MTL - Healing Basketball-Chapter 975 975. Myth will be shattered?
Chapter 975 Chapter 975. Will the myth be shattered?
If Liu Xiu knew what McGrady was thinking, she might be speechless all night.
That will definitely affect Liu Xiu's performance tonight. The Knicks may be able to quickly overtake the score, widen the point difference, and beat Liu Xiu at home for the first time in team history...
Although he began to complain again, after the intermission, McGrady quickly accepted the reality and re-entered the game. After playing, he looked at Liu Xiu with wide-eyed and hot eyes.
He regained the feeling of fighting against all the superstars in the league five or six years ago.
The first time I saw Liu Xiu, McGrady didn't like that loose look in his eyes, and I still don't like it now.
But playing against Liu Xiu, he has always liked it and wants to win!
Liu Xiu didn't know that McGrady had thought about so many outrageous things in just a few minutes, felt McGrady's fighting spirit, and looked at him with wide eyes, making no secret of the same passionate fighting intent.
Different from the usual playing time of 38 to 45 minutes, tonight, if the point difference is not widened, Liu Xiu is ready to play the whole game.
The Knicks sent a combination of Nate Robinson, McGrady, Quentin Richardson, David Lee, and Jared Jeffries.
The Trail Blazers sent a combination of Blake, Liu Xiu, Korver, Outlaws, and McDyess.
The second quarter started and the Knicks took the lead.
Little Tudou made a strong attack on Blake, and after encountering a pinch, he scored the ball to David Lee. The latter caught the ball and turned around and hit a hook with his right hand.
As a left-hander, David Lee's right-hand hook is also very powerful.
The supplementary defense was in place, but he failed to defend. McDyess played very aggressively on the offensive end. After helping Liu Xiu pick and roll, he opened to a position he was good at, and made a decisive shot from the catch...Score!
Then Blake made a three-pointer receiving the ball from the wing, Korver made a three-pointer with a pass back from the top arc, and the outsider made a tip-up... After a few rounds, Knicks coach Isaiah Thomas The defense that was emphasized during the intermission collapsed directly.
The assassin's defensive strategy is to try to let go of a certain player of the Trail Blazers and move ahead to pinch Liu Xiu.
But the Trail Blazers players have very good offensive awareness. After sensing the opponent's movement, they actively moved to the best receiving point. Coupled with the excellent touch tonight, they made good use of the Assassin's defensive strategy.
The Knicks players directly gave up the Assassin's defensive strategy, relying on instinct defense is better than the Assassin's defensive strategy.
Fortunately, although the defensive end has been tossed, the offensive end of the Knicks continued to be hot.
McGrady scored 9 points, 2 rebounds and 2 assists in the second quarter, leading the Knicks to 33 points in a single quarter!
For Liu Xiu, he scored 10 points, 3 rebounds, 2 assists and 1 block in the second quarter, leading the Trail Blazers to 32 points in a single quarter.
After halftime, the Trail Blazers led the Knicks by 2 points 68 to 66.
The second quarter seemed to be played back and forth, but Liu Xiu was under pressure.
If there is no 10-5 wave sent by the assassin at the beginning of the second quarter, the score will be overtaken!
More than 9 minutes later, the score was 22 to 28!
Although the offensive state is good and the coaching staff has lowered the defensive requirements to maintain offensive firepower, the impact of 4 games in 5 days on their Trail Blazers is still visible.
The start was fierce, and the shooting efficiency fluctuated a lot later!
Regarding this situation, Liu Xiu did not struggle, and took the initiative to communicate with the coaching staff to adjust his style of play during the intermission...
In the third quarter, the Knicks, who had opened up, continued their offensive firepower in the first half!
However, the Trail Blazers also stopped the momentum of declining offensive firepower-Liu Xiu started the West Coast mode, shooting wildly, and successfully shot 13 times in a single quarter!
For the Knicks, McGrady made 3 of 5 shots, plus 2 of 2 free throws, and scored 8 points, plus David Lee's 8 points, Big Q's 6 points, Fred Jones' 4 points, the No. The weather seemed to be clear in the third quarter. The Sharks scored 8 points... The Knicks scored 34 points in a single quarter!
For the Trail Blazers, Liu Xiu made 7 of 13 shots, including 1 of 2 three-pointers and 1 of 1 free throws. He scored 16 points, 3 rebounds, 2 assists and 2 steals in a single quarter, carrying the team forward with his own strength. !
Teammates are less motivated to move, so stand still and wait for the ball to be shot, do the simplest moves, be bold when passing the ball, and don’t be afraid of making mistakes.
Under this style of play, Blake scored 6 points and 6 assists in a single quarter!
Liu Xiu scored 3 goals, which were passed back by Blake. Liu Xiu received 5 passes from Blake in the crowd. He did not expect the Flash to be so bold... It is worthy of being the first point in the future David's boss.
Korver played an important role tonight. In the third quarter, he scored two three-pointers and scored 6 points. The Birdman and the outlaws each scored 2 points...The Blazers scored 32 points with 5 players!
After three quarters, the Trail Blazers withstood the Knicks' counterattack. Although the lead was gone, at least they were not behind.
100 to 100, the Trail Blazers tied with the Knicks and entered the intermission!
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40 points, 8 rebounds, 7 assists, 3 steals and 1 block. The warden played this data in three quarters, and he was able to handle the situation.
Morris Cheeks blamed himself for underestimating the Knicks!
But he felt that whoever replaced him would make the same choice—play hard against the Bucks and Kings, take turns when playing against the Knicks, and let Liu Xiu calm down.
Because Liu Xiu is the **** of the holy land of basketball!
No, Liu Xiu played a god-level performance tonight.
but!
McGrady on the opposite side, 32 points, 6 rebounds and 6 assists in three quarters!
The singles masters of the Knicks, led by McGrady, withstood Liu Xiu's terrifying pressure and played outstanding performances.
Morris Cheeks did not expect to lose the fight against the Kings and Bucks, and the situation tonight is also worrying.
In fact, winning or losing this game is not important. Even if he loses 3 games in 4 games in 5 days, he can accept it.
But Liu Xiu's "undefeated myth" in the basketball holy land was shattered, and he blamed himself even thinking about it.
Fortunately, the warden is in good condition...
In this case, Maurice Cheeks had a bold idea and implemented it decisively...
After returning from the inter-section break, the two teams played in rotation.
Knicks, the starting lineup of Crawford, McGrady, Fred Jones, David Lee, Eddie Curry is back on the field.
Liu Xiu watched McGrady, who played 32 minutes in the first three quarters, continue to play... With Kidd, McGrady has degraded a lot of abilities, but he has also learned a lot.
For example, a very forward-looking king's tactics-giving up defense and putting physical energy into the offensive end.
It is no problem to fight efficiently for more than 40 minutes.
The rotation on the opposite side is very traditional, it’s all about fighting for strength. On my own side... Liu Xiu looked at a few teammates, and he felt that he still underestimated the boldness of the sloppy-looking coach.
Playing with him are Ray Allen, Korver, Hill, Birdman!
The referee blew his whistle, the fourth quarter began, and the Trail Blazers took the lead.
Liu Xiu advances to the frontcourt, King McGrady's tactics are further upgraded, the matchup is avoided, and Fred Jones guards the top arc.
Liu Xiu rushed to the right side of the top arc, started to slow down two meters away from the three-point line, and directly pulled up a three-point shot on the right side of the top arc...
Fred Jones jumped forward actively, but only after seeing Liu Xiu take off, and did not interfere with the bold Liu Xiu at all.
Liu Xiu hit a three-pointer!
Waves to the extreme!
With this lineup, the defense is completely gone, and the offensive end will naturally be as much as possible!
(end of this chapter)
