The older superstars of the NBA

The second half.

Compared with the New York Knicks who have always been calm, the Miami Heat look completely different. Jimmy Butler, the core of the team, had no smile on his face, and there was basically no joy on the faces of other players.

The entire Heat team seems to be in a state of depression.

call out.

The referee's whistle sounded and the game entered the third quarter.

Zhao Feiyang appears again.

This time Jeremy Lin held the ball and he went to the second position to be responsible for scoring. Adrian is still on the wing, and Andre Drummond and Dwight Howard are on the inside.

The ball passed half-court.

Jeremy Lin and Drummond signaled a pick-and-roll screen. Drummond quickly rose to the high post, and Jeremy Lin dribbled the ball towards the basket.

When he was approaching the penalty area, Jeremy Lin was disturbed by the opponent's center Meyers Leonard. When he saw that the strong attack failed, he decisively moved the ball out.

Zhao Feiyang, standing in the left corner, raised his basketball and shot a jump shot.

Swish.

A three-pointer hit the basket steadily.

It was the Heat's turn to fight back.

After the ball passed half court, Jimmy Butler went directly up to hold the ball and hit singles. It was Adrian who came up to interfere with him. The two faced each other, and Adrian kept reaching out to disrupt Butler's dribbling rhythm.

Butler didn't waste any time. After dribbling the basketball twice, he suddenly stepped back and raised the basketball to shoot.

Swish.

A three-pointer hit the basket accurately.

I don’t know what Butler is thinking, but he seems to be interested in shooting a three-pointer with Zhao Feiyang. From this moment on, the two continued to take long-range shots from the outside, and for a while they were quite tit-for-tat.

As time entered the second half of the third quarter, Butler felt better and better, and Adrian's defensive restrictions on him became increasingly ineffective.

Under such circumstances, Coach Norman decisively replaced the tired Adrian and let Andrew Wiggins play again.

At the same time, Zach LaVine was also replaced, and he was responsible for entering the game to help Zhao Feiyang share some defensive pressure.

Knicks offense.

LaVine held the ball past halftime, and Zhao Feiyang encountered the opponent's marker, threw away the opponent's defender and ran into the open space to catch the ball outside the three-point line.

After getting the ball, he pretended to lift the basketball and shoot, but in fact he deceived the opponent with a feint. LaVine took advantage of the situation to come up to cover, and Zhao Feiyang used his pick-and-roll to get to the basket.

Heat center Adebayor came up to interfere, and Zhao Feiyang threw the ball towards the opponent. Adebayor thought that Zhao Feiyang finally made a layup error this time, but unexpectedly, Zhao Feiyang just threw the ball to the other side of the basket.

The basketball hit the backboard and bounced to the right area. Drummond, who was standing under the basket, jumped high and dunked the ball in with the exclamations of the fans in the audience.

boom.

The ball went in.

The Heat fought back.

The ball passed half court and Butler wanted to catch the ball. But this time Wiggins stuck to him, and the other Knicks players on the side were ready to double-team at any time.

Such strict interference made it impossible for Butler to get rid of the defense. The ball can only fall into the hands of other Heat players.

Guard Golan Dragic received the basketball and broke through into the paint. He threw the ball with a floater.

boom.

The basketball bounced out.

The rebound was slapped away by Adebayor, and the basketball fell into Dragic's hands again.

Dragic continued to jump up and shoot. This time, Zhao Feiyang, who pounced on him, did not give him any face and slapped his shot away.

Fortunately, Howard caught the basketball on the edge. After getting the ball, he threw a long pass. LaVine quickly counterattacked with the ball.

He and Zhao Feiyang entered the basket one after another. As they approached the penalty area, LaVine decisively smashed the ball toward the backboard. Zhao Feiyang, who followed behind, jumped high and dunked the ball with his hands behind his back into the basket.

boom.

The ball went in.

As time entered the end of the third quarter, the Knicks finally took the lead again.

The Heat, which relies too much on Butler, has nothing to do at this time! On the Knicks side, Zhao Feiyang did not get particularly scary statistics today, and he even played health basketball sometimes.

This is not to say that he deliberately escaped, but that he specially prepared in advance to meet the super strong team behind him.

call out.

End of the third quarter.

85 to 80, the Knicks lead by 5 points.

Although the lead was not many, the Heat could no longer hold on. Soon in the last quarter, Butler encountered a double-team defense. The Knicks gave this super core very special treatment. Adrian and Wiggins continued to rotate to consume his physical energy.

Such a style of play also made Butler feel depressed for a long time.

On the other hand, the Knicks didn't really need Zhao Feiyang to take action. Derrick Rose and LaVine kept attacking the Heat's basket. In the end, the Knicks scored with 1 minute and 23 seconds left in the game. The difference was extended to 14 points.

This has almost been a death sentence for the Heat.

At the last moment, the Heat seemed to acquiesce to this ending, directly replacing the core Butler and letting the substitutes come up to play out the final time.

On the Knicks side, all the substitutes also appeared on the scene, and the core team headed by Zhao Feiyang sat on the team bench to rest and wait for the end of the game.

beep.

The timer sounded, and the first game of the series between the two sides was over.

The score was 119 to 110, and the Knicks won the entire game by 9 points. The New York fans at the scene were very excited, and many people stood up and cheered and screamed for the team.

After this game, the New York fans' confidence was simply overwhelming.

If some people were worried about not being able to win the Heat before, then this time, many fans believe that the Knicks can easily solve their opponents in the semifinals.

Within a few days, the second game of the series between the two sides came.

The home venue is still Madison Square Garden in New York.

The Heat's situation has not improved this time. Butler, the core of the team, is still the core of the offense. After coming on the court, he continues to take the ball and attack, and he continues to stand up and carry the team forward.

For the Knicks, Rose performed well this time. He played 37 minutes and scored 29 points and 10 assists.

Zhao Feiyang only played 35 minutes as the core of the team, but he was very efficient, scoring 27 points, 6 assists and 3 rebounds.

Inside, Drummond was also a hero for the team this time. He grabbed 14 rebounds in the game, most of which were offensive rebounds.

Unlike the Knicks' multi-point bloom, Butler finally scored a game-high 34 points. Unfortunately, his teammates performed mediocrely, and some of the main players did not even score in double figures.

With such a poor performance, needless to say the result, the two sides ended the second game of the series 103-91.

The big score also became 2-0, and the Knicks took the advantage.