The Point Guard is Here

When the Knicks put on this pure forward lineup, the fans at the scene were stunned.

Many years ago, Knicks fans have known that Fanshie is good at fast breaks and is good at launching attacks with a sharp and lightning-like offense. This kind of offense often does not rely on the height of the inside players and singles, but only needs to run.

At that time, Fanci often ran with the aging Ewing, and Ewing actually played a lot of efficient offenses in that situation.

Just now.

The Knicks don't have a single inside player, but their opponent is the Detroit Pistons, who are known for their penalty area defense.

Is this going to be suicidal?

Home fans have this simple concern.

Kenny Smith said bluntly: This must be Jack Fan's idea. The Knicks' style of play has always been controlled by Jack Fan. He has always been the kind of player who pursues individuality independently. He always thinks He is superior to others, but in fact, none of his 'genius ideas' have been successful for so many years. Tonight, he will taste failure again. He still has a long, long way to go before dominating the league.

At this time, Charles Barkley couldn't stand it anymore. He said to Kenny: The game has not officially started yet. How can you say that Jack is doomed to fail? If Jack succeeds, how will you comment? Will you? To say that Jack created an unprecedented style of play and that he brought the league into a new era?

Of course. But, he will not succeed. He is facing the most conservative team in the league. The Knicks will soon be stubbornly resisted. He will be strangled by Detroit from the inside out. Those creative ideas that are imagined out of nowhere It won't stand the test. This is the Eastern Conference finals! He's not that good yet.

Kenny Smith was a natural fit.

He was originally a sober person, but when facing Fan Xi, he always lost his mind so easily. Perhaps it was because he was always worried about the transaction that year. Who doesn't want to be the man who defeated Jordan in the finals.

Beep!

The whistle sounded.

Larry Brown stood on the sidelines, and he didn't look contemptuous at all. He paced back and forth, watching Knicks closely.

There is no doubt that the Knicks' current lineup is groundbreaking... In the history of the NBA, no team has ever given up all inside players and replaced all outside players in the Eastern Conference Finals. After all, in the basketball philosophy, the penalty area is a battleground. The famous Japanese center once said that only those who control the basket can control the entire court.

This is why so many teams are hoarding insiders like crazy. Even a center who can do nothing can get a good salary as long as he has good size and athletic ability and can play defense.

Fanshie received a pass from Reggie Miller without any hesitation.

He led his team to charge directly forward, and Sprewell and Grant Hill launched an attack on the other side at the same time as he requested.

The Pistons have obviously never seen this kind of scene, and even Rasheed Wallace doesn't know who to defend.

At this moment, Fan Xi entered the penalty area and took advantage of the chaos to look back at the moon. Reggie Miller ran to the top of the three-point line to catch the ball... Whoa!

Three point hit.

Reggie Miller has done a great job.

He represented tall shooters and made outstanding contributions to the promotion of run and gun.

The fans at the scene screamed, and their shock was far beyond their voices.

Is this possible?

Larry Brown is a little doubtful of his many years of basketball experience. He has seen fast attacks, and Nelson likes to engage in that kind of attack.

However, this was really the first time he had seen such a crazy formation.

Larry Brown quickly made a gesture to let the team stabilize the singles.

Moreover, he signaled the team to play inside.

At this time, the Pistons' two insiders are Rasheed Wallace and Collins.

Collins is half a blue-collar man. He has some skills, but not to the level of being a prodigy.

Rasheed Wallace caught a pass from Billups.

Wallace pulled away for a single, and standing in front of him was Stephen Jackson.

Stephen Jackson is not short in height, and there is no obvious gap when standing in front of Rashid.

Moreover, he stepped forward forcefully. Rasheed Wallace pushed Jackson twice with his back. Jackson really couldn't resist it, but when Wallace turned around and tried to shoot, Grant Hill on the side attacked him like lightning... This former Jordan's successor is an elegant gentleman off the court, but a complete predator on the court.

Snapped!

Hill cut the basketball from Rasheed Wallace's hand with a knife, and then passed it to Fanshie.

Fan Xi ran all the way, and the Pistons' defense was just a little slower.

boom!

Fan Xi took off directly, stretched out his body, and completed a powerful tomahawk dunk.

Madison Garden, home of the Knicks, erupted into irrepressible cheers after being silent all night.

The sound was overwhelming.

Larry Brown quickly put Ben Wallace and Hamilton on the court and told them: they must do their best to block them next.

Ben Wallace and Hamilton came in with a Larry Brown take.

They strictly enforce the willpower of their head coach.

Hamilton was still running all over the field, but this time, he hit Ray.

Because when the Knicks replaced five outsiders, a strange chemical reaction occurred... Pat Riley's eyes lit up in front of the TV.

Hamilton clearly got rid of Sprewell's defense, but the moment he caught the basketball, Reggie Miller stepped in and reached out to cover the ball the moment he shot.

boom!

Basketball and iron.

Ben Wallace and Rasheed Wallace originally wanted to accept the rebound without any scruples, but they didn't expect Steve Jackson and Grant Hill to get stuck with them.

Fan Xi passed by from above and protected the rebound.

Then directly launch a fast attack.

Fanshie uses his amazing jumping and confrontation ability to play the style of a point guard.

That's why many years later Westbrook's template was Fanci.

Fanshie, who took off the rebound, saved the time of the fast break. He galloped all the way to the frontcourt, broke through the defense, jumped high in the penalty area, and tossed the basketball casually. Sprewell came from Speeding up from the side...Boom!

Another dunk.

The speed of the defensive counterattack is ridiculous.

The Wallace brothers just ran into the paint.

too fast.

Fan Xi didn't expect the chemical reaction to be so good.

There is no way, the five players on the team are all players with extremely high tactical literacy and strong defensive ability. Hill is the pride of Duke, Stephen Jackson is a defensive player trained by the Spurs system, Sprewell's defense is already very good, not to mention Reggie Miller, whose basketball IQ ranks among the top in NBA history .

This combination started running and bombing.

The effect is far stronger than the Phoenix Suns two years later.

The Pistons were stunned. They didn't expect that basketball could still be played like this. Charles Barkley proudly said to Kenny Smith: Now, you should know what an epoch-making superstar is.

Kenny Smith was silent.

He waited for further developments.

The Detroit Pistons strengthened their positional offense, but there was some misfire on the outside.

The Knicks' rotation defense is too strong.

Although their insiders have height, they have no skills.

Ben Wallace doesn't know how to fight in singles. If UFC fights without restrictions, he can beat Grant Hill to death, but in singles with the ball, neither his pace nor skills are enough to defeat Hill.

Rasheed Wallace has skill and ability, but Stephen Jackson gave him a hard time tonight.

His efficiency collapsed.

This is the disadvantage of pistons.

The Knicks missed the mark.

They don't have a super scorer, and when the Knicks put two inferior horses in the paint, it offsets part of their power... Although Rasheed Wallace can't be so passive every game, at least tonight , his passivity is a foregone conclusion.

Although, their offensive rebounds are higher than before.

However, the Knicks' fast break efficiency prevents them from completely focusing on fighting for rebounds, because once they miss the rebound, the Knicks will immediately complete the fast break counterattack.

If the first three quarters of the game were the Knicks entering the Pistons' defensive swamp.

So in the fourth quarter, the Pistons got into the Knicks' offensive swamp.

There was nothing they could do.

Larry Brown paced the sidelines. The experienced academic coach encountered an unknown challenge at this moment.

Being old, he needs some time to digest.

However, Fan Xi didn't intend to give him a chance to react.

A wave of flows directly expanded the score difference to double digits.

In the last three minutes, the Pistons tried to resist, but the resistance had no effect. Billups, a big-hearted player, was defended by Fanshie in two consecutive attacks.

The final whistle sounded.

101:86.

The Knicks won.

It can be seen from this score that the Pistons still maintain their previous offensive level.

And the Knicks have escaped their defensive trap.

Larry Brown claimed in the post-game interview that he was shocked. He said he never thought the Knicks would take that kind of offensive. They were too crazy.

Yes.

Very crazy.

The Knicks' style of play was ahead of its time.

The video of the last quarter of the game was quickly sent to all team coaches in the league, and NBA headquarters was also watching this overwhelming offensive.

In the words of Charles Barkley: It seems that Jack not only wants to rule this league. He also wants to rewrite the historical pattern of the league being dominated by the inside. Can he do what Jordan did not do? He can make the outside line do it. Will we completely dominate the alliance from now on?”

Although Barkley's words were praising Fan Xi.

It also improved the tactical positioning of the final fast break.

But it does go some way to explaining something bizarre but possible.

From the beginning to the present, the NBA has always been dominated by super centers. Although Jordan won the championship midway, he did not change the fact that the inside still controls the league. He only proved that outside players can rank higher than super centers.

And if Fanci can single-handedly rewrite the history of the league being dominated by the inside, completely transfer the dominance of the game from the penalty area to the outside.

Then he is undoubtedly the second god of basketball, even more than Michael Jordan.

Kenny Smith poured cold water on them, saying: Even if the Knicks take crazy risks to win a victory, what does it mean? The Pistons will soon come back to their senses and snipe them with real power. I never I haven't seen any team go very far without a center. Even in a three-on-three half court on the street, people know to find a tall guy to protect the rebound.

Smith represents 'basketball orthodoxy', and he and mainstream basketball experts feel that the final play style led by Fanci is deviant and a crazy risk.

Fan Xi didn't think about the so-called basketball route issue.

He was just happy to win this game.

But Isiah Thomas likes to debate.

He has always been a bully.

I always believe that the most important position in the league is the No. 1 position, which is the point guard. The point guard is the brains of the team. The point guard is the court commander. The point guard should dominate everything. Jack is the ultimate point guard. In this shape, he can pick off rebounds from the penalty area and directly launch a fast break. He can turn his back in the half-court position to destroy the defense. He can also use his super explosive power and skills to kill the opponent's ankle and go straight into the penalty area to complete a brutal burst. buckle.

I have met Michael Jordan, and I can swear on my personality that when he was 26 years old, Jordan was definitely not as strong as Jack is today. At that time, Jordan was still empty-handed and was suppressed by me and unable to move. But Jack already had Two Finals MVPs.

Isiah Thomas said very confidently: Jack Fan will surpass Michael Jordan. I'm sure it will happen quickly.

As for the explanation of the final tactical play, my long-standing view is: the best defense is offense. When we rush up, they don't dare to rush for offensive rebounds. Our offense makes them helpless. This is The reason for victory.”

Isiah Thomas said: The new style of play will redefine the space on the court. Believe me, the era of real big point guards will soon usher in. Young kids, you have to thank Jack. You have to thank Jack for his leadership in the NBA. Amazing success, let you get a higher evaluation. Just like in the past few years, every team in the NBA will raise a big man to deal with Shaquille O'Neal, they should also be grateful to Shaq.

Isiah Thomas was a quarrel with the Confucians.

He enjoys this role.

As for being pointed in the nose and scolded by the media as 'nonsense and misleading', this is no longer within his scope of consideration.

Anyway, from beginning to end, he was not a likeable person.

When he was a player, he was also hated by people and ghosts.

Now, he is not so lonely. He can still stand beside Fan Xi and forcefully guide the country as the 'Emperor's Master'.

It is worth mentioning that as soon as Isiah Thomas finished speaking, Shaquille O'Neal of Los Angeles expressed partial agreement with Thomas.

But at the same time, O'Neal also gave his opinion: Why can't the Pistons withstand the Knicks' crazy attack? Because they don't have O'Neal. If they encounter me, their five perimeters surround me and they can't stop me from putting the basketball in. Basket.”

I can't wait for the Knicks to defeat the Pistons and advance to the Finals.

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