The God of Basketball

Sam Mitchell replaced TJ Ford with second-year pick Jose Calderon from Spain.

Calderon's playing style is completely different from TJ Ford's. Ford's style of play is light, fast and aggressive. And Jose is a typical traditional point guard who has grown up by accepting the FIBA ​​system, steady, tenacious, and immobile.

Sam Mitchell hopes to stabilize the rhythm through Calderon, and beat the Knicks with defense and richer offense.

But here's the thing that frustrates Mitchell.

The Knicks replaced Li Zhen at the same time, and Stephen Marbury led Crawford, Balkman, David Lee and Channing Frye to play.

Today's Marbury is no longer the chasing boy and crossover killer of the past.

He carried out the rhythm very steadily, and constantly rushed Calderon's immaturity with his strong body and sophisticated skills.

Although Calderon can absorb a lot of experience from it, but...he must accept the fact that he is passive on both ends of the offense and defense.

Frankly speaking, if it wasn't for Chris Bosh facing David Lee to ask for anything, the Knicks' main scorer Crawford has not found the touch for a long time, and the Knicks will continue to make great strides.

But even so, the first quarter was over.

The Raptors at home are still 1 point behind.

This obviously surprised many experts in front of the TV.

They didn't expect the Knicks to be so 'steady'.

I didn't even expect Li Zhen to be so 'rushing'.

Kenny Smith even said during the intermission: "TJ Ford has always claimed that he is the best offensive point guard in the league today. But I think Bruce's breakthrough is more lethal than him. Maybe TJ can do more. Change, but the little fox can make the opponent's defense collapse."

That made Damon Stoudemire scoff.

He emphasized that the fight in the first quarter was nothing at all. It would be ridiculous to judge who won and who lost based on only two rounds.

Then, the second quarter begins.

Both players played again at the same time.

TJ Ford had been prepared for a long time. He sat on the cold bench and thought about it. He found his own advantage. He believed that his sensitivity was enough to get rid of Li Zhen's defensive control. After all, this guy Li Zhen is only good at speed and explosive power, other aspects are very ordinary.

After finding the psychological advantage, he launched a quick assault from Li Zhen's left side with the first ball, and quickly changed direction while advancing. Trying to KO Li Zhen with this kind of action similar to the tail flick of a sports car.

Li Zhen did not react in time. He has been passive in his lateral movement at high speed.

This is because his coordination ability is not top-level.

However, he has brains.

He started digging while TJ Ford broke through, waited until TJ Ford went deep, and then changed direction. He had already contacted Balkman.

Balkman is one of the few forwards in the new generation who are good at defense. At that time, he would change direction and throw Li Zhen and TJ Ford to cover him. At the same time, Li Zhen also quickly attacked.

At this time, TJ Ford's disadvantages in basketball vision were ruthlessly displayed, and the overwhelming defense made it impossible for him to find his teammates.

Moreover, his weak confrontation ability left him at a loss.

When he finally found a chance, he jumped high and passed the basketball, but Swift had already galloped from the side and intercepted the basketball on the spot. Then hand it over to Li Zhen who is about to get off.

This scene even made Damon Stoudemire reach out and cover his eyes.

The so-called thing hurts its kind.

This scene is so heartbreaking.

This kind of double-teaming is the cruelest picture for a short point guard.

Although their speed and agility have great advantages on the court. But the disadvantage of height makes them extremely passive on the defensive end and in a double-team environment.

This is why the NBA is inherently discriminatory against small people.

"TJ Ford isn't fit for the playoffs," Kenny said mercilessly.

In contrast, Li Zhen, who was considered to be restricted by defense before the game, quietly broke through Anthony Parker's defense again.

Although Anthony Parker is a better defender than Joey Graham, but...his physical fitness is far inferior to his famous sister in the WNBA. Then he was blocked by Swift's screen, but Li Zhen already flashed like a fox, entered the penalty area, and handed the basketball to Channing Frye before Toronto's defense closed.

Channing Frye easily completed the throw.

YES!

The smiling assassin happily waved his arms on the sidelines.

"The game is that simple." Thomas said triumphantly: "This is a primary school math problem."

Although his behavior is a bit too arrogant.

But Stephen Marbury didn't expect the third-ranked Raptors in the Eastern Conference to be so 'weak'.

Or is it because...we're really that powerful already?

He was taken aback.

The game is still going on.

TJ Ford is still working hard to prove that he is the number one breakthrough player in the world today, but what cannot be avoided is that he is a tragic figure.

The harder he worked, the more obvious the tragic color of him would be.

In fact, there will always be only one Allen Iverson, and there are too many things in Allen Iverson that he doesn't have. Iverson's strength is incomparable to him, and Iverson's ball-handling rhythm can never be captured. Iverson doesn't have his mid-range shot... let alone those precious qualities like court fighting spirit.

He was like a wild beast thumping wildly in an iron cage.

He could indeed quickly find a breakthrough from Li Zhen's defense, but almost every time, he would be led into a desperate situation by Li Zhen.

His weak shooting ability prevents him from finishing in the middle distance, and his height and strength prevent him from getting a breather in the penalty area.

He's a quasi-elite player, yes.

However, he ran into Li Zhen. I ran into a 191 man who was more explosive than him, and his speed was not significantly different from him. In particular, this guy was a genius who was admitted to Harvard at the age of 16, and he also got it from Paris Hilton last Friday. Gained 2 points of agility.

TJ Ford was frozen.

Also frozen are Damon Stoudemire's chatter on TV and the pundits before the game.

Just like all the comparisons that happened to Li Zhen in the past, they once again swallowed the bitter fruit. Of course, they will also act as if nothing happened, and then jump out and talk about it the next time such a comparison occurs.

The greatest experience history has given to mankind is: people never accept lessons from experience.

TJ Ford was called back to the bench by Sam Mitchell after only playing five minutes in the second quarter.

Although the entire coaching staff knows that this guy wants to make a name for himself in this series, everything that happened just now has proved that he cannot gain benefits in the contest with Li Zhen.

Even if everyone knows that if TJ Ford and Bruce Lee are singled out, they will all bet on TJ.

However, this is not a one-on-one one-on-one.

That cunning little fox is really good at exploiting rules and crowds.

He's more of an all-pervasive infiltrator than diminutive TJ Ford.

When Sam Mitchell replaced Calderon, Isaiah Thomas also replaced Stephen Marbury and Crawford non-stop. , It gradually played a role in stabilizing the morale of the army.

Stephon Marbury has greatly reduced the superstar-style forced shots.

Crawford also tried hard to restrain his desire to shoot when he felt bad.

These two points actually allowed them to improve their efficiency extremely quickly.

They control the rhythm of the court. Although the offensive and defensive ends are obviously subject to the Raptors, they did not let the Raptors seize the opportunity to defeat them in one fell swoop.

The first half of the game ended quickly.

46:49.

The Knicks in the away game still lead by 3 points.

This ability to control the field made Kenny exclaim at halftime: "I even think the Knicks are the third in the Eastern Conference."

And Damon Stoudemire also changed his view at this time: "The Knicks have no chance to win. Now the Knicks are to seize the advantage of Bruce Lee over TJ Ford, as long as the Raptors reduce TJ Ford and Bruce With Lee's chances, I think the Raptors still have a chance to win big."

"Didn't you say Bruce Lee was no match for TJ Ford?"

Kenny Smith asked in soul.

Forehead……

The long tone is like the engine sound of an old Ford car.

Fortunately, TNT cut into the advertisement in time, otherwise, how embarrassing it would be for Little Flying Squirrel.

TJ Ford made another request to Sam Cassell in the locker room. He hoped that he could have another chance to defeat Li Zhen head-on: "I was really nervous just now, you know. I take this game too seriously. "

"Oh no."

Sam Mitchell rejected his request, but said: "Next I will use Caron to deal with him. And you will face Stephon Marbury that old guy, just like you did last Friday The way you do in New York, you can take him easily. Why do you have to fight Bruce Lee? We just need to make sure we win, and that's enough."

Mitchell finally changed his mind.

TJ Ford was a little sad, but he also knew that this might be the best way to deal with it.

But this also means that he will lose the team's starting position.

That's a far cry from what he was looking forward to before the playoffs.

Why did that guy suddenly become stronger?

Obviously he is not so good in the video tape.

He's still thinking about that tough question.

However, his head coach has already gone over to discuss with Calderon how to deal with Li Zhen next.

...

The second half begins quickly.

Calderon brought his toughness and cooperation ability in the European league to the NBA court. Although Li Zhen's main defender was still Anthony Parker, Calderon's timely double-team and collision made Li Zhen quickly fall into a passive position.

Sam Mitchell didn't expect that Anthony Parker would be so compatible with Calderon... After a while, his assistant coach told him: Anthony Parker had been playing in Europe before.

I see.

Watching the Knicks' offensive engine fall into a double-team, unable to launch a quick attack like before, Mitchell became more and more happy.

He looked at Isaiah Thomas next door with defiant eyes.

Although Li Chen was still able to launch the offensive firepower, it was naturally different from the unrestrained fast running and bombing before, just like a videotape freezes.

This kind of offense can't kill Toronto.

Because the Raptors' overall offense is better than the Knicks.

Seeing the point difference getting smaller and smaller, Damon Stoudemire also danced on TV, and he happily declared: This is my credit. Someone in Toronto must have heard my suggestion and passed it on to Sam Mitchell.

Unlike the excited little Momonga, Kenny Smith is somewhat depressed.

After all, Bruce is still a bit weak in confrontation ability, and his ability to survive in the cracks is far inferior to that of superstars. He needs a certain amount of time to consume double teams... This is a big obstacle for running and gunning. When he will The double-teaming was digested, and the opponent's defense was also organized.

"It looks like the Knicks are going to lose tonight."

Damon Stoudemire's tone was full of gloating: "Look at Anne Hathaway on the sidelines, she clenched her hands, her expression was depressed, and she was about to cry."

He just finished speaking.

beep!

Bruce Lee requested a timeout.

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