"The Knicks actually won again" Zhuang Fei sat in his office with a newspaper and sighed softly, on November 8, the Knicks defeated the Bucks who came to challenge the away 111-101 at home, and the Bucks' performance this season was not bad, before that, they were the same as the Knicks and won all three games and the Knicks were ranked first in the East, it can be said that the two teams are now in good shape, but the final result was that the Knicks easily defeated the Bucks, and in this game, Alan Houston scored 30 points alone, A game-high, Alan Houston is now averaging 25 points per game after four games. At the beginning of this season, the state of this mid-pitch king is indeed extremely good, even if there is no demon state given by the system, it is estimated that it is difficult for Zhuang Fei to limit him to 10 points.

According to the scouting report of the dynasty system, Alan Houston's ability value is only 88 now, and he has not reached the A level, but the potential is A-level, but according to his current age, it is estimated that it will be difficult to grow again, if there is no adventure or sudden comprehension, that's it, and the gorilla on the other side is still a little worse than Alan Houston's, only 85, but it is still at the A- level, so it is still stronger than B+ O'Neal Jr., So, whether Alan Houston or the Gorilla are just competing for ability, O'Neal Jr. and Bowen will definitely not be their opponents. Although many times the game is not about the ability to look at the end.

"What should I do to deal with them now" Zhuang Fei pondered again, but in the end he still didn't find any good way.

"It would be nice if Alan Houston and Gorilla were directly fouled by six in the next game," Zhuang Fei laughed when he thought of this.

This season, the Timberwolves have an extremely easy schedule at the beginning of the season, in the regular season that started on November 2, the Timberwolves only had the first game until November 5th, and the third game was also on November 11th, it can be said that the Timberwolves only had 2 games in nine days, because there were still 5 days of rest before the third game, so the Timberwolves players did not start preparing for training, in fact, they were still doing preseason tactical training. It can be said that the Timberwolves have not officially entered the regular season preparation training yet. So this is good and bad for the Timberwolves, the good thing is that there is more preparation time for the new season, of course, the disadvantage is naturally that the current game state is not as good as the Knicks, who have played four games, if it is until November 11, then the Timberwolves will not play for five days. But even so, for the Timberwolves players, they are still busy now, but the same is true for Zhuang Fei, and even Zhuang Fei is busier than them.

"Zhuang. This is the information you want, it's too much trouble to get this thing, it's just an ordinary regular season, why are you so careful, even if the bet really loses, it doesn't matter," D'Antoni put a document on Zhuang Fei's desk and said with a wry smile. Just yesterday, Zhuang Fei actually instructed him to count Alan Houston's shooting area map in previous seasons. According to Zhuang Fei, it should be called "shooting heat map", but now the NBA does not have such a thing, fortunately, the NBA's database is quite detailed, although there is no ready-made one, but you can also count a copy by yourself, but if you just study the opponent for a regular season, in D'Antoni's opinion, it is definitely worth the loss.

"I can't help it" Zhuang Fei also smiled wryly, it can be said that the key to that task is not on the gorilla but on Alan Houston, the gorilla's requirement is that little O'Neal's five technical statistics surpass the gorilla, in fact, this is not difficult to say, let Xiao Ao strengthen the attack. Let Garnett help Xiao Ao top, Xiao Ao to grab the backcourt rebound, in fact, if it is just this data, the Timberwolves have the initiative and room to operate, but for Alan Houston's task, the Timberwolves have no initiative, 10 points. It's too easy for a player of this level, just a few shots are enough, so this task is the hardest. For Alan Houston to score no more than 10 points, it means that he is completely blocked. That's easier said than done. Even Bowen, who has a defensive ability of 95, may not be able to complete such a task, after all, Houston is the Knicks' main point of attack. Even if the offensive efficiency is a little lower and the shooting percentage is a little lower, you can still use the number of shots to get points. …,

"His three-point shooting percentage last season was very high, but the overall shooting rate was not high," Zhuang Fei said with some surprise after looking at the shooting area map. This person was known as the king of mid-pitch in later generations, but judging from this chart, his mid-pitch hit rate is still very average.

"Last season, his shooting was indeed not very stable, but his shooting was very beautiful and standard, so recently some people have begun to call him the king of mid-range shooting" D'Antoni said with a smile after hearing Zhuang Fei's doubts, he is not very clear about Alan Houston's situation, if Zhuang Fei didn't let him find information, maybe he wouldn't think about this player, in his opinion, Pierce is much better than this player, whether it is shooting or other, of course, Pierce's shooting posture is definitely not as beautiful as him.

"Judging from the comparison of these data, before he went to the Knicks, he broke through a lot, but after he went to the Knicks, he focused on shooting, it seems that he is in transition, and he has had injuries before?" Zhuang Fei flipped through the information again in confusion, if Alan Houston really just became a shooter now, then it would be much easier for Zhuang Fei to guard, he was now afraid that Alan Houston was an all-round scorer, which was also the most troublesome. Now it seems that Alan Houston is in the same transformation as Webb. And last season's condition was not very good because of the suspension, so last season's data cannot be used as a basis.

In the end, Zhuang Fei took the data and looked at it for a long time, and finally made up his mind.

"Mike, you call Bruce," Zhuang Fei said to D'Antoni suddenly.

D'Antoni looked at Zhuang Fei and then nodded and went out, while Zhuang Fei was in a daze with the shooting heat map

"Bruce, read the news recently, about the gamble between me and the Knicks," Zhuang Fei said with a smile as he looked at Bowen in front of him.

Bowen nodded, he knew the cause and effect of this incident, Zhuang Fei was to protect him and O'Neal Jr., which also moved him very much, originally he was as the media in New York said, except for the defense is not bad, but Zhuang Fei gave him a midfield contract, which is very incredible in his own opinion.

"What do you think, do you think I can win this bet" Zhuang Fei said with a smile again. Bruce Bowen, on the other hand, fell into deep thought, and after thinking for a long time, Bowen just shook his head.

"I don't know, but I'll do my best to defend Alan Houston," Bowen said as he looked at Zhuang Fei with a determined look in his eyes.

"Hmm" Zhuang Fei nodded slightly, and then handed the shooting heat map that D'Antoni gave him just now to Bowen: "This is some information about Alan Houston, his athleticism is declining very quickly now, but the shooting is very good, so for you to defend such a player should pay attention to what I think you should understand"

Bowen picked up the information and looked through it first, and finally nodded fiercely to Zhuang Fei.

"Coach, can I ask you a question" Bowen said after glancing at Zhuang Fei with some apprehension.

"Okay, you ask" Zhuang Fei was a little curious when he saw Bowen like this.

"If I can't get Alan Houston to score under 10 points in the next game, will the coach abandon me?" Bowen asked with a wry smile, if Zhuang Fei loses this time, he will definitely be called a laughing stock, and it is naturally impossible for a famous coach like Zhuang Fei to endure it, even if Zhuang Fei is very good to the player, he may deal with him. And he's not an indispensable player for the Timberwolves.

"Why should I abandon you?" Zhuang Fei asked with a smile, and then continued: "It's just a regular season, and I don't think you're going to fail."

In the face of Zhuang Fei's honesty and trust, Bowen was stunned, he wanted to know why Zhuang Fei trusted him so much, but in the end he didn't ask. …,

"Coach, I won't let you down in the next game"

Looking at the back of Bowen leaving, Zhuang Fei couldn't help but sigh, in fact, if he really wanted to complete this task, he could have people go to trap the gorilla and Alan Houston, but this is obviously not possible, since it is one-on-one, then you can't play tricks, if you really do this, who knows what other situations the system will make. Zhuang Fei didn't dare to mess around now

"Let's see how Coach Z beat Patrick and how he limited Alan Houston."

As the game gradually approached, the media in New York and the United States began to be lively, and the two protagonists of the Timberwolves and Knicks once again became the focus of the United States, and even the Lakers vs. Celtics on the same day were drowned in such a storm of public opinion.

"I want to see that Chinese gaffe in our Madison Square Square right now," Dowlan Jr., the general manager of the New York Knicks, said in a pre-game interview. Since the Knicks' miraculous Black Eight reached the finals last year, Xiao Daolan has raised his eyebrows, because in the form he defeated his enemy Zhuang Fei, Zhuang Fei is just the division finals, and he is the finals, but he has always had a regret that he failed to defeat Zhuang Fei directly, and now this opportunity has come.

But what made the media feel a little strange was that Zhuang Fei, the other protagonist of this competition, was silent before the game. (Your support is my biggest motivation.) )