The rest is just noise

When Mohammad Raouf came back after his suspension and Ramadan (also banned by the team), he did not attract anyone's attention.

The New York media deliberately ignored him.

Because such a player is a disgrace to the entire team, and since the Knicks still can't get rid of him, all the local media can do is make people feel that this person no longer exists.

Raouf lost the privileges granted to him in Louis' time.

He is no longer Stockton's first substitute, nor does he have unlimited firing rights. He can only sit on the bench and watch the game most of the time.

He's like a spectator with the best seat.

To Tomjanovich's surprise, he didn't complain.

Rauf accepted the arrangement, sat on the bench with peace of mind, and did not slack off during training. Everything was as it was before his comeback.

After Rauf accepted his new position, the Knicks had no internal problems.

In Tomjanovich's first season as head coach, he led the team to a record of 66 wins and 16 losses, ranking first in the league.

Besides the Knicks, there is another 60-win team in the West.

But this team is not the Portland Trail Blazers, but the Golden State Warriors.

The Warriors once ranked first in the league at the beginning of the season, but by the middle of the season, this young team also experienced ups and downs, and the final record was fixed at 60 wins and 22 losses.

Judging from the lineup, the Trail Blazers, who should have won 60 games, lost many games they shouldn't have lost due to continued internal friction.

The Trail Blazers won 57 games, not only inferior to the Warriors, but also inferior to the Lakers.

The Lakers rank second in the Western Conference with 59 wins.

The Trail Blazers fell to third place in the Western Conference. This team was extremely chaotic, mainly due to Riley's continued high pressure and Barkley's leading resistance.

Jordan is the soul of this team, and although Barkley is an outsider, he is undoubtedly the Blazers' second-best player.

When he actively refused Riley's coaching and became tired of the league's most intense training volume, contradictions and conflicts were inevitable.

In fact, on the eve of this year's trade deadline, Heat president and general manager Lewis Shafir almost traded Hank Gathers to the Trail Blazers.

The deal was blocked by two factors.

One is Louis, who believes that replacing Gathers with Barkley will not bring about qualitative changes to the Heat.

One is the greed of the pioneers. Gathers cannot satisfy their appetite, they want more.

For example, adding Reggie Lewis or something, they are willing to send Xavier McDaniel to balance the deal, and they will "definitely not" cause Miami to suffer a loss.

While both Gathers and Lewis have heart problems that limit their trade value, Shafir is not a Muggle.

Louis didn't need to remind him at all, he rejected the plan without even thinking about it.

So Barkley stayed in Portland.

Since he failed to trade Barkley, Riley could only give him privileges and calm down the other party's emotions.

Louis has proven through Rodman's case in New York how dangerous it is to give players special privileges.

The Knicks' response was to give Rodman special privileges but remove him from the starting lineup as punishment.

But the Trail Blazers couldn't move Barkley out of the starting lineup.

In other words, he enjoys the privilege without having to pay any price.

Can the atmosphere within the team be saved?

Louis feels that the "Stars" era of the Trail Blazers is coming to an end.

Thomas is old, Barkley can no longer stand it, Sabonis is not the decisive force, and Jordan alone is not enough.

In addition to the conflicts within the Blazers' team, people's focus is more on the big men.

This year is undoubtedly the year of insiders.

Sampson, Robinson, O'Neal, Olajuwon, Ewing, Manning, Mourning, Malone... they all played the best performance (or one of them) of their careers, ranking at the top of the league's scoring list

Ten of them have eight insiders.

Among them, the battle for the scoring title is between Sampson, O'Neal and Robinson.

Before the final game of the regular season, Sampson had a slight lead. Robinson needed to score 74 points in the final game to become the scoring leader, while O'Neal needed 56 points.

Chris Webber immediately announced: "I want to help our big man get his medal!"

O'Neal said modestly: "Chris is too much. The scoring champion is just a statistic and has no medals."

It's nice to say that, when it comes to brushing up the data, O'Neal is not lagging behind at all.

Weber gave full play to his support ability and sent out 14 assists, 11 of which were for O'Neal.

O'Neal was nothing more than nothing, scoring 56 points and 14 rebounds in the final game.

This means that if Robinson wants to win the scoring title, he no longer needs 74 points, but 75 points.

Although Robinson is a devout Christian, he also knows that some things have to be achieved by oneself, and God will not send the gospel to those who want to get something for nothing.

Thus, a notorious wild score-boosting battle that went down in history began.

The Lakers' opponent in the final game was the Minnesota Timberwolves, whose defense ranked last in the league, which provided a good background for Robinson to score points.

That night, the Timberwolves had no defense against Robinson. The Minnesotans at the scene screamed "Robinson, ya, ya, ya, ya, ya!" as they witnessed the Lakers center score 76 points.

Robinson narrowly defeated O'Neal and became the scoring champion in the 1993-94 season.

This also brings them to the same level as David Thompson and George Gervin in the 1977-78 season.

There have always been people who have scored points in the final game to win the scoring title, but only these four people have really attracted the attention of fans across the country.

In the first round of the playoffs, the Knicks met the Philadelphia 76ers, who ranked eighth in the Eastern Conference.

The 76ers, who have been rebuilding since the late 1980s, are on the right track after acquiring Alonzo Mourning.

Last summer, they traded James Worthy, adding a versatile forward on the wing who averaged 22 points, 6 rebounds and 5 assists per game.

This helped them reach the playoffs this season.

It's just bad luck that I met the Knicks in the first round.

The arrogant "New York Times" put down harsh words to Philadelphians: "You can prepare to rest in peace, City of Friendship."

Arrogance is arrogance, but there is nothing wrong with it.

The 76ers and Knicks do not belong to the same level of teams.

This was also the first time Rudy Tomjanovich led the team in the playoffs as head coach. After winning two consecutive games at home, with match point in hand, he invited Louis to go to the away game with him.

But Louis refused, for the simple reason that he was not a nanny.

If the Knicks don't sweep the 76ers, it means Rudy isn't doing his job well.

In the end, although they experienced some twists and turns, the Knicks still defeated the 76ers with a double-digit score advantage and advanced to the second round.

The Knicks' semifinal opponents will be between the Hornets and Magic.

The arrival of Webb has been an obvious addition to the Magic. This team, which was unable to escape the lottery last season, has reached fifth place in the Eastern Conference this season.

Not only did they prove that they have the best talent in the league, but they also proved that in addition to talent, Orlando also has strong enough immediate combat capabilities.

They are also a team that has completed reconstruction through the draft. The talent accumulated by the Hornets is obviously not comparable to that of the Magic.

Larry Johnson is slightly better than Webber at this stage, but O'Neal is an unsolvable existence.

Glenn Rice's performance was abnormal, and the Hornets relied on the performance of Dale Ellis and Terry Porter to drag the series to the final tiebreaker.

Then dominated by O'Neal and Webber.

In the fifth game, O'Neal scored 42 points, 18 rebounds and 6 blocks, Webber contributed a triple-double of 22 points, 12 rebounds and 10 assists, and Tim Hardaway also had 26 points and 6 assists.

Orlando crushed Charlotte's ambitions and met New York in the semifinals.

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