NBA: Start the water cooler and reach the Hall of Fame

Leonard suddenly became a threat from the outside, something new Knicks head coach Mike Woodson did not expect.

However, every team has staff responsible for video processing and statistical analysis. Compared with this occasional incident, the head coaches still believe more in statistics and big data.

Therefore, Woodson still chooses to regard Leonard as the most worthy of being released among the Wizards' starting perimeter players in the next period of time.

Li Kaiming is still the Knicks' tightest defensive target. Although his passing prevents the Knicks from double-teaming easily, this does not mean that the Knicks will watch him single out Quint Thomas.

After all, the two people are not at the same level at all. Quint Thomas may have had some influence at his peak. After all, he was the 95th pick in the first round in 10. In his best season, he averaged a 10+10 double-double per game. numbers, and is a very impactful player on the defensive end.

This is also the reason why the Knicks will let an old guy close to 40 years old serve as the starting No. 4 after Stoudemire was injured.

But now it's 2012, and Li Kaiming can call this guy uncle. No matter how good Quint Thomas is, he is still an old man, and he can't keep up with Li Kaiming.

So the Knicks will inevitably use some double-teams, but compared to ordinary double-team tactics, Li Kaiming's double-teams need to be considered more.

Therefore, Leonard's existence became a breakthrough point for Woodson to design double-team tactics.

However, what makes Woodson feel a little bit pained is that tonight, the paralyzed face on the opposite side was uncharacteristically uncharacteristic and hit two open three-pointers in the first quarter!

This is something he and the Knicks players didn't expect.

When Leonard can hit three-pointers, it's hard for the Wizards not to take the lead.

So at the end of the first quarter, the Wizards led the Knicks by 29 points, 25-4.

Li Kaiming doesn't have many chances to shoot. Although Quint Thomas is old and in poor health, he has a very good defensive awareness and can often find the most suitable opportunities to call people over to double-team!

So he restrained his shots in the first quarter. After all, the Knicks were double-teaming him, and his teammates would naturally be in open positions. In addition, the outside players also had very good touch, so there was no need for him to take difficult shots.

He has now reached a new level, that is, he has no desire for the regular season, or to be more precise, he has no desire for other factors besides winning the game.

In the first season, due to system tasks, he would also deliberately pursue game data, or he would be anxious to prove himself and strive to perform some shocking performances.

But since becoming an NBA champion and an Olympic champion, he has become immune to all the things he pursued before. Only victory and constant victory can stimulate his excitement.

At the beginning of the second quarter, it was still time for both teams to rotate their lineups. The Knicks' lineup was still much worse than the Wizards', let alone the defensive end. The main reason was that on the offensive end, few of the Knicks could be stable on the outside. The guy who shoots the ball.

Without Stoudemire, one of the team's core players, the Knicks' offense is mostly counting on Anthony, who is also the Knicks' most accurate shooting player.

Jeremy Lin, who caused Lin Crazy in the Knicks last season, has signed with the Houston Rockets in the offseason with a three-year, $3 million guaranteed contract. The Knicks are currently short-handed.

Therefore, the Wizards players are very single when defending the Knicks. In addition to defending against Anthony, who needs to squeeze the screen and defend closely, they guard one step against everyone else and go behind when there is a screen. Take shooting seriously!

When the Knicks players saw that the Wizards looked down on them so much, they were furious. So during the rotation phase, the Knicks players took action when they got opportunities from the outside. Of course, basketball doesn’t lie, and the shooting percentage is It's not something you can jump into just because your brain is hot.

The Wizards' bench lineup is very strict. With two experienced benches controlling the rhythm, although the Wizards' offensive efficiency is not as high as when the starters are on the field, it is still quite organized and looks very smooth.

After Li Kaiming and other starters came on the court, the Wizards had once again opened the point difference to 7 points.

The Knicks also quickly brought Anthony back. If they continue to play according to this trend, it is like boiling a frog in warm water. The game time is over while playing, and they find that they cannot beat the opponent...

This is also the performance of many strong teams. In the long regular season, such teams may not maintain a fierce offense in every game, or be able to prevent their opponents from scoring points in every game.

But they were able to distribute their physical strength reasonably and maintained the same intensity throughout the regular season. They didn't look very strong, but their opponents would fall into their rhythm before they knew it, and then slow death would take them away from the victory.

Anthony came up to prepare to wake up his team, so this time he didn't care whether Leonard was in front of him or not, and started an indiscriminate one-on-one duel from the moment he caught the ball.

Leonard's defense is very good, but Anthony, a historical-level singles player, is not a vegetarian. What's more, singles are what Anthony has been doing throughout his career.

Leonard stretched out his long arms to cover Anthony. The latter broke through the fake move and suddenly ignored the defense and hit a three-pointer!

43 is better than 39!

The Wizards still had limited tactics in the frontcourt. After Li Kaiming received the ball, he passed it to Blatche, who faced Chandler's defense and missed a layup. Anthony grabbed the rebound and dribbled the ball past half court. Then facing Leonard's defensive three-pointer, he pulled out and scored again!

Two unreasonable three-pointers stopped the game!

43 is better than 42!

The fans in Madison Square danced to the rhythm of the music to celebrate their home team's beautiful counterattack on this festive day!

Next to the court, the well-known Knicks fan and the famous New York director Spike Lee, who was sitting in the front row of the VIP seats, stood up involuntarily!

While talking about America's national quintessence, he encouraged his home team!

"Damn it! Kick their ass hard and let them know whose territory this is!"

Spike Lee is the representative of New York's radical fans. He buys front-row season tickets for the Knicks every season. He is a die-hard Knicks fan. So far in the first half, his home team has been overwhelmed by his opponents. His Of course I was very unhappy!

After all, what kind of day is tonight? It is equivalent to Chinese New Year's Eve and the Western Spring Festival. Let the fans watch their home team being beaten tonight. Isn't it the same as having the audience shout "making dumplings!" on the Spring Festival evening? !

That’s a purely disgusting audience!

Therefore, after the Knicks gained momentum, Spike Lee also swept away the previous haze, stood up and began to express the depression in his heart that had been suppressed for nearly half the game!

Sanders did not make any special arrangements during the timeout. Now he is used to it. In most cases, the timeout is to interrupt the opponent's continuous scoring rhythm or to rotate the team's lineup. As for what happens after the timeout, tactics.

When you have someone on your team who can break out and widen the point difference at will, do you need to set up any special tactics?

Just give the ball to Li Kaiming and that's it!

After the game came back, the Wizards sent a baseline kick. Hinrich dribbled to the frontcourt. Li Kaiming asked for the ball one step inside, and then changed from back to face.

The Knicks still didn't dare to double-team easily. Li Kaiming directly dropped the ball and broke through. With a slow three-step rhythm change, he rushed to the basket and caused Chandler's foul!

Madison Square immediately erupted in boos from the fans!

Spike Lee on the side of the court also stood up and pointed at the referee, and used the most beautiful language to start a cordial greeting with the referee's mother as the center and the eighteen generations of ancestors as the radius!

Of course, the referee could only bear with this kind of off-court pressure. Li Kaiming stood on the free throw line and made two free throws, 45 to 42!

The Knicks served and attacked from the baseline. After Felton dribbled the ball over to half court, he and Chandler tried to find a way to break through during a pick-and-roll. Hinrich moved sideways to block Felton's breakthrough route. The latter was blocked by The experience of the veteran came into play while he was knocked away!

While pretending to be fouled, he stretched out a hand and looked at the referee, but the ball was firmly in his hands, and he could continue to attack as long as the referee didn't call it.

The pressure from the fans just now allowed the referee to give face and call Hinrich for a blocking foul. Because the number of fouls had already reached, Felton went directly to the free throw line.

The latter made two free throws, and the point difference was still two points.

The Wizards served to the frontcourt. Hinrich wanted to break through the pick-and-roll, but Felton and Chandler almost delayed the ball and forced him to steal it. He finally controlled the ball and passed it to Lenner in an emergency. Virtue.

At this time, there were 10 seconds left in the attack time. Anthony would not let Leonard shoot. Leonard still knew how much he had when someone was guarding him, so he gave the ball to Li Kaiming inside.

Because there was not much offensive time left, Li Kaiming took the ball and turned around and passed Quint Thomas, and then went to the basket to push Chandler for a layup!

Chandler jumped up high and slapped Li Kaiming on the wrist!

Snapped!

The solid sound was heard by all the players present!

However, the three referees looked as if they were wearing sunglasses. Chandler was stunned for a moment and then directly grinned and grabbed the rebound!

Li Kaiming imitated the emperor's posture and made a picturesque spread of hands towards the referee!

It's a pity that the referee still didn't say anything!

Madison's director gave a close-up of Li Kaiming's complaint and then put it on the big screen.

Upon seeing this, the audience immediately began to boo Li Kaiming!

Spike Lee on the sidelines also stood up and chattered.

"You loser! Can't you play without free throws?

Let's see, whose home field is this?

Madison is not as simple as you think! Boy! "

Spike Lee still remembers the last time he was slapped in the face by Li Kaiming, so he has no scruples in spraying this time!

Chandler grabbed the rebound and passed it to Felton, who dribbled to the frontcourt and passed it directly to Anthony in the low post.

Although Leonard has gained strength after hard training, it is still lower than the ceiling level of striker strength like Anthony. After being stuck, Leonard couldn't help but start pushing hard.

At this time, Anthony turned around the moment he caught the ball, shaking Leonard so hard that he almost gnawed on the ground!

After passing Leonard and reaching the basket, Anthony was about to dunk against Blatche. Unfortunately, his jumping and wingspan were really average. He clearly pushed Blatche away, but was blocked by the basket!

However, Anthony's low jump also has advantages, that is, he can take off twice faster than others. After taking off continuously, he picked up the rebound and scored again after causing Li Kaiming's foul!

The entire Madison was detonated instantly!