Madison Garden Plaza, it is located in one of the largest train stations in the United States on the Pennsylvania Station, many tourists who come to New York by train, the first thing they see is the 126-year-old Madison Square Garden, which is the face of New York.

Madison Square Garden is actually the name of four arenas in New York City, the first two of which were located in Madison Square, hence the name Madison Square Garden. The third arena was built at the junction of 50th Street and Eighth Avenue, and the fourth was located at 33rd Street and Seventh Avenue, which no longer had anything to do with Madison Square, but the memory of "Madison Square Garden" was so deep that the third and fourth buildings that were built later still bear this name. The square is dedicated to the memory of James, the father of the U.S. Constitution? Madison.

The fourth-generation Madison Garden Plaza is a large white cylindrical building on the corner of 8th and 33rd Streets.

The gymnasium is fully equipped and is one of the largest in the league.

Playing here is a dream for all players.

And today, the New York Knicks' game against the 76ers is played here.

Tonight, someone is coming back. Because he ended up fighting, he was not punished much, so Theo Ratliff was "released from prison". His arrival was a shot in the arm to the disjointed New York Knicks.

And he has a vendetta against the 76ers!

Originally, Theo Ratliff should have been with the 76ers this season, and after the hard work of previous years, he should be the absolute main candidate. And then this year with excellent performance. He was selected as an All-Star starter and became the league's block king with excellent results. But then there were injuries that missed the All-Star Game and all the games that followed, but it doesn't affect that anymore. After coming to the New York Knicks, he became the starting center here, and here, he and Marcus Camby formed a double defensive interior to put a lot of terrible pressure on the team, no matter who can block, no matter who can grab rebounds, and both of them are very sharp.

And now, he is extremely confident that he will hold the last line of defense in New York.

But before that, I want to say one thing.

It's been a season of hard work. It's time for a lot of things to be over. Like what. Most Valuable Player Award.

This award was deservedly accepted by Aaron. He has been doing quite well this year, averaging 31.1 points per game, plus 3.8 rebounds and 4.6 assists. There were also 2.5 tackles. and a cap of 0.3. It can be described as very comprehensive. Allen also had 31.1 points and 2.5 steals. They are the league's leading scorers and steals, respectively. The block king was supposed to be Theo Ratliffe, but Big Ben took his starting spot and the award. Big Ben managed to get first place with 3.5 blocks, and he managed to win his only official award since entering the league - block king. Although there are no trophies.

However, the assist king and rebounding king have nothing to do with the 76ers. Kidd has been doing very well this season, averaging 9.8 assists per game, who can stop him? In terms of rebounds, Big Ben also grabbed a lot, an average of 13 per game, but Uncle Mu is even more powerful, although the Hawks' record this year is not good, but Uncle Mu brushed the board very high, with an average of 13.5 rebounds per game, with a difference of 0.5 to squeeze Big Ben to second place. However, on the issue of the best defensive player, the competition between Big Ben and Uncle Mu can be described as quite fierce, Big Ben began to play fully this season, and the results caught up with Uncle Mu, but Uncle Mu's results were not bad, and he also faintly suppressed Big Ben. And most importantly, like MVP, the award is voted on by all sports journalists and TV commentators in the United States and Canada. Each judge voted for the first, second and third place winners. Players will receive 5 points for each first-place vote, 3 points for second-place votes, and 1 point for third-place votes. The award is awarded to the player with the highest final score. In this way, Uncle Mu, who is first-class in popularity, occupies more energy. Big Ben didn't believe it and lost the award by a few points.

But Luke managed to fight back! Luke took the Rookie of the Year award, winning the award as a man who had never been drafted at all, and Luke became the first. However, there was originally the most improved award, but this year's Maddie's performance was too eye-catching! In 40 minutes of play, he scored 26.8 points, 7.5 rebounds, 4.6 assists, and 1,5 steals and blocks, shooting 45.7 percent from the field, which is remarkable! Doubled his previous year's stats! This made Luke sigh to himself.

However, Luke was also named to the All-Match Third Team.

Don't dislike him, the third team is already quite good, the first team has five men, Duncan, O'Neal, Webb, Allen and Kidd. The second lineup is five people, Carter, Garnett, Maddie, Kobe, and Uncle Mu. These are all the strongest players in the future, and Luke has been very good as a rookie, and Luke still squeezed out the spot in the third team that Nowitzki only grabbed.

However, the only thing that has not yet been awarded is the regular season MVP, and the league suddenly wanted to hold the awards ceremony at Madison Square Garden, so the New York Knicks were tragic.

Allen lifted his trophy as if he were at home, while the surrounding fans stood up and cheered.

Faced with this situation, Luke made a decision that he would never move to New York in his life, such fans...... Luke couldn't stand it anyway.

Without further ado, the game began.

The two old rivals, who have been competing for half a year, are now finally meeting on the playing field.

"Big Ben," Theo Ratliff said to Big Ben as both sides jumped the ball, "when you were with the 76ers, Allen Larry was there for you, and you got where you are today." Now on the field, they can't protect you. It's time for you to see how good I am! ”

"Hehe," said Big Ben on one side. "Just you? You can only play in a team without a center, and you can't even mix in a team with a center! "Big Ben fought back directly.

"Try it to find out who's good!" Theo Ratliff said.

"Then try!" Big Ben said.

When the referee threw the ball into the air, the two men began to fight.

Big Ben 2.06, Theo Rattley 2.08, the difference in height between the two sides is not big, but otherwise it is different. Big Ben's strength and bounce must be superior, otherwise he won't be able to defend against so many super players in the future!

This time, the jump ball Ben won by a big margin. The ball came to Reed.

"Damn it!" Theo Ratliff grumbled and hurried back to the interior to defend.

Because he knows that the 76ers are advancing very fast!

All the players on the court are young and vigorous, under the age of 30, and there are even two rookie players who have just entered the NBA. Such a team with both energy and skill is very difficult to defend.

However, Theo Ratliff believes he can at least hold off for a while. On the inside, Theo Ratliff believes that there are not many players who can easily move him single-handedly, and on the inside, Theo Latliff believes he can grab lots and lots of rebounds, even when he is opposite Big Ben.

But Theo Ratliff seems to have forgotten about one problem. Most of the Knicks players on the court now are benches, and there is a reason why they are substitutes and cannot be promoted to the starting lineup!

The Knicks don't look like the 76ers and can use the original starting lineup as a substitute, but the Knicks definitely don't have such luxury. Allan, the general manager of the Knicks, is not a good manager, he is more accustomed to smashing a team with money, but he does not have the talent of the draft, and the current Knicks starters are very tempting, but the level of the bench is very average. In this way, when the starters can't get on, the Knicks' ability level drops by more than a little bit. Especially defensively.

Defense doesn't know that it depends on talent, more on experience, and most of the Knicks' benches are not experienced players, and their attainments in defense are not very high, so the 76ers are quite difficult to attack and hit very high.

The number of rebounds that hit a lot is declining, and Theo Ratliff has to grab rebounds with forwards like Big Ben and Rashid Luke, so the numbers are even more down. Without the protection of rebounds, the Knicks' shooting was not guaranteed, and they quickly lost the game. (To be continued......)