Chapter 151: Final Ranking
In the first half of the rotation, the Nets' interior was powerful, and due to the absence of Channing Frye, the Knicks suffered a little when they rotated inside. Pen ~ fun ~ pavilion www.biquge.info
Crawford and Jalen Rose are mediocre right now, and the Knicks' outside advantage hasn't been shown.
The Knicks are mostly nervous knives, and Crawford is the most stable one among them, they can make the Knicks stronger, but they can't be completely expected to solve the problem.
But when Lehi, Marbury and Francis got on the court, the advantage was on the Knicks' side right away.
The impact of their three main backcourts is undoubtedly the strongest of the Knicks.
After Marbury came on the court, he immediately caused Carter's foul, Carter's defensive strength is not as strong as the offensive end, or he can't do both.
On the Nets' offense, Jefferson received a pass from Carter and was going to hit Lehi.
It wasn't the first time he and Lehi had fought each other, but he had never been so embarrassed before, and Lehi seemed to be stronger every time he fought than before, but this time the span was too big, which made Jefferson very uncomfortable, and he had to save face.
Jefferson took a big step forward after receiving the ball, summoned up his strength to push at Lehi, and then pulled up and shot.
Jefferson's strength is also not small, but Lehi has more strength against the more powerful guys, and the opponent does not let him lose his defensive position at all.
As Jefferson jumped, Lehi jumped up almost at the same time, stretched out his right hand and sealed it.
After Lehi jumped up, his right hand almost completely blocked Jefferson's shooting line, and a hint of shock flashed in Jefferson's eyes, and the shot was crooked.
The basketball bounced out and was picked up by Marbury to launch a fast break.
Lehi and Francis also quickly ran towards the opposing half, and the Knicks formed a three-line fast break in an instant.
On the Nets' side, only Kidd and Carter returned to the halfcourt, Marbury threw the ball back, Lehi received the ball and jumped up to dunk, like a truck crashing over, Kidd and Carter only had time to watch.
When it was the Nets' turn to attack, Carter slipped to the bottom line to receive Kidd's pass and turned around and shot without hesitation, but it had already rotated to the defensive position in time, and Carter was interfered with and shot iron.
Lehi protected the rebound, saw that the Nets had quickly stepped back to stabilize his rhythm, and handed the ball to Francis.
The Knicks offense trio pulled to the side, Francis passed the ball to Marbury on the side, Marbury took the opportunity to hoist the ball to Eddie Curry, Lehi and David Lee attracted the attention of the Nets on the other side, Eddie Curry immediately squeezed a step inside, turned and pressed it again, and hit a hook shot.
It's easier to play when you're on the court with a very dangerous player, and that's where the Knicks are right now, with Lehi being a huge threat on both ends of the floor.
While he's a bit different from the top players, his versatility allows him to play in all aspects and can be adapted to a lot of tactics that can be extremely difficult to deal with as long as he's level-headed.
Jefferson's morale has become a bit low after being suppressed on both ends of the floor, and although Kidd can organize well, his attacking power is a problem, and now in addition to Carter's lethality on the offensive end, there is also Kostic who can really help the team.
The score that was previously pulled back by the bench team was behind again at halftime.
At 48:42, the Knicks led by 6 points, and when they returned to the lounge, Li Hai took the initiative to participate in the analysis of the situation in the first half, and ate some bananas to replenish his strength, and his fighting spirit was very high.
He's hungry for the playoffs in his blood, and unlike last season, when he was on the last train to the playoffs, this time they're stronger, and then the team chemistry is getting better and better in the final stages, and he feels like he's not afraid of any opponent now.
Lehi's excitement didn't come from this match, but it showed in this fight.
At the beginning of the second half, he hit Jefferson again and hit the first shot, which sounded the horn of the Knicks' offense.
Carter feels a strong sense of crisis, he has been through the playoffs a few times, but none of them are ideal, and he has expectations this season, and he wants to win this game.
"Richard, cheer up, everyone, today's game is going to be played as a playoff game, we can't easily admit defeat."
Carter rushed straight to the Knicks' basket, and Kidd's pass was sent in time.
As soon as Carter received the ball and turned around, he pulled it up, and the powerful explosive force made it jump up like a spring, and it was too late for Eddie Curry to block it, and Carter had already dunked the ball into the basket.
This kind of sudden explosiveness, Lehi can't do it, just like Carter's current physical condition is not as good as when he first entered the alliance, which is still terrifying.
Then Carter hit as if he had suddenly put on a scope, and hit in succession.
Lehi was not intimidated by the Nets' offense, he still used his advantage to constantly score under the Nets' defense with the simplest jumpers and breakaways.
In the third quarter of the game, Lehi scored a double-double again, and scored a double-double of 30 points and 10 rebounds in the third quarter.
The Knicks scored 8 points, and he was stunned to force Carter by the head.
Seeing that the game was getting more and more intense, the coaches on both sides did not dare to put the main players on it all the time, and when the substitutes came on the court, Crawford was powerful again, and scored 8 points in a row with free throws, so that the Knicks' lead came to 10 points.
In this game, Lehi didn't pass the ball like this at all, and the Knicks' scoring was more concentrated, but Marbury, Francis, Eddie Curry and Crawford still showed their offensive power.
The Knicks' current strength is unstoppable by the Nets.
Even if Lehi didn't defend the opponent's strongest scorer, Carter, even if Lehi sat down to rest, the Knicks' pace of progress did not stop.
After the main players of the two sides came on the court, Lehi caused Jefferson's defense twice in a row, allowing the opponent to graduate.
He just felt extremely energetic, and after Jefferson went off the court, Lehi took the initiative to defend Carter again, and with three minutes left in the game, the Nets still trailed by 15 points.
Carter also rushed to the confusion, and after he missed a three-point shot and was hit by the Knicks for another counterattack, the Nets called a timeout, and their head coach Lawrence Frank replaced all the main players.
99:83, in the last game of the regular season, the Knicks won a big victory, and Lehi also scored a double-double of 39 points and 15 rebounds.
This victory left the Knicks in the third place in the East in the regular season this season.
The Cavaliers took the Hawks to become fourth in the East, while the Nets dropped to fifth in the East. (To be continued.) )