The rise of basketball legends

Chapter 739 No point guard available

Six straight wins!

The New York Knicks ushered in a perfect start to the new season!

Curry was very excited to see the team's momentum this season so strong, and took the initiative to find the head coach Nelson to ask for a comeback.

Curry feels that he has almost recovered. Although he has only played five games this season, because it is a shortened season and the start time is late, if it is placed in a normal season, 1/4 of the schedule has already passed.

Curry felt that he had almost rested, and it was time to fit in with the team!

Old Nelson resolutely rejected his request for the simple reason of his career.

As a senior coach, Nelson is well aware of the importance of recovering from injuries, and the team doctor gave a return time of mid-February. There is no benefit to returning early, and it will only bury hidden dangers.

Chen Yan also told Curry not to worry, take advantage of this time to practice more hip power, and change the way of power to reduce the pressure on the ankle and avoid re-injury.

After hearing this, Curry turned his butt up, saying that he has been practicing recently, and his butt has grown a lot bigger.

Chen Yan patted Curry's butt hard and said, "It's really a nice butt."

On January 1, local time in the United States, the Knicks challenged the Washington Wizards away.

The Wizards in the post-Arenas era can be said to be nothing to watch. They lost all the first six games of the new season. The goal of the Wizards this season is to compete for the No. [-] pick.

This game seems to be no suspense from the outside world.

But the Knicks gave everyone a surprise by dividing players.

They made 20 of 3 three-pointers, two of which were scored by Chen Yanjin.

The Knicks were all out, and Chen Yan's performance in this game was average. He made 21 of 9 shots, including 6 of 2 three-pointers, 4 of 3 free throws, and scored 23 points, 6 assists and 3 rebounds.

The Wizards won the victory in such an upset.

Brasi, Wall, and Lewis all exploded and scored 20+.

After winning the game, Wall was so excited that he yelled at the camera: "We are unstoppable!"

Those who didn't know thought Wall won the championship.

The winning streak was interrupted, but Chen Yan didn't think it was a bad thing.

For a newly formed team it takes some grinding.

It's better to be hit in the regular season than in the playoffs.

Losing a game is nothing unacceptable.

A defeat lifted everyone's spirits.

On January 1, in back-to-back games, the New York Knicks bloodbathed the Detroit Pistons.

Today's Pistons and iron-blooded defense can't be compared, and there is only one little prince Prince left in the former Five Tigers.

In this game, the Knicks scored 132 points at the Palace of Auburn Hills.

Under the leadership of Chen Yan, the New York Knicks beat the Pistons by 34 points.

Prince Stuckey had 14 points and 4 assists.

The management of the Pistons didn't know until today that this prince is a fool who can't afford it.

He is an average of about 15+5 per game. This still occupies a lot of ball and shot rights of the team, and he cannot play the core role of the team at all.

To be honest, the old Iverson doesn't know how many times stronger than him.

After a day off, the Knicks returned to home against the Bobcats.

Met with my good brother Augustine again, Chen Yan was not relentless, and hit 10 three-pointers in a single game.

This time the Bobcats were not as tenacious as last time, and they disarmed at the end of the third quarter.

After the game, Chen Yan treated Augustine to a supper.

However, a supper couldn't heal Augustine's psychological trauma. In the two duels, Chen Yan crazily targeted Augustine, calling him names and blowing him up.

However, Augustine does not hold grudges. The mentality of the Americans is different from that of the Chinese. No matter how fierce they are on the court, they are still friends off the court.

Augustine would not privately beg Chen Yan to hit him lightly. In his opinion, Chen Yan hit him with all his strength, which was a kind of respect for himself.

It is a problem of his own ability that he can't prevent it. He can just practice after he goes back.

Chen Yan and Augustine chatted a lot, most of which were about college time.

When real friends get together, they never pretend to say how good they are now, and more often they are reminiscing about the past.

Chen Yan misses the days of NCAA very much. Although he had no money in college, he was very pure. Everyone gathered to play for love and dreams.

Looking back, it has been a long time since he sat down face to face with Durant to talk.

It's not that there is a gap between the two. After the last black eight, Durant had a lot of psychological shadow area. Whenever Durant saw Chen Yan, he would recall the painful memories of black eight. Yue has been avoiding Chen Yan intentionally or unintentionally.

Durant will not hide from Chen Yan for a lifetime, but some wounds need time to heal.

The Knicks next opponent is the Philadelphia 76ers.

They are similar to the Bobcats, playing civilian basketball, and Iguodala, the team's top scorer, averaged less than 20 points per game.

Such firepower is obviously unqualified as a team's top card.

Iguodala doesn't have the strength to be a big brother, and letting him lead the team is purely to drive ducks to the shelves.

However, although Iguodala does not have the strength of the first brother, his attitude and defensive ability have nothing to say. Chen Yan, who defended for a few rounds at the beginning of the game, was very uncomfortable.

Brother Yi has body and speed, and his static talent is also good.

However, Chen Yan quickly adjusted, and then hit consecutive three-pointers above his head.

Chen Yan has such a personality. If someone defends him well for a certain period of time, then he will definitely increase his offense and penetrate the opponent's defense.

This is not only on the tactical level but also on the psychological level. Chen Yan will not let any player feel that he can guard against him. He wants to make all opponents fear.

Two minutes before the game, Iguodala was still a little complacent, thinking: Chen Yan is just like that, and I can defend now.

After 1 minute, Iguodala os in his heart: Hey, this guy still has two brushes, I must deal with it with all my strength!

After halftime: Kill me, this guy is not human.

In the last 3 minutes of the second quarter, Chen Yan scored 12 consecutive points on Iguodala's head, including a mid-range buzzer.

Chen Yan's outburst once depressed Iguodala.

In the third quarter, the 76ers gradually began to collapse, and Chen Yan successfully clocked out of get off work in the third quarter.

This is the most comfortable rhythm, if every game can be like this, Chen Yan doesn't mind the data shrinking a bit.

Tonight's data is fixed at 39 points, 14 rebounds and 10 assists.

Another easy triple-double day.

Many experts said that if Chen Yan is willing, he can become another player who averaged a triple-double after Big O Robertson.

Chen Yan has this ability, but the current Chen Yan doesn't seem to have much pursuit of data. He is certainly happy to get beautiful data, and he won't force it if he can't get it.

He won't even do things like brushing up data during garbage time.

It's pointless and not glamorous.

After winning the Philadelphia 76ers, the Knicks immediately flew to Memphis to challenge the Grizzlies.

Another back to back.

The New York Knicks complained.

The schedule is really unfriendly, but this unfriendliness is not aimed at them.

In the shrinking season, every team's schedule is very dense, and the rhythm is so fast that it flies.

66 games to be compressed into a full four months.

On average, there is a game in less than two days.

The Memphis Grizzlies have a lot of momentum this year. They have excellent players inside and outside the line. Love + Gasol formed a double-white inside line, becoming the strongest combination of twin towers in the penalty area in the league. The Knicks can only try to speed up every round , As long as you fall into positional warfare, you will suffer.

There are also capable players like Gay and Conley on the outside.

The game was fiercely fought to the last four and a half minutes or a draw.

The Grizzlies' strategy is very simple, that is, to use the advantages of the two big men to fight.

"The game is not over yet, the Grizzlies' two insiders have scored double-doubles."

"The Grizzlies also shot well from outside today, hitting 20 goals in 12 shots."

Before the two commentators spoke, Marc Gasol went inside and beat Jordan 2+1.

The Grizzlies are boiling at home.

Although Jordan's running and jumping ability is more than that of Marc Gasol, basketball is more than just running and jumping ability. Gasol's offensive experience is too rich. He knows how to use his weight to hang Jordan and let him Can't jump up, use skill and tonnage to hit the ball.

In the last 4 minutes, the Knicks needed a hero to stand up.

Normally, this is the time when Chen Yan takes control of the game.

But today, Barea came out to steal the show.

He first used the cover to forcefully kill the basket, and returned Marc Gasol with a 2+1!

The ball was played very hard, and Barea himself was very excited, throwing his fists to celebrate after landing.

After the extra penalty hit, Barea completed the steal in the backcourt, turned around and assisted Chen Yan to score a three-pointer.

One minute later, Barea hit a chasing three-pointer in the counterattack!

Then he came to single out Conley and succeeded!

Seeing that his teammates were in good condition, Chen Yan decisively gave up the ball.

At the same time, in the last 2 minutes, he stared at Conley very hard, and played well on both offense and defense.

In the last 50 seconds of the game, the Knicks had a seven-point lead.

The outcome has been decided, and at this moment, an accident appeared.

Barea sprained his ankle in a sudden score.

Barea fell to the baseline clutching his ankle, looking in pain.

The teammates hurried forward to inquire about the situation, and it was obvious that they really cared about Barea.

Chen Yan hurriedly dismissed his teammates. What Barea needed at this time was not greetings from his teammates, but fresh air.

Barea's sudden injury was related to his excessive exertion at the end of the game, and it was also related to the tight schedule during this period.

Because of the lockout, the 66 NBA regular season games have to be completed within 126 days, which makes all teams not only have to withstand the test of high-density games, but also face the "back-to-back" schedule of 3 consecutive days of games.

Even though NBA players are all athletes with excellent physical fitness, they still cannot withstand the injuries caused by high-intensity competitions.

If you count all the players who have experienced major and minor injuries since the official start of the NBA regular season, it has only been less than a month since the start of the game on December 12 last year, and 26 people have been injured successively.

A very scary number, with major injuries and minor illnesses.

The Lakers with veterans as the core have a mediocre record this season. So far, they have suffered from injuries to 4 people.

In this game, the Knicks finally won 115 to 109.

When the whole team is not happy, after the diagnosis of the team doctor after the game, Barea will be absent for as long as 4-6 weeks.

That is to say, at least he cannot play alone.

Both Curry and him were injured, leaving the Knicks with only two point guards, Beverly and Anthony Carter.

Carter is getting old and can only play excessively, and Beverly has to come most of the time.

Beverley played very actively, but this is his first NBA season, and due to his lack of experience, it is difficult for him to be the starting point guard of a championship team.

It is estimated that Chen Yan will play the point guard from time to time.

In the next game against the Thunder, Beverley was directly blown by Devin Harris.

Let the current Beverly play as a substitute, Dangdang is a functional player, but there will be many problems when he is on the court for a long time.

Fortunately, Chen Yan and David West played well in this game.

David West scored 28 points, and he blasted Horford in the paint.

Chen Yan once again offered a triple-double, scoring 32 points, 15 assists and 11 rebounds.

Without Barea, Chen Yan had to take on more organizational tasks, so he naturally scored and assisted.

Nelson noticed Beverley's discomfort and started Anthony Carter in the next few games, with good results.

In the next week's game, Anthony Carter can average 8.9 points and 5.9 assists per game. More of his role is reflected in the data, such as sorting out the team.

During this week, the Knicks also got 4 wins and 1 loss, which can be said to be smooth.

So far, the Knicks rank first in the East, and everything is developing towards the set script.

But the good times didn't last long. Carter's back injury recurred in the game on the 24th and he left the game immediately after halftime.

Although the Knicks finally won the game, they will face a very serious problem.

That is, there are really no point guards available in the team.