NBA: This Center Is So Stable

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Chapter 119 The spirit of a top shooter

Chris Webber!

When this former one of the Michigan Five Tigers and now the Kings All-Star power forward stood in front of him, Wang Song sighed.

Before the playoffs this season, Chris Webber’s knee problem had not yet fully erupted.

He had not yet undergone that knee surgery!

It can be said that Webber is now a complete body. He is no longer young, but that does not affect him as the most reliable inside pillar of the Kings.

Before that injury, his strength was enough to compete with the top power forwards in the current league.

In the past three consecutive years, he has been selected as an All-Star and All-NBA player, which has demonstrated his strength!

Even in the first few seasons after Peja joined the Kings, Webber was once the top scorer of the Kings under Adelman. His double-double data of 24 points and 10 rebounds per game made Webber comparable to Garnett.

Starting from this season, Peja took over more ball rights of the Kings. Webber’s role seemed to be weakened, but in fact he was still the core of the Kings’ inside line.

But today Webber really felt the meaning of being willing but not able. Defense has never been his outstanding item.

But in today’s game, facing this Knicks rookie really made him feel a deep sense of powerlessness.

Perhaps due to the pain in his knee, even if he switched defense with Brad Miller, he could hardly give Wang Song too much defensive pressure on the front.

The opponent’s offensive means were too colorful. Almost every round could change different tricks to score the ball over his head.

Webber prayed countless times in his heart when facing Wang Song. If God was willing to give him another five centimeters of height, he would treat the Knicks rookie in front of him to countless Chris brand hot pots.

But now, facing Wang Song’s high-profile shooting, it is difficult for him to cause substantial interference to the opponent under the disadvantage of height.

In the first half of the game, with Webber and Brad Miller constantly switching defenses, Wang Song scored 20 points with 8 of 9 shots. This explosive scoring ability helped the Knicks establish a leading advantage.

Fortunately, the Kings were not idle either. Webber and Brad Miller’s hard support ushered in their own meaning at the beginning of the second half.

After the half-time break, the Kings launched a terrifying firepower.

When both sides replaced the substitute lineup at the beginning of the second half, the Kings’ top scorer Peja Stojakovic stayed on the court to lead the team.

He scored 3 consecutive 3 points to lead the Kings to a small climax of 11:2, helping the Kings to hold on to the score.

Even D’Antoni can hardly deny that the depth of the Knicks’ rotation needs to be improved.

Compared with other teams’ rotations, the Knicks’ second team is used to relieve the pressure on the main players. Their playing time does not depend on how well they perform on the court, but on how much advantage the Knicks’ main players have created before the rotation.

This problem is especially exposed after Tim Thomas was injured!

The cautious D’Antoni called a timeout and shortened the rest time for the main players.

The away game in Sacramento is part of the Knicks’ winning streak plan, so D’Antoni needs to ensure that the Knicks can win before the end of the game.

However, the Kings who have found their touch are not soft persimmons. Adelman did not resign himself to his fate and waved his hand to let the starting lineup appear.

With Peja and Bibby’s outside touch, the Knicks’ main force was unable to pull away from the score for a while. In addition, the Princeton system became more and more fluent. The Kings, who had shown a slump in the first half, actually showed a stalemate with the Knicks on the court for a while.

82:77!

The Knicks entered the final quarter with a 5-point lead!

For the Knicks, who have achieved 20 consecutive wins, the word “fighting” has become unfamiliar.

So at the beginning of the final quarter, the Knicks’ main lineup showed fatigue.

As Nash and Houston missed shots from the outside due to their physical decline, the Kings seized a wave of opportunities. Webber scored 7 points in two consecutive mid-range shots plus Peja’s three-pointer to help the Kings overtake the score.

D’Antoni’s hurried timeout excited the Kings fans at the ARCO Arena.

The Kings rarely took the lead in this game, and being able to overtake and lead at this critical juncture can be regarded as a pride for the Kings fans.

Players’ seats on both sides.

The atmosphere on the Kings’ bench was positive, just like their team and tactical system. Contradictions and conflicts are problems that exist in most teams’ locker rooms.

They did not appear in Sacramento!

Not to mention that the Kings are now on the momentum and are ready to kill their opponents in one go.

Adelman could not hide the joy on his face, so he simply stopped pretending and excitedly poked the tactical board: “Listen guys, we played very beautifully in the second half, and victory is within reach!”

“Peja keeps running, Chris and Brad, you two have only one task next, which is to keep an eye on that Asian kid.”

Wang Song can be said to be the only player Adelman cares about in the Knicks.

The Asian kid showed a vigorous offensive desire in today’s game. As of 10 minutes left before the end of the game, the guy had already scored 27 points.

If he guessed correctly, the Knicks will choose the most stable scoring method to launch an attack next.

On the other side

As Adelman expected, the young D’Antoni placed the focus of the final quarter’s offense on Wang Song.

This big man who is as stable as a stone Buddha will be the best attacker for the Knicks in the final quarter!

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Amid the noise, the short timeout ended and the game returned.

The noisy Kings fans made the Knicks players very upset, and even the battle-hardened Alan Houston felt a little noisy.

“Come on, guys, let’s shut up these Sacramento people with the hottest hands!”

Calling everyone together to cheer, this is what the Knicks big brother should do.

Wang Song and Nash smiled at each other.

They could feel that Houston was really angry!

Even the two of them didn’t know what kind of terrible power the angry Houston would burst out in that state, but they knew that it was not the noisy fans in the stands who angered Houston.

It was the No. 16 white player of the Kings.

So far, compared to Houston’s 18 points, Peja has scored 25 points with a 48% three-point shooting rate.

This game is not only a duel in the interior, but also a tit-for-tat dialogue between two top shooters.

Although Alan Houston is 30 years old, he still has the fighting spirit as the league’s top shooter.

Looking at his teammates’ full fighting spirit, Wang Song’s mouth also curled up.

(End of this chapter)