James Harden, the league's best sixth man, was taken directly after 3:50 in the second quarter, and in this 3:50 time, he scored a total of 4 points, but there were several turnovers, and these mistakes also buried wave after wave of ball possession for the Thunder.

He scored 4 points, and the entire Thunder team only scored 7 points in this period.

The Knicks, under the leadership of Yi Jianlian, successfully extended the margin to 11 points.

It was also after Yi Jianlian hit the goal that widened the score difference to 2 digits, Brooks hurriedly replaced Harden and brought Westbrook and Kevin Durant back on the court.

These two guys are actually waiting very anxiously, they wanted to play a minute ago, after all, the point difference was getting bigger and bigger, and it was not easy for them to chase at that time, but now look at the New York Knicks' goals one after another, and it was easy to pull the difference back.

This scene made them watch it like this, and they felt like their hearts were dripping blood!

"Toot!"

Finally now, Brooks can't help it, they can finally play!

The Knicks did not make substitutions, in fact, the entire New York team, except for Yi Jianlian, there is not much difference between what starters and what substitutes.

As long as there is Yi Jianlian, then everything is OK!

The Thunder's first offense after a substitution.

Kevin Durant gets the ball straight away, and he's facing Hill.

Hill, a former league spokesman and now a reborn veteran, has become a very good outside defender in the league after a serious injury, and although he no longer has extraordinary physical fitness, he has a lot of defensive experience.

"Huh!"

It's just that Kevin Durant faced him and sent the ball to the basket very easily.

It's a pull-up jumper!

Kevin Durant did it all with great ease with his terrifying height and arms that looked like the arms of an octopus!

No way, this guy's shooting point is almost level with the basket, and there is a delicate finger feeling!

This guy's projection skills are enough to support him to complete such a scoring performance, and it is very easy!

However, Yi Jianlian also returned a ball, he still played the No. 4 position, and Kevin Durant did not defend him, and the original No. 4 position of the Thunder team alone would definitely not be able to prevent him!

As for why Kevin Durant didn't defend him, there was no way, the currently backward Thunder team needs someone to score, and at this time he must put all his energy and physical strength on the offensive end.

When Yi Jianlian was attacking, Kevin Durant was thinking about how to attack in the next round.

The Thunder's serve was fast, and as soon as the Knicks players returned to defend and stood firm, the Thunder players were already in their defense zone!

This time Kevin Durant didn't take the ball, but gave it to Westbrook and started running off the ball.

It is worth mentioning that although Kevin Durant has improved his ball protection and dribbling skills, before the 2009-10 season, his signature routine was Hamilton-style walk-off, briskly around heavy cover walls, catching the ball, and shooting. If you don't pounce, he'll shoot straight away. If you try your best to block it, he will be like a glider in the 80s, with long legs and a breakthrough at the start. He strides so long that he can jump from the three-point line to the basket in just two steps, a dunk fluttering like a kite.

At that time, Kevin Durant relied very much on the passing of his teammates, and he was a big killer when he received the ball when he had already started, and he was constantly running without the ball to attack!

"A guy like Hamilton who can run and shoot, has the height of Dirk, and two long legs like a glider + the first step." And the media at the time also commented on him!

Until the summer of 2010, Durant led the United States to the World Championship and upgraded the hardware. He has evolved from a shooter and breakout player who shoots and shoots + breaks to a "pure scorer". His stunt of breaking through with the ball + stepping back jumper, his mid-range tentative step jumper, he takes the ball outside the three-point line, and dribbles with his left hand and strides with long legs; He can catch the ball from the waist position and turn over for a jumper.

And these growths have also made him the best player in the league, the best key man!

For example, in the crucial game against the Nuggets in 2011, he sprinted in one half court and made a difficult throw to the free throw line!

Another example is the seventh game against the Grizzlies, he made consecutive three-pointers in the fourth quarter and turned the tide!

This is the growth history of Kevin Durant, and because his ability to hold the ball has become stronger, Kevin Durant no longer runs without the ball so often!

"Now he's suddenly running without the ball, which reminds me of him back then!"

Barkley was quite emotional.

Westbrook dribbled against Jeremy Lin, and there was no doubt that his physical fitness was better than Jeremy Lin, so he went straight to the breakthrough and didn't take Jeremy Lin seriously at all.

Jeremy Lin was rushed by him in one step, not because he lost in speed, now Jeremy Lin's speed is not a problem at all, and when he was on the side of the body, the data was also close to John Wall, he lost in strength, and was directly squeezed away by Westbrook.

Westbrook, who rushed to the inside, attracted Yi Jianlian's defense, and he passed directly to his right side, where a black ostrich suddenly came out, held the ball steadily, and then soared into the sky like a big birdie, completing a one-handed dunk!

This shot directly made the entire Thunder bench jump.

The players on the court of the entire Thunder team also shared a lot of life because of this.

The big bird that flew up was Kevin Durant, who ran towards Westbrook after the ball, and the two of them high-fived, excited about the perfect fit!

"Wow, this is really morale-boosting, the cooperation between the twin stars of the Thunder team, this goal has eased the atmosphere of the Thunder team a lot, it can be seen that these guys are going to start chasing points!"

Barkley clapped his hands excitedly, sighing for the cooperation between Kevin Durant and Westbrook this time, in his opinion, this shot is enough to boost the morale of the Thunder!

"Huh!"

However, the Thunder team returned to the defensive end and did not stand firm, Yi Jianlian, who took the ball from the backcourt, took the ball directly to the front court and scored three points, which made the players on the court of the Thunder team who were still a little excited just now look confused, and even made the huge shouts resounded in Madison Square, which had just been a little silent.

"Ha, it seems that Yi doesn't want the Thunder team to chase points! This ball is so domineering, I feel like I'm directly declaring war! Yi Jianlian's three-point shot made Barkley directly defect!