"I am very satisfied with our performance in the first quarter. To be honest, this is the game I want to watch because we need to give Yi enough rest, and after he rests, the whole team will be full of physical fitness. And playing more calmly, I have to say that, it’s a very cost-effective deal to trade an eight-point difference for a vigorous trader. I don’t think no matter it’s me or anyone else, no one would trade like this. People have any questions!"

After the first quarter of the game, some reporters had reached double-digit points for the New York team’s lead at the beginning. However, because of the victory of Yi Jianlian, this point difference was directly caught up and asked D'Antoni whether he would regret it so early. Just take Yi Jianlian off the court to rest.

D'Antoni directly shook his head and said that he was doing what all head coaches and even everyone would do!

It is very worthwhile to claim that the 8 points difference is worth changing for a physically fit Yi Jianlian!

"I think D'Antoni is right. If it were me, I would take Yi at that time!" On ESPN's commentary, Reggie Miller nodded slightly in agreement with the interview. He seemed to be a very correct move.

...

The time to make the Thunder feel uneasy came. Yi Jianlian, who had left the field early in the first quarter to take a break, stepped onto the field. With him were Jeremy Lin, Pietrus, Hill and a backup center.

Yi Jianlian plays the fourth position in this lineup.

But which position is not critical to him, the ball will be in his hands anyway, and he starts offense from the outside.

"Huh!"

On the first goal, he easily broke through the opposing defense and hit a layup!

"This is a natural dislocation. I have to say that the general fourth position is too slow to defend Yi near the three-point line. They can't keep up with Yi's footsteps. Come to think of it, this is why Yi will play at the fourth position. Reason!"

"It's okay, slow down, don't worry, let's return a goal!"

James Harden received the ball in the backcourt, and when he entered the frontcourt, he signaled to his teammates to let them not be too anxious.

"James Harden, who just won the Best Sixth Man Award two weeks ago, is undoubtedly the core of the Thunder's bench. To be honest, this guy's abilities are very good. The reason for the open points difference is just one thing I have to say! In the case that the entire Thunder team failed to play well, what kind of game can James Harden, the best sixth man winner, face Yi? Performance will directly determine what kind of situation this team will face after all the starting players return to the field!"

The pressure came to James Harden.

However, James Harden was not very anxious. Instead, he slowly faced Pietrus and dribbled the ball, and then made a false breakthrough and jumped directly.

But as he jumped, Pietrus suddenly reached out and cut the ball off.

Harden was empty in his hands, and did not pursue Petrus.

Yi Jianlian quickly went down when Petrus grabbed the ball and successfully got the ball. Harden asked himself that he did not have the ability to catch up with Yi Jianlian.

"Bah!"

Yi Jianlian completed a dunk, which detonated the audience.

The point difference came to 7 points!

And this is just what happened less than 1 minute after the start of the second quarter!

Reggie Miller laughed: "Look, that's why I let Yi rest, because this is the ability of this guy, he can make the difference quickly return to the original gap, as long as there is Yi, there is nothing to do. No way! I believe this very much now!"

At the same time, James Harden made a "beaten hand" gesture towards the referee. He wanted to give the referee a little pressure, but the referee did not look at him, but stood directly near the bottom line and waited for their serve.

James Harden took the ball to the frontcourt again. After finishing the steal just now, Pietrus appeared very confident. This time he pushed forward even more, using his body to continuously create pressure on James Harden.

While dribbling the ball, James Harden dealt with the pressure given by Pietrus. Because he had to dribble while moving, he was staggered several times by Pietrus' secret strength.

Harden glanced at the referee intentionally or unintentionally. In his opinion, he should have buzzed the whistle when he staggered, but this has been several times, and the referee was just as asleep!

You know, if this is in the regular season, the whistle must be sounded!

James Harden didn't hear the whistle sound for a long time, and didn't care, he directly used his force to burst past Pietrus. Since there is no foul on the spot, then I will make a foul in the breakthrough!

Just as James Harden leaned on Pietrus's shoulder, Pietrus went back to ~lightnovelpub.net~ Harden's shrug was just seen by the referee.

"Beep!"

The whistle sounded.

Harden offensive foul!

Wtf?

Harden didn't expect that he was called a foul, and he froze in place for a long time. It seemed that he couldn't figure out how this breakthrough would cause a foul!

But now that the whistle has been remembered, it is useless to say anything, he can only put the ball down and walk towards the backcourt.

This attitude towards the face of a foul is still very mature!

"James Harden seems to be very uncomfortable with the finals penalty! The complaints that he had just cut the ball directly, and the small movements he made when he suddenly exerted his force, all showed that he was not fully prepared for the finals. In fact, this It should also be the responsibility of the head coach, especially for the first time in the finals. Some penalties are always there. As a head coach, you should repeatedly warn your players to focus on basketball games, because the finals and the post-season The penalty scale for fouls is different in the game and the regular season! As a player, you should keep your normal heart!"

Harden has such a problem, Kenny Smith thinks Brooks is responsible.

And these two whistles for fouls obviously also affected James Harden.

In the next two or three minutes, he played a little bit muddled. He made two consecutive mistakes, and even missed one of the two free throws after a successful foul. The free throw percentage for the regular season was in percent. For players over eighty-five, there is only one reason for this situation, and that is that he has been disturbed!

On the New York Knicks side, driven by Yi Jianlian, they played very passionately. The ball went into the rim one after another. In just two or three minutes, the New York Knicks once again took the lead back. It's 11 points!