That's what Theo Ratliff has done the most this season. No one on the bench could match his rebounding efficiency, so he started to grab rebounds and play on his own.

But Theo Ratliff is used to it. Because Aaron rarely passed the ball to him before. Now at least he said that he won't be scolded after grabbing rebounds and playing.

Although the Knicks are aging really well this year, they are still not to be underestimated, Larry Johnson, Parrick Ewing, and Marcus Camby were not strong figures in their heyday, but now they are really not good, especially "Big Mom".

Johnson's long-term back injury has left New Yorkers losing patience. So in October 2001, the 32-year-old "Big Mom" reached an agreement with the Knicks, and the team paid $28.8 million to buy out the remaining three years of the contract between the two parties, and Johnson also announced the end of his 10-year NBA career and officially retired. Patrick Ewing is no better. As Sprewell and others rose in stature on the team and their own performance declined, the relentless New York fans began to boo the aging Ewing, which also frustrated him. This led him to a decisive move to the Seattle SuperSonics after the All-Star break. There's only one solid man left on the inside, Marcus Camby.

At 6-foot-11 but without a matching weight, he will always look so thin in the NBA's interior muscle group, but he will use fast movements and keen senses to make up for the lack of weight strength. In the 95-96 season, Camby won the Smith and John Wooden Basketball of the Year award as a forward at the University of Massachusetts, however, the important thing is that he was in an era full of genius, look at the people behind him that year, Ray Allen, Kobe Bryant, Steve Nash, etc., however, unfortunately, there is only one person in front of him, Allen Iverson seems to be a fate: a star-stellar year, the list always seems to be under a curse: Bowe in 1984, Bradley in 1993, Van Horn in 1997, Swift in 1999. It's all like this.

But he's a real and strong defensive center (power forward). On the offensive end, due to his thin and vulnerable body, he has never had the ability to carry the basket alone on the offensive end, but with a pair of long arms, amazing bounce, and a height of 211 cm, he can still rely on the basket, the front court board for the second offense, the empty basket raid or the empty mid-range shot to score.

Defensively, that's even more to say. Marcus Camby is proficient in weak-side help defense and joint defense, and he can accurately judge the timing of each opponent's shot and the landing point of the rebound. His blocks have been among the best in the league for years.

But injuries are also starting to hit. Injuries caused him to gradually decline, and various statistics also fell sharply.

That's Theo Ratliffe's chance.

"Rebound, mine!" Theo Ratliffe took to the air and grabbed the rebound.

In front of these "sick and wounded", Theo Ratliff is really not afraid.

After trying out his opponent behind him and seeing that nothing was going on, Theo Ratliff stopped the ball on his chest and then put one hand against Marcus Camby and used a small hook.

"Uh-huh" The ball went straight into the basket.

Marcus Camby, who was standing in the back, shook his head, indicating that there was no way.

"Don't worry," Larry Johnson patted Camby on the shoulder, "just wait to find it back." ”

"But today he was too abnormal, every ball must be fought." Camby grumbled.

"But don't you see their contradictions?" Larry said with a smile.

"Contradictions? Is there one? Camby asked.

"Think about it yourself," Larry Johnson said, "how abnormal they were today, they played one game from the outside all the way to the power forward, and the center played another game, didn't they?" ”

"It seems like that," Camby remembered something, "it seems like the center never passes it every time he grabs a rebound, and the other people grabs the ball and never gives it to the center!" ”

"yes, that's the case, it looks like their bench is starting to have conflicts, but it's good for us, come on, boy. We're going to work hard. Larry Johnson said.

"Got it, senior!"

Larry looked at the situation on the court and felt that something was wrong, but he didn't say much, because now that the 76ers are temporarily ahead, it is easy to hit the confidence of the players if they call a timeout rashly, especially those rookie players.

"Let's wait until something really happens later." Larry lowered his head again and began to draw the tactical board.

Back on the court, it was the New York Knicks who attacked.

This time, the Knicks are still the same old tactic, passing the ball and handing it over to the outside line, and if it really doesn't have a chance, it will be handed over to the inside.

Latril Sprewell and Alan Houston held up the outside fire. Needless to say, the latter is known throughout the league for its standard mid-range shooting stance. The former, on the other hand, has a tortuous history.

What we learned about Latril Sprewell was not because of his hard work, nor because of his ability, nor because of his talent, but because of one thing, a famous incident in the NBA - the choke lock incident.

The "choke incident" is one of the most serious player attacks on a coach in NBA history, and the person involved in it is Mr. Sprewell.

On December 1, 1997, when Sprewell walked into the team's training ground, it was clear that he was not in a good mood at the time, and three days earlier, he had been fined by the team for not catching the team's special plane to Salt Lake City for playing away and being late for practice. And Callesimo, who was the head coach of the team at the time, kept counting him down with this matter, which simply added fuel to the fire for him. This laid the fuse for the conflict between the two.

Three weeks ago, there was an incident that happened after the Warriors played the Lakers. At that time, the Warriors were behind by a large score, and when the coach used the timeout to set up the strategy, Sprewell talked and laughed with his teammates, as if he didn't care. Coach Callesimo was of course furious, scolded him severely, and canceled his chance to play for the rest of the game. Seeing that the coach was demanding of him, Sprewell hinted to the coach in various ways: Don't go too far, don't make me feel like you're deliberately making trouble for me. But Callesimo is also a bull temper, and he simply ignores Sprewell's almost threatening hints. When the two sides fought secretly to a certain extent, the conflict officially broke out.

Back on that day, not knowing exactly for what, Callesimo suddenly shouted at Spreville on the sidelines. Soldiers can be killed, but not humiliated! Sprewell's patience had obviously reached the limit, and he put down the basketball in his hand, ran wildly towards the side of the court, and grabbed Callesimo by the neck with one hand, pinching him desperately! It was 15 seconds before his teammates pulled away from a near-out-of-control Sprewell. Callesimo was also barely able to breathe and lay on the ground. He hadn't expected things to evolve like this at all. Amid the kind words of his teammates and others, an enraged Sprewell left the training ground, leaving only the frightened Callesimo behind. Unexpectedly, 20 minutes later, Sprewell ran into the training ground again and threw several punches at Callesimo......

Then everyone should know that this matter is serious.

Regardless of the sport, a violent attack by a player against a coach, no matter how valid your reasons, is not tolerated. The next day, the headlines of all the sports pages and sports news programs in the United States were Sprewell's attack on Coach Callesimo, and the label "bad boy" was labeled as such. The NBA immediately issued a fine: Sprewell was suspended from participating in the rest of the season for beating the coach for his heinous behavior, and he was not allowed to pay his salary. The fine was issued, and the sneaker manufacturer who signed the contract with him immediately terminated the contract. Spreville's image hit rock bottom all at once.

Then he was fired from the Warriors.

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