Basketball Dragon

Chapter 50

On November 11, the Knicks continued to fight at home against the Atlanta Hawks.

The Eagles have been struggling in the past few seasons, and this year's main lineup has also changed a lot. Three of the five starters came this season, and the other two were rookies and the other was signed only last season.

They are not without offensive power. Antoine Walker, Al Harrington and others are good. This year's rookies Josh Childress and Josh Smith are also very good, but the team's defense is a mess.

The Knicks suppressed their opponents from the first quarter, and they never let the Eagles lead in normal games.

The team won by 20 points and won four consecutive victories. Li Hai scored 28 points from the somewhat fat Antoine Walker, continuing the previous strong momentum.

However, flying to Toronto to challenge the Raptors the next day, the Knicks stumbled.

In the first quarter of the game, Crawford made zero shots from N shots, which led to a double-digit gap in the score. After that, the team has not played well. After the third quarter, the head coach decided to surrender. Time for coaches to test fringe players.

Li Hai only scored 9 points in this game and did not provide enough help to the team.

In the third quarter, he questioned Marbury's pass selection in a moment of excitement, which aroused Marbury's dissatisfaction, and he lost his temper on the spot.

During this period of time, Li Hai played smoothly in several games, received countless compliments, and increased the number of shots. Marbury was already a little uncomfortable, but now Li Hai dared to question him face to face.

Li Hai is just a rookie, so where does this put him, wouldn't it be possible to compete with him for the boss position soon if this continues.

Li Hai knew right away what he said was wrong. Even if he wanted to communicate with Marbury with his temper, it should only be communicated with two people in private. He was really excited after seeing so many losses in the game.

Marbury lost his temper and he didn't fight back, but he didn't expect Kurt Thomas to be aggrieved and quarreled with Marbury. This is one of the reasons why head coach Lenny Wilkens gave up the game early.

After flying back to New York, Li Hai couldn't wait to make a phone call with Xia Weiliang, because his emotions caused conflicts among his teammates, which was quite embarrassing.

"It's nothing to quarrel. Don't you men often flaunt the friendship between men? It's not like you haven't had conflicts with your teammates before. I support you anyway."

For some reason, when he heard his girlfriend's voice, Li Hai's heart suddenly brightened.

When a woman encounters a problem, she needs someone to talk to, and when a man encounters a problem, he needs a firm support. It is really a blessing to have a girlfriend who supports him.

"Hey, actually I miss you."

"Hey, if I said this in the first sentence, I would still be moved. Now, I will clean you up in a few days."

The next day, all kinds of messy news in the media were flying all over the sky.

"Li Hai suspected that he hit the rookie wall early and lost his temper and blamed his teammates."

"Who the hell is New York, Marbury scolded his teammates."

"Li Hai and Marbury have been at odds for a long time, and they did it in training before the explosion."

"New York veteran Kurt Thomas asked for a trade, saying that Marbury and he would always go one by one."

After such a thing happened, the training atmosphere on the second day was extremely dignified. Coach Wilkens was also unsmiling. Everyone kept silent about the temper tantrum during the game.

The head coach left, and when the team was training individually, Li Hai walked up to Marbury with a newspaper.

Marbury naturally didn't give him a good face. Li Hai has seen many bumps and even conflicts between his teammates, and he has dealt with such problems. He is a rookie in the NBA, but it doesn't mean he doesn't have this aspect. experience of.

The newspaper in his hand belonged to a tabloid, and he pointed to one of the articles for Marbury to read.

That article vividly reported the fight between Li Hai and Marbury for the boss, and the imagination was astonishing.

Li Hai is a rookie and a second-round pick. Although many people are paying attention to it now, the fight for the team leader is still a bit early for him, and the major news media have not reported it like this.

After reading this report, Marbury couldn't help laughing, "The news is quite right, you kid just has hard wings and wants to fight for the boss."

Li Hai said with a smile: "How can that be? I still want you to cover me up. I can see through it. We fought desperately for the victory of the game, and we didn't hesitate to quarrel. When it came to them, it became gossip."

Marbury scolded with a smile: "Whoever quarrels with you, I just see that you are upset, just scold a few words, don't hurry to practice, don't watch the random news, if you are affected and hit the rookie wall, it is enough for you crying."

Marbury agrees with Li Hai's desire to win, and there is nothing wrong with it.

After Marbury was settled, Li Hai went to Kurt Thomas again. He was very sorry for Kurt Thomas. He questioned him, which caused other teammates to quarrel. He was very embarrassed.

"It's not your problem." Kurt Thomas didn't plan to communicate with Marbury.

He has been in the Knicks for a long time, and Marbury has not led the team well after he came, and he often has an attitude of being the best in the world. He has always been a little unhappy.

The relationship between people is very subtle. He and Marbury cooperate a lot on the court, but they have a good relationship off the court. Crawford and Marbury cooperate well on the court, but they have a good relationship off the court. .

On the 27th, the Raptors are a guest at Madison Square Garden.

It's too early to take revenge, and the Knicks players all took a deep breath, especially Li Hai.

With the growth of Chris Bosh, the Raptors' lineup this season has been upgraded. He, "half-human, half-god" Vince Carter and Jaylen Rose are the Raptors' trident.

Ralph Alston, who has returned to the Raptors, and Maurice Peterson, Donyell Marshall, and Matt Bonner on the bench also have good firepower. Beat the Knicks.

As soon as the battle of revenge began, the culprit in the last game, Crawford, who had nothing to do with him during the quarrel, showed his power.

This may be because the big defeat in the last game inspired the Knicks to be bloody. This time back home, even Tim Thomas showed amazing fighting power.

As a direct result, Li Hai was replaced a few minutes late.

But he didn't care at all, victory was his greatest pursuit.

In the two games against the Raptors, Li Hai is actually looking forward to playing against Vince Carter, but his opponent Jaylen Rose is also very good.

"I want to win this game." Li Hai declared his determination with a three-pointer on the field.

(End of this chapter)