Chapter 849
At the last moment, the Celtics relied on Paul Pierce's super play in the final moments and even once closed the score to only 2 points. If it weren't for Chauncey Billups' sudden outburst, hitting 2 three-pointers in a row, and throwing in a magical 2+1 at the last moment, the Knicks' face would have been really embarrassed.
97:92!
The two sides are separated by only five points, which is the worst game the Knicks have played since the start of the new season.
Without Lamar's command and dispatch, without Lamar's strong assault, the organization close to Chauncey Billups would obviously not be able to play the full strength of the Knicks. Especially when Billups went off the court due to physical reasons, the Knicks players who lost their commander were like they had no backbone, and they made frequent mistakes on the court. Both offensively and defensively are much worse than they should have been.
I believe that after this game, many experts will stand up and sing an elegy for the Knicks with a bit of compassion.
"Win is win, but what next?" Van Gundy said, his eyes drifting to Lamar's little thumb again, the circle of gauze was particularly glaring to him: "Anyway, you don't want to be on the stage for a long time lately!"
Lamar laughed, waved his hand, and said, "Is that just an ordinary sprain, not a broken bone!, is it in your eyes that I won't be back until the playoffs?"
After listening to Lamar's words, Van Gundy's heart almost jumped out of his mouth, and he will not be able to return until the playoffs? If that's the case, looking at the performance of the Knicks players today, it is estimated that the Knicks will already be fighting for tickets to the lottery by then.
"If you want to lie to me, aren't you afraid that Lao Tzu will let you sit on the bench?"
"Will you? Haha, just kidding! You know that the team doctors have always had a lot of moisture, and sprains like this are not easy to treat, but I'll play them when we play against the Timberwolves. To be honest, I didn't expect this game to turn out the way it is!"
Lamar said as he couldn't help but look at his teammates who passed by with their heads bowed, his tone full of dissatisfaction. In fact, it didn't matter if Lamar played the whole game with an injury, but in order to recover from the injury faster, he still listened to the advice of the team doctor and reduced his playing time as much as possible.
"I'm sorry, Lamar!" Hilario walked up to Lamar, his face full of frustration, looking at him as if he had lost the game.
Lamar glanced at Hilario and said indifferently: "You don't have to apologize to me, Ne! Go back and remember what you did on the pitch today." And you guys, I'm not that important to you! You don't play on the court for me, you all play for yourself. ”
After Lamar finished speaking, he turned around and walked into the player's tunnel, and when he got to a place where no one was, he couldn't help but move his little finger: "That little villain, I must let him kiss me a few times when I go back!"
At the press conference at the end of the game, there were hundreds of media on the scene of this game, which was not much attention to the game. Boston coach Reaves, who spoke first, knew very well that these reporters were all there for Lamar.
Why didn't Lamar play again after playing 10 minutes in the first quarter? Could it be that there was an irreconcilable contradiction between Lamar and Van Gundy? For a while, all reporters made up for it, and the Knicks were full of infighting.
Sure enough, not long after the press conference began, the reporters wanted to shift the topic to the Knicks after briefly praising the strength of the Knicks.
Reeves was smart enough to remain silent.
But this game was a big success, Mike James was not so reasonable, and besides, he didn't want to let go of such a good opportunity to show off. So this guy's big mouth couldn't be closed, which made the reporters in the audience impatient for a while.
'I felt very good today, we should have won the game, but we made some mistakes at the end and we didn't take a couple of chances to decide the game. Otherwise, we should be celebrating the victory, not the New Yorkers!"
"But I'm still very happy with my performance in this match, I got a quasi-triple-double, and that's what I'm really capable of. I knew the Knicks didn't take me seriously before the game started, but I showed them how good I was with my strength. It's just a pity that the result of the game was not in my plan. ”
"Sure! I can do more, but I'm sorry I need more support, I 。。。。。。 ”
A reporter who came from New York finally couldn't help but stand up, interrupted James's chatter and boasting, didn't even look at James, who seemed to have swallowed a fly, and threw the question directly to Van Gundy, who was about to doze off.
"Coach Van Gundy, may I ask Lamar who only played 10 minutes in this game, and the Knicks didn't give a reason before that, can you help us solve this puzzle?"
Van Gundy leaned his elbows on the table and said expressionlessly: "Lamar's playing time is his own request! You know that this guy has been busy with a lot of trivial things lately, maybe he has been feeling a little tired lately." ”
'I don't know exactly why, but I think you should focus more on this game than just Lamar. He's also a member of the Knicks, no different from everyone else!"
Regarding Lamar's injury, Van Gundy does not want to be in such a hurry to announce it. Because once this matter is poked out, it will definitely lead to nonsense from those experts and professors. Probably because their team is too characterful, or the strength of the Knicks has made them the target of public criticism, in short, there are too many people staring at them now, as long as the Knicks are unlucky, there will always be people who rush out to sing them down.
Van Gundy's answer naturally couldn't satisfy the reporters, they came all the way here today just for this matter, otherwise, in a game like the Knicks vs. the Timberwolves, which has almost no suspense, they will come to the blind mix.
"Coach Van Gundy, I noticed that Lamar had tape on his little finger on his left hand, could I ask if there was something wrong with Lamar's little finger?
An attentive beautiful reporter stood up, and her words made the eyes of the reporters at the scene suddenly light up. Van Gundy looked up and saw that it was Lisa Degan, an old friend of the team who was asking questions, who had some entanglements with Lamar.
"You're very careful!" Van Gundy said with a faint smile, which made the reporters present laugh ambiguously, Lisa Degan's face suddenly turned red, and before she could speak, Van Gundy continued: "Lamar's little finger does have a small problem, but this is not a serious matter, and it will not affect his game." ”
"Part of the reason why Lamar was out of the city for such a short time in this game was to make his injury recover faster, but the most important thing was that this guy has been so tired lately. Originally, I asked him to take a break from the game, but before the game he asked me to play, so I approved it. ”
"I think you're all aware that the last two seasons were overused with Lamar that caused him to suffer injuries or fatigue towards the end of the regular season. I think if the Knicks want to go further this season, the first thing to do is to protect Lamar, and I'm just starting to practice early when I'm not on the floor. Now it seems that the process is not good, but the results are not bad. We won!"
Van Gundy still chose to avoid the important and trivial, and changed the topic and confused the matter again.
Then, no matter how the reporters pressed him, Van Gundy began to remain silent. The reporters couldn't get the answers they wanted, and in the end they had no choice but to end up, and what to do next could only rely on their imagination.
Van Gundy was very proud of this, but soon his bowels were blue because of his hard mouth and regret, and he really underestimated the professional ethics and imagination of those reporters.
"Lamar is out with a serious injury, and the future of the Knicks is worrying!"
"Needless to say, how important Lamar Odom is to the Knicks, what would the Knicks be without Lamar? Facing the Boston Celtics, who are in the middle and lower reaches of the league's power rankings, the Knicks, who are missing Lamar, fell into an almost desperate battle throughout the game. ”
After the game, Knicks head coach Van Gundy revealed that Lamar's injury is likely to affect the Knicks' future this season. The next road game against the Timberwolves will likely be the last straw that crushes the Knicks!"
Lamar Season Report, Knicks Dynasty Collapsed Before It Started!
"Two years and two disappointments, the Knicks are looking to trade Lamar!"
The newspapers sang the Nicks on the second day of the game. Lamar was seriously injured, and whether it was true or not, it was an indisputable fact that something was wrong with one of Lamar's bodies. This is undoubtedly good news for the Knicks' next opponent, the Timberwolves.
For such a situation, Lamar is helpless, just wants to pull Van Gundy over and stomp on it. No matter how you say this, you can't hide it, the more you cover it up, the more chaotic it becomes, and as a result, Van Gundy tossed for a long time and tossed the worst result.
"Jeff, I have to say you're stupid to do this! If you tell the truth, those people will think you're setting off smoke bombs. It's good now, at least before the away game against the Timberwolves, those Huskies have a lot of advantages in terms of psychology. ”