Chapter 223: The Battle of the Knicks (Finale)

The boos in the Wajovia Center arena were like a mockery of him, and the former six-time All-Star superstar had an embarrassed look on his face.

"What the hell is this new one?"

Xiao Si couldn't understand it, the young man behind him who seemed to have a grudge against him, all kinds of active winding defense, long hands and long feet, close like a piece of kraft candy.

Choke JR, choke Xiao Si, and the Knicks' second lineup no longer has any offensive power.

The Knicks' players suddenly found that the 76ers' second team was so difficult, the defensive end was like an iron bucket, and the Knicks, who lacked the ability to break through, couldn't break the 76ers' lineup at all.

Fortunately, the 76ers' second team lacked organizational skills, and the two teams began to fight a big defensive battle, and the game became very ugly for a while.

With both teams scoring slowly, Collins was at ease, and his task for the substitutes was to hold on to the lead anyway.

But Woodson is not calm, why should he replace JR and Xiaosi, it is not to take advantage of the time period when the main force of the 76ers is not there to chase more points, and make it like this, it is not his original intention.

So his mind raced, thinking about how to crack it, and he applied for a timeout.

Five minutes later, the main players of both sides returned to the court, and the 76ers still led by eight points at 40-32, and the two teams combined for 17 points in the first half of the second quarter, and the audience on the playoff stage was almost asleep.

Fortunately, now the main team is back, and the Knicks' Anthony has actually returned to the court two minutes early.

Before Lowry played, the 76ers lined up Tang Wenlong, Meeks, Iguodala, West and Gasol, and Tang Wenlong and Iguodala took turns controlling the ball. Organize an offensive. And Meeks perfectly opened up space as an outside fixed-point battery.

The Knicks' offense is still terrible. The 76ers, on their part, are gradually regaining their touch.

First, Gasol hit an inside hook shot, and then Iguodala split the ball Meeks made a three-pointer, and the instant 5-0 split stretched the difference to 13 points.

JR's three-point shot was interfered with by Tang Wenlong and did not score, and the rebound was grabbed by Gasol.

The 76ers attacked the position, opened up the space for Tang Wenlong to single-handedly challenge JR on the side, Tang Wenlong continued to dribble under the crotch and then crossed the walk, burst into the Knicks basket and flew up, and confronted Chandler in the air. With a stiff waist and abdomen, he scored a layup under the confrontation, and he was tough like a stone.

JR watched the play behind him, and after the first step was passed, he gave up the defense, and the angry Anthony almost didn't hit him with the ball.

Woodson had no choice but to call a timeout, and the atmosphere in the Wajovia Center was extremely enthusiastic, reaching the highest level since the start of the game.

After the timeout, Woodson arranged for Anthony to force the attack, and Anthony caused Iguodala to commit his second foul of the game. Hit both free throws from the free throw line.

Iguodala was fouled twice, and the Knicks made it clear that Anthony would continue to attack. After Iguodala and Tang Wenlong exchanged a bit, they adjusted their position in the next round, and Tang Wenlong single-handedly defended Anthony, at this time Tang Wenlong did not have a single foul, and used the wheel battle in a grand manner.

Anthony was speechless, seeing that he could liberate himself by making another foul, but another outside blocker came in, fortunately, Tang Wenlong was not as sophisticated as Iguodala, and it was a blessing in misfortune.

At halftime, the 76ers led by 16 points at 55-39, and the Knicks scored 16 points in the second quarter.

The Knicks' players were under so much pressure that they didn't speak when they returned to the locker room.

Barkley said triumphantly: "I've seen the 76ers play for a long time, I've always been optimistic about them, the Knicks are just a loose game, and they show it on the court. They barely had any visible cooperation, and of course, if Cameron's heads-up was team-mates, I didn't say that. ”

He has always had a big mouth, and after these words came out, he was not afraid of offending the NBA's most critical New York fans, but there were actually a bunch of people who hacked him and scolded him on the Internet.

In the second half, the Knicks organized a counterattack, and JR was promoted to the starting lineup in the second half, and was more active on the offensive end, but also scored several three-pointers.

It's just that the 76ers in the same time period can also score a lot of goals, Chandler is mostly on the court to break through the ball, and when Chandler is off the court, he is mostly based on the weak side of the air cut to impact the inside, the 76ers' tactics have changed in real time, and the defensive lineup against the Knicks is very reasonable.

By the end of the third quarter, the 76ers had scored 85 points, of which Tang Wenlong scored 20 points, Iguodala had 13 points, 7 rebounds and 9 assists, and Gasol grabbed 11 rebounds. The Knicks only scored 64 points, the difference between the two teams was 20, Anthony only scored 12 points on 4-of-17 shooting, and the Knicks' highest scorer was Xiaosi with 14 points, and there was no player who scored double-doubles in addition to this.

Philadelphia fans rejoiced, the clock was not yet out, and it looked like the game had been won securely.

Tang Wenlong didn't take many shots, but his shooting percentage was extremely high, and he mostly did some other work in this game, such as grabbing rebounds and defending, and Iguodala was more motivated on the offensive end than him.

After the fourth quarter, the Knicks failed to make waves, Anthony played the first half of the game, and was replaced by Woodson after the score was close and announced that he had completely abandoned the game.

In the end, the 76ers defeated the Knicks 112-94 at home, Tang Wenlong scored a game-high 25 points, and grabbed 8 rebounds and handed out 5 assists, he had 4 steals in the whole game, all from the help defense, most of the Knicks' passing routes are too straightforward, it is simply a test of his prediction, speed and reflexes.

At the post-match press conference, the two teams attended successively.

As the visiting Knicks were the first to attend, Woodson brought Anthony and Smalls with them, and the press conference hall was full of reporters, yellow, white and black with different skin tones, from almost all over the world.

A reporter from New York confronted Woodson with a pointed question: "It seems like the team is in trouble on the defensive end, and the opponent scored 112 points on the Knicks tonight, shooting over 50 percent. ”

Woodson's face darkened, and he knew that someone must be going to talk about the defense, "The 76ers were hot tonight, they played a really good offense, we were tired all night, and there were a lot of things that didn't go well on the defensive end. But the next game will be adjusted, and as the series progresses, everyone will definitely get to know each other better. The implication is that the 76ers were only caught off guard by playing a Knicks because of the first game.

The New York reporter got the answer, didn't ask any more questions, and sat down thoughtfully.

Subsequently, the press conference scene was like an explosion, with an endless stream of reporters raising their hands to ask questions, and Philadelphia NBA officials asked questions one by one, as if they were bombarding Anthony and the three in turn. (To be continued.) )