Chapter 511: Prospects and Situation

At the last critical moment, Chen Jiyuan's last goal was not scored, allowing the Knicks to lose the game directly, because Chen Jiyuan delayed until the last minute to make a move. So the Knicks don't have a chance at all.

However, although he lost this game, Chen Jiyuan was of course very annoyed, because the responsibility for losing was indeed on himself. Therefore, Chen Jiyuan can only face this qiē calmly.

And the victory or defeat of this game does not mean that the sky has fallen.

Back in New York, the Knicks still have a chance.

At the post-game press conference, there will not be any Knicks player who said that the loss of this game was all due to Chen Jiyuan, and saying this kind of thing is obviously a typical brainlessness.

Regardless, the New York Knicks returned to New York with a big score of 0:2. Despite falling behind by a large margin, the New York fans still showed an unparalleled welcome to the entire Knicks, who are now heroes and the Knicks have not made the playoffs in many years. Not to mention the Eastern Conference Finals, the last time New York Knicks fans saw Knicks players compete in the Eastern Conference playoffs was a century ago.

In the 21st century, the Knicks also entered the playoffs twice, in the 2000-01 season, when the Knicks entered the playoffs under the leadership of Alan Houston. Although it was easily won in the first round.

The second time was to lead the team to the playoffs again with the joint efforts of Lao Ma and Houston. Although it is still the first round of tours.

But today is different, today is not only not the first round of tours, but also a deep tour. I swam to the Eastern Conference Finals all of a sudden. It's a great encouragement for the team.

In the second game, the Knicks' team table was good, and they once dragged the Celtics into overtime, so everyone is more optimistic about the Knicks and the Celtics in this third game. This is New York, after all. It's the home court of the Knicks.

And this third game, the result is indeed as everyone imagined, maybe it is not used to taking New York away from home, or for some other reason, anyway, the Celtics are beaten to pieces by the Knicks in normal games.

The final full-time score was 110:99. The Knicks only won by 11 points, but this was the last garbage time to get back. In the final quarter of the game, with four minutes left in the game, the Knicks still led the Celtics by 18 points, so they replaced all the main players.

And the Celtic side also took the initiative to give up the game. After all, if you want to recover 18 points in four minutes, it is still quite difficult, not only will the main players be tired and half dead, but also whether they can be recovered is still two words. As long as you want to keep it, a little grinding time, and an eighteen-point advantage is enough for the Knicks to waste. What's more, the Knicks' bench players are still good, and the Celtics' advantage is not particularly big, so they simply gave up the game.

In this game, the Knicks broke out as a team. In the first quarter of the game, Sessions may have been stimulated by the previous game or something, anyway, his desire to attack is particularly strong, and in Ray Allen's defensive line, it is simply a defense of nothing, and he rushes inward. Foul early, score in basketball, three-point shot, it's omnipotent. As a result, he scored 14 points in a single quarter. There were times when Sessions didn't score 14 points in the game.

Sessions scored 14 points and also dished out 4 assists, and it can be said that the Knicks were able to take the lead in the first quarter, and Sessions was a big contributor.

Then on the bench, the Knicks popped up with another superhero, our Jamal Crawford classmate. Crawford's performance was very eye-catching today, and it wasn't so eye-catching in the second half of the first quarter, but at the beginning of the second quarter, the kid looked like he had been drugged.

All kinds of mid-range shots, three-point shots, and even got a 3+1. It's really speechless. This Knicks broke out alone. How embarrassing is it for the Celtics.

In the third quarter of the game, the Celtics once narrowed the gap to 5 points, but soon, they were suppressed by the Knicks, and Love hit 6 mid-range shots in a row. In an instant, he helped the team play a small climax of 12:0 by himself. directly let the team lead by more than ten points again, close to 20 points.

In the fourth quarter of the game, the Celtics tried their best to chase the score, but Chen Jiyuan was as strong as ever in the fourth quarter. didn't give the Celtics a chance at all, there was no way, and in the end, the Celtics could only have a helpless 20 shots.

In this game, Chen Jiyuan got 21 points and 12 rebounds. Love had 18 points and 15 rebounds, Sessions had 20 points, 11 assists and five rebounds, and Starkey had 25 points. Stephen Jackson 11 points. The Knicks started with all of their starters scoring in double figures. In addition to Crawford scored 14 points. The Knicks slaughtered the Celtics with such ease.

On the Celtics side, Pierce as the team's leading scorer and the soul of the team, Truth Pierce scored 22 points, Ray Allen scored 11 points, Garnett fell into a super low point in this game, only 8 points and 12 rebounds, Rajon Rondo got 9 points, 13 assists and 8 rebounds.

It's not a surprise that such a quasi-triple-double is on Rondo, whose talent in defense and playmaking is undeniable, otherwise how could Rondo organize the Celtics, who have a big three with the Celtics, as a sophomore rookie. No matter how much the Big Three occupy salary space. It's okay to find a good point guard, but instead of doing that, the team made the sophomore a starter and went straight to the championship. However, Rondo's talent on the offensive end will be disappointing. For many years, Rondo has not practiced mid-range, let alone three-point shooting. So on the offensive end, Rondo has never averaged more than 15 points per game this season. In his highest season, he averaged 13.7 points per game, which is already the number of peak Rondo.

After winning the third game, the pressure on the Knicks is much less, and if they lose three in a row, then the Knicks' path to promotion will become dark. A team that has been able to come back from 3-0 down has not yet appeared. I don't know who will create this history in the future.

Although there are not many teams that turn the tables first in the situation of falling behind 0:2, at least there are, for example, the year when Chen Jiyuan just crossed over, the Heat led by Wade and Big Shark O'Neal won four games in a row when they fell behind 0:2. Successfully brought home the O'Brien Championship Trophy. Now the Knicks have taken such a step on the road to a 0-2 comeback. Next, just take three steps steadily. This is the end of the series. Of course, this is wishful thinking on the Knicks' side, and in fact, of course it won't be so smooth.

The fourth game, which is still the home of the Knicks, Madison Square Garden in New York, is crucial for the Knicks, and if they lose this game, then the Knicks are on the verge of being eliminated at any time, especially if the fifth game will still fly to Boston to play. The Celtics are likely to end the series in Game 5. So this game, the Knicks have to win.

And the Celtics also want to end the series, and now the Nuggets and Lakers are tied 2:2 in the West. In other words, the Lakers have regained home-court advantage. The next crucial battle of Tianwang Mountain will be held in Los Angeles, which will be a tough battle for the Nuggets.

However, no matter who qualifies in the West, I believe that the Celtics are confident of winning this year's championship. The Lakers don't have a particularly big reinforcement compared to last year. Compared with the Celtics, the Lakers' weaknesses have not been improved, and the Lakers missed the championship last season, in fact, they should know that they are weak at the small forward position. Pierce alone is almost unstoppable at the small forward position, which leads to a lot of times, Phil Jackson has to let Kobe Bryant defend Pierce, but you have to know, you let Kobe defend Pierce, what about Ray Allen. Oh, you're kidding me or kidding yourself by sending someone to seal up this superstar who scores supersonic points as easily as eating and sleeping.

Therefore, the advantage of the Celtics against the Lakers is still there, if the finals are really Celtics and Lakers, then the Celtics have 60% certainty of winning this season's championship.

If it is against the Nuggets, although in the small forward position, Pierce has no advantage against the younger small forward superstar Carmelo Anthony, but the two are half a pound. However, the Nuggets suffered on the inside, and both Martin and Nene are interior players who are stronger defensively than offensively. The Celtics' defense was enough for the duo's interior offense to be choked. If these two interior beast players are not easy to play, then the Nuggets' offense will stagnate a little. That would be fatal. Add in the Nuggets' starters a glaring weakness, and Dundee Jones isn't a good starter at all, okay, although JR Smith on the Nuggets' side has played a little bit more. But Jones's survival is to expose his weakness to the Celtics, and the Celtics will never let this go. If the finals are the Celtics and the Nuggets, then Chen Jiyuan feels that the Celtics have an 80% chance of winning the series and reaching the peak of their lives.