At 3 minutes 41 seconds before the end of the fourth quarter, the King 133-145 was 12 points behind, and his hope of winning became increasingly slim. Malik Monk fought back with de Aron Fox. An outside line opened fire and an inside attack. The King caught 150-153 only 3 points short and saw the hope of turning over.
However, only 8.1 seconds are left in the fourth section.
8.1 seconds
King Coach Mike Brown called pause to arrange the last attack. He arranged a “Ghost Double Hammer” tactic, which was one of the variants of “Hammer tactics. Monk made a fake cover for Fox after sideline ball, and then ran to the weak bottom corner. Little Sabonis put it up as a real cover. Fox broke through the bottom line with the ball, and Monk’s base position was ready to shoot three points at receive the ball.
This is a tactic that tests the execution ability and tacit understanding of Fox and Monk’s tactics. For the former Kentucky DOUBLE HEROES, this is their most indispensable characteristic.
Turn the clock back to the 2013 NCAA championship elite eighth round, the Southern District No. 2 seed University of Kentucky and the Southern District No. 1 seed University of North Carolina ushered in the peak showdown. In 54 seconds before the end of the second half, Kentucky was 7 points behind 64-71. Under the NCAA rule, Kentucky could basically be sentenced to death.
However, Fox and Monk launched a storm of the Jesus. Fox hit three points, and then Monk hit two three points in a row. The two led the team to catch 73 draws 10 seconds before the end of the game. The plot at that time was very similar to that of today’s King’s battle Clippers.
4.2 seconds
Monk sent sideline ball to Fox, and the King’s tactics began. Facing Leonard relieve a garrison, Fox’s left hand fengshui ball broke through the bottom line. Monk landed at the bottom corner on the right, but Norman Powell blocked the passing route. Monk’s electro-optic Flint quickly adjusted its position and took a step to the left. Fox adjusted the passing angle, and its passing came to Monk in a timely and accurate manner.
This pass seems not worth mentioning, but if there is no tacit understanding for many years, this pass will probably be a communication mistake.
Just right, Monk and Fox really have a tacit understanding for many years.
In high school, Monk and Fox were local super geniuses and undisputed five-star high school students. In the 2016 Jordan classic, Monk and Fox became teammates, and they won the MVP trophy together. After graduating from high school, both of them accepted the recruitment of famous coach John Cali Pari and joined NCAA University of Kentucky.
In the 2016-17 season, Monk, Fox and Adebayor took Kentucky early to become the favorites to win the championship. Fox is the core of the organization, Adebayor is the defensive gate, while Monk is the attack arrow. At that time, the team scored 19.8 points on average in Monk field. The average score of 16.7 points and 4.6 assists in Fox Field established the status of top control guards in the United States. The Two cooperated with each other and matched each other.
In the 2017 NCAA championship, Monk and Fox led Kentucky to the top eight elite. In the first battle with North Carolina, Monk hit the three-point goal of equalizing the score at the last moment. Unfortunately, Cali pari made the fatal mistake that made him call “regret” after the game. He did not shout for suspension. North Carolina quickly counterattacked and his opponent was unstable, forward Luke Meyer hit the top shot at 45 degrees receive the ball on the left and sent Kentucky out.
“That ball was played repeatedly in my mind, and this threshold was really hard to cross.” Fox said with tears.
After finishing the freshman season, Monk and Fox both participated in the 2017 draft conference. Fox was taken away by the King in the fifth order, Monk was selected by the Hornets in the Eleventh Order, and Kentucky parted ways DOUBLE HEROES, we have embarked on different journey.
1.1 seconds
Monk did not adjust receive the ball. Faced with the Wei Shao who rushed to interfere with the shooting, monk calmly shot three points. In order to avoid being blocked, Monk also specially raised the radian of the shot, and the ball fell into the basket!
This is the fifth third point in the key moment of this season (less than 5 points in the last 5 minutes of the fourth quarter or overtime), tied for the first place in the team, and the third point hit rate at the key moment was as high.
Munk’s outside hands can reach this state at the critical moment, relying on countless times of adversity.
In fact, Munk University has cast a three-point hit rate of nearly 40%, but after joining the Wasp, due to problems such as environment and role, Munk’s performance has never met expectations.
At first, Monk was pressed on the bench by kenba Walker. After Walker left, the Hornets formed the back-court combination of Devante Graham and rozil. Later, when Ramello-Bauer joined, Monk never had a clear role and status. In addition, Monk himself died. In February 2020, he was banned for violating the anti-drug regulations, and farce also made him unable to rise to the status of the team.
In the 2020-21 season, Monk played his career masterpiece, scoring an average of 11.7 points and a three-point hit rate of%, both of which were new records. But after the season, Monk was abandoned by the Hornets. In the free market, no team contacted Monk except the Lakers. At the suggestion of LeBlanc James, the Lakers signed monk with the base salary.
James has always believed that Monk, a player who can throw multiple three points in a game, can not get a stable playing time in the Hornets, which is undoubtedly a monster. Sure enough, Monk quickly became a good helper for James and Davis after joining the Lakers. Last season, he averaged 13.8 points in a game, setting a new career record of 47.3 percent field goal percentage, with a three-point shooting rate of 39.1 percent.
During the off-season last year, Monk repeatedly expressed his willingness to reduce his salary and stay with the Lakers, but the Lakers could only take out the mini middle class, which was not consistent with Monk’s actual value. In the end, Monk switched to the King for 2 years and 19 million dollars, and the once-down Lotto show finally came out in stages.
This season, Monk scored 14 points and 3.9 assists, both of which set a new career record. In the best sixth person competition, Monk should have a place, he was one of the heroes of the King’s establishment in the third West to complete the rise.
0.4 seconds
After Monk hit the top three points, there were 1.1 seconds left in the fourth quarter. Monk, Kegan Murray and Harrison Barnes had already relaxed to celebrate and retreated to the back court. But at this time, theoretically, the Clippers still have the chance to pass the super-far three-point kill competition.
The Clippers sent baseline ball to Leonard. The only one who stepped forward to interfere with Leonard was the fox who had hit the Super far three points this season. Under his interference, Leonard’s super-far three points smashed the basket and entered overtime.
At that moment, the most calm thing on the court was Fox as the brain of the team. The King general came forward to give him a high-five greeting after he defended Leonard’s super-far three points and thanked him for letting the team escape.
In 2017, Fox was questioned after joining the King as the No. 5 show. The problems of poor projection ability and general mistakes in organizational ability were very obvious. In particular, later the King refused to choose Luca-donchic in order to guarantee Fox’s status, and then sent Halliburton away for Fox, including giving Fox a top salary contract, this series of decisions saddled the King’s management with great controversy.
Fox has been quietly practicing his internal skills in the controversy. In the 2020-21 season, he averaged 25.2 points and 7.2 assists, and the voice of entering the All-Star has gradually risen. Last season, Fox successfully gained weight. His original intention was to gain weight and improve the confrontation and the end of the basket. However, it was unexpected that the weight gain hurt his proud speed and led to the decline of his competitive state.
During the off-season in 2022, Fox lost weight again. After losing weight, his speed came back. This season, Fox games broke through 15.7 times, with a breakthrough hit rate of 58.3 percent, while last season Fox’s breakthrough hit rate was only 51.8 percent.
Fox improved not only the breakthrough, but also the mid-range jump shot ability. All of a sudden, Fox’s mid-range venture ranked among the elite. This season, his hit rate in the mid-range reached, it is an improvement over the% last season. In contrast, DeRozan was 46.8% and Booker was 47.6%. At the critical moment of overtime today, Fox killed the game with the China center shot.
After little Sabonis became the core of the organization, Fox had nothing to do with it. He reduced the scenes of singles and blocking the attack with the ball, and devoted more energy to playing hand-over around little Sabonis, no ball, empty cut and counterattack, became a more balanced defender with the ball and no ball. This season, Fox is the chief key gentleman of the league, with a critical moment score of 157 points, the first in the league. Therefore, when the All-Star vacancy appeared, Fox was selected as a substitute and was selected as an All-Star for the first time in his career.
176-175
In the 2017 NCAA Elite 8th round, Monk’s three points did not give Kentucky a chance to play overtime. But this time, Monk’s three points dragged the game into overtime.
Two overtime games, Monk and Fox cooperation, ruled the game. After the whole game, Fox scored 42 points, 12 assists, Munk scored 45 points and 6 assists. They became a combination of another pair of single games and cut 40 + points at the same time, achieving Durant and weishao, what classic combinations such as George and Leonard have done.
Six years ago, Monk and Fox tasted the bitterness of failure together as Kentucky teammates. In the past six years, they all experienced frustration and doubt on their respective stages, and then they gathered together in Sacramento to complete self-recognition. One became an excellent sixth person and the other became an All-Star.
Most people didn’t notice the fact that after the attack war with the Clippers, Fox, Monk and, of course, little Sabonis and others have taken the King to make the attack efficiency (score a hundred rounds) it was promoted to the first place in the league, and the offensive efficiency of 117.9 surpassed 117.7 of the Nuggets.
The historical record is 117.3 points from basketable nets in the 2020-21 season. What a horror……