Chapter 976 976. The warden is stronger!

Liu Xiu knew Fred Jones' defense very well. He had trained it in their prison team. He didn't hold back, and his dunk king-level jumping speed was very good at interfering with shots.

But this guy's defensive flaw does not lie in his basic skills or enthusiasm, but in his awareness. He has no defensive talent.

There is almost no ability to predict, and the defense only reacts after seeing the opponent's actions.

The effect of defending without the ball and against opponents of average strength is quite good, but it is very disastrous to let him defend against the opponent's perimeter star.

When the Knicks attacked, McGrady encountered Ray Allen's defense and accelerated directly to break through. The first three steps became faster and faster. After three steps, he was at a close range. He jumped to avoid Birdman and made a layup.

succeed.

With Ray Allen in this state, Tracy McGrady is asking for everything from him.

In the transition between offense and defense, Liu Xiu continued to play Fred Jones in singles.

Fred Jones is guarding Liu Xiu alone. The rest of the Knicks are actually worried about McGrady and Crawford's off-ball defense. Ray Allen is the best in the league in off-ball defense. Korver catches the ball and turns around for a three-pointer.

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As for McGrady's defense, he can still make a good interference based on his physical fitness. His awareness is not bad, but it can't be said to be great.

Crawford didn't defend directly.

But surprisingly, Ray Allen and Korver were standing at familiar shooting spots on both sides, and they started to counterattack and ran.

This was a surprise to the Knicks players...a surprise too soon!

Even so, they can't prevent it!

Every time there is a break, the Knicks players always have some inexplicable expectations.

It's all about defense, I just think the methods they came up with can work.

This situation has been analyzed and discussed by the media many years ago. It is not just the Knicks, Yankees, and Giants. They always have inexplicable confidence no matter how unfavorable the situation is.

This is essentially different from the Lakers' aristocratic disease, which is named the Big Apple Syndrome in sports.

This kind of confidence comes and goes away just as quickly.

Watching Fred Jones use a tight half-court defense to deal with Liu Xiu's emergency three-pointer, Liu Xiu went straight to the inside and smashed the ball into the basket through David Lee...

have to!

The Knicks players feel that they should not think about the opponent's wing shooters and just attack first!

As for why they didn't guard Liu Xiu well, they guarded well, and then Liu Xiu scored 40 points in the first three quarters.

But it doesn’t matter, they also have McGrady with 32 points in three quarters and Crawford with 26 points in three quarters!

When the Knicks attacked, McGrady broke through and scored the ball. David Lee received the second pass. Fred Jones took advantage of Crawford's containment and went around to the right to catch the ball at a 45-degree angle and hit a three-pointer!

The Knicks' $106 million luxury lineup has powerful outside firepower!

But as soon as the ball fell from the basket, Ray Allen picked up the ball and sent it to Liu Xiu, who counterattacked!

The Knicks retreated quickly and swarmed toward the basket, blocking Liu Xiu.

Liu Xiu passed the ball back, and Ray Allen, who followed up, received the ball and was covered by Tracy McGrady, who was holding his feet at the free throw line and spreading out. Ray Allen immediately passed the ball back, and Korver quickly received the ball from the left sideline.

Stop, turn around and shoot a three-pointer... and it goes in!

If you can start a fast break, start a fast break. If you can't start a fast break, Liu Xiu will score the ball in isolation. Maurice Cheeks' bold idea is so simple and crude.

This is purely based on personal ability. The disadvantage is that the Knicks' defense is astonishingly poor.

The two teams continue to fight against each other!

Liu Xiu and Tracy McGrady go back and forth, you hit a three-pointer, I hit the basket and score, you made a European step, I made a small floater...

Liu Xiu looked at the European step and throw that was very similar to his, and was easily executed by Tracy McGrady, and his eyes narrowed again.

That’s too much!

He remembered that McGrady didn't play like this the last time they played against each other.

This guy's super talent that can be used directly after watching it and practicing it a few times is still there!

My mastery of technical details is actually not very good, but my physical condition is very good.

In the first few minutes, it was the Trail Blazers who took the initiative, almost always suppressing the Knicks. They played a wave of 14 to 10, and the score was 114 to 110. The Trail Blazers had a 4-point lead.

Before and after the official timeout, the Knicks took the initiative.

When the Trail Blazers entered the rotation, Ray Allen was replaced by Lou Williams, who performed poorly and was not as good at shooting as Crawford. The replacement was Blake, who was average and not as good as the Knicks.

The little potatoes and the big Q.

During this period, relying on Liu Xiu's singles to support him, he scored 6 points by himself, while the team only scored 11 points, while the opponent scored 16 points.

At 8 minutes and 55 seconds of the fourth quarter, the score reached 125-126, and the Trail Blazers were 1 point behind the Knicks.

Maurice Cheeks immediately called a timeout after the score was overtaken, and replaced Ray Allen, Birdman, and Millsap, while Liu Xiu and Korver continued to play.

On the Knicks side, with 3 minutes and 05 seconds left in the game, they also put on the lineup for the critical moment - Crawford, Tracy McGrady, Big Q, David Lee, Jared Jeffries

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After the timeout, the Trail Blazers attack.

Liu Xiu chose to do it by himself. In singles, Big Q hit a long two-pointer with a step-back, helping the Trail Blazers overtake the score!

McGrady, who had been restraining and supporting for the past few minutes, immediately stepped up to respond. He caught the ball with his back on the right side of the free throw line and then turned around and made a pull-up mid-range shot.

In the next few rounds, the rest of the two teams pulled apart in a tacit understanding, preparing to rush for rebounds or protect rebounds...

Liu Xiu and Tracy McGrady both showed off their scoring abilities.

Both teams have a top scorer like Ray Allen, who averaged 25 points per game in his peak period, and a top-notch nerve-wanderer like Crawford. Seeing the two of them go against each other was astounding.

So powerful! A true scoring champion level confrontation!

For several rounds, the two teammates' rebound protection and rushing preparations were all in vain.

McGrady then scored 3 more goals in a row. Counting his first pull-up mid-range shot in response to Liu Xiu after a timeout, McGrady scored 8 points in a row.

On Liu Xiu's side, after hitting the step-back mid-range shot, he made another floater from close range, a counterattack layup, and a three-pointer that was pulled directly out of Millsap's pick-and-roll, and he won

to 9 minutes.

The current score is 134 to 134, and the Blazers will attack next!

So far in the final quarter, McGrady's score in a single quarter has increased to 15 points. In addition to the previous 32 points, he has scored 47 points, 7 rebounds and 9 assists.

But everyone could see it, including the Knicks fans at the scene. They all admitted that Liu Xiu was stronger than McGrady in the first three quarters. In the final quarter, the gap between the two became even wider.

So far in the final quarter, Liu Xiu has made 8 of 13 shots, including 3 of 5 three-pointers, plus 2 of 2 free throws, scoring 21 points in a single quarter!

After just hitting a three-pointer after the pick-and-roll, his personal score increased to 61 points, scoring 60+ points in a single game for the second time this season!

Not only that, he also had 12 rebounds and 9 assists!
Chapter completed!