basketball pope

Chapter 70 [You can't win at all]

On the 24th, the first game of the Derby started at Madison Square Garden.

The Knicks have the first record in the regular season. The popularity of the Knicks is still incomparable to that of the Bulls. Even if Yang Rui is there, China CCTV5 also chose to broadcast the Bulls VS Cavaliers.Fans all over the world are watching Jordan's curtain call.

The game is only broadcast live on local stations in New York and New Jersey, and other media are not interested, thinking that the strength of the two teams is very different, and there will be no unpopularity.

Knicks starting: Childs, Houston, Bowen, Johnson, Ewing.

Nets starters: Cassell, Kendall Gill, Corey Kittles, Van Horn, Chris Gatlin.

Just as Yang Rui predicted, the Nets' plan is to defend the Knicks from the outside, and send two mobile skinny big men to pair the inside, and the star blue-collar Jason Williams is in charge of the anti-human team.

This arrangement can also be evacuated inside, if Ewing does not leave the restricted area, the Nets will be difficult to hit the basket.

Ewing won the jump ball and the game started.

Childs passed the ball into Johnson's hands, stood at 70 degrees on the right and waited for a chance. Johnson took the ball frame in the middle and formed a one-on-one with Van Horn.

It was Van Gundy's idea that Childs returned to the starting lineup. He defended better than Ward, and he was not afraid of confrontation because of his strength. He was more suitable for defending Cassell.Yang Rui has no objection. It doesn't matter if Childs' organization is poor, because there is no need for a point guard organization today.

Johnson waited for Houston to move, passed the ball, Gatlin switched, and Ewing cut to the basket after covering.

Houston first passed back to Johnson in the middle. Johnson leaned on Van Horn, and the inside pass went to the basket. The range of cooperation between the three was very small, so small that the Nets could not stop it.

As soon as Gatlin turned around, he saw Ewing pushed Cassell away from the dislocation, took a step forward with the ball and dunked with both hands! 2 to 0.

No matter how strong the mobility is, there is also a process of turning around. Gatlin dare not let go of Houston completely, and no one in the league dares to do so. This is the strength of the Knicks’ dual-core inside and outside. They can always create one-on-one opportunities for each other.

The Nets attacked, the Knicks started man-to-man, Ewing single-handedly defended Gatlin, defended near the restricted area, and put two steps away.

After passing the ball a few times, the ball came into Gatlin's hands. Ewing didn't guard the shot. After Gatlin faltered, he made a jump shot. Johnson grabbed the rebound on the other side.

Williams is not there, the Nets rebounding ability is weak burst.

In the Knicks positional battle, Johnson passed to Houston, Houston dribbled the ball to the left and transferred the ball to Ewing on the left. Johnson squeezed Van Horn and cut to the basket.

Ewing passed the ball to Johnson from Cassell's head at 45 degrees, and the latter jumped up and scored with a one-handed dunk! 4 to 0.

The Nets attacked, Cassell broke through with the ball after a pick-and-roll, and was followed by Johnson's switch.He can use his height to bully the small guard with his back, but he can't hit Johnson. The ball is passed out of the perimeter. Van Horn is caught close by Childs and can't shoot comfortably. After two steps, he finds his teammates.

After a few passes and no time, Cassell singled out Childs, but did not break through the face frame, leaned on his back, turned and shot was interfered, and the ball missed.

Both are 191cm tall, weigh 88kg, and have similar statures. Cassel has no physical advantage, and Childs has excellent defensive predictions.

Ewing got the rebound, and the Knicks fell to the ground again.This time, Ewing responded by receiving the ball on the left, attracting Gatlin's attention to pass the ball to the left low.

Johnson got the ball with his back and leaned on Van Horn to forcibly turn around and backhand to the baseline. 6 to 0.

Van Horn is 208cm tall and weighs only 100kg. He has comprehensive skills. The most suitable position is a small forward. Let him defend the inside line as a colander, and his confrontation ability is too poor.

Johnson weighs 113 kilograms, and his arms are almost as thick as Van Horn's head. How can he defend against such a person?

The Nets attack was still initiated by Cassell, who singled out Childs with the ball and made a jumper. 6 to 2.

The Knicks attacked and cooperated with inside passes. Johnson leaned on Van Horn twice and turned to the middle. He shook the ball with both hands, took another step forward, and leaned on Van Horn to strengthen.

Van Horn's softness is mainly reflected on the defensive end. 8 to 2.

The Nets' offense didn't have any tricks, but Cassell switched the pick-and-roll and faced Ewing forcibly breaking into the basket. Ewing followed from the side. The area covered by his long arm was too large for him to shoot. teammate.

Several passes approached 24 seconds, Kittles missed a pull-up jumper, and Ewing got the rebound.

John Calipari yelled from the sidelines to have Gatlin switch positions, knowing that Van Horn could not defend.The Knicks scored again with just a simple switch.

Johnson pulled the perimeter to attract the defense, and Houston dipped the ball to Ewing.Ewing made a low single on the left, and leaned on Van Horn to turn around and hook the ball in the middle. 10 to 2.

Cassell failed to break through the dribble and was assigned to the outside line. Van Horn singled out Johnson and failed to get rid of it, and he also missed a pull-up jumper.

Calipari called Jason Williams to his side and prepared to let him play, but it is difficult to break the opponent's defense now, and the blue-collar center will be even worse offense.For defense, he has no choice.

The Knicks attacked, Ewing picked up the ball, and Van Horn pulled a foul ahead of time.

Ewing made two free throws, 12-2.

Williams appeared, and Marv Albert praised: "The Nets played by the Knicks at the beginning were forced to make substitutions. Today, they uncharacteristically did not shoot three-pointers, but returned to the basket. Van Horn has averaged close to 20 points per game this year. , but still needs to improve on the defensive end.”

Marty Glickman said: "Williams replaces Gatlin, so Ewing is easy on the defensive end."

Both commentators read it very thoroughly. The Knicks are not only able to attack, but also have strong defense.

Cassell continued to look for Van Horn to play the pick-and-roll, Johnson defended against interference alone, Cassell forced a breakthrough layup and missed the layup, and Ewing controlled the backcourt rebounds.

At this time, Calipari suddenly remembered what the other party said when he first met Yang Rui.

"I think it should be called 'AASAA', which is 'I hit, I hit, I hit, I hit, I hit again'. Mr. Calipari, you took this tactic and gave it The new title DDM. Among them, the defender's ability to hold the ball and break through is its life, am I right?"

"If the opponent gets stuck at the core guard, without a good point guard, you can't win at all."

Both inside lines can pull out perimeter shots, and Cassell's role is easy to play. After Williams played, he was really stuck.

Because Cassell can only play on the strong side, if he plays the pick-and-roll on the weak side, the opponent can double-team him and open Williams, who shoots badly.

The Knicks attacked, Houston and Ewing did not have the ball to screen, Williams switched defense a little slower, Houston made a three-pointer, the ball missed, Johnson cut to the basket, rushed and grabbed the offensive rebound, relying on Van Horn two The attack succeeded. 14 to 2.

Still unable to prevent the opponent from attacking, Calipari broke out in a cold sweat, and he finally understood the reason why Yang Rui said those words at that time.

As early as that time, Yang Rui looked down on him, and his self-confidence ability was much stronger than him!

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