I'm not really a brutalist striker

Chapter 181 181. Halftime 35+!Crazy show!
The Knicks then accelerated their offensive rhythm, and their style of play became relatively simple and smooth, and they no longer intended to rely on defense to win the game.

Suter's offensive performance far exceeded Wilkens' expectations. It is difficult to limit his personal performance through defense, so it is better to pin his hopes on the offensive end.

Marbury and Muhammad played a pick-and-roll and then passed the ball to Muhammad who cut in the middle. The latter forced a layup with Rasheed Wallace, scored and caused an additional penalty. 23:19.

After rushing up, Muhammad's impact is still very strong. At least Rasheed Wallace is at a disadvantage in terms of strength, and it is not easy to defend with his own strength.

Rasheed Wallace has committed two fouls, and his overall performance today is not very good. Although he made one shot on the offensive end, his personal performance obviously does not match his annual salary of 1700 million.

Mike Woodson took advantage of the dead ball stage to make substitution adjustments. Rasheed Wallace and Jackson went off together, replaced by Chris Crawford and veteran Person.Woodson doesn't intend to strengthen the defense, he just wants to fight the Knicks to the end.

Even against a two-tower lineup like the Knicks, "Big Bamboo" Bradley's defensive effect will be very good, but Woodson still chose to attack between trade-offs, and sent Crawford, who has better offensive ability.

Mohammed's performance at the free throw line is still as bad as ever, and he missed the extra penalty, which is worthy of his less than 50% free throw percentage this season.

Suter stood under the basket and easily picked up a backcourt rebound, and the Eagles fell to the ground again, and the formation was wider than before.

Nash and Souter played pick-and-roll in the middle, and Stephon Marbury actively helped defend from the weak side.Nash protected the ball with one hand and changed direction to complete the pass. Almost in the gap, he passed the ball to Suter, who was cutting inside. The latter took three steps and dunked the ball into the basket with one hand. "Kuang", 25:19.

Crawford, who had just played, stood in the right corner and pulled Knicks center Mohamed completely out of the penalty area.Veteran Posen stood outside the left three-point line, and the formation was wide open. Nash and Suter's pick-and-roll in the middle was an opportunity.

It was useless for Marbury to pursue the defense with all his strength. After he assisted in the defense, he turned around and blocked Suter's violent dunk from the side.The physical fitness of the two is not at the same level, and their jumping ability is even more different. If Marbury tries to block the shot without knowing what to do, the final result can only be a 2+1 dunk.

Wilkens scratched his scalp off the court and couldn't think of a way to deal with it.It is difficult for a strong inside line to keep up with Suter's movement speed, and a fast inside line cannot withstand Suter's strength.

A double-tower lineup can't prevent Suter from shooting, and a small lineup can't prevent Suter from cutting. This seems to be an unsolvable problem with no answer.At least the Knicks don't have a player who can limit Suter's individual scoring one-on-one.

The Knicks can only bite the bullet and fight for offense, because the defense is not going to work.

Marbury and Tim Thomas hit the pick-and-roll in a high position, and the breakthrough was given to Thomas without scoring.This time, Suter stepped forward to defend Thomas as soon as he received the ball, completely blocking Thomas' offensive line, and did not give Thomas any easy shot.

Seeing that Suter began to increase his defensive efforts, Tim Thomas also gave up tactically and distributed the ball to the left baseline. The "king of mid-range shots" Alan Houston took a step laterally and made a two-point shot hit. 25:21.

Alan Houston's offensive environment was not very good by the Eagles today, but he was able to grasp the opportunity when he came out, showing the fans his steady mid-range shot like an old dog.

The Eagles attacked, Nash and Souter played a pick-and-roll in the middle, Marbury switched to defend Souter, and Tim Thomas also did not switch to defend Nash.Both of them were stuck on Suter's breakthrough route, and the focus of defense was on Suter alone.

Seeing the opportunity, Nash dribbled the ball one step away from the three-point line and made an emergency stop and missed a jumper.This is Nash's first shot in this game. The opportunity is good, and there is already a clear open space, but he can't grasp this shot.

The player's touch is either shot out or brought back by hitting the iron again and again. If you don't shoot for a long time, you will easily feel cold, and you can't grasp the opportunity to shoot even if it is open.

However, the offensive round belonging to the Eagles was not over yet. When Nash made a lateral shot, Suter, who was stuck in the air cut route, had already started sprinting towards the basket.

Souter wanted to play with Nash to cut to the basket, but he didn't expect that after the pick-and-roll, the two Knicks players entangled him, preventing him from completely getting rid of the defense, so Nash didn't pass, so he had to shoot by himself.

Sprinting into the penalty area, Suter predicted the direction of a wave of basketballs in advance, took off when he saw the opportunity, and grabbed the offensive rebound with both hands to make up the basketball. 27:21.

Tim Thomas took off obviously a little slower, and his jump was not as high as Suter's, and his bullet speed was not as fast as Suter's.

This is the crushing of physical talent. Even if two players in front of him blocked his air-cutting route, Suter still grabbed the offensive rebound with his amazing physical fitness, and used the second offensive tip-up to score the ball.

The commentator Mark Anderson sighed: "The Vulture really played crazy in this game. He has scored more than 20 points in a single quarter. This time his head was almost level with the basket when he was fighting for offensive rebounds. It is hard to believe that he scored more than 20 points in one quarter. A vulture with more than [-] points can still have the physical strength to reach such a height."

Partner Tom Horvath laughed: "Today the Vulture is very likely to score another 50+, or even 60+. He blown up the Knicks' defense in the penalty area in just one quarter, embarrassing Qiansheng coach Wilkens. sweep the floor."

The Knicks attacked, and Tim Thomas, eager to save face on Suter, reached out for the ball as soon as half court passed, posing a three-threat posture from beyond the three-point line.

He continuously dribbled the ball under his crotch as if pretending to be aggressive. Facing Suter who didn't even move in front of him, he suddenly switched the ball from his left hand to his right and started to break through on the right.

However, he did not grasp the distance between himself and Suter, and seriously underestimated Suter's explosive power.The two were so close that when he broke through, Suter reached out and cut off the basketball.

Tim Thomas's reaction ability is slow, at least compared with Suter, it is not flexible enough. Seeing the ball was cut by Suter, Thomas immediately lowered his center of gravity, trying to reach out to save the ball.

It's a pity that facing Suter, he has neither height advantage nor wingspan advantage. Instead, he is at a disadvantage in terms of explosive power, and can only watch Suter complete the steal against him.

After picking up the ball, Suter quickly launched a counterattack forward, without even looking at Tim Thomas who had already stumbled behind him.

He calculated the distance to take off, and after taking the ball in the air for a long time, he dunked the ball hard into the basket with a big windmill in the middle!
"哐!", 29:21, unstoppable like a wild beast descending the mountain!
Knicks coach Wilkens once again lividly asked for a timeout.

The difference of eight points is not too much, but Suter has already suppressed the morale of the Knicks to the bottom, and he can't let Suter continue to fight like this no matter what.

Mark Anderson commented: "The Vulture staged the most terrifying scoring performance in the history of the Eagles today. Before the first quarter was over, he had already scored more than 20 points, and his shooting percentage reached an astonishing [-]%. No missed shots Take any shot."

Tom Horvath sighed: "Before the game, everyone thought that the Knicks who completed the "Black Seven Miracle" would pose a threat to the Hawks, and Coach Wilkens would also find ways to limit the vulture's personal offense."

"As a result, the Knicks are now only passively chasing points, and no one can limit the performance of the Vulture. Whether it is personal data or tactical effects, the Vulture is worthy of the description of being invincible."

Mark Anderson said: "I don't know how the Knicks can adjust. If you want to limit the vultures, you must use double-teams. No player in the Knicks can defend the vultures alone, even Kurt Thomas, who can attack and defend well. Sitting on the sidelines doubting life."

Tom Horvath said: "I think Kurt Thomas should be back on the court. No one can replace his defensive work. Limiting the vultures to score is a wild word he promised before the game. I don't know what he thinks now."

As the "dirty Kurt" who boasted before the game that he could single-handedly defend and limit Souter, Thomas' old face is almost flushed with fans.

Kurt Thomas said before the series that he was looking forward to playing against Suter and expressed confidence.As a result, everyone now knows that Kurt Thomas can brag-force, and further doubts about his defensive ability.

After the timeout, the Knicks made another substitution, Muhammad rested, and Kurt Thomas returned to the court.As for Tim Thomas, who originally played the fourth position, he reached the center position.

Tim Thomas' defense is really terrible. Suter faces him as easily as an adult beating a child, and doesn't need too many fancy skills.

Although Kurt Thomas did not limit Suter's personal offense when he was on the court in the first half of the first quarter, at least the defensive efficiency was much better than Tim's.

Wilkens gave up the idea of ​​only fighting offense, because every time Suter scored was a blow to the morale of the Knicks, he had to make changes.

Kurt Thomas has a heavy defensive task. He is the best defensive inside player of the entire Knicks. During team training, he often double-teams Marbury and Houston with his teammates.He even played against the peak Rainman Kemp many times in the 90s, and has rich defensive experience and thinking.

Kurt Thomas, who was back on the court, was under a lot of pressure, knowing that his defensive experience was of no use against Souter.

Although Suter's draft template is "Rain Man" Kemp, the two are not the same type of scorer at all now.Kemp mainly cuts off the ball, and most of his points come from the penalty area and the basket.Suter's offensive range is wider, and he can finish shots from any position on the court. Coupled with his breakthrough speed far exceeding that of inside players, it is difficult to complete a single defense against him.

The game continued, and the Knicks' defense against Suter had an effect.Kurt Thomas has been following Suter like a follower. As soon as Suter catches the ball, someone from the Knicks will come up and attack immediately, regardless of whether other players will get better shooting opportunities because of it.

This kind of defensive strength is not cruel enough. It is difficult for Suter to get a mobile phone opportunity in the second half of the first quarter. He has to move out quickly after receiving the ball to avoid mistakes after being double-teamed by the opponent.Crawford and Nash got a lot of shots because of this.

Crawford's performance was very eye-catching. He broke through the frame and scored a layup. He caught the ball from outside the three-point line and made two free throws. Then come out the vacant opportunities.

Nash got a few open shots in the top area of ​​the arc, hit a three-pointer, and two mid-range pull-up jumpers.

Knicks star Stephen Marbury also began to take over the offensive banner, teaming up with "CIC King" Alan Houston to score consecutive points to help the team bite the score.He also hit a four-pointer from the outside, causing a Steve Nash thug foul, showing the away fans his killer nature.

After Chris Crawford came on the court, the Eagles' defense in the penalty area became significantly worse. It was difficult for Suter alone to protect all the backcourt rebounds, and it was also difficult to block every breakthrough of the opponent. The Knicks took the opportunity Made several empty cuts.

Tim Thomas also had a good performance. He made two pick-and-roll breakthroughs and caused Crawford to foul. He made 4 of 3 free throws.

At the end of the first quarter, the Eagles had about 6 seconds to make the last shot. Suter circled the screen in the half court, caught and threw the ball two meters away from the three-point line, against the defense of the two Knicks players Failed to put in. At 44:35, the Eagles led their opponents by 9 points in the first quarter.

The Eagles have a lot of players who can play, and Mike Woodson can have more choices when forming a team.In the second quarter, Stephen Jackson and Rasheed Wallace led the bench, and the other three were Smush Parker, Josh Davis, and Boris Diaw.

Since Josh Davis had a good personal performance in the first round of the series, the coaching staff has been giving him a stable playing time.Although there is not much playing time, it is very precious to Davis, so Josh Davis will do his best every time he plays a game, without any reservations on both ends of the offense and defense.

At the beginning of the second quarter, the two sides who replaced the main attackers showed the fans how ugly the iron fight was, and almost smashed the blue neck of the Phillips Arena.

Rasheed Wallace still continued his offensive state in the first quarter, turning into a blacksmith and becoming the biggest eagle undercover in the game.Teamed up with Boris Dior to set up a "Xibo blacksmith shop" on the spot to demonstrate to the fans what blacksmithing is.

On the Knicks side, the "drunkard" Wen - Baker and Frank - Williams also crazily strike iron.Only the "African Mountain" Mutombo's performance was not bad. After returning from this quarter, he scored six points in a row, got a shot by virtue of his height advantage, and gave the Eagles two caps.

There is a price to be paid for rationally allocating the playing time of the main players. The overall strength of the Hawks' second team is not bad, but today's shooting feel is too strong.At the critical moment, all players can only pull away and pass the ball to Stephen Jackson, who feels relatively good in his personal singles.

Mike Woodson is not in a hurry to send Souter and Nash on the field, because the Knicks have not yet caught up with the score, and the second team can hold on for a while to get a rest for the main players.

It's just that the iron fight in the second quarter hurt the eyes of the Eagles fans, and the fans at the scene were drowsy. It was the first time that the Eagles without Suter turned out to be such a boring team.

Five minutes later, the two sides made substitutions in a tacit understanding, and at the same time sent the team to start, and the scoring efficiency immediately improved visible to the naked eye.

Wilkens' adaptability is still as bad as ever. After Suter returned to the court, he didn't immediately replace the "African Mountain" Mutombo. Instead, because Uncle Mu played well during this period, he wanted him Play for a while longer and continue to contribute on both offense and defense.

Seeing that Mutombo, who was moving slowly, did not end, Suter would not respect the old and love the young on the court. As soon as he came on the court, he used the screen to run out of opportunities and hit a three-pointer at a 45-degree angle on the right.In the next round, he played a pick-and-roll with Nash in the middle. After receiving the ball, he made a mid-range jumper and hit the Knicks twice in a row with long-range shots.

Seeing that the situation was wrong, Wilkens hurriedly replaced Tim Thomas, who was faster, sent out a double Thomas lineup again, and gave up the idea of ​​continuing to use the "African Mountain".

However, at this time, Suter has already played a rhythm. He continued to score points with continuous shots from inside and outside, and dared to use a flip-back jumper in the face of double-teams. He almost competed with the Knicks by himself.

The Knicks' Marbury and Alan Houston also used their personal abilities to score frequently to help the team continue to bite the score.

The Eagles who played at home today did not enjoy the treatment of the home whistle. The referees selectively ignored many physical contact during the breakthrough, and did not call the penalty immediately.As Suter thought before, the New York Knicks got the preference on the league whistle, and the Hawks missed at least 6 to 8 free throws.

But even so, the Knicks are still behind. Suter's offensive shooting percentage is too high. They can't prevent scoring at all. They can only force Suter to pass the ball by double-teaming, so that the Hawks' scoring can be distributed to other players. body.

At the end of the half, the Eagles 70:60, leading the Knicks in the away game by a full 10 points.

苏特半场17投14中，三分球5中3，罚球6中4，得到35分8篮板4助攻2抢断和1次封盖。命中率高达82.3%，一共只投丢了三次出手，堪称是核-武器一样的表现！

Mark Anderson commented on the game during the intermission: "I think what fans want to know most today is not who the two teams can win the game, but how many points the Vulture can score. He has already scored 35 points in the half. If Nick Adams couldn't find a way to limit the Vultures in the second half, and he is likely to break the previous career scoring record of 54 points."

Partner Tom Horvath said: "There has never been a player in the history of the Eagles who can score 50 points in the first round of the series and the second round of the series. It seems that the vultures are likely to break the team history record."

"The vulture has a big heart, no matter what kind of defensive strength it faces, it dares to fight hard, and it will not affect the mentality just because the opponent's defensive action becomes bigger. This is one of the important factors that promote the vulture to be successful in the rookie season. .”

There was a smile on Mark Anderson's face: "I don't think the Knicks dare to provoke the vultures in defensive actions. Even if the head coach Wilkens has this idea, there is a high probability that the players under his hands will not dare to confront the vultures. .Don't forget, this guy is the most dangerous dangerous element in the league!"

(End of this chapter)