In the third quarter of the game, as everyone imagined, the Knicks firmly protected the team's lead, and although the Magic tried hard to recover the score, they have not been able to narrow the score to within five points.

And so it was until the end of the third quarter and the clock was only two minutes left.

At this time, the score on the court was still 79:69, and the difference was still 10 points. The momentum of the Magic team's chasing points has almost been worn out.

However, it was at this time that there were signs of success in chasing points.

One of the Knicks' offense didn't score, and Chen Jiyuan's jumper didn't score. Here, Carter grabbed the rebound on the inside. After that, he quickly dribbled the ball through the half. Then it came to the three-point line.

Standing outside the three-point line on the left, Carter looked like he was waiting for his opponent to attack after halftime.

However, Iguodala did not let up in defending Carter, but Iguodala needed to pay attention to the Magic players who followed up in the middle while also paying attention to the defensive Carter's shots.

After Howard followed, Iguodala paid more attention.

And it was taking advantage of this reality that Carter moved directly to the left sideways for a small step, and then made a decisive three-point shot.

Iguodala quickly stepped forward to block, but nothing was possible, and the ball flew past Iguodala's fingers to the basket, albeit slowly. But the ball ends up in the hoop.

After Carter scored this three-pointer, the stat had become 28 points.

Magic's quick return defense, Knicks offense,

After returning to defense, there was 1 minute and 58 seconds left in the third quarter.

Howard, who was on the inside, shouted to boost morale: "Put down this ball, drop this ball." Prevent them from killing. ”

Maybe it was Howard's yelling that played a role, and the morale of the Magic did lift a little, and the players of the Magic team were very positive when defending this time.

Sessions was just past halftime when he was pressed by Nelson. And Nelson has been trying to steal the ball according to the opportunity.

However, since Sessions entered the league, he has been a very stable player, and at the beginning, although he was not particularly strong and comprehensive, he became synonymous with Sessions with the word stable.

Sessions rarely made turnovers, and in his first season, he made just 158 turnovers all season. That's definitely a pretty good record. Because all rookies make a lot of mistakes in their first season in order to adapt to the rhythm of the NBA.

For example, Lillard, who has been popular recently, made a total of 243 turnovers in his rookie season. And then there's Michael Carter Williams, who turned over 247 times in his rookie season. With Irving's dribbling skills, he also made 160 turnovers in his rookie season. Paul also had 183 turnovers in his rookie season. Rose had 202 turnovers in his rookie season.

These are all point guards who have won the Rookie of the Year title. They also made a lot of mistakes in their first season. So, Sessions' 158 sincerity is quite a few.

Although we should look more at the assist-to-turnover ratio. But even with the assist-to-turnover ratio, Sessions reached 3.2 in his first season. The reason why it is so high is because Sessions did not attack much on his own in his first season, and it was Stucky who attacked more. So Sessions is more often about dribbling through the half and organising the offense. Or shoot two baskets.

Nelson didn't get the ball from Sessions, but she didn't lose her defensive position either.

Sessions and Chen Jiyuan cooperated in blocking and dismantling, and after pulling horizontally, Sessions slipped the bottom line, but found that Howard's defense was in place, and Sessions really didn't have any chance, and wanted to break ground on Howard, the best defensive player, and Sessions would not be so self-aware. The physical distance between two people, with their own physical talents, if they go to the basket, there are eight or nine to be blocked.

After a lap from the baseline, Sessions passed the ball to Love on the right. Lefu received the ball and shot directly from the middle distance, and the ball bounced out of the frame again.

Howard protects the rebound.

Nelson wanted to pass the ball and dribbled through the half. After halftime, Nelson gave the ball to Carter. Carter feels so hot now, after all. So Nelson also took the initiative to let Carter go to attack on his own.

Carter received the ball and faced Iguodala's defense. Carter dribbles the ball to an acceleration and goes to the right.

Iguodala quickly followed Carter's movements. However, Carter suddenly made an abrupt stop. However, this did not completely break away from Iguodala's defense. At this distance, Iguodala is still able to interfere.

However, Carter only needs to shake out the space for his shot.

This ball, after Carter made an emergency stop, jumped directly and jumped back to shoot. Iguodala tried her best to reach for the cover, but she couldn't reach it.

Carter's hand is really bursting. This ball has a difficulty coefficient of four stars, and if you count the interference of Iguodala of the defensive player, the overall difficulty is four and five stars. But this ball still creaked into the basket.

79:74。

Carter scored five points in a row. Thibodeau can't help it. I can only quickly ask for a timeout to interrupt the rhythm and momentum of the magic.

Carter was also very excited after scoring this goal. Hammered his own chest, and Howard came up with a jumping chest bang.

There was only 1:05 left in the third quarter. But at this time, the magic hit a small climax.

The Knicks had to react quickly.

At the timeout, Thibodeau did not make a substitution, but said to Chen Jiyuan: "Here, single Howard." If the magic is trapped, Sessions you stand here waiting for the ball, receive Chen Jiyuan's ball as soon as possible, and then make a judgment. ”

Sure enough, at this time, the Knicks can trust Chen Jiyuan the most.

And considering that the Magic are very likely to be on the bag, it is still necessary to let Sessions pick it up here.

The reason why Sessions was asked to answer was because of Sessions' organizational ability, and partly because Sessions felt good today. Sessions has scored 21 points so far today. The hit rate is also quite impressive.

On the other hand, Chen Jiyuan played a little abnormally.

Today, Chen Jiyuan's third quarter of the game passed immediately, but he only scored 7 points. It's really hard to look at such data.

However, when everyone feels cold, Chen Jiyuan also decisively gave more opportunities to his teammates. He conscientiously did hard work, worked hard to grab rebounds on defense, and blocked and dismantled on the offensive end to attract defensive attention. It's all about thinking of yourself as a blue-collar worker.

But what is a superstar? What is a Team Leader?

That is, no matter how bad your previous performance was, you will not hesitate to stand up at the critical moment.

The game restarted, the Knicks attacked, and according to the tactics, Chen Jiyuan reached out for the ball in the low post on the right side.

Chen Jiyuan jammed Howard behind him, then stretched out his left hand, and Sessions hoisted the ball high to Chen Jiyuan. This ball was hoisted very well, and Chen Jiyuan received this ball very comfortably.

After receiving the ball, Chen Jiyuan faced Howard's defense for the first time, but the Magic's bag did not come up, which was also because Chen Jiyuan's hand was not very good before, so the Magic temporarily focused more defensive attention on others, and for Chen Jiyuan, Howard was left alone.

Chen Jiyuan, who plays with the ball on his back, still hopes to be able to enter the basket and attack.

After all, the feeling of scoring is very mysterious, but now Chen Jiyuan knows that his hand feels cold, and he still wants to make his offensive success rate as high as possible, which is naturally the most effective way to enter the basket.

Chen Jiyuan arched Howard twice, then took a frontal jump, and put his left hand away. Dribbling the ball to the front basket.

Then he shook it for a while, but Howard was not in a hurry at all, and quietly watched Chen Jiyuan make a fake move.

Howard is also very aware of Chen Jiyuan's psychology, so from the beginning, Howard did not defend Chen Jiyuan's turnaround jumper, and was directly waiting for Chen Jiyuan to go, but the question was to turn around and slip to the bottom line, or take the two options of the front.

Either way, Howard was mentally prepared.

And in fact, Howard was right. Chen Jiyuan really didn't turn over and make a jumper.

Chen Jiyuan's ball, in the end, could only force a left-handed hook hand. But Howard's interference still caused the ball to pop out of the frame.

Howard quickly turned around to protect the backcourt rebound after the interference.

When you are in opposition to Chen Jiyuan, the slightest bit of slackness will cause fatal consequences.

The Magic attacked again, and the ball was handed over to Carter to attack with the ball. Van Gundy also saw that Carter was obviously in a hot period, so he naturally had to make good use of this time.

Carter and Howard work in a pick-and-roll matchup. Chen Jiyuan stepped forward to delay Carter's dribbling route, and then Chen Jiyuan and Iguodala came back after changing defenses.

However, just as Iguodala switched back, it was just such a chance that it was not a chance, and Carter actually made a shot from the three-point line. Another four-star shot with a difficulty factor.

In the air, Carter forced his balance and threw the ball into his hand.

Iguodala also went to defend with all his might. But it didn't work. The ball still went into the basket.

This Nima. Iguodala was going to cry.

I don't have anything like that. Every time is a four-star shot with a difficulty coefficient, and Nima scores every time. We can't still have fun together.

79:77。

After that, both sides each hit an iron, and the third quarter ended like this.

What started as a double-digit lead is now a two-point lead.