Basketball Dragon

Chapter 116 All-Star Strength

Lewis was completely suppressed by Li Hai, making the Supersonic very passive.

In the critical fourth quarter, Ray Allen stood up. Compared with Lewis, Ray Allen obviously had more means of scoring, and neither Crawford nor Marbury could smoothly restrict him.

At this time, the Sonics didn't care about the Knicks' scoring at all. They further accelerated the pace of the game. Luke Ridnour made quick shots, Ray Allen and Radmanovich threw them.

Relying on this decisiveness, they approached the score to 3 points at the beginning of the fourth quarter.

Larry Brown immediately called a timeout, "Young man, don't follow their rhythm, we have to play out what we have in training, the size of each slide, the angle of running on each return, each rotation The route, the timing of the detour, it's that simple."

Larry Brown's guidance in training is very detailed, and the Knicks have not been able to fully follow his requirements until now.

But after the timeout, core players like Li Hai knew what to do.

Larry Brown put Eddie Curry on the bench who had committed too many fouls because of his poor understanding of defense, and let Channing Frye go to the center position, and Li Hai went to the 4th position to play. With a small lineup, this arrangement makes the Knicks' offense more flexible.

Li Hai completed a steal on the field, and the Sonics were still immersed in their tactics of pulling out at the 4th position to shoot. They did not expect that the Knicks at the 4th position were faster than any of the previous ones.

After stealing the fast break and scoring, Li Hai defended the opponent again, and in turn caused the opponent's foul by being strong inside.

After gaining an advantage in the low post, Li Hai gave the ball to Marbury and Crawford on the outside several times, and the score advantage returned to about 10 points.

The Sonics couldn't defend against the Knicks' offense, and Ray Allen couldn't do anything about his strong point.

At 105:96, the Knicks won the first game of the three-game break.

They came to Los Angeles the next day, playing against the Clippers back to back.

The Clippers are off to a good start this season, and it's surprising that they have a better record than the Knicks when Corey Maggette is injured and unable to play.

The reason is the changes in the Clippers' backcourt. The arrival of Sam Cassell is a very important reason. Under his scheduling, the captain Elton Brand has become stronger. Kaman has also made great progress.

The Clippers can now be regarded as having both inside and outside, and they can wrestle with strong teams.

Facing an opponent like Elton Brand, Eddie Curry finally felt like he was back with full blood.

Both sides are playing against the rhythm, and the striker is pulled in to play inside. When encountering such an opponent, Marbury and Crawford are obviously not used to it, but Li Hai has a set of ways to deal with it no matter what type of opponent he is. .

Under this slow pace, the scores of both sides are very concentrated. The Knicks are Lehigh and Eddie Curry, and the Clippers are Elton Brand, Sam Cassell and Cutino- Mobley.

The two sides were talking trash to each other, but there were not many fouls, because the pace was lowered and the breakthroughs became less. Basically, they were empty cuts, slipping the bottom line, and using CIC to solve them when they found opportunities.

Thanks to Eddie Curry's performance, the Knicks suppressed the opponent from the beginning, and the opponent scored 39 points in the half, which made Larry Brown very satisfied.

In the second half, Mobley stepped up his attack. His emergency stop shot made the Knicks quite troublesome. It was somewhat similar to Crawford, but Crawford had been playing iron all the time in this game.

Seeing that the score was unfavorable, the Knicks immediately requested a timeout.

However, Larry Brown didn't make any changes in offense. Instead, he emphasized defense again, because the heights of the three outsiders of the Clippers are not much different, and Li Hai took the initiative to ask to defend the fiery Mobley.

Mobley's current speed is no longer at its peak. After the defensive player in front of him becomes Li Hai, his speed and height will not be dominant at all.

After Li Hai blocked Mobley once, the Clippers' offense could only rely on Brand again.

In the slow-paced confrontation, the shooting percentages of both sides were not high. By the end of the third quarter, the Knicks only led by 63 points at 55:8.

In the last quarter of the game, when Li Hai was still resting on the bench, the Clippers suddenly opened up their offense and hit two consecutive three-pointers, and the score was only 2 points behind.

The Knicks players continued to strike iron, and the head coach had to call a timeout in advance.

After the timeout, the lack of attack power was still not resolved. Larry Brown saw that the time was up, so he quickly replaced Li Hai.

One is to hope that he will soon limit Mobley, and the other is to hope that he can help the team stabilize the offense.

It was not Mobley who defended Li Hai in the attack, but James Singleton, a tall role player. Singleton was very close, but Li Hai turned around leisurely, suddenly Just a quick start, one step to Singleton's side, pulling up is a mid-range shot.

This is strength. With such strength, it is reasonable for Li Hai to lead the Eastern Conference forwards with James in the All-Star voting.

The Knicks' other outside players were not allowed in this game. Seeing that Singleton could not defend Li Hai, the Clippers chose to attack from inside. Their head coach Dunleavy also reacted quickly.

After Li Hai was flanked, he used his long arms to pass the ball from above the defensive player's head to the teammate who was ambushing on the weak side as usual. Nate Robinson also made a decisive shot after receiving the ball, but he still hit the iron.

In addition to the rhythm of the two sides, back-to-back away games are also very important reasons. After all, they played an offensive battle with the Supersonics yesterday, which was relatively expensive.

His teammates failed to hit open shots twice in a row, and Li Hai also felt that he had to change his method.

It is right to believe in teammates, but at the last moment of the game, Li Hai has to prove his worth.

If he catches the ball outside the three-point line, he will be flanked before he can fully increase his speed. Li Hai simply went outside the three-point line.

He beckoned Channing Frye to come over and cover, which is also a common tactic used by the Knicks. Channing Frye screened and then rolled out, and his mid-range shot was also very threatening.

Li Hai accelerated past the Clippers' defenders, and Elton Brand immediately made preparations to assist in the defense. The captain has already blocked the Knicks six times in this game, and Kaman has also blocked three. It is the advantage of having an inside line, otherwise, if Marbury and others are not allowed to go inside, it will turn the world upside down.

Faced with Brand, Li Hai didn't flinch, instead, he leaned on the opponent's body instead of taking the initiative. Brand felt Li Hai's rushing force, but he couldn't use his strength to jump up to block the shot.

(End of this chapter)