Chapter 221: The Battle of the Knicks (3)

Arenas in Philadelphia are like boiling water, so hot that you can't help yourself.

"Toot ~"

As soon as the whistle blew, referee Crawford blew the first mandatory timeout of the first quarter, which was counted as a timeout for the home team's 76ers, and players from both sides walked off the court.

"Well done, guys!" Collins and Bob, along with a bunch of 76ers coaches, stepped up and high-fived their disciples.

Tang Wenlong high-fived his coaches and teammates while walking to the bench, and then sat down, and a staff member handed him a functional drink behind him, and he raised his head to look at the big screen above the stadium.

The 76ers led by seven points 15-8, and the Knicks were significantly inferior to the 76ers on both ends of the floor.

"We've done a good job of limiting Anthony, the Knicks seem to have a strong offense, but in fact, their scoring ability is limited, and it is impossible to beat us with Stoudemire alone." Collins pulled out his tactics board and spoke loudly to his disciples, boosting the morale of his players and building a stronger self-confidence.

After the timeout ended, the two sides returned to the court, and Woodson had no intention of changing formations, and the two sides played two rounds of attack without scoring.

The 76ers suspended the third wave of positional battles, and Tang Wenlong asked for the ball.

One of the few times he asked for the ball in this game, Lowry directly distributed the ball to him after seeing it, and Tang Wenlong stepped on a step outside the three-point line to make three threats.

Shooting threats, passing threats, breakthrough threats, the defensive Shambaugh is ready to play.

Tang Wenlong's eyes looked directly at Shambaugh, everyone is about the same age, and being able to enter the NBA shows that he is a genius-level basketball player. Who serves whom?

Shambaught was not stunned. The only thing to consider is how to defend against Tang Wenlong's attack.

"Smack!" After Tang Wenlong took a tentative step, he suddenly dribbled and slapped it in the opposite direction. First, the left-handed ball control, the posture is wide open and closed, and the amplitude is very amazing.

After the dribble is larger, even a feint can become a real breakthrough.

Shambaugh didn't dare to gamble, so he could only move his center of gravity cautiously, Tang Wenlong just lowered his crotch and quickly returned the ball to his right hand, and his shoulder turned as if to change direction.

"It's not that simple!" Shambaught shouted angrily. Good physicality allows for an instant twist back to the correct defensive position.

Tang Wenlong's connecting movements were suddenly paused, and the whole person had a feeling of stillness when he broke through to the right!

"Sure enough, there is a change of direction!" Shambaught was stunned, but Tang Wenlong had too many feints, and he already had a feeling that his body was uncontrollable.

The corners of Tang Wenlong's mouth rose slightly, revealing a playful expression, his wrist pulled the ball horizontally around the pole, and the person moved with the ball, and flew out with a "whoosh", but it was still a strong protrusion to the right!

It's a long story, but it's actually a matter of a moment. The audience's eyes blinked, and Tang Wenlong crossed the street like a cross to the champold.

Mid-range free throw line. Tang Wenlong leaned forward and made a quick stop jump shot and hit. 17-8, this is Tang Wenlong's personal 7th point in this game, and the time is just halfway through the first quarter.

"Tang Wenlong, who can't be stopped, he made three shots and three hits in this game, and his efficiency is amazing." Barkley laughed and unceremoniously criticized the Knicks' defense: "Except for Tang Wenlong, someone will come to wrap up when he is back, and there is no assistance defense when he attacks with the frame, if this intensity is like this, Tang Wenlong can score 30 points in half the court." ”

Smith didn't refute and speak, Barkley is right, Tang Wenlong is recognized as a shooting expert, if he really shoots his hand, the game will be directly GG, you know, he is a man who scored 9 three-pointers in the half.

The authorities are confused, the bystanders are clear, and sometimes the commentator sees the problem more thoroughly than the coach.

Woodson didn't understand, he knew that the Knicks didn't defend well, and he was ready to rely on offense to get a chance to win a first-line victory from the beginning, but when he encountered the wing defensive lineup of Iguodala and Tang Wenlong, Anthony played painfully, and three mid-range shots were missed so far in the first quarter.

The Knicks attacked again, Anthony attracted the bag and gave it to Davis on the outside, and Davis simply shot a three-pointer!

Hit! 17 to 11.

This three-point shot made Woodson's heart drop slightly, Davis is not a qualified three-point shooter in his career, and this shot was a little floating, but fortunately it finally went in.

Three minutes later, when Xiao Si forced the inside line, West cut the ball, and the basketball smashed on Xiao Si's leg and bounced off the bottom line.

Dead ball time, the game goes into the second mandatory timeout.

Tang Wenlong was extremely active during this time, scoring from mid-distance in a quick stop, scoring a layup after breaking through, and turning around and retreating from a long distance to make a jumper, scoring 6 points in a row, and there was a feeling of hot hands.

After the timeout, the two teams rotated their lineups, with the Knicks replacing Smalls, Chandler, Davis, and J.R. Smith, Steve Novak, and Mike Bibby. The 76ers replaced Gasol and Lowry with Hawes and Louis Williams.

Whiteside's eyes darkened on the bench and the coach opted to bring the more experienced Hawes into the game, despite his excellent performances in recent times.

The Knicks opted for a pure offensive lineup, Anthony moved to the No. 4 position, and Novak, the tallest on the court, was only 2.08 meters tall, and basically couldn't grab rebounds at all, only had an accurate three-point ability.

"This is a life-fighting lineup!" CCTV5's host Director Zhang shouted.

Novak has the longest career average of playing time in the Knicks this season, averaging 18.9 points per game and contributing 8.8 points, shooting 47.2 percent from three-point range, but averaging only 1.9 rebounds per game, averaging 0.3 steals and 0.1 blocks per game.

The 76ers came back from a timeout for the first offense, Tang Wenlong and Iguodala glanced at each other and nodded.

Luis gave the ball to Iguodala to hold the ball, Tang Wenlong walked to the bottom left corner to ambush, and Hoyce and Iguodala played a pick-and-roll attack.

The Knicks were a little slower to switch defenses, Iguodala dribbled the ball and misplaced Novak, and everyone pulled away to let the two go heads-up.

Iguodala dribbled the ball under his crotch and crossed steps to break through to the middle, leaned sideways against Novak, and after two confrontations, he squeezed the two-meter-by-eight inside line to the ground, and then jumped under the basket in one step, and dunked with one hand. At 28-18, the 76ers had a 10-point lead.

The Knicks attacked, Anthony took the ball in the low post, and with a "snap" his hands folded, the Knicks fell outside the three-point line with four people, which is a bit like the one big and four small that Coach Van Gundy is best at.

Iguodala defended, Anthony hit his back with a "bang" and "bang" twice, and no one came to cover it.

Anthony rolls over and jumpers, Iguodala interferes with the shot, and the basketball misses the basket.

The rebound was grabbed by Tang Wenlong, who shrunk into the inside, with one hand, and the biggest problem in the Knicks' offense was that Anthony couldn't eat Iguodala alone. (To be continued.) )