Small Forward Comparison: Elliott vs. Garnett.

Spurs small forward – Sean Elliott.

Ten years ago, Elliott was extremely talented and talented, and entered the league as a tanhuaxiu, carrying countless hopes, and no one expected that his life would be so tortuous.

Kidney disease dragged Elliott down and prevented him from perfecting, but in the '95-96 season, he was still able to drag the slowly hardening glomeruli, averaging 20 points per game and being named an All-Star again.

God seems to have been moved by his spirit of fighting kidney disease, and then gave him another test. In the '96-97 season, tendonitis entangled him, and then he was injured and stopped, and in the playoffs last season, he could only sit in the audience in a suit and watch the team be eliminated.

This season, Sean Elliott is back, and as soon as he returns, the team's record immediately jumped from fifth in the West last season to first in the league!

Elliott was unlucky, as soon as he entered the league, he had super center David Robinson in the team, and he could only be a second-in-command at best. Now that Tim Duncan is here, he's retired to the position of the third leader. But Elliott is also lucky, he has two of the strongest teammates in the league, and he doesn't need to bear it alone when he encounters difficulties!

Elliott has been tormented by kidney disease for seven years, and if he doesn't get his kidney replaced, he will have to live on dialysis for the rest of his life. His brother wanted to donate a kidney to him, but he didn't go for a kidney replacement and still insisted on playing.

For the sake of the championship, he refused to take a truce!

Critic Score: 5 stars!

Comment: This season, Elliott, who has retired to the three-leading position, has no impressive statistics, but this former All-Star, a man who once averaged 20 points per game this season, can always step up when the team needs him.

Remember the Memorial Day miracle at the Western Conference Finals? That's only a third of what he's invested in his career! Never underestimate the determination of a kidney fighter!

Knicks small forward – Kevin Garnett.

This season, Garnett finally lived up to his talent, with more consistent shooting, wider passing vision, and a first-team selection in his career.

As the league's highest-paid player, Garnett can do almost everything on the court, scoring, rebounding, assisting, blocking, stealing, and this is a seven-foot version of Scottie Pippen.

At the end of the regular season, I put Garnett in second place in the league's top 10 small forwards, and many Pippen fans were not convinced, saying that Pippen would definitely surprise me in the playoffs.

I was really surprised, I was amazed that Pippen would fight so badly!

The second person in the world in your mouth is really the guy who was blocked by the rookie Kobe Bryant who was holding a rookie contract opposite, and only had a 33% shooting rate?

God, I think I'm overestimating Pippen at No. 3 on the small forward list, and Vince Carter was better than him in his rookie years.

Kevin Garnett, who led the team all the way to the Finals, is indeed the second small forward in the league, and if he continues to improve next year, the No. 1 position under Grant Hill's ass may not be stable!

Critic Score: 8 stars.

Comment: If you have to pick a bone in the egg and look for Garnett's shortcomings, it is that his individual scoring ability is not strong enough, and he can only be a Pippen instead of Jordan when it comes to critical moments. But who in the world will be perfect?

This former high school student has grown into a first-line star in the league, he is a New York ace, I know Alan Houston has a higher scoring average per game, but if you watch the game, you will understand that Garnett is the real core of New York and the most present person on the court.

If New York doesn't trade him, Garnett is the city's future. Considering that his salary is the highest in the league, I am afraid that the toss-up New York management will not be so easy to make a deal even if he wants to.

Conclusion: Compared with small forwards, the Knicks have a clear advantage.

Shooting guard comparison: Eli vs Houston.

Spurs Shooting Guard – Mario Eri.

Every Rockets fan will remember Mario Elli, and he'll remember his kiss of death.

In the Western Conference semifinals in May 1995, the Rockets and the Suns played inseparably, the first six games turned out to be a 3:3 draw, and the seventh game of life and death, the two teams fought until the last 7.1 seconds, and the Rockets still trailed by 2 points at 112:114.

If there are no accidents, the Suns playing at home will be the team that qualifys!

However, the unexpected happened. In the last 7.1 seconds, the Rockets served and passed to Mario Elie, who hit a three-point shot from outside the three-point line at a zero degree angle on the left side!

This goal defeated the Suns and shattered Charles Barkley's championship dream, and it is an eternal pain in the hearts of Phoenix people!

Mario Elie, who hit the stunner, ran to the second half and provocatively gave the home Suns fans a "flying kiss", which is the classic "kiss of death"!

Since then, the Rockets have been soaring all the way and swept the Magic 4-0 in the finals to win the championship!

If it weren't for Mario Elie, the plot we know might have changed, for example, Barkley got the championship ring and didn't go to Olajuwon, or even Olajuwon might have defected to Barkley and hugged Barkley's thigh in turn!

It's a pity that history has no ifs, and although Mario Eli is not a superstar, he writes history!

Now, the Rockets' decorated swingman is back with the Spurs and will use his ability and experience to write a new chapter!

Critic score: 3 stars.

Verdict: Mario Eli isn't a star, but he can do what he has to do on the court, and with two championship rings in his arms, he knows what to do to help his team win the championship!

Knicks Shooting Guard – Alan Houston.

Houston was the Knicks' No. 1 scorer, he didn't have the physical qualities, but he had a textbook elegant jump shot, efficient, accurate, and full of steps. He loves jump shots and Coach Lee, who is obsessed with three-point shooting, is a match made in heaven!

Houston's scoring average rose from 14 to 18 points per game last year and 19 this year, and if the Knicks can maintain their good momentum, there is reason to believe that Houston will be selected as an All-Star in the future or, like his teammate Garnett, to the All-Star team.

I think Houston is the most reliable successor to Reggie Miller, and the current No. 1 three-point shooting list in the NBA is Reggie Miller with 1,702 three-pointers, followed by SuperSonic's Dalle Ellis with 1,628 shots, and Glenn Rice at 1,269.

Alan Houston will not have a problem breaking Miller's record if he can continue to play in the hands of Coach Lee, you must know that he has shot 230 three-pointers this year, even if the three-point line is shortened in the 95-96 season, there are only three people who are crazier than him, and this record is unprecedented in a season when the three-point line is a normal distance!

Critic Score: 7 stars.

Comment: As the star of the Knicks, Houston will definitely shoot through Mario Elie, the difference is whether Eli will die badly or badly. If Eli dies a particularly tragic death, then this series of Spurs will be in danger!

Conclusion: Comparison of scoring guards, the Knicks win!