Chapter 360: Problems that follow
After Stoudemire scored the ball, Anjie not only did not regret it, but showed an excited smile. This monster may like simplicity in life, but on the basketball court, the more challenging the game, the more satisfying it is for Anjie!
"Let's go Felton, let's attack!" After Anjie said that, he went out the baseline ball and slowly entered the half-court of the Knicks guarding.
The Knicks' offense just now, the entanglement of "boxing champion" Tyson Chandler made Anjie feel very uncomfortable. After this, Anjie originally planned to meet the strong contender of the best defensive player of the year on the offensive end. But when he stepped into the three-point line, Anjie only came to defend himself not Chandler, but Stodmeier who had just provoked him!
"Do you want to use Chandler to defend Lamarcus?" Angel didn't understand why the Knicks arranged this way. In fact, this was Mike Woodson's confidence in Stadmeier. He believed that the angry Stadmeier was definitely the best sharp knife to defend Angel. In this way, the Knicks could also free up the best defensive player candidate to strangle the second leader of the Trail Blazers to death.
In this way, the Trail Blazers' offense will be in a deadlock. Taking advantage of this period, quickly establish an advantage. When Anjie comes off the court, Woodson plans to completely open the score!
It was precisely because of this consideration that Woodson specially arranged such a defense replacement. However, the facts proved that Woodson's decision was extremely correct at present.
Stoudemire is very good at defending Anjie. After all, everyone is familiar with old opponents. They have a good pound of each other and they have a clear mind.
Angel is now carrying the basket and holding the ball, but he feels very uncomfortable if he wants to turn around. Stadmeier stuck to Angel's turning space. This is not because of how powerful Stadmeier is, but just because he is familiar with Angel's turning habits!
Anjie was afraid that he would be criticized for being criticized for being too long on his back, so he planned to hand over the work of ending the offense to Aldridge.
But if even Angel is difficult to get rid of Chandler's entanglement, let alone Aldridge.
The "boxing champion" was like a candy, biting Aldridge to death. Aldridge struggled to run and barely received the ball, but receiving the ball was just the first step. How to defeat the strong man in front of him after receiving the ball is the most critical point.
After holding the ball, Aldridge made a shot, but the experienced Chandler was not moved at all. Chandler has seen many fake moves, and he is very clear about what is true and what is false.
Seeing that he could not get the space to shoot, Aldridge was ready to make a breakthrough directly. But when he and Chandler were in contact, he immediately gave up the idea of forcibly breaking through and layup.
Chandler is simply too strong! Moreover, his steps to retreat are very exquisite, which will not allow you to gain space, nor will you retreat too quickly.
Aldridge barely walked into the basket under fierce physical confrontation, but even so, he found that he had no chance to make a layup.
Helplessly, the Trail Blazers' double towers had to hit the ball out of the outside line again. However, Wesley Matthews' first three-pointer shot deviated from the basket. In fact, it was not his fault. It was only because Angel and Aldridge had to leave too short time for others to prepare and adjust. Matthews didn't even have time to do the moves to win space for himself, so he had to take action quickly.
When Matthews received the ball, there was almost no attack time left in 24 seconds. Forced attack was Matthews' only choice.
Angel didn't dare to rush forward to grab rebounds under Stodmeier's position. He knew that Stodmeier would use fake falls to deal with him. If he had a foul because of fighting for rebounds, it would be too unprofitable.
So, Stoudemire steadily protected the rebound. When Mike Woodson saw the ball being firmly held in the hands of the Knicks, he smiled proudly.
Angel and Aldridge, the most powerful weapon of the Trail Blazers and the most powerful inside team in the league, weren't it just like that, and they were solved by themselves!? Of course, Woodson would be happy about this because he solved a problem that many teams could not solve.
"The Knicks' defense is very good. Ann and Aldridge's first offense was strongly blocked." Mike Bryn rarely saw Anger and Aldridge in such a mess on the offensive end. However, he knew that these two big men with great offensive abilities would definitely come up with effective solutions. This game will be an offensive and defensive game between the inside.
After the Trail Blazers failed to attack, Cameron Anthony was not willing to fall behind and finally opened fire. As soon as he advanced to the three-point line, he jumped and shot directly. He scored a three-pointer and caught Gerald Wallace off guard. The basketball was hollowed into Tony's right hand again and compared it to a pistol, and shot the basket guarded by the Trail Blazers. Today, his shooting was as accurate as a bullet.
The Knicks implemented Woodson's arrangement well. During the two attacks, they used shooting outside the three-second zone as attacking methods. Because the best way to avoid Anjie is to be far away from the three-second zone.
Perhaps other teams use this method to significantly reduce their shooting percentage, which will backfire. But the Knicks, who have many shooting experts, are definitely the most suitable team for this offensive deployment.
Whether it is Stoudemire, Anthony, or their small forward Landry Fields, and Eman Shampoo on the bench, they are all players with very accurate shooting.
Of course, Woodson knew that shooting alone could not solve the problem. But at least during the period of Anger's presence, the Knicks could rely on shooting to stabilize the situation and not be suppressed by the Trail Blazers.
After two rounds of offense and defense, Woodson's strategy was well executed. If the game continues like this, there is no need to wait for Anger to come off the court, and the Knicks will be able to fully control the initiative of the game.
However, if the game can be as beautiful as the coaches of both sides expected, the charm of basketball will not be so great. The reason why there are so many timeouts in the basketball game is that the situation on the court changes rapidly, and the head coach has to adjust to the current situation at any time. The variables of this game start with this attack by the Trail Blazers.
Ricard actually did not make any changes, but the Trail Blazers players on the court planned to solve the offensive problem first.
The Knicks' defensive strategy has not changed. Stoudemire still entangled Angel, while Tyson Chandler stuck to Aldridge.
It may be difficult to achieve results if you continue to fight with these two stubborn guys at low posts. Although the Blazers' strength is in the inside, An Jie feels that it may be better to start off the outside line.
As soon as Felton adjusted the rhythm of possession, Anger raised from the low post. Although Anger's shooting ability is not as perverted as Aldridge, it can be considered very accurate. Therefore, Stodmeier did not dare to neglect and had to follow Anger out of the three-second zone.
Felton flicked his gun to the left, and Jeremy Lin, who was inexperienced, shook his center of gravity slightly like a conditioned reflex. This wave of fumble was enough to let Felton get rid of Jeremy Lin's defense. It was not because of how fast Felton was, but because he knew how good Angel's pick-and-roll quality was.
Sure enough, Jeremy Lin, who saw that he was deceived, suddenly changed his center of gravity and rushed in the opposite direction. However, this made him fall firmly into the "wall" made by An Jie.
Jeremy Lin's physical condition is already very good. When he was so strong An Jie, Jeremy Lin completely stopped. The gap between these two yellow-skinned guys was very obvious!
Felton easily entered the inside line. At this time, Stodmeier was still following Angel on the outside, Anthony and Fields respectively attached to Matthews and Gerald Wallace outside the three-point line. In other words, the only one who can stop Felton from laying is Tyson Chandler!
However, Chandler was still hesitating whether he would continue to carry Aldridge or leave him behind to make up for the penalty area?
No matter how high the shooting rate is, there is a chance that the opponent will not make any attempt. If the penalty area is thrown to the opponent's empty basket, it is almost impossible for the opponent to fail to make any attempt.
Thinking of this, Chandler finally left Aldridge behind and made up for Felton's direction.
Seeing Chandler moving over, Felton did not act recklessly. He passed the ball gently and threw the ball to Aldridge, who was in the open position.
As soon as Aldridge raised the basketball and was about to shoot, he saw a figure wearing a white home jersey of the Knicks attacking him.
Seeing this, Aldridge hurriedly stopped. In the next second, Stadmeier, who had lost his way, flew past Aldridge.
"Fortunately, I didn't take action, otherwise Stoudemire's career would add another exciting block!" Even Mike Bryn, who was commenting on the game in the audience, was worried about Stoudemire.
Now, Chandler and Stoudemire, who were originally going to fight with Angel and Aldridge, both have left their positions.
Aldridge easily passed the ball back to the starting point.
After Stoudemire was shaken by Aldridge, he saw Anger holding the ball and killing him in the penalty area.
Now, Chandler and the "Little Overlord"'s reaction must stop this guy!
So the two powerful inside players of the Knicks rushed towards An Jie, and An Jie was not afraid of these two moving walls.
As soon as Yi stepped into the free throw line, An Jie jumped. He jumped and dunked at the free throw line? No, this is not a fairy tale, An Jie couldn't make that kind of move. The reason why he jumped so far from the basket was because An Jie planned to end the attack with a throw.
Stoudemier and Chandler did not expect that Anjie had this hand. They both jumped and blocked the ball in a hurry, but they didn't touch the basketball, but because of inertia, they knocked Anjie to the ground.
At that moment, the sharp whistle sounded throughout the audience. The basketball thrown by Anjie was hollowed out into the room.
"The opportunity to score three points! Beautiful work, Angel successfully cracked the Knicks' inside defensive strategy!" Mike Bryn knew that Angel and Aldridge would think of a way to solve the problem, but he didn't expect that this yi curtain meeting would come so quickly.
Angel still sent the ball under the overwhelming booing of Knicks fans. Woodson did not expect that his defensive strategy came to an end in just two rounds.
If you want to defeat the Trail Blazers, these tricks are not enough to see.
In the subsequent games, both sides had offense and defense. The Knicks played very well with the cooperation of Anthony and Stoudemire, and the teamwork of Anger and his teammates also made the Knicks miserable.
The score was not widened until the moment the substitute players of both sides appeared, the situation tilted.
Marcus Camby was sieve by J.R. Smith, the guy who was J.R. Steve Novak's accurate three-pointer also made the Trail Blazers' substitutes unable to cope with it.
The score that was originally tied was quickly widened again. When the first quarter ended, the Knicks led by eight points! You know, when Anjie just left the court, the scores of both sides were even.
The Knicks must be very satisfied with the end of the quarter with eight points. Especially their second team, they played the Trail Blazers' bench in a decent manner.
Ricard never expected that his team would be in trouble because of his second team.
Fortunately, there are still three quarters to play in the game, and Ricard already has plans in his mind.
Chapter completed!