Kemp and Mourning were almost about to rush to the sidelines to cover Van Gundy's mouth to stop him from talking.
Van Gundy's verbal attack successfully enraged Gan Guoyang, who scored only 10 points in the first half but went all out in the second, racking up 31 points.
The Knicks' so-called defensive trap didn't seem like much to Gan Guoyang, as there were plenty of gaps between the three-second zone and the three-point line.
It's inevitable; no defense can cover everything, and trying to cover everything often means no aspect is strong enough.
Many teams will appropriately relax their defense on mid-range shots because it's a relatively inefficient way to score.
After Bobby Berman proposed "efficiency basketball," many teams in the '90s began focusing on overall efficiency.
But for individual players, the mid-range is the best weapon, offering the most extensive space for performance.
