"Melon, melon, melon!"
The Lakers visit Madison Square Garden, and the starting five have already appeared on the stage.
The Knicks sent out Alan Houston, Howard Eisley, Dikembe Mutombo, Kurt Thomas, until all the fans enthusiastically cheered Anthony's nickname, Carmelo Anthony, the son of New York. Just made his debut.
After the starting players came on the field, the lights returned to their bright state. Not long after, the players from both sides came to the center circle, and the game was about to begin.
"Melon, I heard that New York fans are the most likely to be dissatisfied?
But now it seems that you are very popular with them!
Haha, if you were beaten up by me, the fans at the scene would be very sad, right? "
Before the game even started, Du En, who was leaning side by side with Anthony and secretly confronting each other, started trash-talking his good brother Anthony.
"If you can't do it, let's replace it with Kobe!"
I'm a big brother in society, I'm ruthless and don't talk much!
Anthony bluntly said that Du En is not his opponent. In comparison, Anthony wants to beat Kobe with his own hands, just like Du En wants to compete with Anthony.
The camera returns to the two players jumping the ball in the center circle. Uncle Mu is old after all, and his jump ball is actually not as good as Grant's.
After the Lakers got the ball, Payton immediately advanced quickly with the ball.
They had just defeated the Pistons with a fast break, and Jackson did not take the initiative to deny Payton's style of play. This greatly increased Payton's confidence and gave him more ideas.
The New York Knicks were never a strong team. Even after acquiring Anthony, the Knicks were stronger than the previous two seasons, but their starting record was only 4 wins and 6 losses.
What's more, the current Knicks starting point guard Howard Eisley is just a veteran with substitute strength.
If Payton can't beat Billups, can't he beat Howard Eisley?
Just like Payton said rubbish back then - I'll cross you like I'm crossing the road in the early morning!
During the breakthrough, Payton pushed Howard Eisley with his ball guard and easily reached the basket.
As soon as Uncle Mu landed in the low post, he had to step into the penalty area to block Payton.
Fortunately, Uncle Mu is big enough and his wingspan is long enough.
Payton saw a big mountain suddenly appeared in front of him. He continued to lay up for fear of being blocked, so he could only break through and pass the ball to Grant in the corner.
After Grant got the ball, he wanted to shoot it himself, but saw Duan running towards him not far away.
So Grant handed the ball to Duen hand-in-hand, and then helped Duen block the pursuing Anthony.
Duan got the ball and then shot a jump shot from outside the three-point line in the bottom corner.
It was naturally impossible for Duen not to seize the big open opportunity behind the screen.
brush--
The basketball fell hollowly into the net, making a crisp sound of water splashing.
At 3-0, Duan relied on not having the ball, relying on the style of play that the Orangemen relied on for a living in Syracuse, and scored a three-pointer in front of his former teammate Anthony.
"Melon, you want to catch up with me? You're still far away!"
After Duan scored, he was trash-talking Anthony and reaching out to clap with Grant.
However, Anthony was in a daze, seeming to recall the scene when they fought side by side with the Orange Men in Syracuse, and he even subconsciously reached out to Du En.
Upon seeing this, Du En immediately stepped forward. Before Anthony could realize that something was wrong and retracted his hand, Du En went up and patted Anthony's palm, and then stepped forward and patted Anthony's butt.
"Haha, Melon, you have been fooled! We are already opponents! The battle has begun, you have to concentrate!"
Seeing that Du En had returned to the backcourt, Anthony came back to his senses, and his dark face suddenly became more rosy.
"Wait and see if I don't beat you to death!" Anthony gritted his teeth and caught up with Du En.
Then he ran to the elbow area, turned his back to Du En, and got the ball in position.
Du En knew that Anthony wanted to fight him alone, so he immediately went up to fight with Anthony.
When he was dueling with Anthony before, after all, it was just a joke, and Du En didn't use small tricks to restrict Anthony. Now that it was a competition, Du En naturally did everything he could.
Apart from dirty tricks such as crotch picking and eye penetration, Du En is no different from other tough guys and defensive warriors.
Anthony was not very comfortable receiving the ball under Duan's aggressive defense, but he still got the ball in his hands.
So he first played with his back to adjust his condition, but Duen was not bad at all in confrontation, and his strength was more advantageous. Anthony couldn't get any space, so he had to turn around and face Duen.
Testing Step Three's threat, he shook Du En's center of gravity for a few moments, then turned his back as if to break through.
That is to say, Du En is familiar with Anthony and has fought two duels with Anthony before. If it were anyone else, he would have been swayed away by Anthony.
Anthony saw Du En move in front of him in small steps, so he turned back to the front and made a breakthrough like praying to Buddha. Du En could only guard against Anthony's breakthrough first.
But at this time, Anthony suddenly collected the ball and then took a step back jumper.
Duane flew out, but Anthony had already thrown the ball.
Dang dang, the basketball hit the basket, but relying on the rotation force added to the basketball when shooting, the basketball still bounced into the basket.
"Seriously, you almost guarded me!"
After Anthony succeeded in the singles, he smiled trash-talking Duan while showing his trademark bright smile.
To put it bluntly, due to his short wingspan, Duan really can't guard against a superstar like Anthony.
However, this kind of ball is very difficult, and the hit rate is accordingly not much higher.
The game has just started now. Anthony has the physical strength and can maintain high efficiency for a period of time. When Anthony's physical strength declines, his offensive ability will naturally drop by one or two levels.
To put it bluntly, Anthony can shoot up to 20 shots of this kind in a game, not 30 or 40, and his shooting rate is a sky-high 50%, which means that he can only score 20 points on jump shots at most.
Therefore, Du En is not worried at all that he will be beaten to death by Anthony's mid-range jumper.
Normally, simple balls should be played first in a game. The more simple balls you hit, the easier it is to win the game.
The stars' difficult shots are for cover. If the first three quarters are all about such difficult shots, it will be too much effort to win the game.
Although Anthony won the championship in the NCAA, he obviously has not yet understood the correct way to win.
But Duen is different. Duen understands his own strength and position in the team.
With the help of Payton, Kobe, Malone and others, he quickly understood the correct way to win.
In the first quarter, Duan played without the ball as much as possible, either catching the ball and shooting three-pointers, or making simple cuts or fast breaks.
Duan just had to save enough energy to punish Anthony in the second half.
Anthony, on the other hand, was immersed in the joy of success in singles against Doon. The more he played, the more excited he became, and the more he played, the more he felt like a bitter gourd.
In the first quarter, Duan came off the field 2 minutes earlier than Anthony.
Duan played more than 8 minutes, making a total of 3 of 5 shots, 2 of 3 three-pointers, and scored 8 points, 2 rebounds and 2 assists.
Anthony played more than 10 minutes and made 4 of 9 shots, 1 of 3 three-pointers, 2 of 2 free throws, 11 points and 2 rebounds.
The 11 points in a single quarter did reflect Anthony's ability, but the score on the field was 27 to 22. It can also be seen that Anthony scored a lot of singles and was unable to help the Knicks get any lead.
The game entered the second quarter, Duane continued to start, but Anthony was still resting below.
Duane, who is good at launching fierce attacks in the second quarter, quickly scored 4 points, 1 rebound and 2 assists with the cooperation of Payton.
At the same time, the point difference between the two teams was also widened to 11 points.
Anthony never thought that Du En's ability to lead the bench was so good.
However, because the point difference was already double digits, Anthony had no time to think about it. Duan's data was already ahead of him in all aspects.
After Anthony came back to defend Duen, Duen's scoring efficiency also dropped significantly. Anthony once again had the upper hand with his super offensive ability.
After the first half, Anthony had 18 points, 4 rebounds and 1 assist, and Duan had 15 points, 5 rebounds and 7 assists.
Just looking at the data, Anthony is really no better than Duan.
The game entered the third quarter, and the Lakers directly pressed all the starters, obviously wanting to end the game early.
Knicks head coach Don Cheney had to rely on his main force and continue to send Anthony, who had not received adequate rest, onto the court.
Anthony has good physical strength, but he is not a physical monster. And outside players who are good at shooting often fail due to shooting at critical moments.
In the third quarter, Anthony's offensive firepower was obviously not as strong as in the first half.
But Duan, who was defending Anthony, was still very active.
"Melon, are you going to die? Then give in quickly!"
Duan continued to taunt Anthony, hoping that Anthony would continue to hit him with the ball on his back.
Only by relying on Anthony's large amount of ironwork data to prove that Du En really guarded Anthony, Du En had the nerve to say to outsiders, I didn't win by traveling at the wrong time.
"Melon, isn't he your younger brother in college? You quickly find a way to deal with him!"
Just when Anthony was overwhelmed by Durn's defense, Alan Houston, who was dizzy by Kobe's defense, also stimulated Anthony at the right time.
Anthony could only grit his teeth and continue to beat Du En alone, and then there was the sound of DuangDuangDuang hitting the iron.
"Melo, it seems that only Los Angeles will see you again! The fourth quarter should be garbage time, and I won't play again!"
Seeing that there were only a few seconds left in the third quarter and the point difference between the two teams widened to 23 points, Duan had already begun to say goodbye to Anthony.
Anthony was a little unwilling to hear this: "I didn't lose to you!"
Anthony only had three quarters of game time, and he scored 29 points, 7 rebounds and 3 assists. Anthony did everything he should do.
"Yes, I have better teammates!"
Du En did not deny it, his straightforward words were like a knife, directly inserted into Anthony's heart.
In fact, Duan scored a double-double of 22 points, 8 rebounds and 10 assists in this game. If the game continues in the fourth quarter, the triple-double will definitely not be achieved.
Compared with 20+ triple-doubles and 30+ points, Anthony really can't say that he really beats Duan.
"I won't lose again next time!"
Anthony no longer talks harshly, and can only meet in Los Angeles for an away game to fight another tough battle.
"Goodbye, Melon, I'll wait for you in Los Angeles."
After clocking out in the third quarter, Duan waved goodbye to Anthony.
