NBA: Start by torturing Jordan and add points to upgrade

In the first quarter, the Knicks and the Warriors fought back and forth.

The Knicks continued their fast and frenetic transition offense, and their frenzy was exactly the same as in previous years.

They scored 30 points in the first quarter, continuing their legend as the best scoring team in the league.

The Warriors were not left too far behind, they also scored 25 points. With this small gap, the Warriors could catch up at any time.

The reason why the Warriors were able to keep up with the score, in addition to Paul scoring 5 points and making 3 assists in a single quarter without any turnovers, there are two most important reasons.

The first reason is that Biedrins and Aldridge have obvious height advantages, and they can control the rebounds or interfere with the Knicks' rebounds to the maximum extent.

These two guys teamed up to grab 7 rebounds in the first quarter, which really tortured Stoudemire and Okur.

As for the second reason, it is Aldridge!
This guy went through a nightmare rookie season. Brown's suppression and Jordan's tyrannical temper really made Aldridge miserable. He even felt that he was a useless waste.

The deal the Warriors proposed saved him in many ways.

After the deal was done, Warriors general manager Chris Mullin personally called Aldridge as soon as possible.

The core content of the call is just one thing.

"There have been many great trades in the history of the Warriors, and many of them have given the team a whole new look. But no matter what others say or think, I think the trade I just completed is the best in team history!"

"Chris has dreamed of working with you since last year's draft, and I've been following your game since you were in high school. We made many offers to the Bobcats, but Michael rejected them all."

"What I want to say now is that I found the best partner for Chris at the lowest cost. I almost got the core player of the team for the next 10 years for free!"

Just these few simple words not only made Aldridge almost burst into tears in front of Mullin, but also rekindled his confidence and hope!
Jordan and Brown are idiots, but that doesn’t mean everyone in the world is an idiot!

Damn, this year I’m going to prove to everyone that I’m not a super fake!
So, Aldridge has been training like crazy throughout the offseason this year. He hardly gave himself any time to rest. He started working hard after Mullin called him.

Not only did he practice on his own, he also took the initiative to contact Paul, Jackson and others to practice with him. Not only did he work hard on his personal skills, he also focused on actual combat. Not only did he participate in the summer league for the second consecutive year, he also watched various videos and videos of his predecessors every day.

To put it simply: Mullin's phone call made Aldridge want to give his life to him.

Aldridge's hard work has also made him improve significantly this year. Not only have his strength, confrontation and body shape increased significantly, but his various skills, awareness and shooting stability have also steadily improved!

This is also the real reason why he was so popular in the preseason!
He has the ability, teammates who can pass the ball, coaches and management who value him, and a tactical position and playing time. Is it fair that Aldridge doesn't explode this year?

In the first quarter, Aldridge successfully scored points through pick-and-rolls with Paul many times. He scored 9 points and 4 rebounds in the first quarter tonight, the player with the most points and rebounds on the Warriors.

God knows how excited Mullin was when he saw the tacit cooperation between Paul and Aldridge in front of the TV. This alcoholic even happily gave up his alcohol abstinence plan that he had insisted on for more than 20 hours and made an exception to drink a large glass of brandy.

Then, while still drunk, he sent Jordan a text message.

"Michael, on behalf of the Golden State fans, thank you!"

Of course, this kind of text messaging is mainly for fun, and it is absolutely impossible to receive a reply.

What can Jordan say?
"You are such a nice person. You took advantage of me and still thanked me."

……

In the second quarter, a large number of main players from both sides sat on the sidelines to rest, and the game was led by Nate, Barnes, Anthony, Smith and Stoudemire.

As for the Warriors, Paul and Jackson went down to rest, while Ellis, Richardson, Morrow, Aldridge and Biedrins came on the court one after another.

With this substitution, the Warriors' style immediately underwent a drastic change!

The first is speed. When Paul left the court and the Warriors no longer forced the team to slow down, especially after Ellis, a master of melee combat and a scoring maniac, came on the court, the Warriors' vitality was immediately re-emerged!
As soon as Ellis came on, he took the ball from the backcourt and dribbled it to the frontcourt, then made two quick changes of direction to strengthen his dribbling breakthrough. Then, he didn't care about Nate who was defending him at all and jumped up and made a forced mid-range jump shot!

"Shh!"

After a crisp sound, Ellis's shot, which was completely tactical and unreasonable and enough to make 90% of the head coaches call him an idiot, went accurately into the basket!
Reasonable?

My name is Ellis, and my appearance is just fucking unreasonable!
In the Knicks' offense, Nate was dominated by the opponent in an almost one-stop manner. Being a very competitive man, of course he had to find a way to get back on track, and he didn't even pass the ball!

Lower your head, accelerate, and attack with force!

It has to be said that the reason Nate has been able to stay in the league for many years despite his height is because of his speed and strength that far exceeds his height!

Needless to say, Nate's speed, his ultra-low stance and dribbling height have become his natural advantages, making it difficult for opponents to steal the ball while defending him.

As for strength?

Those big guys want to take advantage of Nate by backing him up? Unless your strength can crush Nate, like Lin Tian.

Or maybe your skills can crush Nate and score easily with your footwork and rhythm, like Lin Tian!
If you don’t have Lin Tian’s level of skills or strength, hehe, don’t even think about it!
Nate's defense is definitely underestimated!
But of course, it is underestimated, but not by much.

After all, with a height of 175 cm, as long as he has stable shooting skills, he can definitely make one shot after another in front of Nate easily.

He couldn't interfere at all.

But if the opponent insists on competing with Nate in strength, then Nate will definitely let his opponent know how powerful he is!

For example, in this shot, Nate's low dribbling made it impossible for Ellis to find a chance to steal the ball. Ellis, who was known for his thinness, faced Nate, who was like a little rhino. Ellis grimaced in pain in his shoulder and couldn't help but retreat continuously.

Nate easily got to the basket and was about to shoot, but Ellis, who had just been knocked away, reached out unwillingly to steal the ball, but slapped the basketball that Nate was holding.

Unfortunately, Nate's finishing ability was not good enough. He failed to directly score 2+1 and instead went to the free throw line.

But maybe Ellis hit it a little too hard, so Nate missed the first free throw.

After making 2 of 1 free throws, Ellis dribbled to the frontcourt again. He was incredibly fast and reached the Knicks basket again in the blink of an eye. Then he used his signature slow three steps to shake off Nate and made another layup with his left hand!
The gap between the two sides was reduced to only 2 points in the blink of an eye!

And that’s not all. When Nate wanted to take revenge and once again chose to force a breakthrough and try to score with physical confrontation, Ellis showed his intelligence this time.

"FUXX!"

After being hit by Nate, Ellis immediately let out a scream, fell backwards and lay directly on the ground, and the referee blew the whistle immediately.

Offensive foul!

In the next round, Ellis once again demonstrated his IQ dominance.

He waved his hands to signal everyone to move away, as if he was going to beat Nate alone right now. Then, after everyone moved away, he suddenly passed the basketball with one arm to Morrow who had run out of position on the other side.

The sharpshooter made a great move and made the 3-pointer!
The Warriors took the lead!

Old Nelson on the sidelines was still not in a hurry. He watched the situation on the court calmly and was completely unmoved.

Because his core players on the field haven't made a move yet!
Next, Stoudemire and Anthony can definitely take over the game!

Sure enough, in the next round, Anthony demanded the ball forcefully, got the opportunity to attack from Nate, and then made a strong mid-range jump shot, helping the Knicks to overtake the score again!
In the next few minutes, the two lineups on the court were fighting back and forth, and although everyone's scoring efficiency declined, the scores of both sides were still very close!

38: 37!

After three minutes of the second quarter, the Warriors finally held on to a slight lead thanks to the hot-tempered substitute duo of Ellis and Morrow.

Then the Warriors made the first substitution, Richardson, Paul and others came on the court at the same time, and their starting lineup returned to the court at the same time!
But old Nelson still did not make any substitutions. He just sat and watched Anthony and Stoudemire fight on the court.

This style of play and rotation pattern will inevitably become the norm for the Knicks this season.

Everyone knows that this is Lin Tian’s last season, so even if his condition is still at its best, even if he still has the best mentality and ability in the league.

But old Nelson must also reduce his playing time and let Anthony and Stoudemire play more together and cooperate more. Only in this way can they adapt to the next season faster and feel the tacit understanding of playing when Lin Tian is not there in advance.

After all, starting next season, the Knicks will have to rely on these two to remain competitive.

This season, whether Nelson is reluctant or not, he has to reduce Lin Tian's playing time and train these two guys more. But tonight, the performance of these two is really not very good.

They first fought back and forth with the substitute lineup led by Ellis, Morrow and others, and then after Paul, Aldridge and others came on the court, they completely lost control of the rhythm.

Although Paul is only in his third year, he is a top-notch game-control genius. His mature playing style makes him look as experienced as if he has played for 3 years.

He immediately slowed down the pace as soon as he came on the court, and his top-notch defense always allowed him to increase the intensity of his defense against the Knicks' backup guards in a timely manner when the Knicks wanted to speed up.

Then, the Knicks players who just wanted to run were forced to slow down again and fight a positional battle with the Warriors, which they didn't like and were not good at.

If Lin Tian was present, Paul's targeting would certainly not be worth mentioning, and everything could be easily solved by just sprinkling some water.

But the problem is that he is now sitting on the sidelines resting. Among the rest of the Knicks players, whether it is Nate or Brown, or anyone else, their abilities are far inferior to Lin Tian and Paul. They simply have no ability to break through Paul's tight defense.

If the ball is given to Anthony and other forwards to advance, their ability to advance is sufficient, but their overall view and passing ability are a bit lacking.

In short, the Knicks were completely at a disadvantage in the first half of the second quarter.

"Go ahead Lin."

With 6 minutes left in the second quarter, old Nelson finally patted Lin Tian on the shoulder, indicating that it was his turn to play!

At this time, the Knicks were already 6 points behind.

In the second and a half quarters, the Knicks lost to the Warriors by 11 points.

Anthony and Stoudemire's leadership performance during this period was clearly unsatisfactory.

But head coach Nelson didn't seem to care about it. The old man was not angry or furious at all. He just pursed his lips slightly, and it was obvious that his brain was thinking rapidly.

At the same time, what old Nelson is thinking now is also what all Knicks fans are thinking.

What should we do without Lin Tian?
At least for now, Stoudemire and Anthony are both great and excellent. They are both undoubtedly top-notch stars, All-Star players and favorites for the annual team.

Their playing style attracts fans, their playing style is explosive, and they have good personalities. They are the kind of people who can help the team make a lot of money.

But here’s the thing about these two: they can score, and they’re good at scoring.

But they are not very good at leading their team to victory.

They are not qualified leaders.

Stoudemire never went to college and lacked an important experience. Even after playing in the NBA for so many years, he is more like a child than a mature leader.

Although Anthony went to college and won the NCAA championship, he won almost all the NCAA awards during his freshman year. It may be controversial to say that he is the greatest and most fantastic freshman in NCAA history.

But NCAA freshman Mount President definitely has his place.

But that's Anthony's problem.

His body developed too early and his skills matured too early. During his college years, he was almost invincible and no one could cause him any trouble.

After entering the NBA, they failed to make the playoffs in their first year. After Lin Tian arrived, the Knicks became an undefeated general and won two consecutive championships!

This kind of experience is no longer the treatment of the male protagonist in a hot-blooded anime. It is simply a life that only the male protagonist in a cheating anime or a third-rate basketball competitive novel can have.

So smooth.

Anthony has had such a smooth life that he hardly knows what setbacks are.

If people keep losing, they will lose their edge and confidence.

But if people keep winning, they will also lose the ability and methods to deal with setbacks.

No one can have smooth sailing, and no one can win all the time.

God was nailed to the cross, wasn't he?
When old Nelson thought of this, he suddenly couldn't help but curl his lips, and then sighed helplessly.

In his team, there is actually a monster who looks more like an anime hero than Anthony. He is fearless and invincible all the way, and he can easily defeat the entire league.

Lin Tian.

This guy, what is the biggest setback he has ever suffered in his life?
Was he almost eliminated in the second round of the draft?
Simply outrageous.

Old Nelson shook his head and completely drove the monster Lin Tian out of his mind. He wanted to completely forget about this monster and think carefully about the future of the Knicks.

He also renewed his four-year contract with the team in advance this summer.

4 million in 4800 years!
The annual salary of 1200 million is the highest among all NBA coaches! It broke the NBA's historical record and is also the highest record among the four major leagues in the entire North American sports history.

Originally, Nelson thought that Lin Tian would renew his contract with the Knicks for another 4-5 years, and he wanted to retire with Lin Tian. He also thought that if Lin Tian played until he was 40 years old, when his energy would decline, he would simply leave Lin Tian behind and live a happy retirement life first.

But now, it turns out that he, the old man, is the only one left to hold on.

Don’t talk about martial ethics!
Now, the problems facing old Nelson are quite serious and urgent.

Without Lin Tian, ​​the No. 1 player in league history, the Knicks' strength will inevitably be greatly reduced.

Anthony and Stoudemire are both great, but they can't support a championship-level team.

At the same time, without Lin Tian, ​​the team must also introduce a qualified point guard. The current ones on the team are really terrible!

And Anthony and Stoudemire obviously can't continue playing like this.

They have to learn to sacrifice and share, they have to step out of their comfort zone and make themselves stronger, and they have to learn to take responsibility.

And even if these two players improve rapidly, the Knicks obviously can't continue to play the way they are now.

Today's Knicks basically have 9 points in offense and 1 point in defense. Everything they do depends on offense, and with Lin Tian, ​​he has the world's best scoring ability + organizational passing ability, and more importantly, Lin Tian also has a perfect mode switching button.

Whether to attack or pass the ball, this critical point and dividing line, Lin Tian mastered it perfectly.

He always makes the best choice.

With Lin Tian around, the Knicks can defeat all their opponents in the series just by relying on offense.

But what if Lin Tian is gone...

It is obviously not going to work if we continue to attack so frantically without defending.

The firepower can't keep up.

They need to be more balanced, they need to improve their defense, make themselves a team with both offensive and defensive capabilities, and minimize and hide their own flaws while retaining their advantages.

If it was nine shallow and one deep before...

No, bah!

If it was nine attacks and one defense before, now it must be at least seven attacks and three defenses, and the best is six attacks and four defenses.

If this cannot be done, then old Nelson believes that once Lin Tian leaves, even if the team can continue to maintain a playoff spot, it will never be able to become a strong team again.

Improve your defense!

Enhance the leadership qualities of Anthony and Stoudemire!
Make preparations in advance without Lin Tian!
At the same time, he also has to compete for the championship to put a perfect end to Lin Tian’s career.

There is still a long way to go! (End of this chapter)