464. Knicks
After the All-Star Weekend, Liu Ren invited some NBA acquaintances to get together, and then held an autograph session at the Nike flagship store in New York, and then the Lakers' first game after the All-Star Weekend will begin!
Liu Ren did not leave New York, because the Lakers' first game after the All-Star Weekend was to challenge the New York Knicks on the road!
Liu Ren came to the hotel where the Lakers stayed to gather, and Kobe Bryant had already returned to the team at this time and rented a conference room in the hotel for a team meeting. Pen "Fun" Pavilion www.biquge.info
"Okay, after so many days of rest, everyone should cheer up and face the next half of the season, I won't say anything else, now everyone's goal is very clear, the most important thing for us at this stage is to get at least 73 wins, whatever you don't care about the record is fake, you care a lot, my seat coach cares more than you, our efforts in the past six months are for this goal," D'Antoni was not so official this time, but directly said everyone's voice," But I didn't expect that so many people would be All-Stars this time, and now we will be the target of public criticism. ”
"That's right, I thought my truce would allow us to keep a low profile on the All-Star level, but I didn't expect the league to be so face-saving and give us both absent spots." Kobe Bryant couldn't laugh when he heard that Korver and Green were selected by the league as All-Star benches at the same time because of his truce with Paul.
"Yes, we are in a bad situation now, although we have only lost four of our previous 50 games, but the remaining 30 games are the key!" Green is in charge of speaking as a young player.
This is the league's affirmation of the Lakers' record, and it should be reasonable to be happy, and they were happy at the time, but once this All-Star Weekend is over, it will not be so fun to face the target of all the teams in the league that may be in the league.
Now for a lot of teams, beating the Lakers has become a lot more combative.
Now beating the Lakers is one of the teams that has the potential to snipe the Lakers to break the regular season record, and when the time comes to mention this Lakers team, you will think of the teams that successfully sniped them, just like the 72-win Bulls, when people check the Bulls' 72-win record, they will write which teams beat that invincible team that year.
Now, the Lakers have six players who have been selected to the All-Star Game this year, and other teams beating the Lakers will go down in basketball history if they don't succeed in sniping the Lakers' regular-season winning record plan, but they still beat a team with six All-Stars or even seven All-Stars.
Kobe, D'Antoni, Green, and Gasol began to analyze which opponents the Lakers will face next, how to avoid losing, and which teams can not fight so hard......
The more Liu Ren listened, the more wrong it became, how did this group of people know that it would increase the popularity of others? Now many of the Lakers players have clouds on their faces, obviously worried about the upcoming games.
Liu Ren couldn't help but interrupt: "Hey, is it necessary to be so nervous?" We're not the ones who should be nervous, right? ”
Everyone looked at Liu Ren, who had not spoken before, Liu Ren saw that he had attracted other attention, and continued: "We are the first in the league, we don't have to be nervous, it is the opponent who should be nervous, it is they who are worried about what to do if they meet us, not what to do when we meet them, I think our next opponent is more nervous than us, and they are afraid of being abused by us." It doesn't matter who the opponent is, we just need to win. ”
Although this sounds a little crazy and arrogant, I have to say that it really makes sense!
Kobe Bryant felt that the older he was, the more he was worried, and he smiled: "Indeed, as Liu said, no matter who the opponent is, wouldn't it be good if we won?" ”
"That's right, if we don't win, as long as we keep winning, the record will come in soon?"
"The boss is right!"
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Seeing that Liu Ren's words made his teammates' originally worried mentality relaxed, and they were more motivated, D'Antoni felt that Liu Ren seemed to exude the temperament of a leader......
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On Feb. 21, the Lakers returned to Madison Square Garden after a year.
Madison Square Garden has been raising eyebrows since Stoudemire joined in 2010 and has a reason to cheer for the team.
Although the Knicks played badly in the first half of last season, they suddenly woke up and played an epic counterattack, and the Black Eight went all the way to the Eastern Conference Finals, which was quite like the momentum of Ewing leading the team to the Finals.
This year, the Knicks continue to soar and have reached second place in the East, and if it weren't for the Hawks' dominance in the East, the Knicks would be the best and most consistent team in the regular season in the East this year.
This year, Knicks fans will not be afraid to face any team, they have beaten the Hawks, Cavaliers, Warriors, Rockets, Trail Blazers and many other strong teams.
However, today's opponent is different, and when Knicks fans see that the opponent is the Lakers, Madison Square Garden falls into an eerie silence.
Unlike when the Knicks were still a weak team, they used to cheer for the visiting team, and unlike when they became stronger in the past few years, they began to have the confidence to boo their opponents, they are very quiet now.
Liu Ren came to Madison Square Garden last season and slashed 40+ at halftime to lead the Lakers to slaughter his own team, and the Knicks fans still feel in front of them.
Especially this year, Liu Ren is obviously more brutal than last season, averaging 34.6 points, 8.4 rebounds, 2.6 assists, 2.4 steals and 1.6 blocks per game, as well as more than 70 points in a single game and the super individual ability to beat a team "personally", all of which make Knicks fans dare not boo to provoke him.
Last season, Liu Ren was angered by the Knicks management to have that bloody scene.
Today, Liu Ren's family came to Madison Square Garden again to watch the game, and this time the Knicks management did not have a fever and refused Liu Ren's request for tickets, and they were also afraid!
The game was about to start, and Liu Ren took off his training uniform and went on the field.
The biggest threat to the Lakers from the Knicks is Anthony, Liu Ren's opponent in this game.
Now in the season, the data of the stars has begun to stabilize, except for Westbrook, who is swiping data all the way, and the other people's data should not have changed much.
Liu Ren ranks first in points per game and is the only player in the league to average more than 30 points per game, followed by Harden's 27.8 points per game and Westbrook's 26.5 points per game, although Westbrook's scoring has been rising at a high rate.
The fourth and fifth are James and Anthony, the two strongest scorers in the '03 class, both of whom are averaging 26 points per game.
These five are also all players in the league who are now averaging more than 25 points per game.
In this era of huddles, if you can average 25 points per game, you are super scorers.
Anthony is one of the few leading scorers in the league right now, and his efficiency from the end of last season is key to the Knicks' resurgence.
This year, Liu Ren saw Anthony as an all-star, and he found that Anthony was very different from when he saw him last year.
Anthony is more confident!