roccoschili Chapter 869 Small moves
Chapter 869 Small moves
In the first quarter, the New York Knicks performed very tough.
Whether it was Zhao Feiyang playing singles with the ball on the outside, Porzingis inside or Dwight Howard coming off the bench, they all showed strong combat effectiveness and had no intention of giving in during the confrontation.
On the other hand, for the Golden State Warriors, Stephen Curry is still solid, but other players cannot play in his state.
The most obvious one is Draymond Green inside.
After winning the last game, this guy was talking nonsense. In this game, the Knicks' top four forwards were trying their best to keep an eye on him. First Porzingis came up, and then Howard. The two defensive moves against Green were not small, and there were no shortage of small moves that should be used.
Howard, who was regarded as a "nice gentleman" in the past, went straight to the dark side this time. After going up, he exchanged harsh words with Green, and even almost started fighting with Green.
At the end of the first quarter, the score was 30-27, with the Warriors trailing by 3 points.
Soon came the second quarter.
Both sides replaced the core to rest and let the substitutes perform.
Adrian Ennis on the wing finally found his form this time. Since the start of the series, his defense has been pretty good, but his lack of strong offensive performance has made the outside world full of doubts about him.
In the second quarter, Adrian finally vindicated himself.
The Knicks served and after the ball reached half court, Adrian came up from the wing to cover.
LaVine rushed into the basket with the ball, but failed to play alone and transferred the ball to Adrian. Adrian rushed into the two zones on the right side of the basket with the ball and played behind him. The person who came up to guard him was Alfon. So. McKinney.
McKinney pushed Adrian hard with his body, but Adrian didn't expect him to fight hard at all. After the impact, he quickly turned around. McKinney panicked and quickly adjusted his body weight. He had just made a move, and Adrian He suddenly turned back and made a gesture of raising a basketball to shoot.
McKinney's steps were already in disarray. When he jumped to defend, Adrian put away his fake move and turned around again.
By the time McKinney reacted and was about to pounce, Adrian had already easily thrown the ball into the basket.
boom.
The ball went in.
There was applause from the Knicks' bench.
It was the Warriors' turn to fight back.
Klay Thompson holds the ball and prepares for a single, and Green raises his wing position from the inside to prepare for cover. Thompson took advantage of the situation and dribbled the ball to the basket. Unexpectedly, as soon as he broke through the first round of interference, Porzingis immediately came to defend him.
Thompson couldn't find a chance to shoot at all and could only continue to dribble from the basket to the other side.
Snapped.
He gave the ball to McKinney. Just as McKinney was about to lift the basketball and take a shot, Adrian slapped him and sent the ball flying away.
The basketball flew directly out of bounds to the VIP auditorium.
The whole scene was in an uproar.
The Warriors served quickly, and after the ball returned to the court, Thompson used a screen to throw a three-pointer. The basketball bounced out of the basket. Green was trying to compete with Porzingis for the rebound under the basket. Before he could jump up, Porzingis directly blocked him behind him. Howard on the side took advantage of the situation and jumped up to easily grab the rebound. .
"Quick attack!"
Howard made a long pass, and the basketball was thrown into LaVine's hands, and LaVine accelerated to the half court.
When he was approaching the basket, he encountered interference from Thompson. LaVine smashed the ball directly onto the backboard. Adrian, who followed behind, did not hesitate at all and jumped up with a two-handed dunk to end the battle.
After scoring, Adrian and LaVine high-fived excitedly.
The three of them were the only ones in the entire team who dared to make such coordinated moves without looking back. This kind of tacit understanding between each other also made them quite proud.
Under the constant bombardment of the Knicks, the score gradually tilted towards them.
When the buzzer sounded at the end of the first half, the two sides tied 64 to 57, with the Knicks leading by 7 points.
Half time.
In the Knicks' locker room, a group of players didn't care at all about whether they could win the game. All the players discussed was how to continue to expand the score in the second half.
Head coach Thomas also pointed out the problems in the first half and made adjustments to the team's lineup.
On the Warriors' side, the team's locker room was already in chaos. When the Knicks are careless and underestimate the enemy, they may be able to win a game by chance, but once the Knicks wake up, it is simply impossible to defeat the Knicks with their current lineup.
The players all know this!
The clearer it becomes, the more confused everyone becomes.
Even team leader Curry was silent! He couldn't find a better way, and he had no reason to convince his teammates to keep going.
But at this time, a figure stood up.
"Coach Steve, I have an idea...I think I can give it a try..."
The person who stood up was Green, who quickly explained his thoughts in front of everyone. Head coach Cole, core Curry and others changed their expressions several times after hearing this, but they did not say anything or stand up to express their objections.
Only Andre Iguodala raised his hand after Green finished speaking. He hesitated a little, as if he was afraid of offending others, but he finally spoke out his thoughts, "Do this... ..Isn’t it a bit shameless? We are a championship team! I don’t think we should do this. Even if we win, it should be fair and square..."
When Iguodala said this, the others had no reaction, but Green was the first to laugh out loud.
"Come on! Andre, who cares so much? Winning is everything! Even if you do whatever it takes, as long as you can win the game, everyone will cheer for you..."
"This is reality! It's not a fairy tale with special codes! If you don't dare to do it after watching too many cartoons, then you can just sit on the bench and watch what we do... and wait until we get the total After you win the championship, you will also be given a ring. Who makes you also a member of the Warriors?"
Green's mocking words made Iguodala frown.
These words made him very uncomfortable, but when he saw that neither Curry nor Coach Cole made a sound, he knew that there was no point in arguing.
"Fake...Draymond..."
Iguodala cursed helplessly, then sat down and never spoke again.
When Green saw Iguodala's compromise, he did not pursue his scolding him. He just continued to say to Coach Cole, "Coach, since it has been decided! Let me implement it! I happen to be unhappy with these guys too." ..."
"It's just that if this happens, the outside world will definitely talk about me... As my teammates and coaches, you must support me on this point... I don't care if I take the blame, but it's my turn Nothing should be missing..."
beep.
The second half comes.
The two sides walked out of the tunnel again.
For the Knicks, Zhao Feiyang comes on the court, and Howard and DeAndre Jordan also continue to play. For the Warriors, they did not replace Curry, but let Shaun Livingston hold the ball.
Iguodala on the wing is also absent, and Green and Jordan Bell continue to be in charge of the inside.
Snapped.
The Knicks serve.
Zhao Feiyang held the ball through half court. Facing Thompson's interference, he used the cover of his teammates to lift the basketball and shoot a three-pointer.
Swish.
The ball went in.
It was the Warriors' turn to fight back.
After the ball passed half court, Livingston gave the ball to Thompson on the wing. Thompson raised the basketball and hit a three-pointer, but this time the basketball still missed the basket.
After the basketball bounced, Green started to take action under the basket. Howard rushed forward to grab the rebound. Green was not in a hurry this time and deliberately leaned up against Howard. When Howard grabbed the basketball, Green swung his elbow at him.
This action was extremely concealed, and the distance between the two sides was too close, so the referee did not see clearly what Green did.
Howard, who was in pain, also dropped the basketball because of this.
Green took advantage of the situation to pick up the ball. After getting the ball, he threw a long pass to Thompson. This time Thompson raised the basketball and shot a three-pointer.
Swish.
The basketball fell steadily into the basket.
Green's little move helped the Warriors score 3 points.
Howard was unhappy with being elbowed, but he did not rush to fight with Green. Instead, he took the initiative to go to the referee to protest and even asked for the video to be replayed.
The referee did not agree with this. No matter what Howard said, the referee only said that it was impossible to review the video.
Seeing that his teammates had brought the ball across half court, Howard, who was afraid of affecting the game, could only quickly return to the court.
The game goes on.
In the next few minutes, Green made more and more small moves on the court. It was not only Howard who suffered, but also DeAndre Jordan, who had just played.
Both encountered interference from Green.
After they repeatedly expressed their dissatisfaction to the referee, the referee finally walked up to Green and warned him.
"Draymond, pay attention to your body movements... If there is any problem again, as long as I find out, I will definitely let you eat T..."
Green just shook his head and said nothing, and ignored the referee's question.
Perhaps he noticed that Howard and Howard were preparing to counterattack. Green temporarily let Bell enter the basket to compete for rebounds, while he came to the outside to defend.
Soon the Knicks attacked with the ball, and Zhao Feiyang swayed Livingston at the top of the key and rushed to the basket. Seeing that he passed two players in a row and was about to take action in the penalty area, Green suddenly swooped up at this moment.
The two met in mid-air, but Green's elbow was not late. The moment Zhao Feiyang threw the basketball, he hit Zhao Feiyang in the face with his elbow.
boom.
Zhao Feiyang fell to the ground immediately.
This time Green was not so lucky, and the referee blew the whistle directly. Not surprisingly, the referee directly gave Green a technical foul.
Green, who got the foul, was so shameless that he pretended to go to the referee and said that he didn't mean it at all and that such a ball should not be given a technical foul.
However, Zhao Feiyang, who was knocked down by his elbow, lay on the ground for a long time and could not get up. All the Knicks players at the scene became nervous.