roccoschili Chapter 856 The feud between the Knicks and the Warriors
Chapter 856 The feud between the Knicks and the Warriors
new York.
Inside Madison Square Garden, the game between the Knicks and the Golden State Warriors is coming to an end.
The time on the timer showed that there were only 36 seconds left in the game, and the scoreboard showed 110 to 95, with the Knicks leading by 15 points.
The ball is in the hands of the Warriors, and Stephen Curry is holding the ball at the top of the key.
Even though the game was no longer winnable, Curry still had no intention of giving up. He signaled Draymond Green to come up and cover the pick-and-roll. After the opponent helped him open up space, Curry decisively raised the basketball and threw a three-pointer.
Swish.
The ball went in.
It's a pity that the applause from the Warriors' bench is gone!
98:110.
There are only 32 seconds left in the game.
The Knicks serve.
After getting the ball, Zhao Feiyang was not in a hurry to pass the half. He slowly held the ball and passed the half, trying to waste up the time. When the Warriors saw this, no one came up to interfere. Even Curry knew that wasting extra energy on defense at this time would have no effect.
Therefore, everyone just acquiesced that this happened.
As the ball passed half court, DeMarcus Cousins in the post moved up to the high post. Zhao Feiyang thought he wanted to pick and roll, but unexpectedly, after Cousins came up, he reached out to him for the ball.
Snapped.
Zhao Feiyang gave the ball to Cousins without thinking too much.
Cousins received the basketball and directly hit Green, who came up, without waiting for Green to react, he rushed into the basket with the ball and dunked.
boom.
After the ball was scored, the players on the entire court were a little surprised.
In this situation, players from both sides have actually acquiesced not to continue attacking. You can shoot, but you can't use this kind of offensive dunk.
This is an unwritten rule.
Cousins' move obviously violated this rule.
"What are you doing?"
Feeling offended, Green immediately rushed to Cousins, waving his fist to greet Cousins. Fortunately, his teammate Jordan Bell, who was standing under the basket, reacted in time and grabbed Green hard, preventing Green from making a big mistake.
A sharp whistle sounded soon, and the referee rushed between the two men as quickly as possible. He was relieved after seeing Green being held back.
Cousins was startled when he was almost beaten. When he came to his senses, his anger suddenly increased. Before he could go up to fight Green, Zhao Feiyang and Porzingis had already blocked him.
"DeMarcus, don't get excited! That guy just wants to anger you and get you suspended from the league... Don't be fooled..."
"Now we have a high probability of winning the championship. If someone is suspended, they will take advantage..."
Zhao Feiyang's two words made Cousins wake up in time.
He originally lost his mind when his temper got the better of him. This time he rarely calmed down. Not only did he not get angry again, but he even started provoking Green, "Draymond, do you want to fight me? If you want, do it! You Such a weakling can't even withstand a punch from me..."
"I know why you are angry! You lost... Man, just go back to Oakland! The championship belongs to us..."
Cousins's series of taunts made Green so frantic that even if two teammates grabbed him at the same time, this guy almost broke free.
In the end, it was Curry and Coach Kerr who walked up to him and said something to finally calm the guy down.
"Zhao, what you are doing is very unruly! We have all given up defense..."
Before the game resumed, Curry walked up to Zhao Feiyang to express his dissatisfaction.
Zhao Feiyang didn't have any intention of expressing his apology. After all, it was not him who did this.
"Stephen, I know what you mean...Although I am the leader of the team, will Cousins listen to me? If Cousins is in the Warriors, do you think a player like him will do it because of you? Do I just listen to you as a leader?”
Zhao Feiyang's rhetorical question was silenced by Curry!
We are all adults!
Moreover, every NBA player was once "Michael Jordan" in his own world. Even if he doesn't show it on the surface, he still has the pride in his heart.
A striker of Cousins' caliber is even more of a first-rate star. Since we are all stars, why should I listen to you?
Besides, Cousins has always been a thorn in the side.
The incident at the scene passed quickly.
After the basketball was released again, the Warriors continued to hold the ball and rush through the half court. Perhaps to make up for Cousins' "impolite" behavior, the Knicks did not defend this time. Unexpectedly, in this case, Curry personally held the ball and rushed across the half court towards the basket.
boom.
He rarely dunks, but this time he ended the battle with a dunk!
The entire Knicks team was surprised when he slammed the ball into the basket.
Zhao Feiyang frowned slightly, LaVine and others looked heavy, and the Knicks bench stood up in unison.
If Cousins' previous actions were impolite, then Curry's dunk was completely "revenge"!
This also made the atmosphere between the two parties tense again.
beep.
The timer beeps and the game is over.
The Knicks fans at the scene stood up and cheered loudly to celebrate the victory, and the Knicks team bench was also filled with excitement and ecstasy.
Zhao Feiyang, who won his first victory, was still calm. After high-fiving and hugging his teammates, he planned to go say hello to the Warriors.
Although the two sides had various confrontations and minor conflicts on the court, they were all during the game. Off the court, Zhao Feiyang did not think that the two sides had any irresolvable grievances.
"Hey! Andre."
Zhao Feiyang took the initiative to reach out to Iguodala.
The latter had a good attitude. Although he looked unhappy, he still hugged Zhao Feiyang and even chatted briefly.
But when Zhao Feiyang planned to shake hands with Curry, Curry ignored his move this time. Seeing Curry turn around and walk directly to the players' tunnel, Zhao Feiyang became puzzled for a moment.
He looked at Thompson and others, who were doing the same thing, and none of them shook hands with the Knicks players. Most of the Warriors players left the arena with grim faces.
"Wang Defa?"
"What are these guys doing?"
While Zhao Feiyang was stunned, Raven walked up to him and complained, "We have lost to them before, but we have never been like this!"
"Can't previous championship teams lose? If they lose, they won't even say hello?"
Zhao Feiyang sighed and shook his head. He looked back at the Warriors and led LaVine and other teammates toward the tunnel.
The Knicks won Game 1 of the series.
Originally this was not big news! But the double-digit point difference between the two sides still made many people smell something different.
If it were in the past, even if the Warriors lost the game, they would not lose so much! And their performance will not be as demoralized as it is now.
In the eyes of the outside world, Kevin Durant's absence has become the Warriors' biggest weakness! If he can't come back smoothly in the following games, I'm afraid the Warriors will probably lose their finals!
At the post-game press conference, Curry did not attend, but Green did. When reporters asked him about his actions at the press conference, Green showed an extremely unhappy look.
"DeMarcus's behavior was very rude. He shouldn't have done it. Everyone knows that you can't do this when both sides give up the game... But he did this and it was a provocation to us... ..."
"If Bell and the others hadn't pulled me away, I would have had a fight with him..."
The reporter then asked what happened with Curry's dunk. Green was stunned when he heard this, and then quickly responded, "Stephen just doesn't want to suffer in silence! They were the ones who made the move first, so why should they blame us?" ?”
"It's just a dunk! This is us hitting them back!"
"If that's the case, then why did Stephen and you refuse to shake hands with the Knicks players after the game? This is also very rude..."
Green was a little angry when he was asked this question!
He thought for a while and couldn't think of a good answer, so he angrily said to reporters, "We have already lost the game, can't we vent our emotions? Why is the whole world targeting the Warriors? Just because we are strong ?Because we are a championship team?”
When this scene at the press conference was broadcast on TV, Zhao Feiyang, who was lying on the sofa at home and watching the news replay, turned into a "subway old man face".
"People can show a lot of tolerance and magnanimity when they win, but when they start to go downhill, those things hidden in their bones will show up..."
"This guy Green is really annoying!"
"If he were my teammate, I would be very happy. What star wouldn't like having such a shameless person do dirty work and get scolded? But if he is my opponent, then I will only despise him... ..”
After the first game of the series, the second game came quickly.
This time the game will be held at the Knicks' Madison Square Garden Arena.
The morale of the Warriors seems to have improved slightly, and the mental state of the main players is much better than in the previous game. But this time Durant still did not appear.
The battle between the two sides was more intense than the previous one.
The Warriors briefly took the lead in the first half, but after the second half, the Warriors were gradually overtaken by the Knicks. After the score opened up, the Warriors never recovered. Until the last moment of the game, the Warriors were leading by about 9 points.
When there were only the last 20 seconds left in the game, the Knicks had no intention of playing anymore! The Warriors still refused to give up, and Curry still took the ball and sprinted towards the half court.
However, this time when he dribbled the ball into the Knicks penalty area, Zhao Feiyang had already swooped up from behind him.
Snapped.
Zhao Feiyang slapped Curry's dunk away.
The whole place was in an uproar.
Curry also fell to the ground because he was unsteady. When he touched the ground, Green, who came up from behind, had already waved his fist and rushed towards Zhao Feiyang.