Basketball Dragon

Chapter 208

However, the Knicks and the Pacers fought too hard, and it was not good to return to the home court to play back-to-back.

Even though Li Hai scored 31 points, the Knicks still lost to the visiting Nuggets. Anthony scored 34 points, which was finally refreshing.

There were no surprises in this game, the Knicks failed or something went wrong with their state.

They lost not because of Anthony, but because of Marcus Camby's 7 blocked shots. Another insider of the Nuggets, Hilario, also had two blocked shots. The Nuggets lost Kenyon Martin due to injury. After that, their insiders still have an absolute advantage in the contest with the Knicks.

And Eddie Curry only grabbed 3 rebounds, and was also criticized by the media. In the interview after the event, Eddie Curry was directly raised by the reporter about his defense.

On December 12, the Knicks were adjusted to sit at home against the Jazz, which is in hot form this season.

Channing Frye came back and directly returned to the main position. Although David Lee has stronger rebounding ability, Channing Frye is still not suitable for the current Knicks in general.

Of course, Channing Frye also has shortcomings. The Knicks are not very satisfied with the inside line now.

This is the difference between the championship team and the previous ones. When Li Hai first came to the Knicks, it was good enough for the team to have a rookie like Channing Frye who performed well at that time. He dreamed of having a player like Eddie Curry. An insider who can score inside.

But the goals they want to achieve now are different, and the requirements for players are also different.

After this failure, the media even reported that the Knicks were going to trade Eddie Curry. The team officials immediately came out to refute the rumors and accused such nonsense.

In fact, the Jazz lineup has not changed much this season. It is only because of the rapid growth of their second-year rookie Deron Williams and the absence of injuries that they have exploded in a different combat power, and their second-round pick Arrived rookie Paul Millsap also played well.

Although prepared, the Knicks were caught off guard by the opponent at the beginning.

The Knicks' inside line began to be completely exploded, and Eddie Curry ended up without scoring a point, two fouls and two turnovers.

Carlos Boozer showed off his prowess and scored 17 points in a single quarter. Another insider of the Jazz, Mehmet Okur, also scored 7 points. The two scored more than the entire Knicks team.

After the Knicks were caught off guard, it was too late for outside players to show off. Only Li Hai, Marbury and Francis scored in the first quarter.

At the end of the first quarter, with the Knicks trailing by 20 points at 34:14, Larry Brown couldn't help but lose his temper and directly pressed the sleepwalking Eddie Curry on the bench.

This temper tantrum was still effective, and Gortat, who came off the bench, was more comfortable defending European insiders like Okur. In the second quarter, the Knicks finally played the defense that the head coach wanted, directly allowing the opponent to only 10 and a half At 46:44 in the game, they overtook by 2 points.

Li Hai scored 7 points in the first quarter, and when he needed to chase points in the second quarter, he directly scored 14 points and had three steals, completely driving the team.

"I don't want every game to be like a roller coaster. Concentration, I hope you can maintain concentration from the beginning of the game. Not every team will give you the opportunity to catch up with the score."

"Our goal is not just the playoffs. What we want to beat is not just a team that can make us score more than ten points in a single quarter. Do you understand that?"

Coach Larry Brown was still admonishing the players during halftime, and no one dared to speak out among a group of people who knew they were wrong.

Similarly, in the Jazz's lounge, their head coach Jerry Sloan was also losing his temper. The second time the Jazz played like this made him very annoyed.

By the third quarter, the Knicks' defense still made the Jazz very depressed.

Carlos Boozer's touch comes and goes quickly, and the Knicks are very experienced in preventing pick-and-rolls, and Larry Brown is also very researched in this area.

Li Hai also had a great advantage in facing Kirilenko. Compared with before, Li Hai felt that Kirilenko's ability had declined due to injury, and he was still blocked twice by the opponent in this way of attacking.

He has a great physical advantage over Kirilenko. The opponent's figure is a bit like Prince's, but in fact he is much more difficult to deal with than Prince. Both times, Li Hai thought he could suppress the opponent with strength, but when When he was shooting, Kirilenko jumped up in time and used his long arms to complete the interference. He deserved to be the king of blocked shots.

However, Li Hai didn't care. He used his strength and speed to go on a rampage, and scored another 10 points in the third quarter, helping the team expand the lead to 5 points. He also scored 31 points in three quarters.

In addition, he also grabbed 17 rebounds. It was his desperation that could suppress the Jazz.

Among them, the Jazz's inside line is as strong and defensive as the Knicks, which is also a big reason. Facing Li Hai's defense, Eddie Curry can't score, which is the reason for Larry Brown's anger.

Defensively, he's been given a wide berth. If he can't score, the team doesn't need him.

In the last quarter, the Jazz also began to work hard. First, Deron Williams hit a three-pointer, and then he assisted Okur to hit a three-pointer. The scores of the two teams immediately became entangled.

After Deron Williams showed off, he made up for Boozer's offensive disadvantages, while Okur's outside offense was difficult to guard against the Knicks inside, which is also the advantage of big men on the outside.

In order to defend Li Hai, Kirilenko basically didn't participate in the attack, and stayed close to Li Hai all the time, which made Li Hai's attack more difficult.

But Li Hai still has a way. He has the speed to break through, and he has the strength to hit him from the back, but he should pay more attention to the timing of his shots. Except for Kirilenko, the lack of defensive awareness of the Jazz is his real attacking opportunity. Teammates still have to worry about Kirilenko's defense when attacking. As long as Li Hai solves Kirilenko's defense, he doesn't have to worry about anything else.

"Li Hai broke through again, and Boozer, who was under the basket, basically watched him off again, without any reaction at all."

"Li Hai carried Kirilenko and sat inside, and sat directly near the three-second zone. Okur came to help defend... Li Hai and Marbury cooperated, and Marbury made a layup that caused a foul by Boozer. "

"Gortat put up a pick-and-roll, very strong screen, the Jazz were forced to switch defenses, the defender in front of Li Hai became Okur, small hit big... One step, Li Hai just passed Okur in one step, really It's too fast."

By the fourth quarter, the rhythm of the court was completely controlled by the Knicks.

(End of this chapter)