One day later, Lin Yu and his Knicks teammates went abroad.
They are at the Canada Flight Center in Toronto, facing the Raptors away from home.
The warm-up has ended, and the starting lineups of the two teams have come on stage. After a second game a day later, the main players of the two teams also feel that they are familiar with each other.
Before the game started, Anthony Parker took the initiative to bump fists with Lin Yu without saying anything harsh.
But Lin Yu saw that the opposite man, who relied on defense to gain a foothold in the alliance and had a fierce face, wanted to tell Lin Yu with this fist that today he would not make Lin Yu as easy as he had in the previous battle.
Chris Bosh was not so quiet and silent. He smiled and opened his arms to Lin Yu, giving him a big hug, and then he was ready to open his mouth.
Unexpectedly, Lin Yu took the lead: "Stop talking, Chris, let me first thank you for the two victories you gave us."
Bosh was stunned for a moment, and after he came to his senses, he immediately told Lin Yu fiercely: "Hey, Lin, this is not Madison, this is the Canadian Airline Center!"
Lin Yu nodded and was about to say: I want this victory.
But Zach Randolph came out from behind, separated Lin Yu and Bosh, and faced Bosh: "We are determined to win this victory!"
Lin Yu spread his hands and saw a highly motivated Zach Randolph and a stunned Chris Bosh.
With a beep, the referee blew his whistle and walked to the center of the court with the basketball in hand.
In this game, the Knicks' starting center is Kwame Brown. After several transactions in the middle of the season, Lionel Hollins made further adjustments to the starting lineup.
The reason for the adjustment is simple. Kwame Brown is taller and has a higher ceiling, so he is more suitable as a starter. Nazr Mohammed is only 2.08 meters tall and is mediocre in all aspects. He is more suitable as a substitute to fill in gaps.
Kwame Brown starts, and the jump ball opponent he needs to face is Rasu Nesterovich.
Snap!
When the basketball was thrown high into the sky, Kwame Brown jumped up. As the number one pick selected by Michael Jordan, Brown's problem is his mental immaturity and the fact that his skills have not improved since entering the league.
Physically, Kwame Brown is still outstanding. He jumped up and easily defeated the Raptors' floor center Nesterovich.
Kyle Lowry started quickly after receiving the ball, rushed to the frontcourt and immediately stopped the ball.
Different from Lin Yu's playing style when he was in the Cavaliers, the Knicks' team configuration and Lionel Hollins' tactics require and limit that they cannot play fast and can only rely on slow positional attacks to reduce
The number of rounds slowly wears down the opponent.
In order to implement this, Lowry will control the ball after reaching the frontcourt, look for opportunities, and then pass the ball out.
As soon as Lin Yu arrived in the frontcourt, he was not in a hurry to get the ball. Instead, he circled around the penalty area, found the two big men inside, and asked for a screen, one from Zach Randolph.
Lin Yu was very satisfied with this cover. Not only was it of extremely high quality, it also meant that Randolph had truly transformed. This guy was willing to do the thankless and dirty work of covering.
After getting rid of Anthony Parker after the screen, the Raptors' defense rotated quickly. As soon as Anthony Parker lost his position, Jamario Moon on the wing replaced him.
Moon, nicknamed the Moon, was outside the NBA in the early stages of his career, and then re-entered the NBA. He started with the Raptors and peaked with the Cavaliers. He has great physical fitness, can break through and dunk well, and his defense is not bad.
Lin Yu was followed hard by this guy, but he still caught the ball.
After receiving the ball from the outside, Lin Yu immediately turned around and broke through. This was a sudden change of speed. Jamario Moon's reaction was a step slower. The Raptors' overall defense also reacted subconsciously, moving closer to the weak side.
Directly left out Wilson Chandler.
With a bang, a ball directly penetrated half of the court, passing the ball from the strong side to the weak side, and Wilson Chandler just caught the ball.
Then he took two steps, jumped up with a roar, and slammed the ball into the basket.
At the beginning, the Knicks relied on Lin Yu's pass to assist, and Wilson Chandler scored 2 points with a dunk!
The start went smoothly, Lin Yu quickly retreated to defend, but he understood that in this game, the focus of defense was not on the outside or on the wings, but on Zach Randolph's side.
The Raptors obviously understand this. After Jose Calderon controlled the ball across half court, his first choice was to find Bosh who was already well positioned in the mid-range.
Bosh's singles, facing Zach Randolph in the waist position.
In the last game, the Raptors relied on Bosh's singles to hold off half of the game, and it wasn't until the second half that they collapsed and lost.
In this game, although Bosh has realized that Randolph has changed, but compared to the Knicks' various positions, the one that has a huge advantage is his matchup with Randolph, so at the beginning, Bosh resolutely
He passed the ball and started his singles.
It was still a mid-range face-up single. He faked for a while and then suddenly shot in. He took two steps, stopped suddenly, and then shot directly.
Amidst everyone's surprised cries, Randolph followed Bosh throughout the whole process without losing his position!
Lin Yu also rushed to the basket immediately. He knew very well that as long as Randolph followed Bosh, the defense in this round would be successful.
Sure enough, with a bang, the basketball flew out of the frame.
"Rebounder!"
After Lin Yu shouted loudly, he also successfully took off the backboard.
"Fight back, fight back!"
Although the overall style of the team is slow attack and defense, as long as there is an opportunity to counterattack, the Knicks will still choose to seize it.
Lin Yu rushed forward immediately, but faced the Raptors' swarm.
The counterattack was choked like this...
Returning to the positional battle, Lin Yu controlled the ball for a while and started to press time again.
Randolph, who had just completed a successful defense, rushed to the frontcourt and imitated Bosh's request. It was also from the waist position in the mid-range. The difference was that Randolph was asking for the ball with his back.
Lin Yu hesitated for a moment and then gave the ball over.
He knew that Randolph was stimulated and wanted to prove himself in this game.
Then, Lin Yu decided to give Randolph a chance to prove himself. He hoped that Randolph, who got the opportunity, could continue the fighting spirit of these two games.
"Zach Randolph, he seems to be returning a ball."
"But in the last round, didn't Bosh fail to score in a single?"
"He shouldn't be returning the ball from the previous round, but the ball from the previous game..."
The two commentators in the commentary box were doing various analyzes and speculations, while on the court, Randolph advanced with his back, suddenly turned around, and took a jump shot.
Except for the back action, everything else is exactly the same as Bosh's singles, but the difference is that Randolph's shot is a little backward, and the shot point is higher, the basketball is thrown into the air, and the arc formed is also higher.
With a swish sound, after crossing the highest point, the basketball suddenly dropped, and Randolph's singles went in...
