Around Thanksgiving, it is a rare time for the Knicks to relax since the new season.

After different lineups, the combination of different lineups has never been able to achieve the desired effect, Jeff Van Gundy and the coaching staff have not tossed up, everyone has accepted the facts, and the defensive intensity has not returned to the level of the past.

The Knicks can still abuse the dishes, but they are no longer stable, and as long as Lee You and Alan Houston fluctuate, the game becomes extremely difficult.

In the past three seasons, the Knicks' stats on the defensive end have not been out of the top two in the league, and they have been first in the league in two seasons, and this year they are likely to fall out of the top five.

Around Thanksgiving, the Knicks only have two games to play, and as the LSAT test time approaches, Lee Woo has to continue preparing for the exam in addition to his daily training and going home at night.

On the night of the 26th, at 80:103, the Lakers defeated the Nets, and their record came to 10-4.

After the Nets lost this game, their record came to 2-11, and Marbury was about to lead the team to the top spot.

3-of-16, 10 points, 1 rebound and 5 assists, under Harper's defense, Marbury was completely lost.

Commentators weren't interested in Marbury's stats, but praised O'Neal's game.

Played 41 minutes, 14-of-24, 2-of-6 free throws, 30 points, 16 rebounds, 7 assists, 4 blocks, and no turnovers!

The Sharks played a perfect game with seven assists and seemed to indicate that Phil Jackson's triangular offensive system was working.

In TNT's post-game commentary, Mike Flatalo, who has already parted ways with the Cavaliers, was invited to the show, and at this time he praised O'Neal's dominance in the studio:

"When Shaq can clearly understand the situation on the court and give the ball to open teammates, the Lakers will be unstoppable!"

"Nobody can limit him under the basket, and when Shaq is close to the basket, he can score."

"There is a price to be paid for the bag, Harper has done his job well, Fisher has been on track this season, and the Lakers have developed chemistry!"

The passing sharks were a real surprise, with the Lakers dishing out 28 assists and only 10 turnovers in the game.

Grabbing 44 rebounds, 5 steals, 7 blocks, and conceding some long rebounds, Phil Jackson made a qualitative change for the Lakers!

In the studio, Ernnie Johnson watched the former Cavaliers coach praise the Lakers, and suddenly smiled and asked:

"The Knicks have a very good record since the start of the season, who is stronger of the two teams?"

After a brief stint as an assistant coach with the Knicks, Mike Flatello usually has good things to say about New York, but this year he is no longer optimistic about the Knicks:

"Lee was very good and played MVP, and Houston was by his side and played an All-Star performance."

"The two are arguably the strongest backcourt combination in the league right now, but basketball is five-man, and what I'm seeing is that the Knicks' defensive system is crumbling."

"Maybe they can still play top-10 defense in the league, but to complete a three-game winning streak, that level is not enough."

"Imagine what kind of stats a well-formed Shaq would play against the Knicks' interior?"

"At the moment the Lakers are the better team and I believe they will get better and better!"

Kenny Smith noticed Harper scoring 17 points on 7-of-12 shooting:

"What kind of stats will Lee play in the backcourt when he meets the Lakers? Shaq also has his shortcomings, he has always had problems with pick-and-rolls, and he relies heavily on defenders to squeeze through cover. ”

"Harper might work against Marbury, but defensive Lee, we all know the Bulls story."

"Haven't you noticed that it's getting easier for Lee to score 40 points this season?"

Mike Flatello shook his head and quickly gave a counter-example:

"Allen Iverson always scored high points in the first three years of his career, and 40 points wasn't difficult for him, but the 76ers' best result was in the first round."

"If you want to go far in the playoffs, the team's defense is key, and the closer you are to the basket, the higher your shooting percentage, and that's Shaq's strength."

“.”

At home in Tarrytown, Milinda smiled and watched the two people arguing on the TV show, and the husky Happy on the side called from time to time, as if she was also expressing her dissatisfaction.

After adding some wood to the fireplace, Milinda, dressed in loose pajamas, slipped into the study.

Both Lee Woo and Kim are immersed in the questions, one preparing for the LSAT and the other for the Bar, New York, early next year.

Milinda, who was about to graduate from Connecticut Law School, was the most relaxed, quietly hugged Li You from behind, and said with a smile:

"Why do those sports programs always look down on you, I read the New York newspapers, and obviously everyone is praising the team!"

didn't care about being gone, Milinda squeezed into Li You's arms and began to make trouble.

In the past few years, her studies were too heavy, and the big wave girl didn't have so much time, Li You hugged the girl who was moving, continued to brush the questions, and responded simply:

"Because people like to see successful people fail, it's just a repetition of the story of previous years, and in '98, they said the same thing about Michael Jordan."

Looking at Li You, who was seriously brushing the questions, Milinda looked at Jin who was immersed in reading on the other side, stood up and leaned over to the other side and said to Jin:

"How about we open a law firm in the future? I think it's a good idea, counting Avan, it's just four people. ”

Kim, who has a somewhat serious personality, couldn't resist the lively Milinda, and hurriedly responded after being hugged:

"The most important thing is to pass the qualifying exam first!"

Looking at the somewhat nervous Kim, Milinda leaned into her ear and said with a wicked taste:

"It's late, do you want to sleep together at night!"

Looking at Jin, whose face suddenly turned red, made Milinda, who had come back into Li You's arms, chuckle.

Glancing at the time, Li You patted the troublesome big wave girl, noticed that the husky was getting bigger and bigger, and said helplessly:

"Don't make fun of Kim, don't give Happy too much food when I'm not at home, he's about to turn into a pig!"

On the night of the 27th, the first game after Thanksgiving, the Knicks faced the Heat at home.

Combing a ponytail and dressing pretty, Christen-Litt sat in the front seat and cheered for Li You.

After the game started, the Knicks Bang Bang Bang iron, and Li You quickly turned on the individual scoring mode.

Tim Hardaway has suffered an injury and is about two months out of action, but the Heat haven't been affected too much, with Alonzo Mourning and PJ Brown in fine form.

Anthony Carter, the small guard who started the Heat tonight, was completely blinded, and at the top of the arc, numbly squeezed through the cover, and after a slow beat, he saw Li You's left hand dribbling behind his back, and it seemed that he was about to pass between the two again.

Alonzo Mourning had already defended the ball and saw his team-mate cut the ball and immediately cooperated to give a physical confrontation to block the breakthrough route.

It's just that the basketball just crossed Anthony Carter's fingertips, and Lee You deftly twisted around, and while catching the ball with his right hand, he squeezed through Mourning and Ben Wallace strongly.

Li You broke through to the paint area in an instant, and faced PJ Brown, who quickly helped defend to the inside with his hands raised, his body shook sharply to the right and suddenly stepped forward to the left.

Suddenly the European step changed direction, Li You quickly dodged the defense, PJ Brown was in place like a stake, and watched Li You pick up the basket with his left hand!

“Wow！”

The New York fans at the scene shouted excitedly, this is not the first time that such a scene has appeared, facing the Heat's iron bucket formation, Li You can always easily score points under the basket.

Pat Riley on the sidelines gave a thumbs up to PJ Brown's defense, and the Heat were prepared tonight, although they couldn't limit Lee You's breakthrough, but they didn't pay for the foul.

On the surface, Pat Riley is breezy and calm, but in his heart, he also has a lemon, and the Heat need such a guard at the moment!

Mourning is in his prime, and PJ Brown has also played very well on the defensive end this season, and the Heat currently have a 9-3 record under the iron defense.

Just to go further and chase a championship, the Heat also need to develop offense and need an outside scorer.

Seeing his former assistant turn into a champion coach and break his own record, Pat Riley's heart swelled with anger, clapping his hands and shouting at the players:

"Defend, keep defending! Everybody speed up the rotation! ”

“.”

Lee Yo-yo was in a lively swing with a burst shot, but Alan Houston and Larry Johnson were out of shape tonight and continued to play iron.

Although the game has been behind from the start, the New York fans who bought tickets to watch the game did not care.

After consecutive away games, the New York fans were suffocated, watching Li You continue to cut points and score beautiful goals in a row, and there were only cheers on the scene for a while.

In the end, 98:92, the first home game after Thanksgiving, the Knicks lost again.

After the game, at Madison Square Garden, the New York fans were still shouting happily.

Playing 40 minutes, 14-of-24, 6-of-11 from beyond the three-point line, 9-of-10 from the free-throw line, 43 points, 7 rebounds, 7 assists, 4 steals and 3 turnovers, Lee Woo scored almost half of the Knicks' points.

The Heat also fought hard in this game, Mourning played 46 minutes, 12 of 20, and got 30 points, 9 rebounds, 3 blocks and 4 turnovers;

PJ Brown played 43 minutes, 6-of-10, with 12 points, 11 rebounds, 2 steals and 2 turnovers.

The play of the two inside of the Heat team can be regarded as canceling out Li You's score.

Alan Houston was 5-of-17 tonight, and could only pat his chest awkwardly after the game, signaling that it was his own problem.

Against the duo, the Heat's ferocious perimeter defense still worked.

The New York fans at the scene were in a state of "the Knicks lost, but Lee You didn't" at this time, and in the regular season, playing well is sometimes very important.

His teammates did not perform well, and after the game, Li You could only stay on the sidelines for an interview with MSG.

Commentator Mike Brin didn't care about losing, and said with a smile:

"Nearly 60% shooting rate to score 43 points, Lee, tell the fans about your efficient secret!"

Despite playing 40 minutes, Li You was just like no one, and there was only some sweat on his head:

"Distribute your energy wisely, reduce some unnecessary shaking, make your offense concise, and at the same time, read the opponent's defense and reduce the reluctance to attack."

"Doing the basics well, with the support of my teammates, makes it easy to score!"

Walter Fraser knew that the Knicks had been being viewed by ball critics lately, and as a team celebrity, he stopped asking questions at this time, but loudly encouraged:

"Don't make a noise in the unexpected world, Lee, we're still number one in the East, focus on the game, remember to bring it to the boys!"

“.”

The Knicks lost, the New York media didn't mention it at all, and the newspaper on the second day, after praising Li You's efficient performance, gossiped about a few girls who appeared on the sidelines this season.

Milinda looks a lot like the future Emma Stone, beautiful, with a good figure, especially photogenic, and the New York media has long been familiar with it.

Christen Ritter is tall and tall, although the little follower has only shown his face often this season, but he is not bad-looking, and he is a bit like Anne Hathaway, who has recently become popular, and has also attracted attention for a while.

Ivana is more familiar with the New York media, although she went to study at Georgetown University this year, she was also photographed having dinner with Li You on Thanksgiving.

Coupled with the fact that Tina Fay sometimes brings beautiful girls to watch the game on Saturday nights, the New York Post finally came up with an article:

"Lee has very few male friends and a lot of female friends."

On November 29, the Knicks faced the Mavericks at home.

Before the game, Ewing was asked in an interview about Nelson Sr., who is no longer as yin and yang as before:

"We just don't have the same basketball philosophy, but I want him to be successful with the Mavericks!"

"But if they want to win the championship, they have to rush out of the West first, and the Knicks will continue to dominate the league in the future, for which I can only say sorry in advance!"

When asked about Nowitzki, the gorilla was visibly stunned, apparently unimpressed by the big white man who averaged only 8.2 points per game last season:

"Well, he's a big man with a lot of skills, and I'm sure he'll be able to establish himself in the league."

As the "No. 1 center in the league", Ewing has now begun to emerge as a celebrity review.

The championship has brought Ewing a huge amount of influence, and the New York media may have been extra tolerant of gorillas to make up for past consumption.

No one cares about going to the Golden Club to have fun, after all, I have played football for New York for half my life, and at the end of my career, it is understandable to play "ball" and indulge it.

In every game, Ewing is dressed in formal clothes, cheering on his teammates on the sidelines, and giving out chicken soup when he pauses, acting very Buddhist.

Although Ewing is still actively doing rehabilitation, the painful process has gradually dissipated the gorilla's desire for victory.

Recovering from a major injury is a chore, Ewing at the end of his career has lost his fighting spirit, and Jeff Van Gundy and the coaching staff can't do anything.

On the night of the 27th, Michael Finley took the lead in the iron and brought down the Mavericks in one quarter.

At 18:29, in the first quarter of the game, the Mavericks trailed by 11 points.

Despite falling behind by double digits, the Mavericks didn't relent, keep running, keep throwing!

In the second quarter of the game, 13:27 in the single quarter, the end of the half game has entered garbage time.

Nowitzki and Nash were still playing for Michael Finley at this time, and Nash was out of shape throughout the game, and finally scored zero eggs.

With 20 points on 7-of-21 shooting, Michael Finley's inefficient performance made the old Nelson frown on the sidelines.

Nowitzki had a decent run of shots from the field, shooting 4-of-9 for 10 points.

In the end, 82:110, the Knicks faced the Mavericks with heavy punches and easily defeated their opponents.

New York fans haven't seen it yet, and the Knicks are back on the road trip.

On November 30, the Knicks challenged the 76ers back-to-back away.

Alan Iverson was affected by an injury early in the season, suffering a contusion in his right knee and was left on the bench tonight wearing a gold chain and a casual suit.

Li You rarely rushed to the basket in the first three seasons, and as long as he rushed to the interior in this era, he would be put to the ground by big players many times.

"Resistance to fighting" is very important, muscles are also very important, Li You, who is currently full of tendon meat, can't pull it many times, plus some hidden small movements, big players also have to give way.

Philadelphia fans knew that the team would probably lose tonight's game, but no one expected it to be like this.

At 108:74, the 76ers scored less than 80, and they couldn't even brush the score in garbage time.

Artest, who pinched the soft persimmon, was full of presence tonight, first elbowing down Larry Hughes in the third quarter, and throwing down Bruce Bowen who was spewing trash talk in the fourth quarter.

3-of-8, 6 points, 9 rebounds, 3 assists, 1 steal, 1 turnover, 6 fouls, Artest left the game with a full foul for the first time in his career.

Such a performance made Oakley grin when he returned to the dressing room, and joked vigorously:

"You should give them a hard shot, Ron is doing well, but you need to be smarter and do these things where the referees can't see them!"

Artest, who suddenly came up, didn't actually think about these things at all.

Unlike Oakley's fouls, which are purposeful, as long as the emotions come up, Artest doesn't care who is on the other side.

Ben Wallace felt that Artest was just brainless, and at this time he also quipped:

"22 minutes, 6 fouls off the court, we should check when we go back, this is not the fastest foul record in team history."

Artest, who had completely calmed down, could only scratch his head in embarrassment when he heard the laughter of everyone's ridicule.

Assistant coach Thibodeau did encourage him to step up defensively, but apparently he messed up again and was too aggressive.

On December 1, 1999, the NBA league announced the first Player of the Month of the new season, and the Knicks' Lee Woo successfully won the award:

In November, the Knicks had a 13-3 record, leading the league like the Trail Blazers.

In 16 games, Li You played an average of 35.4 minutes per game, averaging 29.6 points, 5.7 rebounds, 8.8 assists, 2.1 steals and 1.8 turnovers per game;

He averaged 18.8 shots per game and shot 52.4 percent from the field, 6.7 attempts from beyond the three-point line and 46.4 percent from three-point range, and 7.6 free throws per game and 92.4 percent from the free throw line.

After the release of this data, it immediately sparked a heated discussion among ball critics, "180 Club", the efficiency exploded!

ESPN deliberately introduced Li You's true hit rate of 67.3% in the subsequent program, and the melon-eating crowd was also dumbfounded.

Despite the small sample size, this is also outrageous.

The Lakers also improved their record to 11-4 after beating the SuperSonics in late November.

The media in Los Angeles was very unhappy that O'Neal did not win the best of the month, and the Sharks' stats exploded when the results were not much different.

He averaged 37.4 minutes per game, made 19.6 shots per game, and shot 59.5% from the field!

He averaged 28.7 points, 13.4 rebounds, 3.6 assists, 3.4 blocks and 2.0 turnovers per game.

In terms of statistics, in addition to averaging 13.0 free throws per game and shooting 41.8% of free throws, O'Neal's statistics are also impeccable.

If you watch the game live, you can feel the current dominance of the sharks.

Violent abuse of the basket in every game has become the norm, and when it is carried to a reasonable collision area, the shark directly smashes the dunk, which makes the blood of Lakers fans boiling!

Physically strong and flexible, with hook shots under the basket, O'Neal seems to be in the best form of his career this season.

Lee Woo didn't win the Player of the Week award for the whole of November, and he really didn't bother to complain about such a small award.

O'Neal, who was cautious, was different, and seemed to feel that he was not respected, and after the big win over the Warriors that night, he walked back to the players' tunnel and shouted:

"I'm the best player!"

The Lakers only allowed the Warriors 10 points in the second quarter, and the game went into garbage time early.

The Warriors were blown up by the Sharks on the inside tonight, 12-of-21, 28 points, 23 rebounds, 1 assist, 4 blocks and 1 turnover, and O'Neal dominated the game.

In TNT's post-game commentary, the director also played the scene of O'Neal walking towards the locker room and yelling, and Kenny Smith laughed at it and couldn't help but joke loudly:

"Lee did play better in November, and don't forget that he's an outside player, it's horrible."

"You know, he doesn't have a three-point shot like him, and like I said before, 40 points is not difficult for him."

As a superstar in the league, Lee Woo is pulled out every season to study carefully.

The on-site director quickly gave a shot distribution map, and noticed that the paint area was a large red patch, and Mike Flatello also exclaimed:

"It's unbelievable, Lee's style of play has changed quite a bit this season!"

"Tim Grover seems to have tapped into Lee's physical potential and made his technical style efficient and concise."

"The most important thing is that Lee's confrontation has improved so much that even against the interior defense of Mourning and PJ Brown, he can easily score points."

"In previous seasons, when the Knicks played against the Cavaliers, we would only save his three-pointers, and now that defensive strategy has completely failed."

Mike Flatello, who coached the Cavaliers in previous years, had a more convincing comment, and Ernie Johnson nodded and immediately said with a smile:

"It's a pity that this year's Christmas War league didn't arrange the Knicks vs. the Lakers, I think this is the game that fans are looking forward to!"

Entering December, the NBA league has also begun to warm up for the upcoming Christmas game.

This Christmas, the league has two games in store for fans:

Pacers vs. Knicks; Spurs vs Lakers.

Such a matchup is a repeat of last year's East-West final.

On the night of the 2nd, the Knicks took on the Bucks on the road.

Before the start of the game, in the locker room, Li You was crowded with a bunch of sports media, and everyone was stimulated by the November data.

In the current era, there are many stars who can carry the ball, but there are very few outside stars who can efficiently digest the ball.

The last one to put in an efficient performance was Michael Jordan, who was frighteningly efficient at the beginning of his career.

The Yahoo Sports reporter who was squeezed to the back couldn't help but shout and ask:

"Lee, can you talk about your data? What an incredible performance! ”

Li You, who was sitting in his seat, watched everyone bring a bunch of microphones in front of him, touched his chin, and responded with a chuckle:

"In my opinion, it's just a normal statistic, and I've had moments when I've been in the doldrums."

"And for the Knicks, my stats don't really matter, after all, the rankings are based on the team's record."

"Stats and accolades are just an add-on to the victory, and I don't really care about the awards."

"Of course, if a high score can win a game, then I'll do everything I can to get points."

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