Healing Basketball

Chapter 976 976. The Warden is Stronger!
Liu Xiu understands Fred Jones' defense very well. It was trained in their prison team. It doesn't hold back. The slam dunk king's bounce is very good at disrupting shots.

But this guy's defensive flaw is not fundamental skills, enthusiasm, but awareness. He has no defensive talent.

There is almost no ability to predict, and the defense reacts only after seeing the opponent's actions.

The effect of defending against off-ball and average-strength opponents is quite good, but it is a disaster for him to defend against the opponent's outside star.

When it came time for the Knicks to attack, McGrady met Ray Allen's defense and accelerated the breakthrough directly. The first three steps became faster and faster. After three steps, he came to the close-range smart frog. He jumped to avoid the birdman and made a layup. succeed.

Playing Ray Allen in this state, McGrady can get anything he wants from him.

After switching offense and defense, Liu Xiu continued to single Fred Jones.

Fred Jones single-handedly defended Liu Xiu, and the rest of the Knicks were actually worried about McGrady and Crawford's off-ball defense. Ray Allen's off-ball defense was the best in the league. Korver caught the ball and turned around for three-pointers very sharply. .

And McGrady's defense, relying on physical fitness, can still make good interference, and his consciousness is not bad, but it can't be said to be good.

Crawford didn't defend directly.

But to my surprise, Ray Allen and Korver stood at the familiar shooting spots on both sides, counterattacked and followed.

This surprised the Knicks players...too soon!
Even so, they can't prevent it!
Every time there is a break in the festival, the Knicks players always have some inexplicable expectations.

It's all about defense, and it's just that what they think will work.

This situation has been analyzed and discussed by the media many years ago, not only the Knicks, but also the Yankees and Giants. No matter how unfavorable the situation is, they always have inexplicable self-confidence.

This is essentially different from the aristocratic disease of the Lakers, and it is named the Big Apple Syndrome in sports.

This kind of confidence comes quickly and collapses quickly.

Watching Fred Jones use the half-court tight defense to deal with Liu Xiu's emergency stop three-pointer, Liu Xiu went straight inside and smashed the ball into the basket through David Lee...

Got it!
The Knicks players felt that they should not think about the opponent's wing shooter, and let's attack first!

As for why they didn't defend Liu Xiu well, they defended well, and Liu Xiu scored 40 points in the first three quarters.

But it doesn't matter, they also have McGrady with 32 points in three quarters and Crawford with 26 points in three quarters!

When it came time for the Knicks to attack, McGrady broke through and scored, David Lee received the setter, Fred Jones took advantage of Crawford's containment, went around a 45-degree angle to the right and hit a three-pointer!

The Knicks have a luxurious lineup of 1.06 million dollars, and the outside firepower is tyrannical!

But as soon as the ball fell from the basket, Ray Allen picked it up and sent it to Liu Xiu, and Liu Xiuqi counterattacked!
The Knicks quickly retreated, and rushed to the basket to block Liu Xiu.

Liu Xiu passed the ball back, and Ray Allen, who followed up, received the ball and was covered by McGrady, who stopped his foot at the free throw line and spread out. Ray Allen immediately made a second pass, and Korver received the ball urgently from the left sideline Stop, turn around and shoot a three-pointer... also go in!
If you can start a fast break, you can start a fast break, and if you can't start a fast break, you can play Liu Xiu's singles. Maurice Cheeks' bold idea is so simple and rude.

This is purely based on personal ability, thanks to the Knicks' poor defense.

The two teams continue to fight against each other!

Liu Xiu and McGrady come and go, you make a three-pointer, and I score a strong shot under the basket, you make a European step, and I make a small throw...

Liu Xiu looked at the European step and throw that were very similar to him, and was easily used by McGrady, and his eyes narrowed again.

It's too much!
He remembered that McGrady didn't play like this the last time they played against each other.

This guy's super talent that can be used directly after watching and practicing a few times is still there!

The technical details are actually not very good, but the physical condition is very good.

In the first few minutes, it was the Trail Blazers who took the initiative, and almost kept playing against the Knicks. They played a wave of 14 to 10, and the score was 114 to 110. The Trail Blazers took a 4-point lead.

Before and after the official timeout, the Knicks took the initiative.

When the Trail Blazers entered the rotation, Ray Allen was replaced by Lou Williams, who performed poorly, not as good as Crawford, and replaced by Blake, also average, not as good as the Knicks. The little potatoes and the big Q.

During this period, relying on Liu Xiu's single play, he scored 6 points alone, the team only scored 11 points, and the opponent scored 16 points.

打到第四节8分55秒，比分来到了125比126，开拓者队落后尼克斯队1分。

Maurice Cheeks immediately called a timeout after the score was overtaken, and Ray Allen, Birdman, and Millsap were replaced, and Liu Xiu and Korver continued to play.

The Knicks, with 3 minutes and 05 seconds left in the game, also replaced the lineup at the critical moment-Crawford, Tracy McGrady, Big Q, David Lee, Jared Jeffries .

Back from the timeout, the Blazers attack.

Liu Xiu chose to come by himself, and hit a two-pointer with a big Q in the singles, helping the Trail Blazers to overtake the score!
McGrady, who had been holding back and supporting him in the past few minutes, immediately stood up and responded. He turned around and made a mid-range shot after receiving the ball with his back on the right side of the free throw line.

In the next few rounds, the rest of the two teams opened up tacitly, preparing to rush for rebounds or protect rebounds...

Both Liu Xiu and McGrady showed their scoring ability to the fullest.

Rao is the top scorer of the two teams who can average 25 points per game like Ray Allen in his peak period, and the top-level knives like Crawford. It is shocking to see the confrontation between the two.

too strong!A true scorer-level rivalry!
In a few rounds, the rebound protection and rush preparations of their teammates were wasted.

McGrady then scored 3 goals in a row. Counting the timeout to return to Liu Xiu's first mid-range shot, McGrady scored 1 points in a row.

On Liu Xiu's side, after the step-back made a mid-range shot, he made another throw-up shot from close range, a strong counterattack layup, and a three-pointer that was directly pulled up by Millsap's pick-and-roll. to 9 points.

The current score is 134 to 134, and the Trail Blazers will attack next!

Since the final quarter, McGrady's scoring in a single quarter has increased to 15 points. Adding the previous 32 points, he has scored 47 points, 7 rebounds and 9 assists.

But everyone could see it, including the Knicks fans who admitted that Liu Xiu was stronger than McGrady in the first three quarters, but in the final quarter, the gap between the two became even bigger.

So far in the final quarter, Liu Xiu made 13 of 8 shots, including 5 of 3 three-pointers, plus 2 of 2 free throws, and scored 21 points in a single quarter!
After hitting a three-pointer just after the pick-and-roll, his personal score increased to 61 points, and he scored 2+ in a single game for the second time this season!

Not only that, but also 12 rebounds and 9 assists!

(End of this chapter)