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Ewing played 38 minutes, slashing 38 points, 15 rebounds and 5 assists, and the data brushed up.

After the "Big Shark" O'Neal left the Lakers, the Magic's interior line could only rely on the "Cobra" Hores Grant to support him, and he changed from the strongest in the league to a short board. Ewing dominated the restricted area, cut to the basket several times after covering, grabbed seven frontcourt rebounds and made 8 of 9 free throws.

On January 2, the Knicks defeated the Nets 107-102 on the road.

Ewing had another double-double, with 21 points, 10 rebounds and six assists.

Even in Van Horn's absence, the Nets' lineup was not vegetarian, and it was not until the end that the two sides decided the winner, and Ward ran to catch the ball and hit a key three-pointer.

Back-to-back Knicks played the Magic at home and won easily.

On Jan. 5, the Knicks lost to the Wizards at home, losing their fifth game of the season.

The Knicks' rookie play was inconsistent, and Jackson was completely blown up. Juwan Howard, one of the "two elders" of the future Rockets, is now at his peak, with comprehensive offensive skills, a variety of scoring methods, and can play small forward, Jackson is not an opponent.

Ewing also failed to suppress Chris Webber, the two exploded each other's data, and the healthy Webber was not much inferior to Garnett and Duncan.

The biggest factor in the Wizards' win was from the outside, with point guard Rod Strickland beating Charlie Ward, scoring 21 points and 11 assists.

Strickland has reached the peak of his career in all statistics this season, averaging 17.8 points, 5.3 rebounds, 10.4 assists and 1.7 steals per game.

Yang Rui is very impressed by this person, he is a rare person with outstanding strength and gorgeous playing style, but he has never been selected as an All-Star in his life, and he is also the godfather of the future Cavaliers star Carey Irving.

In his heyday, Strickland was one of the best point guards in the league and the most troublemaker. He drove drunk and assaulted teammates in Washington, missed training without explanation in Portland, flouted coaches, and hung out in nightclubs and hit-and-run in Minnesota.

In short, it is also difficult to become a superstar if you are too bad, unless you have the strength to dominate the league, or you are full of gimmicks. Strickland isn't strong enough yet.

At the press conference, Van Gundy said he was not worried about the Knicks losing streak. On January 7, Larry Johnson announced his comeback, and the Knicks were greatly strengthened.

Stephen Jackson is back on the fringe, and Mickey Moore is even worse, with no place for him on the 12-man squad. He is the worst performer among the newcomers Yang Rui has found, and he will not have a chance to prove himself this season.

The Knicks defeated the Nets 99-88 at home, and Johnson was in average form after his return, scoring only 8 points, and all five players on the team scored double-doubles, all of which were average.

New York media commented that this is the Knicks' warm-up for the Bulls again, and on January 9, the top two in the East will face each other, and the focus of the national live broadcast will be broadcast.

Many people see the two teams as favorites in the playoff East Conference finals, and Jordan's regular performances at Madison Square Garden are a big attraction.

In the morning training, Yang Rui and Van Gundy sat on the sidelines chatting.

He thought for a moment and smiled, "Jeff, when you were boosting your morale today, could you be a little more generous and say that the bull is nothing great?" We're the top player in the league right now, and we shouldn't be in the position of challenger. ”

"Isn't this a light enemy?" Van Gundy snorted.

"Tell them that the bull is vulnerable, do you think anyone will believe it? Just because they won't underestimate the enemy, they should be given pressure to decompress, too much pressure will affect the mentality of the players and affect the performance. Yang Rui whispered.

Van Gundy didn't talk, and he was a little unhappy.

Why does this kid like to pick thorns in everything, isn't Riley also so morale-boosting?

Riley's mind hasn't been very normal. When he took the Lakers, he was swept in three rounds in '89 to advance to the Finals, and he did devil training during the offseason, which resulted in injuries to the Magic and Scott, and was finally swept by the Pistons in the Finals.

Van Gundy studied under Riley, which was a test for the star, and the intensity of training was not low. And the stars under Riley and Van Gundy all have premature aging, which should have something to do with the devil's training.

The only counter-example is "Skyhook" Abdul-Jabbar, who also played under Riley, but stood for many years without falling, until he retired in 89 at the age of 42. Abdul-Jabbar is Bruce Lee's apprentice after all, and he may have a mysterious power from the East to protect his body......

Van Gundy didn't want to listen to Yang Rui for everything, so he said coldly: "I know better than you how to boost morale, and you don't need to teach me this little thing." ”

"It's just a proposal, whatever you want." Yang Rui complained in his heart: If you don't get rid of your brainless problems, you won't become a handsome.

Yang Rui is indeed inexperienced, but he dares to try and innovate more than Van Gundy, he has his own style, and Van Gundy is just continuing the old path of his predecessors.

If because the Knicks won the best record, the best coach was awarded to Van Gundy, who did not seek merit, but sought no fault, it would be too watery.

Thibodeau and Sharman are accustomed to listening to the two chatting on the sidelines, and in the coaching staff, in fact, the two of them discuss tactics, they just "stand in line" to vote, and the proposal is hardly adopted.

If Van Gundy had the final say, it would be hell that Yang Rui didn't raise the bar.

Compared to the Bulls' contradictions, the differences between Knicks Young Rui and Van Gundy are just pediatrics. Coach Phil Jackson and manager Jerry Krauss have long been on a par, and it's a strange thing that the relationship between the management personnel is so bad that they don't speak.

"Zen Master" Jackson has an agent, and Klaus made it clear that he would not use a coach with an agent in the summer in order to squeeze him. In the end, because Jordan was forced to renew Jackson's contract, he also said that even if he won 82 next season, Jackson would have to leave.

What's more troublesome is Pippen, and it was previously rumored that the Bulls wanted to trade Pippen for Nets star Keith Van Horn; It was also revealed that Pippen had scolded Jerry Krause on the plane.

It can be said that Jordan won the championship in 98 and deserved to be praised on the altar. This year's Bulls starting lineup is much older than the Spurs, who were later called "old arms and legs" in 2007, and the bench is not very energetic. They have a good professional attitude, they maintain their condition well, and there are no major ups and downs.

Yang Rui has watched the 98 finals, and sometimes thinks, these guys are so old, they don't run fast, they don't have much vitality, there are positional formations on both sides, and there are very few quick offensive and defensive conversions, how can they kill to the end?

This season, the questions that have plagued him for years will be answered.

Jordan is not a god, he is just a person.

It is an inevitable law of physics that the back waves of the Yangtze River push the front waves, and the front waves die on the beach. Especially Yang Rui, who has seen Jordan of the Wizards, failed to enter the playoffs twice, and he firmly believes that his set will work.

What's more painful is that Van Gundy still regards the slow stuff of the Bulls and Jazz as the truth.

PS

There is a chapter earlier that mentions Pippen in the rocket, which is a clerical error, which has been revised, and it will be explained here.

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