The New York Knicks called a timeout immediately after Milicic's shocking dunk. Wilkens needed to interrupt the game at this time to curb the Celtics' momentum. And the Celtics
Bian received the news that Pierce could not participate in the continued game. Rivers announced to the players that Milicic was the core of the team's offense and defense tonight. Ricky Davis's face changed as soon as these words were spoken.
, who has always regarded himself as the second in charge of the team, although he saw Rivers reusing Milicic in the first two games, he only believed that Milicic was needed tactically. The Celtics' weak inside line needed a dynamic player.
Although he is a big man, it does not mean that he thinks Milicic can replace him as the second-in-command. Moreover, even Davis is not completely convinced by Pierce. Davis feels that if he had the right to shoot Pierce, he would
He averages 20+ per game, and his athletic ability is far stronger than Pierce.
Davis sat there with a towel over his face, as if he couldn't hear what Rivers said. Rivers saw this in his eyes, but now that Pierce is off the court and he needs a firepower on the outside, he can't take Davis away.
How about it.
Playing again, the New York Knicks replaced the injured and aging Hardaway and Houston, and replaced him with Crawford and Tim Thomas. This is the strongest lineup in New York. Point guard Marbury
, shooting guard Crawford, small forward Tim Thomas, power forward Kurt Thomas, center Muhammad. Both point guards have the ability to score 20 or 30 points in a single game, and the two Thomases on the front line are also capable of scoring 20 or 30 points in a single game.
He is an excellent role player who averages more than ten points per game. Only then did the Knicks show their strongest strength.
Banks' individual defense ability is certainly good, but the defense within the system is not that strong. Muhammad blocked Banks behind with a pick-and-roll. Milicic switched defenses and faced Marbury. Marbury dribbled left and right.
The magnitude was so great that Milicic couldn't keep up with Marbury's rhythm. Marbury passed Milicic in a disguised cross, broke into the paint, faced Jefferson's defense and made a pull-up layup, making a direct hit.
When the Celtics attacked and the ball from the outside was passed to Ricky Davis, Milicic had already squeezed Mohammed behind him and reached out to ask for it, but Davis didn't seem to see it and followed up with Davis.
Tim Thomas played one-on-one. Tim Thomas was also a good player before the draft. After coming to the NBA, if he was not lazy and did not defend, he would have become a superstar. He is 2.08 meters tall and has excellent running and jumping ability.
, and also had a good three-pointer. Davis took two steps and made a pull-up jumper, but he had no height advantage at all in front of the 2.08-meter Thomas. The ball was blocked by Thomas and returned to his own hands.
Weiss also reacted quickly. He took the ball down and hit the ground, dribbling again. Then when Thomas didn't react, he broke through Thomas, got inside, and faced Kurt.
Thomas was about to dunk. At this time, Muhammad next to Milicic rushed up to cover. If Davis had given the ball to Milicic at this time, Milicic would have dunked, but David
Si did not pass the ball. He had absolute confidence in his height in the air, but confidence comes from confidence. It is not so easy for outside players to challenge the inside. Even an epic dunk player like Carter dare not say that he is good in every game.
After dunking a few inside shots, Carter couldn't do it, and Davis certainly couldn't. Muhammad slapped the ball away with a big block, and the ball went into the hands of Crawford. Crawford got rid of Tony Allen's defense and counterattacked quickly.
attack!
Tony Allen's running and jumping ability is very outstanding, and he can quickly catch up after being beaten. Banks has already defended the basket. Crawford suddenly made an emergency stop when he reached the basket, using his
His specialty is that he dribbled the ball behind his back twice and then made a throw and hit the ball!
The way Davis handled the ball just now made Milicic angry. He has lived for almost thirty years. If Milicic can't even see this, his life will really be in vain. Without Pierce,
At that time, Rivers wanted to make himself the boss, but Davis didn't buy it at all. Milicic immediately became angry and walked over to Ricky Davis and said: "What did you mean by that goal just now! Why?"
Not passing the ball?”
Davis smiled disdainfully, "Why pass the ball? Who do you think you are? When I averaged 20 points per game, you didn't know where to play!"
"It doesn't matter whether you admit it or not. Don't squander your teammates' efforts. I'll tell you one more time. If you still play like this, I'll see you in the locker room later!" Milicic looked down from chest to chest.
looked at Davis and said.
The teammates on the side were also very dissatisfied with Davis' cooking, and Jefferson, Allen, and Banks were all rookies like Milicic, so they were naturally in the same clique when they were together.
Seeing that Davis was about to have an attack, Tony Allen, who was more courageous, sent the ball to Banks and went over to say to Davis: "Darko is right, the coach said that when Paul is not around, Darko is
Boss, I hope you can remember this."
Although Banks didn't speak, his ball movement was passed between Allen, Jefferson and Milicic, completely leaving Davis aside.
"Hurry up and give me the ball! I'm open!" Davis shouted anxiously.
But Banks ignored him completely and passed the ball to Tony Allen at a 45-degree angle on the left side of the three-point line. Allen passed the ball to Milicic in the inside position. Milicic used the back
He tested Kurt Thomas' strength with his back, turned to the right without making a fake move, and hit a right hook over Muhammad's block.
After the ball hit, Milicic said to Kurt Thomas again: "What do you think of this ball? Don't worry, tonight has just begun, I will use all my offensive skills on you!"
Although Kurt Thomas was angry, Milicic was telling the truth. His offensive skills were too comprehensive, and there was a certain gap between him and him in terms of height, strength, flexibility and skills.
The Knicks can't control Milicic inside, but the Celtics can't control the Knicks' double shots from the outside either. Marbury and Crawford have hit 4 goals in a row. Both of them can break through.
Able to pass, Marbury's breakthrough and Crawford's long shot gave Rivers a headache, and Tim Thomas' three-pointer was also very accurate. At the end of the first quarter, although Milicic had already scored
by 10 points, but the Celtics were still 6 points behind 18-24.
