This battle between the dark horses of the East and the West ended in the fourth quarter with a dramatic surname, and Yang Mo, who shot 5 of 8 three-pointers in the fourth quarter, was once again pushed to the forefront of the limelight. Almost everyone is talking about whether it makes sense to use two teammates as cover to shoot the basketball.

Those who think it's unreasonable think that this is simply a connivance of the shooter, and in the long run, each team will simply put four muscular men and one shooter, and then there will be no difference between the game and the penalty kick in football. The athletic surname will be greatly discounted until it is gone.

And those who think it is reasonable say that while using multiple people to cover the shot, they also give up the secondary offense, and there is nothing unfair about the risk and opportunity.

The arguments between the two sides became more and more intense, and in the end, the top of the alliance had to stand up and say that they would carefully consider the opinions of all parties and make a decision that would satisfy everyone.

Yang Mo didn't pay any attention to the arguments from the outside world, and he put all his thoughts on his passing skills. He still throws tennis every day. And in the next game, he always followed Stockton's teachings, that is, to practice passing in the first three quarters and work hard in the fourth quarter.

In a sense, this style of play is a deformed model established for Yang Mo's personal growth, but for the current Knicks, Yang Mo's growth is more important than anything else, and they are willing to play with Yang Mo and let Yang Mo grow. For this reason, there is no hesitation to sacrifice the record, and anyway, the Knicks management did not make any substantive requirements for this year's record.

It stands to reason that with the temper that New York fans hate Yang Mo to the core, they will definitely resolutely resist this mode of play at the expense of the team, but in fact, all Knicks fans have kept their mouths shut, and few people have questioned it. Even if the Knicks started losing games, in fact, since beating the Grizzlies, the Knicks have lost all three games against the Minnesota Timberwolves, Utah Jazz and Portland Trail Blazers.

None of these three teams are considered strong teams in essence, and the Timberwolves can even be called bad teams. However, the Knicks lost. However, despite their loss, Knicks fans are more confident, and it's not because all three games are on the road. But these three games only lost 1 point, 2 points, and 1 point respectively, the reason for the loss to the Timberwolves was that Yang Mo missed, the reason for the loss to the Jazz was that he was killed by 0.8 seconds of three-point shots, and the reason for the loss to the Trail Blazers was that Yang Mo's three-point shot stepped on the line and completely lost the opportunity to tie and enter overtime.

Can the Knicks be unhappy about digging two or three points in the first three quarters and holding on until the last second to determine the winner? And, most importantly, Yang Mo's assists in these three games were 5, 3, and 5 respectively.

Although Yang Mo's long passes are still unreliable, short-distance passes have become more and more difficult to make mistakes.

In addition to the Knicks fans being happy, Simmons, the poisonous tongue who used to black Yang Mo to the bone, also wrote a praising article in his ESPN column: "The Knicks are winning the future!" Super-Yang is on the fast track to superstardom! ”

In this article, he focused on praising Yang Mo's ability to handle key balls, and he believed that although Yang Mo was often able to produce beautiful statistics, he rarely proved himself at critical moments, and his games were either big wins or heavy defeats, and he rarely won or lost within one or two points. And now Yang Mo has grown up rapidly in this regard, and he also expressed his appreciation for Yang Mo's short-distance passes, thinking that it is safe and hidden, and has the style of Stockton.

Of course, in addition to praise, there is also criticism. He still stubbornly believes that Yang Mo can only score outside the three-point line and in the paint, and can only be regarded as a strengthened version of Nick Young.

However, at the end of the article, he still wrote with emotion: Although I hate his publicity, his three points can still make me can't help but applaud him. I hate his open-mouthedness, but when he rushes in and dunks on his opponent's head, I keep my mouth shut. His mid-range shooting drove me crazy, but his defensive prowess made me can't help but applaud him. He had terrible passing, but he was accurate in his shots...... He's such a guy, with many advantages and disadvantages. Fortunately, he is still young.

Bill Simmons' column seems to herald a change in the atmosphere of the entire basketball world, and in recent times, the original nitpicking has been much less, and all kinds of brainless blacks have gradually subsided. Various sports media have finally begun to look at Yang Mo with normal eyes......

Yang Mo had long predicted that such a day would come, but he didn't expect the speed of ** to change so quickly.

And no matter how it changes, the entire Knicks team is still playing according to their model, that is, the first three quarters of the swing for Yang Mo to hone his passing ability, and then the fourth quarter into suffocating defensive time.

This kind of game rhythm is relaxed, but the other players also get a good game experience, gradually, they also began to hone their respective offensive skills in the first three quarters of the game, anyway, Yang Mo basically did not shoot in the first three quarters, and the ball was well distributed. And in the fourth quarter, all the players cheered up and branded the defense into their blood, and took a vicious attitude to fight the stab.

In this game mode, almost all players have grown, and the stats of each rotation player have been improved at different levels. However, after playing like this for a month and the playoffs were about to come, Maddie couldn't help but speak out in front of the media: "I can't help it, I'm bad about the current situation, we definitely can't go on like this, the playoffs are coming soon, we have to work hard for the playoff tickets." You see, we're now seventh in the East, just 1.5 wins away from eighth place and 2.5 wins away from ninth. We can't play any more. ”

Maddie's complaint seems to have given the reporters a smell of something unusual, and they think that Maddie has finally exploded and is finally going to fire inside.

When these reporters frantically flocked to Yang Mo to try to get some different information, Yang Mo responded very blandly: "This is his personal opinion, if you want to know more, you should ask him, not come to me, thank you." ”

Yang Mo's response was instantly interpreted by the media as-for-tat, and they generally believed that Yang Mo was already dissatisfied with Maddie.

For the media, they like to create contradictions the most, and if there is no contradiction, they must also create rumors, after all, they rely on exposure to survive. Originally, they thought that Yang Mo, who had a strong surname, would have a conflict with the former privileged player Maddy for the first time, but they didn't expect that nothing had happened, and it wasn't until now that they were about to forget about it, that Maddy expressed a different opinion.

Under the deliberate creation and hype of the media, the contradiction between Yang Mo and Maddy became more and more intense. Because Yang Mo is the most influential player in N**A today, and Maddie is a former signature star, as soon as the two had a conflict, it instantly set off a national discussion.

Everyone expressed their opinions in various ways at various times and places, and it is worth mentioning that when interviewing Knicks fans in the media on the street, almost all of them were biased towards Yang Mo, the arrogant element in the mouth of New York fans, the big devil.

"I'm rooting for that guy on this matter. You know, that guy is only twenty years old, and getting him to practice passing well is the most important thing for the Knicks at this stage. It doesn't matter if we don't make the playoffs, our goal is in the future. A veteran fan in his fifties said excitedly that the old guy was clearly confident in the future of the Knicks, even though he himself seemed to have little future.

"Maybe Tracy can't wait, but I want to say we should keep the team on the same pace."

"I hate that Chinese guy and I shredded the jersey that my daughter bought yesterday that says 'yang'. However, Tracy is clearly not right to do this. ”

"As much as I don't like that guy, I don't support Maddie in this matter."

Almost all comments start with 'I don't like Yang Mo' or 'I hate Yang Mo' and end with 'But I support him this time' or 'But I think Maddie is wrong'.

Obviously, Knicks fans have actually been conquered by Yang Mo, but they don't want to admit it. Because once they admit it, it means that they were wrong.

And when the outside world quarreled about the grievances between Yang Mo and Maddie, a heavyweight game also came to the fore, and the Knicks faced the Boston Celtics at home.

The Boston Celtics now have the second-best record in the East, just one win away from the Magic, who are first in the East. Theoretically, their playoff opponent is the New York Knicks, so this game is called a playoff rehearsal.

Tickets for this game were declared sold out a week ago, and with the Yankees in the slump, the New Yorkers gave almost all their love to the Knicks.

For this game, the Knicks management also attaches great importance to it, and they very much hope to use this game to rush the stock price of MSG up again. At the same time, they are about to announce the price of tickets for next season, and they are considering increasing the price by 20% from this season. And this game is obviously a litmus test for price increases, and if they win, they have every reason to tell the fans: Look, we can even beat Celtic, why can't you pay 20 percent more for the team?

For the management's incomparable attention, Yang Mo seemed a little listless, because Lu Xuefei's guy was tinkering with her plan for a harmonious harem again.

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