pinnacle swinger

Chapter 178 Different Fate

Under the spotlights, the two teams fought in battle on the court.

The black side is the 76ers. After adopting the new uniforms this year, the overall appearance of the players has improved. Coupled with their outstanding performance on the court, the new jerseys are sold out, and the general manager can wake up from his dreams with a smile.

The Knicks chose the classic white jersey at home, still following the NBA's general tradition of matching dark and light-colored jerseys with games.

The two sides jumped the ball, Chandler bounced significantly better than Gasol, and slapped the basketball away with one palm higher.

This year, the Knicks have been very successful in recruiting in the summer. After Chandler came to New York, the defense that has been criticized will obviously be greatly improved. However, in the current lineup of the Knicks, the point guard is still a perennial problem. Tony Douglas Less than the starting level, Baron Davis is recovering from his injury, and it is doubtful how successful he will be when he returns from injury. Mike Bibby is also currently on the injured list, so the Chinese point guard Jeremy Lin signed , In fact, it is also a helpless move.

Coach D'Antoni's life is not easy. Since he coached New York in 08, the team has signed one wave after another.

Facing a powerful neighbor today, he simply ruled out Landry Fields, Iman Shumpert, Anthony, Stoudemire and Chandler's starting lineup, even the point guard.

"D'Antoni's coaching style is like this, and this is his most admirable part." Collins looked at the Knicks' starting lineup and was full of praise.

Coach Bob agrees with Collins very much, "D'Antoni is really talented, he can always make some bold changes, and he and Nelson are the most creative in the NBA, not only referring to his ability to guide running and bombing tactics, but also There are some other aspects."

"Yes, but the overall flaws of the Knicks' lineup are quite obvious. Without a point guard, there are always problems in organization. Carmelo Anthony is a super scorer, but he has never been able to organize the team's offense. He is not Tracy McGrady, nor Tang Wenlong who was a point guard."

The Knicks team without a point guard lineup is a bit strange. Landry Fields dribbled the ball to Anthony directly after half court, and then he and Shumpert opened their positions and ran. The 76ers did not come Clamping, leaving Anthony and Tang Wenlong a one-on-one space.

In today's game, Tang Wenlong volunteered to defend Anthony, so as soon as he came up, he faced Anthony.

After Anthony took the ball with his back, he turned around and held the ball in both hands. Facing Tang Wenlong's spider-like long arms, he felt a little apprehensive.

He stretched out his right foot to take a small tentative step, and put the ball between his waist, in a standard three-threat posture.

In the first attack in the opening game, everyone opened up the space to give him a one-on-one challenge against the opponent's master. Even Stoudemire ran to the other half tactfully, not intending to come to the pick-and-roll.

Anthony is known as a kaleidoscope, and his offensive methods are complicated and diverse. The most famous is this infinitely changing tentative step.

When Tang Wenlong and Anthony singled out in the summer, the most difficult thing to defend against was Anthony's tentative move, but he defended other things such as post-up singles very well.

After a tentative step, Tang Wenlong was unmoved, and Anthony really dribbled and broke through!

His body is very strong, after one move, he hit like a giant bear, and then with a "bang", he had a confrontational collision with Tang Wenlong.

Tang Wenlong's strength was not low among small forwards, but he was still a bit overwhelmed when confronted with a talented player like Anthony, and immediately opened up a little space.

At this time, Anthony's second wave came, leaning against Tang Wenlong in a crushing manner, and began to squeeze inside.

Tang Wenlong raised his mind. According to Anthony's mind, he likes to suddenly withdraw his strength and make a jumper at this time.

Sure enough, the next moment Anthony suddenly paused, took a step back to the right, and turned around halfway to make a mid-range jumper.

After Tang Wenlong was prepared, he reacted extremely quickly. He followed up with one step and bounced off the ground, raising his long arms high!
"The point is here!" Tang Wenlong felt a slight touch of a hard object from his fingertips, and he knew that he had touched the basketball slightly.

He turned his head and roared, "Rebound!"

Gasol made great efforts, Chandler's weight of 120 kilograms stuck to Chandler, and West spotted the rebound and stretched out his hands to grab the rebounded basketball.

After Tang Wenlong yelled, he immediately launched a fast attack, and his small legs moved forward at a very fast speed.

"Whoosh!"

David West's long pass just flew over. The Knicks did not have a point guard, but Fields and Shan Shumpert were very active in retreating. One went to the basket to find a position, and the other followed Tang Wenlong closely.

In the defensive counterattack, Tang Wenlong likes to take the middle position, so that he can get a wider field of vision, and the position at the top of the arc is the place where he has the highest three-point shooting rate.

Tang Wenlong looked left and right, and hit the grounder casually, and it was passed to Lowry who rushed in.

Lowry took a step forward and rushed to the basket like a small cannonball. Facing Fields' defense, he floated out horizontally and made a low-angle rebound with one hand.

Hit! 2 to 0.

The Knicks attacked, Anthony and Stoudemire played a pick-and-roll, passed the ball to Fields who was running outside, Fields hit again and handed it to Tyson Chandler, Chandler made a mental gesture with the ball From the distance of the basket, he cleverly passed back to Shumpert who happened to come over at this time!

Shumpert is a player born at the Georgia Institute of Technology. He is a rookie who just entered the league this year. He was picked with the 17th pick in the first round. His specialty is his excellent athletic ability and good defense.

But his offense with the ball was terrible. After he got the ball, he obviously hesitated, and the 76ers took turns to defend in place. So many tactical moves just now were all in vain.

The ball was given to Stoudemire in the middle distance, he dribbled and stopped for a jump shot!Although David West kept up, Stoudemire's shot has already been shot, and his hand is very stable.

Hit 2 for 2.

The 76ers attacked, Gasol set up a pick-and-roll for Lowry, after Tang Wenlong ran in the opposite direction, he used West's defense to get out of the neutral position and ran to the bottom corner.

Stoudemire doesn't have a strong defensive awareness, and he doesn't want to jump out to defend outside players when facing a change of defense.

Tang Wenlong received Lowry's point, and before Anthony's pursuit arrived, he made a three-point jumper.

If no one interfered, Tang Wenlong's shooting percentage was higher. After mastering all the rhythms of this shot, the basketball spun beautifully into the basket. 5 to 2.

Anthony turned his head and glanced resentfully at Stoudemire, who was already running forward. This ball was blocked by West's off-ball screen, but Stoudemire didn't mean to fill him in. This season, he wanted to He wanted to defend well and achieve some good results, but according to this level of defensive laxity, no matter how many points he scored, it would be useless.

However, Stoudemire is currently the Knicks' highest salary and strong offensive ability. If he is not allowed to play, I am afraid that Dolan, who is rich and powerful, does not have such a big stomach.

Sometimes Anthony would be very envious of Tang Wenlong and Rose. These two guys are strong offensively and defensively weak, but as soon as they entered the league, there was a teammate who loves defense waiting. In the second and third seasons, they recruited a few defensive players. After the players joined, they could win the game steadily if they grasped the offense well, and the team's record soared.

(End of this chapter)