On December 24, Beijing time, the NBA regular season continued, and the New York Knicks played against the Wizards at home, and both teams had important main injuries or triggered health and safety agreements to miss the game. Knicks guard Kemba Walker returned to game three after being back-to-back DNP, playing well and bombing 44 points, 9 rebounds, 8 assists and 0 turnovers, and he scored 23 points in the second quarter at one point to single-handedly ignite the Madison Arena. Unfortunately, the team failed to stage a good turnaround in the last quarter, and finally lost the Wizards.
Time came to the second quarter of the game, Walker held the ball outside the three-point line, received Miro's cover to play Neto dry three-point surge, and then he did the same, or borrowed Miro's cover, facing Avdia's defense to shoot three points and still hit. Soon after, Walker faced Kuzma's defense and scored a perfect arc throw inside, followed by a three-pointer for Dinwiddie.
In the final moments of the quarter, Walker singled out the Wizards' entire defense, and after killing the inside line, he almost fell to the ground and shot still hit! The ball almost left the defender desperate! Walker was 8-of-12 in the quarter, 4-of-7 from three-point range, and blasted down 23 points, 4 rebounds and 2 assists! The Knicks led the Wizards 64-57 at halftime, and Walker had 28 points, five rebounds and three assists at halftime.
In the second half, Walker's madness continued, and after Several inefficient shots by Randall, Walker took over the game in the second half of the third quarter, and at 2:23, After Kemba Walker hit a three-point shot, he singled out Dinwiddie to break through the layup and score. At 1 minute and 32 seconds, Walker accelerated against Avdia's defense, and scored a low hand layup, and he had already scored 41 points! At the end of the third quarter, the Knicks trailed the Wizards 86-90, and Walker scored 13 points in the single quarter.
In the final quarter of the decisive moment, Walker suddenly fed the cake Miro basket to eat the cake to score, 5 minutes and 59 seconds, Walker held the ball to advance and shot a three-point shot in the pinch, chasing the point difference by 4 points. At 2:45, Kemba Walker broke through the top man to go to the basket and was hatted, but the ball fell into his hands again, and Fournier in the bottom corner of the ball read the seconds and hit a three-point shot. However, in the end, the Knicks had no chance to turn the tables in the last quarter and lost to the Wizards at home.
Previously, Walker was once DNP (deprecated) for ten consecutive games, Knicks coach Thibodeau believed that Walker's shape and defense affected the team, and insisted that he DNP, if it were not for the team's injury and health and safety agreements, Walker may still be refrigerated.
It was his third game since his return, with 29 and 21 points in the previous two games, counting today's game, he scored a total of 94 points in all three games! In the game, he frantically cut points and once roared in front of Thibodeau, was this a response? It can be said that he punched Thibodeau in the face with his own performance.