In most of the subsequent games, Lian Dao and Durant fought on the court!
I have to say that Durant's mid-range projection talent is indeed amazing. He has taken advantage of Lian Dao's interference many times, but most of them have been invested.
Of course, Lian Dao will not be controlled by anyone. No matter how many Durant makes, he can always fight back in the same way, and his shooting percentage is far higher than Durant.
Reggie Miller was also excited by the two of them at this time: "Great, Sickle and Kevin Durant are playing, let's see who is in the best form in this game today.
Player!"
Barkley thought for a moment and then said, "I'm still optimistic about silk!"
"Is it because you are a fan of Sickle?"
"Hahaha, there is a reason, but this is not the most important thing. You will know it when you reach the second quarter!"
The fans were also very excited, and they watched this game directly!
"Oh, I didn't expect Durant's mid-range shooting to be so accurate, and it was really not easy to shoot so many goals on the head of the Sickle, but he still couldn't compare with Sickle!"
"Durant is still very good among the new generation of players!"
"This is the most exciting match I have ever seen. It's so exciting. I remember the scoring battle between Sickle and Anthony when the Knicks played against the Nuggets before!"
At Madison Square Garden Arena, the score on the scorer clearly appeared 24:36!
The away team is in front and the home team is in back, and the Knicks lead the Thunder by 12 points!
Although Durant wanted to hold on to the score, Durant was almost at this time in terms of shooting percentage and stability, and the gap between the Thunder and the Knicks was also expanding.
There are only 29 seconds left before the end of the first quarter, and it is nearly half a minute. Now it is the Thunder's ball. Durant holds the ball from the outside. This time he is not in a hurry to attack and plans to take a three-pointer at the last moment.
You can exhaust the Thunder's offensive time this time and try to shorten the Knicks' last offensive time.
In this way, they can narrow the score gap to single digits at the end of the first quarter.
Durant then came to Lian Dao, and he kept slapping the ball rhythmically on the outside, consuming time. When the attack time was only three seconds left, he quickly changed the rhythm. After a change of direction, he suddenly
He jumped up and directly scored a jump shot from the outside.
In order to prevent this shot from being blocked, Durant's shot was very curved, and with the wingspan that was longer than Lian Dao, it was really difficult to defend.
"brush!"
Durant hit this three-pointer that scored 24 seconds, which also made him excitedly swing his fists!
When he returned to defense, he shouted loudly: "Defense, defense, defense!"
This three-point shot also inspired the Thunder players' defensive enthusiasm, and the Thunder players on the court were very excited.
With the last goal, the Thunder must press the whole game.
The time left for the Knicks is only 5 seconds!
This time, the Thunder are obviously much better than last season's defense. After all, Lian Dao hit the Thunder's basket inside the three-point line last season, and made a creative shot almost throughout the entire game.
That goal was also included in ESPN's best goal of the year, and the Thunder were also nailed to the background board for a whole year.
This season, Durant said that nothing will make history repeat itself.
However, everyone in the Knicks was providing unball cover for Lian Dao. Finally, Lian Dao still had a gap in active running position. With the help of Cousins' cover, Lian Dao had an opportunity, and at this time Millsap's serve
It was just given to Lian Dao.
After receiving the ball, Lian Dao did not pause at all. He dribbled with the ball with his right hand and turned around and passed Durant who was like a candy.
Then he rushed forward quickly.
Westbrook and Jeff Green didn't care about their defense at this time. They knew clearly that the end point of the Knicks' last goal would only fall on Lian Dao, so they quickly headed towards Lian Dao.
He rushed over.
However, Lian Dao did not continue to rush forward, and it was too late to go through time.
After passing the midline, there are three seconds left. After accelerating and sprinting for two steps again, you will receive an emergency stop, take a step back, appear space, raise your hands, complete the shooting action, and throw the ball out in the last second!
During the falling process of the basketball, time stops and the red light comes on.
However, at this time the basketball just fell into the basket!
"brush!"
A three-pointer with a long buzzer-beating goal!
The Knicks still kept the lead at twelve points.
Although the Thunder have prepared a lot to prevent Lian Dao from hitting the last goal, they still did not stop Lian Dao from falling. After a year, Lian Dao hit the same way in the first quarter and at the last moment.
The same buzzer-beating three points.
The only difference is that I made a lot of progress in the distance, but this was a buzzer-beating three-pointer hit under the Thunder’s layer of defense!
The Knicks player rushed over and celebrating Lian Dao with high fives.
Durant seemed to have returned to last season, standing in the middle of the court, panting, shaking his head silently, watching Lian Dao's back on the bench!
"Why, why do we do this defense to this level, and he can still make a shot, why do we have to be a background board again?"
This is Durant’s question, but no one can answer him now!
The first quarter ends.
Scott Brooks Durant said: "Kevin, you did a great job in the first quarter, so you can take a break first!"
Then he said to Westbrook, who is always passionate, "Russell, you and James lead the bench to the court in the second quarter, be careful of the opponent's substitute!"
"Coach, I'm fine. I feel very good. I can still fight!" Durant stood up and said firmly.
Scott Brooks hesitated. Durant's physical fitness is his biggest flaw at present. Many times the Thunder collapsed in the fourth quarter. He wanted Durant to put his physical fitness to the final decisive moment, but looked at Durant.
With a firm look, he finally lost and agreed to Durant's request.
On the Knicks' side, D'Antoni was also worried that Lian Dao would consume too much physical energy in such a scoring battle, and was worried that the later physical fitness crisis would lead to the collapse of the game.
"Sickle, how do you feel? Is there any physical condition?"
"There is no problem coach, don't worry, I know what's going on!" Lian Dao shook his head and said. The previous rest and the rest of the past few days also restored the physical energy consumed by Lian Dao before, plus the physical energy of 96
As long as you don't play overtime, you will basically have no problem playing for 48 minutes.
"In the second quarter, otherwise you can take a break first, we are still twelve points ahead!"
"No coach, I don't want to give the other party any chance to breathe. This time, I will definitely beat the other party to make Durant dare not speak wildly again!" Lian Dao still shook his head and said, and Lian Dao's words
It was also murderous, which shows that Durant's speech in front of the media made Lian Dao very angry.
When other players heard Lian Dao say this, they also said that they wanted to teach Durant a lesson that not all cats and dogs can bully the Knicks at will.
Lian Dao also comforted all the players' excitement, saying: "Durant is not bad, but this guy was too arrogant before. He said in front of the media that the Knicks are paper tigers, and I let him know,
Thunder, in front of the Knicks, is the real paper tiger!”
Lian Dao's calm tone shows confidence and unparalleled domineeringness!
Everyone was also screaming excitedly by Lian Dao's words, wishing they could go on stage now and fight with the Thunder for another 300 rounds.
The second quarter began soon, and the Knicks replaced rotation players except Lian Dao and Tony Allen.
Tony Allen, Danny Green, Lian Dao, David Lee, Rashidward!
The Thunder's lineup is: Westbrook, James Harden, Durant, Jeff Green, and Nick Collisson.
At the beginning of the second quarter, the Thunder's ball rights came up, Durant raised his hand to ask for the ball.
In the first quarter, he was at a disadvantage in the confrontation with Lian Dao, and in the second quarter, Durant had to find the field again.
In the first goal, Durant continued the touch of the first quarter and made a mid-range shot, but Lian Dao then returned to his offensive end.
The matchup after the opening of the second quarter was just when all fans thought that the two men's score battle would continue, but the situation turned sharply.