Chapter 94: Battle against Kobe
Pistons starters: Lynch Hunter, Marrick Healy, Grant Hill, Grant Lang, Bison Dele.
The Knicks are still starting Ward, Houston, Garnett, Buck Williams, and Big Z.
Li Wei's coaching idea is the same as on the court, the main force plays half a quarter first, and the offense continues to imitate the 73-win Warriors in the previous life.
However, today's Knicks' hand style is not smooth, the three-point iron is frequently hit, and the Pistons see that the Knicks are iron, so they shrink the defense, so the outside line can't rush in, and the ball is not easy to pass in, so they can only rely on big Z singles.
On the other end, Grant Hill on the other side showed off as a superstar, and neither Garnett nor Bowen could contain him.
After halftime, the Pistons led 66-55, Li Wei scolded Bowen again, and Bruce Bowen continued to walk on the road of blackening.
In the third quarter, Li Wei made adjustments and let Garnett play power forward for a while, because Pistons power forward Grant Lang is not tall, only 2.03 meters, and his body is also thin, only 102 kilograms, Li Wei feels that Garnett can deal with him.
However, Garnett's condition was not very good, only scoring a turnaround jumper, and the defensive end failed to play the role of the inside gate that Li Wei expected, but received three fouls.
By the end of the third quarter, the Pistons were 87-65 with a 22-point lead. Seeing that the matter had come to this, Li Wei arranged for Garnett to practice a few three-pointers, and let Stephen Jackson play a few singles on the court, and the difference reached more than 30 points.
At the final whistle, the Pistons won the game with a score of 116-95, Grant Hill had 37 points, 12 rebounds and 7 assists, and was the first contributor to the Pistons' victory, in addition to their point guard Lynch Hunter also scored 25 points and had five steals.
On the Knicks' side, Big Z scored 13 points and 9 rebounds, Alan Houston shot 4 of 12 and scored only 11 points, Kevin Garnett shot 7 of 20, including 0 of 4 three-pointers, scored 16 points, 8 rebounds and 3 assists, Nash scored 9 points and 2 assists, and Li Wei, who appeared in the last minute, had all the data hanging 0.
In the away game, the main shooting guard was absent due to injury, but still got a big victory, and the whole Pistons team was happy.
Li Wei's brows kept furrowing, but he wasn't too angry.
A large part of the 34-point lead over the Hornets was luck, and this Knicks completely exposed the team's lack of run-in.
In fact, the team with a big lineup has to spend a lot of time running in at the beginning of the season, and even the Big Three Heat in the previous 10 years brought together three MVP-level players, and the opening record was only 9-8.
There are many newcomers in the team, so you have to give time to practice, and it is impossible to reach the sky in one step!
On Nov. 3, the Knicks practiced for a day, and on Nov. 4, they hosted the Boston Celtics.
In this game, the Knicks were leading in the first two quarters, and in the third quarter, Li Wei decisively released the water and sacrificed Garnett's three-point shooting tactics. The hard special hit the iron in a row to level the score, and then Stephen Jackson came out and shot two of eight, and the Celtics overtook the score!
Although Li Wei's bad mind is Sima Zhao's heart, passers-by know it, but after losing a game at home that can obviously be won, Knicks fans still scold non-stop.
On November 6, the Knicks played away against the Suns, and the aunt Johnson, who was traded to the Suns, was very angry, scoring 30 points alone and leading the Suns to slaughter the Knicks.
On November 7, the Knicks faced the Lakers back-to-back.
This year's Lakers are very strong, with O'Neal on the inside and Eddie Jones on the outside, both All-Stars. In addition, there are strong players such as Van Axel and Robert Horry, and there is also a potential sophomore on the bench.
In his previous life, this sophomore was the leader of the golden generation in '96, and he fought with Jordan, Iverson, Maddie, and later with James, Durant, Anthony and others, and completed N more kills, and was admired by the world.
He once started the Lakers treble with O'Neal, and won consecutive championships with Gasol in the 09 and 10 seasons, is one of the greatest stars in the history of the Lakers, and is the hero of Los Angeles!
Speaking of which, everyone must have guessed who he is, yes, he is - Derek Fisher!
Facing the strong Lakers, the Knicks frantically rotated Garnett and Big Z, and then the interior line was chiseled by O'Neal, and the army was defeated.
It is worth mentioning that Li Wei appeared again in garbage time.
He thought he would be playing against Fisher, but he didn't expect another substitute wearing the No. 8 jersey to come over.
Li Wei was overjoyed, and just as he was about to say hello to the substitute, the ball in his hand was gone!
Then this player flies down the fast break and dunks to score!
The Knicks served again, and Li Wei said depressedly: "Hey, your name is Kobe Bryant, right?" It's almost over, don't take it so seriously, let me dribble the ball to the frontcourt! ”
"Okay." Kobe nodded, and then waited for Li Wei to dribble past half court, and immediately stealed!
Then fast break score!
Li Wei, who had accumulated two mistakes, was very angry, and pointed at Kobe Bryant and said, "Is it okay to give some face?" ”
Bryant smiled and didn't answer.
Then the Knicks served, and Li Wei, who received the ball, was stealed by Kobe Bryant for the third time!
Lakers fans burst into laughter in unison, and Kobe Bryant scored on his third fast break!
"How can this be reasonable, Kobe, you wait, I can't spare you!" Li Wei said the next cruel sentence, and then decisively replaced himself with a substitute.
Lakers fans are smiling even more.
This is the end of the first matchup between Li Wei and Kobe. Li had 0 points, 0 rebounds, 0 assists and 3 turnovers, while Kobe Bryant had 10 points, 4 steals, 1 rebound and 1 assist.
Well, before facing Li Wei, Kobe Bryant made one of nine shots and scored only 4 points (Note: In this battle in history, Kobe Bryant played 1 of 9 off the bench and scored only 4 points, and I didn't hack him.) )
On November 8, the first week of the new season passed, and the Atlanta Hawks won all 6 games, ranking first in the league, and the team's Dicambe Mutombo, also known as Uncle Mu, was elected Player of the Week, averaging 16 points, 13 rebounds and 6 blocks per game.
In this era, whether it is the best of the week, the best of the month, or the best rookie, there is no distinction between the east and the west, and there is only one in the whole league. Uncle Mu is the league's best this week.
At the bottom of the standings, the Knicks are slightly inferior to the Nuggets, 76ers, and Kings with a 0-5 record, and are in the bottom of the list along with the 0-5 Golden State Warriors.
"This is really a bad era, I still can't have an advantage after losing five battles, and I will continue to lose!" Li Wei sighed softly.
Knicks fans have also noticed their team's opening five-game losing streak, and it looks like the dwarf head coach has a chance to make history!
At present, the longest opening losing streak in the history of the Knicks is the opening 8 consecutive defeats set in the 85-86 season, as long as he loses three more games, Li Wei will be on a par with a generation of famous coach Hubbie Brown, and jointly lead the opening losing streak in the history of the Knicks!
Can Li Wei lead his team to equal, or even break Hubbie Brown's record?