NBA's strongest prince

Chapter 85 Poor old horse
In fact, the Knicks' inside line is not particularly bad. Although the ability to protect the frame is poor, Thomas and Muhammad's mobility is still good, almost keeping up with Stoudemire.

It almost means adding a foul. After all, Stoudemire's explosive power is too strong, and the general ability to protect the frame will certainly not be able to prevent it, but at least they did not let Stoudemire become too explosive.

The point is, due to the Knicks' injuries, there is no one in the third position, and both offense and defense are struggling.

In this case, Iguodala and Marion are easy to kill, and the Knicks are not very useful inside, so their defense will collapse completely.

It's useless for Marbury to defend Russell to zero points. The Suns don't need Russell to score at all.

During the intermission, Marbury looked ugly in the locker room.

Before the head coach summed up the first half of the game, he called out, "Defense, our defense is so bad, can't you be tougher?"

The faces of other Knicks players were also ugly, especially the two inside players. They were so active that they committed a total of five fouls, but it didn't work.

In fact, Wen Baker, an inside substitute, also fouled three times, but Wen Baker's current bloated figure caused him to only foul instead of actively.

On the outside, a few players really have no defensive ability.

Marbury himself stared at Russell, who didn't score much, and blamed others for what's the use.

Crawford wasn't on guard either, but he was in a good mood.

Marbury does not shoot, he is the first point on the field, and he is also the player with the highest score of the two teams in the first half.

If only Marbury kept playing like this, Crawford prayed.

But that's impossible. After this game, Marbury will definitely return to being the man with the most shots in the Knicks' backcourt.

Crawford has a unique style of play, but his personality is not bad. He smiled and said: "Stephen, don't worry. In fact, everyone is working hard. They just had better luck in the first half."

"You will pass me more penalties when you play, I feel very good today."

The muscles in the corners of Marbury's eyes twitched. It's been so long since the season started, and he knows Crawford well.

What feels good, this buddy just wants to shoot more.

However, Crawford's effect is really good, and Marbury can only bear it. If he wants to suppress Russell in all aspects and let the team win, Crawford's offensive ability is indispensable.

He said bluntly: "I will pass the ball to you. I have more assists than the rookie on the opposite side, but... you must defend well, and we must win the game."

Marbury turned into a coach and babbled throughout the intermission.

The Knicks' official head coach, Herb Williams, seemed to be an assistant coach, standing by and saying nothing.

His head coach was originally an assistant coach and became a full-time coach, so he didn't have much prestige.

Of course, because of the performance of the Knicks, the head coach is about to say goodbye to him like this.

In the third quarter, Marbury still guarded Russell strictly.

Regardless of whether the team wins or loses, he wants Russell to get no data.

Russell was also a little annoyed. The situation in the first half didn't explain the problem. Since Marbury wants to play, everyone should have fun.

Although he missed a few games, his physical condition is actually very good, and he doesn't have as many injuries as old professional athletes.

Russell simply fought with Marbury, and continued to fight without the ball.

Because he found that Marbury was pestering him, and his own data was actually not good.

If you can consume the opponent, maybe you can't even get assists.

The point is that Russell's decline in physical strength doesn't actually affect assists very much. He is cheating, but Marbury can't.

"Old guy, don't you feel ashamed of your face, I'll let you see what a point guard is."

"Looking at the score, you can see who can sort out the team's offense better. Moreover, if I want to assist, it is much easier than you."

Marbury was furious and shouted: "Boy, you are looking for death, you can't even think about showing anything in this game."

But as soon as he finished speaking, Russell gave Marbury a pass without looking at the ball.

Not a no-look pass on the move, but a pass with your back to a teammate.

In the process of protecting the ball, Russell not only turned his back to his teammates, but also turned his back to the basket.

In this way, he still passed the ball accurately. The key is that Marion made a layup after receiving the ball. The pass turned into a score, and Russell naturally added an assist.

Russell sometimes doesn't want to make the pass too exaggerated, which is what Marbury forced him to do.

No matter how hard Marbury defended, he threw the ball in with his back and one hand, and Marbury couldn't help it.

"How is this possible?" Marbury was shocked.

"It's just luck, no one can pass like that," he consoled himself.

However, Russell immediately performed again, and Marbury couldn't help it.

His mentality was affected, and he also made a more risky pass, which turned out to be a mistake.

Everyone else in the Knicks felt that there was something wrong with his brain, and he was more willing to hand over the ball to Crawford.

Crawford played very comfortably, and his scoring continued to rise. As for whether the team is behind, he can't control that much, and he has no ability to control it.

Marbury was so depressed, he went in for a layup but was capped by Marion again.

This is not the first time he has been blocked in this game, he has actually been targeted, and all the Suns players.

He stood up and clamored that the Suns players would definitely help Russell. They might not be able to do anything about Marbury shooting from the three-point line.

Especially the few people who worked together last season, they have no passion for Marbury.

The Suns' record is not good, Marbury has to pay a lot of responsibility, and it also hurt them.

It's a bit of an exaggeration to say this, but people are used to blaming others for their mistakes.

If Marbury didn't jump out, he wouldn't be targeted, but who made him take the initiative to send it up.

Therefore, Marbury now wants to change his mind to score, and the Suns' defense will not agree.

Moreover, the Knicks' shooting percentage is not likely to return to the high level in the first quarter. Marbury can't get assists if he wants to, and Crawford's scoring is more with the ball.

Catch and shoot, Crawford is fine too, but not as comfortable.

Russell still sent out assists, one after another, and he surpassed Marbury.

Marbury's face is darkened. He doesn't score much now, and if he can't match the assists, he will be completely crushed by Russell, which is completely different from what was expected.

Russell was lucky enough to pick up a few rebounds this time, and Marbury was going to cry even more with the statistics.

He didn't care anymore, and started to increase his shots, trying to save face.

As a result, the Knicks' offense became messy again, completely unable to pose a threat to the Suns.

In the last few minutes, the entire Knicks gave up, and coach Williams also began to replace the bench.

Marbury was unwilling to go down, he still had to struggle, and Russell felt a little sympathetic to him.

(End of this chapter)