Basketball Dragon

Chapter 202 Unreasonable Attack
Gasol is actually not an insider who can play hard inside to solve everything, so when the Grizzlies have problems on the outside, Gasol's efficiency in the inside is reduced.

As soon as the Grizzlies' internal strength decreases, they can't hold the score immediately.

Their system also couldn't prevent the Knicks' outside offense. The Knicks easily took the lead at 25:19 in the first quarter.

Although the Grizzlies' bench lineup is not bad, they are too young to show their strength against a strong team like the Knicks.

When the Knicks' main force returned to the court, the score gap between the two sides reached double digits.

After Gasol came on the court, he showed all his strength to stabilize the score.

But at the end of the half, the score increased compared to the first quarter, 55:46. This is already the result of Gasol's fourth quarter play ahead of schedule.

Eddie Curry's efficiency in the first half was not bad, and Li Hai was also glad that the small internal conflicts did not affect his state on the field, but Eddie Curry didn't practice with them as before, and it depends on how to do it. Only later.

The Grizzlies also want to make changes, but it is not easy for their current lineup to find an efficient way.

In the second half, they wanted to speed up and use Gasol's mobility to make the Knicks' inside Eddie Curry play a role.

It's just that the Knicks are stronger on the outside. Eddie Curry can play a few minutes less if he is affected. It can also improve his efficiency. Their biggest problem is that they cannot defend Li Hai and others.

At the end of the third quarter, the Grizzlies trailed by 14 points. Seeing that they were no match for the Knicks, the Grizzlies' fighting spirit was reduced by more than half, and the players on the field did not fight so hard.

Both sides have given more playing time to the substitute players. The difference is that several of the Knicks' substitute players are actually at the level of other teams' main players.

The Grizzlies did not make any waves in the last quarter, and the Knicks beat their opponents 114:88.

Li Hai once again scored 30+ in the game, and the outbreak during this period made Li Hai rarely come to the forefront of the scoring list, ranking third after Kobe and Iverson.

And Marbury, Francis, Eddie Curry and Crawford are respectively ranked 31st, 42nd, 45th and 66th, and a team with five players scored in the top [-] in the league. Such a feat, only the Knicks in the entire league The two teams with the Suns did it.

The ranking of the Knicks is a little better, but it is because Li Hai didn't play in some previous games, and the data overlaps, but this also shows the strength of the Knicks.

On December 12, they met their opponent who came to New York under the banner of revenge.

The Wizards have not changed much in their roster this season. The only change may be the signing of the perimeter defender Deshaun Stevenson, but their style of play does not pay much attention to defense. Sen doesn't change too many things either.

Revenge is of course a media gimmick, but Arenas really wants to lead the team to get rid of the defending champion. He is already a big-hearted player.

Sometimes I have to give in to Arenas. He is the kind of ruthless character who can score against defense. This is also the reason why it is difficult for players with strong shooting ability to limit death. It's hard to get a chance to make a shot, but no matter how strict the defense is on the outside, especially outside the three-point line, you can find a chance to make a shot.

Even if you start to get close after two or three steps from the three-point line, it is just a matter of covering if you have a chance.

This was the case when Li Hai shot crazy against the US team in the World Championships. Later, a player named Stephen Curry took this style of play to the extreme, and the league is now Arenas.

However, this style of play also has flaws. If the hand feels unstable, it will be fatal. If it explodes, it can win any team, and if it goes wrong, it can lose any team. Li Hai's physical fitness allows him to use more offensive methods, so He only plays like this when he feels good. What he pursues is a more stable victory, while Arenas prefers such a crazy attack.

In the current Wizards lineup, Li Hai is facing Butler. Li Hai's goal is to limit one of the Wizards' three Musketeers. It doesn't matter whether it is Butler or Jamison.

At the start of the game, Li Hai was the first to hit a three-pointer. Francis dribbled the ball and passed it to him after halftime. Butler had already made a breakthrough, and Li Hai made a direct shot.

When it was the Wizards' turn to attack, Arenas flew Francis and hit a jumper with an emergency stop.

Then Arenas and Jamison started to attack crazily, both hit three-pointers, but Butler was pegged by Li Hai, who couldn't keep up with the team's offensive rhythm.

Butler's defense was the best among the three, and Li Hai did not forcefully attack for the time being, but assumed the role of attracting the attention of the defense.

The Knicks' offense felt good, too. Francis, Marbury and David Lee all hit consecutively.

In addition to Arenas, it is not easy to defend Jamison from the outside. Li Hai should be able to stop it, but it is not good to leave Butler behind. The result is that the two sides entered an offensive battle.

The Knicks scored 31 points in the first quarter, but the Wizards just managed to score 35.

Sometimes the opponent's defense is not good, and the team tends to follow the opponent's rhythm. It was not until the end of the first quarter that Larry Brown pointed out that there was a problem with the team's rhythm.

In the second quarter, the Wizards still attacked fiercely. Jamison, as the team's No. 4, shot from outside the three-point line the whole time. The Knicks were a little helpless. Playing flowers, but Arenas and Jamison both feel good.

Arenas hit four three-pointers in the first half, while Jamison hit three.

In the second quarter, Li Hai limited Butler to scoreless, but the Wizards relied on two outside shots from Arenas and Jamison to maintain the lead in the game.

At halftime, the Knicks trailed by 56 points 64:8.

Teams are often afraid of encountering unreasonable players. It is not the reason for the gap in strength at all, but because they feel too good. Many times, the end of the winning streak is due to reasons other than strength. The current momentum of the Wizards is a bit dying The taste of Knicks.

During the intermission, the Knicks players were also a little upset. Li Hai stood up and said, "We do what we should do and try our best to win, but we don't really care about winning streaks."

"The winning streak is only part of the regular season. We have higher goals. Don't worry about it in the second half."

Li Hai really doesn't care much about the winning streak. After winning the championship, the regular season is just the regular season, so we should treat it with a normal attitude.

(End of this chapter)