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In the middle of the second quarter, the main lineups of the two sides returned to continue the "hands-on-hand" battle.

Since joining last season, the running-in between Garnett and the Thunder's young people has not been smooth. The wolf king who holds the "2mvp, 2fmvp" is used as a blue-collar in Oklahoma City, and he is forced to be on top. The center position that he never wanted to play in his career.

However, whenever encountering tough battles, the Wolf King can still play the mainstay role. For example, in this game, after his appearance in the second quarter, Garnett began to play inside.First, he used the opportunity after the pick-and-roll or succeeded in a mid-range jumper, or went to the basket to score in singles. The defensive end was able to use its own experience and positioning to take care of the work of protecting the frame and changing defenses to the greatest extent, which successively interfered with James. Curry's shot.

The Thunder took the opportunity to launch a counterattack, and the point difference was quickly narrowed.Ke Yan stood up, pressed his hands down, and shouted at the players: "Steady the rhythm, take your time!"

When Curry heard it, he slowed down and took possession of the ball at the top of the key to pass the attack time.

With 10 seconds left on the offensive clock, Curry dribbled the ball continuously to the left. West pulled out from the low post and ran to the middle to attract the defense. Horford was still on the right at 70 degrees, and the other two were on the baseline. A misplacement, Durant, who is the closest, did not dare to let go of James to double-team.

Curry brought it to 45 degrees, and a beautiful change of direction in front of Westbrook shook Westbrook, trying to attract the bottom line Yin Baka to double-team, but the "medical insurance card" did not double-team, only relying on height and wingspan to cover the penalty area.

Curry moved to the middle of the road, stuck behind Westbrook, did not give the opponent a chance to defend, leaned back, shot with a strange posture, and hit accurately. (55:52)

Looking back, Durant played a pick-and-roll with Westbrook in the middle, Westbrook broke through from the right, James switched defenses, Westbrook split the ball in the middle, Curry defended Durant closely, and desperately attacked Durant's foot.

Durant took a shuffling step, connected his hands together with the ball, then rose from the ground, raised his hand and threw a mid-range shot.

"Shh!"

"@#￥%" On the way back to the defense, Durant faced Curry and taunted a trash talk, to the effect that a short guy like Curry came to defend him, and he was overconfident.

The two have just cooperated in the dream team, and they can be regarded as some comrades-in-arms.But Durant has never had a high emotional intelligence, and from time to time he will make some amazing remarks, which fans call "true temperament".

The Knicks attacked, James broke through with the ball, was double-teamed near the penalty area, and split the ball out of the perimeter.

Curry received the ball from the left baseline, Yin Baka let go of West's defense, but Curry hit a "return ball", Curry handed the ball to West, who scored a mid-range shot. (57:54)

After completing the assist, Curry looked at Durant and shook his head back and forth as a response just now.

In the next round of defense, the Knicks suddenly changed their defensive tactics. After Durant received the ball, James and Curry chose to flank, leaving Holiday alone on the weak side.

Seeing this, Durant didn't hesitate at all, took the ball horizontally, broke through James' defense from the right, and distributed the ball to Harden who was emptied.

Holiday barely kept up with the first point, but after Harden passed Westbrook without stopping the ball, the Thunder sent a complete wide open. Facing the wide open, Westbrook made a decisive shot and the basketball hit The front of the basket bounced aside, and there was a disappointed sigh in the arena.

Horford overwhelmed Garnett, protected the rebound, and passed the ball to James non-stop. The Knicks immediately turned from defense to offense, rushing forward like a tide!

Facing the Knicks' turbulent offensive, the Thunder's defense was chaotic. James went all the way to the basket, attracting many defenders to score the ball. Curry followed up in the back row and shot the ball, hitting a three-pointer. (54:60)

One back and one back, 6 points inside and outside, this is the strength gap between the two leading point guards.

Before the Knicks players could celebrate, Garnett quickly served the baseline ball, Westbrook received the ball and advanced quickly, leading the audience with amazing impact, completed an exaggerated one-on-nine, directly rushed to the basket and sent the ball into the basket basket!

Although Ke Yan looks down on Westbrook and thinks his muscles arm his brain, it has to be said that no PG can match this physical talent in the history of nba.

Fortunately, the Thunder are strong on the offensive end, and they can't do anything about the Knicks on the defensive end.Beating off a counterattack from the Thunder, the Knicks kept the lead until the end of halftime. (60:66)

During the intermission, Ke Yan made tactical adjustments.Replace Holiday with Korver as the starter, and form a "bankrupt version" Splash Brothers with Curry, making use of Westbrook's weak off-ball defensive ability to make a fuss, while James, as the core of the organization and the dealer, was called Ke Yan was used as "Dream Chasing Green".

There are many benefits to this adjustment. In addition to maximizing Curry's firepower, James can properly preserve his physical strength, exert strength in the transition period, and continue the team's output!The appropriate staggering of the playing time of Holiday and Curry is also conducive to the team's offensive and defensive strength at the point guard position.

When seeing the Knicks starting lineup without Holiday in the second half, Brooks breathed a sigh of relief. Although Westbrook scored 11 points and 3 assists in the first half, the data is not bad, but his shooting percentage was only 12 of 4. Among them, it was quite average, and Holiday's defense obviously made Westbrook very uncomfortable.

Although Korver is the top shooter in the league, his defense can only be said to be below average, and his breakthrough against Westbrook is useless!

Even after the opening, Korver found an open space by running without the ball, and assisted Horford to score at the basket after attracting supplementary defense, Brooks still didn't take it seriously.

The thunder of the Thunder is not in defense, but in offense.

Looking back, Curry faced Westbrook and stepped back directly to the free throw line, giving Westbrook a step and a half.

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"This distance is a bit embarrassing. Westbrook himself wanted to use his own confrontation to "bully" Curry, but he didn't expect Curry to "defense" directly!

After adjusting the rhythm, Westbrook was about to make a shot, but Korver came to defend and turned to Sefolosha.The Swiss Army Knife didn't expect the ball to fall into his own hands. After catching the ball, he made a hasty shot and missed.

"Westbrook should shoot this shot!" Yuga, who was in charge of CCTV's commentary, was anxious for him, "Garnett walked towards his little brother, reminding him that when the opponent adopts such a defense, he must respond. !"

Curry held the ball across half court, and James, who handed the ball to the top of the arc, ran towards him. James gave the ball to Curry's running route, and then took a step across to block Westbrook, who was chasing slowly, and was hit directly. overturned.

"drop!"

Move the pick and roll!

Now, it was Keyan and James' turn to be dissatisfied!The two spread their hands almost at the same time, expressing their dissatisfaction to the referee.

But the action of the two to put pressure on the referee fell into Westbrook's eyes and aroused Westbrook's "anger".Two seemingly tough muscular men bumped into each other and spammed each other. They each received a technical foul and were pulled away by their teammates.

"Westbrook is starting to get on top! Continue to make fuss about him and draw out his fire." During the timeout, Ke Yan directed the players.

Returning from the timeout, Korver and Durant made free throws for technical fouls one after another, giving the Thunder the ball.

Garnett gave Westbrook a sideline ball, and Curry and James immediately launched a pincer attack, using their size advantage to block Westbrook's angle of the ball to the strong side, and Westbrook, who was a little angry, did not pass the ball to Yin who came over to respond. Instead, Baka forced the dribble by himself, pushed Curry away with his left hand, opened the space and passed the ball to Durant.

Such a "simple and rude" way of breaking double teams is an eye-opener!Durant made a dry shot from the outside, and Curry directly dropped his braces and complained loudly like a referee, but Korver hurriedly stopped him.

"Drip!" Although there was an obvious miss in the penalty just now, the authority of the referee is unquestionable. Curry's action of throwing his braces caused a technical foul for himself. Durant executed the second technical foul and made an additional penalty to help The team scored 4 points in a row. (64:68)

Encountered an unfair penalty, and in the next round of offense, Curry took the initiative to take the ball from James and attack with the ball.James cooperated with the pick-and-roll, then cut to the basket, received Curry's point, stared at Garnett's defense and forced a layup, causing the opponent to foul.

It was Westbrook who didn't get stuck at all when defending the pick-and-roll, allowing James to catch the ball so easily under the basket.The fans on the sidelines may not see this, but Westbrook's various bad habits of playing have harmed the team beyond what the data can reflect.

The referee's just-right "black whistle" disrupted Ke Yan's plot to "moase" Westbrook, but the Knicks players' overall better tactical quality and execution ability ensured that the team's offense was still quite guaranteed; , but still rely on personal ability to play, Durant is really strong, Westbrook is really fierce, Yin Baka and Garnett can also play a role, the only "weakness" is that Harden has not yet grown into the later " Super Sixth Man".

Halfway through the third quarter, Ke Yan replaced Korver with Holiday, West and Horford with Matthews and Mozgov, and pushed James to the power forward position.

Compared with the starting lineup, this lineup is more mobile on the field and has a wider offensive space, but there is obviously a problem with the inside defense.Mozgov’s ability to top defense and help defense can only be considered qualified. James helps defend the inside, so Durant can eat Casspi at will. James is facing Durant, and the inside is facing Yin Baka. superior.

But back in the game, it was the Knicks who gave full play to their own characteristics. Curry and Casspi's super shooting ability helped James "evacuate" the Knicks' penalty area, and the team's offense flourished;

Conversely, for the Thunder team, Yin Baka received basketball training relatively late, and his weakness of single technical characteristics was exposed.Except for an open jumper, Yin Baka has no stable scoring methods, even if he can stably suppress Casspi in the confrontation, but his finishing skills at the basket are very rough, and some opportunities are not easy to grasp.

Although their own values ​​are different, in Keyan's view, Yin Baka and Battier have some similarities.Defining them as "qualified starters" and "excellent role players", their advantages are very prominent and distinct; but if they are expected to be the third masters, in addition to defense, they also need to provide a certain ability to solve offense. It's hard for this team to make a big difference.

The transition period between the three Thunder players is usually the stage where the Thunder team "takes away" opponents in one wave. However, Durant can't score as much as he wants when facing James. Westbrook is still "high production and low efficiency". The team's offense has been greatly hindered.At the end of the third quarter, the Knicks replaced Curry and Casspi with Matthews and Horford, and after further improving the defensive strength, the Thunder's offense encountered a tougher block.

No less talent tree type + orderly scheduling + obviously deeper rotation lineup, the Knicks expanded their lead in the third quarter and expanded the point difference to 13 points in one go.After three quarters, the score was 81:94. When the red light came on, the Chesapeake Energy Arena was quiet!

This point difference put the Thunder into a great passivity!If Yin Shi can't reduce the point difference to single digits as soon as possible in the fourth quarter, the morale of the players will become more and more impatient.

Brooks made a decisive change in the fourth quarter, leaving Harden and Durant on the court to launch a counterattack.

Ke Yan also chose "Dead Grass" James.Directly deploying a lineup of Curry, Matthews, James, West, and Mozgov, both offensive and defensive, it is clear that they want to take advantage of this period of time to directly choke the Thunder to death!

Durant is without the All-Star-level Westbrook, kg, and Harden has not yet completed leveling; and the strength of the Knicks lineup is not much worse than the starting lineup. An encounter takes the Knicks 3 minutes. The point difference was widened to more than 20 points and ended.

In desperation, Brooks called a timeout, and then got Westbrook and made a final effort, but still failed!

In the end, the whole game ended, and the Knicks defeated the Thunder 124:107 away, extending the winning streak to 7 games.

全场比赛，库里砍下31分8助攻4篮板2抢断的豪华数据，詹姆斯也有27分8篮板9助攻的准三双表演，二人联手刚好贡献一炮；

For the Thunder, Durant also scored 30 points, 6 rebounds and 3 assists. Westbrook scored 28 points, but he made 25 shots and only hit 9 goals. This efficiency is really low.Especially in such a strong dialogue, the fault tolerance rate of both sides is very low.

"The New York Knicks have won seven consecutive victories. The opponents of this wave of winning streak include the two strong teams of the Nets and the Thunder! And in these seven games, the team won by more than 15 points. The gold content of this winning streak is really high! At present, it can be said that the Knicks and James have formed a very good chemical reaction, and it is difficult to predict how good their results will be!" Yu Jia said with emotion road.

It is not uncommon to start with a winning streak, but it is rare to play as aggressively as the Knicks.

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After the back-to-back expeditions ended, the Knicks returned to New York and won two days of rest.Ke Yan gave the whole team a day off to let the players take a rest.

On November 11, the Knicks played against the Bobcats, the last in the league.

Last season, the Bobcats enjoyed a veteran bonus and made the playoffs for the first time in team history.However, in the playoffs, the magic team almost cut melons and vegetables, and failed to win the first playoff win in team history.

During the offseason, Mr. Joe thought twice and gave up the idea of ​​​​renewing the veteran to guarantee the record. The Bobcats fell into chaos again. Augustin and Gerald Henderson could not replace Andre Miller and Raja. With the vacancy left by Bell, the strength of the Bobcats has been greatly reduced. Since the start of the new season, they have 1 win and 6 losses. It is very likely that it will be another bad season.

In this game, almost no one is optimistic that the Bobcats will win, including Keyan.If this game hadn't just started the season, Keyan would even consider rotating Curry.After the game started, after a brief stalemate, it was basically a one-sided situation.

During the time of the Eagles, Ke Yan often used actual combat to practice tactics. Sometimes "Lang" lost the game, and was even called "the whole job" by the fans. ", there is nothing to be afraid of, and it can also cater to the Knicks fans' pursuit of "exciting" psychology.

Throughout the game, the point difference was around 15 points. The Bobcats were unable to close the disadvantage to within 10 points. As long as the point difference reached 20+, the Knicks players would "play" and then be narrowed down.

The final score was fixed at 116:101. The Knicks started their 8-game winning streak and got the best start in team history!

In the second half of the game, Curry was arranged to brush up the data and force his personal score to 21 points; James was more conscious and scored 24 points early, so Ke Yan didn't have to worry about it.

"Who Can Stop the Knicks?" ", this is the news headline on the sports section of espn on November 11th. Right now, the Knicks have become the focus of the league.