Nba: This Superstar Is Too Stable

The quarrel between Anthony and James seems to be just an episode, but after that, the state of the two has undergone huge ups and downs.

Anthony, who had always had a good hand before, after two or three strikes in a row, coupled with his anger, his movements were a bit too big, and he was even called for a no-ball foul by the referee on the offensive end.

James, on the other hand, seemed calm, and did not have the temperament that Anthony showed, but when the Heat attacked, he no longer tried to create scoring opportunities for his teammates as before, but instead attacked and shot three-pointers by himself. Also very bad.

In this way, after the first half, the Knicks at home were 61:55, leading by 6 points.

At the end of halftime, the Knicks still maintained their lead, which is undoubtedly good news for a team like them that is good at hitting the tailwind.

However, at the end of the first half, Anthony's spat with James, and after that, the Knicks' offense stagnated, and fans were worried.

"Cameron seems to be angry, he has become impulsive on the sidelines, which does not seem to be a good thing."

"I think D'Antoni will definitely give him some spiritual counseling at halftime."

"I always feel that Cameron is a little weird today, and it's not the same as usual."

Indeed, at the moment, in the Knicks locker room, head coach D'Antoni is communicating with Carmelo Anthony, and the question is, of course, about his spat with James and his performance after that.

Anthony said with a smile at this time: "Coach, don't worry about me, I'm not really angry, and I'm not really competing... Sometimes in order to win the game, I use some other means and also It's not impossible... you know."

D'Antoni knew what he was talking about.

It's nothing more than Anthony's mentality with James.

In fact, Anthony did have such an idea, but it was an afterthought after the spat with James.

At first, he was really angry, but after thinking about it, he and the Knicks have both reached the Eastern Conference Finals. If he can beat the Heat, then basically the championship is very likely.

And taking out the Heat won't be easy, but what if you can get James out of the way?

Well, yes, that's Anthony's plan.

On the other side, in the Heat's locker room, Wade was also talking to James.

"LeBron, there's something wrong with your mentality," Wade said.

James nodded: "...a little bit."

Wade didn't give much persuasion, just said: "Don't worry, leave the game to me!"

James did not deny it, nor did he speak.

Madison Gardens held 583 games, and the lively performances once again raised the fanaticism of the fans to a new level.

At the end of the halftime break, when the players returned to the field, the audience cheered again!

Yes, this team has given them too many surprises this season!

Now, they are standing at the door of the finals. Even in the face of the extremely strong Heat team, the Knicks still seem to have a chance to beat their opponents!

The fans don't want to miss this possibility anyway, so they shout desperately, just hoping to help the team win these home games!

At the beginning of the second half of the game, as soon as it came up, the Heat gave the ball to Bosh, and Bosh, who was in normal state in the first half, made a mid-range hit!

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In the Knicks round, Anthony also scored in the first round of the second half, sweeping away the haze of consecutive misses and fouls at the end of the first half.

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At the same time, it also eased a lot of Knicks fans who were worried about him.

"It looks like Carmelo Anthony adjusted well this halftime, which is a good sign.

"We're counting on him to win tonight, he's in good shape and positive!"

"That's right, no matter who you play against, Carmelo Anthony is the one who gets double-teamed first!"

The fans' eyes are naturally sharp. The reason why Anthony's performance in the playoffs is always a "ghost" game is not because his state and feel are extremely unstable.

As a top ten scorer in the league, or even a top five scorer, and known as the "offensive kaleidoscope", he said that the offense is unstable? Then others will definitely say that you don't understand the ball.

The biggest reason is that every time Anthony plays a good game, the opponent will basically double-team him in the next game.

After all, the Knicks have only Bai Feng as a reliable outside pitcher. Anthony's vision and passing are not very good, and the punishment he can give his opponent is relatively limited when he is double-teamed.

So it has become the current situation.

But if you dare to defend Anthony alone every game and let him play, I believe that this super scorer will give you an answer sheet of 30 points per game, and there is no problem.

Tonight's Anthony performed very well in the off-the-ball offensive tactics the Knicks designed for him, scoring consecutively at the start.

In the second quarter, I found the feeling again.

If it wasn't for the quarrel with James at the last minute of the second quarter that affected the performance, then this first half must have been perfect for Anthony.

But even so, Anthony still scored 18 points in the first half.

As soon as the second half came up, he scored 2 more points, so the personal score of the game came to 20 points.

After scoring the goal, Anthony walked past James and still did not forget to say: "Huhu, the wind is really smooth today!"

In fact, this kind of trash talk has not stopped since the beginning of the second quarter.

It was only after the referee warned him that he restrained himself.

Heat attack, Bosh singles again, but not able to hit.

In the Knicks round, after Anthony attracted the defense, Stoudemire got a chance, Bai Feng assisted Stoudemire and scored 2 points.

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The Heat attacked, James made a mistake in passing, and JR Smith launched a fast break after completing the steal.

Seeing that James returned to the defense in time, JR Smith did not go straight to the top, but "reasonably" handed it over to Bai Feng who followed up later, and Bai Feng did not go to the basket to score points.

Direct shot from outside.

swish

hit!

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As soon as the scoring climax started, the whole scene exploded in an instant.

After Bai Feng hit the ball, the Knicks' lead also came to double digits.

For the Heat on the road, it's not just the score that's bad.

The most critical part is the low morale. At the beginning of the second half, their offense was not very smooth, and there were even mistakes.

But the Heat were not alerted because of this, they became simple and hesitant on the offensive end.

James used to pass the ball extremely decisively, but now, he hesitated and did not pass the ball out. When the attack time was approaching, he forced the shot, which was naturally a miss.

The Knicks attacked, although Stoudemire's basket attack missed, but JR, who came from the flank, jumped high to make up the dunk!

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Even JR is so fierce, Madison Square Garden once again ushered in a wave of warm cheers.

"Damn it, JR has exploded, and we're going too well tonight!"

"JR is out, and according to the Knicks' three laws, we're going to win tonight."

"Hahaha, why does the Heat feel like giving up resistance, are they still the 'invincible' Big Three?"

The fans were not wrong.

Because even the Heat players, Dwyane Wade, feel the same way.

So far in the second half, he has yet to get the ball, but the team has fallen behind to 13 points.

When coach Spoelstra reluctantly called a timeout, Wade chatted with James again, and judging from Wade's expression, he was somewhat excited.

This G3 can not help but remind the Knicks fans at the scene of the game between the Knicks and the Heat at the end of the regular season.

It was also the home of the Knicks at that time, and it was the first time Anthony played the Heat after joining, and the last time he met the Heat in the regular season.

The rhythm of that game was surprisingly similar to this one, with both sides playing back and forth in the first half, not giving way to each other.

In the third quarter, the Heat were inexplicably in a sluggish state, made various mistakes, and then collapsed.

At that time, Knicks fans thought that the Heat were just playing casually and not serious. If they were serious, the Knicks would probably not be their opponent.

But the same thing happened twice, and it was still in the Eastern Conference finals, so is this really a coincidence?

Or, is the Knicks star really overpowering the Heat star?

In short, fans found that as long as against the Knicks, especially in Madison Square Garden [LeBron James' performance does not seem to be very good.

But soon, it turns out that the Heat are not a team that is easily broken.

The timeout was over, and when the Heat attacked, things changed!

James no longer holds the ball, the ball handler becomes Dwyane Wade, and James even pulls the bottom three-point line to open space.

Obviously, it was the Heat who felt that James was out of shape today and wanted to let Wade attack!

Although most of this season, Wade has been in the Heat's offensive system as an off-ball attacker.

But before that, he was the only offensive core in the Heat team, and many of the balls were given to him and the offense initiated by him.

So I'm not unfamiliar with this model.

As soon as he came up, Wade used Bosh's pick-and-roll to accelerate a one-handed layup after accelerating the breakthrough!

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The Knicks were fouled by Stoudemire and scored 1 of 2 free throws at the free throw line.

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Looking back, the Heat attacked again.

Wade used the pick-and-roll again, but this time he accelerated and broke through with a change of direction and pulled back, shaking off defender JR Smith and then making a mid-range shot.

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In the Knicks round, Anthony's catch was hit hard.

The Heat attacked, this time Wade didn't ask for a pick-and-roll directly. He used his speed to directly break through JR Smith and then made a cool layup and scored again!

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The Heat's suspension had an immediate effect!

After the timeout, Wade began to take over the ball and scored three times in a row.

However, since the offensive efficiency of the Knicks did not decline too much, it was still ahead by 8 points, so it did not pay any particular attention.

After that, Bai Feng and Xiao Si made a beautiful connection again, helping Xiao Si to make an alley-oop dunk and get another 2 points!

In the following game, the two sides came and went, and the Heat, relying on Wade's ball-handling attack, helped the team maintain a good offensive efficiency on the road.

On the Knicks side, with the blessing of the home court, the morale is quite strong, basically except for the inside Turiaf, the rest of the points can score.

The difference has remained in double digits.

After that, the two sides replaced the bench players, and it was not able to tell the winner.

After three quarters, the Knicks led the Heat by 11 points at home, 89:78.

Whether it is game rhythm or morale, it seems to be on the side of the Knicks.

In the third quarter, the main player of the Heat team, LeBron James, was almost in a stealth state. It was only because of Wade's continuous scoring that he maintained a score difference of about 10 points and was not pulled away.

Wade scored 19 points in the entire third quarter, plus the 11 points he scored in the first half. After three quarters, he has scored 30 points, becoming the highest scoring player in the game.

Although James scored 21 points, 5 rebounds and 5 assists in the first half, he only got 2 points and 2 assists in the third quarter, and his performance was too sluggish.

Seeing such a situation, the Knicks fans are naturally happy.

"Stable, stable, this game can basically be closed!"

"It turns out that as long as Bai Feng is there, the team's lower limit can be guaranteed. Although his performance is not good enough today, at least there will be no stealth like James."

"Hopefully James will continue this downturn and let's get a home win."

"Is there a possibility that in the first half, Anthony and James spammed trash on purpose?"

"Hey, now it looks like this, it seems like this is really the case."

To make matters worse for the Heat, their rotation got lost again early in the fourth quarter.

In four minutes, there was not a single sports battle score, and only 3 points were obtained by relying on free throws.

The opponent's bench team played well, scoring 8 points in four minutes.

In this way, the score came to 97:81 all of a sudden, the Knicks had led by as many as 16 points, and at this time there were less than 8 minutes left for the end of the game.

Maybe it's because the Knicks' home atmosphere is too frenetic, or because the main player James is in the doldrums... In short, the Heat's rotation is not bad, and tonight's performance is a bit outrageous.

Especially at the end of the first quarter, and the opening stage of the fourth quarter.

This should have been the advantage time for the Heat, and it was the best time for them to widen the difference or catch up with the difference.

But unexpectedly lost more points.

This situation was unexpected by the Heat coaching staff.

What made them even more anxious was the sudden power outage of LeBron James in the third quarter.

He only scored 2 points and 2 assists in a single quarter. This is the first time he has done so often in the entire playoffs.

Was it because of the spat with Anthony in the first half that affected him?

Coach Spoelstra felt that this is obviously impossible. LeBron James has played in this league for eight years. Except for the championship, he has not yet won the rest. Pass.

How can such a player be affected by a word or two of trash talk?

There must be other reasons.

Spo didn't dare to wait any longer. He was 16 points behind his opponent in less than 8 minutes. The difference was not small, and it was not easy to chase, but it was not impossible.

He called a timeout at this time, and replaced all the main lineup, preparing for the final counterattack!

Obviously, the Knicks' home to the Heat created great trouble.

But the main reason is the strange state of their players today.

If you can't win this game, then the next game will be a bit difficult.

Of course, Spoelstra believed in the strength of the Heat's Big Three. After all, in the regular season, they would often stage a big reversal of ten or even twenty points.

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On the other hand, the Knicks, who saw the Heat make some moves, also switched back to pulling all the main lineups at the same time.

Although they have a huge advantage, D'Antoni still reminds players not to take it lightly.

Especially for a super-strong team like the Heat, which leads by 16 points in 8 minutes, it is actually not insurance!