Chapter Twenty-Eight: Challenge the Bull!
After the game, all the players returned to the locker room, George was naturally happy, but after all, the team lost, and it has been two consecutive defeats, and the atmosphere in the locker room was not pleasant, so George did not show it.
D'Antoni once again mentioned the issue of team cohesion, and everyone just lowered their heads and listened quietly, probably no one had the consciousness to learn from the pain.
After returning home with a rather happy mood, George called Erin as soon as possible, in fact, as early as the end of the game, he received a congratulatory text message from Erin, who asked him to call her when he got home.
Erin, who is in Seattle, has already calculated the time for George to return to his residence from the arena, and in the first second of George's call, Erin answered, and her excitement could still be felt in her words: "Joe, my dad and I watched your game today, we should go to the scene to cheer you on!" What a pity! β
Erin and Byron did want to come to New York to help George, but George refused, on the one hand, the two had studies and jobs in Seattle, and on the other hand, George was worried that D'Antoni would continue to keep him from playing, so they would run for nothing.
"Haha, when I gradually have a solid position in the team, I will definitely take the best position and invite you to the scene." George laughed and coaxed the clingy sister.
Erin: "Joe, how are you doing over there?" Do you feel tired playing away? I've heard people say that players who have just entered the NBA from college have a bad first season in the NBA, and I know you, you don't like to fly around since you were a child, and if you fly to a strange place, you always need time to get used to it. β
George: "Have you forgotten that I didn't get a chance to play until today?" And it's only three minutes, the problem you said doesn't exist at all for me, I hope to play for thirty or forty minutes each game, game after game, one after another, even if my physical fitness really can't adapt, at least it will hone my level. β
Erin: "You're really a crazy person when you play ball, no wonder you didn't fall in love with any girl in college, I asked you to chase Fiona in your class, but you refused because you were going to enter the NBA in college last year, I met her at Pacific Place two days ago, she already has a boyfriend, I heard that it seems to be a rugby." Do you regret it now that you think about it? Even if you've been in love for a year and are now apart, it's better than nothing at all, right? Fiona, that woman, I want to knock her down when I see her! β
[What does Fiona really look like?] Does the streamer have a photo? γ
[Ah, is my sister Lala?! γ
Fiona was indeed a girl that George liked in college, she was slightly inferior to Erin, but taller than Erin, and Erin said that the most charming thing about Fiona was that when she made a pitiful appearance, Erin, a little girl, couldn't hold it.
What Erin didn't know was that in fact, when he was in college, George had already chased Fiona, but people didn't agree, as a yellow race, it is not only in the NBA that he will be unfair, and the same is true for falling in love, a white person is definitely more competitive than a yellow person.
Erin: "Oh, by the way, you can buy a PS3 in New York too, and I've started playing Red Dead Redemption now, and yesterday I was playing a 'little movie' in the game!" There was a guy who kept arching at the tree, hahaha, laughing at me, like your favorite teddy dog. β
[Damn! It turns out that the streamer's favorite dog is Teddy! No wonder the movements of the top Fields are so similar! γ
[I said it looks like Teddy!] It's a real hammer! γ
[Huh? Brother, aren't you banned? γ
"Red Dead Redemption" is a game released in May this year, and it was actually recommended by the audience in the live broadcast room that George play it, because he didn't have time, and he only played a little.
When George saw the barrage, he hurriedly retorted to Erin: "Where do I like Teddy!" My favorite dogs are huskies, Samoyeds! β
"Huh? Didn't you always think Teddy was cute? Erin didn't understand when George changed his preference, "Okay, you take care of yourself over there, Daddy won't let me talk to you for too long, he told me to be patient, don't be impatient, oh, and he said that your biggest opponent in the No. 2 position is not the current starting Fields, but Wilson Chandler." Okay, you can rest! β
Hanging up the phone, George thought carefully about Byron's words, Fields is indeed not much of a threat to George, judging from the current performance, Fields can only be regarded as average in these two games, and George has no rookie appearance at all.
The reason why Fields was able to start was because D'Antoni thought he was a manufacturable material, and when D'Antoni found out that Fields had no future, he would be abandoned.
On the contrary, Wilson Chandler, who averaged 15.3 points per game last season, this guy who has been in the league for three years, is more worthy of George's vigilance.
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The Knicks' next opponent is the Chicago Bulls, and the audience in the live broadcast room told them that the Bulls are the team that has won the league's first result this season, and Derrick Rose has become the youngest regular season MVP in NBA history this season, and it is an out-and-out strong team.
In the two days of training before the game, Roger Mason, who is also a shooting guard, has become increasingly depressed, and seems to have begun to wait for the team to notify him of the day he has been traded, and Fields has also begun to have a sense of crisis because of George's play in those three minutes, and the two days of training have been particularly hard.
On game day, the team went to the United Center arena, home of the Chicago Bulls, one of the league's favorite venues George wanted to visit, for course because of the great basketball god Michael Jordan, and the stadium hung over the six championship flags he had taken down for the team and the city.
The Bulls haven't produced a superstar since Jordan, and the thought that Derrick Rose is the successor after Jordan makes George a little jealous.
Before the game started, the number of people in the live broadcast room had exceeded 350, and George also asked everyone a question: "I want to ask you, will Michael Jordan always be the GOAT, the greatest player in history?" Will anyone surpass him in the future? You say Kobe Bryant hasn't made it to the Finals since this year, and he must have no hope, but what about LeBron James? β
The audience in the live broadcast room knows what will happen in the league in the future, and the question George just asked is a question that any basketball lover wants to know, James entered the NBA at the age of 18, and has been the boss since the first day he entered the team, breaking the record of the youngest player with various data, plus James is now a big three, with his current age, it is not too difficult to tie Jordan with six championships.
[MJ is unsurpassed, he is always the greatest star in the NBA. γ
[James's honor is fixed on three championships, four regular season MVPs, and he has not entered the Finals since 2018. γ
[Although he only won three crowns, his final career total score surpassed Abdul-Jabbar, the first in history, which is also very awesome. γ
Seeing this, George looked up at the No. 23 retired jersey hanging over the arena, and his face showed joy, if the live broadcast room told him that there was someone he didn't know in the future who surpassed Jordan, George would be very sad.
The game started soon, George was still the substitute, Fields was still the starter, although George had a good performance in the last game, but as Fernandez said, it was all scored in garbage time, unless George can have such a performance in regular time, can squeeze out Fields' starting position.
In this game, Fields obviously worked harder than the previous two games, he practiced shooting hard in the past two days, and he felt good as soon as he came up, scoring consecutive goals, and in the first quarter, he was the player with the most points for the Knicks.
"It's good, the coach sees my performance and shouldn't think I'm worse than Mike George." Fields thought he was playing well, and when he took a break in the players' box at the end of the first quarter, he gave George a smug look.
George thinks Fields is naΓ―ve like a high school student, for an NBA-level starting point guard, he has a good hand, his defense is not strong, and he makes a few shots in a row, which is nothing, and he can do the same if he were George.
However, in addition to scoring, George has another thing that Fields is far behind.
That's defense!