Chapter 68 [The First in the Alliance, the Thing in the Bag]

On the 10th, the Knicks defeated the Magic and won back-to-back games against the Hornets to stabilize the situation. Pen "Fun" Pavilion www.biquge.info

Starks was slapped in the face, he didn't play, Atkins, Jackson, and Mills had more opportunities to shoot, and the interior players covered and matched the running tactics to ensure the firepower of the bench attack.

Standing in the bottom corner, two people ran to catch the ball and shoot, Oakley pulled out to shoot the shot, and Ben Wallace was responsible for the air cut, rushing to the front court to rebound. Without Starks, the Knicks' tactics have regained a sense of hierarchy, step-by-step, no passion, but no chaos.

Players are more bold than solving problems on their own. Starks' increase in shots is actually out of selfishness, he is jealous of Houston becoming the core of the perimeter, and wants to compete for the best sixth man to prove that he is still a star.

Starks and his biggest rival Danny Manning have similar statistics, averaging 13.8 points and 2.7 assists per game, but the Suns' backup power forward Manning has a much higher shooting percentage, with 13.5 points, 5.6 rebounds and 2 assists on 52.1% shooting.

Starks, who was coaxed by Niu B, suddenly became honest, and the situation was very unfavorable to him, as soon as the news came out, many fans felt that he was the team's cancer and the culprit that the Knicks could not hit the Bulls' record.

The Knicks are aiming to win the championship, and if anyone dares to make a fuss at this time, there is absolutely only one end, which is to get out of New York after the season.

After that, the Knicks lost to the Pacers, Spurs, and the SuperSonics, and Houston beat the Hawks with a three-point whistle.

Houston became the league's most three-pointer this season, averaging 2.5 shots per game and shooting 42.6 percent from the field.

The Knicks lost six games in March, with a 61-12 record and still leading the league, while the Bulls are second in the East with 56 wins and 18 losses.

The Lakers have lost 20 games, the SuperSonics and Jazz both have 19 games, and they can't compete with the Knicks.

With nine games left in the regular season, the Knicks are unlikely to lose six games barring a miracle or match-fixing, and they have already secured the top spot in the league.

After the run-in, the Knicks players have adapted to offensive tactics, and Yang Rui's work has become easier. The other two assistant coaches are mainly responsible for training with the players, he usually chats with Van Gundy on the sidelines, and whenever he travels away, he tastes the food and tours of various places.

Yang Rui had the opportunity to learn about the food culture of various countries. Delicious pasta, cheese, ham; Spanish fried squid and paella; Russian meatloaf; German sausage ...... Anything he hadn't tried in his previous life, he had the money to taste. The away subsidy is definitely enough to spend.

Usually doesn't spend much money, Thomas Bentley helped Yang Rui manage his finances, and successively bought Cisco stocks, rising from $4 to more than $9 a share, and his assets nearly doubled.

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

In the April game, the goal of the Knicks team became to help Ewing brush up his stats, to end the regular season with his stats beautifully, and to increase the chips for winning the MVP.

It turns out that when the whole team, from the top to the bottom, from the shareholders to the players, wants to do something for one person, he doesn't have any difficulty getting good stats.

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

The center has three triple-doubles in a row, and the last one to do it was Chamberlain, which is big news, and Ewing has once again become the darling of the media and made headlines.

For this, Ewing is very grateful to Yang Rui, and the tactic was proposed by him.

As long as Ewing is present, the ball passes through his hand every turn; As long as he receives Ewing's pass and can avoid the block, most of his teammates choose to jump and give him an assist; On the defensive end, others actively defend and give Ewing the task of protecting rebounds in the backcourt, and the forwards will help him get shots.

The flaw of this style of play is that the players are not very good at choosing shots, the ball is too concentrated and lacks change, and the Knicks can win against weak teams, but it is not easy to play strong teams.

In April, the Knicks lost to the Hawks and Heat, beating the Bulls 115-111 in the finale.

Although it will not affect the final standings, in order to train for the playoffs, the two sides still sent all their main forces 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 22 of 24 free throws.

Ewing exploded with 25 points, 7 rebounds and 12 assists, while Houston and Mills scored 22 and 21 points, respectively.

The Knicks won the regular season with a 68-14 record, and the Bulls finished second in the East with 61 wins and 21 losses.

In the core statistics competition between the two sides, Ewing had 20.8 points, 11.3 rebounds, 5.2 assists, 0.6 steals and 2.3 blocks, shooting 50.7% from the field and 75.1% from the free throw line.

Jordan had 28.7 points, 5.8 rebounds, 3.5 assists, 1.7 steals and 0.5 blocks, shooting 46.5% from the field, 23.8% from three-point range, and 78.4% from the free throw line.

Although the score is less, Ewing's higher assists than Jordan is a big highlight, and with this gimmick and best record, the regular season MVP is almost in Ewing's bag.

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

The media speculated that Jordan would retire at the end of the season, and most people hoped that he would leave with an MVP and a championship to create a perfect legend in the NBA, and the Knicks ruined it all as the villain.

Many people blame Pippen for the unsatisfactory reason, which would never have come to this point if he had had surgery last summer. Now, 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's record is not as good as the Pacers, but they are the top of the Southeast Division, lucky to be in third place according to the rules, and the Pacers are in fourth place, and they will meet the Knicks in the second round.

The Wizards were even more unlucky, and finally had the same record as the Nets, according to the rules, looking at the record of the two sides, 2 wins and 2 losses were the same, and finally looking at the division record, the Nets beat the Wizards by one game and took the last train of the playoffs.

With this way out, the psychological shadow area of the Wizards players has exploded.

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

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

There is no suspense in the top 8 in the West, and the records of the teams behind are very bad, the Kings are ranked 9th with 26 wins, and the next five teams have failed to get 20 wins, and the Nuggets at the bottom are rotten, with 11 wins and 71 losses.

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

The Knicks have all home-court advantage in the playoffs, becoming the top seed, and all teams have a three-day rest before the playoffs are about to begin.

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