Basketball Dragon

Chapter 227 Prevention
Pursuing honor is useless deliberately. Only when the team's performance is good enough can they have enough confidence.

Li Hai is like this, even if he cares about his status in the world, the record of the target team is the most important thing.

On February 2, when they played against the Heat at home, Wade had another truce.

The successive truces of Wade and O'Neal also kept the Heat's record flat, completely without the strong momentum of last season.

O'Neal is indeed old. Even if he can still score in the paint, he is old when he is old.

Without Wade, the Heat's inside advantage is not so obvious.

In the first quarter, they tied the Knicks with the performance of the new three-pointer Jason Kapono. From the second quarter, the Heat couldn't stop it.

The Knicks made efforts from the bench and then strengthened their defense, and the gap in the score suddenly increased.

In the second half, the rhythm was completely controlled by the Knicks, and in the end they beat their opponents 109:88.

On February 2, the Knicks almost capsized when they went to the away game.

The Celtics used Perkins and Al Jefferson to play two insiders together, one offense and one defense, which even deflated Eddie Curry.

On the bench, dunk king Gerald Green felt hot and hit five three-pointers.

When the Knicks trailed by 15 points in the first half, Li Hai scored 20 points in the third quarter to lead the team to close the score. In the fourth quarter, he and Pierce fought again, and Pierce scored 4 points in a row at the last moment. Under the circumstances, Li Hai scored a three-pointer, which made Pierce very angry.

104:102, Li Hai scored 44 points and 14 rebounds, completely unstoppable.

Entering March, some teams have begun to give up, while most teams are working hard for the places and rankings in the playoffs.

The Warriors who visited New York on March 3 was trying to sprint for the playoffs. Now most teams in the league will invest in the interior when they play against the Knicks, but the Warriors did the opposite and directly sacrificed the small man The lineup is going to compete with the Knicks on offense.

The result was that the Knicks had three 30+ players, and the team beat the Warriors who did not defend at all 126:97.

The next day they went to the away game to play back-to-back, and they won the Eagles again.

Joe Johnson exploded at the beginning and directly led the Eagles to double digits.

But from the second quarter, Li Hai began to guard against Joe Johnson, directly reducing Joe Johnson's shooting rate from [-]% in the first quarter to [-]%.

What is strength, the ability to confront the opponent's strongest on both offensive and defensive ends is strength.

Now in the league, there are not many players who can reach Li Hai's level. In addition to super strong physical fitness, strong psychological quality and willpower are the key.

In order to survive in the league, many players give themselves a position and specialize in a certain aspect, which is understandable, but players like Li Hai definitely put in more effort than most of them.

Perseverance in training, unparalleled concentration, not a day or two, not a year or two, many players can do it throughout their careers, and they are all admirable.

They can challenge their supersonics on March 3, and also put the increasingly ordinary insider Nick Collison in the starting lineup. Easy to be stared at.

Ray Allen and Lewis also felt hot, leading the team to gain an advantage with three-pointers shortly after the opening.

But their three-pointer was not as good as the Knicks. Marbury hit eight three-pointers in a burst. When the inside was not fully utilized, the Knicks used the outside to kill the Supersonics abruptly.

The Supersonics made 13 three-pointers from outside, and the Knicks made 14 from outside. They also overwhelmed their opponents in their field of expertise. This feeling is still very cool.

On March 3, the Knicks beat the Wizards again, leading the Eastern Conference's No. 10 Pistons by ten games. With such a gap, the Pistons have no confidence to catch up.

As the number one player in the Eastern Conference, the Knicks should pay attention to the health of the players.

On March 3, the Knicks, whose morale was high, were sniped by the Raptors.

After establishing Bosh's leadership and adding TJ-Ford, who has even stronger organizational skills, the Raptors are now playing better and better, and they feel like they are flexing their muscles in the East.

And Eddie Curry once again played sluggishly, and the Knicks' inside problems were once again in front of everyone.

Perhaps it was because the Knicks were too smooth during this period. During training, Francis was accidentally injured, and in the next game against the Hornets, Crawford was also unfortunately injured.

Although Marbury and Li Hai teamed up to turn the tide and defeated the opponent at the last moment, the absence of two important players also had a great impact on the Knicks.

When the team practiced, Francis and Crawford would be bored if they sat next to each other in casual clothes.

Li Haigeng finished training and walked over, Marbury booed from behind: "Look, Li is here to teach you again, getting injured is a big mistake, I have been nagged by him many times."

"Stephen, you can't deny that what I said makes sense. The great career of defending the title and the big contract all require health. At the final stage of the season, everyone on the team can't have any problems." Li Hai took it for granted.

Marbury said sternly: "It is very reasonable, but sometimes you don't pay attention to yourself. If you get hurt, I won't forgive you."

"I took very good precautions."

"Pull it down, whoever was injured in the summer made the training plan not proceed on time."

It's a pity that Li Hai couldn't explain it. His nagging and earnestness helped Yao Ming avoid the injury crisis, and there were also beneficiaries because of him in the team.

I have made such a great contribution and no one knows it. Life is really lonely.

The injuries of the two are not serious, and they can return before the playoffs, so the current atmosphere of the Knicks is still very good. A good team performance will always be the most effective help to maintain the atmosphere.

Even if some players feel that they should be more respected, they will not make life difficult for the record.

That's the best way to increase the value of all players. They may leave the team for a bigger contract, but they will definitely know what to do when they are in the team.

There is only one month left in the regular season, but Li Hai has the responsibility to help prepare for the playoffs.

They have a lot of players who can play, and now players with some minor injuries can actually start taking turns. Of course, after the two official injury numbers return, they can only control their playing time before.

The other thing is about insiders. Li Hai had a good talk with Eddie Curry again. No matter how effective it is, let Eddie Curry know what the team needs him to do. This is good for everyone. of.

(End of this chapter)