On November 11, the Warriors faced the New York Knicks at home.
At this stage, the Knicks have a record of 3 wins and 3 losses, ranking tenth in the Eastern Conference.
During the offseason, they introduced Stoudemire in the free market and acquired Anthony through a trade to form the New York duo.
It can be said that after completing these two transactions, the Knicks' paper strength has greatly increased.
If the Heat hadn't signed James and Bosh during the offseason, the Knicks would have been the biggest winner in this summer's free market.
Knicks fans are very satisfied with the signings made by the team management during the offseason and are looking forward to the Knicks' performance in the new season.
But after the start of the new season, the Knicks did not perform as well as they should, and their record was quite poor, which disappointed countless Knicks fans.
In fact, the fans of the Knicks are not the worst offenders. The worst offenders in the new season are undoubtedly the fans of the Miami Heat.
Although the Knicks have a strong lineup on paper, head coach D'Antoni has yet to find a way to get Anthony and Stoudemire to play at the same time.
The Heat, which has the Big Three, also faces the same problem. Someone must make some sacrifices in order to maintain balance and unleash the full strength of the team.
This is the next question for the Knicks to solve.
Facing the Warriors, who started the game undefeated, this game is an opportunity for the Knicks.
If they win this game, it will not only boost the team's morale, but also restore the fans' confidence. It can be said to kill two birds with one stone.
On the other side, the Warriors will definitely not be willing to become a stepping stone. With the bonus of consecutive wins, their morale is extremely high, and their desire to win this game is very strong.
Therefore, this highly anticipated game will create extremely brilliant sparks.
Returning to the scene, the pre-match warm-up activities of the players from both sides had just ended, and the players returned to the bench one after another.
At the same time, the starting lineups of both sides were displayed on the big screen.
The starting lineup sent by the Knicks is: Felton, Fields, Anthony, Sean Williams, Stoudemire.
The starting lineup sent by the Warriors is: Curry, Ellis, Sun Yi, David Lee, Tyson Chandler.
Amid the cheers and shouts of the fans in the audience, the starting players from both sides came to the center circle one after another.
Sun Yi stood up from the bench, took off his training clothes, and walked to the court with his teammates.
At this moment, the system prompt voice sounded in his mind.
"Ding! It has been detected that the host is about to face the New York Knicks, and a temporary mission is now issued: compete with the New York duo!"
"Task requirements: After the game, the host must score more than Anthony and have more rebounds than Stoudemire."
"Reward for completing the mission: blue shorts and 150,000 training points."
After the system's prompt voice ended, Sun Yi didn't take it to heart. He felt that the system had been a bit fussy recently and the mission rewards were too few, so he couldn't arouse any interest, so he strode towards the center circle.
After all the starting players arrived in the center circle, the referee looked at his watch, blew his whistle, and threw the ball high into the air.
Chandler and Stoudemire jumped up to compete for the basketball.
Relying on his height and wingspan advantage, the boxing champion was the first to touch the basketball and move back to the backcourt, giving the Warriors the first opportunity to attack.
Curry quickly dribbled the ball toward the frontcourt and made tactical gestures at the same time.
Chandler understood this and ran outside the three-point line and immediately made an off-ball screen to block Felton who wanted to step forward to defend Curry.
The elementary school student bypassed the screen and jumped directly to shoot.
Knicks center Stoudemire was running towards the penalty area, not expecting the Warriors to attack like this.
"Whoosh!"
The basketball hit the net and made a steady hit!
3:0!
The Knicks quickly served the baseline ball, and after receiving the ball, Felton accelerated towards the frontcourt, using a run-and-gun tactic.
The Warriors players quickly retreated, following the man rather than the ball, and followed their defender closely.
After Felton dribbled the ball to the frontcourt, he saw that his teammates had no chance to escape, so he could only switch to the position to attack.
Anthony came to the mid-range area on the right side and reached for the ball with his back to Sun Yi.
In the positional battle, the Knicks' first point of attack is undoubtedly Anthony.
Felton, who was controlling the ball at the top of the arc, saw that Anthony was trying to get into position and passed the ball over.
Melo received the pass, leaned back, then suddenly released the ball, turned around and broke through towards the basket.
Sun Yi was well prepared for this and immediately moved sideways to block the ball, sticking close to Anthony's side and heading towards the penalty area.
At the same time, Chandler immediately retreated to the basket and surrounded Anthony with Sun Yi.
Seeing this, Stoudemire immediately cut towards the basket and raised one hand to the sky, signaling Anthony to throw the ball to the basket.
Melo, who was dribbling to break through, had no sight of Stoudemire due to his obstructed vision. Under the attack of Sun Yi and Chandler, he struggled to throw the ball.
Bang!
The basketball bounced out of the frame and missed!
Chandler rushed back to the basket to grab the defensive rebound, found Curry immediately, and passed the ball over.
After receiving the pass, Curry accelerated toward the frontcourt. Seeing Felton running forward to block the delay, Curry immediately dribbled from behind to shake Felton away and continued to advance toward the frontcourt.
Fields, who was retreating on defense, saw this scene, let go of his defender, and immediately ran to the three-point line to cover.
Seeing this situation, the primary school student immediately passed the ball to the best position.
Outside the three-point line on the right side, Ellis received the pass, jumped up quickly, and threw the basketball in his hand.
The shot was short, and the basketball hit the front edge of the rim and bounced out.
At the basket, David Lee silently came out from behind Williams, grabbed the offensive rebound, then used his superb inside steps to shake Williams, and immediately hit the ball with the rebound.
5:0!
On the bench of the Knicks, head coach D'Antoni looked at his former disciple wreaking havoc in the penalty area and felt a little regretful. He should have asked the team management to keep David Lee in the summer.
Although David Lee is stretched defensively, he is a good player on the offensive end, and a running and gunning team does not need to defend.
Back on the court, Fields dribbled to the top of the arc, made tactical gestures, and called for pick-and-roll cooperation.
Stoudemire quickly stepped forward to coordinate the pick-and-roll.
Chandler followed out and stood near the free throw line, ready to switch defense.
After the pick-and-roll was ready, Fields bypassed the screen, got rid of Curry's personal defense, and broke into the three-point line.
At the same time, Stoudemire immediately went down to the basket after blocking the man.
Seeing this situation, Chandler had no choice but to move sideways to block Stoudemire.
Fields took the opportunity to rush into the penalty area, held the basketball high, and made a layup gesture.
Sun Yi, who quickly came back to help defend, was a step too late and stretched his arms to interfere but failed to touch the basketball.
The basketball hits the board and bounces into the basket.
5:2!
Chandler returned to the basket, picked up the basketball on the floor, and quickly sent the ball out.
Sun Yi received the pass, turned around and advanced towards the frontcourt.
At this moment, Felton suddenly rushed forward and reached out to steal.
Sun Yi was well prepared. When he caught the ball, he noticed Felton's behavior and immediately smacked the basketball hard, causing Felton to miss it. After changing hands, he quickly advanced towards the frontcourt.
Anthony's defensive attention was focused on Sun Yi, so he did not cover up for Felton.
Sun Yigang dribbled the ball across half court, and when he saw his teammates running out of opportunities, he immediately passed the ball over.
Curry, who ran outside the three-point line on the right, received the pass and immediately shot with no one in front of him.
A swish sound!
Hollow into the net!
8:2!
On the Knicks bench, head coach D'Antoni saw that there was a problem with the team and immediately requested a timeout and called the players back to the bench to make adjustments.
This chapter has been completed!