The Knicks' battle with the SuperSonics was very miserable, mainly because Li Wei was too badly defended by Gary Payton.

Gary Payton is known as the glove, and you can understand how good his defense is from this nickname alone, and when you meet him, you will feel like you are wearing a glove, whether it is dribbling, passing or shooting, you will be awkward to go home.

In the '95-96 season, Gary Payton was named the best defensive player, the first point guard in the league to be selected as the best defensive player, and Sidney Monccliffe was the best defensive player in the two seasons, playing as a scoring guard.

Some fans may not know Sidney Moncliffe, when the NBA first began to select the best defensive player, he was the first two winners, and by the way, his coach at the time was Nelson Sr.

Unexpectedly, Nelson Sr. also had the best defensive player on his team, and Nelson Sr. was an iron-blooded coach who advocated defense at the time.

Many people think that offensive coaches don't understand defense, and defensive coaches don't understand offense, which is actually very wrong. If you can't understand other people's attacks, you can't come up with a defensive system that can really defend against others, and if you don't know how to defend, it will be difficult to lead the team to play a smooth attack and break through the opponent's defense.

Offense and defense are two sides of the same coin, and you can't learn just one or the other. It's like in athletics, some people may be good at running 400 meters, and some people are good at running 800 meters, but you say that athletes who run 400 meters in the Olympics don't know how to run 800 meters, and they need an amateur team to teach them how to breathe and how to walk, that's so funny.

It's not that 400-meter athletes don't know how to run 800 meters, but they can't run the 800 meters that others specialize in, or they put their energy on the 400-meter training and don't have time to manage the 800 meters.

Payton was not only voted the best defensive player in the 95-96 season, but also second in the best defensive player awards in the 96-97 and 97-98 seasons, and Alonzo Mourning was selected as the new best defensive player last season, and the SuperSonics did not make the playoffs, but Payton still ranked third in the best defensive player selection.

As for the best defensive team, not to mention, Payton still doesn't know what the second defense is, and has always been a member of the first defense.

In front of Peyton, Li Wei played awkwardly, as if he was wearing gloves. But he still insisted on playing because the Knicks' coaching staff decided that he shouldn't back down when he got into trouble!

In the last minute of the game, Li Wei hit a key shot, and when he turned around, Brent Barry missed a jumper on Li Wei's head!

This is the result of Li Wei's defense, although he can't catch others, he interferes with small movements.

In the next round, Li Wei sent an assist, and Garnett blew up!

The Knicks won this hard!

"Well done, I knew you could do it!" Byron Scott was the first to come over and give Li Wei a high-five after the game.

"It's so dangerous, I won't dare to fight the last moment next time." Li Wei said with palpitations.

"Haha, don't be modest, you should play, you've already led the team to win!" Jeff Hornacek Road.

In the assistant coach of the SuperSonics, Brandon Malone also came over and hugged Li Wei. He was a defensive assistant coach for the Knicks a pre-season and helped Li Wei and the Knicks a lot, only to be poached by the SuperSonics last season.

"David, I really didn't expect your ball skills to be so good now!" Brandon Malone said.

"Haha, I'm just a data brush, and the outside world is saying that our team's internal contradictions are very deep!" Li Wei chuckled.

The day after the Knicks' victory over the SuperSonics, the All-Star voting results came in. Vince Carter is still the vote king, leading the way, and Garnett narrowly surpassed Grant Hill to become the second place in the vote of the Eastern Conference Forward, and qualified to start!

Grant Hill fans smashed their glasses!

They can't imagine that the idol who beat Jordan in the past is now not even qualified to start as an All-Star!

As the so-called back waves of the Yangtze River push the front waves, Hill's defeat can only be attributed to the fact that the team's record is not as good as the Knicks, and his style of play is not as good as Carter's!

In the position of Eastern defender, Iverson took the lead, and Houston overtook Eddie Jones, the All-Star starter in the previous life, to become another starter!

The center forward still gets the most votes, Alonzo Mourning!

Western forwards, Duncan took the lead, Scottie Pippen narrowly beat Chris Webb and became the second starter, and Kidd beat Kobe Bryant in the guard position!

The starting five Tigers in the West are: O'Neal, Duncan, Pippen, Kidd, Kobe!

The rules of the All-Stars during this period were that fans chose the starters, coaches chose substitutes, and the coaches of each team could not choose their own players when voting.

Li Wei quickly sent his ballot, and his seven substitutes were: guards: Eddie Jones, Reggie Miller, forwards: Grant Hill, Charles Oakley, center Antonio Davis, optional: Ray Allen, Glenn Robinson.

It can be seen from Li Wei's vote that he prefers to watch the game between the Raptors and the Bucks, but Ray Allen, who entered the All-Star in his previous life, was not elected in the end in this life, and the reason is that Garnett is now coming to the East, and he has to squeeze out one of the Eastern All-Stars in his previous life, and Ray Allen is that tragic figure.

Allen's teammate Glenn Robinson was elected, because in the first half of this season, Robinson's data was slightly better than Ray Allen, with Big Dog averaging 22.5 points, 6 rebounds, 1 steal and 0.7 blocks per game, while Ray Allen was 21 points, 4 rebounds, 1.2 steals and 0.2 blocks.

In addition, Li Wei's favored Raptors' two interior players were also not selected. The seven All-Star benches in the East are: Guards: Eddie Jones, Reggie Miller, Jerry Starkhouse, Forwards: Grant Hill, Dale Davis, Glenn Robinson, and center Dicambe Mutombo.

In the West, Pippen's votes in the previous life were actually the third in the Western Forward, and he missed the start, and the coaches did not choose him as a substitute, and finally failed to participate in this All-Star. However, in this life, Garnett is no longer in the West, Pippen has become the starter, and Ewing is also in the West, and he has not been seriously injured, and the data is good, so the All-Star Stockton in the previous life has become a tragic figure who has been squeezed out in this life.

The seven substitutes in the West are: Guards: Gary Payton, Michael Finley, Forwards: Rasheed Wallace, Chris Webb, Karl Malone, centers David Robinson, Patrick Ewing.

The Knicks, who are No. 1 in the East, the Pacers at No. 2, the Pistons at No. 6, the Lakers at No. 1 in the West, the Trail Blazers at No. 2, and the Spurs at No. 5 all have two All-Star players, one from each of the other top eight teams. The two teams have relatively poor records and are still selected as All-Stars, one is Uncle Mu and the other is Finley.

In fact, the Mavericks can't be said to be bad, now ninth in the West, Finley averages 22.4 points, 7 rebounds and 6 assists per game, which is really amazing, and there is nothing wrong with being selected. The Eagles are really bad, but the four centers are all in the west, and the centers in the east are not too dazzling, and the coaches pondered for a long time, but they still felt that Uncle Mu was the most suitable.