Basketball Myth: Super Guard

Seven o'clock in the evening, Madison Garden Arena, New York.

The Knicks are at home for a game against the 76ers.

In the past two years, the Knicks recruited Nash to form the "Big Three" with Anthony and Stoudemire, acting as a lubricant between the two, which once worked well.

But the good times didn't last long. With the increase of age, Nash's state was getting worse and worse, and he was ready to retire at the end of last season.

He hopes that he can help the team on the field, not dispensable, or even hold the team back.

The former son of the wind has now become an uncle, and he no longer has the courage of the past.

Under the persuasion of his teammates, Nash decided to play for another year, but his personal data and performance on the field have dropped to a new low in his career, with only 10.6 points per game and only 6.2 assists per game.

For a blue-collar player, this is already a good statistic, but he is Nash, a former regular season MVP.

In addition, Stoudemire's state has also been declining year after year. He still scored 16.8 points last season, and only 13.2 points are left this season.

Obviously, with an average of 13.2 points per game, he is definitely not a giant.

The only player in the Knicks who can be considered a giant is Anthony. He averaged 27.4 points, 8.1 rebounds, and 3.1 assists per game this season, and his performance is still outstanding, but the so-called "Big Three" have already Dead in name.

Fortunately, this season, the three newly joined teams, Delia Bargnani and DJ Augustine, performed fairly well.

The Knicks are now fifth in the Eastern Conference.

From the very beginning of this game, Anthony showed a strong score, and he played consecutive singles, worthy of being an "offensive kaleidoscope", with all kinds of skills at his fingertips, outside shooting, low-post offense, breaking through the frame, and scoring 7 points in a row, swept the Knicks' first 7 points.

On the side of the 76ers, Qin Hao didn't take much shots, and Butler was the one who was the strong point in scoring.

A few minutes later, the score was 7:6, and the Knicks led by 1 point.

At this time, the coach of the Knicks made a gesture to the court to strengthen the defense against Butler.

Seeing that the opponent started targeting Butler, Qin Hao winked at his teammates, everyone understood, and began to cover Xiaoka more and pass him the ball.

Qin Hao also signaled to Xiaoka to let him just fight.

Xiaoka is not the kind of person who hesitates, and immediately concentrates on the attack.

I saw him holding the ball from beyond the three-point line, a tentative step, Anthony was unmoved, and Kawhi didn't care, he took a step to the side, then suddenly changed direction, jumped forward and jumped directly on the spot. Dry pull.

Swish!

With a bang, the ball went in.

"Good job." Qin Hao ran over and gave Xiaoka a high five, "You have to believe in your own strength, just go and fight."

"Yeah." Xiaoka replied.

A moment later, Anthony singled for a small card and tried to break through, but he couldn't get past, but he then turned over and made a jumper, and with a "swoosh", he went in again.

Turning around, Butler attracted the defense, broke through the ball, passed it to Qin Hao, and Qin Hao passed it to Xiaoka, pulling the man away, leaving a space on the left.

Xiaoka glanced at the situation on the court, facing Anthony was a breakthrough, a sudden stop and a sudden start, used the change of rhythm to pass Anthony, reached the basket and took the initiative to find a confrontation, pushed Stoudemire, forcing Stoudemire to be unable to block the block , this is the start.

Swish!

Also enter.

In the next few minutes, Xiaoka played very well.

Xiaoka is not the kind of player who scores explosively. He is not like Butler. When he is emotional, his state is like a god. It is not impossible to score 30+ points in a game, and it is not impossible to score 40 points.

Because since entering the 76ers, Xiaoka has been a role player and a substitute. If he wants to gain a foothold in the team, he must first do what he is good at, such as defense. The second is to be efficient and stable, so as to gain a firm foothold.

So even if he later entered the starting lineup, or even completely became the team's No. 3 this season, he was still pursuing stability.

This also determines that it is difficult for Xiaoka to score three or four points in a game, but he can maintain a good state in every game.

When the opportunity is given to Xiaoka, he can always seize it firmly.

In a blink of an eye, most of the first quarter has passed.

Coach Luke began to make substitutions, replacing Qin Hao, Butler, and Nene, but kept Xiaoka on the court.

It wasn't until there was just over a minute left in the first quarter that Coach Luke replaced Xiaoka and praised Xiaoka.

In this quarter, Xiaoka scored 8 points and made 4 of 6 shots, which is very efficient.

......

In a blink of an eye, the first quarter ended and the 76ers trailed by one point.

After entering the second quarter, the two sides dispatched the bench, and the 76ers began to have the upper hand, and soon overtook the score and took the lead.

After a while, Xiaoka was sent to play with a few substitute players. Lu Wei and the others had a tacit understanding, and they fed Xiaoka the ball and let Xiaoka attack.

Xiaoka didn't know that they reached an agreement in private, but he knew that his teammates gave the ball to him because he trusted him, and he couldn't live up to them.

"laugh!"

With a light sound, Xiaoka started and made a sudden breakthrough. After two steps forward, he leaned on the defender first, forcing the opponent to be unable to jump, then took off and made a mid-range shot.

Swish!

Still in.

Before the first half was over, Xiaoka had already scored 10 points and scored in double figures.

This surprised the fans in the audience, as were the Knicks players. They were targeting Qin Hao and Butler, but unexpectedly it was Xiaoka who broke out today.

For a time, the 76ers not only had the upper hand, but also continued to expand the points difference.

After playing for just over three minutes, the coach of the Knicks couldn't sit still, called a timeout, replaced the main players, and Anthony was also replaced.

This time it became the matchup between Anthony and Xiaoka.

Looking at the dull-looking young man in front of him, Anthony couldn't help but sigh in his heart. Qin Hao, Butler, and Xiaoka had just played a warm-up match with these little guys during the offseason the year before last. Kata has the upper hand.

Not only Xiaoka, but Qin Hao was also a hit at that time.

How long has it been?

Everything has changed, Qin Hao is already a regular season MVP, a finals MVP, a superstar, strong enough to not lose to James and Durant, and he is no longer his opponent.

That's all.

But Butler, Xiaoka and these two little guys have become so strong, but it still makes him feel a little depressed - each of them is a bit too enchanting.

"Huh." Anthony exhaled a turbid breath, packed his thoughts, gestured to his teammates to pull away, he started singles, crossed continuously, looked at the basket, and made a look like he was about to break through, but Jump up sharply and pull straight.