Chapter 544： The winning streak has ended

"Three games in a row! Three games in a row! The Knicks took the lead from the opening, were overtaken, and then reversed! The Knicks narrowly beat the Thunder, Durant missed the lore, and the Knicks were able to continue their winning streak!"

When the whistle sounded at the end of the game against the Thunder, the Knicks fans finally came to life.

Heavenly and earthly, I finally won!

Not to mention the fans, the commentators were all taken aback. Barkley wiped the cold sweat from his forehead and said, "This game is really exciting."

Kenny Smith sighed, "Indeed!"

The camera is on the court, and Durant's expression is obviously regretful and unconvinced. Yes, they almost won.

During the interview after the game, Westbrook also said bluntly: "Next time we meet, we can win!"

No wonder Westbrook is so swollen, as if to forget the fact that he was tortured by blood before, mainly because the Knicks have played too much snake recently.

This is three consecutive games, almost the same script. I don't know which screenwriter Jiang Lang has done, and the final winning point difference is all the way down, from 6 points to 2 points to 1 point tonight, the Knicks It's really only one ball away from losing.

The overall performance of the players has also declined a lot. Except for Zuo Li, in fact Zuo Li has been considered the savior of the Knicks in these few games. His performance of 40+15+5 in three consecutive games has made him one of the abnormal Knicks players. He stands out from the crowd, and his performance at critical moments is obvious to all.

In an ESPN program... I counted Zuo Li's key ball performance in these three games: "Zuo Li averaged 10 points per game in the fourth quarter, with a maximum of 15 points per game, and averaged 9 offensive rebounds per game. Second, three times more than the second-placed Howard! The true shooting percentage in three games reached 76.5%, which is the best in the league.”

"Only 1 turnover per game... This is very low for Zuo Li, who averages 5 assists per game and accounts for such a high proportion of individual offenses."

"These numbers are all tops in the league, and they're even better than the two months of last year."

"The most important thing is that Zuo Li basically managed 95% of his points at the last moment in these three games, and he also scored every go-ahead goal."

"That's why the Knicks can still get a winning streak when the players are playing so well!"

That's right, the next thing is the performance of other Knicks players. You don't know if you don't see it. When you look at it, you are startled, and many people's data has experienced a serious decline.

For example, Danny Green, who played well before, made 2 of 14 three-pointers in three games, an iron stroke.

And Beverley averaged five fouls in three games, including six sent off tonight.

Although Curry is still averaging 13 points per game, his shooting percentage has dropped by 15%, and his three-point percentage is only 34.2%.

These three people are just a microcosm. Others, such as David Lee, Ke Liu and others, have also declined to varying degrees. Only Randolph is still stable, averaging 18 points and 7 rebounds per game, supporting the vacancy beside Zuoli. .

Such performance will naturally be criticized. At the end of the show, several hosts also bluntly said: "If you continue to fight like this, the Knicks will not be able to go further by just standing on the left."

And soon, the game seemed to confirm this sentence.

On January 11th, the Knicks visited the 76ers in Philadelphia.

This match is very different, because this is the first time AI has played against Zuo Li since returning to Philadelphia!

Zuo Li and Iverson played against each other once last year, and that was the only time they played against each other.

That was when Iverson just moved to the Pistons. The Pistons, who were still in their honeymoon period, were very powerful and caused enough trouble for the Knicks.

Iverson also once made Pistons fans think they have a chance to return to the top because of his outstanding performance.

However, things did not develop as people imagined. At the end of the regular season, due to dissatisfaction with Pistons coach Michael Curry's decision to demote him to the bench, Iverson broke with the team and the Pistons management excused injury. Illness excluded him from the roster.

In the following offseason, on September 9 this year, Iverson accepted a one-year, $3.5 million offer from the Memphis Grizzlies. Memphis became the fourth stop of Iverson's career.

However, in the Grizzlies, Iverson only played three games in total, and all of them were on the bench. He averaged 12.3 points and 3.7 assists for the team in 22.3 minutes per game, and the shooting percentage reached 57.7%. He hit 6 goals from the free throw line, but the Grizzlies finished last in the Southwest Division with a record of 1-5. Two months later, Iverson was waived by the Grizzlies.

Then on November 26, a disheartened Iverson announced his retirement, but before people had a chance to be sentimental, Iverson withdrew his decision to retire just one day later.

This retirement farce also woke up all the fans who loved Iverson deeply. I have to admit that Iverson is no longer a superstar in the league at this time. Losing his speed, he is aging faster than people think. , he has lost his dominance on the court, and at the same time, he has also lost his status in the league team.

At this point, all fans understand that, just like the treatment of many superstars at the end of their careers, if they want to stay, the only way to stay may be wandering.

Perhaps the unruly Iverson announced his retirement because of this reason.

Time is gone forever, and no matter how strong the stars are, they will eventually grow old one day.

However...the story that followed exemplifies one of the few warm faces in this business league, and on December 3, 2009, Iverson announced that he had signed a one-year non-guaranteed contract with Andre Iguodala with the Philadelphia 76ers. Hit the playoffs together and promise to return to the game again.

On that day, Iverson, who was re-wearing No. 3 in Philadelphia, burst into tears at the press conference.

The Philadelphia child finally returned to his hometown.

And Iverson's return seems to have brought the backbone to the 76ers. They have won 6 of the last 10 games and are currently ranked seventh in the Eastern Conference. Although Iverson's data is no longer the same as it was. Instead, he became the locker room leader and lifted the Sixers up a notch.

And Iverson's popularity is still bursting. In the previous two rounds of All-Star voting, he has always occupied the first guard.

So this fight with Zuo Li is also a lot of attention.

For Zuo Li, he is also looking forward to this match, because only against Iverson in Philadelphia is against the real Iverson.

Zuo Li, who knew the subsequent historical development, knew even more that this might be the last time the two would fight each other.

Therefore, Zuo Li was very excited as soon as he came up in this game. He scored 17 points in half a quarter, surprised everyone by scoring 17 points in the half-quarter.

Although Iverson, who played off the bench, is not as good as before, he always leads the team in his own way... With the assists that he hardly uses, the 76ers never fall behind.

Not only that, in the second quarter, Iverson also hit a flat three-pointer, which is also considered to be the turning point of the game.

Afterwards, it was the same story again. Taking advantage of the Knicks' average feel, the 76ers made a counterattack, established a 7-point lead in the third quarter, and held the advantage in the fourth quarter!

102-100, the Knicks lost to the 76ers on the road, ending the winning streak that started last year!

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