The 105-100 win over the Pistons emboldened the Knicks. Pen? Interesting? Pavilion wWw. ｂiquge。 ｉｎfo

The Pistons had six players in double figures, while the Knicks had seven, and Lehi's 16 points, 7 rebounds and 5 assists were not as good as in other games, but this game was the easiest game he played, and it was hard to imagine that the opponent was the team with the best record in the league.

However, they then ran into trouble against the Heat, who are second in the East.

They still have seven players in double figures, but they lost to the Heat, who only have four in double figures, in the end, the Heat and the Pistons are still different, and teams that rely on stars still have to rely on stars to resist.

However, this loss was mainly to Alonzo Mourning, who was already a role player, with 8 blocks, so that the Knicks and other breakthrough masters did not dare to rush into it easily.

Lehi can see clearly that the most threatening opponent for the Knicks is still a team with a strong interior line.

Simply fighting for outside offensive power, the Knicks basically have no opponents, but when they encounter teams with strong interior lines in offense and defense, they still need some solutions.

You need to rely on the team and you can't rely on the team completely, both offensively and defensively.

Lehi pulled Marbury to communicate with Larry Brown a few times, and then talked to the old man alone many times, Larry Brown is also stubborn, Lehi found that it was easy to cause conflict with Marbury, as if the two of them were forcing the coach to change, so Lehi also paid attention later.

For Lehi, Larry Brown is more tolerant, can play team tactics and play the role of a star, and also trains players who respect the coach hard, I believe every coach will like it.

Larry Brown is stubborn, but he has a particularly good player, and he doesn't mind making some changes, and in essence, the tactics are all about winning, and he has been coaching all the time, and he hasn't gotten to the point of eating the old thing.

"Lee, there are too many players with personality in the team, they don't want to pay attention to details but don't know that that's the most important thing, there are some things you can try to do but you can't advocate in the team, and I won't allow it."

"Coach, no problem, I will try to urge them to train according to the coach's rules."

After many exchanges, some trust was also established between Lehi and Larry Brown, the manager needs authority, he needs the respect of the players, for Lehi this is not a problem at all, the Oriental thinking allows him to accept it very well.

Their common pursuit of victory will never change, and Lehi will not pursue the privilege of appearance, but he will only pursue the privilege of victory.

On March 21, the Knicks hosted the Raptors.

The Raptors, Hawks, Bobcats, and the Trail Blazers in the West are all teams that have lost their playoff hopes early, and the team has played more casually, just wanting to complete the rebuild as soon as possible.

The mid-season trades made by the Knicks were all due to fire sales by other teams, thanks to these teams who gave up hope early.

The Raptors didn't have any tactics in this game, just the two-man rotation of Mike James and Chris Bosh, and the other starters were mediocre, and the bench was even less combative.

However, Bosh did reflect the strength of the All-Star, scoring 30+ points to blow up the Knicks' interior line.

But the Knicks scored double-doubles again, and Lehi scored 20+7+7 to lead the team to win the game 111-102.

The next day against the Magic, the Magic unexpectedly allowed Darko Milicic to start in place of Howard, who also performed well, scoring double-doubles and giving four blocks, while Howard also played efficiently off the bench, scoring 23 points in 23 minutes.

The Knicks were not in good shape in this multi-player game and had no choice but to lose.

At this stage of the regular season, some teams are sprinting for playoff qualification, while others are preparing for playoff home qualification.

In the East, the Pistons, Heat, Knicks, Cavaliers, and Nets have relatively strong records, while the Wizards, Pacers, Bulls, Bucks, and 76ers have similar records.

The East is more obvious, the Spurs, Suns, and Mavericks have a record in the first tier, and the Nuggets, Grizzlies, Clippers, Lakers and Kings in the second tier are about the same, and the ones that can have a certain impact on their playoff spots are the Hornets and Jazz.

The Knicks now aim to compete for the top three in the East, as long as they have a higher win rate than the Nets in the same district, while the Cavaliers can only compete for the fourth spot with the team with a lower win rate between the Knicks and the Nets because they are in the same district as the Pistons.

After multiple players scored double-doubles in several consecutive games, Knicks head coach Larry Brown was more superstitious about *** substitution, and often players would be replaced without much form, and the result was a problem.

After losing to the Devils, the Knicks lost to the Grizzlies again at home.

Under the tactical requirements of the head coach, even a few cores could not have enough shooting opportunities to adjust their state, which also made some complaints within the team, after all, this is already a critical time to determine the playoff standings.

Lehi was also worried, so he had to go to the head coach's office again after training.

"Li, you should also see that in those hearty victories, my tactics were not wrong at all."

"Yes, coach, but you can't ask a dozen players to do what you want, even in a college team, it's a few core players to lead, not to mention this is the NBA, you have to give the core players enough playing time and allow them to make mistakes."

"And then just to pursue individual wins, we should take a long-term view."

"Coach, the pursuit of every victory is the essence of competitive sports, besides, we need to win one game at a time to boost confidence, Coach Brown, please tailor the right tactics for us."

Seeing that Lehi's attitude was still very good despite his fierce words, Larry Brown sighed: "It seems that I am too perfectionist, and I am excited to think that I can build an invincible armada, but it seems that I am too anxious." ”

"You're right to come to me now, unlike some players who just shout and let the media spread all over the world, I just like that."

Larry Brown can still listen to Lehi's words, although the coach is very authoritative in the team, but the core players are the guarantee of the ticket, the star players give face, and the coach will also reciprocate.

In the rest of the team's training, some details changed.

This is also a matter of joy and sorrow, if the rotation of players is reduced, the competition within the team will be more intense, but this is also to prepare for the playoffs, and it will be impossible to change at that time. (To be continued.) )