The God of Basketball

Any Apple phone is good, but the signal is not very good.

In the intermittent 3G signal of the Madison Garden Arena, Li Zhen used his mobile phone to roughly look through the information of the announced players. The more he looked at it, the more startled he became, almost every name gave him a thunderous reputation.

Derrick Rose of the University of Memphis?

The next Chosen OJ Mayo?

Russell Westbrook?

Kevin Love...

Stanford's twin centers?

DeAndre Jordan?

...

When these familiar names came into view, Li Zhen rubbed his forehead, he thought...why do some draft experts say that this year's draft is so young?

He believes that this year's draft will have a great opportunity to take advantage of.

At least, one or two players who make me feel "familiar" and "shocking" must be settled.

Li Zhen didn't play until halfway through the second quarter. What everyone didn't expect was that the Knicks were only 6 points behind.

On the one hand, this is because the Lakers are habitually loose in the starting lineup, and on the other hand, Phil Jackson is also habitually addicted... As a well-known force king in the history of the league, he can't stand Isiah Thomas in his Install in front of you.

Since the Knicks can pretend to engage in a rotation policy, why can't the Lakers?

Could it be that my majestic 10-time champion coach is not as good as you, an unknown black aunt, troublemaker?

Therefore, he replaced the Black Mamba after Kobe Bryant played for half a quarter, and even asked the Black Mamba to cut off the ankle bandage, and he did ice physical therapy on the sidelines.

And he himself closed his eyes and wandered into the sky, looking very popular.

In contrast, the Big Apple City forced Wang Yushu to stand on the sidelines, which seemed weak.

After Li Zhen came on the court, he took on the job of shooting guard. He still handed over the ball to Ramon Sessions... Give this rookie who is not young a little warm care and let him enjoy the feeling of being in power.

This is undoubtedly a great opportunity for Ramon Sessions. A lot of rookies can't play well because they stay in the wrong environment, which leads to the delay of the most important ball-raising period in the rookie stage... Yi Jianlian has this tendency.

However, Sessions was very lucky, even though he played the third point guard in the Knicks. However, because Li Zhen's playing time was strictly controlled, and Stephon Marbury did not have the lone wolf style of the past, he was injured for a period of time. Moreover, these two point guards are willing to share and help their teammates improve, so Ramon Sessions has integrated very quickly this season, with a faint air of being alone.

This will be of great help to his career.

He had the upper hand in the duel with Derek Fisher, which made Fisher very embarrassed and made the Lakers envious: How wonderful it would be if Ramon Sessions was a Lakers player.

at the same time.

Li Zhen has started to bully Sasha near the free throw line. Vujacic is a good shooter and is also very active on defense.

However, in addition to the positive defensive comments, his role on the defensive end is often negative, and even his positiveness also plays a role in helping the opponent... What a mistake!

Li Zhen is like a fish in water on him.

Both are about the same strength and height. Therefore, it is the perfect cauldron for practicing kung fu.

It is difficult for Li Zhen to win against Kobe in singles, but facing Vujacic, it is simply a dimensionality reduction blow.

Seeing Li Zhen's perfect swings, tentative steps, feints, turns, fadeaways, jump shots... Kobe Bryant felt very itchy, and his eyes were full of Michael Jordan's shadow.

He never thought that as the player closest to Michael Jordan in the world today, there are people who are more like Jordan than himself in the posture of the backward jumper.

Although Li Zhen's hit rate is not very high, and the range is not far.

But he nailed it one step inside the free-throw line, keeping the Lakers' remnants in check. At the same time, his pass released the Knicks' substitutes. Whether it was Quentin or Swift, they all got almost completely open shots.

Phil Jackson looked at Li Zhen who played back-up singles on the court, although he didn't associate it with Michael Jordan.

But it is obvious that there is annoyance on the face of the king of Los Angeles.

Although he has been emphasizing in the media that there was no loss in the deal that year, Pau Gasol was great, and he brought the Lakers a championship. But now, watching Li Chen flourish in the Eastern Conference, bringing the Knicks to the No. 1 position in the Eastern Conference, and... he even knows how to play post-ups.

His regret surged up uncontrollably.

He knew he had missed his chance to create another dynasty, or even a team beyond the three-peat.

"Bruce's progress is horrific."

Kobe Bryant sighs in his adjacent position.

Zen Master nodded subconsciously.

At the beginning, if Andrew Bynum was used to trade, how good it would be.

...

With Kobe Bryant cutting the bandages, Pau Gasol is no longer playing. Therefore, the Lakers played very loosely.

On the Knicks side, because Li Zhen played more and more smoothly in post-up singles, and inspired four substitutes: Swift, Jeff Rees, Quentin Richardson, and Ramon Sessions' fighting will, it turned out that in a blink of an eye Just flipped the plate.

And in the third quarter, the Lakers fell into a disadvantage in an instant.

Even after Li Zhen went off to rest, this situation was not broken.

Although the bench lineup composed of Luke Walton, Vujacic, Ariza, Farmar, Radmanovic and others is not weak, it is still a bit worse than the Knicks.

This is actually the reason why those basketball experts criticized the Knicks for not being able to ride the wind and waves in the playoffs, because the Knicks are strong in the rotation and lack of competitive products. In the playoffs, superstars can determine the direction of the team.

The Knicks finally won this pretentious battle without any risk.

After the game, the two head coaches were even more aggressive.

"I'm ready to lose this game, 26 wins in a row for me is not much different from 27 wins in a row. It doesn't change my great achievements this season."

"There's no sense of accomplishment beating the Lakers."

"Phil Jackson is a good head coach. He can always meet more than two historical stars. Remember, it is a historical star, not an All-Star or a superstar."

"I don't want to compare myself to anyone. There's no point, I'm the one and only Isiah Thomas!"

When the Smiling Assassin was interviewed after the game, he showed off his 'home field advantage' with this calm attitude.

But Phil Jackson thinks Thomas is being photographed.

He thinks it's not like that.

"I like Isiah Thomas a lot. He is a head coach with potential. He was notorious before he met Bruce, but what does that mean? Dennis Rodman was also notorious before he met me. "

"If Isiah needs a best coach trophy to prove himself, then it should be awarded to him, after all, he has performed well."

"I don't need the affirmation of the best coach trophy. On the contrary, I think the best coach trophy needs to be affirmed by me."

"Tonight, we just did a very simple experiment with lineup rotation. Although the result was a failure, I am gratified by the results."

"Bruce has come a long way and will be a superstar. I'm proud of what he's accomplished in New York and look forward to continuing to work with him one day."

"..."

Forcing the king to confront each other, obviously Phil Jackson is more experienced.

However, the media didn't care how personable the two were at the press conference.

People only pay attention to the Knicks' winning streak has come to 27 games.

The Knicks have 5 games left this season, and without exception, all of them are away games.

And, four games are in the East.

Can the Knicks' winning streak reach 30 games? Can it draw a perfect end to the regular season?

With the coincidental defeat of the Lakers, the hearts of the fans were ignited again.

This is obviously the opposite of the rhythm that the Knicks executives hope to cool down.

To some extent, Phil Jackson lit a fire in the Knicks' backyard, making it difficult for the undefeated Knicks not to pursue the upcoming 30-game winning streak. After all, the biggest hurdle, the Zijin Army, has crossed so easily, why don't the rest of the teams take it all at once?

Smart!

Isaiah Thomas beat his chest a little bit, he felt that he had been set up by the old fox, making it hard for him to get off.

He originally wanted to take the last chance to let the players take a good rest and recuperate for the playoffs.

However... however.

Just as Isiah Thomas was annoyed.

Li Zhen gave a completely different statement. "Why can't we win while resting? Look at our next four opponents, Toronto Raptors, Indiana Pacers, Atlanta Hawks, Chicago Bulls. They are all preparing for the eighth place in the playoffs. In this case, They are definitely willing to lose to us."

yes!

Isiah Thomas' eyes lit up.

That's it.

These four stupid pigs are doing their best to fight for the eighth place, and it seems like they won't be able to lose their strength if they defeat them. They themselves will raise their hands in surrender, and even these guys will do their best to complete the Knicks' winning streak. They think... a team with a black eight in the first round of the playoffs is more fulfilling.

To be honest, Li Zhen thought about it for ten days and ten nights, but he couldn't figure out why these teams did this.

Really think the Knicks are so weak?

And...are the Boston Celtics, Orlando Magic, and Cleveland Cavaliers really as powerful as they think?

The whole Knicks team couldn't understand this kind of mentality of others treating themselves as soft persimmons.

New York fans are very angry that these poor downstream teams show such arrogance. They can't wait for the playoffs to witness the whole process of the team slaughtering these guys.

Of course, they still have some concerns. After all, Eddie Griffin, the core defensive core of the team, has been suspended. He has at least 2 playoff games that cannot be played. This has a great impact on the Knicks. Even many basketball experts predict that the Knicks will lose two consecutive home games.

This made Toronto, Indiana, Atlanta, and Chicago extremely excited. They seemed to have seen Hei Ba beckoning to them. Therefore, no matter what, we must get the eighth place.

The first stop of the Knicks' road trip is Toronto.

The Raptors are currently ranked sixth in the East, but they are only one game away from the Chicago Bulls who are eighth in the East. They firmly believe that as long as they lose to the Knicks, they can form the most direct impact on the eighth place. Because the Bulls dare not lose, if they lose again, the ninth-placed Indiana will overtake them.

At present, from sixth to ninth in the East is like walking on a tightrope. It is necessary to lock in the eighth and ensure that it does not fall to the ninth, so it must be very accurate.

The Toronto native is still bitter about being swept by the Knicks last year.

Therefore, they hope that this year they can return their capital with interest.

The Raptors' lineup has not undergone major adjustments this season, but the running-in of each position is obviously more perfect than last year. In addition, role players such as Delfino, Kapono, and Moon are ushering in the best season of their careers.

Therefore, it is logical that he is stronger than last season.

At the beginning of the game, the Spaniard Calderon came to defend Li Zhen with a heavy responsibility.

However, to the Spaniard's surprise, Li Zhen did not compete with him in speed like last season. Instead, he sank down and played post-up with him near the free throw line. Calderon's body is not weak, but compared with Li Zhen today, it is still a little bit smaller. The lack of this trace of strength and confrontation made Li Zhen more at home, even more relaxed than Vujacic in singles.

At that time, Calderon was packed.

Li Zhen's various turnaround jump shots, although the hit rate is not high, but they hit the weakest link of the Raptors.

Moreover, Li Zhen began to lead the team's offense in this way, playing a unique picture.

Isiah Thomas is not a fool, he quickly understood that Li Zhen was accumulating experience and abilities for the playoffs.

Sam Mitchell, who was standing opposite, also realized that Li Zhen was practicing new moves to accumulate energy for the playoffs.

However, he didn't take it seriously, he felt that Li Zhen's back-to-back singles were just aesthetically pleasing and not lethal enough. Even Calderon's single defense hit less than 40% of the field goals. With the strength of the playoffs, a pinch attack will inevitably be full of mistakes and omissions.

So, after playing a game.

The Raptors actually started to release water.

It's pretty much the funniest scene the NBA has ever seen.

A sixth-ranked team in the Eastern Conference puts water on the regular-season champion.

David Stern had a heart attack watching it.

How can there be such a game, these guys in the east are too good at being monsters.

The Knicks didn't care whether the Raptors were acting as demons or not, and when their defense was lax, they immediately drove straight in. Even Isiah Thomas deliberately replaced players who can dunk, such as Swift and Jeffreys, and told them: Can dunk with a big windmill, never a small windmill, can pull a pole, and never slam with one hand... In short, how to dunk face, how come!

Since you want to engage in this kind of moth and stick out your face, then we Knicks can't be soft.

This is Toronto, here are home fans who bought tickets to watch the game, you are shameless, I can only help you!

Show your players what you're made of!

Thus, the flying brigade began to carry out the bombing mission.

Let Swift dunk all kinds of screams, when Jeff Reese starts his rib trapeze pull bar, when Matt Barnes rushes in and dunks with a potty end... Surprisingly, the home fans Not much resistance.

On the contrary, they have a kind of tragic feeling of "relying on hardships and tasting courage".

What a bunch of idiots!

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