Basketball League of Legends

Chapter 84 To teach John Starks a lesson

Both Jonny and Alan Houston fought hard in this game, but the gap in strength made Alan Houston unable to compare with Jonny. Alan Houston lost from the first goal, and after that, Alan Houston also fell behind everywhere. Johnny, who was in a state of madness, even put more energy on the defensive end than he had ever put into it before.

And the magic of this game, in addition to Jonny's very desperate, there is also Nick Anderson. Jonny's declaration of revenge didn't feel much, and even showed a disdainful expression, but this didn't mean that Nick Anderson didn't value this game, on the contrary, he valued this game very much.

Nick Anderson knows that in the current Magic team, Jonny's starting shooting guard position should be unshakable, so if Nick Anderson wants to regain the starting position, he can only fight with the injured Denisko. Te competed, and Nick Anderson felt that he was slightly worse than Dennis Scott on three-pointers, but Nick Anderson knew that his defense was better than Nick Anderson.With Jonny also having a three-point range and a poor defense, Nick Anderson knows that he only needs to grasp these few games to be able to sit firmly at the starting shooting guard position.

In this game, facing the former NBA All-Star aunt Larry Johnson, Nick Anderson looked very desperate, not only on the offensive end, but especially on the defensive end. He almost desperately defended Larry Johnson.The aunt who averaged 20+8 per game in the Charlotte Hornets last season missed Nick Anderson's desperate defense in the opening consecutive shots.

And Nick Anderson seemed to be desperate, and other Magic players also showed strong fighting spirit. The starting point guard Darryl Armstrong and the starting center Ronnie Secali were all players who were inspired by Jonny's words before the game, so Among the Magic's starting lineup, there is only one Hollis Grant who doesn't seem to care much about this game, and has been playing this game at his normal level.

However, even if Hollis Grant didn't try his best, Patrick Ewing, who was in poor form, seemed to be unable to make any shots under his hands. Most of the offensive methods are outside shots, such as Jonny's three-pointer, emergency stop jumper, etc., Daryl Armstrong's three-pointer, Nick Anderson's three-pointer and Ronnie Secali's mid-range shot. In the game, the number of times the Magic rushed inside to score can be counted on the fingers. Only Darryl Armstrong and Nick Anderson rushed inside once or twice. times.

The Magic in this game obviously broke out with an unimaginable hot touch from the outside, and the Knicks fell behind step by step amidst the outside impact of the Magic.

And after the first quarter, under the leadership of Jonny, the Magic unexpectedly suppressed the Knicks who have been in good form recently. The Knicks fans in the audience looked a little unhappy. He didn't expect his team to be suppressed by the opponent in the first quarter, and Alan Houston, who performed the worst, was surprisingly abused by the fans on the sidelines, which also made Jonny very upset. surprised.

He didn't expect the Knicks fans to be of such quality. After all, it is also the largest city in the United States. The quality of the fans here is really not good, especially when they are scolding the players of their own team. For the scene in front of them, Jonny was very happy to see Alan Houston's livid face.

At the beginning of the second quarter, the Magic continued to play the main game. For the Magic in this game, it was a luxury to replace the substitutes in the second quarter, because they only had three substitute players on the bench in this game. It was Bryan Shaw, Derek Strong and Amal McCasgill. The other players were either injured or Ricky Adubato looked down on them. It is impossible for Chiadubatu to send those crooked substitutes to dig holes for the main players. He would rather let the main players like Jonny play more, and would rather the main players have no physical strength to play in the next game.

After all, this game was a game that Johnny valued very much, and it was also a game that the team's uniform team valued very much. They shouted a declaration of revenge before the game, so victory regardless of everything became the only choice for the Magic.

However, the Knicks obviously will not be so easy to catch. In the second quarter, Patrick Ewing significantly increased the number of times he played hard inside, and his defense against Johnny also improved suddenly, and the defensive intensity suddenly increased. up.And Jeff Van Gundy's substitution in the second quarter, Buck Williams came on to replace the out-of-state Charles Oakley, erecting a wall in the middle distance, in addition, the player defending Johnny also changed from Alan Houston Turned into John Starks, Starks played in place of Big Mom Larry Johnson.

Speaking of John Starks, this New York star is a tough defensive player with a tough personality. His defense in his peak season is one of the few players who can affect Michael Jordan.And his tough and vicious character, he can also dunk Patrick Ewing as soon as he entered the NBA, and then he dunked Michael Jordan in the official nba game. This kind of courage and such a lawless character made John Starks Became the most feared defender in the league.

And when Alan Houston faced Johnny's offense and struggled on the defensive end, Jeff Van Gundy naturally chose to replace John Starks, although compared with previous years, John Starks' state The decline is a bit serious, but in general, John Starks' state is still comparable to most of the main players in the nba, especially his defensive ability. relaxing.

The appearance of two veterans, John Starks and Buck Williams, made the Knicks' mid-range no-fly zone, and their outside offense was also opened up.In the second quarter, facing John Starks' defense, although Johnny continued his offensive touch, under the interference of John Starks, he did not get too many shots in this quarter, so in At halftime, the point difference was evened out by the Knicks.

After the point difference was smoothed out, there was obviously a different atmosphere on the sidelines of Madison Square Garden from the first quarter. Knicks fans began to look forward to this game again, but Johns Tuckers' successful defense in the second quarter also made this group of Knicks fans who were a bit weird cheered loudly, and the endless greetings to Johnny's family from the sidelines became louder again.

But on the sidelines at this time, when Johnny was leaving the field, he and John Starks couldn't help mumbling something, and his mouth kept moving, which made the groom Albert in the commentary stand laugh : "Obviously, Johnny and John Starks were talking trash."

That's right, from the beginning of the second quarter, the new John Starks provoked Johnny, and with Johnny's personality, he naturally responded. As a result, throughout the second quarter, Johnny was fighting John Starks was arguing, even if they were about to enter the locker room to rest at halftime, neither of them could stop talking.

At this time, Johnny was making an appointment with John Starks. He even forgot his opponent, Alan Houston, but now Alan Houston has no face to make an appointment with Johnny. Fighting, the entire first quarter, he lost in Jonny's hands countless times, he hit a three-pointer through an open shot, and Jonny shot a three-pointer against his defense like an insult.And when Alan Houston made a breakthrough, Johnny was even more ruthless. Johnny rushed inside directly, either causing Alan Houston's 2+1, or finishing a layup on Patrick Ewing's head. Anyway, it was always more difficult than Alan Houston's. Everything is difficult.

And throughout the first quarter, Jonny's various disdainful words made it impossible for Alan Houston to deal with Jonny.The appearance of John Starks in the second quarter directly let Alan Houston breathe a sigh of relief.

Back in the locker room, the more Jonny thought about the first half, the more he felt something was wrong. In the whole second quarter, it is reasonable to say that his state was good, but in the whole second quarter, he only took 4 shots and hit 2 goals. 50 The % hit rate is already very good, but under the defense of John Starks, Jonny didn't get any shots, which is very abnormal.

Jonny thought about it for a while, and he felt that maybe the trash talk with John Starks affected his offensive rhythm in the second quarter.

"Johnny, what's the matter with you in the second quarter? Why did you only take 4 shots?" Sure enough, as soon as he entered the locker room, Rich Adubatu questioned Johnny. Now the Magic, it can be said that Johnny is Their backbone, if Johnny can open up the situation, the Magic can easily win the game, so for Johnny to suddenly reduce his shots in the second quarter, Rich Adubatu is very happy unsatisfied.

"This, coach, it seems that my state was affected by the trash talk I had with that John Starks." Johnny scratched his head in embarrassment.

"It doesn't seem like it is, it is!" Rich Adubato also felt a little funny. There are many people who are good at trash talking in this league, but most of them have been trained for a long time or have innate talents. He will have the ability to talk trash against his opponents on the court without affecting his ability to perform. As a lawless villain, John Starks is considered an innate talent, combined with Jason's long-term training up.

And it's really strange that Johnny and such a trash talker are not affected, and there are no problems.

Jonny nodded in amazement, and then assured Rich Adubatu: "Don't worry, coach, I already understand. In the second half, I won't make it easy for that John Starks!"

(End of this chapter)