basketball court controller

Chapter 34 See Tricks and Tricks
At the beginning of the second quarter, the Knicks began to send a large number of shells to the inside, and Patrick Ewing, who had been slightly closed, suddenly exploded.

Although "Gorilla" has become an "old gorilla", but his slightly backward mid-range shot, P-J-Brown is really difficult to limit, and for the current Ewing, it is impossible for the Heat to treat him For double-teaming, Houston and Sprewell on the outside, including Larry Johnson around Ewing, have a good ability to hold open positions.

Compared with Ewing's inside display, the Heat are more worried that Houston or Sprewell will suddenly explode, because Tim Hardaway's state is still very bad in this game, and he hasn't scored yet. Today, he is willing to pass the ball. As for Mashburn, it is only unsatisfactory. Although he has two good performances in offense, he has been passed by Sprewell several times in defense.

This is also helpless. Among the Heat, only Zhang Chen's offense and defense are still the same as in the regular season. He can't defend two opponents alone. In this case, after Ewing stepped up his offense, the scores of the two teams It started to get very close again.

"Ewing can't jump that high anymore, but obviously, he can still hit the ball."

"Ewing grabbed another rebound. It seems that the injury can't affect his desire for victory."

"The Heat are in trouble again, and they need more guys to step up."

Under such circumstances, Zhang Chen wants the Heat to replace him as the outside core, let him directly connect with Mourning, and play star tactics in the offense. Unfortunately, although Tim Hardaway passed too many balls in this game , but the ball in his hands is really not as threatening as in the regular season, because every shot is a strike.

"Follow up and stay in front of them." Pat Riley yelled loudly on the court.

His tactic in the second quarter is to keep the same and respond to all changes, and to be more accurate, it is a physical tactic. Zhang Chen, P-J-Brown, Mourning, who are physically strong enough to defend well, basically have no rest.

Others in the Knicks can withstand it, but Ewing cannot. Although they have more insiders, whether it is Kurt Thomas or Marcus Camby, it is impossible to have Ewing on offense. threaten.

Therefore, the Knicks' solution was to let Sprewell play Mashburn with the ball when Ewing was about to rest. It was crazy all the time, even crazier than Zhang Chen, because he had possession of the ball. New York point guard Charlie Ward was more like a professional dribbler. It consumes energy, but the real situation is that this guy has no trouble at all. Zhang Chen doubts that this guy's stamina is full.

At the end of the half, the Heat's 45:42 lead was reduced to 3 points due to consecutive scoring by Ewing in the second quarter.

"Alonzo, continue to put pressure on the Knicks inside in the second half. Ewing can't be so desperate all the time. P-J, you have to make more physical contact with him, follow his footsteps, and squeeze him outside."

"Jamal, you can't make Sprewell play so smoothly, you are stronger, you have to force him to fight you, Dan is the same, your task when you go up is to restrain Sprewell, even if you foul him, restrain him .”

"Tim, I believe you can adjust your hand, those guys are our old opponents."

"Zhang, your physical strength is fine. Just like in the first half, keep in front of Houston at all times. You have to make him feel afraid of you, and make him think of your defense involuntarily when he shoots."

Although the Knicks chased for 4 points in the second quarter, Pat Riley believed that the general trend was still on the Heat's side, and Ewing's outbreak could not last for three quarters.

It's just that there must be no more surprises. The performance of the Heat's substitute players is not as good as in the regular season. In the playoffs, he will not give so much time for the substitute players to adapt. The main players can give time to adjust when they are not in the state. And a team's substitute players need them to contribute as soon as they come on the court. If they can't contribute immediately, then don't play.

Seeing the effect of the Knicks' use of Sprewell, Pat Riley also wanted to use Zhang Chen in the same way, but the Knicks' point guards don't need the ball, the Heat are different, Hardaway is the team's The outside core, in order for the team to go further, he also needs Hardaway to regain his sense.

Since it is temporarily impossible to give Zhang Chen so many ball rights, but he can increase his playing time first. Zhang Chen usually trains very hard, and in addition to the shrinking season, his physical strength does not appear to be uncomfortable when he just entered the professional league. Pat Riley is more at ease.

Of course, the possession of the ball can still be increased, and Mashburn’s possession of the ball can be released. Pat Riley is a little disappointed. Can't satisfy Pat Riley at all.

Although Tim Hardaway is playing iron, he can still see his fighting spirit is very strong, but Mashburn is different. Sometimes it feels that the desire to win is not so strong, and Pat Riley is uncomfortable.

At the beginning of the second half, Ewing still played vigorously. It seemed that he didn't intend to save his physical strength until the fourth quarter for the decisive victory. He wanted to completely reverse the situation in the third quarter.

At this time, Zhang Chen could only trust his teammates. He could not leave Alan-Houston's side when defending, and he must not give this man a single gap.

Fortunately, Mourning's touch was also very hot during the offense, and the score between the two sides entered a stalemate.

Halfway through the third quarter, the situation on the field finally changed. When Ewing once again squeezed past P-J-Brown relying on his size, his knee suddenly softened and he almost missed a shot.

Mourning picked up the ball under the basket, Zhang Chen was already desperately fast-breaking, and Houston was no match for him, Mourning made a long swing with one hand, Zhang Chen caught the ball without stopping and made a layup.

Ewing was still twisting his knee when he went in, there was no major problem, it was just a false alarm, he can still contribute his strength on the field, but it has been predicted that he can no longer play singles like this, and the offensive explosion is faster than his His physical strength was exhausted faster than imagined.

It's a pity that even when he hit consecutive singles, he didn't attract the opponent to double-team.

In other words, his idea of ​​attacking the inside to release the team's outside has not been realized. This is the case when the hero is late. Even though he is still the boss of the Knicks, he no longer enjoys more respect from his opponents on the court.

When he received a pass from his teammate again, he made a passing posture. Sprewell, who came in an air cut, made a throw and hit 2 points, but the nature was different.

In the Heat's offense, Mourning asked for the ball directly outside the three-second zone. After receiving the ball, he sat down twice and made a jumper.

The inside bosses of the two teams did not face each other directly, but the winner of this game has already been divided.

It has nothing to do with age or injuries on the court, and some only win or lose. Mourning's strength in the interior will definitely allow the Heat's line of fire to get more open opportunities, and the Heat can go to Chanicks' outside line with more confidence. .

On the court, sometimes the player's mentality is more important than the coach's tactical arrangement, and the important reason that affects the mentality of both players is the performance of teammates on the court.

Larry Johnson pulled out and tried a long-range mid-range shot, which was slightly off-point. In order to defend Mourning, his offensive efficiency was also reduced.

Tim Hardaway breaks through, the Knicks' defense subconsciously shrank to Mourning, Hardaway flicked to the side, Mashburn made a jump shot at the top of the arc, Knicks coach Van Gundy called a timeout.

The Knicks put on a taller Camby, but Ewing didn't leave the field either. Van Gundy increased the height of the Knicks' inside line not to continue to fight the inside line, but to let the two guns shoot from the outside line. Camby is completely up to consume Mourning and rebounding.

Alan Houston knew that it was time for him to stand up. After playing, he pushed Zhang Chen on the baseline to ask for the ball.

The opponent was forced to hit him with his back. Zhang Chen didn't slack off, his feet were firmly nailed to the ground. It was not something an ordinary shooting guard could do if he wanted to sit and hit him.

Houston felt the force coming from behind and couldn't push forward at all. He feinted twice in a row and made a difficult turn and back, but the movements of his hands were still very standard.

Zhang Chen was a little surprised when the ball scored, but he was not very discouraged. The opponent is a star-level existence after all. No matter how good the defense is, it is impossible to prevent every attack of the opponent. We must continue to prevent him from attacking in the most familiar way. Zhang Chen is in a good state of mind now. He knows that the Knicks urgently need someone to stand up and break their defense, but he will definitely not let Houston be that person.

Not because of anything else, but simply because this is the player he is defending.

His basketball philosophy will not change in the slightest just because he is in the NBA for one season.

"Good shot, I hope you will come to another attack next time, don't let me down."

For Zhang Chen's provocation, Alan-Houston had no answer, but he decided in his heart that he must fight Zhang Chen in the next round. Only when he broke through the blockade, the Knicks' outside line would come alive.

Facing Zhang Chen's defense again, Houston turned around directly, pulling it up was a fall back.

Since there was a gap in strength, he simply chose the most direct method, which could save some energy.

Zhang Chen jumped up almost at the same time, and stretched out his right hand. Without absolute control, the speed of jumping was still a bit slower. The basketball flew past his fingertips, but...

The ball hit the rim and bounced out.

"YES." Zhang Chen shouted in his heart, this is the successful defense he hoped for.

Not the kind of blocking under absolute control, but making the opponent lose their accuracy because of his defensive presence.

(End of this chapter)