The Godfather of Basketball

Come up the Knicks' offense, Anthony is present, and Prigioni continues to hand in the inside.

Middleton double-teamed directly and decisively, and Anthony played smoothly at the moment, directly carrying the two of them under the basket and playing hard.

Dior also came to help defend at this time, and finally blocked Anthony's attack frame.

Livingston rushed to grab the defensive rebound at this time.

He advanced the ball to the frontcourt, and then gave the ball to Harden's organization.

Harden greeted Tucker's pick-and-roll.

Anthony and Smith double-teamed up directly.

Harden's swing is a beautiful hit to the ball to pass the ball from the double-team gap.

Although he has just returned from injury, he can feel that his condition is not bad.

Tucker caught the ball and dribbled two steps to the basket. Seeing Novak who was helping to defend, he threw the ball to the corner with his hands.

Middleton has already settled down and made an open shot after receiving the ball.

"Shua!"

With a crisp sound, Middleton continued the excellent state of the previous two games and hit the first shot.

Anthony's back shot in the frontcourt missed, and it was Harden's organization in retrospect.

This time, he speeded up and squeezed through the pick-and-roll in an instant, hit the basket and then divided Dior, and Dior's rebound from the basket also scored.

The Thunder's bench boiled for a while.

In the second quarter, there was a wave of 5-0 offensive, and the Thunder made it clear that they were going to start.

"Come on! New York!"

Sensing the change in the situation on the court, DJ led the fans to cheer for the home team.

The Knicks' offense, Anthony fell to the bottom corner at this time, JR Smith held the ball and called Martin to come out for a pick-and-roll.

"Shua!"

With a crisp sound, Smith made a three-pointer.

After scoring the goal, he raised his hands high, and the cheers on the scene burst into bursts.

The Knicks can rise this season. In addition to the addition of Billups and Anthony's switch to power forward, there is another point that Smith has improved. Not only has his scoring average skyrocketed by 6 points, but his shooting percentage has also increased significantly.

This 3-pointer is very critical, and it immediately suppressed the momentum of the Thunder.

The two sides failed to score after several consecutive attacks. At the end of the first quarter, the score on the court was 29 to 17, and the Knicks held a 12-point lead.

After a brief intermission, both sides were on the full bench. Copeland on the Knicks replaced Anthony, who had played for a quarter, and the Thunder also replaced Tucker with Collison.

The mood of the fans at the scene was relatively relaxed at this time, with a big lead, and it was much more difficult for the Thunder to turn over than imagined.

On the Thunder's offensive round, Livingston dribbled the ball to Harden after half court.

Harden faced Smith at this time, and then motioned to open the space.

His organization was good in the second half of the first quarter, but the Knicks gradually figured out his routine. At this time, he had to change his style of play.

Dior's biggest advantage over Brown is that he can open up space. He and Middleton stand in the corners on both sides, and the sense of space on the court will be there immediately.

Collison and Livingston also fell to the two wings at this time, giving Harden enough space for singles.

Harden's continuous cross step changes, and at the moment of swinging Smith's center of gravity, he sprinted at full speed.

Smith has a slender body and good defensive ability, but his starting speed is flawed, and he was directly passed by Harden's full-speed sprint.

Chandler strode over to help at this time.

Harden dodged the European step after seeing it.

Chandler was the best defensive player last season. His defensive positioning is very good and accurate, and he also gave enough interference when he reached out.

Smith also chased up from behind at this time.

Harden's backhand layup.

Just then, Chandler waved to block the shot.

Because it was a reverse layup, Chandler leaned his elbow toward Harden's head as he blocked the shot.

Although Harden didn't turn into the eyes of his previous life because of Artest's elbow, the shadow of that elbow was there after all. At this time, while throwing the ball, he fell to the side to dodge to protect himself.

Chandler's block finally missed, and Harden's hasty shot also missed.

Chandler took off the defensive rebound and was about to attack, but at this moment, the whistle of the baseline referee sounded.

The referee pointed to Chandler for a blocking foul on Harden.

Chandler jumped up with the ball, signaling that he hadn't fouled.

In fact, not to mention Chandler, even Harden is a little confused.

But since the referee blew his whistle, of course he wouldn't jump up and shout that there was no foul. After being pulled up by Middleton who rushed over, he went straight to the free throw line.

Chandler's complaints did not get a response from the referee, so he could only shake his head and walk to the side of the basket to stand up.

At this moment, the scene gave a slow-motion replay of the penalty just now, and the replay showed that Chandler did not touch the ball.

At this time, Harden had just taken the ball from the referee and was about to make a free throw.

The boos at the scene were overwhelming.

He took a deep breath and scored two free throws against the boos.

His mental quality is very strong.

The Knicks' offense, Copeland's mid-range shot missed, Diaw received the rebound.

Livingston took the ball to the front court and continued to give the ball to Harden. Harden continued to single Smith.

This time Smith stuck tighter, and Harden squeezed to the basket with a European step.

Chandler's body whistle just now made Smith a little uncomfortable, and now he jumped up to cover Harden's shot.

Harden's body coordination ability is superb, and he collects the ball and avoids it before shooting.

Smith's blocking hand went straight to his face.

Harden shrank his head and dodged.

The ball was shot, but due to interference, the ball ultimately missed.

The referee's whistle sounded again, signaling Smith's defensive foul.

Although this shot missed, Smith obviously violated the shooting cylinder, and if he hit it, it was at least a flagrant foul.

Harden had a good temper, didn't respond after being pulled up, and continued to go to the free throw line.

Against the boos all over the sky, he made two free throws steadily.

Relying on Harden's consecutive free throws in this period, the Thunder narrowed the point difference to single digits.

Smith of the Knicks also broke through with the ball, but the ball was interfered by Collison and Harden rushed over to grab the defensive rebound.

Because of the two whistles in a row, Madison's fans began to dislike Harden and began to boo him all over the sky.

Harden's psychological quality is indeed strong. He dribbled the ball to the frontcourt and continued to organize as if he didn't hear it.

Collison put up the pick-and-roll at this time, Harden seized a gap, and stepped back to make a three-pointer.

Smith jumped up to interfere after squeezing past, but recalled the previous whistle in his mind, and stopped directly.

The ball received little interference.

"Shua!"

Harden sent the ball into the net bag accurately!

In the second quarter, he personally scored 7 points in a row!

Seeing this, Tang Tian was stunned for a while, and couldn't help shaking his head with a smile.

He has been observing Harden since he was violated for the first time, and he slowly discovered that this is how Harden's touch skill was acquired?