basketball pope

Chapter 68 [The first alliance, the thing in the bag]

On the 10th, the Knicks defeated the Magic and beat the Hornets back-to-back to stabilize the situation.

Starks was slapped in the face, and he did not play. Atkins, Jackson, and Mills had more chances to play, and cooperated with inside players to cover and run tactics to ensure the firepower of the bench attack.

Standing in the bottom corner attracts defense, two people run to catch and shoot, Oakley pulls out to support the mid-range shot, and Ben Wallace is responsible for the empty cut and rushes for offensive rebounds.Without Starks, the Knicks' tactics have regained a sense of hierarchy, step by step, without passion, but not chaotic.

Players move the ball boldly, which is better than solving problems on their own.The fact that Starks made more shots was out of selfishness. He was jealous of Houston becoming the core of the perimeter and wanted to compete for the best sixth man to prove that he was still a star.

斯塔克斯和最大竞争对手丹尼-曼宁数据差不多，场均13.8分2.7助攻略胜，但太阳的替补大前锋曼宁命中率高多了，52.1%的命中率能砍下13.5分5.6篮板2助攻。

The coaxing Starks suddenly became honest, and the situation was very unfavorable for him. As soon as the news came out, many fans felt that he was the team's cancer, and the Knicks could not impact the Bulls' record. The culprit.

The Knicks are aiming to win the championship. If anyone dares to make trouble at this time, there is absolutely only one fate, that is, get out of New York after the season.

After that, the Knicks lost to the Pacers, Spurs, SuperSonics, and Houston's three-point buzzer-beating lore to the Eagles.

Houston has become the league's top three-point shooter this season, averaging 2.5 per game and 42.6 percent from the field.

The Knicks lost six games in March, with a record of 61 wins and 12 losses, still leading the league, and the Bulls ranked second in the Eastern Conference with 56 wins and 18 losses.

The record of Western teams also fell, the Lakers have lost 20 games, the Sonics and the Jazz are both 19 games, unable to compete with the Knicks.

There are 9 games left in the regular season. Unless a miracle or match-fixing happens, the Knicks will never lose [-] games. It can be said that they have locked the top spot in the league.

After running in, the Knicks players have adapted to offensive tactics, and Yang Rui's work has become easier.The main job of the other two assistant coaches is to lead the players in training. He usually chats with Van Gundy on the sidelines. Whenever he is away, he will taste delicious food from various places and take a tour.

Yang Rui had the opportunity to learn about the food culture of various countries.Delicate and delicious pasta, cheese, ham; Spanish specialties fried squid, paella; Russian meat patties; German sausages... Anything that he has never tried in his previous life, he has the money to taste.Away allowance is definitely enough.

He usually doesn't spend much money, but Thomas Bentley helped Yang Rui manage his finances and bought Cisco shares one after another, from $4 a share to more than 9 yuan, and his assets nearly doubled.

It's still a long way from becoming a rich man, but they live very leisurely now, and they are definitely not poor.

In the April game, the purpose of the Knicks team became to help Ewing to brush the data, let his data end the regular season beautifully, and increase the chips for the MVP.

It turns out that when the entire team, from top to bottom, from shareholders to players, wants to do something for one person, it's not difficult for him to get good stats at all.

Against the Clippers, Nets, and Celtics, Ewing all posted triple-doubles.

The center has three consecutive triple-doubles. The last one was Chamberlain. This is big news. Ewing has once again become the darling of the media and has made headlines in major media.

For this, Ewing is very grateful to Yang Rui, who proposed the tactics.

As long as Ewing is on the court, the ball passes through his hand in every round; as long as he receives a pass from Ewing and can avoid the block, most of his teammates choose jumpers to add assists to him; The task of rebounding the game is handed over to Ewing, and the forward will help him get stuck.

The disadvantage of this style of play is that the player's shot selection is not very good, and the ball is too concentrated and lacks changes. If the Knicks can win the underdog, it will be difficult to play against the strong team.

In April, the Knicks lost to the Hawks and Heat, ending with a 115-111 victory over the Bulls.

Although it will not affect the final ranking, for the training of the playoffs, the two sides still sent all the main force to play this game seriously.

Jordan, who played at home, scored 44 points, 3 rebounds and 3 assists, made a lot of free throws, and made 24 of 22 penalties. Even so, the Bulls could not withstand the Knicks' 6 scoring double figures.

尤因大爆发，砍下25分7篮板12助攻，休斯顿和米尔斯分别砍下22分和21分。

The Knicks won the regular season championship with a record of 68 wins and 14 losses, and the Bulls were 61 wins and 21 losses, ranking second in the Eastern Conference.

双方核心数据比拼，尤因20.8分11.3篮板5.2助攻0.6抢断2.3盖帽，投篮命中率50.7%，罚球命中率75.1%。

乔丹28.7分5.8篮板3.5助攻1.7抢断0.5盖帽，投篮命中率46.5%，三分命中率23.8%，罚球78.4%。

Although the score is less, Ewing's assists are higher than Jordan's, which is a highlight. With this gimmick and the best record, the regular season MVP is almost in Ewing's pocket.

Bulls fans are very disappointed, even if Pippen returns, the Bulls failed to catch up with the Knicks in the second half.

The media have speculated that Jordan will retire after this season. Most people hope that he can leave with the MVP and the championship and create a perfect legend in the NBA. The Knicks, as the villain, ruined it all.

Many people blame Pippen for the reason for the unsatisfactory. If this guy had surgery last summer, he would never have gotten to this point.Even if Pippen wants to stay with the Bulls, not many people support him.

The 3-8 in the East are the Heat, Pacers, Hornets, Hawks, Cavaliers, and Nets.

The Heat performed well in the second half of the season, and the final record was the same as the Pacers. According to the rules of the relationship between the two sides, they were fortunately ranked third, and the Pacers ranked fourth. In the second round, they will encounter the strong enemy Knicks.

The Wizards were even more unlucky. In the end, they had the same record as the Nets. According to the rules, they had the same record of 2 wins and 2 losses. Then, looking at the division record, the Nets only beat the Wizards by one game and got on the last train of the playoffs.

Out in this way, the psychological shadow area of ​​the Wizards players has been huge.

The Raptors are at the bottom of the East again, with a record of 15 wins and 67 losses, and the second-to-last 76ers in the East have 30 wins, double their wins.At this time, the competition in the East was significantly more intense.

The top-ranked Jazz in the West has the same 61 wins as the Bulls. The 2-8 are the Supersonics, Lakers, Suns, Spurs, Trail Blazers, Timberwolves, and Rockets.

There is no suspense in the top 8 in the Western Conference, and the teams behind them have a very bad record. The Kings ranked ninth with 26 wins. After that, all five teams failed to get 9 wins. The bottom Nuggets were rotten, with 20 wins and 11 losses.

The Nuggets struggled to catch up after the mid-term trade, otherwise they would definitely break the 76ers' worst record of 9 wins in a single season.

The Knicks have full home-court advantage in the playoffs and are the No. [-] seed with three days off for all teams before the playoffs begin.

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