basketball scientist

This matchup with the Grizzlies is the seventh game of the season for the Knicks, and in these seven games, the team has reached a critical moment with the opponent for the third time. With one and a half minutes left in the game, The two sides fought to a 97 tie, and the hearts of the fans watching the live broadcast were raised in their throats.Especially in Huaxia's university cafeteria, the three floors inside and outside the TV were full of people, with nervous expressions on their faces.

The Grizzlies had the ball, and Conley held the ball across half court. After controlling the rhythm of the game, he handed the ball to Welsh Chandler on the wing. .The big black bear received the ball, made a fake shot, and then directly lowered his body to connect and break through. Kevin Love still couldn't stop him, but Larry Hughes assisted in defense from the side, and Brad Miller's early interception finally forced Randolph to stop.

Randolph's vision is not good, and he just joined the team not long ago, and he didn't form a good understanding with his teammates, so he still chose to force a fadeaway jumper under the double-team, and the result was not unexpected; but Gaso Jr. Earle grabbed the offensive rebound neatly and sent the ball firmly into the basket before Brad Miller returned to the defense!

In the round transition, Curry played a pick-and-roll with Brad Miller outside the 45-degree three-point line on the left, and other Knicks players cross-screened on the weak side.

Little Gasol stepped forward with his teeth and claws, covering Curry's sight, and then quickly returned to the old Miller after Mike Conley squeezed through the screen.

Curry's pick-and-roll with the ball failed, but Mike Miller on the weak side ran out of the opportunity.He first came out from the inside, Love made a cross screen, messed up the Grizzlies defense, then ran back and cut inside, Curry's pass awareness was excellent, and when McMiller ran into the penalty area, the ball was hard Throwing it over, the latter took three steps after catching the ball, shot elegantly from close range, and hit the board. (99:99)

Half a minute passed, and the situation did not change much. The atmosphere in the arena and in the cafeteria was still tense.

Looking back, the Grizzlies still play Randolph. At this time, a weakness of the Grizzlies is exposed. There are not many players who can play key shots.

Historically, the Iron-Blooded Four of the Grizzlies are very special. Conley belongs to "I do everything I can and leave the rest to you"; Tony Allen is "I don't know much about offense, but you can Don't try to understand"; Gasol "Although the data is average and the efficiency is average, he always does the right thing on the court." If you define them as role players, they are all superb, so they are also perfectly compatible with Randolph. A big killer with no outstanding abilities except for the inside hob attacking the top.

But the real top team needs not only "perfect compatibility", but also "excessive strength", that is, no matter how reasonable you are, I can kill your arrogance.Just like the Splash Brothers, pairing the first shooter in history with the second shooter in history can even achieve each other.

The Knicks heavily defended Randolph, and the big black bear gave the ball to Conley, who was open on the outside. The latter didn't make a shot, and transferred the ball to Chandler in the bottom corner. He missed a three-pointer!

Frankly speaking, this ball, Conley has a taste of "throwing the blame".

Love did not let history repeat itself, he firmly protected the rebound, and then saw Curry's running position, and directly sent a "quarterback long pass".

Conley took two steps back and then slowed down.Curry, who moved forward for the first time, has thrown off the Grizzlies' nearest defensive player by more than three positions.

At this time, Curry did not have the idea of ​​slowing down and dunking. He made a steady layup and scored two points to help the team establish an advantage.

One attack and one defense, the time has been less than 40 seconds, Hollins decisively called a timeout, and arranged tactics.

"The Grizzlies must use Mark to serve the sideline ball. His height can ensure that he has enough vision to hang to the basket! Brad, you have to protect the basket, and don't care about any open space in other places!"

"Zhu, you replace Larry, I want you to grow on Mayo! This guy dares to hit key shots!"

"When Randolph is holding the ball, he is still resolutely attacking. The movement can be a little bigger, and the referee's scale is looser!"

Ke Yan made strict arrangements for the next defense at the first time. Gasol couldn't pass the ball to a dangerous position. In the end, he could only hand the ball to Conley nearby, and then stepped forward to do a pick-and-roll for Conley.The latter cut a step inside the three-point line and missed two points under Love's defense!

Brad Miller protected the backboard and handed the ball to Curry.Ke Yan directly waved forward, signaling not to call a timeout!

This time is called a timeout. Although one's own side has the opportunity to arrange offensive tactics, but also, the Grizzlies can also rearrange defense.

Curry dribbled the ball to the frontcourt and directly called Love to come up to cover.But Conley's screen was very dexterous, and he kept up with Curry's running position to the maximum extent. Curry frowned and tried to play a pick-and-roll with Love again, but Conley caught up in time.

There was not much time left in the attack, and Curry could only wave his hands to signal his teammates to pull away and singled out Conley.

Curry took small steps, crossed steps and changed directions in front of his body repeatedly, trying to induce Conley to change his center of gravity.

But Conley's defense is very sophisticated, he adjusted his position slightly, followed Curry's movements from time to time, and his tense muscles showed that he was fully prepared.

Curry suddenly made a sharp change in front of his body and handed the ball to his right hand. Conley had to take a big step to the left to block Curry's breakthrough route.Curry immediately leaned to the left, dribbled the ball behind his back, and passed the ball to his left hand from behind. Conley barely kept up, but his "short" stature was unable to interfere with Curry's next actions.

With a shake of his left shoulder, Curry made a gesture to break through from the left, completely shaking Conley's center of gravity, then handed the ball to his right hand, and at the same time took a big step to the back right, creating a huge shooting space, and raised his hand to throw a shot. Three points!

Conley could only watch helplessly as the basketball spun extremely fast in the air, crossed a nearly perfect parabola, and fell straight into the net!

99:104! With a gap of 5 points and an attack time of 7 seconds, the game has almost lost its suspense.Conley paused, followed by Curry turning around and pointing to the sky in celebration.

Hollins didn't call a timeout, and no one on the Grizzlies team had any special needs to score points. After the last few seconds of walking calmly, the two sides shook hands politely.after all. . . . . .Many players on both sides were playing against each other not long ago.

In the post-match interview session, Ke Yan was asked by CUE that the team had another thrilling victory at a critical moment.

"For now, our offense can achieve fruitful performances against any opponent; but conversely, we do not do well on the defensive end, and we often lose points in a row. This requires our players to be on the defensive end. Put in more effort. Fortunately, our players are still young and there is room for continuous improvement. I believe that as the schedule progresses, the team can perform better."

The Knicks have a lot of young people, and continuous improvement may indeed bring greater surprises, but it does not rule out the possibility of hitting the rookie wall.However, with the team's perfect start of 5 wins and 1 loss and his outstanding performance averaging 20 points and 6.6 assists per game, the doubts surrounding Curry are slowly decreasing.

There are two main arguments for the remaining tenacity. One is Curry's "bad" shooting selection. Curry is keen on fast-break three-pointers and top-man shots with the ball. He is thin and suffers from confrontation, which makes some people think that his upper limit is not enough.

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Coincidentally, the Knicks' opponent in the next game is the Oklahoma City Thunder!

Compared with the excellent record of the Knicks since the start of the game, what is even more surprising to the outside world is that the Thunder have only achieved 2 wins and 4 losses so far.You know, after getting Garnett, the Thunder are expected to reach the top four in the Western Conference and even launch an impact on the Lakers.

But in fact, the run-in between Garnett and the Thunder went very badly!

Outside the arena, whether it's Durant or Westbrook, or even Ibaka, who has some "positional conflicts", they all welcome Garnett's arrival, and the veteran has been given enough respect on the training ground.

But in the game, both Westbrook and Durant are still accustomed to using the inside as "tools". Rand finished playing Westbrook" singles mode;

In terms of position, the Thunder also let Garnett go to the center more and let Ibaka do more tasks of assisting defense, which also made Garnett very upset!

You know, during the Eagles period, unless it was a critical moment or a specific opponent, Ke Yan would rather let Dior be blown up by the opponent than let Garnett top the center for the entire game.

With Durant growing up together, even giving up the position of small forward to Durant, Jeff Green, who gained weight and changed to power forward, performed poorly after returning to the bench, which also affected the relationship between the two sides to a certain extent. .

From the perspective of the Thunder team's management: Garnett took a big contract and got the starting position, but he was reluctant to switch to center according to the team's plan to shield the young people in the team from wind and rain;

Look at the problem from the perspective of Durant, Westbrook, Jeff Green, and Ibaka: Garnett squeezed Jeff Green to the bench, but still wanted Ibaka to increase his weight and play center;

From Garnett's point of view: I came to the Thunder with a salary cut to teach you how to win and lead the team to become a strong team!When Durant really takes over Kobe's class, Westbrook can mature a little bit, and the Big Three will compete for the championship together;

The start time is still short, and everyone is willing to accept a period of running-in, but if the problem continues to be unresolved, especially if the team's record cannot be improved, there is a high probability that Detonator will take some action.

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At the same time, the Knicks rushed to Oklahoma City overnight, just for three things, fairness, fairness, or fucking fairness!

That night, at Chesapeake Energy Stadium, the cheers of Thunder fans were particularly loud.

Ke Yan looked indifferently at the score on the big screen in mid-air. It was only 2 minutes before the end of the game, but the Knicks trailed the Thunder 87:101, and the situation was over.

This is the team's first big loss this season, and it is basically in line with the strength comparison between the two sides.The defeat of the Knicks itself was an absolute disadvantage. The team's extremely poor inside defense was chased and beaten by Dewey and the young, and there was no way to fight back.

Against the "higher ceiling" Westbrook in the mouth of the fans, Curry performed quite well. He made 20 of 9 shots, 10 of 4 three-pointers, scored 27 points and 8 assists. Complete victory, and if fans who watch the football instead of excel, it is not difficult to get a feeling of "IQ slamming".

But there is no way, Westbrook's breakthrough is more violent. The picture of him taking off from the free throw line and dunking Love is very visually impactful, enough to offset the defensive end's confusion when facing the pick-and-roll; compared with last season, Westbrook He has practiced a zombie jump shot. Although the hit rate is mediocre, it has at least proved that he can develop his shooting ability. Is it possible for Curry to develop the muscles of Westbrook?The most important point is that the Thunder won the game, and the winning side has confidence in everything.

After the game, Ke Yan and Garnett also talked a lot in the arena.As proud as Garnett, of course he would not tell Ke Yan that he was not going well in Oklahoma City, but just recalled the past with Keyan. . . . . .

In Garnett's view, his knee injury really changed the fate of too many people.

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After the press conference, Ke Yan went back to his room to wash up and prepare to rest, but unexpectedly received a call from Sam Presti, general manager of the Thunder.

"Hello, Sam." Ke Yan was a little surprised by the call from "Detonator", after all, it was "No matter what happens, go to the Three Treasures Palace".

"Hi, Kimi." After greeting Keyan, Presti quickly expressed his intention to come. He wanted to know the Knicks' asking price for "Mike Miller".

"Mike?" Ke Yan's mind turned quickly, and he immediately understood the Thunder's intentions.

After collecting three talented superstar embryos, Durant, Westbrook, and Harden, the Thunder took advantage of the opportunity and signed Garnett. The ball market is gone.But right now Harden is still in the adaptation period, and it will take time to be able to support the team's No. [-] position. The Thunder want to improve their performance and find a No. [-] position with starting strength to replace Adrian Griffin. It is very important.

And the more suitable chips that the Thunder can come up with. . . . . . .It's Jeff Green, who is a bit awkward in the team's position!

Thinking of this level, Ke Yan finally understood why Presti came to spy on him at the beginning of the season and before the door of the trading market was opened!There is no doubt that Jeff Green's current strength is not inferior to Mike Miller, and his "potential", "upper limit" and the cost performance of the contract are much higher than Mike Miller.

Objectively speaking, if the detonator takes out Jeff Green, the Knicks will take advantage of it.

"Frankly speaking, we traded Mike back with a first-round pick. He is in our long-term plan. And since the new season, his performance has been very stable. I have no plans to trade him." Ke Yan said clearly.

When negotiating deals with unfamiliar people, everyone is like this, and Ke Yan has also learned badly.

Ke Yan's words have always emphasized the importance of Mike Miller, but he did not reveal a word of "not for sale", which means clearly, "you have to pay more."

"Mike can fill the vacancy of the Thunder's second position, and the Thunder can provide the Knicks with a better third position candidate. I think Jeff Green's impact can help the Knicks to a large extent." Press Tee said, "Jeff was the No. 07 pick in [-]. Frankly speaking, I thought he would be Pippen next to KD, but I didn't expect that KD couldn't adapt to the No. [-] play style, which caused the two of them to overlap. Otherwise, , No matter what I say, I will not trade him away. So, maybe you need to add some compensation in the transaction. "

Presti wanted more than he could see.

"Sam, if Mike is traded away, the Knicks' established system will be greatly affected. I can't guarantee the team's record. Unless you can provide me with better talents, let the Knicks have a better team." Good future, otherwise I am not willing to consider a deal?" Ke Yan is not polite, if you dare to open your mouth like a lion, I dare to break your teeth.

"Please, you don't intend to ask me for KD, do you?" Presti smiled, even if Ke Yan took his "Messi", it was just daydreaming!

"I know KD in your eyes is like Curry in my eyes, absolutely not for sale; I don't need a player like Westbrook. In comparison, I am more optimistic about Harden. I think he and Curry can Makes a very complementary backcourt partner. …”

"You're still kidding, Kimi!" Before Ke Yan could say anything, Presti couldn't wait to interrupt.

"If you are willing to trade Harden, the Knicks can pick anything except Curry? Including future draft picks." Ke Yan said with a smile.

"You are really spending money! But I can only say that it is impossible." Presti said firmly, he is very aware of how complementary the potential in Harden is to Durant and Westbrook!

On the other hand, the Love that the Knicks are willing to pay is "icing on the cake" for the Thunder.

"What about Ibaka? Is it possible to include it in the transaction?" Ke Yan tentatively asked, "The next best thing."

Presti was silent for a moment, and said seriously: "Kimi, I really think you are amazing!"

The knives are cutting Lei Ting's flesh, he is really ruthless.

"Sam. Dealing is not about pushing players into someone else's hands when you don't want them, and letting them send you whoever you want. You want to get what you want without paying anything. There's no such thing as a beautiful thing." .”

After a few more pleasantries, Ke Yan hung up the phone.

After being "educated" by Ke Yan, Presti took a long time to recover after hanging up the phone!

Isn't the Knicks making money by exchanging "Jeff Green" for "Mike Miller + Holiday"?I considered the needs of the Knicks, so I proposed the trading plan!