Iguodala's retaliatory counterattack did not achieve the result he wanted, on the contrary, he also paid a foul, the referee's whistle blew, and Zhang Chen got a 3+1 opportunity.

Now the score gap is 9 points, because Zhang Chen's three-point shot, the score gap has been pulled back by three points. Standing on the free throw line, Zhang Chen's heart sank, slowly lifted the basketball, and then kicked his feet on the ground, with such a little strength, the basketball also entered the basket after an arc.

The score gap became 8 points, and Zhang Chen has not missed free throws since the start of this season.

This four-point score is tantamount to a send-off for the Knicks, but Iguodala is unlucky, he has been seriously warned by the head coach's gaze, he did handle this ball a little painfully, and he just gave Zhang Chen a point in vain because of his revenge.

With only one minute and thirty seconds left before the end of the first half, whether the 76ers want to reopen the gap to 10 points, or the Knicks want to take the opportunity to get the gap back, they have to hurry. Now the players on both sides have a tacit understanding and begin to try to be as stable and fast as possible, hoping not to be robbed of the momentum by the opponent.

The 76ers' offense, Iguodala because he had just been slapped by Zhang Chen, and now his hand hurts faintly, knowing that his hand is estimated to be terrible, so he didn't think about competing with Zhang Chen, basketball finally came to the 76ers' inside, they beat Randolph's point, and the basketball finally went into the net, and the score gap finally allowed the 76ers to return to double digits as they wished.

The game continues to start, now is the time when the Knicks must not make mistakes, and the person who controls the ball has become Zhang Chen, Zhang Chen is undoubtedly quite easy to control the ball now over half the court, after all, everyone knows that wanting to steal Zhang Chen is just a whimsical thing, so no one is looking for fun.

Zhang Chen controlled the ball and came to the opponent's three-point line, which made him frown because his teammates not only did not find their position in the first time in actual combat, but fell into the opponent's rhythm again, which is not good news. Zhang Chen thinks it's better to come by himself, he has scored 19 points, 2 assists and 3 rebounds so far in this game, maybe this score can go up a little bit.

The basketball was like glue in Zhang Chen's control, sticking to Zhang Chen and not relaxing, after a horizontal pull under the crotch and changing direction, Zhang Chen forced his way into Iguodala again. Iguodala immediately called his friends to curb Zhang Chen's speed, and at this time, the opponent's guy who played the small front position immediately ran up to block Zhang Chen, Zhang Chen saw that he couldn't do anything, so he had to put away the basketball and jump out of his encirclement.

When Zhang Chen learned to run, the footsteps of his feet were also extremely flexible, and every time he used it, he was able to dazzle, and under such tempering, Zhang Chen's feet were also extremely flexible. Reflected in his breakthrough is his jump, breaking through the foot, which can be fast or slow, can run into three slow steps, or can directly and forcibly activate the incarnation lightning to make the opponent helpless. In short, in the ever-changing pace of his steps, the opponent always has only an unpredictable sense of powerlessness.

Zhang Chen's ball is still his kind of jumping stunt, he jumped away from the opponent's small front in one step, and then the 76ers' inside line has blocked Zhang Chen's front line, they are completely locked Zhang Chen's forward route this time, at least Zhang Chen wants to continue to go in can only be separated by the two of them.

Zhang Chen naturally doesn't have that ability, it's okay to be separated by a violent buckle, even if he can succeed in a violent buckle between two people, it is estimated that he will be disgraced, Zhang Chen will not do that kind of thing. At the last moment when he was about to crash into the two of them, his body soared into the air, and his left leg suddenly lifted high above his chest, and his knee could even be pressed against his chest.

At this time, Zhang Chen also walked flat in the sky because of this action, and then began to shoot. There are still a number of benefits to archery on horseback, including the ability to stay in the air when you jump, the ability to dodge your opponent's blocks, a distinct sense of rhythm that widens the gap between defenders and attackers, and the fact that the outstretched leg is enough to make the opponent and attacker more away.

"Huh!" In this good situation, Zhang Chen's goal was unambiguous, and the light flashed and disappeared into the fluttering net flowers.

Zhang Chen's score rose to 21 points, and the score gap between the two teams also returned to 8 points, and at this time, there were still 45 seconds left, and the final and most tragic battle of the first half began to kick off. The first was the 76ers' Andre Iguodala recovering and hitting a three-pointer from the outside, which he had done countless times in this game, with the basketball swaying into the basket and finally a small net splashing and the score gap to 11 points, and there were 24 seconds left, which happened to be the time for an offense. Zhang Chen still controlled the ball directly, but when he came to the frontcourt, he immediately passed the basketball to Du Hong's hands, Du Hong let the basketball gradually waste time in his hands, and it was not until 15 seconds after the time dragged on that he began to think about the offense, and they didn't want to leave the 76ers a chance to attack.

Again and again, the basketball fluttered under his crotch and waist, and compared with Zhang Chen's ball control, Du Hong's was slightly worse, but as a point guard, his ball control skills and ball control quality were quite good, and the opponent tried to come up and steal several times and was dodged by him, and at this time, Randolph suddenly pulled out of the outside line and asked Du Hong for the ball.

Seeing that there were only 6 seconds left in the clock, Du Hong did not hesitate and passed the basketball directly to Randolph.

Randolph seemed to see Zhang Chen shoot so many balls and felt that he needed to show his hand, so he jumped up directly outside the three-point line with his chubby body, but this guy had such an aura in the sky, and the basketball also left his right hand under the impetus of the power and rushed towards the basket.

If Zhang Chen's shooting is light and elegant, and the weight lifting is light, then Randolph's shooting has such a thunderous momentum, and the basketball is like a cannonball inserted into the three-point line. Zhang Chen was a little worried that this guy would mess up their last offense, so he hurriedly went inside to grab the rebound, but to his surprise, the ball flew into the basket neatly.

Although the trajectory of the ball was a bit flat, as if it had just touched it, the hit was quite crisp, and the friction between the basketball and the net was extremely hot.

"Good shot!" Randolph pounded his chest and said loudly, which made Zhang Chen immediately lose his mind to praise him.

Randolph was about to become self-absorbed, but by the time he turned around, everyone had already run, and Zhang Chen was about to defend against the opponent's last attack.

The 76ers' offense was fast, after all, there were only 3 seconds left, so after they made a few long passes between several people, the basketball flew into the hands of Iguodala near the midcourt, Iguodala saw that the offensive time was getting less and less, and immediately jumped up and threw the basketball, and the basketball finally deviated from the basket and was rejected by the basket. Iguodala waved his arm in annoyance, but there was nothing he could do without scoring.

And just like that, the first half ended with the two sides separated by 8 points, with the Knicks trailing by 8 points.

Back in the locker room, Zhang Chen still sat motionless on the stool in front of the locker door, sweat still can't hide the trickling down, he only played for five minutes in the second quarter, and his physical strength didn't have much consumption, but he was a little sweaty, and in this case, the sweat couldn't be hidden, and it trickled down.

Zhang Chen's statistics in the first half were 21 points, 2 assists and 3 rebounds, and it seems that Zhang Chen may still get a relatively high score today. Now he's scrambling to regain his strength and prepare for the second half.

There is still an indescribable feeling lingering in his heart, he now really understands the difficulty of a team winning, in the past, when he was in the Suns, if the Suns could defeat the opponent, it was always smooth, and the opponent often had to disarm and surrender, but now it is different, Zhang Chen always feels that he has tried his best and scored a lot of points, but he can't help the team to win the final victory.

What the hell is going on? Why does the opponent always have the ability to beat to the death, the Hawks were like that a few days ago, and the 76ers are still like that now? This matter has become a big rock hovering in Zhang Chen's heart, he doesn't want the team to fail, he really doesn't want to, but now it seems that they have to pay a heavy price if they don't recover a point, and they will definitely be unlucky this season.

Zhang Chen quietly found D'Antoni, and then said straight to the point: "Boss, I think there is a little problem in our team, we always can't find a way to restrain the opponent...... When launching a counteroffensive, you can often only rely on individual ability, although this can barely support when encountering some teams that are not too strong, but when we encounter strong teams, it is conceivable that one person or two people cannot support the entire team. ”

D'Antoni looked at him and said, "You're right, that's it, we can't deal with a strong team at all...... In fact, we have already discussed this issue in the last game, but unfortunately what we have to do now is to choose gradually, you don't want to think about it for a while to make our team a deserved strong team, it takes a process, clear? A process. ”

Zhang Chen nodded, in fact, he was just looking for D'Antoni to vomit, and the current situation of the team made Zhang Chen very entangled.

This time David? Li brought a drink and put it on Zhang Chen's hand, and said, "Chen, this is what I just called you...... Hurry up and drink it, it should be good for your physical exertion. ”

"Thank you." Zhang Chen took a sip of the person, and then said vaguely: "David, how do you feel today?" What do you think of playing this way? ”

"It's just amazing! The pace you gave me was quite useful, and today I had some offensive and defensive advantages...... They need more energy to defend me, so I can draw more attention from the opponent's defense, right? ”

Zhang Chen nodded and said: "In fact, I will give you more knowledge and a training method for the pace, after all, my pace is aimed at outside players like me, what you need more is to find a trainer who is proficient in the inside foot." ”

"I see." David Lee nodded and sat next to Zhang Chen, speaking of which, David Lee really slowly became Zhang Chen's descendant, and the first passing choice to grab the rebound must be Zhang Chen.

As for Randolph, in fact, Randolph is also a little silent now, because he finds that he is now in the situation within the Knicks, and everyone no longer regards him as the core, which makes him feel quite depressed but has nowhere to go, so he has to mumble and complain. Usually he complains about at least one Eddie Curry, but now the big-chested man said that it was a foot pain, and he was unable to participate in this game, and he escaped in the eyes of D'Antoni who hated iron and steel.

The second half of the game continued, although the Knicks dug a big hole for themselves in the second quarter, but their backwardness became much smaller with Zhang Chen's efforts, which made them full of expectations for the team or Zhang Chen, and everyone was watching the situation on the court intently.

The first ball was possession by the 76ers, who quickly controlled the ball across the half court and then staggered inside and outside, and the basketball finally hung into the hands of the interior player, who began to arc around his left leg, and then finally found a direction to start making layups, and the basketball was a little off the side of the basket, and the rebound was snatched by the Knicks.

The person who grabbed the rebound was David Lee, who immediately passed the basketball to Zhang Chen, who received the ball without stopping and rushed directly towards the half court.

It's just that the 76ers still have a hand when dealing with the opponent's possible fast break, and they immediately began to retreat, so that the Knicks' fast break was dumb in the chamber of the gun before it was fully fired. Zhang Chen passed the ball to Wilson after halftime? Chandler, then he missed the shot and the rebound went back into the hands of the 76ers.

The 76ers were not so polite, and the Knicks couldn't stop their fast break, and in the Knicks' helpless situation and eyes in the face of the opponent's fast break offense, the 76ers finally ended the offense with a light pick, and the score gap returned to double digits.

The Knicks attacked again, this time it was still Zhang Chen who controlled the ball, and after examining the offensive situation of his teammates outside the three-point line, Zhang Chen decided to shoot himself, so the basketball left his hands and ran towards the basket, but unfortunately there were some deviations in the trajectory, and finally bounced on the basket and jumped high, and was caught by the 76ers' inside high jump.

Zhang Chen hurriedly raised his hand step by step to signal that the ball was his fault, but he soon found that he didn't have time to do that, because the 76ers had already formed a fast attack formation, and the two of them quickly cooperated, seeing that a fast attack was about to be completed again!

The Knicks' lack of neatness in the defensive lineup was once again evident, and they swarmed back to the half-court to defend the opponent's fast break, and the guys of the 76ers were quite vicious, and they could often find opportunities to continue to move forward in the Knicks' messy defensive coordination. So, they threaded the needle all the way, and found a living space in the cracks of the Knicks.

Zhang Chen's ninth-level speed gave him the capital to come first, and he knew that at this time, if the opponent succeeded in breaking fast again, it would be too much of a blow to the morale of the Knicks, so he stepped into the three-point line in a few steps and jumped high against the opponent's small forward who was about to dunk.

Two people collided in the sky, and if the 76ers' big forward and Zhang Chen fought hard, they might suffer, let alone their small forward?

Zhang Chen knew that his bounce would not allow him to cover the ball, so the purpose of his shot was the opponent's arm from beginning to end, and he slapped the guy from the air in the way of hitting Iguodala, and then he fell.

“**！” That guy was beaten down by Zhang Chen and was about to rush up and reason with Zhang Chen as soon as possible, but Zhang Chen didn't have that interest, the referee quickly came over and gave Zhang Chen a defensive foul, Zhang Chen paid for the third foul in this game, but finally did not let the opponent succeed in the fast attack.

The 76ers hit both free throws, and the score gap became 12 points, at this time the Knicks' offense had a little problem, and the opponent was stealing the ball when Dujon passed, and the basketball was stealing away by the 76ers, and they quickly began to run, ready to launch a counterattack. Fortunately, this time Zhang Chen got stuck on the main route and tangled with the opponent's ball-handler for a while, delaying the time for a second and bankrupting their fast break.

So the ball became a positional battle, the 76ers were deploying troops, and after several basketball rotations, the ball finally came to the inside of the 76ers, and then the tall guy came directly to a layup, and the Knicks were powerless to stop it, so they could only obediently watch the basketball obediently fall into the net.

Although Zhang Chen's efforts and the quick return of his teammates prevented another fast break from happening, Zhang Chen was still annoyed and sad in his heart - the Knicks were playing too hard, and now even though he and Randolph were on the court, the opponent was still riding on the Knicks and. The score that was finally recovered was pulled away by the opponent again, and now the score gap has reached 14 points.

After smiling bitterly for a while, Zhang Chen took the pass from the baseline and slowly controlled the ball across the half court, this time he sought stability and did not immediately attack, but let the basketball rotate in the middle of the crowd for a while, and finally came to the inside line. Basketball has gained the freedom and motivation of the heart after a few tossing and turning, David? Lee was not afraid of danger at such a critical moment and finally scored two points.

Although the score gap did not return to single digits, the Knicks finally got rid of the scoring drought, but unfortunately they couldn't get up so quickly, and the rest will definitely be a tougher game.

Zhang Chen is obligated to the rise and fall of the team, and when the team is faced with this situation, it is conceivable that he can only stand up in the end.

(To be continued)