Chapter 44 The Son of New York from the Legacy of No. 3
"Hey! Do you need to argue so much? Next Monday, the Knicks will play against the Wizards, Stephen, Jace, you'll just explain that game, China Derby, all-American live broadcast. Do you want to make a bet like Kenny and Charles?" Bill Walton asked with a smile.
"I refuse!"
"The commentator is OK, just bet, we are ESPN!" Stephen A. Smith refused timidly while blackening his TNT.
Before the game against the Wizards, the Knicks still had two home games to face first.
Back at home, the Knicks began to soar, first defeating the Pacers led by Granger. The battle ended in three quarters. Lin Yang made 9 of 17 shots and scored 22 points, and the three-pointer was 0 of 2 shots as always.
This made Lin Yang clearly realize an incident. The reason why he made 2 of 3-pointers on the night he scored 40 points was not because his three-point level had risen, but because he had good luck that night.
Then in the next game, the Celtics who were quitting with Garnett, fought for a dark and dark place. The two sides did not decide the outcome until the last minute.
Lin Yang completed the fatal blow.
In the last minute, facing Rondo who had defended for a while, Lin Yang's crossover took action and swung Rondo to speed up and rushed into the inside.
Garnett's Celtics' inside defense was not very good, Lin Yang's backhand layup widened the gap to 5 points, ending the game's suspense.
Unfortunately, Lin Yang was defensive to Rondo in this game. The defense of the player in the first team of the best defense is not just a matter of talking about it. Not to mention getting the taunt value, even the task was not triggered.
Even though the opponent lacks one of the defensive core Garnett, one of the Big Three, has to be said that this Knicks has completely changed the same as in the previous few years.
To be honest, the Knicks fans are definitely the most demanding group of fans in the league, no doubt about it.
In the past, the Knicks in the 1990s were arguably the opponent that caused the biggest trouble for the Bulls in the East. Ewing was also one of the four major centers in the 1990s.
But such a Knicks suffered a lot of booing at home in the 1990s. Yes, let alone the Knicks, even Ewing suffered a lot.
From 1990 to 1994, every time in the first four years he lost to the champion of that year, one year Pistons and three years Bulls. The Knicks fans still chose to forgive them.
Jordan retired in 1994, and the Knicks had the best year. They defeated the Bulls who had been his for many years in the Eastern Conference semi-finals 4:3, and the Eastern Conference finals still defeated the Pacers 4:3, and finally reached the finals.
The two tiebreak wins made Knicks fans feel that they are now a team that can play tough battles. However, in the finals, the New York gangsters' toughness suddenly went where they went.
The Knicks Ewing, who led by 3:2, first scored 6 of 20 shots in one game, while Olajuwon on the other side scored 30 points with 11 of 21 shots, while the Knicks only lost two points in this game. The data comparison of this game is just a microcosm of this game. In fact, the average data of this series is also the difference between the two sides. The entire series is 21 points, and the 40% shooting rate is really a bit of a loss of the face of the four centers.
In the tiebreak game, Starks, who performed well in the sixth game, made 0 of 11 three-pointers and carried the Knicks away by himself.
This Knicks, who reached the finals, was ridiculed in their home court in the second year. Knicks fans personally said that Ewing was a softie and a pseudo-superstar who could only play in their comfort zone.
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But after so many years, the 21st century did not make the playoffs except for one round of elimination. Knicks fans suddenly felt that the period when they returned to the 1990s seemed quite beautiful.
Although it was only the first dozen games of the regular season, the Knicks seemed to have seen their recovery. Lin Yang's final shot, a key goal, and averaging 20 points per game at the age of 19. He was originally a New Yorker, so the Knicks simply called the son of New York directly to Lin Yang.
Well! Glenward was pulled out and whipped the corpse again, why is it only 600,000 yuan a year?
"What price do we need to stay in the forest next year?"
"Shouldn't Gru give New York players more trust, even if it's a sign for two years."
Lin Yang was very calm when he looked at these comments. Before the start of the season, because he didn't play in the preseason, it was probably this group of people who discussed whether he should keep the water dispenser or lay off employees.
These are all the same group of people!
Even the Knicks, a group of tricky fans, were conquered by themselves.
In the initial estimates of the senior executives of the Knicks, Lin Yang was a water dispenser player. In their considerations, selling jerseys has nothing to do with the water dispenser.
If it weren't for ordinary teams, they would guarantee that every player's jersey would appear in the sports equipment stores around the stadium, and even the Knicks would not consider producing his jersey.
In the third game, the game where the Pistons were killed, McGrady was defeated. After the game, only 100 new versions of New York's No. 3 jerseys were sold out in one attack.
At this time, they realized that Lin Yang was no longer a water dispenser, and at least the sixth person was the one who attracted fans. He still had a certain foundation and was a New Yorker, so the vice president of the management field waved his hand and boldly approved 1,000 new items for production.
But as soon as it was put on the shelves, New York fans who had watched the Nuggets game once again looted all the 1,000 jerseys that had just been put on the shelves.
After that, Lin Yang's No. 3 jersey production has never stopped. After this game, I feel that I will divide the Stoudemire's jersey production line to Lin Yang?
The game went smoothly and the data was good, so there were more and more reports about Lin Yang. In addition to exploring the possibility of trading Anthony, the media in New York were more polite Lin Yang.
In addition to local media, Jeff Van Gundy on ESPN even wrote a rookie introduction to Lin Yang himself (although this time is much later than other rookies).
Lin is the best undraft I've ever seen in his rookie season. He spent just two games conquering his coach with his breakthroughs, and undoubtedly the best player to combine physical and technical skills in recent years.
He still has many things to grow, three-pointers, passes, and integrates into the team's defensive system. But he is also a player who has improved very quickly.
At the beginning of the season, if I hadn't forgotten, physical confrontation was also his weakness, but now, in the game against Chauncey Billups and Avraro, we can see that his confrontation was definitely not his weakness.
In three years, he will definitely become an All-Star player. Lin Yang's template is clear, Allen Iverson, Dwayne Wade, and in my eyes, he will achieve both of them, even surpass them.
Van Gundy's evaluation is quite high, but based on Lin Yang's performances over the past period, there is nothing wrong with this. He is fast, has a strong breakthrough, has strong layup finishing ability, stable mid-range distance, and three-pointers depend on the sky. Isn't this the characteristics of Wade and Iverson?
Of course, the three-pointers in the first two are a little better than Lin Yang.
Chapter completed!