Chapter 438: Friendly match for the establishment of diplomatic relations between China and South Korea?
Essentially, the Knicks locker room has been structured as Yang Mo's independent kingdom. Those who dare to challenge his authority are either permanently DNP or traded. The remaining ones dare not show their dissent even if they have any intentions. But even so, Yang Mo is still not satisfied. He has already got his hands on the management. From the moment Dolan Jr. tried to ask him to change his strategy for victory, he was determined to take the management power into his own hands and build it completely according to his own will from top to bottom.
It has to be said that Yang Mo is a person with a strong control desire, even stronger than Michael Jordan. Although brilliant and recorded in history, they were also a history of struggle with the Bulls' general manager Krause. In the business world, labor and capital are always in opposition, and there is no chance of reconciliation. If Yang Mo wants to solve this problem once and for all, he can only be a player and a boss at the same time, otherwise there will always be conflicts.
Soon, the game that night arrived as scheduled.
When the home team players came out, Madison Square Garden erupted in cheers, the sound was amazing, but when Yang Mo was introduced, only a small group of people were screaming, and that was Yang Mo's die-hard female fans. The vast majority of Knicks fans chose to remain silent.
This silence was obviously deliberate. It was their last reserve. Even though they liked Yang Mo very much and couldn't live without her, they refused to reconcile and even more refused to admit that they were wrong before.
New Yorkers are so arrogant!
Yang Mo smiled slightly. He was very calm about the widespread silence in the audience. After all, it was not him who was uncomfortable with suppressing his hormones, but the fans.
During the jump ball, Doc Rivers was stunned. He had never imagined that the guy standing across from Perkins would be Anthony Randolph, the skinny second-year rookie. Where was Milicic?
And the person following closely behind Kevin Garnett has become Gallinani. Oh my God, isn’t Stein afraid that this handsome Italian guy will be traumatized by KG’s beating?
No... this definitely couldn't be Stein's idea. It must be Super Yang, it must be Super Yang. Only he would put up such a weird lineup. Is he trying to win by surprise? What on earth does he want to do?
For Doug Rivers, Yang Mo is no longer just a star player, but has obviously evolved into a super master. Whenever Yang Mo does something out of line, he will automatically interpret it as an elaborate trap waiting to trap him.
While Doc Rivers furrowed his brow as he continued to decipher Yang Mo's scheme, Anthony Randolph had already secured victory in the jump ball. His long arms instantly passed the ball to Tony Allen. Allen, upon receiving the ball, passed it directly to Yang Mo without hesitation. Yang Mo immediately streaked downcourt like a tornado. Paul Pierce, trying to catch up, found himself two or three steps behind, and the distance between them grew ever wider.
Pierce is old after all, but even in his prime, he may not be able to catch up with Yang Mo, after all, he has never been known for his speed. Yang Mo ran to the front court, Ray Allen and Rajon Rondo immediately tried to double-team him, but Yang Mo stopped and shot a jump shot two steps away from the three-point line... When the basketball was shot high by Yang Mo, the two men reacted. By the time they tried to rush into the penalty area to grab the rebound, the white waves under the basket had already turned up, and a number 3 appeared on the scoreboard mercilessly.
"Yang actually scored? He actually scored at the beginning of the game? This is incredible." The TNT commentator responsible for broadcasting the game shouted in surprise.
"Maybe Yang has also heard that Kevin Durant is trying to surpass him for second place on the scoring list tonight," Charles Barkley said leisurely. "Durant said he wants to score 50 points tonight because he wants to dedicate it to his goddess Scarlett Johansson. Because Scarlett will be at Staples Center tonight."
"That guy is so disgusting. He even said he wanted to drink Scarlett's bath water. Doesn't he think it's dirty?" Kenny Smith said with disgust: "What's more, Scarlett already has a husband."
"I think his goal is not to attract Scarlett, his goal is to defeat Yang. If he scores 50 points, he will surpass Yang again on the scoring list. Super Yang has been too wasteful in his scoring during this period. The difference between them is less than 0.1." Collins shouted.
"If they really let go and competed for points, I don't think Yang would lose to Durant. But the thing is, Yang puts most of his energy into passing. Although his passing ability has improved to a certain extent, his scoring has greatly decreased." As a fan of Super Yang, Barkley said with a worried look on his face: "I'm really afraid that Kevin Durant will really surpass Super Yang!"
Barkley was so worried, but Yang Mo on the court was even more panicked because he actually found Lu Xueman 's figure at the edge of the court, and Kim Tae-hee was sitting not far from her.
Could it be that the target of this little devil tonight is Kim Tae-hee?
Yang Mo was feeling uneasy and subconsciously lost focus. As he stepped back, he bumped into Kevin Garnett. Kevin Garnett was hit squarely by Yang Mo and said with a mixture of anger and amusement, "Yang, are you deliberately attacking your opponent? I almost flopped."
"Go to hell." Yang Mo cursed with a smile, and then he gathered his scattered emotions a little. He followed Paul Pierce attentively, carefully guarding against his attack.
The Celtics are different from the Knicks. The Knicks are still more of a one-on-one fight on the offensive end, while the Celtics are a whole. Once the system is running, everyone can get a chance to shoot. And more importantly, even if their system is not running, they have three or four All-Star players who can solve the battle alone. On the Knicks, the only person who can single-handedly challenge the opponent's entire defense is Yang Mo, and there is no offensive system running, so in terms of the offensive level, the two teams are about a hundred Nets away.
Soon, Kevin Garnett succeeded in a one-on-one match against Gallinani and put the ball into the basket very easily. The handsome Italian guy failed to pose any threat to him.
The current Knicks have a particularly big problem, which is the imbalance between offense and defense. Just like the current lineup is almost the strongest offensive combination of the Knicks, but their defense is zero. If Jeffreys, Milihi, Chituriaf and others are put on the field, the defensive ability will be improved to the top level at once, but... Yang Mo is the only regular offensive point left.
This is undoubtedly a painful thing. This shortcoming is not fatal in the regular season, and it is completely possible to paralyze the opponent through fast-paced switching. However, in the playoffs, when encountering a truly strong team, it can only be defeated. This is why Yang Mo is determined to plan the next trade for Isaiah Thomas. Because this year Yang Mo almost led this group of scattered soldiers to the peak they can reach. If they are still the same group of people next year, it is estimated that they will not make progress but will regress, because everyone is familiar with the Knicks' routine. It is okay to use this unconventional magic occasionally, but if you really use it as a conventional weapon on the stage, you will definitely be beaten black and blue.
Fortunately, it is not the playoffs yet, and Doc Rivers's task before the game is to strictly guard Yang Mo. The Celtics' execution is like that of the army. When the head coach gives an order, they will resolutely implement it.
Yang Mo had guessed Rivers' idea long ago, so as soon as he crossed half court, he started running around. Pierce could only follow closely. Ray Allen and Rondo also responded decisively. While the three outside players were obsessed with Yang Mo, McGrady had quietly completed a covert pass to Gallinani. Gallinani received the ball and shot directly at the unguarded three-point line...Swish!
The basketball went into the net, another three-pointer.
As the entire Madison Square Garden cheered, Doug Rivers' brows furrowed even more. He still didn't understand the meaning of this lineup: give up defense? Then rely on sneak attacks to attack? Is this Super Yang's tactic? How could it be so simple?
Rivers believed that Yang Mo was so unfathomable that he would never use speculation as a tactic. The success rate was too low and the risk was too great. A slight mistake would lead to eternal damnation.
However, Yang Mo was indeed opportunistic. He simply took advantage of the Celtics' double-team and placed all his offensive hopes on his teammates. He also recklessly abandoned defense in order to better attack.
This is Yang Mo’s idea. Rivers has already guessed it, but unfortunately he doesn’t believe it. He thinks Yang Mo must have a backup plan, so he is reluctant to change his strategy.
Instead of changing his strategy, Yang Mo's speculative behavior yielded a high return. In just five minutes, the Knicks scored 15 points, while the Celtics scored 8 points. In other words, the Celtics were stunned at the beginning of the game.
drop!
Doug Rivers called a timeout. Although he didn't understand what Yang Mo's trick was , he felt that he had to make a change now. He couldn't allow Yang Mo's simple speculation to continue to succeed. If he didn't react, the commentators would definitely laugh at him. As for Yang Mo's trick, he decided to ignore it for the time being and wait until his conspiracy was exposed. He would then counter it. He couldn't let him take it away so easily, right?
Doc Rivers called a timeout, and Yang Mo hurried back to the bench. Just as he asked Stein to get the tactical board to explain the next tactic, he suddenly found a familiar face sitting behind the bench... Liu Yifei.
When he saw this familiar face, he was not surprised, but frightened: Is the little devil planning to have a friendly match between China and South Korea tonight? ? ?
