It's no secret that New York and New Jersey are only a river away, but the actual distance here is still a long way off, which makes the players of the Philadelphia 76ers who play back-to-back away games non-stop exhausting. As soon as they arrived at the hotel, Luke and the others fell asleep directly on the bed.

In order to ensure the team's combat effectiveness, the 76ers chose a simple adaptation training in the afternoon training, and did not let the players practice at high intensity to maintain enough physical strength.

Even so, Larry came off the bench.

Reid, Raja, Jumani Jones, Nazr Mohammed and Theo Ratliff.

The 76ers are ready to play against the New York Knicks with a bench lineup.

Looking back at the history of the NBA, the New York Knicks, who joined the American Basketball Association (BAA, the predecessor of the NBA) since 1946, are undoubtedly a team with distinctive characteristics and many talents. From Fraser to Ewing, from Joe Repucci to Pat Riley, the Knicks have contributed many famous coaches and superstars to the American basketball temple.

Coach Joe Repchick was the architect of the first Knicks heyday, and since his arrival, the team has continued to grow, especially in the three seasons from 1950 to 1953, when he led the team to three consecutive NBA Finals. Although he didn't win a single NBA championship, Repucci's coaching talent is obvious to all.

In the '70s, the Knicks, led by William Horsman and led by Willis Reed, defeated the Lakers twice in the 1970 and 1973 Finals, and Reed himself won the 1969-70 and 1970 and 1973 Finals MVP.

But with the fading of stars such as Reed, the New York Knicks are gradually moving away from the championship contenders. It wasn't until the late '80s and early '90s that Ewing and gold coach Pat Riley really regained their sense of being a strong team, but they came back to four consecutive meetings with the Bulls in the Eastern Conference playoffs.

Then there is the famous Black Eight Legend. In the 1998-1999 season, the Knicks entered the playoffs in eighth place in the East against arch-rivals Miami Heat.

In this series, there was the famous Van Gundy hugging Mourning's thigh incident (Jeff Van Gundy, then head coach of the New York team, hugged the thigh of Heat center Alonzo Mourning in order to prevent the fight on the court and protect the team's players, and was dragged a few meters away from the floor by the tough Mourning), the game between the Knicks and the Heat was hyped by the media, and the game was as fierce as people expected, and the Knicks won the first game at the Heat home court by 20 points 95-75, giving the ambitious Heat a blow to the head. In the second game, the Heat barely tied the overall score, but in the third game, the Knicks won 97-73 again to outrun the Heat by as many as 24 points and reach the match point first. In the fourth game, the Heat finally found their form, beating the Knicks by 15 points 87-72, bringing the game into the fifth game of life and death. In the fifth game, the two sides were committed to defense, and it was very difficult to score every time, 4.5 seconds before the end, the Heat led by 1 point 77-76, the Knicks launched an attack, and Alan Houston, the "king of mid-range shots", pretended to make a jump shot, and after deceiving the Heat's defense, he rushed straight to the basket from the right side, and then used a throw, which is rarely used, the ball first touched the basket and then bounced up and then touched the rebound, and finally slowly entered the basket under the gaze of the fans, 78-77! The Knicks put out the Heat with a 3-2 overall score with Houston's incredible stunner and advanced with their heads held high.

Such an exciting victory boosted the Knicks' confidence, and they then swept the Atlanta Hawks 4-0 and defeated the Indiana Pacers 4-2 in the Eastern Conference Finals to win the Eastern Conference championship and reach the Finals.

But the cost of creating the "Black Eight Miracle" is huge, the Knicks have long been scarred, and because the "gorilla" Ewing is unable to play due to a heel injury, the imbalance of power in the restricted area between the two sides has brought the Spurs a huge advantage. In the end, the Knicks lost 1:4 to the San Antonio Spurs led by David Robinson and Tim Duncan, but compared to the Black Eight Miracle of the Nuggets, the Knicks upgraded the Miracle again.

The New York Knicks became the first team in NBA history to reach the Finals as the eighth seed (no team has done this before, and it hasn't yet).

Although the lineup that won the championship is still there, the team lineup has begun to gradually age. Especially the inside line. Parik Ewing is 33 years old, and although he is not very old, injuries have ruined him. And the 76ers' interior is in the prime of life.

Especially Theo Ratliff.

In previous games, Larry usually put Big Ben in the starting position and used Theo Latliffe as a substitute, which made Theo Latliffe very unhappy. But this is Coach Larry's idea, and he himself does not dare to refute it, he knows what it is to provoke Larry. However, in his limited playing time, Theo Ratliff averaged a small double-double of 10 points and five rebounds per game, as well as one steal and three assists, which is still very good (with enough trade value).

Now that Larry has sent him in the starting line-up against former super-center Patrick Ewing, Theo Ratliff is very excited. In the first game of the season, Theo Ratliff faced Patrick Ewing

It's a race to prove yourself. If he can beat Parik Ewing in a single game, Theo Ratliff believes his value will go up. This is what he wants to see the most.

Theo Ratliff knows that he will definitely be traded out by the 76ers this season, and instead of being sad and falling out with the team, it is better to recognize the current situation, work hard, and prepare for his next contract.

And Theo Ratliff and Parik Ewing have old hatreds.

I wonder why Theo Ratliff lost the starter in the first place, because he was blown up by Perik Ewing in the first game, and he was fouled twice in the first quarter and was directly replaced by Big Ben. This led directly to Theo Ratliffe's status in Larry's heart, and he went from being the team's first center to becoming the second center. Downcast to the present. That's why he hated Parik Ewing so much. This time he vowed to save face.

But there is a big problem that is bothering Theo Ratliff.

Now the 76ers are on the bench with a bench lineup dominated by cores like Reed and McGee. The others are all configured around Reed and McGee, and there is basically nothing to do with Theo Ratliffe in terms of offense.

So Theo Ratliff decided to do one thing, grab the rebounds and play by himself!

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