I really play basketball

Chapter 209

In the final quarter, the Knicks can finally breathe a sigh of relief.

Because the Warriors withdrew their main players, only Charlie Ward, Byron Houston, Chris Mullin, Donyell Marshall and Greg Ostertag remained on the field.

It stands to reason that without Lin Xing, Rodman and Mourning's lineup, the Warriors' defensive strength will go down directly.

The Knicks should be able to chase a wave of points, or it is not called chasing points, it should be called——

Let's raise the score of 36 points in the three quarters, at least to ensure that the score will not be too ugly at the end of the game.

The problem is, the Warriors withdrew the main force, and the Knicks had to follow suit.

In the final quarter, the five Knicks present were——

The backup point guard, Cary Grant, couldn't play on a bad team last season.

But in the previous life, they had Charlie Ward in this position.

The backup shooting guard is Hubert Davis, the only relatively strong Knicks backup lineup. He averaged 10.0 points per game last season and is considered a top sixth man.

The backup small forward is Doug Christie. Baldy Fan has decided to use Christie to gradually replace Starks.

As for why Hubert Davis didn't start instead of Starks?Because the Knicks' bench really needs Hubert Davis' scoring.

Also, Hubert Davis' defense is not as good as Christie's.

The Knicks are defense-oriented, at least the defensive lower limit of the main lineup still needs to be guaranteed.

Backup power forward is Charles Smith, the Knicks' second-best backup.

This guy was the main force last season, averaging 12.7 points, 4.3 rebounds and 1.3 blocks per game.

Because Fan Guangtou decided to reuse Mason, he became a substitute.

Turned to the bench, Charles Smith is a little less active.

So there are also rumors that the Knicks may send him away.

In the end, the backup center was Herb Williams.

If it was a normal start-to-finish match, Herb Williams wouldn't be on the field at all.

Generally speaking, Fan Baldhead will kill Ewing, and Ewing can only have a rest time of about 10 minutes at most.

For the rest, he'll use Charles Smith at center.

This game is different, the final quarter of this game is already garbage time.

With the main players Ewing, Oakley and Mason unable to play, Herb Williams is already more prominent among the remaining insiders.

In short, as Nelson Sr. said, the depth of the Knicks' bench is as bad as it gets.

Even if the Warriors are on the bench, they have an advantage against the Knicks' bench.

The young Charlie Ward and the young Ostertag matched up to suppress the Knicks' two veterans.

Christie couldn't get the ball, but his defense was in place, preventing Mullin, who was supposed to be the core of the Warriors' bench lineup, from misfiring directly.

Hubert Davis was supposed to prop up the Knicks' bench scoring, but he got a bit of a hard time getting posted by Byron Houston.

Then came Charles Smith, who was really negative.

Not only was he unwilling to contribute on the offensive end, but on the defensive end, he was also blown up by Donyell Marshall.

This is Marshall's second official game in the Warriors, and the old Nelson's transformation plan for him has just begun.

So at the moment, Marshall is still an offensive power forward who plays a lot like Derrick Coleman.

To be more specific, his current style of play is still the core style of play.

The waist position takes the ball, then singles, and finally scores.

Although Marshall played poorly in the Timberwolves last season, it was because the Timberwolves' system was unclear and the big players couldn't open up too much space.

In the Warriors, none of these problems exist.

The Warriors' system is very clear. Even if they switch to defense this season, they still have many small systems on the offensive end.

For example, Lin Xing's sudden points system.

Or, at this moment, Marshall's waist singles and the Warriors' space pull are also at the textbook level.

The Warriors have played offense over the years, and it's not useless at all.

At this moment, on the court, both Charlie Ward and Dale Ellis made three-pointers, and Ellis even made three-pointers accurately.

Byron Houston almost means, but he is in the corner, interspersed back and forth between the basket and the corner, and the threat is not small.

Finally, counting the Big Pyrenees who are active in the penalty area, Marshall, who plays singles at the waist, only needs to kill Charles Smith, who has a very negative attitude, one-on-one.

For him, a draft genius, the difficulty is not that great.

On the sidelines, Old Nelson watched Marshall kill one goal after another.

He showed a smile on his face: "Overall, Chris Gatling's deal is not bad!"

When the three-way deal between the Warriors, the Timberwolves and the Mavericks was concluded, the Warriors were not rated high by the media.

The media at the time believed that the Timberwolves made a lot of money.

"A half-scratched lottery with the words 'Thank you' (Donyelle Marshall), a quasi-All-Star (Tom Gugliotta), and the Timberwolves traded to Jim Jackson, an All-Star-level shooting guard, and they made a lot of money."

Including the Mavericks, the media doesn't think they are losing money.

"Although Jim Jackson was sent away, the Mavericks got ample return. A top pie-eating insider (Chris Gatlin), plus a quasi-All-Star forward swingman, plus the original Jason Kidd and Jamal Mashburn, their lineup composition is more reasonable."

The Timberwolves made a lot of money, and the Mavericks made no losses and even made a small profit, but the only ones who lost were the Warriors.

"The Warriors sent away Chris Gatlin, who performed well with Star's partner, but got a half-useless No. [-] rookie last year, and an old veteran point guard who has only left the role of leading the locker room. Loss, too much loss..."

At that time, even Old Nelson felt that the deal was indeed a bit of a loss.

But there is no way, there are too few insiders who are space-type four positions or have the potential to become space-type four positions, and the old Nelson can only catch one.

Now, watching Marshall perform well under the normal offensive and defensive system.

"If you give enough time, he is also a qualified starter..."

On the sidelines, Old Nelson thought about it.

Although in this game, Rodman showed his ability to make long-range shots from wide open positions.

But if you really want to compare with Marshall, Rodman is still a little bit less interesting.

"If you don't play a team with a top center or a team that mainly plays pick-and-roll, you can consider giving him more time."

Simply put, if you don't play a team with a top center or a team that focuses on pick-and-rolls, the Warriors will have less demand for Rodman.

In the former, the Warriors need Rodman to help defend the penalty area.

In the latter, the Warriors need Rodman's ability to switch on smaller players.

Not against these two types of opponents, perhaps Marshall's offense will help the Warriors the most.

In the fourth quarter, the Warriors beat the Knicks again 23 to 19.

After 48 minutes of play, the score became 89-55.

The Knicks, who originally wanted to chase some more points, lost even more after four quarters.

Madison lost 34 points at home, which was a tragedy for the Knicks.

The fans felt that they couldn't hold back their face. When the game ended, the boos didn't stop.

There were even angry curses on the sidelines——

"Shame, this is the biggest shame the Knicks have ever had!"

"get out of class dismissed, Jeff Van Gundy!"

"Fk, skinhead, fk, gorilla!"

Lin Xing was planning to go to Ewing and Fan Guangtou to exchange pleasantries.

Now, looking at the serious expressions of Ewing and Fan Guangtou, he probably understands that going up to greet them at this time is just looking for trouble.

Lin Xing shook his head secretly, turned around and was about to leave, but was blocked by a group of reporters again.

I won’t say much about the interviews, since they are meaningless anyway.

For the Warriors, the two games since the start of the new season have been too easy.

Looking at this posture, after turning to defense, they did seize the version.

Otherwise, these two games would not have been so easy to win.

Facing the reporter, Lin Xing didn't talk too much, he just said:
"These two wins prove that we are on the right track."

……

After the Knicks game, the Warriors went home.

This year's schedule is better than last year's because there is no long-term streak at the beginning.

The back-to-back two-game streak is not over, and they can go back to the home court and wait for their opponents to come.

On the plane back to the Bay Area, the slightly excited Warriors also summed up these two victories.

In general, the opponents in these two games may not be any strong first-line teams.

But one thing is for sure, they are not weak, and they can all make sure to make the playoffs.

Since it is a strong team at the playoff level, the Warriors won these two games very easily, which shows that——

The current style of play of the Warriors is correct, and their overall intensity is also very high.

"I think we defended against the Knicks a bit too much. We focused too much on defense. If the battle didn't end in three quarters, the consumption of this game would be too great."

Although Scott Brooks did not play, he expressed his views on the plane.

Old Nelson thought he was right.

In this game against the Knicks, in the first three quarters, the Warriors' defensive strength was indeed too full.

Mourning guards the penalty area, Russell and Madman are fine with man-to-man marking, Lin Xing and Rodman are flying up and down, which is really too much consumption.

If it's the playoffs, it's okay to play like this, but in the regular season, there must be problems with playing like this.

"So, Scott, what do you think we should change?"

Before Scott Brooks opened his mouth, Mike Budenholzer, who has been promoted to assistant coach in the new season, said:
"I think we can turn around a little bit and tilt our focus a little bit more offensively."

What Budenholzer means is that the defense does not need to maintain such a high intensity, but the record must still be outstanding.

Then the offensive end has to be supported again. If the offensive end cannot be supported, the game will become very difficult.

The victory of the Knicks can't explain anything, just take the Bulls as an example-

In this game against the Bulls, the Warriors also scored 98 points.

If the Warriors lower their defensive intensity, give the Bulls a chance to breathe.

Then the Bulls may get more points, and the game will become very anxious.

"so?"

Old Nelson still threw the question back, and Mike Budenholzer spread his hands:
"It's very simple. Now we rarely play counterattacks, but you have to admit that it is very simple and easy to score counterattacks."

The Warriors really have very few counterattacks now, only Lin Xing occasionally steals, one or two times a game.

If you really want to increase the frequency of counterattacks, then Lin Xing has to go inside more, to grab rebounds, or to collect rebounds.

Old Nelson's eyes lit up, and then nodded: "Increasing counterattacks, yes, a good way..."

So, on the plane, the Warriors determined:

Next, the team will sacrifice part of its defense and increase its offense a bit.

……

On the day the Warriors returned to the Bay Area, Lin Xing also saw media reports on the Halloween battle.

"Ultimate defense, the Warriors ended the battle in three quarters."

"Tragedy, shame on Madison!"

"With two consecutive defensive battles, the Warriors may have successfully transformed."

"..."

Against the Knicks, Lin Xing's statistics are very average.

The main reason is that he played less, and only scored 19 points in three quarters, plus 7 rebounds, 7 assists, 2 steals and 2 blocks.

The data is not displayed, but the media has blown a lot——

"Warriors defend, Star builds!"

"In the new season, the Warriors are transitioning to defense. Everyone thinks that the core of the Warriors' defense will be Alonzo Mourning in the penalty area, and Dennis Rodman who can defend against and assist in defense."

"But when the season really starts, people really find out—"

"Alonzo Mourning is still guarding the penalty area, and Dennis Rodman has become a free agent. It is Stalin who really assists in defense and supports half of the Warriors' sky!"

The above is reported by Sports Illustrated.

Then, there was the postgame show on NBC, where they picked up some clips from both games.

Roughly analyze and draw conclusions——

The Warriors' current offensive core is Lin Xing, and the defensive core is also Lin Xing.

"Take offense and defense on one shoulder, and win two consecutive victories in the new season. Perhaps, Star University really wants to do what he said-get everything he can get."

Although some experts questioned, Lin Xing's statistics in these two games were not outstanding.

Emmm, to be precise, it should be that Lin Xing is not outstanding compared to last season.

In two games, there was no double-double, let alone a triple-double.

With this data, can you win the MVP?

Matt Gudica retorted: "Is the data really that important? Don't you see those performances where Stadt dominates offense and defense? And, is Stadt's data really bad?"

In a word, if Lin Xing can play four full quarters against the Knicks, his average data in these two games is definitely not bad.

The season is still long and everything has just begun...

Looking at these public opinions, Lin Xing suddenly realized how important the team's discussions were on the plane back to the Bay Area from New York.

If you really continue to play defensively, the Warriors' defensive data will be very good, and Lin Xing's Dpoy is basically stable.

But the MVP, I am afraid that there is a high probability that he will also fly.

Now, neutralize it and shift the focus back to the offense a little bit.

Lin Xing's data can become more beautiful, and Lianzhuang's MVP opportunity will be there.

"If you really want to get everything you can get, you have to use both offense and defense!"

(End of this chapter)