Madison Square Garden in New York, the famous basketball Mecca, is also the home of the NBA team New York Knicks.

Doon has been in the NBA for so many years, and it was only this year that he was lucky enough to be here to play in the playoffs.

“MVP，MVP，MVP！”

As soon as Doon came out of the players' tunnel, the New York fans began to cheer for Doon to their heart's content.

For a while, New York fans seemed to have rebelled into Doane fans, and the Knicks' home court became the Bulls' home court.

It is worth mentioning that when Anthony appeared from the players' tunnel, there were still cheers, but not as enthusiastic as Dourne.

It can only be said that time will fade feelings, and the New York Sons, who were personally selected by the New York Knicks ten years ago, have been warmly welcomed by millions of New York fans.

However, Anthony has played in the Knicks for ten years and has never even touched the floor of the Eastern Conference Finals, and some New York fans who want to win the championship have naturally long regarded Anthony as Mrs. Niu, and they are tired of it, even bored.

"Brother, you're so popular!

As soon as you came here, it was like stealing the limelight from me!

Now I feel like I'm superfluous, you're the master here! ”

During the warm-up stage, Anthony took the initiative to find Doon and joked with Doon.

A lot of the time, though, the truth is told in a joke way.

Over the years, Anthony has apparently realized that if he can't give New York fans and Knicks management hope of winning and winning that damn championship, then there may not be much time left for him to leave the Knicks.

"Melon, you know. My villa is in Chicago, not New York, and it's too expensive! ”

Doon said that he had no idea of coming to the Knicks, so as to comfort Anthony and tell Anthony not to be careful.

"Playing well is what you really need to think about.

You can't defeat me, but you can defeat others.

I don't think there are a few small forwards in the league today who are better than you.

You're still at your peak, you're still hugely popular, and no team is going to give up on you unless you want to leave. ”

For the Knicks, Anthony is now in a situation where it is a pity to eat tastelessly and abandon it.

But it has to be said that Doon dominated the league and the Bulls monopolized the championship.

This has been the case in the past few years, and it will continue to be the case in the years to come.

The Knicks spend a lot of money every year, but if they want to beat the Bulls and make it out of the East, there is basically no such possibility.

And the team management is really bad, so it doesn't help to rely on the fans to be anxious.

After all, if you can't win the championship in a hurry, you can't win it in your dreams.

The Knicks management is a person from the past, and they know very well that no matter how much they change blood and adjust, they will not be able to produce results.

So instead of tossing around, it is better to eat more kickbacks in private.

Trading Anthony can't eat kickbacks, only bringing in big-name stars who don't deserve their name, or signing some rookies who perform well on weak teams at a premium.

So under normal circumstances, the Knicks would definitely continue to keep Anthony selling tickets.

Although there is no shortage of fans to buy the Knicks' home tickets, with stars in charge, the ticket price is bound to be higher.

Doon shared his guesses with Anthony a little bit to help him regain his morale and build confidence to win.

In this way, Doon will be better able to devote himself to tonight's game.

Otherwise, if you keep abusing the food, it will also make Doon feel very uninteresting.

"Let the storm come harder!"

Tonight, Doon was ready to win 5-8.

If he can still win Anthony in his prime, it will definitely make Doon even happier!

Straight to the point, as Doon guessed, the referees intervened in the game from the first quarter.

This is not the same as before, not just for the sake of ratings, but also for some subjective factors.

It has to be said that the NBA headquarters is in New York, and the Knicks are the home team of most NBA executives.

So, it's easy to conclude that the top echelons of the league don't want to see the Bulls easily sweep the Knicks in the Eastern Conference semifinals.

What's more, the referee who executed tonight's game in the league is an authentic New Yorker, who has a special affection for the Knicks.

With the referee exerting his strength, this game is indeed difficult for the Bulls players to play.

Even Doon accumulated two fouls after just over seven minutes in the first quarter, one of which was due to body hair whistle.

That's not to mention the rest of the Bulls!

It was also a problem of foul trouble, and the Bulls forward group appeared on stage one by one, and then had to take a break a few minutes later.

However, the referees who executed the penalty tonight were very experienced, and they did not blindly send the Bulls' main players down, but the players who really had an impact on the game, especially on the defensive end.

Like Curry, the defense is average, and there is no foul trouble, even if Curry's shooting touch is okay, the referee did not shoot.

After all, the Knicks' guard can get on the body against Curry, and Curry will always feel cold under a large number of confrontations, and then shoot inaccurately.

The Bulls don't have an outside leader, and the interior players who are good at supplementing defense are also sanctioned by the referee and can't provide timely help to other teammates on the defensive end.

This has come and gone, and the Bulls' overall defense has quickly become fragmented, and the quality of defense has dropped a lot.

The Knicks, led by Anthony, played pretty well in the first half.

At 44-58 at the end of the first half, the Knicks reversed the decline of the first two games and established a 14-point lead.

However, after the adjustment of the halftime, the Bulls gradually gained strength in the third quarter.

The Bulls first pressed Curry to the bench, then Doane in charge, Ray Allen at point guard, George at small forward, and Aldridge and white on the inside.

This lineup made it clear to the referees that the third quarter focused on offense and did not pay much attention to defense.

If the referee still wants to make trouble, then the player with better defense will be replaced.

Sure enough, the referee did not exert his force immediately, and the game went relatively smoothly.

Of course, the Bulls still suffer from penalties, and the Knicks basically use elbows to open the way and score under the basket on the offensive end.

When it came to defense, the Knicks' defensive intensity also made the Bulls players sweat profusely, and they had to be picked up once or twice just to catch the ball.

However, the Knicks players tried their best to defend and consolidate their advantage, and they consumed a lot of physical energy.

Throughout the third quarter, both teams did not score high, 24-22, and the Bulls relied on Doon's personal ability of 12 points in a single quarter to narrow the difference by 2 points.

Of course, for the Knicks, entering the fourth quarter with a 12-point advantage is undoubtedly great news.

After the start of the fourth quarter, the New York fans at the scene no longer turned against each other, and even if Doon singled with his back in the low post and scored a difficult step-back jumper, few people cheered for Doon.

In order to expand the score advantage, Anthony also chose to play immediately at the beginning of the fourth quarter.

It can be seen that Anthony is still enjoying the game and enjoying the feeling of playing against Doon in person.

Even if Doon has just thrown into a difficult giant planet, Anthony will find a way to respond in the next round, or the next round.

The high-intensity defense and the star-to-star exchange made this game extraordinarily exciting.

The New York fans at the scene kept cheering for their players and constantly shouting for defense, which also made the atmosphere of the home game even more enthusiastic.

However, the Knicks had just extended the margin to 17 points, and after the Bulls called a timeout and pulled Dhorn, the game suddenly turned out to be wrong.

After returning from a timeout, the Knicks players suddenly lost power, and burst to the basket for three consecutive rounds, either being capped or hit by iron.

Regarding the scene in front of him, Doon knew it well.

The Knicks players were too nervous in the first three quarters, and they wanted to win too much.

It wasn't until the fourth quarter that he was substituted, thinking that the Bulls had taken the initiative to abandon the son and admit defeat, and then subconsciously began to relax.

Laziness is human nature! Anyone will instinctively choose to be lazy whenever they have the opportunity.

Who wants to work harder when they can work easier?

The same is true for NBA players.

There are big stars with ideals who fight for glory and big contracts.

And the role players who have long accepted their fate naturally learned how to be lazy on the field early.

The game is about to be won, unless it is a contract year, and brushing data is conducive to increasing the amount of the next contract, otherwise it is not good to keep the physical strength to do other work after work?

Of course, there are times when NBA players don't just subconsciously want to be lazy.

The slower response of the brain is also one of the reasons for this condition.

After all, it's tiring to play, especially in a playoff game where you're in a high-intensity physical arena with only seven or eight players in rotation.

A large loss of water, a large amount of energy consumption, and an abnormally tired body can also make people dizzy and unable to maintain concentration on the court, which in turn affects the performance at both offensive and defensive ends.

In recent years, Knicks players have not made the playoffs many times, and even the main players have relatively few playoff experience.

The intensity of tonight's game was over-spec again.

Therefore, the Knicks players failed to control the distribution of physical strength, and at the same time, they did not have reasonable hydration and energy, and the body could not adapt to it all at once, which is also normal.

"It's time for us to do our best!"

Not only did Doon notice that it was time for the Bulls to start fighting back, but Scott Skels immediately made adjustments.

Scott Skels took the initiative to call a timeout for the Knicks, but the Knicks did not take the opportunity to make a good substitution.

Watching Doon return to the court for more than a minute, Knicks head coach Mike Woodson can only continue to play the main team.

After the timeout ended, the game resumed.

When Doon returned to the court, he didn't make the first effort, but attracted the defense at the top of the arc, gave Curry a hand-to-hand cover, and let Curry take the ball to the basket.

According to Curry's own thoughts, the shooting opportunity to cover the back half of the empty position came out, and he just bet on three points.

However, both Scott Skels and Doane unanimously demanded that Curry hold the ball and shoot to the basket and drive the white edge to score as much as possible.

Tonight, the white side almost played 20 minutes, and he was very energetic, so there was definitely no problem with eating cakes.

Now Curry is the third leader of the Bulls, but he doesn't have much say in it, so he can only play honestly according to the tactical arrangement.

In other words, although Curry focuses on the magic ball, he doesn't have much of a mid-range threat.

But when Curry got the ball into the three-point line, the Knicks' players didn't dare to let Curry's mid-range shots easily.

With the arrival of the pinch in the restricted area, Curry's ability to shoot the ball is average, but he also knows how to throw it into the sky.

Some of the balls are outrageous, but Shiroi can use his long reach to catch the ball, but he can't work directly in the air and dunk the ball into the basket.

Sometimes, the white side needs a second jump to complete the basket, and sometimes he feels that the opportunity is not good, so he passes the ball again.

The Bulls mainly play the basket, and they still play the ball that the referee can't blow for offensive fouls casually.

At most, the on-site referee watched the Knicks players beat the white side under the basket and pretended not to see it.

However, it also boosted White's fighting spirit, and he made a dunk under the basket from time to time, which in turn boosted the overall morale of the Bulls.

As the score difference gradually reached 9 points, the Knicks players on the court became more and more panicked and anxious, and the three referees on the scene couldn't sit still.

Basketball is not a game that can only be scored by athletic battles, you must know that every point scored can win the game!

In the final four minutes of the game, Anthony, Raymond Felton, Smith and others stood at the free throw line one after another.

The problem is, they're too tired for tonight's game! Each of them lasted more than 35 minutes, with Anthony exceeding 40 minutes.

Therefore, in the case of tight muscles and lack of physical strength, even Anthony, who has a free throw shooting rate of more than 80% all year round, has become substandard when executing free throws in the fourth quarter.

And the Knicks' free throws are not impossible to break the scoring drought, but also allow the Bulls to use more opportunities to grab rebounds and play a transition offense.

No one expected that half a month ago, the Bulls had just achieved a fourth-quarter reversal in the first round, and they did it again tonight.

The Knicks obviously played eight-a-side basketball, and the number of free throws in the fourth quarter was 13-5, but they still lost to the Bulls and became a miserable background board and stepping stone.

"We are the defending champions and we cannot be beaten by any opponent!"

In his post-match interview, Doon said so.

Among them, there are also reporters who provoke trouble, saying that in the 94 Eastern Conference semifinals G5, the Bulls lost to the Knicks because of the black whistle and failed to achieve the feat of four consecutive championships.

In response, Doon just shrugged his shoulders and said, "If we lose, we won't make excuses for ourselves!" ”

Now that he is still winning, Doon will definitely not play against the league and put pressure on the referee.

If you really win the game out of five or eight, give the referee strength, and humiliate the referee as much as you want, I am afraid that you will have to kneel down and admit your mistake in order to get the referee's forgiveness.

As the saying goes, be a man and leave a line to see each other in the future.

If you want to mix in the league, you still have to have a good relationship with the referee.

If the Bulls had kneeling support tonight, they wouldn't have had to fight so hard.

However, if you beat the Knicks, even if you have the support of a kneeling person, it seems that you can't get any advantage in the penalty...... (End of chapter)