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Chapter 104 Chapter 103: The Son of New York

"Born ready", maybe even the New York fans themselves have forgotten Stephenson's once domineering nickname.

The 16-year-old genius who beat up adults in Rock Park has now become the laughing stock of all New Yorkers.

On the day of the draft, the Knicks held the eighth and ninth picks in the second round. Stephenson thought his hometown team would take him in.

However, it turns out that the Knicks do not welcome this "idiot" with a lot of bad marks.They chose Fields, and the former "Son of New York" fell into the hands of the Pacers.

But now it seems that it may be a good thing for Stephenson to fall into the hands of Henson.If he had stayed in the bustling New York City, he might have been abolished by now.

Stephenson looked around the stands, looking at those hypocritical fans who once put the title of genius on themselves, but now point fingers at him.

It was they who single-handedly pushed Stephenson into heaven, and in the end it was they who sent this poor, immature child into hell.

"Lance, focus on me!" At this moment, Stephenson heard a familiar roar.

He turned his head and saw the Chinese coach who suddenly appeared in his home and asked him if he would like to defend.

Would you like to?I'll do anything you want me to do as long as I can kick the ass of these New Yorkers!

"The game restarted, and the Knicks once narrowed the point difference to 4 points by virtue of their excellent performance on the front line. Coach Henson Joe made some personnel adjustments. It seems that the Knicks fans reacted greatly to this personnel adjustment." Marvin Albert's laughter brought a little relaxed atmosphere to the tense battle, but the players who could not hear Albert's voice did not relax at all.

For example, Stephenson.

The Pacers' offense is as usual, looking for opportunities by passing the ball more and more quickly.But the Knicks also found a way to defend against that offense by not giving the Pacers room to shoot.

This trick works well on Green and Matthews, but it doesn't work very well on George and Stephenson.

George received the ball from Holiday at the horn on the right, and Sean Williams raised his arms as always to push forward.

George feigned a shot, and then quickly rushed into the penalty area!
The speed of this young forward is completely out of proportion to his height. At 2 meters, he runs as fast as a small guard.

But this time, George's breakthrough did not result in a goal, because Stoudemire's active defense interfered with George.

Although the current George is much stronger than when Henson saw him for the first time, his confrontation ability is still obviously weaker.After encountering Stoudemire's tough block in the air, George's layup was also messed up and hit the left side of the basket.

"Beautiful touchdown, Stoudemire's performance in the second quarter was incredible."

Before Albert finished speaking, a black shadow suddenly flashed into the penalty area, jumped up high before everyone could react, and used a dunk to force the basketball back out of the box.

The audience exclaimed, and the fans took a closer look. The figure hanging on the basket was wearing the No. 1 jersey!
"Lance Stephenson! Haha, did you see that!? An entertaining dunk! No one thought that he would sneak in, and no one thought that a defender could grab an offensive rebound! As soon as Stephenson came on the court, he gave the Knicks a blow!" Marvin Albert yelled excitedly, like the streetball commentator who saw Stephenson abuse adults in 2006.

Letting go, landing, Stephenson glared at Fields.At the beginning, the Knicks gave up Stephenson for this white guard.

There were boos at the scene, but Stephenson didn't care, and instead opened his hands to his ears.

"Fucking louder!"

Although a goal was scored by a deduction, the momentum of the game still has not been completely reversed.D'Antoni shouted that the players must stabilize, and the situation must be stabilized before Anthony plays!
Sean Williams repeated the same trick, playing the pick and roll, forcing the Pacers to switch positions.He avoided George, who was as tall as himself, and switched to Stephenson, who was 1 meters tall.

But this time, Williams found the wrong opponent.

Before Williams could react, Stephenson actively stole the ball!Williams is not a forward who is good at holding the ball. His high center of gravity makes his ability to protect the ball not good.

Stephenson slapped the basketball in Williams' hands cleanly, but the basketball didn't belong to either side, but bounced and rolled towards the frontcourt.

As soon as Williams turned around, he found that Stephenson had already dived towards the basketball!
He fought.

"Active Stephenson got possession of the ball for the Pacers, and he passed the ball to Paul George, who was at the forefront! George accelerated, and Fields couldn't catch up with him at all! Boom! With a one-handed dunk, Stephenson gave the Pacers an easy chance to score." Marvin Williams spit out words like a machine gun, because the situation on the field is so fast.

Then, the camera was given to Stephenson.There is no hippie smile on this "funny face", but determination, toughness, and murderous look!
"Mike!" Seeing that the point difference was widened to 8 points again, Anthony couldn't sit still.

"For the last round, Cameron, go to the technical table and prepare!" D'Antoni was a little annoyed. Can a mere Stephenson contain the Knicks' counterattack wave?
The last round, this is not only the last round for D'Antoni to prove his system, but also the last round for Sean Williams to prove himself.

Stoudemire sat inside and was double-teamed by George and Horford.He had to pass the ball to Williams who was ambushing in the corner.Williams pulled up his shot, fantasizing about turning the tide with his third [-]-pointer of the game.

But he had just jumped halfway, and that annoying Stephenson covered the sky and killed him.

Williams knows very well that if he makes a strong shot, even if he is not blocked, it will be difficult to hit the shot.

So Sean Williams suddenly changed his mind. He changed his shot to a pass, and his goal was Fields, who was emptied by Stephenson.

However, Fields didn't expect Williams to pass the ball suddenly, and Williams' pass was too high.

As a result, Fields jumped as hard as he could, but the ball slipped past his fingertips and into the corner of the other half.

"You're fucking shooting, idiot!" Stephenson muttered, distraught Williams, who made two consecutive turnovers.

Of course, he had no chance to tangle with Stephenson again.The basketball is out of bounds and the game is dead.Anthony couldn't wait to run onto the court, leaving only one word for Williams.

"Go down!"

Sean Williams, the tall striker who had just flashed in the pan, lost all his chances in this game!
"Lance Stephenson, his aggressive defense forced Sean Williams to turn over for the second time in a row. The good news for the Knicks is that Anthony is rested. The bad news is that the point difference has become 8 points again!"

D'Antoni, who had been sitting firmly on the Diaoyutai, stood on the sidelines anxiously, while Henson sat back comfortably.

It was my turn to pretend too.

Anthony's return means that the Knicks' style of play is now controlled by Anthony, not D'Antoni's head coach.

Singles, endless singles.Things like 0 assists per game are simply commonplace for Anthony.

Except for the 06-07 season, when he was still a "little melon" and averaged 3.8 assists per game, his average assists per game in the subsequent seasons have been decreasing year by year.

Singles, even if there is a Stoudemire standing next to Anthony, it can't stop his desire to play singles.

He assaulted George on the right side and scored a difficult layup.

He pulled up the shot from the top of the arc, and it became a two-pointer because he stepped on the line.

He ignored Billups who was open and put the ball in the basket against Horford and George.

He was still the same Anthony, the omnipotent Anthony.At the end of the halftime game, Anthony scored 20 points in the halftime. His starlight eclipsed everyone.

Then, Anthony looked up at the live big screen. 46 to 54, the New York Knicks trailed by 8 points entering the second half
"The combination of Stephenson and George's sudden shots made the Pacers' offense hard to defend. Coach Henson's substitution was a stroke of genius, which blocked the Knicks' counterattack wave in one fell swoop. Even if Cameron played again later, it still failed to make the Knicks rise again."

At the end of the halftime game, Stephenson, who scored 6 points, 2 steals, 3 rebounds and 2 assists, walked off the court.At this time, no New Yorker dared to boo him.After all, this guy didn't play in the first quarter.This data was obtained in almost half a quarter of the game.

Poor Landry Fields, the second quarter of the game was suddenly sieved by Stephenson.

Henson was pulled to the sidelines for a halftime interview.The reporter's question was also related to Henson's timely substitution.

"George and Stephenson are doing really well, and I believed that before I brought them on. Especially Stephenson. The New Yorkers know he's good, but they don't seem to be letting Stephenson play well. Maybe, this is the so-called 'hometown discount.'"

Henson is in a good mood, but his butt hurts after sitting for a long time in the second quarter.

(End of this chapter)