Chapter 268: Maddie and Nowitzki each set a new career high

Player of the Month is Iverson and Coach of the Month is Jerry Sloan.

The Jazz are 11-2 this month, first in the league, and Sloan's best coach is also unshakeable.

The Knicks' 3-10 start was not great, but it wasn't the worst. The Hornets are 2-9, the Nets are 2-10 and the Clippers are a miserable 0-12. Having just won the 98-year champion, they don't seem to have lost their enterprising spirit and are ready to win another champion.

March was a fascinating month, and on the first day of the month, the Knicks faced the Cleveland Cavaliers back-to-back.

Sean Kemp, the star retained by the Cavaliers with a 100 million yuan contract last year, became a fat man during the shutdown and his power was greatly reduced, and the Knicks still won a big victory although they rested Nowitzki, Maddie and others.

On March 2, the Knicks traveled to Miami to face the Heat.

Three games in three days, too pitiful, and the opponent is the Heat!

After the collapse of the lavish Bull Dynasty, the east became a two-sided pattern. Needless to say, it's Larry Bird's Pacers and Pat Riley's Heat. Further down are the traditional powerhouse Hawks, the newly rising 76ers, and the Pistons, who were squeezed into the lottery last season and are back on their feet this season.

At present, the Heat and Pacers are competing for the top spot in the East, which is very fierce, and Li Wei saw that the players were tired and decisively made a big rotation.

The starting center of the Knicks in this game was veteran Herb Williams, and Rashad Lewis, the patron saint of the water cooler, played an unprecedented 30 minutes, and even he couldn't believe it.

With the cooperation of Li Wei, the Heat won a big win at home!

On March 5, the Knicks lost to the Bucks, on March 7, the Knicks beat the Nets at home, and on March 9, the Knicks lost to the Bucks at home.

On March 11, just before the Knicks and Wizards game began, a big trade happened.

Marbury wanted to come to New York, the Knicks didn't take over, a river away, and the Nets, who had a bad record, were tempted. Their chips are the main point guard Sam Cassel and future draft picks!

The Timberwolves don't like Sam Cassel, but they love the Nets' draft picks. This year's Nets are terrible, and this draft pick may be the top pick!

So, after several discussions, a three-way deal was reached.

Sam Cassel and '97 first-round pick Paul Grant and others went to the Bucks, the Bucks sent their star point guard Terrell Brandon and others, and the Timberwolves got star point guard Brandon, as well as a valuable Nets future draft pick, and a '96 first-round potential rookie.

Brandon is a very good player, but unfortunately he has been stuck with injuries in the past two years and has not been able to play as well as he should. Now that Kassel has arrived, plus Ray Allen and Glenn Robinson, the three Musketeers of the Bucks are officially formed!

Under the leadership of George Carr, this team will definitely go further!

On the other hand, the Nets' general manager and head coach, generation coach John Calipari, is also very happy, and he hopes that Marbury's arrival can save the team. Unfortunately, on the 11th, Marbury's deal was made, and on the 15th, Calipari was fired by the Nets owner.

It's just a matter of leading the team to bad results, and he sold the team's future draft picks in a transaction that could have been robbed, which is unbearable!

Did you know that this draft pick could be the top pick?

Having worked for the 76ers and Wizards for many years, the experienced John Nash has stepped in as the new general manager of the Nets!

Don Casey, the first assistant coach of the Nets, who entered the NBA coaching circle in 82 and served as an assistant coach on many teams such as the Bulls, Clippers, and Celtics, was corrected and became the new head coach of the Nets!

When New Jersey was turned upside down, the Knicks, across the river, were still tepidly training their newcomers.

Against the Wizards, Maddy, who came off the bench, played a wonderful performance, scoring a career-high 23 points on 10-of-11 shooting to help the team win.

Last season with the Raptors, his highest score was 22 points, and now he has 23 points, which is indeed a career high.

On March 12, the Knicks rested again in back-to-back games and lost to the Bulls, the most rookie defending champion in history.

On March 14, the Knicks host the Hornets.

Last season, the top three teams in the East were the Bulls, Pacers, and Heat, followed by the Hornets and Hawks. This season, the Hornets have been unexpectedly miserable.

The two major center forwards Divac and Matt Geiger expired their contracts and were poached by other teams, which goes without saying that at the beginning of the season, their big boss Glenn Rice suffered an elbow injury and was unable to play, and the second leader Anthony Mason suffered a tendon tear and was reimbursed for the season!

Although they caught a big fish in the free agent market, the '90 top pick Derek Coleman, it still didn't help!

After a 4-11 start, coach Dave Cowens became the scapegoat and was fired.

Team leader Glenn Rice was also uneasy, clamoring for the team to trade him.

The Hornets also want to sell Glenn Rice, but you're so injured that you can't even play, so how can we sell it?

Just as Glen Rice was recovering from injury, the Hornets finally sold him, and the person who took him over was the Lakers.

Kobe Bryant killed off the Lakers' bench last season and certainly can't come off the bench this season, but what if their starting point guard Eddie Jones is also an All-Star?

Lakers coach Del Harris had no choice but to let one of the two play small forward, but no matter which of the two played small forward, the effect was not very good.

After a terrible 6-6 start, the Lakers owner, who was already unhappy with Del Harris, fired him. Then they wanted to hire a Zen master, but the Zen master still refused to leave the mountain, so they had to let assistant coach Kurt Rambis take over as the coach temporarily.

At this time, the Hornets listed their big man, All-Star small forward Glenn Rice. Jerry West sees that our two All-Star guards can't squeeze together, isn't it just a small forward?

So the Lakers sent Eddie Jones and a backup center with a salary to get super small forward Glenn Rice!

"The Lakers earned it again!" Quite a few people think so.

Although Eddie Jones is an All-Star, Glenn Rice is stronger, and has been named to the league's best team in the past two seasons, including an average of 26.8 points per game in the 96-97 season, and only Jordan and Carl Malone are above him in the league, even O'Neal is slightly inferior!

After the shotgun is replaced, who else in the world can stop the Lakers?

The Hornets got Eddie Jones here, and it was also a shock, and the team finally had someone available!

However, their lineup is still in the run-in, and this game was beaten by Li Wei, and the Knicks won big!

On March 15, the Knicks traveled to Milwaukee to face the Bucks, who had three musketeers, back-to-back. Li Wei rested the four main forces of Da Yao, Garnett, Houston, and Charlie Ward, and the Knicks, who were almost all substitutes, defeated the Bucks!

The audience in Milwaukee was amazed, and the Knicks were really on the bench? How does it look so much more ferocious than the main force?

It can't be helped, several of the Knicks' benches today are very brave, Nowitzki scored a career-high 18 points, Maddy scored a career-high 22 points, and Nash handed out 13 assists!

When everybody has exploded, it's hard not to win!

On March 16, the Knicks returned home to face the Clippers, who were the bottom of the league.

The Clippers have had a lot of ambitions this season, starting with a 17-game losing streak, and if it hadn't been for their inexplicable victory over the Kings a week ago, they would have almost broken Li Wei's record!

With a win to build upon, they don't have to worry about losing later, and before coming to New York, they lost three in a row!

It was an unlucky three-day three-game game for the Knicks. Fortunately, in the last game, several main players were rested, and today they returned to the court, and after the big victory over the champion, they still have no limit to the Clippers!