The game came to the fourth quarter, with 3 minutes and 43 seconds left before the end of the game, and the score on the field reached 75:89, and the Knicks were in the leading side.
However, the fans of Madison Square Garden looked nervously at the center of the court. At this time, the players on the court opened up space and watched the showdown between two No. 3 players.
It was Lian Dao and Anthony. Anthony was in good shape in this game, and he changed his previous eye defense on the defensive end. From the first half, he actually chose to fight with Lian Dao in close combat. Lian Dao was also very surprised.
The two have been playing against each other since the first quarter, but today Lian Dao is more efficient on both offense and defense. So far, Lian Dao has scored 35 points, 8 rebounds and 11 assists, while Anthony has scored 32 points, 9 rebounds and 3 assists, from
According to data, clean rice also has the upper hand.
But today, Lian Dao's defense against Anthony is not very good. Anthony showed his offensive methods of attacking kaleidoscope today, with a backward jump shot, a drum washing machine turned on the layup, and a backward jump shot... Anthony, who entered the peak state, was even better than James.
It is difficult to prevent it, the most important thing is that Anthony has a basket on the outside.
This time it was the Nuggets' offense again. Anthony's classic three threats held the ball on the outside, but this time, Anthony's three threats held the ball more cautiously. Lian Dao's wingspan was too long. Anthony's three threats in the first half,
He was stolen once by Lian Dao, so he learned from his mistakes and became much more cautious when using the Three Threats.
I saw Anthony bent down, lowered the ball, dribbled the ball, and turned the signature drum washing machine-style turn, textbook-style extraordinary. He had tried this move before, so after passing Liandao, he made a layup directly.
However, as soon as the ball was shot and was still in the rising stage, he found a huge palm appeared above the basketball.
"Bang!"
Lian Dao leaped deep and gave Anthony a volleyball hat directly with his bounce and arm span.
The fans of the audience jumped up excitedly and clapped their palms excitedly. The big hat kept replaying over the court. The fans watched the ultimate performance between the two in offense and defense, and not only secretly praised them in their hearts: Enjoyment
!
It was indeed very satisfying. From the first quarter, the showdown between the two was like a textbook offensive and defensive performance. The key was that both of them had a relaxed and elegant way of attack, and many fans seemed to appreciate an art.
However, Lian Dao had been prepared for Anthony's move. When Anthony turned around, he was ready to retreat and defend. With Lian Dao's height and wingspan, he didn't need to chase him to the basket.
This is the defensive area expanded by the wingspan and bounce advantages.
Just like Antetokounmpo's absolute talent overcame textbook technology in later generations.
Little Melon Anthony didn't expect that the move he had tried before was actually defeated by Lian Dao, which made him unbelievable.
It is still the ball of the digger team, but the time left for the digger team is only 2 seconds. Anthony received the ball, and the apparent pull was a three-pointer.
Lian Dao jumped high to cover it, but with a tilted shot, it was too difficult to cover it. Lian Dao could only settle for the second best, and his wide palm completely blocked Anthony's vision.
"brush!"
The basketball pierced through the Nets, and the crisp sound brought by the basketball resounded through Madison Square Garden.
78:89.
Anthony excitedly made three headshot celebrations.
Lian Dao has already defended this shot, but Anthony, who has entered the peak state, can make a shot, and Lian Dao has no choice.
However, this shot also completely aroused Lian Dao's competitive spirit.
Knicks attacked, Holiday dribbled the ball through halftime, Lian Dao just stood outside the three-point line, Anthony stood in a good position and opened his arms to defend. Today, Anthony's defense is very active, he treats himself as
James, Lian Dao is probably only able to have such high defensive enthusiasm when facing James.
Lian Dao held back Anthony and asked for the ball towards Holiday.
After Holiday handed the ball to Lian Dao, he ran towards the bottom corner. He knew that this was the matchup between the two bosses before, and he consciously helped Lian Dao open up the space.
Lian Dao held the ball and sank her shoulders, pushed Anthony for a moment, and pushed out a little space. In terms of strength, Anthony was still not as good as Lian Dao.
Immediately, he accelerated to the right and took the first step, with the fastest first step badge bonus. Lian Dao pushed out the space to Anthony, but the two fought each other again and again, Anthony's speed towards Lian Dao was also
He was prepared for a long time, so Anthony hurriedly retreated and re-blocked the breakthrough route of Liandao.
Unfortunately, Lian Dao's previous breakthrough was a false move, a quick stop, a retreat, and a quick move as he marched.
Anthony found out that it was too late to be fooled. He jumped up to interfere, but found that Lian Dao had taken the basketball in his hand.
The basketball was still gliding in the air, and Lian Dao, who had landed on the ground, turned around and raised his three-pointer gesture!
"brush!"
78:92!
The confident and pretentious actions once again ignited the passion of all the fans of the audience, and everyone stood up and cheered for Lian Dao at this time.
There are less than three minutes left before the end of the game.
On the Nuggets, Billups still handed the ball to Anthony, who was very hot. Today, the digging team was only Anthony in the form of an online state. In terms of the inside, it was not that they were not in the form of an online state, but that the strength gap was too big. Their inside lineup was the Knicks.
It was beaten up, and Lian Dao's previous assists were basically output to Stoudemire, Cousins, Millsap and others.
It can be said that whether it is the main force or the substitute, the Knicks beat the Nuggets up in the interior.
So Billups can only pin his hopes on Anthony.
"Merlo, you have no chance. The victory of this game belongs to me!" Lian Dao kept saying trash words, disturbing Anthony's mentality.
"Sickle, you talk a lot of nonsense!" After Anthony said that, he turned around and passed Lian Dao with the drum again. He didn't believe that his classic outstanding talents could be broken by Lian Dao so easily.
It was the same layup method as before, and the same result as before, and was covered by Lian Dao again, but this time the basketball I took out was picked up by Tony Allen.
Then Tony Allen handed the ball to Lian Dao, and the Knicks' lightning fast break started again.
Unfortunately, Lian Dao was hugged by Anthony this time.
At the last moment of the game, Anthony's physical fitness was basically at its bottom. He could not keep up with Lian Dao's footsteps. Now that he is exhausted, he probably can't even see the taillights of Lian Dao's car.
If you don't make a foul at this time, you can only give the Knicks a chance to play fast attack.
Lian Dao is still physically fit compared to Anthony. He rested for about seven or eight minutes in the second quarter. The Knicks were always in the lead in the first half. Anthony, who was caught in singles in the first quarter, was not as efficient as the second half, so in the first quarter,
The Knicks have established an advantage.
While the Nuggets were behind, Anthony was unwilling to give up, so he continued to lead the substitute to the bench in the second quarter. So far, he has not had a rest, and he is now exhausted from fighting against Lian Dao on both ends of the offense and defense.
Lian Dao made two free throws. After developing a mid-range shot, Lian Dao’s free throws were not 100%, but so far he has maintained a 95% free throw shooting percentage, which is quite domineering!
78:94.
With 2 minutes and 38 seconds left, the Nuggets are 16 points behind, and they are basically unable to make a comeback.
Nuggets head coach George Carl originally wanted to pause, replace the main player and give up the game, but seeing Anthony on the court ask for the ball towards Billups again, George Carl pressed the idea of calling for a timeout.
Since the beginning of this season, there have been some conflicts between the two. George Carl is very dissatisfied with Anthony's attitude on the defensive end. In addition, Anthony often misses nightclubs, often plays out of shape, and sometimes even misses team training.
Lateness is even more common.
George Carl also communicated with him, but so far the results have been very little, and there have been two fierce quarrels over this.
In fact, he also had a premonition that players have this phenomenon, either they are dissatisfied with the head coach, or they are dissatisfied with the team and want to leave the team.
Moreover, George Carl felt that the situation would be bigger later. After all, the relationship between the two master and apprentice was not a day or two, and he knew Anthony too well.