Super Role Player

Mike Woodson was very anxious. The Knicks, who had just changed to a small lineup, were restrained by the Spurs, who also played in a small lineup. The situation was not optimistic. Mike Woodson even wanted to call another timeout...

On the court, Jason Kidd is worthy of being a veteran who has been in the league for more than ten years. When he saw that the Spurs were also small, or even smaller, Jason Kidd directly replaced Mike Woodson and made an adjustment: "Mello, We can't continue to play small lineups and play fast breaks, so you go to the 4th position, we play positional offense, improve the success rate, and protect the rebounds."

Carmelo Anthony is not a fool, he naturally understands that Jason Kidd's adjustment makes sense, so he nodded to express his understanding.

After the timeout came back and the game started, Mike Woodson suddenly found that the Knicks did not play as he said. Instead, Anthony moved to the fourth position and played a slow-paced positional battle. The Spurs' adjustment dragged on, and the Knicks also had a chance to maintain the situation on the court.

This season is Jason Kidd's last season. Kidd, who is getting older and more demonic, has gradually begun to get in touch with some coaching matters. Some clues can be seen from this adjustment.

On the Knicks' first attack, Kidd dribbled for a while before handing the ball to Anthony inside.

Anthony is also a master of post-up singles. He faced Danny Green with his back-up, pushed back twice, turned around with a sliding step, and scored 2 points in a throw.

As soon as Anthony played, the Spurs' defense was really stretched, but Popovich didn't care. Anthony couldn't make it to the sky.

With the Spurs' offense, Anxi went to the fourth position, Anthony switched to Anxi, and the two faced each other.

Anthony is quieter than JR Smith, but Anxi's hands are a little itchy at this time. Anthony's back just now made Anxi want to try it too, or ask the class to make an axe.

So he used his back to hold Anthony firmly, got stuck in the position, and opened his hand to ask for the ball.

Mills held the ball and rushed outside for a while, but didn't find any good opportunities. Seeing that Anxi wanted the ball in a good position, he didn't hesitate much, and directly passed the basketball to Anxi with a ground hit.

Anxi beat Anthony back, and Yu Jia and Su Qun in the CCTV live broadcast room followed with interest.

"Anxi singles against Anthony, a battle between Shuang'an!"

"Haha, that's right, Anxi's post-ups have also improved rapidly recently, and they are already considered the top post-ups in the NBA, and Anthony's post-ups have always been his regular scoring method.

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With his back, and sitting and hitting twice, Anthony forcibly swallowed it. In terms of strength, Anthony is not Anxi's opponent, but in terms of skill, Anthony is still worthy of Anxi. Anthony skillfully dodged Anxi's several sittings.

Anxi hit twice, but didn't find a good opportunity, but Anxi was still very smart. He swayed left and right to find Anthony's defensive center of gravity, then suddenly turned around, squeezed Anthony and rushed to the basket!

At this time, Anthony suddenly lost his defensive focus, and the defensive position was gone, so he followed behind, watching Anxi succeed in a layup!

"Back hit...or back hit...turn around! Directly squeeze Anthony...layup! Go in!" Yu Jia's commentary was still so passionate, Anxi scored this layup! The fans watching the live broadcast followed the sound and cheered.

"Beautiful goal! Anxi made full use of his physical advantages. His back-up skills are not as good as Anthony's, so use strength to crush the goal!"

As Su Qun concluded, since Anxi's skills are not as good as Anthony's, Anxi's physical advantages have been used by Anxi. However, Anxi still has his own understanding of skills. He is indeed inferior to Anthony in skills now, but that is Because Anthony has been practicing back-up for more than ten years, Anxi just started practicing. In fact, practice makes perfect with back-up skills.

Anxi has been practicing for a long time, so naturally it is no longer a matter of practice makes perfect.

Back-up goal, the Spurs still lead by 8 points, but then, Carmelo Anthony's appearance continued the offensive firepower of the Knicks, the Spurs failed to continue to expand their lead, the game reached the end of the second quarter, the Spurs lost The Knicks pulled some points back due to the protection of inside rebounds.

In the end, at the end of the half, the Spurs entered the intermission with a 57:52 lead by 5 points.

In the first half, Popovich felt that it was a pity that they failed to widen the point difference. This game is a game that the Spurs must win. In order to be the first in the Western Conference, the Spurs can no longer afford to lose, so Popovich thought about it. After a while, he stood in the middle of the locker room and said: "In the second half, we made some small adjustments. Tony, Ann, Kawhi, Tim and Aron, five of you will play in the second half. We will attack in position and protect the backcourt on the defensive end. Rebounding, breaking their rhythm by man-to-man defense."

Popovich's idea is very simple. Don't look at the fierce momentum of the Knicks this season, but there are actually two real scoring points in the Knicks team. One is Carmelo Anthony, who averages nearly 30 points per game, and the other is the Knicks. JR Smith with an average of 18 points, other players are the kind of players who steal two when they are in good shape, such as Steve Novak who has been on the court before, with Jason Kidd, Novak can still get a lot A chance to shoot a three-pointer.

But now, Popovich directly lets Anxi and Leonard play together, Anxi defends JR Smith, Leonard defends Anthony, and the two each stare at one. Two big men protect the backcourt rebounds, let Aaron Baynes as a tank to deal with Tyson Chandler, everything looks perfect.

Then, at the end of halftime, Popovich clapped his hands and let the players out.

"Okay, the game is back, the Spurs made another substitution, Tony Parker played, Anxi and Leonard partnered on the wing, and the inside line was a combination of Duncan and Aron Baynes." Yu Jia began to introduce the lineup of the two sides in the second half , "For the Knicks, the point guard is Raymond Felton, the shooting guard JR Smith, the small forward Carmelo Anthony, and the inside is a combination of Stoudemire and boxing champion Chandler."

At the start of the second half, the Spurs got the ball for the first attack. Tony Parker cut in. Facing Raymond Felton's out-of-position defense, he directly shot a jumper, but unfortunately, the iron was shot...

The Spurs didn't feel good in the opening game. After Tony Parker conceded a goal first, Duncan missed the next mid-range shot.

However, the Knicks were in good shape. Facing Leonard's defense, Anthony scored two goals in a row, and the point difference was evened all of a sudden. (To be continued.)