I really play basketball

Chapter 111 Lin Xing Flying Up and Down

Upon hearing Lin Xing's half-truth and half-fake threats, Anthony Mason was really lying.

This is like many service places nowadays, when the regular meeting is held before going to work, the slogan is shouted loudly.

When it's time to work, the service attitude is as perfunctory as possible.

The same goes for Mason, who said all kinds of cruel things before the game, as if Lin Xing was already on his plate.

But when the match started, the moment he really faced Lin Xing, he was scared.

Especially when Lin Xing was threatening him, Mason's legs started to wobble with those icy snake-like eyes staring at him.

Not far away, Oakley saw that Anthony Mason had already had a verbal confrontation with Lin Xing.

Although he couldn't hear the specific content, Oakley was relieved.

Sure enough, the Knicks, the real tough guys, are only him and Mason!

The fact is—

In the middle, Lin Xing separated Anthony Mason with his elbow, and threatened again:
"When I break through later, you'd better not make any moves. If you do, I guarantee that you will be the one who lies down and goes out."

Mason opened his mouth, wanting to go back, but he couldn't say anything.

Just like that, Lin Xing took a cross step, then accelerated, and passed Mason.

In the middle distance, Oakley pushed forward, but Lin Xing caught sight of Mu Lin who was quickly interspersed.

Before helping to defend, he hit the ground and sent the ball over.

Mullin penetrated to the basket, raised his hand and threw it.

But Ewing stood up, slapped the basketball and sent it flying.

Just this hat, Madison cheered like crazy.

Spike Lee on the sidelines jumped up and down and cheered, really like a clown.

Lin Xing felt strange, the gorilla hat was so cruel, this guy didn't take the opportunity to ridicule?

Little did he know, Spike Lee was only targeting him.

At this time, Spike Lee was still regretting: why wasn't Lin Xing rushing to the basket?
Why wasn't Lin Xing rushing to the basket?Because the Knicks' defense is aimed at Lin Xing.

If this allows Lin Xing to easily rush to the basket, wouldn't it be a joke with the Knicks' iron-blooded defense?
The Knicks' defense is not a joke. Their average conceded points per game is 3.3 points lower than the second-placed Spurs, which is considered the first fault.

As far as this game is concerned, Pat Riley's targeted multi-level pseudo-zone defense, the restricted Lin Xing could not enter the penalty area at all.

Lin Xing passed a pass to Mu Lin, but was blocked.

In the following games, he reduced the number of inward passes.

In the middle distance, he fired one after another, or distributed the ball outward.

By the time the game entered the first official timeout, Lin Xing had already made a 5-of-2 mid-range shot.

Counting the mid-range mid-range shot he made in the opening game, Lin Xing shot 6 of 3 in the opening game.

As far as this hit rate is concerned, as Matt Gutica said——

The skill of CIC has indeed been added to Lin Xing's arsenal.

You know, the mid-range Lin Xing has to face Oakley's defense.

Without defense, the hit rate will be higher.

"81 mid-range shots, if you shoot carefully, the hit rate is still very impressive."

Relying on Lin Xing's mid-range shot and pass, the Warriors tore through the Knicks' iron-blooded defense at the beginning of the game.

At half-time, 15 to 11, the Warriors in the away game also led by 4 points.

But the most important thing is that the Warriors have been playing very outside during this period, and the Knicks' defense was held back by the Warriors' offense.

Leading and leading, the Knicks' overall defense is very outside.

Lin Xing has already seen the possibility of breaking into the Knicks restricted area.

"I still have to find a way to go in and fuck Ewing, and keep floating outside to vote. It's really not my style."

Lin Xing touched his chin. In this half of the game, the Knicks played well, and Ewing was the only one.

Ewing's frame protection, blocks, and scoring at the basket, judging from this half of the game, he really lived up to the name of the four major centers.

On the sidelines, whenever Spike Lee taunted Lin Xing, he would bring Ewing with him.

This is also the reason why Lin Xing held back his strength and decided to enter the restricted area once to fight against Ewing.

Still the same sentence, this Knicks team, if you want to talk about stars, it really is Ewing.

For the rest, Starks is a nervous knife, and the point guards, whether Greg Anthony or Rivers, are blue-collar.

As for the two guys at the forward position, they are bodyguards.

emmm... A bodyguard who can't even protect himself.

On the other side, on the Knicks' bench, two bodyguards who couldn't protect themselves were arguing with red faces.

"Anthony, you're fucking him, it's already half a quarter, why don't you do it?"

At the beginning of the "fierce" confrontation between Mason and Lin Xing, Oakley still felt that Mason was as tough a guy as he was.

He waited expectantly for Mason to make a move, but the wait was half a quarter.

Oakley, who was waiting, was already skeptical—"Could you be cowardly, Anthony?"

Mason was hit right away, and he felt wronged: "Brother Oakley, it's not me who cowards, but when I threatened him, he threatened him back.

He said that if I did something to him, he would definitely let me lie down and go out. "

Oakley's eyes widened: "No way, Anthony, just this dry threat scares you?"

"..."

Mason was speechless. He spread his hands, but his mind was full of the last battle at the Oakland Stadium.

From beginning to end, Lin Xing only gave him one kick.

Just one kick, he rested for a whole month.

Therefore, Mason believed that Lin Xing's threat was definitely not dry.

If he really wanted to do something, Lin Xing would really have the ability to make him lie down and leave Madison.

Mason's inner fear came from this.

"He said he told you to go out lying down? You wouldn't just give him a hard blow? The kind that made him unable to stand up again, how could he let you go out lying down?"

Oakley taught earnestly, but Mason still spread his hands: "Why don't you, Brother Oakley, show me..."

He is not a fool, on the contrary, he has a brain.

Mason found out that Oakley had been directing him to do this and that, but what about Oakley himself?

Therefore, he directly threw the question to Oakley.

Upon hearing this, Oakley gritted his teeth.

"Okay, then just widen your eyes and see what I did!"

What a fk, I thought the Knicks had two tough guys, but now, I was really wrong!

Shaking his head, Oakley was already looking for Lin Xing.

But at this moment, Pat Riley spoke: "Charles, come down and rest for a while..."

……

Back from the timeout, both sides were replaced.

The Warriors got a bug and got Steve Kerr.

Also off Longley, on Chris Gatlin.

Before the timeout ended, the old Nelson also emphasized: "We must speed up, speed up, speed up, don't give the New Yorkers a chance to breathe!"

To put it simply, when Xiao Chong went down, Lin Xing could take care of everything again.

Longley went down, replaced by Chris Gatlin, who was a little faster, and the Warriors could speed up.

In the next period of time, what the Warriors will play is a real small ball whirlwind and quarterback offense.

On the Knicks side, Oakley went down, and Rolando Blackman went up.

The swingman with a height of 1 meters, averaged 98 points per game at the peak, was selected as an All-Star, and his style is characterized by outstanding singles skills.

Now entering the final stage of his career, Blackman has also developed a three-pointer.

Therefore, Blackman is still very important to the Knicks with a poor offense and a lack of ball handlers.

At this time for him to come up, Pat Riley's purpose is self-evident.

He couldn't see the team's offense in the first half of the quarter, and he had to make some changes.

But obviously, with this change, the Knicks lost sight of the other.

The first down at the restart of the game is the Warriors' turn.

When Lin Xing saw Oakley go down, he knew the opportunity had come.

Just after halftime possession of the ball, facing Anthony Mason, who was already lying down, Lin Xing stepped forward with a cross step, accelerated and charged.

The "First Step Master" comes into play and Mason gets one-stepped.

In the middle distance, the new Blackman made up for it, and the timing of the defense was just right.

But in terms of confrontation, Blackman and Oakley are not at the same level at all.

Oakley's confrontation is not very strong against Lin Xing, let alone Blackman.

Lin Xing, who rushed in one step, directly carried Blackman into the basket.

On the sidelines, Spike Lee's eyes widened. After watching half a quarter of the game, he finally waited until Lin Xing entered the penalty area again.

but……

What about gorillas?

The basket should have been Ewing's territory, but he ducked aside, disappointing... no, disappointing Spike Lee.

But I have to admit that there is a reason for Ewing to hide aside.

Blackman's supplementary defense caused the madman in the bottom corner to be empty.

If you don't make up the defense, this is a big open corner. If Lin Xing makes a cross, the Knicks will lose a three-pointer.

Ewing dodged, and Lin Xing pushed Blackman away from the basket, and dunked the ball in with a bang!

On the sidelines, Spike Lee, who was looking forward to it, sat back.

On the court, Lin Xing didn't have time to pay attention to him anymore.

After the dunk was successful, he turned around and quickly retreated.

During the timeout, Old Nelson emphasized that the second half of the game must be accelerated.

The premise of speeding up is to prevent the Knicks' offense and then look for opportunities to counterattack.

In this defense, Lin Xing was still the same, and got stuck at the connection point between Ewing and the outside line.

Then, the new Blackman hit a single.

The young singles master hit a high post shot that he often played when he was young, and turned over and shot a jumper.

Bang!

Under the basket, Gatlin was stuck, Lin Xing jumped high and grabbed the rebound.

Turning around on the ground is directly a counterattack!
"Counterattacked, Si Da has the ball, and the speed is very fast!"

Lin Xing's speed is very fast, and he is very threatening with the ball in his hands.

Therefore, the Knicks' first choice is to contain him.

But Anthony Mason, who was the first to rush up, was directly passed by Lin Xing with a clean step.

Seeing this, Greg Anthony could only make up for it.

But as soon as he made up, the Knicks' defense was riddled with holes.

Lin Xing rushed across the half court, crossed the three-point line, and finally hit the basket.

Under the basket, Starks opened his arms, but Lin Xing sneaked a pass back.

The madman followed, caught the ball, and dunked.

Clang!
Lin Xing scored the fourth assist of the game, 4 to 19, and the Warriors further widened the gap in the score.

Off the court, Pat Riley frowned. He knew that the root cause was the Knicks' offense.

The offense was so bad that the Warriors seized the opportunity to fight back.

But this attack, no matter what, cannot be lost again.

If you lose it again, you will fall behind by as many as double digits.

The first quarter of the game is not over yet!
So, in the frontcourt of the Knicks, Greg Anthony controlled the past, and then he heard Riley's shout from the sidelines——

"Look for Patrick, look for Patrick!"

Finding Ewing is the most secure offensive method for the Knicks at the moment.

But the problem is still Lin Xing, he continued to get stuck in an area in front of Ewing.

Then, Greg Anthony bit the bullet and passed one, but it passed directly to Lin Xing.

Everyone was stunned, what does this mean?Pass opponent?

Others are stunned, but Lin Xing is not.

After he grabbed the basketball, he turned around and launched another counterattack.

Counterattack and counterattack, another 2 points were scored.

In this way, 21 to 11, the Warriors' lead has stretched to double digits.

Shortly after the official timeout, Pat Riley called another timeout.

He shook his head, probably understanding that the problem still lies in the offense.

But there is really no solution.

The Knicks are full of too many blue-collar players who focus on defense, and the offensive talent is too low.

As for their good defense, it is positional warfare that can play a role.

The game entered the rhythm of counterattack, and the Knicks were powerless.

To put it simply, the original historical line of this season, the Knicks who reached the finals, is very strong.

But the warriors just happened to restrain their existence.

In this way, the Warriors played a counterattack, played a whirlwind of small balls, and played a real quarterback offense.

In the first quarter, they directly tore the Knicks to pieces, scoring 37 points in a single quarter.

Riley's reaction was still very fast. Seeing that he couldn't defend, he immediately turned to attack.

In the fierce counterattack, the Knicks found several opportunities and scored 25 points in the first quarter.

But with a score of 37 to 25, the Knicks were still 12 points behind.

At the end of the first quarter, Lin Xing was sweating profusely.

This section can be said to be his personal performance, the commentary seat, Matt Gudica said so——

"In the first half of the game, under the tight defense of the Knicks, Star showed his new weapon, the mid-range shot.

With 6 of 3 mid-range shots, he scored 6 points and 3 assists, leading the Warriors to a 4-point lead in half a quarter. "

"Between the second half, the Knicks turned to attack, the Warriors dropped the big center and started picking up speed.

Star showed what he is best at again, turning back, sprinting, flying up and down...

Passing assists, rebounding, omnipotent...

In the second half of the game, he scored 8 points and 3 assists! "

"In the entire first quarter, Star scored 14 points, 5 rebounds, 6 assists and 2 steals, almost blowing up the Knicks on his own."

Off the court, Riley watched Lin Xing walk to the sidelines, with longing in his eyes.

Why is Pat Riley building a solid defense in New York?It's not that he won't attack anymore, but that he is watching the food.

The Knicks have no magician, no Wade, only one Ewing.

Playing ShowTime around Ewing?That was a joke.

With Ewing's core tactical system, there is only defense.

But ask Riley what he would like to play more, or what his ideal basketball is like.

"The future of basketball will be composed of five players with a height of about 5 meters, and the positions on the field will become blurred..."

And now, Riley sees the rudiments of what he proposes as the future of basketball.

The Warriors' lineup, as long as the slightly taller and slower Chris Gatlin is replaced, it is his ideal future basketball.

In fact, the old Nelson wants to say: The Warriors really have someone who can be replaced.

Once Tyrone Hill comes on, the Warriors' lineup is the future of basketball in the true sense.

But why not?Because it is necessary to give Ewing, the four major centers, a respect.

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(End of this chapter)