Chapter 359: Sequelae
It's over.
It's finally over.
The game is finally over.
When the New York Knicks and Atlanta Hawks game ended, the clock had already struck 0:00, which meant that the game was played from 19:30 to 0:00 the next day, which was a marathon in the true sense of the word.
Just like a real marathon, there are always a few people who can reach the finish line with their heads held high.
Most of Atalanta's home fans left shortly after the start of the fourth overtime, on the one hand, because it was too late, and those old people and children couldn't stay up for a long time, and on the other hand, because Roy scored six points in a row in the first minute of the fourth overtime, which basically killed the suspense of the game.
Those fans guessed right, and after Roy burned his last physical strength to deliver the fatal blow, the game was settled.
As most of the crowd had gone, there was silence in the stadium when the bell rang at the end of the game, and this time the Phillips Arena (home of the Eagles) was really quiet, with no crowd noise and no celebration of the winners. The fans couldn't stop shouting, and the players of the winning New York Knicks couldn't celebrate, and everyone thought they could take a hot shower as soon as possible and hug their beds and get a good night's sleep.
The final score of this terrifying marathon game was 139-132, and the New York Knicks won a hard-fought victory over the Atlanta Hawks, an old powerhouse in the East, after four overtime and four and a half hours on the road.
The four-and-a-half-hour game broke the record for the longest game time in the NBA this season, and the media reporters and spectators who persevered to the end all felt soreness in their eyes and numbness in their buttocks.
How did you get a miserable word.
What kind of terrible game is this? Just look at the statistics of the game.
The two teams played a total of 68 minutes in this game, nearly half the time of a normal NBA game, with a total of 8 players playing more than 40 minutes and 6 players playing more than 50 minutes, and the unlucky Paul Millsap was the only super model worker in the game to play 60 minutes.
On the Knicks' side, No. 1 Iron Man Roy played 59 minutes, shooting 52 shots and hitting 25 of them, 6-of-14 three-pointers and 19-of-23 free throws, scoring a career-high 75 points, plus 14 rebounds, 10 assists, 3 steals and 2 blocks; Rose, who lacked substitutes, also played 53 minutes, registering 18 and 11 assists; Porzingis, who was fouled, played 41 minutes and finished with 15 points and nine rebounds; Noah, who also left the court with 6 fouls, played 41 minutes and scored 6 points, 14 rebounds and 5 assists; In addition, even the three main substitutes of Lee, Claude and Farid all played more than 30 minutes.
On the Hawks' side, the struggling Millsap played 60 minutes (nearly twice his average playing time per game), scoring 37 points, 19 rebounds and seven assists; Bazemore played 50 minutes and had 24 points and 10 rebounds; Schroder played 55 minutes and had 23 points and 15 assists; Hardaway II played 58 minutes and had 19 points and eight assists; Howard played 38 minutes and finished with 19 points and 12 rebounds.
Needless to say, it was a game that players from both sides would never forget. As soon as the game was over, half of the players on both sides lay directly on the floor of the court, while the other half were basically tired and speechless.
"I must have been dreaming, I actually played 60 minutes! I'm X, I'm not a football player! When Millsap got the technical statistics for the game, he couldn't help but shout, his complaint was reasonable, he didn't take a minute off in those four overtime, and Budenhozer used him to death today.
And when Roy got the technical statistics, he was also stunned for a moment, playing 59 minutes and scoring 75 points, it turned out that he unknowingly broke his own playing time record and personal regular season scoring record one after another.
Roy touched the soles of his feet and calves, and it was really sore, if he hadn't entered the realm of selflessness just now, then Roy would never have been able to hold on to the game for so long.
Terrifying statistics, amazing playing time, and the media reporters present were also stunned by this game against the sky. It was early in the morning when the game ended, and their brains were a little uneasy after being excited all night, and they didn't know what to write except for repeatedly describing the pile of dazzling data and telling the gods of the game.
Indeed, this game created too many jaw-dropping statistics, excluding Roy's 75 points, the two teams actually had 6 double-doubles, one of them scored a triple-double, and 6 were sent out, which is also a new record in NBA history.
Therefore, regardless of the result win or loss, no matter how difficult the process is, this game has allowed players on both sides to brush up the data, Roy scored a career-high 75 points, and his score once again set a new NBA single-game personal high this season, which is enough to make people staggering for a while.
After this victory, the Knicks' record returned to 24-25, once again approaching the top eight in the East, and Roy's personal scoring average increased by 1.4 points per game from 23.2 points to 24.6 points, returning to the top 10 in the scoring list.
That's all there is to this marathon: long hours, endless free throws, a bunch of stats, record-breaking, plus, and a lot of chicken feathers, yes, there are definitely a lot of after-effects left by this race.
Ross and Porzingis have been experiencing some discomfort in their leg muscles since the game, and it remains to be seen when they will return after Dr. Carter's diagnosis that both have recurred from old injuries caused by overdraft.
Due to the severe overtime of the game, the Knicks had to change their original schedule, and they had to stay in Atlanta for one night and then fly directly to Washington for the game against the Wizards.
People who travel a lot must know that sleeping in a hotel may not feel comfortable, and there are so many bed pickers in the Knicks team, although they are tired, they can't sleep comfortably, and after this night in the hotel, Noah and Claude caught a cold again. But the Knicks' bad luck wasn't over, and when they were about to fly to Washington the next day, they were told that bad weather would delay their flight, and the delay was another four hours.
After two days of tossing and turning, the Knicks neither practiced nor recovered, and when the Knicks arrived in Washington, half of them were out of order.
Injured Rose, Porzingis and Arthur, Noah and Crowder with colds, and veteran Vujasic, who was already suffering minor injuries. Roughly calculated, before the game with the Wizards started, the Knicks had already folded 4 main players.
This game is difficult to play, in the last training session, Hornacek used his brains to arrange the formation, but no matter how he adjusted, he could not make up for the gap in strength caused by the absence of Ross, Porzingis, Noah, and Crowder, even if the cold Noah and Crowder can come back, but the state is definitely not guaranteed.
All the burden fell on Roy again.
Continue to hit five? Roy has the intention to kill the enemy, but he is not Superman after all, and his physical strength has not been fully recovered in the past two days, and he will not be able to play at full strength in this game against the Wizards.
That's exactly how cruel the truth is.
The Washington Wizards are definitely the biggest sufferer for the New York Knicks this season, losing the first two meetings, the Smith mess led to the team winning and losing on the road, and the other Roy didn't play at all due to injury.
So today's game was supposed to be a good opportunity for Roy to take revenge on the Wizards and John Wall, but he didn't expect the future to become uncertain because of the battle between the Knicks and the Hawks.
Coach Scott Brooks is well aware of the Knicks' poor physical condition and loss of troops, and he ordered his disciples to storm the Knicks' position from the first minute.
The main lineup sent by the Knicks today is Roy, Lee, Crowder, Farid and Noah, all five of them played at least 30 minutes in the last game, and it is conceivable how much physical strength has suffered, but Hornacek can't help it, Rose, Porzingis, Arthur are all lying on the injury list, Noah and Crowder on the court are still suffering from colds, and he is really unavailable.
It's really the Knicks who hit the Wizards, Noah and Crowder, who played with a cold, didn't play long and couldn't hold on, after they were replaced by Hernangomez and Brown successively, the Knicks really only had Roy left as a starter in the starting lineup.
It's really terrible, although Roy also wants to fight, but he has no choice but to beat the four hands with two fists, and the wolves are hard to beat alone, and none of the Wall, Beal, Morris, Porter, and Gortat on the opposite side are fuel-efficient lamps, plus the Wizards' style of play is already fast and sharp, and after a few rounds of attack, Roy is also a little unable to hold on.
No way, limited by physical strength, Roy only played 12 minutes in the entire first half, scoring 10 points, 3 rebounds and 4 assists.
In the third quarter, he insisted on playing for another 7 minutes and scored another 5 points.
After that, Hornacek saw that the score gap was too far behind, so he had to replace Roy off the pitch and rest, and Roy never played again.
At the end of the game, the final score was 101-117, and the Knicks were unwilling to lose to the old Washington Wizards again.
Roy played just 19 minutes and finished with 15 points, five rebounds and five assists.
A painful defeat, a helpless failure.
After playing this game, Roy not only added Wall's name to his notebook again, but he also understood a truth: the brush is cool for a while, and the end of the game will suffer......