Chapter 499: Knicks bench

It seems that last season's playoffs dealt a heavy blow to Inguodala. In the offseason, he has been polishing his defensive skills and enhancing his strength and confrontation.

Compared with last season, Inguodala's defense is stronger this season.

In this game, Lian Dao also felt Yin Godala's progress. On the offensive end, facing Yin Godala's entanglement, Lian Dao felt the pressure.

However, Lian Dao's desire to score in this game is not high. On the contrary, Stoudemire is in a very good state.

In particular, Odom seemed to be in a free state on the court, and his offensive enthusiasm was not high, let alone defensive. Not surprisingly, Stoudemire directly beat Odom.

And this game didn't even finish the third quarter, and the game was about to enter garbage time.

Stoudemire had the highest score in this game, with 36 points, 6 rebounds and 2 assists.

Lian Dao also scored 21 points in the third quarter.

After the game, the press conference.

Although the 76ers lost the game, the media praised Inguodala's defensive strength.

This is the first time since the start of the season that Lian Dao has scored less than 25 points, and they believe that Yin Guodala played an important role in this.

After the game, Lian Dao said even more.

"Andre is an extremely good player, especially his defensive strength is very good!"

On this point, Lian Dao is not talking clichés. Since the start of the game, no one has been able to put pressure on him except Yin Guodala in single defense and the third player.

Even Sean Marion and Corey Maggette, who is known as the devil's muscle, didn't. On the contrary, Lian Dao felt that he was more relaxed when facing Marion than last season.

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At the 76ers' post-match press conference, Yin Guodala was not happy with the praise from his opponent, Lian Dao. He felt more like irony.

In fact, this game hit Yin Guodala very hard. Lian Dao only felt the pressure in the face of Yin Guodala's defense, but Yin Guodala felt frightened that Lian Dao's strength had improved again.

Before the game, Inguodala was full of confidence.

In the first 9 games, although the record of the 76ers was not very good, Inguodala's defensive strength was unanimously praised.

Among them, the teams they played against also had some strong teams, such as the Heat. Although the 76ers lost the game, James was restricted by Inguodala to only score 14 points, and his shooting percentage was less than 30%.

Although Lian Dao only scored 21 points in this game, his shooting percentage was as high as 56.7%.

In many cases, it's not that he can't score, it's just that he doesn't want to score.

This feeling is like fighting a boss that is constantly evolving. No matter how much progress you make, you will be ruthlessly crushed by the boss. This feeling of powerlessness has hit Yin Guodala somewhat.

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After defeating the 76ers, the Knicks followed up with back-to-back away games against the Memphis Grizzlies.

Stoudemire played well in the last game. In this back-to-back, Lian Dao also started to exert his strength.

In the tight back-to-back schedule, the Knicks are not the only ones experiencing injuries. No, the Grizzlies are also plagued by injuries.

try{mad1(\'gad2\');}catch(ex){} Their small forward Rudy Gayon just returned from injury at the beginning of the season, and one of the black and white bears, the **** bear Zach Randolph , was injured in the fourth game against the Bulls and will miss at least two months.

And Zach Randolph's injury this time also directly led to the early end of the Big Black Bear's peak period, which is also the case in history. Zach Randolph can no longer play the state of last season .

Due to the back-to-back away games, the other players of the Knicks are not in good condition.

Therefore, in this back-to-back game, the Knicks played extremely hard. Although the Grizzlies' offense was not very good, their defense was very strong. In the absence of Zach Randolph, they still played exceptionally tough.

Until the last 17 seconds from the end of the game, the score of the two teams was 87:86.

The score on the court was very anxious.

This is the first time this season that the Knicks have not scored more than 100 points in the game. Not only that, they are even one point behind the Grizzlies.

But fortunately, the ball is in the hands of the Knicks. Lian Dao received the ball from the outside line in layers of double-teaming, and against the double-teaming of Rudy Gayon and OJ Mayo, he scored a three-pointer at the buzzer and completed the lore.

This is also the first time the Knicks have taken the lead in this game.

In the double-teaming of the Grizzlies, Lian Dao still scored 32 points, 14 rebounds and 10 assists, and finally killed his opponent, but Stoudemire's performance was indeed a ghost.

He made 6 of 18 shots and scored only 15 points and 7 rebounds. When he hit the basket, Stoudemire was blocked by Gasol's supplementary defense.

A day later, the Knicks rushed to Oklahoma again non-stop to play against the Oklahoma City Thunder.

The biggest change for the Thunder this season is James Harden.

If it is said that Harden was still lagging behind in the first two seasons, but this season Harden has ushered in a big explosion.

In the first twelve games, James Harden averaged 20.8 points, 3.5 assists and 4.3 rebounds per game, coupled with the stable performance of his eldest brother Durant and second brother Westbrook.

The Thunder's three young masters are making steady progress in the direction of the Thunder's Big Three.

They started 12 games this season and achieved a record of 10 wins and 2 losses, ranking first in the Western Conference.

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That's right, neither the Mavericks nor the Clippers are number one in the West.

Since the start of the game, the two teams have faced a problem, that is, the lineup of the team has run in, so their record is not as good as the Thunder, which has formed a tacit understanding.

Especially recently, the Thunder has won a wave of six consecutive victories. Whether it is the Dallas Mavericks or the San Antonio Spurs, they have all fallen at the Thunder's feet.

This wave of six-game winning streak also excited the Oklahoma fans. They seemed to see the hope of the team reaching the top.

The fans of the Thunder are really excited. They can win six consecutive victories in a shortened season, and they are still in the Western Conference, which is known as the Shura Field. Especially, even the Mavericks, which are known as the super bulls this season, have fallen to the Thunder's crazy offense.

try{mad1(\'gad2\');}catch(ex){}Oklahoma fans seem to have seen the historical moment when the Thunder completed the championship in the finals.

However, just when the Thunder hit the 7-game winning streak, the Thunder fans suffered a big blow.

The Knicks' offense can't be said to be able to surpass the Thunder, but their defense is definitely very strong.

Whether it is the starting lineup or the bench lineup, everyone except Stoudemire has good defensive strength. Even Cousins' defense is improving this season.

In the first 11 games of the Knicks, except for the first opener + the Christmas game against the Mavericks, the Knicks launched a confrontation and did not invest too much energy on the defensive end, allowing the Mavericks to score 121 points.

Except for the Mavericks, so far, no team has scored more than 100 points under the Knicks' defense.

Especially in this game, the Knicks' point-to-point restrictions restricted the performance of the Thunder's three young players.

However, it is not so easy for Lian Dao to limit Durant, especially this season, Lian Dao obviously feels that Durant's shooting is more stable.

In this game, Durant took 21 shots and hit 10 times. His shooting percentage was as high as 47.6%. He scored 27 points, 2 rebounds and 1 assist.

Westbrook played normally under the defense of the Knicks. He made 6 of 17 shots, scored 18 points, 8 rebounds and 8 assists But they still lost the game in the end. Is it because of the reason? On James Harden.

Harden was closely defended by Tony Allen, making 2 of 10 shots and only scoring 6 points.

In this game, several times the Thunder's main lineup managed to gain an advantage, but when the substitute lineup came on the field, the Knicks' substitute lineup wiped out the advantage and overtook the score.

Jeremy Lin broke out again in this game, scoring 16 points and 4 assists as a substitute. At present, there is a trend of replacing Tony Douglas as the first substitute in the first position.

Hassan also had a brilliant performance. Westbrook hit the basket twice, but Hassan directly blocked them.

At the same time, as a rebounding idiot, although he only played less than 10 minutes, he got 6 rebounds and his efficiency was very high.

But he now wants to replace Hayes, and it is unlikely that he will become the first substitute at the fifth position.

The main reason is that Hassan's performance is very unstable, and some inside skills are very rough and need to be continuously polished.

It is precisely because of the excellent performance of the Knicks' substitute that directly increased the pressure on the Thunder's main lineup, and Durant only rested for less than 5 minutes throughout the game.

In the fourth quarter, the Thunder's lack of success reappeared, and the Knicks overtook the score with a wave of offense. In the last 30 seconds, Danny Green scored a three-pointer to help the Knicks seal the victory.

In the end, the Knicks defeated the Oklahoma City Thunder 103:97, ending the Thunder's winning streak.

The Knicks scored average in this game, Lian Dao scored 30 points, Stoudemire Stoudemire scored 28 points, Danny Green scored 12 points...