After returning from the second quarter, even though the Knicks needed Anthony's offensive firepower very much, Anthony, who played the full first quarter, had to leave the court for a break.

In this way, the main offensive figure on the Knicks became JR Smith, which is the main reason why Jackson chose to put JR Smith in the second team.

Because this can ensure to the greatest extent that when Anthony comes off the court, the Knicks' offense will not fall into a power outage.

Even though JR Smith is an extremely unstable player, when JR gets the wind, even Michael Jordan has to retreat.

As soon as the second quarter began, the Knicks' style of playing was indeed as Yang Fan expected, and it revolved around JR Smith on the offensive end.

Then Lao Pu, Nowak, Brewer and others were responsible for opening up the space, and they were more likely to act as a standing role and hand over the ball to JR Smith for processing.

However, although JR Smith has sufficient offensive firepower, the Wizards are not worthy of playing the second team, and it can even be said to have a crushing advantage.

Not to mention anything else, just talking about Gasol Jr., the Knicks' substitute center is simply unable to resist.

The Knicks' current substitute center is Cote Thomas, a player who is 2.06 meters tall but weighs only 230 pounds.

And Thomas is a standard power forward player, but now being pushed to the center by "Zen Master" Jackson is really helpless, because the Knicks' inside line is really no one available.

Especially when he chose to give up Earl Baron in the late season, the Knicks' inside line became in danger.

Earl Barron scored 11 points and 18 rebounds in his first game after joining the Knicks, but as a 2.13-meter center, Barron's shooting percentage in his career was only a pitiful 37%.

That's why the management decisively cut Baron even though they knew that the Knicks had suffered a large-scale injury in the interior and no one was available for a while, and chose to let Thomas and Novak play the guest center.

But the idea is full, but the reality is very skinny.

The real NBA league is not as casual as the game. Facing the defense of Novak and Thomas, Gasol Jr. is completely overwhelming in the inside, and it is not an exaggeration to play whatever he wants.

In the first half, the Wizards seized the flaw of the Knicks' lack of defense in the interior and kept hitting the ball to the inside, which also made the Wizards quickly gain the upper hand, once widening the score to double digits.

Looking at the situation on the court, Jackson was simply spending his days like a year while sitting off the court, and he was completely without the same character as the Zen master as he was back then.

In the end, when Tyson Chandler only got off the court and rested for only more than three minutes, Jackson had to take Chandler to the court again.

Otherwise, the Knicks' penalty area would become the Wizards' back garden, and the situation on the field would also become terrible.

After Chandler came back, the Knicks' overall defense rose to a higher level. After all, the boxing champion was just elected as the best defensive player last season. In terms of defensive ability, Chandler is definitely not worthy of any center in the league.

However, although Chandler's appearance solved the shortcomings of the Knicks' insufficient defense in the penalty area, the Knicks were still at a disadvantage in the second lineup.

Especially when Battier chose to let Brewer down and firmly double-team JR Smith, this undoubtedly further compressed the Knicks' offensive firepower.

Because Brewer's three-point shooting percentage this season is only 31%, letting him shoot for JR Smith double-team is the most favorable situation for the Wizards.

Just like the Wizards decisively double-teamed Anthony and chose to let go of Shanbert, this is the defensive plan that Yang Fan specifically formulated for the Knicks, targeting the defect of insufficient offensive firepower points.

After all, except Anthony and JR Smith, the Knicks averaged less than 14 points per game this season, which is definitely a very fatal weakness in a series of strong dialogues like the playoffs.

As the saying goes, the team is the regular season, but in the playoffs, the stars are the ones who compete.

Looking at the history of the NBA, there are only a handful of teams that have truly won the championship as a civilian.

Any team that wins the championship must have at least two stars to lead the team. The so-called single-core leadership is completely difficult.

This is fully reflected in Anthony at present. If there is a scorer of a level like Wade around Anthony, then Yang Fan has to think carefully.

With the excellent offensive firepower of the second team, the Wizards have always controlled the situation on the field.

Even when Anthony and other main players gradually returned to the field, the Knicks narrowed the score for a while, at the end of the half, the Wizards still led the Knicks by 9 points, ending the first half of the match between the two sides.

"After entering the playoffs, the shortcomings exposed by the Knicks are too fatal. Apart from Cameron and JR, this team cannot find the third offensive point that can be relied on."

"The Wizards made good use of this in the first half to double-team Cameron and JR, and they were still in the face of the players' physical strength."

"It's hard to imagine that when both sides gradually start to exhaust themselves in the second half, if the Knicks still can't find a way to crack the Wizards' defense, then I think the game will soon lose suspense." commentator Barkley said during the halftime break.

"Indeed, except for Cameron and JR, the Knicks urgently need others to come forward and take responsibility."

"And in the face of the Wizards' excellent inside attack, how should the Knicks protect the penalty area during Tyson's rest period? This is also a question worth pondering." After hearing the words of "Big Mouth" Barkley, Kenny Smith continued.

After returning from the second half, the Knicks still wanted to slow down the pace and did not want to play a fast-paced game with the Wizards.

After all, fast attack is not the Knicks' strength. If the rhythm on the court is always guided by the Wizards, then the Knicks will become very passive in this round of the series.

As soon as the third quarter began, "Zen Master" Jackson obviously learned the lessons from the first half and opened a big triangle on both sides. It seemed that he wanted to use the space to help Anthony try his best to crack the double-team.

I have to say that this method is still very effective, because during the Lakers period, Kobe was often double-teamed by the opponent in the game.

So Jackson is still good at breaking double-teaming.

However, Anthony and Kobe are not the same type of people, and the current configuration of the Knicks is incomparable to the Lakers back then. So when the triangles on both sides are widened, although the Wizards can no longer double-team as easily as in the first half, it also tests the tactical execution of other Knicks players and Anthony's personal efficiency on the offensive end.

Seeing the changes in the Knicks in the second half, Yang Fan sat off the court and put his hands in his pockets, and there was no fluctuation on his face, as if Jackson's change in his hand was completely within Yang Fan's expectations.

In fact, it is true that Yang Fan is very clear about the coaching habits of "Zen Master" Jackson. His methods are just a few times over and over again. Yang Fan wishes to recite them all, so there is no surprise at all about this situation.

Even Yang Fan was not afraid of the Knicks making changes at all, because no matter how the Zen master changed, he could not change the fact that the Knicks needed Anthony to score.

As long as Yang Fan wants to focus on Anthony, it will be difficult to get rid of defense no matter what formation it is.

Unless Jackson chooses a 4-1 position on the court, that is, the other four people pull to one side and leave the other side to Anthony for singles, but as long as Jackson is not crazy, he will definitely not dare to adopt this strategy.

Especially when George's defensive ability has reached the top level in the league, Anthony still cannot play such a big advantage.

In the third quarter, the Wizards gradually began to exert their strength, and the gap in physical strength between the two sides also began to show, which can be clearly displayed in the hit rate.

In the third quarter, the Wizards' shooting percentage remained stable, but in the second half of the third quarter, the Knicks' shooting percentage gradually began to decline, and the team's shooting percentage of 46% of the first quarter dropped by nearly 10%.

Jackson had no choice but to do this, because when Anthony and Tyson Chandler left the court, the entire Knicks were completely like a team.

In an instant, he became from a championship team to a bottom team.

In addition, the average playing time for the Knicks players in the first round of the playoffs is also much more than that of the Wizards, so in terms of physical strength retention, the Wizards will definitely gain the upper hand without any suspense.

At the end of the third quarter, the Wizards had quietly widened the score to 14 points with their steady offensive rhythm.

When he came back in the fourth quarter, the Knicks did not intend to give up. Even Anthony, who played for the third quarter, only rested for more than two minutes before returning to the court. It seemed that he wanted to lead the team to complete the reversal.

It’s just a pity that the Wizards didn’t plan to give the Knicks a chance at all. Not only did they remain stable in the fourth quarter, they even made a climax, sending the Knicks into garbage time directly.

You know, the Wizards are the team with the highest average score in the fourth quarter of the league this season, and they are in the lead at the end of the third quarter, and they are only 3 games in total when they were reversed in the fourth quarter.

So if you want to complete a comeback against the Wizards in the fourth quarter, the difficulty is a bit huge.

The final game ended. In the first match of the Eastern Conference semi-finals, the Wizards defeated the Knicks at home by 19 points, taking the lead in winning the series.

The Wizards were able to defeat the Knicks with a big score in the whole game, and Yao Ming and Gasol Jr. were definitely an indelible contribution.

Among them, Yao Ming started for 23 minutes, and even faced last year's best defensive player Tyson Chandler on the offensive end, he was not at all inferior.

On the offensive end, it caused a lot of trouble for Chandler, especially the high-level support, which made Tyson Chandler miserable, making this former best defensive player somewhat doubt his life.

In the whole game, Yao Ming made 6 of 11 shots on the offensive end, including 2 of 3 from outside the three-point line and 3 of 3 from the free throw line, contributing 17 points, 8 rebounds and 5 assists in a very stable manner.

Gasol Jr. also made 6 of 8 shots in the 22 minutes of the substitute, including 1 of 2 from outside the three-point line and 2 of 2 free throw line. He efficiently scored 15 points, 7 rebounds, 3 assists, 1 steal and 2 blocked data, which smashed the Knicks' second-line penalty area without any suspense.

In addition, Paul George focused most of his attention on the defensive end in this game, so George on the offensive end only handed in a 16-point, 6 rebounds and 3 assists, but George contributed 4 steals and 3 blocks on the defensive end.

In addition, George limited Anthony's shooting percentage to below 40% in one-on-one single defense in the second half.

Even Anthony's shooting percentage was only 40% of the game, and he did not make an explosive personal performance.

Even though Anthony's score of 32 points in the game is still very dazzling, it is based on the premise of a large number of shots.

Of course, Anthony's attempts were as high as 31 times, which was really helpless, because the entire Knicks relied on Anthony's score to prosper.

In a sense, Anthony was kicked out and there was no way even if he couldn't take action.

It is worth mentioning that Bathir, who came on as a substitute, also played a very important role in this game, especially for JR Smith's defense, which laid a very important foundation for winning this game.

During the entire second team stage, Battier defended JR? Smith's sharp knife character was either one-on-one main defense or assisted in the defense of JR.

In addition, Bathir's basketball IQ is very good, so he knows very well when to do something, which makes Yang Fan sitting on the sidelines much easier.

Fortunately, the Wizards have both Paul George and Battier on the front line, which makes Yang Fan more calm when setting up defensive tactics.

It also allows the Wizards to exert suffocating defense at any stage.

In the Knicks, in addition to Anthony's score of 32 points, 6 rebounds and 4 assists in the whole game, only JR Smith's 14 points and Chambert's 17 points scored in double digits.

Most of Chambert's scores were the open shots obtained by Thompson when he doubled Anthony.

But players like Chambert can only add icing on the cake, but they are far from reaching a timely help.

If you want to use Chambert's offense to influence the final trend of the game, then it is somewhat difficult.

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At the post-match press conference, Yang Fan brought Paul George and Yao Ming to attend, especially Paul George, who was defending Anthony, who was named and praised by Yang Fan at the press conference.

Anyone with a discerning eye can see that Yang Fan is paving the way for Paul George, wanting to push him to the table and become one of the representative figures of this wizard.

Especially when Paul George has a very good chance to run for the regular season MVP this season, Paul George's day of becoming a god is destined not too far away.
Chapter completed!