I really play basketball

Chapter 153
The 9-point half-time trail was not enough to sentence the Knicks to death.

But the point-chasing battle in the second half was indeed a difficult challenge for the Knicks.

Pat Riley is a headache, what the Knicks are best at has never been chasing points.

After all, their offense is so bad that it can turn the basketball court into a vegetable patch.

Riley also knows this, knowing that it is absolutely impossible to rely on offense to chase points.

But defense, there is still a little possibility.

"In the second half, let's go to the zone defense!"

Riley is still very courageous. These days, the NBA does not allow zone defense.

The Knicks' regular style of play, strictly speaking, is zone defense.

In particular, the Knicks have used the pinch defense against people without the ball, which is clearly recognized as an illegal defense, on many occasions.

The point is, the referee really doesn't blow.

It can only be said that some unspoken rules of the NBA are very confusing.

The prohibition of zone defense is stipulated by the league, but as a result, the league just doesn't brag about defending against players without the ball. Isn't this contradictory?
However, under normal circumstances, the Knicks' defense is still very disciplined.

Their defense is commonly known as a pseudo-zone defense.

Only in truly critical games will they use their real zone defense to touch the faintly visible red line.

This game, in Riley's view, can be regarded as a truly crucial game.

After all, it was the Christmas War, or the Christmas War in Madison.

If he is really going to lose, this group of fans in New York, who are not only fierce in external output, but also excellent in internal output, will definitely not let him go as the head coach.

"This game, I really can't lose..."

Pat Riley, now in his fourth season coaching the Knicks, is tired.

Almost every day, he has to find ways to satisfy the fans and reporters in New York.

But, if you really want to be perfect, how can it be so easy?
Riley already had the idea of ​​leaving, but in any case, before leaving, he had to do the job at hand.

This season, the Knicks still have a chance.

……

The second half of the game started quickly, and the Warriors didn't make any adjustments. It's still a word——

"Give the ball to Star, and you don't have to worry about the rest."

What's wrong with giving the ball to the strongest player on the team?No problem at all!

Because the Knicks had the ball at the beginning of the game, the Warriors had the ball at the beginning of the second half.

They had a chance to open the point difference to double digits. Lin Xing had the ball in the half court, and he did have a wave of ideas to open the score to double digits.

However, he stopped the ball at the top of the arc and immediately discovered the Knicks' defensive changes.

"This defense is too compact..."

He was still facing Anthony Mason, but whether it was Starks or Oakley, their positions were extremely close to his side.

Under the basket, the gorilla also stared at Lin Xing.

The only exception, Derek Harper guarding the smoking Mullin in the bottom corner, is a little farther away.

"This is four defenses and one, is the Knicks crazy?"

Lin Xing was surprised and glanced at the referee.

Because of the Knicks' defense, the two characters of zone defense have been engraved on Madison's floor.

It stands to reason that this is a defensive violation!

As a result, Dick Bavita was indifferent, and the two assistant referees were even more blind-eyed, completely ignoring the Knicks' defensive violation.

Lin Xing was also helpless, this matter was a question of the penalty scale, he really couldn't stand up and protest.

But even if the Knicks put up a zone defense, Lin Xing is very confident in his current offensive power.

Gatlin came up and gave a single block. Before Oakley came up to flank, Starks rushed up to defend.

In the end, without even thinking about it, Lin Xing ran over Anthony Mason in front of him with an acceleration.

The Starks who came over were also powerless, and couldn't stop Lin Xing at all.

Lin Xing rushed to the basket, staring at Ewing who was the last to defend, but out of the corner of his eye, he caught sight of Mullin who quickly lost the corner smoking, and Derek Harper who also followed him.

Lin Xing, who was driving at high speed, couldn't help but spit out a sentence: "This nima is not four defenses and one, this is one hit five!"

Ewing blocked the sky from the front, and Harper put pressure on the side.

Lin Xing, who rushed to the basket and jumped up, finally chose to pass the ball.

"Ball in the corner, Chris Mullin's three!"

Mullin has been smoking in the bottom corner, he was not ready to catch the ball at all, he felt that the ball was still the same as usual, and Lin Xing ended it for him in the middle.

In the end, Lin Xing faced the siege and passed it on!

Without any preparation, he shot a three-pointer, and with a bang, it was iron.

Under the basket, Lin Xing was just about to take off to grab the rebound, but Ewing turned around and directly stuck him.

In serious basketball, Ewing's movements are still big, and he has no scruples.

Lin Xing, who wanted to take off, was really held down by him.

Derek Harper picked up the rebound and walked slowly past half court.

If it were for the Warriors, the point guard would have picked up the rebound, and he would be sorry for the rebound if he didn't fight back.

But there is no counterattack in the Knicks' dictionary, they will only attack in positions.

Halftime, positional battle, the Knicks spent more than ten seconds, and finally Oakley stood up and made a mid-range shot.

Swish-!
There was a clear sound of wiping the net, and the goal was scored, can you believe it?

"Charles Oakley made a mid-range shot and the Knicks pulled back 2 points."

Immediately following the Warriors' offense, Lin Xing was still in control of the ball, and what he was facing was still surrounded by many people from the Knicks.

Lin Xing glanced at the multiple defenses, raised his hand and rejected Gatlin's cover.

Immediately, Mason's defense began to shake.

In fact, this season, although Lin Xing has the blessing of top-level ball sense, his playing is not so fancy.

He is still used to how to do it as simple as possible, and how to fight directly.

After all, basketball is not something you can win with enough money.

Think about white chocolate, the flower is like that, isn't it just an ordinary point guard?

Super giant, or a little flowery in simplicity, it is more awesome.

Lin Xing, who was well aware of this, hit an extremely fancy ball in this round.

He shook for a while, looking like he was going to go in, but he retreated, pretending to receive the ball.

After shaking Mason who thought he was about to shoot a three-pointer, he accelerated and went in.

Mason's reaction was still very fast, he forcibly pulled back the center of gravity of his body, and followed Lin Xing again.

Lin Xing resolutely rushed to the basket, faced the defense, pretended to make a layup, but pulled back and made a throw.

With a very strange arc, the basketball bypassed all interference and fell into the basket.

Boom!
Before Madison could react, the Warriors' bench erupted first, boiling up.

"It's still possible to advance despite the defense of many people, Si Da is too strong!

This ball, he was full of fake moves, shaking Anthony Mason so far that he couldn't find the north..."

Matt Gutica was blowing the forest as usual, and there was another "Fax big" sound in Madison.

As soon as the goal was scored, Lin Xing scored 23 points, and there was still a long way to go before killing Madison.

but……

"The Knicks are really crazy. How can they play this defense?"

Perhaps, Lin Xing never thought of hitting a ball directly into his 40s like the old chief.

But he also doesn't want to end his career early, like Brandon Roy did.

Therefore, he can play as few shots as this kind of ball that hurts the body.

Especially for this ball, he has other choices.

Didn't you see, is there a smoking Mullin in the bottom corner?
The next game will be Lin Xing's passing show.

The Knicks are so defensive. It is not easy for him to pass a few passes that can help his teammates score directly.

There were only 4 assists in the first half, and in the blink of an eye, they rushed to 7.

However, Lin Xing still didn't let go of his personal attack.

The Knicks' defense is compact, but outside the three-point line, there is only one Anthony Mason against Lin Xing.

So, he tried a three-pointer.

In the frontcourt, Lin Xing controlled the ball and rushed in at high speed.

Anthony Mason thought it was another ball that went in, drew the pinch, and passed.

He walked in with a dull head, but in the end, Lin Xing took a step and stopped abruptly.

Seeing that Mason was completely sent flying, Lin Xing did not rush to make a move.

He glanced at the basket, and even waited for a while, until Mason slammed on the brakes, turned around and rushed back to interfere.

At this time, Lin Xing, who had been aiming at the basket for a long time, made a shot slowly.

Boom!
Turning around, an disturbing Anthony Mason came back and hit Lin Xing directly, and the two of them fell to the floor together.

Dick Bavita was alerted all at once, and the whistle sounded at the first second.

Swish-!
Immediately afterwards, the ball scored.

"The goal is scored, and there is an additional penalty. This is a 3+1. Star is too strong. He is like the sun, illuminating the entire stadium!"

Matt Gudica blows Lin more and more hard, and it's a bit like an uncle blowing Curry.

Lin Xing would feel embarrassed when he heard this.

On the court, Lin Xing, who was hit by Anthony Mason's supplementary defense, was not angry.

The main reason is that Dick Bavita's whistle sounded very timely. Even if Lin Xing got angry, he had nowhere to send it.

Three plus one has already confirmed a three-pointer, and then stood on the free throw line, Lin Xingzhi hit the extra penalty steadily and steadily.

With a three plus one, the Warriors' lead immediately stretched to double digits.

Next, Lin Xing made two more three-pointers.

But they all shot against the defense, mainly because Anthony Mason had already reacted.

Lin Xing's three-pointer can't be let go!
Lin Xing didn't care about two three-pointers against the defense and missed.

The main reason is that the Warriors have a big enough lead. After a few rounds, the Knicks chased by 2 points.

The Warriors are still leading by 7 points, which is enough for Lin Xinglang for a while.

But hitting and hitting, Lin Xing felt something was wrong.

His assists continued to rise, but his personal scoring was restricted by the Knicks' overall defense and couldn't rise.

Although Lin Xing's pass is very threatening, the Knicks have no idea of ​​​​dispersing the defense again.

This made Lin Xing feel very strange——

"Is my pass not painful enough? Why didn't Pat Riley respond at all?"

Of course, the old fox Riley didn't respond. After half a quarter of the game in the second half, the Knicks chased for 2 points.

The situation is still under control, which proves that Riley's strategy is correct.

Now the Knicks are just Lin Xing's team, lock Lin Xing and it's over.

In the second half of the third quarter, Lin Xing started to walk in again.

He was looking for the few opportunities in the small space of the Knicks.

At the end of the three quarters, Lin Xing had 30 points, 8 rebounds and 9 assists, and he was about to have another triple-double.

In this game, he really didn't want to go down the sewer, but...

Nix forced him to go down the sewer, and he was really helpless.

But in this half of the game, Lin Xing figured it out.

His passing is still not painful enough.

Of course, mainly in this quarter of the game, he shot a bit too many three-pointers.

Of the 9 points scored in this quarter, except for the 2 points at the beginning of the quarter and the 3+1 afterwards, he scored a total of [-] points and lost all the others.

There are too many three-pointers, which affects the team's scoring progress.

"If I pass a few more balls and widen the point difference, Pat Riley still dares to defend like this?"

Wanting to understand this, Lin Xing already understood how to play the decisive quarter.

At the beginning of the fourth quarter, Lin Xing stayed off the court to rest.

Two or three minutes later, when he reappeared, it was 3 to 84, and the Warriors still led by as much as 78 points.

But for the Knicks, the game isn't over yet.

It's just that the time is getting tighter and tighter, and they need to complete the reversal in about 9 minutes left.

As soon as Lin Xing came on the stage, the Knicks' shrinking defense became more stringent and unscrupulous.

But with the first ball he played, against the Knicks' shrinking defense, he passed a wide open three-pointer to Mullin, who was smoking in the bottom corner.

Swish-!
There was a clear sound of scraping the net, the goal was scored, and while the audience exclaimed, Lin Xing got the 10th assist of the game.

In the next defensive round, he put in more energy.

While helping to defend Ewing, he also rushed to the basket and grabbed the ninth rebound of the game.

Turning around and counterattacking, Lin Xing originally didn't want to pass.

But Starks and Derek Harper, who were the only two defenders, were staring at him. Lin Xing had no choice but to pass a pass to the second fastest madman, scoring the 11th assist of the game.

Another round of defense, Ewing hit one.

But the old chief who was present at the last moment gave him a solid interference, bang!
With a sharp shot, Lin Xing rushed out and grabbed the rebound.

On the 10th rebound of the game, he still completely walked into the sewer...

But seeing Lin Xing grab the rebound and then assist Mullin to hit a three-pointer from the bottom corner, Pat Riley finally became anxious.

"Pause pause, pause!"

Don't worry, the Warriors beat the Knicks 8-0 in the few rounds that Lin Xing played.

Originally only 6 points behind, in a blink of an eye, the Knicks were 14 points behind.

If you don't call a timeout, this game will go far.

A timeout, Pat Riley hesitated to switch the defense to normal mode.

but……

After the timeout, it was still Lin Xing. Facing the scattered defense of the Knicks, he broke through to the basket in two consecutive waves and scored.

After another mid-range shot, he scored 6 points in a row, completely crazy.

The Knicks' already precarious situation has become even more critical.

14 points behind, after Lin Xing scored 6 points in a row, he opened up to 17 points.

Seeing that the score was about to reach 20 points, Riley was in a hurry.

The more anxious the more mistakes, the frontcourt, Ewing missed a mid-range shot.

It was still Lin Xing, who jumped up and grabbed the rebound, turned around and counterattacked.

Anthony Mason followed closely, but it was the same as Lin Xing's three-pointer in the third quarter.

He thought it was another ball going in.

As a result, outside the three-point line, Lin Xing stopped suddenly and shot a three-pointer.

Swish-!
The crisp netting sound killed the suspense of the game and all hope for New Yorkers.

Lin Xing, who hit the three-pointer, turned around and bowed to Madison!
This bow means that he's done playing, and it's time to call it a day!
(End of this chapter)