Chapter Twenty-Nine: The Beginning of the Crisis for the Knicks
Although the Timberwolves lost to the Knicks on the court, Garnett's sense of Mo Xi is still very good. Pen ~ fun ~ Pavilion www.biquge.info is like this for him, as long as your strength is strong enough, then he will look at you pleasing to the eye, not to mention that Mo Xi also covered Garnett at the end.
Although the Knicks will return to New York tomorrow to await the Celtics' door-to-door challenge, it doesn't seem to stop Garnett's enthusiasm, and he insists on taking Mo Xi out for a walk.
In the away game, such a thing has to be reported to the head coach first, and to Moxi's surprise, Van Gundy, who has always been known for his strict management of the army, happily agreed. Johnson said that the head of the home team would invite players like this, and the manager would generally not refuse, as long as you go out and don't cause trouble.
Garnett said that in Minnesota, a place where birds don't, it's a great pleasure to want someone to find the truth.
Young Garnett still likes to club, because it is not far from the hotel where Knicks is staying, and the two simply walk.
"Ahh
Obviously, Mo Xi was very unaccustomed to the Minnesota weather, and wearing a thick tweed coat, Mo Xi could still feel a cold air burrowing into Mo Xi's clothes like a pile of thin needles, and for the first time, the seven-foot giant felt the bad feeling of piercing the bone marrow.
Garnett pursed his lips, sneered, and said, "You guys from big cities are pampered, you can't stand this, this is only November, if you come here in December or January, then you will feel the pain!" ”
Mo Xi is also very helpless, the United States across the latitude and a fight in a certain oriental country, Mo Xi has not been in the north, but here in Minnesota, just like Garnett said, it is rarely populated, so it seems that it is extremely cold here.
"How did you endure this, aren't you from South Carolina?" There's a world of difference between there and here. ”
Garnett said, "No, you're talking about Arizona, and I think it's perfect for me, and the cold here needs my passion to ignite and melt the snow and ice here with my flame, don't you think it's cool?" ”
Mo Xi couldn't help but think of a word that Mo Liyu had taught him, "Middle Two Boy", which was just right for Garnett.
Garnett took Mo Xi to a place he frequented, and the bartender seemed to recognize the two at a glance, and the three nodded vaguely, silently. After all, even if they are fully armed, in the land of Minnesota, it is still rare to see people more than seven feet tall, not to mention that there are two more at a time, as long as they are Minnesotans, it is estimated that they can directly recognize these two guys as the two guys who shine tonight, Kevin Garnett and Mo Xi.
Here Mo Xi was despised by Garnett again, because Mo Xi resolutely did not drink, but just asked for a glass of skim milk? This upset Garnett and ridiculed him.
But the two guys, one drinking skim milk and the other beer, were surprisingly talkative, and both were the kind of people who loved their families. Both were born in single-parent families and were raised by their mothers, and Garnett also has a younger sister Aisley, because her stepfather did not like the two, Garnett had to work everywhere to help her mother support the family since she was a child.
In Garnett's words, he almost got close to being classmates with Moxi, and his mother didn't want Garnett to play, she wanted him to go to college, complete higher education, and then find a decent job.
But Garnett understood that he was not that material, so Georgetown University, which has always been known for cultivating top insiders, became Garnett's best choice. But all this only exists in a beautiful fantasy, Garnett became the best high school student in the United States, and began to have scouts and agents implicitly contact him, in this contact, Garnett found that if he entered the league, he would get a lot of money, which would be of great help to his poor family, so the classic scene of the year happened, Garnett, accompanied by his friends, found one team manager after another, and promoted himself to them.
During the conversation with Garnett, Mo Xi found that he really liked this big man, although being an enemy on the court was a headache, he really had nothing to say about his own people, and Garnett, who was born in poverty, had a compassionate heart, and the two quickly established a friendship.
However, when leaving, Mo Xi directly left this friendship behind and began to curse Garnett constantly, because
"What? You've got a cold."
Van Gundy's roar can be heard even in the lobby of the hotel. This news really made Van Gundy very angry, although Mo Xi and Garnett went out with his approval, but he didn't expect Mo Xi to be so frost-resistant, and actually caught a cold.
Because of the physique of Europeans and Americans, it is difficult to cure colds, and Mo Xi was isolated from the team at the first time, and the Knicks hurriedly returned to New York.
After losing the mercy, Van Gundy's lineup was greatly limited, and Camby was put in the starting position by Van Gundy, but fortunately, last season the Knicks had already adapted to the state of not having an interior offensive pillar, and only won with two shots in the outfield.
But as the saying goes, it's easy to go from thrift to luxury, and it's hard to go from luxury to frugality, after getting used to having an offensive point on the inside to pull hatred, it is difficult for Houston and Sprewell to quickly return to the state of the past when two people supported the whole team's offense, and Johnson's form has declined too quickly to provide them with effective support.
In this way, with back-to-back exhaustion, the Knicks returned to New York and lost to the Celtics without incident, and the Celtics twin played well, Antoine Walker scored 22 points, Paul Pierce scored 19 points, and Boston won 80-74. But the defeat wasn't the most uncomfortable for Van Gundy, as six minutes into the game, Camby accidentally stepped on Johnson's foot during a help defense and fell straight into it, spraining his ankle.
Although the post-match examination showed that Camby's injury was not very serious, it was clear that Camby's playing time had to be reduced, and the starting center was about to be replaced again, with veteran Chris Dudley taking the starting position. But the next game is the Knicks' old enemy Heat, without Ewing, without Camby, and even without Mexi, even Johnson is in serious decline, although the Knicks have three military lives, they still failed to repel the incoming Miami Heat. The Knicks swallowed a two-game losing streak.
However, to Van Gundy's relief, Mo Xi will soon be completely well, even if he can't play the Nuggets in the next game, he can play in the next game against the strong opponent Utah Jazz.
In Denver, the Knicks finally swept away the decline, scoring double-doubles in the Denver Plateau five, and Van Gundy finally found his bench killer, John Wallace played eight minutes, shot five of six, plus three free throws, and scored 13 points.
After this game, the Knicks are also bitter, and the team's interior line has finally returned, but I don't know if it's lucky or unlucky, the Knicks will face the Utah Jazz in the next game, or at Utah's home court, in Salt Lake City.
Mo Xi really hasn't played with this tower-like man, although it is Johnson who is directly opposite Malone, but in the league, who has never heard of Karl Malone's famous name, Mo Xi even has a little chagrin in his heart, why his illness doesn't get better later, so that he can stagger the Jazz, you know, the Knicks only have two chances to meet the Jazz in a season.
Van Gundy is also praying that the inner twin towers, which are not easy to return healthy, will not fall down here again.
That night, Mo Xi flew from New York to Salt Lake City to join the team to face the big devil, the Utah Jazz at home.