Chapter 129 Mercury

Last season, the Kings were called the most hopeless team. The team's talent was limited. The main players Kevin Martin and Garcia were plagued by injuries. The record of 17 wins and 65 losses made them a laughing stock that everyone can bully.

Garcia has just completed the operation and will not be able to play in the next four months. The Kings really can't see any light this season. Their best choice is to play badly and strive for the No. 1 pick next season to accelerate the reconstruction process.

Former coach Reggie Cias performed poorly last season, and the management could not tolerate this team that was still popular in the past few seasons and became a dog that everyone beat. In anger, he terminated his contract with him.

Westfall, who had been wandering outside for 9 years, finally replaced him.

Paul Westfall last time

A coach was in 2000, when he was the head coach of the Supersonics. In the following years, his footprints spread throughout the university.

A Studio, etc., and now he has finally re-employed the Kings. He is also the fourth head coach in the past three seasons.

Although it is difficult to compare with the team that was once popular in the past few years, judging from the current lineup configuration, the Kings' offense is still unsatisfactory. Last season, he averaged 100.6 points per game, and the team has top scorers such as Kevin Martin who averaged 24.6 points per game. Last season, the Kings traded Salmons and Brad Miller to the Bulls to exchange for Nocioni and Gooden. This deal is questionable. Nocioni seems a little unacceptable and cannot fill the gap in Salmons' average 18.3 points per game.

The competition in the Western Conference is still fierce this season, and the bottom teams will show their progress with their regular season record. The Kings still have a lot of work to do, and with their existing lineup, there is no hope of entering the playoffs.

Their focus is on cultivating young potential players, including Evans, Hawys and Thompson, to lay the foundation for their future rise, and their final destination this season can only be the bottom of the West.

Therefore, this game is not very concerned, and the most attractive thing is the battle between the two rookies, Li Feng and Evans.

The media also racked their brains to tie Li Feng and Evans together, although Li Feng and Griffin are the best rookies, and after Li Feng and Griffin fought, Li Feng had the highest call for winning the best rookie.

They don’t care about these things. As long as they can attract people and sell them, this is victory.

As a result, the titles of various media outlets were about Evans and Li Feng, and both teams were ignored in a narrative manner.

The two teams are still very strong. There are many people available on the Kings, but their bad intentions are unstoppable. The Knicks want to make the playoffs, but no one can use the team.

The competition began under such circumstances.

The Knicks' lineup remains unchanged. Hughes takes over Harrington's position, and the center is still Corey, power forward Li Feng, small forward Hughes, shooting guard Garlinari, and point guard Chris Duhon.

Kings, center Spencerhois, spence

Hawes, also SD, but unfortunately it's not Spencerheimwood, spence

haywood, he belongs to the weakened version of Brad Miller, passes and shoots well, power forward is jumper Jason Thompson, the only difference is that Thompson has a comprehensive and solid skill, averages 20+10 in college, small forward is the former Bulls' strong player - Argentinian Nosioni, shooting guard is the main player Kevin Martin, and point guard Tyrek Evans.

However, the game was not as smooth as the Knicks imagined. The Kings may have found the Knicks in this game, and it was not like a team that was so bad. Hawys made a pass as accurately as a scalpel at the three-point line. Kevin Martin, who cut in at high speed, received the basketball in the air.

Martin did not attack the basketball. He gently stroked his fingers in the air. The basketball just came to his fingertips and flew towards the direction of the basket again.

Swish!

The basketball fell into the basket and brought out a white wave!

The Kings played in the form at the beginning. Although the head coach was not Adelman, the Kings continued Princeton's tactics. Hawyce's ability to support and Martin's ability to intersperse and run. Five minutes into the game, the Kings played a 14-5 climax.

The Knicks are not worried about the backward situation.

Then Li Feng broke out and the Ako Arena became the freedom corridor of the Tyrannosaurus Rex.

The one who defended him was last year's lottery rookie Thompson. Thompson's strongest thing was physical fitness, but he was not in the same world as Li Feng at all.

Without even fake moves, Li Feng forced himself to break through Thompson's defense with speed and entered the inside.

This caused double-teams from the Kings team. They seemed to smell the bloody shark and rushed towards Li Feng.

Li Feng's face remained unchanged. In front was Hoyce and on the left was Nosioni. He jumped and forced out of the middle of the two. His powerful force made the two people's closing and blocking the door in vain.

Then, the basket was left unguarded, and Li Feng jumped high, and a big windmill came to his hands. When the basket clashed, it kept shaking, as if it would fall down at any time.

Li Feng's performance continued. The Knicks' score was still the hero of the Knicks' scoring this time. However, this time it turned into a cooperation. After breaking through Thompson, Li Feng made a real pass from the chuck and passed the ball behind him. Garlinari easily put the basketball into the basket with a layup on the bottom line. His leisurely look seemed to be not in the game, but just walking there.

Throughout the first half, the Knicks and the Kings maintained high fighting spirit. Small ball tactics and Princeton tactics became the two tones of the game, and offense was the main theme of the game.

After halftime, the Knicks fell behind the Kings at home with a score of 62-67 away.

The 5-point gap cannot be called a gap in the face of two such attacks that are mercury.

The offensive basketball in the entire first half was very enjoyable. Just when the fans of the Ako Stadium thought they were going to witness another offensive battle, the two teams suddenly stopped.

In the second half, it was not the Kings who took the initiative to lower the pace, but the New York Knicks who were better at playing fast. There was nothing we could do about this. There were only a few people available to the Knicks, and D'Antoni only liked a rotation lineup. There were few players, so he naturally increased his time on the court, so his physical energy was consumed much more.

Fortunately, the Knicks now have Li Feng and Corey. Du Hong can control the rhythm in the positional battle. Gallinari becomes a fort, Hughes keeps interspersing with air cuts, and the Knicks' positional attack is also very exciting.

For the Kings, Princeton's tactics also rely on running without the ball, requiring constant passing and running to find the best singles opportunity, which has nothing to do with speed. In the last 7 minutes of the fourth quarter, the two teams that were close to 70 points in the half had only 92 points, reaching a draw.

The last 7 minutes became the key to determining the outcome!

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