Chapter 242: Resurrection: The Knicks finally breathed a sigh of relief after losing in a row and did not let the losing streak continue.
A victory is like a good situation. All the media expressed surprises about the Knicks' performance as if they were discovering a new world. No one is more enthusiastic about this topic than this group of people. All reporters are talking about the Knicks.
Si has regained his feeling and form, especially domestic reporters, who praised the Knicks' performance, especially Liang Xiao's, as if a new player has appeared in China.
The text messages and phone calls that Liang Xiao received were also congratulatory. He expressed his gratitude to these kind greetings one by one, and returned to his talent training ground to strengthen his abilities. Liang Xiao has never slacked off on such things, because
Knowing that there are talented people in the country, maybe you will be criticized from all sides if you don’t work hard. The most important thing is that you will not be able to pass this test.
After playing against the Wizards, the Knicks rested for two days and continued to make adjustments. This was a big test for head coach Van Gundy. The Knicks' current lineup can only be supplemented on the original basis. All kinds of people are in the training game.
During the debut, no one wants to work hard to get a better position at this time. Even if it is an affirmation, it is a very good result. This actually makes the atmosphere of the Knicks less interesting because of the injuries to the main players.
After the home game against the Wizards, they will welcome the Memphis Grizzlies. This young team is still in the process of reorganizing the team. Every team has accumulated a lot of experience. Although the current Grizzlies have Pau Gasol and White Chocolate Jason
Williams, and acquired Mike Miller from the Magic in the trade, but this team just doesn't seem to have found its soul.
The game kicked off with the attention of more than 20,000 fans at the scene. The madmen were still resting off the court in this game. It would still take a few days until they could play. For the current Knicks, which team is the best?
It cannot be taken lightly. Sure enough, after the first four minutes, the Knicks were bullied by the Grizzlies for four full minutes. A 12-3 start made people wonder if this game would end in failure again.
"Hey, Shanton, look at the opponent's No. 31 and be careful of his three-pointers!" When Gasol, the Grizzlies' inside man, faced Thomas' attack to no avail, Liang Xiao saw the ball flying out from the inside.
Immediately shouted to Anderson. Although Battier has not yet become a veteran of a team, for this three-pointer and high-post player, Liang Xiao directed his teammates to make up for it in time. If the ball was scored,
, the Knicks were completely defeated in the first few minutes.
Fortunately, Anderson got Liang Xiao's reminder and rushed to his position in time. He pounced on Battier who was taking action. Battier's eyes were sealed by Anderson, and he lost both of his targets at once. The power of the inside line
Thurspoon succeeded in grabbing the rebound.
Half a quarter has passed, and the Knicks' shot basically ended with a strike. Such a shot made the Knicks only have a 20% shooting rate after half a quarter. A quick counterattack began, and Liang Xiao caught the ball and fell to the goal.
Marbury, the Knicks now can only rely on singles, and singles have become the main means of scoring. In terms of cooperation, only having two guards is more effective.
Marbury faced his opponent Mac Miller, who was better than him in height, wingspan and jumping. In addition, Marbury's face-up singles skills were also top-notch. Fortunately, it was the Timberwolves and Suns that created the Marbury's singles skills.
, now after a cross step in front of Mike Miller, he started to step back, which prevented Miller from keeping up with the rhythm, and the ball was hit steadily.
But the good times did not last long. The Grizzlies had Pau Gasol inside, and the pressure on the inside was still tight. Not only because Thomas could get a good containment effect with the support inside, after all, the strength of the opponent would not be easily affected by a strong defense.
The players are effectively controlled. Although the Grizzlies have now sent Drew Gooden and Gordon Jirisek, this has not affected the strength of the Grizzlies' deep inside bench at all.
Under the leadership of Gasol, the Knicks once again scored 7-3, falling behind by 11 points. This made Van Gundy extremely anxious on the sidelines. After two consecutive timeouts, he still failed to achieve good results, so he had to
There were frequent substitutions on the inside, one lineup for offense, and another for defense. The whole style of play was like American football, but this effect really took effect in the last two minutes of the first quarter.
Liang Xiao and Marbury frequently succeeded on the outside, and the shots inside were basically limited to Thomas's occasional threading. As a result, the Knicks were only 9 points behind at the end of the first quarter, and they were finally contained.
A situation of constant defeat.
When they entered the second quarter, the Knicks immediately invested a lot of firepower on the outside, which greatly increased the pressure on the Grizzlies on the outside. The Knicks relied on Liang Xiao's four three-pointers and Marbury's three in the second quarter.
A three-pointer suddenly reversed the situation that was originally behind. At the end of the half, the Knicks entered the break with a five-point advantage.
In the second half, Van Gundy strengthened the Knicks' interior defense and did not allow scoring to become the exclusive domain of the Grizzlies. The interior only defended and defended at all costs. This made Gasol unable to directly hit the frame in the interior.
, more double-teams increased Gasol's mistakes. In the third quarter alone, Gasol made 4 mistakes. This suddenly reduced the power of a team that relied on Gasol's support inside.
, this is also when a team becomes very passive when relying on one star to score.
When Liang Xiao and Marbury faced Grizzlies defenders such as Jason Williams and Mike Miller, their explosive power in the second half was amazing, and they did not want their advantage to be severely damaged in the recovery. Although there was no big impact at the end of the game
The score won, but the Knicks' Ma and Liang Xiao contributed 49 points. This is also the main achievement of the Knicks during this period. The two have a better understanding and become an indispensable part of the Knicks.
In the next game, the Knicks have been on the rebound. They challenged the Hawks away from home. The madman Sprewell returned to the court. Although Van Gundy played conservatively, the madman stayed on the bench for a whole quarter.
He has not started yet, but the Madman has proved his strong return with his own form. He scored 16 points, 5 rebounds and 5 assists in this game. This suddenly reduced the pressure on the Knicks a lot, especially in scoring.
This greatly reduced the pressure on Liang Xiao and Lao Ma.
In the games against the Hawks this season, it can only be said that the opponent's luck was not very good. The Knicks defeated their opponents in three games. For Liang Xiao, it can be said that Atlanta is Liang Xiao's blessed place, even though he was in the Knicks
But it was at the All-Star Game in Atlanta that Liang Xiao truly entered the world. Liang Xiao proved to fans all over the world with his performance that he had truly landed on this stage.
In the away game against the Hawks, Liang Xiao also showed no mercy and scored 25 points and 6 rebounds. Lao Ma put more energy into assists and only scored 11 points, but had 13 assists. The Hawks players also
They are all dying players, which is why the Knicks won all three games. Big dogs Glenn Robinson and Sharif Abdul-Rahim are both at the end of their careers.
In particular, Abdulrahim, who participated in the All-Star Game last year, is now averaging 21 points and 6.6 rebounds per game. However, the two of them are basically playing a soy sauce role in the reorganization process of the Eagles. Otherwise, in
In a previous life, the Hawks would not have ended the season ranked 11th in the Eastern Conference.
After winning the away game, the Knicks returned to their home court to face the Milwaukee Bucks, who had now rotated their personnel. The famous coach George Karl had never been able to lead this team with outstanding players to win the championship.
Losing confidence in the expectation year after year, players to team owners are thinking that now is the time to reorganize the team.
When the three Musketeers lost their final glory, the Bucks were already on their way to the end. Ray Allen, now in Seattle and Lewis, formed a long-range combination that began to enter the league. What is left here is the aging Sam Cassel and
Gary Payton.
Although Liang Xiao won the victory with the team in this game, Liang Xiao still knew the gap between himself and these old guys. What I particularly remember is when Liang Xiao came to the Knicks and faced glove Gary Payton in the preseason game.
At that time, although he performed well, he still had no advantage in the hands of this old guy with excellent defensive skills. This game was still like this. Although Liang Xiao did not directly talk to Payton on breakthroughs more often, he did not directly talk to Payton.
Occasionally when facing the opponent or when making a breakthrough, you must always be on guard against this guy's outstretched hand, because he might let the opponent take the ball away at some point.
Liang Xiao didn't do much good in this game, but the matchup between the old and the new at point guard, Ma and Payton, still aroused the cheers of the fans at the scene. Many times they didn't even know to watch.
What is the purpose of this game? Maybe it is to find the taste of victory in the first three Musketeers era or something else, but the duel between the two point guards definitely made the fans at the scene thoroughly addicted.
After losing seven games in a row, the Knicks suddenly won four games in a row. This allowed many people to see the future of the Knicks in the playoffs. It seems that everyone is looking forward to the Knicks in Madison Square Garden in New York City.
Just like all the superstars getting honors here, this time they get a championship trophy here. If that's the case, the feeling is absolutely wonderful.
