Chapter 1153: The Little Man Who Stood Up
In fact, this thing is very simple, the Pelicans are defending on the outside, Luo Teng is too much to prevent Anthony's body, the defensive ability is not good at all, and the outside line is not good, and the inside line can also block it, but the Pelicans' current inside line is the old lineup of Henson and Kelly, both of whom are players who need physical fitness and bounce to the end of their careers
Facing Anthony who rushed towards him, the two of them had no means of defense at all except fouls, so Anthony broke through so lightly.
After Anthony scored, he raised his hands very proudly, and then he immediately ran to Hollins' side while returning to the defense:
'Coach, their defensive intensity has dropped and it's a good opportunity.
Hollins' eyes lit up and he said:
"Since it's a good opportunity, you shouldn't miss it."
Hollins is here to plot and prepare for Anthony to attack the city, and the Pelicans' bench team is coming to attack.
Knight followed the Pelicans' rhythm and rushed quickly, and when it came to the Nets' halfcourt, Pierce gave Knight a cover at 45 degrees.
Knight used the cover to flash to a 30-degree position, and at halftime, Roten hurriedly stuffed the basketball into Knight's hand, and Plumlee, who had better defensive ability and awareness, hurriedly blocked Knight.
Knight didn't have a chance after receiving the ball, he didn't rush to attack or dribble, but immediately passed the basketball to Kelly, who had just arrived in the low post on this side, and Kelly took the basketball.
Knight suddenly ran and took advantage of Kelly holding the ball here to break the low post offensive stance, and the bottom line behind the butt was drilled all of a sudden, and Plumlee wanted to follow, and ran behind Pierce to free up.
After a hesitation, Kelly returned the ball to Roten at the top of the arc, and at this time, Knight used another inside player, Henson, to bypass Henson from the baseline and make a curved move and cover.
So Knight ran an S-shaped line inside the Nets' low post behind Pierce's cover. Ping took advantage of two screens in a row, at which point Knight came out of the low post and there was no defender around.
Plumlee, who replaced Lopez, didn't pay attention to Knight at all, and at this time, the basketball was stuffed directly into Knight's hands from the top of the arc, and Rotten's pass was still well timed.
Knight was two steps away from the three-second zone and went straight to the jumper, and Knight's shot was short and quick, and he shot the basketball into the Nets' basket without a hint of mud.
Knight surprised Barron Davis a bit.
"This guy's running thief looks like Miller's guy, but if it's Miller, this ball could be three points."
Barron Davis said this, and said a little regretfully.
Hollins with the Pelicans' crippled bench would have no means to score at all, and he didn't expect this Knight to pop up out of nowhere.
He immediately commanded his ball. A fierce breakthrough to poke through the Pelicans' defense, this time it was Deron who executed the break, Delon dribbled past Knight, and Anthony was strong offensively, but there was no change in defense.
But this is definitely not to say that a flawed body will not be a good defensive player, especially for a team like the Pelicans that emphasizes team defense, Knight has a chance to defend well, but he still doesn't have the wisdom Delon broke through to his own restricted area. Immediately passed the ball to substitute power forward Mizatelitovic, who easily hit the midrange.
At this time, it was mostly seen that the defensive intensity on the court had decreased after the Pelicans' bench players came on the court.
After 12 minutes of frantic crushing by the Pelicans, the Barclays Center finally cheered happily.
The Nets just hit a shot. I saw the Pelicans running over here without expression, and after coming, Knight immediately drilled into the middle lane, and at this time it was Pierce who was the first to cover Knight in the horn position.
Knight and Pierce quickly went straight to the basket of the Nets, Mizatelitovic and Plumlee were fiercely worried, and then watched Pierce get under the basket. Suddenly, he turned around and made a large curl cut 45 degrees to the right.
Delon, who was following Knight, hurriedly chased after Knight, and just as DeLong was chasing hard, Knight suddenly stopped. Suddenly flashed Delon out.
Then Roten saw the stitch and sent the basketball to Knight's hand, Knight was one step away from receiving the ball was Delon, and one step ahead was Mizatelitovich, just in the two gaps, but Knight still made a shot, which was a quick shot, and there was a little bit of interest in one-handed throwing.
Tony hit this mid-range shot in the meeting of two people, and Knight scored a goal in front of him, and now he continues to score, and this thing is noticed by everyone who is watching the game.
"Now the Pelicans actually use Knight as the core of the offense, and the whole team's running and tactics are designed for him, which is too risky, and the Pelicans simply don't put the Nets in their eyes when they play like this."
Hubby Brown saw that Knight had succeeded again at this time, and he said very nostalgically.
"Huh"
Barron-Davis, who defended the universe's No. 1 killer in his youth, Lord Reggie Miller, said at this time:
"It's really a matter of luck to have a shooter at the core, and now that the Pelicans' bench doesn't have much defense, it does look like it's hanging over Knight's hand."
"But there are so many shooters in the league who are the core of the team, such as Nowitzki, such as Arenas, such as Kevin Martin of the Kings, how they play on the team, the use of shooters definitely does not rely on feel, strictly speaking, shooters are as strategic as the center."
Apparently Hubie Brown didn't quite understand Barron-Davis' theory, but with Knight's goal, the Pelicans' bench cheered again.
Knight also feels a little weird now, it looks like his team is much better than the opponent, they can't defend well, the offense depends on one person, but why can't you take the opponent, this is definitely a lot of situations on the court, this is why, because the opponent is more able to use resources than you, they can score effectively with limited resources, this is what it feels like when watching the Spurs play, but you, even if you have more resources. You can't take advantage of it, you can't convert it into points, that's what it's like when you watch a Clippers game.
Now the Pelicans are using all the resources to make Nate make the ball, and Knight is also very long-faced, at this time the feel is very good, all kinds of heat are mastered, and the Nets are a little Plumlee wonderful.
At this time, Anthony didn't believe that such a Knight could support the Pelicans' weak limbs, Anthony didn't believe this, and when he faced Roten again, Pierce behind Roten was already preparing to help defend. This matter, if Anthony played Luo Teng by himself, there would be no problem, but now that Pierce is over, things are a bit troublesome.
The Pelicans are like a defensive strongman, and it is amazing that a team has a good outside defense, and the Pelicans have three people who have a good outside defense, one is Li Feng, one is Thornton, and the other is Pierce. All three of them are very difficult.
Anthony dismissed his plan to play Roten as soon as he saw that it was Pierce behind him, and he immediately passed the basketball to Plumlee, who played Henson with the ball, although Henson had nothing to praise in his statement. But he also has his advantage against Plumlee, which is that Henson has a long rest, and despite Henson's youth, his physical condition is also good.
Plumlee takes the ball and turns around and turns again. Suddenly shot at Henson's right side, but just when Plumlee thought he could easily fix the nameless blue-collar worker, Henson got a block. Pulls Plumlee's ball down.
Basketball seems to be popular and was slapped at Pierce, Pierce desperately grabbed this basketball, and then immediately moved fast-breaking, when facing a team with a size advantage, the Pelicans have always grabbed fast-paced basketball.
The Pelicans rushed over like a tidal wave, and Hollins could barely believe that it was the Pelicans' fragmented bench team playing against their own team, and they couldn't believe that Plumlee was actually blocked by Henson.
But at this time, in Li Feng's eyes, there was an expression of Henson sitting at the entrance of the players' tunnel, that is what someone said not long ago, the game always belongs to those stars, but basketball players still have all their dreams, and sometimes, the NBA stage should bloom for them.
Pierce desperately ran back, attracting Anthony's defense, he looked back and saw that Anthony's side had been ambushed, and the Nets were already eyeing Anthony, only Rotten had no one by his side, which was a good opportunity to shoot.
So Pierce quickly passed the basketball to Luo Teng's hands, Luo Teng held the basketball in his hand, stood outside the three-point line, glanced at the basket, and didn't dare to make a move.
At this time, the people behind came back to the defense, Luo Teng wanted to make a shot and didn't have a chance to make a three-point fast attack, and it immediately became a half-court battle, at this time Pierce shook his head, if Li Feng was here, Pierce didn't dare to imagine what kind of attack would appear.
Since the fast break has become a half-court offense, Knight has no choice, and Delong, who defends himself, also sticks himself to death, at this time Knight looks like he has neither height nor weight, or even speed, but don't be afraid, just look at Knight, walking unhurriedly towards the basket of the Nets, whether to walk or run.
Delon naturally let Knight in, he reached out and pushed Knight, Delon didn't push it, as soon as Delon touched Knight, Knight immediately stuck to Delon like mud This is not an ordinary sticker, but as long as Delon moves, this Knight may even fall.
At this time, Delon regretted very much that he shouldn't have played, he shouldn't have come to defend Knight, this guy is simply obscene to the extreme, no one can defend at all, defend this guy, he will be faster than you for a while, he will be slower than you, and now he is sticking to himself again.
But the current situation is that you defend the opponent, but not the opponent defending yourself.
Delon was extremely bored, just to see that Kelly also joined the station group and came over to stand in front of Delon , and Knight, who seemed to be muddy just now, suddenly turned around and immediately used Kelly's cover to leave Delon behind.
At this time, Rotten's pass came to Knight's hands, and Rotten was not confident in his own shooting, but the timing of the pass was very good.
Knight came up to catch Roten's basketball, at this time the Nets had completely returned to the defense, Mizatelitovic hurriedly came to pounce on the empty Knight, and Knight also passed back to Roten immediately after the ball continued to run empty-handed.
What can Mizatelitovic do at this time, he can only chase Knight by himself, but his legs and feet are really not good, he is a big man and can't catch up with Knight, at this time Luo Teng passed the ball to Knight's hand again, Knight jumped a step comfortably, and then shot a jumper.
Basketball easy access to the net Pelicans now have a Knight as the core, playing is both simple and single, but the Nets actually have no way to take such a Knight is to slip and not keep his hands, he simply gives any defensive player a chance, a single never shot, there is cover to run, you run he stops, you stop him to continue running, but once you get the basketball, the shooting rate is amazingly accurate.
Hollins is a little angry with Knight now, just such a guy, his team can't defend, he yelled, let his team crush Knight in front of him, a little Knight has been delaying them for a long time.
And now the Pelicans are still two points ahead of the Nets, and after being yelled at by Hollins, Anthony finally made up his mind to start the game well, and he was the first to call a cover outside the three-point line, but he didn't want a big man on the inside, just Delon.
After he and Delon made a cross screen on the outside, they immediately started shooting on the head of Knight, who was still incomparable, and Anthony's height and bouncing Knight had no way to compete.
But to Anthony's surprise, this Knight didn't plan to give himself a chance to shoot at all, he couldn't reach himself, but he slapped his shoulder with a hard palm below, and knocked himself directly out of the air.
I'd rather foul than let you shoot the basketball.
The referee gave the beater a foul, and Anthony went to the free throw line, but Anthony was still unhappy, and hit one of two free throws at the free throw line, at this time Hollins saw that this could not solve the problem, so he glanced at Lopez, and Lopez knew that Hollins was going to use himself, and he smiled triumphantly.
The Pelicans possessed the ball, and at this time Knight had scored three consecutive goals, and the Nets' defense of him had risen to a very high stage, and Deron was close to Knight. (To be continued......)