Chapter 568: Victory over the King
After winning against the Lakers, the Knicks actually spent a lot of effort, although it seemed that the Knicks were in control of the rhythm of the court throughout the game. However, it is still a difficult thing to suppress the Lakers' counterattack. Facing an opponent like the Lakers, if you are not careful, you may be reversed and then lose.
Counting the Lakers' game, the Knicks' three-game travel schedule is still a severe test for the players' physique. Especially the Lakers and Kings game, the two games are back-to-back. Back-to-backs away from home are always easy to feel exhausted.
The outside world thinks that this game against the Kings is easy for the Knicks. Then, the unexpected happened, and the Knicks were cornered for a while.
Kings Jr. Dante Green made 5-of-5 three-pointers, playing very well, and adding others to the table is also good, allowing the Kings to maintain the lead.
Tyrick Evans' appearance is still eye-catching, and it looks like he is on the court with the intention of beating Stephen Curry. Although Stephen Curry doesn't have much playing time in the Knicks, because of Chen Jiyuan's savings, after playing, Stephen Curry often doesn't need to create his own chances to shoot, but only needs to shoot those empty three-pointers when Chen Jiyuan distributes the ball, so compared with Stephen Curry in his rookie season in his previous life, Stephen Curry's efficiency this season is obviously much higher. The hit rate has also been very good.
So now Stephen Curry is only averaging 13.5 points per game, but his three-point shooting rate and two-point shooting rate are above 50 percent. He shot 50.5 percent from three-point range. The overall hit rate is 51.2 percent. Such an outrageous shooting percentage naturally gave Stephen Curry a good noun on the rookie list. And in the eyes of many retired superstars, Stephen Curry is the best complement to Chen Jiyuan. A three-point shot with incomparably accurate accuracy, even if he is now averaging 5.1 three-pointers per game, he can still maintain a 50% shooting rate, which is very proud. Although the sample is a little less. However, it was enough to put Stephen Curry in second place on the Rookie of the Week rankings.
The first is Terrick Evans. Tyrik Evans is definitely a very brave man. , It's only been a few games since he entered the league, and he averaged 21.2 points per game. It's a rookie. After just a few games, the Sacramento newspapers began to blow that there was a James showing up and that Tyrick Evans was a key figure in the Kings' revival. It's the biggest pillar of the team's future.
In short, the Kings are positioned for Tyrick Evans very high, and the expectations are also quite high.
And Stephen Curry is certainly not as dazzling as Terrick Evans, and no rookie in this class has the dazzle of Tyrick Evans.
But it's not without rookies who threaten Tyrick Evans in the low post, Stephen Curry is one of them, and the other is Brandon Jennings. Especially Stephen Curry, the most critical problem is that Stephen Curry has a good team, that is to say, Stephen Curry plays after this team that can compete for the championship, and if the team really makes it all the way to the Finals in the end, the evaluation of Stephen Curry will also rise. That's something Tyrick Evans doesn't have, and that's where Stephen Curry excels.
Therefore, in this game, Tyrick Evans will inevitably be a little hostile to Stephen Curry. Naturally, I was quite excited.
But despite the fact that Terrick Evans is very eye-catching. Stephen Curry is not to be outdone, but the whole team, except for Stephen Curry, who is very energetic, everyone else is more or less sluggish.
Chen Jiyuan is also like this, the desire/desire to shoot is not very strong, and the feeling is also quite out of level.
The Knicks' Kings have been playing a tough game, and the game that should have been in garbage time a long time for the outside world to be played with a high/high tide, and Tyrick Evans led the team to chase and fight, so that the winner of the game was not revealed until the last minute.
And, even in the last moments, what was shown on the pitch was not what the fans expected. In everyone's opinion, at such a critical moment at the last moment, it was naturally Chen Jiyuan who stood up to help the team turn the tide and successfully defeated the Kings. This is Chen Jiyuan, who impressed them too deeply. Because Chen Jiyuan will always have an amazing performance in the crucial fourth quarter of the game, no matter how bad Chen Jiyuan's performance is in the first three quarters, Chen Jiyuan is often able to redeem himself in the fourth quarter.
But in this game, the situation that everyone was expecting Chen Jiyuan to turn the tide did not appear.
Chen Jiyuan was very sluggish from beginning to end, and there was no sign of wanting to break out at all.
And in the end, the Knicks were able to win this game narrowly, and it was Andre Iguodala who was credited. Although the game is normal, Andre Iguodala's table is also quite sluggish, in the first three quarters of the game, Andre Iguodala also scored 8 points on 3-of-9 shooting.
In the fourth quarter of the game, in the stalemate, although Andre Iguodala did not score much, but Tyrik Evans, who was also defensive, was very uncomfortable, and Tyrik Evans lived in the shadow of Andre Iguodala in normal games. It's very uncomfortable.
Tyrik Evans is a rookie player after all, and in front of Andre Iguodala, the big brother, Terrick Evans still looks a little immature, although Andre Iguodala's scoring touch is not good, but it can also keep Terrik Evans from scoring. Especially in the fourth quarter, under Andre Iguodala's one-handed defense. Tyrick Evans' goal rate is very low, and it is not the Tiger Body Shake in the first three quarters of the game, and the king is full of spirit.
Not only on the defensive end, Andre Iguodala hit a two-pointer with 15 seconds left in the final game to turn his team's lead into a four-point lead. It can be regarded as helping the team to completely establish the advantage of victory.
This last shot was originally made by Chen Jiyuan, but the Kings unexpectedly let Tyrick Evans, Spencer Hawes, and Andres Nocioni come forward to trap Chen Jiyuan. After Chen Jiyuan tried to find an opportunity and failed, he passed the ball to Andre Iguodala, and Andre Iguodala stood outside the three-point line and received the ball, making a gesture to shoot, Tyrick Evans rushed away, and then Andre Iguodala took two steps to the left without panic, and then quietly made a beautiful man and successfully shot the ball.
After scoring this goal, the Kings missed a three-point shot, and then fouled, Stephen Curry hit both free throws, and then the Kings shot a three-pointer again, but still didn't score, and after the rebound was not grabbed, the Kings gave up the game.
The Knicks won the game in a thrilling way.
Chen Jiyuan was in a slump throughout the game, scoring only 12 points, 11 rebounds and 7 assists. And it took 16 shots to get those points. 6-of-16 from the field and didn't get a single free throw. Although the number of quasi-triple-doubles is not bad, if Chen Jiyuan does not score, the team's offense will become a little unsmooth.
Thankfully, Stephen Curry and Ty Gibson outperformed Serge Ibaka in the limelight, with Ty Gibson playing 30 minutes and scoring a double-double of 19 points and 10 rebounds.
Serge Ibaka, on the other hand, had four points, seven rebounds and two blocks.
Andre Iguodala scored 12 points in the game. Stephen Jackson scored 10 points.
There are a lot of Knicks who have scored double-doubles on the team.
Stephen Curry scored a Knicks-high 22 points. He also provided five assists. 5 steals.
Tyrick Evans scored 28 points in the game, but another 25 points came in the first three quarters. In the crucial fourth quarter, Tyrick Evans scored only three points. In the fourth quarter, Tyrick Evans was targeted by Andre Iguodala who came to his senses. It's a little uncomfortable.
After a thrilling win against the King. The Knicks flew to the next city, the last stop of the back-to-back road game – Denver. The game against the Nuggets won't be easy. The Nuggets now have Carmeron Anthony in the scoring and Chauncey Billups in the organization.
In the game with the Nuggets, the Knicks were in trouble early, mainly because Carmelo Anthony frantically rushed into the interior to fight, Chen Jiyuan fell into foul trouble early, and in the first half of the game, Chen Jiyuan was limited by foul problems, and his playing time was greatly reduced.
And the interior combination of Ty Gibson and Serge Ibaka is a bit under-looking under the impact of the Nuggets, especially on the offensive end, the interior combination of the two of them is a little weak when attacking.
In the first half, the Nuggets had a 14-point lead.
With this advantage into the second half of the game, after Chen Jiyuan returned to the field, he decisively began to play his role and cut points crazily.
In the third quarter, the game was not a game between two teams, but a game between two people.
Chen Jiyuan and Carmelo Anthony in a head-to-head match.