Although Mills' defense is not very good, his interference is full of purpose, his intention is not to cut off the ball in Felton's hand, with Felton's stable ball control, even Chen Feng can't easily break the ball from his hand, he always keeps a two-step distance from Felton, so that Felton never has enough time to start.

It took nearly six seconds for Filton to get the ball to half-court, and the rest of the Knicks players were standing on one side of the Spurs.

Filton was secretly surprised, but he didn't expect that after Chen Feng left the game, the Spurs' defense would be even more of a headache.

"Come on, guys." Chen Feng sat on the sidelines and secretly cheered for his teammates.

Since the start of the third quarter, the Knicks' three-point strategy has suddenly failed. With the Spurs' defense that did not hesitate to exhaust physical strength, only Carmelo Anthony made a shot at the start of the third quarter.

And several other players on the Knicks team didn't seem to find the basket on the next few outside shots, and even had a bad three-stick performance.

After the Knicks lost the sharp means of the three-point shot, they immediately changed their offensive play, and Carmelo Anthony led the other small players of the Knicks to attack the Spurs' basket.

However, after scoring two more goals, Derrick Favors' back-to-back hot pot made the Knicks players scareless.

But even so, the Knicks still led the Spurs by 12 points with 4:21 left in the third quarter, 80:68.

After Chen Feng went down, the Spurs were clearly in a predicament of offensive inefficiency. Several players are commendable defensively, but they are lackluster on offense, the offensive time is unreasonable, and the scoring opportunities are missed in vain, which abounds, and if it weren't for Derrick Favors's two consecutive baskets and singles, the point difference would have been stretched to more than 15 points.

And Knicks head coach Woodson is also a little dissatisfied with the team's current offense, the team's offense in the past few minutes is very unsatisfactory, the three-point shooting tactics on the outside have been slow to break the deadlock, and the two sneak attacks on the inside have succeeded. Makes Derek Favors more alert on the inside. If you want to succeed again, I'm afraid it's not so easy.

Filton had a bitter heart, he had always felt that Mills was average in offense and defense, and his speed was not very good.

But I didn't expect it just now. He turned out to be a great threat to himself. Repeat small movements. It annoyed him a lot.

Fortunately, he can still control his pace and not let his opponent find flaws.

Under the defense of the Spurs players who spared no physical strength, the Knicks' offense began to look more impatient. Carmelo Anthony's several passes after attracting the bag were quite good, but his teammates were very weak, and he made several shots in a row, but they didn't feel very good, the ball smashed out of the basket, and Derrick Favors's backcourt rebounding was well controlled.

While the Knicks' offense has been repeatedly frustrated, the Spurs' offense has been more solid.

Although Mills is not very outstanding in all aspects, he plays very steadily, which is one of the reasons why Popovich often arranges him to play with Chen Feng.

Mills always controlled the offensive tempo on his side, much to Popovich's satisfaction.

For Mills, in fact, this guy can compete for the Most Improved Award, last time Mills had poor ability, but this season, he has become the last bench bandit on the bench.

When Amare Stoudemire grabbed a rebound from the backcourt, Woodson decisively called a timeout. In the recent three-plus minutes, the Knicks have only shot two shots, plus two free throws to score seven points.

The Spurs, although they did not set off a scoring frenzy, did also cut down eleven points, and the score of the two sides was 87-79 at this time.

In the absence of Chen Feng, the 12-point gap was further narrowed, and now the Spurs are only 8 points behind their opponents.

"Young lad, after all, there is energy." This is Popovich's emotion!

After the timeout called by Woodson ended, Popovich naturally replaced Chen Feng, who had been resting for nearly twenty-five minutes.

Not only Chen Feng went, but even Maddie, who had also rested off the court before, also went up.

"The Spurs did a really good job of defending just now, and with their stubborn defense, the Knicks' offense almost completely lost their rhythm in the first few minutes. Woodson, on the other hand, watched the margin gradually shrink and called a timeout. Now that the pause is over, Chen Feng and Maddie are here. It seems that with Chen Feng and the two on the field, the Spurs are going to start a counterattack. Sun Zhenping explained.

In fact, Woodson wants the team to continue to widen the point gap before Chen Feng comes on the court. But what I didn't expect was that after the Spurs lost Chen Feng, they became more and more tenacious and narrowed the point difference. Since Duncan and Parker are rested, then they are pressed to the bench, and these substitutes can play on the court, which is really good. Xu Jiping said with a smile.

However, Popovich was not overly optimistic about the team's performance just now. In the case of a large lead, the Knicks' players will naturally have some subtle changes in their mentality, allowing the Spurs to take advantage of it.

And Woodson's previous timeout was quite timely, so in the face of Duncan and Parker's Spurs, the Knicks still have an advantage.

Maddie quickly took the ball across the halfcourt, and his first pass target was naturally Chen Feng. However, since then, JR Smith has been firmly by his side, and among the current members of the Knicks, he is not strong defensively, but not weak, and he is also good at making offensive fouls.

Although JR Smith is a nerve knife, his awareness, his defense is very good. This guy is a great sixth man!

And in addition to JR Smith, other Knicks players can be guarded forward at any time.

The effect after Chen Fengchang is very obvious, the Knicks have at least two players to pay attention to him at any time, plus Derrick Favors on the inside line also needs to help defend, and the Knicks' regional defense tactics are still full of holes for a while.

Maddie quickly got the ball to Leonard, who hit the shot.

Leonard's goal is very crucial, originally after Chen Fengchang, the Knicks' main defensive target has been focused on Chen Feng, but with his shot, the Knicks have to pay more attention to other Spurs players, so that the pressure on Chen Feng's body is much less.

Especially Maddie and Leonard, who thought they were at least once top or first-class stars. And Leonard even hit an All-Star in that season.

'Melon' Carmelo Anthony's mid-range shot was deflected, and the ball was back in the hands of the Spurs, and Maddy made a sneak attack from outside the three-point line, and the Spurs scored five consecutive points in half a minute to narrow the gap to three points.

Now, with just over two dozen seconds left before the end of the third quarter, the Knicks still have the last chance to attack.

Just after half of Felton's possession, it was in the hands of Carmelo Anthony, who is good at singles.

'Melon' grabbed the ball with one hand, faced Leonard's defense, first clicked forward twice with his right foot, then stepped back and made a jumper.

Carmelo Anthony's shooting is pretty standard, like a textbook.

With a "swish", the mid-shot of 'Melon' hit again.

Woodson wiped his sweat, still not daring to relax. In recent times, the Spurs have not played crazy counterattacks, but with their tenacious defense, they have caused a lot of problems for the Knicks.

In fact, he was very disappointed in his heart, the Knicks had just shown signs of recovery recently, but in the face of the Spurs, where Duncan and Parker did not exert their strength, they still played so entangled.

And now, Chen Feng is on the field, which makes Woodson feel like a pins and needles. Fortunately, Carmelo Anthony is still as consistent as ever, helping the Knicks stabilize the situation.

At 9:4, Carmelo Anthony's mid-range shot helped the Knicks extend the margin to five points.

However, 'Melon' didn't seem to look at the timer, resulting in the Spurs having time to attack around 5 after the win.

The Spurs didn't pause at all, and Dio quickly sent the ball into Chen Feng's hands. From the moment Chen Feng received the ball, Felton has been around Chen Feng's side, doing everything possible to prevent Chen Feng from bringing the ball to the front court.

After all, there are only 5 seconds left in the last 5 seconds, and you can't let the opponent complete another attack!

Chen Feng didn't want to waste any more time in his hands, so he made a long pass, and the ball came to Maddie, who had passed half time.

Maddie found out that JR Smith was already following him, so she didn't hesitate to pass the ball out.

There are only 2.1 seconds left in the clock!

The ball was in the hands of Derek Favors, who forced Chandler onto a half-turned hook and threw the ball over.

As soon as the ball was out of his hand, the whistle sounded at the end of the quarter.

While Derrick Favors' goal wasn't the game-deciding goal, fans at Madison Garden, including players from both sides, were watching to see if it would go through.

With a "bang", the ball hollowed into the net!

At 9:6, with Derrick Favors' buzzer-beating shot, the Spurs narrowed the gap to three points at the end of the third quarter.

"Ah......h

"Man, you're so good." After Chen Feng and Derrick Favors bumped their chests to celebrate, they put their right hand on Derrick Favors' shoulder and walked to the Spurs' rest area together.

"Is there any problem with physical strength?" Seeing Chen Feng coming over, Popovich stopped chatting with the assistant coach, came to Chen Feng, and asked him with concern. (To be continued......)