Chapter 432: An Unexpected End
The Knicks took a 10-point lead heading into the fourth quarter of the game, just when everyone was looking forward to the final quarter. Once again, the shape on the field made people feel extremely disappointed.
The expected death battle between the Knicks and the Magic turned into a one-sided slaughter for the Knicks.
The game ended halfway through the fourth quarter. Halfway through the fourth quarter, the Magic and Knicks replaced their main players. And then let the game go into garbage time. It's fair to say that this is not a good thing for the fans. But, at the very least, what the fans in the stadium can live with is that at least the Knicks won this game, against the top three in the East, against potential opponents in the future playoffs, and won. It was the only consolation for the fans.
However, in fact, in the first three quarters of the game, the duel between Chen Jiyuan and Howard was also more comfortable for fans to watch.
By the end of the game, the score was 104:85. The Knicks slaughtered the Magic by a wide margin of 19 points. This result is quite unexpected. Because there is not much difference between the strength of the Knicks and the Magic, but the Magic lost so badly today, it can be said that it is still a little surprising. If you want to be honest, in fact, the first three quarters of the Magic game were fought with the Knicks unrelentingly, but in the fourth quarter of the game, the fighting spirit of the Magic team was not visible. I don't know what's going on. It feels like Howard is playing very unhappy. It stands to reason that it shouldn't be, and nothing special happened in this game.
The Magic narrowed the gap in the first half of the fourth quarter, and in the third minute of the fourth quarter, the Magic narrowed the gap to five points. But it hasn't been able to sustain the momentum. In the next four minutes, he was hit by the Knicks with an 18:2 super climax. Then, the game basically loses its suspense.
The Magic didn't make a final struggle and just gave up the game. This is naturally a good thing for the Knicks. So the Knicks were also very friendly and replaced the main players. The two sides began to play garbage games in harmony.
If this game is the battle between Chen Jiyuan and Howard for the best center, then Chen Jiyuan defeated Howard perfectly, whether it is the individual table or the team's victory or defeat. Chen Jiyuan won Howard.
The Knicks won the Magic, and this is the general direction, Chen Jiyuan defeated Howard.
On the other hand, Chen Jiyuan's personal number is also much better than that of Howard, who scored 27 points and 15 rebounds in this game, while Howard got 12 points and 9 rebounds. Such a bleak number is really sad.
However, although Chen Jiyuan defeated Howard in this game, this does not prove anything immediately, the occasional game is nothing, and we still have to use the long-term table to prove who is stronger and who is weaker between one person and another.
Another good guy on the Knicks' side is Starkey, who scored 21 points in this game and also had eight assists.
Nate Robinson, on the other hand, started the game and also scored a lot of points, scoring 13 points and four assists. Crawford played a long time today, scoring 15 points.
And Lefu showed his incomplete type today, or Bao exposed his weaknesses, because the Magic's power forward Lewis moved quite fast, so Lefu was tired and uncomfortable throughout the game. But this situation is not an immediate solution. You'll have to wait until the offseason. If Lefu is self-motivated, if he has the opportunity to exercise, he will lose weight, and he will strengthen his speed while ensuring his own confrontation. However, these are the prerequisites for Delofour to be self-motivated. After all, not everyone is willing to give up their vacation to train like Chen Jiyuan, and Chen Jiyuan's vacation is basically spent on the court. There aren't many players like that.
Love only scored seven points today, and he only got seven rebounds in rebounding, which he was best at. Today, the Knicks' starting small forward Stephen Jackson marked pretty well. He had 15 points, 7 rebounds and 5 assists.
If the Magic team wants to say who is the best player, it is really impossible to find anyone, Lewis has no touch in a normal game, and only scored 8 points by the end of the game. As for rebounding, Lewis is not the place to be responsible, so even if Lewis only grabbed 3 rebounds, no one would say anything.
And Turkoglu is the only player on the Magic team who has scored more than 20 points, and Tekoglu scored 23 points today, along with 6 rebounds and 6 assists.
Ralph Alston had 12 points, three assists and four rebounds in the game.
Although the game with Howard, Chen Jiyuan won a comprehensive victory, but Chen Jiyuan did not say anything at the post-game press conference, after all, this is just a game, Chen Jiyuan asked a reporter about the victory or defeat between Howard, Chen Jiyuan said very indifferently, defeated Dwight in the playoffs. I'm going to feel like I've beaten Howard on a certain level, and I've been overpowering Howard for the whole career, and I'm going to feel like I've won.
Such an arrogant declaration, but Chen Jiyuan just said it so calmly, it really hurts.
Head coach Thibodeau didn't want his players to make headlines in various newspapers, so he quickly stood up and played a round for Chen Jiyuan, "Chen's meaning is obvious, winning or losing this game is nothing." Dwight is undoubtedly one of the best centers in the league. It's just a bad game, that doesn't mean anything, and believe me, Dwight will definitely prove himself with his watch in the next game. ”
Thibodeau is a thousand and ten thousand unwilling to support Howard, but there is no way, for a while, Thibodeau can only use Howard's expression to try to change the topic, hoping to cover up Chen Jiyuan's bull break just now, although Thibodeau also knows that this is unlikely, but he always has to try hard.
Afterwards, although the newspapers proved that Thibodeau's attempt failed, it was better than not trying.
However, what everyone didn't know was that after the game, Chen Jiyuan personally approached Howard, and the first thing they said was: "I won." ”
Howard naturally refused to admit defeat at this time, saying that a game is nothing, and in the playoffs, I will, I will definitely defeat you. Old. I'm going to beat you individually and as a team.
Chen Jiyuan smiled very much and said: "Dwight, it is your sorrow to be in the same era as me, and I am destined to become the representative center of this era." I'm going to be the greatest center in the league that I'll never forget. I'm going to beat you in the regular season, in the playoffs, in every way, not just you, any center, I'm going to beat you completely. ”
These words are really domineering, or they are really awesome and not afraid of blowing the sky.
No matter what Chen Jiyuan says, Howard will definitely not admit defeat, or it is better to say that Chen Jiyuan's arrogant attitude still makes Howard very unhappy and stimulates Howard's heart. In every aspect, it is quite strict and exciting.
Although he said such strict words, Chen Jiyuan and Howard still kept in touch. After all, although the competition between the two people is very fierce. However, the friendship between the two is still very good. And competition is a thing on the field. Winning or losing is a matter of competing on the field, not what you can do if you get angry. This is the world, this is society, and nothing will change because you are unhappy alone. It's a brutal and realistic world.
Before Howard left New York, the next day, Chen Jiyuan invited Howard to dinner. Kind of send Howard away. At the dinner table, Chen Jiyuan also put forward his own meaning straightforwardly, competition is competition, but the friendship for Howard is still there.
After a night of consideration, although Howard was very unhappy with Chen Jiyuan's arrogant attitude, he had to admit that what Chen Jiyuan said also had a certain end, and Chen Jiyuan did win the game yesterday. This is an indisputable fact. If you can't even admit your own failures, then how can you succeed?
After this period of reversal, Howard can be regarded as having a complete tactic against Chen Jiyuan. See who can suppress whom. I'll give you back everything you said yesterday. Chen, I will definitely become the strongest center in the league, and I will definitely be able to win the championship before you, and I will definitely win more championships than you. I'm going to win you over my entire career.
After the game against the Magic, the Knicks' record also became 39 wins and 18 suits. Although it is still the fourth place in the East, it is getting closer and closer to the Magic team, which is third in the East.
Moreover, the Knicks' next game will be against the Philadelphia 76ers, who have a win rate of just 50%. The current Philadelphia 76ers don't feel energetic. There are all kinds of problems within the team. And the trigger for this qiē was Elton Brand's injury director zhì's season reimbursement.
Speaking of Brand's season insurance, in fact, it is not particularly uncommon for players to be reimbursed for the season after being injured, but there are deeper reasons why this incident makes the Philadelphia 76ers not harmonious. And that's why Iguodala and Chen discussed the possibility of coming to the Knicks before. Iguodala does seem to want to run for the Knicks. This is also quite normal. Now that the Knicks have such a good record, and the Knicks are still a big city, the basketball culture and atmosphere are also quite good cities, and the money given is completely a lot, who doesn't want to go to such a team.