Chapter Thirty-Six: Putting the "Refrigerator" in Class
Leaving Toronto, the Knicks rushed to Time Warner Center, home of the Charlotte Hornets, and after the fatigue of the long journey and back-to-back physical exertion, the Knicks finally lost Charlotte and did not steal a victory on the home court of Old Jordan. Pen, fun, pavilion www. biquge。 info
Jeremy Lin came off the bench and shot 7-of-11 from the field, while picking up four rebounds, three assists and three steals.
During the game, Jeremy Lin kept looking at the Knicks' bench, obviously not knowing when the Knicks' management had a Chinese assistant coach, after the game, Wang Zhuo stepped forward and hugged and shook hands with Jeremy Lin.
The Knicks' devil's schedule is not over, after Charlotte swallowed the loss, they returned to the home court to face the Cleveland Cavaliers again, leading all the way in the first three quarters, and suddenly fell into a scoring drought in the fourth quarter, and finally led by LeBron James, the Cavaliers completed the comeback against the Knicks.
It is undeniable that the Cavaliers played a Finals-level defense in the fourth quarter, and in the face of such defense, the Knicks, who have not experienced the Finals for a long time, are at a loss, although the Cavaliers' offense is also without bright spots, but they know the true meaning of defense: It doesn't matter if I score low, as long as I limit you lower, then I am the winner!
Obviously, with the current situation of the Knicks team, it is impossible to play such a level of defense, although defense is an attitude, but talent cannot be ignored, and the talent of this Knicks team in defense is almost negligible, which is also the fundamental reason why Wang Zhuo insists on playing run and bomb.
To a certain extent, offense can make up for defensive shortcomings, so some people say that offense is the toughest defense, and I can't stop you from scoring, but I want to do everything I can to score more points than you, so the victory is still mine.
After just one day at the Madison Square Garden arena, the Knicks headed to the Toyota Center, home of the Houston Rockets in Texas, where they will compete fiercely against the team known as the Chinese home team.
The post-Yao Mai era of modernity led the Rockets to the Western Conference Finals in a surprise last season, and this summer, Rockets general manager Darryl Morey signed All-Star point guard Ty Lawson in hopes that the Rockets can go far in the new season.
It's just that I didn't expect the bad chemistry to make this team deep in the quagmire at the beginning of the season, and the contradictions between James Harden and Dwight Howard gradually surfaced, even the team's head coach Kevin McHale was not spared.
McHale, the head coach of the Houston Rockets nicknamed "refrigerator" by Chinese fans, is diametrically opposed to the life trajectory of the Zen master, and the great success of his playing days did not make him make a difference in the position of head coach, although last season's Western Conference semifinals fell behind 1:3, he won by surprise, overturned the Los Angeles Clippers, and advanced to the Western Conference finals, but this did not bring him much praise.
Unable to manage the relationship between the team's big-name stars, and his coaching ability is often criticized, he has now signed Lawson in a big way, hoping to make a difference this season, but the dismal results at the beginning of the season are far from ideal, so McHale has been pushed to the forefront.
The NBA is a business field, and no one sympathizes with you because you are doing badly, but will pour another handful of salt on your wounds, and the wall will be pushed down by everyone, and it is not only applicable in China.
Wang Zhuo stepped into the Toyota Center with bright red style as the main body, and his heart swelled with infinite emotion: once this space city was the infinite hope of many Chinese fans, the giant known as the "Great Wall of China" and the top small forward with great talent and ecstasy.
Yao Ming's gloomy retirement did not make the Chinese fans' Rockets plot completely disappear, after a few seasons, Morey traded the Thunder's super sixth man James Harden, and personally helped the team's boss, leading the Rockets to rejoin the ranks of the playoff team, and then successfully lobbied Dwight Howard to join the Lakers.
In this game, due to Howard's absence due to injury, the Rockets' interior line looks weak, basketball is a bully sport, which link you are weak, but this may become the key to the opponent to attack you, this is a very basic basketball philosophy.
Therefore, this game does not need to be commanded by Wang Zhuo at all, it is destined to be the inside line to control the direction of the whole game, and the facts have completely proved that Porzingis ushered in the first spring since joining the Knicks, playing the best data ever, 8 of 12 shots, 2 of 3 three-point shots, 6 of 6 free throws, and slashing an efficient 24 points at the same time, grabbed 14 basketballs, and sent an incredible 7 blocks, almost single-handedly dominating the interior.
With Porzingis' crazy performance on the inside, his teammates were also happy, especially the team's star Carmelo Anthony, who only played 25 minutes and handed in a 5-of-10 shot, which also gave Porzingis more opportunities to perform.
On the other hand, James Harden, the star of the Rockets, in addition to a dismal shooting rate of 8-of-20, was also covered by Porzingis for 4 layups, and his famous eye defense also made Afraro ask for a performance.
NBA games are sometimes so simple and crude, and the Knicks finally took the disheartened Houston Rockets team after two consecutive losses and got back on the winning track.
When leaving the Toyota Center, Wang Zhuo looked back at the No. 13 jersey floating in the sky above the stadium, and after being full of emotion, he left without looking back, and since then, there is no place worth his nostalgia in this place.
Just as the Knicks rushed back to the Madison Square Garden arena, ESPN broke the breaking news that the head coach of the Rockets, Kevin McHale, was officially fired by the team's management after the Rockets lost to the Knicks.
However, what everyone didn't expect was that as the first head coach to be sacked in the new season, McHale's firing incident was just the beginning, which instantly triggered a frenzy of the team's head coach dismissal in the 2015-2016 season, which also shocked the hearts of those who were restless in the head coach's seat.