Chapter 36: The Rookies' Debut (4)
Different point guards bring different rhythms to the game, and on the Knicks bench, sycophant Charlie Ward watched the crowd running back and forth on the court, depressed and didn't want to speak.
In less than 3 minutes, the Knicks' painting style has changed abruptly!
Patrick Ewing received the ball at the top of the arc, and Li You, who had just handed over the ball, pulled with Damon Stoudemire outside the three-point line, suddenly pushed the opponent covertly, and quickly stepped forward to take the hand-handed pass.
Ewing covered sideways, allowing Damon Stoudemire to fail to chase in time.
The moment Li You received the ball, he noticed that Tabak, the center of the Raptors, did not delay coming up, dribbled laterally, closed the ball at the top of the arc, and made a quick jump shot outside the three-point line!
"Huh!" Three-point shot hollow into the net!
At 19:17, the Knicks easily overtook the score.
Everyone on the Raptors team is a little dumbfounded, isn't this a blind chicken?
In the Sky Dome Stadium, the fans didn't care about these and continued to cheer, compared to the foul that fell on the ground before, it is obviously much better now.
"It looks like Lee is continuing the style of play in the pre-season and maybe we'll see him again tonight at the Sport Center."
"Coach Walker seems unprepared, and of course, I'm sure the Raptors boys will respond!"
Home commentator John Sanders briefly praised Lee's performance, and then began to poison the Raptors.
How to defend a small point guard, Li You also has his own defensive experience.
Try to cover the opponent with your body, and at the same time, at an angle that the referee can't see, the other hand pulls from time to time to disrupt the opponent's dribbling rhythm.
Damon Stoudemire was a little uncomfortable with the interference, and every time he accelerated to a sharp stop and pulled back in a cross step, Li You would move in time to leave him some room to break through.
After half the game, the two were entangled until the top of the arc and stopped again, and Damon Stoudemire no longer hesitated, holding the ball in his right hand to accelerate the breakthrough.
Li You hurriedly slid quickly to the left rear, and he did not completely lose the defensive position, but tried to drive the opponent to the inside.
Breaking through to the paint area, Damon Stoudemire realized that something was wrong, it was full of people, and as a small man, he couldn't find room to shoot for a while.
As he went, he subconsciously passed the ball to Doug Christie in the bottom left corner, and before the ball flew into the hands of his teammates, Alan Houston easily intercepted it.
Coach Darney Walker on the sidelines saw Li You receive the pass again, rushed quickly, and shouted to the players:
"Hold on, retreat, catch up!"
On the other side, Walter Williams heard the coach's loud prompt and rushed to Li You's side for the first time to delay.
Li You, who was holding the ball in his left hand and was accelerating, had no intention of slowing down at all, and the two kept entangled and rushed to the paint area.
Approaching the basket, Williams, who had been giving a physical confrontation on the right side, found that the ball in Li You's left hand was gone...
With a slight flick of his wrist, Li You in the paint area secretly threw the ball to the back, and Alan Houston, who followed quickly, easily put the basket after receiving the ball!
On the Knicks' bench, the atmosphere group cheered and threw up the towel, and Lee Woo played a wave of 9:2 after he came on the court.
At 21:17, the pace of the game was completely controlled by the Knicks.
'When Lee came on, everybody was more willing to run, that's what he does, and of course, we have to accept some of his attacking options.
Assistant coach Qian Downey whispered advice to Jeff Van Gundy, who was hanging up next to him, that he did prefer to see a Knicks who were attacking fluidly.
Van Gundy, who had returned to the bench, was speechless, and he could certainly see the reaction of his players.
Everyone knows that when Li You runs out of the game, he can receive the ball, and the tactics are more clear, and the chain reaction is to speed up the offensive rhythm.
"The Raptors are not strong, and Lee will need time to adapt to the high-intensity game."
Jeff Van Gundy still chose to go with the mud because he knew the veterans didn't like to switchback and run...
Patrick Ewing didn't touch the ball for a couple of rounds, and this time the attack fell to the left low post to ask for the ball.
Taking advantage of the center behind him, Tabak went around the front defense, Ewing suddenly turned around and ran directly to the basket.
As he imagined, as soon as he jumped, the ball flew to the top left of the basket, and the pass sent by Li You was just right, and Ewing grabbed the ball and poured it into the basket with both hands!
"Boom!" Empty catch the storm dunk!
After landing on the ground, Ewing first beat his chest and roared, and by the way, he pointed to Li You on the left flank:
"Lee, pass beautifully!"
Within two minutes of the end of the first quarter, Ewing began to ask for the ball in the low post frequently as new Marcus Camby came on.
Li You and a few people on the field didn't have much opportunity to perform at this time, and the two sides began to attack in a low position.
The Raptors, with their twin towers, also began to hit the ball inside, while stepping up the rebounding scramble to curb the Knicks' transition offense.
Larry Johnson scolded in his heart when he saw that Jeff Van Gundy had not replaced Ewing, and the first quarter was almost over, and he only took two shots and scored four points on free throws.
The staggered travel plan was very unsuccessful, and what Larry Johnson didn't expect was that Jeff Van Gundy replaced him early...
At 28:24, the first quarter ended with the Knicks leading by four points.
2 of 2, 5 points, 1 rebound and 3 assists, the data seems to be good, but Li You is not comfortable playing.
Ewing played 11 minutes and 32 seconds in the first quarter, and at the end of the first quarter, the Gorilla broke up the cute new Marcus Camby.
In the second quarter of the game, it became Starks who partnered with Li You in the backcourt.
Rotating the lineup, Larry Johnson is also there, and the two "good big brothers" have made Li You's assists rise steadily, but the fast-break cake eating job has been robbed.
The Raptors' power center Carlos Rodgers, who came off the bench, missed the basket, and veteran Herb Williams received the rebound and threw the ball to Lee Yoo as soon as possible.
Larry Johnson desperately rushed to the frontcourt, Li You didn't stick the ball, hit the ground and passed the ball from a long distance, penetrated the opponent's defense, and assisted the "Big Mom" to dunk with both hands!
"Fast attack as a tiger..."
Lee Yo can't complain anymore, and Larry Johnson is definitely running and sprinting early.
is a beautiful dunk, which made the fans burst into cheers.
Coach Darnell Walker on the sidelines looked at the twin towers, who couldn't keep up with the rhythm at all, and waved his hand to signal substitute defender Huber T'Davis to continue to give the ball to the inside.
The Raptors' offense was mediocre, and on the Knicks' side, Larry Johnson completely put down his shots and took the initiative to block Li You in a few rounds.
Li You assisted the opponent to throw into the open mid-distance with a ground pass, broke through with a block, and assisted the "aunt" who cut in to score another 2 points.
The Knicks picked up the tempo on offense, the Raptors continued to press the tempo, and Huber T-Davis pressed the 24-second free-throw line mid-range iron.
Li You accepted the rebound and didn't wait for the start, on the other side, Starks had already rushed through the halfcourt, and passed the ball to the opponent, and after receiving the ball on the left wing of the crazy Starks, he threw it directly outside the three-point line!
"Huh!" Three-point shot hollow into the net!
The excited Starks didn't care about the ugly face of Jeff Van Gundy, and happily high-fived Li You in celebration.
Under the leadership of Lee Yoo, at the beginning of the second quarter, the Knicks did not have a single back-to-back single...
Coach Darnell Walker couldn't help but curse when he saw Li You covering a single block at the top of the arc and throwing the ball together:
"Hell game!"
The ball hollowed into the net, and the Knicks bench was completely boiling, 12:6 in the single quarter, and the point difference was just double digits.
Jeff Van Gundy's face is not good-looking, he finds himself losing control of the team, this kind of game, completely different from what he had planned...
The Raptors called a timeout and walked to the bench with a smile and high-fives with his teammates.
It is true that Lee Woo did not play as planned, but so far the team is ahead, and he has also provided seven assists:
"If you want to make a change, someone has to push it!"