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On November 16, the Lakers faced the Knicks at home, which was the focus of this round and was broadcast live across the United States.

There is a big gap in strength between the two teams. The Lakers have won 7 consecutive games and the Knicks have 2 wins and 5 losses. In one game, Marbury also hit a buzzer-beater, narrowly beating the Trail Blazers by one point.

When the league arranged the schedule, it never thought there would be such a big gap between the two teams. Even so, the game still attracted the attention of a large number of fans, because many people speculated that Yao Ming would break out in this game.

The Knicks delayed Yao Ming for two years. Last season, Yao Ming only had one game against his old club. Not to mention the parties involved, even the fans felt it was not enough.

When players from both sides came out, the Lakers fans did not boo the Knicks vigorously, and some gave Phil Jackson applause, but Jackson was not happy at all. Ever since he arrived in Los Angeles, he had a strong sense of foreboding that something was going to happen today. With Yang Rui's urinary ability shown over the years, the Knicks led by him will never let go easily.

When Larry Brown was there, Yang Rui helped Yao Ming produce super statistics, and Jackson suspected that Yang Rui would repeat his same tricks. Even if Yang Rui doesn't help Yao Ming arrange tactics, he will arrange it for Kobe. He had conflicts with Kobe at the beginning and said that Kobe cannot be coached.

Jackson was at home last season and Kobe had no chance to prove himself. In the 2003-2004 season, he coached the Lakers and was the same team as Kobe. Kobe was probably holding back his energy.

Jackson knows how serious Kobe's obsessive-compulsive disorder is. Even if he has won all the personal honors, even if the Lakers were the championship last season, he will still want to perform well and retaliate.

After the last game, a reporter interviewed Kobe. He even bluntly said that Jackson was not as good as Yang Rui and was very disrespectful.

Both of them are head coaches with an annual salary of tens of millions, the highest-paid coach in the league. Yang Rui is convinced by everyone. Jackson has not proven that he is worth so much money in the Knicks. Today's game is very crucial for him, even if Even if you lose, you can’t lose ugly.

If Jackson leads the team and loses worse than last season after a major change in the summer, the media will never say anything good about him, and his reputation will be ruined in one move.

What's worse is that in the lineup competition, the Knicks are at an absolute disadvantage and it is impossible to beat the Lakers. After playing seven games, Jackson regretted picking Andrew Bynum, a high school center. His character was too rough and his skills were not good enough to be reused for the time being. If Frye was picked, he would at least be an immediate player.

In Yang Rui's previous life, Jackson's attitude towards Bynum was very contradictory. He liked it during the draft, but hated it for a while after being drafted. Then he quit. Bynum became a star starter under Mike Brown, and Jackson tried his best to I support Bynum, I think he is good and an excellent center.

Jackson's contradiction is caused by his coaching style. His tactics strongly rely on the personal abilities of the team's superstars, so he likes Jordan and Kobe, as well as insider O'Neal and Gasol with comprehensive skills. But Bynum is not top-notch on both offense and defense. He averaged less than 20 points per game at his peak and is only a second-rate star.

Jackson is only good at playing a good deck of cards, not the ordinary cards in his hand.

Now the Knicks have no good cards for him to play. Even Marbury, the core point guard, is just an ordinary All-Star rather than a superstar. He is incomparable to Kobe and Yao Ming. As for Ben Wallace, in Jackson's eyes he is just a blue collar guy and will never arrange tactics for him.

Ben averaged 35 minutes per game, and his data dropped to 6.4 points, 10.7 rebounds, 2.4 assists, 1.5 steals and 2 blocks. If it weren't for the lack of good insiders in the team, Jackson might not have started Ben.

After the warm-up, players from both sides came out.

Lakers starting lineup: Mo Williams, Kobe Bryant, Iguodala, Rasheed, Yao Ming.

Knicks starting lineup: Marbury, Hughes, Richardson, Antonio Davis, Ben Wallace.

When he first signed, Jackson had high hopes for Radmanovic and spoke highly of him: "He doesn't have to be our scorer. His running is very good and he will create more space for other players. "

As a result, after the preseason, Radmanovic shot 37.2% from three-point range.

Can only score 8 points. As a 208cm big man, he is slow to move laterally as a small forward and has poor defense against breakthroughs. He is too weak to play as a power forward. He cannot grab rebounds and cannot handle people. He can only shoot three-pointers from the outside. This kind of mid-range forward would be fine if he could score like Stojakovic, but it is difficult for him to average double figures per game.

After discussing with the assistant coaches, Jackson substituted Radmanovic.

Yao Ming and Big Ben won the jump ball, the game started, and the players opened up.

Yang Rui arranged for Yao Ming to attack the core in this game, preparing to use a big victory to distance Jackson from himself.

Jackson is a famous coach. He has won 6 championship rings as a coach, and his performance is second only to Auerbach. If you torture him severely, you will definitely increase your popularity.

The Knicks' weaknesses are obvious. The two insiders are neither tall. Davis doesn't even weigh. He is 206cm tall and only 98kg. He relies on mobility to play. He is a player born in 1968. He is 37 years old this year. He is approaching retirement and his mobility has become worse.

Such a veteran can start not only because he has a mid-range shot, but also protects rebounds better than Radmanovic. And Osela Hannington, another inside man, can't open up space. Together with Ben, the Knicks can't break the zone defense at all.

In this case, Yao Ming can definitely play, no matter who is playing in singles, he will have an advantage.

Before the game, Yang Rui specially did some ideological work for Kobe. Kobe definitely wanted to win the MVP again, so he naturally hoped for better statistics. Yao Ming was behind Yao Ming in the MVP list, and media analysts said that Yao Ming was the core of the Lakers' tactics. Kobe felt a little uncomfortable.

But Yang Rui arranged for Yao Ming to play more, and Kobe didn't dare to do it. This kind of coach who can lead the team to win championships and help stars improve their statistics is hard to find.

Kobe will not fall out with Yang Rui, but just expressed his attitude. When playing against the right team, he hopes to have more shooting rights. A suitable team refers to a team like the Rockets last season. Yang Rui has thought so for a long time, and of course he will agree to Kobe's request.

Kobe and Yao Ming first ran without the ball and received a pass from Rasheed on the right side. He faced a triple threat. The main defender was Larry Hughes.

Kobe has the advantage of height and weight, and with one step he easily passed Yao Ming, who went to the right side at a 45-degree low post to ask for the ball.

Yao Ming leaned against Ben twice with his back, and no one double-teamed him. He swayed his right shoulder slightly, turned towards the baseline and hooked, avoiding the block, and scored with a ball. 2 to 0.

Everyone saw that it was easy to pick Yao Ming. Barkley smiled and said: "Ben Wallace has won the best defensive player and entered the All-Star Game, but he is not Yao Ming's opponent at all. He was severely beaten by Yao Ming last season." He was blown up once, and he didn't even make the best defensive team in the end. This game will be a test for him. One time can be said to be an accident. If he is blown up again, I'm afraid he will be unable to recover."

Kenny Smith said: "Ben is indeed a bit overrated. He is short and can't shoot, and has almost no effect on the offensive end. Larry Brown worked hard to develop his offense at the time, but in the end he was not able to score in double figures in a single season. "

Barkley smiled: "No team will ask Brown to develop the blue-collar interior offense anymore. Jerry ended his coaching career."

It's no exaggeration to say that Larry Brown's reputation has dropped drastically. Almost everyone believes that he is one of the most overrated coaches in the NBA.

In Yang Rui's previous life, after Iverson retired, he expressed in an interview that he regretted not listening to Brown and staged a drama of deep mentoring and apprenticeship. Iverson may not say good things about Brown in this life. There are fans of the 76ers who say that Brown delayed Iverson from winning the championship, although this is nonsense.