In the second quarter, Doug Collins still refused to give up. He did not replace the starter and still wanted to use the starter to play against the Knicks' substitute lineup.
D'Antoni could also guess that the 76ers would do this, so he looked at Lian Dao.
In the second quarter, Lian Dao led the substitute from the new appearance. To be honest, as long as Lian Dao is in the substitute of the Knicks, they will not be at all even if they face the main force of the 76ers.
This is true. At the beginning of the second quarter, the Knicks' substitute lineup's defensive end followed the fierceness of the main lineup. The 76ers' offense still couldn't find the center of gravity, and it was a mess.
The worst thing is Louis Williams. He was guarded by Holiday in the first quarter. In the second quarter, he thought that Danny Green was easy to bully, but when he was shooting, he was directly attacked by Green.
Go down.
In the second quarter, D'Antoni played two point guards on the court, Danny Green and Wilson Chandler, and Lian Dao served as the organizational forward. Under the leadership of Lian Dao, the Knicks directly played into multiple points.
Today, the Knicks not only performed well, but Danny Green entered the net with a three-pointer from the second quarter, while the entire 76ers and the entire main lineup could not suppress the Knicks' performance.
After the half-time game, the score on the field became 34:58.
Seeing the Knicks' performance in the first half, New York fans knew that they were stable today.
During the halftime break, the Knicks players seemed to have won the game and almost celebrated in advance.
Lian Dao did not disturb his teammates' celebration. Now they are leading the score, and their opponents are 76ers. At this time, he does not need to stand up and remind everyone that "you can't underestimate the enemy" or "you can't be careless" to help everyone's fun.
As long as Lian Dao himself did not make such a mistake in the second half, the game would basically be stable.
At the same time, as long as the team leader’s play style does not float, the players’ play style will basically not float.
This was indeed the case at the beginning of the second half. Lian Dao first made a breakthrough layup to kick off the second half. At this time, the players who were caring at the midfield immediately entered the game and still maintained the offensive and defensive efficiency of the first half.
Not long after, although Louis Williams and "Captain" Elton Brand jointly fought back 9:4, they also successfully narrowed the gap to about 15 points.
But they could never limit Lian Dao. Lian Dao used Sir and Cousins to hit three-pointers from the outside, and once again widened the lead to 25 points.
Doug Collins has tried double-teams, he has tried it in the first quarter, but as long as the 76ers are paired up, Lian Dao will pass the ball, and the other Knicks players perform very well.
Therefore, although the 76ers recovered their form, they could not narrow the score, and the score difference remained above 25 points.
Before the end of the third quarter, the Knicks made the last attack. Lian Dao broke through the inside after Xiao Si's pick-and-roll, attracted double teams and broke through and passed the ball. After Xiao Si received the ball, he hit a three-pointer from the outside, expanding the lead to 31 points in one fell swoop.
The 76ers did not score in the last attack in the third quarter.
The score at the end of the three quarters was finally frozen at 56:87.
After the third quarter, the 76ers were 31 points behind. For the current 76ers lineup, they have basically lost the game and they are powerless to make the situation come true.
In the fourth quarter, Doug Collins looked at the players on the bench and sighed helplessly. Although he was a irritable head coach, he didn't want to get angry at these young people. This is in terms of strength.
The overall gap is not a crime of war!
After that, both sides replaced the substitute players and made routine work. The game ended, and the final score was 87:106.
The Knicks defeated their opponents without bloodshed at home.
"The Knicks played very easily in this game. They have been suppressing the 76ers since the beginning of the game. Doug Collins's idea of Andre Yin Godarda being shattered. The next step is to 76
The most severe test for people, if they still can't find a way to limit the silk, it is very likely that they will be swept out by the Knicks in the first round!”
Barkley made predictions to his old boss without hesitation.
"This is right. If you want to limit the Knicks, you must first find a way to deal with the sickle. In this game, Sickle is still the best player in the game, with 40 points, 10 rebounds, 11 assists, 3 steals and 2 blocks, the first game of the playoffs
Just get the triple-double data." Kenny Smith flipped through the data of Lian Dao in this game and added.
After the game, Lian Dao, who won all-around data, became a hot commodity in the eyes of reporters.
Although Lian Dao has already paid a lot of attention in the regular season, the playoffs have directly increased this attention further.
The playoffs are a stage of fame, it is like the NCAA's "March Crazy" that can make players famous overnight. Now there are only 4 games in the East and West in a day, and anyone can imagine that all the media surrounds these four teams
The feeling around the team.
Why do you say four teams? Because the spotlight only shines on the winner's head.
"The 76ers are not weak. They just lost because they have no playoff experience. I can see that they have not figured out how to play this kind of game. This is a must-pay tuition fee during their growth process. We also paid for it last year.
Pass the tuition fee.”
Lian Dao did not belittle his opponent because of his victory. It was a sign of low emotional intelligence. Beliefing his opponent would only make the value of this victory lower.
On the contrary, only by appropriately raising the opponent can we support our own strength.
But there are always people who are missing the root string.
"We played very easily, which is no different from the regular season. Yes, although I played in the playoffs for the first time, it's nothing!" Cousins, who was simple-minded, was drawn to the truth by the media in a few words.
Lian Dao kneaded his temples with a headache. Cousins is not only more irritable, but also a big mouth. To put it nicely, it sounds like a child, but to put it badly, it means immature, lack of root strings in his brain, and low emotional intelligence.
Lian Dao try to stay away from this guy. Some people are born to attract hatred, just like Cousins. If they are too close, be careful that when he is beaten to death, you will have a bloody face.
Lian Dao can even think of the media's news topics the next day.
"The 76ers didn't put any pressure on the Knicks!"
"The Knicks center thinks the 76ers are weak!"
"The Knicks rookie thinks there is nothing in the playoffs!"
...
Lian Dao could even think of 76 people knowing that Cousins's face turned pale when he spoke in an interview.
Sure enough, just now, Cousins's speech was transmitted to the post-match interview of the 76ers by reporters. Doug Collins and Yin Godarda on the stage looked ashen.
"We just lost the first game, we're not out yet, the Knicks' rookie will pay for his arrogance, and, the one who led the team to get this game was silk, not the so-called one who only took it
To 8 points, the rookie rookie.”
Yin Godala directly responded at the post-match press conference, and the news reporters at the scene immediately smiled. What they like to see the most is contradictions and opposition. Only in this way can they have more subject matters and what they wrote will be more visible.
point.
In fact, Yin Godala, as a representative of emotional intelligence, rarely loses her temper. It seems that this time he is really disgusted by Cousins.
However, the grumpy Doug Collins did not directly squirt, when asked about his opinion on the game.
Doug Collins's face was full of helplessness.
"I have no opinion on this game. We lost this game. I don't want to discuss this. It's history!"
"We will make adjustments in time. I think after we adjust our condition, we will win the next game!"
"You said Andre? Oh, he is very good. Although he did not limit the number 1 on the opposite side today, I still believe that he is the best defender. I believe Andre will surprise everyone in the future!"
Although Doug Collins did not get angry at the media, it can be seen from his tone that he was also very angry at Cousins's speech, and at the same time he was ready to fight the Knicks to the death.
"So what do you think about the performance of Sickle in this game?" Finally, a local reporter in New York asked Doug Collins directly.
"I can only say that this is the most versatile player since Michael and the most difficult player to defend. There are really not many super scorers like Sickle in the league."
All the reporters at the scene opened their mouths in surprise. They did not expect Doug Collins to have such a high evaluation of Lian Dao.
Was the 76ers' head coach Doug Collins completely impressed by Lian Dao's performance?