The Knicks beat the Raptors, Pistons and Bucks in the final games of March, and then they will play the Magic at home, in what will be interesting as Smalls returns to the East. Pen "Fun" Pavilion www.biquge.info

Being traded twice in a season must have been frustrating for Stoudemire, but unlike the resistance he had when he left New York, this time he was voluntarily traded to the Magic, and Smalls, who had already won a championship, no longer felt how good it was to stay on a team in a big city.

When he played for the Knicks, he always had to take the blame for losing, but fortunately, last year's Knicks won more and lost less, and he didn't receive too much criticism. But this year, in the giant Lakers, he was attacked by Los Angeles fans almost every day, and as soon as he lost, he would definitely have to go up to take the blame, which would have collapsed his mentality.

Now Smalls is no longer willing to stay with the Lakers or continue to play in a big city like the Knicks. Instead, he wants to return to the Suns or go to a team like the Spurs to play the final three years in peace.

Now that he has been traded to the Magic and wants to continue to partner with Bynum, who he doesn't like very much, Xiao Si is a little unhappy. But he could feel the pressure on him countless times less than he did in Los Angeles, and even if he lost, there weren't too many fans complaining about him after the game.

This is normal, the Magic are a small city team, they are not the top team in the league, Orlando fans are quite satisfied with the team's record after the trade, thinking that they have a better record than the Lakers after the trade, and that is enough.

After Bynum came to the Magic, he played well, although this guy has a bigger mouth, but he still has strength, and even the single tactics that Big Van Gundy arranged for Howard before are now more effective on him.

Orlando fans also feel that Bynum's back play is decent, and Howard's back has always made them feel very cramped, although Howard beat Bynum on the defensive end, but at least on the offensive end, Bynum can still fight with Howard.

Magic fans now call Bynum the Little Shark, who averaged 20 points, 11 rebounds and 1.8 assists per game after the trade, and he even added some passing moves as the core of the team, but such data does qualify as a core in the middle and lower reaches of the team.

It does look like Small's body has declined from last season, but it's nowhere near as serious as it was when he was with the Lakers. After coming to the Magic, his stats have also picked up, averaging 18.5 points, 9 rebounds and 2 assists per game in March, and the Magic have performed better on both interior lines than they did with the Lakers. Coupled with the plug-and-play non-possession Calderon, the Magic had a very fast run-in period after the trade, and they were already playing well after a few games.

The media believes that there is a lot of credit for the Lakers, Xiao Si and Bynum have been running in with the Lakers for almost half a season, and came to the Magic with pure point guard Calderon, and soon completed the run-in period after the trade. At present, it seems that this four-way deal is likely to reach a win-win situation in the end, because Howard in the West will inevitably improve the Lakers' combat power after the run-in is completed, and no one will lose money because of this deal for the time being.

Wu Huang also doesn't think that the Lakers are losing, no matter how well these two play in the Magic, as long as they don't play well in the Lakers, then the Lakers should do this deal, as for whether others make or lose, they don't need to think about it, as long as they get better, they won't lose.

The main highlight of this game is the game between the two teams on the inside, the Knicks also have two star insiders, Bynum always shouts that he is the second center in the league, so let's see if he has this qualification?

D'Antoni believes that Bynum's flaw lies in speed, and the real reason why he is not reused under the Zen master is actually not enough speed, when he is on the field, he will force the Lakers with good mobility to fall more positions, and Bynum's passing level cannot keep up with the other four starters and the sixth man Odom, after the Lakers feed him the ball, many times Bynum chooses to stop the ball and play alone, but his passing ability is not enough to prompt his outside teammates to get open opportunities, which makes the Lakers' tactics enter a dead end, The success or failure of the attack can only depend on the results of his singles. But how could the Lakers, who have Kobe, give him this task? Bynum is just a small shark, which is the way big sharks play.

This year, the Zen master left the Lakers, Gasol was traded again, and Bynum got a lot of singles opportunities, which made his stats rise to All-Star level all of a sudden. But in terms of mobility, he and Xiao Si still can't compare. So as long as the Knicks pull up the pace of offense and defense, Bynum will fall into a kind of embarrassment; But even if the Magic team can slow down, then Xiao Si's mobility will not be able to play. In short, the Magic team wants to pinch these two interior lines with very different styles together, and it takes a lot of work.

"I know he's only playing 0.5, and even now with the Magic, I think he's only playing 0.7 of his own, and Coach Stan should use Amare more so that the Magic can be competitive enough." Wu Huang's words before the game, no matter how they sounded, it seemed like he was provoking, and it was estimated that even Xiao Si would not accept his affection.

"I've noticed that Hugo has been very interested in other people's teams lately, and it's better for him to understand that he hasn't retired yet, so he doesn't need to point fingers at other teams just yet." Da Van Gundy dared to say anything with a big mouth, and after telling Emperor Wu's words through the memorization, he immediately mocked back.

Wu Huang is very embarrassed, but he can't say anything more, he can only retaliate through the game, this bastard actually dares to slap him in the face!?

Wu Huang's opponent today is Calderon, the main point guard of the Spanish national team, which is a traditional point guard with more solid basic skills than him, but that's it.

In Wu Huang's eyes, this guy has been traditional to an extreme, completely losing the spirituality of the offensive end, although it may be suitable in Europe, which advocates team basketball, but in the NBA, where individual ability is encouraged, Calderon can only become a chicken rib existence.

Calderon is also quite embarrassed, he can't be picky in terms of technique, many point guard stars are inferior in terms of skill in front of him, and his physical fitness is not too bad, so he will definitely not receive too low a salary, but he can't play the effect of a real star, which makes any team feel tasteless and abandoned.

The Raptors are already the most accepting European basketball style team in the NBA, but they have also wanted to trade Calderon in the past two years, which shows how chicken this point guard who has performed well on the international stage is in the NBA. Not to mention anything else, if Jeremy Lin had his skills, he might have gone to heaven, but this master will always play in a step-by-step traditional way.

However, after Calderon came to the Magic, Bynum and Xiaosi liked the non-sticky European point guard, and it is estimated that Yao Ming and Howard will also like this kind of point guard, Calderon If he was born in the eighties and nineties, it is estimated that he will mix better, because at that time the interior line was stronger, and his kind of guy who does not possess the ball will make these star interior players like it very much.

But now it is different, the current NBA has gradually entered the era of dual-purpose guards, and a sports point guard who can hold the ball and directly launch an attack is more suitable for the current system, so Calderon, who was born at the wrong time, was continuously pressed on the ground by Wu Huang as soon as he came up.

Today, Emperor Wu's strategy is to take the lead, preempt the opposite inside line, and launch a blitzkrieg surprise attack to quickly disrupt the magic position.

Therefore, Wu Huang was on fire from the beginning of the game, and he scored 16 points on the head of the Spanish point guard in the first quarter. One of the breakthrough layups, Wu Huang was not polite to Calderon at all, and jumped up directly and flew away, although the physical fitness was not bad, but it was not how good Calderon was, and completely overwhelmed the opponent in terms of momentum.

The Magic's offensive and defensive rhythm after the trade is on the slower side, and it is not fast to use Bynum as the core, so the Magic are more afraid of the Knicks' unreasonable play.

The Knicks have only played a little faster this season, and Wu Huang has to take care of the speed of his two interior players, so the Knicks' style of play is no longer a bombardment. But the team's bombardment is still there, and Gasol can't be much faster than Bynum. So it's okay for the Knicks to occasionally play a bombardment from last season, but the Magic team couldn't withstand the Knicks' thunderous offense, and they were beaten 36:22 in the first quarter before they could gain a firm foothold, and they fell behind by 14 points in a single quarter.

The Knicks, who were playing at home, stunned the Magic with a series of quick offenses as soon as they came up today, and then took the whole game into their own hands.

Wu Huang found that in addition to the slow pace of this magic team, it also lacked the tenacity of the Howard period.

The worst thing about Bynum is that he has a problem with his attitude, he is a player who does not love basketball enough, otherwise he would not play so late with his talent, although the talent of this little shark is good, but he does not want to work too hard to develop these potentials by himself.

No matter how talented an NBA player is, what he is most afraid of is that he doesn't love basketball, because once this happens, even if you give Jordan talent, it's useless, and this is Bynum's biggest problem.

A lot of times, when the team is at a disadvantage, Bynum is the first person the Lakers give up. He may really think of playing basketball as a high-paying job, but he doesn't like basketball, so he only wants to do the most basic work, and he doesn't want to play any more than a little more effort.

Bynum's attitude can still be played, to say that it has nothing to do with Kobe, of course it is impossible. If it hadn't been for the boss whipping him hard behind him, Bynum would have been crushed by injuries long ago.

Stoudemire isn't the kind of person who loves basketball very much, but his professional attitude is at least a lot better than Bynum's, and Smalls is still working hard in the second quarter, but Bynum is already thinking about "whether to go bowling tomorrow".

Stan Van Gundy has been coaching for so many years, and it is natural to see that although Bynum is working on the field, he is not contributing. And this is not the first time he has played like this, and the Magic have seen Bynum have such an attitude in a tough game several times this month.

This guy doesn't seem to have the burden of losing at all, and once he feels that he can't beat it, he simply gives up.

This kind of attitude is good to say, but to put it bluntly, it is heartless, how can this kind of person who does not take losing seriously can become the core of a team?

But Big Van Gundy can only use him now, and when this little shark plays a good fight, he looks decent no matter how hook and shoots, and he does look a lot better than Howard on the offensive end.

It's just that this kind of flaw of not wanting to play tough games will make him have no future, he already plans to make this guy's stats look better this season, and trade it next season while his value is rising, in short, the future of the Magic must not rely on such a guy who doesn't love basketball and doesn't have the heart to win.

The Knicks themselves didn't expect it to be so smooth today, Wu Huang scored 28 points, 3 rebounds and 2 assists in the first half, Calderon on the opposite side was neither humble nor arrogant, but the Spaniards had no sense of presence throughout the first half, plus there was a non-working Bynum on the inside, the Magic team today is like a team that swoops wantonly for the first pick.

With a score of 68:48, the Knicks led the Magic by 20 points at halftime, which was a game that was pleasing to the eyes of Knicks fans, who didn't see any challenge to their team at all, only saw Wu Huang constantly use his personal ability to rush the Magic's defense, which was almost a slaughtering game.

In the second half, the Magic team still didn't change much, only in the minutes when Xiao Si + Anderson partnered inside, they played some offensive shots, but then as soon as Bynum came on the court, the Magic team immediately wilted, the so-called second center in the league, which would seem to be a complete joke!

"It's strange, since this thing has no fighting spirit, how can it always make malicious hurtful actions?" Wu Huang was puzzled by this, but he didn't know that it was this kind of guy who didn't love basketball that would do that kind of thing on the court that would maliciously destroy other people's careers, and he might feel that others didn't care about basketball like him.

Besides, if you are injured, you can get a salary without contributing, how comfortable it is!

Emperor Wu felt that he was already very lacking in morality, and he had a lot of small actions, but as long as the other party did not provoke him first, or had malicious actions against him, he would not do anything to ruin his career.

The Holy Sect Master's sinister tricks are still measured, of course, no one will provoke him so blindly, but he is the real source of evil, he does not take the initiative to provoke others, and the other side is already about to shout good luck.

In the third quarter, Wu Huang slowed down his offensive slightly, which was ready to leave his physical strength to deal with the game against the Eagles the day after tomorrow.

The Knicks have already lost to the Hawks once this season, and Wu Huang doesn't want to be double-killed by one team again.

The Magic didn't take their chances, and after three quarters, they still trailed by 18 points, so the game was out of suspense, and the Magic players knew they couldn't pull back 18 points in the first quarter on the road, and the Knicks won 124-105 at home to the Orlando Magic.

"We're heading into the end of the season in April, and the last few games in March will be crucial for us to secure our final standings, and only by going into April with enough advantage will we be able to add rotation to the end of the season and build up fitness for the playoffs." Wu Huang felt that they could not relax because they were now ranked first, and after the shrinking season came to April, the physical condition of the players would be even worse, and then their hard work in March would be rewarded, and they could rest assured that they would rotate without worrying about affecting their rankings after losing.

In this game against the Magic, Wu Huang finally played 37 minutes and scored 41 points, 6 rebounds and 5 assists, and the average assists per game continued to decline, but Wu Huang didn't care anymore, he only plans to win the scoring and steal king for a second time, and the assist king is something like this, or wait until he is thirty years old.

At that point, he may reduce his scoring and transition to an assist-oriented point guard, which could also prolong his prime.

Wu Huang had already moved up to second place in the ranking for minutes played per game in March, and he didn't feel it would take a toll on his knees, and he didn't resist playing for so long. Since he's recovering enough to play for that long, he'd better play more time in the game. This can give his teammates more time to rest, and he is more worried about the injuries of his older teammates at the end of the season than himself, which will have a big impact on the Knicks' title defense, so Wu Huang would rather work harder himself.

At this moment, there are already many players in the league who have fallen because they can't bear the hard schedule, and Wu Huang doesn't want his team to have similar attrition, once the main player is reimbursed, it will be absolutely nightmare news.

Jeremy Lin is one of many players who have fallen, and when the news broke at the end of March that Jeremy Lin would miss the next six weeks of games due to a torn meniscus in his knee and was destined to be reimbursed, the major media outlets began to report on this season's injury problems, and Jeremy Lin was just one of many injury cases.

After the All-Star weekend, the injuries of various teams began to increase significantly, Curry, Rubio, Lowry, Billups, Gordon, Valliani, Nene, Lopez and others have announced season reimbursements, Paul, Wade, Ray Allen, Granger, Horford and other players are also recuperating from injuries, and more injuries are still occurring frequently, it is foreseeable that the league's injury situation will stage a big outbreak again in April!

'It's been a short season, our bodies aren't used to deal with so many games in such a short period of time and you're likely to see more injuries in April.' Clippers coach De Nagro, who has both point guards injured, is very unhappy to make a prediction.

According to ESPN, injuries this season are indeed much worse than last season. Fans can already see stars such as Chris Paul and Dwyane Wade. Injuries are presented in various ways, such as muscle strains and ankle sprains.

"Whatever you do in the offseason, injuries are something you can't handle." Jermaine O'Neal, who has already been reimbursed for the Celtics' season, said, "Coupled with the shrinking season and a tighter schedule, players can only try to play as best as they can, but they are still caught off guard by injuries. ”

So, the outside world has seen Manu Ginobili injured his hand and Al Horford suffered a damage to his chest muscle. Originally, these injuries were unlikely to appear in the NBA. "It's not a common injury in basketball," Spurs coach Popovich said of the players, "it's rare, it's only common in football or weightlifting." I've been in the league for so many years, I can't remember any players who have had this kind of injury before. ”

Clearly, a shortened season is the culprit behind all this. "Players have their own biological clocks and their physiology has been fixed at a fixed time of year for a fixed number of games. But this year, everything has changed, the schedule is tight, the training time is not enough, the players are not physically able to cope with all this, which undoubtedly greatly increases the possibility of injury. Rockets coach Mike Hale analyzed that he is glad that his family's sick seedlings have survived until now.

J.J. Barria, who has missed only eight games in the past three years but has already missed 15 games this year, is one of the unlucky ones who has just been reimbursed for the season, saying, "Everyone has more or less injuries, we just have to be patient and be honest with ourselves." It's important to figure out where you're and when you're going to play and when you're going to rest. But I'd say, it's hard to do, but now you can finally see who's the guy with the best stamina. ”

Wu Huang and Luo Er Deng are obviously the latest Iron Men, the two of them are the only monsters who have played more than 39 minutes per game this season, James has stepped down from this position this year, and the Gorillas have taken their playing time very seriously this season and have been controlling their playing time to around 37 minutes per game.

Kobe Bryant is an alternative, if Wu Huang is so durable because of his youth, then the 34-year-old Kobe Bryant is the only example in the league who is over 30 years old and has played more than 38 minutes per game.

If the boss says that he is the first in the world, Emperor Wu has to humbly say that he is the second, of course, this refers to himself, and others are different.

It's fair to say that 90 percent of teams across the league don't like this shrunken season, but there is one team that may be an exception, and that's the San Antonio Spurs.

It's probably hard to imagine that the Spurs have a bunch of old guys who probably hate this kind of shrinking schedule the most.

But the result is the opposite, with Popovich and the Spurs very good at producing results in a shortened season.

It's also been a season-shrunken season, and many people are comparing the current Spurs team to the 1999 Spurs, and the intention is clear: these old guys may have another championship in a season-shrunken season.

13 years ago, when the Spurs won the championship, their head coach was Popovich, and the core player was Duncan; Thirteen years later, the Spurs lead the Western Conference, and their head coach is still Popovich, with Parker and Ginobili in addition to Duncan. For a team with an aging core of players, instead of major injuries, Popovich has a way to rejuvenate them by adopting his own rotation system for games.

With a shortened season and a tight schedule, players can easily get injured, so protecting the health of Spurs' players is a top priority. Popovich's vision was that Duncan was the treasure of the town team and that he would have to rest for any back-to-back second game; Back-to-back, Duncan, Parker and Ginobili each chose to play just one game. For the rest of the game, Popovich handed the ball to newcomers and experienced Mesozoic players such as Dio, Bonner and Stephen Jackson. In this way, the Spurs not only got a good rest for the veterans, but also got a good training for the newcomers, and their combat effectiveness was immediately improved.

In the last two games of March, D'Antoni did think in his heart that he "must rotate", but every time he faced a stalemate, he still chose to change to the main team to fight hard. Therefore, most of the Knicks' starters still played more than 36 minutes in the last two games in March, which allowed the Knicks to successfully win these two games.

On the other hand, the Spurs' last two games in March were back-to-back games against the Cavaliers and Bucks, but surprisingly, not only did Duncan not go to the road at all, but even Parker and Ginobili did not go to the road, but despite this, the Spurs still won two consecutive away games. Here, you have to admire Popovich's way of using troops.

But no matter how far apart the two sides were, the Knicks finally finished off in March, continuing to lead the league with a 42-11 record and five more wins than the second-placed Spurs, which is impossible for any other team to overtake the Knicks with only a dozen games left in April. (To be continued.) )