Chapter 637: [Infighting]

After the trade, the Knicks suffered a three-game losing streak, the Blacks climaxed, and the Knicks management was under a lot of pressure.

However, this is also expected, Richmond has long thought about the problem of low-post offense, so he proposed to trade Elton Brand of the 76ers. Xiao Si's low-post offensive efficiency this year is also not high, and it is more about cutting and jumping in the middle after blocking and dismantling, rather than receiving the ball and playing alone like Yao Ming in the low post.

After that, the Knicks defeated the Bucks and the Trail Blazers, stopped the losing streak, and lost to the Bulls. The record is 34-8.

On March 16, the trading deadline finally arrived.

The Lakers made a big move in the middle of the game, and the Nets traded Jordan Hill for Lakers guard Derrick Fisher. The Nets also acquired the 2012 first-round pick of the Mavericks that the Lakers acquired in the Ramal Odom trade.

Hill has averaged 21 minutes per game this season and has been doing well since Lopez's injury, scoring seven points and 5 points. With 8 rebounds, his addition is a good addition to the Lakers' interior depth. Fisher has averaged 26 minutes per game this season, with five points to his name. 9 points 2. 1 rebound and 3. 3 assists. Hill's contract expires at the end of the season, at which point he will become a restricted free agent. Fisher has a player option for next season, and if he doesn't, he will become a full free agent at the end of the season.

The Lakers were very dissatisfied with the No. 1 position, and as soon as the "Zen Master" left, they finally gave up on the old fish.

At the same time, the Lakers and Cavaliers made a deal to send Luke Wharton, Jason Capono and a lotto-protected 2012 first-round pick, Raimon Sessions and Christian Aynga, as well as the Cavaliers' 2013 first-round swap rights from the Heat.

Obviously, this swap right is useless, the Heat's record is among the best, how can there be a reason to change it later? However, in the transaction, this right still has value, and it can make the salary equal.

Sessions will definitely play as a starter when he arrives at the Lakers, which will fill the Lakers' biggest shortcoming. He is sharp in breakthrough and his passing awareness is not bad, but his three-point ability is slightly lacking.

The Wizards traded with the Nuggets, got Nene and sent away McGee and Morris Evans.

The Bucks, Kings and Warriors also completed a three-way trade, and so far, the last person to leave the team in the old Nelson era.

Monta Ellis and the Kings' J.J. Hickson will travel to the Bucks, Australian No. 1 Andrew Boggart and Stephen Jackson will travel to the Warriors, and the Kings will get Kwame Brown and Parker Yudu. The Kings traded purely to clear salary space. Hickson doesn't have much to play on the team, and they want to cut them even if they don't trade. There are too many insiders, and it's in their interest to bring in an injured Brown.

The Bucks formed the backcourt duo of Ellis and Jennings, and George Hill was off the bench, with strong outside strength.

The Warriors brought in a high-school forward who could defend. Then he traded Jackson and the Spurs for Jefferson and a first-round pick.

The Nets and Trail Blazers traded at the whistle. Gerald Wallace was traded to the New Jersey Nets, while the Trail Blazers were given Memet Oku, Sean Williams and a protected first-round pick. This means that the Trail Blazers have given up on the playoff race, and the only small forward can use is Batum.

After the trade, the regular season came to a close, and many teams began to swing out.

Swinging rotten depends on timing. Last year, it was stupid to be bad, because you couldn't choose any super players, and this year you are an idiot not to be bad. First of all, the quality of this year's rookies is worth messing up, and the second is that the season has shrunk, and the losses of swing are naturally reduced.

The Cavaliers are also a bad team, and the arrival of Stoudamire has not changed the status quo of this team, they have lost consecutive games, and Xiao Si and Irving have no tacit understanding together. The most lacking thing for the Cavaliers is not offense, but defense. They don't have the slightest bit of resilience, they play as if they are just for show, regardless of whether they win or lose.

The Cavaliers are 12th in the East, just one game ahead of the Nets, and Smalls is completely depressed. When playing against the Knicks, Xiao Si and Zhou Xuan talked. Zhou Xuan's advice to him was to calm down and defend well. This is useless comfort, if you can defend Xiao Si well, you have already done it, how can you wait until today?

At the end of March, Zhou Gaozhuo and Martha went back to China, where they had nothing to do and no friends to talk to, and New York always felt like a trip rather than a life. They don't talk to Emma much, there are regional differences, they lack a common language, and Emma doesn't know much about Chinese culture.

The NBA schedule is tight, and Zhou Xuan rarely rests, and keeps taking planes to play games everywhere. Emma did not accompany him to the away game, reading at home.

The Knicks lost to the Pacers in an upset way, and then won four in a row and still lead the league. Zhou Xuan's stats are very stable, surprisingly continuing to lead the scoring charts, and this season he has shown signs of transformation, and there is a reason for his outbreak.

Jamison was more of a pseudo-starter with the Knicks, Anderson got more playing time, and Parsons was in the rotation, with the Knicks almost exclusively a three-point shooter. At the end of the season, Novak is likely to be cut because his role is too one-dimensional and he can only shoot threes. Parsons, on the other hand, can be a playmaker at the top of the arc, can break through, is athletic, and can play a role on the defensive end. Although the defensive guard is often passed when he breaks through, at least he will try his best to defend, relying on his height of 206CM, and he also has a certain ability to make up for defense under the basket.

In addition to Novak, another fringe man is Stephenson. Because of the lack of big men on the inside, Amunderson can play 6 to 8 minutes per game.

On March 29, after seeing off his parents, Zhou Xuan took a day off to prepare for the home game against Magic.

The game was broadcast live across the United States. "Magic" Johnson said when the player played: "Zhou Xuan averaged 28 per game. With 4 points, Durant is now averaging 28 points per game. 1 point, if you want to catch up with him, you must score 30+ points in a row. Zhou Xuan had previously played 9 consecutive 30+ games, setting a scoring record in Knicks history. I'm afraid that when he joined, no one thought that he would break this kind of record. ”

Van Gundy laughed: "He's played a whopping 38 minutes. 8 minutes, a new career high. He also averaged 8 assists per game. 8, which was the first season of his career with only 10 assists, and he focused more on scoring. With such terrifying data, only Arenas came close to him. Arenas averaged 29 per game that year. 3 points 6. 1 assist, the playing time is shorter than Zhou Xuan, and the shooting rate is lower. ”

Johnson said: "Zhou Xuan is more stable than Arenas. Always facing defenders to pull out, and strong shots without completely getting rid of them, reduced Arenas' shooting percentage. However, we can also think that if Zhou Xuan had more shots in the face of the bag and defense, he should have scored more. ”

On the CCTV5 side, Zhang Lili and Yu Jia were chatting about magic infighting.

Recently, there has been a big problem within the Magic, and the conflict between Coach Howard "Warcraft" and Stan Van Gundy has become public. The farce seems to be about to turn into a tragedy. Recently, Van Gundy couldn't bear it anymore and told the media that Howard asked the team to fire him, which also revealed the more real side of "Warcraft".

"Five ESPN experts held a roundtable to discuss Howard's forced coach Van Gundy, and at least three of them believed that Van Gundy should be fired and Howard should be kept because Howard is the kind of star he can't come by," Zhang said. ”

Yu Jia said: "Indeed, it is difficult for the NBA to find an interior player who can cut 40 points and 20 rebounds. Howard has been 20+10 for many seasons in a row, and his role on the defensive end is also crucial, and his biggest weaknesses are only shooting and free throws. ”

Zhang said: "Van Gundy can't win the championship with the Magic. His tactics are too monotonous, and the squad is now visibly weakened. Howard is a superplayer, and even though he's in a pretty bad situation right now, it's just a question of whether the Magic can find a coach who is a better fit for the team than Van Gundy, and now the Magic's main thing is to find talented players for Howard. If they can't find a good helper, Howard is likely to leave in the summer, having already offered a trade. ”

"You can't find a helper like Lewis, they sent Lewis away, and Turkoglou, who came back from the trade, is also highly paid and incompetent." Yu Jia smiled: "Howard's relationship with Magic is already quite bad. But they can at least finish the season together, they've been together for a long time, and they care about these weeks? ”

Zhang said: "Now Howard's attitude to play is also problematic, if Howard plays as hard as before, you won't even know that there is such a big contradiction between them." ”

Interestingly, when Howard came out, his expression was still very happy, and he was laughing and chatting with his teammates. It doesn't seem to care at all about the team's poor record of only seventh in the East.

Zhou Xuan's face was expressionless, thinking in his heart how to kill in this game. As soon as Stodameyere was gone, he took on more of the attacking duties, scoring with all his might in every game, and the ball was also after attracting the pack or the defense. He knew that the outside defense of the Magic was not strong, and he could take advantage of it.

Nelson, who is 180cm tall, is still the starting point guard for the Magic, scoring guard Richardson has a terrible defense, and power forward Glen Davis has a terrible defense. As long as Howard is bypassed, the magic has a loophole.

D'Antoni still gave Zhou Xuan the privilege as usual, he could shoot infinitely, and everything on the court could be played as he wanted.

Players from both sides stood in the middle of the field. The Knicks are five Zhou Xuan, Matthews, Gallinari, Jamison, Chandler.

The Magic Five Nelson, Richardson, Turkoglou, Davis, Howard.

Both sides jumped the ball, Chandler won against Howard, and the game began.

Zhou Xuan went to the front court and passed the ball to Gallinari, then ran to the bottom corner, shook off Nelson, and changed the defense in the middle. Gallinari passes the ball into the bottom corner.

Zhou Xuan took a step to the left side of the receiving frame, wanting to attract Nelson to chase the defense. It was Jamison who was in charge of the pick-and-roll, and the high jumper was very accurate, but Nelson didn't chase it. Zhou Xuan turned his head to the left and glanced at it, dribbling the ball under his crotch and using a "killer crossover", breaking through the bottom line. One step passed over Tekoglu.

Howard let go of Chandler's defense, but Zhou Xuan shot very fast, threw immediately after the breakthrough, didn't even jump, dodged the block, and the high board fell into the basket. 2 to 0.