In the 99-00 season in the previous life, the best coach in November was Trail Blazers coach Mike Dunleavy, and the Knicks' record in the league was the first, so the best coach award in November was awarded to Li Wei.

This is the second time Li Wei has won the Coach of the Month award, the last time he was named Coach of the Month was last season, and he has won the Coach of the Month two times in a row, regardless of the offseason.

On December 2, the Knicks traveled to Milwaukee and won away against the Milwaukee Bucks.

Although the Knicks won, on the court, Cassel once again beat Li Wei. The only consolation is that Li Wei also stole Kassel twice, barely saving a little face.

On December 4, the Knicks took on the New Jersey Nets on the road.

The Knicks playing the Nets away from home are actually not away at all, most of the audience are Knicks fans, and only a few support the Nets.

Of course, there is a team that is even more miserable than the Nets, and that is the Clippers.

This year, the Clippers and Lakers use the same home court, and when the two teams play each other, do you think you can hear the voices of Clippers fans on the sidelines?

It's simply impossible!

Maybe 20 years later, there will be a new generation of Clippers fans, but this era is still provincial, the Clippers play the Lakers' home court, which is even more tragic than the away game!

Throughout the '90s, the New Jersey Nets made the playoffs three times, two of them during Chuck Daley's two years and the third time in the '97-98 season, when a generation of coach John Calipari led them to another first-round tour.

Last season, Calipari was fired after trading to Marbury, and to make matters worse, in April, Jason Williams, the Nets' All-Star center who was second only to Rodman in rebounds the previous season, was injured in a collision with Marbury in a game against the Hawks!

The next day, Williams underwent surgery that ended his entire career, with a steel plate and five screws driven into his injured leg!

This season, without Jason Williams on the lineup, the Nets had to put Jim McIlwain in the starting lineup.

McIlwain is a 2-round pick in '94, 2.16 meters tall, and has played as a starter for two seasons with the SuperSonics, but he is not very capable, and George Carr likes to play small ball, so even if he is a starter, he doesn't have much playing time, just let him top up when the team needs a meat shield.

In the past two years, McIlva has been riddled with injuries and has been in worse shape, and it has been difficult to support the inside line of the Nets!

Of course, without looking at the center, the rest of the Nets are still good.

Their power forward is the '97 No. 1 pick, Bird's successor Keith Van Horne, the small forward is last season's steal king, defensive stalwart Kendall Gill, and the shooting guard is the No. 8 pick of the '96 Golden Generation, who is also excellent defensively Corey Kidders.

Finally, the Nets' organizational guard is a generation of Tianjiao, the first basketball superstar ever to get a Chinese green card in his previous life, Stephen Marbury.

As a son of New York, Stephen Marbury always held back his energy when he met the Knicks, because he felt that the Knicks were the most suitable team for him, the mecca of world basketball, and Madison Square Garden should have been his home stadium!

But last season, the Timberwolves were looking for a trade, and the Knicks were not interested!

Is there any mistake, my dignified son of New York went back to New York, and the team was traded, and you weren't interested?

Of course, the Nets did spend a lot of money in order to get Marbury, they not only let the Timberwolves get an All-Star point guard, but also sent a high pick!

But if the Knicks really want to get Marbury, they can send Charlie Ward + Maddy + Nash plus two potential stars or draft picks, which may not be worse than the Nets' chips, what is the reason for you to ignore it?

Marbury felt insulted, and what made him even more unbearable was that the Knicks didn't want him, but gave his former teammate Garnett a 100 million dollar contract!

Although the Nets also gave Marbury a contract with a maximum salary, the amount of his contract was only a little more than half of Garnett's!

The gap is too big, he is not convinced!

"The Knicks' management actually thinks Garnett is better than me, is it tolerable, I want to prove myself, blow up the Knicks, and make them realize their mistakes!"

With the intention of proving himself, Marbury played fiercely at the beginning and scored again and again!

The scores of the Nets and the Knicks are also rising alternately, and they don't give in to each other!

Nets head coach Don Casey was the head coach of Temple University in the 70s, an NCAA school. He was an assistant coach with the Bulls in the '80s, coached the Clippers in '89, and was an assistant coach with the Celtics from '90-'96.

Seeing Marbury so violent, Don Cassie frowned slightly. When it was timeout, he reminded in a low voice: "Stephen, save some strength, pass the ball more, the Knicks coach may be on the court in a while, and it's not too late for you to play hard then!" ”

Marbury snorted lightly and said disappreciatively: "Even if Li Wei plays, he will definitely not dare to defend against me, even if he guards against me, I am not afraid, no matter how tired I am, I can beat him!" ”

Don Cassie shook his head and said nothing more.

He also knows that not being able to go to the Knicks is a thorn in Marbury's heart, and since that's the case, let him go!

Li Wei played for a while at the end of the first quarter and the beginning of the second quarter, but was heavily defended by Marbury and failed to get any data.

In the second half of the third quarter, Li Wei saw that Nash was a little tired, so he played again!

At this time, the big score was 72:70, the Knicks led by 2 points, Marbury only had a total of two minutes of rest in front of him, 10 of 14 shots, two of which were three-pointers, in addition to 8 free throws, one person scored 30 points!

"You're going to defend Harris?" Hornacek saw Li Wei on the field and asked softly.

Rucios Harris, who is 1.96 meters tall and weighs 86 kilograms, was a second-round pick in '93 and a backup point guard for the Nets, who was on the court at this time. Compared with Marbury, Harris's ability is not too strong, and he is not the main scoring point of the Nets, so it is more suitable to be handed over to Li Wei.

Li Wei glanced at Harris, shook his head and said, "Don't be busy, I'll try to prevent Commissar Ma first!" ”

Hornacek was stunned: "What is Commissar Ma?" ”

"Haha!" Li Wei smiled lightly.

As an American, Hornacek certainly didn't understand the Chinese moniker, let alone Marbury's influence in China.

"I mean, I'll guard against Marbury first, and if it doesn't work, I'll replace you!" Li Weidao.

"Oh." Hornacek nodded.

Since Li Wei wants to challenge and defend Marbury, he won't get involved, with his old legs, it is quite difficult to defend Marbury, who doesn't want to be a little easier?

Marbury was very surprised when he saw Li Wei coming to the right place, and then laughed and said, "Haha, Coach Li, are you here to abuse you?" ”

Li Wei shook his head and said, "No, I'm here to defend!" ”