The Basketball Court Swordsman

The appearance of Lance Stephenson is like watering dry land, lubricating worn-out engines, adding special effects to dull movies, and removing mosaics from passionate pictures!

2 points and 2 assists, plus a successful defense against Jeremy Lin. Stephenson made the Pacers' offense come alive again, and the Knicks' 5-point advantage was wiped out in an instant.

However, Mike Woodson did not stop the game. Maybe he thinks the 1 point difference is not dangerous, or he thinks Stephenson can't always have such a stable output.

But no matter what he thinks, Stephenson will tell the new Knicks coach: "You are wrong!"

Anthony must now carry the offensive banner of the Knicks. Jeremy Lin was very defensive today, and Stoudemire did not show much. J.R. Smith is now entangled by George, and the "Boxing King" meets the "Birdman", and it is hard to protect himself. Therefore, Anthony feels that he is back to last season, back to the season that can only be solved by individual singles.

No, Anthony is very clear. If he insists on singles, he falls into Henson's arms. This time the team is infinitely close to victory, and he doesn't want to ruin this chance of winning because of his recklessness!

When Paul returns in the next game, it will be even harder for the Knicks to win! If today can't win the game, the Knicks will most likely swallow the bitter fruit of two straight defeats!

For the Knicks, who just ended their 6-game losing streak, and for the Knicks, who are already on the verge of the playoffs, the price of a 2-game losing streak is still a bit too great.

So Anthony turned the arrow and passed the ball to J.R. Smith who ran out of the open space. As soon as Smith received the ball, he found that George had posted it. In fact, George's defense against JR today has been very tight. It's just that J.R., who has just picked up his hand during that time, doesn't care if there is defense in front of him.

But now, JR will definitely not be so messy. After hesitating, the ball was returned to Anthony...

"The Knicks' offensive tactics can't run at all. It's simply a passing back and forth between several scorers. Anthony hit Green on the back and turned up a jumper! Hit! Although the goal was scored, the Pacers did not give the opponent any scoring space. . The Knicks want to rely on this offense to win the game, I am afraid it will be very difficult."

While the offense was revitalized, the Pacers' defense did not relax at all. And you know, at this time the "gibbons" Leonard of the Pacers is still resting on the bench. When Anthony is tortured and exhausted by Green, Henson will definitely switch to Leonard to continue torturing the "social melon."

Relying on Anthony singles? Woodson might be really unreliable.

In this way, the two sides, who were evenly matched in the first two and a half quarters, finally showed a gap in the second half of the third quarter.

The Pacers' offense is smoother and more efficient. Stephenson makes the Pacers' offense more dynamic, whether he scores or passes the ball independently.

Although Stevenson also made two over-show pass errors in the third quarter, one pass was sent to Jeremy Lin without looking at people, and one was sent to Henson from behind... At that moment, Henry Sen felt that he had the urge to take off his leather shoes and get up.

But Stephenson is not a pure point guard after all, let alone a point guard like Paul. So even though there were two mistakes, it was still a flaw. Therefore, Henson wore his leather shoes well.

At the end of the third quarter, the Pacers went from being 5 points behind at the beginning to leading by 8 points. There is no doubt that the Knicks are very anxious, and all members are very anxious. If you don't grasp that Paul won't win at this opportunity, there will be Paul who wants to win tomorrow?

Do not want to swallow the bitter fruit of two consecutive defeats, the Knicks must find a way to fill the 8-point difference.

So in the fourth quarter of the game, it can be seen that Mike Woodson still made some changes on the offensive end. He increased the players' cross-cut coordination, emphasized sharing the ball, and the ball will pass the hands of many people in an attack. There is no doubt that Woodson wants to make the Knicks more blooming.

However, this "flower" can't be bloomed if you want. The Pacers are more prosperous, and the key is to open up the space and the players to shoot accurately.

The Knicks obviously don't have these two characteristics, they can't make room for the inside, and shooting... is also hard to say.

According to legend, Jeremy Lin's good teammate Fields on his own sofa hit two straight shots as soon as he came up. Then Jeremy Lin made two jump shots and made only one hit.

After that, Melon tried another three-point shot. But under the pressure of Green, Anthony couldn't comfortably throw the ball.

"Cameron always plays against the Pacers, and it always seems to be in trouble." Mike Brin couldn't help shook his head. Anthony met the Pacers, or he scored high but cut. Either it's like today, and the shooting percentage and scoring data are terrible.

With the Knicks' offense still too hard to find North, the Pacers have silently opened the score. Seeing Stephenson's arrogant appearance after scoring or assisting, Knicks fans must have cursed him thousands of times.

But that's useless, how should Stephenson "hate" or how "hate".

After playing for four minutes in the fourth quarter, Henson replaced the already tired Danny Green for a lot of time. Green had already scored 11 points, 3 rebounds and 3 assists when he was replaced. Most importantly, he was very solid on the defensive end.

Even Green, who is not heavy on offensive tasks, is so tired, and Anthony, who enjoys the "ViP treatment", is naturally even more exhausted.

Seeing the Pacers change, Anthony couldn't help but take the opportunity to put his hands on his knees and wipe off his sweat with his shirt collar. Then, he desperately saw that the expressionless, huge palm and slender arm No. 2 "Gibbon" appeared again.

Anthony was breathing heavily, feeling that life had lost hope.

"Henson is really a torture king, this is not going to give Anthony a second breather!" Brin looked at Anthony's face close-up on the big screen, his desperate expression seemed to make Brin feel Anthony's heart at this time. The collapse.

After that, the exhausted Anthony used his superb back skills and turn over jump shots, under Leonard's long arms... crazy.

Anderson is definitely the happiest, because Anthony's strikes allowed him to easily get a lot of rebounding data.

On the offensive end, Leonard was not idle either. As the season progressed, Leonard has gradually taken a certain weight on the offensive end from a pure defensive player before.

His offensive methods are certainly not as rich as Anthony, but the cut after striding forward is still quite threatening.

One is that Leonard knows how to get rid of defense, and the second is that his slender arms make it difficult to block a high layup.

In order to prevent Leonard from cutting in, Anthony must follow the expressionless No. 2 running wildly all the time. There is no doubt that this will greatly consume Anthony's physical energy that has almost bottomed out. And this is why, Anthony does not like to be on defense.

However, Anthony must continue to play now. Because without him, the top scorer, the Knicks will be completely cold in this game.

But Anthony was present and didn't see much help to the Knicks. Although Leonard won't miss Anthony, Anthony's low scoring efficiency does not play a role in chasing points.

Seeing his top scorer locked up so badly by Henson with a rookie, Mike Woodson has a dull look.

The offense can't make it, the defense can't prevent it. How can we win this kind of ball? Press the pause button and restart the game?

Unfortunately, there is no pause button in reality. Sometimes, you must accept the fact of failure.

In the last 1:45 of the fourth quarter, Mike Woodson replaced Anthony. Anthony walked off the court slowly with his hips akimbo, not even high-fiving his teammate who was playing for him.

4 of 16 shots, 12 points, 7 rebounds and 5 assists. Not to mention Anthony's statistics as a fan, even he himself is definitely not satisfied.

Sitting back on the bench, Anthony took the staff's towel, covered his head, and buried his head deeply in his hands.

The loss of this game means that the Knicks are basically "connected" with the two-game losing streak.

Anthony's downcast expression and today's struggling performance made Brin shook his head.

"Henson is really a torture king." Brin said casually, which gave Henson a new nickname.