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After a long time, this bizarre"farce" finally ended. The old man wanted to replace Joey, but the latter"innocently" explained the reason for a long time and assured that he had absolutely no intention of causing trouble.

In addition, before the end of the third quarter, Joey had already scored 19 points with a hot hand, and it was very likely to break his career high score. The old man reluctantly kept him on the court.

When he came on the court again, the situation was reversed in an instant.

""Melo" Carmelo Anthony suddenly broke out. Relying on his strong personal ability, under the defense of Joey and Leonard's"death striker lock line", he scored 13 points in the last four minutes of the third quarter, and successfully tied the score before the end of the third quarter -

79:79!

Popovich frowned and thought about the defensive tactics. The Spurs are most afraid of this kind of superstar with super personal ability.

Because players of this level can't completely limit his scoring methods at all. Whether it is personal skills, physical fitness, basketball IQ... or even tactical literacy, they are all first-class in the same position.

They can often rely on their advantages in position to completely blow up a certain position of the opponent's team, forcing the opponent's head coach to arrange a double defense and blockade tactics to limit them.

Once they get most of the defensive pressure from the opponent's team, their teammates will become a tactical"leak point" and get some scoring opportunities...

As we all know, the NBA gathers more than 400 people who are the best at playing basketball in the world.

Maybe they are just role players here, but once they get the opportunity to perform, they may be the next"Lin Madness".

What

's more, this Knicks team also has"chaos masters" such as JR and Felton"

"I request to defend Cameron in the last quarter, Mr. Coach……"

Just when Bobo was worried, Joey took the initiative to apply for

"Look, Joey, now is not the time to be a hero. I need you to play smarter.……"

"No one on this planet can defend a superstar of this level alone!"

Popovich rejected his"suggestion" without even thinking about it. Anthony is the current league record holder for single-quarter scoring (33 points), and the old man is well aware of his"explosive scoring ability.""

"In the last quarter, I will let you, Kawhi and Danny play together to form the backcourt, attack the Knicks' inside line, and make as many tactical moves as possible to open up enough space for Tim, understand?"

The old man then took the tactical tablet from Holzer and began to arrange the next few tactics.

Joey looked at his big brother Duncan, who was already a little out of breath after playing three quarters.

Although he was unwilling, he also knew that the old man's method was the safest.

"Damn, what a tough rookie.……"

On the Knicks side, JR, who was about to play, was complaining to the boss Anthony.

So far, he has played 27 minutes, which is the most time he has played in the third quarter this season, but his efficiency is not satisfactory. He was"taken care of" by Joey's targeted defense many times. He scored 9 points on 4 of 13 shots, and his performance was extremely bleak.

On the defensive end, Joey also forced two"2+1""

"Stop talking, bastard, that rookie is a tough guy!"

Thinking of the"amazing block" that Joey gave him, Anthony was so angry that his teeth itched.

However, up to now, Joey's strength has been barely recognized by him.

"Want to make the All-Stars? Rookie, let me wake you up!"

Melon's eyes flashed with a hint of ruthlessness.

At the beginning of the fourth quarter, Melon played one-on-one against Joey, and was double-teamed as soon as he broke into the paint.

Melon was still ripe at this stage, and he turned his back smoothly to pass the defender and hit the ground to JR who cut in.

"Bang!"

The latter received the ball, and his feet flew up as if they were equipped with springs. He dunked the ball with his back to the basket at a height above his head.

Hiss.

The Knicks fans cheered like a tsunami, surprised that JR's physical fitness was so explosive when he could freely switch between the"Top Five Plays" and"Top Five Embarrassing" modes!

The man with the"Jordan Experience Card" was so terrifying!

JR pulled the basket hard a few times before it landed.

"Did you see that, rookie? This is the strength of a strong man!"

JR said to Joey who came to receive the ball.

Ignoring the second-year"Highlight Jordan", Joey quickly received the serve and pushed forward.

In the next half month when Parker was injured, he had to continue to be the team's ball handler and tactical starting point.

This is a very difficult test for a rookie.

Even Joey, who is 13, had some problems after playing these few games.

Physical strength, tactical execution, control organization, passing and cutting awareness...

Joey spent countless nights thinking about how to perform better on the court and how to lead the team to victory. Among them, the most concise and effective one he could think of was - using force to defeat cleverness!

"boom——"

Joey pushed Anthony, the"little tank" on the front line, and blew the ball from the right side of the free throw line and turned around to pass the defender, just as smooth as DeFou

""Swish!"

An open layup went in.

81:81, tied again!

The battle between the second in the East and the third in the West was fierce, and both sides realized that this was the time for the decisive battle!

"This rookie's ball handling, breakthrough, rhythm, and layup are so skillful and experienced that he doesn't look like a rookie entering the league at all.……"

Anthony was also amazed by Joey's shot, which was indeed somewhat similar to his offensive method, and was the kind that engraved the technique into the"details"!

If you are not a top scorer in the league, you can't even notice the"tricks" of this shot.

Next, Anthony began to show the Spurs what an"unsolvable scorer" is.

A textbook triple threat, shaking off the defender and decisively scoring from mid-range; holding the ball in the low post, turning around and passing the defender, and scoring a"2+1" against the defense of Split and Duncan; shaking out space outside the three-point line on the wing and scoring a three-pointer; a detailed back-to-the-basket attack, shaking his shoulder and making a fadeaway jump shot;

………

He is like a walking"singles textbook", showing what it means to be the"league's top singles player" in front of Joey and Leonard.

To be fair, although Anthony's scoring title this season is a bit exaggerated, the Thunder tried to avoid the Grizzlies in the first round of the playoffs, which led to Anthony's"unsatisfactory" performance in the last few games and even rested.

This is what allowed Anthony to win the only scoring title in his career...

But in fact, Anthony during this period was the league's undisputed"top singles player on the front line", even including Anthony Durant, who was close to success, and Kobe, who was entering the end of his career.

He is the undisputed number one singles player in the league!

A combination of technical flow + physical flow + top shooting feel, a true full hot zone within the three-point line! With less than four minutes left in the game, the Spurs maintained a 4-point lead on the road.

Except for Anthony, no one from the Knicks could stand out in this game, including the"second-best young man" who was completely blocked by Joey, Leonard, and the emperor."JR

But at his peak, Gua was able to fight Duncan, Manu, and Joey, the three highest scorers of the Spurs, on his own. He played for nearly 40 minutes without a break and scored a game-high 44 points! He was about to get another"milestone" score of"50+" in his career in the Mecca of basketball, but he ran into a rising star -

Joey!

Swish - a three-pointer in vain, in the eyes of 20,000 fans in Madison Square Garden who were almost desperate, in the last three minutes of the game, Joey shook off Anthony and made a"three-pointer" that almost killed the game!

112:105, the score difference was pulled to seven points, and the home team Knicks was in danger!

"Fuckjoy, Fuckjoy!"

"Falk……"

"……"

Joey relied on his own strong personal ability to silence the basketball Mecca. After a moment of silence, New York fans all rang out the familiar"mayor slogan".

Following Jordan, Kobe, McGrady, James and other league superstars, another person who can make New York fans"willingly" worship him as a"mayor" has appeared. The

Spurs' rookie No. 3 pick - Joey!

Joey swept his cold eyes across the huge Madison Square Garden, and in the angry eyes of 20,000 fans, he made a"silence" gesture!

"hiss——"

"How can this ball be... so reasonable, this is how it should be played, Ajo……"

Zhang Weiping, who was commentating the game, saw this scene and widened his eyes in disbelief - domineering, domineering... or damn domineering!

"Acho almost killed the game with a difficult step-back three-pointer, scoring more than 40 points for the first time in his career+！"

Weiping Bryant almost shouted at the camera, his expression was visibly excited - since Yao Ming, another Asian ceiling player who can silence the away game has appeared!

A-Jiao, good job!

Zhang Weiping, Su Qun and others secretly cheered for Joey in their hearts.

"Fuck, you bastard, screw Joey!"

"Joey, love me with a fever! Love me with a fever!"

"Fuckjoy, Fuckjoy……"

"……"

The New York fans' obscene words filled every corner of the stadium, and the momentum was so great that it almost blew off the roof of the entire stadium!���Such a spectacular scene has not appeared in Madison Square Garden for a long time. Even several Hollywood celebrities in the first row could not help but be surprised by this scene.

The camera turned to the Spurs No. 3 who looked sunny and harmless on the court - he actually raised his index finger to his mouth towards the fans in the entire arena!

The shouting and cursing of New York fans became more and more violent. Some people even took advantage of the chaos to throw drinks, beer and popcorn onto the court. The scene was in chaos for a while.

The technical desk may have rarely encountered such a situation. He was stunned for a long time. When Anthony missed the shot under Joey's"death coil", he realized it and quickly called a timeout.

The staff hurriedly came on the court in an orderly manner and quickly cleaned up the court.

"Such a cool rookie!"

"Danmit, I swear, in my nearly ten years of professional career, this is the first time I have met a rookie as awesome as you.……"

"Hell, hell, Joey, you know who the last guy was who scored 40 points in his rookie season?"

"The baby-faced killer from the Bay Area of California, the guy who scored 42 points against the Trail Blazers in his rookie season!"

"……"

The Spurs' old guys immediately surrounded Joey during the timeout, clapping their hands and bumping their chests to celebrate. The"young" ones were like young men!

Manu, who scored 19 points in this game, was so excited that he threw the towel on Duncan's head and hugged his"little brother" and refused to let go.

"Rookie, congratulations on having a career night!"

A pair of mischievous big hands kept"groping" Joey's head."——

They said congratulations, but in fact, they all had bad intentions to make Joey the second Manu."

"Okay, okay, guys.……"

The old man couldn't stand the behavior of the old guys on the bench, so he stepped out to stop them.

Joey felt relieved.

"young people……"

What no one expected was that Popovich looked unhappy— even looked unhappy:

"As I said, now is not the time for personal heroism……"

The old man walked up to Joey, spoke each word clearly, and looked directly into his eyes.

Everyone's heart skipped a beat, thinking to themselves that this was not good. The coach has always hated those"lone wolf players" who are extremely sticky to the ball and have a lot of individual singles.

And today, the rookie Joey took 21 shots, which was only 3 shots less than Anthony, who had the most shots in the game.

But the high efficiency he gained was not bad, 14 of 21 shots, 4 of 7 three-pointers, and a shooting percentage of 66.6%. This is a very remarkable shooting percentage among inside players, not to mention outside players.

However, the old man didn't seem to like it very much...

Just when everyone was worried about Joey, Popovich's serious expression suddenly changed:

"Damn rookie... I didn't realize you're a good scoring and efficient team organizer.……"

The old man smiled and patted the latter's shoulder. Everyone instantly felt the atmosphere relaxed and smiles appeared on their faces again.

Joey noticed something and lowered his head.���：

"Sorry sir, I got impulsive again.……"

Popovich's smiling face remained unchanged. He just patted Joey on the back and said something meaningful:

"I thought you were a striker with the potential to be a top defensive player, but now I realize you are a scorer."

"When people get old, they tend to get blinded easily.……"

Joey seemed to have understood the old man's implication and lowered his head without saying anything.

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