The Knicks, who lost to the Mavericks, won the game against the Bucks after a day off and, in a lot of anticipation, in many anticipatory circumstances. It was a boring game that set the tone from the first quarter, and Jay who came off the bench led the second team to a 20-6 scoring spurt. A Bucks that lack consistent scoring, lack a solid defense, and can't even enter the Eastern Conference playoffs can't interfere with the Knicks in the slightest.

Then on the road, the Mavericks will face a challenge from the Rockets.

The Rockets, who got Randolph in the summer, have undergone drastic changes this season, and Francis has signed a multi-year big contract with the Rockets, and Kevin, who continued to play in the 02-03 season because of Camby's injury? Cato, after Camby was traded, was also recognized as the main position.

Plus the strength veteran Jim? With the addition of Jackson, the two leading guard combinations are at their best athletic age, and Randolph's 17+10 performance in the new season, the Rockets are now a team with a high probability of entering the playoffs.

It's a pity that this Rockets team is still a playoff team with too poor bench ability, if the main force of the Rockets is the level of the second round of the West, then the overall level of their bench is mostly the level of the American Development League.

In the time when the main team is on the court, he can still compete with the Knicks, but in the second half of the third quarter to the first half of the fourth quarter, he suddenly stretched from 6 points behind to 15 points, and then lost the suspense of this game.

Although Jeff? Van Gundy's team should be a resilient team, but Van Gundy's changes to the current Rockets team are just the beginning. And a team that is mainly defensive. In this game, it was the offense to compete with the Knicks. It's a different kind of irony.

However, with the current players of the Rockets, it is also a dream for the Rockets to use defense to limit the Knicks.

After winning the game against the Rockets, the Knicks defeated the Magic, who lost Rivers and became a little chaotic due to the injuries of some key players, defeated Marbury's SuperSonics, outperformed the Bulls, who were still in the process of rebuilding, and easily cleaned up the Raptors who did not play due to Carter's injury. Then, on the road, he easily defeated the Rockets who were slow-paced but the defenders were still running with him.

And that's not all, after the win on the road against the Hawks, and the victory over the Heat, who were rested due to Wade's injury, of course, after a relatively easy nine-game winning streak, the Knicks will meet the next tough opponent and face the challenge of the San Antonio Spurs at home.

The Knicks' small-ball lineup has also evolved through continuous victories, and it has also been strengthened in the games against various teams. Find your own rhythm for the Knicks. The rest of the team this season, and the environment it was in, gave the Knicks a very good chance. This gave the Knicks a chance to develop rapidly in the midst of the Great Reform.

The current NBA league is generally a bit 'weakened', and there seem to be only four or five teams that can compete for the championship, and this is because of the big trade between the Nets and the Mavericks, and because of the 'unexpected' rise of the Knicks and Suns.

The NBA in the 03-04 season was generally dominated by absolute defense, and the contrast between the strong and weak teams was not very obvious in the regular season, and it became very natural for the weak team to beat the strong team in the regular season, and the strong team lost to the weak team became not so unforgivable.

Of course, the contrast between the playoffs and non-playoff teams is still very obvious, but this obviousness depends on the time of a season to accumulate.

The current NBA believes in defending to win championships and win games, and big men who can stand in the box and can defend are very popular, and players who can score steadily in the box are even more popular.

In the past, the Mavericks of the old Nelson certainly became an outlier in such an environment, but with a variety of offense, the Mavericks' fans are also increasing rapidly.

The Timberwolves relied on the offense of the 'three-headed monster', relied on Garnett's defense, and relied on the individual ability of some players to get the honor of shocking the entire league in December, because the offensive ability of these three teams is something that other teams can't really defend.

In the current league, the final result of 70 to 80 points has become very common, and such a score has also created the Timberwolves, as long as three of them perform well, basically the team can get about 95 points, which makes some teams with only 90 points in scoring ability how to win with the Timberwolves?

A team that can score more than 20 points or more in this season, aside from the Suns and Knicks, is already good to have four playoff teams in the entire league.

The Knicks are the first in the East and even the league, and the Pacers, who are second in the East and third in the league, are conceding an average of 85 points per game, while they can only score 91 points.

Maddy, who is now averaging 28 points per game, but his team is now at the bottom of the league, and the second most scoring per game is 24.2 points per game.

That's not a big deal, Reed is only 21.4 points in 10th place, can you imagine that such a score can be ranked 10th in the scoring list?

In the current defense-oriented environment, of course, having an absolute single core can't win the final championship, but the Spurs, who have an absolutely stable core, and only have some role players who can only be regarded as highly functional, can rely on Duncan's stable 20+10+4 to get the third place in the West, which also knows the attitude of the teams in the league towards defense.

In such an environment, it would be a strange thing if the Knicks and the Suns were not hot in the league, and the results were the most important aspect, but these two small-ball offenses with magnanimity could continue to win, which is the most important thing.

Especially the Knicks, the current Knicks average 101.6 points per game, and the team that concedes 94.8 points per game is the first in the league. This is more than the Suns' results to attract the attention of fans.

By change. The Knicks' crowd has also made great strides in the numbers. Gong Feng's stats have now become 15.8+12.4, and in addition to the fact that Nash can pose a threat to him, Gong Feng may be crowned the single-season assist king again.

Hill's 13.5+9.8+9.8 stats, although the score is a slight decline, is due to the reduction in positional offense, but this is infinitely close to the record of a triple-double per game average this season, and Hill's triple-doubles have now reached 10.

Allen is now averaging 18.6+5.3+5.4 per game, and Yao Ming's is 16.6+9.7. Bosh 10.3+7.3, Battier 7+6+2, Gerrard 7+8, Jay 11+5+5, Kort 7+8.

While all the players have a slight statistical sacrifice, the Knicks as a whole are scaring all teams that want to win a championship. Because the Knicks have at least three people who have the strength of averaging 20+ per game, and even can make their shooting rate as high as more than 50% 20+, not to mention Ma Long, the former MVP has not yet joined the Knicks' system.

The Knicks are on the All-Star ballot in progress. It occupies a position in the east that is very envied by all teams, Gong Feng. Yao Ming, Hill and Allen are definitely selected, but whether these four can all enter the starting lineup is not a certain thing.

This has to leave some teams salivating on some of the Knicks' players, and before the game against the Spurs, Mill heard a rumor that the team that will be rebuilding in Charlotte has set its sights on the current Knicks.

"How sure are you in this matter!" When Mill heard some of these rumors, he immediately found one of the Knicks' spokesmen in the league.

"It's a reality that everyone knows that the league wants to build its thirtieth team, but we haven't figured out how to select players with enough strength and NBA strength to play in this newly established team."

"That's what I'm worried about, and you know how enviable the Knicks' bench is right now? Without further ado, I want you to do whatever it takes to get all the information about the newly established team this time, how much does it cost, and I will naturally remit it to your account immediately if you open your mouth now. ”

"I know, I'll do it carefully, wait a minute, I'll answer the phone first...... It's the president's phone, and the president wants to talk to you, Mir! ”

"President? President of the Alliance? Looking at the obviously panicked look of the person in front of him, Mill frowned, but immediately took the phone.

"Hello, Mir! It seems like the first time you and I have talked on the phone, right? ”

After waving his hand to let the person in front of him leave, Mill stood in front of the floor-to-ceiling window, looked at the busy figures in New York in front of him, and then said: "President, I don't dare to trouble you in those small things, and I am afraid that I have caused you a lot of trouble in the first two seasons, and my little nephew really doesn't have the courage to greet you." ”

"Hehe, you, nicknamed 'crazy', will be so polite, this is what I didn't expect at first, I thought that last season's champion signing would allow you to take the initiative to call and communicate with me, who knew that you gave me a very big surprise in the middle of last season, and this season brought the Knicks to the absolute first place in the league, to say something that will make you proud, you will cause trouble like this, I am not too much at all!"

"My father always said that whoever leaves the current league can't leave you, without you, there would be no current league, let alone the current results of our Knicks, it is the negligence of the younger generations during this time, and they should take the initiative to visit you."

"In the future, we will spend more time with each other, and we are in the same city again, so there will be many such opportunities in the future."

"The juniors remember!"

"Listening to your voice at the beginning, was it very surprising for me to talk to me? Well, now that you've regained your composure, the Dolan family has another figure to be a man of power! ”

"The president has won the award, but it is really your words at the beginning that give the juniors the power of relaxation, so there is no joke!"

"Haha, it's so easy to talk to you, if you're not your general manager, my position as vice president here is yours, Mir, do you have this idea?"

"I'm afraid of my father, I'm afraid of the Knicks fans, I'm afraid of my players chasing me behind my back." Mill replied 'honestly'. (To be continued.) )