Chapter 44: New York's Rising Star
With their exceptional resilience, the Knicks knocked the 76ers off the horse and moved on, and they have 10 days and four games to play before Ewing returns, including a back-to-back. Pen | fun | pavilion www. biquge。 Despite facing the 76ers' defensive intensity, Mo Xi's performance was still remarkable, and he actually scored 11 points, 8 rebounds, plus 2 assists and 2 blocks, and his all-round performance made many Knicks fans recognize the growth of this No. 30 big man. But the next game made them realize that this big young man might really be the next night watchman in New York.
On December 2, the Knicks played a tough game against the Bucks again, and at the last moment they ended the game with Houston's consecutive mid-range shots, and they scored 15 points and 7 rebounds.
On December 4th, this was a "pseudo" New York derby that attracted the attention of New Yorkers, the Knicks visited New Jersey against the Nets, and under the witness of thousands of New Yorkers who came to New Jersey from New York to such a small place, the Knicks won very big. Although the 23 rebounds of the opponent's Jamil Fayk still called into question Moxi's rebounding ability, it is undeniable that Moxi scored 16 points in this game, the third-highest score on the team after the Knicks' two-gun gun, which also made Van Gundy start to consider a customized strategy for Moxi.
On December 5, the Knicks, who were fighting back-to-back, returned to their home court and unfortunately failed to save face at home and lost by two points. In this game, Mo Xi responded to his rebounding rhetoric, grabbing 11 rebounds, tying a career high, but because of this, he reduced his scoring to only 9 points, but Mo Xi completed a pull-up dunk in front of Antonio McDyce but also added a lot to the game.
On December 7, in the last match before Ewing's return, Moxi broke out in vain and united against his old master. Or the Warriors, who have suffered a lot in their careers, the two combined to score 50 points, Sprewell 28 points, and Mo Xi also scored 22 points. Needless to say, Sprewell's outburst is needless to say, and Mo Xi naturally wants to enjoy the feeling of starting center before Ewing's return. The Warriors' starting lineup is very similar to the Bucks, with no center lineup, but the Warriors use three guards, but to the New Yorkers' helplessness, the Knicks still let Antoine Jamison take 17 rebounds and lose the total rebounds to the opposite five. But in terms of interior offense, Mo Xi really bullied the other side. Turning over and jumping, leaning back, turning around and hooking hands, even taking out the ball that has not been played for a long time, and then using the height advantage to forcibly cause the opponent's foul, Mo Xi can be described as a fish in water on the inside line of the Warriors. Mo Xi, who played with confidence on the offensive end, directly extended this excitement to the defensive end, although he was only worthy of six rebounds, but Mo Xi used his too ordinary reaction in this game, stealing once, blocking three times, for this kind of defense is not bad, but the rebounding is a very poor performance, and the New York media don't know what to say.
So far this season, the Knicks are 13-6, and Mo Xi has missed three of them because of the flu. Averaged 16.7 points, 7.1 rebounds, 1.9 assists and 1.3 blocks per game, in the steely interior, it is still a defensive team with the style of the Knicks, Mo Xi excludes the interference of off-court factors such as the team's rhythm and becoming the third shot point because of the injury of the player, Mo Xi has made great progress compared to last season, but in the league, this is far from enough, here, how well a player performs in the first three seasons largely determines the development after that, although last season was a shrinking season, but it still can't let the outside world eliminate doubts about Mo Xi, especially racists.
But everything that happened was ignored by the sports media in New York, who thought it was enough to catch a little bit, and the Knicks had a rising star at center, who I heard was doing well, and came out of Georgetown University, the "city of centers."
So Mo Xi was surprised when he walked out of the training hall today, and although he was followed by several Knicks staff members, Mo Xi couldn't help but take a step back in fear.
As a Mets team, as long as the team is in New York, whether there is a game or not, there will always be a lot of reporters outside the stadium, but these reporters are generally looking for coaches or Houston, Sprewell and other big-name stars trouble, Mo Xi has never had this experience of being blocked at the door for an interview, although he has also been interviewed a few times, but this is really the first time to have a scene like this, but compared to the circle of guns and cannons around Houston over there, Mo Xi feels that the three or four small microphones in front of him are still very pleasing to the eye.
"Mo, you played very well in the last game, can you talk to us about the reason?"
Mo Xi glanced back at one of the Knicks' press officers who hurried over, and when he saw the latter nod slightly, he accepted the interview with confidence: "Well, I felt good in that game, and you know, the Warriors are too short. "Mo Xi and Ewing are not very similar to each other, it can be seen here that if Ewing is here, he will walk away directly, and although Mo Xi is also under the guidance of Coach Thompson, he is obviously softer than Ewing, which is also related to the growth environment of the two.
Mo Xi's answer is very in his own style, and people can recognize at a glance where this half-spoken politician style was learned.
The next question arises again.
"Ewing is coming back soon, will his return rob you of your starting position? What are your thoughts on Ewing's return? ”
When the press spokesman on the side heard it, this topic seemed to be a little wrong, but before he stepped forward to stir up, Mo Xi had already begun to answer: "Pat is my senior, and half of my teacher, many of my skills were taught to me by him, I am very happy to see him stand on this battlefield again, as for the starting position, God, do you want it, if you want, you can give it to you, but it doesn't seem to help our team, but Ewing will definitely be stronger than me when he returns to the starter." ”
The reporter didn't expect that Mo Xi was actually a fan of Ewing, and the reporter wanted to hear some of Mo Xi, even a little complaint, so he couldn't help but say: "You have behaved so well during this time, isn't it to prove something?" ”
Mo Xi didn't seem to hear this question, he saw a familiar jeep driving in, his eyes lit up, he left the reporter and walked over, walked a few steps, as if thinking of something, turned around and answered the other party's question, "Why do you have that idea?" I played and it was all about winning. ”
Mo Xi quickly got in the car and ran away, leaving the poor reporters behind him who were already stunned for a while, they thought that this big man would be different, and the result was not much better than Ewing. But who's in the car? Could it be that this yellow-skinned young man has some ulterior underground love?
But what they don't know is that the two people who were slandered by them are sitting together at the moment, and the car is not a secret love affair with a pity, but a middle-aged uncle with a declining face, if it is another ten years or so, maybe the girls in a certain oriental realm will be very curious about this, but at least no one will do it now, even if it is a corrupt country, after all, this kind of thing depends on the appearance. (If I had been developed in this way and that in high school, what kind of mental state would I have?) )
In the car, Ewing has always been respectful of such things as the media, as usual, simple and straightforward, just said to Mo Xi who got in the car to sit down, and drove away, judging from the direction, it seems to be leaving Manhattan.
Is it really about to do something indescribable?