basketball scientist

After the team returned to the locker room, Larry Hughes was the last to come in and consciously shut the door behind him.

Ke Yan first waited for everyone to rest for 2 minutes, then came to the front of everyone, clapped his hands, and said loudly:

"Everyone did well in the first half. We were only 8 points behind against the Suns, the second-ranked team in the Western Conference. This gap is not unattainable. Objectively speaking, I believe everyone has played to their own level."

"But since we are only a little behind the Suns? Why not work harder and make big news?"

"Nash's defensive problems have always existed, Stephen, seize this point to make a fuss, I believe you can do more than the first half! There is no such thing as gentleness, courtesy and frugality on the basketball court. Play as many Nash as you can! Others don't just watch, keep moving, and pay attention to receiving Stephen's pass at any time, what I want is a more flexible offense, not superstar basketball!"

"Kevin, I let you face Lopez, which is the easiest defensive task, but it doesn't mean that your work on the field is just that! I need you to give Brad more help. He is dealing with Amare. Very difficult task; offensively, you also have to give them more consumption inside! I believe you can do it."

"Wesley, go and prove that I made the right decision to start you!"

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The 15 minutes of the intermission passed quickly, and the players of the two teams returned to the game after a short rest.

The Knicks did not make too many changes to the starting lineup, and Gentry replaced Robin Lopez with Channing Frye, which is a "signal" to strengthen the offense. Yes, he was an insider with high technical maturity in college, but after joining the NBA, he transformed into a 3D insider and practiced a good three-pointer.

Compared with Okur of the same type, Frye's top defense ability is much worse, but his shooting speed is faster, and he is closer to a big shooter.This huge advantage also allowed him to adapt to the later small ball era. He had a complete career in the league as a role player and won the championship ring in 16.

The Knicks sent a sideline kick and launched the first offense of the second half.

Curry dribbled the ball to the frontcourt, and Nash bit the bullet and came up to defend.Compared with last season, the Suns did not have Bell, and no one helped Nash defend such a small and fast guard.

Behind Nash, Channing Frye stood near the free throw line, ready to defend Curry anytime, anywhere, and Brad Miller who was pulled to the periphery.

This is rather to be cast to death by others, and Curry can no longer continue to exert his strength.

Curry passed the ball to Matthews on the other side of the three-point line, and the latter sent the ball to Love at the corner.

Stoudemire stared at Kevin Love. Although Love's face frame was not violent, his singles success rate was quite high.

Without the ball, Curry secretly looked at the situation on the field, suddenly started to accelerate, and ran towards Love.

Nash pursued closely, and Stoudemire couldn't help but be distracted by Curry's running. Nash's defense couldn't keep up with Curry!

"Fake faxes suddenly, Amare missed!" As a former top power forward, Barkley saw Love's routine and shouted.

Love had to cooperate hand-in-hand with Curry, but when Stoudemire was distracted, he lowered his body and passed Stoudemire. It was too late for the latter to defend, and he watched Love helplessly. Low-handed layup.

"Beautiful cut, the cooperation of Love and Curry, played Stoudemire! Compared with last season, Love has been reused this season. At present, he has a great chance to compete for the most improved player. The first most improved player who grew up in the hands of Kimi is also a technical insider, and his name is Boris Diao!"

Turning around, the Suns completed another attack. It was still Nash and Stoudemire's pick-and-roll in the middle, and the other three opened up space outside the three-point line. Matthews made up the defense in time and interfered with Channing Frye The shot after receiving the pass, the rebound was also protected by Brad Miller.

The old Miller quickly passed the ball to Curry, and immediately switched offense and defense. Curry advanced to the top of the arc, raised his hand and threw a three-pointer without making any adjustments!

His shot was without warning, and the speed was extremely fast. Battier, who retreated too far back, had no time to defend, and watched Curry make a shot. . . . . .

"Shh!"

At 66:69, the point difference was narrowed to 3 points in a short period of time, and the pressure came to the Suns.

The Suns were attacking, and Nash didn't call a pick-and-roll. Facing Curry's defense, he continuously changed his dribbling rhythm and fine-tuned his direction, which tested Curry's defensive nerves.

Curry's right hand blocks Nash's eyes, trying to prevent Nash's sudden shot.

Seeing a sudden change in Nash's rhythm, Curry moved subconsciously.But at this time Nash has already taken a step back and made a shooting action.

Curry put strength on his toes, gritted his teeth and jumped up, but just after the jump, he saw that Nash's shot just now was just a fake move!

Facing the jumping Curry, Nash greeted him with his right shoulder, made a steady foul on Curry and completed the shot before landing.The basketball arced through the air, bounced several times on the rim and fell into the rim.

"Beep!" Almost at the same time, the referee's whistle sounded.

This foul is not controversial, and Curry still has to pay the price for his inexperienced defense.

Nash made a free throw and scored 2+1, overwhelming the Knicks again!

"Continue to attack and maintain defensive strength. I didn't expect you to let the opponent lose a point!" Ke Yan immediately went to the sidelines and shouted, "Remember what I told you, Nash's scoring is beneficial to us."

These words fell a bit ridiculous in the ears of the Suns players. What does it mean that Nash's scoring is beneficial to you?He didn't score an own goal again!But during the halftime break, Ke Yan once "belittled" Nash, thinking that his scoring was efficient but not productive, and he couldn't drive his teammates like his passing. When he chose to play hard, it showed that the Suns were in trouble.

The Knicks attacked, and Curry and Love cooperated hand in hand, restraining the Suns' defense and passing the ball to Brad Miller who was pulled to the outside. The latter caught the ball and opened Battier with a feint. After that, he chose to break into the basket and lay up in three slow steps, but was interfered by Stoudemire.

The Suns put up a successful defense, but failed to protect the defensive rebound. Mike Miller cut to the hoop and got the offensive rebound. Suddenly turned over and hit a jumper! (68:72)

Obviously the team managed to stop the Knicks' attack once, but was defeated by the opponent's second attack. This goal hit the morale of the Suns very much!Stoudemire's subsequent face-to-face attack rushed up to kill, but the referee did not call Miller for a foul, which made the bully a little angry.

The point difference soon came to 75:75, the Knicks tied the score in a short period of time, and Gentry's timeout was long overdue.

After returning from the timeout, the Knicks made adjustments first, replacing Matthews with Holiday.Holiday will switch to defend Nash, adding confrontation to Nash!

As soon as he came on the court, Holiday completed a successful defense. Under his interference, Nash failed to step back and make a jumper.

The rebound was protected by Love, and the Knicks pushed for a counterattack again. This time Curry did not choose to throw a three-pointer, but used a fake move to lift the Suns' defensive player and scored an easy layup. (77:75)

From leading by 8 points to trailing by 2 points, it happened within 4 minutes. The development of the situation is not very favorable for the Suns.Gentry hopes to use Nash's experience to control the scene. The Knicks can't stand the Knicks targeting Nash on both ends of the offense and defense. Nash on the confrontation.

Compared with the first time he played against Paul four years ago, he could easily handle each other. Nash, who is already over 35 years old, has passed his peak physical condition. No more Bale to help with the worst of the shock.Instead, Dragic at the end of the third quarter hit a few good shots, but only piecemeal.

At the beginning of the fourth quarter, Gentry replaced Stoudemire to buy time for the bully, and the Suns entered a period of weakness.In terms of the "bonus" brought to his teammates, Dragic is far behind Nash. The Suns' offense has repeatedly suffered setbacks, which also made Barkley's face even more ugly.

"Charles, I'm looking forward to seeing the news about your swimming in the Hudson River. I hope you can leave photos without mosaics." Reggie Miller joked cheerfully.

The point difference was widened to 16 points. Gentry replaced the main players in advance, changed his tactics, adjusted the focus of offense to the outside line, and came up with a trick of "disrupting chaos" to shoot a three-pointer with the Knicks!

This adjustment caught the Knicks by surprise. Nash and Richardson teamed up and made three of four shots from the outside, and then assisted Lopez to attack at the basket. The Suns once narrowed the point difference to 9 points. I see hope.

At the critical moment, Ke Yan instructed the players to ensure their defensive formation and not to be disrupted by the Suns' "unreasonable three-pointers", which can be regarded as cracking Gentry's idea of ​​"clearly repairing the plank road and secretly keeping old warehouses".

Nash is no longer the Nash of four years ago. Now it is difficult for him to detonate and kill an opponent on the spot. He needs to use his own influence on the offensive end to drive his teammates, but the Knicks just don't accept this.

In the second half of the fourth quarter, the team even led the Suns, which gave the young Knicks hope of winning!Both offense and defense have also become more dynamic.

So far this season, the Knicks have had a surprisingly good record, but it’s not worth saying that winning against that opponent is particularly valuable. Being able to “beat the strong with the weak” and defeat the Suns will also give the young people in the team more confidence in the future !Ke Yan was very active in teaching on the sidelines, and was even invited back to the coaching bench by the referee because he was too emotional.

"It can be seen that Kimi is also very excited about this victory!" As a person who once supported Ke Yan, Barkley said with emotion.

"It's impossible to be right... Interested?" Reggie Miller was not polite to his peers.

While several people were talking, time was also passing by every minute!In the last 1 minute, the point difference was still 9 points, which was basically an insurmountable moat. Gentry finally chose to replace the main player and conceded the loss.

Ke Yan also replaced all the main players in the next round as usual, allowing Sun Yue to get playing time and share the same stage with Yi Jianlian for 1 minute. This is also the first time that Sun Yue and Yi Jianlian have competed on the same stage in the NBA .

The final score was set at 116:109. The Knicks defeated the Suns at home and won their ninth victory of the season, only one game away from 10 wins in a single month.

Thinking back to Ke Yan's first month in the Eagles, the Eagles, which had won 13 games in the previous season, also won double figures in the first month of Ke Yan's coaching. It seems that "dream start" is also the standard for Ke Yan's coaching .

The Suns players maintained basic etiquette, especially Nash, who came to the field and hugged Curry. Compared with Paul, who is keen to compete with Paul through various means, Nash prefers Curry.

On the sidelines, Keyan and Gentry also chatted a lot.Although Ke Yan is younger than Gentry, and his coaching experience is not as long as that of the opponent, he is better than the opponent in terms of his honors and his own tactical attainments. Some uses of double guns refer to "Paul + Joe Johnson".

In addition to the honors he has received, Ke Yan's character is also considered good in the coaching circle.Among other things, after the end of last season, if he is up for sale, at least 10 teams in the league will chase him, which will affect the progress of other people's interviews.But Ke Yan made a decision with New York almost early on, and did not hang other teams. This alone is better than Phil Jackson.

"I hope you will still have the chance to come here in the finals." At the end, Ke Yan looked forward to the future and said.

"Hehe, I hope too!" Gentry looked at Ke Yan, admiring his self-confidence from the inside out when he said this. Obviously the Knicks did not have this kind of strength, but in his mouth, it was really everything. Everything is possible!

In the post-match interview, Curry was praised by reporters.In this game, Curry beat Nash point-to-point, scoring a career-high 39 points, 7 assists, 5 rebounds, and 2 steals. He was also extremely efficient. He made 10 of 6 three-pointers and was productive and efficient, except for 4 turnovers. Aside from a few flaws, the rest of the performance is simply impeccable.

On this day, however, he wasn't even the top rookie.In the game between the Warriors and the Clippers, the Warriors rookie Jennings showed his power, scored 29 points in a single quarter, scored 55 points in the game, broke multiple records in one fell swoop, and completely stole Curry's limelight.

In fact, since the new season, Jennings' performance is second only to Curry, ranking second in the rookie rankings, including Tyreke Evans and DeRozan who have already started the team. On the contrary, the 09 rookies have emerged a lot of players who can play.

It's just that, as soon as Curry entered the league, he was installed as "Messi". New York is even more powerful!

This wave of Jennings, including Evans' continued steady rise in statistics, is of great benefit to the overall attention of this class of rookies!

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After defeating the Suns, the Knicks' record came to 9 wins and 4 losses, and they have already caught up with the Orlando Magic, which ranks second in the Eastern Conference.

Truth be told, even the most optimistic Knicks fan couldn't have imagined that the team could get off to such a good start before the season began.Fans attribute all of this to Ke Yan. This lineup was created by him alone. Curry was selected by him against all opinions and switched to a high-ranking draft pick. He also scored key goals in a few games. All kinds of micromanagement can be won.From any dimension, Ke Yan's improvement to the Knicks is visible to the naked eye. Knicks fans who have eaten shit in Thomas's hands for several years love Ke Yan too much.

New York is such a city of extremes. When you are great, it will lift you up to the sky, and when you encounter setbacks, it will not hesitate to step you to the bottom of the mud.

Ke Yan didn't know himself because of these flattery, on the contrary, he behaved very low-key in front of the media.

"I am proud of what the team has achieved so far. But I hope that everyone can still view our true strength correctly. As far as the current situation is concerned, I think we have played at a super level, and the Knicks have not stabilized into the top three in the East. strength."

These words may be a bit disappointing, and it is very likely that other people will be sprayed.Only Ke Yan, at this time, chooses to take the initiative to cool down the fans, but everyone thinks he has a "consciousness of urgency".

"Kimi's goal in the first year of the Eagles was only 39 wins. The final record was 54 wins! Let's not put too much pressure on the team. Just have fun secretly."

"Don't talk about the team's performance, first set a small goal that can be achieved, for example, Curry's best rookie + second team in his rookie season."

"We don't need to be humble. The overall competitiveness of the East is indeed not very strong. I think Kimi should still be able to cover it."

"Dolan. Don't hold back your goddamn money when it's time to spend! We also have a middle-class exception that doesn't work!"

Dolan himself was wronged about the uselessness of the middle-class exception.Ever since Ke Yan agreed to coach, he never said a word about saving money.Who would have imagined that Ke Yan got used to the "hard life" in Atlanta, and the team's total salary was reduced as soon as he came?

But, well, Ke Yan also took up the post of general manager of the team. Not only did he set up the lineup, but also arranged the training. Also feel relieved.Anyway, his reputation was changing rapidly, so Dolan didn't bother to take the initiative to meddle in it.

Huaxia fans are even more talented. They linked the cooperation between Dolan and Ke Yan to the newly released board game "Three Kingdoms Killing", turning Dolan into Liu Chan and Ke Yan into Zhuge Liang.It just so happens that Liu Chan's line is "Everything is up to the father." It just matches perfectly.