Basketball Dragon

Chapter 63
The All-Star vote counting was announced. Li Hai was not nominated by the team, but enthusiastic fans still directly filled in his name and helped him vote for the fourth forward in the Eastern Conference, which moved him very much.

No matter what reason the fans support him, he will train harder, play better games, and give back to the fans.

Now the top three forwards in the East are Vince Carter, Grant Hill and Jermaine O'Neal. There is a gap in the number of votes between him and these guys. He cannot be the starter. The coach will definitely not choose him as a rookie. Only worked hard in the rookie game.

What surprised him was that LeBron James actually signed up as a guard. He was probably worried about the popularity of Vince Carter and Grant Hill. Germany ranks among the top three guards in the Eastern Conference.

The least suspenseful thing in the East and West is the center position. After O'Neal came to the East, he finally didn't have to compete with Yao Ming for the All-Star starting. The two players in the East and West are far ahead of other center players.

Western Conference guards Tracy McGrady, Kobe Bryant and Steve Nash are in the top three, and forward positions Kevin Garnett and Tim Duncan are all popular.

Carmelo Anthony is rather poor. Even if this All-Star is held at his home court in Denver, his tickets are not many.

On January 1, the Knicks once again ushered in a troublesome opponent at home, the Sacramento Kings.

Chris Webber and All-Star player Brad Miller, who have been in the best team for five consecutive years, are enough trouble for the Knicks. In addition, Mike Bibby, who has entered the US national team in the outside attack, has entered the defensive lineup for four consecutive years. Doug Christie, Peja Stojakovic, an All-Star player and two consecutive All-Star three-pointers.

The opponent Li Hai will face this time is Doug Christie.

Christie was different from the defensive players Li Hai had met before, he didn't fight hand-to-hand.

When Li Hai started to confront the opponent, he always felt a little uncomfortable. After all, the physical confrontation between defenses was the mainstream. Christie was a predictive defense, nicknamed "Scalpel", and his stealing skills were very powerful.

During one of Li Hai's attacks, it was because the opponent judged the direction of the breakthrough, which caused a rhythm problem. Although he protected the ball, his shooting was awkward.

But after several rounds of adaptation, Li Hai also found his rhythm again.

After all, Christie was no longer young. Li Hai played to his strengths, took advantage of his body, regardless of whether the opponent would predict his movements, and immediately healed a lot.

But his side is not the main battlefield, just as expected, Chris Webber and Brad Miller blasted the Knicks inside, and it feels impossible to play at all.

On Stojakovic's side, Tim Thomas, who is also a tall shooting player, is not an opponent at all. He is not afraid of not knowing the goods, but he is afraid of comparing goods. Putting players of the same type together, Tim Thomas's poor state is even worse. It is impossible to hide.

The Knicks were almost overwhelmed by the Kings in the first half, losing by 13 points.

In the second half, under the leadership of Marbury and Li Hai, the Knicks chased after each other, but even if the two had a good outside offense, there was no way they couldn't defend the opponent's offense at all.

As one of the strongest offensive teams in the league, personal defense doesn't play much role at all.

In the third quarter, the Knicks once narrowed the score, but finally lost the game 98:105.

From Li Hai's point of view, besides the insider problem of the current Knicks, Marbury's situation is also a bit wrong.

Although he does not admit that he was influenced by public opinion, after losing to the Nets, his overall state is a bit weird. This game is also the same, too many forced singles, and the ball has been in his hands for a longer time.

The next day the Knicks flew to Miami, and Li Hai also met Wang Zhizhi, another Chinese player who was playing in the NBA.

However, Wang Zhizhi's current state is not good. The conflict with the Basketball Association continues, and he has almost no playing time in the Heat. When Li Hai went to say hello during the warm-up before the game, Wang Zhizhi just responded indifferently, as if unwilling to say more.

The arrival of superstar "Shaquille" Shaquille O'Neal, the growth of Dwyane Wade and Udonis Haslem undoubtedly upgraded the Heat to a top team in the league.

With O'Neal here, the Knicks' interior is just a decoration. Although this shark is already on the decline, there is still no center in the league who can handle him.

The master of the 03 generation, Li Hai met Wade this time. The two were not in the same position, but now Li Hai replaced Crawford in the 2nd position, and he happened to be the opponent of Wade.

Li Hai was very excited to compete with James and Anthony, and now he could compete with Wade again.

Compared with the other two, Wade's first step is the fastest. Li Hai and James, who have such a fast acceleration, will suffer a lot in short distances. It can be said that Li Hai is very uncomfortable.

In this game, he followed Wade closely and suffered a lot. The effect of close defense on Wade is not particularly good. For these extremely talented players, Li Hai can only gradually improve his defensive strategy through fighting.

When defending without the ball, he is still close to increase physical confrontation, but as soon as Wade gets the ball, Li Hai will take half a step, like defending James, defending against sudden shots, and then interfering.

If he had the ball in his hands, Li Hai really hoped to have a good fight with these young top players, but with Marbury's style of play, Li Hai had no chance of getting the ball.

What's more, his side is not the main battlefield for the two sides to fight. O'Neal can do whatever he wants inside, and the Knicks have nothing to do.
Their outside offense was not smooth. Although they haven't lost too much, their momentum has been suppressed from beginning to end.

94:102, the Knicks lost another game.

Li Hai was also very depressed and became very angry with Marbury.

As a professional player, if you get slapped in the face, you just have to find a way to fight back, so what's the point of betting.

During training, Marbury still had a gloomy face. After an offensive mistake, Li Hai couldn't help shouting, "Stephen, you're still a high school student, bet on balloons."

"Li, what are you talking about? It's too early to be dissatisfied with me." Marbury immediately threw the ball on the ground, worrying that he couldn't find anyone to vent his emotions.

The teammates quickly stopped between the two, fearing that they would be impulsive.

This kind of thing happened during training, and the head coach Lenny Wilkens also felt a headache. The team was clearly going in a good direction before, but the injuries and conflicts between teammates seemed to smell bad. They came together like children.

(End of this chapter)