blow the whistle. Li Feng's raised right hand was retracted. Holding the ball with both hands, he shrank in the air and used a lever to half-turn to dodge the block. With both hands low, he sent the ball out of Sadieus Young's armpit.
Yang couldn't block this kind of shot, and if he put his arm down and touched Li Feng's hand, he would be fouled.
This kind of reluctant shooting, it's impossible to score, right? Thaddeus Young thought to himself. After landing on the ground, the audience began to applaud and the ball hit the board into the basket......
The Knicks are still man-marked. Hawes's attacking was inefficient. This time, Brandra came out to cover Turner, and after the switch, Li Feng faced Turner, and the rest of the 76ers were not idle, they were all running, and the Knicks were very tight.
Turner singled, Li Feng spread one arm and followed closely, keeping a distance. With Turner's current speed, it is difficult to break through quickly and with an arm span.
It's okay to shake the distance, but when Turner takes a step, Li Feng will immediately catch up from behind. Unless Turner can shake him off two steps away, he's in danger. Turner had no speed advantage, two changes of direction were ineffective, and he passed the ball to Brand again.
Brand blocked and singled Dragic in the low post after the pick-and-roll, turned and made a jumper.
On the offensive end, Li Feng faced Thaddeus Yang again. If Saaddeus Young is blown up this time, the Knicks will not only gain a victory, but also seriously damage the confidence of the 76ers, like proving that the players who focus on developing are useless.
Li Feng still took the ball in the high position, Saaddeus Yang was close, no one was covering, Li Feng took the ball out, exited the three-point line and turned around.
Saaddeus Young is one and a half steps away from him, and he doesn't shoot at all.
Li Feng turned around and looked at the distance, and immediately pulled out the jumper, Sadieus Young jumped late, the arc of the ball was very flat, but it was a steady hit.
5——2。
Saaddeus Yang was furious in his heart, and he was beaten into two in a row, and if the third one couldn't be prevented, it would be too shameless. I didn't expect Li Feng to shoot three points so suddenly.
Barkley shouted:
"Dare to let Li Feng vote, Saaddeus Yang is too confident."
The 76ers Holiday handed over to Turner in the frontcourt, and Dragic defended closely, and Dragic's prediction of the breakthrough line was accurate and timely.
Saaddeus Young blocks and Parsons switches.
Brandra went to the top position, Li Feng followed, the Knicks interior line was also withdrawn, and Parsons defended Turner alone. Never wrapping Turner is a strategy that the Knicks must follow. Turner dribbled with the ball, and Parsons followed the interference to prevent a breakthrough. Turner pulls up a jumper and dodges the ball and scores.
The Knicks attacked again, Li Feng still took the ball to the high post, brought it outside, pulled Sadieus Young out and passed it to Dragic, who gave the ball to Rose who ran back on the bottom line.
The man defending Rose was Holiday and Turner was playing with Dragic. Rose received the ball and turned, and with a change of direction passed Holiday and burst into the inside, Brand followed Parsons, and the inside line was withdrawn. Rose didn't wait for Brand to make up for the defense and made an easy layup.
7-4, the Knicks' offensive efficiency is extremely high.
In the Knicks half, Holiday passed the ball to Sadieus Young, who faced Parsons' defense and didn't hang to Hawes on the inside. Nor was it given to Turner on the side, who shook a bit and made a pull-out jumper.
Parsons' hand almost hit Sadieus Young in the face, and the attacking options were terrible. But this is Yang, from the time he entered the alliance to the present, his offensive choice has not been better, and the wave investment is a major feature.
As soon as he made a shot, Li Feng immediately let go of Brand and rushed to the 76ers halfcourt, and it was Dragic and Cousins who were on the bottom line. Cousins took the backcourt rebound and handed it to Dragic, who handed a long pass to Li Feng. Precision. As soon as Li Feng received the ball, he turned around and entered the three-point line, and the fastest person to defend the 76ers was Turner.
Li Feng accelerated with the ball, slightly changed direction to the right side of the ball as he approached Turner, held the ball with both hands, and prepared to hit Turner with his left shoulder.
If there is physical contact at this time, there is a chance that there will be. Nine is to sentence Turner for a foul. He can't stand in a position when he moves quickly, this is Turner's method of making fouls, he knows Li Feng's purpose, how can he let his opponent succeed?
Turner dodged with his shoulders sideways. It's just a three-point line, and it's a long way to go to the basket.
But will Li Feng go to the basket? Turner turned to one side, Li Feng took the ball with both hands and took the second big step to get Turner stuck behind him, and at the same time threw the ball onto the rebound. The second jump, caught the rebound ball, and smashed the ball with both hands! 9 to 4.
Turner was stuck in the back and had no choice but to foul. The foul may not be able to stop Li Feng's dunk, so he didn't move, watching Li Feng score.
The game lasted five minutes. With the exception of Dragic, the Knicks starters all scored points. Derrick Rose was outstanding, hitting a three-pointer and making two successful breakaways to score seven points.
Holiday can't stop Rose, who isn't the fastest, but the dribble changes direction well, and the outbursts are terrifying. He jumped very high, shot lightly, and Holiday couldn't block it.
Eddie Jordan originally arranged for Turner to defend against Dragic, but when it didn't work, it was changed to Turner to defend Rose. Holiday can keep up with Dragic.
As the 76ers stepped up their defense against Rose, the Knicks led 18-10. After Li Feng scored 7 points, he began to attack the attack, against a team like the 76ers, Li Feng does not need to bear too much offensive pressure, and the offense can be launched from two places, rather than just focusing on Li Feng one point.
Turner missed a jumper with Dragic's interference, Cousins grabbed the rebound, and the Knicks went back to attack. The 76ers' offense was also hampered, with Turner scoring six points. Brand and Hawes scored one goal each.
Tyberdu no longer uses joint defense, focusing on man-to-man. The Knicks players are excellent on their individual defense, and their only weakness is Rose.
Rose was targeted, Li Feng began to attack in the low post, and Sadieus Young defended at the back.
Li Feng dribbled the ball on the right side and dribbled two steps inside, quickly turned around and walked to the middle with the ball in his left hand, and took the ball and jumped into the basket while moving.
Li Feng jumped up with the ball in both hands. Saaddeus Yang jumped up, wanting to seal Li Feng's eyes.
What he didn't expect happened, Li Feng didn't look at the basket at all, turned around in the air, leaned his back against Thaddeus Young, turned the ball in front of him with the action of a big windmill, and threw the ball out with his right hand.
He was on his back, and Sadieus Young didn't know which direction the ball was thrown from, how to block it? He can only rely on his eyes to defend, and at the same time he thinks in his heart, this kind of shooting is impossible to score, it is simply chaotic.
That's right, it's Meng. Li Feng arrived at a familiar position, found the distance, didn't look at the basket, and threw the ball out of the ball by feeling, and scored the cricket!
20-10, the score expanded to double digits.
It's definitely another top five. The audience was stunned, waiting for the big screen to play back. For Li Feng, this kind of goal seems to be much harder than a dunk.
Barkley shouted, "What is Li Feng trying to do today?" It's a very reluctant shot again, he rarely fought like this before, and he really entered! ”
Kenny Smith sighed: "If he always scores difficult goals, Saaddeus Young can't have stopped him. ”
When returning to the defense, Li Feng and Dragic clapped their hands and entered the inside line. Cousins laughed, "You're too fierce today." ”
"It's no pressure to fight the 76ers."
Hawes, who was listening to their conversation next to him, didn't know what to say, he looked down on people too much, so he started playing directly?
If the score was behind, Li Feng would definitely not dare to play like this. In the first game of the new season, the 76ers players didn't seem to have rested enough, and their concentration was not very good.
Brand took the ball and pulled it up the high post and handed it to Turner.
Li Feng did not block the breakthrough route and followed from the side. Turner took a shot to a low post. Li Feng was stunned, raised his right hand to seal the cover, and jumped lightly in front of Turner. Turner immediately opted for a dry pull, but the ball was pressed down with his left hand by Li Feng from the other side.
As soon as Li Feng landed, he did not hesitate to make a second jump, and without waiting for Turner to rise to the highest point, his hand was pressed on the basketball.
The ball was slapped off and Turner yelled at the referee for a foul, which the referee ignored. Li Feng picked up the basketball and passed it to Dragic and rushed to the front court. Turner complained about the delay. The defense is slow.
Rose and Parsons also went on a fast break.
Dragic made a long pass to Parsons, who attracted Brand's defence and passed to Li Feng, who was inserted in the middle. Li Feng was followed by Sadieus Young, who received the ball without pausing, jumped up and tolerated to Rose at 45 degrees to the left.
Holiday let go of Dragic to make up for it, and Rose ignored Holiday and shot straight away. His movements are very standard, textbook average, and he jumps very high. The shot arc is also high, a perfect shot! As soon as the ball left his hand, he knew that he had settled down and clenched his fists.
Brush! The ball hollows into the net.
Derrick Rose scored 10 points in the first quarter.
The audience applauded. Rose played more today than anyone could have imagined, and the Vochovia Center became the home of the Knicks again.
Eddie Jordan asked for a timeout.
When he got off the field, Li Feng patted Ross on the back and said with a smile:
"Derek. Well done! ”
Rose gradually got into shape, and he's the second man for the Knicks, as long as he plays at a normal level. Li Feng's pressure will be reduced by half, which is also the purpose of the Knicks' two-point guard lineup.
Tyberdu saw that Rose was targeted by Turner, so he simply replaced him for a break, anyway, this game was very easy, so he simply replaced Belineri to ensure three-point firepower, and JR Smith didn't have to play.
He said loudly:
"Don't let up, the game has just begun, Tobias comes on the court, replaces Chandler, pays attention to the blocks in the help defense, and strengthens the running and cutting on the offensive end. De Sagana comes on the field, replaces DeMarcus, and keeps an eye on Hawes! ”
The 76ers called a timeout and may find ways to limit the Knicks' pitchers, and replacing Harris with the ability to run would disrupt their deployment. Harris missed a three-point shot, but his mid-range shot was qualified. And if Harris is not allowed to play, he will explode on the bench.
Harris is a very good young man and when he comes on the pitch, he will be better at defending Thaddeus Young.
Eddie Jordan didn't dare to replace Saaddeus Young and Brand, so he could only adjust the point guard position, replaced Jodimeks, and replaced Holiday with Holiday . He frowned and said:
"When you defend, you can keep up with it, do you just use this method to fight for the championship? Li Feng should be the main point of attack for a while. Don't let him go inside and shoot ......"
Eddie Jordan can also see that Li Feng didn't shoot much at all in today's games and the previous games, but instead made balls for Rose and others, but just like that, the 76ers also played very hard.
In this game, the 76ers have struggled to win, and they have lost to the Knicks psychologically. Without this mentality, how can they perform at their level?
Eddie Jordan didn't have a good solution, he called a timeout, but he didn't know how to adjust it to allow the 76ers to defend against the Knicks' offense. In the past, he could defend Li Feng, who was the main player of the Knicks' offense. Not now, the Knicks have Dragic and he can create opportunities for his teammates.
The Knicks only made one big signing this summer and got the idea.
Young Harris is finally on the pitch. He held back his strength, followed more closely when defending Thaddeus Young, and also adopted closeness, forcing Yang to only pass.
Turner passed to Hoyce in the low post on the left, and Hoyce forced Diop, still did not show an advantage, Diop is not as powerful as Cousins, but has the height and tonnage, which makes it easier to interfere with shots.
Hawes turned and missed a jumper, and Harris grabbed the rebound and passed to Dragic.
Now the 76ers don't dare to grab frontcourt rebounds, if they leave two insiders to fight for frontcourt rebounds, they can't quickly return to defense, and if they can't grab it, they will be counterattacked. This time Brand went straight back to defense.
Dragic passed to Li Feng in the frontcourt, and Li Feng singled Sadieus Young in the face frame, and his 45-degree pull-up jump shot missed. Although the ball was deflected, it had already made a shooting opportunity, and the Knicks were much easier to attack than the 76ers.
Barkley explains:
"Before the start of this game, the 76ers were called the dark horses of this season, but now I can't see where the black is."
Kenny Smith laughed:
"Turner didn't show a big advantage against Dragic."
Barkley laughed:
"The Knicks also have Livingston and Tony on the bench. Aaron didn't make it, who has the more luxurious lineup, I believe it will soon be known. ”
The 76ers could only let Turner lead the offense, but Turner was a little out of shape, shooting 4-of-10 from the field in the first quarter and scoring only 10 points from the free throw line. Li Feng didn't feel very good in the second half, missed three shots, and got 9 points, 2 rebounds and 2 assists.
The Knicks led by 12 points at 37-25.
The 76ers fielded a bench lineup in the second quarter: Lavoy, Allen, Elson, Nocioni, Meeks, and Louis Williams.
The Knicks also fielded all benches, Diop, Vucevic, Harris, Belineri, Livingston.
Allen is the only one on the 76ers bench who has the ability to attack actively, and Williams on the outside can also help. As for Nocioni and Meeks, they almost don't know how to play.
The Knicks' offense is not weak on the bench, with obvious strong points Harris, and the tactics arranged by Tyberdu are Vucevic and Diop to withdraw the inside line, and Livingston to play blocking and pick-and-roll, and Harris attacking Nocioni in the low post. Belineri looked for an opportunity to shoot a three-pointer from the perimeter. (To be continued......)