The third quarter was a bit tepid, and the Knicks players were fighting like a girl clenching her thighs in the face of bandits. The 76ers' offense is in full swing.

In the past game, Zhang Chen played a crucial role in the Knicks' final victory, and Zhang Chen was often able to use his three-point shooting skills in key moments. But after all, Zhang Chen is just a person and not a god, and there will always be times when his hit rate is very low.

Zhang Chen's shooting percentage has been a little low since the start of the third quarter, he missed two three-point shots, one two-point shot, and he only scored 4 points in the entire third quarter, including two free throws. Zhang Chen is also very troubled by his current shooting rate, especially the team's current difficult shooting rate has dropped significantly, but this kind of thing is not in a hurry, and his only way is to adjust his state as soon as possible. The third quarter of the game has reached the last four minutes, Zhang Chen took a two-minute break halfway, and now his physical strength cannot be said to be abundant, but at least he can maintain this game.

Zhang Chen's shooting rate in the third quarter was miserable, but fortunately, Randolph was in control of the game, and he blossomed inside and out, including many of them who fell into the hole for Zhang Chen's current low shooting rate. But at least the team barely survived with his support, of course, he alone couldn't hold up the whole game, and several other people finally found a little rhythm of their game, Gallinari shot two three-pointers in this quarter, Wilson broke through and succeeded, and David Lee on the inside grabbed 1 frontcourt rebound and 3 backcourt rebounds in this quarter, and with the efforts of several of them, the score between the Knicks and the 76ers was 68 with four minutes left in the game on the second floor: 58, the Knicks are ten points behind, and it's the Knicks' possession right now.

Although Zhang Chen's performance in this quarter of the game was a little unsatisfactory, the performance of others was remarkable, and the Knicks also found a little way to fight together in an orderly manner in this state. Zhang Chen just got off the court for a two-minute break because of his bad hand, and now that he is back on the court, he intuitively feels that his hand feeling should have recovered a lot.

When Zhang Chen stepped on the court again, although Zhang Chen's shooting just now made the audience feel a little cold, but when he re-entered the court, he was still greeted by overwhelming cheers.

Zhang Chen returned to the court, the first ball was the Knicks' possession, he directly controlled the half, the basketball was still smooth in his hands, and the ball control technique was not affected by the feel, it still seemed to be stuck in Zhang Chen's palm.

Zhang Chen approached the three-point line step by step, and the person opposite Zhang Chen once again became Iguodala.

Iguodala had a long break in the third and second quarters, and now his eyes are shining, he is fierce and energetic, and he can naturally spare no effort when defending Zhang Chen.

In the past third quarter of the game, Zhang Chen's teammates performed well, which made the 76ers' defensive tactics also undergo another adjustment.

Zhang Chen slowly controlled the ball and came to Iguodala, Iguodala opened his hands as if he was facing a great enemy, as if he wanted to surround Zhang Chen, Zhang Chen suddenly began to forcibly start to the inside line, his right leg moved, Iguodala instantly lost his soul, and quickly let his center of gravity begin to retreat to prepare to accept Zhang Chen's charge.

However, Zhang Chen retracted his center of gravity again, let the basketball pass through his crotch, and in order to be safe, he also took a step sideways to the left, and then his body quickly followed, and came to a place close to the left wing of the three-point line.

Iguodala wanted to hurry up, but Zhang Chen's lateral movement speed was also quite good, even better than Iguodala, who was good at lateral speed. Zhang Chen stabilized the basketball, and then calmly shot, and when Iguodala came up to defend it, the basketball had already left Zhang Chen's hands and flew towards the sky.

"Huh!" The crisp sound of piercing the net came out, and at this time the audience invariably breathed a sigh of relief, although they still chose to believe Zhang Chen, but Zhang Chen's impression of missing the shot in the first half of this section was a bit bad, so everyone was worried about the final direction of the ball. Fortunately, Zhang Chen lived up to their expectations, and the basketball crossed the sky, drawing a full arc as always.

Zhang Chen withdrew his hands to keep the shooting position, and the hit of this ball helped the Knicks fall behind by 7 points, and Iguodala began to feel a little headache - it seemed that he had run into a rampage Zhang Chen again.

Three-point shooting has always been Zhang Chen's main scoring method, last season he averaged 4.1 three-pointers per game, ranking first in the league, and even became an unprecedented shooter, and after the start of this season, in the last game, 21 of his total 46 points came from three-point shooting.

The three-point shot is already deeply imprinted on Zhang Chen's soul, and every time he shoots, it will be a piece of flying sand and stones, and the wind and clouds will change color in an instant, and the three-point shot will enter the net.

The 76ers saw that Zhang Chen had a chance of recovery, so they hurriedly launched an attack, and finally their point guard assisted the center inside to slam the dunk successfully, and the score gap became 9 points. Then Zhang Chen began to dribble through the half court again, and still no one wanted to steal the basketball in Zhang Chen's hand in the middle of the half, because this guy's proficiency in ball control skills has been deeply engraved in everyone's soul, and they don't want to waste their strength in vain.

There were still three minutes and twenty seconds left in the time, Zhang Chen slowly controlled the ball and came to the three-point line, Iguodala blocked Zhang Chen in front of him, still with his hands open, but it seemed that he wanted to rush up directly to surround Zhang Chen, so that he couldn't move. However, this idea was not able to be implemented after all, because Zhang Chen dribbled to avoid him, and at this time Gallinari suddenly came to Zhang Chen's side, Zhang Chen stepped his right leg and came to Gallinari's right, and then stood firmly.

Iguodala panicked, and hurriedly moved his body to block the blocking and dismantling of these two cunning guys, but his pace was still a beat slower after all, when he felt that he was about to be able to touch Zhang Chen's shooting penalty area, Zhang Chen had already jumped high, his eyes flashed, and his face was full of calm light, and then, the basketball steadily left Zhang Chen's hands, crossed the sky, like a bright meteor, and finally entered the basket with stars and moons.

Another three-pointer!

There were bursts of shouts in the audience on the side of the basketball court, Zhang Chen really did not disappoint them at this critical moment, this three-point shot was scored neatly, and by the time everyone reacted, they could only see the fluttering net flowers.

After Zhang Chen shot this three-pointer, the score gap became 6 points, which was already a score within reach, and the 76ers had obviously realized this, their faces were solemn, and they couldn't wait to eat him alive when they looked at Zhang Chen.

Zhang Chen is always able to play extraordinarily at such critical moments, shooting as if he has secretly turned a crosshair, Zhang Chen's current statistics have risen to 31 points, 2 assists and 4 rebounds, his score has broken through the 30-point mark in three quarters, and it looks like his score may exceed 40 points today.

Since coming to the Knicks to play, Zhang Chen has found that his attention to data is not as strong as last season, although data is the strongest desire hidden in every player's deep or shallow place, but this desire Zhang Chen has also begun to slowly suppress. It's just that although he doesn't pay much attention to his stats, he can also get a pretty good stat, such as the astonishing 46 points in the last game and so many rebounds and assists.

Seeing that the score gap was getting smaller and smaller, and there were three minutes and five seconds left, the guys on the 76ers were also in a hurry, and they played a little frizzy with this ball, so later after their point guard stepped into the basket, his layup was depicted by David? Lee slapped him in the face, and the morale of the 76ers was immediately boosted.

On the contrary, the Knicks' high morale, this time the person who controlled the ball was Duhon, Duhong controlled the ball to the three-point line, and passed directly to Randolph, who quickly cut straight down, and Randolph slammed the dunk successfully, so the score gap between the 76ers and the Knicks was only the last 4 points.

The head coach of the 76ers looked in a bad mood and could even find an opportunity in his eyes that he was about to explode.

There are only two minutes and forty-six seconds left in the time, the score gap has been chased by the Knicks to five points, and the current 76ers are undoubtedly under tremendous pressure, this time they played extremely cautiously, and finally found an opportunity to score, Iguodala finally shook off Zhang Chen with a horizontal change of direction, ran all the way to the basket, and finally found a chance to shoot, and the ball fell in his hand, and the Knicks' backward score became 6 points.

The Knicks had a problem with the offense this time, and the last person to shoot was Randolph, but unfortunately Randolph didn't shoot that shot, and the rebound was snatched by the opponent, but the 76ers' counterattack was still a little pale, and the basketball slammed on the rebound again and again and then bounced out. In this case, the two teams even started a battle of iron in the last minute or two before the end of the game.

The players on both sides kept playing until there were fifteen seconds left in the clock, the ball was back in the hands of the Knicks, Zhang Chen controlled the ball steadily, and now they are still six points behind the opponent.

After the two crotch dribbles, there were 6 seconds left in the time, Iguodala stared at Zhang Chen motionlessly, not daring to let him have any moves that threatened their current lead, Zhang Chen immediately connected an early dribble to change direction, the speed was fast, and in a short moment, Iguodala's center of gravity shifted.

Zhang Chen learned a lot of breakthrough techniques in the learning space, the most important of which is the combination of fake and real movements when he breaks through, and his attainment of fake moves is also quite profound, which also won him the title of 'even yawning with feints' in his performance in the Olympics and pre-season.

Zhang Chen's two crotch dribbles changed direction and the previous change of direction used an endless stream of feints, and the shoulders and various parts of the body were able to shake the opponent's center of gravity purposefully, such as now.

After Zhang Chen used the front of his body to change direction, he stepped out of the inner line in one step, and he was about to turn into lightning again to reach his maximum speed.

Iguodala had fought Zhang Chen countless times, so he naturally understood how terrifying Zhang Chen's speed was, so he took a step back without thinking about it and prepared to open up the space with Zhang Chen, and only then could they form an encirclement of Zhang Chen together, so that he could obediently obey inside, and there was nothing he could do.

However, Zhang Chen's polygon was here, and he was distressed that Iguodala and they contracted the defense behind them, and immediately made a sharp stop, followed by a step back, and the man had smoothly withdrawn from the three-point line, and then made a jumper, although there were only five seconds left in the third quarter, Zhang Chen's shot was still calm.

In Zhang Chen's beautiful shooting action and elegant shot, the basketball obediently flew into the basket, and suddenly, the cheering waves next to the basketball court seemed to have evolved into a tsunami, and all kinds of noisy sounds filled the entire court, and suddenly, the cheers for Zhang Chen also echoed in the stadium.

With three seconds left, the Knicks were left trailing by just three points.

The basketball is back in the hands of the 76ers, they are now just trying to fly through the half court and shoot the basket, so everyone is running at full speed, they only took two seconds to pass the ball to the hands of people near the halfcourt, that guy saw that the time was only the last second, he didn't want the basketball to rot in his hands, and hurriedly shot, there were too few people and opportunities to hit such a long distance, the basketball obediently missed the basket, and the third quarter of the game was over, The Knicks have gone from trailing by 16 points to now, just three points behind their opponents.

Back on the bench, D'Antoni patted Zhang Chen on the shoulder: "Good job...... We're just three points behind! It's just a ball that can be solved, Chen, you're definitely going to be taken care of in the fourth quarter, you're going to have a lot of offensive and defensive pressure, and your task now is to get your strength up, and we need you in the fourth quarter. ”

Zhang Chen nodded heavily, and then D'Antoni said to Randolph: "DCU...... Zach, you've been doing a great job just now, and we're going to need you and David to be able to control the rebounds and give us plenty of room to survive in the fourth quarter. ”

Randolph heard D'Antoni almost call out his nickname, and for a moment he couldn't lift his spirits like a beaten eggplant, and he said yes weakly, and sat down on the bench and poured a drink into his mouth hatefully. D'Antoni found someone else: "David, you've been pretty good at rebounding in the first three quarters, and your offensive efficiency was pretty good today...... You've improved, and you've improved a lot, keep trying, the team needs you. ”

David Lee scratched his head and thanked D'Antoni for his compliment.

D'Antoni was a little dissatisfied when he came to Dujon: "Chris, I think your passing can be more imaginative, in fact I saw a couple of good opportunities on the court, but unfortunately you didn't cherish it, you need to pay more attention on the court, you have to take all the situations into account, this should be the most important thing for a point guard to do, you understand?" ”

In fact, Dujon knows himself well, he knows his own pounds, and he knows that he is not the kind of point guard that the Knicks need right now.

It's also necessary for D'Antoni to be a little unhappy with Dujon, mainly because he used to be Steve? Nash's coach has suddenly had such a big gap, and the team is now in need of a competent and good point guard, it is obvious that although Du Hong is relatively calm and can play very down-to-earth, his strength is insufficient.

Du Hong said with some shame, "I understand, chief." ”

D'Antoni nodded, and then wondered if Duhon's contract could be exchanged for a good point guard, but this is just thinking, now the Knicks have an Eddie Curry on their hands, this is a birdman who takes money and doesn't do anything, in other aspects, they bought out Marbury's contract, and at the same time have to support a top-salary player like Zhang Chen, even if New Yorkers have a lot of money, they can't afford such consumption.

Therefore, D'Antoni had to find another way, it was best to be able to train Du Hong, but many things were decided by talent, and the eunuch was not the emperor when he wore a dragon robe, and he was still very clear about how many catties and taels each person had.

Then there are two ways left: one is to re-cultivate a passing point, the choice of this passing point is also quite important, he needs to have a good overall view and mobilize the strength of the whole team, and at the same time, he must be able to understand the situation of the Knicks, and be able to know what the Knicks need right now. The second is to find the whole team to train passers, that is to say, everyone is a passer, they want to build a passing team, use the pass to tear the opponent's defense, and use the pass to finally score. However, this plan is too difficult, and the Knicks' basic tactical literacy is still lacking, and it is still too far to talk about some national soldiers, everyone is a good passer, or something.

Therefore, it is more reliable to create passing points, and at the same time, try to instill some passing tactics and concepts in everyone, so that the latter idea can be realized a little bit.

Of course, because of the difficulty of implementing these two measures and other reasons, their focus is still on cultivating more reliable passing points.

D'Antoni began to frown and think about someone who might be able to take on this responsibility, and then he saw Zhang Chen, who was closing his eyes and recuperating.

It was time to think of Zhang Chen's conditions and performance, he has a height of two meters and three, his passing vision is definitely quite good, and the most important thing is that this kid has a hand of ball control skills that many point guards have to look at!

Hey! How can we have such a talent in our team! The next step is to cultivate it! D'Antoni looked at Zhang Chen's appearance and said silently in his heart.

(To be continued)