Chapter 364: Takeover of the Last Two Minutes
With just two minutes left in the game, the Knicks still have a five-point advantage. Pen ~ Fun ~ Pavilion www.biquge.info It stands to reason that the Knicks have the advantage. They have a much better chance of winning than they are of losing.
However, after Ricard brought Anjie on the pitch. The fans at Madison Square Garden were nervous enough to stand up. They simply couldn't sit in the audience and watch the game, and everyone's heart was in their throats. Because Anjie has become one of the most famous game finishers in the NBA league.
Whether it's a key ball or preventing an opponent from scoring a key goal, Anjie can do a good job. Mike Woodson can only hope that Anthony and Stoudemire can continue to score and maintain their five-point advantage. It's not that he doesn't have confidence in Stoudemire, it's that Anjie's strength is there. It is very, very difficult to strangle An Jie in the last two minutes.
Anjie high-fived Camby and walked onto the court, and the eyes of Stoudemire and Anthony naturally fell on him. However, An Jie didn't pay attention to the two who had bad intentions towards him, he just nodded slightly to Aldridge, and went to the Knicks' half court, ready to start attacking!
The 38-year-old Camby's independent scoring ability on the offensive end is close to zero, so Stoudemire's defense has been very easy. But when An Jie stepped into the inner line, Stoudemire couldn't help but get nervous in his heart.
Anthony didn't dare to defend An Jie, he had just been "humiliated" by An Jie. Now the Knicks can only rely on Stoudemire to fight Anjie, but Stoudemire is not Yao Ming and O'Neal after all. In the face of this little overlord, An Jie is not afraid at all!
Anthony followed Aldridge's footsteps, firstly, he was afraid that Aldridge would get space to shoot, and secondly, he was also worried that Anjie would suddenly lean on himself.
Now that Stoudemire is alone on the inside, he's ready to take on the terrifying onslaught of Anjie.
But there are some things that you can't fully bear if you're mentally prepared. To save time, Raymond Filton didn't possess too much of the ball. He handed the ball to substitute Conteney Lee and after drawing the attention of the defence, Lee handed the ball back to Angel.
"It's coming!" Stoudemire's eyes widened as he pressed his arms against Anjie's back. From now on, he must tense every nerve, because every round of attack and defense will directly affect the outcome of the game!
Just when An Jie was definitely pushing forward with his back outside of Stoudemire, An Jie suddenly turned around!
This time, Stoudemire was caught off guard. Seeing that An Jie was about to break through, Stoudemire immediately took two steps back. Unexpectedly, An Jie turned around not to break through at all, but to retreat and jump shot!
Anjie's jumper was a little far from the basket, and after retreating, he was only two steps from the three-point line. This distance should belong to Aldridge.
Knicks fans seem to see a glimmer of hope, Anjie rarely shoots at such a distance, although Stoudemire was deceived in this shot, but it is not good, and the Trail Blazers still can't score!
"Brush!" However, the crisp sound of the Nets tumbling still broke the beautiful illusions of Knicks fans, Anjie did rarely shoot at that distance, but that didn't mean that he shot poorly at that distance.
Stoudemire's defense this time was overly nervous, so he didn't interfere with Anjie's shooting at all. Without interference, An Jie's calm shot is no different from training. This kind of ball, Anjie is nine out of ten.
"A beautiful step-back shot, which was the furthest Ann scored from the basket in the game. This guy is so versatile, if I were Mike Woodson, I wouldn't have been able to restrain Anjie!"
Stoudemire shook his arm unwillingly, he didn't expect An Jie to use a soft method to deal with him. In the previous games, An Jie obviously played so toughly, and frequently used his back to push and torment his and Anthony's nerves. But now, An Jie is doing technical work again.
There were only three points left and only twenty seconds of play. The Trail Blazers' offense hit the mark, without procrastination and efficiency.
Now, even J.R. Smith has become very, very cautious. Facing Jamal Crawford with open arms, J.R. Smith did not dare to accelerate easily.
In addition to Anjie and Jeremy Lin, the showdown between Anjie and Anthony and Stoudemire is a highlight. The confrontation between two horror sixth men, Crawford and J.R. Smith, is also one of the high-profile matchups.
Judging by the previous matches, it was clear that J.R. Smith had the better game today. This guy has hit five three-pointers today, five three-pointers, and that's 15 points! Jamal Crawford has barely scored eight points so far.
Previously, J.R. Smith's goals were very unreasonable. A lot of times, the balls he puts in are chances that don't stand a chance. But now, at this juncture that decides the outcome of the game, Smith has decided to be less arrogant.
He gave the ball to Anthony, and this kind of thing is more appropriate to leave it to the so-called star of the house.
Anthony held the ball from beyond the three-point line, and Aldridge had to follow the outside to defend. Conteny Lee was willing to defend Anthony, but the damned Novak pulled Conteney Lee into the corner, making it impossible for him to switch points with Aldridge.
Now, the rest of the Knicks have made room for Anthony. How to get past Aldridge is Anthony's own business.
Breaking through a big man, it's not hard for Anthony. He simply made a few forward changes of direction and took a few small steps to adjust the rhythm. Suddenly, Anthony sprang to Aldridge's left like a wild horse.
Aldridge quickly moved sideways, but he didn't stop anything! Anthony's speed was not at all comparable to Aldridge's, and by the time the Trail Blazers' second-in-command turned to chase back, Anthony was already more than half a body ahead of Aldridge.
Anthony's pace didn't slow down in the slightest, the basket was getting closer and closer to him, and he was about to get these two points.
Anthony jerked up, and Aldridge was left behind completely. He lifted the basketball high and prepared to end it all with a powerful tomahawk slam!
At that moment, an extra arm suddenly appeared in Anthony's field of vision. Judging from the skin color, this should be An Jie's outstretched hand!
"Impossible!" Anthony couldn't change hands or pull the lever now, he could only continue to push his fingertips to get a firmer grip on the basketball.
However, the moment Anjie's palm touched the basketball, Anthony realized how huge the power he had to face!
At first, he was still fighting against An Jie's palm, but in the end, Anthony's five fingers suddenly became weak, and the basketball was completely fanned out by An Jie!
"Beautiful block, Ann killed from the side without warning!Anthony didn't expect that his inevitable offense would be defused by Anjie! Oh my God! It's almost impossible to do! Ann's defensive sense of smell is too sensitive!"Mike Brin hasn't seen such a block, yes, O'Neal during the Lakers, didn't he do this kind of thing? But the person he sees now is a guy with yellow skin and black hair.
The ball flew fast, and the Knicks players were ready to take the throw-in. Unexpectedly, Jamal Crawford jumped with all his strength and hugged the basketball that seemed to be about to fly out of bounds.
Seeing this, the Knicks players only remembered to defend, but it was too late.
The emaciated Crawford made a powerful pass, and the basketball arced high across the court to Contney Lee, who was already running.
The reason why Riccard didn't use Matthews and Wallace at the last moment and used Lee and Crawford was because the latter two guys could create more possibilities and more opportunities!
Conteny Lee received the ball and dunked, and no one on the Knicks had time to stop the offensive and defensive transition. With only one minute left in the game, the difference between the two teams became one point!
Mike Brin was glad he wasn't there to be a commentary. Otherwise, in front of all the standing fans, he must also stand up and explain to ensure that he can see the picture on the field.
Cheered on by the 20,000 fans in the stadium, J.R. Smith controlled the ball and advanced. Although his playmaking skills are not as good as Jeremy Lin on the bench, he is indeed a much greater threat than Jeremy Lin right now.
This round of offense, the Knicks have to succeed no matter what. If it can't be played, the Trail Blazers will have a chance to overtake the score!
The Knicks continued to develop the characteristics of a small lineup, and their offense was very fast, Anjie had to keep running with the athletic Stoudemire, and Aldridge had to try to bite Anthony from the outside.
This time, when Anthony received the basketball, Stoudemire's block was just next to him. Their running position is not nonsense, but has a precise route planning.
After receiving the ball, Anthony was able to break through directly through the block without slowing down, Aldridge was blocked by Stoudemire, and the person who chased Anthony naturally became Anjie.
Anjie's speed is naturally not as fast as Anthony, and at this time, the interior line of the Trail Blazers is also empty. This time, the score didn't run away!
Anthony jumps again, and now, you might as well try to block one!
Anthony was very lucky, because what he had just thought became a reality in no time. Whatever you want, that's where Anthony is now.
As soon as he raised his hand to dunk, a hand suddenly reached out behind his back and slapped the basketball away.
"An! sacrifice yourself to block!" An Jie's speed is indeed no match for Anthony, but Anthony's height and arm span are also much worse than An Jie's.
An Jie threw himself almost completely forward in the air, once to make up for the lack of speed. And Anjie's finger really dialed the basketball just before Anthony dunked.
Both the basketball and Anjie lost control, the basketball smashed into the rebound, and it bounced back heavily. An Jie, on the other hand, rushed out of bounds, and it wasn't until he hugged the basketball hoop that he finally stopped.
Stoudemire jumped high before Aldridge, grabbed the offensive rebound, and was ready to complete the second offense!
Stoudemire grabbed the rebound and immediately lifted the ball, and Aldridge jumped to block. Unexpectedly, Stoudemire was just a feint, and after shaking off Aldridge, Stoudemire took a step forward and prepared to jump on the spot and dunk!
"Smack!" Stoudemire jumped to the top and was about to smash the basketball into the basket. That damn big hand, but again!
"Ann! His back-to-back blocks! Oh my God! Ann ran in from out of bounds and made a block! Two consecutive great blocks, both of which were the Knicks' biggest stars. Oh my God, this is crazy! Ann is amazing!" Mike Brin was already incoherent, and his passionate commentary has jumped into the ears of countless fans.
Stoudemire looked back in surprise, and when he shook Aldridge away, Angel was still out of bounds. But in just a few seconds, An Jie rushed in from outside the realm to complete the blocking. Before Aldridge could react to what was going on, Crawford, who received the blocked ball, launched another fast break.
This time, Crawford dodged a steal from J.R. Smith with his trademark back-to-back cross-step layup and successfully completed the counterattack.
With only 44 seconds left in the game, the Trail Blazers led the Knicks by one point on the road!
Anjie's three consecutive blocks since he came on the court have made everyone on the Knicks down. They don't know what kind of predicament they will face in the next round of attack.
So under such worries, J.R. Smith hesitated to break through to the basket, allowing Anjie to achieve a four-game winning streak!
This layup, Smith was obviously not confident, and hesitated, and he finally missed the opportunity for the best layup, and was bloodied again by Anjie.
This time, Crawford didn't play a fast break. He controlled the rhythm unhurriedly, ready to use up the last bit of time to play the Knicks.
The Knicks didn't dare to foul early, and they are only one point behind at the moment, and it was too risky to send opponents to the free throw line. It's better to defend honestly, and if they defend it, they still have time to execute the last attack.
Positional warfare, this is An Jie's favorite. At such a critical moment, the offensive ball was undoubtedly handed over to An Jie.
As soon as Anjie held the ball, he found that Anthony and Stoudemire actually used a bag on themselves.
Seeing this, An Jie did not pass the ball in a panic. Anthony dared to give up on Aldridge, proving that there must have been someone in ambush in his and Aldridge's passing path.
Therefore, Anjie did not pass the ball, he just turned to the right quickly. Anthony and Stoudemire didn't dare to act rashly, they were afraid it would be a feint.
However, An Jie hooked his hand. This time, it was a real shot.
By the time Anthony and Stoudemire took the block, the basketball was already flying into the air.
An Jie's hook hand is very soft, and the basketball is obedient and falls straight to the net, without dragging the mud and water.
3 points, leaving just 13 seconds for the Knicks.
On the final offense, the Trail Blazers completely abandoned the defense inside the three-point line. They went all out to the outside, especially J.R. Smith, who had a terrifying three-point shooting rate today, and was caught by two people.
In the end, the Knicks, who were looking for opportunities outside the three-point line to no avail, still scored a layup to score two points first. After that, they used tactical fouls.
Unfortunately, Conteney Lee's free throws were so consistent that Madison Square Garden despaired. Even though their boos were enough to burst their eardrums, Lee made two free throws to keep the margin open.
In the final 3 seconds, Anthony barely fired from the outside. The basketball hits the left side of the basket and then bounces to the right side of the basket. The fans didn't dare to blink for fear of missing the picture.
Eventually, however, the basketball crawled out. At the same time, the red light on the rebound came on. The red light meant the end of the game, and Anthony's three-pointer missed the shot.
What this means. That means the Trail Blazers are still three points ahead of the Knicks. But the Knicks don't have even a second to change that number......