The Strongest Bishop in the NBA

Are the New York Knicks strong?

For an ordinary team, it is indeed very strong.

Both Anthony and Stoudemire are players who averaged 25+ points per game. As a point guard, Deron averaged 18 points per game after joining the Knicks, but his assists per game were still in double digits. 10.3 assists in the entire league is second only to Nash, Rondo and Jeremy Lin.

From the data point of view alone, the Knicks' Big Three are not inferior to the Heat's Big Three.

But in fact, there is a huge gap between the two teams.

This can be seen from the third in the Eastern Conference and the eighth in the Eastern Conference.

None of the Big Three of the Knicks is willing to defend and do the dirty work.

Needless to say, Stoudemire, from D'Antoni's early career in the Suns, basically didn't know what defense was.

Anthony is also a typical strong offensive and weak defensive, or prefers to focus on offense rather than defense.

Under Sloan's training, Deron Williams' defensive ability is quite good, but after all, he plays the position of point guard, and it is difficult for this position to make a big contribution to the team as a whole on the defensive end.

So in summary, the Knicks' defense is simply far from the Heat's, and the Wizards' favorite is such a team.

From the very beginning, the two teams attacked each other relentlessly.

The starting lineup for the Wizards is Curry, Green, George, Jamison and Jordan.

In the playoffs, Wang Xiao officially promoted George to the starting position.

This season, except against the Heat's James, George's chances are not reasonable. The team's possession of the ball is basically in the hands of Curry and Harden.

But Wang Xiao has never underestimated George. This guy will not lose to Curry Harden's top star in the future.

For George's training, Wang Xiao has never been sloppy, and he has never cared about his training skills at all. He enjoys the same standards as Curry Harden.

As the saying goes, you can raise soldiers for a thousand days and use them for a while.

In the playoffs, Wang Xiao immediately put George on the starting lineup, leaving Butler on the bench.

In this regard, Butler has no objection.

In daily training, he can clearly feel George's almost astonishing growth rate. If Butler is allowed to fight George now, he is no longer sure that he can beat the opponent.

And George is still growing, and no one knows how far he will grow in the future.

At this time, Butler had just signed a great deal with the team, and with the team winning 68 wins in a single season that can boast for a lifetime, it can be said that he has nothing to desire.

If there is anything else he wants, it is undoubtedly the O'Brien Cup, which represents the highest honor in the NBA.

And this point coincides with his giving up the starting position.

George is younger and more aggressive than him. While his offensive ability is not inferior to him, his defensive ability is very good.

If there's one thing George falls short of, it's experience.

It is obviously more cost-effective to let George start, and he goes to the bench. George brings better defense to the starting lineup, and he brings more stable scoring output to the bench.

"Rookie..."

Sitting on the bench, Butler looked at George running on the field, and said silently: "Let me see your ability!"

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On the court, George has been staring at Anthony.

Carmelo Anthony, the top small forward in the league, looking at the entire NBA, I am afraid that only James can overwhelm him.

It is no exaggeration to say that Anthony is the second person under James at the small forward position.

Of course, Kevin Durant, who has emerged in the past two years, also seems to be very strong, but that guy is too young to compare with James and Anthony for the time being.

As soon as the game started, George wanted to try to limit Anthony, but failed simply.

Anthony is more difficult to guard than James.

Unlike James, who eats all kinds of tricks and focuses on tank-style crushing and breakthroughs, Anthony's offensive methods are too rich.

From the time he joined the league, Anthony has the title of offensive kaleidoscope.

From outside to inside, from breakthrough to shooting, there are almost no moves that Anthony can't do.

In this regard, the styles of Anthony and George are quite similar, but obviously Anthony is much stronger than George on the offensive end.

In the first 5 minutes, Anthony scored 8 points in a row, almost breaking George into a sieve.

George obviously didn't expect that Anthony in the playoffs would be so strong, which is completely different from the regular season.

George's front line was deflated, but the Wizards were not at a disadvantage.

Because Curry's scoring efficiency is not inferior to Anthony's at all, even more efficient than Anthony!

Unlike George, who participated in the playoffs for the first time, Curry, who is already participating in the playoffs for the second time, is brave enough!

In the playoffs last season, because of an accidental sprained ankle, Curry missed all games from the second round, which made him very upset.

Although the team passed all the way, defeated the Magic team abruptly, and reached the Eastern Conference Finals, but when facing the Celtics, they had no room to resist and were directly swept away.

Curry was thinking at that time, if he was on the court, the situation might be very different!

With this in mind, Curry showed a strong desire to attack on the court, and hit two three-pointers against Deron's confrontation.

In 5 minutes, Anthony scored 8 points, and Curry scored 11 points in a row.

Throughout the first quarter, the Knicks scored 28 points, including 14 for Anthony, 6 for Stoudemire, 5 for Deron Williams, and 3 for the rest of the team.

As for the Wizards, they scored 36 points in the first quarter, and Curry scored 17 points alone.

Looking at D'Antoni frowning on the Knicks' bench, Wang Xiao couldn't help curling his lips.

What are you kidding? Comparing offense with me?

This season, the Wizards averaged 116.4 points per game in the regular season, ranking first in the league. Although the Knicks also ranked third in the league in scoring per game, their average of 106 points per game was nearly 10 points behind the Wizards. above!

Even if the Knicks have the super offensive combination of Anthony, Stoudemire and Deron, Wang Xiao is not in the slightest.

come! Let's see who is more aggressive!

In the second quarter, the Knicks made some adjustments, Anthony took a rest, and Deron and Stoudemire played a pick-and-roll on the court.

When Deron was in the Jazz, he started with the pick-and-roll tactics with Boozer. Under the guidance of Sloan, the pick-and-roll master, Deron's pick-and-roll skills are quite good.

And Stoudemire is also a very good pick-and-roll player. When he was in the Suns, Stoudemire often cooperated with Nash in pick-and-rolls.

But unfortunately, the Wizards also started a pick-and-roll tactic, and the initiator of the tactic was James Harden.