The genius of the basketball madman is on the left

On the night of the 20th, the live room of the New York TV station's sports news.

Smith, a senior New York sports commentator, said with a solemn expression and a low tone:

"Only an hour ago, the New York Knicks lost to the Boston Celtics by four points at Madison Square. beat."

"Our winning streak was ended, and the opponent immediately widened the gap with us. Now, we are only 13 games away from the Celtics behind us."

"We worked hard. Four of the team scored in double figures, but it still failed."

"The only good news is that Zuo Li still maintained his consecutive double-double games, oh, and the successful jump ball games, which is really, great."

"At present, we have lost 4 games this season, with a score of 22 wins and 4 losses, ranking second in the Eastern Conference."

Speaking of this, Smith covered his eyes, lowered his head, and his voice choked.

At this time, many of the assistant directors, editors and assistants who were in charge of the live broadcast couldn't hold back anymore, especially Patrick Ewing, who was next to Smith tonight's special guest, covered his mouth, as if he wanted to laugh but didn't dare to laugh, and forced himself to hold back Look hard.

"all of these…"

Smith is emotional.

"Wonderful isn't it!"

Smith sat up straight suddenly, and slapped the table hard, saying that he was just pretending, was he deceived?

"Second in the East, guys! 22 wins! This is really great! Ouhou, if it wasn't in the studio, I really want to open a bottle of champagne!" Ewing beside him was finally liberated, laughing loudly added.

If someone who doesn't know the Knicks turns on the TV and sees the commentator so happy after losing the game, he will definitely think that the commentator is a Knicks black fan, or he just bought it.

But those who are familiar with Knicks fans, especially those who have just become Knicks fans in the past few years, have no time to question it. They are all looking for champagne glasses.

As for why, of course, it's because Knicks fans haven't had the experience of being second in the East before Christmas.

Not to mention the second place in the Eastern Conference, looking at the Knicks' regular season record in the new century, the best year was only 48 wins, and that was Ewing's last year.

In the last 7 seasons, they have not won 40 games, and last season they only won 23 games, which is only 2 games more than the poor Heat.

And now, the Knicks have 22 wins, just one game away from tying last season's wins for the entire season.

It's just...

Not only that, because they also defeated the Los Angeles Lakers, their record is even the same as that of the Lakers next door. If you look at the relationship between wins and losses, the Knicks are now second in the league!

New Years Eve guys!

"There are still 5 days until Christmas. In between, we still have two games to play. Oh, I can't wait. If we can win these two games, then we will be on Christmas. He maintained the throne of No. [-] in the East and No. [-] in the league before!" Smith said excitedly.

"Be bolder, buddy, what if you can get to the first place." Ewing said.

"Ah, this is really too bold." Smith touched his chin: "I can't imagine it, but what if, everything is possible."

"Anyway, congratulations to the Knicks, guys, you've done a great job, but I'll say, it's been a long season, it's only a third of the way, I hope you guys keep up the good work, I hope I get the chance to go To watch the Knicks playoffs from the sidelines."

Ewing didn't bother with this topic either. After all, everyone knew that even if there was only one game behind, it would be very difficult for the Knicks to catch up. After all, the Cavaliers are really too stable this season.

At the same time, ESPN next door also talked about this topic when replaying tonight's game. Senior commentator Jimmy Leron said: "Although the Knicks lost, it still does not prevent them from being in their best era."

And another commentator Stephen said: "Choosing Zuo Li is the best draft in the history of the Knicks."

They believe that Zuo Li is the biggest contributor to the Knicks' turnaround.

"Zuo Li's style of play is so fresh. He is a cross-generational player. He has a sharp offense and a tough defense. It seems that he is born with a mature mentality that makes him feel calm at any time. The lore against the Lakers proves this." Jimmy Said.

And Stephen said that the others in the Knicks performed equally well, but they were still those of last season. There were only a few signings who were not big or small. The role of standing is simply huge.

It has to be said that Zuo Li is really popular nowadays, and almost every topic will bring him up. This is the case in the NBA. Whoever can keep the topic can steal the limelight.

But in the end, when the two commentators talked about the final ranking before Christmas, they also believed that the Knicks would eventually rank second in the Eastern Conference, just like the New York radio station.

The reason is also very good. After the Cavaliers just overturned the Nuggets and got their third loss this season, they will never make the same mistake again.

On the 22nd, the first big game in the 27th round of the NBA seems to confirm this point. Oklahoma City, the focus of this round, the Cavaliers and the Thunder.

James did not give the young Adu any chance.

尽管杜兰特17投9中，三分3投2中，全场砍下26分且命中率不俗，维斯布鲁克也有24分11助攻的两双表现。

但骑士依旧在詹姆斯全场31分7助攻7篮板的带动下，以110-92轻松拿下比赛的胜利。

At the same time, the Knicks also easily defeated the Bucks at home 105-81. They played 33 minutes from the left side, made 20 of 10 shots, 4 of 1 three-pointers, 5 of 3 free throws, and scored 24 points. 12 rebounds and 3 blocks. Although the shooting percentage is average, it is still easy to win.

The two sides continued to maintain a gap.

However, on the eve of Christmas Eve on the 23rd, both sides played the last game before the Christmas game at their respective home courts, and this game allowed the Knicks to successfully steal the entire league!

The Knicks face the Timberwolves at home, and the Cavaliers face the Rockets at home.

The attention of this round of games is average. After all, everyone is waiting for the Christmas game on Christmas Eve. This year is the first year of the restructuring of the Christmas game. There will be five games and ten teams will compete on the 25th. In addition to the All-Stars, another viewing feast for basketball fans.

It is said that the ratings of the Christmas game are generally higher than those of the All-Stars.

Even the newspapers reported about the Christmas match. There were only sporadic reports about this round of matches. After all, you can't expect an upset at this time, can you?

At 6 p.m. New York time, the Knicks, who played an hour earlier, did not disappoint the fans who had just had a holiday. Facing the only second designated experience baby in the league this season, the Knicks had an absolute advantage from the first minute.

The Timberwolves didn't even organize a few counterattacks they wanted, and they lost by a big score of 123-88. Zuo Li played only 28 minutes and scored a double-double of 17 points and 10 rebounds.

The most tense part of the whole game was the last minute of the third quarter. Zuo Li made a smart card position in the frontcourt and succeeded in dunking. While scoring 1 points, he finally made up the tenth rebound, allowing himself to achieve two consecutive double-double games. continue.

"Huh~!" The fans also breathed a sigh of relief. If the double-double was broken because the opponent was too weak, it would be too bad.