Basketball Dragon

Chapter 51 Key Assisted Defense

Jaylen Rose's scoring ability is good, and his shots are very accurate, but his body has gone downhill from the peak. Li Hai has experience in dealing with this kind of player.

Concentration and increased physical confrontation, these two are suitable for almost all opponents, but they are especially useful for players who are starting to transform into pure pitchers.

Facing Li Hai's defense, Jaylen Rose was extremely uncomfortable.

The Knicks' mental outlook on the court is completely different from the previous game.

This is actually where the Knicks are unstable. If the outside shots are accurate at the beginning, the next game will be easier for them to play.

The scoring method is mainly outside shooting, and the distribution of the ball is not very reasonable, which is the biggest problem of the team.

How to change it, Li Hai has no good solution for the time being, he can only try his best to contribute his strength and play every game well.

The Knicks led by 13 points in the first quarter, but in the second quarter, the Raptors began to recover. Their rotation players had better scoring ability than the Knicks. At halftime, the Knicks led by [-] points The advantage has shrunk to single digits.

In the third quarter, the two teams were evenly matched. Tim Thomas was in good form in this game, and the Knicks' rotation became normal. When the time came, Li Hai went down and didn't get many opportunities.

In the last quarter, the Raptors saw that the score had been unable to catch up, so they directly let Chris Bosh play the 5th position, and replaced them with two good rotation players to speed up and play a small lineup.

The Raptors are a bit like the Mavericks, starting at the 4th position and playing the 5th position at no disadvantage in height, and they can also play inside and outside, at the cost of sacrificing a little defensive ability, they can play a terrifying offense.

The Knicks saw that the situation was not right, so they also changed to a small lineup. Kurt Thomas played at the 5th position, Tim Thomas played at the 4th position, and put Li Hai at the small forward position.

"Marbury made a wonderful pass to Crawford, and Crawford made another shot."

"Carter drove in and fouled Tim Thomas ... made two free throws."

"Third-line fast break, Li Hai directly hit a heavy dunk, and the audience cheered loudly."

"Matt Bonner made a two-pointer from long range, and he's quick."

Coach Wilkens believes that the Knicks' starting lineup is in good shape today. He hesitated before switching to a smaller lineup, which caused the lead to disappear. The two teams are now almost leading alternately.

With only 2 minutes left, Vince Carter hit a three-pointer and the score became a 100:100 tie.

The Knicks quickly requested a timeout, and the head coach once again emphasized the concentration of the defense, and then encouraged the players to win the game.

Li Hai's current qualifications are not enough, and it is not his turn to express his opinion at this critical moment, but he also has some ideas in his mind. In addition to guarding against his opponents, he will appropriately increase the defensive range, and he will use his Help defense ability to help the team.

After playing, Crawford got a three-pointer, but he didn't make it this time.

The Raptors attacked Carter and was strictly defended. Jaylen Rose also tried to shoot a three-pointer, but he still missed under the interference of Li Hai.

Then the Knicks Kurt Thomas got a mid-range shot and missed it.

Carter once again relied on his personal ability to play strongly, but he was a little bit short.

When the game is at its height and the score is stalemate, the pressure on the players on the field is high at this time. Whoever can take the lead in scoring in this situation will take the initiative and the balance of victory will be tilted in their favor.

In this case, it is often not easy to open the deadlock, and the Knicks and Raptors also missed consecutive shots.

Jaylen Rose also devoted all his energy to deal with Li Hai at the last moment. It was difficult for Li Hai to run out of a completely open space, and it was difficult for Li Hai to pass the ball to him in the fleeting opportunity.

The last moment of an NBA game is the time for stars to perform. The sixth man of a team like Li Hai can't be the same as the previous three quarters. If he runs out of opportunities, he may touch the ball.

He didn't slack off because of this, and continued to run tactics.

Marbury slapped the basketball in place, controlling the tempo of the game. He broke through Kurt Thomas' pick-and-roll halfway through the shot, and this time he chose to shoot himself.

As soon as Marbury took the shot, Li Hai felt a little lighter. He trained together every day, and he was already very familiar with the strength and arc of his teammates' shots.

While the basketball was still flying in the air, Li Hai rushed to the basket.

The ball hit the front of the basket and bounced out. Just after leaving the range of the basket, Li Hai's figure appeared in the air and caught the basketball before Bosh.

His body continued to rise, and he directly smashed the basketball in the air into the basket, and made a successful dunk, 102:100.

The Raptors attacked, Carter squeezed Crawford, hit two points and tied 102:102.

The Knicks attacked, Marbury broke through, Tim Thomas was open at the baseline three-pointer, got a pass and missed the shot.

Carter directly got the rebound and advanced. Marbury saw that Carter was going to speed up and immediately stepped forward to flank. Carter passed to Milt Peracio, Kurt Thomas pounced, and the Knicks' inside defense was immediately empty.

Peracio hoisted the ball into Bosh's hand, and Bosh caught the ball and took a step forward to dunk, but when he jumped up, he didn't have the ball in his hand.

Seeing the defensive situation just now, Li Hai knew that the opponent would definitely block inside, so he rushed over and cut off the basketball in Bosh's hand.

He picked up the cut ball and swung it forward vigorously. Marbury had rushed to the front and completed an uninterrupted layup, 104:102.

Time was running out, and the Raptors requested a timeout.

Continued after the timeout, the opponent's ball was handed over to Carter again.

Carter calmly controlled the rhythm from beyond the three-point line, waiting for the time on the timer to pass.

Without letting his teammates come up for the pick-and-roll, he suddenly started, and after a somewhat large cross step, he dribbled the ball with one hand and protected his side with the other hand, and rushed towards the three-point line.

Crawford was swayed by Carter's cross step, and when he followed up again, he was a little slower. When he took two steps near the free throw line, Carter jumped high, with a little backwardness, let alone Crawford Germany, even the 2-meter Tim Thomas who happened to be nearby couldn't block it.

Carter felt very good about the ball, and he had a hunch that he would score.

As soon as the ball left his hand, Li Hai appeared beside Carter. He also jumped very high. He didn't need to make a backward movement, and went straight up and down.

The fingertip touched the basketball, and the ball bounced up and fell down.

Crawford quickly jumped up and caught the ball in his hands. Carter didn't expect that Li Hai would come to help him in time, and he was very helpless to foul Crawford who was about to advance quickly.

(End of this chapter)