NBA: Start with 2 billion, buy the Knicks

The highlight of the game came in the second half, but it was Thomas!

With Brother Li scoring 5 3-pointers for Curry in the first half, the Knicks led by 13 points in the first half.

Then in the first rotation of the second half, it was right to replace Brother Li, but the back line was replaced by Thomas Jr. to give it a try!

This is the second time in the regular season that the Knicks have allowed this year's second-round pick to play in the regular rotation, and the people paired with him are pretty good, including Butler, who is also a rookie this year, Hayward, David Lee, and Yi Jianlian.

This aroused the interest of many people at the scene, because at first glance, this lineup, how fast does this little man want to handle the ball?

This is what the young marshal has in mind!

Aren't you very good in pre-season?

He also wants to see how Thomas performs during the regular season and whether he will be the king of the final quarter.

Take turns in the third quarter. Even if you lose points, you can still catch up in the fourth quarter. Winning points is even better. It is a change of formation and you can catch your opponent by surprise.

Then Thomas was educated in the first round. How well-trained are Ainge's Celtics? They discovered that a 1.75-meter dwarf came on the court and decisively picked and rolled. The Knicks switched defenses and allowed Thomas to face off in singles.

Pierce, the master, can easily beat such a short guy, and he can easily score a fadeaway jumper that is extremely slow with his back body.

"Too short!"

After Pierce scored, he made a low gesture. Thomas shook his head and asked for the ball. Then, with everyone looking dumbfounded, he dribbled the ball to the frontcourt and shot a left-hand jumper while Rondo was still looking to see if there was a pick-and-roll.

A 3-point shot was taken and the ball came out of the frame!

Didn't make it in!

"Holy shit, is this a lunatic?"

"What kind of random fight are we going to have here?"

The Green Army fans and Orange fans at the scene were all dumbfounded. They thought they were Kobe Bryant??

"But it is indeed a good opportunity." Cole rubbed his temples. He was responsible for this little man. He could not change his style of play. He could only hope that he would stop being so exaggerated during the short few minutes of rotation.

Otherwise, it is no exaggeration to say that if Thomas wants to play after this game, he will only be leading by 30 points in garbage time.

Generally speaking, the way for new players to gain trust is to start with blue collar or tactical moves. Even if Thomas is the only defender on the field who can control the ball, you can't be so willful.

In other words, everyone saw that Thomas was a teammate, but Butler started to get angry after the first ball, so he ended up in the second round.

David Lee and Yi Jianlian are both reminding Thomas to slow down and find the feeling before attacking. They will come up to pick and roll.

Little Thomas looked arrogant and shouted like a boss, "Go back to defense first!"

But in the next round, his defense was okay. Rondo also wanted to bully him. When he pushed his back to the basket, he didn't move, forcing Rondo to pass to O'Neal. O'Neal's mid-range shot was interfered by Yi Jianlian and missed.

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"Londo's back-up ability is still weak."

"Yes, Rondo needs to rush up and fight. He has no advantage in hitting a guard with such a big butt, because he can't shoot in the first place."

"Fortunately, it was Rondo who beat him. If anyone else hits him, he is absolutely vulnerable."

"Haha, so this player who claims to be the strongest 175 player on the planet is still useful?" Su Qun and Yu Jia Zaiyang's mother started chatting.

"It's useless. In the NBA-level league, a height of 175 is too short even for the first position. It is expected that under the defense of NBA-level players, it will be difficult for him to break through the inside; on the defensive end, he is even less likely to compete with the NBA

Level defender contends.”

In the box, Jiang Chao shook his head when he heard the live broadcast of Yang Ma on the TV and the doubts from ESPN.

Tsk tsk tsk.

"Hey, hey, hey, don't forget that the players I choose must be top-notch players."

Jiang Chao saw that the girls were also laughing at the little man for looking like a clown, so he couldn't help but slap their big butts from behind:

"Since I can play, I definitely have a lot of skills."

"Since the boss said so, we have to wait and see." Wang Binbin saw Jiang Chao's face from the corner of his eye.

Action, face flushed, talking quickly to calm down his heartbeat.

But the next second, Aomei's groan made Wang Binbin want to find a crack in the ground and crawl into it.

It turns out that the rumored boss's villa life is so expensive...

But in fact, this is already a familiar body joke for them.

From Jiang Chao's point of view, it was only 2 rounds, and he hadn't yet shown his killer offensive moves in the preseason. Jiang Chao chose him because his unique skills were unsolvable at the peak of his previous life. With his height of 1.75 meters, Jiang Chao chose him.

, Thomas Jr. can win the title of NBA Finals King, and his technical level cannot be underestimated.

The signature stunt of the fake turn and hesitation step has not been used yet!

Moreover, on the defensive end, this young man is still young and vigorous. If there are more confrontations in the regular season, Thomas will be awesome once he shows off his best ability of drawing offensive fouls and diving!

It means that everyone on the defensive end is afraid of this little man's diving, so they will not fully exert their strength like Pierce and Rondo just now. They are afraid that when they exert their strength, the person will fall down in a pretentious manner.

Because of the height of the eyes of a small person, the referee can easily feel that he is being "bullied", and the number of offensive fouls will be increased.

But in the next round when it was about whether Thomas could play in the rotation again this season, he started to show off.

Faced with the long-arm interference of defensive guru Rondo, Thomas dribbled slowly at first, and then suddenly made a top arc fake turn and dribbled Rondo's focus and position to the right. And with this move, Thomas

Thomas directly followed a pause and accelerated to continue the breakthrough on the right.

That is, adding a false turn on top of the hesitation step.

Rondo thought he was going back to his original position, but he didn't expect that Thomas continued to the right. In addition, he was already fast. The visual effect was that Rondo was pinned to the spot and couldn't move. He looked at Thomas as if he was in the wind.

He passed by his side, and then chose the simplest pull-up jump shot to succeed.

"Yo!! Thomas scored! This little guy!"

"It's so fast. I have to say that the 175-meter guy does have an advantage in speed!"

This goal also prevented the young coach from replacing him immediately and signaled Matthews to wait.

However, the Green Army did not successfully switch defense at this time. The Knicks cannot always expose their defensive weaknesses under your nose. This time they did not switch defense. Instead, Hayward went directly around the defense to continue to defend Pierce. Pierce wanted to crush Hayward.

It was still not easy for Germany. He turned his back to the basket and couldn't see the basket at all, so he threw an air ball.

Butler got the rebound and passed it to Thomas in the frontcourt. Thomas dribbled with his left hand and hesitated to examine Rondo's defense.

Suddenly accelerating to break through, once the defender slows down with Thomas, it will be easier for Thomas to create a speed difference with the defender.

But this time Rondo was not deceived. He was much more cautious after knowing the speed of Thomas' first step, but it doesn't matter, Thomas will continue to take action!

You must know that there is only one advantage to being short!

Speed, speed!

Still tmd!

speed!

As long as Rondo sticks a little closer, he can easily be thrown away!

The main reason is that Thomas didn't shoot a three-pointer from a long distance like he did in the first ball. Thomas, who really wanted to pass people by, didn't block it. He went directly under Rondo and used his big butt to carry the ball behind him.

Rondo succeeded in a 3-step layup.

At the bottom, O'Neal hesitated and looked directly at Thomas who scored quickly!

Su Qun instantly changed his opinion:

"Thomas takes advantage of this speed difference and Thomas can easily open up his position and get into the basket!"

"This second-round pick's offense is really good."

In the box, Daddario has already started blowing:

"Actually, the first ball is not a waste. You have never seen Nate Robinson play. He is more wasteful than this little Thomas."

"Yes, learn to be tolerant. Players who can score goals are good players!"

In fact, Nate Robinson's Knicks fans had the same idea before. This kind of rush to start and stop is smarter than Nate Robinson's reckless style of play.

Obviously, this is also related to Thomas' physical talent.

Nate Robinson is the most talented person with a 175-foot-long body. Thomas Jr. is not that strong yet, and it is impossible to become a dunk king like him. Therefore, although both of them are 175-meter tall, their playing styles are completely different.

In the next few rounds, Thomas also successfully attracted double-teams in the middle. His early passing of the ball was also good, giving Hayward and Yi Jianlian several open opportunities, causing Matthews, who was originally going to play, to put on the ball again.

The training uniform went to the bench.

"Okay, it's a good fight."

Thomas's early passing of the ball made the on-site commentator, General Johnson, praise him. If short players like them want to pass the ball, they must see where their teammates are going to run in advance. They must not run to the ball before passing the ball. Because of their natural height disadvantage, many times

When you pass the ball, you have to jump up and pass it to bypass the opponent's long arms.

So if you see where the person is before passing the ball, your side is naturally delayed compared to those 2 meters long people. The consequence of the delay is that when the ball is passed out, the opponent will have already judged the steal.

And Thomas, who is the ball leader, is very good at passing the ball in advance. It can be seen that he has thoroughly studied the Knicks' tactics.

However, Thomas played 4 minutes in the third quarter, and as the score difference reached 11 points, @

If you hesitate quickly and make a fake turn, you will often subconsciously guess that Thomas will choose to turn around and defend forward habitually. At this time, Thomas can easily pass the defender.

Unlike Curry Harden who can sense the defender, he just throws away everything!

After the young coach said that he succeeded twice in a row by relying on the opponent's inside line, he was just one step ahead of you, there was nothing he could do!!

And in the end, when neither the opposing defender nor the inside line dared to attack, a direct three-point shot was brewing from outside the three-point line!!

The ball draws a high arc and goes in!

There are also three points!!

Invincible!!

"The strongest on the surface!! 175!! I admit it!" Daddario and others slapped him in the face.

Wang Binbin asked Jiang Chao: "Is this the pinnacle of ordinary people playing in the NBA?"

Jiang Chao: "That's right. The average height of men around the world is around 175, but he should be the strongest!!"

In the end, Thomas also stole O'Neal's back dribble and succeeded in a one-handed dunk. Thomas scored 15 points in 6 minutes of the fourth quarter, totaling 21 points, 5 assists, 2 steals and 0 rebounds!!! Knicks

4th highest score in the team!!

Curry and Harden both watched the climax from the bench, and each stood up and applauded.

"This kid can actually dunk!" Curry's face was full of envy.

Harden: "Why don't you come off the bench? You can't dunk as a point guard."

"I can do it well, but I just don't have a chance!"

"Have you forgotten the last time you made a layup with no one on your neck?"

"Ahem..."

In fact, the coaching staff had expected it, but they never thought that Thomas Jr. would be so crazy. After all, he was not so independent in the team training. Although he took enough shots today, he was able to get in. The person the boss was looking for must have been too slippery.

This number of shots was switched to Nate Robinson, with a maximum of 13 points...

Undoubtedly the king of the end!

This hesitation step is indeed top-notch!!!

The young marshal and others looked at Thomas Jr. who set a personal career scoring record and couldn't help but sigh: It must be Boss Jiang!

The fans in the audience shouted mvp in a funny way. If Butler hadn't stopped him, Thomas would have even rushed into the stands to replicate Beverley's celebration when he won the championship last season...

The post-game interview was naturally given to Thomas, who made a blockbuster appearance against the Celtics tonight. Who cares about Brother Li?

"Basketball is everything to me. No matter how unhappy life is, basketball can always help me get out of trouble. I just play ball and play my basketball!"

Jiang Chao, who was in the box, knocked on the table with French fries and said with a smile:

"Hey, what does this kid mean? He's not going to be happy playing for the Knicks??"