Pick Westbrook

Chapter 240 The Well-Deserved League Scoring Champion
Post-match interview.

Li Lai attended the post-match press conference with Cousins ​​and Tracy McGrady who played well tonight.

"The Bucks have already won the first round of the Eastern Conference playoffs, and you are only one game away from reaching the Eastern Conference semifinals."

"McGrady, are you preparing for your next opponent?"

Cousins ​​didn't speak from the sidelines.

During the player tunnel, Li Lai informed the two of them that they were going to be interviewed after the game. At that time, Cousins ​​also asked the coach why he was not allowed to be the offensive firepower tonight.

Li Lai explained his thoughts and tactical intentions to Cousins ​​in detail, and Cousins ​​nodded repeatedly.

A team head coach is willing to patiently explain team tactics to a rookie player, and Li Lai is probably the first.

Such a move also made Cousins ​​open his heart again, this time he respected Li Lai from the bottom of his heart.

It's just that when the two were talking, they both saw Maddie standing there blankly and paused.

Because Li Lai asked McGrady to participate in the post-match interview, McGrady was a little at a loss.

McGrady knows how those media reporters will make things difficult for him. Since being traded by the Rockets, McGrady has been attacked by these media reporters.

At this time, the reporter's words also reminded McGrady of the words he said when he led the Magic to a 02-03 lead over the Pistons in the 3-1 season.

——I'm already thinking about my next opponent.

Obviously, these reporters came to the post-match conference tonight with hostility.

McGrady's hazy eyes closed a little bit more, he moved the microphone in front of him with a pursed mouth, and when he was about to speak, the interview room had already sounded.

"I don't think you watched tonight's game." Li Lai said suddenly.

The reporter stared at Li Lai, who was inexplicably protecting the calf, and was startled.

Li Lai continued: "You must not have watched McGrady's performance throughout the season."

"But I can tell you what happened on the court, McGrady, he played well, he played well."

"To be honest, McGrady has never been a shy player in my impression, but he didn't like to talk all season in the Bucks."

"I know what McGrady is carrying now, so please stop attacking him and enjoy the game brought by this former four-star shooting guard in the league."

The reporter was speechless by Li Lai.

Because of this episode, the post-match interview also ended quickly.

player channel.

McGrady caught up with Li Lai who left early and said, "Coach, thank you."

Li Lai looked back at McGrady for a long time, then gently patted him on the shoulder and said, "Since you call me coach, I should do everything for you."

"Presumably you have also seen our team atmosphere, and you should also know how your teammates think of you."

"I know that Cousins ​​has been secretly looking for you to learn singles with the ball. That guy hasn't given up the offensive way of holding the ball on the outside until now."

"Curry, Dragic took your sneakers to ask you to sign, O'Neal and Iverson have been helping you integrate into the Bucks"

McGrady interrupted Li Lai loudly at this time, and he also knew why the coach said such words at this time.

Li Lai must have thought that McGrady hadn't fully integrated into the Bucks, but in McGrady's view, not only did he fully integrate into the Bucks, but also his tactical cooperation, tacit understanding, and emotions with all his teammates were very good.

He's just, no longer one of the top four shooting guards in the league.

"Coach, I like the Bucks."

"I haven't played in this environment in my entire career."

"I didn't stay out of the locker room on purpose, I just..."

Li Lai pointed out, "You just put too much pressure on yourself."

"Because this is the closest you've come to a championship, and it's also the first time you've played on a championship-level team."

"You don't want to destroy the team's overall offense, you don't want to destroy the chemical reaction between teammates, so you don't even hesitate to eliminate all possibilities in advance."

Having said that, Li Lai put his hand on Mai Di's head.

"Basketball should not be higher than life, and it has been a long time since I saw a white horse with silver guns smiling."

"We will fight for the championship, but life must go on."

McGrady was very embarrassed when he heard this sentence. He knew that the coach wanted to see him laugh.

It's just that he, a big man, suddenly smiled at another man, which made McGrady feel awkward.

More importantly, McGrady heard some bad rumors about Li Lai in Milwaukee as early as the first day he joined the Bucks.

Everyone in Milwaukee knows that the coach is a kid who plays hips, and the great achievements of fighting eighteen King Kong in one night even caused a lot of troubles for women and children.

Thinking of this, McGrady couldn't help clamping his legs at this moment, but he also mustered up the courage to raise his head and try to smile.

"coach."

When Mai Di raised his head, Li Lai had already walked away.

Li Lai only left his back in the direction of Maddy's eyes. The back raised his right hand and waved to Maddy behind him.

"I don't look at the smile that is squeezed out."

Maddie laughed out loud.

Cousins, who had been hiding in the corner of the player tunnel, couldn't help opening his eyes wide after seeing what happened just now, and murmured in shock.

"My Nima!"

News that the Bucks led the Knicks 3-0 shocked the entire Big Apple.

All New York fans stood up out of righteous indignation at this time, and many of them included the top stars in the entertainment industry.

Led by Spike Lee, many stars took to Twitter to denounce the Bucks and launched a campaign to defend our home court.

The stars will support the Knicks by attending their next game at home.

The Knicks support group is huge.

The battle between Lee, the Bucks and the Knicks made national headlines.

Anthony quickly responded to this, he said: "I will never let the Knicks be swept out, this is our dignity."

Stoudemire also said: "We led the Bucks in the last game, and we will definitely play better in the next game."

Only Billups did not react after the headlines appeared in the media. He seems to be much more sensible than the other two giants of the Knicks.

Li Lai was indifferent to these battles and hot topics that were hyped up by the media, but what Spike Lee said during the interview really disgusted him.

"Do you all know what Bucks coach Li Lai did to me?"

"He actually gave me the middle finger!"

"Ah! That bastard! I learned this trash talk from someone. He's pretty good at it."

"But our Knicks also won a championship in 1973, so why should this bastard humiliate us like this."

"The poor boys of the Bucks, don't even think about beating us so easily."

Because of Spike Lee's interview, Li Lai became the number one enemy in the hearts of Knicks fans.

All the fans took a video of the middle finger on their Twitter accounts to fight against Li Lai.

The topic heats up again.

Madison Square Garden.

Kenny Smith couldn't help mentioning the hot news in the United States before the game. He said: "Only in the Big Apple City of New York can we enjoy such an unprecedented national hot discussion."

"However, hot discussions are hot discussions. Now is the crucial playoff field, and the Knicks are already 0:3 behind."

"In tonight's game, they have reached a life-and-death situation of either staying or fishing. The Knicks have no way out."

Barkley nodded and analyzed the last game.

"The Knicks had great hopes of winning the last game, but D'Antoni never imagined that their lead would force the strongest Bucks team before the start of the fourth quarter."

Barkley still has lingering fears about the final quarter of last game, which was the scariest Bucks team he has seen this season, especially on the offensive end.

This has to remind Barkley of the death five small lineup that helped the Bucks win the championship during the playoffs last season.

Although the Bucks have hardly come up with a five-death lineup this season, Barkley has already smelled the breath of the five-death team from the Bucks' lineup at the end of the last game.

Westbrook, Curry, McGrady, Yi Jianlian, Cousins.

5 people can dribble, 5 people can shoot three-pointers, 5 people can play singles, and 5 people can make breakthroughs.

"Although in terms of height, the Bucks under this lineup are not considered the dead five during the playoffs last season, but in terms of style of play and scoring explosiveness, the two are the same."

"Other teams in the Eastern Conference playoffs have to be careful. The Knicks have forced out the strongest Bucks. The last game must be a reminder to them and let them make tactical preparations in advance."

On the CCTV commentary station, Su Qun couldn't help but smile when he heard Yu Jia's words.

"The first round of the playoffs is not over yet. At this time, start to remind other teams in the East to be careful of the Bucks?"

"Is this a bit too contemptuous of the Knicks?"

Yu Jia said affirmatively at this time: "Does the Knicks still want to achieve a shocking comeback at 0:3?"

Yu Jia and Su Qun laughed at the same time.

Since the two saw the Bucks' lineup at critical moments and their ability to destroy the Knicks in the last game, they both believed that this team can accept the last game tonight.

on the field.

The fans at Madison Square Garden are already crazy, but no matter the time of day, the city cannot lack entertainment.

Even in the life-and-death game against the Knicks, the fans here can still maintain a cheerful atmosphere.

The scene shot was given to many heavyweight fans on the court, Spike Lee, Jimmy Phelan, Taylor Swift.
The camera stayed on Taylor Swift for a long time, and the fans at the scene burst into applause randomly.

"This is the little beauty Taylor Swift, the legs are really long."

At this time, Taylor Swift was still pretending to be a fair lady, waved her hand at the camera very quietly in the first row of the auditorium, and then put her hands next to her mouth and shouted loudly.

"Welcome to New York!"

Spike Lee still remembered the humiliation he received in the last game, so he waved his hands at the audience on both sides very arrogantly at this time, and then walked straight to the Bucks coach Li Lai.

"Hold!"

Spike Lee raised his middle fingers with both hands, and the audience and fans at the scene immediately made the same action, and at the same time, there was a monstrous shout.

Walking in front of Li Lai with Spike Lee was Taylor Swift.

Facing the trash talk from the entire Madison Square Garden fans, Li Lai was heartbroken and even wanted to laugh a little bit.

This time he made an OK gesture.

At first Spike Lee didn't react, but after he figured it out, he ran towards Li Lai angrily.

"You bastard, who did you learn this trash talk from!"

"Made, your mouth is really poisonous."

Spike Lee was once again escorted out by two security guards, leaving only Taylor Swift on the bench for the Bucks.

It's not the first time the sweet-looking Taylor has heard the name of Bucks coach Lee Lai, and of course he's also heard a lot of stupid things about the other side's trivial matters in Milwaukee.

It's just that when she met this time, she found that the other party was so young and even about the same age as herself, which was indeed beyond her expectations.

Seeing that Li Lai was still staring at him, Taylor Swift took a sharp bite, cursed secretly that he was indeed a well-known kid in Milwaukee, and then raised his middle finger again.

Dragic looked at the beautiful and popular idol Taylor Swift from the bench, then looked at the coach Li Lai, and couldn't help saying: "I really want to be a coach at this time."

"If I were the person standing in front of Taylor, I would make a fist with one hand and put it on her middle finger."

Iverson, who heard this sentence, looked back at Dragic in shock.

"This is really a devil. The money-greedy and lustful people in the locker room deserve to be Dragic."

beep!beep!
The referee blows his whistle and the game begins.

Bucks regular starting lineup.

The Knicks are still a flexible lineup with big center Jared Jeffries and Stoudemire at center.

Midfield jump ball.

Cousins ​​jumped high and grabbed the first wave of offensive possessions.

The Bucks attack.

Westbrook advanced with the ball, and Curry took the initiative to ask for possession of the ball as soon as he came up.

This scene shocked Barkley and Kenny Smith at the live commentary stand.

"Curry will hold the ball in the first quarter of the game. This initiative has never been seen by the Bucks before."

"The meaning of Curry is obvious now. Tonight, the Bucks are going to end the series at Madison Square Garden."

Curry has the ball and Bill Walker is guarding him.

In this round of the series, Bill Walker was barely able to restrain Curry, and was averaged 25 points, 3 rebounds and 2 assists per game by the opponent. It is worth noting that Curry's shooting percentage outside the three-point line.

Even with the Knicks adopting the tactical strategy of double-teaming Curry on every screen, Bill Walker still allowed Curry to shoot 41% of his three-pointers with the help of his teammates.

This is the playoffs, and a three-pointer with this shooting percentage is a bit fatal.

Billups originally wanted to switch defenses with Bill Walker and let him defend the three-pointer Curry.

It's just that Westbrook is very smart to cut to the basket without the ball. If Billups dares to switch defenses at this time, then there will be a picture of defensive leakage.

"So we can only let Bill Walker defend!"

D'Antoni stood anxiously near the center line of the court.

In this round of the series, the Knicks have never really defended against Curry's ball. Of course, they are not a team that is good at defense. Even those teams that are good at defense may not be able to defend against Curry. The offense with the ball.

Therefore, D'Antoni was helpless against Curry's offense with the ball, and the only defensive strategy he could use was double-teaming.

But at this time, D'Antoni is not in a hurry to use double-team tactics so early. He wants to see Curry's state in this game before making a decision.

After all, it really takes a lot of courage to dare to use double-team tactics against the Bucks.

on the field.

Curry dribbles, heads up, dribbles laterally, heads up bergamot fake again.

Bill Walker was a little afraid of Curry's three-pointer, so he was tricked into focusing.

Curry collected the ball and turned to break through to the basket, and scored with a beautiful pull-up layup.

Su Qun couldn't help but said at this time: "Defending Curry is really a delicate job."

"He's too quick and too accurate from beyond the arc, so the guy defending him has to be close and ready to block the shot."

"But in this way, it will be difficult for defensive players to defend Curry's breakthrough. Only Curry in the league can obtain such a comfortable breakthrough space."

This is Curry, and this is the league's scoring leader this season.

In Su Qun's view, although Curry won the league's scoring title this season, it has caused considerable controversy among fans.

Because his style of play is completely different from the old-school personal offense that does breakthroughs and mid-range, Curry's offense has too many three-pointers and his teammates screen and play pick-and-rolls.

So in terms of personal offensive ability, he doesn't seem to be as pleasing to the eye as those top scorers in the league.

But the players and commentators on the field are very aware of the trouble Curry has caused them on the offensive end. Curry can really produce a dominance like Reggie Miller on the offensive end.

Almost half of the Bucks' tactics are actually playing around Curry.

"So Curry is a well-deserved league scoring leader."

(End of this chapter)