Chapter One Hundred and Sixty-Nine
If Duncan is the cornerstone of the Spurs.
The fuel in Parker's sports car tank determined how far the Spurs could go.
So whenever the Spurs go deep into desperation, it is Manu Ginobili who drives the colorful clouds to save them.
There is a poem praising it: "The demon sword is out of its sheath to reveal its sharpness, and the mind is peaceful and the mood is high." If it comes to a critical moment, only Manu can turn the world around.
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After playing for 5 minutes in the fourth quarter, the score on the field was rewritten to 79 to 87, and the Knicks still led by 8 points.
Fans at Madison Square Garden could smell the showdown vibe.
It's like two gunmen fighting each other. The previous ones were all tentative, and now it's the decisive battle.
The Knicks replaced Lin Yi, David Lee, Gallinari, Chandler, and Lu Wei, which was their final lineup.
The Spurs are Duncan, Blair, Richardson, Ginobili, Parker.
"GDP" appeared at the same time, which was the last big move of **Vich.
In fact, the game entered the last moment of the fourth quarter. Unless it is the tactical arrangement of the last attack, the head coaches can only trust the performance of the stars and their formation.
After a short wave of recovery, the Knicks' first offensive option returned to Lin Yi.
**Vitch didn't use Duncan to deal with Lin Yi again. The old "Stone Buddha" wasted a lot today. This is just a regular season, and getting injured is no fun.
Duncan's tolerance is also largely due to the fact that Vivić controlled his playing time in the latter part of his career and let him take turns from time to time.
It was Blair who was in charge of dealing with Lin Yi.
This "little black fat" was a little nervous. He had observed Lin Yi's style of play when he was on the bench, and he had to say that Lin Yi was really faster than in the videos and videos.
Blair lowered his center of gravity to prevent Lin Yi from breaking through. What ** Weiqi told him was that if it really doesn't work, let Lin Yi vote!
You can get what you have!
have to say,
**Vich is indeed a very decisive head coach.
And Lin Yi is also a very decisive player.
After dribbling the ball under the crotch to pretend to break through, and found that Blair didn't make a pounce, Lin Yi opened up the space and directly retracted his stomach, kicked his legs, stayed in the air, and shot!
Swish!
79 to 89!
The Knicks lead by 0 points again!
"It's so beautiful, Lin Yi's jump shot is just like a textbook!" Yu Jia said with emotion.
"Blair is much shorter than him. The Spurs defended against Lin Yi's breakthrough, but it was difficult to stop him from shooting. Look at Lin Yi's little wrist shake and the arc of his shot...There are not many people in the NBA who can play This." Zhang Lili said.
At this time, Madison Square Garden has once again shouted VP, VP!
At this moment of decisive battle, isn't the comparison about who can seize the opportunity?
Looking back, the Spurs attacked, the attack was parked, Ginobili and Duncan made a wall, and the weird pace of Yaodao made Chandler who was defending him very difficult. In the future, Ginobili can still break through at the age of 40. When he was young, Manu relied on speed, and when he was old, he relied on rhythm and footsteps. Lin Yi, who made up defense, failed to block Ginobili, 8-89, and the Spurs recovered two points.
"I don't know if there is a tutorial on Ginobili's breakthrough after the ankle terminator continues to upgrade...it's really useful." Lin Yi thought.
The game continued. The Knicks and the Spurs took turns to see each other. Lu Wei occasionally stood up to take the gun in Lin Yi's hand and hit him a few times. At the last moment, no one dared to make mistakes, so there were fewer pass cuts and air cuts.
**Vich frowned, because the Knicks really played well tonight. After the Spurs' defensive strength increased, Lin Yi and Lu Wei could score against the opponent.
**Vitch called a timeout with 4 minutes left. After asking about Duncan's status, **Vitch decided to let "Stone Buddha" face Lin Yi in the last 4 minutes.
Blair's wingspan was too short, and Vicki replaced veteran McDyess at the same time, and told the players that if the Knicks hit the inside block, they must make a block in advance.
As a result, when the timeout came back, **Vitch found that the Knicks had replaced David Lee and replaced Harrington.
**Witchton feels bad...
Sure enough, the Knicks play inside and out, but unlike Lin Yi and David Lee's pick-and-roll, when Lin Yi and Harrington play a pick-and-roll, Harrington cuts outside. As long as the Spurs can't keep up with the inside, Ha Linton opened his hand on the outside and scored a 3-pointer.
This kind of three-pointer at the decisive moment is simply terrible!
With 2 minutes and 2 seconds left in the fourth quarter, after Harrington hit his second three-pointer to make it 98-08, Vitch knew he couldn't win tonight.
Unless Ginobili can also come up with a McGrady-style 3-pointer in 35 seconds...but that's too sci-fi.
In the end, the Spurs lost to the Knicks in the away game 02 to 4. At the end of the game, the Knicks fans at home stood up and applauded the team.
This year, the significance of defeating the Spurs is different. Recently, the Knicks' record has been unstable. Many media believe that the momentum of "Linsanity" has passed, and the Knicks are not as strong as people imagined.
But tonight's victory over the Spurs is undoubtedly a slap in the face for those who bad-mouthed the Knicks.
"The performance of the Knicks tonight is worthy of the victory. Guided by Zhang, Lin Yi hit a new high." Yu Jia went to check the technical statistics immediately after the game. If you don't read it, you don't know. Lin Yi played 37 minutes tonight and took 29 shots. time, hit 4 goals, including 2 of 5 three-pointers, 7 of 8 free throws, scored a game-high 37 points, and also grabbed a career-high 9 rebounds, of which 0 were offensive rebounds. The last 4 blocks and 2 assists are the number one contributor to the Knicks' victory over the Spurs tonight. ..
Especially in the critical fourth quarter, Lin Yi stepped forward and hit difficult COSCO shots many times.
Only two Knicks scored in double figures tonight, and the other scored in double figures was Louis Williams. Lu Wei took 27 shots, hit 3 goals, made 5 three-pointers, 4 of 4 free throws, and got 35 points and rebounds 3 assists.
The combination of "Lin Lu" scored 72 points, while for the Spurs, Duncan scored 20 points, 3 rebounds, 4 assists and 3 blocks, Ginobili scored 2 points, 5 assists and 4 rebounds, Parker scored 9 points, 3 rebounds and 2 steals. "GDP" jointly contributed 0 points.
**Vich congratulated D'Antoni generously after the game. Old D'Antoni was in a very good mood. After defeating the Spurs, the resentment in his chest disappeared a lot.
In an interview after the game, **Vich praised Lin Yi, "He is a future fighter. To be honest, I don't know where his upper limit is. You have also seen it. This is just his rookie season. If you compare horizontally, Lin's rookie season is already slightly better than LeBron."
**The reason why Vicky called Lin Yi was also to decompress the players, telling the players that we lost not because we played badly, but because the Knicks played too well.
The NBA season is very long. In such a long season, there will be stars ushering in explosions every night. The Spurs just happened to hit the Knicks.
"Lin, JRS Voice wants to interview you, so make preparations." Javier Stanford happily patted Lin Yi on the back.
"Okay." Lin Yi, who was still adjusting his breathing, replied.
This game was a lot of consumption for Lin Yi, these old guns are really grinding, especially thinking that they will grind for many years in the future, Lin Yi suddenly feels that there is nothing to love.