The invincible kryptonite of basketball

Fortunately, Tang Tian chose the Pelicans at the beginning, and Davis has a gentle personality.

If you go to the Rockets or the Lakers, conflicts in the locker room will only happen in minutes.

Accompanied by this voice, after playing the Nets, the Pelicans flew to New York the next day, where they will usher in a game against the Knicks.

If they can successfully win this game, they will improve their ranking in the Western Conference from eighth to seventh, which will be their first time of the season.

The Knicks basically retained the lineup of last season, but the team's performance was very different from last season.

They ranked second in the Eastern Conference last season, and they are currently ranked tenth this season, and they may not even make it to the playoffs.

They desperately need a victory now to boost team morale.

The Chinese market in New York is huge, and this game has also attracted the attention of local fans.

Before the game started, many Chinese fans entered the arena holding Tang Tian's KT board high.

Tang Tian's current sensation among the Chinese people is even worse than the Linsanity that also caused it in New York back then.

When warming up before the start of the game, the sideline reporter interviewed the Knicks' core guard JR Smith.

"If Tang scores 40+ in this game, he will become the player with the most consecutive 40+ scoring games this season."

After asking some routine questions, the reporter mentioned a topic that has been discussed a lot recently.

"Yeah? That's not going to work out, we're a top-[-] defense this season, we're not going to let him get that score, and this is Madison Square Garden guys, it's not easy to score high here."

Smith's answer was straightforward.

Madison Square Garden is the "Basketball Mecca", where many glorious deeds of the NBA took place, such as Jordan's 40+, Miller moments and so on.

NBA stars are also proud to score high points here.

But just like the chicken and egg problem, the Knicks naturally don't want to be the background board for the opposing player to score high.

That's why Smith said this.

Madison Square Garden was packed that night.

The fans here are known as the worst in the league for booing their own players.

But there will never be a lack of audience here, because it is located in the most prosperous New York in the United States.

This is a nationally broadcast game, and ESPN sent Breen and Miller to the scene to comment.

CCTV also sent Zhang Weiping and Su Qun to broadcast the commentary.

The scene entered the opening ceremony, and the starting players of the Pelicans and Knicks were introduced one after another.

As the visiting team player, Tang Tian was the penultimate player on the field, and he aroused bursts of cheers from the Chinese fans on the sidelines.

The high popularity makes him always have this kind of "special treatment" when he is playing away games.

Tang Tian waved to the fans as usual.

While waiting to enter the queue, he couldn't help but look up at the sky above the arena.

When he was still playing in the NCAA, he and Walker played against St. John's University here.

That was the first time he came here after crossing.

At that time, Walker had a look of yearning, but he had a look of reminiscence.

Two years have passed. Although I have been here several times on behalf of the Spurs, every time I feel different.

This is probably the magic of basketball Mecca.

The outside world is talking about his scoring high scores, and this time he also set a small goal for himself.

In addition to helping the Pelicans achieve three consecutive victories and ranking further, he is also preparing to continue his 40+ scoring performance in this game.

He needs popularity, and at the same time, he also hopes that he can imprint his name in the long history of this arena like other superstars.

Chapter 454 Madison Soars Points (Second Update!)

Davis finally made his debut, and the Pelicans are the regular starting five.

Holiday and Morrow on the outside, Tang Tian and Davis on the striker, and Jason Smith at the center.

For the Knicks, Chandler was sidelined due to injury.

They are Felton and JR Smith on the outside, Shumpert and Anthony on the front line, and the "Italian No. [-] pick" Bargnani who replaced Chandler in the center position.

Stoudemire's state has declined seriously, and Anthony has appeared at the power forward position more often this season.

Davis jumped over Bargnani and gave the Pelicans the first chance to attack for the Nth time.

Holiday took the ball to the front court, and then gave the ball to Tang Tian.

It's a signature opening play for the Pelicans.

But at this moment, Anthony came directly to help defend.

Although Anthony's scoring average this season is not as high as last season, his rebounds, assists and steals all set new career highs.

After Kidd retired, both Stoudemire and JR Smith's state declined sharply, and Chandler was injured shortly after the start of the game, he entered the An Lubu mode early. Be a mother.

This defense came very quickly, and it should be the tactical arrangement of head coach Mike Woodson.

He was forcing Tang Tian to pass the ball.

Tang Tian chose to pass the ball as he wished, a pass from between the double teams to Davis.

The pass was quite accurate.

The art of fingertips can't pass too many exaggerated and wonderful balls, but it is better than precision.

Davis attacked the frame directly after receiving the ball.

Smith stuck Bargnani, and Davis dribbled two steps to the basket and scored with two-handed dunks.

Although the outside world is discussing who is the boss of the Pelicans between him and Tang Tian, ​​there will be no results for the time being.

But what is certain is that the tacit understanding between Tang Tian and him is constantly increasing, and both of them are in the same hot state recently!

Felton took the ball to the frontcourt and played for Anthony.

The Pelicans did not double-team, and Davis defended alone.

Davis has top physical talent and is a power forward. Defense against Anthony alone should be good.

Anthony faced three threats in the frame. Compared with Tang Tian's, although his passing strategy is a bit bad, but because the breakthrough is more lethal, the threat is also greater.

A breakthrough feint tricked Davis into taking a step back, followed by a sudden pull.

Because of his size, Anthony's pull-up is not as fast as McGrady's and not as elegant, but he has a strong sense of rhythm and a steady shot.

"boom!"

The basketball brushes the rim into the frame.

Anthony returned a goal to Davis and also scored two points for the Knicks.

The iconic salute celebration after a goal.

At first glance, there was an aura of single-handedly picking off the general's head.

Tang Tian held the ball again in the frontcourt, this time switching to Felton.

Woodson's double-teaming method still has two brushes in defensive tactics.

However, after the Pelicans have run in for the past two months, the team's tacit understanding has improved a lot. Holiday is already cutting to the basket at this time.

Tang Tian flicked the ball, and after receiving the ball, Holiday faced Bargnani, who was helping to defend, and scored directly.

The Italian champion is notoriously soft.

The Knicks went to the frontcourt and continued to play Anthony.

The Pelicans were also double-teamed at this time, and Tang Tian shrank back.

Anthony chose to pass the ball, and he really changed a lot this season.

After Shumpert received the ball, there was an opportunity.

"boom!"

However, his three-point shot was obviously crooked, hitting the edge of the basket and bouncing high.

Smith protected the defensive rebound.

The Pelicans went to the frontcourt and continued to play against Tang Tian.

The Knicks double-teamed, and this time the defense was replaced by JR Smith.

Tang Tian passed the ball to Morrow again, and Morrow made a three-pointer after receiving the ball.

"Shh!"

There are also!

7 is better than 2!

There was a commotion on the sidelines.

"Hey, look at Tang Tian's passes, they always pass just right, the receiver can score with the ball!"

Zhang Weiping explained with a smile on his face at the commentary booth.

Woodson frowned at this moment.

After defending three times in a row, Tang Tian sent out three assists in a row, which shows that his defensive strategy has completely failed.

Tang Tian has a tacit understanding with this Pelicans team, and the other members of the Pelicans team are in a hot state recently, so it seems that this will not work.

The Knicks' offense, JR Smith's layup after a breakthrough was directly blocked by Davis.

Although Smith said he was very confident before the game, his state this season is indeed poor.

Bargnani missed a three-pointer at the buzzer at the top of the arc, and Davis received a defensive rebound.

After Anthony made a speculative opening shot, the rest of the Knicks missed consecutive shots.

Comparing the two sides, Anthony is really a bit unmovable.

Tang Tian received the ball again in the frontcourt, and the Knicks no longer double-teamed at this time.

Tang Tian got a chance to play Shumpert by the dozen.

Shumpert is a standard 3D forward and guard swingman, very similar to Tang Tian's role in the Spurs, it can be regarded as a weakened version of Tang Tian in the Spurs period.

With Kidd retiring this season, his three-point ability has declined a lot, but the defense is still there.

And even though he was 1 meters tall, his weight of 96 kilograms matched Tang Tian's perfectly.

With a one-on-one chance, Tang Tian attacked from the front.

It is also a three-threat, and Shumpert is very tight.

Tang Tian winked at Davis directly after seeing it.

Davis came over for a personal pick-and-roll, and Tang Tianyun stepped up to Anthony's pull.

"Shh!"

Basketball hit the net.

Tang Tian's scoring methods are much less than Anthony's, but his playing style is obviously smarter.

It is not a waste to have teammates!

In the Knicks' offense, Anthony took the initiative to ask for the ball in the high post this time.

He also can't stand the hot eyes of his teammates.

This time he didn't use three threats, but hit Davis with his back, turned around and walked to the basket, followed by a washing machine gyration, and shot back directly.

Davis was a little out of step.

"Shh!"

Anthony's second shot also went in!