Harden is also one of the players who have more practical pick-and-rolls among guards, but unlike many players who rely on pick-and-roll coverage to break into the interior to make kills, Harden's pick-and-rolls are more often to create misplaced opportunities, which is more convenient for him to break through or step back to shoot.

After each successful misalignment, Harden's offensive efficiency is very good, and he is not even inferior to Deron and Stoudemire's pick-and-roll cooperation.

With Harden's play, the Knicks still failed to take advantage of the second quarter of the game, and at halftime, the score of the two teams became 61:54, and the Wizards led by 7 points at home.

Judging from the score of the two sides at the end of the half, the Knicks still have the strength to fight, and the gap of only 7 points is just a small burst for superstars such as Anthony to recover the score.

But no one expected that the third quarter of the game would change dramatically.

The Wizards suddenly made a full effort, starting with George, who was suppressed by Anthony in the half, outbursting, hitting an outside three-pointer first, followed by stealing the Knicks' pass, and scoring a fast break.

Immediately after, taking advantage of the Knicks' unstable foothold, Curry and Green hit another three-pointer, instantly hitting an 11:0 attack wave, expanding the difference to 18 points in the blink of an eye!

D'Antoni called two timeouts in a row, but was unable to stabilize the situation.

The Wizards' offense is so strong that even the Knicks Big Three are completely unable to parry!

When the third quarter ended, the Knicks still failed to stabilize the situation, and the score gap widened again, directly to a 20-point difference.

The 20-point margin also made the fourth quarter of the game meaningless.

At the beginning of the fourth quarter, Anthony also led the team to try to launch a wave of counterattacks, but no matter how the Knicks scored, the Wizards would use a faster and more efficient way to fight back.

Four or five minutes into the fourth quarter, D'Antoni made a substitution.

No one expected that the game between the Wizards and the Knicks would be so suspenseless, but when you think about it carefully, it seems to be reasonable again.

After all, this is the first match in the East vs. the eighth in the East!

The Wizards are the league's top player with 68 wins in the regular season!

Why is the Knicks up against this team? Does it depend on the individual abilities of the Big Three?

Although the Wizards do not have a Big Three configuration, Curry and Harden are not weaker than the Big Three in terms of data, plus Jamison, Butler, George, Jordan Jr. and other outstanding players and two seasons of running-in, how can they lose to the Knicks?

It seems to confirm the idea of this wave of people.

Immediately following the second playoff game, still on the home court of the Wizards, the Knicks were once again slaughtered by the Wizards' unsuspenseful score.

The same rhythm, the same result, slightly different is that this time in the second quarter of the game, the Knicks took the lead, although only a 4-point lead, but as the Wizards players began to work collectively in the third quarter, the Knicks couldn't resist the defeat.

The big score of the two teams came directly to 2:0.

At this time, the wind of the media began to change, and many people who were optimistic that the Knicks' Big Three would use their excellent individual ability to defeat the Wizards to advance to the second round changed their opinions, believing that the Wizards would end the series in six games and eliminate the Knicks.

"Although the Knicks have the top configuration of the Big Three, it is clear that the Knicks have paid too much to get the Big Three, which makes their bench and role players extremely scarce."

"In the first two games, the Knicks basically lost to the play of role players, which can be seen from the data."

In the previous two games, Anthony averaged 28 points per game, Stoudemire averaged 25 points per game, and Delon. Williams also has around 19 points, and the trio can contribute 72 points combined, which is already higher than the combined 69 points scored by the Wizards' starting five. ”

However, in the comparison of the bench lineup, the Knicks lost without suspense, none of the Knicks' bench players scored double-doubles, and on the Wizards' side, Harden can contribute 21 points to the team per game, and Butler can also contribute 14 points to the team, these two people alone provide the Wizards with a 35-point advantage! In this case, it's only strange that the Knicks don't lose. ”

"If you can't solve the gap in the bench lineup, even if you return to New York next, the Knicks may have a hard time competing with the Wizards."

These commentators are only talking about the strength of the teams.

However, no one expected that after the two games, the Knicks would have their own internal conflicts.

The first is Anthony, in an interview with the media, Anthony vaguely said that the team should give him more balls, rather than fair opportunities to him, Stoudemire and Delon.

As soon as this remark was published by the media, it immediately aroused Stoudemire's dissatisfaction.

Originally, Stoudemire was the first star to come to the team, but Anthony's arrival was a bit of a hubble.

Anthony, who was born in Brooklyn, New York, came to the Knicks with the slogan of coming home, and New York fans seem to like Anthony a little more.

All of this made Stoudemire unhappy.

And what Anthony said in an interview actually meant that the team should concentrate the ball more in his hands because he is the strongest in the team.

Because Anthony is not only unhappy with this, but also Delon. Williams.

Delon left the Jazz, not to be a second-in-command or third-in-command, the reason why he fell out with Sloan was actually that he didn't want to have such a guy who was pointing fingers at him, even if it was the head coach of the team.

But now in the Knicks, there is a player who is pointing fingers at him, even if that player is one of the best players in the league today?

……

According to the media, on the plane back to New York, Anthony had a slight verbal altercation with Stoudemire and Delong, and the three were not particularly happy, so the coaches simply stopped the three, but the conflict between the three may not be so easy to pass.

When he learned the news, Wang Xiao was stunned at first, and then couldn't help but smile and shake his head.

In another time and space, although Anthony and Stoudemire do not match each other in style, the two do not have obvious conflicts.

But in this time and space, the Knicks, who make up the Big Three, actually had internal contradictions so quickly, I really don't know how to describe it.

Is this the story of a monk carrying water to eat, two monks carrying water to eat, and three monks having no water to eat?