basketball court controller

Chapter 36 The Scale of Victory

Voshan Leonard, the backcourt partner of Tim Hardaway last season, the guy with the most accurate three-pointers in the Heat, is a shooting guard. Stay on the bench.

Pat Riley asked him to start at the No. [-] position. In fact, he gave the ball to Zhang Chen, because Leonard is a pure shooter and does not need the ball.

Tim Hardaway sat back on his seat weakly, picked up a towel and covered his face. He knew that the biggest reason for playing such a difficult game in these few games was his bad touch. The Heat's second scorer became Becoming a passerby directly lowered the Heat's offense to a notch.

So Pat Riley said that when he changed the starting lineup in the second half, with his strong personality, he didn't even say a word. Victory is also what he wants.

But if you can only sit on the sidelines, it is painful, but you can't blame others for it.

Seeing Hadaway's lonely look, Zhang Chen almost couldn't help but stepped forward to comfort him, but he knew that at this time, let alone him, anyone who went up to comfort him would have the opposite effect.

Only thinking about nothing and striving for victory wholeheartedly is the most important thing.

For the Heat's starters in the second half, only the No. 1 position was changed from Hardaway to Leonard, and the other positions remained unchanged.

"Hey, the Heat have changed their starting lineup. What's wrong with Hardaway? Is there something wrong with his body?"

"Could it be that Pat Riley removed Hardaway's starter, oh, this is a very big blow to a player, especially Hardaway is still the outside core of the Heat, Pat Riley didn't even give him a chance to adjust, The Heat are in a hurry."

"Who knows, maybe they had an argument in the lounge, man, I just said that I heard a sound coming from the Heat's locker room just now, maybe there will be a big infighting headline in tomorrow's newspaper."

Facing the uncharacteristic situation of the Heat, the commentator on the scene started to joke.

Pat Riley's substitution may hurt Tim Hardaway's heart, but it is a decisive decision for the Heat. If Hardaway continues to stay on the court, he will arrange the tactical ball to Zhang In Chen's hands, that is really cruel, and the Heat's effort will hardly produce results.

The Heat began to attack in the second half. Leonard just dribbled the ball halfway and handed it to Zhang Chen. He stood near the three-point line at a 45-degree angle on the other side.

Zhang Chen received the ball, and Houston posted it without hesitation.

Zhang Chen's body sank, his shoulders swayed, and a big stride pushed Houston one step closer.

He was not at all afraid of the fact that the opponent didn't know how to take the medicine and insisted on using this kind of defense against him. He entered the three-point line and made a shooting action next to Houston.

Houston jumped up at one point. This is the result of using an unfamiliar defensive method. It is easy to lose control of the scale. At the referee's whistle, Zhang Chen threw the basketball in his hand.

It's a little bit short, and it didn't score 2+1, and the feel needs to be adjusted a little bit.

Zhang Chen came to the free throw line and made two free throws steadily.

"Man, your defense doesn't work, and if you continue like this, you will pay the price."

Houston is not a defensive expert. It doesn’t matter if he changes his defensive method or not, whether he will fall into the trap of Zhang Chen’s language. hit rate.

The Knicks' offense was the same as the first half, still dominated by "double guns". The difference from the previous game was that Houston increased the shots in the confrontation. It is to interfere with the Heat's defense and make Sprewell, who is in the best state, more flexible in offense.

Therefore, in this state, as long as the Heat solve their own offensive problems, it cannot be said that there is no chance.

What Zhang Chen has to do in defense is to make the confrontation between him and Houston more intense. He sometimes talks trash, but the most important thing in defense is still a tough defense. He wants to pinch Houston completely. Death, so that there is a chance to overtake.

How to strangle the opponent without using absolute control, the defensive ability cannot be improved dramatically, then there is only one way to increase the intensity of confrontation between the two sides.

It's not that increasing the intensity of the confrontation will prevent the opponent from dying in every round, but that in the case of strengthening the confrontation, in the playoffs where the main players of both sides have already extended their playing time, not everyone can support them to the end. Especially a player like Houston who suddenly changes his defensive style.

In order to win, he can suddenly change the rhythm of defense and even offense, which is indeed very powerful, but because it becomes too sudden, it is difficult for him to maintain this state for a full game, especially when Zhang Chen once again guides him to increase the intensity when.

Watching him desperately dodging the defense and making difficult jump shots, the audience applauded enthusiastically, but Zhang Chen who was beside him knew that Alan Houston's energy was getting weaker and weaker.

Of course, both the offensive end and the defensive end are doing their best, and Zhang Chen is also expending a lot. Both of them are gritting their teeth and persevering. At this critical moment, in addition to physical fitness, willpower can also play a big role.

"Heat's Zhang Chen's low-post singles, his skills are really comprehensive, Houston was a little bit overwhelmed, scored, turned around and pulled back, the point difference narrowed to 11 points, Zhang Chen's consecutive goals."

In order to increase the hit rate, Zhang Chen is subconsciously leaning inside, he is bullying the opponent's resistance.

"I won't lose to you, Heat rookie."

"Oh, have you finally opened your mouth and have the ability to throw this ball in front of my face?"

Due to the high-intensity confrontation with Zhang Chen all the time, Houston's legs trembled slightly, but he knew that he had to put the ball in, otherwise his offensive point would really be useless.

Zhang Chen is far from being as relaxed as he appears on the surface. Don't look at him as if he has the advantage. Houston's offense is also relatively simple, but once such a "one move" opponent enters the state, it will become very dangerous, such as the past and the future. of those shooters.

Sticking tightly to the opponent, feeling the rhythm of the opponent, at the same time Houston jumped up, Zhang Chen also jumped up, completely straightening his fingers, trying to block the opponent's shooting line as much as possible.

The basketball hit the rim, Zhang Chen knew that he had succeeded, as if another force surged out of his body, he rushed towards the opponent's half court.

After receiving the ball and breaking through, the Knicks' defense also came back quickly.

But it's okay, he almost reached the bottom of the basket, and then sent it back, Mourning caught the ball and flew up.

With Mourning's physical fitness, there is no problem participating in the fast break.

"There are only 9 points left, and the Heat chased the score to single digits."

"Jeff Van Gundy called a timeout, so it looks like he's going to have to do something."

"At this time, the Knicks will definitely go back to the old routine. They will play inside and let Ewing stabilize the situation. P-J, you must cause trouble for the opponent. Alonzo, pay attention to the defense at all times. "Pat Riley quickly issued instructions.

"As for Zhang, you can let go of this game."

"Coach, don't worry, I won't disappoint you." Zhang Chen shouted firmly, not only to answer the coach's trust, but also to remind himself to seize this opportunity.

Jeff Van Gundy is a hard-working coach, but also an easy-to-guess guy.

The Knicks returned to the court and, as expected, handed the ball to Ewing inside.

P-J-Brown has always been close to Ewing. Now that he has not performed on the offensive end, he must not lose his defensive skills.

Ewing turned around, ready to break through again.

P-J-Brown deliberately moved his footsteps to the left. This is the right end of the defensive end. He must be wary of Ewing's mid-range shot starting from the middle, and the opponent is most accurate in that position.

Unexpectedly, Ewing made a feint and slipped to the baseline, completely acting like a small forward.

P-J-Brown quickly followed the basket to the baseline to reduce Ewing's offensive space.

Mourning also leaned over from the other side of the backboard. If Ewing wanted to slip over the baseline for a backhand dunk, he would not allow it.

At this moment, Ewing returned to the role of the center again. With a roar, he forcibly squeezed P-J-Brown a step outside, and came to the basket to hit the rebound.

The goal was scored, and Ewing also fought hard. Not to mention his current age, even a few years ago, such a tough attack was rare for him.

On the Heat's side, Zhang Chen started rushing as soon as he got the ball.

Now that Ewing has resisted to the basket, let's see if he can return to his own basket in the first time.

This is Zhang Chen's rhythm. If there is no high center forward under the basket, he and the opponent's Sprewell are of the same type, and they can both go in and make a quick layup.

Taking advantage of Alan Houston's slight block, Ewing endured his body that had not yet fully recovered, and strode back to the basket.

Zhang Chen flicked the ball, Leonard made a three-pointer from a 45-degree angle on the left side, and hit the ball. It was very smooth, and just a simple breakthrough to score the ball narrowed the score a bit.

In the case of both sides' defenses are iron-blooded, easy scoring is very frustrating.

The only difference between Zhang Chen and Hardaway in controlling the ball is that he can make the offense complete. Apart from rationality, luck and other elements, the key is that he can hold Houston. Otherwise, the most offensive scoring method is actually It was Hardaway's unreasonable shooting, but Hardaway's body couldn't support him to maintain his original shooting percentage in such a fierce confrontation.

The success rate of offense can be said to be the balance between the left and right defensive teams.

"The Knicks are in trouble, and Pat Riley's gamble has paid off."

"The Knicks now need someone to limit the Heat's Zhang Chen. It is obviously a bit reluctant to use Houston."

At the end of the third quarter, the Heat finally slowly grasped the momentum of the game.

(End of this chapter)