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Chapter 403 The Battle of Oracle Grad (Please subscribe and support)

Author: Fan Xian Xiao Xianxian

Chapter 403 The Battle of Oracle Grad (Please subscribe and support)

As the season enters the middle of the season, the trade market is gradually beginning to come alive, especially after a somewhat crazy offseason when many teams need to pay for their mistakes in the summer.

However, the first thing to break the news was the contract extension between Anthony and the Nuggets. The Nuggets officially announced that the team had reached a three-year contract extension with a maximum salary of 64.7 million yuan with Anthony, whose contract expired in 2011.

This contract extension is a bit strange. After being eliminated by the Jazz in the first round of the playoffs last season, Anthony had a big conflict with the team coach George Karl. Rumors that he would jump out of the contract in 2011 were rampant. As a result,

Instead, he reached a contract extension with the team? Even some fans who wanted Anthony to leave the Nuggets and find another team to compete for the championship expressed confusion.

But the reason is actually easy to explain. According to league regulations, Anthony can get the most money if he stays with the Nuggets. If he leaves the team as a free agent in 2011, he will lose his bird rights.

In the league, except for James and Yao Ming, no one's off-court income is enough to support him giving up his Bird Rights, not even Kobe.

In other news, legendary Jazz coach Jerry Sloan announced that he will end his 23-year coaching career with the Jazz after the end of the season.

In his previous life, Sloan had a conflict with Jazz star Deron Williams and chose to resign to protect the interests of the team. This season, the Jazz lost Boozer, but did not bring in AJ to supplement the inside line. The team's performance was dismal, until

He ran for the No. 1 pick; Sloan himself was "frustrated" and didn't even want to force Deron to play according to his own ideas.

This ending may be slightly better for the coach than in his previous life. But Ke Yan is more concerned about Hornacek's thoughts. Hornacek has always been concerned about the Jazz coaching position.

And now Abby is almost 16. Although she hasn't gone to college yet, in principle she can be independent at this age. If not, there are still Ke Yan and Wang Lifan in New York to help take care of her, right?

"I will go back for an interview, but I'm not 100 percent sure," Hornacek said.

In a sense, Hornacek feels a bit like "I had my heart set on the bright moon, but the moon shines on the ditch" towards the Jazz.

"Okay. Okay, if you decide, tell me in advance and I will give you a team core then." Ke Yan said.

"Oh! Really?" Hornacek said in surprise, "Curry is the core of the team?"

"Looking at the entire league, the second person besides Curry~" Ke Yan joked.

"When you say that, I take it seriously!" Hornacek said, feeling a little sad.

As Abby grows up, Hornacek may no longer be in love with his wife and daughter, and will really start to work on his own career. His days of fighting side by side with Ke Yan will eventually come to an end.

In addition to Hornacek, Snyder, who has completed the "second upgrade" next to Ke Yan, may also start his own business in the near future. It may only be a matter of time before Ke Yan reorganizes his coaching team.

On December 14, the Knicks visited Toronto at home to challenge the Toronto Raptors during the rebuilding period. Due to his involvement in the "illegal recruitment of Bosh" last season, Ke Yan was boycotted by Toronto fans. Rapper Aubrey De

Lake Graham even publicly led the audience to boo Ke Yan in the auditorium.

Ke Yan likes Canada very much, but he doesn't like Toronto. Last season, Canadian paparazzi concocted rumors about his "cheating during pregnancy". Although it was later proven to be fake news, it still had a very bad impact on his image.

The fans jumped up and down and attacked Ke Yan with words. Ke Yan punched hard on the court, arranging James and Curry to desperately brush up the data! The James-Curry combination both scored 30+ and jointly scored 71 points, helping the Knicks complete another 46-game victory.

A big win!

When leaving the game after the game, Ke Yan made "4" and "6" gestures with both hands, provoking the home fans, which once again caused controversy.

Under the exaggeration of the media, Ke Yan was labeled as "disrespecting the fans". This is obviously a "big taboo" of David Stern. In the eyes of this president who has been in charge of the league for many years, the "disrespect between the teams"

Fighting each other" is one thing, but the fan group is the "parents who feed and clothe each other", and respecting the fans is the main premise, even if the fans have some extreme behaviors.

After a series of investigations and evidence collection, the league fined Ke Yan a heavy fine of US$20,000 and suspended him for one game. This is a rare ban imposed on a coach in the league.

From publicly admitting that he has "disagreements" with James to unceremoniously attacking fans in away games, Ke Yan has recently appeared to be "aggressive", and many fans have described Ke Yan as gradually "Mourinho-like".

Wang Lifan, who is well versed in psychology, also thought that Ke Yan was under too much pressure, which is why he behaved like this. Then in the next few days, he changed his life rhythm and asked Ke Yan to go to a bar in Chinatown for a drink in the evening.

Dancing, going to a love hotel to live a world of two, trying to help Ke Yan relieve stress in this way.

"Actually, you don't need to carry everything on your shoulders. Since the beginning of this season, although you have been winning and setting records, I really feel that your mood is much worse than before." Wang Lifan

said.

"Hmm~" Ke Yan nodded, subconsciously he also discovered that on the psychological level, some things in his mind were being coerced by the outside world, and he had more and more worries.

Not only do they want to maintain the basic harmony in the locker room and ensure that the team's combat effectiveness is not affected; they also want to maintain their absolute authority and prevent James from having any chance to overstep; they both want to reserve something for the playoffs, or

Practice some things in the usual training games; and there is no way to turn a blind eye to the situation that if you work hard this season, you can hope to break various regular season records and leave your mark in history. In addition, the Knicks are now "showing their sharpness" and are being beaten by opponents and referees.

Putting them together under a microscope for study increased the pressure on Ke Yan.

On December 16, when the Knicks played the Pistons again at home, Ke Yan was banned from entering the stadium and the command was given to Hornacek.

Hornacek himself also knows that this is an opportunity given to him by Ke Yan to test his own set of things, and he is welcome. Whether it is the "one star shooting" led by James, or the Jazz's iconic point guard and big shot

Hornacek was very good at the forward's pick-and-roll cooperation, and the content of the team's game was not even worse than when Ke Yan was there.

Immediately, the "assistant coaching team" was once again pulled out and introduced by the media. Hamblen was an assistant coach who followed Ke Yan during the Lakers days, and also followed him from beginning to end; Snyder was in charge of the Eagles in the early days

The coach who helped Keyan grasp the team's defense had coached the Bobcats for two seasons and had a pretty good record, but failed to make the playoffs; while Hornacek was mainly responsible for the arrangement of pick-and-roll tactics on the offensive end and daily shooting.

For training, I have received many invitations in the past few seasons, but declined them all due to family reasons.

The media allocated part of Ke Yan's achievements to the "assistant coaching team", but Ke Yan didn't care. At this time point, Snyder and Hornacek have a sense of presence, which will help them find their way back to the top after the season.

Work. At the same time, it is also a marketing for Ke Yan himself. After all, there are so many talents around him who can be head coaches in the future, and it will be much easier to recruit assistant coaches in the future.

The Knicks have extended their winning streak to 21 games. Not to mention the best record in history of 72 wins and 10 losses, it is still unknown who can win them. After overcoming the stumbling block of the Nuggets, what is next for everyone?

My biggest expectation is the Christmas Day game between the Spurs and the Heat on December 19. The former is a home game and the Knicks’ second back-to-back game; the latter is pretty good, with Gibson + Wade + Mike Miller + Ha

The lineup of Slem + Bosh can match up with the Knicks.

If these two levels are passed in a row, the Knicks' obstacle will be the home and away double games against the Magic on December 31 and January 2. The Magic...or Howard can be regarded as Ke Yan

A bitter player, one of the few stars who can lead the team to suppress the team coached by Key Yan.

...

The media helped to settle the accounts clearly, and the accounts had been settled until January 2. As a result, the Knicks were in a tough battle against the Warriors in the away game on December 18.

The Knicks traded the second pick, which did not give the Warriors a chance to intercept Curry. Nelson started Plan B and replaced him with Jennings. Later, the Bucks' "Jennings + Ellis" backcourt combination of fighting fire with fire was ahead of schedule.

Put together, and with the addition of David Lee, who doesn't take possession of the ball and has very efficient finishing ability, brought in from the Timberwolves, this Warriors team's "nerve knife" attribute is very amazing, and it can knock down any opponent when it blows.

The Knicks are no exception!

Under the spotlight, the Warriors, led by two guns in the backcourt, started a confrontation with the Knicks. Without Holiday, not only Curry had to face the impact of Jennings, but Matthews faced off against Monta Ellis.

It's not good either.

Although Ke Yan has been reminding himself to be prepared for difficulties, successive victories have finally paralyzed his vigilance. Jennings made 6 of 10 three-pointers in the half, and Monta Ellis also made breakthroughs through successive breakthroughs.

The Knicks' inside line scored 17 points in the half. At the end of the first half, the Warriors led the Knicks by 14 points 64:50!

During the halftime break, Ke Yan adjusted his defensive strategy and used James to defend Monta Ellis. In principle, he "prevented breakthroughs but not shots" and allowed Monta Ellis to fire from mid- to long-range; while Curry was asked to expand his defense.

Block Jennings' shooting. If Jennings chooses to break through, leave it to Horford and West inside to help defend.

This can be regarded as a kind of "exchange", using the team's more abundant resources to fight a war of attrition against the Warriors' breaking point. At the same time, using the Warriors' defensive vulnerability that cannot solve James's problem, to slowly narrow the point difference.

When he came to the Knicks, James' defensive duties were not as heavy as when he joined the Heat in his previous life. His playing style also continued from the 1.0 version of Cavaliers James. This was a shackle that made it difficult for him to fight against Fisher, but it also made it difficult for him to fight against Fisher.

His movements were maintained at a relatively high level both horizontally and vertically. Against the "little quick" Monta Ellis, James also did quite well when he only had to block the opponent's breakthrough path.

, basically limiting the Warriors’ bullet.

As for the Warriors' interior linemen, Biedrins and David Lee are not very good at protecting the frame, and they can't handle the "Full LeBron James".

The Knicks exerted their strength in the third quarter and had a 36:25 advantage in a single quarter, narrowing the point difference to 3 points.

The game came to the fourth quarter, and the Warriors' double guns in the backcourt once again exerted their strength. In other words, Jennings found his touch and responded to Monta Ellis's offense. The Warriors opened with a 10:2 attack.

The wave once again opened the point difference to double digits.

This game rhythm is very familiar to Knicks fans, and it is usually Ke Yan who "teases" his opponents. As a result, in this game, facing his "spiritual mentor" Nelson, Ke Yan was the one who was restrained.

"MD, I can't do this!" Being at a disadvantage in terms of scheduling, Ke Yan simply flipped the table and started to play the trick of "one force defeats ten".

James, Curry, and Horford returned to the court, and Ke Yan increased the playing time of the main players, completely ignoring the game against the Spurs the next day.

"Maybe we really have to fall into the hands of the Spurs!" Hornacek muttered in a low voice.

Today's game is destined to be a bit overloaded, not to mention it will be back-to-back tomorrow.

"Please, let's pass today's test first before we talk." Ke Yan said with a wry smile.

Who would have thought that these two guys from the Warriors would have "convulsions" together today! Even Holiday may not be able to match the level of play he performs!

Ke Yan's prediction was correct. Although the Knicks played steadily and slowly narrowed the point difference, and even overtook the score in the end, with 4.7 seconds left in the game, Monta Ellis singled out James and made an emergency jump shot while running.

The hit sent the game into overtime.

In overtime, it was Monta Ellis who showed off his ability to make hard tackles. He used his nimble steps to shake off the exhausted James, broke into the basket and scored on a reverse layup. With 4.2 seconds left in the game,

Helped the team lead by 3 points.

Ke Yan called a timeout to arrange the final attack, using the three points of Curry, James, and Korver to contain the Warriors' defense, but handed over the task of the final shot to the Israeli Casspi, who circled from the top of the key to the bottom line.

After receiving the ball, Darrell Wright was a step behind on defense and hit the tying three-pointer, dragging the game into the second overtime.

Two overtimes in one game, this was the toughest game the Knicks played since the start of the season, and also the most exciting game since the start of the season. For many Chinese student fans, it was even more tragic because they had already arrived in the capital.

Time is 13:40, they have to go to school, there is no way to play the second overtime.

After playing two overtime games in a row, both sides were "short of men and horses." However, the more this time, the Knicks' advantage in the depth of the lineup became more and more obvious. Compared with the Warriors' starting five, they all played more than 40 minutes.

Bite the bullet and move on, the Knicks can use Korver to replace Matthews, they can use Landry to replace West, and they can use Mozgov to take over the center position.

When the brave meet on a narrow road, the brave will win; when the brave meet and endure hardship, they will win.

The game reached the second overtime, and the Warriors basically fired the last bullet. Mozgov of the Knicks became the winner of the game. The Russian, whose physical strength was close to full, was in the Warriors.

The team's inside line turned upside down and scored 6 points, helping the team win the away game 155:148.

"This is a war without smoke. It reminds me of the Battle of Stalingrad." During the post-match interview, Ke Yan also praised the players of both teams.

In this game, Ke Yan, whose on-the-spot command was suppressed by Nelson, relied on his advantage in reserve resources to continuously fill the holes in front and brought down the Warriors.

(End of chapter)