296 Crossroads

After encountering the Magic, the Knicks are a series of strong teams - Kings, Hornets and so on. They have to play five away games before they can finally return to home and play against the Portland Trail Blazers at home.

This series of games will definitely exhaust the Knicks, and their condition is worth worrying about.

The first day of the away game began. Now the Knicks maintain the second ranking in the East, with a record of three wins and one loss. The game with the Kings is played away. This is an extremely fierce game. Zhang Chen was also turned around by the other party's center and almost hung up. Fortunately, there was nothing serious.

This game has been in the fight between the two sides since the first quarter. Although the Knicks have always had a little intention of fighting separately, they played quite tenaciously today, which made the Kings' several chargebacks in the end.

Throughout the first quarter, Zhang Chen's performance was a little sluggish today. He lost three three-pointers in the whole first quarter, which made his game more difficult. The shooting rate of the Kings is quite amazing, especially Martin, who not only cheated Zhang Chen's foul, but also hit two three-pointers. With his help, the Kings slowly gained the lead.

In this section, Zhang Chen's performance was not very good, and the performance of the rest of the Knicks was also very good, not much excellent. However, just after the beginning of the second quarter, the Knicks' substitute lineup suddenly caught everyone's eye - after several fast-attacks and some three-point shots, they faintly played a little bit of the style of the Suns, and the little fast-fast spirit became the team's main specialty. Color.

Under the impact of their morale, speed and cooperation, the Kings' lead was slowly chased back, and then the rest of the Knicks came on the field one after another to send the main force. Now the main lineup is no longer as weak as the first quarter, but all began to work hard. At the same time, so much training from all over the world has finally gained some effect, and their cooperation has slowly come out. With their efforts, the Knicks finally established a lead at the end of the first half.

The counterattack frenzy of this game kicked off with Zhang Chen's two consecutive three-pointers, and then everyone slowly began to give strength. Their cooperation emerged one after another. After one cooperation again and again, they finally got enough lead. At the beginning of the third quarter, the Knicks did not collapse as expected by the home spectators on the side of the basketball court. On the contrary, they also played a pretty good attack, and everyone worked hard on the defensive end. They finally found their own playing style and style.

At the end of the third quarter, they have established a seven-point lead.

The last quarter of the competition began. Obviously, the Kings did not want to be defeated by a team like the Knicks at home. They all tried their best to completely block the Knicks. Fortunately, at the critical moment, Randorff finally stood up for the first time, grabbed two rebounds in a row, hit a three-pointer, and an inside dunk, which boosted morale. Then Zhang Chen assisted Gallinari to hit a three-pointer, and then he broke through and made a successful inside dunk. In the end, David Lee also made a successful dunk on the inside line, and the stuck lead became quite annoying but doless for the Kings. In this game, the Knicks won a score of 108:103 on the road.

In the whole game, the Knicks can be said to be full bloom: Randolph scored 21 points and 11 rebounds, David Lee scored 10 points and 10 rebounds, Gallinali scored 14 points, Du Hong sent six assists, and Zhang Chen scored 30 points, 2 rebounds and 2 assists. In this game, they Win simply and neatly.

This game turned their record into four wins and one loss, which is still behind the Cavaliers for the time being, but it's almost the same. The people of the Knicks have begun to rub their hands, sharpening their knives and preparing to do a big game, but the next opponent Celtics immediately suffered a blow. .

The fifth game of the Knicks' regular season's regular season is an away game against the Boston Celtics. In this game, they have been at an all-round disadvantage from the beginning. Whether defensively or offensively, they have been beaten by their opponents**. Although Zhang Chen scored 11 points in two minutes at the last minute, he could not save the Knicks' defeat.

The Knicks lost to the Celtics by a bloody 13-point difference of 104:91 on the road, and everyone has changed from rubbing their hands before the start of the game to the current annoy abnormality. However, the Jazz they challenged next gave them another painful lesson. They lost 110-101 to the Jazz in Salt Lake City, and they have lost two consecutive away games.

Everyone saw Zhang Chen's performance. In this game, Zhang Chen still had red eyes. Especially in the last minute against the Jazz, in the face of his old enemy Brewer, Zhang Chen's eyes were red. In the last minute, he hit three three-pointers in a row and scored 9 points, but as in the face of the Celtics, Zhang Chen's madness still failed to reverse the decline of the Knicks.

In these two games, Zhang Chen scored 48 points, 6 rebounds and 3 assists in the loss to the Celtics, and 40 points, 3 rebounds and 2 assists in the loss to the Jazz. His score was also gorgeous, and he maintained an average score of 40 points per game, holding high to the top of the league. It's hard for the people on the side to look back.

In the fourth game away from home, Zhang Chen played a little badly. Maybe a series of crazy scores in front of him made him a little tired. In this game, he performed quite sluggishly, and the team's performance was not very good, but they also struggled back in the fourth quarter. Randolph and Garinari People take turns to be powerful, and for a moment, it feels a little confusing for the opponent, but this did not last long.

They still lost this game and won three consecutive away defeats. Zhang Chen got the lowest score of 20 points in the whole game, which is not consistent with his usual performance. After the expert's analysis, everyone also put forward their own opinions on Zhang Chen's performance - the first is that Zhang Chen has been too tired recently. As a result, he was unable to face the game at his best. In addition to being too tired, it was the problem of other teams. They also gradually found a lot of clues that Zhang Chen could not solve this season, which made them study something that made Zhang Chen's scoring more difficult.

The process of the player's progress is the process of competing with himself, the process of competing with the defensive tactics developed by the coaches, and then after the competition again and again, if the player can finally destroy these obstacles, he can go to the real Avenue of Stars. It's just that history has proved that there are not many people who can break the cocoon into a butterfly phoenix nirvana like this.

The next game is the last of their continuous away trip. They don't want to lose all the away games except for a Kings. Everyone is quite desperate in this game. They try to stand in their posts. In fact, he This is still effective, at least they have been ahead of their opponents in the first half of the game.

However, this is just the first half. In the second half, the Knicks' players were exhausted after four consecutive away games. In the second half, the general contradictions accumulated in these consecutive away games suddenly broke out, and then the Knicks' collapse began.

They collapsed to the end and finally lost their last away game. Zhang Chen only got 18 points in this game, which surprised everyone.

The players of the Knicks were quite depressed in this game. After the game, they got on the plane. Zhang Chen sat in his corner and stretched out - the away game was finally over! This damn away game is finally over! He now has an impulse to sing loudly. This kind of away game is really tormenting, especially when two of their five consecutive away games are back-to-back.

But anyway, they survived. Unfortunately, their results are so unsatisfactory. The performance of the Knicks adds a very bad impression to the fans, which is very unfavorable to the Knicks.

Other teammates on the plane also slowly leaned on their chairs and were ready to fall asleep. Zhang Chen also planned to squint for a while.

At this time, D'Anthony, who was sitting in front of him, suddenly turned his head and shouted, "Guys, don't be busy sleeping... I have something to tell you."

Hearing that there was something wrong, everyone slowly pricked up their ears. D'Antoni said, "In the past few away games... we played very passively... One of the reasons is that the schedule is too tight, so that our time and physical strength can't be fully arranged, but there are more reasons. It's us that we can't fully find our own sense of rhythm. We often can't find the feeling we should have... After returning to New York this time, we will have a three-day rest time. In these three days, we can have a day off on the first day, but the next two days I I hope everyone can appear in the training hall on time or even in advance... That should be what we have to do. November is about to enter the middle of November, and we must hurry up to catch up our ranking.

Everyone nodded, and then silently thought about their own thoughts. In the past few days, everyone has indeed been exhausted in the games, and the team has been greatly punished for this. At present, their record is four wins and five losses, and the winning rate is even less than 50%. Their current ranking has quickly fallen to seventh place.

The first team they ushered in after returning to the home court was the Trail Blazers. This game will never be easy. The opponent is a team with neat soldiers except Oden, especially the support of Roy's demon star. The Trail Blazers will definitely become a rather difficult bone, but no matter how difficult it is. They must also bite down, at the risk of teeth being broken... Because their morale has fallen to the lowest point. If there is no stimulation and help, they will be completely destroyed. No one wants to see that.

After saying this, De Anthony suddenly said, "Chen, your state has declined in the last two games. Do you know the reason?"

Randolph immediately laughed beside him and said, "I know, because I saw Mr. Backdoor's eyes always staring at those beautiful female cheerleaders who couldn't let go of their eyes... That's why, because he was distracted..." He and Zhang Chen struggled five games together in the terrible situation of the away game. Now The relationship between Randov and Zhang Chen has also improved a little.

Zhang Chen immediately threw the towel next to him to Randolph's position, and then said to D'Antoni, "There are two reasons. The first is the physical problem... My physical strength is a problem. This problem has always existed and has been bothering me to move forward. In the past few days, I have had a series of away games. The two back-to-back seriously consumed my physical strength... I should be able to find a way to deal with this after a few days of rest; the second point is the opponent's defensive problem. I found that the league's coaches have made some defensive reactions to me, and I sometimes become difficult in their defense... There are two reasons. Regarding the opponent's defense, I believe that when I have enough physical strength as a guarantee, I should be able to solve it naturally.

D'Anthony nodded meditatingly: "Okay, you can summarize it by yourself. I hope you can recover your ability in the new game... Because the Knicks can't live without you."

Zhang Chen smiled at him and nodded. In the last two consecutive away games, Zhang Chen did play the first time. This kind of boredom made him feel very uncomfortable now. Needless to say, he had long wanted to restore his scoring ability. Besides, the Knicks are also the time when they need themselves the most.

D'Antoni also helped other players comment. He knows these players well and clearly sees their performance under the court, so he is more confident. No one refuted him. They listened silently. When D'Anthony finished preaching, everyone fell asleep and fell asleep in New York. Zhang Chen got off the plane and rubbed his naked eyes. A cold breath blew from New York in November, which made Zhang Chen shiver.

Zhang Chen ate some food outside casually. After returning to his residence, he fell down on his ** without hesitation, and then fell asleep. The rapid physical consumption these days made him feel quite uncomfortable. He didn't wake up until after ten o'clock in the evening when he entered the study space. The night sky There was a burst of darkness.

The next morning, Zhang Chen rarely slept in. In the morning, the sun crawled in from the window, climbed to the head of his bed, and climbed to his face. Zhang Chen got up lazily from **, felt the warm touch of the sun, and felt that everything in the world was very good.

After stretching out, Zhang Chen went to the bathroom to wash his face. As he walked, he looked at his mobile phone. Then he saw more than a dozen un Answered calls from Avril, and saw her threatening text messages with a more and more severe tone. He cried in his heart. He slept too much last night and didn't hear it.

Zhang Chen lamented in his heart, and then called and was scolded by Avril for more than 20 minutes. Zhang Chen looked at the time and could eat in about an hour, so he spread himself on the chair in a rather comfortable posture and opened the laptop on the table to browse the web. .

Slowly click on the official website of the NBA and read some necessary news on it.

Then, the two posts that were topped in the Knicks Zone were quickly tapped by the cursor controlled by Zhang Chen's mouse, and then spread out a piece of text and presented in front of Zhang Chen's eyes.

The first article - Knicks, how do you plan to fulfill your promise to become strong?

"In five consecutive away games, the Knicks, in everyone's expectation, finally stumped through the whole process. It can be seen that each player has played quite hard. These five consecutive opponents are not easy to provoke, and they also have a prominent position in the league. But I don't think this can be the reason for the Knicks' four consecutive away defeats. They lost too badly.

"Of course, we can't always focus on the victory or defeat. What we need to look at is the specific situation of the victory or defeat and the root cause of the victory or defeat. This is a disaster-prone team. It used to be a basketball mecca, but now this basketball mecca is falling apart again and again, and their prestige is also falling apart in the gradual erosion of the long river of time. At the beginning of the season, their three-game winning streak at home was eye-catching, which made us enter a dream of a dream of a strong team. We thought we had Zack? Randorff and Zhang Chen's team must be a strong team in the league.

"However, this is not the case. Their away game is too bad, and their performance can even make people lose confidence. In these games, it can be seen that they work very hard, but they can't reach the height they want. Their performance is gradually dragged down by physical strength and time, becoming incompetent. Deal with. In these games, they have fully exposed their weakness, which is still a lack of running-in. This weakness may have been known by many other coaches in the league, so as to take more countermeasures... We need to think carefully about the reasons for the loss of the game, so that we can find it in the next game. To your own route."

"In any case, the Knicks are now standing at a crossroads, and we look forward to them surprising us and fulfilling our promise to become a strong team. They are now at a crossroads that are gradually moving towards glory or returning to death. We don't know when we can see the dawn, but we are all looking forward to the dawn so eagerly.

This article is written earnestly, and it can also be seen that the author of this post has a love for the Knicks, but what he said is also a fact. Now Knicks really needs to really reflect on himself and find his motivation for further development. Otherwise, everything may be just a joke.

(To be continued)