NBA: No. 1 Forward

Chapter 320: That's not how the script was rehearsed

"Oh, it's still Sickle, what is this? Is this Dwyane's signature move? Defeat the opponent with his signature. I have to say that Sickle's idea is really unique!"

"This ball is also sickle's response to Wade. It seems that these two people are facing each other today! Interesting, the first quarter is against LeBron, the second quarter is against Dwyane, is it right in the third quarter? Chris, does he want to blow up the Big Three by himself!"

"If that's the case, that's really a genius idea!"

Mike Breen and Jeff Van Gundy praised Lian Dao's performance.

The No. 1 player of the Knicks always seems to be improving, from stunning the entire league in his rookie season to facing the league's two superstars in the second year without falling behind.

Lian Dao's growth rate is too fast. This kind of growth rate like a king has already made the new generation of players feel a little bit anxious.

Later, James pulled out to play a pick-and-roll for Wade, and Wade used the screen to break through the inside, but Lian Dao hurriedly followed, but was fouled by Wade when he made a layup.

Wade, who stood at the free throw line, made two free throws.

Wade has scored eight points in a row so far.

But after that, Lian Dao still responded with an emergency stop and backward jumper. Lian Dao’s emergency stop and backward jumper is very difficult to defend. Although Wade has never played against Jordan, he has defended Kobe. He knows the defense of this move. Difficulty and lethality, but after Lian Dao used it, it was more difficult to defend than Kobe, and the efficiency was even more terrifying.

"Sickle made another iconic fadeaway jumper, and Wade still couldn't stop Sickle's scoring! Although Dwyane continued to explode in the second quarter, he still couldn't open the score. Every time at a critical point, Sickle can respond .”

"Coach Erik Spoelstra on the Heat's side called a timeout again. Sickle stood up at a critical moment in the second quarter and withstood the Heat's counterattack!"

In the voice of Jeff Van Gundy's commentary, Lian Dao walked to the bench.

At this time, his teammates also stepped forward to high-five Lian Dao.

Lian Dao's tough response not only blocked the Heat's counterattack, but also further aroused the fighting spirit of other Knicks players.

The next game also proved this point.

After returning from the timeout, James also stood up at this time and made layups after consecutive breakthroughs. Millsap's speed and flexibility are still much worse than James's. It is still very difficult for him to defend James.

However, James' scoring did not narrow the score gap. Millsap and Danny Green, who replaced him, made contributions on the offensive end one after another. It led to Millsap's outside opportunities.

Millsap's two consecutive outside three-pointers directly attracted James again.

On the Heat's defense, Mike Miller began to double-team Lian Dao with Wade, but then Danny Green hit a three-pointer, an inside cut to the basket, and a layup, which directly made Mike Miller no longer dare Put Danny Green.

Not only did James not close the score, but the Knicks extended their lead to 15 points.

In the last 32 seconds of the second quarter, the Heat scored a three-pointer from the outside in the last attack.

2+1!

With this ball, Lian Dao paid back Wade's previous foul!

The lead was back to 15 points once again.

In the second half of the second quarter, Lian Dao's greater role on the court was to attract double-teams and create opportunities for his teammates. Under Lian Dao's organized offense, his teammates also converted opportunities into points.

In the end, the second quarter ended and the game came to 62:47.

It is estimated that no one thought that the Heat, which is sitting on the Big Three, will fall behind by 15 points at halftime when they meet the Knicks, who are short of major generals.

Moreover, the most important thing is that both Wade and James tried to launch a counterattack in the second quarter, and both performed well, but they were still behind.

At halftime, Lian Dao scored 24 points, 6 rebounds, 9 assists and 4 steals. Lian Dao sent 6 assists in the second quarter.

Lian Dao, who completely crushed the Heat's Big Three in terms of statistics, once again became the focus of media cameras.

"Again, there are only two ways to beat the Knicks, either you can limit Sickle, he is the core of the Knicks' offense, as long as Sickle can always stand up at critical moments, then the Knicks will be very difficult to beat! "

"Or, the Heat can really stand out as a player with stronger firepower than Sickle, who can suppress Sickle on the offensive end!"

"It's a pity that the Heat didn't do it in the first half on both offense and defense!"

During the intermission, Jeff Van Gundy also analyzed the game form in the first half.

In James' mind, the difficulty of this game shouldn't be like this. The Heat took the lead at halftime last time.

Why did such a big change happen in just one and a half weeks or so?

Why did the Knicks' role players who did not perform very well before seem to have evolved today, constantly causing trouble for the Heat on both ends of the offense and defense?

According to James' script, the Heat should win the game easily, and then surpass Lian Dao in terms of statistics.

In this way, people will suddenly find that James is the strongest small forward in the Eastern Conference, and Lian Dao is still a little immature in the face of a real strong team.

Then the game ended, Miami won three consecutive victories, and the media scrambled to report on themselves, and the Heat will also start a new round of winning streak.

However, everything is not evolving according to its own script now.

The game reached the last two minutes of the fourth quarter, and the situation on the court was still very serious. Although Lian Dao's shooting percentage dropped seriously in the second half of the fourth quarter, relying on the performance of his teammates, the Knicks still firmly led by 8 advantage.

In the second half, James returned to the third position. Through the performance of Wade in the second quarter, it proved that Wade still could not contain Lian Dao's scoring, so Erik Spoelstra put James in the third position again. Used to defend Lian Dao.

In the third quarter, Wade, who was liberated, continued to exert strength on both ends of the offense and defense. First, Danny Green was directly misfired by Wade in the third quarter. Secondly, Danny Green was indeed inferior to Tony Allen in defending Wade. , The third quarter was also a wave of offense by Wade to close the score to within 5 points.

However, D'Antoni made adjustments immediately, replacing Danny Green and replacing him with Tony Allen. At this time, the outside offense again fell on Lian Dao alone.

Before the end of the three quarters, Lian Dao also extended the lead to 10 points in one attack after another.

As soon as the fourth quarter came up, Lian Dao took advantage of his recovery and continued to shoot mid-range fadeaway jumpers. extended its lead to 18 points.

It's a pity that Lian Dao, who entered the second half of the fourth quarter, was exhausted and his shooting percentage dropped rapidly, but James used this time to play a 15:5 offensive wave.

But in the last two minutes, the Knicks still held an 8-point lead, and the Knicks still had the ball.

Lian Dao is still running hard, but James is almost inseparable from it.

Both Lian Dao and James were out of breath, but neither of them would give up at the last moment.

Finally, when Lian Dao rushed to the inside, he suddenly ran back outside the three-point line and received a pass from Holiday on the outside. At this time, there were less than 4 seconds left before the 24-second shot clock.

Lian Dao raised his hand to shoot, James immediately jumped up, but suddenly realized, why didn't he see Lian Dao?

Immediately, it was discovered that this was a fake move, and after Lian Dao flew to James, he dribbled, moved laterally, and shot in one go.

And with Lian Dao's shot, the 24-second time is over, and the light is red to remind.

"brush!"

Three points hit!

Lian Dao completed all the movements steadily, without the slightest panic in his expressions and movements, as if he had practiced countless times.

In such a short period of time, he can remain so calm, and still be able to calmly make shooting fakes, which really shocked James.

"Is this really a 20-year-old young man?"

"What was it like to be 20?"

At this moment, countless thoughts flashed through James' mind.

He clearly remembers that at the age of 20, he was still a reckless man who only knew how to break through with the ball. This kind of calmness beyond his age was absolutely absent in him back then!

Because the distance from Lian Dao's shot to the end of the game time was too close, the Heat raised doubts.