The Knicks have 13 regular-season games to play in April, and winning eight of them will secure the top spot in the league, and seven games will keep them at the top of the East, which doesn't seem to be a difficult task for the defending champions. Pen? Interesting? Pavilion wWw. ｂiquge。 ｉｎfo

But D'Antoni did not dare to be blindly optimistic, although the schedule in April is not difficult, but the opponents are very strong, they will play the Bulls twice this month, and also against the Heat, Magic, Celtics, Pacers, Hawks and Clippers once, these teams are all strong teams that have been confirmed to enter the playoffs, and it will not be easy for the Knicks to win these difficult opponents.

On April 1, the Clippers coach's prediction came true, and this month there will be a large number of players affected by injuries, and the first unlucky person born is the Clippers' own sixth man, Nick Young. This gentleman accidentally strained his calf in a scramble, and the injury is unknown for the time being, anyway, he was carried down at the time, which is naturally another blow to the Clippers team who have lost 6 people in the team!

Lakers fans were overjoyed, they had a three-game losing streak at the end of March, especially against the Suns, Howard faced Robin Lopez and dropped 38 points and 19 rebounds, blowing up the Suns center who has performed well this season from head to toe, and also let Lakers fans see the potential of their monster.

After this fight, who would dare to say that Howard's back-to-back singles were inefficient?

In this game, the efficiency of Warcraft's back singles on the inside line is magical, 10 of 12 shots, and almost no mistakes, where is the efficiency is not enough, obviously a super center with dominance.

However, Lakers fans must not understand the Chinese idiom "happiness begets sadness", and just as they mocked the Clippers' two point guards who were recovering from injuries and praised Howard's recent outstanding performance, a shocking news also quietly fell on their heads......

"Howard is injured? Or was it carried down? When Emperor Wu received the news, he was lying on the bed of the little radish shredded, holding a blonde hair that had obviously grown a little longer in his hand, and his heart ached!

He knew very well that this hair should have been on his bed at home, and even more so at Taylor Swift's house.

After hearing the news of Howard's injury, the Holy Sect Master browsed the news of Howard's injury with a full heart, and muttered in his mouth: "Two little sluts, waiting to take out their efforts, you must clean you up well!" ”

The bad news for the Lakers came suddenly, Howard only missed one game due to injury in his entire career, and he has only missed five games in seven seasons combined, except for one game because of a cold, the rest were the day before All-Star Weekend, or the last day of the regular season, so no one could have imagined that Mr. Superman, who is not yet 27 years old, would actually become a member of the injury team this season.

Although both the Lakers and Howard insisted after the game that his back injury was only caused by soft tissue damage and that there should be no major problem, Howard, who was a little worried, was ready to receive a detailed diagnosis from experts the next day, and it is unknown what the current injury will be.

But for the Lakers, this is no longer a good sign, Howard is such a god-resistant guy, as soon as he comes to the Lakers, he faces this injury danger, which can only say that the current Lakers are going to be unlucky, it seems that whoever comes will be unlucky, and whoever goes will get better?

Some Lakers fans even secretly complained, wondering if the luck of this team was taken up by the boss alone, why wouldn't he get hurt for Mao? Howard is such a beast, why does he say that he is injured?

But regardless of whether Howard's injury is serious or not, at least for the next two weeks, the Lakers will face the embarrassment of not having Howard for the time being. At the same time, their playoff prospects are not optimistic, and if the Lakers are currently fifth in the West, they will face the fourth-ranked Clippers in the playoffs, which would have been the most desired result for the Lakers, as they would have played seven home courts.

But if Howard is reimbursed at the end of the regular season, or even for the entire season, the Lakers will have to slip all the way to sixth, or even seventh and eighth, when the Purple and Gold will face the Spurs, Thunder and Grizzlies.

The Lakers are not easy to win against these teams, even with Howard in the lineup, and if there is no Howard by then, it will basically be a round trip.

"Are we going to give Hugo a few games off in April?" The New York media knelt down when they saw the iron-like Howard, and the first thought that arose in their hearts was not schadenfreude, but they were worried about whether their baby would also have problems?

They can't help but be worried, the average 39 minutes per game in this shrinking season is really a terrifying statistic, and the New York Times led the call for "D'Antoni to increase the rotation of players and learn from the Spurs" before the Knicks' first game in April.

D'Antoni did start to reduce the playing time of his main players, but injury problems still hit. Fortunately, this time the injury was not the main force, and poor Space Yi strained his thigh in the game against the Pacers, becoming another unlucky guy in the league to be carried out.

However, to put it mildly, Space Yi's injury did not have a big impact on the Knicks, and his playing time in the second half of the schedule has been compressed, if D'Antoni hadn't looked at Wu Huang's face, he might not have given Space Yi playing time at all, because it was really inefficient to use him!

Wu Huang also acquiesced to D'Antoni's employment strategy, and he also knew that Monroe was much easier to use than space, especially Monroe consciously strengthened his offense in the restricted area this season, which made the space easy to float outside even more unadvantageous, the shooting rate of the two was only 45%, and the other was 55%, and the middle 10% was basically the gap between the NBA and the CBA. And Space Yi doesn't have the league's average three-point shooting ability, which makes him much less practical, and it is difficult to compete with the young Monroe.

This injury also means that Space Yi has completely lost his position in the Knicks, even if he returns from injury in the future, there should be no place for him in this team.

D'Antoni expressed his regret about the vulnerability of space after the game, and then quickly recalled Whiteside, who averaged 14 rebounds and five blocks per game in the Development League, to the team that night.

The Knicks need a new water cooler patronus right now, and this brain-dead kid is doing a decent job in the Development League, and I wonder how much he's improved this season?

The New York media are glad that their injuries have fallen to the water cooler, and it would be worth it if sacrificing a space server could save the safety of the whole team.

Los Angeles then came the news of Howard's detailed diagnosis, which made Lakers fans look dark, because Howard's back injury is not optimistic, and it is likely to be much more serious than the initial diagnosis.

The Lakers conducted an initial examination of Howard four days ago, when he was initially diagnosed with a back hernia, and doctors advised him to inject drugs to reduce the pain, treat conservatively first, and then see how well he recovers before deciding if further treatment is needed.

But unexpectedly, Howard's back injury is getting worse day by day, and the latest result is that the spine surgeon in Los Angeles and the Lakers medical team have reached a consensus that surgery is necessary, which also means that Howard is likely to be reimbursed for the season, which is the worst news for the Lakers.

Howard has played in 620 NBA games to date, a new record for all active center players in the first eight seasons, and it would be an exaggeration to say that the monster is the most resilient center player in NBA history. But it is such a steely monster, but after coming to Los Angeles, he quickly suffered a serious injury crisis in his career, and I don't know if it was his own bad luck or the Lakers' feng shui in the past two years was too bad.

The New York media still didn't have time to gloat over this, because according to Knicks insiders, before the game against the Magic on April 5, Whiteside, who had just been transferred back from the Development League, was overly excited during the training game and directly flattened his sister-in-law to the floor in a block.

After receiving the news, the faces of the New York fans began to turn black along with the Los Angeles fans!

If Gasol really gets hurt like this, it will be so embarrassing!

The Knicks did not officially say anything about the news, but when fans found out that Gasol was really absent from the game against the Magic, many people immediately began to scold the brainless Whiteside - "Why are you working so hard in the training game?" ”

Whiteside was also a little frightened, he didn't expect that he was finally recalled to the team, and only to come back with a big deal before he played a game.

Gasol was indeed injured by his block, although it is not as exaggerated as the legend of "carry down", but the results of this injury have not yet come out, if the Spaniard really has three longs and two shorts, he will be crushed by the huge pressure, because this pressure brought by guilt is completely different from the poor performance in the game, and he can't cope with this kind of blow no matter how big his nerves are.

The Knicks players are also very dissatisfied with this stunned young man, and when the shrinking season comes to the final stage, everyone is careful in training, for fear that once they get injured in training, it will not be worth it.

But as soon as this brainless guy came to the team, he made a desperate posture in training, and he really had to carry this pot all on his back.

If Gasol really delayed the playoffs because of this, causing the Knicks to be unable to defend the title in the end, then Whiteside can't make up for everyone's losses even if he commits suicide, because he is just an inconspicuous water cooler patron, where is he qualified to take on such a heavy responsibility?

Wu Huang returned home and scolded this idiot, he now regrets that he asked the team to give this idiot a chance, and a hundred Whitesides are not as good as half Gasol.

The Knicks were also affected by Gasol's absence in this game, losing to the Orlando Magic on the road. Even if the unlucky Bynum was carried down at the end of the fourth quarter, but whether others are unlucky or not has nothing to do with him, the Knicks are most concerned about whether Gasol's injury is serious or not, and who cares if Bynum is dead or alive!

After Bynum also left the game due to injury due to a physical contact, the global media began to report on the consecutive injuries of players this month, and called it "Devil's April", and I don't know how many stars will be unlucky in this last month, but at least at this stage it has maintained the level of hanging up at least one star every day.

For a while, the players in the league have become panicked, if you really have to calculate the rate of hurting one star a day, after the regular season in the last half month, won't the whole league have to hang up half of the stars?

So the question is, who will be the next unlucky one?

The answer is: Derek Ross!

Yes, the Bulls were supposed to come to New York on the 8th to challenge the Knicks, but just the day before, they folded one of their duo on their home court!

Derrick Rose's injury was a surprise because he was injured in a garbage time rebound, and no one was fighting for him, he was injured on a non-physical touch, which also gave the Devil April a bit of a curse, and the Windy City Rose was like being hit by the curse of "one star a day".

This statement is a bit feudal superstition, but there is Howard in the front and Rose in the back, these are two guys who are considered iron men, but they have suffered serious injuries one after another, and neutral fans have expressed their incredibleness, and everyone never imagined that these people would be injured.

So at this time, Knicks fans have no idea of gloating, they themselves have a life and death uncertain Gasol, at this time they still pray for the blessing of the ex-girlfriend of the Holy Sect Master, and hope that their names will not appear in the "unlucky list"!

Perhaps Wu Huang's ex-girlfriend is really a goddess of luck, and after Rose was quickly diagnosed with a torn medial collateral ligament in his left knee with a torn medial collateral ligament, and will not be able to play in the rest of the regular season and playoffs, and will also not be able to participate in the Olympics in London this summer, New York fans got good news......

According to Knicks officials, Gasol only suffered a mild ankle sprain and only needs a week of rest to return, and he can even make it to the final two games of the regular season.

"Damn, Lady Luck can't really be my ex-girlfriend, right?" Wu Huang was a little confused by the voices of Knicks fans who were grateful to his ex-girlfriend.

Whiteside is one of the happiest people at the moment, and he has been in a state of self-blame for the past few days, and he has not performed as well as Space in two games.

In the first game, Whiteside played 8 minutes and only got 0 points, 2 rebounds and 2 fouls, and in the second game, he played 9 minutes and got 2 points, 1 rebound and 2 fouls.

When the New York media got the news that Gasol was still alive, they had the leisure to focus on the real unlucky ones.

The Lakers and Bulls are obviously in the top two of the "unlucky list", both teams have engaged in the Knicks' dual-core lineup last season, but the reimbursement of Howard and Rose made their dual-core instantly become single-core, and the Lakers even began to have trouble with playoff spots, and the Bulls no longer have the strength to compete with the Knicks and the Heat, these two injuries have changed the pattern of the East and West.

Let's talk about the Lakers first, since he joined the Lakers in March, Howard has said that he has a problem with his back and has not been very comfortable, but it was not until this injury on the court that the doctor conducted a detailed examination of him and found that the cause was a herniated disc.

Howard's original plan was to rest for 10 to 14 days and then decide whether he would return to the game or continue with treatment, but his back condition did not improve but showed signs of getting worse, and doctors in Los Angeles and the Magic medical team finally agreed that Howard needed immediate surgery.

Just two hours before the roses died, Howard also told reporters that he was not worried about the impact of the surgery. "The doctor said it was a one-inch incision, and he said I could start recovering immediately after the surgery and be able to do the full confrontation exercises after 4 months, so I really didn't worry, I would be stronger when I came back."

But the Lakers can't afford not to worry, because even if the upcoming surgery goes well, Howard has already been declared out this season, and their big gamble is now half lost.

Los Angeles fans said that it doesn't make a difference whether they trade or not, because Bynum's side is also reimbursed for the season, and the injured part is still an old knee problem, so the Lakers trade or not, and finally face the doom of reimbursement from the main center. But at least Howard doesn't have that many old injuries now, the risk of this surgery is not too big, and they have a future to speak of.

Chicago fans were even more sore at the moment, because Rose's injury came too suddenly, and they led by 10 points in the last minute of the game against the Celtics, but for some reason, coach Siberdu kept Derrick Rose on the court, and as a result, during a non-physical rebound, Rose fell to the ground unsteadily, and his expression was very painful at the time.

Because Rose was injured in "garbage time", coach Cybertau's delay in replacing Rose has caused many people to question it, they believe that Rose's overuse of Rose has caused the Windy City Rose to be reimbursed, and Rose's frequent injuries since the start of the season are strong evidence, for which Cyberdu explained: "At that time, the Celtics were chasing points, and we were not sure of winning. Anthony, another key player in the team, also defended Sibodu's actions, saying: "He's playing well and we're all hoping he can find his rhythm in the game. I don't see why you're questioning this. ”

The New York media didn't really gloat, arguing that players are often more likely to be injured in a shortened season than in a normal season, but Rose's reimbursement for the season due to injury is still quite surprising. But Rose's disaster didn't happen in one game, but the result of the accumulation of multiple injuries, which has little to do with Thibodeau, in that case the head coach will definitely keep the main team on the court, and 10 points is not a sure score.

ESPN also analyzed that the Bulls' positional battle is accustomed to the "Rose and Anthony heads-up" mode, which has been played since last season, and it is this style of play that increases the chance of Rose being injured.

The Bulls' two outside cores, one is good at speed, the other is good at all-round strength, but they are both good at playing positional battles, coupled with their iron-blooded defense and imitation of the Heat's pressing defense and counterattack, this season has slowly formed their own unique system, which is the capital that they can always suppress the Heat and chase the Knicks.

But this style of play relies too much on Ross and Anthony, and even two of them are indispensable. Although Thibodeau is a coach who is proficient in defense, his attainments on the offensive end are actually very average, lacking changes and routines, basically pointing to the personal ability of these two stars.

From the perspective of the Bulls' tactical system, Siberdu's best defense has been deeply rooted in the Bulls' bone marrow this season, but who can they rely on on the offensive end?

The answer, of course, is Derek Rose and Carmelo Anthony.

The New York media described Thibodeau's tactics as basically a scene of "defense depends on everyone, offense depends on Roca", and this is also because the Bulls conduct too many "positional battles", in addition to these two people, only one Boozer with a serious decline can use it, which makes the team's two cores on the outside are excessively depleted in a difficult schedule, Rose and Anthony are holding on with an injury, and at the end of the regular season in April, the outbreak of these injuries first crushed Rose, who was more prone to injuries, His speedy style of play is obviously much more fragile than Anthony's ass style.

ESPN also counted the percentage of the league's top eight point guards shooting in the three-second zone, pointing out why the New York Saints can play 39 minutes per game and still live well, because he is the least of the eight people to get to the basket, and it is much safer to shoot outside than to go to the basket.

Russell Westbrook averages 8.4 shots in the three-second zone per game.

Derrick Rose averages 8.3 shots per game in the three-second zone.

Tony Parker averages 6.9 shots per game in the three-second zone.

Rajon Rondo averages 6.5 shots per game in the three-second zone.

Chris Paul averages 5.3 shots per game in the three-second zone.

Deron Williams averages 5.3 shots per game in the three-second zone.

Wu Huang averaged 4.9 shots in the three-second zone per game.

Steve Nash averages 2.9 shots in the three-second zone per game.

This season, Rose's number of shots in the three-second zone is only slightly inferior to Wei Shao, which also increases his chance of injury to some extent, in fact, both of them have a great chance of injury, but the Thunder and Wei Shao's style of play tends to bombard more after passing people before shooting, and Rose and the Bulls' positional battle often has to carry the defender to complete the offense, which will encounter more physical confrontation, which naturally greatly increases the risk of injury.

Wu Huang has increased his three-second zone offense this season, but the Holy Sect Master, who is very afraid of death, chose to slowly increase the proportion of long-range shots in order to avoid injury in the second half of the season, so his three-second zone shooting average dropped from a high of 5.5 per game before the All-Star break to less than five.

"It's not that they don't know it's safer to shoot outside, but they can't shoot dead!" Wu Huang explained in private that if Rose and Wei rarely had accurate mid-range shots like themselves, they would not always kill under the basket and fight with others.

On April 8, Wu Huang led the team to be almost overturned by the single-core Bulls at home, and finally relied on the home court and physical strength to grind the opponent to death, and the tenacity of the Bulls is indeed commendable.

Wu Huang played another 42 minutes in this game, and D'Antoni's rotation naturally became an empty talk again, if Wu Huang was not kept on the court, the Knicks would not be able to stabilize at all. In fact, since last season, the Knicks have suffered from deep "coach dependence", and the Knicks, who are not present without Wu Huang, are estimated to dare to lose even the Bobcats, who have only won 6 games this season.

"No way, our coach's artistic conception is too high, I guess only I can understand his intentions." Wu Huang bragged to the girls like this at home, in fact, the mustache didn't dare to let go and let Gasol be the tactical core, because he didn't know how to use this kind of inside line, so he only held on to Wu Huang's thighs.

The most surprising thing in this game was Whiteside, who was scolded by fans from all walks of life a few days ago, and Chinese fans still gave him the nickname of "brain-dead child" in addition to verbal and written criticism.

However, after getting the news that Gasol's injury is not serious, the brain-dead child's performance in this game is really surprising!

Whiteside played a mere 16 minutes, unexpectedly cut 2 points, 8 rebounds and 2 blocks, although the score was miserable, but his rebounding and block statistics are amazing, a blue-collar can achieve such data in such a short period of time, the efficiency is really very high.

On April 10th, the Knicks came to the road again to play against the Bulls, and the Bulls, who had just finished back-to-backs, died again on physical strength this time, and the Knicks dragged the game to overtime this time, and once again grinded down the Bulls, who were leading almost the entire game.

Knicks fans said: This is the rhythm of exhausting Wu Huang alive! Their Saint Leader played another 47 minutes today, and officially surpassed Rohr Deng to become the player who averaged the most minutes per game this season, and now everyone can truly call him "the most durable NBA player in the game".

Wu Huang was also uncomfortable, even his usual metamorphosis recovery ability, after the game felt a period of fatigue, fortunately in this game he cut 40 points, 11 rebounds and 12 assists, with a super large triple-double to help the team double kill the Bulls, forced the two teams to change the season record into 2:2, the effort was not in vain.

In addition to Wu Huang's always excellent performance, Whiteside, who was eye-catching in the last game, also continued his excellent performance today.

In this game, Gasol's continued absence, Whiteside was given 28 minutes of playing time, and the brain-dead kid finally cut down a staggering stat of 10 points, 16 rebounds and 4 blocks, which is a performance that no longer requires him to do more for a player who only holds the league's minimum wage.

Some Chinese fans sighed after the game, Space Yi is really out of position now, this brain-dead child's rebounds and blocks are so sharp? Why didn't you see that he still had this kind of ability before? You don't know how to take medicine, do you?! (To be continued.) )