The Wizards' fast break silenced the Knicks. Even D'Antoni on the sidelines waved his hands in annoyance because of the ball, and then covered his face with his hands!
The tide is over!
Even with a quarter and a half left, it was difficult for the Knicks to find the mentality to compete with the Wizards. Their home court was beaten by the opposing stars one after another and scored top ten goals. This was a kind of destruction for the home team. Sexual blow.
Even Si, who has the most winning mentality in the Knicks lineup, can only be incompetent and furious at this time.
His desire to win has not changed, but the team's morale has plummeted. Even if he can play again, he cannot save the team's decline.
What's more, there is a guy on the opposite side who is not weaker than him.
The third quarter ended quickly, with the Wizards extending their lead to 20 points, 89-69.
Li Kaiming was surprisingly relaxed in this quarter. He only played 6 minutes in the third quarter and easily scored 8 points and 4 rebounds, and the team's lead continued to expand.
It's not that D'Antoni has never tried to substitute. Sometimes, the starting lineup has lost its energy, and the water dispenser is eager to play, or after the substitute players come on, they will do their best to express themselves and defend hard.
But being on the bench didn't help. The lineup at the beginning of the third quarter was the Knicks' strongest offensive lineup, but after playing for a while, the rhythm was still on the Wizards' side.
By replacing the substitutes, the team's mentality may be better, but the strength will be weaker than the Wizards' starting lineup.
So after persisting for half a quarter of the game, D'Antoni simply gave up treatment and simply let the substitutes play until the end of the next three quarters. Anyway, the effect of being a starter and being a substitute was very different. At least he couldn't see the hard work of the substitute players. Extremely uncomfortable.
In this kind of game, in the entire Madison Square Garden, I am afraid that only Wizards fans will feel comfortable, and the rest of the fans will be autistic.
Spike Lee, who was showing off in the front row at the beginning of the game, was now as black as coal. He was bent over, holding his chin with his hand, and staring at the court without blinking.
Some Knicks fans couldn't stand the atmosphere on the court and simply left the game early and stopped watching.
The strong showdown imagined before the game, in which the Knicks ended the Wizards' winning streak, did not happen as expected. Instead, their home team was beaten to a coward before the fourth quarter even started.
The fourth quarter of the game began in this atmosphere.
Although the score difference was still huge, D'Antoni was too embarrassed to show up in front of his hometown folks and started to mess up in the fourth quarter.
This is a home court, and you still have to have the respect you deserve. The trade to Sri Lanka in the offseason was not just to compete for the top pick in the new season. If he directly comes on as a substitute in the fourth quarter, I am afraid that he is not far away from being laid off and gone.
Both sides sent their starting five, and the battle in the fourth quarter began.
In the first round, the Knicks served. After a pick-and-roll, the Knicks got the ball. Facing Li Kaiming, he succeeded in a direct step and scored two points.
71 to 89, Si was silent after scoring, and lost the excitement at the beginning of the game.
The Wizards attack and the team is far ahead, so Li Kaiming is not in a hurry to play by himself and helps others find opportunities as much as possible. If he really can't make any good tactics, then he will take over the ball.
Hinrich went to the center after the pick-and-roll, faced the double-team of point guard Hesi, and gave the ball to Nick Young on the outside.
Nick Young, who had been in a slump all game, finally scored tonight. He caught the ball and shot, scoring his first sports goal tonight.
71 to 91, the point difference is still 20 points.
The Knicks still gave the ball to Si, and it was the latter who took the initiative to apply to the coach off the court. He wanted to use singles to open up the situation.
Li Kaiming opened his arms, one step away from Si, to prevent him from passing by.
Si faltered for a moment, but finally chose to rush in directly. After halfway through, he found that there was no way to get rid of Li Kaiming, so he simply threw the ball upwards, and then he fell backwards!
As a veteran who has played football for many years, Si knows how to use the home court advantage to win whistles for himself.
The bottom line referee immediately raised his hand and clenched his fist to signal Li Kaiming to block the foul.
Li Kaiming opened his hands and placed them on both sides of his head, with a look of disbelief on his face!
tf? What's the foul here?
Just when he wanted to find a theory with the bottom line referee, Hinrich behind him immediately came over and stopped him, and then told him in a low voice that the home whistle was normal.
And some good-hearted spectators near the court, after seeing Li Kaiming's actions, immediately started shouting at the referee, "Give a technical foul! Give a technical foul!"
The referee also knows that he should not go too far. The home whistle is within the tolerable range. If he is given a technical foul out of nowhere, it will be a bit obvious to be partial.
Si stood on the free throw line and made two free throws to score another 2 points.
73 to 91.
The Wizards served, and Li Kaiming came to the frontcourt to help Hinrich block the defender, and then immediately inserted into the three-point line. Seeing this, Si followed in a hurry, but Li Kaiming suddenly braked and jumped directly to the three-point line. outside.
Hinrich, who had a perfect tacit understanding with him, came to the ball and passed it comfortably to Li Kaiming's hands.
Si rushed over immediately, but Li Kaiming was faster and shot a three-pointer directly.
The three-pointer was hit, and the Wizards added another three points. Si was a little bit angry.
This is the case in the third quarter. Every time the Knicks score a goal, the Wizards can respond, and the response is very likely to be a three-pointer.
In the Knicks' offense, Si was still playing singles with the ball. Seeing that he couldn't catch up after a minute and a half, Si was obviously getting impatient. He didn't even look at the basket when he got the ball, and just rushed in with his head covered.
He had a high shooting percentage at the basket and a high probability of scoring. Facing the crazy Si, Li Kaiming's defense was indeed not impressive, but he controlled his body well and did not give Si a chance to score 2+1.
75 to 94, Si scored in three consecutive rounds, and the home fans started cheering sparsely again. Si seemed to bring back some of the Knicks' momentum.
When the Wizards attacked, this time Li Kaiming just made some moves without the ball. After hitting the last three-pointer, Si followed him step by step and did not let him find a chance.
The bigger the lead, the more Li Kaiming wants to throw three-pointers, because that can directly break the opponent's will and is the easiest way to win.
Hinrich found Nick Young who was running without the ball. Unfortunately, the latter did not seize the opportunity and hit a three-pointer. Nick Young's three-point shooting rate so far is a terrifying 0-for-5.
If Sanders hadn't allowed Sun Yue to play in the second quarter, Nick Young could have smashed Madison's basket crooked by himself!
Seeing that the Wizards finally missed, Si thought there was an opportunity and immediately seized the opportunity to win the singles again. The remaining fans in Madison Square Garden were able to organize themselves to help the home team cheer.
Seeing the Knicks gaining momentum again, Li Kai knew it was his turn to take action again.
After arriving in the frontcourt, he directly asked for the ball, and then motioned for everyone else to pull away. He wanted to play singles.
Si is also concentrating on it. As long as he can defend Li Kaiming with this ball, the Knicks will have a great chance of making a comeback, and there is still plenty of time!
With the whole audience watching, Li Kaiming faced Si, and after two disguises of dragging the ball, he took advantage of the created space, took a lateral step back, and shot directly from outside the three-point line!
He will use this ball to directly end the Knicks' hope of comeback!
Si used all his strength to reach for the basketball in Li Kaiming's hand, but he still missed the mark and Li Kaiming's three-pointer hit the net!
Uh-huh!
77 to 97!
Li Kaiming sealed his throat with a sword. After Si saw the ball go in, his whole momentum instantly became decadent. The most desperate thing in the world is that something that seems to be within your reach, you can only watch it disappear. It slips out of your hands, but you can't do anything.
St.'s defeat directly declared the Knicks' failure. The next game was very simple. Halfway through the fourth quarter, D'Antoni took the initiative to replace the substitute and declared surrender.
Si directly covered his head with a towel and sat on the bench with his head lowered.
Seeing that the opponent had already retreated, Sanders also won all the starters in the next dead-ball round, and then replaced them with substitutes and water cooler players.
Sun Yue and Yi Jianlian got another chance, and the two played vigorously on the court.
In America, this game is over, because the outcome of the game is already obvious, but in China, the fans' visual feast has just begun.
The performance of Sun Yue and Yi Jianlian in the second quarter gave Chinese fans unlimited expectations. The fans all wanted the two to get good data in this game.
In the second quarter, Yi Jianlian faced the Knicks. Most of his physical strength was used on defense, so he didn't feel good. After resting for half the game, his physical strength recovered. In the fourth quarter, he faced the Knicks' water cooler players. Yi Jianlian's strength was definitely The best player on the court, so he quickly became the Wizards' best player on the court.
At the end of the game, the Washington Wizards defeated the New York Knicks 108-91, winning their fourth consecutive victory since the start of the game!
Li Kaiming played for 30 minutes and scored 29 points, 14 rebounds, 8 assists and 1 block. He had the highest score and rebounds in the game, and his shooting percentage was 56%.
The other players on the Wizards, except for the troubled Nick Young, performed well.
Starting point guard Kirk Hinrich has assisted in double figures for two consecutive games. In this game, he scored 14 points, 2 rebounds and 10 assists. Most of the assists were given to Li Kaiming.
After the team added Li Kaiming, Hinrich's assists per game nearly doubled.
The team's starting center Andre Blach also performed well, scoring 16 points, 8 rebounds and 2 blocks. He is the most reliable anchor of the Wizards.
Of course, the most noteworthy performance is the performance of Sun Yue and Yi Jianlian. Sun Yue felt very hot tonight. He made 3 of 4 three-pointers in the game, scored 9 points, 2 rebounds and 1 assist. His only assist was ranked among the top ten goals. .
Yi Jianlian performed poorly on the offensive end in the second quarter, but by beating the Knicks' lineup in the fourth quarter, he successfully pushed his score to double digits. He scored 11 points and 6 rebounds, and his shooting percentage reached 50%. Determine the location of neighboring six Rao.
As for the last one, Nick Young, who made 1 of 8 in the game, 0 of 5 three-pointers, scored 2 points, 4 rebounds and 3 turnovers, became the Wizards' most eye-catching player.
