On December 20, the Knicks sat at home to face the Charlotte Hornets.

Eddie Jones, who transferred to the Hornets, has become more and more courageous this season, averaging 20+ points per game, and has become a superstar, and Anthony Mason, the super defensive titan who was reimbursed last season, is now back from injury, and is still an iron gate, which is daunting, in addition, the team also has the talented Coleman, David Wesley, who was born in the draft, and other powerful factions!

In order to win, the Hornets coach even pressed this year's Tanhua Show, talented point guard Byron Davis, on the bench, because this guy who participated in the draft in his sophomore year is not very strong!

In later generations, the sophomore players who participated in the draft were considered powerful, and most of the popular rookies participated in the draft in their freshman year. But in this era, there are many people who play in the NBA after college, Byron Davis is very talented, but he is only a sophomore player, and compared with the veteran David Wesley, he still lacks experience, so he can only play as a substitute.

Next to Byron Davis sat another substitute on the team, undrafted Brad Miller.

Brad Miller was not favored before, but last season the Hornets were short of people, Miller got a lot of training time, and his level has also improved significantly, and more importantly, he is very young and has room to grow, and many scouts have set their eyes on him!

The tough Hornets and the Knicks played an overtime, and in the end, the Knicks won hard.

On December 22, the Knicks continued to sit at home against the Toronto Raptors.

Before the game, of course, it was the championship ring awarding ceremony, and today the most grassroots FMVP in the history of the ring leader, Stephen Jackson!

A veteran of the Knicks for many years, Charles Oakley, who is now the patron saint of the Raptors' interior line, is also here.

When talking about Oakley, Li Wei said: "I owe Oakley a ring! ”

Oakley laughed, "The Bulls owe me six!" ”

If the Bulls hadn't traded Oakley to New York, it might have been Oakley who had accompanied Jordan to six championships, not Grant or Rodman, and in a sense, Oakley might have been right.

Vince Carter, the Rookie of the Year of '98, performed bravely today, scoring 36 points alone, in addition, the Raptors traded Jonathan Bender, a talented high school student and known as the second Garnett, for the Pacers' strong interior Antonio Davis this summer.

Jonathan Bender is a talent, but he needs time to grow up just out of high school, and the Raptors are too short to develop him, and they need to improve the team's record on the fly to attract fans and open up the basketball market in Toronto!

As we all know, the reason why the Pacers are a super strong team is because of the balance between the inside and outside. Needless to say, Reggie Miller and others on the outside line, they are guarded by Rick Schmitz and two Davis in turn!

Schmitz's offensive ability is strong, but in defense, because he is too tall and not fast, the top defense is okay, and the help defense is not very timely. But the two Davises, who were really black and hard, guarded the Pacers' interior line tightly.

Now, Antonio Davis has come to the Raptors and formed a solid interior barrier with the evil guy Charles Oakley, and anyone who sees it will be terrified!

However, the Raptors are strong, and the Knicks are not weak!

Garnett scored 25 points, 10 rebounds and 3 assists today, Houston 18 points, Nowitzki 16 points!

At the last minute of the game, Maddie faced her cousin's defense and threw a quasi-lore!

Maddie and Carter are distant cousins, both Floridans, and very close to Orlando, which is why they both chose to go to the Magic later.

After Maddie hit the quasi-lore, the brave Carter hit the iron under the defense of his cousin!

With a score of 101:100, the Knicks once again defended their home court!

23-4!

Behind the Knicks, the 22-5 Lakers have replaced the Trail Blazers as the new No. 2 in the league. After entering December, Phil Jackson's team has completed the run-in, and the more they fight, the more courageous!

The Trail Blazers are 19-7 and third in the league, while the Spurs and Heat are tied for fourth place with 19-8 losses!

December 25 is the most important holiday of the year for Americans - Christmas.

In such a grand festival, watching an NBA game is undoubtedly a very enjoyable thing, and the NBA also knows that the people are on holiday today, so they will deliberately arrange two very heavyweight games.

That's right, the NBA in this era will only arrange two games on Christmas, and there is no more, and usually, these two games must be the kind of attention that tens of thousands of people pay attention to, so they are called Christmas wars!

When it comes to the Christmas war, it is impossible not to mention the New York Knicks, the NBA began to engage in Christmas wars as early as 1947 when it was first formed. Of the six teams that participated in the Christmas War at that time, only the Knicks did not go bankrupt and continue to this day.

Since then, due to being in the largest ball market in the United States, in order to increase revenue, the NBA has arranged for the Knicks to participate in the Christmas game almost every year to attract fans in the New York area.

In the 60s, the Knicks were not very strong, and beating the Knicks on Christmas became the favorite thing for other overtime teams. For example, in the 1961 Christmas game, the Syracuse Nation beat the Knicks by 62 points.

The Christmas Wars were really packaged as a branding in the late '70s and early '80s. At that time, the NBA annexed the ABA, had a broad market prospect, and began to lay out the entire North American region, and the Christmas war also became a major selling point of the NBA.

The first Christmas War fixture to be set up was the New York Derby. Since '79, the NBA has scheduled the New York derby Christmas game for the Nets to play the Knicks in five out of six consecutive seasons — and that's certainly the New York area market.

Starting in '83, the NBA reduced the number of games in the Christmas game to 2 because the fewer games, the more likely they were to be watched. The first to pair up with the New York derby was the Lakers vs. Trail Blazers, two playoff opponents a year ago.

In '85, the league suspended the New York derby and replaced it with the Knicks vs. Celtics, who were in full swing at the time, and were the champions last season, and it was the most popular to play against the Knicks. In '86, the Knicks certainly continued to play the leading role, and this time their opponent was the Bulls of the league's new popular king Michael Jordan!

After entering the 90s, due to the increasing weight of TV broadcasts, the protagonist of the Christmas game gradually changed from the Knicks to the Bulls with a better record, and the Knicks no longer had to work overtime every year. 00 years after the previous life, because the Knicks have become a big sludge, more and more people want to see the Knicks being hanged.

However, even if the attendance rate is getting lower and lower, in the first 70 years of the NBA (and its predecessor), the Knicks still played 50 Christmas games, and they are worthy of the name "King of Christmas Overtime"!

This year's Christmas, of course, the Knicks have to work overtime, and the league has arranged for them to play against the Indiana Pacers in the Eastern Conference Finals last year!

Another focus battle, overtime is last year's overall runner-up Spurs and Phil Jackson's Lakers!

The two focus battles were very eye-catching, and the Knicks also rushed to Indianapolis early in order to play this high-profile focus battle.

But the team worked overtime, but Li Wei did not work overtime, and when the whole team rushed to Indiana, Li Wei was sitting at home and spending Christmas with his family.

Chinese generally don't pay attention to Christmas, and Li Wei is no different, but now he is not alone in his family. Margaret, Ivanka, Sylvia and others all value the holiday, and he stays at home to take care of everyone.

"Byron, I'm watching you live in front of the TV, play hard, don't let the fans in New York down!" Li Wei said on the phone.

The Knicks' head assistant coach, Byron Scott, was speechless.

This Christmas battle is watched by everyone, if you win, it's okay, but if you lose, you will have to take the blame!

But what could he say? can only say that they will command this game well.

Rao was Scott's clever work, and the Knicks lost to the Pacers in the end.

In fact, these two teams are strong teams, and it is not surprising who wins or loses, the league has set its home court in Indiana, and the intention is obvious - since the Knicks won last season, this Christmas war, it will be boring to let the Knicks win again, or try to let the Pacers win!

The referees also understand these truths, so the whistle is definitely biased in favor of the Pacers, and it will be difficult for the Knicks to win this away game!

The other big game was no surprise, the Spurs, who eliminated the Lakers last year, lost to the Lakers at Staples Arena!

The Knicks lost and the Lakers won, which also caused another result, that is, both teams had a record of 23 wins and 5 losses, tied for the first place in the league!