Chapter 548: Raiders appear
Jones lost the rebound at the basket, and turned around and the Knicks caught up again. At this time, the Knicks began to play against Li Feng without the ball.
Li Feng made a big round around the court and got the basketball. The moment he saw two or three Hawks pounce on Li Feng, the other two players were also preparing to respond at any time, and the whole team defended Li Feng alone.
At this moment, the eagle really made up his mind to kill Li Feng, and Li Feng was not sure if he beat five of them alone.
However, Li Feng saw it at a glance. Jones, who had just covered himself and bounced outside the three-point line, jumped up with all his might and turned around and threw the basketball to Jones.
Jones had another three-pointer ability. He took the ball at the bottom corner and threw a three-pointer. "Brush!" With a sound of the basketball, the Hawks hit the basket. This time, the Hawks' big man failed to make a three-pointer from the outside, but the Knicks' three-pointer from the outside came.
As a result, the Knicks widened the gap even widened. When the fans in Madison Square Garden saw that they had a fast break, 2+1, and now they had a three-pointer. The fans immediately cheered happily.
The Knicks attacked and the fans on the sidelines burst into an instant.
The situation at this time is completely different from the first quarter. In the first quarter, the Hawks pressed the Knicks to beat them, and now the Knicks pressed the Hawks to beat them up.
Woodson did not expect the situation to reverse so quickly, but Woodson, who knew deeply that the stadium was like a battlefield, immediately stabilized the situation and commanded the team to set off. The Knicks' halftime through multiple transmissions and covers, finally made a score in a sports battle.
The Hawks scored this time, but what Woodson didn't expect was that Li Feng was running without the ball in the Hawks' half. But Williams ran out after he ran out, and Li Feng suddenly turned around and came to the position of the master.
Li Feng got the ball and Livingston immediately passed the ball to Li Feng. Li Feng took the ball and took the ball back and hit the Hawks' basket in one step.
At this time, when the Hawks' defense could only shrink, Li Feng's ball passed out again, and Livingston shot stably outside the three-point line.
The basketball flew out of Livingston's hand and hit the Hawks' basket with a flash. After Jones made a three-pointer, Livingston made another three-pointer. This time, it was not only Li Feng who opened it alone, but the entire Knicks' outside firepower awakened.
After Livingston's three-pointer, Monroe's mid-range shot also came, JR Smith's three-pointer also came, and the Knicks relied on Li Feng to have a strong point, and the outside firepower erupted continuously. A three-pointer rain bombed. At the end of the midfield, the Knicks led the Hawks by 12 points 62-50.
The Hawks still had an advantage in the first quarter, but suffered such a big loss in the second quarter, which was beyond everyone's expectations. The two teams played so hard before, and everyone thought it was not easy for the Knicks to catch up with the points, but now at the beginning of the second quarter, Jones and Li Feng's connection suddenly knocked the Hawks over. At this time, a thought emerged in Taberdog's mind, perhaps Jones is more suitable to match Li Feng than Monroe.
To a certain extent, Taberdeau was a head coach who was brave enough to practice. He had the idea of using Jones to match Li Feng. He was about to implement it in the third quarter.
At the same time, Woodson scolded his players in the locker room. Today, the Hawks have actually played better than usual.
But the reality is that the Knicks are even more desperate than Woodson expected. So the Eagles have never fought against a group of young people today. This is the tragedy of the Eagles and an inevitable path.
After Woodson cursed, he immediately arranged a counterattack tactic for the second half. At this time, the Hawks need to solve several problems.
The first point is the offensive issue. The Hawks were blocked from attacking under the Knicks' defense. In the past, the Hawks could even smash a gap by using Horford directly, but now Horford is old. Woodson can only think of ways to tactical things. After thinking about it, in order to strengthen the projection, Woodson placed Mark and Korver in the starting lineup in the second half.
Korver has a steady shooting ability and a steady defense, and he is a pitcher who can score points. Korver is a player who is quite different from Woodson's usual employment. Woodson has always liked to use veterans and players who like to use mature personalities.
But Mark was a naughty man, and he was also a naughty man with a shooting type. With the touch, this kid could make several three-pointers in a row. Without the touch, this kid could throw out several outrageous shots.
Using Woodson to use such a player fully demonstrates that Old Woodson is a little anxious.
On the defensive end, the Eagles also do not have the talent to defend the opponent one-on-one. At this time, the Eagles can only rely on collective strength.
When Woodson saw that the offensive and mental battle in the first half did not play much, he began to defend layer by layer, starting from running without the ball, and arranged to double-team against Li Feng, how should the team of Li Feng moves the ball to defend.
After making such careful arrangements, Woodson also understood that even if the most detailed arrangements were made, he would not necessarily win.
There are two other things on the court that dominate the outcome, both personal talent and luck. After Woodson is ready, he can only see the arrival of these two things.
After the halftime break, the two teams returned to the stadium. At the beginning of the game, the Knicks kicked the ball first. At this time, the Knicks' lineup in the second half became point guard Dragic, shooting guard Bailineri, small forward Li Feng, power forward Jones, and center Cousins.
Cousins didn't play for a few minutes in the first half, but now he's finally holding on, but he's very energetic.
Dragic also passed the basketball to Cousins unexpectedly at the beginning. Cousins took the ball directly to the frame and beat Horford, but the boy was extremely happy and sad. He lost the basketball as soon as he dribbled.
Cousins lost a ball when he came up, and he seemed a little angry, and ran back with a grin.
Li Feng glanced at Cousins at this time and didn't say anything. The reason why the Knicks gave the basketball to Cousins for singles.
Once Mr. Cousins missed, the Hawks immediately moved over. Teague used his teammate's cover to run without the ball to attract the defense. However, Li Feng defended Teague in close combat, and Teague could not play this point.
Mark immediately made a simple running cooperation with Horford. Horford came up to help Mark block it. Mark immediately rushed to the three-point line and picked up the ball and made a three-pointer.
As mentioned earlier, Mark's rhythm is different from the entire Eagle's rhythm. The rest of the Eagle use their brains to get the balls and only take action if they have space, but Mark doesn't have space to take action if he wants to.
This kind of person broke the routine. The Knicks and his group of people who took action all night were defending people. He was a person who did not play according to common sense. The Knicks naturally could not have expected it.
Mark made a three-pointer and hit the Knicks' basket.
"brush!"
Mark's three-pointer made the ball, and Woodson looked at the situation on the court and felt a lot more comfortable.
He left a player in his team with a completely different rhythm than others, just to get surprises. Now the effect of this surprise has finally come out.
This trick of putting a guerrilla in the regular army is definitely not Woodson's first, but this trick is indeed easy to use.
The Knicks defended well, and the Hawks suddenly jumped out and gave the team a baton. Li Feng immediately yelled at Dragic here:
"Look at him! You must watch him!"
Dragic gritted his teeth at Li Feng. He did not watch this person, but Korver's rhythm was indeed a little overwhelmed.
When the Knicks got back, Li Feng wanted to run the ball without the ball like the second quarter, but at this time the Hawks were determined not to even give Li Feng the route without the ball.
The Hawks adopted the method to block Li Feng's route, and other players blocked the bottom line tightly to prevent Li Feng from running.
The Eagles' defense has very high requirements for rotation. Once the defender goes over and blocks Li Feng, the players behind will have to take on the task of rotation and defense.
At this time, the eagle actually did it, and Li Feng was suddenly suffocated to death in the corner.
Terence Jones saw that the Hawks were all focused on Li Feng, and he immediately pulled out and asked for the ball towards Dragic.
Dragic passed the ball to Jones. Jones took the ball and turned around and saw that it was Korver who was turning around to defend himself. This guy was shorter than him. Jones felt comfortable and relaxed. He shot and scored 2 points on Korver's face.
Seeing that Jones had such a rookie, Woodson blinked on the side, and the old man felt depressed.
I finally stopped Li Feng, but I didn't expect that Jones, a rookie, grew up so fast and was so steady in just half a season.
After Mark made a three-pointer, the kid suddenly became energetic. When he returned to the Knicks, Mark was quite active and ran back and forth.
He made a shot before, and at this time the Hawks players also knew that Mark felt good, so they immediately put the basketball in Mark's hands as soon as they saw him active.
The moment Korver got the ball this time, Dragic had already defended and stood in front of him.
But Mark seemed to have not seen Dragic, and he got up and threw a three-pointer against Dragic.
Dragic got up to interfere with him, and he was also in good condition, but he still couldn't stop Mark's hot touch.
This time, Mark actually pulled a three-pointer directly from Dragic's head.
With one shot from this three-pointer, Dragic and all the people on the Knicks side were depressed.
Chapter completed!