Chapter 10 Away Battle Melon
After signing the contract with Shen Wei in the morning, Ye Xuan had to rush to the arena to gather with the team, because they were going to challenge the New York Knicks away that night.
On the plane, Frank found Ye Xuan, "Ye, do you know, Lance felt discomfort in his left ankle yesterday, and the team doctor suggested that he should rest the game, I want to use you to replace Lance, you go to play the starting point guard, Paul goes to play the small forward position, how about it, do you have any thoughts of your own?" ”
Ye Xuan heard "I'm rubbing, my luck exploded, I was promoted to the starting position after just one bench, if I performed well enough in this game, maybe in the next game, Lance's brain-deficient comic can only go to the bench even if he comes back, think about it and be a little excited." ”
Seeing that Ye Xuan didn't say anything, Frank thought he was worried about his teammate's injury, "It's okay, Ye, Lance's injury shouldn't be a problem, then the responsibility of starting tonight will be handed over to you." "Okay coach, I promise to make those Knicks guys cry and go home to their mom."
The Knicks are one of the league's wonders, he was founded in 1946, and the Knicks have had a brilliant performance in three different eras of the league, each of which is about twenty years apart. In the early 50s of the 20th century, the Knicks reached the NBA Finals three times. The early 70s of the 20th century was the golden generation of the team, and the team won 2 NBA championships.
On the team at the time were great players such as Willis Reid, Walter Fraser, Dave Debusschel, Earl Monroe and Bill Bradley. Then came in the '90s, when the Knicks once again dominated the league with the emergence of center Patrick Ewing and the team reached the Finals in both 1993-94 and 1998-99.
At the turn of the millennium, the Knicks seemed to have entered a strange circle, the team did not win more than 50% of the team, only broke into the playoffs in the 2003-04 season, and the rest of the seasons were eliminated early in the regular season. It wasn't until the 2010-11 season that Carmelo Anthony joined Chauncey Billups to join the New York Knicks, making the team enter the playoffs again after 5 years, but in the playoffs, they met a strong and neat Celtics and were swept out by the Celtics 0-4.
After this year's Knicks endured the worst summer run of the summer by ESPN, the Knicks are one step away from the championship demanded by their owner, James Dolan. Still, the Knicks are a team in the Eastern Conference playoffs because they have Carmelo Anthony. As a result, this game is also one of the most streamed matches in the United States.
In the commentary seat, Charles Barkley was playing with Kenny Smith "Kenny, did someone tell you that you look more and more like a rabbit now?" "Forget it, Charles, can we explain this game seriously? Let's start with the highlights of this game, Shakui, what do you think?"
"OK, Mr. Rabbit, I think the key to this game is the matchup between Paul George and Carmelo Anthony, and the star players of both sides will decide the outcome of the game."
O'Neal joked, and then quickly went into serious mode, but Barkley obviously had a different opinion: "I think this game is likely to be one-sided, not that I belittle the Knicks, but it can be seen that the Pacers' role players are obviously much better than the Knicks's, Mr. Rabbit, I don't know if you got the news, the Pacers' Lance is out today, and the Asian kid who played well in the last game will start." Brother, let me tell you, that kid is very good, I watched his shooting, his fast break, his defense, he did all these aspects at the top, I don't know why he didn't have a reputation before, but I want to say, the Pacers have dug up a treasure this time, if this kid can grow in the future, I can't think of any other team in the league that can compete with the Pacers. ”
O'Neal listened with a straight grin, "Sir Charles, with all due respect, as far as I know, Yao Ming is worthy of praise among all Asians who play basketball." Now you're telling me that an Asian kid I've never heard of before is going to let the Pacers build a dynasty? I don't think that's going to happen, I don't think that Asian kid can replace Lance's role with the Pacers, and Cameron will be able to do it without Lance's containment. Although that kid did a good job of defending Irving on the court, he and Cameron are not at the same level. I bet the Knicks would cause problems for the Pacers in this game, and I pressed $10 for the Knicks to win. ”
Barkley didn't show weakness either: "I'm pressing $10, that Asian kid can make this game go into garbage time in the third quarter, because the Knicks are now useless except Anthony thinks." That's when Kenny Smith came to play the round, "Okay, both Hall of Fame have their own opinions, and the next game is about to start, let's get into a commercial, and after the commercial, come back right away." ”