Chapter 439 The life that hangs up does not need explanation
For the Knicks, the perfect scenario is to defeat the Pistons in the first round, defeat the Cavaliers in the second round, defeat the Celtics in the Eastern Conference Finals, and defeat any opponent from the Western Conference in the Finals.
But this is just a script. For the Knicks, the biggest problem at hand is that they have to face the Detroit Pistons first.
In the second half of the season after Lin Yu joined, the Knicks lost two games to the Pistons.
The first loss was probably shortly after Randolph was activated. The remaining four Pistons showed their sophistication. Tayshaun Prince restricted Lin Yu very well, and outside Billups
It broke out and won the game without giving the Knicks much chance.
After losing the last game, the game was much more intense, but at the end of the game, Billups suddenly broke out and hit three three-pointers in a row, taking away the victory.
If we talk about the loss in the first game, it can be said that the Knicks had not yet matured. The second loss was a real loss after a fierce battle.
The reality of being beaten 0:2 by the Pistons in the second half of the season seemed to remind everyone that even if they entered the top seven, the Knicks were no match for the Pistons.
This is indeed the case with the predictions of the media, such as the expert panel organized by ESPN.
Zach Lowe believes: This will be a fierce first-round series. The Knicks are not seventh in the Eastern Conference in the conventional sense, and the Pistons are not second in the Eastern Conference on paper. The game will definitely go to the seventh game.
, but the Pistons will win in the end.
Mark Spears had the same view as Lowe. He added: Compared with the Knicks, the Pistons have more experience. At the same time, they have Rodney Stuckey, Jason Markhill, and Aaron Affla.
The Pistons' bench lineup of Luo Luo and Amir Johnson has a huge advantage.
Tim McMahon is one of the representatives who believes that the Pistons have a huge advantage and will end the series in six games or even less. They believe that the regular season and the playoffs are different games. The regular season, Lin Yu
There is no need to deal with double-team tactics, but in the playoffs, all teams will use double-team defense against Lin Yu, and Lin Yu's personal performance will definitely decline significantly.
The Knicks are Lin Yu's team, and the emergence of double-team defense will be decisive.
Lin Yu was not unprepared for the possible double-team defense.
In the regular season, he did play easily because he did not encounter double-team defense, but in the playoffs, even if he encountered double-team defense, Lin Yu was not helpless.
He learned from Kobe Bryant's fadeaway jumper, Curry and Klay Thompson, and Durant's three-point long shot.
Coupled with above-average ability to organize passes and assists, and a breakthrough that gradually increases to 80 points and above, Lin Yu is not an All-Star player who is afraid of double teams. On the contrary, he has many ways to break double teams.
Tim McMahon and others think that Lin Yu can't handle the double-team defense, but their impression is really wrong.
It is true that Lin Yu last season, and even the season before that, was helpless when faced with a double-team attack, but this season, after acquiring the breakthrough attributes, combined with his other bonus attributes, breaking double-teams has become a piece of cake.
In the end, there were only two people who believed that the Knicks were expected to defeat the Pistons and enter the second round. One was Mark Stein and the other was Bobby Marks, an expert reporter from ESPN in New York.
They don't have any special reason, but they have the same idea as Zach Lowe. The series will be very anxious and intense, but with Lin Yu and a balanced internal and external Knicks, they will be the winner of the decisive game.
In short, most media reporters and football critics choose to believe the Pistons.
There are similar discussions within the Knicks.
"If we only compare the strength on paper, the two teams should be evenly matched 50-50. The center positions are all blue-collar. We have a slight advantage at power forward and shooting guard, but the Pistons have an advantage at small forward, point guard and bench."
It was Dave Joerger who compared the paper strength of the two teams. Jeff Bzdelik shook his head: "Dave, you are also a professional coach after all. You should know that the comparison between teams is not
That’s how it came about.”
Hollins smiled: "Although Dave's comparison method is wrong, we can start from this."
As he spoke, he listed several advantages of the Pistons, and then listed several disadvantages of the Pistons: "Dave simply listed the advantages of the Pistons, but if we deal with them, the real advantages of the Pistons are
There are only point guard positions, small forwards, and Tayshaun Prince is just blue collar after all."
"So, there is only one threat we have to face - Chauncey Billups!"
"..."
Lin Yu didn't know about the discussions within the Knicks coaching staff, and he was a little worried.
This year's Knicks obviously don't have enough strength. Not only is their bench strength poor, but the starting lineup is mostly blue-collar. The Pistons they faced in the first round defeated the Knicks twice in the regular season. Everything doesn't look that simple.
He had also read all the predictions about the outcome of the first round of the playoffs in the media. Except for some of the opinions that looked down on Lin Yu's own views that he did not agree with, Lin Yu felt that the others were quite correct.
It's not that easy to beat the Pistons. If it really has to be postponed to the seventh game, he might have to use up a time-effective item first.
But the problem is that the time-effective items he currently has are not enough.
The remaining experience card before joining the Knicks was used by him when he made his debut in Madison. After several false starts, "Rebound Man" did not give time-sensitive props, "Manager Zhan" and "Coach Zhan"
They were given a lot, but after careful calculation, they could only guarantee victory in five games.
There are three passive special effects cards "Death Stare", one "Knights 1.0 LBJ Single Game Experience Card" and one "Black Three Minutes".
Recently, the media has been hyping up Lin Yu's ability to direct his teammates' offense and defense on the field, which may help him steal some jokes from Long's guidance, but even if you include Long's guidance, there are only six games at most.
"If you use one against the Pistons and three or four against the Cavaliers, it won't be enough against the Celtics... From this point of view, we can only place our hope on the characteristics of 'Linsanity'."
This playoffs, Lin Yu decided to go crazy. If LeBron James can single-core the finals, he can single-core the championship. There is no need to explain the cheating life!
However, when there are not enough time cards, everything depends on luck and the hard work of the entire Knicks.
Luck, that is, relying on Lin Kuangsheng to get excellent attribute bonuses at any time.
Hard work means that the whole team works together to win one or two victories from the Celtics or Cavaliers who are like galactic battleships.
Although Lin Yu is confident, it is true that the playoff journey before him is full of unknown possibilities.
