On November 29, the Knicks played against the Mavericks at home.
Before the game, Ewing was asked about Nelson in an interview, and he was no longer as sarcastic as before:
"We just have different basketball philosophies, but I hope he can succeed in the Mavericks!"
"But to win the championship, they have to get out of the West first. The Knicks will continue to dominate the league in the future. For this, I can only say sorry in advance!"
When asked about Nowitzki, the gorilla was obviously stunned.
It was obvious that he had no impression of the white big man who averaged only 8.2 points per game last season:
"Well, he is a big man with comprehensive skills. I believe he can gain a foothold in the league."
As the "No. 1 center in the league", Ewing has now begun to comment on new players as a veteran.
The championship has brought Ewing a huge influence.
Perhaps in order to make up for the previous consumption, the New York media is particularly tolerant of the gorilla.
No one cares about going to the Golden Club for fun.
After all, he has played for New York for half his life.
At the end of his career, it is understandable to indulge in other side "ball controlling".
In every game, Ewing is dressed in formal clothes, cheering for his teammates on the sidelines, and giving chicken soup during timeouts.
He behaves very Buddhist.
Although Ewing is still actively doing rehabilitation training, the painful process has gradually dissipated the gorilla's desire for victory.
Recovering from a serious injury is a tedious task.
Ewing has lost his fighting spirit at the end of his career, and Jeff Van Gundy and the coaching staff have no way to deal with it.
On the evening of the 27th, Michael Finley took the lead in shooting and broke the Mavericks in one quarter.
At 18:29, the Mavericks fell behind by 11 points in the first quarter.
Despite falling behind by double digits, the Mavericks did not show any mercy and continued to run and shoot!
In the second quarter, 13:27 in a single quarter, the half-time game had entered garbage time.
Nowitzki and Nash were still helping Michael Finley at this time.
Nash was not in shape throughout the game and finally scored zero points.
7 of 21, 20 points, Michael Finley's inefficient performance made old Nelson frown on the sidelines.
Nowitzki performed well in limited shooting rights, 4 of 9, and scored 10 points.
In the end, the Knicks faced the bottom-ranked Mavericks with a heavy punch and easily defeated their opponents, 82:110.
Before New York fans had enough, the Knicks started another away trip.
On November 30, the Knicks challenged the 76ers in a back-to-back away game.
At the beginning of the season, Allen Iverson was affected by injuries and had a right knee contusion.
Tonight, he could only wear a gold chain and sit on the bench in a casual suit.
Lee rarely rushed to the basket in the first three seasons.
In this era, as long as he rushed to the inside, he would often be knocked to the ground by big players.
"Resistance to hitting" is very important, and muscles are also important.
At present, Lee, who is full of tendons, often can't be pulled back.
In addition, some hidden small movements make big players have to give way.
Philadelphia fans all know that the team is likely to lose tonight's game, but no one expected it to lose like this.
108:74, the 76ers' score did not exceed 80, and they couldn't score points in garbage time.
Artest, who was picking on the weak, had a strong presence tonight.
In the third quarter, he elbowed down Larry Hughes, who was constantly scoring points, and in the fourth quarter, he hugged and threw Bruce Bowen, who was talking trash.
He made 3 of 8 shots, 6 points, 9 rebounds, 3 assists, 1 steal, 1 turnover, and 6 fouls.
It was the first time in his career that Artest was fouled out.
This performance made Oakley grin when he returned to the locker room, and he kept teasing:
"They should be given a hard blow. Ron performed well, but you should be smarter and do these things where the referee can't see!"
Artest, who suddenly got excited, actually didn't think about these things at all.
Unlike Oakley, whose fouls were all purposeful, Artest didn't care who was on the other side as long as he got emotional.
Ben Wallace thought Artest was just rushing in without thinking, and at this time he also joked:
"22 minutes, 6 fouls out, we should check when we go back to see if this is the fastest foul record in the history of the team."
Artest, who had completely calmed down, could only scratch his head awkwardly when he heard the laughter of everyone's teasing.
Assistant coach Thibodeau did encourage him to strengthen his defense, but he obviously messed up again and was too active.
On December 1, 1999, the NBA announced the best player of the first month of the new season, and the Knicks' Lee successfully won the award:
In November, the Knicks achieved a record of 13 wins and 3 losses, leading the league like the Trail Blazers.
In 16 games, Clay Lee averaged 35.4 minutes per game, averaging 29.6 points, 5.7 rebounds, 8.8 assists, 2.1 steals and 1.8 turnovers;
Averaging 18.8 shots per game, shooting 52.4%, 6.7 shots per game from beyond the three-point line, 46.4% three-point shooting, 7.6 free throws per game, free throw shooting percentage 92.4%.
After the release of this data, it immediately triggered heated discussions among commentators, the "180 Club", efficiency exploded!
ESPN specifically introduced Lee's 67.3% true shooting rate in the subsequent program, and the spectators were also dumbfounded.
Although the data sample is not large, such performance is also very outrageous.
After the Lakers defeated the Supersonics at the end of November, their record also reached 11 wins and 4 losses.
The Los Angeles media was very dissatisfied with O'Neal's failure to win the Player of the Month.
With a similar record, the Shark's data also exploded.
He averaged 37.4 minutes per game, 19.6 shots per game, and a shooting percentage of 59.5%!
He averaged 28.7 points, 13.4 rebounds, 3.6 assists, 3.4 blocks, and 2.0 turnovers per game.
In terms of data, except for an average of 13.0 free throws per game and a 41.8% free throw rate, O'Neal's data is impeccable.
If you watch the game live, you can feel the current dominance of the Shark.
Violent abuse of the basket in every game has become the norm.
When it comes to the reasonable collision zone, the Shark directly swings his arms and smashes, which makes the Lakers fans excited!
Strong and flexible, with hook shots under the basket, this season, O'Neal seems to have entered the best state of his career.
Lee didn't get the Player of the Week award in the whole of November.
He was too lazy to complain about such a small award.
The petty O'Neal was different.
He seemed to feel that he was not respected.
After the big win over the Warriors that night, he walked back to the player tunnel and kept shouting:
"I am the best player!"
The Lakers only allowed the Warriors to score 10 points in the second quarter, and the game entered garbage time early.
Tonight, the Warriors' inside line was blown up by the Sharks.
O'Neal dominated the game with 12 of 21 shots, 28 points, 23 rebounds, 1 assist, 4 blocks and 1 turnover.
In the TNT post-match commentary, the director also played the scene of O'Neal walking to the locker room and shouting.
Kenny Smith laughed and couldn't help but joked loudly:
"Lee did play better in November. Don't forget that he is an outside player. This data is really terrible."
"You know, Michael Jordan doesn't have a three-pointer like him. As I said before, 40 points is not a difficult thing for him."
As a superstar in the league, Lee will be pulled out for careful study every season.
The on-site director quickly gave a shot distribution map.
Noticing the large red area in the paint area, Mike Fratello also exclaimed:
"It's incredible. Lee's playing style has changed a lot this season!"
"Tim Grover seems to have tapped into Lee's physical potential, making his technical style efficient and concise."
"Most importantly, Lee's confrontation has improved a lot. Even facing the inside defense of Alonzo Mourning and PJ Brown, he can still score easily."
"In the previous seasons, when the Knicks and the Cavaliers played against each other, we only defended his three-pointers. Now, this defensive strategy has completely failed."
Mike Fratello, who coached the Cavaliers in the past few years, made more convincing comments.
Ernie Johnson nodded and immediately smiled and said:
"It's a pity that the league didn't arrange the Knicks to play against the Lakers in this year's Christmas game. I think this is the game that fans are looking forward to!"
Entering December, the NBA league also began to warm up for the next Christmas game.
This year's Christmas, the league prepared two games for fans:
Pacers vs. Knicks; Spurs vs. Lakers.
This matchup is a replay of last year's Eastern and Western Conference Finals.
On the evening of the 2nd, the Knicks challenged the Bucks away.
Before the game started, a bunch of sports media crowded in front of Lee in the locker room, and everyone was very excited by the data in November.
In the current era, there are many stars who can carry the ball, but there are very few outside stars who can efficiently digest the ball.
The last person to perform efficiently was Michael Jordan.
In the early stage of his career, his dunking efficiency was terrifying.
The Yahoo Sports reporter who was squeezed to the back couldn't help but shout and ask:
"Lee, can you talk about your data? It's an incredible performance!"
Sitting in his seat, Lee looked at everyone putting a bunch of microphones in front of him, touched his chin, chuckled and responded:
"In my opinion, these are just ordinary data. I also have downturns."
"And for the Knicks, my personal data is not important. After all, the ranking is based on the team's record."
"Statistics and honors are just by-products of victory. In fact, I don't care about these awards."
"Of course, if high scores can win the game, then I will do my best to score points."
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