Chapter 203: What needs to be shown
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After a relatively easy end to three consecutive road games, the Knicks returned to their home court to meet the Indiana Pacers. The Pacers really had too many changes this summer to let Brad go? Miller, let his cultivated Foster officially take the position, plus the further maturity of O'Neal Jr. and Artest, and get the addition of Celtics veteran Kenny Anderson, especially Rick, who was still with the Pistons last season? Carlisle.
Under the premise that the Pacers have made so many additions and decreases in the summer, Carlisle still put such a somewhat changed Pacers, in the beginning of the season, with an excellent record of seven games and two losses, and brought the team into the second place in the East, which is already a remarkable achievement.
The first is, of course, the Knicks, who are now winning all eight games and leading the league, but this game is an extremely difficult back-to-back consecutive away games for the Pacers players, and although the Knicks are also back-to-back, they are in New York, facing the Nets, one of the top pick contenders.
Although the refreshed Knicks were entangled with the Pacers at the beginning, they were gradually pulled away by the main team of the Knicks in good physical condition at the end of the third quarter.
Carlisle watched with a wry smile as his team failed in Maddison again, but it wasn't a headache for him, but it was the first time that Carlisle had new worries about the team's playoff journey as he watched Bosh defend well under O'Neal Jr.'s offense.
Then the Knicks, who started a normal home game, cleaned up the Celtics who were in rebuilding in the third quarter on November 17, and the Celtics traded for Moonbeck gave up early under Yao Ming's strong interior attack. This past all-star who called the wind and rain at the supersonic speed has long lost the style of the past.
Pierce is also completely out of attack under Hill's defense, and I'm afraid he is also slowly adjusting to the run-in with new teams and new players.
Of course, Yao Ming, who played in this game, is just that the team has a plan to increase his excitement in the game, because the Knicks will next face the Los Angeles Lakers away challenge.
And the Knicks are also actively working for the best start in team history, and the Knicks, who have won ten in a row, have indeed caused an incredible whirlwind in the league. And the Lakers, who are aiming to win the championship this season, will certainly not give up this all-out test trip to the Knicks.
In this game, Malone deliberately came out of the physiotherapy room to watch the game in the Knicks' home court. Jackson looked at his players very seriously and silently from the beginning.
Malone's original choice should actually be the Lakers, but the information given to him by Mill gave him a sense of joining the Knicks first to see if it was true, because the information showed that the Lakers' infighting had reached a certain critical point, and Mill's description of everything he had on the Lakers also made Malone want to see if this was true.
The Lakers, who have failed to win two championships in a row, are already at a critical point, and it is an inevitable fact that the Lakers management must establish the core, but O'Neal's toe injury is also a point that the Lakers are very worried about.
But something is strange to the Lakers. Kobe Bryant didn't have too many disagreements with O'Neal in his words this season, but he changed a lot in his playing style, and he no longer meant to take O'Neal as the absolute core.
This is also a normal phenomenon, you must know that O'Neal has played less than 60 regular season games for three consecutive seasons, and O'Neal's increasing weight has also made Lakers management complain a lot about him.
Increasing body weight, O'Neal's regular season appearances with the Lakers, and the impact of injuries for a long time...... In fact, when playing against the Spurs last season, although O'Neal was affected by injuries. However, discerning people also see the fact that O'Neal's dominance has declined, especially when defending the pick-and-roll. All of this has cast a shadow over the Lakers' journey to the championship.
However, the Lakers executives led by Jackson still want to continue to build the team around O'Neal, but it is a little strange that after the Lakers management got Payton again this summer, there were no other powerful stars to join, and even the Lakers let go of their championship heroes Horry and Walker.
Although Wang Zhizhi has made great progress in the Lakers, he has begun to organize the team according to Jackson's requirements. Distanced teammates, but the Lakers seemed to be veterans in the summer, putting Russell, Horris? Grant didn't do anything else after he found it.
No one thinks that Wang Zhizhi can have the same role as the peak Horry, and Wang Zhizhi's most fundamental role in the Lakers is to replace O'Neal. As a center partnered with Kobe, he has tonnage, range, and a variety of offensive methods.
But it's still the same old saying, the Lakers with O'Neal and Kobe Bryant are definitely not a weak team, they are definitely a team that has the potential to win the championship.
Gong Feng thought about what Mill said to them, and looked at Payton who was rejuvenated in his eyes, so that Gong Feng would not think that a hopeless team would make Payton rejuvenated.
This game is very difficult for the Knicks, although Yao Ming can compete with O'Neal to a certain extent, but the Knicks' outside line does not have much room to play, Payton and Kobe's joint active defense is a nightmare for all outside players in the league, but Hill still seems comfortable in the face of Devin George's defense, which is also a big reason why the Knicks can maintain the game.
However, the Knicks' defense is very good, and Thibodeau's defensive system has also completely shown its due power at this moment, and for the Lakers, who lack outside three-point points, Wang Zhizhi's three-point has become a little worth cherishing.
"Bosh is a little timid under Wang Zhizhi's defense, O'Neill is one of the few centers who can have a significant impact on Yao Ming when he is serious, and in the case of Europe and the United States can't open the inside line, the outside play will be severely limited." After seeing this situation, Thibodeau first said to Gong Feng.
"We have a lot of tools that we haven't used, but we are not in a hurry to use them, what we need now is stability, so that the outside world has a new understanding of our resilience!"
After hearing this sentence, D'Antoni looked at Thibodeau and nodded very agreeably, and once again felt that the style he brought to the team had not changed anything, it turned out that everything he brought was just a corner, and the re-entry did not involve the core part of the Knicks, thinking of this, D'Antoni had made a decision in his heart.
At the end of the game, the Knicks, who had not changed in the slightest, finally lost the first game at home, the first game of the new season.
But what Mill wants to show to Malone on the bench has also been presented, and the Knicks need Malone as the core to add a sharp weapon to the overall situation.
And what about the Lakers? Malone is now in the Lakers team, I am afraid that it is more necessary to grab rebounds and do a good job of defense, in other words, Malone will undoubtedly become a player with thighs when he arrives at the Lakers.
Hugging his thighs for the regular season MVP, the creator of many records in the league, and the league's famous tough guy, always needs more mental endurance and more grievances in the right identity.
The Knicks were actively restricted, and they only lost by four points in the end, and Bosh only shot three out of ten in this game, scoring 6 points and 5 rebounds.
Thinking of this, Malone already smiled, and then he watched all the members of the Lakers team leave the court with their heads bowed very tired, although they lost the game, they cheered each other up off the court, and watched the Knicks players lower their heads and reluctant to speak, but they still clenched the fist tightly in their hands......
Ma Long, who has been in the alliance for many years, has already made a new judgment and a new decision in his proud heart...... And these are what Mir, Gong Feng, and Hill want to show Malone after a small meeting.
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