Chapter 498: A big victory over the Knicks

The last time the Warriors started a five-game winning streak in the regular season, I don't know how far back it was.

At least as most Warriors fans know, the Warriors have never started the regular season with a clean five-game winning streak in nearly two decades.

Prior to that, their best result was in the '91-92 season, when they started the regular season with four straight wins and finished in third place in the West with a 55-27 record.

At that time, the first star of the Warriors team was still Chris in the prime of his youth. Mullin is averaging 25.6 points, 5.6 rebounds and 3.5 assists per game, and Tim Hardaway, a third-year player, is also averaging 23.4 points, 3.8 rebounds and 10 assists per game.

Time flies, a few years have passed, and the Warriors have long been in trouble, ruined by the highly-anticipated Mullin, and Tim. Hardaway was also traded away.

However, the Warriors won five in a row, and their performance was so good that people couldn't believe it.

Wang Feng is really so powerful? This performance and dominance on the court makes perfect sense to say that he is stronger than Jordan at his peak.

Of course, Jordan is not so easy to surpass, and if Wang Feng did not win substantial honors in terms of championship and regular season MVP, no one will think that Wang Feng is really much better than Jordan.

But honors are the accumulation of daily games, if Wang Feng can really maintain the quasi-triple-double data of 30+10+10 at this stage, the Warriors' record can also rank among the top few in the league, whether there is a championship or not, the regular season MVP will definitely be Wang Feng!

On November 12, the Warriors' sixth regular season game finally ushered in a defeat.

In this game, the Warriors challenged the Phoenix Suns away, and Barkley slashed 31 points, 19 rebounds and 5 assists, educated the young Garnett well on the inside, and completely defeated the Warriors' weak inside.

Wang Feng did not choose to directly oppose Barkley in this game, on the one hand, unlike when he was in the Knicks, Wang Feng during the Warriors period had to take on more responsibilities, and did not have the spare time to compete with Barkley, on the other hand, Wang Feng is indeed not comparable to Barkley in terms of strength, unless he uses physical energy to live and die on the other side, otherwise this cannot be changed no matter how hard he tries.

The data body brought by the system to Wang Feng allows him to ignore the upper limit of talent and ability that players should have, but at the same time, it also completely limits Wang Feng's upper limit, 88's strength is not comparable to Barkley, and the opponent has no way to beat Wang Feng with this point.

Although Wang Feng did not play opposite Barkley, his performance was not inferior to the other party, and even played even better, slashing a super triple-double of 47 points, 14 rebounds and 11 assists.

However, his teammates' performance in this game was really average, Mullin hit 2 of 6 shots and 5 of 6 free throws, and only scored 9 points.

Blayrock made 2 of 7 shots.

As for Garnett and Sekari, the two interior players, also played very badly under the pressure of Barkley, Garnett shot 6 of 16, 1 of 3 free throws, only scored 13 points and 7 rebounds, and 6 fouls went off the court early, which was Garnett's worst game since the start of the regular season.

In the face of Barkley, an old-timer, the young wolf king was completely controlled.

The loss to the Suns brought the Knicks' winning streak to five, but a regular season loss was nothing to the start of the regular season. ….

It is worth mentioning that the Bulls' winning streak also ended in a five-game winning streak, falling in the sixth game against the Magic.

The duo of O'Neal and Hardaway is indeed not easy to mess with.

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After losing to the Suns, the Warriors followed up with a home win against the Los Angeles Clippers on Nov. 14.

The Clippers were also one of Wang's strong contenders in the summer offseason, but Wang rejected the other party because he had a stingy and racist boss to avoid being disgusted.

In the face of this weak team at the bottom of the West, the Warriors made a decisive and heavy attack, and Garnett also swept away the decline against Barkley, cutting a double-double of 23 points and 12 rebounds.

At the end of seven games, the Warriors have a 6-1 record, ranking first in the West.

And the Warriors' next 8th game is also a focus battle.

The Warriors will host the New York Knicks.

As Wang Feng, who also played for the Knicks last season and helped the other team win a championship, he has played well with the Warriors this season, and it is impossible to say that Knicks fans do not have a little idea.

But in the 90s, most fans have not yet reached the level where the future fan circle culture is rampant and blindly brainless, and everyone can still be reasonable.

Wang Feng played out his value and wanted a big contract, so he chose to leave the Knicks, which is understandable.

After all, Wang Feng only played for half a season in the Knicks, and the Knicks never cultivated Wang Feng.

New York fans who have nowhere to vent can only sprinkle their grievances on Ewing, who let this guy's vanity swell after winning the championship, and he has to sign a contract with an annual salary of up to $18.72 million, which directly locks the Knicks' salary space completely, what are you waiting for if Wang Feng doesn't leave?

The Knicks' record since the start of the regular season is actually not bad, with 5 wins and 2 losses in the first game, which is much better than last season.

But seeing that the Warriors can lead the Knicks with a 6-1 record, it is natural to feel unhappy.

Therefore, in this game, the whole Knicks team riveted their strength to defeat the Warriors led by Wang Feng and prove that their championship last season was not entirely due to Wang Feng.

As for Wang Feng, he has long been no interested in the Knicks.

Don't look at their 5-2 record now, their record is not bad, and it won't be long before they will be revealed.

In Wang Feng's memory, this season's Knicks, the final regular season record is 47-35, ranking fifth in the West, although it is also a good record, but compared with the previous two seasons, 57 wins in the 93-94 season and 55 wins in the 94-95 season, it is definitely a cliff-like decline.

Wang Feng's only goal this season is only to beat Jordan's Bulls, and other teams are naturally not in the scope of consideration.

But Wang Feng also saw the Knicks' desire to win this game, especially Ewing, who frequently asked for a strong attack on the Warriors' basket at the beginning of the game.

Obviously, the new FMVP has been sprayed very upset recently, he thinks he is worth $18.72 million, Wang Feng's departure has nothing to do with him, and even without Wang Feng, the Knicks can still win the championship.

"If you think so, it can only make you see the reality......

Wang Feng shook his head helplessly, and then began to exert his strength.

Knicks New Season @

Assistant coach Van Gundy took office.

But the current Knicks are different, and the general manager of the team has not called Don . Nelson, instead directly chose to promote assistant coach Van Gundy to become the team's head coach.

Jeff. Is Van Gundy a well-known coach? There is no doubt about this, the Van Gundy brothers are both very famous coaches in the future, but their coaching ability is ...... A 57.5 percent win percentage throughout his career is not low among coaches, but he doesn't have Don Brown. Nielsen Thousand Miles Coach and 3-time Coach of the Year awards, and no Phil. Jackson, Pat. Riley has won championships many times.

As a famous coach, Jeff. Van Gundy's accolades have been severely lacking, and his best result has been a run to the finals.

And throughout Van Gundy's coaching career, whether it is in the Knicks or the Rockets, he is a typical model of outdated thinking and inflexibility.

Advocating the concept of iron-blooded military governance in the 90s, the big center tactics were regarded as classics, allowing Da Yao to gain weight, and overusing Da Yao a lot on the offensive end, which indirectly led to the shortening of Da Yao's career.

In fact, in the later stage of the Knicks, a similar situation to Da Yao happened to Ewing in advance.

Just three seasons after Van Gundy took over as coach of the Knicks, Ewing began to suffer frequent injuries and became the first of the four centers to decline.

Of course, Van Gundy is not without his merits, his defensive system has always been very good, and although the offensive rhythm is very poor, he has coached teams that are among the best in the league.

The current Knicks have clearly shown such a trend.

Last season, they could also provide good scoring, and Starks and Harper, who shared the pressure on Ewing on the offensive end, have shrunk their average points per game to varying degrees in the new season. ….

Van Gundy doesn't think there's anything wrong with this kind of offense, so shouldn't there be a super center to make the most of the super center's offensive ability?

It's just that Ewing is not O'Neill after all, and he can't have invincible super lethality on the inside like O'Neal.

The game against the Warriors entered the second quarter, and Ewing was already feeling a little tired.

Although Secali is not a high-quality defensive center with outstanding defensive ability, he is also an old man who has played seven seasons in the league after all, has a lot of experience, and at his peak, he also had a double-double performance of 17 points and 11.8 rebounds per game in a single season, which is not completely for nothing.

Moreover, Ewing has often faced more than just Sekari.

Garnett's strength is not the strong single defense ability of the inside, in fact, limited by the weight tonnage, Garnett's single defense of the interior player is not good, and it is easy to suffer.

But at the same time, he also has his own advantages, that is, the mobility that ordinary inside lines do not have, which can be comparable to that of outside lines.

Garnett has a positive defensive attitude and excellent awareness of the defense, and will often step forward to assist Secali in the defense.

It was already a slippery hand, and it was 1v2, which led to Ewing shooting 3-of-8 and 1-of-2 free throws in the second quarter, scoring only 7 points.

At the same time, the offense of the rest of the Knicks players was similarly not smooth.

The Warriors are going to be tougher to play against offensively and defensively than expected.

On the offensive end, with Wang Feng as the start, there is no way to block it.

On the defensive side, Wang Feng and Garnett both have strong defensive capabilities, and with the overall bonus effect of Wang Feng's defensive core badge, the defensive intensity is also considerable.

In the second quarter, the Knicks began to collapse across the board, scoring only 17 points in a single quarter, compared to 30 points for the Warriors.

Originally, in the first quarter of the game, the Warriors relied on Wang Feng's 17 points in a single quarter to suppress the Knicks, and after the second quarter of the game, the score of the two teams had reached 44:60 at halftime, and the Warriors had a 16-point lead at halftime.

At this time, Jeff. Van Gundy's other shortcomings have also been revealed, and that is his ability to adapt when the team is in a backward stage.

Having fallen behind by so many points, Van Gundy couldn't come up with a solution throughout the break, and all he could do in the dressing room was instill a chicken soup for the soul.

"We were the champions of last season, one of the strongest teams in the league, the opponent is just a new team, the game is seriously inexperienced, and we have an absolute advantage on the inside, everyone should not give up, try to catch up with the score and win this game!"

Obviously, this chicken soup doesn't have any real meaning.

In the third quarter of the game, relying on a slightly deeper bench depth than the Warriors, the Knicks barely tied the Warriors 28-28 in this quarter, but this obviously did not solve the problem.

As the game entered the fourth quarter, Wang Feng began to make efforts to do the final finishing work.

A wave of sudden throws, Wang Feng, who scored like chopping melons and vegetables, led the team to play a wave of 12:2 attacks, directly widening the difference from 16 points to 26 points, and the game completely lost suspense.

The second half of the fourth quarter was completely garbage time.

In the end, the score between the two teams was fixed at 120-97, and the Warriors beat the Knicks by 23 points at home.

Sheng Bo