Chapter 366: Not Returning to New York
Before the game, the Bucks' soldiers had already made a statement in the media, showing their determination and courage to fight against the odds.
However, the gap in strength cannot be smoothed out in one or two sentences.
Game 3 shifted to Milwaukee, but Bucks fans watched at Bradley Center as their team was slaughtered by the Knicks again.
Just three minutes into the game, the New York Knicks had already taken a 14-2 lead. And this is just the beginning, not the end, the Knicks players have a very good hand, and Rose noticed this and shoved the ball into the hands of his teammates. The Knicks players also ran like crazy, and Rose's excellent big-picture vision and accurate judgment made a big contribution, assisting the opponent with consecutive passes.
After the first quarter, Rose had nine assists, and the Knicks scored a terrifying 39 points.
The Bucks' feel is very average, only scoring 20 points, directly allowing the opponent to win by 15 points, which is big enough.
In the second quarter, Li Feng sat on the bench, and the team handed it to Rose, and his teammates felt so good today, even if he wasn't there, there was no problem. What's more, the team has a 15-point lead, and at the current pace, it will not be easy for the Bucks to tie the score.
So, under the control of Rose, Parsons, Smith, Kirilenko, and Belinelli began to take turns bombarding the Bucks.
With Ross present, they don't need to think about it, just run out of the vacancy, which is relatively simple, and it is not easy to find the inside vacancy, is there still one? Anyway, when you get the ball, you can shoot and hit it.
After this start, the fans are messy, is this the Knicks or the shooting show team?
Without Monroe and Cousins and Li Feng, the Knicks' defensive quality has plummeted. And Parsons, Smith, Kirilenko, Belinelli four people were present. It's not unreasonable to say that this team doesn't have a defense.
Tyberdu sent Ibaka. It's a simple cover-up, and I also want him to restrict Bogut.
Thanks to the Knicks' nominal defense, the Bucks' offensive efficiency in the second quarter was also very high, and Jennings was finally able to launch a reckless assault on the interior. Smith was beaten into a piece of by him, and he almost vomited out of his suddenness.
In the second quarter, the two sides played an efficient game, and the score was also a crazy rise, and Skyles, who has always admired defense, had nothing to say. The halftime score was 71-62, a rarity in the playoffs.
In the second half, Li Feng re-emerged from the field, the Knicks possessed the ball, and at the beginning of the game, Li Feng hit the basket with the ball, and faced Bogut with a split dunk, igniting the beacon of the game.
Li Feng returned with Monroe, and the result was that Jennings, who played very happily in the first half, was miserable, still with Kirilenko in front of him, Li Feng in the back, and Monroe. His offensive efficiency plummeted, and he missed two consecutive offenses. Fortunately, in the second time, Bogut showed the strength of the inside singles and grabbed the rebound and made up for the dunk.
Li Feng, who had been given enough rest, was terrifying. In the next few attacks, he either singled or passed, and the score that the Bucks managed to catch up with in the second quarter was pulled away again.
Seeing this scene, Milwaukee fans were in pain. Li Feng gave them the impression that he was unbeatable, as if as long as he played, his team would fall into a scoring drought.
At the end of the third quarter, the Knicks still led by 13 points at 92-79.
This time in the fourth quarter, the Bucks had experience, and Udri himself was in possession of the ball, trying to keep the tempo to the level that the Bucks players liked the most.
Boguteca asked for the ball on the inside, and Tyberdu changed his tactics, with Ibaka in the back and Li Feng from the side, which has the advantage that he can also play the power of the defense and deter other players of the Bucks.
Caught between two people, Bogut turned around and couldn't get out of the space. had to share the ball to Jennings, who rushed in from the outside.
That's when the new defensive lineup showed its strength, and although Jennings got rid of Kirilenko with the help of Yudri and knocked Rose away, Li Feng's defense made his impact useless, and the basketball bounced out of the frame after the throw.
Li Feng quickly landed on the ground after interfering with Jennings, turned and jumped up and grabbed the rebound with one hand. Throwing it to Ross is a 'rush'.
Ibaka let go of Bogut and stuck Gooden, and his attitude towards the Australian was clear: If you have a kind, you will chase it.
Rose, Kirilenko and Li Feng ran forward in a zigzag pattern, Jennings, Udri and Stephen Jackson chased after him, and Kirilenko chased after him, he felt insignificant, believing that those three teammates would have no problem taking care of the Bucks.
Li Feng and others kept changing formations. After the last shot, Kirilenko rushed into the box, Jennings gritted his teeth and decided to foul, if Kirilenko dunked successfully, it would be too much of a morale blow.
But Kirilenko didn't get the ball, and as soon as Kirilenko ran outside the three-point line, Rose turned around and passed the ball.
When he got the ball, Kirilenko subconsciously jumped up, which is the inertia developed in this game, and he shot outside the three-point line.
A moving basketball rubbed against the net, and the score became 103-84.
The change in the score made countless Bucks fans cry: such a massacre, the score gap is almost 20 points! The bucks didn't have the power to fight back at all!
Kirilenko looked at his big palms and began to giggle and muttered:
"It would be nice to always shoot so accurately."
With that, he began to fantasize that he had really become an enhanced version of Larry Bird and Pippen, and then the refreshing scene of the NBA God blocking the God and the Buddha blocking and killing the Buddha.
Jennings' fast break ruined his YY, and it was a real fast break, and after Kirilenko hit the ball, he grabbed the ball and ran out of the baseline to throw it to the frontcourt. Li Feng turned around and looked, and suddenly felt a faint pain in the ball, and couldn't help but scream in his mouth:
"Oops!"
In the Knicks' penalty area, Ibaka was worried about Bogut and Gooden alone, the Australian received a pass from Jennings and passed the ball directly to Gooden, who shot and shot, Ibaka quickly blocked, the result was a pass, Bogut shook his big ass and came to an aerial relay dunk.
Ibaka also wanted to use the same method to Yin Bucks, but after Gooden passed the ball, he quickly ran to the backcourt. Bogut also pouted and ran backwards after the dunk
This unprecedented fast-break battle made neutral fans happy. The battle of the Eastern Conference gap between the Bucks and the Knicks. The ratings have risen sharply.
Li Feng went to the backcourt to receive Ibaka's serve, and he took the ball to the frontcourt, and Guden came up to defend, and he accelerated abruptly. Swiftly rushed past him.
Gooden wanted to pull out the ball, but Li Feng secretly propped up his elbow and directly put him to the ground.
After Gooden, Li Feng jumped on the spot, and his upper body leaned back slightly, which was an accurate medium-range curved gun.
Hit!
The Knicks' abnormal shooting percentage made Skyles have a tendency to go crazy. He really doesn't know what he has done, it's certain to meet the New York Knicks, but it's really unlucky to meet the Knicks with such strong attack firepower!
What made him desperate the most was that the game was not over yet, there was still a lot of time, and he had a hunch that the Bucks would most likely be swept out.
The third Bucks lost at home, and soon came the fourth, Bradley Center's home locker room. The Bucks players sat in silence.
The pre-match interview had just ended, and the reporters had made a bit of a mess in the locker room. Some of the voices still seem to be lingering in the ears of the players, but no one cares, they are all sitting in their places with a blank look on their faces.
Through the walls of the dressing room, a faint cheer came in, and the players' faces became even more ugly at the sound of these sounds.
"Li Feng's son of a son of a dog said he wasn't going to go to New York? What does he mean? ”
Bogut said slowly, as if talking to himself.
Jennings squirmed her lips and finally didn't speak, just sighed and looked dejected.
It seems that the playoffs journey of this generation of pride of the same age as Li Feng is not easy.
In fact, when faced with a Bucks, no one feels good.
The Bucks relied on a combination of Bogut and Jennings, and everyone else was leftovers, and even if they were empty, they were not threatening.
"I don't want to be swept away!"
Bogut still seemed to be talking to himself, but his expression was hideous, and his tone was categorical. Bogut stood at the door of the locker room with his head held high, and every player who came out of the game would raise his arm and hit Bogut's fist with his fist, and the players had solemn and murderous expressions.
"Sweep the Bucks and make it to the second round!"
Li Feng waved his fist and howled in the player's tunnel, as if he was a bandit fighting with a saber in his hand.
Parsons and other rookies also followed suit, and this kind of shouting was more to vent the elation in their hearts. The main lineup of the Bucks is: center Bogut, power forward Sanders, small forward Mike Dunleavy, scoring guard Carlos Delfino, and playmaking guard Jennings.
In this game, Skels played the lineup, with Dunleavy as a small forward to make up for the loss of Jennings' playmaking ability to play point guard, and Delfino, who had a stronger offense, as a starter to strengthen the offensive firepower.
The Knicks have also made adjustments, with center Cousins, power forward Li Feng, small forward Kirilenko, scoring guard Harden, and point guard Rose.
The referee motioned for the players to stand ready to jump the ball, and Harden arrogantly shrugged his shoulders at Jennings and said disdainfully:
"Blanton, it's said that you scored 50 points, which seems to be very powerful!"
Bogut hadn't taken a game so seriously for many years, and when he jumped the ball, he obviously jumped higher than usual and managed to win the ball.
Seeing Bogut jump vertically, fans at the Bucks' home court began to rekindle their hopes, even though the team they were backing was trailing 0-3.
Delfino is very attacking, but he has not been reused in the Bucks, because Jennings is the kind of attacking guard who needs to have the ball in his hand to be powerful, and the two positions overlap a bit, but he and Bogut have a good understanding and know how to pass the ball to him, so he got a chance today.
Harden goes to take on Dunleavy, Kirilenko calls Jennings, and Rose mispositions to defend Delfino.
In the face of Rose's defense, Delfino cut in like a sharp knife and broke through in the opening game. Bogut followed up from the middle, and Delfino hung the ball back into the hands of the Australian, who took the ball and turned around, used the impact to knock Cousins with his big butt, and scored with a one-handed smash.
Skels applauded in satisfaction, feeling he should have reused Delfino a long time ago, and if that had happened, perhaps the team would have had a better record.
"Do they still want to die?"
Li Feng asked with a sneer when he served.
Bogut heard this, turned around and bent his arms and made a very strong men's movement. There was a clear triumph on his face.
"This guy doesn't know that they're going to be swept away!"
Kirilenko said angrily.
Li Feng stuck Sanders outside the three-point line to ask for the ball. Rose stopped. Put away the ball and throw it in the direction of Li Feng.
Sanders judged the direction of Rose's pass - in fact, anyone with eyes can judge it, so he preemptively bypassed Li Feng to break the ball, but when he took a step, he found that the ball was not coming straight to Li Feng. The landing is a step inside the two-person position.
The tacit understanding between Li Feng and Rose has been tempered for thousands of years, and Sanders's steal just gave him a chance, he took a step in the opposite direction, received the ball and pulled up.
Jennings, who came up to the bag, jumped up at the chance. In the face of Li Feng, he had to jump up in advance, because the difference in height between the two was obvious.
Waiting for Jennings to jump, Li Feng leisurely pulled the ball down, he took a step across to find a comfortable vacancy, held the ball and jumped up easily, this time he didn't need to lean back to open the distance, and accurately sent the ball into the hoop.
Seeing this scene, Bogut was all kinds of envy, jealousy, and hatred, and he scolded:
"Feng, you can't practice Marcus as well, if you're a man. Then come and fight me on the inside! ”
Li Feng said:
"I don't fight the swept dead?"
These words are really hurtful!
Bogut decisively asked for the ball to play alone. Li Feng came to the inside line this time, and he didn't move at all.
The Australians were in a hurry to turn around on the inner line, but no matter how they turned, they couldn't get rid of Li Feng, who seemed to be made of stainless steel.
Instead, as time dragged on, Cousins came in and wrapped him up.
In this way, Bogut had to pass the ball to Sanders, who did not hesitate to get the ball and confidently came to play a mid-range iron.
"Shit!"
Bogut couldn't help but scold. Sanders's face darkened, and Bogut thought of the overall situation in the future in order to stabilize the morale of the army, so he held back his anger and comforted.
"Man, I'm saying Li Feng's rebounds are like shit, not you."
Hearing this, Sanders grinned, and he said happily:
"You mean I made a good shot at that ball, didn't you?"
Bogut stared at Sanders, and couldn't help but feel sad in his heart, he didn't play anything at the beginning, if he went to the Hawks or the Bobcats, it would not be like this, the teammates of the Bucks team were too pitiful......
Rose passed the ball to Li Feng, and he took advantage of Cousins' cover to rush to the inside, Li Feng hoisted the ball to him, and Bogut's attention was on Li Feng. The inside line is vacant.
Rose seized the opportunity and threw the ball into the hoop.
Jennings played quite a failure in this game, perhaps because he was aware of this, and then on the offense Jennings decided to go it alone, he quickly dribbled under his crotch, his eyes scanned the inside line, his broad shoulders swayed from side to side, and he suddenly pulled his feet and rushed forward, and was blocked by Harden all of a sudden.
It didn't matter, Jennings had expected this situation for a long time, and as soon as the two made contact, he turned around, slapped the ball quickly with his big hand, and shook off Harden and rushed forward.
Kirilenko came out from behind with a grin, Harden spread his hands behind him, and Jennings was caught in the bag.
Carlos Delfino was empty, but Jennings ignored him and instead jumped up and shot in the middle of Kirilenko and Harden.
Li Feng and Cousins hurriedly made a chance to grab a rebound, but the ball went into the hoop in a daze.
This fact made the Knicks' players a little stunned, Jennings's mid-range shot has always been unreliable, and this time the mid-range shot was still shot in the bag, which was as difficult as India sending astronauts into the sky, but the goal did go in.
Apparently Jennings himself was a little surprised, and his mouth opened wide in surprise when he saw the ball into the hoop, but after a second he realized that this expression was wrong, so he replaced it with disdain, and said to Harden:
"Why don't you keep laughing? I said I'd you! ”
Harden stared at Jennings solemnly and said:
"Brandon, you're the first kid to eat ice cream!"
Jennings was a little dumbfounded by what he said, and he couldn't react, and Kirilenko explained:
"Ice cream is a ...... for men"
Rose advanced quickly with the ball, Li Feng strode towards the inside, his speed advantage was well played, and Bogut kept chasing after him but couldn't overtake. Seeing this, Rose deliberately pressed down his speed and flung the ball into the box.
Li Feng just stepped in, he paused and stuck Bogut with his back to interrupt the rhythm of the opponent's pursuit, and after receiving the ball, his legs bent and jumped up, and he came to a two-handed violent buckle when he couldn't let go.
The Knicks' easy counterattack angered Skeys, who yelled:
"Defend, defend, defend! Look what you're all doing, damn it, if I were you, I would have gone home and killed myself with a repeat gun! ”
Delfino is less playmaking than Udri, who can connect Bogut and Jennings when he is on the floor, and he can't do that, but Delfino has his own strengths, which is that he can always tear through Rose's defense and rush inside to distribute the ball to Bogut.
The two cooperated in this way and played continuously, and the Bucks took the opportunity to bite the score, seeing this, Li Feng simply no longer went out to wrap up, but concentrated on defending Bogut and letting Delfino perform by himself.
In the opening 6 minutes, Bogut scored 8 points, and his confidence was suddenly bursting. Brain-dead children have this advantage, and after a little achievement, they don't know how many pounds and taels they have, and they are easy to flutter.
"I want to score 83 points today, Striker, are you ready?"
Bogut turned his back to Li Feng and slapped the ball with a smug smile.
Li Feng stuck the two big thick legs of the Australian in the back, panting and saying:
"I'm sorry, but even if you step on shit, you can only slip and fall on the ground and eat shit."
Bogut pushed inward with terrifying brute force, and Li Fenghu roared to stop him.
The two battled countless times, knowing each other well, Bogut bumped three times in a row, then put away the ball and turned around smoothly, using his strong left shoulder against his opponent to hook his hand.
The left shoulder was pushed out, and Bogut jumped up. But at this time, his heart was cold, because his shoulders did not reach the real thing, that is, Li Feng got out of the way.
Bogut understands Li Feng's defensive habits, why is Li Feng not familiar with his offensive rules?
The moment Bogut turned, he moved half a step inward and jumped on the spot, waiting for the ball in the Australian's hand to be thrown, which fell right into his air defense range and slapped it down.
Cousins, who was about to wrap up Bogut, just received the ball, Kirilenko, Harden, and Rose turned around and went on a crazy run, and the Knicks were the NBA's best team at countering and fast breaking.
It was a bit difficult today, though, as Delfino and Jennings were both fast players, and the two pressed the tempo and didn't let the Knicks get on the ground.
Positional battle Rose is also very familiar, Li Feng's defensive change speed is faster, Bogut is always left behind by him, and the two run forward from the backcourt penalty area together, but when Li Feng ran to the three-second area in the front court, Bogut was still dragging his ass and dangling outside the three-point line.
Sanders came up to temporarily change the defense, Li Feng was not polite this time, and rushed directly to the inside, Rose passed the ball to him, Li Feng took the ball with his right hand and raised his left arm horizontally, suddenly pushed Sanders away, and waved the ball to the vacant Cousins.
Cousins got the ball and stepped into the restricted area, and when he got to the basket, he jumped up with a powerful dunk, Uncle Cousins was suffocated, and the basket buzzed! (To be continued.) )