With Bai Feng's departure, the Knicks began their chaotic performance on the court.
Although the Knicks had a lot of players who could play this season, and the rotation was led by a good point guard like Raymond Filton, almost all of these players were traded. Not long after they arrived at the Knicks, they lacked mutual understanding and trust, and they played like loose sand on the court.
Filton couldn't link them together, so he decided to fight his own battles.
The disadvantage of playing like this was that once the feel was not hot enough, the team's offense would stagnate.
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That was the situation. The chaotic offense and defense of the Knicks put them in a backward stage, and they were pulled away by their opponents.
This was the norm for the Knicks this season, which was why they were ranked last in the Eastern Conference.
As for the opponent, the Nuggets, although in turmoil, were still in the top eight of the Western Conference.
The Knicks naturally found it difficult to resist.
When there were seven minutes left in the second quarter, the Knicks head coach, D'Antoni, requested a time-out and replaced the entire lineup. Before he went on stage, he encouraged Bai Feng,""Bai, you did great in the first quarter. Keep up the good work!”
Because of his reasonable playstyle, high efficiency, and near-zero mistakes, Bai Feng won unanimous praise from the top of the team.
Even if he was a rookie, everyone was assured to let him control the ball.
Even the team's boss, Stoudemire, trusted this new teammate very much.
In the beginning, he would complain about Bai Feng not passing the ball to him directly at times, but he gradually understood that Bai Feng did it because he had better chances, so he agreed.
Therefore, in reality, within the team, Bai Feng had absolute control over the ball.
D'Antoni's encouragement to him indicated that he wanted Bai Feng to attack the Nuggets 'defense as much as he did in the first quarter.
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After going on stage, Bai Feng did the same.
Through Gallinari's pick-and-roll, he passed Billups. After breaking through, the opponent's defense shrank. He chose to pass the pick-and-roll back to Gallinari, who was outside the three-point line.
The latter received the ball and made a three-pointer.
"Ding, location selected: Fake. Passing Choice: Excellent. [Reward: 7 Stabilisation Points, 700 USD.]”
This was a rare double reasonable judgment from Bai Feng on the offensive end of tonight's game!
At other times, it was either reasonable and unreasonable, or unreasonable.
Of course, Bai Feng naturally knew why it was evaluated as reasonable this time.
It was because Gallinari rolled out to the area he should have occupied after the pick-and-roll, so that the Knicks 'formation did not lose the important defense line.
Under such circumstances, Bai Feng's breakthrough was reasonable.
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In fact, Bai Feng had naturally thought about it. As long as he communicated with his teammates and let them fill in his position when he broke through, he would be evaluated as reasonable.
However, Bai Feng felt that he was still a rookie. His words were not important. It was not appropriate to ask his teammates like this.
Therefore, he would put it aside for now and wait until he achieved some results in the future.
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The Nuggets attacked, and Bai Feng began to play a role in defense.
"Ding…Defensive positioning: Excellent. [Steal choice: Excellent.] Steal 1. [Obtained: 8 stability points, 800 USD.]”
In this round of defense, Bai Feng used a very reasonable defensive position to keep an eye on the Nuggets 'reserve guard, Ty Lawson, and did not give him a chance to break through. When Ty Lawson had no choice but to pass the ball, Bai Feng decisively attacked and formed a steal.
After that, seeing that there was no chance for a fast attack, Bai Feng stabilized the rhythm.
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At this moment, the Nuggets 'scouting team was recording a detailed report.
" Bai Feng, this point guard is really too steady. His position on the defensive end has always been reasonable. Even when he steals, he is so steady. Even if he can't steal, he won't lose his defensive position... This player's value is much higher than he looks.”
"Yes, I read some reports about Bai Feng before and after the draft. At that time, people generally thought that the Knicks made a huge mistake by picking him with the number seven.”
"It would be best if such a player could be put on the trade list.”
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Under Bai Feng's leadership, the Knicks quickly closed the score.
The Nuggets also brought on all their main players.
The two sides began the first quarter of the game again.
In the end, at the end of the first half, the Knicks were only seven points behind with a score of 54:57.
In the second quarter, Bai Feng continued to play efficiently and sharply, scoring 8 points and 4 assists in a single quarter.
By the end of the first half, he had scored 17 points and eight assists, becoming the second most scoring player in the game, second only to the Nuggets 'core player, Carmelo Anthony, who had 21 points.
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At halftime, all his teammates were praising Bai Feng, but only General Manager Mills was worried.
When manager D'Antoni saw Smith outside the locker room, he happily said to him,""Steve, what are you thinking about? Did you see Bai Feng's performance? We should be happy!"
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