In front of Felton was Yang Zhenxing, whom he was not very familiar with. He didn't know this guy at all. He only knew that he was a close disciple of former New York Knicks star Starks. He had heard about his strength, but Yang Zhenxing
The defenders had various opinions about him, so Felton decided to take a chance.
Felton pulled back a space and chose to change direction, taking a step to the left and then quickly swinging to the right. However, what Felton didn't expect was that Yang Zhenxing did not follow Felton's tricks at all. He even physically
Without even moving, he saw that Felton's first change of direction was just an illusion.
Felton was a little helpless, but he couldn't be like this Chinese guy Huang who was just the No. 51 pick in the second round. If he gave it to him for nothing, he would not lose face and it would be a big loss. Felton is still looking for this opportunity, but everyone can see it.
The few times he dribbled the ball were all in vain.
Stoudemire couldn't stand it anymore and came up to pick and roll for Felton. Felton hesitated for a while and still used Stoudemire's high-quality pick and roll. When Stoudemire was with Nash before, there were several players who were good at setting up point guards.
Cover, since coming to the Knicks, Stoudemire has been suffering from the fact that no one can pass the ball to him like Nash.
Felton used the screen to penetrate into the basket, and then made a step-back jump shot to finally end this small battle. Felton breathed a sigh of relief: "This ball was really hard for him, and he finally scored it."
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Yang Zhenxing on the side didn't even think about fighting Felton, and ran directly to the backcourt to receive the serve.
In the remaining one and a half minutes, the efficiency of both sides was not high, and the game was even dull. Both sides actually failed to score a single point in this one and a half minutes. Felton, who was defended by Yang Zhenxing, did not get a shot.
Yang Zhenxing always handed the ball to his teammates, but his teammates did not convert Yang Zhenxing's pass into assists.
The first half of the game ended with the score 46 to 44. The Knicks trailed the Celtics who were playing at home.
During halftime, all the players returned to the locker room, Yang Zhenxing was no exception, but he kept following Rivers. Although he didn't say a word, he hoped Rivers would notice him, but was afraid
Talking too much or saying the wrong thing will affect your chances of playing.
"Not bad, kid." Rondo walked away from Yang Zhenxing early and patted Yang Zhenxing's shoulder gently.
"Haha" Yang Zhenxing smiled naively, "I'm still alive."
"There's no need to be modest, Yang, you have great potential, we can all see it," Pierce said with a smile.
Garnett walked up to Yang Zhenxing and said softly: "Fuck well with me from now on, and I'm sure you can succeed." His voice was small but it revealed domineering power, which made people shudder.
Yang Zhenxing didn't even dare to face Garnett directly. There was murderous look in Garnett's eyes, but this was not a warning but an advice. Garnett used this kind of power to infect his teammates.
The half-time break passed quickly, and players from both sides returned to the game.
At the beginning of the second half, both sides naturally sent in their starting players, but something surprising happened. As the game became more and more anxious, the two sides only made one substitution in the third quarter, when Jason Terry was replaced.
With Bradley, Felton replaced veteran Kidd.
The entire third quarter turned into a duel between the main players, and in this duel between the main players, the two sides were evenly matched, and it was difficult to determine the outcome.
It was Rondo's explosive quarter. He sent out 7 assists in this quarter, causing the Celtics to attack again and again. For a long period of time, the Celtics led by more than 8 points.
But with only 3 minutes left in the third quarter, the situation on the court took a 360-degree turn. Jr. Smith made two consecutive three-pointers during this period, and Anthony also made one.
Seeing the Knicks gradually catching up, the Celtics always had someone step forward at critical moments. With Garnett's cover, Terry's movement became much easier. After receiving Rondo's pass, Terry
The ball was shot and the ball went in. Terry made a cold arrow three-pointer at the critical moment to maintain the lead.
At the end, the Celtics led by 2 points, 68 to 66.
This was a fierce third quarter. After this quarter, players from both sides sat directly on the bench to rest.
Veterans Pierce and Garnett were exhausted. Yang Zhenxing took the initiative to hand them towels. He was not trying to please the two old guys. He saw the two players working very hard and admired them from the bottom of his heart.
The game is about to start
Rivers saw Anthony and Stoudemire on the court and felt a little unhappy. This was just a preseason game. Is there any need to fight with the opponent? The opponent was younger and had stronger physical strength than the two veterans of the Celtics.
My physical strength is much better, so holding on like this is not an option
Rivers always respected the opinions of these veterans and walked up to Pierce: "How about it, Paul, look at the fourth quarter." Rivers lowered his voice.
"No problem, it's OK to keep going, Doug!" Pierce answered firmly. Although he was very tired, he would not give in. No matter how hard and tired he was, he would have to hold on.
"Fight them to the end," Garnett interjected.
Rivers frowned. In fact, in his heart, he wanted these veterans to take a rest, but how could these veterans take the initiative? Asking them was actually in vain.
No one knows these two veteran players better than Rivers. They just refuse to obey them because of their appearance. It’s just a preseason game. They naturally won’t care. Rivers has seen the mentality of the veterans.
"Paul, Kevin, the preseason is a platform for us to train. This opportunity is given to young people."
"Yeah, Doug, why didn't I think of that? You see, I want to work hard as soon as I start the game." Pierce smiled slyly.
Garnett naturally acquiesces to what Rivers said.
At the beginning of the game, the Knicks left Felton, Sam Porter, Anthony, Stoudemire, Jeffries, Chandler and Jr. Smith off the court to rest.
For the Celtics, Courtney Lee and Pietrus were in the backcourt, while Jeff Green, rookies Sullinger and Fab Melo were in the frontcourt. Yang Zhenxing saw that Courtney Lee and Pietrus were there again.
The guy was sitting in the backcourt, muttering to himself, "It's broken, the Celtics' offense is probably going to stop again."
Anthony's fighting spirit dropped a lot when he saw that neither Pierce nor Garnett caught up. Felton passed the ball to him, and he passed it again.
In the first 2 minutes of the fourth quarter, the Celtics' offense did not go beyond Yang Zhenxing's expectations. The two shooting guards Courtney Lee and Pietrus were unable to play, and the Knicks' main stars were still there.
, but I didn’t have high fighting spirit and didn’t score many points.
As the referee whistled Green's foul, both sides made substitutions.
With this substitution, will Yang Zhenxing be able to get playing time? How will the game progress?
