After this game, Kevin not only succeeded in surpassing Jason Kidd (averaging 15 assists per game) and John Stopeton (averaging 97 assists per game) to become the league’s assistant king (averaging 1 assist per game), but also broke the long-standing triple-double record. The youngest triple-double in NBA history was Magic ervin johnson, who won the triple-double in the fifth game of his career, and now the owner of this record has become Kevin Totti. Kevin has not yet celebrated his second birthday.
If you usually get this honor, the Knicks will definitely have a party to celebrate, but after the timberwolves game, all the Knicks rushed to the hospital to visit Sprewell who was injured and retired. In the game just now, Sprewell was injured and retired. Not only the Knicks but also the fans were worried. The captain gorilla has not come out of the hospital, and now another Van Gundy has gone in. When he arrived at the hospital with the Knicks, the examination results have come out. The doctor said that Sprewell was not optimistic about his injury, and his knee was seriously waterlogged and his ankle was damaged. It was conservatively estimated that he would rest for one and a half
After hearing this news, the Knicks all don’t know what to say. Ewing scored 2 points, 12 rebounds and 11 assists last season. Sprewell scored 214 points, 36 rebounds and 49 assists. Together, they can get 42 points, 14 rebounds and 6 assists in the regular season. Now they are all in the ward. How can they play the original Knicks luxury array in this game?
Van Gundy took the players into the ward and simply chatted with Sprewell. This funny guy can now lie in the ward honestly, and the captain Ewing is also in the ward. Although Ewing can walk easily now, it depends on the situation that it will take a month to come back to the game.
We chatted for a while and didn’t all go home long ago. Kevin just entered the house and found that Jesse had come back. Some time ago, Jesse moved to school because he promised his brother to study hard. Today, Jesse took a holiday and ran back immediately. In fact, Kevin missed Jesse for a few days. Both men and women are like this in love.
"hey! Welcome back, my hero! " Looking at Kevin that take the door Jessie said with a smile.
"Hehe, have a holiday?" Kevin hugged Jesse and walked into the bedroom. The two men kissed warmly and the French wet kiss ended. They also talked about today’s game.
"How does it feel for Kevin to hit the winner today?" Jessie asked curiously.
"Good. It feels like the whole world is in my own hands," Kevin said after a meditation.
"Ha, don’t be intoxicated with you. By the way, you just went to the hospital to visit Sprewell! How’s his condition? I’m seeing him injured and leaving the field. "Jessie asked with a naughty smile and sudden curiosity.
"It’s very bad that the knee is seriously waterlogged and the ankle is damaged. It is estimated that two months is enough!" Kevin is also a little sad to be in Sprewell.
"So serious! God, the Knicks are in danger! Ewing has lost two main players! " Jesse also said with a face of concern
"well! Alas! Ok, let’s not talk about this for a long time. I haven’t tasted your cooking for a long time. What shall we eat tonight? " Kevin wanted to change the subject.
"Eat, eat, eat and you will know that eating your pig will starve you. I will go to sleep and you will die!" Jesse smiled and tried to run.
"Where to run! I will eat if I don’t eat! " Two people play into a ball.
Kevin is happy here, but Knicks coach JVG can’t sleep. This season, after Kevin’s strong outbreak, the Knicks array has become perfect, and there are almost no loopholes in each position. The substitute array is also good. Knicks executives have pointed to the championship.
Considering the luxury of the array, Van Gundy also made Sprewell a guest sixth in several games, and the effect was very good. But now the injury has caused the Knicks to lose two main players. How to play the team’s main players in the next game? Now Alan Houston and Larry Johnson Kevin are still a rookie. Larry Johnson still has a back injury, and Alan’s knee is not very healthy. If anything happens again, the Knicks will really be finished this season. The change of the array is sure that someone will leave the team next season because of the salary cap. Alan Kevin and others will also renew their contracts .. Van Gundy is very depressed.
When the news of Sprewell’s injury came out, many teams in the league breathed a sigh of relief. The Knicks had previously won 3 losses and ranked second in the East. After joining Kevin, the Knicks not only became more stable in defense, but also strengthened their offensive ability. In 11 games, the Knicks averaged 39 points and lost points, ranking first in the league and 73 points, ranking 13th in the league. Fortunately, Sprewell won four consecutive victories after being injured in the main center. Fortunately, the Knicks will be relieved to face the Knicks team.
The next day, the Knicks went to Boston to challenge the Celtics. This season, the Celtics selected Paul Pierce, who is now ranked third in the best rookie list (the first is Kevin Totti, and the second is Vincent Carter). He averaged 175 points and 69 rebounds per game and formed a new generation of Celtics Big Three with Walker and Messer for more than a dozen games. Pierce won the support of Celtics fans for his outstanding performance. Excellent back play and realistic fake play have made many front defenders in the league suffer.
Today, the Knicks defended Pierce because John Wallace, the Celtics, clearly knew that the Knicks were not well-formed and lacked back-to-back physical strength. Walker, Messer and Paul Pierce repeatedly bombed the Knicks line Camby in three quarters. John Wallace was almost blown up. After three quarters of hard support by Kevin and Alan, the Knicks had to surrender and face the low ranking in the East. The Celtics lost the game away from home by 94.
Chapter 29 Fight the Heat again
Chapter 29 Fight the Heat again
On February 27th, after the Knicks lost to the Celtics, they finally had a rare rest, which made the players physically and mentally exhausted and wounded. It was quite a test for the coach and even other players. Because of the shortened season and the cancellation of the Star Wars, the Knicks had to play five games in a row until the end of the playoffs, and the Knicks system was manipulated to see if there was any feasible trade. The deadline for trading was still a while, and the Knicks could really come up with a lot of weights.
After three days’ rest, on the evening of March 1st, the Knicks continued to challenge the Detroit Pistons away from home. The two teams have already met once in the season. The Knicks easily defeated the Pistons 7-69, and now the Pistons are ranked sixth in the East. The result of this game will also affect the ranking of the two teams.
However, at the beginning of the game, there was a one-sided trend. At home, fans cheered for the Pistons, and they kept playing beautiful and wonderful cooperation. On the Knicks side, not only everyone felt cold and terrible, but also the defense was full of loopholes. Today, the defense focus of Pistons was not Kevin, but Alan Houston, because now the Knicks can really score fewer points. Kevin is a priority assistant point guard. However, in Granger Hill, Kevin’s every assist was replaced by Alan’s. In the fourth quarter, the difference between the two teams was pulled to 2 points, and Van Gundy changed the main force
Kevin sat on the bench and watched the Pistons fans cheering and depressed. At the end of the game, the Pistons beat the visiting new york Knicks 9-6 at home. Kevin scored only 17 points and scored 2 points, 9 assists and 9 rebounds per game.
The two-day away trip finally ended the Knicks’ two-game losing streak, falling from the second place in the East to the fifth place in the East.
On the return plane, Knicks players were sitting quietly, and no one was talking. Van Gundy was very worried after seeing this scene. Not to mention that many people were making some low-level mistakes during the game. three-second violation and dribbling twice were everywhere, and maybe when they would lose.
"hey! Are you tired? Did you sweat in today’s game? Alan, don’t you have the heart to shoot when you meet your old club? " Larry Johnson asked angrily.
"You m be careful what you say!" Alan suddenly got up and the atmosphere became tense.
"Did I say something wrong? And do you want to move to Detroit? Can’t bear to do it in front of the new owner? Why should we get together? I didn’t come from the Hornets to cheat the contract and ask for money. I hope I can get a ring by myself. If you want to eat and die, you’d better not stay here. Cleveland will come to the home court to challenge us one day, and we will lose. If you want to release water, go to the hospital yourself. Don’t show up on the court or kill them for me, understand! " Aunt roared.
Van Gundy’s heart calmed down a lot after listening to the roar, and I should put some pressure on his face.
After losing to the Celtics and Pistons in a row, the Knicks returned to their home court and faced the Cavaliers’ challenge. The Knicks lost to the Cavaliers once in the season, and now the Knicks are short of major generals. Before the game, the Cavaliers hung high and said that they would take a victory here. Compared with the Cavaliers, the Knicks made no statement.
At 9: 00 p.m. on March 2nd, the official game did show one-sided, but it was the Cavaliers who were abused. Today, the Knicks attacked the Cavaliers’ position like a tsunami. Alan kept shooting in the defense of several people. Kevin didn’t know how many times he broke through the opponent’s defense and scored the ball. Camby almost blocked the ball. In this way, the Knicks could escape from new york in despair. After two consecutive defeats, the Knicks finally won a victory at home and stabilized the ranking.
At the end of the season, other strong teams in the league have already stepped up their trading pace. The most important transaction was that on March 1, 1999, the Hornets traded Les, Armstrong and Reid to the Lakers to get Eddie Jones and Campbell. Eddie Jones lost his position because of Kobe’s Excellence. This transaction also laid the foundation for the Lakers to win the championship in a row.