NBA: This Center Is So Stable

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Chapter 186 Knicks’ Strategy

“Bring the game back to New York?”

D’Antoni thought he had heard it wrong, and after repeating it, he got Wang Song’s affirmation.

“Wang, do you mean not to sweep the Celtics and let the series end in New York?”

Nash was also a little surprised by this idea and looked at the other party.

“Yeah!”

Wang Song nodded affirmatively.

Herb Sendek, an assistant coach on the side, thought about it and nodded affirmatively.

“Except for the possible impact on physical strength, extending the battle line can indeed maintain some competitive state.”

After G1, most people from the Knicks coaching team to the players believed that the team had the strength to sweep the Celtics.

But many people still questioned this bold idea.

After the chattering sound died down, Wang Song said lightly: “First of all, the first benefit of extending the battle line is that it can speed up Kurt’s return. As long as this round of series is played for five games, Kurt can return to the game in the second round.”

Kurt nodded sharply after hearing Wang Song’s explanation.

As a member of the Knicks, he doesn’t want to lie all the way to the Eastern Conference Finals.

“Secondly, once we sweep the Celtics, we will be stuck in a week-long waiting cycle, which is not good news for us to maintain our competitive state. Then, by strategically giving up, we can try more playing styles and give the bench more time to adapt to the scale of the playoffs.”

Wang Song paused here, he looked around the eyes of the group, and slowly said: “The most important thing is that we have to sell the flaws to give the Celtics fans some hope.”

When these three points were analyzed, the Knicks coaching staff and players all changed their views on Wang Song.

This seemingly calm Asian boy showed an amazing dark thinking at the beginning of the playoffs.

Wang Song finally succeeded in convincing the coaching staff.

But before that, D’Antoni had to report the situation to the Knicks management.

Scott Layden, who had just learned the news, was a little surprised and wanted to reject D’Antoni’s proposal. He wanted to see a sweep in the first round.

The traditional giants in the East were swept by the New York Knicks!

Scott Layden couldn’t help getting excited just thinking about this news.

However, after hearing that it was Wang Song’s decision, his first reaction was to support it, especially when he heard the reason relayed by D’Antoni, he was a little surprised by the foresight of this Asian boy.

Winning this series and winning it with the support of fans in New York is great news for Knicks fans.

Scott Layden gave up the idea of ​​sweeping and agreed to this request.

G2 is coming.

New York!

Madison Square Garden.

The Celtics changed in the second game. They gave up blindly double-teaming Wang Song. The last game has fully demonstrated that there is a problem with this game strategy.

But in addition to double-teaming, they still firmly defended the zone defense, changing from 23 zone defense to 32 zone defense.

The Celtics’ defensive focus was placed on the Knicks’ outside line. The 15 three-pointers in the last game left a deeper impression on the Celtics coaching staff than Wang Song.

Secondly, in terms of offense, the Celtics coaching staff also made some adjustments.

The three-pointer that was popular in the last game became the Knicks’ backup option in this game, and the Knicks became more likely to cut in without the ball and shoot from mid-range.

The Celtics did not want to fall on the outside shooting rate, and they showed their attitude in this game.

This is indeed the case!

Seeing that the opponent made such a huge adjustment after losing G1, Wang Song couldn’t help but sigh: As expected of a traditional giant, the on-the-spot adjustment speed was unexpectedly fast.

But what the Celtics didn’t expect was that the Knicks actually took the initiative to enter their rhythm in this game.

The first quarter of the game began.

The Knicks’ main goal was to take revenge.

The Celtics’ 32-man defense greatly limited the Knicks’ outside shooting opportunities, so the Knicks used the same mid-range shot to fight back against the opponent.

You should know that Alan Houston, the former top scorer of the Knicks, is a man known as the “mid-range shooting king”.

His mid-range shooting rate is much higher than his three-point shooting rate.

However, this season, as the Knicks adjusted their tactics and their three-point shooting increased, people forgot the nickname “Mid-range Shooting King”.

In the first quarter, Houston was very good.

It helped the fans and opponents recall the past.

With Wang Song’s high pick-and-roll and free throw line, Alan Houston, who is quite accomplished in running without the ball, took a total of 8 mid-range shots in the first quarter, hit 7 and scored 15 points.

The Celtics were overwhelmed, and the zone defense strategy did help them effectively limit the shots from the outside, but Alan Houston, who was covered, found his touch and could not be stopped.

The Celtics did try to block Houston, but the Knicks’ Asian big man was too fast.

One-on-one defense in the interior was useless to him.

In the first quarter, Wang Song scored 6 points just by eating Houston’s dribbles. When the second quarter started, the Celtics put the focus of defense on Houston during the intermission, and Wang Song took over the game.

Keep picking and cutting inside!

Under great pressure, Blount received a death order from the coach’s bench, even if it meant committing a foul, he had to limit the Asian boy’s scoring momentum.

The result was obvious!

Blount started the foul mode.

In the second quarter alone, Blount committed three fouls for the Knicks’ style of play. Before the half was over, Blount, who had four fouls, fell into a foul crisis in advance.

At the end of the first half, the Knicks led the Celtics 55:40.

Every time they see this performance of explosive scoring ability, Knicks fans feel a little dreamy. In terms of offensive efficiency alone, Knicks fans believe that the home team is unique in the league.

Wang Song contributed 14 points, Houston scored 18 points, Nash and Prince each scored 6 points.

The Celtics on the other side.

Only Pierce struggled to support and scored 15 points. Ricky Davis, the strongest firepower point on the Green Army bench, played mediocrely and barely scored 9 points in 10 minutes in the first half.

After the halftime break, we returned to the game.

As Knicks fans expected, the Celtics, who lost their starting center, completely lost their competitiveness.

Blount is indeed useless to Wang Song, but the other inside players of the Green Army are also the same to Blount.

What’s more, they have to take over Blount’s duties to compete with Wang Song.

The collapse of rebounds is the first step of the Green Army’s collapse, and the second step is Houston’s outbreak.

After the “mid-range shooting king” found his touch in the first quarter, he directly exploded with a small universe, and scored 13 points in the third quarter, helping the Knicks to get a 20-point lead before entering the final quarter.

The final quarter began.

Carroll did not give up the game directly.

Because he knew that once he gave up and brought the result of 0:2 back to the North Shore Garden, the Celtics would really go far in this series.

But his persistence did not change the Celtics’ decline, and the Green Army eventually lost G2 with 89:105.

Became the first team to fall behind 0:2!

(End of this chapter)