Chapter 887
But who made Michael Reed's IQ suddenly go to zero before the game and said such a brainless stupid thing?
Van Gundy finally tried what it means to be a light-hearted conductor in this game. He never left the dugout for the whole game, and even during the timeout, he just chatted with the players about music, the latest action movies, and so on. As for team tactics, in Van Gundy's words after the game, it was a fart tactic against a team like this.
128:76!
The Milwaukee Bucks were left with their antlers broken, skinned, drunk, and whipped off by angry New Yorkers at the Madison Square Garden Arena, home of the Knicks.
"It was an easy game, we lost to the Bucks with almost no effort! but I'm happy, it's their problem. If they want to leave dignified the next time they're visiting Madison, they'd better keep their mouths shut!
The game was indeed like Lamar said, and the Knicks won it too easily. Nearly every Knicks player scored in the game, with nine players on the team scoring in double figures, and Lamar played just 20 minutes in the game before waving a towel off the bench.
Devin Wade, who scored the highest score in the game, can see that the previous trade turmoil still has a great impact on him, and he has to do everything he can to prove himself and prove his strength. Wade scored 33 points, 4 rebounds, 6 assists and 5 steals on 13-of-19 shooting in the game (4 of which were contributed by Reed tonight), which is enough to make Van Gundy forget about his perfect plan for a while.
After the win over the Bucks, the Knicks rushed to Boston to challenge the Celtics, who have not been in good shape lately. With the departure of Anthony Walker and the back-to-back injuries to traded Eddie Jones and Mashburn, the Celtics, who began to show signs of recovery after last season, seem to have begun to sink again.
Now the Celtics are not only far behind the Knicks, but even the sixth place is occupied by the Cleveland Cavaliers, fortunately, they can keep the seventh place in the East, and there is still hope for the playoffs, but they are only one more win than the Bucks in eighth place, and if you don't pay attention, you may fall out of the safe zone.
In the last game, the Celtics relied on Pierce's excellent play to defeat the New Jersey Nets and slightly stabilized the team's downward trend, but their luck was not very good, and then they will face the toughest test in the league, the New York Knicks!
Sympathy, pity, such emotions can never appear in the minds of the crazy people like Knicks. In their thinking, what they want most is to trample their opponents under their feet and make them never overborn.
The Celtics have not been in good shape lately, but they are still not to be underestimated. After all, once Eddie Jones and Mashburn return from injury, the Bostonians will still be very impressive.
Take advantage of your illness and kill you! This is the supreme code that every Knicks player believes in.
When the game started, the Knicks did not have the slightest idea of retaining their strength, and as soon as the opening Hilario received a pass from Lamar and beat Perkins to win. Then he received a pass from Billups and scored with a volley.
The Knicks' main firepower in this game was not focused on the interior as it was in the opening stanza. After Hilario cooled twice, the Knicks' outside firepower began to exert its power.
After the injuries of Eddie Jones and Marshburn, the Celtics' outside defense was simply not guaranteed, and the Bostonians had even more headaches when they encountered a strong interior combination like Hilario and Lamar to keep their teammates stocked.
The rebounds were assured, and the Knicks' shooters began to reassure and boldly practice the three-point shooting, after all, if you want to increase your outside shooting ability, training is important, and actual combat experience is also essential.
Van Gundy also replaced Lamar with Arenas after the team withstood the Celtics' three-plate axe. For a while, Battier, Arenas, Billups, and Wade, the four major outside players, began to exert their power, and one by one, three points were like intercontinental ballistic missiles, bombing the Timberwolves' basket to pieces.
On the Celtics' side, although Pierce's condition is still stable, his two fists are invincible to four hands, and there are two good helpers around him, and he can't stop the Knicks from winning even if he has great ability.
The game ended 113-90, with Lamar scoring another triple-double, with 18 points, 16 rebounds and 13 assists. Notably, nine of Lamar's 16 rebounds were frontcourt rebounds.
Tony Barty, who was in charge of opposing Lamar on the inside in this game, could only helplessly say after the game: "In front of Lamar, I am as fragile today as a child!"
The Knicks flew back to New York the next day after unkindly pinning the sick Celtics to the ground and beating them fatly. On December 13, they will host the Atlanta Hawks led by new Hawk king Jerry Starkerhouse.
In the first meeting between the two teams, the Knicks won a resounding victory in Atlanta. This game is still the same, only one Stark House can handle it in Atlanta, and the others are basically here to play soy sauce and join in the fun.
The New Eagle King had only hovered over Madison for a week before he simply cut off his wings and sat on the bench alone and sulked.
The Eagle King is no longer powerful, and the Eagles have naturally become chickens and have no ability to soar. Facing the terrifying Knicks, they will only be obediently restrained in the next time.
Lamar also didn't get much playing time in this game, and the outcome of the game was decided early. Van Gundy naturally couldn't let Lamar waste his energy for such a meaningless game when his team was leading by a big score.
Hit the personal single-game scoring record again and see if you can break 100 points? This kind of thing is to want Lamar to try again, even if he can become Lamar, he won't do it, it's too tiring.
However, Knicks fans are very unhappy with this, and they came to the court to see Lamar play.
"I hope that the opponent in the future can show a little more fighting spirit!" When Lamar said this, he may have been a little unscrupulous because of anger, or maybe Lamar was unintentional, but the listener had the intention! The reporter of the good thing immediately put Lamar's provocative words on the headlines of the next day, and the result can be imagined, Lamar's suddenly pushed the Knicks to the forefront.
Lamar's words angered the rest of the league, who felt insulted, and Lamar and his Knicks became a thorn in the side of each team at the first time. Naturally, a net was formed around the Knicks, with all teams making beating Lamar's Knicks a top priority this season.
After the victory over the Atlanta Hawks, the Knicks hurried to Indianapolis to challenge the Indiana Pacers, who were already falling apart.
In the early years, under the painstaking efforts of Big Bird Bird for nearly a decade, the Pacers hoarded a group of strong players like Reggie Miller, O'Neal Jr., Ron Artest, Steve Smith, and Jeff Foster, and the team's strength is also among the best in the entire league, and it has a very good chance of winning the championship. But the intra-team brawl that shook the league that year made the Pacers' originally good situation collapse in an instant, and Big Bird Bird's efforts in the past ten years were all in vain.
First, the beast Artest and the immature little O'Neill openly confronted each other on the field, and finally even had a big fight, and the two were banned by the league. Then, disheartened, Reggie Miller chose to retire, and then Steve Smith, who felt hopeless, left for the San Antonio Spurs.
Of course, in order for the team to continue its strength, Larry Bird has not failed to make amends. In the summer, Larry Bird talked to O'Neal Jr. and Artest, the two cores of the team, and finally persuaded the two to reconcile. Then the team dealt with some players who had been messing around during the team's turmoil, trading Stephen Jackson from the Spurs to bolster the roster.
It can be said that Bird is also working hard enough for the Indiana Pacers, and it is considered to be a lot of hard work, of course, the results are not bad, at least the Pacers have reorganized the lineup and made a comeback this season, although they are not as strong as in previous seasons, but they have finally retained the qualification of the Eastern giants.
Although the Pacers are now strong, they are still a notch behind the Knicks.
When the Knicks and Pacers bump together, it can be said that there is basically no suspense. One team is a team full of superstars, united as one, and the battle is high, and the other team is declining, the morale of the army is unstable, and the morale of the people is weak. If someone at this time says that the Pacers can cause problems for the Knicks, I believe no one will believe it. But when the game started, people knew what it was like to have a broken eye.
During the scrum, O'Neal Jr. soared into the sky like a spring on his foot, making Hilario streak. Before the Knicks could react, the Pacers launched the first wave of fast breaks, and Jamal Tinsley scored in a layup.
Just when people were still lamenting the Knicks' carelessness, the Pacers players once again used their supernatural performance to tell people what it means to fight back and break the boat!
With the cheers of the fans in the audience, the Pacers actually beat the Knicks with a small high of 10:0. In the first five minutes of the game, the Knicks scored only 6 points under the full court defense of the Pacers team. Even Lamar, who had just set a new personal single-game scoring record, missed all three shots in the first five minutes under O'Neal Jr.'s stubborn stalking, and suddenly lost his glasses. 2k reading web