Chapter 144: Foul Crisis
After James slapped his face, he turned around and left directly, leaving Zhang Yu, who was red and in a dilemma, still lying on the floor.
"Why don't I pretend to be injured and take it down for treatment for a while?"
Zhang Yu thought shamelessly, and in the end, his skin was still not thick enough to that level, and he got up stupidly, and the New York fans immediately cheered like thunder!
"You won't really be fined for this, will you?"
Zhang Yurao is cheeks are thicker than the city wall, and he was a little embarrassed to be cheered so violently by the fans, so he walked to James a little shyly and asked softly.
James was suddenly half angry, and he had the urge to beat Zhang Yu to death!
However, the little emperor immediately thought of the scene where Zhang Yu was lightly touched by West and flew out just now, James felt that if he punched, Zhang Yu didn't know if he would roll directly outside the arena?
Zhang Yu hit both free throws in the cheers of the fans, and the ball still belongs to the Knicks.
West's eyes were on fire, and he looked at Zhang Yu through gritted teeth.
Zhang Yu smiled at him kindly, pointed at Vallejo and said: "The one in your team, that Brazilian, has much better acting skills than me, you let him judge and see if I am wrong?" ”
West couldn't say a word when he heard this, he felt that his head was about to be blown up, there was such a shameless person in this world?
"Don't be angry, your illness can't have too violent emotional fluctuations, be calm!"
After Zhang Yu finished speaking, he took the pass and pulled out his hand directly, and the basketball fell into the net obediently again! He then raised his right hand, which drew even more enthusiastic cheers from the New York fans, many of whom shouted "MVP" slogans during the game for the first time, and other fans immediately followed suit, and soon the fans in the stadium shouted "MVP" shouts.
McBrown hurriedly called a timeout, interrupting Zhang's scoring momentum. In less than a minute, Zhang Yu suddenly broke out and scored 9 points in a row, changing the score to 79:73, and the Knicks were already 6 points ahead of them in a blink of an eye.
"The Cavaliers called a timeout, and they were right, Zhang Yu's shooting ability can unleash powerful firepower that collapses the enemy in a very short time, like a six-pipe Gatling."
Barkley gave a rare compliment to the bread, he was the vanguard of Black Mac Brown.
"His shooting talent is one of the best I've ever seen, hitting a couple of threes in a row, it's not hard for him, it's what makes him comparable to Kobe James and others, he's a real finisher!"
Kenny Smith's opinion of Zhang Yu was so high that Barkley was a little surprised, and he couldn't help but glance at his old friend.
"We have to focus on the Chinese, and when he shoots, we must cover his vision with our hands, every time!" Defenders need to press forward and not give him an easy shot. But don't foul, sending him to the free throw line is equivalent to giving the Chinese a point, and his free throw shooting percentage is 91%. ”
McBrown still had two shots on defense, and after careful consideration, he still sent Pavlovic again. Since there is only one choice between anti-breakthrough and anti-shooting, Bread still chose defensive shooting, who made Zhang Yu's hand suddenly become hot now, which can be regarded as the right medicine.
When the game restarted, James hit the basket in quick succession, finally knocking Wallace into four fouls and sending the difficult opponent off the court.
Although Chandler has excellent physical fitness and a positive defensive attitude, his defensive skills are much worse, and it is not enough to defend James with a good body. Without Wallace, James' scoring speed immediately began to rise, and by the end of the third quarter, Anderson and David Lee both had four fouls and had to go off the court, which was the price to pay for defending James.
Zhang Yu's lethality to enemy players is far less than James's, his killing is directly on the opponent's entire team, stabbing the opponent one by one, as long as the state comes, he will instantly hit a critical damage, not giving the opponent a chance to return blood, and take away the opponent in waves
At the end of the third quarter, the score was 86:82, and the team was actually four points behind the Knicks temporarily.
If the Cavaliers lose today, it must be James' free throws.
Emperor Jr.'s 78 percent free throw shooting this season is already the highest in his career, and last season's 71 percent shooting percentage was far worse than this year. But today, James made just nine of his 16 free throws, just over 50 percent shooting.
31 points, 7 rebounds, 6 assists, 1 steal and 2 blocks, 7 of 15 shots, 1 of 3 three-pointers, and 9 of 16 free throws, this is the number of the little emperor handed over in the first three quarters of the game.
Zhang Yu didn't play the full third quarter like James, and D'Antoni replaced him with two minutes left in the third quarter.
28 points, 4 rebounds, 5 assists, 2 steals and 1 block, 9 of 16 shots, 4 of 6 three-pointers, 4 of 4 free throws, Zhang Yu hit the basket and threw out James Street, the characteristics of the two are clear at a glance.
Although the shooting rate is high, Zhang Yu did not cause any damage to the opposing players, the Knicks finished the third quarter, Wallace four fouls, David Lee four fouls, Anderson four fouls, Chandler three fouls, too many fouls, will bring ** annoyance to the Knicks in the fourth quarter!
D'Antoni certainly knows this, and he is hoping that James has been playing for so long, and that McBrown will give him more rest in the fourth quarter, so it won't be too bad! But Bread also knew where the Knicks' troubles were, and only gave James a two-minute break in the fourth quarter, and replaced the little emperor again at 9:58 of the game.
Zhang Yu's eyes were red again, the gorilla's body was too **, he played a full 33 minutes in the first three quarters, and he was able to play again after only a little more than two minutes of rest in the fourth quarter, did he drink Gatorade? Are we drinking the same thing?
James, who is in his prime, really doesn't need to worry about cramps and air conditioning problems, and playing more than 40 minutes per game is nothing to him. You must know that in previous seasons, James even averaged an astonishing 42 minutes per game for two consecutive years!
As soon as James came on the court, he immediately led the team with his breakaway and ball-sharing, and Chandler received his fifth foul in less than two minutes, and D'Antoni didn't replace the sophomore rookie, but still put him on the court, and when he graduated, he would replace Wallace back.
With eight minutes left in the game, he may not be able to hold out until the end of the game if Wallace is replaced. Taking advantage of the dead ball, D'Antoni first replaced Zhang Yu and Crawford on the court, and the offensive power of these two can offset James's score, especially Zhang Yu, whose 28 points offset James' efforts, which is why the Knicks can lead.
"Hey, I'm up again!"
Zhang Yu was substituted at the 8:05 mark, and he also played 30 minutes today, counting the last eight minutes, the playing time will reach a new career high. Today he faced West and Pavlovich more easily, at the moment there is no problem with the body, and there is still a mood to ** the opposite West.
West was not in such a good mood, taking advantage of Zhang Yu's absence, he had just gained two points and was in a slightly better mood, and in a blink of an eye he saw Zhang Yu standing in front of him, the medicine he had just taken was in vain, and his mood became melancholy again
As soon as Zhang Yu came on the court, he immediately singled West, and after posing three threats, he directly raised his hand to shoot, and the latter hurriedly stepped forward to block!
"Fooled?"
As soon as the West man pounced, Zhang Yu immediately collected the ball and broke through, dribbling into the three-second zone and hitting the board into the basket with a small throw, Ben Wallace stepped forward to block and did not have much impact on him. The 35-year-old Big Ben has long been less powerful than before due to a knee injury, and once he loses his athletic ability, his height disadvantage and lack of offensive strength have suddenly become his biggest flaws, and his playing time in the Cavaliers is getting less and less.
"Another unlucky guy with an arrow in the knee! I'm going to have to protect my little knee, isn't that a throw more chic than a slam dunk? So why risk getting hurt to dunk? ”
The slow Big Ben and the backup power forward Joe Smith form the inside line, Zhang Yu is fully capable of breaking through to the basket and slamming dunk directly, these two old guys can't stop him at all! Maybe some fans think that Zhang Yu's style of play is too soft, but the coaches like this kind of player the most, both efficient and not easy to get injured, you must know - injuries are as fierce as tigers! No matter how talented you are, even if you are as good as James and Kobe, once you get injured, you will become worthless, there are too many examples of this in the NBA, and there will be no shortage of new examples in the future
Zhang Yu didn't know that James actually envied him and his natural shooting talent.
The little emperor also secretly YY in his heart, if he had such an accurate shot, he would not fight hand-to-hand with a group of inside muscles. No matter how strong they are, every time they fight, it hurts, and they don't feel it.
But if James wants to win, he can only keep attacking the inside line and create opportunities for himself and his teammates.
Mo Williams received a James split and hit a three-pointer to score his 18th point of the day.
Zhang Yu can't do James to create an opportunity for his teammates to shoot in an open position, and when his teammates run out of space, he can pass it in time, which is what he can do for his teammates now, but he can help the team win in his own way.
"Huh!"
"Madison Square Garden" once again resounded with this pleasant sound. Zhang Yu's right-handed shots, most of which were hollow into the net, and the sound of hitting the net was particularly crisp and beautiful, which was his 32nd point today.
The bread off the court began to tangle again, West stayed on the court and could score, but Zhang Yu's shooting he couldn't do anything. They are now 91:94 behind three points, if they can't score quickly, even if they guard Zhang Yu, they can't win the game, and even if they replace Pavlovich, they can't stop Zhang Yu, but they just limit Zhang Yu's scoring speed slightly.
In the 6th minute and 30 seconds of the game, McBrown finally made up his mind to limit Zhang Yu's scoring momentum first, even if it was only a little. Because just when he was thinking about whether to use West or Pavlovich's kung fu, Zhang Yu hit another bukkake West hit a three-pointer, raising his score to 35 points.