Chapter 291: The key home first battle

Although the morale of the Knicks, who lost two games in a row, is a little low, but the Knicks have not entered the playoffs for so many years, and this year to enter the playoffs as the fifth is a very big improvement, and the third game is also the first home game for the Knicks. Therefore, the Knicks, who are playing at home, will definitely get the support of very strong home fans.

On April 23, 2008, the Knicks continued to practice as a team, in order to protect their home court, the Knicks did not rest, and in this training, Chen Jiyuan and Thomas talked about a somewhat surprising topic, that is, to replace Richardson with a substitute.

In the last game, James's play was seen by everyone, Richardson and James's height and strength are not at the same level, James had a feel in the last game, and Richardson couldn't reach the jump shot. Even if there is no touch, James's speed and strength can give him an advantage, compared to Richardson, Chandler's defensive effect should be a little better, after all, Chandler's height is 2.03 meters, at least in terms of height, he can not be disadvantaged. As for strength, there can be a few people in the entire league who are not inferior to James. So, what kind of bicycle do you always want?

This problem is still being considered, after all, Richardson's biggest role before is his three-point shooting ability, which can indeed play a small role in the game with the Cavaliers, originally the Knicks thought they could pull James out of the three-point line, but the Cavaliers did not let James defend Richardson on the outside, Richardson can focus on Szczebiak's defense on the outside, Szczebiak's thin body, the defensive strength is not strong, and Richardson's breakthrough ability is not so strong, What's more, there is a big z on the inside to make up for the defense, and Richardson's shooting rate under the basket is not high. If someone makes up for the defense, it is even lower, and now it is no longer possible to let Richardson start the game in the regular season, and the Knicks' outside height is generally low, and the Knicks' rebounding ability is not enough, and the backcourt rebounds are often not well protected, Chen Jiyuan can not solve this problem even if he should average 14+ rebounds per game, and the lost backcourt rebounds are jumping far, and the players on the front line and the guard line are needed to grab the rebounds. For these rebounds, Chen Jiyuan is powerless and can't reach them.

In the playoff game against the Cavaliers, the benefits and losses of Richardson on the court are no longer worth the Knicks to continue to put him in the starting position, so Chen Jiyuan will put forward the idea of replacing Richardson, Thomas is also thinking about these problems, but whether to agree or not, or Thomas's problem, Chen Jiyuan does not want himself to interfere too much in Thomas's tactical decision-making, Thomas is now more helpful to Chen Jiyuan, so Chen Jiyuan naturally reciprocates, I don't want to make news about Thomas in the short time of the last point of the Knicks, but also cause a discord with the generals. Chen Jiyuan didn't want this news, and neither did Thomas. Chen Jiyuan didn't want to be in discord with the generals behind his back and force away the reputation of the head coach. It's not a good reputation for a player, and if you can't touch it, you don't touch it.

After thinking about the gains and losses of the morning, Thomas found Richardson in the afternoon and talked with Richardson, the content of the conversation Chen Jiyuan did not know, but then Richardson agreed to play as a substitute. Chen Jiyuan may just use his mouth, but if you want to replace a more qualified starter, you must talk to him, which is a must. In this way, he will not leave a mustard in his heart, Chen Jiyuan realized this problem again, and the truth he once knew would be forgotten intentionally or unintentionally before the event. This time, Chen Jiyuan remembered this truth once, Chen Jiyuan also talked with Richardson for a while after Thomas, Chen Jiyuan just came to the Knicks, the first disharmony in the team was Chen Jiyuan and Richardson, because Chen Jiyuan was mad when his teammates didn't work hard, and Richardson didn't look at Chen Jiyuan very much at that time, so he said a sentence. However, the matter has been resolved between the two men since then.

Chen Jiyuan said to Richardson: "Quentin, I proposed this proposal. I didn't mean to target you, but considering that it is indeed a bit difficult for you to defend James, I will propose this proposal. ”

Richardson said that it was nothing, but his attitude was a little lukewarm, perhaps because he felt that Chen Jiyuan's construction hurt Quentin's interests.

Not everyone has a heart that forgets after spending the night. Chen Jiyuan never holds grudges, and everything is forgotten after sleeping. Chen Jiyuan has always felt that his relationship with Richardson is okay, but this time, Chen Jiyuan still feels that he is thinking too much when he looks at Richardson's lukewarm attitude. Looks a little too self-righteous. After all, not all players are able to put the interests of the team ahead of their own.

While the Knicks were training, the Celtics here took the 76ers without bloodshed. Basically, I didn't push too hard. It feels like playing with the Celtics, but it looks like the Celtics are going to use this to work out the team's form. After all, no matter how strong the team is, how many stars there are, and in the end, it is the first year of composition, and the cooperation between each other still needs to be improved. If you can train a lot of troops, it's still a good thing.

The Pistons also managed to defeat the Raptors and successfully defend their home court. It's not that easy to win on the Pistons' home court. Bosh also struggled to make a difference with the Pistons' defensive system. Not to mention that the Raptors really don't have anyone who can share the defensive pressure for Bosh except for Bosh. The top students are about to become the objects of emptiness, which cannot but be said to be a shame.

This year's top student Bagnani is indeed not competitive, playing in 78 games, averaging 9.3 shots per game, hitting 3.6 shots and scoring 10.2 points. The hit rate was 38.6%. Compared to last year, this number is not only not improved. On the contrary, it has regressed. Earlier, Bagnani said to Chen Jiyuan, "The first season doesn't mean anything, and time will prove Toronto's right choice of me." This sentence now seems to be a big joke. Chen Jiyuan wanted to say two words to Bagnani: "Hehe! ”

And there is no suspense in the game between the Nuggets and the Lakers, the Lakers face the Nuggets' defense and simply cut as many points as they want. In this game, the Lakers scored another 122 points. Kobe Bryant alone scored 49 points. The recent games really made the fans enthusiastic, yesterday James and Chen Jiyuan scored each other, James scored a 47 points, today Kobe and Anthony scored, Kobe Bryant scored 49 points. The Lakers also managed to take a 2-0 lead over the Nuggets.

If I want to say, there is something really special happening in the first round of this year's playoffs, and the score of all the opposing teams is 2:0. And it's all the top four teams leading the bottom four teams 2:0. Although this situation is normal according to theory, after all, the top four teams have a good record, but there are many things to consider in the regular season, for example, the style of play in the regular season is a little different from the style of play in the playoffs, and the schedule of the regular season is also a considerable determining factor. And in the playoffs, it's all a clash of hard-hitting strengths. Besides, there have been a total of 16 games so far, and there has not been a single upset. This probability is not so high. After all, the reason why the NBA playoffs use a best-of-seven system is to avoid upsets on the bigger Cheng Dù, and to allow stronger teams to qualify. Seven games, even if a strong team has a mistake or two games or a bad performance, it doesn't matter. Only the team that wins the entire series advances. There have been no upsets in 16 consecutive games. This scenario is not a common occurrence either.

The game between the Rockets and the Jazz is the most interesting, the Rockets' unlucky kid obviously has a better record than the Jazz, but because the Jazz are the top in the Northwest Division. And the Rockets, the bear kids, the Spurs, and the Hornets are in one division, what a tragedy.