plumnovel Chapter 551 Old Kidd's Experience
Chapter 551 Old Kidd's Experience
The Warriors slowly widened the gap.
The fans in the Oracle Arena are very happy. Although there is no Zhou Yang today, the Warriors still withstood the pressure and took the lead.
You know, the Knicks are the second strongest team in the Eastern Conference!
More than 6 minutes into the third quarter, the two teams scored 78:64, and the Warriors led by 14 points.
D'Antoni had no choice but to call a timeout again.
Curry and his teammates excitedly bumped their chests, roared, and high-fived each other, and the entire Warriors team showed momentum.
However, Zhou Yang saw a hidden danger.
That is, the Knicks still have one trick they haven't used yet.
D'Antoni will put Jason Kidd in the starting lineup when the team encounters difficulties.
Kidd is old and his physical strength is not enough to support the whole game, but he played for more than ten minutes at critical moments, and he was still fine.
Kidd and Stoudemire, Anthony's triangle combination, the offensive power is very powerful.
This season, when the three played at the same time, the positive and negative values were very high.
But I don't usually use it like this, because Kidd wants to use it sparingly.
Facing the uncrowned champion today, D'Antoni will definitely not be caught without a fight.
So they will definitely replace Kidd in advance.
Sure enough, after the timeout, Kidd reappeared and replaced Felton!
Curry also knew Kidd's sophistication, so he was careful and reminded his teammates to increase their intensity.
As soon as Kidd came up, he faced Curry and made a three-pointer!
This three-pointer set off the prelude to the Knicks' counterattack.
Curry was calm, and in the next offensive round, he wanted to return a three-pointer.
But Kidd's defense is so good. In his career, he has won 5 defensive first teams and 4 defensive second teams. It is really not covered!
So Curry's three-pointer was interfered by Kidd and missed.
In the next few rounds, Kidd sent several exquisite assists to Stoudemire and Anthony respectively.
The Warriors are a little panicked.
The weakness of Zhou Yang's absence has been revealed, that is, the defense in the penalty area is not in place.
Stoudemire and Anthony scored consecutive goals, but for the Warriors, Curry was entangled by Kidd, Turkoglu was defended by Stoudemire, and the situation was reversed all of a sudden.
Although Butler also made two strong hits, the Warriors couldn't stand the Knicks' offensive.
Chandler was a little anxious and fought hard to defend, but was hit twice 2+1, and the number of fouls came to 4 times.
Old Nelson had to replace him first.
As soon as the boxing champion went down, the Warriors' defense collapsed a bit, because Turiaf's ability to protect the frame was much worse, and his advantage was covering and supporting.
After three quarters, the score of the two teams was 87:85, and the Knicks led by 2 points.
The Warriors fans at Oracle Arena were a little dumbfounded.
what's the situation?
Obviously playing smoothly, how could the Knicks be reversed when they changed their formation?
Curry was very annoyed, and walked to the sidelines with his head down.
Compared with Kidd, there is still a gap in his experience. In addition, Kidd's body is too hard. When defending, it is difficult to defend Curry.
Under the high intensity, the movements of the other teammates were somewhat deformed, and the stability dropped rapidly.
At this time, the importance of Zhou Yang was revealed.
When the two sides fought bayonets, only Zhou Yang could withstand the pressure, play steadily, and at the same time suppress the opponent on the defensive end.
Although Curry is indeed top-notch on the offensive end, he still fell behind under the defense of the experienced veteran Kidd.
Zhou Yang sat on the sofa, rubbing his hands, very nervous.
He hopes that the Warriors can have players to stand up, give the Knicks a strong response, and take over the game in the fourth quarter.
At the beginning of the fourth quarter, the Warriors played off the bench.
For the Knicks, let old Kidd rest for a while, replace Felton, and play with a substitute.
Felton has a good mentality, and he also knows Kidd's importance to the team, so whenever necessary, he will bring a substitute and swap positions with Kidd.
The Warriors' bench lineup played well under the leadership of Thomas Jr., Livingston and Barbosa, and they played inextricably against the Knicks.
After more than 4 minutes in the fourth quarter, the two teams scored 98:95, and the Warriors still led by 3 points.
The point difference is not big, and it is entirely possible for the Knicks to reverse the game.
Curry threw away his jacket again, called his teammates over, and gathered in a circle.
"Brothers, Brother Yang is not here today, we played very hard, but the game must be won!"
"it is good!"
……
Zhou Yang saw this scene on the TV screen and gave Curry a thumbs up!
Scarlett had already taken a bath, her body was fragrant, and she was snuggling up to Zhou Yang.
Seeing Curry's appearance, she also found it rare.
"Second brother Yang, Stephen's performance today is very different! He looks a bit domineering!"
"Of course, Curry just looks like a baby face, but he is very competitive and his style is very hard!"
"Can you win today?"
"It's hard to say, but the Knicks are a strong team in the Eastern Conference. Anthony and Stoudemire are both strong players. They will definitely give their best in the fourth quarter. The Warriors are not easy to play!"
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The main lineups of the two sides faced off again.
The Warriors attacked, and Curry advanced the ball to the frontcourt. Facing Kidd, Curry called a screen directly, and Turkoglu ran over to block Kidd.
Stoudemire came over to delay and prevent Curry from taking an easy shot. At the same time, Kidd squeezed through the screen strongly and stood in front of Curry again.
Curry was about to pass the ball to Turkoglu, but Anthony appeared in front of Turkoglu.
In desperation, Curry had to pass the ball to Tony Allen on the left.
This point was put by the Knicks.
Tony Allen received the ball, didn't dare to shoot, and wanted to pass it to Turkoglu or Curry.
But Kidd stuck to Curry, Stoudemire entangled Turkoglu, and Tony Allen waited for several seconds, but couldn't pass it out.
With 2 seconds left in the attack time, Tony Allen had no choice but to make a hasty shot.
Boom!
This distance is not Tony Allen's range, and the bullet comes out of the basket.
Anthony grabbed the rebound and launched a fast break.
Kidd caught the ball at the center line, dribbled a few steps, saw Stoudemire hit the penalty area, and passed it immediately.
This pass fully demonstrated Kidd's point guard skills.
The pass was in place, Stoudemire didn't need to slow down, he was very comfortable receiving the ball, he went straight to the basket in three steps, and dunked in flying!
boom!
98:97, the Knicks are only 1 point behind!
The situation became critical, and the Warriors were in bad shape.
The home fans also got nervous, and some female fans folded their hands and prayed for the team.
Zhou Yang sat on the sofa and shook his head slightly. He felt that today was dangerous, and the Warriors couldn't limit Kidd.
Kidd actually restrained Curry.
Maybe this is because Curry hasn't evolved yet. If he loses this game, it will be equivalent to Curry's tuition.
Of course, Curry is already a top star in the league, but he can't output stably for a long time in front of Kidd.
Scarlett felt that Zhou Yang's anger had not subsided, so she stretched out her little hand and began to help Zhou Yang with his work.