[外電]Struggling for Kidd restraint

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Struggling for Kidd restraint

BY GREG LOGAN
STAFF WRITER

April 21, 2004

Until you're one-on-one with Jason Kidd, you just don't understand why it's so
difficult to prevent him from pushing the Nets' offense to warp speed. The
Knicks have tried for three seasons, losing 14 of 16 games to the Nets after
last night's 99-81 Game 2 loss in the first-round playoff series at Continental
Airlines Arena.

Rather than match point guard against point guard, the Knicks started Shandon
Anderson against Kidd in Game 1 and put Stephon Marbury on shooting guard Kerry
Kittles. Anderson is the Knicks' best man-to-man defender, but guarding Kidd is
more than a one-man job.

"He's one of the few guys that can dribble the ball and actually see the entire
court at the same time," Anderson said before Game 2. "There's times he's
coming up the court, and he may just make a one-handed pass ...A couple times,
I caught myself playing with my hands down, and that gave him a chance to pass
the ball straight by my head."

Anderson shifted to small forward last night to replace injured Tim Thomas and
had to cover Richard Jefferson, who receives many of Kidd's passes on the fast
break. Penny Hardaway, who also covered Kidd in Game 1, was assigned to him
last night. Kidd had 15 points and eight assists as the Nets took a 2-0 lead in
the series.

One of the big problems for the Knicks is switching from offense to defense
when the Nets get a rebound and finding Kidd before he's gone.

"It's tough," Hardaway said. "If you drive to the basket, he's out here at the
three-point line ready to receive the ball and go. You have to lay the ball up
and make sure somebody covers your back and then get back.

"You can't guard him in those situations. You have to have someone else slow
him down until you get back. The biggest thing is having somebody there waiting
on him when he gets that ball so he can't get a full head of steam going."

The size of Hardaway, 6-7, and Anderson, 6-6, helps against Kidd because it
prevents him from posting up in the half-court offense and allows the Knicks to
get by without double-teaming him. In fact, it's better not to double-team
because the moment a defender leaves his man to help, a Kidd pass arrives for
a layup.

Part of good defense against Kidd also is related to executing the offense.
Turnovers create fast breaks and so do poor shots. "You can take good shots in
your offense, and the floor is balanced," Hardaway said. "Everybody knows when
the shot's going to go up. It's the element of surprise where you come down and
we're on a mini-fast break but we don't have anything. Then, all of a sudden,
someone shoots it. Then, they get out on the fast break. That's what really
hurts you."

Even when Kidd doesn't have the ball, he hurts opponents because his passing
sets the tone for the Nets, such as the time in Game 1 when forward Rodney
Rogers threw an alley-oop pass to Kenyon Martin for a dunk. "When you get a guy
who's passing and everybody else feeds off him, the entire team does a good job
of passing the ball," Anderson said. "Like Rodney Rogers throwing the alley-oop
to Kenyon Martin. When did Rodney Rogers ever throw and alley-oop? It's just
contagious."

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文章裡頭提到在Game 1 的時候尼克隊用Anderson來防守Kidd。雖然Anderson是尼克隊
陣中最好的人盯人的防守者，但是要防守Kidd可不只是一個人的工作。

尼克隊目前需要解決的問題-在籃網搶下籃板後，尼克轉攻為守的時候，怎樣在Kidd啟動
之前就先找到他、看住他。

尼克隊用高後衛像Penny、Anderson來看守Kidd的話，能避免Kidd在半場進攻的時候單打
自己的後衛。事實上不要用包夾防守來對付Kidd可能會是比較好的選擇。當尼克隊員離開
自己的防守球員來協防Kidd後，可能就是Kidd傳球給無人看防的籃網隊員上籃得分。

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