Chapter 162 Star Flash

On the third day after the end of the brawl at the West Jersey Stadium, the NBA headquarters informed the public media and teams of the punishment results of the incident through its own channels.

Among them, Knicks player Li Feng was suspended for 10 games, and the Suns' Stadamire and Jason Richardson, who had previously violated sportsmanship during the game, were suspended for seven and five games, respectively.

The two teams can be said to play 50 boards each, and neither of them is biased.

“sjit！”

D'Antoni is like a roaring lion, spewing trash talk at the newspaper in his office in his office.

"The guy who got kicked by a donkey! Ten game bans?! It would be better to disqualify us from the playoffs! Conspiracy, this is the conspiracy against the Knicks! ”

When he learned the news, the nameless karma in D'Antoni's heart suddenly jumped.

There has been no shortage of precedents for court brawls in the NBA before, but as long as there are no off-court personnel involved, they are generally picked up high and gently put down, and this time the punishment is obviously too heavy, not to mention that the current Knicks team has just improved a little.

Seeing that he was about to say goodbye to terms like "fish belly", he suddenly knocked on the stick. This makes D'Antoni, who has often gone out of town lately, sit down.

However, after so many years in the NBA, D'Antoni also clearly informed that since it has been issued, the punishment will become a fact, and in addition to being addicted, the only thing he can do is to try his best to create a lineup without Li Feng in the short term to cope with the next ten games.

However, what D'Antoni didn't know was that this punishment was already lenient in David Stern's eyes, and the original intention was to kill the chicken to show the monkey.

And the same fire rose as D'Antoni. It's Suns coach Kentry.

This paper punishment will sit on the wall and watch the two generals in his team. You must know that there are only seven or eight people in this Suns team who can play on the court.

Suddenly there are two less, and the lineup is naturally stretched, which is definitely not good news for the Suns, who are determined to return to the position of the leader in the West this season.

Since the punishment order was issued, it has been executed, and Li Feng, who has no game task, is like a stimulant, desperately venting his excess strength in the team's training.

Poor Corey and Ibaka, both of whom have strong muscles, but were abused half to death by Li Feng during training.

In this situation, Matthews, who has a good relationship with the two, can't help but pray for the two, hoping that Li Feng has not returned from the ban, and someone on the inside of the Knicks has been injured again.

The coach of the most unfortunate team, D'Antoni, can't stand it anymore, there are only a few of his own interior teams, Li Feng is banned, if anything happens to Corey and Ibaka, who will grab the rebounds?

As a last resort, D'Antoni could only ask the assistant coach to take Li Feng to do other training, while he continued to practice tactics.

"You're so miserable."

Matthews walked into the gym in the arena with Li Feng and the assistant coach, who seemed to be unfinished. Full of emotion, he patted Corey on the back.

It's a pity that the cup man doesn't seem to have the extra strength to waste on talking.

……

Li Feng is banned for ten games, which can be described as a fatal blow to the Knicks, most of the whole season has passed, the Knicks are still outside the playoff list, and their chances are running out.

Perhaps D'Antoni's training worked, and the New York Knicks unexpectedly snapped two wins in the next two games with Lee suspended and Harrington yet to return.

Without Li Feng, D'Antoni completely abandoned the defense in order to strengthen the offense, and discharged a small lineup of center Ibaka big forward Harden, small forward Matthews scoring guard Thornton point guard Duhon. …,

This lineup only relies on Ibaka, the defense is very weak, but the offense is very strong, at least the Washington Wizards and the Philadelphia 76ers have not been able to withstand the firepower of the New Yorkers, Marcus Thornton has been climbing after Li Feng's injury, and he has been the team's scoring champion in both games, including a high score of 40 points on 9-of-11 three-point shooting in the game with the 76ers.

However, in the next eight games, the Knicks' small lineup is not popular, other teams are seizing the inside line and beating desperately, Ibaka is difficult to support, even if Harrington returns from injury, he can't prevent the team's eight consecutive defeats, and after ten games, the Knicks fell to the thirteenth place in the East, and there is little hope of the playoffs.

Li Feng is only banned for ten games, and in this New Orleans Hornets game, the ten-game ban is over, and the Knicks will find their soul again.

This is Li Feng's "comeback", Knicks fans hope that the team can end the losing streak under Li Feng's leadership, but the media believe that although this game is a home game, the Knicks may not be able to win.

Before the game, the players on both sides had a war of words, James Posey said that Harden was just a showman, not worthy of being called James, and Harden also shot back that Posey was old and could go home and hold the child.

However, Li Feng, who is the most concerned by the media, did not make any surprising remarks before the game, and the reporter laughed and said that the Tyrannosaurus Rex is now venting all its energy on the court.

The starting arrangement of this game also made D'Antoni brain-wrenching, the team has not many available players now, but everyone can play the starter, and whoever is put on the bench has a feeling of favoritism, and during the eight-game losing streak, D'Antoni did not solve this problem, but kept changing the starting lineup to show fairness.

The Knicks can't lose this game again, if this game is lost, ten consecutive defeats are not far away, and D'Antoni will also be out of class, so he still puts the slow Eddie Corey in the starting center position, the big forward is naturally Li Feng, the small forward is Harden, the scoring guard Thornton, the point guard Duhon, Ibaka and Harrington and Matthews are all on the bench.

After the opening, the Knicks, who had resumed their previous starting lineup, were on offense, but the Hornets' tactics were based on defense, playing positional battles with the Knicks, even if they steal the ball, they don't risk fast breaks, and mainly rely on blocking and covering in positional battles to score.

Ten minutes into the game, Knicks fans knew they were going to face a tough game today.

The strength of the Hornets is already stronger than that of the Knicks, they insist on playing positional warfare, and send people to keep an eye on Li Feng, it is strange that the Knicks are not difficult to play.

D'Antoni on the sidelines couldn't help pacing, he was pondering countermeasures, the opponent was obviously very good at today's tactical arrangement, that is, never rush, try to play as successful as possible, retreat extremely quickly, and never give the Knicks a chance to defend and counterattack.

And in addition to the Hornets maintaining a high level of individual marking, their help defense is also doing well, and the Knicks' offense is greatly contained.

"It's really hard to fight."

D'Antoni told manager Atkinson.

Atkinson Road:

'The forwards were heavily marked, the passing routes were cut off and the team couldn't fit together.

D'Anthony Road:

"You can't stop Feng from scoring like this, but it won't kill the Wasp!"

The game time passed slowly, and soon came to the second half, the first half hour Scott was sitting in the coach's box, he was confident about his arrangement, and the situation on the court was completely developed according to his vision, the Knicks' offense was almost limited by him, and the fierce Marcus Thornton in the first few games could not play under the care of Peterson.

In order to deal with Li Feng, Posey, who scolded Harden before the game, ignored the Tanhua show, Li Feng was marked by Posey on the outside, and Li Feng entered the interior line, and the defender was replaced by Okafor. …,

The Hornets' defense was very targeted, not only the switch between Posey and Okafor, but others also cut off the connection between Li Feng and his teammates, but they still couldn't prevent Li Feng.

In the case that his teammates can't score, Li Feng can score under the iron bucket formation of the Hornets, Posey and Okafor have strong individual defensive ability, but their characteristics are distinctive, Posey mainly defends large outside players, especially the forward swingman is very experienced, and Okafor is the league's top ten defensive ability inside, however, even the small forward Posey can't keep up with Li Feng's footsteps, Okafor's disadvantage in this point is more obvious.

After adapting to the defense of the two, Li Feng was like a cook, relying on his body and speed to break through Posey on the outside, and playing Okafor with his skills on the inside.

Seeing Li Feng score again and again, Scott was a little restless, not only because he couldn't let go of Li Feng, but also because the Knicks still paid attention to defensive counterattacks, and the defensive coordination was not very good, but the players were all like physical supermen, and the pressing Hornets could barely hold the ball or pass the ball, the Knicks' defense line continued to expand, and the Hornets were almost pressed to the middle line.

The offense is hard, the defense is also urgent, the Knicks' players are very fast, especially Li Feng is a lightning bolt on the court, don't look at him has been assisting in the front court, but every time the Hornets successfully counterattack, the first one to go down must be him, with Li Feng's super speed, the Knicks' fast break can be called a blitzkrieg.

"I'll see how long your stamina lasts!"

Scott thinks he's hoping to take advantage of the opponent's lack of stamina to break down the opponent's defense, and now let the team run rampant for a while.

But in the fourth quarter, Scott couldn't sit still, really couldn't sit still, the Knicks were still pressing all over the court, still attacking, and the Hornets' defense was on the verge of collapsing.

Posey's body is definitely not as strong as Li Feng, and after being broken through by Li Feng in a row, he had to foul, and now he has committed five fouls, and when he defends, Paul can't help Posey to help defend.

The reason why Chris Paul dared to help defend Posey was that Duhon, who was opposite him, was a poor version of Andre Miller, and his shooting was not accurate, so he could choose to release him tactically.

But not shooting doesn't mean Dujon isn't lethal, he always drills inside when no one is guarded, and the Hornets' already loose defense is about to be crushed.

Scott, like D'Antoni, was wandering on the sidelines, both of them secretly anxious, but they were both gritting their teeth and holding on, depending on who was stronger.

More strength, better luck.

When the stalemate is the time when the star shines, the Knicks fans began to call Li Feng's name, and unconsciously, Li Feng completely conquered the fans of Madison, in the eyes of the fans, Li Feng is not a rookie, but a real basketball star.