pinnacle swinger

Chapter 217 Battle against the Knicks ([-])
The 76ers attacked, and Iguodala continued to do pick-and-roll with Hawes.

The effect of tactical execution is mediocre. The Knicks' rotation defense was very timely. Iguodala did not choose to attack after losing the best opportunity, and gave the ball to Louis at the top of the arc.

Lewis took the ball and broke through. His speed was very fast. Compared with Mike Bibby, another veteran of the Knicks, he was like a youthful gust of wind.

Bibby has rich experience, but he doesn't have much to do with the speed-type point guard's sudden attack. Louis dribbles obliquely and kills the inside line.

At this moment, the weak inside defense of the Knicks was manifested. In order to keep an eye on the more threatening Tang Wenlong, no one helped to defend Louis. 30 to 18.

"Good shot!" Louis' breakthrough was very resolute, and Collins applauded and praised loudly.

At this point, with 1 minute and 58 seconds left in the first quarter, the Knicks were at an absolute disadvantage, and the situation was becoming more and more unfavorable to them.

Anthony has taken 8 shots so far in the first quarter, but only hit 2 goals and scored 5 points, but the efficiency is not satisfactory.Especially when he has already confronted Iguodala like this, but Iguodala only committed one foul. The latter's defense is too clean, but it is also very uncomfortable.

After halftime, Anthony distributed the ball and gave it to Bibby to organize the offense.

Bibby gave it to the young Shumpert, indicating that Shumpert can try to make a breakthrough. After all, the stage of the playoffs still needs the Knicks to show their vitality.

Tang Wenlong stretched out his long arms, blocking Shumpert like a giant spider, entwining him to death at any moment.

With a guilty conscience, he flicked his wrist and the basketball was quickly transferred to JR's hands.

JR-Smith was facing David West. This was an unconventional dislocation. In theory, it was small and big. Lu Qiang rushed to the basket.

West is experienced defensively, looking for a physical confrontation between the two.

JR-Smith made an emergency stop for a jumper. West didn't take off, but just stretched out his hand to interfere.

Hit the board in the middle distance and hit. 30 to 20.

"Strike!" The Knicks' bench applauded thunderously. It was not easy to score a point. The 76ers' defense seemed to be suffocating.

The 76ers attacked, Tang Wenlong stepped back and missed a jumper.

The rebound was grabbed by Iguodala and returned to the outside Louis for reorganization.Hawes and Lewis attacked in a pick-and-roll. Lewis dribbled the ball to the left and made a mid-range drift shot, but still missed.

This time the Knicks three returned to grab the rebound, and Shumpert jumped up and took the rebound.

In the positional battle, Anthony, who had a round of rest, began to single out Iguodala again. Iguodala raised his arm to defend, Anthony turned around and dribbled the ball, crushed Iguodala with his strong back muscles, and rushed to the basket Score dunks. 30 to 22.

At this time, with the last 47 seconds left, the 76ers made an offensive error, and Iguodala passed the ball directly out of the baseline.

Taking advantage of the dead ball, the head coach replaced Iguodala and Tang Wenlong with Meeks and playoff rookie Jimmy Butler!
双方再打完最后47秒，76人32比23首节领先了9分。

Although suppressed, the Knicks still see hope, at least the point difference is still within ten, isn't it?During the interval, Woodson loudly encouraged the players to play aggressively!
On the other side, Collins asked the players to rest quickly. The task of the substitutes is to ensure that the point difference created by the main players is not narrowed by the opponent.

Butler slipped around on the court in the first quarter, and he was completely let go when he returned to the court.

"The lad is well adjusted!" Iguodala praised Butler's calmness. He remembered that when he participated in the playoffs for the first time, he was so nervous that he couldn't breathe.

Butler smiled slightly, "As long as we can contain the opponent on the defensive end, we can win."

"Yes, if you suppress JR who can score the most, the Knicks' bench will not be able to do anything." Tang Wenlong on the side emphasized JR. JR's convulsive style of play is the biggest threat to the 76ers.

Butler nodded. The head coach Collins also meant the same thing. He was good at defense and he happened to meet JR on the opposite side.

At the beginning of the second quarter, the 76ers sent a pure substitute lineup of Lewis, Meeks, Butler, Speights and Hawes, achieving a 10-man rotation.On the Knicks side are Bibby, JR-Smith, Fields, Novak and Stoudemire, and they are also a very confident 9-man rotation.

With Hawes defending Stoudemire and Anthony's absence, Stoudemire had the idea of ​​attacking independently. After the start of the second quarter, he took the initiative to ask for it.

After receiving the pass, Stoudemire made a fake shot, turned sideways, and quickly wiped out Hawes, and made a strong layup under the basket.

After that, Stoudemire hit another mid-range jumper and scored 4 points in a row.

Collins immediately called a timeout. Hawes was obviously powerless when facing Stoudemire's offense. Although Stoudemire's state has declined sharply this year, he still has 17+8 energy, including a mid-range jumper. When it comes to David West, it's hard to tell the difference.

Collins made a mistake, replaced Iguodala or Tang Wenlong in advance to control the situation?That would be unfavorable for the following games, but if Stoudemire is allowed to attack, the advantage of the 76ers will be eroded.He turned his head to look at the bench, a pair of bright, round eyes looked at him expectantly.

Collins immediately thought of Whiteside's wonderful defensive performance in the last stage of the regular season. He made a decisive decision, "Hassan, why don't you try playing? Contribute your strength on the defensive end!"

Whiteside jumped up from the bench in surprise, his lips trembling with excitement, this is not an appearance at garbage time, this is a key stage of the playoffs!
"Good coach, I will definitely complete the task!" Whiteside quickly took off the outer training clothes.

At this time, Hawes sat back on the bench depressed. He had just returned from injury, and his condition had not been adjusted to the best. However, he couldn't guard against a mobile insider like Stoudemire. It's better to defend that Novak, simply like defending a high school student.

Tang Wenlong turned his head and smiled and said to Iguodala: "Hassan finally got his chance, he has always wanted to prove himself!"

Iguodala nodded: "Yes, he is a hardworking young man, and his talent is also very good."

At the end of the short timeout, Stoudemire was stunned to see that the 76ers replaced Hawes with an unknown rookie. Was he teasing him?One has never heard of it, maybe the official NBA website does not have a big white border for the photo frame?
He couldn't understand it in his stomach, but immediately began to suffer.
(End of this chapter)