Chapter 946

And Finley, who has regained confidence in the Spurs, is also starting to exert his power, and his accurate three-point shooting is hard to believe that he was a player who was swept away by Dallas. After the Dallas Mavericks' ups and downs, Finley finally regained his second spring in San Antonio and rediscovered his motivation to compete in the NBA. Finley's ferocious attack also hurt the Knicks, who came to San Antonio with a winning ambition.

Of course, the Spurs' biggest threat to the Knicks is Tony Parker. This point guard, who has the speed of a track and field sprinter, still relies on his absolute speed to occupy a natural advantage in the face of Billups, relying on speed and agility to repeatedly break through Billups' defense.

Finding that his team was completely suppressed by the opponent, Jeff Van Gundy could only rush to the hospital and began to use substitution tactics in advance, hoping to disrupt the Spurs' attacking rhythm. Antonio Davis replaced Hilario and Arenas for Simmons, and the substitution was an immediate miracle.

Tim Duncan, who had been abusing Hilario quite coolly, immediately restrained his arrogant momentum as soon as he met the experienced Davis.

Although Davis is not as good as Hilario in terms of physical fitness and height, Antonio Davis is more experienced, and his more than ten years of experience in the NBA have made Davis very experienced when defending interior players like Thiem.

And Arenas on the outside is also showing his might, although Finley, who is responsible for defending him, still has strength, but the age disadvantage makes Finley not only move slowly, but even the defensive area begins to shrink. And Arenas has an advantage, as long as there is a chance to make a shot, he will never let it go!

As long as the basketball is passed to Arenas, there is a little gap for the general to dare to shoot immediately. In addition, Arenas' hand was hot today, shooting three-pointers was like a free throw, and as a result, in just 7 minutes, Arenas threw in six three-pointers.

Relying on the strong play of Davis and Arenas, the Knicks gradually approached the score, and the overall morale of the team also soared.

Seeing that the situation was not good, Zhuge immediately suspended the game and changed his tactics. Punkset is off the field, and the stronger Ginobili comes on. At the same time, Oberto was replaced, and his place was replaced by Marikrose.

Suddenly, the scales on the court once again tilted in favor of the Spurs, and the two new players on the court were simply the nemesis of Davis and Arenas.

When Antonio Davis was attacking, he couldn't have a slight advantage in the face of the physically strong Marik Cross, and coupled with the natural disadvantage of height, he couldn't get room to play for a while.

As for Arenas, it was even worse, under Ginobili's strict defense, he simply did not get the opportunity to shoot from the outside. wanted to break through the inside line, but was worried about being blocked by Tim Duncan, and became a waste on the court for a while.

Jeff Van Gundy's head suddenly became bigger when he saw this, he couldn't think of how to fight back, and every move he made was easily defused by Zhuge Vic. After a long time, the Knicks' trip to San Antonio finally came to an end.

At the post-game press conference, Zhuge Vic was also very generous when evaluating today's opponent: "Our opponent today is very tenacious, even beyond my expectations, but we have done a better job in seizing the opportunity again! We are very fortunate that several of the Knicks' main players in this game have not been able to come with the team for various reasons, which has greatly weakened their strength." ”

"If the Knicks have a full roster, I think we're probably going to suffer. But it was a good result, we got a crucial win, and I'm very confident that we can finish the regular season this year and get a better place in the standings and take the Spurs even further!"

After losing to the Spurs, the Knicks sent to New Jersey on the 13th, this time they will not face a bad team like the Bucks, but the Nets with a trident.

There was almost no suspense in this game from start to finish, and the Knicks reluctantly announced their surrender after resisting two quarters of the game.

Jeff Van Gundy certainly didn't want to admit defeat so softly, but he couldn't help it. When the team fell behind by a large score, Simmons, who was beaten into a brush by Jefferson in the whole game, lost control of his emotions a little, and as a result, he and Hilario, who came to persuade him, were both sent off. With the loss of two main players, the Knicks' combat effectiveness instantly fell to a higher level, and there was no better way than to surrender and admit defeat.

In the same time as losing to the New Jersey Nets, the Knicks also created their worst defeat in two years, being swept away by the Lakers by 37 points on the road.

The two consecutive defeats allowed the Knicks to finally hand over the top spot in the East that they had held for several months, and the New Jersey Nets successfully reached the top with a 15-game winning streak during this time, trampling the Knicks under their feet.

When reporters interviewed Lamar about the game after the game, Lamar was very calm: "I don't want to blame my teammates, they worked the pitch after all, and now I can only be a spectator. It's not fair to them if I blame them again, but we'll get it back one day!"

When Lamar said this, everyone thought that Lamar was just angry after the team lost, but no one expected that Lamar would really fulfill his promise in the near future. The New Jersey Nets, which had just begun to decline, were thrown into the abyss all at once.

may have been stimulated by Lamar's words, and in the subsequent game against the Golden State Warriors on the road, the Knicks players suddenly broke out with strong combat power, which made the Warriors who were ready to take advantage of the fire to rob each other in chaos.

By the end of the first half, the Knicks had led the Warriors by a full 20 points. After the start of the second half, the Knicks showed no signs of relenting at all, and were still desperately attacking. Especially the veteran Mark Jackson, who replaced the rested Billups in this game, scored 17 points in 28 minutes of play, and also contributed 8 assists and 2 steals, which completely silenced those who questioned him as an old man and a mixed championship.

After a win over the Golden State Warriors, the Knicks are still in second place in the East behind the New Jersey Nets by half a win. But at this point, their catch-up had to be halted for a while, as the annual NBA All-Star Game began

Lamar was ready to take advantage of this All-Star Game to adjust his condition, so he brought his family and appeared in the public business for the first time since the ban. This time his identity is not that of a spectator, but of a real participant.

Lamar did not attend the all-star dinner the day before. His relationship with the league was quite strained during this time, and he didn't want to meet with David Stern if it wasn't necessary.

Although Stern had previously relented, he publicly announced that all the misunderstandings that had always existed between him and Lamar were all misunderstandings. In the eyes of others, this is almost equivalent to Stern giving in to Lamar, but Lamar doesn't think so, and Lamar doesn't have such a big belly, and he still hates Stern in his heart.

It wasn't until the day of the Rookie Challenge on the 16th that Lamar arrived at the All-Star Game with his family. While several All-Star games have been held, the Los Angeles seem to be taking the All-Star Game very seriously, with preparations already in place before the season and chairs at the Staples Center refurbished.

The rookie challenge for the Knicks continued their strength in recent years, with both Wade and Barbossa being invited, and Wade being one of the well-deserved first-year leaders. As for the second-year team, Hilario and Salmons are also in charge. It's just that the handsome Brazilian guy has made it clear before he leaves for Los Angeles that he is going there this time for vacation, and he has no intention of serious competition at all.

Because of Lamar's appearance, Wade's NBA career has been turned upside down. Far from the sad land of Miami, Wade's playing time and play defense were tightly controlled in the Knicks, and under the close supervision of Van Gundy and Lamar, Wade had to change the bad habits he had developed in the NCAA, and now rarely throws himself to the basket without his life.

Although in this way, Wade's statistics are inferior to those of LeBron James and Carmelo Anthony, who entered the NBA in the same year, but the Knicks' arrangement has laid a good foundation for Wade's future career.

Lamar believes that Wade today will definitely not be like in his previous life, when he was full of injuries in his early 30s, and his form began to decline. The achievements will definitely be much better than in the previous life!

Now halfway through the regular season, Devin Wade has averaged 18.8 points, 4.5 rebounds, 5.4 assists, 1.6 steals and 1.5 blocks per game.

It is with Wade's excellent performance in recent times that the Knicks can be kept competitive during Lamar's suspension, and now they still occupy the second place in the Eastern Conference.

Although the performance of the New Jersey Nets in front of the Knicks is too bewitching, they have little hope of challenging for the first place in the East again, but four wins ahead of the third-place Croton Toronto Raptors still makes their position extremely secure.

Now, Wade has also become a household name star player in the Knicks with his outstanding performance. In this All-Star Game, if it weren't for Vince Carter's later efforts, Wade would even have a chance to enter the main game and become the first first-year rookie to enter the main game this year.

However, although he was not selected to participate in the All-Star Game, this time the media in New York paid special attention to Wade's All-Star Game debut. Unlike Dampport, Hilario and others, although Wade's personality tends to be shy, his technical characteristics are obviously more suitable for the All-Star Game than these big men, and New York fans naturally have much higher expectations for him. 2k reading web