On February 13, Beijing time, the Portland Blazers defeated the New York Knicks 112-103 to win a long-lost second consecutive victory. In this game, the Blazers once trailed by 23 points to complete a super reversal, the Blazers played a 35-11 offensive and defensive wave in the last quarter, with 4 minutes and 23 seconds left to achieve a rebound after Nurkic received a dunk from Hart, and played a 20-4 shockwave in 4 minutes, the Blazers were cheered up, and then Simmons hit a key three-pointer to completely crush the Knicks' confidence and win.
Are the Knicks too bad or are today's Trail Blazers too strong? A 20-4 attack wave in the final quarter detonated the scene. Knicks' Fourniers made 1 of 13 in the game, 1 of 10 from three-point range as their biggest sinner in the reversal, while Blazers' Anfenni Simmons was the first contributor to the success of the reversal.
Simmons played 8 minutes in the final quarter, 3 of 4, 2 of 3 from three points, and had 10 points and 4 rebounds, he was the player who scored the most points in the Blazers' final quarter, Nurkic had 4 points and 7 rebounds, Hart 6 points, McLemore 5 points, Winslow 5 points, Hughes 5 points, and it can be said that he completed the final quarter reversal under The leader of Simmons.
3:25 ahead of the final game, Burks hit a three-pointer to achieve a rebound, and then Simmons immediately responded with a three-pointer Blazers and rebounded, with Fournier's three-point miss, McLemo made a foul two free throws, the Blazers led to 3 points, so the Knicks collapsed across the board.
Simmons played another perfect performance, 37 minutes in the game, 11-of-23, 6-of-12 three-pointers, 30 points, 8 assists and 5 rebounds, shooting 47.8% from the field and 50% from three-point range, the fourth time he has scored 40+ points this season, and he has scored more than 19+ in nine of the last 10 games.
In the last game to beat the Lakers, he scored the last 8 points of the Blazers, 29 points, 5 rebounds + 5 three-pointers in the whole game, and 25 points in the second half, it has to be said that Simmons's performance is getting better and better, and the ability shown by the fourth-year student is expected.
Previously, the Blazers sent CJ McCollum, Larry Nance Jr. and Tony Snell, and from the Pelicans Josh Hart, Tomash Satolansky, Nikiel Alexander Walker, Lozada, 1 2022 first-round pick and 2 future second-round picks (26 and 27 years), now it seems that trading CJ to correct Simmons is the right choice.
Text/Yan Xiaobai