roccoschili Chapter 185 Who Will Stop Zhao Ke
Chapter 185 Who Will Stop Zhao Ke
Chapter 185 Who Will Stop Zhao Ke
After playing against the Houston Rockets, Zhao Ke has 50+ games in ten consecutive games, and the Knicks continue to lead the league with 25 consecutive victories.
The Knicks' lineup on paper this season is not strong, but Zhao Ke is ruthless enough. He uses one-third of the team's shooting rights to get more than half of the points in each game.
The rest of the league realized that as long as they could defend against Zhao Ke, they could beat the Knicks.
But it's one thing to know and understand, it's another to execute.
Even Gary Payton, Doug Christie and other perimeter defensive experts who have been in the best defensive team for a long time did not freeze Zhao Ke's touch, let alone the double-team tactic that has been declared bankrupt!
Zhao Ke does not enter the three-point line on the offensive end at all, and does not hold the ball at all. He just runs off the ball and shoots three-pointers. His soul in his previous life has finally been completely released:
There is nothing that a three-pointer can't solve, if there is, just shoot another one!
Jeff Van Gundy doesn't care about him. In fact, the key is the shooting percentage. Since the three-point shooting percentage is higher than O'Neal's shooting percentage at the basket, why stop it?
When Zhao Ke's overall shooting rate is above 60%, Van Gundy can't wait for him to shoot 50 three-pointers per game!
However, Van Gundy also saw patterns.
At the very beginning of the game, Zhao Ke had the highest shooting percentage, almost hitting every shot in the first 3 minutes.
In the rest of the first quarter, Zhao Ke's shooting rate was also very abnormal, almost all of them were above [-]%.
But from the second half of the second quarter, if counting the shooting percentage in a single quarter, it will quickly drop to about [-]%, but at this time most of the teams have already led by [-] to [-] points, and Zhao Ke will reduce the number of shots and look for better opportunities.
Van Gundy attributed this phenomenon to the process of the hand feeling changing from hot to cold, because Zhao Ke will frantically shoot three-pointers before the start of every game to find the hand feel.
Van Gundy was able to conclude that the other 28 teams in the league observed Zhao Ke under a magnifying glass almost every day, and naturally calculated such data.
As a result, a tactic that can defeat Zhao Ke and the Knicks began to spread among the market:
As long as you can survive the perverted first quarter between Zhao Ke and the Knicks, and don't be taken away by a wave, you can slowly grind the Knicks to death in the remaining three quarters!
Zhao Ke often scored 30+ points in the first quarter. The Knicks averaged 54 points per game in the first quarter. Most teams can't score so many points in a halftime. How can they survive?
Eastern teams are hopeless, they are not good at offense.
Who will stop Zhao Ke and the Knicks?
You can only look at the Big Four in the West: Lakers, Spurs, Kings and Mavericks!
So far this season, the Lakers and Spurs have not met the Knicks. The Kings played one game with the Knicks and lost, but that was when "White Devil" Mike Bibby was absent.
The Mavericks are very strong this season, averaging 106 points per game, second only to the Knicks, and currently firmly occupy the first record in the Western Conference.
On December 12, the Knicks played an away game against the Dallas Mavericks. This game attracted the attention of the entire league. Mavericks owner Mark Cuban even declared in a media interview before the game: "This is a big victory without any suspense. The Dallas Mavericks will slaughter the Knicks with a difference of more than 28 points, thus ending their winning streak!"
Honey is confident!
The Dallas Mavericks' starting lineup is:
Point guard: Stephen Nash
Shooting Guard: Nick Van Exel
Small Forward: Michael Finley
Power Forward: Dirk Nowitzki
Center: Sean Bradley
The Mavericks actually played double point guards!
Since you can't defend, just don't defend, attack against attack!
That's right, such a tactic is very much in line with old Nelson's taste.
However, at the end of the first quarter, everyone was a little confused when faced with the score on the scoreboard.
Dirk Nowitzki was not very efficient under the entanglement of Kurt Thomas, scoring 9 points on 4 of 8 shots.
Stephen Nash and Andre Miller couldn't take advantage of the matchup. He made 5 of 2 shots and scored 6 points and 2 assists.
Nick Van Exel dared to play, but Zhao Ke's defense put him under considerable pressure, including three blocks and one steal.
This gentleman made 12 of 4 shots and scored 9 points and 3 assists.
Michael Finley scored 6 points, Sean Bradley scored 4 points, and Adrian Griffin came off the bench with 2 points.
The Mavericks scored 35 points in the first quarter, which is already considered good, but they still failed to resist the Knicks' classic opening wave!
Zhao Ke made 12 of 12 shots and scored 36 points. His scoring alone was enough to offset the entire Mavericks team. The scores of his teammates were all net points.
Andre Miller made 6 of 4 shots and scored 8 points.
Matt Halprin made 5 of 3 shots and scored 7 points.
Nene Hilario made 6 of 5 shots and scored 10 points.
Kurt Thomas made 4 of 3 shots and scored 6 points.
Chris Anderson, who came off the bench, played two lobs on top of "Big Bamboo Pole" and scored 4 points.
If you dare not defend, I dare to score goals, attack and attack, running and bombing, etc., the Knicks like it best!
The Knicks scored 71 points in the first quarter, more than twice as many as the Dallas Mavericks.
The Knicks once again broke a record held by themselves-a single quarter scoring record!
Old Nelson didn't scold his poor children. It's not that our army doesn't work hard, but that the enemy army is too perverted!
At this moment, the eyes of the "mad scientist" are shining: Zhao Ke is the player who best fits the soul of running and bombing tactics!
The next three quarters were lackluster. Old Nelson didn't even bother to call a timeout. He sat on the sidelines and observed Zhao Ke with a strange expression.
Zhao Ke, who looked directly at him, was horrified——
It's true that I didn't send you a postcard, but isn't your old man's prostate cancer cured?
He made five more three-pointers and scored 51 points.
Zhao Ke quickly signaled to Jeff Van Gundy that he was a little uncomfortable, which frightened Van Gundy, so he quickly replaced him and let the team doctor accompany him to the locker room to rest.
Zhao Ke reminded Jeff Van Gundy, and then he replaced the main lineup and came off the bench to give the Dallas Mavericks a chance to chase points.
At the end of the game, the Knicks defeated the Dallas Mavericks 136:117.
But fans who watched the game know that it was the Knicks who let the Mavericks go (this sentence has connotations). In the next two quarters, the Mavericks' five starters will be accompanied by a full bench lineup to score points. Otherwise, the point difference will definitely be more than 40 points.
At the press conference after the game, Nelson Sr. spoke amazingly.
Zhao Ke is a phenomenal player. He can win games with offense, but his defense is so good.
He believes that the Knicks have not fully developed Zhao Ke's offensive talent, and the run-and-gun tactics are the most suitable system for Zhao Ke, and Dallas will be Zhao Ke's final destination!
In Jeff Van Gundy's heart, [-] grass-mud horses are galloping away. This old guy is actually openly recruiting!
(End of this chapter)