Because of the average age of the team, the Knicks played the rest of the schedule to ensure the health of the players, although they were once caught up by the Nets, but they did not pose a threat to the Knicks' top position in the East.

The 2001-2002 MLS regular season finally ended, the Saramento Kings won the regular season championship as expected, while the Lakers were second, the third was the Knicks who were first in the East, followed by the Mavericks and Spurs, followed by the upstart New Jersey Nets in the East.

However, the team's return to the team, the player's to the player, and the individual strength of the Eastern players this season has definitely detonated the level of the entire league.

The most shocking thing is the 76ers' Iverson, who has become the scoring champion for two consecutive seasons, after Joe's help, he is the first person to achieve the scoring champion in a row, and if it weren't for the fact that O'Neal in the 99-00 season is too terrible, Iverson may become the first person in modern basketball to score four consecutive times, but two consecutive scoring champions, this is also an unprecedented achievement in recent years, and what is terrible is that he is more than four points higher than O'Neal and Mo Xi in the second and third places, The scoring ability can be seen from this, thinking about Iverson's 33 points a few years later, he failed to regain the position of scoring champion, I have to say that the league's quarterbacks have really come to a peak period in recent years. Among the top ten lists, what is even more amazing is that only four people belong to the west, and Jordan, who is over forty years old, is even ranked tenth, saying that the west is strong and the east is weak, but in fact, the stars in the east are not inferior to the stars in the west in terms of personal strength.

In terms of rebounding, Ben Wallace also successfully won the title of the first rebounding king of his career, taking over the title of interior iron valve from Mutombo, who has gradually entered the twilight years. It has to be said that after coming to the Pistons, Ben Wallace released himself in the true sense of the word, found what he does best, preventing opponents from getting the ball, preventing opponents from putting the ball in the basket.

And the assist ranking is an earth-shattering event, Jason Kidd has maintained a monopoly on the assist list for three years, and according to a certain situation and the tradition in this position (the assist king really has some kind of magical tradition, that is, it is very easy to connect with the village, if the point guard with a name and surname in history has never been a villager, he is embarrassed to go out to meet people) Kidd is very likely to be a banker, but someone is born, really born out of nowhere, the only assist king in his career, Andre Miller, who also plays for the Cleveland Cavaliers. He averaged 10.9 times per game, and he slightly pressed Kidd. And it's worth mentioning that the Knicks' old point guard Mark Jackson even ranks tenth in the league with 7.4 assists, which is really not many people in his age group who can do this.

On the blocking list, Ben Wallace's 3.5 times are outstanding, and O'Neal and Mo Xi, who are regarded as the last glory of the center, are only worthy of barely making the top ten with 2.0 blocks, and it is with this performance that Ben Wallace is ranked D-boy, even if they are as strong as O'Neal and Mo Xi, they have to say that they can only be helpless in many times in the face of this small black center.

In terms of steals, Iverson took the lead, because of his own body problems, Iverson often fell into a disadvantage in defense when facing the No. 2 player, and had no choice but to use a gambling steal, but Iverson is not only fast on his feet, but also not slow on his hands, relying on this hand to press, Iverson's defense cannot be said to be a black hole.

All in all, all kinds of lists show that in a sense, the Eastern stars are stronger because of their absolute control of the ball, plus many other factors, or the Eastern East has always appeared above these stars, which is exactly what the saying goes, only a savior can become a dictator, and vice versa.

Statistically alone, Ben Wallace's best defensive player is no longer running, and the most controversial part right now is the regular season MVP.

Shaquin O'Neal, 27 points, 10.7 rebounds, 2.7 assists and 2.0 blocks;

Mo Xi, 27.8 points, 10.5 rebounds, 3.0 assists and 2.0 blocks;

Jason Kidd, 14.7 points, 7.3 rebounds, 9.9 assists and 2.1 steals;

Tim Duncan, 25.5 points, 12.7 rebounds, 3.7 assists and 2.5 blocks;

It's fair to say that each of these four has its own merits, and it's hard to tell which one is the better performer, and their teams have a staggered record.

But for Mo Xi, he didn't pay attention to all this, and he didn't even want to win this MVP at all, you must know that in the past few years, except for three or two people, no one can win the championship while winning the regular season MVP.

Mo Xi's main concern right now is the first opponent of the playoffs he will face, the Indiana Pacers led by Isaiah Thomas.

If a few years ago, he suddenly heard that he would face the Indiana Pacers in the first round of the playoffs, and the New York Knicks would definitely collapse, and it is unceremonious to say that in addition to the Bulls, among these traditional Eastern giants, the best performance in the playoffs is the Indiana Pacers, even if they are as strong as No. 23, there are times when they are under the Indiana Iron Riders.

The Knicks are one of the biggest victims of the Pacers, the current Pacers, Reggie Miller has not stepped off the altar of killers, 20+10 O'Neal Jr., plus the Pacers are a role player, the Pacers are the most terrible group in the East in terms of immediate combat power and squad depth, how many years have passed, the Pacers have never left the ranks of the Eastern Conference champion, in other words, the Pacers are not far from the championship.

For the Knicks, the Pacers are a very amazing opponent, according to the comparison of the strength of the two sides, the Knicks are stable against the Pacers in any position, but the Knicks have been steadily pressing the Pacers in various positions since many years ago, so they have fallen under the Pacers' iron horse countless times, in the face of Reggie Miller's classic "killer moments" again and again, the Knicks have had a subconscious fear in the face of the upside-down 31. Although Larry Johnson's magical killing of the Knicks made it back, superheroes have always only existed in the comics, and the killer is standing by our side.

After the Kings ended the winning streak, the fluttering atmosphere in the Knicks' locker room has disappeared, replaced by a calm and calm like an iceberg, similar to the New York media's evaluation of Mo Xi, "Frozen Volcano" The frozen active volcano, which looks so quiet and modest on the outside, polite, like a weak scholar, in fact, he lives a beast in his heart.