Chapter 128: The Battle for the Top of the List (5)
Ray Allen hit a cold-blooded three-pointer to give the Knicks the lead, and the Warriors attacked, and Livingston singled Jennings at the top of the circle, and Livingston and Jennings were not physically strong enough and were both technical guards. Pen ~ fun ~ pavilion www.biquge.info
However, Livingston has a clear height advantage, carrying Jennings to the inside two steps, the trademark flip back, the height difference combined with the bounce height, Jennings is out of reach on the defensive end, and the ball is firmly in the basket.
Wang Zhuo's five-small lineup is not based on defense, but relies on offense to bite the score and help the team through the rotation stage, it is clear that this lineup has achieved the desired effect, and at the end of the first quarter, 33-32, the Knicks led by one point.
The reason for the high score in the single quarter is not because of the fast pace of offense on the court, but because the shooting rate of both sides is extremely high, the Knicks rely on the inside, and the Warriors rely on the individual ability of the superstar.
At the beginning of the second quarter of the game, the two sides changed another set of bench lineups, and it was rare to see the picture of Ray Allen and Curry facing Biao on the same court, but unfortunately the two sides were not directly opposed, and there was no situation of Biao and "answerball".
Ray Allen's only performance on the offensive end was a breakaway backhand that was added by the Knicks for two points, while Curry hit one on two three-point shots.
After more than three minutes after the opening, the score was tied at 38, and the two sides sent their main lineups to enter the final battle of the first half, which was also the first wave of climax of the whole game.
The Warriors took the lead in attacking, Durant showed a strong desire to attack, first received Curry's pass, broke through to the inside, threw and hit, and at the same time hit Noah's foul, playing 2+1, and then grabbed the rebound on the defensive end, faced Anthony near the free throw line, hit a mid-range jumper, and the score was instantly stretched to 5 points.
Durant's strong performance stimulated Anthony, and of course, the Knicks also needed Anthony to stand up and stabilize the situation, so the duel between the two top small forwards instantly became the main theme on the court.
Anthony received the ball near one meter outside the three-point line at the top of the circle, Durant bowed his body and stretched out his arms to prevent Anthony from breaking through, Durant's wide arm span surrounded the width of the horizontal three-meter range, Anthony bent down and watched coldly, suddenly, Anthony took a step forward and pulled up a three-point shot directly two steps away from the three-point line at the top of the circle.
Durant didn't expect Anthony to attack so risky, however, Anthony didn't think so, and as a star of the house, he had to respond to Durant's strong performance.
The trajectory of the ball seemed to have been measured in advance, skimming over Oracle Arena and into the hoop, 41-43, with the Knicks still trailing by two points.
Looking back, Durant broke into the interior again, and Noah learned the lesson of the last time, made an accurate prediction, and gave Durant a hard nailboard hat.
When did Durant suffer such a humiliation, he didn't react at all for a while, after Noah blocked, he took the ball into his arms, and Anthony and Rose had already stolen away in the frontcourt.
Noah made a long pass over the half, Rose and Anthony in the front court played two and one, Rose threw the ball into the air, Anthony fell from the sky, Dapeng spread his wings and dunked, the Knicks' bench suddenly exploded, and even Wang Zhuo couldn't help but give a standing ovation.
Thompson stepped up, interspersed, and hit a shot from mid-range to calm the scene for the Warriors, but the Knicks had momentum because of Anthony's dunk, and Porzingis broke through Green in small steps, moved to pass Noah in seconds, and succeeded in dunking again.
Durant made up for it, hitting a shot from the baseline, and then Rose also hit a three-pointer, Curry responded with a shot, and the scorer on the court kept changing and flashing, and the game was extremely intense and very enjoyable.
After a period of offensive climax, the shooting rate of the two sides slowly declined, and the duel between the two top small forwards also came to an end, and the two sides won or lost.
In the last minute of the first half, the score came to 53-52, the Knicks overtook by 1 point, the Warriors attacked, Curry dribbled at the top of the circle, feigned offense, Green deceived Porzingis, and suddenly cut inside, Curry saw the opportunity, threw the ball high, Green received a dunk in the air, and there were 50 seconds left in the time.
Green was silent for 23 minutes, and finally got a chance to perform at the end of the first half, which is enough to show that the arrival of Durant has greatly weakened Green's status in the Warriors.
However, before Green could enjoy the joy of the goal, the defense was hit by Porzingis with a header and only eight seconds of time was consumed.
Green was annoyed and angry, waiting for an opportunity to retaliate, the Knicks once again sacrificed a full-court pressing defense, the Warriors' fast break was stifled, and the frontcourt had to fall into the position, and Curry took time to dribble at the top of the circle.
Green stretched out his hand to ask for the ball, Curry didn't know why, but he still passed the ball over, Green broke through with the ball, Porzingis was close to the defense, who knew that when Green broke through, he raised his elbow and deliberately pushed Porzingis's crotch, due to the blocking of the body, the action was relatively hidden, and it was forced to hide from the referee's sight.
Porzingis was hit by the key and fell to the ground in pain holding his crotch, Green was unhindered, and the inside threw and hit, and the Warriors overtook the score again.
The referee didn't see it clearly, but Wang Zhuo saw it clearly, and Green was not a first offender, chasing eggs Adams and James, it can be said that he had a lot of previous convictions, but Wang Zhuo didn't expect Green to repeat his old tricks, but he was much smarter.
"Are you blind? This is basketball, not boxing, and boxing doesn't cut off people. ”
Wang Zhuo saw that the referee did not blow Green's foul, stood up, ran to the sideline angrily, and yelled at the referee, while staring at Green viciously with a pair of eyes.
Danny Crawford was a little unclear at first, but only understood what was going on when he saw Porzingis lying on the ground in pain, but in order to show that the authority of the referee could not be violated, Danny Crawford blew a technical foul on Wang Zhuo, which caused strong cheers from the fans at the scene.
Green had a ghost in his heart, and in the face of Wang Zhuo's fierce eyes that were enough to kill people, he instantly softened, turned around, and whispered a broken thought, not knowing what to mutter.
Although Wang Zhuo was whistled for a technical foul, the referee stopped the game, ran to the sidelines to check the video, and finally determined that Green had a small elbow movement, but this did not have any substantial impact on the game, and he could only wait for the league's penalty tomorrow.
Porzingis slowed down for a long time before getting up from the floor, and Wang Zhuo replaced Porzingis for Reallen to perform the last attack before half-time.
Curry hit a technical free throw, the difference came to two points, the Knicks served in the frontcourt, Anthony turned around and missed a jumper, Noah pressed Green, made a strong rebound, and then glared at Gran and shouted at him "Dirty coward".
Green knew that he was wrong, shook his head, ignored Noah, turned around and ran to the frontcourt, Curry ran out of time, and at the last second met Grant to miss a three-point shot, the red light on the court turned on, and the first half of the game ended.
54-54, the short interlude in the first half did not affect the progress of the game, and the victory was clear in the second half.