Chapter 131: 40+ in a row
The Thunder played the whole quarter, barely in exchange for a close match, but the two of them are not machines, it is impossible to be on the court for forty-eight minutes, once the two of them are off the court, the Thunder team will immediately return to the true nature of the fish belly!
The second column led by Crawford came up in the second quarter to hit the Thunder with a small high tide of 8:0.
Wilson Chandler was on fire in this game, the sophomore has excellent athleticism, can dunk, has a certain three-point accuracy, and if the Knicks hadn't come to Gerald Wallace this year, he could have played. But even without getting plenty of playing time, the physical, no.3 has shown to be impressive.
Chandler faced the Thunder's unreachable bench lineup, shooting inside and out, turning the opponent's entire defense upside down, and he scored 6 of the 8 points in the opening game.
In the first two minutes of the second quarter, the score had become 40-28, and the Knicks had led the opponent by as many as 12 points in the blink of an eye, and the Thunder had to call a timeout.
Although the head coach of the Thunder team, who was almost strangled to death by the "madman" back then, called a timeout, but in the face of his team's group of old and weak soldiers, Kalesmo was really "a clever woman who could not cook without rice", and there was no way at all
But there is no way and he can't do nothing, he doesn't care if his players can understand it or not, he picks up the tactical board and 'brushes and brushes ......', and after a while, he spent countless circles and lines on it, almost drawing himself confused, and the players are even bigger than one head.
Such a result is not difficult to predict, by the time Durant, Westbrook, and Green returned to the court, the pit father's bench had turned the score to 44:30, and the team was 14 points behind, and the three of them had black lines on their heads: "Can this still be played?" ”
At 8 minutes and 05 seconds in the second quarter, the two teams changed their main forces, and Zhang Yu returned to the court.
The Knicks guard line has become a combination of Crawford + Zhang Yu, and Nate Robinson is just a fake starter in the Knicks lineup, and he can play more than two quarters in a game. The arrangement was made to allow Crawford to stay on the floor at the end of the first quarter and at the beginning of the second quarter to enhance the offensive capabilities of the team's bench.
As soon as Durant came on the court, he fired one after another from the outside, hitting two three-pointers to temporarily stabilize the Thunder's shaky situation. Two less and one played, although the Thunder were able to start scoring, they still couldn't stop the Knicks from scoring, and the point difference could only remain deadlocked, but could not be narrowed.
Whether it is Crawford or Zhang Yu, the attack power is not inferior to Durant, and David Lee on the inside line cannot be ignored either.
David Lee averaged 10.8 points and 9 rebounds per game last season, and this season under Zhang Yu's feeding, his average has risen to 15.5 points and 9.5 rebounds per game, and his average playing time has also increased to 35 minutes.
Collison who is opposite him is tough defensively, but in the face of David Lee, who is better than him in all aspects, he has to deal with it extremely tightly, not to mention that he has to make up for Zhang Yu's breakthrough from time to time, as the only player with excellent defense in the Thunder team, he has too much work to do, so much that he already feels like he is about to collapse!
Zhang Yu hit the inside line again, Collison was numb to this, and mechanically turned around to make up for the defense, but Zhang Yu passed the ball from his crotch to David Lee, who jumped directly and dunked, and the difference between the two teams changed back to 14 points again.
Durant has spent his time in the league losing games since he entered the league, and he has become obsessed with winning and losing. That's how a small team rebuilds, unlike the Knicks, who have a lot of money, and the players on the team are not weak, but something else is wrong, and once it is corrected, it is immediately a playoff team.
Durant has only one goal this year, to get into the All-Star starter and compete for the title of "scoring champion", and now he is averaging 24 points per game, and it is not without a chance to compete for the scoring title.
Just thinking about the good thing, Zhang Yu suddenly made a steal on the defensive end, and then made a layup, turning his score into 16 points, which woke up Durant's dream all of a sudden, and sighed in his heart: "There is one more competitor!" ”
Zhang Yu's goal is different from Durant, the best rookie basically can't run out of his palm, his goal is just as the arrogant New York media guessed, he really has his eyes on the MVP throne, and he is more greedy than the New York media, he wants to be like Chamberlain, he will win the "Best Rookie", "All-Star MVP" and "Regular Season MVP" at the same time in the first year!
The regular season MVP not only requires the player's individual number to be excellent, but the team's record is also an important measure, if the team's record cannot be greatly improved compared to last year, even if the average of 30+ per game will definitely be selected as MVP.
Zhang Yu's steal was just the beginning, and then he continued to use blocking or mid-range shots, or hit the basket to cause kills, slashing 9 points in three minutes, turning the score into 55:36, and the difference was quickly widened to nearly 20 points.
Durant crossed his waist and looked at this first-year rookie who was often compared to himself, with a complicated gaze. Zhang Yu's ball-holding offense is far beyond him, and without the ability to hold the ball, it is easy to be limited by strong defenders. Today, it was much more difficult for him to score points against Wallace than usual, and every point he scored consumed a lot of his body, and in the secret contest with Zhang Yu, he was unconsciously thrown away.
The media and fans in New York were very excited, and they had reason to rejoice, because by the end of the first half, Zhang Yu's score had risen to 26 points and three assists.
The Thunder's Durant only had 16 points and 5 rebounds, and in terms of scoring, as last year's rookie of the year, he lost to a first-year rookie today! This embarrassed the Oklahoma media present, especially when they saw the smug faces of the New York media and the larger number of Chinese media on the sidelines.
The first half of the Thunder has been spent, the second half is still the same rhythm, no one in the Thunder players can prevent Zhang Yu's breakthrough and mid-range shot, can not stop this hateful Chinese wantonly brush points on their heads.
Zhang Yu plans to brush 40+ again today, and the opponent does not have a defender who is good at defense, so when will he not brush up points at this time?
Durant opened the second half with a cold arrow, hit a three-pointer, and then was clung to by Wallace, and every point he scored was difficult
The opponent's core situation is not good, but Zhang Yu's state is getting better and better, using a streetball-style turning action to play Mason, who is about to collapse, once again teasing Mason, who is about to collapse, calmly breaking through to the inside line, taking advantage of Collison's defense of David Lee's clone, and slamming him with both hands......
Collison was originally wrestling with David Lee under the basket, but when he found Zhang Yu coming in, it was too late to block it, and he barely moved a step, and Zhang Yu's whole person had already flown over.
Zhang Yu didn't have a good heart for this ball, he saw Collison with his back to him, so he wanted to take the opportunity to give him a buckle or something, but the other party still turned around after all, but it didn't matter, he turned around and still rode a buckle!
Collison had a lot of bad luck today, facing Zhang Yu who flew in, he instinctively raised his hand to protect, which is a common action used by interior players when facing outside dunks, and Collison used this action to become the best background emperor of the week!
Zhang Yu's vertical jump has reached 95cm, and this time he has plenty of runs, with a jump height of nearly one meter, and the moment Collison raised his hand, a reporter used the elevation angle to snap a photo of him as if he was raising his hand in surrender to Zhang Yu, which became the headline of the New York Times sports section the next day.
"The Chinese Emperor has 40 minutes in three quarters! Madison Square Garden - Thunder bow down! ”