At the end of the third quarter, the Knicks trailed by 15 points at 81-96, and the home crowd was disappointed.

Mary said depressedly, "Why is Stephen so quiet today?" Stadameyer's defense is terrible, and he doesn't shout defense. ”

Chloe whispered, "I think the Knicks are going to trade, and there must be a reason why he doesn't speak." ”

"He told you?" Tevo asked.

"No, I know he's such a person. If he doesn't say it, doesn't care about the person, it must be because he doesn't like it. Last season he often shouted at Stadamyer. Chloe said triumphantly.

"So far behind, what are you proud of?" Taiwo said with a tooth.

"It's only 15 points, and I'm sure they'll catch up." Chloe laughed.

D'Antoni replaced Stoudeyer and Zhou Xuan, Miller, Beverley, and Matthews on the perimeter, and Amunderson and Chandler on the inside.

D'Antoni said: "Pressing up front, trying to break the ball, if they get to the front, keep an eye on their own people, don't let them shoot easily from the outside, defend and immediately counterattack. ”

"Zhou, you have to play after 3 minutes of rest and attack with all your might."

"Understood."

Zhou Xuan got 27 points, 2 rebounds and 8 assists, not far from 30+10, he spent a lot of physical strength in the third quarter with Lawson and Harling, so he took a break. If you can resist or recover the score by pressing in the front court, let Zhou Xuan play to decide the winner.

The Nuggets also replaced Anthony, with Brewer as small forward, Lawson and Fernandez on the outside, and Kouvers and Faried on the inside.

The Nuggets' lineup is to rely on the outside offense, only two people can shoot three-pointers, and the Knicks have a few defensive players to guard the outside. As soon as Lawson broke through, he immediately compressed. Brewer and Fernandez both missed three-point shots.

The Knicks hit a counterattack with Miller's organization. Matthews and Beverley scored back-to-back points. Miller also played Brewer with his back in the field, turned and broke through to the basketball, and hit a wave of 8-0 to narrow the gap to seven points.

After that, the Nuggets replaced Nene to strengthen the defense, and the Knicks also replaced Battier, replacing Amondson and adding a three-point shooting point.

Battier didn't score a point today, but he has a way to help the team. Soon he caused Lawson to hit someone with the ball. Miller threw another mid-range shot in front of Lawson. George Carr asked for a timeout.

Karl shouted, "You can get ahead of their main force, why can't you play as a substitute?" Cheer up! Control the tempo! Tai rests for a while, don't rush inside every time, you have to lead the whole team to attack. ”

Tylawson is very strong in the break, but he lacks organizational ability, and will only attract the pass after the defense or the pack, and generally can't see the opening. This Karl wanted him to score on his own ability, but he didn't expect to be dumb.

The Nuggets replaced Billups, and Anthony also came on to replace Brewer to strengthen the offense. The Knicks replaced Miller and replaced Zhou Xuan, and Beverley continued to stay on the court.

The Knicks can play both positional offense and fast break. Beverley's defense against Billups also didn't become a hole. Now Billups can't break through, the offense is almost always shooting three-pointers from the perimeter, there is no speed, and his back skills can't be used.

Zhou Xuan's offense was blocked, Fernandez had a poor confrontation, but he was fast, participated in the dunk contest, and was good at preventing breakthroughs. Zhou Xuan couldn't pull out three points in the face of him. Relying on pick-and-roll breaks, the Nuggets will compress the defense and force him to pass the ball to the outside. That's when Anderson stepped up and hit two three-pointers to keep the score in the game. Zhou Xuan's number of assists reached 10.

Anderson's performance is eye-catching, and the coaching staff is happy but also a little headache, this year is his contract year, and in the era of scarcity on the inside, big men who can shoot are especially popular. Maybe there will be a team that will poach him with a high salary in the summer. The Knicks have big contracts such as Zhou Xuan, Chandler, and Xiaosi, and they have to renew Gallinari.

The Italian also wants a 10 million annual salary, and he is now ranked seventh in the league's small forward rankings, and some people think that if he is given enough shots, he can average 20+ per game, and his defensive strength should not be underestimated. Such an evaluation gave Gallinari more confidence.

Six minutes later, Stadamire also returned to the court, replacing Chandler to strengthen the attack, and he finally started to play, and Zhou Xuan blocked and scored in the middle of the shot. After that, Zhou Xuan relied on the Studamayre to block and avoid Fernandez, dribbled under the crotch and opened the distance between Nene and scored a jump shot.

The Knicks withdrew both interior lines, which made the Nuggets very uncomfortable, as long as the package was open. Not including Zhou Xuan scored 6 points in a row. It's all jumpers from the right horn position, and it's the same.

In the last two minutes, Zhou Xuan scored 35 points, 4 rebounds, 12 assists and 1 steal, leading the team to stubbornly recover the score. After the Nuggets replaced Lawson, the offensive burden fell to Anthony, who also scored 41 points, 8 rebounds and 3 assists.

Stoudamire missed a pass, the Nuggets counterattacked, and Billups hit a three-pointer to make it 115-119, leaving the Knicks four points behind. D'Antoni asked for a timeout.

"Magic" Johnson said: "Zhou Xuan reached the peak of his career this year, playing terrifying statistics, averaging 21 per game. 6 points 3. 1 rebound 9. 4 assists 2. 2 steals, only 2 turnovers. 7 times, setting a new career low. After this game, his scoring will definitely improve, and he is the only player in the league to rank in the top 10 for four important stats. He ranked ninth in scoring, third in assists, second in steals, and shot 44 from three-point range. 7% fifth in the league. ”

Van Gundy said: "Yao Ming averaged more than 25 points per game in his peak season, he scored too easily, he could have competed for the scoring title, but unfortunately he was injured against the Clippers, and then his stats dropped to 25 points and 9 points. 4 rebounds. I think as long as Zhou Xuan focuses on scoring, he will also have a chance to compete for the scoring title. ”

D'Antoni arranged for Chandler and Anderson to partner on the inside at the critical moment, and only Stodamayre, who scored 14 points, rested, and the team needed Chandler's defense, and the outside line was Battier, Matthews, and Zhou Xuan.

The Nuggets came up with the starting lineup, only Fernandez replaced Lawson.

The Knicks attacked, Anderson and Zhou Xuan blocked and dismantled just after halftime, and Harrington could only defend it, otherwise Zhou Xuan would immediately get a chance to shoot. Anderson ran to the right side, and Zhou Xuan dribbled to the left side and switched defenses.

Zhou Xuan dribbled behind his back and withdrew his right hand from the three-point line, paused and moved his left hand closer, Harrington took a small step forward, and Zhou Xuan then dribbled under his crotch and gave it to his left hand, changing his direction. 45-degree pull-up jump shot, cricket scored. 117 to 119, 37th personal score.

The fans cheered together, and at the critical moment, it still had to be up to Zhou Xuan.

The Nuggets were slow at the tempo, with Billups going to the frontcourt and passing to Fernandez, who was hanging to Anthony. On the right, Anthony and Battier are in opposition.

Battier was blown up by Anthony today, and so far he has not scored a point on 0-of-3 shooting, but when it comes to critical moments, the coach still prefers to trust the experienced veteran rather than Leonard.

Battier wrapped his grip on Anthony, snuggling him as he broke through. A lot of people don't like Battier, thinking that he is often blown up by stars and has a bad offense. And his strength is that he can maintain defensive concentration throughout the game. Anthony broke through to the baseline, and Battier followed sideways, raising one arm to interfere.

Anthony got to the basket and forced a shot, Battier also jumped up, did not ask for a block, kept his hand in front of Anthony's face, maintained his body confrontation, and the ball was deflected. Anthony grabbed the rebound and grabbed it again. At this point, Chandler came back to the basket, covered the ball from behind, and the rebound was picked up by Battier and held in his arms.

The fans gave Battier a round of applause as the Knicks battled their position.

Zhou Xuan went to the front court and passed to Anderson, cooperated with Chandler to cover the middle, and ran to the bottom corner of the right side without the ball. Battier ran 60 degrees from the bottom corner to the right, Anderson passed to Battier in the middle, and Battier gave it to Zhou Xuan, all of them pulled away.

Nene changed defense, Chandler squeezed Fernandez in the middle and entered the basket, Zhou Xuan received the ball almost without pause, and quickly passed the ball to the middle with one hand, Chandler scored with both hands! 119 to 119, Zhou Xuan's 13th assist.

Van Gundy said: "Chandler is averaging 10 per game this year. 5 points 10. 2 rebounds and a double-double. Playing next to Zhou Xuan, it is easy to have this kind of easy opportunity. ”

Johnson said: "Nene has to get out, and this choice is right, otherwise Zhou Xuan may shoot three points." ”

Each side hit an iron once, and the game went into the bottom of the game for a minute. The ball was still in Anthony's hands. Battier was in opposition to him again, Anthony took the ball on the right side and dribbled with his back to the left, his left shoulder shook slightly, and he turned to the middle and made a jumper, Battier jumped to seal his eyes. Anthony felt hot, added a little back, and the ball hollowed into the net. 119 to 121.

There are 38 hours left. 6 seconds, Zhou Xuan quickly advanced to the frontcourt, relying on the block to avoid Fernandez and go to the left side, while Matthews and Chandler covered without the ball and ran to the left bottom corner.

The Nuggets used people to mark people, Nene changed defense to keep up with Matthews, Zhou Xuan rushed to the basket without saying a word, attracting Harrington's defense, at this time Chandler pulled to the periphery, Zhou Xuan attracted the bag and passed the ball. At 45 degrees on the right, Chandler had an open opportunity and opted for a jumper, but the ball was deflected.

Su Qun shouted: "It's a pity for this goal, if Stoudeyere is there, he will definitely not miss this opportunity, why should D'Antoni let Chandler play?" ”

Yang Jian said: "Xiao Si's condition is not good today, and the Knicks want to strengthen defense. With 31 seconds left, there is still a chance to defend the ball. ”

Nuggets control the rhythm and tried to use up 24 seconds, Billups passed to Anthony in the last 5 seconds, Battier defended alone, this time it was still an anti-breakthrough bottom line, Anthony turned to the middle and didn't grasp the rhythm well, it was too late to pass, Chandler stepped forward to block, Anthony missed a backward jumper in the last second, and the rebound was picked up by Battier and passed directly to the frontcourt.

The veteran once again took advantage of his experience, and he didn't call a timeout for the last seven seconds. D'Antoni didn't call a timeout, he believed Zhou Xuan.

The Nuggets players believe that at this time, the opponent will definitely have to pause and arrange the last offense, and 9 times out of 10 games will play like that, but this time it is not. Zhou Xuan directly threw off Fernandez, received a pass, and scored in three steps to the basketball. It took three seconds. 121-121, he scored his 39th personal point.

George Karl called a timeout, and the fans applauded Zhou Xuan.

Three seconds after the Nuggets, the Nuggets arranged a catch-and-shoot tactic, Anthony received the ball and turned around and dribbled a step, and in the face of Battier, he shot two points and went into overtime!