Chapter 819
Chapter Seventy-Eight!
The Knicks finally lost, the winning streak since the beginning of the game had made many giants in the league wail, and people seemed to see that the Knicks would dominate the league, whether it was the San Antonio Spurs before, or the new Denver Nuggets all fell in front of the Knicks, people didn't dare to expect Houston, which had a bad record since the new season, to stop the Knicks' progress, but things are so strange, what the Spurs and Nuggets failed to do, the Rockets really did. [Latest chapter reading.]
"To be honest, I'm very sorry about the result, but this is basketball, and no one knows what will happen until the red light comes on at the end. The Rockets did a very good job, they focused on the court, everybody played a role, just very important, whether it was Sean Battier, or Tracy McGrady, Chuck Hayes, they did a very good job, and of course their biggest change was to establish Yao Ming's core position, which made the overall strength of the Rockets go up a big level. On the contrary, we made a lot of mistakes in this game, and my teammates and I got a little carried away before the game under the bombardment of your nonsense news, and I don't want to deny it, and I didn't think the Rockets could cause us any problems before the game started, so we were punished, which is very bad. But even though we lost, the season is still long, we still have more than 60 games to play and I think we'll learn our lesson."
Keller's tone sounded a little cold, it is conceivable that he was very annoyed by the fact that he lost the game, and what made him even more unacceptable was that the team lost to one person, although he also admitted that Yao Ming was a very powerful opponent, but this could not be a reason, Howard, Aldridge was still young but all of them had established their positions in the league, and the combination between them was also regarded as the strongest in the NBA, but it was this strongest combination that was easily played by the inside combination of Yao Ming and Hayes between applause。
After returning to New York, Keller announced on the same day that tomorrow's rest would be canceled, and the whole team would gather to practice, although Keller's approach was a bit overbearing, but none of the Knicks players who lost the game objected, and it could be seen that they lost the game and ended the winning streak, and they were not comfortable in their hearts.
The things that are more exciting for them are still to come, although Keller has a hunch for a long time, after ending the winning streak, those clowns who are not willing to be lonely will definitely jump out and attack him and his team, but they didn't expect it to be so soon.
"They finally lost, in fact, I had a premonition that this day, a crazy team will eventually choose a crazy way of death, which no one can organize, of course I think they have no intention of stopping it, the decline of the Knicks is inevitable, no they have never been strong at all, and now they just have to go back to the original routine, continuous failures, keep complaining, and then go to fight for the top pick, this is what ends up for them, I'm sure, by next summer, you will definitely see the name of the New York Knicks in the lottery area of the draft”
Or Charles Barkley, he really seems to be tired of jumping out and yelling at the Knicks every time they're unlucky, as if if if he didn't play such an unlikable role, people would forget about him.
However, although Barkley roared fiercely, no one wanted to listen to it if there were too many words like this, and the Knicks, as one of the parties involved, also habitually chose to ignore it, they didn't have the energy to compete with a fat man, if they had time, they would rather spend time on training, enhance their strength, and prepare for the next revenge.
The next opponent of the Knicks, the San Antonio Spurs, I don't know how the Knicks' schedule is arranged by the league this season, in short, the teams they have encountered since the beginning of the game are all too strong, first the Spurs, then the Nuggets, the Rockets, and now the Spurs, the league is arranged as if it is deliberate, deliberately letting the Knicks kill and consume at the beginning of the new season, if it really makes the league's top management satisfied, then it will not be Christmas, and the Knicks will be dragged down by this heavy and difficult schedule。
The Spurs have long been blacklisted by the Knicks for a must-win, whether it is the long-standing vendetta between the two teams, or the bullshit kidnapping incident in the Finals last season, in short, every collision between these two teams will turn into a hot scene of Mars hitting the earth.
Returning to their home arena ATT Heart Arena, the Spurs also held back their strength to teach the Knicks a hard lesson, avenging the fiasco in the last game, and more importantly, they can't afford to lose, they really can't afford to lose, as the defending champions, within a season, they were killed by last season's championship rivals, and they can't afford to lose this face.
They have really felt the strength of the Knicks in the last game, but they have just lost a key game, whether the Knicks will be affected, which has become the main concern of the whole Spurs team.
Just when people were still talking about the Knicks' first loss of the new season, new blows followed, and the league, which had been silent about Anderson's injury at home against the Spurs, finally issued a fine before the Knicks played the Spurs away.
Before that, although the Knicks repeatedly wanted to communicate with the league, mainly David Stern, but all of them were rejected by Stern, and he didn't seem to want to have any contact with the Knicks at all, but the slow attitude of the league, which has always been vigorous and resolute, in dealing with Anderson's injury incident, still gave the Knicks a glimmer of hope.
During this period, although the league's punishment has not been officially issued, Anderson is still eligible to play for the Knicks, but both Thomas and Keller agreed to ban Anderson on the team, in order to make a good gesture to the league, hoping that this can reduce the league's punishment for Anderson.
Although Anderson has only played a few games for the Knicks this season, his tough defense and leaky performance on the court still made New York fans quickly accept this character player, and the Knicks naturally did not want to lose such a strong player, and tried their best to intercede for him.
But in the end, all the Knicks' efforts were in vain, and even though Keller expressed his willingness to work with the league and contribute to the NBA's promotion activities in Asia, these efforts still failed to stop the league from punishing Anderson heavily.
Fifty games of suspension, such a punishment is not very serious for Anderson to beat Bruce Bow on the court, but if you consider the consequences of this incident, it is not without room for recovery, but it is a pity that the league obviously did not take into account what happened before this incident.
In addition to the 50-game ban, Anderson has a lot of troubles to face, such as he is now facing the danger of being incarcerated, Bow's injury has been announced by the Spurs after a hospital examination, the left rib fracture, a slight concussion, and the leg that was broken by Keller before also has an unknown problem, in short, Anderson is in big trouble this time, and he may even face prison time in serious cases.
Knicks owner Dolan has publicly stated that he will support Anderson this time, and no matter how far the Spurs want to make this matter, even if it goes to the Supreme Court, the Knicks will not sit idly by.
The team has just ended its winning streak, and one of the team's big players is facing a lengthy suspension, which really makes the Knicks even worse. When the news was announced by the league, it immediately caused an uproar * and was banned for 50 games, which means that the Knicks are facing a very severe test in the position of power forward, Oden is injured, Anderson is banned, and only Aldridge, Wang Zhizhi and Bynum can stand in this position, but Wang Zhizhi's strength is limited after all, and Bynum has been in bad condition since he recovered from injury. This made the Knicks, who have always been strong and strong on the bench, also face the dilemma of panic.
The Knicks are unlucky, and they are naturally happy that their next opponent, the Spurs, the two teams have an inextricable deep hatred, and now seeing that the Knicks are unlucky, the hearts of the Spurs players are dark.
"People used to accuse us and put the kidnapper on our heads rudely, I think now people should understand, who is the villain, if you want to go to the hospital to see Bruce, to be honest yesterday when I went to see him, I couldn't help but cry, I really don't understand that just because of a slightly over-the-top defense, Bruce was beaten like that by that villain, I would like to ask that bastard, is he still a basketball player, does he still have sportsmanship in his head。 I'm thankful that the league gave us a chance to get revenge so quickly, and it couldn't have come at a better time, and I don't care if people say we're taking advantage of others, according to Keller Korver, this is the NBA, anything can happen, and it's time for them to pay the price. ”
Ginobili's words sounded like schadenfreude, a bit of a downfall.
On the eve of the Knicks' departure for San Antonio, Keller was interviewed by reporters at the airport when he learned about Ginobili's words, and he just laughed at it and said a very classic sentence: "Want to fall into the well and treat us like reservoir dogs?"