NBA: The opening game gets a death entanglement

After the wonderful goal, the game continues.

Because of Lin Dong’s inseparable defense, it was difficult for Nash to fight fast and attack.

Even because Lin Dong’s defensive area is too large, Nash’s shot is not easy.

The core of the bombardment tactic is Nash, and when Nash doesn’t shoot the ball quickly, the shelling is very fighting.

Nash dribbled outside the 45-degree three-point line on the left and Tiny came over to block it.

“Here it comes, Nash and Xiaosi’s blocker.”

“This is the Suns’ offensive move, I don’t know how the Knicks will respond to this move.”

The live commentator shouted out excitedly.

Nash dribbled from the side where Smalls was covering.

In the face of cover, the defender’s choice is twofold.

One is to defend around the front, so that the attacking player with the ball has room to break through.

Then the player who covers can also choose to go down.

Another is to defend around the back, but in this case, it directly gives the attacker with the ball the opportunity to shoot.

Nash is a resident member of the 180 Club, and letting him shoot is tantamount to giving points.

So, Lin Dong resolutely chose to defend around the front.

Nash continued to take a step forward.

At the same time, Xiaosi quickly began to go down.

At almost the same time, Gallinari directly abandoned Hill and quickly came to the basket to prepare for defense.

Seeing the younger Shun down, Nash hit the ground with one hand and passed the ball to the former.

Xiaosi received the ball and directly closed the ball in three steps.

But as soon as I took a step, I found that there were actually people on the inside.

At the same time, David Lee also followed behind him.

He noticed Hill in the bottom corner who was empty.

So he passed the ball decisively.

Hill was completely emptied.

Catch the ball and shoot directly.

Swish!

Basketball hollows into the net.

Xiaosi raised his index finger proudly.

Think I didn’t pass the ball? How can you put such a big vacancy?

Seeing the Knicks’ defense, the live commentary was a little confused.

“Is there a communication problem with this Knicks’ defense, how can it be such a big open space?”

“Although Xiaosi’s passing is not very good, but it can also pass the ball to the right player, such a defense is tantamount to sending points!”

“If it was put on purpose, it would be a bit risky.”

“Strangely, there was no displeasure on D’Antonis’s face, did he think this is how the ball was played, or did he think it was acceptable?”

The Knicks attacked, and David Lee played from the inside to the outside and passed to Gallinari on the outside.

The latter received the ball and clicked, and the defender did not shake.

Gallinari simply held the ball directly to the inside.

According to his previous offensive habits, he should start three steps at the free throw line.

But this time was different, he shipped halfway.

Suddenly turned his back to the defender, and the defender was also confused for a while.

But Gallinari had just turned his back to the defender when he suddenly slammed the ball and kicked the ground hard under his feet.

Then turn forward.

The action is in place, but the speed is a little slow, and the eyes in front are not deceiving.

And didn’t completely pass the defenders.

But Gallinari continued to dribble in, closing the ball at the free throw line and holding it to his chest.

Rely on a strong body and hit a rebound for a layup.

The live commentary was immediately confused, this is Gallinari?

Didn’t the previous Gallinari breakthroughs all go straight in?

Why did this time come a half-turned and passed.

“What’s the matter, just now Lin Dong half-turned over, and Gallinari also followed once.”

“Did the Knicks hire any special dribbling coach lately? Taught everyone this trick! ”

“I don’t seem to see Gallinari, but Nate the third, and Lin Dong is the number two just now.”

Not only the explanation, but Hill was also confused.

He defended Lin Dong, and Lin Dong half-turned past him.

He defended Gallinari, and Gallinari also wanted to turn past him with a half-turn.

Could it be that there is something passive in him, as long as it is someone he defends, he will pass people with a half-turn?

Lin Dong trotted over, patted him on the shoulder, and quipped: “Brother, you are not as good as I learned!” ”

After saying that, he quickly ran back to the front court.

Leaving Gallinari whispering: “Just score points!” ”

Again the Suns’ offense.

Because there was no chance to attack quickly, they continued to block and dismantle.

It’s still Nash and Xiaosi’s block.

And the Knicks’ defense still adopts the strategy of emptying the outside line.

The ball passed into Hill’s hands again.

This time, though, Hill lost.

The two goals were the same choice, and the live commentary finally understood that this was not a problem of defensive communication, but of defensive strategy.

“It turns out that the Knicks are deliberately defensive like this, they just let Junior pass the ball.”

“But Smalls and Nash, determined not to let them score both.”

“It’s a real gamble, and if Hill keeps scoring three points, they’re going to pay a heavy price for it!”

The Knicks’ defensive strategy seems to be a suicide defense in the narration.

They are not optimistic about this approach.

In fact, D’Antoni knows this, but he is gambling.

Bet on Hill not to invest.

But it’s not a blind bet, knowing that Hill’s three-point shooting percentage throughout his career is no more than three percent, and three-point shooting has never been his strong point.

And, by this time, he was already thirty-eight years old.

Do you really think he can throw twenty balls, thirty balls?

Hill certainly won’t be unable to shoot all the time, but as long as the shooting percentage is not very high, then their defense is successful.

In the following games, the Knicks continued this defensive strategy.

Resolutely block the connection between Nash and his teammates, and resolutely prevent Nash and Smalls from scoring.

Whenever possible, force the Suns to pass the ball to Hill.

Forced him to shoot threes.

At the beginning, Hill was more decisive.

However, as more and more balls are thrown, the hit rate is not very high.

He began to hesitate.

If you hesitate, you will lose.

The end result is also a worse and worse hit rate.

Halfway through the game, the Knicks took a six-point lead.

Knicks 23:15 Sun.

Although Hill had scored six points in the middle of the quarter, he had paid the price of seven shots.

This situation is simply outrageous.

A substitute player, in the middle of the quarter, 7 shots.

If you just look at the statistics, the fans will definitely think that this substitute is crazy.

It’s a stunned blue, a lone wolf and so on.

But if you have watched the game, you will know that his every shot is very reasonable.

Every shot is an opportunity for a big open spot.

And, if the opportunity is out of him, he must cast.

If he doesn’t shoot, the Knicks’ defense will be more targeted.

At this time, the live commentary also had to praise the Knicks’ defense.

“I can only say that D’Antoni really knows too much about this sun.”

His defense paid off, with Hill “forced” to make seven three-pointers in six minutes, but only hit two. ”

“In fact, this kind of scoring efficiency is already good, but for an offensive team like them, it is a bit low.”

Although the Suns are at the top of the league in offensive efficiency, their defensive efficiency is indeed the lowest in the league.

So the way they win is by scoring more points than the other side.

Under the Suns’ defense, the Knicks all became masters of shooting.

The Knicks, on the other hand, although they have a lot of three-point opportunities, do not shoot well.

And the chances are all on one person, causing the other team members to not shoot for a long time, or even touch the ball.

Over time, the shooting feel dropped.

After Lin Dong hit a three-pointer, Suns head coach Alvin Gentry finally couldn’t stand it anymore and made a substitution.

Hill was replaced by Jaled Dudley.

Dudley is a good three-point player and can shoot 38 percent from three-point range in his career.

However, he is a standard substitute player, averaging 6.3 points per game in his career, and his high shooting percentage is maintained on reasonable shots and the number of shots is low.

He can shoot three of three in a game, but he can shoot a dozen or twenty threes a game.

He may not be very good.

Gentry knows that, too, but he has to.

If the outside three-point shot can’t be made, then the Knicks will endlessly wrap Nash and Junior.

So he can only field players who shoot better from three-point range and pray that he will keep scoring.