Chapter 216: A sword seals the throat
The Wizards' fast break directly silenced the Knicks, and even D'Antoni on the sidelines waved his hands in annoyance because of this ball, and then covered his face with his hands!
The tide is over!
Even with a quarter and a half to go, the Knicks will be having a hard time regaining their mentality of competing with the Wizards, and their home court has been scored by opposite stars scoring the top 10 one after another, which is a devastating blow to the home team.
Even Si, who has the most winning mentality in the Knicks lineup, can only be incompetent and furious at this time.
His desire to win has not changed, but the team's morale has plummeted, and even if he can play again, he will not be able to save the team's decline.
What's more, there is a guy on the other side who is not weaker than him in the slightest.
The third quarter ended quickly, with the Wizards extending their lead to 20 points at 89-69.
Li Kaiming was surprisingly relaxed in this quarter, playing only 6 minutes in the third quarter, easily scoring 8 points and 4 rebounds, and the team's lead continued to expand.
It's not that D'Antoni hasn't tried to come off the bench, and sometimes the starting line-up has no energy, and when the water cooler or substitute player who is eager to play is on the pitch, he will do his best to show himself and try to defend.
But taking the bench didn't help, the lineup at the beginning of the third quarter was the Knicks' strongest offensive lineup, but after a while, the rhythm was still on the Wizards' side.
With the substitution, maybe the team's mentality will be better, but the strength will be weaker than the Wizards' starting lineup.
So after insisting on the game for half a quarter, D'Antoni directly gave up the treatment, and simply let the substitute play directly until the end of the next three quarters, anyway, the effect of starting and being on the bench is very similar, and the hard work of the substitute player will at least not be particularly uncomfortable.
In this kind of game, in the entire Madison Square Garden, I am afraid that only the fans of the Wizards will feel comfortable, and the rest of the fans are closed.
Spike Lee, who had been in the front row at the beginning of the game, had a face as black as coal, and he was hunched over, his chin in his hand, and his eyes were fixed on the field, without blinking.
Some Knicks fans couldn't stand the atmosphere on the court anymore, so they simply left the court early and didn't watch it.
The strong matchup imagined before the game, the Knicks ended the Wizards' winning streak, which did not happen as expected, but their home team, which was beaten into a shrunken turtle before the fourth quarter began.
The fourth quarter of the game began in such an atmosphere.
Although the score difference is still very large, D'Antoni is also embarrassed to start playing in the fourth quarter in front of his hometown parents.
This is the home court, the face that should be demanded is still there, the offseason trade Les is not to put a bad fight for the top spot in the new season, if he directly comes off the bench in the fourth quarter, I am afraid it is not far from being laid off.
Both sides fielded their starting five, and the fourth quarter kicked off with a big fight.
In the first round, the Knicks served, got the ball after blocking and dismantling, and directly scored two points in the face of Li Kaiming.
71-89, after the score, Si was silent, and there was no passion at the beginning of the game.
The Wizards attacked, and the team was much ahead, so Li Kaiming was not in a hurry to play by himself, and tried his best to help others find opportunities.
After Hinrich blocked and dismantled, he went to the middle, faced the point guard and Si's bag, and gave the ball to Nick Young on the outside.
Nick Young, who had been in the doldrums for a whole game, finally scored tonight, and he took the ball and threw it to score his first sports goal of the night.
71 to 91, the difference is still 20 points.
The Knicks still give the ball to S, and it should be the latter who takes the initiative to apply to the coach off the court, and he wants to use singles to open up the situation.
Li Kaiming opened his arms and took a step away from Si to prevent him from stepping over.
Si shook for a while, and finally chose to rush straight in, and after the sudden halfway through, he found that there was no way to get rid of Li Kaiming, so he simply threw the ball up, and then the whole person fell backwards!
As a veteran fritter who has played football for many years, Si knows how to use home advantage to win the whistle for himself.
The baseline referee immediately raised his hand and clenched his fist, signaling Li Kaiming to block the foul.
Li Kaiming opened his hands and put them on the sides of his head, with an unbelievable look on his face!
tf? Where's the foul?
Just when he wanted to find a theory of the baseline referee, Hinrich behind him immediately came over and grabbed him, and then whispered to him that the home whistle was normal.
And some good things close to the court, after seeing Li Kaiming's actions, immediately began to shout to the referee, "Give a technical foul!" Give technical fouls! ”
The referee also knows that he can't be too excessive, and the home whistle is within the range of tolerability, and if he gives a technical foul inexplicably, it will be somewhat obvious to be biased.
He stepped up to the free throw line and made both free throws to score two more points.
73 to 91.
The Wizards served, Li Kaiming helped Hinrich block the defender after he arrived in the front court, and then immediately inserted it into the three-point line, Si also hurriedly followed when he saw this, but Li Kaiming suddenly braked sharply and jumped directly to the three-point line.
Xin Liqi, who had a tacit understanding with him, arrived and comfortably delivered the ball to Li Kaiming's hands.
Si immediately pounced, but Li Kaiming was faster and made a direct three-point shot.
Three-point shot, the Wizards added another 3 points, and Si was a little fried.
That's how it was in the third quarter, every time the Knicks scored, the Wizards were able to respond, and most likely it was a three-point shot.
The Knicks' offense, Si is still singles with the ball, and seeing that the score difference will not be able to catch up at all for a while and a half, Si obviously began to be anxious, and he didn't look at the basket when he took the ball, and rushed directly with his head covered.
The basket has a high shooting rate and a high probability of scoring, facing the crazy Si, Li Kaiming's defense is really not enough, but he controls his body well and does not give Si a chance to play 2+1.
75-94, Si scored three consecutive rounds, and the home fans began to cheer again, and Si seemed to beat the Knicks' momentum back a little.
The Wizards attacked, this time Li Kaiming just did some off-ball runs, and after the last three-point shot, Si followed him inch by inch and didn't let him find a chance.
The more the score leads, the more Li Kaiming wants to throw three points, because that can directly break the will of the opposite side and is the easiest way to win.
Hinrich found Nick Young who ran without the ball, but unfortunately the latter didn't take advantage of the opportunity, three-point iron, Nick Young so far, three-point shooting rate is a terrifying 0 of 5.
If Sanders hadn't let Sun Yue play a quarter in the second quarter, Nick Young would have been able to smash Madison's basket alone!
Seeing that the Wizards finally missed, Si thought that there was an opportunity, and immediately seized the opportunity to succeed in the single again, and the remaining fans in Madison Square Garden were already able to organize to cheer for the home team.
Seeing the Knicks rise again, Li Kaiming knew that it was his turn to make a move again.
When he got to the frontcourt, he asked for the ball directly, and then motioned for everyone else to pull away, and he wanted to play singles.
Si is also preoccupied, as long as he can defend Li Kaiming with this ball, then the Knicks have a great chance to turn the tables, and there is still plenty of time!
Under the eyes of the whole court, Li Kaiming faced Si, dragged the step and dribbled twice in disguise, and with the space created, he took a horizontal step and shot directly outside the three-point line!
He wants to use this ball to directly end the Knicks' hopes of a comeback!
Si used all his strength to reach the basketball in Li Kaiming's hand, but he was still a chess gap, and Li Kaiming's three-point shot hollowed into the net!
Swish!
77 to 97!
Li Kaiming sealed his throat with a sword, and after Si saw the goal scored, the whole Rao momentum instantly became defeated, the most desperate thing in the world is what you seem to be able to reach, you can only watch it slip out of your hands, but you can't do anything.
The defeat of the Knicks was directly announced, and the next game was very simple, and halfway through the fourth quarter, D'Antoni took the initiative to replace the bench and announced his surrender.
And Si directly covered his head with a towel and sat on the bench with his head down.
Seeing that the opposite side had already closed the troops, Sanders also won all the starters in the next dead-ball round, and then replaced the substitutes and water cooler players.
Sun Yue and Yi Jianlian got another chance, and the two played well on the court.
In Emerica, the game is over, because the outcome of the game is already obvious, but in Huaguo, the visual feast of fans has just begun.
In the second quarter, the performance of Sun Yue and Yi Jianlian gave Huaguo fans unlimited expectations, and the fans wanted the two to get good data in this game.
In the second quarter, Yi Jianlian faced Si, most of his physical strength was used on defense, so he didn't feel good, and after half a game, his physical strength recovered, and in the fourth quarter, facing the Knicks' water cooler player, Yi Jianlian's strength was definitely among the best on the court, so he quickly became the best player on the Wizards.
In the end, the Washington Wizards defeated the New York Knicks 108-91, making it four consecutive wins since the start of the season!
Li Kaiming played 30 minutes, scored 29 points, 14 rebounds, 8 assists and 1 block, scored the highest rebounds in the game, and shot 56 percent.
The rest of the players on the Wizards' team, except for the troubled Nick Young, are doing well.
Starting point guard Kirk Sinrich scored double-doubles in assists in two consecutive games, and he had 14 points, 2 rebounds and 10 assists in this game, most of which went to Li Kaiming.
After the team has Li Kaiming, Hinrich's average assists per game are about to double.
The team's starting center Andre Blatch also performed well, scoring 16 points, 8 rebounds and 2 blocks, and was the most reliable anchor in the Wizards.
Of course, the most noteworthy thing is the performance of Sun Yue and Yi Jianlian, Sun Yue felt very hot tonight, he made 3 of 4 three-pointers in the game, scored 9 points, 2 rebounds and 1 assist, and the only assist was also on the top 10 shots.
Yi Jianlian did not perform well on the offensive end in the second quarter, but by playing the Knicks drinking lineup in the fourth quarter, he successfully brushed the score to double digits, scored 11 points and 6 rebounds in the whole game, and the shooting rate also reached 50%, which can basically determine the position of the neighbor Liurao.
As for the last one, Nick Young, who was 1 of 8 from the field, 0 of 5 from three-point range, and slashed 2 points, 4 rebounds and 3 turnovers, became the brightest player on the Wizards.