As expected, just 2 minutes into the fourth quarter, Rivers replaced Yang Zhenxing on the court. The ball was fouled by Green, and it fell on Stoudemire. Stoudemire made two free throws.
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The Celtics' lineup on the field includes Yang Zhenxing, Rondo, Green, Buss and Salin. Rondo is young. Rivers allows him to play more. By the way, he can also bring Yang Zhenxing, a potential player they are very optimistic about.
As for the Knicks, Anthony knew that Pierce would not be playing. Besides, this was just a preseason game, so he insisted on not playing. Anthony had just finished the Olympics, and he came to training without even having a summer vacation.
Camp coach Woodson can certainly understand that Anthony doesn't want to play at this moment. In addition, Woodson also wants to test the abilities of young players. As a new player for the Knicks, Felton is of course still on the court. Veteran Jason Kidd is on the court this time.
There is no need to go on. Bibby and Baron Davis are still suffering from various injuries. Woodson must not let these two old guys hold on. In addition, Sam Porter experienced some injuries last season and missed the season.
After the game, now he returns to the court and needs to prove himself again with Jeffries, Novak and Amare Stoudemire on the court.
A very important reason why Stoudemire is on the court is that coach Woodson wants to test what level Felton and Stoudemire will play without Anthony. They encountered serious problems last season.
, that is, the efficiency of the combination of Anthony and Stoudemire is not as good as Jeremy Lin's efficiency on the court. So after they lost Jeremy Lin, although they got Jason Kidd, they still lacked confidence in investing in Kidd. After all, I remember he is too old.
His competitive level was not as good as Nash's, so they hired Felton to fill the point guard vacancy.
This time, the combination of Felton and Stoudemire has reappeared. Felton and Stoudemire worked really well together back then. During that period, Felton averaged 8 assists per game and even reached the top ball-handling position in the league.
The standard of a defender, but unfortunately, this combination could not continue. Now, Felton has returned to New York, trying to create a new world, but he did not expect that in the first preseason game, he ran into trouble
The Yang Zhenxing in front of Felton is not as easy to deal with as he imagined.
The ball just now was a foul by Green, and it tipped over to Stoudemire. Stoudemire made both free throws.
This time back to the Celtics offense, Rondo was still controlling the ball. Yang Zhenxing had just played the role of point guard for a while, and he was playing well. His momentum even surpassed the championship veteran Jason Terry, but
As soon as Rondo returned to the court, Yang Zhenxing naturally handed the ball to Rondo to organize.
Rondo was also a little absent-minded about this game. Seeing that the veterans had gone to rest, he still had to lead these new players on the court. Although he felt unhappy, since it was Rivers' arrangement, Rondo had to
Do not listen
Rondo had to be on the court, but as soon as he arrived in the frontcourt, he handed the ball to Yang Zhenxing
Yang Zhenxing got the ball and was stunned
I'm still thinking in my mind, "What on earth does Rondo want to do? What does it mean to give the ball to him at this time? In my impression, this is what Chalmers and Fisher should do. When it comes to
I'm not Paul Pierce when I hand the ball over in the frontcourt. You'll give me the ball. How do you want me to play?" Yang Zhenxing got the ball and dribbled a few times unnecessarily.
Rondo shouted to Yang Zhenxing: "Yang, let go and do it."
Only then did Yang Zhenxing understand, you are asking me to play alone in love. I see, Yang Zhenxing just woke up from a dream. Rondo looked at Pierce, Terry, and Garnett who had all rested, and the game was not too good.
Important, naturally he has no fighting spirit. Yang Zhenxing is very happy. Isn't this his chance to perform? He has been looking forward to this time for a long time.
Yang Zhenxing is at the three-point line, facing the basket. This is Raymond Felton in front of him. Originally, Yang Zhenxing was supposed to be guarding Sam Porter, but Felton, who was unhappy with being pestered by Yang Zhenxing just now, grabbed Sam Porter.
In front of Porter, he wants to defend Yang Zhenxing
Yang Zhenxing faced Felton's defense. Although he was a shooting guard, he was not much taller than Felton. Yang Zhenxing knew this better than anyone else.
Yang Zhenxing did not dare to play blindly in singles. Jeff Green came up and set a pick-and-roll. Yang Zhenxing changed the direction of his dribbling. Felton thought that Yang Zhenxing would definitely be like him. The first two changes of direction were fake. In addition, Yang Zhenxing's dribbling changed direction.
The return direction was to the left, but Green's screen was on the right, so he did not fully concentrate. But what he didn't expect was that Yang Zhenxing passed Felton in one step and the direction Yang Zhenxing walked was not Green's screen.
This caught Felton and other Knicks players even more unprepared. Yang Zhenxing went directly to the basket. When Novak saw that Yang Zhenxing had already reached the basket, he didn't care about anything at this time.
Coming up to cover the defense, Yang Zhenxing watched a big white man coming towards him. When he just broke through, he had already seen clearly the position of Green's air cut. He was waiting for Novak to change defense. At the moment, Yang Zhenxing threw the ball.
When he reached the second hoop, Green came in, jumped up, caught the ball, and threw it into the basket.
"Good shot!" Garnett was already waving a towel and starting to celebrate.
Rivers was very excited. He didn't know whether he was excited about Yang Zhenxing's wonderful pass or Green's wonderful air-cut dunk. Maybe both. This exquisite assist was the result of both parties. It was an absolute success.
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The enthusiasm of all the more than 19,000 spectators at Boston's North Shore Garden Arena has been ignited by Yang Zhenxing's wonderful assist and Green's powerful dunk.
Rondo, who was still a little depressed just now, was suddenly inspired by this wonderful ball.
The Knicks were beaten completely, especially Felton, who was convinced by this game.
Looking back, Felton will not show weakness in the Knicks' offense. When he reaches the frontcourt, he immediately calls on Stoudemire to help him pick and roll. Green knows that Felton is accurate in the mid-range shot and is ready to cover Felton.
This time, Felton also threw it casually, trying to let the boy who cut in also do an alley-oop dunk. However, Felton passed the ball a little too high. Stoudemire did not catch it well and reluctantly took the shot, and did not make the shot.
Felton was a little frustrated, and Anthony shouted to him off the court, "It doesn't matter Raymond, guard that kid on the next ball."
"Don't be discouraged and keep going." Veteran Jason Kidd is a good mentor and helpful friend.
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