Chapter 658: Look Again
Jack jumps straight up and hits a three-point shot! 37:32! With the current Knicks, I feel a lot smoother. During the game, Chen also thought about a question from time to time. It's about whether you want to go to the Nets again.
But if you think about it, if you don't go, where can you give you a good condition? But today's answer is always to tell him that he will not return to Brooklyn for the time being.
DeRozan received the serve and slowly passed the half. Today he felt like he was on his home turf in New York. My own touch also became cold. The Knicks originally looked very disorganized when Anthony was around, because of their poor consistency and the players' unsatisfactory condition.
And now it's different, the Knicks team led by this Coach Chen appeared in front of them like this! The form of the players has also become very different! Porzingis, who is currently standing on the field, is no longer young!
Jacob got DeRozan's pass and immediately passed it to Lowry again. After the latter missed a three-point jumper, Lucas got the rebound and passed the ball to Bruno. Under Lance's defense, Bruno immediately stepped back and hit a 2-point jumper! 37:34!
Reims took the ball and passed it to Noajah. The latter didn't shoot under Lucas's defense, and Lowry immediately dives in to get the rebound and turns and passes to DeRozan. The latter drove straight into the half court and then made a quick layup to score points! 37:36!
The current Raptors have found that if this game is in such a state, they basically don't have much confidence to win the game. So in every detail, Lowry intends to seize the opportunity and break up quickly!
Faced with such a Toronto Knicks, the team didn't react for a while. After Hardaway Jr.'s three-pointer was missed, Lucas got the rebound and passed to Bruno. The latter went to the front court and saw Lowry's little chance and went straight to the jump shot without a three-point shot.
Jacob dunked and scored as soon as he got the rebound! 38:37! In such a situation, the Raptors quickly achieved a comeback! Porzingis took the basketball and made Anthony's move!
The Raptors were obviously taken aback, and Jacob and Bruno didn't organize Porzingis, holding the ball and using their footwork and height to shoot a three-point jumper! 40:38!
Lucas went to the sideline to serve the ball to Lowry, who held the ball to the frontcourt, and under the defense of Hardaway Jr., he still broke through and hit a 2-point jumper in the direction of Lance! 40:40!
Now I look at Toronto, which is very serious! They know it's not going to be easy. Jack held the ball and feigned a pass and immediately jumped up to hit the three-point board into the basket! 43:40!
With DeRozan's jumper missing, Noah got the rebound and passed to Porzingis. After Hardaway Jr. took the basketball, he rushed over quickly and made a layup to score 2 points! 45:40!
59:55! What Chen didn't expect was that the other party's state could still be maintained. The Knicks didn't stretch the margin too wide at the end of the first half.
"Well, yes, I don't feel like I want to go back yet." Chen made a phone call in the hallway at the end of the game.
"Because of what? When you go back to the Nets, it's right to be the head coach. ”
"I have something else to do. First of all, the assistant coach, the quality of the assistant coach is at least similar to that of other teams. The Nets didn't do well in the past. Let's do it first."
Chen hung up the phone without waiting for the other party to speak. Hehe, this time I hung up first~ Chen showed a little smugness, and immediately went back to talk to the Knicks' assistant coaches about the next game.
Once again, it proves the quality of the Knicks' assistant coaches. They also thought that they couldn't play the way they thought in the third quarter. In this quarter, the two teams are expected to fight hard. If the score is still like this, then continue.
The Raptors traded Lowry and DeRozan later in the second quarter. The purpose of this is probably to prepare for the next section!
There are a lot of variables in this game! And Toronto is not the only one who is aware of this. However, the fans at the scene watched it quite enjoyable~
The Raptors didn't let Jonas come back in the third quarter, but Ibaka replaced Lucas as center. The Knicks' N'Golo Kante, Beasley and Ntilikina played.
DeRozan passes the ball to Bruno. Ibaka took over the basketball and directly deducted points for points! 57:59! The audience immediately cheered! Jack passed the half slowly, Ntilikina missed the jump shot after taking the basketball, and Jacob saw that he couldn't reach the basketball and slapped the ball out directly!
Lowry took the basketball and immediately passed the half-court quickly. Hit a three-pointer with no one guarded! 60:59! Ntilikina went to Kanter to take the basketball and quickly held the ball to the frontcourt, Porzingis took the basketball and missed the shot with Jacob! DeRozan got the rebound straight up and passed the ball to Bruno.
Lowry, who rushed out again, immediately hit a 2-point jumper after taking the basketball! 62:59!
At this time, the Knicks found that the opponent's defense object has turned to Porzingis! As long as he wants to pass the ball or after he takes over the basketball, the Raptors' defensive intensity comes up all of a sudden!
At this time, Chen fell into thinking. I didn't think there was a problem, why did I get in this state? Just then, Porzingis got the ball and passed to Kante when he was cut off by Jacob!
Bruno took the basketball and passed the ball to DeRozan, who had already run to the frontcourt. The latter came directly in front of him with a powerful dunk! 64:59!
Chan called for a timeout after Jack's pass to Kante was fouled off by Ibaka.
"Porzingis and Kante, you two switch positions, Porzingis don't have too much physical confrontation with Ibaka! Even putting it on defense will do. N'Golo Kante and Beasley have to work together more. Suddenly Chan noticed the problem, Kante and Ibaka are about the same height, and both are in good physical condition.
So if you fight in such a situation, the Knicks will definitely not be able to take advantage of it. But Porzingis may not be able to defend against Ibaka when he is in the center of the center. Fortunately, in today's game, Boshen's attack and Ibaka's defense were not too good.
Kanter stood next to the free throw line and made 2 of 2 free throws. 64:61!
Lowry quickly crossed the front court and immediately hit a 2-point jumper under the defense of Ntilikina! 66:61! Kante didn't shoot after receiving Jack's pass. Porzingis immediately got the basketball and his shot was directly interfered with by Ibaka!
At this time, the two fell together, Ibaka immediately got the basketball and passed to Bruno on the outside. The latter immediately made a long pass into DeRozan's hands. The latter scored directly on the layup!
68:61! At this time, the Knicks were already 7 points behind the opponent. Ntilikina finds herself almost as ineffective with Lowry and DeRozan as she is. So I had to choose to pass.
After Jack took the basketball, he used his physical fitness to quickly pass the opponent and threw 2 points into the basket! 68:63!
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"So the main content of the meeting we have today is to discuss the question of whether the current Knicks coach is going or staying." A room full of people in suits talked about it more seriously after discussing the current form of some of the players.
"In this case, I personally feel that Chen Yinan, the coach, still has his own good value. But the current salary seems to have been made by Jackson in revenge on us. My personal idea is to scrap his current contract and draft a new one to see if he accepts it. At present, it is estimated that he will still accept such results. ”
The middle-aged man, who looked a little fat, said to the younger man just now.
"Oh, then you mean to keep him, don't you?"
"Yes, isn't that big contract of 5 million also an unguaranteed, and it can be invalidated now. And ......"
"And I feel like I should fire him right away!" A man who looked almost 50 years old said immediately. Looking at his expression, I was a little unhappy.
"What? Why? I'd like to hear from you. The fatter man looked at the man who had just spoken with more interest and then fell silent.
"Don't you think that the current results are not just brought by the guy named Chen?"
"Are you involved?" After the chubby man finished speaking, some uncontrollable laughter came out of the room.
"I mean, the New York team isn't what it was under Jackson! Anthony has also left, and the new players in our squad who have come in this season are playing well. Porzingis broke out in some games, but I want to say that it doesn't have much to do with Coach Chen, I think so, and maybe the team will get better without him! ”
The people in the room immediately quieted down, and they all listened to what the man had to say. He continued after getting permission from the man who had just sat in the middle.
"Let me answer your question. Do you say that Chen has no credit at all, there should still be some of this. But I don't know how much. And what you said about how the team will get stronger after he leaves. Now we take out 1000+ US dollars a year to get the player Li is abandoned by Chen! I don't think we gave it to Lee because we had too much money, right? Is his personal ability still not low? ”
What I didn't expect was that the discussion on this issue was still more intense than the previous one. The meeting was immediately divided into two positions. One thinks Chen should stay, but the salary is definitely not as high as before.
The other thought that maybe the team would have been better off if it hadn't been for Chen! In the end, the vote ended with 3 abstentions, 5 votes in favor of staying, and 7 votes in favor of Chen Yinan's dismissal.
Knicks management finally gave the answer. Now they have to draw a suitable coach among the coaches to lead the team as the manager of the season. And Chen Yinan was not on this list in the end.
89:87! In the third quarter, the Raptors overtook by 2 points! However, in the final score, the Knicks narrowly defeated the Toronto Raptors 115-114! After the game, Chen couldn't calm down for a long time, thinking that he was going to lose!
Porzingis' last two three-pointers couldn't have come at a better time!
“...... Do you know, I was thinking about what to say here after we lost in the last few minutes~" Chen was still talking about what had just happened at this time. After saying this, many reporters present laughed~
"So how did you adjust the players in the fourth quarter, who should be on the court and who should be down?" A reporter immediately stood up and continued to ask.
"You can know some of this if you have been a teaching assistant for a few years~ Chen immediately smiled and skillfully rejected this reporter's question.
In this game, Ibaka got 9 points, 9 rebounds and 4 assists! Jonas had 11 points, 7 rebounds and 3 assists, and Bruno had 20 points, 4 rebounds and 5 assists! Lowry 29 points, 5 rebounds and 6 assists! DeRozan 21 points, 3 rebounds and 2 assists!
Bruno played well in today's game. He also gets some playing time. However, on the inside, Chen still didn't give the Raptors too many opportunities. Chen also knows that now the Raptors are easy to break through on the center and forward lines!
Just like playing the Clippers, Porzingis' offense sometimes Griffin really can't do anything with him. The height difference between the two is still quite a lot.
Knicks' Kanter had 16 points, 6 rebounds and 1 assist, and Porzingis had 26 points, 11 rebounds and 7 assists! Beasley had 9 points, 3 rebounds and 4 turnovers, Hardaway Jr. had 19 points, 3 rebounds and 4 assists, and Jack had 12 points, 6 rebounds and 5 assists!
In addition to the inside, the Knicks still feel a lot of pressure on guard. Porzingis played more relaxed. He can break up quickly a lot of the time! In a few days, I threw 4 three-pointers!
Kante's words were sometimes hampered. However, after Chen adjusted, it was basically a jump shot. Serge Ibaka did fight hard today. Kanter's throws and dunks under the basket were largely unplayable by him. He thinks there's a way to break through Ibaka quickly. But Chen told him to attack with a defense that wasn't too tiring.
At first, I didn't shoot a jump shot at that distance, but it was good at the back. Guards, including small forwards, are basically more or less restricted. Hardaway Jr.'s personal attack points are still quite a few. Jack also used his physical fitness to score some points.
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"The previous assistant coach was in terms of tactical arrangement, and I personally felt that we were a little too casual in the recruitment process. You can ask Atkinson about this. But he's in Orlando now. ”
Chen went to the refrigerator and took out the garlic moss he bought that night, while talking to Mikhail on the other end of the phone.
"I'll take a look at this, it shouldn't be a problem in the future. I'll pay attention to this. The middle-aged man on the opposite side seemed to have some people around.
"Then there's the issue of salary. In the past, it wasn't that this time my salary was high, so I asked the Nets to open more. Instead, I thought the salary I was paid in Brooklyn was a little too low. ”
Chen took out the fresh meat, onions and garlic that he had just bought from the supermarket tonight, and then leaned against the door with his mobile phone and talked to Mikhail.