Basketball: Start with the nerve knife

Chapter 19
After the formation change, the current Lakers players on the field are point guard Fisher, shooting guard Li Wan, small forward Radmanovic, power forward Turiaf, and center Bynum.

The online lineup of the New York Knicks is: Marty Collins at No. [-], Jamal Crawford at No. [-], Wilson Chandler at No. [-], Jared Jeffer at No. [-] Reese, Eddie Curry at the fifth position.

The score on the field was quite anxious, 18 to 17. After Bynum made two free throws, the Lakers led by 1 point.

Originally, neither the New York Knicks nor the Lakers should make substitutions at this time, but this is the preseason, and this stage belongs to players who strive for playing time and stay on the team.

Possession of the New York Knicks.

Marty Collins holds the ball. As Rasheed Wallace's junior, he became famous at a young age and gradually became mediocre after entering the NCAA. With his accumulated reputation in the past, he was finally selected by the Knicks with the 29th overall pick in the first round last year.It's just that at the end of the entire rookie season, he didn't play any impressive scenes, and he belongs to the younger brother among the younger brothers in the team.

Commonly known as "little brother".

Fisher's winding defense was very successful. "Little brother" was tricked, and he caught a glimpse of the Knicks uniform while he was dizzy, and quickly passed the ball.

What he caught a glimpse of was Crawford back and forth on the left three-point line, but Li Wan was standing in front of him, with his long arms stretched forward, making a precise interception.

Crawford thought to himself: It's so long!
Coming up is a steal.

There was a burst of exclamation immediately at the scene.

Li Wan held the ball and made a fast break, which made their exclamation louder and louder.

They discovered that the fast break speed of this Chinese rookie with the ball...

So fast!

"Bah!"

The ball slammed into the frame heavily, and at the same time, there were screams and cheers from the audience.

Phil Jackson and Phil Handy glanced at each other with uncontrollable joy on their faces.

They have seen Li Wan's defensive steal prediction many times in the training camp.

It is no longer surprising.

But the training ground is the training ground, and actual combat is actual combat.

but!
If Li Wan can really bring everything from the training camp to the actual combat stage.Then they just want to say: the fun has just begun!
Excellent defensive anticipation, or a powerful fast break...

These are just a part of Li Wannang's performance.

A bit of astonishment flashed in Thomas' eyes, fast break with the ball and physical fitness, these aspects should be his weak points!
why now...

He had seen clearly just now that Chandler really chased after him desperately, but he still couldn't catch up, and he didn't even close the distance.

Has this guy gotten stronger again?
Chandler once again felt the improvement in Li Wan's physical fitness.

In the summer league, Li Wan made the last layup, and he could still keep up with the interference.

This time, when he jumped up and reached out to interfere, the ball had already fallen into the basket.

In the transition between offense and defense, Li Wan made great achievements when he came up. Chandler didn't want to be compared. Full of desire.

The Knicks spun the ball into Crawford's hands and stopped.

But when Chandler ran out of space, Crawford passed the ball in the first place.

When it comes to Crawford, the first impression of him is often that of a nerve knife. He has played 4+ in a single game on all four teams.But in fact, his assist ability is considered good in singles, with a career-high average of 50 assists per game in one year.

Including this season, he originally averaged 5 assists per game.

Chandler's shot fake tricked the slow-footed Radmanovic into the paint, and Li Wan made up the defense at the first time, and the two confronted at the free throw line.

Chandler, who was holding the ball, swayed slightly, paused his footsteps, and then managed to stabilize the ball. Compared with Crawford, his passing vision is very average, and he averaged less than one pass per game in his rookie season.

After a forced confrontation, Bynum made a reluctant shot, and Bynum protected the rebound.

Li Wan noticed that with Chandler's breakthrough, the entire Knicks lineup shrunk within the three-point line. When the ball hit the board, he was at the forefront. Unfortunately, Bynum didn't give the ball. A chance for a fast break is gone.

Tilting his head, Li Wan didn't care.

Phil Handy smacked his lips regretfully in front of the bench, and Phil Jackson next to him frowned slightly and said nothing.

Fisher held the ball across the half court, Bynum wanted the ball, Eddie Curry was short but he was a standard No. 5, and he was too crowded to catch the ball.

During the tactical running of the Lakers, the ball landed in Li Wan's hands, and the fake shot with open hands tricked Crawford who was pounced on him. He took a step forward, and Eddie Curry came up to intercept him, and shot the ball from his crotch. The ball hits Bynum's hands.

There was a low cry from the auditorium, and the common "passing through the soul" of streetball touched their nerves.

Looking down, Bynum suddenly found that there was no one in the basket with a ball in his hand. He dunked with both hands and scored two points. He stretched out his fingers and signaled to Li Wan.

Li Wan nodded, not enthusiastic.

He could see that Bynum was unwilling to cooperate with him just now. There were many reasons, and he didn't want to think too much about it. In the final analysis, he just looked down on him.

Under such circumstances, he also passed the ball to this guy because the optimal solution at that time was to pass the ball to Bynum.

He is fundamentally different from Bynum.

Bynum is already the absolute core of the Lakers, standing with Kobe, he can be willful.

Li Wan can't do it, he's still on the way to prove himself, not to mention that in tonight's game, he's here to win and perform well.

A wonderful pass is also an act of good performance.

Didn't you see Thomas raised his eyebrows because of his handsome pass?
The first quarter ended quickly.

Li Wan scored 2 points, 2 assists and 1 steal. His performance was significantly better than that of Chandler on the opposite side. After playing for so long, he took 1 shot and made 1 of 0 shot. He did not gain any useful statistics.

"Li, I will put you in the third position later, directly facing Wilson, are you confident?"

During the break between festivals, Phil Jackson came to argue with Li Wan for advice. Li Wan didn't hesitate, and said crisply: "Yes!"

The direct matchup was exactly the opportunity he could only dream of.

"Sasha, get ready to play!"

Phil Jackson beckoned. Vujacic, with long flowing hair and a "word-shaped" beard, got up, with a bit of decisive fighting spirit in his expression.

In the past month, the coaching staff of the Lakers has placed him in the third position to play training games more and more frequently. He can't ignore such signals.

Now competing with Li Wan on the same stage, he has to show some performance in the second position that he is good at to prove that he is most suitable for this position.

As long as the coaching staff uses Li Wan behind him, then his position as the second and first substitute is still solid.

The issue is……

Can he play better?
Li Wan was just now, but he played brilliantly as soon as he came on stage.

No, definitely can!
"What's the matter, Sasha, are you so nervous?"

Stand still and wait for the New York Knicks to dribble past half court.

Li Wan looked at Vujacic standing next to him, swaying from side to side, with a very disturbed expression on his face.

This guy has already entered the league in 04, and after playing for two or three years, he is still nervous?
"It's okay, it's just a preseason game!"

Li Wan gave a word of encouragement.

Vujacic was a little speechless. When is it your turn, a rookie, to persuade me to calm down, and said in a calm tone as much as possible: "Well, I know, I'm not..."

"Here we come, prepare to defend!"

On the opposite side, Collins held the ball for halftime, Li Wan interrupted Vujacic, and asked him to pay attention to the running position against Crawford.

Vujacic, who choked back half a sentence, was very uncomfortable.

Li Wan's voice sounded faintly behind him again: "If Crawford plays singles with the ball, try to drive him to my side..."

Crawford's signature move "dribble behind the back to jump" is difficult to limit by one person's defense alone.Whether it's Li Wan himself or Vujacic.

It is the best way to let him "be a man on the left and right".

Vujacic didn't want to be dominated by Li Wan, pretended not to hear, stared at Crawford who was catching the ball, and controlled the distance between him and Crawford. , After mobilizing Vujacic's center of gravity and shaking, another back dribble, the ball went from behind to the other hand.

"Snapped!"

After a quick shot, he jumped towards the front right and easily passed Vujacic. He stopped the jump shot and the ball fell into the frame.

Can't help it at all.

Poor boy!

Do you have to hit the south wall before turning back?

Li Wan watched him deflated, and once again put forward his own defense plan.

Vujacic nodded after hesitation.

Compared with cooperating with Li Wan and being dominated by him, it seems that the consequences of being unable to prevent Crawford are more serious.

Seeing Vujacic nodding, Li Wan said again: "But before that, I have to trouble you to set a screen for me outside the three-point line."

Vujacic: ...

"Row!"

After a second of silence, Vujacic nodded, agreeing to follow Li Wan's defensive tactics just now, and now he has no reason not to follow Li Wan's offensive tactics.

(End of this chapter)