In the third quarter, Stoudemire tried to break this balance.
But Haslem's defense was not impenetrable. Amidst Hasleb's crazy entanglement, it was difficult for Stoudemire to score consecutively.
On the Heat's side, the talented JR Smith wanted to change the situation, but he encountered the death threat of Tony Allen.
At the end of the third quarter, with Millsap's final mid-range score, the two teams were tied again.
The moment the electronic buzzer sounded, all the fans at the scene were extremely excited.
Logically speaking, it is difficult to keep fans excited all the time in a game.
After all, a game always has highs and lows.
There are even some games that are mediocre at the end of the game.
But this duel was a high-octane match, and there was not a single minute where I had to urinate.
Almost every round of the duel was exciting, and everyone's blood was racing.
"It's so exciting, this is the real peak showdown!"
"It's not easy for the Knicks to surpass the Heat and win eight consecutive games, but it's not easy for the Heat to end the Knicks' winning streak either!"
Kenny Smith was extremely serious in his commentary today.
Even O'Neal and Barkley, who usually talk a lot, seemed much quieter today.
They were so attracted by the duel on the field that they forgot to tease the audience for a while.
However, the audience's attention was focused on the game, and they did not notice anything unusual about the "TNT Team" for a while.
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This matchup was enjoyable for the fans and commentators, but the players on both sides were panting from exhaustion.
The tit-for-tat confrontation between Lian Dao and James infected everyone, and everyone was fighting against each other.
Therefore, the intensity of this game is very high, and everyone's physical exertion is not small.
As of now, there is no room for anyone else to interfere in the game.
The previous three quarters have proven that no one has the ability to change the trend of the game on the court.
In the end, the winner of this game can only be decided by Lian Dao and James.
Up to now, Lian Dao and James are basically in a mutually explosive situation.
The key is that both men's shooting percentages in this game are not low.
Both are scoring, and neither can stop the other.
But everyone knows that there is only one winner in the end.
It depends on who can persevere until the end and who can make the details perfect at the critical moment!
In the fourth quarter of the game, the two sides continued to fight.
Lian Dao and James are still the same as before, if you take one in, I will return one.
The scores of the two teams climbed alternately, and the game time became less and less.
Until the last 40 seconds of the game, James used Bosh's outside pick-and-roll and hit a three-pointer to help the Heat open the score.
After James made this three-pointer, he beat his chest in excitement and roared.
So far, James has scored 39 points.
In the last 40 seconds, the Heat led by one point, and the situation was far from friendly to the Knicks.
Their next attack must score, otherwise they may be counterattacked by the Heat in the final stage.
The pressure is also completely on the Knicks' side.
It was Lian Dao who still took over the ball.
He is not a player who shirks the blame at critical moments. The closer it is to the last moment, the more responsibility he has to take.
"Sickle took the ball decisively!"
"Sickle doesn't plan to leave this key attack to others. Today, Sickle didn't choose to take advantage of it!"
With Kenny Smith's commentary, Lian Dao made a breakthrough.
However, James' lateral movement speed is very fast.
Even though the game has reached the end of the fourth quarter, James's physical fitness seems to be the same as in the first quarter.
In fact, although James has excellent physical fitness, the game has reached this level and he is also very tired.
However, when this guy saw that Lian Dao didn't show signs of weakness, he certainly wouldn't choose to show weakness first.
Even if it feels like an outrageous physical competition!
This game has reached this level, and no one can give up easily.
But this time, the Heat obviously didn't want Lian Dao to score.
Not only James, but Wade and Haslem also formed a double-team situation against him.
Lian Dao knew not to attack hard, so he took the ball and pulled it outside the three-point line again and made a gesture.
Holiday stepped forward to respond with understanding.
Lian Dao handed the ball to Holiday and then started running wildly.
Intersperse, find cover, turn back and run, find cover again!
James was still chasing Lian Dao, but everyone in the Knicks provided off-ball coverage for Lian Dao.
And Lian Dao runs like a tireless perpetual motion machine.
Even James, who was in great physical condition, couldn't help but curse Lian Dao in his heart: "Animal!"
In fact, Lian Dao is at the end of his game.
The only motivation that keeps him running faster is not wanting to lose!
He wants to win!
From the moment James crossed his body, Lian Dao did not treat this game as a regular season game.
Instead, treat it like the finals, or even the final showdown!
Finally, when only the last 5 seconds of the 24-second attack time were left.
Lian Dao finally got rid of James through the screens of Stoudemire and Cousins.
Lian Dao and Holiday played a hand-to-hand pass.
And with the help of Holiday's screen, he briefly got rid of Wade who was defending.
Take a direct three-point shot from the outside.
"brush!"
With a three-pointer, Lian Dao returned the favor again!
The whole audience cheered loudly!
"Sickle's firepower remains unchanged, and you can always trust Sickle's ability to score at critical moments!"
"With this goal, he not only helped the Knicks take the lead again, but Sickle has scored 43 points so far!"
"Next, the pressure is on James and the Heat."
"18 seconds, two points behind, this is still plenty of time!"
"However, they must continue to add firepower like the Knicks, otherwise they will have to accept defeat in this game!"
Coach Spoelstra did not call a timeout, he chose to believe that James could fight back!
The Heat still pushed the offense in an orderly manner, and it seemed that they wanted to press the clock.
Since time is pressed, it seems that they want to end the game directly with three points.
This chapter is not over yet, please click on the next page to continue reading the exciting content! James is still holding the ball, and Lian Dao directly engages in oppressive defense, not giving James any chance.
James saw no shooting opportunities from outside, so he called Haslem to cover.
Stoudemire lifted it up in time without giving James any room to shoot.
Seeing that there was no three-point chance, James followed Lian Dao's example and handed the ball to Chalmers and started running wildly.
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It's not that James has no ability off the ball, but playing off the ball will weaken his role in the game.
In short, it's overkill.
Of course, James' threat without the ball is still less interesting than Lian Dao's.
This is mainly because James' shooting is not as stable as Lian Dao's, and his shooting percentage is not as high as Lian Dao's.
However, in this game, James' shooting percentage was very good, .5%.
Among them, he made 4 of 8 three-point shots, a 50% shooting rate.
Bosh screened without the ball, and then Haslem also stepped forward to cover.
Finally, after some back and forth running, James briefly got rid of Lian Dao and Stoudemire's defense.
Now there is only Holiday in front of him, but James doesn't care too much.
Although Holiday's defense is good, he is not good enough to defend himself.
Moreover, facing Holiday's defense, James has enough confidence to score.
Catch the ball and take off.
James just jumped up, but found that behind Holiday, Lian Dao raised his arms and blocked the shot.
Moreover, although Lian Dao jumped away from Holiday, he was tall and had long arms.
Moreover, the bullet speed is faster than James, and the height is also higher, coupled with the advantage of long arms.
James, who was in the air, realized that the escape he thought he had was just a trap set by the other party for him.
However, at this time, he had no choice but to take action.
However, when taking the shot, James slightly adjusted the height of the shot.
Seeing this, Lian Dao twisted his waist, and the powerful explosive force made his body rise again, and his arms continued to stretch upward.
"Check!"
Lian Dao felt the touch from his middle finger, he touched it!
The basketball changed its direction after Lian Dao touched it with his middle finger.
"LeBron took the shot against Zhu, wait... sickle came up to defend... and was taken advantage of?!"
"LeBron's shot at the critical moment was unexpectedly missed by sickle!"
"Besides, Sickle is separated by a player. This physical talent is really terrifying!"
O'Neal opened his mouth wide with disbelief on his face.
As the dominant player in the league at that time and the most talented possessor of the No. 5 position in NBA history, O'Neal couldn't help but be stunned by Lian Dao's talent.
"No, rebound!"
James found that he still underestimated Lian Dao's long arms.
He secretly yelled that it was not good, and then asked Bosh to help grab the rebound.
Unfortunately, Cousins took the lead and deflected Bosh and grabbed the rebound.
Immediately, I wanted to pass it on to Lian Dao.
When Bosh saw this, he immediately fouled Cousins.