Healthy basketball, starting from eating the old Lakers F4

Madison Square Garden in New York is a famous basketball mecca and the home of the NBA team the New York Knicks.

Duan has played in the NBA for so many years, and it was only this year that he was lucky enough to come here to play in the playoffs.

"MVP, MVP, MVP!"

As expected of a hospitable New Yorker, as soon as Duane came out of the tunnel, the New York fans at the scene began to cheer for Dunn.

For a time, New York fans seemed to have rebelled and turned into Doon fans, and the Knicks' home court became the Bulls' home court.

It is worth mentioning that when Anthony emerged from the tunnel, there were still cheers, but they were not as loud and enthusiastic as Duane.

It can only be said that time will make feelings fade. The son of New York who was personally selected by the New York Knicks ten years ago has been warmly welcomed by millions of New York fans.

However, Anthony has been playing for the Knicks for ten years and has never even touched the floor of the Eastern Conference finals. Some New York fans who want to win the championship have naturally regarded Anthony as a cow lady and are tired of it, even bored.

"Brother, you are so popular!

As soon as you came here, you seemed to have stolen the limelight that belonged to me!
Now I feel like I am redundant and you are the master here! "

During the warm-up period, Anthony approached Du En and joked with him.

However, many times, the truth is said in a joking way.

Over the years, Anthony has obviously realized that if he cannot bring hope to New York fans and the Knicks management to win the damn championship, then there may not be much time left before he leaves the Knicks.

"Melon, you know. My villa is in Chicago, not New York, and the housing prices here are too expensive!"

Duan expressed that he had no intention of coming to the Knicks to comfort Anthony and tell him not to worry.

“Playing well is what you really have to think about.

You can't beat me, but you can beat others.

I don't think there are many small forwards in the league today who are better than you.

You are still at your peak, you still have huge popularity, and no team will give up on you easily unless you actively want to leave. "

For the Knicks, Anthony is now a waste of time and a pity.

But it has to be said that Duane dominated the league and the Bulls monopolized the championship.

This has been the case in the past few years, and it will continue to be the case in the next few years.

The Knicks spend heavily on signings every year, but it is basically impossible to beat the Bulls and get out of the Eastern Conference.

And the team management is really bad, so just relying on the fans to worry will not help.

After all, you can't win the championship in a hurry, and you can't even dream about it.

The Knicks management is experienced, and they know very well that no matter how they change the team or make adjustments, they won't be able to achieve results.

So instead of messing around, it's better to take more kickbacks in private.

There is no kickback for trading Anthony. The only chance is to sign big-name stars who are not worthy of their name, or to sign some promising rookies from weak teams at a premium.

So under normal circumstances, the Knicks will definitely continue to keep Anthony to sell tickets.

Although there is no shortage of fans to buy tickets for the Knicks' home games, the price of tickets will inevitably be higher when stars are present.

Duan shared a little bit of his speculation with Anthony to help him regain his morale and build up the confidence to win.

In this way, Du En can better devote himself to tonight's game.

Otherwise, continuing to abuse food will make Du En feel very boring.

"Let the storm come more violently!"

Tonight, Duan is ready to win in 5-on-8.

If he can still win against Anthony in his prime, it will definitely make Duan feel even happier!
Closer to home, as Duane guessed, the referee began to intervene in the game from the first quarter.

This is different from the past. It is not just for ratings, but also involves some subjective factors.

It has to be said that the NBA is headquartered in New York, and the Knicks are the home team of most NBA executives.

Therefore, it is easy to come to the conclusion that the league executives do not want to see the Bulls easily sweep the Knicks in the Eastern Conference semifinals.

What's more, the league's referees for tonight's game are out-and-out New Yorkers who have a special affection for the Knicks.

With the referee's efforts, this game is indeed more difficult for the Bulls players.

Even Duan only played more than seven minutes in the first quarter and accumulated two fouls. One of the fouls was due to a body hair whistle.

This is not to mention other Bulls players!
It was also a problem caused by foul trouble. The Bulls forward group appeared on the stage one by one, and then had to take a rest after a few minutes.

However, the referees who executed the penalty tonight were very experienced. They did not just punish the Bulls' main players, but punished the players who really had an impact on the game, especially the players who performed outstandingly on the defensive end.

For someone like Curry, who is averagely defensive, there is no foul trouble. Even if Curry has a good shooting touch, the referee did not take action.

After all, the Knicks' guards can get physical with Curry, but Curry will always feel cold under a lot of confrontation, and then his shots will be inaccurate.

The Bulls no longer have an outside defender, and their inside players who are good at covering up defense are also sanctioned by the referee and cannot provide timely defensive help to other teammates.

After this back and forth, the Bulls' overall defense quickly became fragmented, and the quality of defense dropped a lot.

The Knicks, led by Anthony, performed quite well in the first half.

After the first half, the score reached 44-58. The Knicks reversed the decline in the first two games and established a 14-point lead.

However, after adjustments in the midfield, the Bulls gradually gained strength in the third quarter.

The Bulls first put Curry on the bench, and then used Duan as the main point guard, Ray Allen as shooting guard, George as small forward, and Aldridge and Whiteside as the inside.

This lineup clearly told the referee that the third quarter focused on offense and did not pay special attention to defense.

If the referee continues to cause trouble, he will be replaced by a player with better defense.

Sure enough, the referee did not take action immediately and the game went smoothly.

Of course, the Bulls still suffered from penalties. On the offensive end, the Knicks basically used their elbows to break through and score at the basket.

When it came to the defensive part, the Knicks' defensive intensity also made the Bulls players sweat profusely. They would be hugged and thrown once or twice just to catch the ball.

However, the Knicks players tried their best to defend and to consolidate their advantage, they expended a lot of energy.

Throughout the third quarter, both teams did not score high, 24 to 22. Instead, the Bulls relied on Duan's 12 points in a single quarter to narrow the 2-point difference.

Of course, for the Knicks, entering the fourth quarter with a 12-point advantage is undoubtedly great news. After the game started in the fourth quarter, the New York fans at the scene no longer defected. Even though Duan posted up in the low post and scored a difficult fadeaway jumper, few people cheered for Duan.

In order to expand the Knicks' score advantage, Anthony also chose to appear immediately at the beginning of the fourth quarter.

It can be seen that Anthony still enjoys this game and the feeling of fighting against Du En in person.

Even if Duane just made a difficult superstar shot, Anthony will find a way to respond in the next round, or the next round.

The high-intensity defense and star players made this game particularly exciting.

The New York fans at the scene continued to cheer for their players and shouted for defense, which made the atmosphere of the home game even more exciting.

However, the Knicks had just widened the point difference to 17 points. After the Bulls took the initiative to call a timeout and removed Duan, the game suddenly went wrong.

After returning from the timeout, the Knicks players suddenly felt power outage. They drove to the basket and attacked the basket for three consecutive rounds. They were either blocked or beaten.

Du En was well aware of the scene before him.

The Knicks players were too nervous in the first three quarters and they wanted to win too much.

Until I saw him being substituted in the fourth quarter, I thought the Bulls were giving up and surrendering, and then they subconsciously started to relax.

Laziness is human nature! Given the opportunity, everyone will instinctively choose to be lazy.

Who wants to work so hard when you can work more easily?
The same is true for NBA players.

Big-name stars with ideals fight for honor and big contracts.

The role players who have already resigned themselves to their fate will naturally learn how to be lazy on the court early.

The game is about to be won. Unless it's a contract year and brushing up data will help increase the amount of the next contract, wouldn't it be better to save your energy to get off work and do other work?
Of course, sometimes NBA players don't just subconsciously want to be lazy.

The brain's reaction slows down, which is also one of the reasons for this condition.

After all, playing games is very tiring, especially in the playoffs with high-intensity physical confrontation and only seven or eight players rotating.

A large amount of water loss, a large amount of energy consumption, and an extremely tired body will also make people feel dizzy and unable to maintain concentration on the court, thus affecting the performance on both offense and defense.

In recent years, Knicks players have not made it to the playoffs many times. Even the main players have relatively few playoff experience.

The intensity of tonight's game was off the charts again.

Therefore, the Knicks players failed to control the distribution of physical strength, and at the same time did not replenish water and energy properly. It is normal for the body to be unable to adapt at once.

"It's our turn!"

Not only Duane noticed that it was time for the Bulls to start counterattack, but Scott Skiles also immediately made adjustments.

Scott Skiles took the initiative to call a timeout for the Knicks, but the Knicks did not take this opportunity to make substitution adjustments.

Watching Duane return to the court after being replaced for more than a minute, Knicks head coach Mike Woodson could only continue to fuck the main force.

After the timeout, the game resumed.

After Duan returned to the court, he did not exert force immediately. Instead, he attracted the defense at the top of the key and provided Curry with a hand-to-hand screen, allowing Curry to take the ball and drive to the basket.

According to Curry's own thinking, when the shooting opportunity comes out in the middle of the screen, he can just bet on a three-pointer.

However, whether it is Scott Scales or Duan, Curry is unanimously required to hold the ball to the basket and drive the white side to score as much as possible.

Bai Bian's playing time was only 20 minutes tonight. He is very energetic and will definitely have no problem eating cake.

It is true that Curry is the third-leading player of the Bulls, but he does not have much say, so he can only play according to the tactical arrangement.

In other words, although Curry mainly plays magic ball, he does not pose much of a mid-range threat.

But when Curry reached the three-point line with the ball, the Knicks players did not dare to easily release Curry's mid-range shot.

With the arrival of a double attack in the penalty area, although Curry's ability to shoot the ball is average, he also knows how to throw it into the sky.

Some of the passes are ridiculous, but Bai Bian can use his long wingspan to catch the ball, but he can't directly work in the air and dunk the ball into the basket.

Sometimes, Bai Bian needs a second takeoff to complete the attack on the basket. Sometimes he feels that the opportunity is not good, so he passes the ball again.

The Bulls mainly played at the basket, and they played in such a way that the referee couldn't call an offensive foul casually.

At most, the referees on the scene just watched the Knicks players beating up the white edge under the basket and pretended not to see it.

However, this also inspired Bai Bian's fighting spirit, and he would dunk at the basket from time to time, thus boosting the Bulls' overall morale.

As the score difference gradually reached 9 points, the Knicks players on the court seemed more and more panicked and anxious, and the three referees on the scene could not sit still.

Basketball games don't just rely on sports battles to score points. You must know that you can win the game by scoring every point!

In the last four minutes of the game, Anthony, Raymond Felton, J.R. Smith and others stood on the free throw line one after another.

The problem is, they were too tired from playing tonight's game! Each of them exceeded 35 minutes, and Anthony even exceeded 40 minutes.

Therefore, with tight muscles and low physical strength, even Anthony, who has a free throw shooting percentage of more than 80% all year round, became substandard when executing free throws in the fourth quarter.

The Knicks' free throw shooting is not a problem of being unable to break the scoring drought, but it will also allow the Bulls to use more opportunities to grab rebounds and start a transition offense.

No one expected that the Bulls had just achieved a fourth quarter reversal in the first round half a month ago, and would do it again tonight.

The Knicks were obviously playing eight-man basketball, and they shot 13 to 5 free throws in the fourth quarter, but they still lost to the Bulls and became a tragic backdrop and stepping stone.

"We are the defending champions and we cannot be beaten by any opponent!"

In a post-match interview, Duan expressed this position.

There were also reporters who stirred up trouble, saying that in Game 94 of the 5 Eastern Conference semifinals, the Bulls lost to the Knicks because of a black whistle and failed to achieve their fourth consecutive championship.

In this regard, Du En just shrugged and said: "If we lose, we will not make excuses for ourselves!"

Still winning, Dunn will definitely not go against the league and put pressure on the referees.

If we really win the game in five-on-eight games, give the referee more strength, and humiliate the referee to his heart's content, I'm afraid he will have to kneel down and admit his mistake to get the referee's forgiveness.

As the saying goes, when you are a human being, leave a ray of light so that we can meet each other in the future.

If you want to get along in the league, you still have to have a good relationship with the referees.

If the Bulls had someone kneeling to support them tonight, they definitely wouldn't have to play so hard.

However, if you beat the Knicks, even if you have people kneeling to support you, you won't be able to get any advantage in penalties... (End of Chapter)