Chapter 216: Change of Opponent

After the all-star phased voting came out, it caused heated discussions in the media. Pen ~ fun ~ pavilion www.biquge.info

Lehi received a very large number of votes, and it is likely that he will become the second foreign vote king after Yao Ming.

Not only did Li Hai and Yao Ming get more votes, but their teammates also got a lot of votes, which made many so-called patriots in the United States shout that it was unfair, and even some retired players stood up and said that it was time to disqualify fans from voting, and they were not professional.

"It's all bias, we're the defending champions, we're the best team in the East, doesn't that prove our quality, shut up the crooked guys, and anyone is welcome to come up to the court and challenge me at any time."

Unlike Yao Ming's humor, Lehi walked the hegemonic line, and although this remark caused many people to be dissatisfied, he didn't care at all.

His remarks were also echoed by his team-mates, with Marbury saying: "The fans like us, the fans all over the world like us, and it's a great feeling that they're willing to pay to watch us play and support us in all sorts of ways, and it's all because we're playing well. ”

"I'm a beneficiary, but I have a clear conscience and we're open to any adjustments." Francis also said in a high-profile manner.

He was already familiar with this kind of thing, so he also understood that his own strength was fundamental.

On January 19, the Knicks returned to their home court to play against the Nets, a team in the same district.

There is no change in the Nets' personnel this season, or Kidd, Carter, Jefferson's trident plus the inside, and the results are okay, but the injury season reimbursement of Kostic, who has made great progress this season, has cast a shadow on the future of the Nets.

The Nets have lost their interior and other problems have flare-up, that is, Carter and Kidd are slowly losing their dominance of the game because they are not young.

Last season, they had the strength to compete with the Knicks for the top spot in the division, but this season they can barely stay in the top eight in the East.

However, against the Knicks, the Nets still showed passion.

Kidd also had a good hand when he came up, hitting straight three-pointers and leading the team to play a good match, giving both Carter and Jefferson a chance to score.

Kostic was not there, and the Knicks wanted to start from the inside, but Eddie Curry didn't know if he was angry with Lehi or what's going on, and he was surprisingly poor and was unexpectedly out of the game by Jason Collins, a role player who was put in the starting line by the Nets because of Kostic's injury.

The Knicks, like the Nets, had to put their offense on the perimeter.

Compared with the offensive power of the outside, the Knicks will only be better than the Nets, but the style is a little different, after all, they do not have a playmaker like Kidd.

After Eddie Curry went down, Lehi still scored six points in a row to catch up with the score behind.

When it was time to rotate, the Nets' bench Eddie House suddenly broke out, hitting consecutive three-pointers, but Crawford was not feeling good and was overtaken by the opponent to lead to 10 points.

Crawford has been relatively stable this season, but it has been a little fluctuating recently, and it is estimated that he is also a little concerned about the All-Star thing, the team has won the championship, and it is normal for players to think of All-Star debut.

Lehi is also secretly calculating, he must work harder to play the game well, and only if the team achieves indisputable results, there will be more teammates who can go to the All-Star.

After he came on the court, he couldn't say anything, just go directly to the intensity, prevent Jefferson from the opposite position, and then make a decisive move on offense.

Lehi scored 15 points in the first half to close the score at 53:54 at halftime.

"Win games, win more games, and show everybody that all of our Knicks players are the best." In the locker room, Lehi was also moved.

Marbury was a little dissatisfied with the situation in the first half, "In the second half, we played well, but the opponent was not evenly matched. ”

Such words made Eddie Curry a little unhappy, and he was simply talking about him.

In the second half, Lehi led by example against Jefferson again, while Francis's defense against Carter was also successful, and the opponent also strengthened the defense, and it was not so easy for anyone to score.

Seeing this situation, Lehi went to the low post to force Jefferson to create opportunities for his teammates.

In the case of strengthened defense, it depends on the ability of the players on both sides, and the Knicks are obviously superior in this regard, so at the end of the third quarter, the Knicks overtook the score and led 76-74.

At the beginning of the fourth quarter, the Nets also remembered the intensity, but there was still a bit of a gap in the strength of the players, and Crawford was not giving the opposing bench a chance.

After all the main players played, Lehi, Marbury and Francis continuously attacked the inside, and beat the Nets, who were already few insiders, to another inside, and all the advantages fell to the Knicks.

When the Nets were struggling, Lehi and Marbury hit back-to-back three-pointers to give each other a heavy blow and extend the lead to double digits.

Carter's feeling in this game is just average, in order to recover the score, he can only choose to impact the inside, but under the defense of the Knicks, Carter, who is no longer at the peak, is just average.

Time slowly passed, and the Nets found that it was getting harder and harder for them to chase points, and their fighting spirit was gradually lost.

In the last few minutes of the fourth quarter, the score between the two sides was flat, and the Nets had lost the determination to recover the score.

Seeing that the opponent in the same district was no longer as brave as it used to be, Lehi was also a little embarrassed.

In the league, this kind of thing is very normal, and if the team does not become strong, it can only be surpassed.

The Knicks won 106-94, while Lehi had a double-double of 34 points and 10 rebounds.

On January 20, the Knicks went to the road to challenge the Pacers.

The Pacers just closed a trade with the Warriors, with the Pacers sending Al Harrington, Stephen Jackson, Sarunas Jasikovie Hughes and Josh Powell for Ecke Diogu, Mike Dunleavy, Keith McRiod and Troy Murphy.

The Pacers sent away a bunch of players who were in constant trouble off the court and got the good boys of Dunleavy and Murphy.

This is a bit of a surprise and a sign that the Pacers are about to rebuild.

After the trade, the Pacers may not have changed in offense, and the team has become more controllable, but the combat power has weakened, especially in defense, Stephen Jackson, although he has caused a little trouble before, is still offensive and defensive on the court.

In this new lineup, the Knicks are playing handy, Danny Granger, who has re-become the starter, but he can't limit Lehi, and Dunleavy can't stop the Knicks' backcourt breakthrough at all. (To be continued.) )