After losing a game in Salt Lake City, the Knicks started their Western road trip again, and after a bitter cold, they quickly sunbathed in Phoenix, but they may not have been in a good mood, the Knicks lost to their opponents 81-96, and before this game, Johnson was injured in practice, which undoubtedly cast a haze over the hearts of the Knicks, in this game, the Knicks only had Houston, Sprewell and John Wallace score in double figures, and Mo Xi shot two out of seven, only got four points and three rebounds, and everything seemed to be back to last season. Pen & Fun & Pavilion www.biquge.info

Next to play the Warriors, the Knicks incarnated as Murphy's successor, strictly abiding by Murphy's Law, the team led three quarters, and was magically reversed in the last quarter, and Murphy's performance in this game was decent, 8 points and 8 boards, but the consecutive losses seem to have made Van Gundy lose patience.

In the next game against the Clippers, in the face of the Clippers' weak interior line, Mo Xi failed to gain Van Gundy's trust, Van Gundy used Andrew Long and Kurt Thomas to partner the inside, the Knicks lost again in this game, and they lost to the Clippers in rebounding, although Mo Xi scored 10 points in this game, but only four rebounds were scored, which is really not a qualified center's data.

Fortunately, the Knicks did not lose face after returning to their home court, beating the Magic by a small margin and stopping the losing streak. But this trip to the West made the Knicks complain, and bad luck followed. First the starting center caught a cold, then the first substitute center sprained his ankle, and then injured the main power forward, but what made Van Gundy even more worried was that Mo Xi seemed to have lost his form for a while and performed poorly, and Johnson slipped rapidly, so to speak, this trip to the West was a complete nightmare trip for the Knicks.

Fortunately, at the most desperate time for the New Yorkers, there was still good news that Ewing had returned to the team and started training with the team, and now he can practice with the ball.

Ewing's return as soon as possible naturally makes many people happy, but there are also many people who can't say their bitterness, such as Mo Xi. To tell the truth, except for the last few games, Mo Xi's performance is still very good, but once Ewing returns from injury, he must give up his starting position, which makes Mo Xi, who has not been in good form recently, feel very uncomfortable, but Ewing is his senior and often guides him, and Ewing is indeed strong enough, Mo Xi is not very resistant, but he feels a little bitter.

10:14 p.m. in New York.

In the Knicks' arena, a seven-foot-tall oriental man was still practicing there.

Take a deep breath, collect the ball to the position of the chest, sink the center of gravity, push the buttocks back, and then suddenly straighten your back, use the power of your calves to kick the ground to fly first, and then complete the turn in the air, the arms are raised high, the whole person is slightly backward under the drive of waist power, and when the body gradually descends from the highest point, the ball is shot.

"Huh~"

The ball slid into the basket with precision, and a white spray was sparked.

Mo Xi exhaled softly, his turn-over jump shot came more from Ewing's teaching, but just now, it was Mashburn's back jump shot trial, this feeling of sitting in the air made Mo Xi feel very comfortable.

"If it were me, I'd crouch deeper, because this kind of back-to-back jumper is very affected by other people's small movements, and crouching deeper will give you more of an advantage in the physical confrontation section."

At this time, a dull and slightly slurred voice sounded in the arena.

Mo Xi looked at it, Ewing was leaning on the fence on the edge of the audience and watching Mo Xi practice.

"Hey, Pat" Mo Xi greeted Ewing, but he was still a little curious, what was the other party doing at such a late hour.

Feeling Mo Xi's puzzled eyes, Ewing shrugged his shoulders and said, "After all, I'm coming back in a week, so naturally I'm going to walk around here a few more times to find a feeling." After saying that, Ewing stepped out of the audience and began to work as a sparring partner for Mo Xi.

In this way, the two giants silently did back training with the help of the not bright lights of the training hall, and only the sound of basketball and breathing remained in the quiet arena.

Among the four major centers, only Ewing and O'Neal are considered traditional centers, Olajuwon and Robinson play much more flexibly, and Ewing's defense is naturally the type of traditional center, with excellent single defense ability, but lack of foot movement, lack of flexibility in the help defense, and are prone to fouls.

Mo Xi hadn't practiced with Ewing for a long time, and today he fought against Ewing again, and he really felt that Ewing was getting old. Ewing may still be excellent in consciousness and judgment, but it is undeniable that Ewing is now a little sluggish in his movements.

After just practicing for more than an hour, Ewing, who had been absent from the battle formation for a long time, felt a little tired, and sat on the floor with Mo Xi and chatted.

"You've been struggling lately" Ewing pointed out the problem of Mo Xi's current situation, it has nothing to do with the state, it has nothing to do with the so-called rookie wall, it's just that Mo Xi is struggling to play.

Mo Xi thought for a moment, organized the language, and said: "I just think that I played badly, and the more I tried to play well, the worse I actually performed. ”

Ewing was still expressionless, as if he had expected this situation, Ewing said: "In this league, everyone is trying to make themselves play better, some people are for big contracts, some people are for winning, and there are all kinds of reasons, so what about yours, what is it?" ”

Mo Xi opened his mouth and replied, "Victory." ”

A smile finally appeared in Ewing's eyes, and he was obviously satisfied with Mo Xi's answer, and he said, "That's a great idea, but do you know how the winner should play?" ”

Mo Xi hesitated for a moment, and said in a puzzled tone: "Let your team's score be higher than the opponent's?" ”

Ewing smiled and said, "This is really an academic answer, but what I'm asking about is the winner's style of play." Unselfish? Focus? Persistent? Or decisive? No, no, no, none of that, but I'm honored to tell you that you've done it on this trip to the West. ”

Mo Xi was a little stunned, was this still the Ewing he knew?

Looking at Mo Xi's surprised eyes, Ewing seemed to guess what Mo Xi was thinking, and he said: "Don't look at me like this, when I was in college, I took Tagore, don't interrupt, do you know that I watched your game, and I was most satisfied with that scene?" ”

Mo Xi shook his head and looked at Ewing with an eager expression.

Ewing said with a faint smile on his face: "It's the worst game you played, the one against the Utah Jazz, if you look at it with your eyes, your performance is undoubtedly terrible, but in fact, in the eyes of many people, your performance was wonderful enough, because you chose to move forward when Malone dunked." ”

Mo Xi was a little puzzled, what is this, is Ewing going to say that the winner's basketball is bravery?

Ewing continued: "It's your attitude towards basketball, your attitude towards survival, the closest I got to losing to Olajuwon was to a championship, I remember that fight vividly, Djakovic is right, never underestimate the heart of a champion. For you, you just have to remember that if you don't think you're doing well, it's just that you don't think the data is bright enough, and when you don't care about the data anymore, that's when you win. ”

Mo Xi is thoughtful, these words are true, but who will always keep it in their hearts?

Ewing stood up and said, "It's still a while before I come back, and you still have a lot of playing time before that, take advantage of the opportunity, and don't forget, you said that you will give me a championship in four years." ”

Ewing left, and before leaving, he didn't forget to add, "By the way, remember what I said, squatting deeper is good for you, and besides, that kind of back-to-body jumper is still less shooting, too physical, I think you must not want to be like me." ”

On November 29, the Knicks will host the Mavericks and then travel to Philadelphia for back-to-back games, both of which will be Moxi's last chance to return to the starting lineup.