NBA opening draw to twilight Shaquille O'Neal

Chapter 342 Winning streak still
Anthony has never had a good chance. Bargnani moved laterally from the right side of the three-second zone to give him a pick-and-roll. As a result, Wang Zelin and Aldridge switched defenses directly.

Wang Zelin confronted Bargnani and blocked the latter's pick-and-roll. Aldridge moved directly to the left baseline to defend Anthony who was pulled out.

In desperation, Felton could only pull out again to find an opportunity. When he just retreated to the free throw line, he saw Shumpert rushing in, and he was separated from Matthews by a long distance.

opportunity!

Man to ball, Felton throws the ball to the right of the backboard...

Wang Zelin, who was entangled with Bargnani, immediately took a horizontal step to the left, and then turned around and rushed to the basket. Shampoo is special, and his athletic ability is absolutely terrifying. He is a typical jumper in the league.

Shumpert had just stepped on the waist in the paint area, and when he was about to perform an alley-oop dunk after taking off and catching the ball, a figure flashed out of the corner of his eye, and he suddenly felt bad.

"Want to perform, ask me if I have one?"

Wang Zelin quickly hit the basket from the left side of the free throw line, and went straight up...

"Snapped!"

With a wave of his palm, the basketball in Shumpert's hand was slapped out of bounds by Wang Zelin, and he stumbled all the way to the front row of the auditorium.

"Oh!"

Shumpert under him was knocked over directly.

"Absolute dominance at the basket! Such a flying cap reminds people of Dwight Howard in the Magic period!"

Yu Jia sighed with a smile.

Zhang Lili also sighed with emotion: "Yes! The ubiquitous defense within the three-point line is the deepest impression Magic Howard left on the fans! Thinking about it, the defensive energy displayed by the king now is far from the Magic's three DPOY wins. Howard is not far behind."

At this moment, the scene of Wang Zelin fanning Shumpert to attack was completely frozen on the big screen...

As soon as Shumpert, who was lying on the ground, raised his head, he saw the huge figure completely enveloping him, his eyes widened. He really didn't expect that a good performance moment would be ruined.

When he took off, the Blazers No. 36 was still so far away from him... Thinking that he had basically confirmed a place in the top ten balls tomorrow, and might even be ranked first, Shumpert almost spit out a mouthful of bloody foam.

After serving the bottom line, the Knicks continued to organize the offense with only 4.7 seconds left.

The ball finally passed to Anthony, who took two steps and made a two-point shot to hit the iron.

Wang Zelin took off the rebound, and the four Blazers all ran forward.

"Andrea, Raymond, get back on defense!"

exclaimed Knicks bishop Mike Woodson.

Wang Zelin raised the ball, looked at the frontcourt with his eyes, and saw Lillard, who had passed the middle circle, and made a long pass with both hands.

Hearing exclamations suddenly came from the sidelines, Lillard knew what happened without having to think about it.

Looking back, the ball really flew towards me.

He stopped, caught the pass, stood outside the three-point line, adjusted, and shot quickly.

As soon as the ball was shot, Anthony knew something was wrong, and he returned to the defense faster, but it was too late...

"Shh!"

Lillard chased and scored a three-pointer.

At 31:33, the Blazers were only 2 points behind.

"Defend the ball!"

Seeing Lillard's goal, Wang Zelin's progress stopped immediately, and after high-fiving the returning teammates one by one, he did not forget to remind him.

"Andrea, serve!"

Anthony didn't seem to see what happened just now, and shouted at Bargnani.

Bargnani hurried up to pick up the ball, skipped Felton, and handed the ball to Anthony.

Don't look at Anthony's expressionless face, it is precisely this appearance that shows that he is burning with anger.

After dribbling the ball across the half, Anthony gestured for a single.

Seeing this scene, Mike Woodson knew: the Anthony most fans are familiar with is back.

Sure enough, it's okay to share the ball and play without the ball once in a while. If Anthony really doesn't touch the ball for a long time, he will be happy.

After all, he just won the scoring title last year. At this time, Anthony is at his peak and is in the Melon stage. The Knicks' record is poor, but it does not mean that Anthony's combat effectiveness has also deteriorated.

Offensively at least, the all-out Melo remains unstoppable.

Later in the second quarter, Anthony, who returned to his "normal" style of play, made 9 of 5 shots, 3 of 1 three-pointers, and scored 11 points and 2 rebounds.

At halftime, Anthony's 24 points accounted for half of the Knicks' scoring.

However, Anthony's brave performance could not lead the team closer to the fruit of victory. At 49:55, the Blazers overtook the Knicks by 6 points.

Anthony himself was playing high, and other Knicks players didn't have his ability, and the Blazers defended him like hell.

Seeing that the situation has developed to this point, the commentators in the TNT live broadcast seat and the Imperial TV live broadcast seat let out a long sigh at the same time: This plot is right!
After all, before the game, the major media were unanimously not optimistic about the Knicks winning the game. If Anthony really descended to the world tonight and defeated the Blazers with one hammer, it would be fun to have fun.

Fortunately, the short-term lead of the Knicks did not last long, and the media did not worry about being slapped in the face after being exposed...

Although they were often beaten in the face in the past.

……

In the away locker room, the players were bragging.

Batum patted his chest, pretending to be relaxed: "I said earlier that the Knicks' strength is like that. I really don't know what you were worrying about before."

"Hey, I don't know why Cameron was beaten in various tricks in the first quarter, crying and begging us to double-team."

This made Matthews a little bit unbearable, and he started to speak out, anyway, friends are often used to hate.

"You're trying to find fault, aren't you?"

Batum said angrily.

"Hahahaha!"

The surrounding players couldn't help laughing when they saw the performance of this pair of live treasures.

"Okay, boys, listen to me first."

When Terry Stotts gave an order, everyone immediately put away their smiles, sat upright, and turned their heads to look in the direction of the head coach.

"In the second half, we will change to the second lineup first, and let Wang and the others rest for a while." Then he turned his head and looked at Kevin Garnett: "Before the main players play, I hope the score can be maintained with the Knicks as much as possible, Kevin Garnett." , you can do it, right?"

Kevin Garnett stretched his waist: "After taking such a long break, I don't want to be complained by the fans."

Then, at this moment, he secretly said in his heart: It turns out that you can lie down and win the game, and the feeling of receiving your salary by the way is so comfortable.

Immediately afterwards, Mo Williams followed up with a promise: "Don't worry, Mr. Stotts, I guarantee that when they come back, the team will still lead the score."

He couldn't help being in a hurry.

As Beverly's performance got better and better, and his defense could greatly make up for the Blazers' lack of defense at the first position, playing time gradually increased.

Correspondingly, Mo Williams' playing time had to start to decrease.

After all, there are only so many minutes a rotation player can play, and he has to count every second.

The reason why I chose to join the Portland Trail Blazers is not only that the Trail Blazers have great hopes of winning the championship, but also because the only two Chinese players in the active league are in the Trail Blazers, which is a proper traffic gathering place.

As long as he can play a relatively good stat in the Trail Blazers, it is not easy to use this as a springboard to sign another good contract in the contract year.

At this point, Mo Williams will see more clearly than many players in the league.

For a role player like him, the championship is a fart, and his historical status in the back row after retirement is not his turn, and the possibility of being selected for the Hall of Fame may be very small. It is better to sign an extra high-quality contract while he can play for a few more years.

"Ah."

Upon seeing this, Terry Stotts nodded in satisfaction.

In fact, as the head coach, he has always seen the competition between Mo Williams and Beverly.

But still the same sentence, competition is indispensable in any workplace, and the NBA is naturally no exception.

The premise is to maintain healthy competition.

……

The second half kicked off, and the two sides changed sides to fight again.

The Trail Blazers sent all substitute players to play. On the Knicks side, Anthony stayed on the field, bringing his sword guard JR, his partner Stoudemire, and the remaining two unnamed players Wang Zelin to play.

Sitting on the bench, Wang Zelin watched the lineup of Mo Williams, Connett Lee, Will Barton, Yi Jianlian, and Garnett enter the field, and then looked at the lineup of the Knicks opposite.

He suddenly felt that there seemed to be few reliable defenders on the opposite side. Even if he couldn't defend against Anthony, he could still fight hard no matter how bad he was.

As for the Knicks and Bully, this guy was...

It’s been said that back then, Stoudemire today doesn’t have the power of a bully who first arrived in the Big Apple, half of his peak skills are considered high-spirited.

In fact, since joining the Knicks in 2010, Stoudemire has only handed in one excellent report card in the Big Apple. That was the first year he came to the Knicks. At that time, he could still average 25+8 per game, and even scored 9+ in 30 consecutive games, directly reaching the top of team history.

That year, he was still the well-deserved starter of the Eastern Conference All-Star, and after that, there was no more.

Part of the reason is due to the joining of Anthony, which made Stoudemire's status as the leader of the team no longer, and even the possession of the ball dropped again and again.

But more, he can only blame his own body for not living up to expectations, and that damn injury made the former bully never come back.

……

beep~
The whistle sounded and the Knicks sent the backcourt.

Anthony controlled the ball and played low post singles. Facing the double-teaming of Yi Jianlian and Garnett, he didn't seem to see that Tadmire was open and forced one.

"Crack-crack...swish!"

The ball bounced a few times on the rim before falling into the net.

Stoudemire pursed his lips tightly, and started running back and forth helplessly.

What if you are not satisfied?

Today's Knicks are no longer in charge of their own. Even if Anthony has some conflicts with the management and coaching staff at this time, as long as he is still on the court, he has unlimited firepower.

What's more, they also scored.

At 51:55, the Knicks trailed by 4 points at home.

Trail Blazers attack.

Facing the defense of Bino Udri, Mo Williams played like a god of war, no, it should be said that he was the Flash.

Also 31 years old, the 1-meter Mo Williams is far better than Bino Udri in terms of physical fitness and offensive firepower.

At the top of the arc, Binoyoudry succeeded. Facing Stoudemire's defense, he made a close-range throw.

"be careful!"

Anthony was very dissatisfied with Stoudemire's defense that was as thin as paper, and he yelled in public without taking the former's face into consideration.

"..."

Stoudemire's entire face collapsed in an instant, staring at Anthony angrily, but in the end he remained silent.

The situation is stronger than the people!

On the next attack, Anthony still faced the double-team shot and was not so lucky, shooting hard.

The Blazers immediately seized the opportunity to counterattack. Garnett played a fake pass and assisted Yi Jianlian to successfully gliding and dunking. The latter also scored the first goal of the game.

"Beautiful! This goal once again proved that the running and jumping ability of the UAE is absolutely not inferior to that of most black players. That height! That distance! Hey, it's so beautiful!"

It is rare for Yi Jianlian to contribute a high-gloss shot. How could Zhang Lili let go of this opportunity, and when he caught it, he kept blowing it up.

On the other side of the ocean, domestic fans responded equally enthusiastically.

"A good goal, but I still have to thank the selfless assist from the Wolf King."

"Let me just say, Ah Lian's joining the Trail Blazers is definitely not through the king's backdoor. They still have strength."

"Wang Zelin: I will give you a chance to reorganize the language."

"Fuck! The ghost upstairs, can this be crooked?"

"..."

Is this the driving ability of old drivers?There are always some ghosts who can switch from a serious topic to another colorful topic...

Back to the game.

Halfway through the third quarter, Anthony made 5 of 2 shots and 2 of 2 free throws, scoring 6 points.

I have to say that Gua Ge's state today is really brave, and he deserves the title of "Lu Bu fighting three heroes" that was pulled out before the game.

True An Lubu also!
It's a pity that Lu Bu's force is unrivaled, but he still can't escape the Baimen Tower in Xiapi. Anthony's ending in this game is really similar to Lu Bu in the novel.

At 9 minutes and 22 seconds, Anthony made a foul at the basket and made two free throws. He scored 8 points in the third quarter and 32 points in the game.

At this time, the scoreboard showed that the two teams were 68:70, and the Knicks were still two points behind.

Anthony played really hard, and the Knicks' defense is really bad!

beep~
The Blazers called the first timeout of this section, and Anthony returned to the bench, thankful that he had a chance to breathe, but immediately afterwards, his heart was full of despair.

No need to think about it, this timeout, the Blazers will definitely switch to the full main lineup. He has played like this, and the team is still behind by 2 points. When the opponent replaces the main lineup, the ending can be imagined.

Sure enough, when Wang Zelin's men returned to the court, the defensive pressure on Anthony doubled and it became more difficult to score goals.

In the remaining 2 minutes, Wang Zelin made 2 of 2 shots and Lillard made a three-pointer. The Blazers easily scored 7 points.

And the Knicks didn't score a point!
After three quarters, the Blazers led the Knicks by 77 points 68:9.

Only halfway through the fourth quarter, when the point difference reached 15 points, Knicks coach Mike Woodson called a timeout, raised the white flag to announce surrender, and the game officially entered garbage time.

In the whole game, at 109:96, the Blazers won by 13 points, achieved a record of 17 wins and 3 losses, and also won a wave of three consecutive victories.

(End of this chapter)