Chapter 131 The Death of the Enemy

Defeating the Kings, the Knicks won two consecutive victories, and Li Feng defeated the Kings' Terrek Evans in this game, and the most prominent rookie this year is none other than Li Feng.

The Knicks' record has unknowingly climbed to 10th place in the East, and they are already in the race for the playoff roster.

In the next game, the opponent is no longer at the level of the Sacramento Kings, such as the Boston Celtics, the Los Angeles Lakers, etc., will play against the Knicks, and the strong teams are all gathered, which will undoubtedly be a huge test for the Knicks!

D'Antoni naturally looked at the team's schedule, and he had already discovered this veritable devil's schedule.

At the beginning of the season, he didn't pay much attention to it, after all, his goal at that time was just to take the Knicks to accompany the prince to study.

But now it's different, the playoffs are just around the corner, so direct dialogue with the strong teams is naturally extremely important.

If they can make it through this schedule, then the Knicks will continue to be competitive in the playoffs, and if they can't make it, I'm afraid the team will fall behind.

Worried about the upcoming Devil's schedule, D'Antoni led his team to PepsiCenter Arena in Denver, home of a not yet the toughest rival, the Nuggets.

He obviously didn't expect that a team that had not been in the best place since the start of the tournament would cause so much trouble for his team.

In fact, the Nuggets are not ranked among the top in the West, but their recent form has been outstanding.

They had won four straight games before meeting the Knicks, including one on the road against the Los Angeles Lakers.

The Nuggets' lineup is definitely not bad, with Nene and Martin on the inside, Carmelo Anthony as the league's most ferocious firepower at small forward, J.R. Smith at the point guard, and Chauncey Billups at point guard.

D'Antoni, who focused on the next Devil's schedule, ignored this, and the Nuggets' record and the strength of the opponents behind him made him involuntarily have a desire to underestimate the enemy.

It's like that for all the coaches, let alone the players.

Except for Li Feng and Du Hong, many players have a bit of a mentality of underestimating the enemy.

It's not that the Nuggets are weak, it's that the Knicks didn't even dare to say that they could win before the kings in front of them, but they won, and their mentality has changed, from being too inferior to being too confident.

With such a mentality, coupled with the fatigue of four games a week, the Knicks were beaten by the Nuggets as soon as the game started!

Just six minutes into the game, the scoreboard at Pepsi Center Denver had already turned the score to 7-25, with the visitors in front and the home team behind.

It turned out that as soon as the Nuggets started the game, they took advantage of the momentum of their home court to launch an onslaught.

Carmelo Anthony was on fire, scoring 13 points on a burst shot as the team got off to such a fantastic start in the recent Knicks conversation that cheered and cheered from the home fans in the audience at Pepsi Center Arena in Denver.

At this time, the Knicks' players woke up from a dream, and they remembered that they didn't seem to be strong enough to despise their opponents.

Under the leadership of Li Feng, the Knicks fought back.

When he was in the Grizzlies, Li Feng played against the Nuggets, and he knew that the Nuggets' defense was far inferior to offense.

And Martin, who defends him, is an impatient player, Li Feng continued to play singles in front of Martin, and even caused Martin to commit three fouls in one minute, forcing Carl to replace "Birdman" Chris Anderson.

But even so, there was still a gap between the two teams, and at the end of the first half, the Knicks trailed the Nuggets by as many as 17 points.

At half-time, in the dressing room, D'Antoni scolded his players and seemed to forget that he had made the same mistake. …,

Li Feng and his teammates held their breath in the locker room. When they returned to the court and were ready to sprinkle that anger on their opponents, they found that the Nuggets' offense was even stronger.

Billups helped him force a breakthrough through the Knicks' defense, and after entering the penalty area, Flounder calmly passed the ball out, and Jr Smith at the top of the arc received the ball and threw it, and with a bang, the basketball went into the net!

Then, Carmelo Anthony, who hit the scoring title this season, continued to perform furiously, shooting inside and outside.

The Knicks are in a predicament they haven't faced since the start of the season, and their opponents' powerful offense has clearly exceeded their expectations!

This situation made the Knicks players very frustrated, and after the restart, Li Feng obviously felt that the fighting spirit of his teammates had been hit a lot. He decided to use practical actions to motivate his teammates!

After two consecutive breakthrough passes were wasted by his teammates, Li Feng decided to go it alone!

Dribbling outside the three-point line, Li Feng pretended to pass the ball, suddenly activated, and successfully deceived Martin.

In just an instant, Li Feng was like an arrow from the bow, and he was unstoppable and struck at the basket.

The Brazilian beast pounced on the defense, but still couldn't stop Li Feng, and rushed into the interior Li Feng dunked with one hand.

Bang!

Li Feng's dunk also inspired the fighting spirit of the Knicks players, and in the following period, the Knicks bombarded the Nuggets.

But at this time, Carl suddenly focused on defense, and the Knicks missed several offenses, and the players were inevitably a little impetuous, giving the Nuggets a chance to counterattack!

Gallinari missed a three-step cold shot from beyond the three-point line, grabbed a rebound and passed the ball directly to Billups who ran to the halfway line.

Billups hoisted the ball directly in front of Dujon without stopping the ball, and J.R. Smith had already inserted it at high speed with a clear understanding, and this pass completely tore apart the Knicks' defense.

J.R. Smith rushed inside and also staged a pull-up dunk, which also ignited the enthusiasm of the fans at Pepsi Center in Denver!

At this time, the game had been played for the last three minutes, and the score gap was 11 points again, which undoubtedly extinguished the flame of hope for the Knicks.

D'Antoni on the sidelines was unwilling to lose, and replaced Corey with Jaric and grabbed three points directly.

The effect of such substitutions was still obvious, Jaric did not make a contribution to the game, he played a diversion role, and Larry Hughes hit a three-point shot from the bottom corner.

However, next, Li Feng broke through the ball, Jaric got his own chance, the opportunity was good, he chose to pass, but was broken by the Nuggets, Billups scored a chase three-pointer on a fast break, and the Knicks' morale was hit a major blow!

D'Antoni on the sidelines also dropped the water bottle in his hand in frustration, and he was obviously unhappy with the way Jaric handled the ball.

The morale of the Knicks players was obviously affected by this ball, Li Feng fought desperately alone, but the score gap was too large, and finally the Knicks lost with a score of 100-117, ending the two-game winning streak!

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