Chapter 101: The Old Tree Blossoms
Coach D'Antoni stood on the sidelines in a suit and his green tie stood out. The Knicks' offense is now among the best in the league, especially as he moved Phoenix's Kombat whirlwind east to the Big Apple.
Kidd, who is a year older and has been proud of his departure from Dallas, is now more focused in the locker room, helping young players grow quickly.
Although he was a nominal starter, D'Antoni only let him play about twenty minutes in a game.
This will make Kidd command his teammates on the field, constantly making tactical gestures.
"Jason is really getting older and more enchanting, look at that pass just now." Yes, a right-handed nudge from Kidd found Anthony on the perimeter again.
The little melon fired from the outside, and hit another three-pointer.
0-5, the Knicks got off to a good start, with both offenses.
On the Grizzlies' side, Conley pushed, Guy went back and forth around the baseline, and Zach Randolph was pushed far away by Chandler.
A reverse run by Li Ming shook off Felton's defense, and Conley's ball was just right in his hands.
Li Ming didn't look at people, and a pass from the back of his head was to the hands of Randolph, who had already turned, and Randolph burst into a dry land to pull onions, the ball started too fast, and Chandler only had to watch.
Yes, Guy's well-timed intersperses distracted him from the basket, so Randolph got his chance.
"Damn, what's wrong with the people who look at themselves on the outside? Didn't your mom teach you how to play? "D'Antoni looks polite, but when he scolds the players, it's not ambiguous at all.
The main reason for this goal is that Anthony and Filton lost their tacit understanding when blocking and dismantling substitutions, and they both felt that the other party was the one who chased the one who went down.
On the offensive end, the elder Kidd was still unhurried through the half, and when he ran against his teammates, he suddenly opened fire from the outside.
"Wow grass, isn't this guy without an outside line?" Conley said he didn't understand.
Yes, Kidd developed outside range during his two years with the Mavericks, and in the season when the Mavericks won the championship, he shot 38% from the field in the playoffs, especially in the most critical games 4 and 5, where he made 4-of-7 and 4-of-6 three-pointers, respectively, which was a good way to put pressure on Terry and Nowitzki on the outside.
After coming to the Knicks, the shooting percentage has also been maintained at more than 35%, and occasionally there will be a few genius strokes from the outside. In the ancient Orient, we call this "Old Tree Blossoming!!" ”
"Do you remember that time ago?" Miller reminisced with a look of intoxication.
Van Gundy knew he was referring to the year Kidd and Grant Hill shared the Rookie of the Year of the Year.
Time is really fast, twenty years have passed all of a sudden, and he has left the court, but Kidd is still insisting, he still refuses to retire, even if he has a championship in hand, he still refuses to retire.
"yes, this is a future Hall of Famer." Van Gundy picked up the water in front of him and took a big sip.
On the Grizzlies' side, Guy burst into the basket and got a flat frame dunk, which was very exciting, but it was blown and hit people with the ball, and the score was not counted, and the Knicks' possession of the ball.
The veteran Chandler made a difference, and he had his own body blocking his must-score at Guy's must-go point.
This ball requires courage, after all, it is not easy to stop Guy who is running with all his might, and it is a little scary to think about it, how much it hurts.
Antony came up and touched his head and rewarded him at the right time, and D'Antoni on the sidelines also applauded him, he needs this kind of defense, such a focused defense.
After all, although his team's offense has been invincible for so many years, its defense has always been criticized.
Kidd made eye contact with Chandler at the top of the arc, and Chandler suddenly took a big stride towards the upper line.
Seeing this, Randolph hurriedly stepped forward, and just as Randolph took a big stride, Chandler suddenly turned back to the basket, and at that moment, Kidd's ball found him directly as if it had opened a locator.
Chandler leaps high.
“Du
k!!!”
“OH,Come o
!!” Madison Garden Square played a cheerful song.
"There is an old man in the family, if there is a treasure." If there are two elders, it is two treasures. Two men who are almost eighty years old together came to an air connection, which greatly ignited the atmosphere of the scene.
The two sides rarely came to a few rounds of fast-paced offense and defense, and there were big men on both sides, and after a while, they seemed a little powerless.
Although the scene was played back and forth, the score was very peaceful, still 8-13, and the Knicks, who were still playing at home, were 5 points ahead.
Conley stood at the free-throw line, and with a look of deception to Felton, who was in front of him, stepped down to the right side of the basket, and smashed the ball into the hands of Guy, who had already burst in.
"Hey Rudy, are you going to shoot? Are you going to shoot in front of me? Anthony behind him saw that he could no longer keep up with him, and began to yell at Guy's back.
Guy ignored him, only the basket in his eyes, only to see him jump on the spot again, Chandler was stuck behind him by Randolph at this time, and could only watch Guy press the damn ball into the basket.
Guy glared at him fiercely after he landed, as if to say: Boy, what's the matter, the master has buckled in your head, what can you do.
"Rudy, go back to defense, hurry." Conley looked disgusted and urged him to go back to the defense, because by this time Kidd had already stepped forward with two old legs and ran towards his own half.
Felton immediately came to the upline with a playful pick-and-roll and took the defender away.
This time, Kidd did not choose to pass the ball, which was beyond the expectations of his teammates and deceived his opponent in the court, only to see him take a step in the free throw line and then unhurriedly make a small throw.
10-17, old Kidd hit a board.
"Well, I did get cheated on by you." Outside the three-point line, Anthony was ready to receive the ball.
"Unexpectedly, the most excited person in the opening game was a 40-year-old veteran. By the way, he's 40 years old. Or is it 46?? Reggie Miller teased.
"Damn Reggie, what's wrong with you? How can you say that about him, how can he speak of him46? He's obviously 43. Van Gundy on the side couldn't help but cover his mouth.
In the next round, Conley finally hit the Grizzlies' first three-pointer of the opening game.
However, Kidd didn't give the Grizzlies too many chances, because in the next offense he used his body to crush Conley and sit under the basket to play one, which can show the shadow of his youth.