activa-t Chapter 115 Boiled Frogs in Warm Water (2)
Chapter 115 Boiled Frogs in Warm Water (2)
Chapter 115 Boiled frogs in warm water ([-])
At the beginning of the second quarter, the Knicks put on a pure bench lineup:
Point Guard: Mark Jackson
Shooting Guard: Gerald Wallace
Small Forward: Corey Maggette
Power Forward: Kurt Thomas
Center: Chris Anderson
Phil Jackson was the main force in the first quarter, and the starting five all played for 12 minutes. The great "Zen Master" didn't let them rest for a minute.It made Jeff Van Gundy very nervous, and he didn't dare to change any main players, for fear that Phil Jackson would be suffocating there.
As a result, he became very nervous. Phil Jackson didn't make any moves, so he chewed gum quietly and watched O'Neal abuse the Knicks inside.
Jeff Van Gundy is not afraid of O'Neal getting mad, and Matt Geiger and Patrick Ewing are still sitting quietly on his bench.Coupled with Ben Wallace and Chris Anderson who is now jumping on the court, Van Gundy prepared a four-person package for O'Neal-the wheel battle will kill you!
Just like Big Ben's completely desperate play in the first quarter, the Knicks can easily maintain 48 minutes!
Big Ben may not be able to last the entire game, but standing behind him is the "King of New York" who can last for 5 minutes, the energetic "Birdman" Anderson, and Matt Geiger, "the only person on earth who can change O'Neal's face"!
Matt Geiger's offensive ability is mediocre, but he still played as a starting center for the Hornets for many years, relying on iron-blooded defense.He plays very hard and is not afraid of confrontation. In the 1995 preseason, when defending O'Neal, he slapped O'Neal with a big slap and fractured his thumb. He was suspended for one game and fined $1.It was this foul that branded Geiger a "violent man". Many sports anchors began to call him "the only person on earth who can make O'Neill change color."
Last season, Matt Geiger only played 76 games with the 35ers due to injury, but he was still the backbone of O'Neal's defense in the Finals.
The purpose of the Knicks trading him this season is very clear, which is to wait for the finals to fight for O'Neal.So in the 82 regular season games, he didn't play a minute, and spent most of the time in the hospital returning to the factory to overhaul the old injuries of the past few years.
Now he is healthy and fat, and he is always ready to play against O'Neill for [-] rounds.
The Knicks lead by 9 points, and the starting lineup can rest assured.But the Lakers can't do it, they have to hurry up and chase points.
Phil Jackson left Kobe and Robert Horry on the court and asked them to "grab points" with the bench.
They are paired with: old point guard Lynch Hunter, small forward Devin George and power forward Samaki Walker, without a center, is this to play a fast pace?
But Phil Jackson miscalculated. The defensive strength of the Knicks' bench lineup is not weaker than that of the starting lineup, and they also have a very distinctive feature-like to attack the basket!
You don't have a center now, big brother!So Gerald Wallace and Corey Maggette took turns to break through the dunks. After you sing, I will go on stage. In just 3 minutes, the Lakers hit a wave of 2:10 attacks!
Phil Jackson had to call a timeout. If he didn't call a timeout, the Lakers would be taken away by a group of substitutes!
The timeout ended, and Samaki Walker, Robert Horry and Kobe of Lang Liglang just now were replaced.O'Neal appeared on the court, and it wouldn't work without him. Kobe made 4 of 1 shots in the period just now, and he didn't take the lead in grabbing points at all.
In addition, a Ukrainian boy Stanislav Medvedenko was replaced this time. This is also a high fort. Like most European insiders (Nowitzki, Okur), he has a problematic defensive attitude, but his three-pointers are accurate.
There is also O'Neal's old friend Brian Shaw. The air connection between them is called "Shackleshaw Redemption" by fans, which is an ominous title.
O'Neill taught the young Chris Anderson a lesson as soon as he came up, with violent and direct post-up singles + unstoppable turn-around dunks, which made the "birdman" cap who loves to jump not covered, and even got a thug foul.
Next, O'Neal scored three goals in a row. The fledgling Chris Anderson was squeezed by him and knocked to the ground by a brutal buckle. But no matter how bad it was, the Knicks were determined not to double-team O'Neal.This makes a bunch of shooters on the outside of the Lakers a decoration. If they don't double-team O'Neal, where does the open space come from? If there is no open space, they are here to practice turning and running!
Phil Jackson is also speechless, the Knicks is Chiguoguo's conspiracy: If you have the ability, you let O'Neal get [-] points!
O'Neal is not "Zhang [-]" who installed a nuclear reactor. He doesn't have such good physical strength, and the Knicks' inside line is not weak. O'Neal's scoring is actually not as easy as it seems on the surface.
The Knicks' defensive strategy is:
Want to score?Melee first!
Want to get a seat?Melee first!
Want to grab a rebound?Melee first...
In the middle of the second quarter, Phil Jackson replaced all the starters, and O'Neal was still running and fighting on the court.
One minute later, Zhao Ke and the others also returned to the field. The substitute lineup made a contribution. Under O'Neal's unsolvable attack, the point difference remained at double digits: 1:41.
Just after playing, Rasheed Wallace and Ben Wallace secretly changed positions.
But O'Neill ignored them, no matter who defended, it was the same, poking his butt and digging in.
Rasheed Wallace also couldn't handle O'Neal's turbulent waves. Although he didn't suffer from height, he was too short in weight and strength, so he was quickly squeezed to the basket by O'Neal.
Still familiar with the formula, as soon as O'Neal reached the three-second zone, he immediately held the ball in both hands, squatted slightly, turned around, and dunked!
But this time it was Ben Wallace who assisted in the defense. The two Wallaces studied off the court for most of the quarter. It is not easy to calculate O'Neal once, and they must be very accurate.
No, Ben Wallace took off when O'Neal turned around, and the timing was just right.
When O'Neal just took off, holding the ball with both hands and raising it above his head, Ben was already at the highest point. This time, Ben made a desperate move, almost starting a run-up from the three-point line. After the jump, his head almost went under the basket.
O'Neal was still rising, but Ben had already passed the highest point and began to decline. Taking advantage of the downward momentum, Ben stretched out his right hand condescendingly, and slapped the basketball between O'Neal's hands hard.
O'Neal dribbled the ball from the air and was forced back to the ground, but O'Neal was strong enough. Even if he fell to the ground, the basketball was still firmly stuck between his hands.
It's a nice hat, but the result is a—
Scrimmage!
(End of this chapter)