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Chapter 646 Knicks' Running and Bombing
"Brian, long time no see, how are you?"

On the sidelines, a confident D'Antoni smiled and walked towards Colangelo Jr., extending his hand.

"I'm very good."

Little Colangelo stretched out his hand and shook it without anger, and quickly let go.

"Congratulations, Jeff."

D'Antoni still had self-knowledge, and Colangelo was afraid that he wanted to kill him with a single shot, so he sneered and extended his hand to Xiao Fan.

"Thank you!"

Xiao Fan nodded and shook hands.

"Thank me?"

D'Antoni froze for a moment, and quickly understood that Van Gundy really had to thank him. If he hadn't left, how could he have a chance to be in the top position?

At this time, the first game starts, the home team is the finale, and the visiting team goes first.

"Old K..."

After seeing Old K appearing on the field, D'Antoni, who was waiting on the sidelines, extended his hand with a smile, and wanted to say something.

Lao Wang didn't seem to see D'Antoni, and walked straight over. D'Antoni's face froze, and he withdrew his outstretched hand in embarrassment.

Lao Wang understands Stoudemire's choice and D'Antoni's choice to leave the team, but he will never agree with D'Antoni's behavior of hollowing out the Suns.

With his current status, he doesn't need to give D'Antoni any face at all, and he doesn't even need to maintain superficial politeness. It will only give people a hypocritical feeling. His image has never been a gentleman, but a villain.

"Tom, Monica, Jessica..."

He hugged and shook hands with some friends on the sidelines, and many stars came tonight.

At 08:30, the game officially started.

Kenyon Martin and Stoudemire jump the ball, and the Knicks attack.

Seeing that Stoudemire got the ball first, Lao Wang immediately turned around and returned to the defense, and quickly retreated to the basket.

At this time, the Knicks' offense had already begun.

Marion made an air cut from the left wing, Zhu Fangyu was not as fast as Marion, and was thrown off the next step. At this time, Nash passed the ball quickly, and Marion caught the ball and took a step outside the paint. Seeing old K coming from the basket, he immediately stopped and shot a jumper.

"brush!"

The splash appeared and the mid-range shot hit.

Lao Wang was about to turn around to grab rebounds. Seeing that Knicks center Mohammed also rushed to the basket, he paid attention to this short center. This is a center who is good at offensive rebounds and putbacks.

He had studied the Knicks lineup before and knew about Muhammad. This is a very good blue-collar player.

Sun attack.

Lao Wang entered the basket, and the others pulled away.

Kenyon Martin can't shoot well, and his ability to stretch is average. Stoudemire is guarding the right waist and can return to the basket at any time.

White Chocolate feels that he will bury his own abilities in the Suns, because everything here is centered on the old K, and there is no need for so many fancy breakthroughs and passes, just pass the ball in, so in fact, he also understands why excellent point guards like Kidd and Nash choose to leave the Suns.

However, he still tried his best to show his ability. When he saw the old K entering the basket, he immediately pulled to the left. When Nash caught up, he suddenly pulled back, and Nash in front disappeared. He passed the ball in before the end of three seconds.

Obviously he got rid of Nash and could pass the ball directly, but he used a fancy backhand pass.

Pharaoh was almost swearing at the basket, didn't he know how to attack for three seconds?You throw it in and it's over, what are you doing here and there, can Nash have the ability to stop you from passing the ball?
He hurriedly took a step forward and jumped up to catch the ball before Stoudemire came in to double-team. At this time, Muhammad behind him took a step up and got behind, and Stoudemire also stuck to the left side.

In the next moment, as soon as he landed, he immediately turned right, avoided Stoudemire's double-team, put his right elbow on Muhammad behind him, and hit a frontal hook with the ball in his left hand.

Muhammad tried his best to take off and block the shot, but he was not talented enough, and he was pushed outside again, and his defensive height was far behind.

"brush!"

The ball goes hollow into the basket.

"Beautiful! Old K hit a hook near the basket." Barkley shouted.

Before the words were finished, the Knicks' offense had already begun.

D'Antoni's seven-second offensive theory has been realized in this Knicks team. When the old K received the ball at the basket, Nash, Marion, and Alan Houston outside were retreating.

At the basket, Muhammad also picked up the ball for the first time, and after retreating to the bottom line, he was ready to make a quick shot.

However, Lao Wang is too familiar with D'Antoni. When he rebuilt his body in 02, he chose the direction of reconstruction with equal emphasis on strength and agility. He just wanted to try small balls and different styles.

The first step of D'Antoni's running and bombing is to make a fast pass, so that the ball can be sent to Nash's hands as fast as possible.

So after discussing with Xiao Fan, his defensive task during the transition is not to quickly return to defense, but to prevent the Knicks from making quick passes.

Muhammad is only 208 centimeters, still the height of his shoes, his wingspan is much worse than that of Lao Wang, and his mobility is also much slower than that of Lao Wang. When Lao Wang stood in front of him and waved his arms, he directly cut off his passing space.

There is no need to cut off for a long time, one or two seconds is enough. This time is enough for the Suns players to catch up with Nash and Stoudemire and complete their defense.

Two seconds later, Pharaoh didn't care about Muhammad, so he calmly turned back to defend.

"The Knicks didn't hit the fast break, and now they're in a positional battle, losing speed and running and bombing, is it still running and bombing?" Barkley asked with a smile.

Before he finished speaking, the Knicks' offense was completed.

Marion suddenly ran back on the left-wing three-point line, and after getting rid of Zhu Fangyu, he quickly moved to the top of the arc.

Nash passed the ball at this time, Marion caught the ball and made a jump shot, Zhu Fangyu flew from one side to block the ball, and it seemed that the ball did not touch the ball, and the ball flew to the basket.

"Backboard!"

Zhu Fangyu yelled, he knew he had touched the ball.

"boom!"

Sure enough, the next moment, the basketball hit the basket and rebounded, and it was short.

Muhammad wanted to bypass Lao Wang and rush into the basket to grab an offensive rebound, but Lao Wang quickly got stuck, protected the backcourt rebound, and handed it to White Chocolate Williams.

The positional battle began, Lao Wang entered the basket again, and when he received the ball, he fell into the double-teaming of Stoudemire and Muhammad again.

"Oh!"

With his back arched, Muhammad collapsed.

"boom!"

The next moment, he easily shook Stoudemire with a false rise, then got up for the second time, and smashed the ball into the basket with one hand.

4:2, the Knicks attack.

After the dunk was successful, Pharaoh still stood in front of the baseline, like a mountain, preventing the Knicks from making a quick move.

The others quickly returned to the backcourt and man-to-man.

In positional battles, Stoudemire has a little bit of low-post offensive ability, but he hasn't practiced it yet. He is used to eating cakes.

Muhammad, on the other hand, is just a blue-collar worker.

Therefore, in positional warfare, the Knicks' offense mainly relies on outside jumpers or sudden points.

This time, Nash broke through with the ball, entered the paint area and attracted Martin's defense, and then gave the ball to Stoudemire.

Stoudemire caught the ball and made a jumper outside the paint. Josh Howard rushed down to cover the defense and flew under the block, affecting the former's shot.

"boom!"

Missed, Lao Wang protected the backcourt rebound, and the Suns attacked.

Pharaoh hit the basket twice, this time he pulled to the left wing and emptied the basket.

White Chocolate took the ball to the left wing. At this time, Kenyon Martin got rid of Stoudemire and was implementing a weak-side cut. After the former used Lao Wang's pick-and-roll to get rid of Nash, he made a backhand pass and passed the ball to the basket.

"boom!"

Kenyon Martin catches the ball with a dunk.

This time, Stoudemire quickly picked up the ball and retreated to the bottom line to make a quick serve. Kenyon Martin did not stop in time, and the quick serve was successful, and the ball was passed to Nash.

Nash moved forward quickly after receiving the ball, and Marion and Alan Houston had already stepped down from the left and right wings respectively.

Zhu Fangyu and Josh Howard chased and defended with all their strength, but their speed was not as good as others, a little slower, and they both fell behind.

Lao Wang also returned to the defense from the left wing, and continued to accelerate towards the backcourt, chasing one step behind Zhu Fangyu, and quickly shortened the distance.

"Whoosh!"

Nash advanced a few steps forward, saw Marion on the right wing cross the three-point line, suddenly made a long pass, and the ball flew in front of Marion.

Zhu Fangyu felt someone approaching from the left, turned around and saw that it was Wang Tiejun, and immediately slowed down, Wang Tiejun rushed into the paint from the right elbow.

At this time, Marion received the ball, took off from the right waist position, held the ball in his right hand, and slashed towards the basket like a battle axe.

Almost at the same time, Pharaoh took off and blocked the shot.

"Snapped!"

Under the giant palm, amid the exclamation of Madison Square Garden, the ball flew into the sky.

In the next second, Lao Wang took off for the second time and caught the ball.

"Beautiful! Old K chased from the frontcourt to the backcourt, sent a clean chasing cap, and destroyed a run and bomb attack by the Knicks." Barkley praised.

"As a heavy center forward, this kind of defensive ability against fast breaks is rare, that is, the big dream of the year can do it."

Kenny Smith praised, and then said in a puzzled tone: "So I don't understand, with the speed of old K, D'Antoni can play small ball in the Suns. Why did he come to the Knicks?"

"Because the old K and the Suns management did not allow him to play running and bombing in the Suns. This is a different concept. His running and bombing should not be defensive, but the old K and the Suns management do not think that kind of running and bombing is right." Barkley said.

The Suns advanced to the frontcourt unhurriedly, and Lao Wang went directly to the basket again to get a position.

"boom!"

"Di!"

After receiving the ball, Pharaoh fell into a double-team, forcibly stood up and dunked. While scoring, he also knocked over Stoudemire and caused a thug foul by Muhammad.

An extra penalty hit, 9:2, the Suns lead, and the Knicks attack.

This time, it's still fast.

Muhammad received the ball from the basket and retreated to the bottom line immediately. Kenyon Martin went up to stop it, but the ball was still sent out to Marion who came down to meet him. After Marion quickly got rid of Zhu Fangyu, he passed it to Nash in the frontcourt.

White Chocolate chased after him, Nash made a backhand pass, and the ball flew to Alan Houston on the left-wing three-point line.

Alan Houston feinted a shot from the three-point line, shook Josh Howard, quickly started, and rushed to the basket with the ball.

But during this period of time, it was enough for Lao Wang to return to the defense from the free throw line, and Stoudemire, who started to go down from the basket, fell a few steps behind him.

"Snapped!"

Alan Houston made a layup. The ball had just risen and was pressed against the backboard by two giant palms, and then grabbed it directly.

"Cap grab? Beautiful!" Kenny Smith roared excitedly.

Barkley laughed and said, "Look, I'm right. Old K will explode not only on the offensive end, but also on the defensive end."

"boom!"

In the transition between offense and defense, Pharaoh took advantage of the Knicks to go down with all his strength. When the backcourt was empty, he made a long pass and assisted Kenyon Martin to complete a dunk.

11:2, the Knicks attack.

After serving, D'Antoni finally called a timeout.

After the timeout, the Knicks still ran away as usual.

The Suns played man-to-man, and White Chocolate chased too tightly in the backcourt. Nash made a long pass to Marion, but Zhu Fangyu squeezed Marion.

The Suns are still in battle.

"boom!"

Lao Wang still entered the basket, Mohammed couldn't stop him at all, and Stoudemire's double-teaming strength was only so much. The defense was just pretending, without confrontational strength. He didn't care about that point of defense at all.

After succeeding, he immediately defended on the spot to prevent the opponent from making a quick move, and once again strangled the Knicks' running and bombing from the source.

"boom!"

Looking back, the Knicks played positional warfare, sitting in the penalty area in Laowang, weak inside offense, Alan Houston missed a mid-range shot, Kenyon Martin protected the backcourt rebound, and the Suns got the ball again.

Barkley said with a smile: "This is running and bombing. As long as they lock their fast pass button, they can suppress their fast break to a large extent."

"The Knicks' positional warfare is outside shooting, how to beat the old K inside?" Kenny Smith said.

In the 8th minute of the first quarter, 26:8, the Suns had led by 18 points, and the Knicks called the third timeout of the first quarter.

“老K现在是7投7中，5罚5中，轰下19分4篮板1助攻3盖帽，攻防两端大爆啊！”粟群兴奋地道。

"The Knicks averaged 111 points per game this season. Their offensive firepower ranks first in the league. Now they only score 8 points in 8 minutes. The offense has been completely destroyed. How far can this kind of running and bombing go after entering the playoffs?" Zhang Lili shook his head.

In front of the Knicks' bench, D'Antoni, who was full of confidence before the game, was already sweating profusely.

He arranged for Nash to catch the ball in the backcourt, not to let him advance to the frontcourt, and let the other three play fast breaks, and urged: "Remember, you must send the ball as soon as possible."

After the timeout ended, the Knicks replaced Alan Houston with Quentin Richardson, and the others remained unchanged.

With a huge score advantage, the Suns are all on the bench, Varejao, Kurt Thomas, Ariza, Jamal Crawford, Smush Parker.

"Five substitutes, two rookies, Smush Parker is also a sophomore, still undrafted, and his strength is slightly equal to nothing. The Suns are really big, aren't they afraid of the Knicks running back?" Kenny Smith complained.

"Don't be afraid. With Crawford, although he is not efficient enough, he still has the ability to grab points from the bench. Although the Knicks are still the main force, they don't plan to defend at all, and it will not affect Crawford's scoring." Barkley laughed.

"Haha..." Kenny Smith shook his head and laughed.

However, Barkley underestimated D'Antoni's running and bombing. In the next 2 minutes, the Knicks made 5 offenses and scored 3 of them.

Among the five attacks, the longest one took only 5 seconds, and the shortest one took only 10 seconds. Nash directly served the ball from the baseline. After a long pass, Marion hit an open three-pointer.

The Knicks used a round of running and bombing, scored 7 points in a row, and used their whirlwind offense to disrupt the offensive and defensive rhythm of the Suns and the Suns' bench lineup.

Crawford's rhythm was also skewed, making zero shots and scoring no points. The Knicks scored 7 points in a row, 26:15, only 11 points behind.

With 2 minutes left in the first quarter, Xiao Fan removed the rookie Varejao, and Lao Wang played again to take over the offense of the Suns.

"Follow them on the defensive end, don't follow them on the offensive end."

As soon as he came on the court, the first thing he did was to stabilize the rhythm. With him as Optimus Prime, the Suns' bench lineup immediately stabilized.

Going into the basket without him asking for the ball, Crawford, who was holding the ball, saw him stop, and immediately lobbed the ball obediently.

This is his status. No matter who is by his side, even Kobe, who has begun to reach the peak in the late stage of the Lakers' three consecutive championships, the first choice is to give him the ball.

But every advantage has a disadvantage, which is why Nash and Stoudemire left the Suns. Except for Xianyu, there is no one with potential and ability who is willing to be a green leaf that sets off the red flower. They just want to be a red flower and a protagonist.

When the ball came in, Stoudemire wanted to go around and steal the ball, but his strength and tonnage could not be compared with that of Lao Wang, but he was pushed aside with an elbow.

"Snapped!"

He took off, grabbed the ball with both hands, and when he landed, he had already adjusted his body. He changed his face from the front basket to his side, and then jumped up a second time.

"boom!"

"Di!"

The sound of smashing the basket and the sound of the whistle sounded at the same time, and Muhammad and Stoudemire fell to the floor at the same time.

The referee came over and pointed at Muhammad, making a gesture of a thug foul and an extra free throw.

"Beautiful! I guess Stoudemire won't dare to double-team old K like this after two more visits." Su Qun shouted excitedly.

"His defense is indeed a paper tiger. He can hardly support any low-post players who can attack with the ball. When he was in the Suns, the low-post defense relied entirely on the iron army, and he was playing the side drum. Now he double-teams the iron army and has been dunked twice. His willingness to defend will definitely drop sharply, and the quality of double-teaming will indeed be worse next time." Zhang Lili laughed.

(End of this chapter)