The older superstars of the NBA

The game entered the second half.

Perhaps because of the team's lead, after the start of the third quarter, the Knicks' condition gradually became worse than before.

Jeremy Lin and Zach LaVine are in charge of the backcourt, Dwight Howard and Tristan Thompson dominate the interior, and Andrew Wiggins is placed on the wing.

As for the Lakers, they continue to send out players from the main lineup, and Anthony Davis, the thick-browed brother, is still on the court to boost morale as the team leader.

At 4 minutes and 16 seconds into the game, the Lakers served.

Avery Bradley dribbled the ball forward, and after halftime, Brother Big Eyebrow tried to cover. He used a pick-and-roll and Avery took advantage of the situation to break through and get to the basket.

JaVale McGee wanted to fill in, but Tristan next to him blocked him.

At this time, Howard had every opportunity to make up defense, but he did not do so. Instead, he stood there and waited for the opponent to take action.

Faced with no interference, Avery certainly didn't hesitate at all. He raised the basketball and took a mid-range shot and threw the ball into the basket.

Swish.

The ball went in.

Howard didn't seem to blame himself at all, he just spread his hands helplessly at Tristan who was standing aside.

The same is true for Tristan. Both he and Howard showed a very casual appearance.

It's the Knicks' turn to attack.

Howard stood under the basket and served. He should have thrown the ball to Jeremy Lin aside, but I don't know what he was thinking. Maybe he didn't like Jeremy Lin a little, so he actually threw the ball to LaVine who was further away.

Snapped.

Avery, who was under the basket, seized the opportunity to come out from the middle and intercepted Howard's pass with a slap.

The whole audience exclaimed.

At this time, Howard still has a chance to make amends, and Tristan next to him can also fill in. However, the two of them seemed to be dumbfounded and stayed there for half a beat. At this moment, Avery rushed directly to the basket and dunked the ball with two hands.

boom.

The ball went in.

The Knicks players on the team bench were stunned.

Zhao Feiyang was still chatting with Adrian Ennis, but he couldn't help but stand up when he saw this scene.

"What are these two guys doing?"

"Two big centers who are over 2 meters tall can actually watch a guard who is less than 1 meters tall dunk in front of them? Are they sleepwalking?"

Zhao Feiyang originally wanted to shout on the court, but considering that LaVine was organizing the offense at this time. He still didn't cry out.

As his little brother, Raven needs to establish enough prestige, so he can only silently support his little brother.

Of course LaVine also noticed this scene. As the second core, he quickly walked over and asked Howard and Tristan.

"Guys, what are you doing?"

"The ball shouldn't have been passed like that... Cheer up, this is not the time to slack off..."

After all, the two made mistakes and had no refutation of LaVine's words.

This time LaVine went to serve in person, and despite Bradley's interference, he successfully threw the ball to Jeremy Lin.

Jeremy Lin advanced with the ball.

Howard and Tristan slowly ran towards the half court.

"Dwight, you two hurry up!"

Raven couldn't help but urge.

The two of them finally quickened their pace under his shout.

However, this time they had just reached the basket when Jeremy Lin from the outside gave the ball to Wiggins.

Facing the defense, Wiggins ignored the players in other positions and chose to shoot three-pointers in isolation.

boom.

Wiggins failed to score and the rebound fell out.

Before Howard and Tristan were ready, Davis, the thick-browed brother, jumped high and grabbed the rebound. After winning the ball, he threw a long pass to Bradley, who quickly advanced with the ball.

He dribbled the ball across half court at an extremely fast speed, and LaVine caught up to interfere, trying to prevent his shot. But after reaching the penalty area, Bradley threw the ball behind him with a pass. Kyle Kuzma followed up and jumped decisively for a dunk.

boom.

The ball went in.

The whole audience exclaimed.

The ball was scored here, but Howard and Tristan only made it past half-court. Such lazy behavior also made LaVine, the second core, very dissatisfied.

Of course, before he officially got angry, the team's head coach Norman Thomas had already taken action.

call out.

Coach Norman called a timeout directly.

After the players came off the field, Coach Norman also pointed at Howard and scolded them, "Are you sleepwalking?"

"Why didn't you pursue the ball like that just now?"

"Listen, don't think that the Lakers are not a playoff team without LeBron. We were able to win the championship last season because we went all out against every team. If now we think no one can beat them, We, there will definitely be an accident..."

Coach Norman scolded him, and Howard and Tristan chose to listen silently without any dissatisfaction.

The pause ends soon.

Coach Norman still chooses to believe in them.

The game goes on.

Disappointingly, Howard and Tristan didn't change much when they returned to the court. They still looked lazy, including Wiggins on the wing, whose condition was far worse than last season.

Although he can still score from time to time, he has obviously returned to his previous "healthy basketball" state.

Such a style of play also allowed the Knicks to finally be overtaken by the Lakers after the third quarter.

Come to the last section.

The Knicks chose to replace the core lineup headed by Zhao Feiyang.

This change was indeed different. The Knicks quickly recovered the point difference under the leadership of Zhao Feiyang. When the Knicks opened the score to 8 points, there were only more than 2 minutes left before the end of the game.

At this time, Zhao Feiyang ended up again.

The same goes for Andre Drummond.

Although the two of them, as the core of the team, do not have any major injuries, the two-season journey to the finals is no joke, and they have never suffered from various minor problems, such as various minor problems with their knees and hands. It has almost become an occupational disease for them.

Zhao Feiyang accidentally injured his finger after the start of the season, which prevented him from spending a lot of time controlling the ball. Considering his injury, the team also specially reduced his playing time to help him recover earlier.

Drummond has a knee problem. As a 30-year-old veteran, his knees have experienced water accumulation before, which has caused huge harm to him.

Therefore, Drummond can only rest as much as possible.

The main players were dismissed again, and Howard and Tristan undoubtedly had another chance.

In the last two minutes or so, the Knicks could have won the game as long as they played steadily, but no one expected that because of the slackness of Howard and Tristan, the Lakers completely took away the rebounds in the paint.

The Lakers also counterattacked decisively under the leadership of Brother Big Eyebrow. At the last moment, he cooperated with his teammates to score and take shots. Without the Knicks even reacting, they tied the score and opened the point difference to 5 points.

In the little time left, Zhao Feiyang, Jordan and others appeared again.

They are also quite helpless about this situation.

However, as the one who came to the rescue, even if Zhao Feiyang threw a key three-pointer, he could not help the team win at the last moment.

In the end, the Lakers ended the battle 112-110, a 2-point difference, giving the Knicks their first defeat since their winning streak.

At the end of the game, Davis, the thick-browed brother, and his teammates cried with joy. Everyone hugged and high-fived, as if they had won the championship.

The Lakers fans at the scene also stood up, cheered and screamed for the team's achievements.

There is nothing wrong with winning a regular season game, but this time the opponent is the Knicks. This obviously gives the Lakers more confidence. At least it proves that their team has not completely collapsed and still has a chance to move toward the playoffs. Sai launched the attack.

At least, they can still achieve certain results without LeBron.

On the Knicks side, everyone was relatively speechless. As the core, Zhao Feiyang really didn't have that much time to criticize the players. What's more, he also knows that it is unrealistic to criticize the players. They are such big people and everyone has their own ideas. Sometimes just talking doesn't work.

On the plane back to New York, Howard and Tristan were still very relaxed. They didn't feel that anything was wrong with them at all, they just gathered together to chat about various gossips.

"Hey, Zach, didn't these two guys always like to quarrel? Why are they playing together now?"

Adrian, who was sitting in the chair, couldn't help but quietly asked Raven.

Raven sighed helplessly.

"How would I know?"

"Adrian, it's better to leave them alone! Get some rest!"

LaVine was indeed speechless today.

Originally, the team and Zhao Feiyang had the idea of ​​​​helping him, but unexpectedly in the second half, Howard and Tristan disrupted the situation. If these two people had not been in various situations, once the game was over, maybe the Knicks A second lineup will appear under the arrangement of Coach Norman.

Although it existed before, it only appeared in response to the playoffs.

Now the second lineup is created, which is the cultivation of LaVine and the trust in him. By then, LaVine will have more ball rights and more opportunities.

But now, because of the shoelaces of these two people, all this has come to nothing!

Not to mention how depressed Raven was feeling in her heart.

It was also from this day that the Knicks' record began to enter a period of instability.

Especially after Zhao Feiyang took two weeks off due to injury, the Knicks played 6 games in these two weeks. They only won 6 of these 2 games, and the other four games were completely controlled by the opponent. The situation was passive from beginning to end.

Howard and Tristan's performance was still poor. Not only did their rebounding data drop sharply, but their efficiency on the court was also getting lower and lower.

Especially Howard, I don't know what he was thinking, but he started to imitate Embiid and shoot three-pointers outside the three-point line.