On March 22, the Knicks returned home to face the Hawks. This is the third game of three games in three days, and in the second game against the Raptors, Li Wei let the main team rest, but they are still in poor condition after their comeback, and they beat the iron to the core!

The Hawks' shooting is also iron, but it is more accurate than the Knicks, so the 34% shooting Hawks beat the 28% Knicks!

On March 23, with a poor 10-17 record, the Knicks began their Western road trip. They will face the Kings on the 24th, the Suns on the 26th, and the Lakers on the 28th.

Throughout the season, the Knicks came to the West like this, and after challenging these three teams, they will never come again.

The Kings hired Rick Adelman as their new head coach this season, acquired super-pick Chris Webber through a trade, selected Jason Williams, a white chocolate who is known for his passing, and signed Divac, a big center in the free agent market after the shutdown.

Overnight, the whole team was reorganized and reborn.

In particular, Webber and Divac, two big men who can pass the ball, are too suitable for the Princeton system invented by assistant coach Pete Carell, and they are simply a breath of fresh air in this era of defense first.

Some people say that the two best-looking teams in the league right now are the Knicks and the Kings. The Knicks play as a playmaker, with all kinds of pick-and-rolls and screens, while the Kings play as a playmaker, focusing on teamwork and passing, and can create all kinds of openings that are dazzling.

However, due to the new roster that needs to be run-in, the Kings have a bad start this season, with a record of 11 wins and 16 losses, and they are difficult brothers with the Knicks.

Is it true that a team that focuses on offense should have poor results?

Can't the league make the game look better?

Many media outlets were upset about the Kings and the Knicks.

Unlike the media, Li Wei knows that if nothing else, this season's Kings will make the playoffs. The supersonic team fell from the clouds after the change of coach, and the Kings rose strongly after the change of coach and reorganization of the lineup, which is the biggest change in the pattern of the West in the previous season.

Now that the Kings, who are currently 11-16, can make the playoffs, Li Wei believes that the Knicks, who are 10-17, also have a good chance. Now the Knicks' rookies are getting better and better, and they are getting more and more comfortable with the team's system!

The most gorgeous matchup between the two teams is also very exciting.

Peja Stojakovic has just reported this season and, like Nowitzki, is starting off the bench, and the Kings' starting small forward is Collis Williams, who scored second only to Richmond last season.

Christie is also absent, the Kings' shooting guard is defensive titan Tariq Abdoul Wahad, and the playmaker position and fancy passing white chocolate are not swapped with Bibi.

However, the soul of the Princeton system is the interior line, especially the center who can pass the ball!

Kings center Divac is definitely one of the best pieces of the puzzle in this system, and he handed out 10 assists throughout the game, stitching the whole team of Kings into an unbreakable whole!

The Kings are very powerful, and the Knicks are not necessarily bad, plus the defensive level of the Kings team is low, so the game has become a head-to-head battle!

The two sides battled fiercely for 48 minutes, and Alan Houston missed a shot in the final minute to give the Knicks a 110-111 loss.

After the game, Li Wei hugged Coach Rick Adelman, the coach of the Kings team, and praised: "Rick, your king is amazing, I am optimistic that you can make the playoffs, and I believe that you will be a top team in the next few years!" ”

Adelman smiled: "It's over, the Knicks are a real potential team, if you are conservative in coaching, you will win this game." ”

Li Weidao: "How can you see it? ”

Adelman said: "Your rookies have been playing for too long, and I even suspect that you are deliberately letting us. But I can tell that your rookies have already been trained, and in the second half of the season, you may be able to do the same miracle as last season! ”

Li Wei said: "Then let's create a miracle together, I am in the east, you are in the west!" ”

Adelman smiled from ear to ear: "How dare I compare with you!" ”

Li Wei said: "Don't be modest, although your losing streak is not as good as mine, you are still better than me in other aspects!" ”

"Hahaha!" Adelman suddenly smiled even more.

At the press conference, Li Wei bluntly stated that his favorite of all the teams in the league is the King, and claimed that Adelman and his coaching staff have the temperament of artists to make basketball so extraordinary.

"Coach Lee, isn't your favorite coach Popovich? When did it become Adelman? A reporter asked.

In the past, Li Wei ranked coaches in the top three, and Pat Riley was fourth, but he died of laughter, so every reporter knows that he admires Popovich.

Li Weidao: "Yes, I like Coach Popovich very much, but that doesn't stop me from admiring Mr. Adelman. Don't you think the Spurs' defense and the Kings' offense are the league's best? These are those two things that the Knicks are lacking right now. ”

So far this season, the teams that have conceded the fewest points per game are the Hawks and the Heat, and then the Spurs, and the Kings rank first in points per game.

The Knicks' defensive effect in the second half of last season was also terrifying, but this season due to the departure of defensive titan Oakley, interior pillar Big Z and others, the newcomers always missed at the beginning of the season, and Garnett, Bo Outlaw and others couldn't make up for it, and the performance could only be said to be average.

In terms of offense, also due to the training of newcomers, the Knicks' overall shooting rate is iron-biased, and they can only rank in the upper reaches of the league, but they are not very top-notch.

But Li Wei believes that in the rest of the season, the team's offense and defense can be greatly improved, and only by improving can the team enter the playoffs!

"Coach Lee, do you think this Kings can make the playoffs?"

Li Weidao: "Although under the existing rules, the offensive teams are at a loss, but I just told Rick that we will not give up, the Knicks and the Kings will enter the playoffs, and we hope that we can qualify in our respective divisions and finally meet in the Finals." Of course, Popovich has a better chance of reaching the finals. ”

"Hahaha!" Journalists laughed.

In fact, although the Knicks like to speed up and play fast at every turn, and there are more routines in positional battles, they are really not an offensive team. They were able to make the playoffs last season thanks to an iron-blooded defense!

Oakley, Ben Wallace, Beau Ottalo and other inside lines, all of them are desperate Saburo, and Garnett, Charlie Ward and others outside are not ambiguous!

In contrast, teams such as the Kings conceding points per game and the Clippers at the bottom this season are really supported by offense!

However, Li Wei still likes to juxtapose himself and the king, so that winning is our offensive magnificence, and losing is their ugly defense!

The audience always loves to attack!

This will make it more popular with the fans!

Sure enough, as soon as Li Wei's remarks came out, the media once again discussed how much the gorgeous offense of the Kings and Knicks suffered under the existing rules, and all experts and reporters felt that they were the oppressed side!