Chapter 257: Enemy
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The Clippers have a bit of a taste of dying before they start this season, their boss Brand was seriously injured in summer training, and it is unclear whether he can return this season, and the Clippers without Brand can only be said to be a little weak.
They had to reuse the Margeti again, which proved to be the way to go.
Once upon a time, Margeti could still wrestle with Lehi, but now there is a gap between the two.
With the Knicks' tight defense, the Clippers had a bit of a hard time starting to score, and Margety was defended by Lehi.
At this time, the Clippers were Carman who stood up, and after Brand was injured, the Clippers' interior line was supported by Carman, to be honest, Carman did a good job, and his strength was fully displayed.
It's just that compared to the Knicks' interior line, Karman is still a little worse.
In the first quarter, the Knicks led by nine points at 27:18.
When the rotation lineup was fighting, the Clippers Mobley played well, and finally let them not collapse in the first half.
But in the third quarter, they couldn't hold it up, and they fell behind by 21 points all of a sudden, so the fourth quarter became garbage time, and the Knicks also won 111-84.
On Nov. 16, the Knicks continued their road trip to the West, this time against the Kings.
This kind of road trip is very troublesome for the average strong team, and it is often good to be able to win one or two games, but for a team of Knicks' level, there is not much difference between home and away
At the beginning of this game, Lehi and Artest had a hot fight, but this season's king, Kevin Martin has become stronger, just when Lehi and Artest were consuming, Martin was shooting and making fouls, and the score was very sharp.
However, the king's defense is also sparse *** The sun is still rotten, even if Lehi is not full of energy, it is not a big problem, Randolph has been turning over the sea on the inside from the beginning, and he is more efficient than anyone on the other side.
So even if Kevin Martin scores a double-double, the Knicks are still in the lead.
However, in the second quarter, Kevin Martin was more accurate, and Marbury was still depressed and made two fouls, and scored double-doubles, which is really good.
At the end of the first half, the Knicks trailed by one point at 56:57.
Artest was smug, "Lee, your first defeat of the season is with us. ”
Lehi said with contempt: "With your record like this, where did your confidence come from?" ”
"I'm the confidence, I'll limit you well, as long as you don't score many points, the Knicks will definitely lose."
"It's really ignorant, it's you who didn't score many points, and the Kings might lose the game because they lacked your points."
The two of them teased each other, but they didn't really get angry.
At halftime, the Knicks also made arrangements for Kevin Martin, although the opponent has a good hand, but the scoring means are not very rich, as long as he can interfere with his shooting, he can't always be so accurate.
Unexpectedly, Kevin Martin was like a hanger, and in the second half, under Marbury's close attention, he was still on the extreme, and he hit several shots outside the three-point line, which made Marbury depressed.
So shooting is the easiest to defend and the hardest to defend, and if you can hit it against the defense, it's really shocking.
Fortunately, Marbury is not a newcomer, and he is not once or twice more explosive than his juniors, but he is also on it, and he is always ridden on his head by young boys to and pee, so he can't bear it.
In the Knicks' offense, Marbury also returned Kevin Martin a few times, don't look at the opponent's offense well, those small arms and legs can't prevent Marbury at all.
No matter how good Kevin Martin feels, after all, it's just himself, and the rest of the Kings are not very good, so even if Kevin Martin scores double-doubles in three consecutive quarters, the Kings didn't pull the score.
The change happened at the start of the fourth quarter, when Crawford, who came off the bench for the Knicks, hit two three-pointers in a row to confirm their advantage.
Then the Kings launched a counterattack but found that it was not so easy, and when Kevin Martin came up, his hand was not as hot as before.
At this time, Lehi, who had been in the middle of the game before, suddenly hit a three-point shot.
At 6:13, Lehi hit another shot under the cover of his teammates, and the Knicks' lead instantly reached double digits.
And the Kings, who have a good offense, are a little bumpy on offense at this time under the defense of the Knicks.
Artest also wanted to return one to Lehi, but the outside shot ended in iron.
Once you go back and forth, there is less time.
After about four minutes, the Kings couldn't help but ask for a timeout, and when they came back from the timeout, they played a fine matchup, and Kevin Martin shot a shot.
But what they didn't expect was that Kevin Martin hit the ball, and the hearts of the Kings soldiers were instantly cold.
Although Kevin Martin is now a key development figure for the Kings, he is also a scorer and does not have any leadership qualities, which is why the Kings have a poor record now.
Obviously, there was a chance, but at the last moment, the Kings lost in a frustrated way.
At 108:97, Kevin Martin scored 43 points, but he still lost, and Lehi scored a triple-double of 21 points, 10 rebounds and 10 assists, which made Artest very painful.
After this game, the Knicks have won eight consecutive games and continue to remain undefeated.
Eight consecutive wins are nothing, but eight consecutive wins at the beginning are different, there is no big game in the summer and many people need to adapt to the process, and the new squad also needs to adapt to the process, even if it is a strong team in front of it is normal to lose some games.
The Knicks remain undefeated, which shows that their players are in good shape, even in the run-in period, they are still invincible.
And now the teams in the league that are unbeaten twice are teams from the East, which makes the West a little embarrassed.
The West is strong and the East is weak, but now the championship is won in the East, and the All-Star is also a winning streak in the East, and now in addition to the Knicks, there is a team like the Celtics.
And the Knicks will face back-to-back away games, there are those who are not convinced.
The Nuggets were extremely unwilling to lose on the road last time, and at least three of their team wanted to win against the Knicks, Anthony, Iverson, and Eddie Curry.
If the Knicks are tired and they can't take it, their faces will be lost.
Therefore, when the Knicks came to Denver, the Nuggets went all out at the beginning, gritting their teeth and vowing to pull the Knicks down.