The Knicks are undoubtedly lucky in this "Devil's April", the injury of the foot is simply a common occurrence with NBA players, Gasol's three-game break can be regarded as a disguised rotation, and the Spaniard actually needs this break very much, and his average playing time per game this season is a very high number among all players in the league. Pen @ fun @ pavilion wWw. ｂｉｑUｇE。 ｉｎｆｏ

Knicks fans didn't discover something that should have been discovered a long time ago until this time, that is, the sister-in-law's endurance ability doesn't seem to be bad!

Gasol, a center with a height of more than 213cm, has maintained an average of 37.1 minutes per game this season, which has ranked second among all starting centers this season, only slightly less than Howard's playing time.

David West, who looks tougher in the Knicks, has only averaged 33.2 minutes per game this season, although tactical needs are not ruled out, but it can also be seen that Gasol's physical fitness has always been underestimated, you must know that the Spaniard is a 32-year-old veteran, and he can still maintain 60+ games of attendance and 37+ average playing time per game in the shrinking season, can you ask him to do more?

On April 11, the Knicks lost back-to-back games to the Milwaukee Bucks, and D'Antoni had a wide rotation in the game, and New York fans claimed after the game that it was a strategic loss.

Emperor Wu played 47 minutes in Chicago last time, and today D'Antoni finally let the Holy Sect Master take a turn to rest, which is also worried about what accidents will happen to him, after all, Rose's tragedy is still vivid, and this cautious attitude is necessary.

At this moment, it is not only the Knicks who are cautious, but all teams are carefully using their own team core, for fear that they will accidentally hit the street in the final impact stage, which is the most unlucky.

So this game is not just Wu Huang resting, D'Antoni simply left Battier, Iguodala and David West all off the field, today he used a full bench lineup, the starting five are: Isaiah Thomas, Tony Allen, Gallinari, Monroe, Whiteside.

Such a bench lineup no longer had any advantage against the Bucks, and although the scores of the two teams were anxious throughout the game, the Knicks, who were overloaded with young players, made several serious mistakes in the final quarter to hand over the initiative and ultimately lost the game.

D'Antoni didn't care about it after the game, he chose to use this squad to train the young players, and it's a sure thing that the little guys will make mistakes, he just wants to see them expose problems in the game so that he can correct them in the future. At the same time, he also wants to see how these players will perform when they take on big responsibilities, and he wants to see what the potential of these players is, whether they are worth developing, etc., and at this time he can see one or two.

Whiteside's performance still surprised Knicks fans, and although it was rough on the offensive end, it was eye-catching on the defensive end, especially for the control of rebounding.

Today, the brain-dead kid played 30 minutes, setting a new career high for playing time, and finally contributed an amazing performance of 10 points, 14 rebounds and 6 blocks for the team.

Wu Huang certainly knows that this is because the Bucks don't know enough about this brain-dead, a bit like Jeremy Lin's madness at the beginning, and Whiteside's talent for rebounding and blocking is really outstanding, which is why he suggested that the team give him a chance in the first place.

Of course, Wu Huang is still a little surprised by this kind of performance now, and he thinks that if this guy can keep training hard and maintain a positive attitude towards the game, he may have the opportunity to become a shrunken version of Howard in the future, or become a top blue-collar like Chandler, then the Knicks will make a lot of money.

On April 13, the Knicks beat the Washington Wizards by 41 points at home, breaking the record for the largest winning margin of the season. Among them, Wu Huang scored 30 points in the third quarter, and the Knicks' benches continued to expand the score gap for the team in the fourth quarter, and finally created a massacre!

It is worth mentioning that Javier McGee, another brain-dead interior player in the NBA, withdrew from the game due to injury, and it was indirectly caused by a block by Gasol, who returned from injury, and I don't know if the Spaniards took McGee as Whiteside to retaliate at that time.

Speaking of brain-dead children, Whiteside's performance in this game began to decline, he played 16 minutes, only got 2 points, 3 rebounds and 1 block, but handed out 3 fouls and 1 turnover, which is already a terrible performance.

ESPN is also keeping an eye on the Knicks, who always complains about his low stats in 2K games, arguing that the rookie hasn't really learned to use his height, reach, and athleticism to play, and that his slightly thin body is easy to target.

In general, the Knicks, a young interior player with excellent physical fitness, still needs a lot of special training for the time being to show his physical talents, and at the same time, his NBA game experience needs to be greatly improved, and he may be able to stabilize in a year or two, but now at best he is just an instability factor of the same nature as McGee, and he can't play like Lin crazy.

Two days later, the Knicks continued to play at home against the Heat, and New York's interior team collectively played in this game, Gasol handed over 26 points and 15 rebounds, David West also contributed 20 points and 8 rebounds, and even Monroe scored 16 points and 5 rebounds in the Heat's weak interior performance.

Wu Huang took the initiative to hand over the ball to Gasol today, he wanted to try to use the Spaniard as the core, can it aggravate the embarrassment of the Heat's interior line? In hindsight, it worked out well, and even if he controlled the basketball from time to time, he was able to attract a lot of defense from the Heat, which created plenty of space for Gasol to be playful in the high post and on both wings. And a Gasol who can play all his characteristics is extremely lethal to the Heat, and a mere Bosh can't withstand the rotation of Gasol and David West's offense, and he was beaten by the Knicks' three-line interior wheel battle in this game, and his nose and face were swollen, very embarrassed!

Bosh is very aggrieved in his heart, he is not a pervert like O'Neill, he doesn't need a wheel war at all, right? But the Knicks didn't think it was a very honorable act to bully too much, and Bosh spent too much energy on defense in this game, and finally only handed over 10 points and 6 rebounds in a sluggish performance. Afterwards, he naturally took the blame for the Heat's loss, who made him bear the name of a giant, but his performance was not a giant at all. As for being besieged, Heat fans, Wade fans, and James fans will not think about him.

James doesn't look good every time he leaves Madison Square, losing here is the worst thing for him, he can imagine how the sunspots will try to attack him after the game, anyway, the words "traitor", "champion", "thigh-hugging", "orangutan" and so on are definitely indispensable, these are also the words he hates the most now.

Some media outlets have now turned to sympathy for James because the pressure he is under is too much. In the early years, Kobe Bryant was pressed on his head, and at that time, James was ridiculed by fans for not being as good as Kobe Bryant and so on...... It wasn't until later, seeing that Kobe Bryant was getting older, he couldn't hold him down anymore, and it was already time for him to make achievements, but he didn't know where a holy sect leader popped up. This bastard is not very old next year, but he also weighs on his head, which makes James very embarrassed, and makes everything about him slowly become a laughing stock, this situation is not at all understandable to outsiders.

At the beginning of this season, slowly no one compares James and Jordan anymore, 7 years have long passed, and now let alone catching up with Jordan's pace, Kobe and Wu Huang have already overpowered him. Unless James can win consecutive championships in the next few years, his historical status may gradually decline to Wade, and the Flash also has a ring in his hand, or the FMVP of the year he won the championship.

Therefore, the nature of James to hug his thighs has been basically determined, if he still fails to win the championship in the next few years, his status in the Hall of Fame in the future is likely to be surpassed by Garnett, Wade and others, and thus fall out of the top 15. After all, the data of the wolf king when he was young was also amazing, and he also had a champion in hand.

At this moment, some experts believe that James is likely to be the modern version of the big O, but in terms of the ability to brush data, he can't compare to the big O who got a triple-double in the season back then, and his historical status will inevitably be much lower than that of the big O.

After the Knicks' victory over the Heat, they defeated the Celtics at home, connecting two Eastern powerhouses. D'Antoni then rotated again, beating the Nets in back-to-back games at home with a semi-main lineup to make it a three-game winning streak at the end of the season.

On April 20, the Knicks did not take a rest in the final regular season game of the season as the media expected, but all five starters only played the first half, which allowed the Cavaliers to come back and win in the second half of the game.

However, such a result has long since caused the slightest negative sentiment among New York fans, who are waiting to celebrate the team's victory in the regular season again, and now all eyes are on the post-regular season awards and the subsequent playoffs.

"The playoffs are going to shrink as well, so we're hoping to get to the bottom of it quickly and try to finish it in six games." Wu Huang said a bit arrogant after the game, and their opponent in the first round of the playoffs has been determined - the Philadelphia 76ers.

The Holy Sect Master obviously doesn't think that the 76ers can survive to the seventh game, and the "solve the problem within 6 games" in his mouth is actually a step above the opponent, and the plan in his heart is to directly sweep the 76ers, and he doesn't want the opponent to win any game at all.

Final Eastern Conference Standings:

1. New York Knicks (52-14).

2. Chicago Bulls (44-22).

3. Miami Heat (43-23).

4. Indiana Pacers (40-26).

5. Atlanta Hawks (39-27).

6. Boston Celtics (38-28).

7. Orlando Magic (36-28).

8. Philadelphia 76ers (32-34).

Western Division Standings:

1. San Antonio Spurs (48-18).

2. Oklahoma City Thunder (45-23).

3. Memphis Grizzlies (42-24).

4. Los Angeles Clippers (40-26).

5. Dallas Mavericks (38-28).

6. Houston Rockets (37-29).

7. Los Angeles Lakers (35-31).

8. Denver Nuggets (33-33).

This year's team record in the East and West has become significantly more evenly balanced than in the past. In the past few years in the West, the regular season win rate of more than 50% has to hover outside the top eight; In the east, if the winning rate is more than 50%, he dares to say "we want to hit the top three". This season, except for the Knicks, the top eight teams in the East and West have very close records, and there is no embarrassing situation of ninth place in the West, but more than a dozen more wins than eighth in the East.

Wu Huang's statement that the playoffs will also shrink is not nonsense, although the league said not long ago that the playoffs will not shrink, but considering the reality of the situation, if any group of matchups drags the series to Game 7, then it will definitely suffer back-to-back games.

David Stern once stated before the start of the season that due to the shutdown and the Olympics, although the NBA games started late this season, there may be a certain degree of shrinkage, because it must be played at the end of June, and there must be enough time for the Finals, so there may be "back-to-backs" in the first two rounds of the playoffs.

That's why Wu Huang intends to make a quick decision, and if the first-round series is over in the first five games, the Knicks will certainly not suffer back-to-backs.

-- The New York Times

"Goodbye, Devil's Season!"

The New York Times didn't sum up the season with words like "defending" or "champion" after the Knicks' final game. For the shutdown and shrinking season that has pitted the entire league, all 30 teams in the league are relieved at this time. Especially the stars who were unfortunately included in the injury list and the season reimbursement list in April, a large number of player injuries caused many teams in the league to lose a lot, and the result of this shutdown can be regarded as coming out, and there are no winners on the management and labor side.

Wu Huang said he should be considered a winner, and because the Knicks have the least injury situation in the league due to the league's care on the schedule, which also lays the most solid foundation for their title defense. In turn, the losses of the Bulls, Lakers and other teams have also indirectly increased the chances of the Knicks defending their title.

In the end, the Holy Sect Master averaged 31.2 points, 5.4 rebounds, 8.6 assists and 3.3 steals per game this season, and even the shortened season did not affect his performance.

In addition to being personally enough to ensure that he won the regular season MVP, Wu Huang also shot 53.1% from the field, 43.3% from three-point range, and 92.6% from the free throw line.

At this time, regardless of the attribution of the major lists and awards after the regular season, on the day of the end of the regular season, several of the most influential sports media in the United States first rearranged the league's top 50 superstars according to the usual practice.

The top 10 in ESPN's all-time league star rankings are Jordan, Abdul-Jabbar, Magic, Chamberlain, Bird, Russell, Duncan, O'Neal, Olajuwon, West, and Wu Huang is ranked 11th this season. As for Kobe Bryant, he is ranked 13th behind Big O, and James is ranked 14th behind Kobe.

Sports Illustrated's top 10 rankings are Jordan, Kareem Abdul-Jabbar, Chamberlain, Magic, Big O, Bird, Russell, West, Duncan, Wu Huang is still No. 11, Kobe Bryant is also No. 12, and James is also No. 13.

The top 10 of "Fox Sports" are Jordan, Abdul-Jabbar, O'Neal, Magic, Duncan, Russell, Chamberlain, Bird, Olajuwon, West, but Kobe Bryant is ranked 11th here, Wu Huang is ranked 13th behind Big O, and James is still ranked 14th.

The top 10 of "CBS Sports" are Jordan, Abdul-Jabbar, Chamberlain, Magic, Duncan, Russell, Bird, West, O'Neal, Olajuwon, and Wu Huang are ranked behind Kobe and Big O here, only ranked 13th, while James is still the 14th place.

The American media routinely reassigns the top 50 superstars in the NBA every season, but the top 10 candidates will not change much, and in this new ranking, Wu Huang has rushed to the top 15. If the Knicks successfully defend their title this year, the Saints can really hit the top 10, after all, he is one of the few players who has won the regular season MVP and Finals MVP in the same year, which is also considered a sign of dominance, and the two rings in hand also give him the confidence to enter the top 10.

In the NBA, different people have different understandings of what exactly is the embodiment of dominance, but a season double MVP should be one of the criteria that unites most fans.

If the regular season MVP represents the dominance of the long regular season, and the finals MVP represents the dominance that determines the ownership of the championship, does having both in the same season indicate that this guy is the most dominant player this season?

The answer, of course, is "yes"!

There are very few people in NBA history who can do this, except for the absence of FMVP in ancient times, among the Hall of Fame superstars after the 80s, Jordan has done it 4 times, Bird has done it 2 times, and the rest are only Abdul-Jabbar, Reed, Magic, Malone, Olajuwon, O'Neal, Duncan, and Wu Huang and a few others.

Yes, Kobe Bryant didn't actually do it, although he has an MVP and two FMVPs in hand, but Kobe Bryant has never owned both in a season. When Kobe Bryant was the second leader in the Lakers, the ruler of this league was O'Neal, the big shark in front of him, and even Iverson, who entered the league at the same time as him, won the MVP before him, and then Duncan's strong rise. In 2008, when Kobe Bryant finally got the regular season MVP, the old enemy Celtics defeated the Lakers 4-2 to steal the championship, and Pierce took the FMVP. In 2009 and 2010, with the help of Gasol and other right-hand men, Kobe Bryant won the championship and grabbed the FMVP for two consecutive years, but at this time, the little emperor James had dominated the regular season, and he belonged to the MVP.

Of course, compared to Kobe Bryant, who was ranked ahead of Emperor Wu in at least two influential media, James ranked 14th in all four media, which proves that in the eyes of most people, his historical status is no longer as good as Emperor Wu.

But it can't be helped, who said he hasn't won a championship! And now many people are not very convinced that James is ranked on their heads, such as Barkley bluntly protesting: "What the hell is this ranking? Since no one has a championship in hand, how much better can he be than me? (To be continued.) )