I'm not a basketball bully

Chapter 462

Duncan behaved perfectly normal.

It would be better to say that he always has this expression on everyone.

But tonight was obviously different from before.

Jordan's jump ball this time was not intended to help the team get the opening ball.

It's better to say that the coach arranged the tactics like this.

Against a team like the Spurs, your efforts in the first and fourth quarters have no meaning at all.

The second and third quarters are the key to the game.

Whether they can break through the Spurs' zone defense is a question that every team deserves to spend a lot of time studying.

The Spurs team created by Popovich is basically the template for the defensive system of all teams in the league.

After the Spurs gained the ball, Parker dribbled across half court.

As for the Knicks, Su Ye had already positioned himself on the side, quietly waiting for Parker to come over.

Beat the Spurs team.

Their core offense is mainly pick-and-roll and passing the ball.

Their number of pick-and-rolls and passes ranked first in the league.

And just as Su Ye expected, Duncan gave Parker a pick-and-roll in advance, allowing Parker to avoid Deron who was guarding him.

But Su Ye started early and blocked Duncan who wanted to pick and roll.

The two teams started a tactical confrontation, which also made many coaches of each team in front of the TV frown.

"The Knicks' tactics this year are great."

"Why do I feel that after Ray Allen left, the Knicks' tactical level has improved."

"It's hard for the Knicks to play in this year's playoffs."

The Knicks predicted the Spurs' tactics in advance and provided countermeasures.

This forces the Spurs to pass the ball from the outside and look for the next offensive opportunity.

Such a high-end duel is naturally very exciting in the eyes of professionals.

But in the eyes of the fans, the fans couldn't help but use foul language.

"Slot! Passing the ball again!"

"I really don't know what the Spurs game means. It's just passing the ball."

"At this rate, it feels like the Spurs are going to drag on the game again today."

The Spurs have always been criticized by fans for not watching the games well enough.

But the Spurs are the most stable team in the league.

Sure enough, during the ball passing stage, they found an opportunity to give Duncan the ball.

Duncan, who was facing off against Su Ye, received the ball and directly measured his stance with his back.

Using his shoulder width, he pulled his right hand out of Su Ye's defensive range.

Then he jumped directly from one foot to complete the hook shot under the basket.

Su Ye had to sigh after seeing it.

Great basic skill, well-deserved reputation.

Although Duncan's moves are not so fancy, they are indeed very practical.

This position made it impossible for Su Ye to interfere with Duncan's hook position even if he took off.

Just when everyone thought Duncan could win the ball, a black shadow appeared behind Su Ye.

Jordan, who was under the basket, slapped the rising basketball away.

Duncan's pupils gradually dilated, but he soon returned to his previous calmness.

The Spurs soon learned a huge lesson about how they like to waste time.

After the ball was destroyed, they had less than five seconds to take action.

However, relying on Duncan's solid offense under the basket, the Spurs still won this round of offense.

The game continues.

The Knicks also changed their previous tactics tonight.

They also started a positional war with the Spurs.

You have one turn on both sides, and I have one turn, making the game a turn-based game.

When one side attacks, the other side must defend.

For most of the first quarter, there was not a single fast break on the court.

The fans couldn't help but complain.

"Procrastinate, procrastinate, the Spurs know how to procrastinate day by day."

"I'm convinced. I don't know what this game is worth seeing."

"The Knicks are also weird today. He doesn't attack hard anymore. It's so boring."

"It's okay not to watch this game."

Ratings for this game dropped significantly.

Except for the die-hard fans of the Knicks and Spurs, there are basically no fans of other teams who will continue to watch.

Just as the first quarter was about to end, a sudden situation suddenly woke up the drowsy fans in front of the screen.

Stephenson, who started the game, suddenly broke one from the opponent Jefferson's hand.

After stealing the ball, Stephenson launched a fast break alone and directly completed the one-stop process of stealing the fast break.

After completing the dunk, Stephenson celebrated wildly while playing the guitar leisurely.

When the Spurs home fans saw that this live treasure finally started, they also cheered beside them.

Just when Stephenson was happily preparing to ask for praise from his teammates, a white ice cream fell from the sky and landed directly on Stephenson's shoulder.

Stephenson was stunned for a moment, then glued his fingers together, looked at it, and smelled it.

When Deron was about to speak to dissuade him, he saw Stephenson's face change drastically.

"groove!"

"Bird poop!"

Stephenson's voice penetrated every corner of the venue.

There was the sound of pigeons flapping over the Spurs home court.

Several pigeons fled the "accident scene".

Stephenson came to the sidelines with a black face to deal with it.

The audience in the stadium burst into laughter, and even the Knicks were laughing so hard that they couldn't breathe.

Duncan almost couldn't hold it back.

He looked back and saw Stephenson's innocent expression, and finally couldn't help covering his face and laughing wildly.

This can be regarded as an episode in the first quarter of the game.

As the game entered the second quarter, the Spurs players stopped laughing.

Stephenson, who they thought was a living treasure, suddenly seemed like a different person in the second quarter.

Frequently shines on the defensive end.

After killing Jefferson, he almost killed Parker.

If it weren't for Parker's own strong dribbling ability and slightly controlled the basketball position, he also became a dead ball because of Stephenson's interception.

What surprised everyone even more was Stephenson's performance on the offensive end.

In the second quarter, he made three of five three-pointers, which is comparable to a sharpshooter.

It directly helped the Knicks lead the Spurs by six points.

When the old man on the bench, Popovich, saw that Stephenson could perform well, he became angry and called two timeouts in the second quarter.

During the second quarter of the game, Su Qun and Yang Jian were joking in the CCTV studio.

"This Stephenson looks like his two arteries have been opened by bird droppings, right?"

"Hey! Don't say that! It's a bit like the martial arts novels we read when we were kids."

"Tonight Stephenson is Qiao Feng. He suddenly realizes some magical skill and then kills everyone."

"Yu, look, Su Ye here also passed a ball to Stephenson, wanting to see this kid's performance."

"Here comes Stephenson versus Ginobili, what do you say!"

"Hey, this is a beautiful turn, going directly to the basket and facing Duncan."

"Strengthen!"

"Come in!"

"It also caused Duncan's foul!"

"2+1!"

"This Stephenson is really good!"

"It's just that the free throw was a bit bad. The team may have to practice more after the game."

"Stephenson has already scored 13 points tonight, and I feel like he is on track to reach a season high."

……

Stephenson's frequent performances stunned many fans in front of the TV.

However, it wasn't just Stephenson tonight, the rest of the Knicks were also playing well.

Especially Jordan, this guy has already contributed two key blocks just halfway through the game.

At the same time, he restricted Duncan well on the defensive end.

Duncan also felt that Jordan was in some trouble.

This guy has long arms of 2 meters and can cover Duncan's offensive area very well.

Facing this guy, the old Duncan had to use his ultimate move to score.

It can be said that all the Knicks are in good shape tonight.

As the intermission ended, the game entered the third quarter.

The commentators also began to predict the direction of the next game.

"The Knicks broke through the Spurs defense tonight and took a nine-point lead in the first half."

"Yes, this is something we usually don't see when other teams face the Spurs. The Spurs' defensive efficiency is far ahead in the league."

"In the second half, Popovich is likely to increase the efficiency of the team's offense and try to even out the score difference in the third quarter."

"Yes, but the key point is that Su Ye did not perform very well tonight. He only scored 12 points in the first half."

"Yes, everyone in the Knicks was in good condition tonight. He didn't have much of a role to play. At the same time, the Spurs were also defending against him."

"Let us look forward to whether Su Ye can bring more performance."

After the Spurs players adjusted their defensive strategy, a point that worried them finally broke out in silence.

The third quarter had just begun, and Su Ye was running without the ball on the outside.

The Spurs' defense against him was very obvious tonight, forcing him to the outside and blocking him from entering the two-point area where he is best.

To put it bluntly, Su Ye is not given any chance to get close to the three-second zone. Even the mid-range shot requires two people to mark him alone.

But entering the third quarter, the Spurs obviously relaxed a little against the Knicks.

Because they urgently need to score quickly to create a situation for the team to even out the score difference.

But just when everyone on the Spurs thought they were going to limit the Knicks' attack, Su Ye appeared in the left corner.

Ginobili tried hard to defend him on the right, but Deron's pass arrived faster.

Su Ye picked up the ball and shot.

A precise three-pointer shot directly through the Spurs' net.

Su Ye scored three points himself.

In the Knicks' next offensive round, Su Ye used the same method and scored another two long points on the Spurs' head.

If Su Ye's ball hadn't hit the ground and hit the line, it would have been a three-pointer.

Two consecutive shots made the Spurs realize something was wrong.

Mr. Popovich has not yet spoken.

However, within two minutes, when Su Ye hit another three-pointer in the same way, Popovich couldn't sit still and called a timeout for the Spurs.

The commentary booth in the distance was already filled with excitement.

"In the third quarter, Su Ye scored eight points in a row and made two three-pointers."

"Su Ye was in the Spurs' zone defense tonight. He had no way to try to break through the opponent and score in the way he was best at, but he found a new way to score."

"Shooter! Su Ye is the Knicks' shooter tonight. He shot through the Spurs' defense alone."

"That's right! He's going to feel hot tonight."

Even many players watching the game showed shocked expressions.

They didn't expect that Su Ye, who used to be labeled as all-around, would try to end the game with a three-pointer tonight.

Especially on the offensive end, no one expected that Su Ye could hit key three-pointers in succession.

Su Ye's shooting attitude this night made many teams in the Eastern Conference prepare for the playoffs tremble.

When Su Ye returned to the court after the timeout, he was also laughing and teasing the Spurs GDP combination.

"I feel a little better today."

"You have to be careful!"

Everyone on the Spurs also understands that Su Ye will probably use shooting to end the game tonight.

After returning, they strengthened their defense on the outside line of the Soviet Union.

Su Ye's shooting percentage also obviously began to decline.

In the next three three-point attempts, he only hit one.

But this three-pointer is also fatal.

Su Ye has already scored 11 points in the third quarter and 23 points in the game. The game has just entered the third quarter and has not yet entered the fourth quarter.

The point difference between the two teams directly reached double digits due to Su Ye's indiscriminate bombing.

Fortunately, the Spurs held on and kept the point difference between 9 and 11 points.

For the Knicks, it is very easy for Su Ye to change his style of play.

After all, their team had the league's top scorer Ray Allen last season, and Ray Allen had a lot of tactics in the team.

Su Ye only made a cameo appearance in Ray Allen's tactical position in the second half of today's game.

Stephenson replaced his position last season and was responsible for the team's singles and series.

Such a tactical switch made many fans instantly feel like they had seen the Knicks in their heyday last year.

Even because of DeAndre Jordan's wonderful performance, the Knicks' sense of oppression was even stronger tonight.

Everyone on the Spurs team also felt like they were facing a formidable enemy.

They also didn't expect that the Knicks would have a second tactical system.

But in the last 2 minutes of the third quarter.

While everyone on the Spurs team was desperately defending Su Ye's off-ball movement, including Popovich, the Spurs team ignored another problem.

Su Ye was not born without the ball.

He will just make a cameo appearance without the ball tonight.

Outside the three-point line, Su Ye, who originally wanted to run without the ball, received a pass from Deron while running and started dribbling to find space on his own.

With the help of Jordan's pick-and-roll, Su Ye changed his breakthrough position in disguise.

Then he took a step back and shot outside the three-point line.

The three-pointer was accurately hit.

Popovich's face was ashen on the bench.

"Hit again!!!"

"Su Ye has already scored 26 points tonight!"

"14 points in a single quarter!"

"His performance is too exaggerated!"

After this goal, everyone in the Spurs was sweating profusely.

They also discovered a problem.

To defend Su Ye, you can't move like you defend a shooter.

After all, the shooter didn't play alone with the ball.

But if the defense has the ability to play in isolation with the ball, like Kobe and Durant, let Ginobili match up.

Ginobili couldn't withstand Su Ye's strength.

Everyone on the Spurs racked their brains and couldn't think of a reasonable choice to defend Su Ye.

And Su Ye did not stop there, but instead attacked more sharply.

In the next round, there was another three-pointer with the ball, once again breaking through the Spurs' defense.

When Su Ye held the ball again at the buzzer of the third quarter, the Spurs couldn't figure out whether Su Ye was without the ball or with the ball in this round.

When everyone in the Spurs thought that Su Ye would play his best singles with the ball.

Su Ye started to run without the ball.

The slower Ginobili couldn't catch up with Su Ye's pace.

It would be better to say that with Su Ye's size and speed, playing shooting guard would be a proper foul.

There is no doubt that the Spurs made the wrong bet this time.

The price of the wrong bet was that Su Ye's three-pointer completely shattered the hopes of Spurs fans.

"bingo!"

"Su Ye hit the buzzer-beater!"

"20 points in a single quarter!"

"In the third quarter, Su Ye scored 20 points in a single quarter and 32 points in the game!"

"He made 10 of 6 three-pointers from outside tonight and scored 18 points!"

"Oh my god, Su Ye feels so hot tonight!"

"With a score difference of 20 points, how should the Spurs respond in the fourth quarter!"

Just when fans are thinking about how the Knicks can stabilize military morale.

After the third quarter, Su Ye left the field directly with a towel.

Everyone from the opponent Spurs was stunned.

They were not wrong.

Su Ye clocked in and got off work!

Such confidence puts tremendous pressure on everyone at the Spurs.

In a desperate situation, Mr. Popovich had no choice but to take a gamble and choose to use the demon sword Ginobili vigorously.

After all, the gdp team has been together for so many years, and everyone knows that convoluted sentence.

A car with the wind and a Buddha in adversity, and a demon sword in a desperate situation to kill all the demons.

Now they can only rely on Ginobili's performance to try to break the 20-point deadlock.

But God doesn't do what people want.

Su Ye is not the only one whose hands feel hot tonight.

Stephenson, who was promised before the game, desperately wanted to express himself.

As the team's starter in the fourth quarter, he was the team's second-leading scorer after Randolph, and he was playing with all his might.

On the one hand, Yaodao made a crazy and sharp breakthrough and committed a foul to help the Spurs shorten the point difference.

On the other side, Stephenson showed off his singles perfectly, imitating Su Ye's various unreasonable three-pointers.

Stephenson's performance stunned Spurs fans.

Are there still such ruthless people in the Knicks?

When the final whistle ended, all Spurs members lowered their heads and smiled bitterly.

In the distance, Stephenson jumped on Randolph's back and shouted excitedly.

"24 points! Did you see it?"

"I scored 24 points tonight!"

"It doesn't matter!"

Randolph carried Stephenson and held him up to celebrate with his teammates.

Delong on the side also laughed and joked.

"Congratulations, you can finally get rid of the title of rookie."

"Now you are an NBA rookie!"

Stephenson couldn't help but curse.

"Damn! Then I'm still a rookie?"

Everyone was laughing.

In this game, the Knicks also beat the Spurs by 16 points.

After this game, the regular season is coming to an end, and the east-west pattern is completely determined.

With this victory, the Knicks successfully locked in second place in the Eastern Conference.

They are three games behind the Bulls, who are first in the Eastern Conference.

With the Bulls' state this year, it will be difficult for them to catch up with the Bulls' record in the subsequent schedule.

But the third-placed Heat are five games behind them.

The Heat have no chance to compete for second place in the Eastern Conference.

The top three teams in the Eastern Conference playoffs have basically been locked in by their three teams.

At the same time, after this game, the Lakers narrowly lost to the Thunder.

The Spurs also successfully relied on a victory at the hands of the Knicks to reach first place in the Western Conference with a slim margin of one victory.

Among the teams that the Spurs played against, there was only one strong team, the Nuggets, and the others were not worth mentioning.

There is also a high probability that the Spurs will end this year's regular season ranked first in the Western Conference.