411: The New York Mob
Before the game started, Anthony made the game full of gunpowder.
Link didn't want to bother Anthony, the only thing he wanted to do was to finish the game well. So after the game started, Link was as usual.
Gasol Jr. competed for basketball on the head of "boxing champion" Tyson, Conley slowly advanced, and Link leaned forward calmly.
Randolph directly raised his hand to ask for the ball in the low post! Anthony may have an advantage in playing the No. 4 position on the offensive end, but on the defensive end, Anthony may not be able to defend the No. 4 position player!
Conley then hung the ball into the inside, and Randolph was able to play Anthony alone at the low post. However, unexpectedly, Anthony's defense was very hard today! He held Randolph tightly and prevented him from pushing half a step.
Link was shocked. Anthony had this defense in every game, and probably wouldn't have never played in the finals.
Randolph felt the power given by Anthony, but did not retreat. The Big Black Bear turned around and rushed to the basket, trying to use his weight advantage to carry Anthony for a layup.
But Anthony pressed all the way, and when Randolph broke through, he had some small movements. Randolph did not expect that he would encounter such a big obstacle. He was pushed secretly when he took off, lost his center of gravity and missed the layup!
"Damn!" Randolph cursed secretly, did he get so stupid as soon as he came up!?
"Get out of the way, the rebound is mine!" The moment Randolph's layup hit the frame, Anthony yelled and jumped up hard.
This is Anthony's habit when playing basketball. When he is eager to win, Anthony will yell when he grabs the board. Once upon a time, many teammates were afraid of Anthony's yelling.
Later Anthony explained that he was not really swearing, he just wanted to increase his aggressiveness.
In this way, Anthony defended the Grizzlies' first offense! At the same time, he also proved that he would not be able to watch Randolph score easily like an ATM!
As long as he wants, he can still defend well.
"Cameron Anthony is extremely active today! After all, this is the most gorgeous start in the history of the New York Knicks. I think Melon will definitely not let such a fantasy start be ended in Memphis!" Hubby Brown gritted his teeth. A star who longs for victory and has the ability will always show terrifying performance.
After Anthony grabbed the rebound, he did not stick the ball, but handed the ball to last year's championship point guard Jason Kidd Kidd is not suitable for fast play now, so the Knicks have also entered the positional offense.
Anthony stood one step outside the three-point line, and Randolph had to guard to the high position. As an inside player, it was undoubtedly very uncomfortable to defend at the high position.
But there was no way, neither Link nor Iguodala could help Randolph. If they went to guard against Anthony, Felton and Brewer would even make Randolph's sieve burst into a sieve.
Kidd passed the ball to Anthony after halftime. Randolph tried hard to lower his center of gravity and was on the verge of guard. Fortunately, his knees recovered this year. If it were in the form last year, Randolph probably wouldn't be able to keep up with Anthony's first step.
But unexpectedly, Anthony did not use his own advantage to break through Randolph. Instead, he took the ball and jumped directly after receiving the ball!
"Cameron Anthony took action directly! Randolph closed inside the three-point line and did not force it up! So, Anthony chose to shoot directly at a long distance!"
Randolph hurriedly raised his hand to interfere, but because the action was too sudden, Randolph actually had no time to react. His interference went too slowly and had no effect at all!
In this way, the basketball passed through a perfect arc and fell into the net!
Anthony made a very long-distance three-pointer, showing his determination to win today!
Not finished after the goal, Anthony made his signature "three-point headshot" action at Randolph, and he was not idle in his mouth.
"You are so stupid, you can't defend me. The more bad you are in New York, I am as good as I am in New York."
Link panicked in an instant, and Anthony was fine with squirting trash with him. But when he sprayed Randolph's head, Link really didn't know what would happen.
Although Randolph seemed to have turned aside after coming to Memphis, he turned anew. But in fact, Zach's temper was still very hot. However, because he was not the top player in the team in the past two years, few people have messed with him.
Randolph just played Anthony alone and was beaten by Anthony immediately, so he was naturally very angry.
Now that Anthony is provoked again, Link only hopes that this "fat bomb" will not explode suddenly.
In two rounds, the New Yorkers showed their style today! Rough, dirty, decisive, typical New York basketball!
In the subsequent attack, the Grizzlies immediately changed their strategy. Randolph no longer played singles with the ball, but instead gave Link an unball cover.
When Link hit the right three-point line, Conley passed the ball in time. Facing Ronnie Brewer who was chasing, Link remained calm in the face of danger and made a fake shot outside the three-point line, and then accelerated the breakthrough!
Little did he know that after being thrown away, Brewer secretly pulled Link's jersey. His movements were so rough that he shouldn't have appeared in the regular season!
But perhaps because Brewer pulled too secretly, the referee did not move at all and did nothing!
There was no way, Link had to grit his teeth and continue to break through.
However, under Brewer's pull, Link's speed of entering the basket was naturally greatly reduced. When he made a layup, Tyson Chandler also rushed over.
Link wanted to turn it into a cross, but found that it was too late. The next second, Chandler waved his arm and slapped the basketball in Link's hand away!
At the same time, the "boxing champion" fell down and knocked Link over hard. It can be said that he slapped Link out even the ball!
Another rough physical contact!
"Beautiful block, Tyson Chandler guarded the basket as terrible as ever. The best defensive player last season told Link with practical actions that the road is not clear!"
Link hurriedly got up to rest in pain and retreated frantically. At this time, Link gritted his teeth and looked very angry.
He was angry not because he was blocked just now, but because the Knicks' movements were so big!
From Anthony just now pushing Randolph, Brewer's pulling jersey to Chandler's unstoppable collision, the Knicks played very aggressively!
It can even be said that it is too aggressive.
The Knicks were quite rude, so Link was excited.
The Knicks' second attack was still Anthony holding the ball. With Anthony's pull-up jump shot just now, Randolph did not dare to let Anthony go too far this time.
Anthony smiled, so he took the ball and made several tentative steps. He believed that he had hundreds of ways to torture this fat man!
After a few test steps, while Randolph's center of gravity was swaying, Anthony suddenly dribbled and accelerated!
Randolph immediately moved sideways. As an inside player who is already quite old, his reaction is already very fast.
However, Anthony had a backhand. Seeing Randolph following him, Anthony immediately changed direction one after another. He skillfully changed direction and completely threw Randolph away!
Anthony easily rushed in, and at the same time, Mike Conley, who was closest to Anthony, went to make up for defense.
Conley did not forget Stevens' arrangement. The young coach said that if Anthony successfully broke through Zach, others would do their best to help.
After all, Anthony is the Knicks' most threatening offensive point, no doubt about it.
However, when Anthony met Conley, the No. 7 of New York did not make a defensive jump shot like before. Instead, he sent the ball back and passed it to Kidd, who was empty!
"Anthony passed the ball!" Hubby Brown looked in disbelief. This guy put his pass keys back!?
When Anthony was eager for victory, he was not so obsessed with taking action.
Kidd received the basketball and shot decisively!
Kidd was not a defender with three-point shooting ability. It can even be said that Kidd didn't like scoring too much. Therefore, he also won the nickname of "Key No Attack".
But since joining the Dallas Mavericks in 2007, Kidd's three-point shooting percentage has stabilized. Last season, Kidd averaged nearly five three-point shooting percentage per game and was more than 35%.
Therefore, Kidd's three-pointer during this period is actually very threatening.
Randolph and Gasol Jr. both squeezed into the basket and prepared to compete for rebounds. But Kidd's three-pointer was the same as Anthony's three-pointer just now, and he hit it directly!
6-0, the New York Knicks played very strongly at the opening game!
"I said you can't help but be fool!" Anthony was squirting trash words at Randolph. Randolph clenched his fists, but was persuaded by Link in time.
The smell of gunpowder on both sides is getting heavier and heavier.
"That idiot, did he think he could escape from Memphis!" Randolph gritted his teeth. As a player with the same gang background, Randolph was not afraid of Anthony.
"Okay, Zach, if you go over and punch him now, that's exactly what he wants." Link continued to persuade, "But what if we were the one who was hit?"
"Ah!?" Randolph looked at Link in surprise. Why don't you follow the fluency of your advice?
Is there anyone who persuades people like this?
Link didn't say anything more, just blinked Randolph.
Some people are very calm on the surface, but in fact they want to make trouble more than anyone else!
Chapter completed!