On November 13, 2001, in Madison Square Garden, the director frequently focused his camera on Jeff Van Gundy standing on the sidelines.

I don't know where the New York Post got the news, the newspaper has been gossiping crazy about the bald young marshal stepping down as head coach in the past two days.

As a four-time champion coach, it is intriguing that he failed to sign a long-term contract in the offseason, and combined with the recent revelations, the news seems very reliable.

Larsa had just given birth to a son to Pippen two days ago, and he was in good spirits on happy occasions, and after the game began, Pippen Sr. was particularly involved.

It's just that everyone in the Trail Blazers has become "brainless" and "unhappy" tonight, the first three quarters of the game can still be stalemate, and in the last quarter, everyone will do it with the ball, Bang Bang will hit the iron, and the game will suddenly enter another rhythm.

With 8 minutes and 42 seconds left in the game, both sides got their starting lineups back when Pippen hit a free throw.

Facing a mindless backcourt consisting of Derrick Anderson and Bunch Wells, Lee played with ease.

Pippen missed the second free throw, and the New York fans cheered again.

Pau Gasol protected the rebound in the backcourt, the Knicks launched a counterattack, and Mike Brin shouted excitedly on the commentator's bench:

"Great chance, Grant Hill has made it past half-time!"

Accelerating along the left touchline, Grant Hill immediately began to slow down as he rushed to the left flank, while Kurt Thomas also stopped on the right flank to provide off-ball cover for Lee.

Noticing that Lee Woo seemed to want to use the cover to get to the top of the arc to catch the ball, Derrick Anderson turned his back to the basket and hurriedly followed the sliding step to the right, while lowering his center of gravity and preparing to squeeze through the cover as soon as possible.

Li You suddenly slapped away the opponent's pulled left hand, and then quickly ran back, straight into the basket from the wing!

As soon as the retired Rasheed Wallace returned to the paint, the basketball flew over his head and into the upper right of the basket.

When the ball arrived, Li You, who suddenly ran back and cut in, jumped high, and after catching the ball in the air, he immediately poured the basket with both hands!

"Boom!" Empty catch the storm dunk!

“Wow！

Cheers rang through the arena, and once the transition offense was played, the Knicks always scored a good shot.

After landing, Li You's expression was relaxed, and this unexpected anti-run cut in has increased a lot this season.

The cost is that the team's turnover count has also climbed, after all, Hill's passing quality can only be said to be acceptable.

"What a wonderful assist! This is the Knicks we are familiar with. ”

Walter Fraser also likes this kind of offensive performance, and the dunk is always more interesting than the offensive jumper from the position.

The Knicks' fast-break big men are usually dragged behind, and if there is an opportunity to switch offense, they cover quickly, and the front-line players sink into the bottom corner to open up the offensive space.

Coach Morris Cheeks, who had just taken over the team, didn't seem to be able to earn the trust of the Trail Blazers, yelling from the sidelines, only to bounce back on the offensive round when Rasheed Wallace hung up at the left elbow area.

The big guy asked for the ball, and Derrick Anderson immediately returned the ball to Rasheed Wallace at the top of the arc.

Most of the jumpers throughout the game were all iron, and Gasol just moved up and stretched out his left hand to interfere.

The three-point shot was neatly shot, and the basketball smashed into the back edge of the basket with a "bang".

As if there was some pity, Rashid Wallace clapped his hands in annoyance.

Kurt Thomas successfully protected the backcourt rebound, and Dale Davis, who was stuck behind, was very unhappy, and most of his scoring tonight came from secondary offense, and there were fewer and fewer opportunities to eat cake.

While retreating and complaining loudly to his teammates, Dale Davis yelled twice, and Lee Yoo had already received the ball and rushed through the half.

It seems that he no longer trusts the "brainless" Bunch Wells, and puts on a position similar to the 23 defense, and Pippen is the first to defend the right elbow position.

In the face of Li You and Gasol's blocking at the top of the arc, noticing that Derrick Anderson was delayed, Pippen immediately shrank and quickly assisted the defense.

Li You didn't wait for the opponent's defense to be in place, and distributed the ball to Grant Hill on the right wing as soon as possible.

The latter was ready to receive the ball a long time ago, and when he received the ball away from the three-point line, he immediately released the ball, accelerated sufficiently, tore through the defense in the blink of an eye, cut in at 45 degrees, and broke through to the paint area.

Bunch Wells, who was supposed to shrink his defense, seemed to have forgotten his defensive task and was still staring at Artest in the bottom right corner.

“Fuck！”

In this situation, Davis was so angry that he scolded again, and he could only give up the opposing Kurt Thomas and move to the paint area to complete the defense as soon as possible.

Grant Hill, who had been prepared, threw the ball to the top left of the basket, and Kurt Thomas, who was ambushed on the left near the baseline, jumped high, grabbed the ball and threw his hands into the basket again!

"Boom!" The empty catch is a violent dunk.

At 70:78, the difference was finally widened.

In the fourth quarter of the game, the Trail Blazers' four-different defense was completely crushed.

In the next round, when Pippen played with his back to the left blocking area, put the ball with his left hand and hit the backward jumper that turned in the direction of the baseline twice, the coach of Maurice Cheeks on the sidelines was so angry that he held his head in his hands.

Gasol, who grabbed the rebound, threw the ball into the hands of Li You, who was close to the halfway line, and Derrick Anderson seemed to have expected his team-mate's iron, and just retreated to the right wing.

Seeing Li You slow down, change to his left hand after dribbling under his crotch, pretend to close the ball with his right hand, bend his knees and look up at the basket, Derrick Anderson, who was moving backwards, jumped up subconsciously.

The opponent was shaken, Li You quickly completed the change of direction in front of the body, and the range of action was very small, but after switching to the right hand, he completely got rid of the defense, lowered the center of gravity and instantly increased the stride, and the right wing went straight to the basket.

Rashid Wallace, who retreated to the paint area, had already given up the defense, watching Li You jump with both feet as he approached the paint area, grabbed the ball with his right hand and dunked it with one arm!

"Oh!"

Amid the cheers, the Trail Blazers immediately called a timeout, and the margin came to 10 points, and victory was in sight.

"Lee's game is getting better and better, and the new rules don't seem to affect his offense."

Commentator Mike Brin was happy to watch, but Walter Fraser still commented on the game seriously:

"There were some issues with the offensive space, and in last week's game, the opponent always liked to let Artest's shots go and opt for the help defense.

"Fortunately, the boys reacted quickly, and Gasol seemed to have found his touch in the free-throw line jumper in these games, which helped the team a lot."

During the timeout, Jeff Van Gundy delivered chicken soup as always, and it seemed no different than before.

The director frequently focused the camera on the bald young marshal, trying to discover the "secret" on the Knicks' bench.

In the following games, the Trail Blazers still completely lost their shooting touch, and in the case of frequent iron hitting, the offensive end let go of their hands and feet, and the more they shot, the more iron they shot.

Amid the laughter of the New York fans, the Knicks took the game away in waves.

At 82:100, everyone on the losing Trail Blazers didn't care, and greeted them with a smile after the game.

Shooting 1-of-23 from three-point range and shooting 4.3 percent from the field, Trail Blazers head coach Maurice Cheeks looked unusually ugly, and his words were taken as deaf ears.

Li You didn't forget to congratulate Pippen on having another son, and Larsa's husband and godson at this time have not completely let go of themselves

A victory, New York fans are happy, but sports reporters want Lee Woo to gossip about the head coach.

TNT's reporter interviewed Li You for the first time on the sidelines:

"Lee, is Van Gundy really planning to leave the Knicks?"

Li You was busy preparing for Thanksgiving, and he hadn't read the gossip news in the past few days, and was a little surprised to hear the question, and then responded seriously:

'I haven't heard anything like that, Coach Van Gundy has always been in New York, he loves it here and everybody in the team supports him.

"If it's a contract thing, there's an answer in the offseason."

Looking at Li You's serious look, there seemed to be no dissatisfaction, and the TNT reporter could only nod and change the topic to the business mutual blowing mode.

There are no secrets in New York, and although Jeff Van Gundy strenuously denied it after the game, everyone thought the bald young marshal was leaving.

The fact that the contract was not renewed after four consecutive championships has already shown the team's attitude.

James Dolan didn't mention the head coach at all at this time, and general manager Grenfield only smiled and said in an interview:

"Jeff is a legendary coach, I don't know where that news came from, and I'm sure he's going to stay with the Knicks."

In the game between No. 15 and the Heat, facing the Heat, who had lost three in a row, the Knicks once again punched hard.

76:98, three quarters check-in, home win over the opponent.

Mourning, whose condition has deteriorated, has been unable to play, the roster has been purged, and Eddie Jones has become the star of the Heat.

With 2 wins and 6 losses, the Heat, which collapsed at the beginning, seems to have entered a rebuilding period.

Pat Riley, as the former of the Knicks, did not forget to joke about the basketball environment here after the game:

"I know what Jeff is capable of and it's great to see him succeed in New York."

'But a lot of times the manager gets into that and whatever choice Jeff makes, I'm always going to support him.

In the post-game press conference, there was no mention of the loss, and hearing Pat Riley's statement, ESPN's reporter also gossiped:

"Do you think Coach Van Gundy will eventually choose to leave? He has just achieved four consecutive titles. ”

Seeing that everyone in the audience was waiting for him to make a statement, Pat Riley said again:

"That's the NBA, and a lot of times, it's the superstars who decide everything!"

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No. 16 back-to-back games against the Hawks, 78-93, the Knicks easily won the opponent.

On Sunday the 18th, the Knicks embarked on a road trip to the West, and the NBA league also announced this week's Player of the Week:

Eastern Conference Woo Lee and Western Conference Kevin Garnett won the award.

In the three games this week, Li You averaged 28.3 points, 4.7 rebounds, 9.0 assists, 2.7 steals and 2.7 turnovers per game;

He shot 52.1 percent from the field, 44.8 percent from three-point range and 96.3 percent from the free throw line.

After half a month of warm-up, Li You's efficiency is back.

Noting that he averaged 31.6 minutes of playing time and 16.7 shots per game, most ball commentators could only shout outrageous and change the defensive rules without any impact on Lee You.

The Player of the Week is out of sight at the moment, and despite Michael Jordan's getting better and better, the Wizards have a 2-7 record.

In the first two days against the Jazz, Mai dunked 17 of 33 and scored 44 points, 7 rebounds, 3 assists and 1 steal.

After the game, the old fans felt that the dunk was back, but the Wizards were dragging their feet.

"The Wizards lost, but Mai didn't lose!"

This view has also become popular recently, and it can be summed up as teammate CBA, Kwame Brown!

Also a 2001 rookie, Pau Gasol made at least 12 shots in a game with the Knicks, while Kwame Brown managed to get some garbage time.

The sports media watched the fun, and everyone liked the scene of the Wizards losing the game, which was also convenient for them to discuss after the game.

Before Thanksgiving, the Knicks ushered in another wave of welfare schedules.

After losing to the Clippers by only 82 points, the underperforming Knicks beat the Warriors by 24 points at 94:70.

Back-to-back games with the Suns, for the sake of draft picks, the Knicks once again hit hard, 102:94, played to the last minute, and finally won a difficult victory over the opponent.

With 10 wins and 3 losses, the Knicks are once again in first place in the East by virtue of the winning advantage.

The Lakers had a 10-1 record before Thanksgiving, and the Spurs had an 8-2 record, both leading the Western Conference and showing good dominance.

Thanksgiving Day on the 22nd didn't mean anything to many Enron employees because they were completely unemployed.

From CEO Jeffrey Skilling announcing his resignation in early August to the boss Kenneth Lai taking over again, more than two months later, the giant company still fell.

In the first quarter of 2001, after Enron traders made a profit of more than $48 billion on California's free electricity prices, the situation took a turn for the worse when a recorded phone call came to light!

When the financial media published a recording of Enron traders mocking Californians for not having access to electricity, the falling stock price could not be stopped.

This tug-of-war was not optimistic about the evaluation report sent by Axes Capital, and it took less than half a year for everyone to carve up the giants.

Kenneth Lay was indeed very energetic and successfully lobbied for the White House not to regulate the price of electricity in California, but the protests grew so much that even ordinary people realized that there was a problem with Enron.

CFO Andrew Fasto's financial fraud has caused a sensation in the United States, and the so-called bookkeeping mistakes are just rhetoric, and if nothing else, the giant will collapse completely in early December.

For Li You, this Thanksgiving Day is indeed worth celebrating, Axes Capital has eaten the biggest bite of meat, and a beautiful knife fell from the sky!

At their home on 82nd Street, the girls are preparing dinner and enjoying the night view of Manhattan from the rooftop terrace, where Lee and Nacho are both wearing black T-shirts and primary jeans, laughing under their breath.

"I don't know about the complexities of finance, but when I listened to the conversations of the employees, I knew we could really make a lot of money."

"These guys make money as fast as poisonous dogs, and even California officials even endorse them, and the methods of these big guys are really unexpected."

In order to earn this money, Nacho, who came to New York, stayed outside for nearly two years.

The relationship between Kenneth Lay's business and political circles is no match for reports and lip service, and this bigwig can fool some people to take over in the end, and then easily cash out himself.

If Enron's stock price fell at the beginning of the year and could only make everyone make a small profit, the sharp decline in the middle of the year made Axes Capital make a lot of money.

As if getting rid of the shadow of "national disaster and wealth", Bobby held the wine glass, with the same bright smile, and then raised his glass and said:

"This is a victory that belongs to us, a victory close to 500 million US dollars, and I can't even wait, Enron should declare bankruptcy in the near future."

Old Mike smiled and narrowed his eyes, he can also get a lot of money in this income, listening and stalking, this is not difficult, this is much more profitable than being a policeman:

"I love this kind of work, and if we have the chance, we can do it a few more times!"

Li You shook his head slightly, thought of some information, and did not say anything to death, but joked in a low voice:

"Bobby will be an opinion leader, next time it won't have to be so hard, and after that, more and more people will come to believe in him."

"Wall Street's assessment is no longer the only authority, and Enron's media can make money against the wind? If something like this had happened again, I'm sure many people would have reacted completely differently! ”

Under the Internet bubble, Enron's stock actually rose against the wind, and it was the so-called media that reminded Li You of some memories.

After making a lot of money for several months in a row, Axes Capital completed the restructuring, Bobby knew that his good days were really coming, and the poor boy at the bottom turned over, and when he made money, he naturally had to consume:

"How about we buy two yachts? In the summer, we can go to sea and have a party! ”

"Or buy some houses in Miami, whether it's Connecticut or New York, where the winters are too cold."

Considering the social atmosphere in the recent period, Li You pondered slightly before suggesting:

"Next year, I will think about consumption, sometimes the more I earn, the greater the responsibility, and my foundation should also re-plan."

No more discussion of the subject, the four of them whispered the finishing touches, and soon Kim and Milinda came to the terrace to greet the group.

On Thanksgiving, Li You invited a lot of friends who contributed to the "Enron incident", and of course he didn't forget to send greetings to Cheney, the big man in the white house.

The vice president is particularly strong, and it is not easy to get some information.

After Thanksgiving, the Knicks welcomed the Bulls' welfare bureau.

74:91, the two sides fought another iron battle, and in the end, the Knicks won three in a row!

Perhaps the welfare schedule stimulated some lemon essence, and after the No. 25 Lakers defeated the Nuggets, O'Neal complained twice in the post-game press conference:

"The Lakers have a 12-1 record and every game is difficult."

"The alliance should consider adjusting the strength gap between the eastern and western alliances!"

The sports media in Los Angeles felt that this made sense, and as long as they saw the Knicks win, they felt unhappy in their hearts.

The two teams have different difficulty levels, with the Lakers trying to break out of the Western Conference on a S difficulty, while the Knicks trying to make it out of the Eastern Conference on a B difficulty

ESPN recently put together a set of difficulty levels, just to belittle New York, but I didn't expect it to work surprisingly well, and everyone agreed.

Kobe Bryant, who was sitting next to O'Neal, was also sour, and it was about to be the end of the month, and according to the current trend, he had a good chance of winning the Player of the Month award in November.

It's just that when I thought that Li You struck iron in the first half of the month, and he could win the prize in the second half of the month, Kobe Bryant immediately complained twice:

"Shaq is right, not only in the regular season, but in the playoffs, teams in the Western Conference will also face stronger opponents."

'I respect all the teams, but I hope to give more consideration to the opponent when it comes to awards.

"I feel like I've played at an MVP level, and seriously, I want to see my name on the MVP charts."

Kobe, who has not won the MVP, showed his careful thoughts, with O'Neal here, he has always been overpowered, and Li You is always at the top of the MVP rankings, which makes Kobe very unhappy.

The "OK" combo complained that it didn't affect the Knicks' win at home.

86:96, a small victory over the Hawks, New York fans are boiling again!

People are in good spirits on happy occasions, and after the game, listening to the cheers of the fans at the scene, Li You only felt a sudden chill in his mind.

Subconsciously exhaled the talent panel, and Li You immediately noticed that [Tim Duncan's excellent sense of position] had disappeared.

Looking at Grant Hill, who was in contact with the interview and smiling happily, Li You, who was in a good mood, passed by, and couldn't help shouting at the camera:

"We're still number one in the East! It feels amazing! ”

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