The situation on the court surprised Terry Stotts. Anthony's performance today was a bit strange.
In the first quarter of the game, Anthony played for 12 minutes and scored 13 points, 3 rebounds and 2 assists, especially 2 assists in a single quarter. Is this what he should do?
Suddenly he started sharing the ball, which made Anthony even more difficult to defend. After the first quarter, the Trail Blazers were 6 points behind at 25:31.
"Charles, do you feel that Cameron's style of play today is very similar to LeBron's?"
Kenny Smith mused.
"It's really surprising, but I don't think this reasonable style of play can last long. Scoring is his favorite thing."
Buckley curled his lips.
In fact, he was even more surprised. Anthony scored so many points in a single quarter but was not blocked once. This was not in line with common sense.
On the Trail Blazers bench, Terry Stotts was troubled by how to deal with Anthony's sudden change in play style.
But soon, he figured out a countermeasure. Anyway, the Blazers had the bigger card, so why complicate things? Just push it flat.
"Wang, you continue to play in the second quarter. They must not have thought that we are still the main force. Seize this opportunity to equalize the score. I believe you can handle it."
Terry Stotts waved his hand confidently. The reason why Anthony dared to suddenly change his playing style was that he must have been prepared, but he was definitely not yet proficient, and his tacit understanding with the Knicks players was not that high.
Now the Trail Blazers just need to stay the same to cope with the changes. All they have to do is wait, but the Knicks made a mistake first.
But before that, he asked Lillard to pay more attention to Knicks point guard Raymond Felton. Anthony got two assists from him... This guy hit two three-pointers in a single quarter.
ball.
In fact, Anthony was able to change from this, all because the pressure brought by the Trail Blazers was too great. In the game at the beginning of the season, the first time the two teams met, the Trail Blazers were in the lead the whole time, which made Anthony and other teammates feel sincerely powerless.
feel.
Therefore, Anthony knows very well that if he follows his usual style of play, his chances of winning tonight are destined to be very slim, and the general outcome will be similar to the last game.
For this reason, he consulted the other three Banana Boat brothers overnight, and finally accepted James's advice and chose to try to change his style of play and use strange tricks.
Now it seems that the strange trick has worked.
After a brief period of joy, the burden on Anthony's heart still remained. He knew that a new round of violent counterattack was coming, and it was still unclear whether the team could withstand it.
No matter what, I must win tonight!
Alas, I should have listened to LeBron and gathered with Dwayne in Miami, otherwise there would be nothing to do with Chris.
Inexplicable emotions welled up in his heart, and Anthony's expression became more complicated.
…
The electronic buzz sounded, and the second quarter officially began.
After seeing the players from both sides step onto the court, the commentators and fans were all wide-eyed, because the lineups sent out by both sides in the second quarter were beyond everyone's expectations.
Because both sides played with all their main players, they did not follow the past practice of changing to a rotating lineup in the first half of the second quarter, or using the main players and substitutes.
There was a long distance between them, and Terry Stotts and Mike Woodson suddenly raised their heads at the same time and glanced at each other, as if they could see each other's intentions.
Hum, then let’s fight to the end!
The Knicks attacked, and Wang Zelin took the initiative to chat with Anthony.
"Cameron, haven't you finished scoring? For those who don't know, you think the person I'm beating right now is LeBron? You probably learned this trick from LeBron, right?"
"..."
Seeing that Anthony didn't reply, Wang Zelin said in surprise: "Is it possible that I was right?"
As soon as these words came out, Anthony's face turned pale.
Now, both myself and James, whether in terms of league status or global influence, are no longer in the same situation as when they first entered the league.
Not to mention James, even Wade is far behind.
Facing a junior like Wang Zelin, he certainly would not admit that he was imitating James' style of play just to fight against the Trail Blazers.
Although he felt a little embarrassed inside, he cared more about the outcome of the game. When he won, hehe...
"here!"
At this time, Anthony ran to the right wing near the three-point line to ask for the ball, and Wang Zelin followed him to defend.
After receiving the pass, Anthony faced Wang Zelin in singles and said coldly: "I want to break through from your left!"
"Tch, it's up to you." Wang Zelin said casually.
As soon as he finished speaking, Anthony really started to break through at a high speed to the left, with a look of "don't look back until you hit the south wall".
Agua, are you serious?
Wang Zelin was a little dumbfounded and started to make defensive moves in time.
After the confrontation between the two, Anthony forcibly carried Wang Zelin forward two steps and then jumped directly.
At this moment, Iman Shumpert cut into the penalty area from the top of the arc, received Anthony's pass, and hit a layup, adding two more points for the Knicks.
At 25:33, the Knicks' lead reached 8 points.
"Anthony's fake shot is a real pass! Hey, wait..." Yang subconsciously praised, then seemed to think of something, and said in surprise: "I seem to have seen the characteristics of the Knicks' new tactics. Use Anthony's shooting threat to
One of the Trail Blazers' interior defenders pulled out, so the penalty area was much clearer, making it easier for other Knicks players to cut in."
Yang Yi's explanation was naturally listened to by Wang Zelin. He glanced at Anthony with a scrutinizing gaze: Could it be true? When did this arrogant guy start to change this routine?
Looking back, the Blazers attack.
Lillard caught the ball in the backcourt and took two steps. He looked at the frontcourt and saw Matthews running to the left corner and threw it directly.
In the Knicks' frontcourt, Matthews turned around to catch the ball, made a slight adjustment in the bottom corner, and took a quick shot.
"Whoosh!"
A three-pointer was scored at 28:33, and the Trail Blazers were still 5 points away.
"Be careful, don't miss anyone!"
Seeing his opponent's easy goal, Anthony could no longer control his suppressed anger and roared out.
"mine!"
Tim Hardaway II, who was slow to return to defense, quickly raised his hand to signal.
Kenny Smith: "The Knicks' defense has a big problem!"
Barkley said angrily: "The boss is getting so much salary and can't spare his body to defend. Do you really expect role players to do dirty work?"
Kenny Smith shook his head slightly when he saw this. He didn't want to say anything about the conflict between the two, so as not to get angry.
Knicks offense.
Anthony caught the ball at the top of the key. The defender was still Wang Zelin, but this time he was closer.
Surprisingly, Anthony did not hold the ball too much. After trying to break through to no avail, he handed the ball to the point guard and began to move without the ball.
At this time, many fans began to wonder: Could it be that what they saw today was a fake Cameron playing basketball? It's strange, when will he be able to play reasonably?