Chapter 109: Road Trip

In the final minutes of the game, Lehi frustrated Richardson on defense and Mike Dunleavy in the background on offense, and the Warriors had no way to take him. Pen × fun × Pavilion www. biquge。 info

In this regard, Marbury was jealous, and the 12-centimeter advantage allowed Lehi to do more.

86:83, although only won by 3 points, but in the final game, the Knicks completely suppressed the opponent.

Lehi is even more powerful than last season, and many teams want to play him in the summer, but Lehi has no idea of changing teams at all.

Decide on a goal and let the agent talk about it, as a player, training to improve the quality is the key.

After the start of a three-game winning streak, the Knicks' road trip began.

Their first destination was Portland, where the Trail Blazers had a dismal season and have been rebuilding this season with a predominantly young player.

Young power forward Zach Randolph is the backbone of their rebuild.

The Knicks regained Antonio Davis' No. 1 spot in this game, but he was fouled three times before he played minutes in the first quarter.

Zach Randolph feels like a physical version of Eddie Curry, with the Knicks switching five defenders in succession, all of which didn't make the slightest difference.

The Knicks relied on the strong firepower from the outside and led in the first half.

But when the outside felt a little worse in the third quarter, the score was turned over, and Zach Randolph was basically unsolvable in this game.

In the final quarter, Lehi scored 10 points and did not change the result, and the Knicks still suffered their first defeat of the season.

In fact, the problem of this game is the same as the previous three games, the Knicks' own attack power is somewhat insufficient, before it was Lehi who could limit the opponent's strongest scoring point, and the Trailblazers' scoring point was not limited by Lehi on the inside, so this situation will occur.

Larry Brown's system is good, he's proven with the Pistons, but a lot of players on the team are struggling to adapt right now.

Like Quentin Richardson, who came in a new trade, he played particularly hard, and he was completely different from being with the Suns.

The same is true for Marbury, Crawford and others, the Knicks relied on outside offense last season, and the offense was often speeded up and singled, and now according to Larry Brown's requirements, even Lehi is a little uncomfortable.

Head coach Larry Brown is also dissatisfied, he thinks that players like the Knicks, Lehi, Marbury, Crawford, Richardson and others, have a system that is extremely suitable for him, as long as they follow his requirements, the Knicks will definitely be better than the Pistons.

Under such circumstances, the Knicks came to Golden State, the second stop of their road trip.

In fact, playing the Warriors is somewhat similar to playing the Trail Blazers, both are difficult to guard against at the position of power forward, the difference is that Murphy is not as strong as Randolph in the Warriors and Randolph, and the Knicks are not so big of a problem if they can't defend it.

At the critical moment of the game, Li Hai assisted in the steal of Murphy, and the one-stop attack was successful, and the Knicks also narrowly defeated the opponent by 3 points again.

The Knicks have problems, but as long as they can win, the problems are minor troubles and not fatal.

On November 13, the Knicks took on the Sacramento Kings on the road.

After Webber's departure, the Kings traded Bunch Wells to replace Christie this summer and signed the Nets' abandoned power forward Sharif Abdul Rahim, showing that the team still looks good, but it's not the flashy team anymore.

The new additions are not suitable for Rick Adelman's set, and the team has also achieved a run-in stage.

At the start of the match, Peja Stojakovic was very uncomfortable with Lehi.

The intense physical confrontation caused problems with Peja's shooting accuracy, and the Kings played hard.

When it was time to rotate, Peja hit two three-pointers while Lehi went down to rest, and with his height, he still had a certain advantage over Matt Barnes.

However, the play of the rotation players is still more dominant than the Knicks.

Channing Frye and Crawford are both full of firepower, regardless of Crawford, Channing Frye's interior line that can shoot is still very advantageous in the offense, and the Kings' interior line can't defend it at all.

Channing Frye was also the Knicks' first rookie to be trusted by the head coach, and he was an interior rookie with an advantage in height, speed and range, and he could play two positions, and his playing time was about the same as that of the main players.

The Kings' offense was not as sharp as it used to be, but the defense was as careless as it was then, and by halftime, the Knicks' lead was in double digits.

Compared with the Knicks' *** change, the main team of the Kings spent more time on the court, and by the second half, Peja's hand was getting better and better.

But even with Peja's good touch, he couldn't keep up with Lehi on the defensive end with his pace, and Lehi went to the basket in quick succession to cause fouls by Brad Miller and Raheem, so that the Kings could never close the score.

At 105:95, the Knicks easily won on the road.

In the East, apart from the Pistons, who have won all the games, they are in second place, which is much better than the start of last season.

In the face of reporters' interviews, the players and coaches were full of confidence, and did not reveal the bitterness that only occurs during training.

The road trip continues, with back-to-back challenges against the Utah Jazz on November 14.

Since the Knicks have been in a 12-man rotation at the beginning of this season, there are no physical problems with the players, even if they are back-to-back, they are not extraordinarily tired.

The Jazz are in a miserable situation right now, with injuries to Kirilenko and Boozer, and the team's starters even have to make up the numbers with undrafted picks.

After the game began, the Jazz offense had no choice but to let center Memet O'Koura fall to the perimeter to shoot, but waited until rookie Deron Williams came off the bench before the team became a little different.

In the third quarter, the Knicks defended the Jazz with only 8 points in the entire quarter, showing strong defensive ability.

"Well, the team's defense is still a bit of a mess right now." Lehi communicated with his teammates during the break, and he was also smiling.

In fact, Lehi was still very worried at the beginning of this season, the original memory of Larry Brown coming to the Knicks became a stain on his coaching career, and now it seems that his existence can change a lot of things.

Being able to help the team build a strong defense has always been Lehi's hope.

Attacking to win games, defending to win championships, squeezing into the playoffs last season, this season he wants to go even further, and his ultimate goal is undoubtedly the title, both for club and country.