Healing Basketball

Chapter 393 393. T-Mac's Way of Carrying Responsibility
When it comes to stimulating the opponent and making the opponent go berserk, McGrady definitely has the right to speak.

They were leading 3 to 1 back then, so I just had to say hello.

No matter what he said, the first thing the reporters conveyed to the Pistons players must be 'McGrady said he is already considering the opponent in the next round'.

The previous season, the Pistons had just been beaten by Pierce and Anthony Walker, the second in the East was beaten by the third in the East, and they were eliminated 1-4 in the second round.

When the Pistons fell behind the eighth in the East 1-3 at the start of the playoffs as the first in the Eastern Conference, the mentality of the Pistons players exploded.

The situation is exactly the same, and it was destroyed by the opponent's star again. Moreover, this star is stronger than the two Celtics.

But after learning what McGrady said, the Pistons players were excited and ran wild. The Magic, which averaged 5 points per game in the first 4 defenses of G91, only scored 67 points, and Ben Wallace scored 14 points. With 21 rebounds, 3 steals and 4 blocks, he got rid of the shadow of the 'playoff short man' in the first battle.

The 01-02 season was the first time that Ben Wallace won the best defensive player. As a result, he was almost eliminated by the Raptors without Carter in the first round. He advanced 3-2 with difficulty, and was directly eliminated 1-4 in the second round. The start of the season was 1 to 3 behind. At that time, the reputation of Ben Wallace, who was the best defensive player of Lianzhuang, was about to collapse... In this battle, Ben Wallace saved himself, and the Pistons also started the road to reversal. .

Really relying on what Maddie said...

When the Pistons learned that they 'wrongly blamed' McGrady, they had already completed a 4-3 comeback and advanced.

Of course, the Pistons will not apologize to McGrady who was innocently hammered.

After McGrady found out about this incident, his mentality collapsed for a few minutes, and then he was relieved and accepted it all.

Unlike Carter who thinks about duels all day long, Kobe who treats everyone as an opponent, Iverson who wants to be a hero and other three shooting guards, McGrady can easily accept this kind of thing.

However, he realized that he could easily irritate his opponents, and now that he is teammates with Kidd, he does not need to put his physical strength and energy on too many things, and he has time to think about other things.

Last summer, just after McGrady hung up the call from his agent to inform him that he was traded, Kidd called him and told him, "From today you only need to be responsible for shooting, and everything else will be handed over to me."

McGrady certainly believes in Kidd's words. This is the big guy who can turn a small team into the strongest team in the East. He readily accepted the role that Kidd gave him that he never had and that he enjoyed. .

From that moment on, his career took a sharp 90-degree turn. After half a season, he had many things that were completely different from the original time and space.

For example, he likes to use his characteristic of "pulling hatred to strengthen" to stimulate the other party. This is what he learned from the person in front of him.

only……

This sophomore, who was obviously excited, opened his eyes, but this time he didn't take the ball, so he ran without the ball!

McGrady immediately understood that this man who could make Kobe vomit wanted to consume his energy!
During the stalking on the left side of the free throw line, McGrady, who was aware of Liu Xiu's intentions, hesitated for a moment and chose to switch defenses with Jason Collins.

In theory, this choice shouldn't be too bad.

but!Without McGrady circling the pile to stick to the defense limit, Liu Xiu accelerated his sprint, Jason Collins failed to keep up, and was passed by Liu Xiu!
'Talent: Flanking' triggers, speed +3!

Payton passed the ball in time, Liu Xiu caught the ball and took off with a step, fell forward, used the inertia brought by his weight to bring an acceleration, and made a flying mouse-like stepping layup...hit!
Liu Xiuyi changed his style of play as an all-round point guard in the past few games to a pure shooting guard style of play, and he beat the Nets by surprise.

When it came time for the Nets to attack, McGrady caught the ball in the frontcourt and leaned over to observe the defense. Suddenly, a direct three-pointer... missed!
Kwame Brown defends the defensive rebound.

The ball frightened the outlaw lunatic. He jumped up and almost fouled. Thanks to his explosive physical fitness and good braking, he didn't touch McGrady. The referee with the whistle in his mouth was already bulging.

The Trail Blazers ranks first in the league in offensive rebounds per game, and the Nets rank last in the league. The two extremes. Kidd has the most offensive rebounds in the Nets team, with an average of 1.9 offensive rebounds per game. The team doesn't have much ability, so it's very Buddhist. If you pick it up, you'll make a profit, and you'll be very active in defense.

Liu Xiu received a pass from Kwame Brown and had no chance to break fast. Mourning and Jason Collins did not rush, and he passed the ball to Payton to advance.

Liu Xiu envied the emergency stop of the outlaw lunatic!

His warden needs to work hard to improve the braking ability. When it comes to Timai and the outlaws, it is directly standard, and this standard is still the top one.

Offensive and defensive transition, Liu Xiu went to the front court and continued to play off the ball, McGrady saw through Liu Xiu's plan, but he could only keep up with Liu Xiu, was consumed by Liu Xiu, this was a conspiracy, anyway, if McGrady didn't follow, Liu Xiu would attack At the basket, without Kidd's flank interception, the kidney fighter's low position is okay, and the impact resistance is enough.

As McGrady expected, when Liu Xiu was stuck by him, Payton's shot was caught by Jacqui Vaughn and Mourning squatted at a close range and couldn't go out, the ball came to Raheem.

Raheem singles Richard Jefferson, relies on his strong body to go straight to the basket, and succeeds in a jump layup!

Maddie thinks it's outrageous!

A player like Raheem is actually only the fourth shot point of the Trail Blazers under normal circumstances!
Rao is already in a championship-level strong team, and the call for winning the championship is much higher than that of the Trail Blazers. A Trail Blazers and a Mavericks are too much. Look at the treatment of Liu Xiu and Nowitzki, and look at him And Kidd...I don't usually feel it, but he always feels bitter when facing these two teams.

This became the motivation for McGrady...

The Nets attacked, McGrady received the ball, and the extrajudicial lunatics still focused on defense. McGrady's "dribble with the basket" dunk at the beginning gave him a psychological shadow for the Trail Blazers.

The iron strike in the last round was unable to affect the four major shooting guards. McGrady made another three-point shot...

Knowing that the opponent has a high probability of shooting, the extrajudicial lunatics rushed forward immediately, but their positions were mainly to prevent sudden attacks, and there was no time to interfere.

McGrady's style of play, unless it is mainly defensive shots, otherwise it is not a matter of the defender whether to enter or not, it depends purely on McGrady's touch.

Tracy McGrady is obviously in a good state tonight, Kidd can't play, he has already started to prepare yesterday, and he will shoulder the responsibility tonight.

McGrady's three-pointer hit!
5 to 6, the Nets narrowed the point difference to 1 point!
Kidd can't play tonight, the Nets' defense is stagnant, and the wing off the ball defense is in big trouble. Raheem and Liu Xiu have scored through the wing off the ball, forcing the Nets to give Raheem a single Richard Jefferson's opportunity, relying on Liu Xiu's selfless incarnation of the traditional pure shooting guard style of play, the Trail Blazers are better than the Nets in terms of teamwork on both ends of the offense and defense.

but!

The Nets still have the strength to win.

Because they have Tracy McGrady!
No matter how fancy the Trail Blazers play, McGrady can take the responsibility and fight back.

He didn't do everything like he did during the Magic period. After playing next to Kidd for so long, he played very simply-just shoot!
This is how he takes responsibility!

……

The two teams started a tug-of-war.

McGrady didn't think about connecting the whole team to attack. He simply scored the ball in singles, handed over the ball when he was tired, and ran a team attack. Usually, Kidd would rest on the sidelines and McGrady would lead the team for a while on the court. McGrady Leading the team has always been this way of playing, and the teammates have long been used to it.

Kidd does not play, does not mean that the Nets can not play tactical coordination, on the contrary, without Kidd, when McGrady is not alone, the Nets' tactics are more pure, because without Kidd's absolute opportunity Good grasp of consciousness, without Kidd's scheduling on the court, the tactical running position is closer to the running line in the tactical manual...just not very good.

In the phase of the Nets' running tactics, they have basically been hammered,

But in the stage of McGrady's singles and scoring, the Nets immediately stood up!

Pull-up jumper, breakthrough attack frame, emergency stop jumper, three-threat stance... McGrady, who is proficient in eighteen martial arts, forced the Trail Blazers to move ahead of time to pinch him, relying on the vision brought by his outstanding height, and First-class passing ability, McGrady can always pass the ball in place after the pinch is really in place.

The most frightening thing is that the Trail Blazers tried to defend against McGrady without flanking. McGrady's singles shots against the defense were more accurate than the open mid-range and long-range shots of the rest of the Nets.

At the end of the first quarter, the score was 25 to 22. The Trail Blazers led by 3 points and beat the Nets.

It's the Nets' turn to attack, here we go again!McGrady made a feint shot from outside the three-point line, and Delfino, who came off the bench, pounced on it. McGrady grabbed the ball tightly with his big hand, and broke through to the right...stopped, stepped back, returned to the three-point line and shot...hit !
8投5中，其中三分球4中2，加上2中2的罚球，麦迪数据提升至14分2板4助攻，将比分追至25平！
When it came to the Blazers' offense, the tactical movement was not opened. The Nets did a good job in this wave of defense. Liu Xiu came out to catch the pot and missed two long points.

The Nets protected the defensive rebounds and switched offense and defense. McGrady broke through and gave the ball to the bottom line. Steady hit!
27 to 25, the Nets overtook the score!

Offensive and defensive transition, Raheem attacked with the ball!
Relying on Liu Xiu's threat, Rahim had a good chance to play singles on the flanks, and Qiangtu turned around to play back, taking a step away from Richard Jefferson.

Richard Jefferson couldn't handle it, Krstic made it up in time, Raheem scored the ball, and the substitute center McDyess, who pulled to the free throw line, made a mid-range shot!
Richard Jefferson didn't expect this former All-Star who had degenerated to an average of 14.5 points per game to be so difficult to guard!Tonight, the Trail Blazers can have the upper hand for a long time in front of McGrady's powerful singles show, because of this legendary first-generation Bear King who was "assigned" to the prison team to "serve his sentence"!

(End of this chapter)