Chapter 500: The king is in awe
Crawford had sex with Papalucas like this.
Moreover, their style of playing is two extremes.
Crawford's fancy dribble made many young fans lose their positions and cheer for him. Papalucas was in good manner. He was angry. Judging from the strength of his back, you know that his anger was greater than he thought, but his playing style was not as eye-catching as Crawford.
Some children would ask his father this way: "Dadly, why can't Theo attack as beautiful as Jamal?"
Crawford is very capable of grasping the scoring and pleasing audiences, and is practical and pleasing to the eye.
Papalucas's playing rules are more representative.
He represents the style of a vast number of European players with solid basic skills.
The first three minutes were the time for Papalucas and Crawford to play against each other.
Crawford took charge of all the Knicks' scores - 9 points.
Papalucas played 3 backs, 1 round counterattack assisted Xie Hou dunked, 6 points and 1 assist.
9 to 8
The Knicks are temporarily leading by 1 point. Seeing Crawford coming, Xie Hou, who is facing James, expressed his thoughts: "Are these two too stolen?"
"Are you unwilling to give up?" James asked him.
"Yes, I'm very unwilling to give up." As soon as Xie Hou finished speaking, Crawford scored another three-pointer after a continuous change of direction.
His game is highly entertaining, but such an offense cannot last long.
The strength of 9 points in a row ended here, and the rebound fell into Wang Zhizhi's palm.
The Knicks knew exactly how strong the Pacers’ counterattack was, just as they knew James was unstoppable in the counterattack, so they would step back as long as they made a shot.
He has no idea about offensive rebounds, so he retreats with all his heart to avoid being played by Xie Hou to avoid too many conversion attacks.
"Old Wang, have a pick-and-roll!" Xie Hou shouted.
Wang Zhizhi likes to play pick-and-roll because he has the confidence to score in any position, and the positional warfare tactic that can best amplify his offensive threat is to play pick-and-roll with the ball holder.
Xie Hou didn't know whether it was intentional or unintentional, but as long as he played pick-and-roll with him, he would probably score in almost every ten goals.
Wang Zhizhi's pick-and-roll allowed Banyani to run to the perimeter. The Knicks' defense problem was too big. The most similar thing about Banyani and Nowitzki was the defense. It was simply funny to ask him to delay Xie Hou.
The delayer was Banyani, and Randolph guarding the penalty area. James had no choice at all. He had to go to defend before these two people handed over the great rivers and mountains to Xie Hou.
Xie Hou took a step past Banyani, followed by James, and Randolph turned around to help defend.
It was at this moment that they actually emptied Wang Zhizhi at the free throw line.
Xie Hou attracted the defensive attention of three people, passed the ball on the ground, and Wang Zhizhi scored a free throw line.
10 to 9
"LeBron, why don't you play as a center? Their defense will make me not even have the idea of scoring." Xie Hou said heartbrokenly.
James was speechless, and both Banyani and Randolph thought they were offended.
As we all know, if you don’t want to be offended, the best way is to do something that makes people respect you.
Randolph and Banyani want Xie Hou to take a look, they have to work hard on the defensive end.
It's like you ask Yao to be as flexible as Olajuwon, ask the Sharks to hit the free throw rate in a single season to reach 70%, ask Curry to win the dunk contest, and ask Kobe not to become the iron king of history - isn't this really trying to make things difficult for the Fat Tigers?
"Don't worry about what he said." James rushed to the two insiders.
In fact, in his heart, he knew that Xie Hou’s proposal was reasonable. Even if he played as a center, his defensive effect was better than these two.
Some words are indefinitely stated, James returned to the offensive end to find a place.
Xie Hou took the initiative to face him, but the opponent's arrival did not arouse his offensive intention. He saw Randolph asking for the ball in the low post, but instead waved to let the insane black skin catch up and do a pick-and-roll.
Banyani's outside threat has brought the Knicks' offensive space to another change compared to previous seasons.
Kirilenko's assisted defense seriously hindered James' offensive route, but Randolph successfully cut inside and received the emperor's ball and scored with both hands.
Both sides play pick-and-roll each other, and both are effective.
However, the Pacers' defense is destined to have a high fault tolerance rate.
I didn't defend myself once, so I'll be more careful next time, maybe I'll defend myself.
The Knicks...the same way.
Arthur called Lao Wang to pick-and-roll, and passed James, and the emperor continued to chase him. He had no confidence in his own inside defense. Randolph still acted like a defensive elite, "You can't fucking score in the penalty area I defended." Banyani left Wang Zhizhi at the free throw line for the second consecutive round.
Exactly the same attack, pass, end.
Wang Zhizhi made his second free throw jump shot.
12 to 11
"If I hadn't seen it with my own eyes, I would have suspected that this round was a video playback of the last round." Leonard could see it speechless. "How did the New Yorker be scored continuously by someone using the same tactics? Even the positions and steps of the offensive and defensive sides are exactly the same."
This is the superiority of an inside line that can shoot.
Wang Zhizhi felt hot, so Xie Hou decided to cooperate more before he replaced. It was rare to encounter a team with such a bad defense. If you don’t give Lao Wang more points, you would be sorry for his good feel.
"Isn't it just a pick-and-roll?" James shouted at his teammates, "We can do it too!"
Are they really OK?
To a certain extent, it is OK.
Suddenly, they found that Xie Hou was not here to defend James. They asked Artest to defend James. It seemed that he was afraid of James. In fact, let Artest to defend was equivalent to allowing two elite-level assisted defense experts on the Pacers to deal with the Knicks' pick-and-roll attack at any time.
Artest can also use his single defense ability to maximize the blow to King James.
This time, James called Banyani to do a pick-and-roll.
Banyani can get the most open offensive space by letting him play the pick-and-roll, but Randolph's subway line is still a problem.
Seeing James and Banyani playing pick-and-roll, Randolph took the initiative to get out of the penalty area, which was not enough. His range could only reach outside the paint area. How could this space allow the emperor to rest assured?
The King of New York suddenly realized that what he should be worried about is not whether Randolph takes up space, but the quality of the cover of Banyani.
He had a question in his mind, why did he always have problems in these links that shouldn't have problems?
Banyani's poor pick-and-roll not only did not block people, but instead gave Artest the chance to further oppress his dribble.
James was forced outside and it was difficult to go deeper. When he was crazy about to attack, Artest violently fouled and grabbed his body.
This was the second foul that the Pacers were called in the first five minutes.
James shook his hand in dissatisfaction, leaving a few seconds of offensive time.
“A good defensive team tends to have many changes,” Leonard commented. “I think this is the biggest difference between the Knicks and the Pacers.”
The Knicks, led by James, have offensive firepower in the top four in the league, but their defense is the last in the league.
Xie Hou's Pacers have their offensive capabilities in the top three in the league, second only to the Suns and the Mavericks. However, their defense is second in the league. They are only inferior to the Spurs, stronger than the Heat and the Pistons who lost Big Ben.
The Knicks serves to the two defenders who can score three-pointers, Crawford or Richardson.
The purpose is too obvious.
There are Xie Hou, Kirilenko and Papalucas on the Pacers' field, and they are all masters on the defensive end, spider monsters on the big defense, and their wingspans destroy the Knicks' serve.
The Greeks picked up the ball, the Chinese dominated the fast attack, and the Russians ended.
14 to 11
"LeBron must have many questions, why do they have no such defense? Why can the Pacers always take a step ahead of them? Why did he only beat Arthur once in the past 16 matches?" A celebrity like McGuinness is not afraid of offending people. The authentic Indiana man, who is old, has never thought about the development of big cities in the past, so he can speak freely and say whatever he wants.
James dribbled in and stopped playing pick-and-roll, and waved his hand to open up space.
For four years, it has been the Knicks' conventional tactic to open up space and let James fight one-on-one.
In the past three years, the Knicks lacked shooters and could not open up space. James can score points in a single match but is not efficient. This quarter, they suddenly came three starting shooters. Every time James fights, he looks like a groom who has achieved great harmony in life with his wife. I won’t mention how comfortable he is.
Different rules and times change.
Artest's defense can no longer limit James' offense.
James, who is only 22 years old, is one year younger than Xie Hou in the rookie season - but as long as he can open up space and fight alone, no one can match the ball and create superstar.
After he walked out with explosive starting steps, Artest wanted to fight but was worried about fouls. The defense, which was worried about gains and losses, was completely blown by the emperor.
James broke into the penalty area and saw the emperor who was driving a tank. Wang Zhizhi couldn't even dodge. He was always teased by his teammates to defend the cleanliness and was knocked away by James. He was not clean anymore. He was swung into the top of his head and was heavily slammed.
"The king is showing his power!" McGuinness shouted, "Let's see how Arthur will respond!"
Xie Hou's response was not so domineering. He considered Wang Zhizhi's mood and created opportunities through breakthroughs without being called pick-and-roll, and continued to pass the ball to him.
Wang Zhizhi got open again. No one knew why he could get so many opens at the free throw line. Knicks fans suspected that he had stuffed money to Banyani - a third free throw jumper.
Chapter completed!