Basketball Dragon

Chapter 89 Let Me Go Inside

In the last few minutes, James hit two consecutive three-pointers to help the Cavaliers close the score.

But Li Hai immediately responded. Although it was only a two-pointer, it helped the Knicks maintain the lead.

Time was running out, and James had no choice but to bet all on the three-pointer. Unfortunately, after hitting those two goals, he never made another one. The Knicks won an important victory 2:95.

At the end of the game, Li Hai found out that the coach didn't let Marbury play in the last quarter.

Originally thought that Marbury would lose his temper, but in the end he just said with some fatigue that it was good to win, and he could feel that Marbury was tired.

On April 4, the Knicks played away against the Charlotte Bobcats.

Bobcats center Primoz Brezek missed the game due to injury, but just a rookie Emeka Okafor is enough for the Knicks inside.

The Bobcats have been determined to miss the playoffs and can easily fight, but the Knicks can't lose a game.

At the beginning of the game, Li Hai scored a mid-range shot in front of Bobcats defensive giant Gerald Wallace, which gave the Knicks a good start.

To be honest, the Bobcats are more tenacious than expected. Gerald Wallace's defense is conscientious and he is particularly active in rushing to rebound. It is hard to imagine that this is a team that has no hope of the playoffs.

Li Hai was also motivated, and tried his best to compete with the opponent.

Like the previous game, the Knicks adopted a strategy of shrinking defense.

The same defensive strategy also worked wonders for the Bobcats. The outside shooting ability of the opponent was indeed inferior to that of the Knicks. Although Jason Kapono, who came off the bench, made the Knicks break out in a cold sweat, but after being closely guarded, Immediately received the effect.

Li Hai and Gerald Wallace fought to the last moment, successfully hitting three points at the last moment to help the team secure the victory, and the Knicks won three consecutive victories.

In this game, there are two high-profile rookies. Compared with Li Hai, Emeka Okafor's performance is lackluster. People who support Okafor on the best rookie are also speechless in front of the performance of the two. can be said.

On April 4, the Knicks ran into trouble against the Hawks, which had been trying their best to train new players.

Josh Smith showed brutal ability at the beginning, allowing Kurt Thomas to get off the field quickly with two fouls, which made the Knicks' already weak inside suddenly panic.

And the Eagles also offered a strange lineup, starting with three insiders and substituting three insiders. Although they are not top insiders, they are so tall that even if the Knicks shrink their defense, it will be very difficult.

In addition to Josh Smith, Boris Diaw, who also has a large attack range and can hold the ball, also performed well, making fouls on the Knicks inside one after another.

After knocking down the Knicks inside, the Hawks squeezed four players over 2 meters inside, including a tall guard like Josh Childress. Only Tyronn Lue floated outside, but Tyronn - Lue's touch in this game is exceptionally good. When the Knicks players are entangled with the Eagles' big men here, Tyronn Lue will take the opportunity to hit long shots.

The Hawks’ style of play led to the fact that in the fourth quarter, the Knicks’ main No. 4 and No. 5 Tim Thomas and Kurt Thomas were all sent off, and the substitute insider Michael Sweetney was also sent off. Maurice Taylor, who is already poor in ability, also fouled four times. The Knicks really have no one inside.

To be precise, after three people were sent off, the Knicks didn't have enough players to play.

They had a 3-point lead in the last few seconds, but Tyronn Lue's [-]-pointer sent the game into overtime.

This game is the home court of the Knicks. They have seen some hope in the three-game winning streak just now.

But the Eagles just seized the Knicks' inside problems and bombed them, which really seemed helpless.

Sometimes Li Hai really wants to divide into two parts. Marbury's defense often makes Li Hai very speechless. If he can't let Tyronn Lue hit the last ball.

The game is already going to overtime, so it's useless to say more at this time.

Li Hai said with a firm gaze: "Let me play inside, I have the experience of playing inside."

Coach Williams had no other choice but to let Li Hai go inside to deal with Josh Smith.

The opposing Eagles were also a little troubled. Their big men performed well in this game, but the overtime game was different from the previous four quarters, and there was no room for mistakes.

Their head coach Mike Woodson felt that it was necessary to maintain the advantage of the inside line while maintaining the flexibility of attack, so he sent the two insiders who played the best in this game, Josh Smith and Boris Diaw, Gave up a little height advantage.

But even so, it is already better than the Knicks with no one inside.

Maurice Taylor lost the jump ball to Josh Smith, and seeing Knicks Lehigh go inside, the Eagles lobbed the ball to Josh Smith for a single.

The two had almost no formal matchup before, and Josh Smith held the ball head-on and directly used strength and height to force him.

But after two pushes, it was found that Li Hai was not pushed away. Josh Smith pulled up to shoot, and Li Hai also jumped high at the same time. His outstretched arm almost blocked the opponent's shooting line.

Josh Smith hit the iron, and Li Hai turned around and protected the rebound.

He hit the ball directly and rushed forward quickly. Josh Smith was left behind by Li Hai after only two steps. He rushed to the basket ahead of time to stop Li Hai. The last barrier was Josh Childress.

Josh Childress is also a swingman with a tall arm and a long arm, but when Li Hai jumped up and rushed to the basket, Josh Childress was completely stunned and watched Li Hai complete the dunk .

His feeling at the time was that if he blocked it, it would be 2+1.

Looking back, Tyronn Lue hit another three-pointer, and Marbury cursed depressedly, but it didn't do anything.

When the Knicks attacked again, Li Hai ran out desperately to catch the ball, broke through Josh Smith's defense again, attracted Diaw's supplementary defense, and then gave Morris Taylor a shot.

The Eagles still didn’t believe that Li Hai could defend against the physically strong Josh Smith. After receiving the ball, Josh Smith wanted to try back hitting, but he immediately found out that Li Hai was really strong. He threw the ball high He held it up high and passed it from above Li Hai's head to Dior who went out and got rid of the defense and returned to the basket.

Dio stood on tiptoe and was about to score a layup easily, but he didn't notice that Li Hai had rushed over.

With a solid cap, Li Hai slapped the ball hard on the backboard and bounced it out.

When Crawford picked up the rebound, he rushed forward quickly and made a direct mid-range shot.

With a 3-point advantage, the Knicks once again took the initiative in their own hands.

(End of this chapter)