Boykins listened to Dennis Johnson and immediately understood that he was being tricked.

But what could he do?

Most of the fringe players in the NBA are so precarious!

"Mr. Johnson, you don't need to say it, I understand!"

Bowen saw Boikins leave lonely and felt a sense of kinship.

He knows that this re-employment will not be easy, and if he doesn't work hard, he will be the same as Boykins next time. He has just experienced being laid off, but he doesn't want to be laid off again!

"This time I'm going to have to stand up for the Knicks and be the best defensive player!" He said to himself.

On Feb. 19, the Knicks host their old friend, the Pacers under Larry Bird.

In this game, Rick Schmitz was absent due to injury, and Li Wei took advantage of the home advantage to win the game.

Since entering February, the Knicks have won 7 in a row!

On the 21st, the Knicks defeated the Clippers and won 8 in a row!

On the 23rd, the winning streak came to an end, and the team lost to the Raptors!

On the 25th, the Knicks defeated the Suns, on the 27th, the Knicks defeated the 76ers, and on the 28th, in back-to-back away games, Li Wei took a break from Garnett, and the team suffered a heavy defeat to the Eastern giants Heat.

This is the end of February.

The top scorer of the month is Vince Carter, who actually averaged 30 points per game on 50 percent shooting, but the Raptors have a bad record this month, only 6 wins and 6 losses, and they are also overtaken by the 76ers on the leaderboard, so Carter's Player of the Month is out of play.

The team with the best record this month is the Lakers, 12-1, O'Neal averaged 28 points, 13 rebounds and 4.6 assists per game, and was elected Player of the Month, and Phil Jackson was named Coach of the Month!

Allen Brand was named Rookie of the Month and averaged 20.5 points, 8.6 rebounds and 1.4 blocks per game, the highest among any rookie.

Li Wei took advantage of Nash's absence this month to frantically brush up on the data, and all the data exploded, but none of the experts from all walks of life were optimistic about him, and they were all criticizing his defense for hurting the team.

Fortunately, there are more strongmen in the team, and Li Wei is not too backward even if he is a defensive scumbag.

In the standings, the Knicks are now 42-13, surpassed by the 46-11 Lakers and the 45-12 Trail Blazers, but still overtake the Indiana Pacers, first in the East and third in the league.

At the beginning of March, the Knicks played a six-game winning streak, and on the 13th, in the Knicks' home game against the Spurs, Nash returned.

Before the game, the media speculated that Coach Li played so well, will Nash be reduced to a substitute after his comeback?

Facts have proved that the media is overconcerned, Li Wei didn't play the main force when Nash was away, and Nash is back, and Li Wei is even more unlikely to rob it.

Jeff Hornacek regained his position as a substitute and the injured Nash made his debut!

Nash, who had just returned to the team, did not find his form, the Spurs played very well, and the Knicks lost miserably at home.

The Knicks vs. Spurs have high ratings on the village women's station, but the ratings of the next one are not low, that is, the Knicks vs. Rockets!

On March 14, the Knicks sat at home and welcomed the challenge of the Houston Rockets. Dameng Olajuwang is back from injury, and the domestic audience can finally see the long-awaited Yao Meng showdown!

Olajuwon is the greatest center of the 90s and the greatest player in the history of the Rockets.

If you don't know what dominance is, look no further than Olajuwon in the '93-94 season. That season he won the regular season MVP, Defensive Player of the Year, and Finals MVP (FMVP)!

If you can also win MVP, Best Defensive Player, and FMVP at the same time, then you can also be called dominant!

Everyone knows that Mutombo's blocks are great, but Uncle Mu is only ranked second on the NBA all-time block list, and the first place is Olajuwon!

Of course, in the era of Chamberlain and Russell, the NBA did not count blocks, and Abdul-Jabbar did not count blocks in the first four seasons of the NBA, otherwise they could compete with Olajuwon!

At the beginning of the game, Da Yao and Olajuwon jumped the ball in the middle circle, and Da Yao easily hooked the ball to the Knicks!

In the 3rd minute of the first quarter, Da Yao stood up to Olajuwon's defense and easily hooked his hand to score!

In the 6th minute of the first quarter, Olajuwangshi showed fantastic dance steps, but Da Yao did not shake and calmly took the ball cap down!

There was a round of applause!

At the end of the game, the score was fixed at 105:111, and the Knicks won!

Da Yao shot 6 of 10 and scored 14 points and 7 rebounds, which is not amazing, it can only be said to be decent, but Olajuwon shot 0 of 9 under the defense of Da Yao and Nesterovich, and only relied on free throws to score 4 points!

"Olajuwon is old after all, and the big injury some time ago had a great impact on him." Mike Brin commented.

Walter Fraser said: "Maybe he'll need a while to find his form!" ”

On March 17, the Knicks defeated the Hornets on the road, and on March 19, they returned to their home court to face the Lakers.

Since losing to the Spurs in early February, the Lakers have gone from strength to strength to a 19-game winning streak that was only ended by the Wizards three days ago.

The game between the Knicks and the Lakers was naturally highly anticipated, and countless domestic viewers stayed in front of the TV to watch Yao Shark!

Li Wei really wants to win this game, but it's a pity that O'Neal is very competitive today!

Last year, he ate a big hat from Li Wei, and he was hatted by Da Yao several times, and he had to get it back!

Although the Knicks signed Gates Joseph to Da Yao and Ouchi as a sparring partner in the summer, a monster like O'Neal, such a once-in-a-century wizard, is far from being able to prevent it after there is a sparring partner in the team!

When Ao Fat gets serious, no one can completely prevent him, let alone the peerless handsome Phil Jackson by his side this year!

Yes, O'Neal shot 18 of 31 and scored 43 points, Kobe Bryant also scored 24 points, and what made Li Wei speechless was that Kobe Bryant played bench time today, staring at him to the death, and only scored 2 points!

The Lakers win!

After the game, O'Neal was interviewed and proudly said that the Knicks were not our opponents. Talking about the Knicks' Yao and Li Wei, O'Neal said that he had recently been learning Chinese, and then imitated the sounds of some animals, which caused reporters to burst into laughter.

A reporter from the New York Times asked, "Shaquille, Coach Lee has always said that the Lakers and the Knicks are archenemies, what do you think?" ”

O'Neal said: "I think this kind of thing should wait for the double-digit championship flag to be raised at Maddie Square Garden. Now only the Celtics can be the Lakers' arch-enemy, and only the Lakers can be the Celtics' arch-enemy! ”

O'Neill's "Chinese" has sparked frenzied criticism in China, and some Chinese in the United States are also very dissatisfied, believing that he is racist.

Da Yao was very angry, but in an interview with reporters, he said: "Chinese is very difficult to learn, and I have studied it for many years. I think O'Neill is just joking, but this kind of joke is not acceptable to most Asians, and it is not easy for two different cultures to understand each other, which makes me think that it is very important to deepen the understanding of other countries' cultures. ”

Li Wei is not as polite as Da Yao, his habit is that when others scold him, he will scold him back.

In the face of an interview with reporters, he said: "O'Neill didn't eat a hat today, and he doesn't know what his surname is, he needs to take a big hat to calm down!" ”