activa-t Chapter 152 Sharpening the Knife to the Pig and Sheep
Chapter 152 Sharpening the Knife to the Pig and Sheep
Chapter 152 Sharpening the Knife to the Pig and Sheep
The Knicks in the visiting team's locker room at the Staples Center didn't know that the outside world had turned upside down. They were still immersed in the boiling blood. Everyone surrounded assistant coach Tom Thibodeau and actively offered advice and suggestions for defeating the Lakers.
Zhao Ke was suspended, and the Knicks could not use the tactics of the first three games against the Lakers, such as stocking OK combinations and restricting others.
Once the OK combination starts to score wildly, the Knicks don't have the crazy scoring ability of Zhao Ke. It will be difficult for the Knicks to keep the score, and the OK combination must be restricted.
Moreover, while limiting the OK combination, the other three players cannot be emptied. Fox, Robert Horry, and Fisher all have the unique skill of opening three-pointers.
This requires the Knicks to achieve the ultimate in man-marking on the basis of zone defense. Fortunately, after one season, Tom Thibodeau has deeply embedded this defensive tactic in the Knicks' bones. In terms of defense alone, Phil Jackson is by no means Tom Thibodeau's opponent.
O'Neal has been handed over to Ben Wallace and Rasheed Wallace. The Wallace twin towers have proven themselves. As long as the referee does not help, they can limit O'Neal's scoring very well.As for the anti-death O'Neill, sorry, there is no creature with this function on the earth!
In the previous games, Kobe was guarded by Zhao Ke himself. Now that Zhao Ke is absent, Kobe's defender becomes more and more important.
Artest volunteered to fill the vacancy at the defensive shooting guard. This beast, who will be awarded the best defensive player two years later, relied on defense to make Fox almost invisible on the offensive end in the first two games. It would be best for him to defend Kobe.
But Artest played shooting guard, and the position of small forward was difficult to choose: Is it Corey Maggette or Gerald Wallace?
Corey Maggette's scoring ability is stronger, and he is more lethal to the inside. If the referee's whistle is not biased today, it may make O'Neal fall into foul trouble.But his reaction on the defensive end is too slow, and the opposing Fox is a fast guy, and it is still uncertain who will explode whom!
Gerald Wallace's defense is much better, but his offense is not as good as Corey Maggette's. Tom Thibodeau has no idea, so he has to throw out the problem for everyone to think about.
But Corey Maggette is a sober-minded person who knows his own affairs. He offered to play as a substitute and let Gerald Wallace explore the way first. If the referee's whistle is off, he will be useless.If the referee's whistle is not biased, let him come up and mess with O'Neill!
Tom Thibodeau was very surprised that this devil-muscular man who has always been a muscle has a brain when he has a big man, but he still recognized his idea, so the Knicks' starting lineup was determined like this:
Center: Ben Wallace
Power Forward: Rasheed Wallace
Small Forward: Gerald Wallace
Shooting guard: Artest
Point Guard: Billups
Contrary to the busy locker room of the visiting team, the locker room of the home team was dead silent, and it was almost frosty. Jerribus made some harsh words for a while, and the Lakers were all unhappy.
Now Lakers general manager Kubchak is being questioned by the FBI, and other people in the uniform team are queuing up. It is said that Phil Jackson and the players have to go through it again. Is this called a dragnet investigation?
It should be said that Jerry Buss' trick of crossing the river and demolishing bridges was quite beautiful, but as soon as Adam Silva's recording came out, the Lakers' crotch was immediately filled with yellow mud, even if they took off in front of the FBI, they would not be able to clean it!
In the locker room, Phil Jackson sat at the door with his eyes closed, quiet like a Buddha.Opposite him, O'Neill leaned back in his chair bored, looking at the ceiling for a while, the coach pretending to be dead for a while, and the gloomy teammates for a while.Kobe seemed particularly displeased with this heartless fat man. With a cold face, he glared at the fat man, then frowned and stared at "Zen Master" for a long time before bowing his head unwillingly.The other teammates all listened to music and played games. It seemed that the refereeing incident outside did not cause any trouble to them.
It wasn't until the playing time was almost up that Mayfair Jackson opened his eyes and looked around. All the disciples were not in the mood.
say something
Phil Jackson's lips moved, and finally turned into a sigh, but he still didn't say anything.He stood up, opened the door, and walked out first.
Affected by the referee incident, the attendance at the Staples Center was not high today.At this time, the players of the visiting team were ready to play, and the fans didn't boo them too much. I don't know if they were upset, or they didn't care. The great image of the Lakers' heroic invincibility in the hearts of the fans was collapsing bit by bit.
With the low voice of the home commentator, the Knicks players began to play.
It was Tom Thibodeau who was the first to walk out of the player tunnel. He wore a beautiful and gorgeous WWE Heavyweight Championship belt around his waist, and another one on his shoulder, which belonged to Jeff Van Gundy.
The little fat man walked to the center of the field, raised the championship belt on his shoulders high, and was ready to receive deafening boos, but in fact he received very few boos. The Staples Center was still chaotic, and most of the fans were very busy.
Tom Thibodeau put the championship belt back on his shoulders and walked to the coach's bench.
After him, the Knicks players wore WWE heavyweight championship belts and walked out of the player channel one after another. The last Patrick Ewing to appear on the stage had the same shape as Tom Thibodeau, and he carried Zhao Ke's championship belt on his shoulders.
Seeing this awesome appearance ceremony, the boos of the Lakers fans gradually became stronger. This is the territory of the Lakers, dear!
And you haven't won yet, okay?
Although the very weak boos of the Lakers fans were a little bit cold, the bloody Knicks soldiers still continued their pre-war mobilization solemnly and sacredly.
They walked to the center of the court, hugged in a circle, and roared angrily: "Defeat the Lakers, wash the shame with blood! Beat the Lakers, wash the shame with blood! Beat the Lakers, wash the shame with blood!"
This time, the Lakers fans finally became angry, and boos and shouts overwhelmingly hit the center of the court...
The Knicks players were unmoved at all. They took off the championship belts one by one and stacked them neatly on the seats where Zhao Ke sat in the previous game.Tom Thibodeau puts his and Jeff Van Gundy's championship belts on the bench, and he still sits in the assistant coach's position from the previous game.
War needs a sense of ritual the most. This is a group of heavyweight boxing champions. The fragile Lakers are ready?
(End of this chapter)