MTL - Basketball: Start with the Neuroknife-Chapter 19 Do you have to hit the south wall to turn back?

After the change, the Lakers players on the court now are point guard Fisher, shooting guard Li Wan, small forward Radmanovic, power forward Turiaf, and center Bynum.

The lineup of the New York Knicks is: Marty Collins at No. 1, Jamal Crawford at No. 2, Wilson Chandler at No. 2, Jared Jeff at No. 4 Reese and Eddie Curry at No. 5.

The score on the field was quite anxious, 18 to 17, and the Lakers led by 1 point after Bynum made two free throws.

Originally, neither the New York Knicks nor the Lakers should make substitutions at this time, but this is the preseason, and this stage belongs to players who are fighting for playing time and staying with the team.

Ball possession for the New York Knicks.

Marty Collins holds the ball. As the younger brother of Rasheed Wallace, he became famous at a young age and gradually became mediocre after entering the NCAA. With his accumulated fame, he was finally selected by the Knicks with the 29th overall pick in the first round last year. It's just that the entire rookie season ended, and he didn't play any impressive scenes, and he belonged to the younger brother in the team.

Commonly known as "little brother".

Fisher was very successful in wrapping the defense. The "little brother" was tricked. He caught a glimpse of the Knicks' uniform in his daze and quickly passed the ball.

What he caught a glimpse of was Crawford going back and forth at the left three-point line, but Li Wan was standing in front of him, his long arms stretched forward, making a precise interception.

Crawford thought to himself: How long!

Up is a steal.

There was a burst of exclamations at the scene.

Li Wan quickly broke with the ball, making their exclamations louder and louder.

They found that the speed of this new Chinese rookie with the ball on the fast break...

So fast!

"Bah!"

The ball smashed into the frame heavily, and at the same time, the audience screamed and cheered.

Phil Jackson and Phil Handy looked at each other with uncontrollable joy on their faces.

They have seen Li Wan's defensive steal prediction many times in training camp.

It's not surprising.

The training ground is the training ground, and the actual combat is the actual combat.

but!

If Li Wanzhen can bring everything from the training camp to the stage of actual combat. Then they just want to say: the show has just begun!

Excellent defensive anticipation, or a powerful fast break...

These are only part of Li Wanneng's presentation.

A bit of consternation flashed in Thomas' eyes, fast break with the ball and physical fitness, these aspects should be his weak points!

how now...

He just saw clearly that Chandler really tried desperately to catch up, but he still couldn't catch up, and he didn't even get closer.

Is this guy getting stronger again?

Chandler once again felt Li Wan's physical progress.

In the summer league, Li Wan made the last layup, and he could keep up with the interference.

This time, when he jumped up and reached out to interfere, the ball had already fallen into the basket.

Offensive and defensive transition, Li Wan made great achievements when he came up, Chandler didn't want to be compared, so he moved very actively. When he found that Radmanovic couldn't keep up with his footsteps, he moved even more fiercely and attacked. Full of desire.

The Knicks' ball ran into Crawford's hands and stopped.

However, when Chandler ran out of space, Crawford passed the ball in the first time.

When it comes to Crawford, the first impression of him is often a nerve knife. He has played 50+ performances in a single game in 4 teams. But in fact, his assist ability is good in the hands of singles, with a career-high one-year average of 5.1 assists per game.

Including this season, he originally averaged 5 assists per game.

Chandler's shot fake tricked the slow-footed Radmanovic into the inside line.

With the ball, Chandler swayed slightly and paused for a while before he controlled the ball. Compared with Crawford, his passing vision was very average, averaging less than one per game in his rookie season.

Reluctantly shot after a forced confrontation, Bynum protected the rebound.

Li Wan noticed that with Chandler's breakthrough, the entire Knicks' formation shrunk within the three-point line. When the ball hit the board, he walked in the front, but it was a pity that Bynum didn't give the ball. There was no chance for a fast break.

Tilt his head, Li Wan didn't care.

Phil Handy in front of the sideline bench smacked his lips regretfully, and Phil Jackson next to him frowned slightly and said nothing.

Fisher held the ball over half court, and Bynum wanted the ball. Although Eddy Curry was short, his weight was indeed a standard No. 5, and he was too crowded to catch the ball.

During the Lakers' tactical movement, the ball fell into Li Wan's hand, and the fake action of opening a shot to deceive Crawford, who rushed over, took a step forward. Eddie Curry came up to intercept it, and shot the ball from his crotch. The ball hit Bynum's hands.

There was a low voice from the audience, and the common "traversing the soul" of streetball touched their nerves.

Looking down, he suddenly found that Bynum, who had a ball in his hand, was unoccupied in the basket. He dunked with both hands and scored two points. He took the initiative to stretch his fingers and gestured to Li Wan.

Li Wan nodded, not enthusiastic.

He could see that Bynum was unwilling to cooperate with him just now. There were many reasons, and he didn't want to think about it. In the final analysis, he looked down on him.

In this case, he also passed the ball to this guy because the optimal solution at the time was to pass the ball to Bynum.

He is fundamentally different from Bynum.

Bynum is already the absolute core of the Lakers, standing with Kobe, he can be willful.

Li Wan can't do it, he is still on his way to prove himself, not to mention tonight's game, he was originally running to win and perform well.

Good biography is also an act of good performance.

Haven't seen Thomas raised his eyebrows because of his handsome passing?

The first quarter ended quickly.

Li Wan had 2 points, 2 assists and 1 steal. His performance was significantly better than that of Chandler. After playing for so long, he made 1 shot and made 0 of 1 shots, and did not gain any useful data.

"Li, I'll put you on the 3rd position later, and directly confront Wilson, are you confident?"

During the break between festivals, Phil Jackson came to ask Li Wan for advice, but Li Wan did not hesitate, and said crisply, "Yes!"

Direct confrontation is exactly the opportunity he has been looking for.

"Sasha, get ready to play!"

Phil Jackson beckoned, and Vujacic, with flowing long hair and a "mouth-shaped" beard, got up, and his expression was a little more decisive.

In the past month, the Lakers coaching staff has more and more frequently put him at the 3 position for scrims, and he has no way to ignore such signals.

Now competing with Li Wan on the same stage, he has to show some performances in the No. 2 position where he is good at to prove that he is the most suitable position.

As long as the coaching staff's use of Li Wan is behind him, then his position as the No. 2 first backup is still solid.

The issue is…

Can he play better?

Just now, Li Wan made a dazzling performance as soon as he played.

No, definitely can!

"What's the matter, Sasha, are you so nervous?"

Stand still on the court, waiting for the New York Knicks to dribble over halftime.

Li Wan looked at Vujacic who was standing next to him, and he swayed from side to side with a very disturbed expression on his face.

This guy has already entered the league in 2004. After playing for two or three years, he is still nervous?

"It's okay, it's just a preseason game!"

Li Wan encouraged him.

Vujacic was a little speechless. When will it be your rookie's turn to persuade me to calm down, and try to be as calm as possible: "Well, I know, I'm not..."

"Come on, UU reading www.uukanshu.com prepare to defend!"

Opposite Collins holding the ball over halftime, Li Wan interrupted Vujacic's words and asked him to pay attention to Crawford's movement.

Vujacic, who still had half a sentence choked back in his stomach, was very uncomfortable.

Li Wan's voice sounded faintly behind him again: "If Crawford plays singles with the ball, try to drive him to me..."

Crawford's signature move "back dribbling and jumping" is difficult to limit by relying on one person's defense alone. Whether it is Li Wan himself or Vujacic.

It is the best way to make him "left and right as a man".

Vujacic didn't want to be dominated by Li Wan, pretended not to hear, stared at Crawford who was catching the ball, and controlled the distance between him and him. After Crawford dribbled the ball on the spot and observed it, he took an offensive posture, first with a back move. , after mobilizing Vujacic's center of gravity to shake, another back dribble, the ball from the back to the other hand.

"Snapped!"

After a quick pat, he jumped towards the front right, easily passed Vujacic, made a pull-up jumper, and the ball simply fell into the box.

Totally unstoppable.

Poor boy!

Do you have to hit the south wall to turn back?

Li Wan looked at him deflated, and once again proposed his own defense plan.

Vujacic nodded after hesitation.

Compared with cooperating with Li Wan and being led by him, it seems that Crawford cannot be prevented from having more serious consequences.

Seeing Wujacic nodding, Li Wan said again: "But before that, I have to trouble you to cover me from beyond the three-point line."

Vujacic: …

"Row!"

After a second of silence, Vujacic nodded and just agreed to follow Li Wan's defensive tactics. At this moment, he had no reason not to follow Li Wan's offensive tactics.