Chapter 71: Momentum
Cooper hurried out, and before he came back, the game had already continued. Although Yang Mo was hungry, he had no choice but to go on the court.
Before the game, Spoelstra made a slight adjustment to the players, replacing Haslem with Beasley at power forward and Dorell Wright at small forward. This substitution proved that Spoelstra had completely handed over the inside rebounds to Yang Mo alone. Compared with his previous distrust of Yang Mo, Yang Mo has now become his running and gunning trump card.
What people didn't expect was that D'Antoni actually took a different approach and replaced Zach Randolph with Italian Danilo Gallinani. Although this guy is seven feet tall, he is basically a pure outside shooter. At this moment, their lineup became center David Lee, power forward Wilt Chandler, small forward, Danilo Gallinani, shooting guard Jamal Crawford and point guard Chris Duhon.
D'Antoni's idea now is undoubtedly to take a gamble. Either he can use run-and-gun to quickly widen the score and defeat the Heat, or he will get stuck in the quagmire and be counterattacked by the opponent.
The key point here lies in the battle in the interior.
Although the center position is not important in the run-and-gun tactics, the importance of rebounds is self-evident.
Now, D'Antoni has placed all his hopes on David Lee . He has confidence in David Lee. In his opinion, David Lee's rebounding ability is very strong. Whether it is positioning skills, strength or sense of rebounding, he is considered first-class in the NBA. Facing Yang Mo, he also has a height advantage. He thinks that David Lee is indeed unlikely to lose to Yang Mo.
But... the basketball is round. It is not possible to determine the winner by comparing the physical qualities and technical characteristics of both sides. Besides, David Lee has no other ability to suppress Yang Mo except his height.
When the referee blew the whistle and announced the resumption of the game, the two teams immediately started running at full speed. Now both teams are playing offensive tactics.
Running quickly up the frontcourt, Chris Duhon immediately passed the ball to Gallinani, who took the basketball and shot directly... bang!
Although the arc was very beautiful and the wrist was shaken extremely well, the basketball still deviated slightly from the basket by one centimeter, hit the rim, and bounced out.
David Lee immediately prepared to grab the rebound, but Yang Mo calmly blocked him. Dwyane Wade easily picked up the rebound and then quickly launched a fast break. Yang Mo also ran forward.
Although his stomach growled in protest when he was running, there was nothing he could do. This was a game, this was a battlefield. The opponent would not stop the game just because you were hungry, and the enemy would not stop attacking just because you were hungry. They would only take advantage of your illness to kill you!
Yang Mo ran on the court while enduring her hunger. Kristen, who was also hungry, picked up the third hot dog. She ate the hot dog with relish while watching Yang Mo running on the court intently.
The more she looked at him, the more she liked him. She even felt that her previous aesthetic standards were too distorted. When looking for a man, she should look for one who is strong, muscular and handsome.
Under the gaze of Christine, Yang Mo ran to the frontcourt and immediately stopped outside the three-point line. David Lee also had to stop. Yang Mo's three-pointer just now told him one thing. If this guy didn't keep a close eye on him, his own Nets would definitely be shot up by him.
Running outside the three-point line, Yang Mo quickly took the initiative to set a screen for Dwyane Wade. After the screen, David Lee was very smart and did not continue to block Wade, but just delayed his steps slightly.
But when he blocked it, Yang Mo quickly rushed through his defense and rushed to the inside, and Dwyane Wade also rushed to the basket from the other side of him.
His defense missed two people at the same time.
Even D'Antoni, a coach who doesn't pay much attention to defense, shouted from the sidelines: "David, what are you doing? Hurry up and make up for the defense!"
David Lee hurriedly chased after him, but he didn't know who to defend.
Yang Mo and Wade sprinted to the basket at the same time.
Just when he didn't know who to chase, Dwyane Wade jumped up and held the basketball up with one hand. He quickly quickened his pace to catch up, jumped high, and tried to block Dwyane Wade from behind.
At this moment, Wade's gesture suddenly changed from lifting the ball to smashing the ball, and he slammed the basketball heavily on the backboard. Before David Lee could understand what was going on, Yang Mo on the other side had already jumped high... and caught the rebounding basketball with both hands in mid-air... Boom!
Slam it into the basket!
Although Yang Mo was hungry, he still had strength. The basket was instantly creaking as he trampled it, looking like a dilapidated scene of old age.
Squeak!
Yang Mo landed lightly, looked at David Lee with a smile on his face, and said with a faint smile: "David, your defense is really great. We only completed one dunk under your defense, and we didn't even get a foul. You are really smart."
Yang Mo praised David Li with a smile on her face, but David Li's face did not get better at all because of Yang Mo's praise. Instead, it turned ashen as if he had been slapped twice.
"Rookie, just wait for me!" David Lee gritted his teeth and squeezed out a few angry words from his throat.
Yang Mo didn't take it seriously at all. Instead, she kindly reminded him, "David, your coach is urging you to serve. Look... you've wasted precious attack time again. My teammates have already run back to defend."
Hearing Yang Mo's reminder, David Lee subconsciously looked towards the bench. D'Antoni had an angry look on his face. He was obviously very dissatisfied with David Lee's performance just now. His defense was so bad that two opponents slipped into the restricted area as if they were strolling in their own backyard, and finally peed and left.
David Lee saw this and quickly served the ball and ran to the front court.
David Lee hated Yang Mo at this moment, but Christine on the sidelines was extremely excited. If she hadn't had a hot dog in her mouth, she would have jumped up excitedly to cheer for Yang Mo. When she finished eating the hot dog, she wanted to cheer for Yang Mo, but the fans next to her were already booing maliciously. She didn't want to make herself stand out, in case she met an impulsive Knicks fan.
However, she still cheered for Yang Mo in her heart and thought Yang Mo was great. At the moment when Yang Mo soared into the sky and slammed the basketball into the basket, she even felt that Yang Mo satisfied all her beautiful imaginations of men. She couldn't help but wonder, is this guy also so violent in bed?
As she thought about it, her face flushed and her panties became wet without her noticing.
Because David Lee's delayed serve delayed the Knicks' fast break, they could only play positional offense in this round.
Their lineup was designed for running and gunning, so you can imagine how awkward it is for them to play positional offense.
However, the brave David Lee still did it. As soon as he entered the restricted area, he desperately squeezed Yang Mo to block the position. He was ready to teach this rookie a lesson and let him know that the inside line of the NBA is not so easy. He even thought of the line he would say after scoring: Hey, rookie, welcome to the NBA.
Although this line has been said by countless predecessors, he still finds it very exciting.
Chris Duhon saw him trying hard to get into position and quickly passed the ball in. David Lee received the ball, and Yang Mo did not gamble to steal it. He already had a better plan in mind to deal with him.
But... David Lee was a little dazed when he received the ball, because he suddenly remembered that he didn't seem to be good at post-up play!
