西蒙斯，新球员Spark Bright Blazers卷土与尼克斯

ThePortland Trail Blazerswelcomed new players to their lineup against the纽约尼克斯星期六下午。Josh Hart，获得的NBA贸易截止日期as part of a package for former starter CJ McCollum, scored 23 on 7-12 shooting in an impressive debut. The energy of Hart and company was contagious enough to bring the Blazers through a mighty fourth-quarter run to turn a 23-point deficit into a lead, and ultimately, a 112-103 victory. If the Blazers are supposed to turn losses into lottery picks, somebody evidently forgot to tell the players.

西蒙斯得分30 victory. The Blazers rose to 22-34, keeping them in the thick of the race for the Western Conference play-in tournament.

First Quarter

As usual with their new, revamped lineup, the Blazers began the game by running the offense through Jusuf Nurkic. They ran the entire repertoire in the first four plays: post, double post, pick and roll, kick-out...the whole Center Greatest Hits album. Nurkic hit a shot. Josh Hart hit his first three-pointer as a member of the Blazers. Life was good. Portland popped out to a 7-0 lead. Minutes later it would head up to 12-0 as New York couldn’t find a bucket, and on some possessions couldn’t even get up one.

纽约在波特兰切换到宽松区域的防御之后，他们的尝试已经努力。他们似乎似乎是升值的升值半丑的三分之一。波特兰将球传递到深层刀具，工作屏幕。波特兰的方法更好。尼克斯在那个有题为的老兵，“像潮湿的布丁”模式一样，这种模式感染了这么多NBA球队。燃烧器教他们不同。

但是，甚至没有精力充沛的戏剧和团队合作可以拯救波特兰的第二个单位。他们做出了正确的戏剧，但他们的射击将竞技场变成了石头。纽约也拿起了反弹的能量，射门几乎没有防守。尼克斯在23-8次运行时完成了这段时间。Julius Randle和Josh Hart在此期间发布了10个。纽约之后纽约23-20。

第二季度

第二个时期的开幕式比巴西嘉年华游行更多的吹口哨。我想说这是因为两支球队都很积极。更准确地，它们是半无能的。波特兰的区域防守最近不会停止任何人。如果他们到达那里，他们迟到了。纽约也没有脚踏实地。

At least those whistles produced a few foul shots. Those were the only kind of shots falling for either team in the first half of the period. 30 points make a really good NBA quarter, Scoring 20 is a poor one. For a while, it was an open question whether either team would score 10. But for a few turnovers and those free throws, they might not have.

A couple Ben McLemore threes saved the Blazers from total disaster. Offensive rebounds against Portland’s stubborn zone sets helped New York with easy scores. Hart also took every opportunity the Knicks gave him, shooting and getting to the rim.

纽约终于在一半的截止点落下了几个三个球。他们用兰德茁壮成长，然后在燃烧者看着他时射击其他地方。它足以推动尼克斯到53-48的半场铅。

Third Quarter

The Knicks started out the third shooting five straight three-pointers. They hit three of them, including two from Kemba “Does He Still Play?” Walker. The veteran point guard also looked at Portland’s zone defense the way a mathematics PhD would look at an introductory algebra textbook. He had the Blazers solved before they had even stated the problem. The Knicks doubled their lead within minutes.

纽约一直射击，它成为波特兰的祸根。尼克斯的7个第三次射击来自距离。其中5人击中了。突然纽约率领16岁。与波特兰评分，比如，每周20，边缘看起来很可怕。

随着燃烧者错过了更多的镜头，尼克斯的竞争力涨了篮板，情况变得更糟。耗尽了他们犯规，在防守套装之前有些在半场，其他人试图停止休息。这让它们在慈善条纹上轻松指向，以在弧上补充它们的热量速率。到了第三次下午4点，尼克斯有三名球员有20分或多点的球员，手中有20分。西蒙斯在框架中短暂刺激，但它对尼克斯的39分时期并没有多大意义。纽约赛车后92-77。

Fourth Quarter

Elijah Hughes said hello to the home crowd at the start of the fourth period, hitting a three and a shot in the lane to pull Portland back within 10. Hart got a couple layups as well, bringing a ray of hope to an affair which had been, to that point, overcast.

As the middle minutes arrived, so did Simons, becoming the prism refracting the light of the new players into a glorious rainbow dancing on the Moda Center walls. He hit a three, converted an and-one, and all of a sudden Portland was back within one with 5:00 remaining. Justise Winslow, who also helped key the run, hit Nurkic from the post for a layup to put the Blazers UP one, 99-98, with 4:23 remaining. New York got it back, but then Simons struck again and the fight was on.

Nurkic and Hart scoring inside propelled the Blazers late. They took over nicely when the Knicks stretched the defense to cover the suddenly-threatening Simons. Portland led 108-103 with 1:09 on the clock when Head Coach Chauncey Billups challenged a foul on McLemore against Taj Gibson. The challenge was successful, with an offensive foul charged to Gibson instead. That change of possession was enough to secure Portland’s spot in the victory seat in one of the most stirring comebacks in recent memory.

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