Chapter 432 The essence of the master of vegetable abuse
The New York Daily News began to envision a Black Eight miracle happening very directly, without any cover-up.
They even believe that if they hadn't dug a huge hole in the first half of the season, just with Lin Yu and Zach Randolph, the core lineup that was formed in early February, the Knicks would have been able to compete with the Celtics.
It seems that the New York Times is standing in New York's perspective and praising the Knicks. Whether it is sincere or not is up to everyone to judge.
At least, the national media in North America believed that the New York Times was sincere, and there was a lot of heated discussion surrounding the question of whether the Knicks could complete the Black Eight.
The final conclusion is mostly that the Knicks in the second half of the season were just trying to beat the competition. In a strong matchup, the Knicks still have fatal flaws. In comparison, the Celtics are a nearly perfect team.
team.
Therefore, it is impossible to make a black eight. If the Knicks enter the playoffs as the eighth seed in the Eastern Conference, they will cause some trouble for the Celtics. After all, the Knicks are not the conventional eighth in the Eastern Conference, but a trade
Later, he climbed up from the second to last position in the Eastern Conference and became the eighth in the Eastern Conference...
The national media in North America were unanimously not optimistic about the Knicks' success. After the success of the New York media, they immediately changed the direction and believed that the Knicks had no chance of being defeated.
"These media are all following the same old routine, praising first and then denigrating. It's really boring..."
There were also discussions among the players in the Knicks locker room.
Lori shook his head, and Lin Yu smiled and replied: "What if we are really stupid, I don't know how the media will react."
Lori was stunned for a moment: "Really?"
It seems that he doesn't think that if the Knicks enter the playoffs as the eighth seed in the Eastern Conference, they can complete the eighth place.
Lin Yu still smiled and did not explain anything.
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In the third game of five consecutive away games, the Knicks faced the Bucks and won a 15-point victory, continuing their winning streak.
At the same time, the Nets continued to lose. In this round, they lost to the 76ers, who are also direct competitors. They have almost announced their withdrawal from the competition for the top eight in the Eastern Conference.
The Hawks and Pacers, who tied with the Knicks, faced their opponents the day after the Knicks defeated the Bucks.
The result was that the Hawks defeated the Raptors in overtime, but the Pacers lost to the Celtics and gradually fell behind.
On the other side, the 76ers, who defeated the Nets, maintained a 3-game advantage over the Knicks.
The Knicks still have a chance to break into the top seven, but their chances are getting slimmer.
After defeating the Bucks, the Knicks faced off against the Magic, one of four strong matchups.
In this game, Lin Yu played very hard. He wanted to use this game to test the gold content of the current Knicks.
They were able to defeat the Spurs because they had the advantage of restrained style. Apart from the Spurs, the Knicks have yet to defeat a truly strong team.
The ending of the game was no surprise, the Knicks lost.
Lin Yu played without any problems. He broke through the paint and was stopped by Howard's overwhelming defense, but then he began to shoot from the outside and continued to score.
But the problem is, facing Howard, Randolph performed poorly, and the role players failed to stand up as usual.
The Knicks' overall defense had no problem, but the Magic's wave of three-pointers in the final quarter directly took away the victory.
This defeat can be regarded as proving the predictions of the major media in the United States about the Knicks, that is: the Knicks have a fatal flaw, and the winning streak at the end of the season is just a win-win situation, or it is just a game where the ability to abuse vegetables is fully developed, and a strong matchup is achieved.
, and only won one game against the Spurs.
After losing to the Magic, Yahoo Sports also released a more convincing statistic:
They set a winning rate of 61%. Basically, teams with a winning rate higher than this will be able to win more than 50 regular season games by the end of the season.
A team with 50 wins in the regular season is basically considered a first-tier team in the league. There may be only three or four teams in the East with a winning rate higher than this, but there are more in the West. Six, seven, or eight teams are possible.
This winning rate can be regarded as a basic winning rate.
In the end, Yahoo Sports gave the result: After Lin Yu joined the Knicks, the Knicks had 1 win and 3 losses against teams with a winning rate of over 61%, and the winning rate was only 25%.
Against teams below 61%, the Knicks lost only one game in total and won all the others.
The contrast is very strong, and it is basically certain that the Knicks performed poorly against strong teams.
And if you perform poorly against a strong team and the feedback is reflected in the playoffs, it will naturally look like a pseudo-strong team.
It seems that it is impossible for Black Eight to be Black Eight...
The Knicks generally think so. Hollins analyzed it this way at the coaching staff meeting: Against strong teams, the Knicks have lost one after another. The biggest problem exposed is that the substitute rotation lineup is too bad. Once Lin Yu leaves,
field, the team will inevitably be suppressed.
And if Randolph is not on the court, the Knicks will lose points significantly.
The second problem is that on the offensive end, the only player the Knicks can create threats with the ball and destroy the opponent's defensive system is Lin Yu. The only player with singles ability is Randolph. If Randolph misfires, the offensive burden will be
It fell on Lin Yu alone.
It's okay for weak teams, but it's fatal for strong teams.
In other words, the main problem of the Knicks is that there are too few players who can play...
There was nothing to summarize after losing three of the four games against teams with a winning rate of over 61%. In winning that game, Hollins and Lin Yu knew very well that they only restrained the Spurs in style.
Therefore, with the regular season getting shorter and shorter, Hollins has proposed a new goal-
"I hope we can hit seventh place and change our playoff opponents to the Magic or Pistons. Our playoff goal can also be changed accordingly to hit the second round."
Lin Yu frowned, charging for seventh place?
Contrary to Hollins, he is not willing to challenge the seventh place throne.
Looking at it now, the script for the playoffs has been written. They will face the Celtics in the first round, and then face the winner of the fourth and fifth teams in the Eastern Conference in the second round. If the Cavaliers can fall to fourth, that would be great.
But that's it.
Lin Yu can kill his two old masters in two rounds, and the rest, even if he doesn't win the championship, doesn't matter.
Because this season, his mission is to tell everyone that the Celtics are destined to fail if they send him away, and LeBron James would never have a championship without him!
Although contrary to Hollins' opinions, Lin Yu did not raise this point.
Because in his opinion, the Knicks, who lost to the Magic, were not even qualified for the playoffs. It is too early to talk about catching up with the 76ers.
The 76ers' lead over the Knicks is as much as 3 games. With only 7 games left in the season, surpassing the 76ers is only a theoretical possibility.
