Since Zhang Chen met Anthony, more than a year has passed unhurriedly, although D'Antoni feels that he should know Zhang Chen more and more, but in fact, Zhang Chen can always give him surprises, unexpected surprises. And his strength seems to never run out, always bursting out with new technology just when they think he is that little bit of strength.

Not only D'Antoni, but also several other teammates who have known each other for a short time also have such thoughts about Zhang Chen.

The fourth quarter of the game is about to begin, and with Zhang Chen's efforts, the Knicks only entered the fourth quarter with a 3-point difference, and the three-point gap is nothing at all, and a three-point shot can be solved. Today's game has been entangled from the beginning, and the Knicks are always entangled in the dilemma of wanting to chase the score but suddenly being pulled back by the opponent to pull back the score gap again, and many people think that this should include now.

The first ball in the fourth quarter was in the hands of Zhang Chen, he was unhurried, unhurried to control the ball through the half, his speed remained at a relatively even level, and since the opponents had given up the steal, he would naturally not come up to find trouble again. Zhang Chen controlled the ball in this way and passed the half court and came to the opponent's three-point line, and Iguodala came out to defend again.

The two men had already greeted each other with offense and defense, and now they were all very familiar with each other, and he kept a posture in front of Zhang Chen that could both defend his shots and estimate his offense - even if he knew that it might not do much.

Zhang Chen slowly pressed his chest with his shoulder, dribbled the ball, and then he took his left foot as the axis, and his body suddenly turned to the right.

"It's going to be a jumper again." Iguodala quickly made a judgment in his mind, and he immediately raised his hands and moved horizontally towards Zhang Chen's left, causing Zhang Chen's eyes to be blurred for a while. However, Zhang Chen made another feint this time, as he had done many times, it was like a ghost, flickering and crumbling, in short, it would make the defender feel that every part of his body was real or imaginary. Zhang Chen quickly turned around again the moment Iguodala blocked him to his right, and his body turned to the left, by which time Iguodala was completely too late, because Zhang Chen stepped a few centimeters outside the three-point line and let his body jump high with the help of the power of the floor.

Zhang Chen, who was surrounded by the sound of the wind, bloomed brilliantly in the sky, and the basketball flew to the farther sky in the control of both hands, and after a long flight, the basketball finally reached its final destination and plunged into the net.

"Good shot!"

The cheers of the crowd rang out at the right time, and before this ball, the Knicks were always brutally exploited and ruthlessly suppressed by their opponents every time they chased the score, which is why they have not been able to recover the score. Now that concern no longer exists, Zhang Chen decisively turned the score into a tie with a three-pointer, and at the same time, the head coach of the 76ers also radiated an unusually dazzling spark in his eyes, and this flame seemed to want to ignite directly these guys under him.

Zhang Chen's three-pointer also raised his stats to 36 points, and this dazzling score filled him with the confidence to step into the 40-point stage again.

"Attack, attack!" The head coach of the 76ers yelled at his players in frustration, he didn't expect to have a lead of so many points today, and the opponent was still a half-baked team that was far from finished. This season's 76ers are full of ambition, and if they lose today to the Knicks, a team that has just struggled out of the lottery zone but still has one foot in the muddy waters of a fish belly team, it will be a joke to get to where they want to go.

The 76ers' offense was in full swing, and they finally let the basketball slam into the basket in the midst of the coach's near-critical yelling, and the Knicks' trail came again.

It was still Zhang Chen who controlled the ball, and at this critical moment, other people controlled the ball D'Antoni was not at ease, Zhang Chen came directly to the three-point line, relying on the ball in his hand, and suddenly began to accelerate into the inside line at a step outside the three-point line. Iguodala stepped out of his left leg to block Zhang Chen's direction, but Zhang Chen only used a horizontal pull to change direction, and he could only sigh.

Zhang Chen's body once again turned into the most perfect combination of lightning and falling leaves, his body was like a shock, and in a short moment he had completely thrown off Iguodala, and then used his strong strength to directly push the opponent's big forward to a stumble, and then he used his control of his body in the air to glide for more than half a meter and hit a layup with a low hand.

Zhang Chen scored two more points, and so far his stats have become 38 points, 2 assists and 4 rebounds, Zhang Chen fell to the ground steadily, did not do anything to celebrate, just looked up at the score that had become a tie again, and then retreated towards the half court while panting.

Zhang Chen's breakthrough is as always, like a glimpse of the light, on the dazzling and shadowy court, like a dragon, like a frightening dragon.

Zhang Chen's two balls opened the curtain of the Knicks' counterattack frenzy, and in the next three minutes, Zhang Chen first assisted Gallinari to shoot a three-pointer, then Dujon assisted Randolph to slam a dunk, and then Zhang Chen's jump shot was missed by David Lee and he grabbed a rebound and directly came to a secondary offensive hit. In short, the Knicks' inside and outside line fired in an all-round way, making these three minutes the most hearty three minutes for the Knicks this season, and they have been pressing the opponent to play during these three minutes, and the growth of morale is like a snowball rolling, and the good surname is circulating.

In this way, with the last eight minutes left to the end of the game, the Knicks were already three points ahead of their opponents, and if they had led by three points in the Suns, it was just a slight advantage. It's just that when the Knicks were on this team, the 3-point lead was already quite rare, and everyone even had a little impulse to tears.

Regardless, the Knicks' morale was fully mobilized by this scoreline, and when the Knicks were in full swing, when each of them was able to move towards a common goal, their offensive and defensive holes were perfectly covered.

The Knicks finally found their rhythm, and the basketball flew between everyone, finally playing with the momentum they wanted and the lineup D'Antoni wanted.

At this point, the head coach of the 76ers glanced apprehensively at the court and immediately called a timeout.

“**！” D'Antoni heard a sharp whistle ringing across the pitch and looked up to see that the referee had signaled for everyone to return to the bench. D'Antoni's eyebrows furrowed, and he cursed involuntarily, in that situation just now, the Knicks' cooperation was as tight as satin, and this tightness was completely natural and unadorned, and that was exactly what D'Antoni wanted them to go in.

Unfortunately, this closeness was interrupted by his opponent, which is why D'Antoni was so angry.

When Zhang Chen walked out of the court, his feet were weak and he almost fell to the ground, but he was also full of resentment towards the head coach of the 76ers - he had a similar view to D'Antoni, and if they could keep up the momentum in that situation, they would definitely be able to maintain this flying momentum until they completely extinguished the 76ers, but now it seems that they have missed the opportunity.

Zhang Chen sat on the bench depressed and listened to D'Antoni, his physical strength had once again reached a critical value, and the game just now consumed too much physical strength.

came to Du Hong's side, Zhang Chen patted him on the shoulder: "Chris, next you control the ball, you are in charge, I have no strength." ”

Dujon nodded, and D'Antoni said at this time: "Guys, everyone was doing very well just now...... Your cooperation is like no one has ever seen before, and in fact that's exactly what I want you to get to in the end, and I don't think a pause can stop us, can it? Now we still need to find our own positions, Chris, you have to keep an eye on your teammates in the open positions, you need to keep their eyes on them all the time. You just did that, and I hope you can persevere, only then can we have a stronger vitality! ”

"Yes!" Everyone responded and the crowd erupted in cheers for their unanimous voices, and the morale of a team is often tied to the spectators, who are often able to watch the overall situation of the team they support before reacting. At least just now the Knicks played pretty well.

Back on the court, the 76ers guys had a fierce glint in their eyes, which made Randolph hairy, and then the 76ers began to attack, and the ball was in the hands of the point guard, and after halftime, it was handed to Iguodala.

Iguodala was also a little apprehensive in the face of Zhang Chen's defense, Zhang Chen's speed was too fast, his feet were too good, and his strength was too strong, and it was undoubtedly difficult to find a gap in this situation and then score a goal.

Iguodala still summoned his teammates to block him, missed his teammate's back, went around the other side of the three-point line and fired a jumper, his eyes flashing with rage, which made his basketball trajectory straight and slammed into the basket like a cannonball.

The 76ers are only 1 point behind, the Knicks are slowly controlled by Duhong across the halfcourt, he took 7 seconds to get to the three-point line, Zhang Chen used his own running skills that have not really been used since this season, Iguodala saw Zhang Chen's footsteps suddenly staggered, and the shaking of his shoulders also dazzled him when he suddenly recalled, Zhang Chen of last season, isn't he such a guy who can never figure out when attacking without the ball?

Zhang Chen's footsteps staggered two steps, and then his shoulders used a running feint, and then he quickly came to the 45-degree angle of the left wing of the three-point line, Du Hong now happened to capture Zhang Chen's figure, the basketball appeared in Zhang Chen's hands after crossing an arc, Zhang Chen may not have experienced this feeling for a long time, but seeing that the basket was open in front of him, he couldn't wait to jump and shoot.

"Oops......" Zhang Chen's heart beat this thought in the last moment of the jump shot, because just now his body suddenly fell off the chain, and there was a feeling of exhaustion.

"Bang!" The basketball was not ambiguous at all, it used an iron to prove Zhang Chen's speculation, and the rebound was snatched by the opponent, so their fast break began.

The Knicks struggled to defend the fast-break, with the basketball first in the hands of the opponent's point guard, but when Dujon went up to defend, the basketball tore through the Knicks' defense and flew directly into the hands of Iguodala, who ran to the near midcourt. Before the other players could come to the defense, the basketball changed owners again and came to the small forward who quickly cut down.

"Bang!" The slam dunk was blazing, like a breath of angry breath from the 76ers, and the basket staggered, and it was forced into by the basketball to cause the Knicks to be overtaken again.

Zhang Chen hurriedly raised his hand to signal, saying that the ball was his responsibility, but now everyone didn't care about him very much, because their top priority was to attack, not to let the score advantage be snatched away by the 76ers, Du Hong passed the basketball to the hands of Randolph, who was eager to try it in the inside. Randolph began to spin left and right to make a layup, but the basketball was not fully controlled by him, and the opponent's point guard who was killed inside quickly shot down, and then another fast break was launched.

That's how the Knicks trailed by three points.

The Knicks are starting to crash again! The basketball courtside crowd quickly went from being quite happy to beginning to disappointed, and the Knicks' fourth-quarter game was supposed to reach a level of free control after Zhang Chen's continuous flowering, but now their lead fell apart again, and the 76ers' offense and defense were like precise and sharp scalpels, cutting the Knicks' lead one by one.

The Knicks' offensive efficiency began to wane, and the rapid physical depletion and lack of tactical literacy made it quite difficult for them to score. In contrast, the 76ers' offense is like a precise scalpel, always able to find the opponent's weak points and then attack them, in this situation, the Knicks are struggling to hold up the situation, and it is getting tougher, but the 76ers are making the Knicks' cracks and wounds bigger and bigger.

The Knicks began to collapse, and everyone had a sad spell written on their faces, and in fact they had given all the effort they could, but the score gap was still getting bigger and bigger in the opponent's offense and defense.

With two minutes left in the game, the Knicks were already eight points behind, and the crowd in the crowd was already dead in cheers.

D'Antoni quickly called a timeout, facing the panting players, who was too embarrassed to say anything serious, although he was dissatisfied. He thought about it for a moment and said, "Tell me, guys, do you want to win?" ”

"Yes, of course I want to!" David. Lee grabbed a total of 13 rebounds today, but the state of the team still worried everyone, so he was the first to speak up.

"Well, in that case...... Let's bet...... Next, we adjusted all of our offensive tools into three-point jumpers, and we wanted to regain our lead as soon as possible, and at the same time, the interior players must control the rebounds so that everyone's three-point shots have no worries. So, it's still a combination of inside and outside, but we need to put the burden of offense on the outside, and of course, Zach you have the ability to shoot three-pointers, and you can come out and shoot threes when your teammates are locked up, but it's better to be able to make sure you hit your shots, because every possession is crucial for us right now. ”

Everyone nodded with a calm face, and Randolph didn't want to say anything at this time, although it was said that handing over the ball to the outside offense was mostly to hand it over to Zhang Chen, but at this time, if they played steadily, the 8-point score would be nothing to chase back, you must know that there is plenty of time in front of them, and everyone can still lead by so many points under the steady request, and now if the time is more urgent, it is obviously impossible for them to still want to win with a two-point shot.

Standing on the court again, Zhang Chen glanced at the bright red scoreboard, and also swept his technical statistics, now it is 41 points, 3 assists and 5 rebounds, and he has exceeded 40 points in two consecutive games since the start of this season.

The ball of the first ball is the Knicks's, Zhang Chen controlled the ball himself after half court, the time on the scoreboard began to beat rapidly after he received the pass, and when Zhang Chen came to the opponent's three-point line, the time had jumped to 1:51, and there was only one minute and fifty-one seconds left, at this time, it seemed that the 76ers had also been aware of it, and felt that the Knicks were mostly going to focus on outside three-point shots, so they were ready to take joint defense and other methods for Zhang Chen, after all, Zhang Chen would definitely be the most threatening outside shooter, There is no doubt about that.

Zhang Chen quickly found Gallinari to block and dismantle, and then he began to dribble himself, starting from Gallinari's left hand, and dribbling around him, to Gallinari's right hand, Iguodala was a little caught off guard for a while, so he was blocked on Gallinari's left, and Zhang Chen had come to another direction next to the three-point line.

However, Zhang Chen was far from being happy, because the opponent's small forward suddenly collided with him, and when Zhang Chen came to the other direction of Gallinari, the opponent's small forward suddenly caught up and stuck to Zhang Chen's body, which made him unable to shoot at all, but this guy was stalking, which made Zhang Chen feel a little anxious for a while.

At this time, Iguodala also felt a little scared to defend himself, he felt that he couldn't let Zhang Chen have any chance to catch the ball, so he also came over to prepare to wrap Zhang Chen, but after Zhang Chen saw him, he suddenly thought that Gallinari should be in the empty position now, so his left hand shook, and the basketball passed through Iguodala's back, hitting the ground and passing the ball to the hands of Gallinari not far away.

Despite the stakes of the ball, Gallinari's shot was unequivocal, jumping high from beyond the three-point line and then shooting.

"Huh!" The basketball crashes into the hoop with a graceful arc!

(To be continued)