Chapter 273： It's impossible to hit the wall

Rookie Wall!

All the rookies in the entire league are happy (shen) hearing (wu) happy (tong) seeing (jue) a phenomenon, almost most of the rookies will encounter such a thing in the first season of their career.

There has been such a legend circulating in the league that no matter how well this rookie played in the first two months, don't brag about it. Don't worry, he will definitely hit the wall!

This term describes the fact that after a rookie enters the NBA, he is usually out of shape for a certain period of time, like an invisible wall blocking the way forward.

Once, Mike Bibby described how he felt when he hit the rookie wall in an interview:

"I was exhausted," Bibby said. "Sometimes I was like walking in quicksand. To be honest, I felt like I wasn't going anywhere. The coach told me to pick myself up and get over obstacles. But I think I've I have been walking in the mud for a long time."

How to say.

It's quite artistic.

As expected of someone who went to college.

Look at what Bynum, a high school underachiever, said: "I feel terrible. Every time I stand on the court, I feel like I haven't eaten lunch, but I came to play after eating double."

All I can say is, it's worthy of you, bye-hair-artist-na-no-how-can't get enough-mu.

This understanding is too deep.

But if I remember correctly, you only averaged an embarrassing 7.5 minutes per game in your rookie season, which I didn't expect to hit the wall.

However, it does not rule out the possibility of Bynum being popular. After all, Bynum in the first two seasons of his career is too watery, and he really can't get along without making excuses.

But this time, the protagonist of the rookie wall is not him, although he hopes to be, but no, it is Zuo Li, this guy who has performed phenomenal before and is considered to be qualified to compete for the best rookie in history!

After the Knicks reversed the Rockets' victory in the first game of the new year, they lost to the Green Army and the Mavericks one after another.

At present, although the Knicks are still ranked third in the second league in the Eastern Conference with 26 wins and 7 losses, the Celtics behind them have caught up. Last year, they were 3 games behind the Knicks, but now they are catching up again. It's only one game away now.

It is said that the competition in the East after 2008 has been fierce for a long time. Although the situation that the West is strong and the East is weak cannot be changed, the strength of the top four in the East is still available, especially the Cavaliers. The competition between the three pairs of Green Army and Magic is also running through. the end of the first decade of the 21st century.

Now with the indiscriminate Knicks, the gap between the top four in the East is very small.

However, the current situation of the Knicks is not good.

The team lost streak, and the performance of the Knicks' core Zuoli has also attracted people's attention. In these two losses, he only scored 15 points and 17 points respectively, and his performance was far worse than the previous two months, so Zuoli' Hit the wall' news spread like wildfire.

Some Zuo Hei finally felt that the opportunity was coming, and quickly took the opportunity to hack Zuo Li for a while, and also satirized on the Internet, saying that Zuo Li was overrated and that he was not as powerful as people thought.

There is also an old man who said eloquently on the forum: "Look, I know, don't make a conclusion about a rookie easily, he is still far from it!"

There are also ex-professional players here to get the heat, Luke Longley, the Australian star who was once the main center of the Bulls dynasty, posted on social networking sites: "Don't worry, this is just the beginning, a yellow race, even in Now against a league that is not fierce, his physical strength can't last for so long, the season is very long, 82 regular season games are enough for him to drink a pot, just wait and see if you don't believe it."

The Australian celebrity's words brought the news of Zuo Li's "hitting the wall" to the top again, and for a while, related topics and posts could be seen on the forum.

But before Zuo Li stood up to refute, Longley was already scolded, and Ewing said in an interview: "Who said this? Longley? Just the guy who was blown up by me? What qualifications does he have to evaluate? Others, Grandma O'Neal can win the championship with Jordan, he won't think he is a star."

And ESPN's commentator Smith also said: "Let's not say whether Zuo Li plays well or not. His data in two months is almost more than Longley's data in seven years. These two people are not destined to be on the same level."

In this regard, Zuo Li just wanted to say... Who is he?

Ah, Aussies, that's all right!

Australians, he doesn't mind, just look at Bogut, these guys will rub off if they are hot, otherwise who will remember him in the Bulls Dynasty.

And Zuo Li himself doesn't mind the outside world's evaluation of him 'hitting the wall' or something, because Zuo Li knows the actual situation very well.

Not because of anything else, just a little tired.

It took him a lot of physical strength to play the Green Army. Don't look at the game with only 15 points, but it was 15 points out of 74 points, and it was second only to Ray Allen in the audience.

Moreover, in that game between Zuo Li and Garnett, Perkins fought hand-to-hand for the whole game, and occasionally pulled out to help defend Pierce. The defensive end spent a lot of energy and physical strength, and it was normal that the offensive end could not keep up. After all, Zuo Li's current body Not quite to the point of being 'Superman' either.

The two-game losing streak is also normal. After playing against the Greens, the Knicks are physically and mentally exhausted. The Mavericks are not soft persimmons. Dirk and Terry are feeling overwhelmed. 4 points is not easy.

And the loss is also related to Adelman's tactics. Since the Rockets successfully restricted Zuoli in the first half of the game, the teams after that have been like crazy. Basically, the three-axe is a greeting to Zuoli. One of the reasons why Zuo Li has not scored 20 consecutively.

But if you look closely, you can still find that Zuo Li deliberately reduced the number of shots he made, and the hit rate is still very good.

Indeed, compared with the excellent performances of 30+ or ​​even 50+ in November and December, the left standing score in these two games is indeed a lot lower.

But if this is Zuo Li's failure, it can only be said that they have too high requirements for rookies and are too unfriendly to other rookies.

At present, the left side can get 26.5 points, 14.8 rebounds, 4.1 blocks, 2.5 assists and 0.8 steals. The two-point shooting rate is 67.6%, the three-point shooting rate is 38.8%, and the free-throw shooting rate is 69.5%. The average turnover rate is only 1.5 times and 2 fouls. Currently, Zuo Li ranks fourth in the league's scoring list, second only to Wade, Kobe, and James, and only 0.3 points behind Kobe.

Except for Zuo Li, none of the rookies averaged more than 20 points per game, and the highest Mayo was only 17.5 points.

On the rebounding list, Zuoli tops the block list, and beats Howard, Camby and other defensive masters.

This kind of performance is not good, so what is good?

So although he unfortunately lost the last two games, his personal score was not high, and the team lost the league's first place, Zuo Li himself didn't care very much.

This season, the Knicks do not have the strength to continue to occupy the top spot. It is not advisable to forcibly carry a burden. Instead, it is more fragrant to keep the top four in the east and hide in the Cavaliers.

As for the outside view...

Zuo Li didn't have the time to talk shit, he was more accustomed to using actual actions to slap in the face of those caring bricklayers.