from the golden generation

Chapter 78 Persistence (for collection)
Houston hit a three-pointer and the point difference widened.

The supersonic Peyton counterattacked with the ball, his eyes changed a little, and the two black peas stared at Yan Song.

Payton directs his teammates to stand, and Hawkins picks and rolls for Payton.

Payton found an opportunity, broke through on the right and rushed towards the inside.

Yan Song followed closely behind Payton, only to see Payton using the Eurostep.

One step left and one each, in order to prevent Yan Song from blocking the shot, Payton made a throw and hit the board.

"Don't underestimate me, rookie!"

Peyton patted Yan Song's butt, Yan Song frowned.

Why do you like to slap my ass so much, just talk when you talk, why do you slap my ass.

Yan Song was puzzled, took the pass from his teammate and walked to a 45-degree angle.

Seeing that Ewing wanted the ball inside, Yan Song passed the ball to Ewing from a high position.

Ewing hit McElvine with his back, advanced a few steps to the inside, and scored with a hook.

"Very soft hook layup, Ewing got two points."

...

"Keep an eye on the man, Kemp goes to power forward and takes some of the pressure off Mike."

Payton changed his tactics, and McIlvain couldn't stop Ewing's footsteps in the paint.

Then Kemp needs to go inside to help Mike. Kemp can steal or interfere with Ewing to prevent him from scoring easily.

When they arranged tactics, Yan Song had already passed the ball to Houston.

Seeing that no one was defending him, Houston screamed again.

"What are you talking about?"

Houston taunted the people behind him and shot a three-pointer.

"when."

On a missed shot, Johnson grabbed an offensive rebound and passed it to Childs.

Childs holds the ball in the low post and makes a shot.

The ball was hit firmly, and Supersonics coach George Karl called a timeout.

"Let Kemp guard Yan Song, you will weaken their outside firepower to the maximum."

Kemp received the coach's order and switched with Payton's opponent.

In the end, Payton defended Houston, Kemp defended Yan Song, and Hawkins faced Big Mom Johnson.

Hawkins disagreed a little, how could I play Johnson.

That is a rebounding idiot, he can't protect the inside line.

Hawkins agrees with Payton's arrangement just now. Kemp should go inside, but he can't exert his strength when he goes inside.

Seeing Hawkins's ugly face, Karl said to Peyton.

"If this tactic is not feasible, then use the tactic you just formulated."

The five nodded, and the Knicks were also making arrangements for switching positions.

Van Gundy guessed that the Supersonics would allow Kemp to defend Yan Song, so the inside line would be weak.

"Play inside in the first quarter, Ewing Johnson, get ready."

"it is good."

Everyone followed the coach's instructions and attacked the inside line in the first quarter.

Yan Song made a free throw, and Houston caught the ball and walked inside the three-point line.

This is not in line with the Knicks' previous tactical system. Immediately afterwards, Houston threw the ball high and gave it to Ewing.

Ewing beat Mike again, and Hawkins hurried to Ewing to try to steal it.

Ewing immediately passed the ball to Johnson.

Johnson was open and made a zero-degree angle shot.

Play Hawkins around.

next round.

Payton faced Houston, and Payton stuck out his tongue like Jordan and strode past Houston.

"Passing you is as easy as crossing the road in the morning."

Houston was insulted again, and Payton forgot Yan Song's existence for a while, and chose to score a layup.

He escaped Ewing's block, but could not escape Yan Song's deadly block.

The basketball was hit by a big hand, Ewing took advantage of the rebound, launched a fast break, and threw the ball out.

Childs received the ball, dribbled the ball in the back unhindered to get rid of Kemp, and scored a dunk.

"The Knicks scored two more points, and the Sonics needed a score to stabilize the situation."

Payton calmed down and held the ball again.

"Pick and roll."

Payton pointed to the floor, Hawkins ran out from the inside, and Payton got an open opportunity.

Three-point shot, hit.

This three-pointer allowed the Sonics to successfully stabilize their mentality, and the home fans shouted.

Cheers for Payton's three-pointer.

"Play inside, we have the board."

Under the command of Ewing, Yan Song broke through on the left side of the ball and made an emergency stop near the free throw line.

Yan Song was about to shoot, and Payton took the opportunity to cut the ball away.

Payton got the ball and was about to make an offense.

But it was snatched back by Yan Song.

Everyone was shaken, and Houston, who had just run out, ran back again.

Yan Song circled in circles and elbowed Peyton away.

Payton only took a step back, and Yan Song immediately stepped back and made a jumper.

Payton couldn't interfere, so he could only pretend to block it.

"Bangdang."

Yan Song clicked his tongue when the ball hit the iron, but Ewing grabbed the rebound.

The back pass was passed to Yan Song. Yan Song didn't do anything else, just raised the ball high and shot directly without giving Peyton a chance to cut the ball.

Yan Song shot again, and this time the basketball was firmly in the basket.

Yan Song's shooting in this way is very restrained by Payton.

Because if you want to shoot, you have to join the ball in the abdomen and proceed from bottom to top.

And Payton will quickly cut the ball and complete the steal while the shooter is taking the ball.

"Pretty clever."

Payton shook his head. It's a pity that the Supersonics didn't select him. Otherwise, his powerful offense would definitely make up for the lack of the Supersonics' offensive end and make the Supersonics go further.

"It's a pity, it's a pity."

Peyton didn't think about it any more, if you miss it, just miss it, but he still likes this kid quite a lot.

"Don't hit the inside, Kemp, you go back to the inside, Hawkins comes out."

Payton changed the tactics arranged by the coach, and Karl's arrangement was unreasonable, at least Hawkins and him thought so.

Carl off the field saw the change of the players' positions and knew that his arrangement had been modified by Payton.

Although he said it first, Payton can reformulate it if it is unreasonable.

But it was only two or three rounds, and Payton actually had the guts to change his arrangement.

Carl was smiling on the surface, but MMP in his heart.

Payton doesn't think about his thoughts, winning is the most important thing, and being able to score is more important.

Payton hands the ball to Kemp, who backs Johnson.

Leaning inside, the aunt's physical fitness is excellent, and she did not lose the wind in the successive body collisions.

Let Kemp consume a lot of energy when playing back.

Kemp suddenly closes the ball, and Johnson leans forward, waving his hands high, preventing him from shooting or passing.

"Johnson did a great job defensively, Kemp passed the ball to Hawkins, and Hawkins made a [-]!"

Hawkins made a three-pointer, and the fans cheered along with the shouts of the commentator.

"nice shot."

Payton patted Hawkins on the shoulder, and there was still a chance to catch up.

...

At the end of the first quarter, the score was 26 to 20.

The Knicks led by 6 points and held the offensive ball in the next round.

As for the Supersonics, head coach Karl was worried about Payton's private modification and execution of tactics.

He felt that Peyton didn't respect him and let him lose face.

"We still have to play inside in the next round. Our outside firepower is not as good as the Knicks, so we will continue to play inside."

The words fall.

Payton said.

"Inside Mike and Ewing can't match up, they are not the same level of stars at all."

"Kemp and Johnson are basically [-]-[-], it's hard to make a difference."

Payton still wants to drive the inside to score from the outside, but Karl has made up his mind.

He hoped that Payton would no longer modify the content of tactics, and just follow his wishes, because Karl wanted to try to see if he could achieve something in the paint.

After all, no team has had a sustained contest with the Knicks in the paint.

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