freeallnovels Chapter 139 Lineup Change
Chapter 139 Lineup Change
Chapter 139 Lineup Change
The difference from the East is that there are more power forwards in the West. After Li Hai played, Dirk Nowitzki was facing him in the West.
Most of the passes in the All-Stars were relatively casual. The first time Li Hai defended Nowitzki, he squeezed directly in front of the opponent and broke the ball thrown by Tony Parker.
He accelerated directly, and no one in the West could keep up, and he scored a dunk.
In the first half, the East's bench players didn't score much, and the West led by 68 points at 58:10.
After the third quarter, all the players began to get serious. Marbury was injured, and just in the second half, he just made it to the bench. Chauncey Billups replaced Marbury as the point guard, and the center became the After the serious defense of Ben Wallace, the East's defense has reached the level of the regular season.
The West, who didn't realize the change in the situation, made several mistakes. Billups, Lehi and James hit three-pointers successively to catch up the score.
By the end of the third quarter, the East had already led by 97 points at 95:2.
In the last quarter, all star players showed their true skills, and the score began to stalemate.
At the decisive moment, the lineups of both sides have changed slightly. The East has Wade, together with Li Hai and James, forming a powerful impact, while the West has replaced Yao Ming with Brand to increase the mobility of the inside.
With O'Neal, the East can play inside, but when switching, no player in the West can keep up with the speed of Iverson, Wade, James, and Li Hai. After the West actively lowered the height of the inside, the positional battle There are not many advantages.
At 3 minutes and 11 seconds into the game, Li Hai intercepted the ball passed by Nash to McGrady, and completed a fast-break lob with James, and the Eastern Conference's lead also came to double digits.
At the last moment, Kobe was ruthless and scored continuously with sudden shots, but Lehi and Wade in the East grabbed offensive rebounds one after another, preventing the West from catching up.
Another space-time lore opportunity did not appear. The East kept the lead until the end, and did not give the West a chance at all.
At 125:118, the East won the All-Star Game, James won the MVP, and Li Hai, who appeared in the All-Star Game for the first time, scored 15 points and 8 rebounds, and had the highest four in the game. He is the key figure in winning the Eastern Conference.
Just when Li Hai and his group were having fun at the All-Stars, the team made another deal.
There were rumors of Francis' trade before, and the Magic also came out to refute the rumors. As a result, the rumors became true after the All-Star weekend.
The Magic intends to completely rebuild around Howard, so the bargaining chip for the Knicks to trade Francis is not the previously rumored Crawford, but the expiring contract of "Penny" Hardaway and the addition of Matt Barnes.
The general manager of the Knicks, Isiah Thomas, is undoubtedly very capable, but his characteristic is that he only chooses expensive ones and doesn’t care about whether players can have a chemical reaction. If Li Hai hadn't been selected, the Knicks would definitely be over.
This transaction was also questioned by the media and some celebrities. Originally, the Knicks Marbury, Crawford, Li Hai, and Eddie Curry would not have enough points for one ball, but in the end they got another player who wanted the ball. Do you want the internal strife to become more violent?
Although Li Hai has a good relationship with Marbury this season, there are still rumors that they are fighting among themselves, and Li Hai has nothing to do about it.
Both he and Marbury welcomed the arrival of Francis. Marbury had long hoped that someone would play point guard. Although Francis was also an attacking guard, judging from the conflict between him and the Magic, he wanted to play 1. In the number position, it happened that Marbury wanted to play the 2nd position.
Li Hai also agrees with Francis' strength, but after the latter was traded to the Magic by the Rockets, he obviously has a heart knot all the time, and his strength is also retreating. However, if Francis can play hard in New York, the Knicks are already at the forefront of the league's backcourt. It's going to be a dick.
Just imagine, with Li Hai, Marbury, Francis and Crawford in the backcourt who can shoot suddenly, their opponents may not have so many people to foul, and they still have Jay in the backcourt who can play. Len Rose, Nate Robinson and Quentin Richardson.
After hearing the news, Li Hai immediately asked Yao Ming for Francis' phone number. He called and sincerely expressed that he was a Francis fan. He was very excited to learn that he could fight together.
Li Hai felt that although Francis was not as competitive as Marbury, he still liked to listen to compliments, and would show strong fighting power because he was valued.
Isiah Thomas only cares about recruiting people and doesn't care about the follow-up, and Larry Brown often keeps a straight face, and Li Hai has to do his part to help the team form a good chemical reaction.
Of course, it was also because another time and space was familiar with Boss Fu that Li Hai was so enthusiastic.
Sure enough, because of Yao Ming's relationship, Francis has a good feeling towards Li Hai, but that's all. After being repeatedly abandoned by the team, Francis is not in a good mood now.
On February 2, the Knicks played against the Heat at home.
The Heat's lineup has also been upgraded this season. The No. 1 position has become "White Chocolate" Jason Williams. The newly acquired small forward James Posey is also a hard-working player. Characters such as Towan Walker and Alonzo Mourning, plus the more powerful Dwyane Wade, and the still All-Star Shaquille O'Neal, there is no doubt that the sword points to the championship.
Of course, this season is full of heroes. In addition to the Heat, the Pistons with the best record in the league, the defending champion Spurs, and the aggressive Mavericks are all ambitious.
As for the Knicks, they belong to the second tier with the Suns, Cavaliers and other teams. They are the kind of teams that look very strong, but always feel that something is missing.
This matchup with the Heat seems to prove the case. The Knicks traded Eddie Curry in the hope that he can resist a big center like O'Neal. After all, he is also the insider closest to O'Neal in terms of weight in the league.
But obviously Eddie Curry didn't have this kind of consciousness. He went up to defend at the request of Larry Brown, and then fouled too much soon. He didn't even play 20 minutes in a game, and he graduated with six fouls.
The Knicks also lost this game in a struggle, and they were indeed a little worse than the Heat.
On February 2, the Knicks played against the Nets at home.
As opponents in the same division, the two teams go all out every time they meet. This time Francis also started as the No. 1 Knicks.
(End of this chapter)