Play with your brain

Chapter 85 Our five-game winning streak! (two)

"We have five consecutive victories! "

Yes, we're on a five-game winning streak!

For basketball fans in New York, 2006 was a year of surrealism.

The Knicks have been on the verge of a victory burst yesterday, leading by 14 points in the first quarter, leading by 18 points in the second quarter, and leading by as much as 13 points in the fourth quarter.But the Mavericks never gave up, and they broke out in the fourth quarter to tie the score.But in overtime, the Knicks went hard again like a man and knocked the Mavericks to the ground!
Under the leadership of Larry Brown, the Knicks have a firmer determination and a more tenacious fighting spirit.They restricted Nowitzki in the final stage of overtime and won 117 to 115.We must remember this game, because before yesterday, the Knicks lost to the Mavericks 7 times in a row!
"You know, the way we handle the game is completely different from before," said Marbury, who scored 28 points and 6 assists with only 3 turnovers. "We have always been full of confidence, as if we knew we would win! Before, we Just trying to finish the game and lost the desire to win early on. Now we've turned around, we've taken the hit and never given up!"

Maintained a complete victory in the new year, won the Cavaliers and Mavericks in the recent back-to-back, and faced the underdogs of the Eastern Conference, the Eagles and Raptors with a five-game winning streak.These two teams have lost all 00 games against the Knicks since the 01-6 season. What is even more gratifying is: Marbury's state surpasses his soul, Curry's body is great, his appetite It's also good that Crawford has become the strongest candidate for the best sixth man early!

The enthusiasm of the fans burst out from Madison Square Garden, and "DE-FENSE" was already stirring in the first quarter like an anthem. The Knicks, who were the worst in the league 12 days ago, have regained the city's trust.

"The fans are expecting us to win every game again!" said Eddie Curry, who had 21 points today.

The winning streak began with three overtimes, and another overtime was used tonight to consolidate the winning streak.

"When we beat the sun, I knew it was not an ordinary victory, it was our springboard to spring!" Crawford said.

"Even one of the referees criticized our efforts. He seemed to want to get off work early, but the Knicks didn't do what he wanted! The fans have been supporting the team today. In the past, once we were chased by our opponents, the players were Lower your head, but today, the fans don’t allow us to do that, we have to bite the bullet and charge up!” Brown has never been stingy with the praise of the team’s players and fans.

Nowitzki scored 32 points, but was scoreless in Davis' defense in the final period.

Originally, the Knicks' free throws were really ugly, but today, after they missed the first free throw, they made 30 free throws in a row, including Crawford's two free throws at the end of overtime to seal the victory. It is simply a miracle!
The Knicks are also impeccable in terms of rebounding. They took off 29 offensive rebounds today, which is simply a miracle of miracles!
Nowitzki actually had a chance to grab the win when the 10-footer missed a jumper near the free throw line with 7 seconds left in the fourth quarter, missing the tiebreaker while the misplaced guard defended him. It's Forrest Hu, and that says it all!
Mark Portman in The New York Post, January 2006, 1

Facing the five-game winning streak, the media in New York is already singing praises. They have completely cursed the Knicks generals before, and the fans are also full of joy. What they see is not five consecutive victories, but seven Winning streak, because the Eagles and Raptors are the worst teams in the East now, worse than the Knicks!

This season, it seems that the animals have resentment. The teams that use animals as their names are very bad. Except for the Mavericks, the others are basically at the bottom of the district.After seeing such results, it seems that many teams are more fortunate, including the Knicks of course.

On the 13th, the Knicks ushered in the challenge of the Atlanta Hawks. This is a duel between a bad team and a bad team. However, the Knicks are no longer a bad team. No matter what other people think, anyway, the Knicks now It is completely different.

Josh Smith, who was selected in the same year as Hu Lin, was still a little immature at this time. Although he already had the potential to become the Eagle King, he gave Hu Lin a chasing hat in the game and directly slapped the ball on the backboard.

However, with Hu Lin's thick skin, of course he didn't care, and hit an open three-pointer when he turned around.

Marbury played even more passionately, Frye and David Lee also played well, and Crawford even contributed a game-high 25 points off the bench, so a big victory was inevitable.

118 to 92, the Knicks achieved six consecutive victories.

As a result, the media and fans in New York were jubilant.

"We will win 7 consecutive victories!" "

When Larry Brown was chatting with his friends, he was asked to explain why the Knicks were a bully in 05, but they became undefeated in the Eastern Conference in 06!
"I really can't tell why, but I am confident that we will become stronger!" Coach Brown, who is about to win 7 consecutive victories after the New Year, said in the wheel.

Although the current situation is still not good, the Knicks' record of 14 wins and 20 losses is only two games ahead of the last Raptors in the Atlantic Division, but there is a hunch that the Knicks will not only win tomorrow's game, they will Should be able to win more.

Using more starting lineups than bad TV commentators, Brown's '06 Knicks were nothing like the '05 Knicks.

"I didn't know who should play in the past. I think I should stop other training and focus on who should play." Brown said.

Now the Knicks have determined a starting lineup, Marbury, Hu, David Lee, Antonio Davis, Eddie Curry.

And Crawford, Taylor and Channing Frye should appear as bench gangsters, and finding a suitable rotation lineup is an important reason for the Knicks' transformation!
"This thing is so powerful!" Brown said.

In fact, the Knicks' bench depth is not enough, Ah Q did not play in the Eagles game, Ariza is still on the injured list, and now their only shortcoming is that the players in the rotation are very tired, especially they played in 4 days 3 games.

Now, the Knicks have won six games in six games in 06. Today, they will come to Toronto for their seventh victory.Even though the commentators haven't arrived yet, it's starting to heat up there!

Andrew Marchard, 06/14, on ESPN.

It's only the night of the 14th, and the match against the Raptors will be played tomorrow. Hu Lin is alone in the hotel, and he is always idle. Using his laptop to surf the Internet is a good tool for him to pass the time.Of course, this guy's main purpose is to get in touch with the country.For example, chatting with Feng Kuo, asking about the situation at home, and so on.

And chatting does not delay reading the webpage, so Hu Lin saw this column article published on the back of the ESPN website.

Not to mention anything else, just this mood, isn't it a little too optimistic?
However, this also reflects a problem, not only the Knicks team is very optimistic, even the fans, the media, almost everyone who cares about the Knicks is very optimistic.

Seven consecutive victories!

Is it really that easy to take?

(End of this chapter)