Chapter 324 Towards a 30-game winning streak
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76ers coach Collins rushed to the field and shouted "Pick-and-roll to change defense". He could not relax for a moment against Li Feng's defense.
Unlike people's predictions, the 76ers did not play hard to match the Knicks at the beginning and were completely overwhelmed.
The 76ers finally made a jump shot from Iguodala, and the score became 114.
Li Feng's touch also cooled down. He missed two consecutive shots. Harden and Cousins began to take over the heavy responsibility of the offense. First, Harden broke through and entered the basketball, and then Cousins moved the ball and hit two points on the outside.
Cousins once misplaced and played singles at Iguodala at a low post, turning around and making a shot.
The score quickly widened to more than 10 points. 76ers head coach Collins was forced to request a timeout, but there was no significant improvement after the timeout. The Knicks' offense was too sharp.
Monroe also has an advantage in fighting Brand, but in order to ensure offensive efficiency.
Monroe is only responsible for pick-and-roll, and he doesn't attack.
The Knicks led by 13 points in the first quarter.
Li Feng scored 11 points, 3 rebounds and 3 assists in a single quarter, Cousins scored 8 points and 6 rebounds, and Harden scored 9 points.
But the three of them scored higher than the 76ers' team.
Veteran Brand was deflated in the first quarter, but he only got a free throw opportunity with a strong attack. He made one of two free throws, got a pitiful point and grabbed two rebounds.
Li Feng had to stay away from the basket when he switched defense, and he couldn't even grab the rebound.
During the suspension, Barkley began to compare Brand and Cousins. He believed that Cousins was Brand when he was young. At that time, the rules of the court made Mooning still turbulent in the inside and was not forced to fly kites outside.
However, Smith disagreed with Barkley's point of view. He believed that Cousins and Brand were two different players, and Brand's delicate skills were not comparable to Cousins.
In the second quarter, the 76ers replaced Spetts, Turner, Iguodala, Meeks, and Mo Williams.
The Knicks replaced Ibaka, Kirilenko, Parsons, Belineri, JR Smith.
Parsons can stick with Iguodala. Bailineri has good defensive ability. She has poor physical fitness but can keep people around. She is also good at making some small moves, and he is responsible for dealing with Mix.
Strangely, Taberdog did not replace Livingston, but instead sent JR Smith, which was a bit surprising.
People soon knew about Taberdeau’s intentions. Livingston was well organized but not as good as JR Smith’s offense.
JR Smith not only disrupted the 76ers' defense line with breakthroughs, but also did not become an irreparable loophole on the defensive end.
If you catch the opponent's weakness and fight, it may lead to a situation that will make the opponent so depressed that he almost doesn't want to fight.
Ibaka also pulled out and gave JR Smith double cover to help him fight Sbetz.
In terms of defense, Spets still needs to make great improvements.
Now his basic defense skills are still very rough. He gives a large amount of space to the opponent too generously in the inside line, which is easy to take the opponent's fake moves, and often loses the chain in defensive rotation, especially when defending pick-and-roll. He always looks very lazy when he pounces on the opponent's shot, making people feel that he has not done his best on the defensive end. The above can be attributed to the lack of concentration of defense.
Spetts was slow at first, so he was not focused anymore. He could defend against JR Smith, who made a living by breaking through, would be a god.
JR Smith successfully broke through the bottom line twice and entered the basketball game.
In the second quarter, the score difference widened to 20 points.
In addition to sharp attacks, the Knicks did not relax their defense. Li Feng, Harden and others applauded their teammates on the sidelines, and had completely put aside the pressure. They all believed that they would win in this game.
At this time, the 76ers were very depressed, as if they had encountered the Knicks' own team becoming weaker.
Brand has recovered this season, averaging 18+9 per game, and his partner with Hawys is very good. In fact, the 76ers are not weak. Hawys and Brand can beat most teams in the interior. The combination of Holiday, Williams and Iguodala on the outside is even more offensive. Iguodala is not responsible for holding the ball and becomes a running player like Marion.
The 76ers could not beat the Knicks because the Knicks restrained them and Li Feng's singles were indistinguishable. In the inside competition, the 76ers were not advantageous.
Brand, an old man, looks much better than Monroe today, and Cousins. After playing in the second quarter, he also had an amazing patch to knock Monroe to the ground.
Unfortunately, such a powerful goal was only 2 points, and Brand humiliated Monroe with a wonderful goal.
The fact is that if the two face each other in the game, Monroe will use hooks and jump shots to deal with Brand. It is very difficult for Brand to score more than 20 points under Monroe's defense.
The 76ers coaching staff also understood this, so they all let Hawyce and Monroe face each other and Brand face Cousins.
Cousins went out on the outside. Although Cousins' shooting was not very stable, Brand could not ignore it. This made it difficult to defend against the pick-and-roll. No matter how the position was changed, the 76ers were always at a loss. At the end of the half-time game, the 76ers were 21 points behind. There was no suspense in this game.
Li Feng scored 22 points in the first half. His singles success rate was too high. No matter how close he was, he was not easy to defend. A long distance was just a thrust. When he got close, he broke through with one or two fake moves. In the second half, the 76ers' offense did not improve. Holiday entered the iron-shot mode under strict defense. His shooting percentage was very low, and Brand couldn't open it, so he had no chance to win.
The person who scored the most points by the 76ers was Meeks. He mainly relied on the outside to make a cold arrow and made three-pointers, and his shooting percentage was not high. In order to prevent Li Feng, the 76ers finally used double-teams, and Cousins got the chance and scored crazily.
In the fourth quarter, the Knicks still led by more than 20 points, and replaced the substitute to fight hard to defend. Although his attack power was lower than in the previous quarters, the efficiency of the 76ers who could defend also decreased.
Brand finally found a feeling when facing Kirirenko and scored 6 points in a row, but it was too late. The hole was dug too deep in the early stage and could not catch up.
The Knicks defeated the 76ers 118-94, and rushed to a 30-game winning streak amid the cheers of fans.
The stadium was crowded with people, and many people were standing and watching, and the fans felt that the trip was worth it.
Li Feng scored 25 points, 7 rebounds and 8 assists in the whole game, not the Knicks scored the most. Cousins scored 38 points and 15 rebounds, and Brand's 22 points and 8 rebounds were dull in comparison. Holiday made only 7 of 22 shots. Iguodala made 4 of 11 shots. The 76ers star performance was very bad. Meeks scored the team's highest 28 points.
The contributions of the other two Knicks cannot be ignored, one is Kirirenko and the other is JR Smith.
Kirilenko has always been tough on the defensive end, while JR Smith took over the game well when the main player left the court, ensuring the team's offense, scoring 18 points and 4 assists in the game.
Chapter completed!