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Chapter 465 465. Victory over the Knicks
Lakers starting: Clarkson, Bryant, Liu Ren, Green, Gasol.

Knicks starting: Calderon, Shumpert, Anthony, Stoudemire, Chandler.

Gasol and Bargnani jumped the ball. Although Gasol is also a "big white soft", he is still much better than Bargnani in physical fitness, even if he is already in his 30s.

The Knicks lineup has one of the biggest shortcomings. From the point guard to the center, only Shumpert is the top defensive player, and everyone else is basically just above average.

On the Knicks, Shumpert is the only player in the All-Defensive Team. The rest of the Knicks can only be regarded as mediocre defensively. Stoudemire has a certain defensive ability, but does he have a defensive attitude? Back then when the Suns were flying all over the sky, Anthony could defend alone, and his lateral movement was also good. When he was a power forward, he was still good at making up defense, but his outside defense was terrible, after all, he was so heavy.

Generally speaking, the Knicks' defense against the Lakers is completely a cash machine.

One of the things Zen master regrets most now is that he failed to keep Chandler, so now he can only use Bargnani as the starting center.

However, the 4-year 8000 million early contract renewal that Chandler asked for is the biggest problem.

Now players are asking for new contracts. Everyone knows that the salary cap will be greatly increased in 2016. The contracts that the middle class could win in the past now cost 1000 million, and those who have 1000 million dare to ask for 2000 million, 1500 million Thousands of people dare to ask for a maximum salary.

Although the owner of the Knicks is rich and the Knicks are the most valuable team in the NBA, it is impossible to give Chandler a big contract of 2000 million yuan for a center who is in his thirties and can only defend the rapidly declining center!

So the Knicks' defense is basically determined to be like this.

Fisher's coaching method is the shadow of Zen Master. Zen Master must have taught him a lot in the past summer, teaching him how to coach the triangle offense. This year Fisher coached well, and the players played miracles last year. After the end of the usual season, they are united as one, and their overall strength is still very good.

The head coach of the Knicks is Fisher, and the president is Zen Master, so it must be a triangle offense.

In terms of coaching ability, Zen Master, like Popovich, is a level higher than other head coaches in the league. Others use the triangle offense, and they are all rigid two super giants and a group of pitchers.Most coaches in the league follow a recipe, and if he doesn't give him the lineup he needs, he won't be able to coach.

Just give him a bunch of dishes like Zen Master and Popovich, as long as they are good dishes, he can make you different tastes.Now Cole and Budenholzer in the league are also a little interesting, especially Cole, who feels a bit like he is going to succeed Popovich.

After playing under the Zen master for so many years, Fisher, who learned some essence, made the Knicks' offense smooth and smooth, and the triangle offense played well. Distance, Calderon's three-pointer, JR-Smith's unreasonable...

The Knicks and the Lakers played a vigorous offensive battle in the first game of the season.

Needless to say, the Lakers' offense is not as good as the Knicks. Calderon on the Knicks' side is seamlessly connected with Anthony, Stoudemire, Shumpert, and JR-Smith on the bench. Other role players They are all very powerful and play well on offense.

Although the Lakers' offense is equally good, a large part of their impression of the Knicks still stays in the team they ravaged last season. They were not so focused at the beginning and were overwhelmed by the Knicks at the beginning.

Fortunately, the Lakers quickly stabilized their position and began to face the Knicks with all their strength.

It has to be said that the Knicks' ability to rank second in the Eastern Conference is not in vain. The Lakers went all out, but they could only slowly close the point difference, unable to overtake the score in one go.

At the end of the third quarter, the Lakers temporarily trailed the Knicks by one point 79 to 80.

The game was played very well, and the fans had a great time watching it.

There are advantages and disadvantages to Liu Ren playing so well this year. The advantage is that his popularity has skyrocketed, the status of the team has improved again, and he has made more money...

The downside is that every team is targeting him, especially the Knicks, a team he has abused. Most of the Knicks' poor defense is aimed at him alone.

Of course, the Knicks are not as crazy as the Suns, they just forced Liu Ren to reduce the number of shots.

And D'Antoni seized this characteristic of the Knicks' defense, and used the combination of Kobe, Nick Young, Green, Gasol, Clarkson, Korver, Antetokounmpo, and Whiteside to deal with the Knicks. Si, Liu Ren has become an attractive part of the defense.

After resting for half a month and having platelet-rich surgery on his knee, Kobe seemed to be rejuvenated. He looked like he was 31 years old, even stronger than Anthony.

At the end of the third quarter, Kobe scored 30 points and 6 assists, while Anthony only scored 28 points and 4 rebounds.

Liu Ren scored 12 points, 7 rebounds and 10 assists. He only took 8 shots, but many of the passes to Kobe and Korver turned into assists.

In the first three quarters, Liu Ren was forced to grab rebounds, defend, and pass the ball, and occasionally a COSCO shot a shot.

At the end of the quarter, D'Antoni suddenly changed his offensive routine again.

Now D'Antoni feels that the most beneficial way for the game is to give the ball to Liu Ren!

In the first three quarters, the Knicks kept double-teaming Liu Ren and gave the Lakers a lot of scoring opportunities. After the Knicks played so well today but only led by one point, Fisher began to make adjustments and began to defend his old team. Teammate Kobe Bryant also shrunk the inside and loosened up Liu Ren's defense.

Fisher was still too young, and D'Antoni saw through what Fisher was going to do next before Fisher responded, and made Liu Ren the main attack point.

Liu Ren made a three-pointer in the fourth quarter!

The Knicks didn't expect Liu Ren to go crazy at all. When Liu Ren scored three three-pointers in a row, the Lakers had already overtaken the score by 5 points!
The Knicks were panicked all of a sudden. Although Fisher got the true biography of Zen Master, his experience is still a bit poor. I don’t know what to do at this time. He was a player with a big heart when he was a player. Mr. Key is right. It's true that you have experience at critical moments, but it's all about being resolute and decisive when executing tactics and being accurate at critical moments.He has rarely encountered tactics at critical moments.

The Knicks' defense, which was originally focused on Kobe, was attracted by Liu Ren, including the defense of shrinking inside.

The Lakers have more offensive space inside!
Liu Ren began to throw off his markers to shoot inside, forcing the Knicks defense to shrink again, and Liu Ren shot a three-pointer from the outside.

This back and forth drove the Knicks players crazy. They didn't care too much about defense.

In the fourth quarter, Liu Ren made 12 of 8 shots, 7 of 5 three-pointers, and made two free throws. He scored 25 points and 6 rebounds in a single quarter. He scored 37 points, 13 rebounds and 10 rebounds, leading the Lakers in the fourth quarter. Score difference.

In the end, the Lakers beat the Knicks 115-105.

(End of this chapter)