Basketball Dragon

Chapter 214
Relying on Crawford's explosion and Li Hai's all-out approach, the Knicks entered the second half with a 58:56 lead.

Playing against Artest is really exhausting. Li Hai didn't speak much during the intermission, and kept replenishing his energy.

At the beginning of the second half, he was full of energy again. He likes to fight fiercely with others. This is definitely the fun of basketball games. Only players like them who enjoy confrontation can become stronger.

At the beginning of the third quarter, Li Hai, who had recovered his physical strength, decisively hit a three-pointer.

This made Artest very upset. In the next attack of the Kings, Artest received the ball from the low post and beat Li Hai.

Artest's low-post singles are different from other players. He just squeezes in sideways and purely with strength. His sudden burst of strength is really difficult for people to bear.

Li Hai burst out with all his strength on a whim, but was called a foul by the referee.

Artest made two free throws and smiled triumphantly at Li Hai.

Li Hai didn't care at all. This kind of thing is too normal. He went to the Kings halfcourt and made a posture of taking Artest in the low post, but after receiving the ball to attract attention, he sent it to the three-point line. In the hands of Marbury who was ambushing outside, Marbury hit another three-pointer.

The Kings felt more passive at once, but the Knicks strengthened their defense. They didn't have many opportunities without Miller as the source point. Compared with singles ability, Artest is really stronger, but now Artest What Ster faced was Li Hai who entered the defensive lineup.

Artest himself was very interested in playing Li Hai in singles, but his shooting percentage was mediocre. Compared with the Knicks' offensive efficiency, the Kings' offense became very jerky.

Artest played relatively well at the beginning, but he soon discovered the trend of the Knicks pulling the score apart again, and immediately understood the key point, so he sprayed trash talk again, hoping to anger Li Hai.

With the team leading, Li Hai wouldn't be fooled. He just defended Artest and shot immediately if he seized the opportunity in the offense.

In the third quarter, the Knicks won the opponent by 7 points and steadily expanded the score advantage to 9 points.

During the player rotation in the second half, the King's veteran Collis Williams played very well, making consecutive hits to narrow the score gap.

But the Knicks quickly took control of the situation. After Li Hai's tempo changed, he made a sudden 2+1, clearly showing that he has the ability, but he doesn't need to play like this.

Artest is also a ruthless player and hit a three-pointer again, but immediately Li Hai and Channing Frye cooperated with two pick-and-rolls to expand the lead.

Some cooperation looks very simple, but with the player's ability, the opponent just can't defend.

Knicks Channing Frye comes up to pick and roll, and then rolls out. As long as he has a touch, he is a great threat, because the Knicks' backcourt players have strong breakthrough capabilities and tend to attract most of the defensive attention.

Now the Knicks' shortcomings are still an old problem. Eddie Curry always makes people worry at the last moment. If it weren't for their strong outside finishing ability, they would suffer a lot in many cases.

As far as this game is concerned, Eddie Curry was even worse than the veteran Raheem in the fourth quarter, but this guy is still glass-hearted and cannot be scolded all the time.

Fortunately, the King's inside height is not enough, the Knicks simply replaced David - Lee, at least David - Lee is still good at protecting rebounds.

When the main players of both sides returned to the court, the Kings gave people the feeling that they lacked attack power. Li Hai could feel that Mike Bibby's ability had declined, and he was at a disadvantage in the confrontation. It could only be regarded as quite satisfactory.

It should be the peak age but this happens. It can only be said that people are still different.

Halfway through the fourth quarter, the Kings saw that the score gap hadn't narrowed, and felt a little bit down. Only Artest still gritted his teeth and fought Li Hai.

The confrontation between the two was extremely fierce, but there were not many fouls, and Li Hai also fought heartily.

At 3 minutes and 53 seconds, Li Hai hit two points to extend the score to 10 points.

He takes fewer shots than Artest, but because the offensive pressure is lighter, his shooting percentage is higher.

At 1 minute and 28 seconds, Artest hit the iron under the interference of Li Hai, and the Kings went to the bench and gave up the game.

At 110:98, the Knicks won the away game winning streak.

After the game, Li Hai and Artest hugged, told each other that it was a pleasure to play against him, and also said that they watched a lot of videos of him when practicing defense.

Artest was extremely upset when he lost the game, but after hearing Li Hai's words, his attitude changed immediately.

On the second day, the Knicks played back-to-back away games against the Trail Blazers. The difference this season is that the Trail Blazers have selected two very good rookies, Brandon Roy and Lamarcus Aldridge, so the results are higher than the previous ones. This season is good, but there is still some distance from the playoffs.

But now the most powerful player for the Blazers is Zach Randolph. This guy is also an unreliable defensive type with basically no help defense, but he is still very good at rebounding and full of enthusiasm for offense.

In a way, Randolph and Eddie Curry are a type of player.

But after the game started, Randolph proved that he was still better than Eddie Curry with his powerful offense, and the Knicks basically had no one to stop him inside.

Eddie Curry hit the iron after a few shots in the paint. It seemed that he hadn't recovered from yesterday's game. Seeing this situation, Li Hai immediately took over the banner of attacking.

Amy Udoka, the Blazers' No. 3 player, is just a pure role player. Li Hai has blown him into a mess, and Brandon Roy can't take advantage of the old-fashioned Marbury.

So the Knicks trailed by just one while Randolph scored 100 points on 11 percent shooting.

Entering the second quarter, the Knicks resorted to their magic weapon for Randolph, double-teaming, and Randolph became depressed, but Jamal Magloire, who came off the bench, took the opportunity to play a few times in the paint. indivual.

After the Blazers' starting center Joel Pulzbilla went down early due to foul problems, Eddie Curry showed off. He likes to play shorter than himself, and backup center Magloire just meets this condition.

With the Knicks attacking inside, the Blazers couldn't stand it, not to mention that Crawford had already overtaken the score when he played with the bench.

At the end of the first half, the Knicks not only overtook the score, but also led by double digits.

In front of the defending champion, the Blazers, who are still rebuilding, are obviously a few grades behind.

(End of this chapter)