Chapter Fifty-Six: All Kills (Ask for Recommendation Votes)
The Knicks' fiasco wasn't without reason.
Since 2004, Isaiah Thomas has succeeded Redden as team manager
Then Thomas made a drastic overhaul of the team's lineup. A few weeks later, Thomas approached Marbury in Phoenix and asked, "Would you like to come with me to New York." ”
Marbury listened to tears of gratitude, and his childhood dream of one day wearing Nick's shirt was realized.
Marbury and New York first began a honeymoon period, although the record is not very impressive, but the fans are crazy about Marbury's spicy and avant-garde style of play, and Marbury's relationship with owner Dolan is also inextricably linked.
But the next year began to be volatile, with a change of head coach for almost half a year, a change of starting lineup for a week, and trade rumors every day.
In the words of a local New York Post reporter, "The Knicks' roster changes faster than the numbers on the stock card." ”
Then there are the constant losses, the salary structure remains high, but the situation of the team is not shocked, the scolding and boos of the fans, and the criticism of the reporters, which leads to panic within the team, and then intrigue and scattering sand.
Now when Marbury or Thomas shows up on Manhattan Street, there are always Knicks fans who stop their cars, roll down their windows and shout at them, "Stephen, which one of you or Isiah is going to get out of here......
Now the Knicks have David Lee and Crawford in their hands, and they also dream of Stephen Jackson and El Harrington. General manager Thomas called Oakland several times to restart the trade for Al Harrington, but was shunned by the Warriors.
Chris Mullin had another idea in mind, let El Harrington brush the data first, and then wait for the price to sell.
As for the idea of trading Stephen Jackson, Mullin has been persuaded by veteran coach Nelson.
"George needs a teacher."
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After playing the Knicks game, there was no time to rest, and the whole Warriors team boarded the plane again and flew to Boston.
Li Zhi's condition is not very good, continuous running and lack of sleep affect the performance on the court, and the horror of back-to-back may lie in this.
Lack of physical strength, this is the problem that the old coach Nelson is most worried about, not to mention that tomorrow's opponent is still the Celtics, who are now the first in the East.
8 wins and 1 loss.
Before losing their last game to the Magic, the Celtics had won eight in a row.
The whole alliance finally felt the horror of the Celts.
Just how strong are the Celtics this season?
For example, just like Barcelona plays any other team, winning seems to be commonplace.
The Celtic triumvirate can be said to be holding a bad breath.
Garnett and Pierce were scared by their teammates, Ray Allen was purged because of Durant, and the three of them who were a little downcast got together quite a bit of "Lao Tzu has been holding back for so long, and finally there are some reliable teammates, this time I won't beat you one by one".
Aside from the Big Three, the Celtics have a bunch of ruthless characters sitting on the bench, Tony Allen, James Posey, Leon Bowe, PJ Brown, plus the starting Perkins, these guys are all masters who can pull the opponent off the court.
And Rivers kept clamoring next to them, and they all came on the court like chickens, in the words: "Make every corner of the court full of malice." ”
This year's Green Kai gives people such a feeling, everyone is running like mad dogs chasing the enemy all over the field.
Nothing is the same anymore.
The team had just had a terrible season, but everything looked different with Garnett's arrival.
Everyone is working harder defensively, the desire to win is far greater than the last failed season, and fellow stars Ray Allen and Pierce have also been deeply affected and have played some of the best defensive years of their careers.
Defense is the magic weapon of the Celtics, and it is indeed the weakness of the Golden State Warriors.
No one on the outside world was optimistic about the Warriors, but when the game came to the last minute, everyone was dumbfounded.
The whole Warriors team, who used super spicy strips, did not have the slightest fatigue from back-to-back games, as if they had taken a summer break, and they were alive and well on the court.
What is the most popular in the NBA? Epidemic reversal.
Don't think you're going to win the game if you're 20+ ahead.
Today's warriors illustrate this point: basketball is round, and you don't know until the last second that the deer is dead and sleeping.
The message on the basketball court is changing.
With the advantage of home court, the Celtics once led the Warriors by as many as 12 points, and even with the last 3 minutes and 49 seconds left in the fourth quarter, the Celtics still led the Warriors by as many as 10 points at 97-87.
However, in the next 2 minutes and 49 seconds, the Warriors launched a 14-4 attack wave and successfully chased the score to 101 tie.
After a timeout, Garnett missed a hook shot, but grabbed an offensive rebound and made a layup to give the Celtics a two-point lead.
The Warriors' Bitlins also grabbed a rebound from Monta Ellis' missed shot, and the two teams were tied at 103 again.
Since the hot pot incident, Bitlins has communicated significantly more with several big guys on the outside, and has a little more presence in the team, although Bitlins only got 4 points and 4 boards today, but he grabbed this crucial rebound at the last moment.
There are 14.7 seconds left.
After the Celtics timeout, Paul Pierce made a big mistake, his 17-foot shot missed, leaving the Warriors with 2.9 seconds! But in the next offense, Paul Pierce made up for it, blocking Richie's mid-range shot, and the two teams went into overtime.
Going into extra time, the experienced triumvirate came into play. The Celtics launched a 9-4 attack wave, and in the final 1:46, the Celtics led by as many as five points at 112:107.
But in the next 1 minute and 23 seconds, the Celtics fell into a scoring drought, missing 3 consecutive shots, and even Garnett missed two free throws!
Rivers shouted angrily from the sidelines: "We don't score, you don't want to score!" ”
Rivers' curse was in effect, and the Warriors' offense was just as bad, with the same two missed shots.
However, after Byron Davis caused a foul on Perkins, he hit both free throws, and in the final 23 seconds, the Warriors chased 109:112.
After the timeout, Byron Davis steals Rondo and assists Matt Barnes on a 25-foot three-point shot on the left side! The two teams are tied at 112 again!
With 17 seconds left in the final game, the Warriors didn't pause, and Barnes made another contribution that caused Pierce to miss.
The Warriors' last attack, Byron Davis had no choice, directly impacting the basket, but again Garnett's block, but Li Zhi was lucky to grab the rebound in the frontcourt.
Supplementary basket !!
Li Zhi's eyes turned red, and he had already forgotten that the opposite team was Celtic.
It doesn't matter if you're James or Kobe, you're going to kill you, all of you.
"Kill them all!"
But at this moment, a flying hat from Ray Allen fell from the sky.
The Celtics miraculously turned defeat into victory! There was an earth-shattering roar at TD North Shore Gardens.