Chapter 51: The Dismissal of Fisher
It's the last day of January 2016, and the Knicks are hosting the Golden State Warriors, who have suffered a three-game losing streak against the Los Angeles Clippers, Oklahoma City Thunder and Toronto Raptors, all of whom are in the top four teams in the division. Pen | fun | pavilion www. biquge。 info
If at the beginning of the season, each team is still at the beginning of the run-in, the Knicks can still rely on Wang Zhuo's wonderful tactics to win unexpectedly, but in the second half of the season, each team has stabilized, and the strength and goals have gradually become clear, so it is no longer feasible to rely on ingenuity to confuse the opponent.
On January 23, Eastern Conference leaders Cleveland Cavaliers announced the dismissal of head coach David Blatter after being slaughtered by the Golden State Warriors at home.
This also puts Fisher under the biggest pressure since the "Friends Wife", and the Knicks' performance when they are strong and weak is not only a matter of roster depth, but also in the game of the head coach, Fisher's on-court adaptability is very different from the performance of his key big heart when he was a player.
This season's Warriors have a 43-4 record at the halfway point of the season, which is called the strongest team of all time by fans, and even compared with the Bulls led by Jordan in 96, the Warriors are also gearing up to break the Bulls' 72-10 regular season record.
In the face of the imposing Warriors, the Knicks seem powerless, Steve Kerr's strategy, the extreme magnificence of the Death Five, and Stephen Curry's super anti-sky all make this Warriors team look completely impeccable.
Fisher's insistence on playing with Curry was also short-lived, and at the end of the first quarter, the Knicks also took a two-point lead, which also encouraged Fisher and the Knicks as a team.
However, less than 5 minutes into the second quarter, Kerr presented a five-small lineup, Draymond Green and Klay Thompson were powerful, and the offensive end was like a flood breaking through the embankment was unstoppable, especially Green, an all-round power forward, completely replaced Curry, who was not good-touched, and carried the banner of offense and organization.
At the beginning of the game, Wang Zhuo did not agree with Fisher's defensive strategy, even if Curry is guarded, the Warriors have too many strong points, the east is not bright and the west is not bright, there will always be someone who stands up as a hero of adversity, and once there is a bond to connect these strong points, it can be said that the Warriors will be unstoppable.
There is no doubt that Draymond Green plays this role, bringing the organizational forward invented and created by Nelson Sr. to the fullest, and the defensive tactics advocated by Wang Zhuo are to squeeze Green, so that Jerry Grant can defend Curry alone, and stick to it, even if he can't completely prevent Curry, it doesn't matter.
In this way, the Warriors' passing ball will inevitably be affected, and no matter how many offensive strengths they have, they can only play alone and cannot become an unbreakable whole, so it is conceivable which of a group of players who can shoot by feeling alone is more threatening than a flawless and impeccable team.
Of course, this does not mean that the Knicks will be able to prevent the Warriors, after all, the gap in hard power is too big, and talent is a factor that can never be ignored in basketball.
Throughout the game, the Warriors' three-point shot was like a storm over the Madison Square Garden arena, and the Knicks players looked lifeless, and even the usually enthusiastic audience fell into a deathly silence because of this naked slaughter.
The collapse of the defensive end implicates the weakness of the offensive end, and all kinds of iron and mistakes make the Knicks' fast break like a frightened fawn, with no rules at all, Anthony has once again become a lone hero, finishing the offense again and again with his individual ability, and his two fists are hard to beat with four hands, not to mention the Warriors who are extremely attacking.
The game entered garbage time early, Curry clocked out in the third quarter, and Fisher had no choice but to completely remove the main players at the beginning of the fourth quarter and replace them with pure substitute players who barely survived the whole game.
But that wasn't the end of the nightmare, as the Knicks lost to the Boston Celtics at home, the Detroit Pistons at home, the Memphis Grizzlies at home, and the Denver Nuggets at home, adding to the previous three-game losing streak for the longest eight-game losing streak of the season.
The previous five consecutive defeats were all strong teams, and it was understandable that they couldn't steal the victory, but they still couldn't win in the face of weaker teams, which made the Knicks' management and fans completely intolerable, and for a while the sound of Fisher's dismissal was endless.
And with the Knicks' home victory over the Phoenix Suns, ending a humiliating eight-game losing streak, China's lunar calendar time came to December 29, that is, Chinese New Year's Eve, Wang Zhuo received a call from Lin Yao, inviting him to spend Chinese New Year's Eve together.
When Wang Zhuo stepped into Lin Yao's door, he found a middle-aged man in his 50s sitting in the house, and after Lin Yao's introduction, it was his father Lin Tianze.
Lin Tianze looked at Wang Zhuo carefully and didn't find anything special about Wang Zhuo, but he felt that since he was someone Lin Yao liked, he must have something special, and he didn't ask too much about Wang Zhuo, but just chatted with Wang Zhuo about basketball, Lin Tianze said that he was a fan of the Chicago Bulls and liked Michael Jordan.
Wang Zhuo thought about it and it was normal, who had not experienced the period of youth, Lin Tianze's period was the era when Michael Jordan dominated the world, he felt that Lin Tianze was quite kind, his face was as white as a crown of jade, he often smiled, his casual clothes did not have a sense of seriousness, and his tone was very polite when he spoke.
Not long after, Lin Yao brought out a few plates of hand-made dumplings from the kitchen, filled with pork and green onions, which tasted pretty good, and had Wang Zhuo's cooking style, because this was taught by Wang Zhuo.
"It's been a long time since I've eaten Yaoyao's cooking, I didn't expect my cooking skills to become so good!"
After Lin Tianze tasted it, he couldn't help but praise it.
"Dad, I learned from Wang Zhuo, he is a master of cooking, you can come back when you have time, and you can taste his cooking skills when the time comes!"
Lin Yao was very smart and directly credited Wang Zhuo's head.
"Honestly, since when did Dad stop being the most important man in your mind?"
Lin Yao's behavior of sticking gold on Wang Zhuo's face made Lin Tianze a little jealous.
However, he understood that he was busy with work and had no time to take care of Lin Yao, and he felt guilty, and now that Lin Yao had a heart, he could be regarded as having someone to take care of him on his behalf.
Lin Tianze's words made Lin Yao a little embarrassed, but Wang Zhuo was speechless the whole time, not knowing how to deal with this sudden prospective father-in-law.
After Lin Tianze drove away after eating, Wang Zhuo knew that it was Lin Tianze who offered to meet Wang Zhuo and help her daughter check it, but Lin Tianze didn't say anything before leaving.
The next day, on the day of the Spring Festival, Wang Zhuo came to the Madison Square Garden Arena and learned that the head coach of the Knicks, Fisher, was fired because the media hyped up the scandal of "Friends Wife", and the Knicks had a head coach with an inappropriate private life.