Time has entered October, and the schedule for the new season has been released.
Lin Yu immediately studied the Knicks schedule——
In the opening game, the Knicks will face the Rockets at home, and the China Derby will be staged on the first day of the season. David Stern's ambition to further develop the Chinese market has become clear.
One is Lin Yu plus Zach Randolph, as well as the additions of New York City, and the other is the newly formed Big Three, the new powers in the Western Conference. Such a matchup is quite popular even in North America.
After the opening game, the schedule at the beginning of the season was not difficult. First, there were four consecutive games against Eastern Conference teams, home and away, basically separated. The opponents were the 76ers and mid-to-lower teams like the Bobcats.
But then, they have to play the Jazz and the Spurs in succession, one home and one away. The schedule is not close, but these two games are quite challenging and can be regarded as a test for the new Knicks.
Public opinion in North America has a guess about the Knicks, or they want to judge the Knicks' performance in the second half of last season through the Knicks' performance at the beginning of the season.
If the Knicks' performance at the beginning of the season is unsatisfactory, then media reporters can conclude that the reason for the Knicks' crazy winning streak in the second half of last season is that they played hard.
In turn, they will lower their evaluation of the Knicks.
From October to November, the Knicks will play 16 games, basically staggered home and away games, with no back-to-back schedule.
In December, it is worth noting that there is a schedule of five consecutive away games, the Bulls and Nets, and then they will go to the Western Conference to play against the Kings, Suns and Lakers.
After this series, the most important thing is the Christmas battle.
In the Christmas Day game, the Knicks' opponent arranged by the league was the Celtics. Lin Yu shook his head helplessly: "This arrangement is too obvious."
The league is like this, unabashedly making their thoughts public, they just want the Knicks and Celtics to fight on Christmas Day.
After Christmas, the time has entered January of the New Year. Except for a period of four consecutive away games in the initial stage, the Knicks' schedule has become very relaxed, with various consecutive home games.
But this is not a good thing, because too many consecutive home games means that there will be more consecutive away games.
Sure enough, in February and March, Lin Yu saw three consecutive away games.
One section includes three consecutive visitors, Trail Blazers, Warriors and Clippers.
In the other period, there were five consecutive visitors. The first four opponents were mediocre, but the last opponent turned out to be the Cavaliers. Lin Yu once again felt the unfairness of this alliance.
The last section is another three-in-a-row.
Just this kind of consecutive away schedule of three or more games, the Knicks have to go through it five times a season. It can only be said that the league is deliberately creating a sense of tension in the schedule.
"It's okay now, but when that guy Xiao Hua takes over, the schedule will be even more outrageous..."
Lin Yu shook his head secretly. He had finished studying the schedule, but it was nothing special.
But for Lin Yu, he has already set a goal, that is: this season will be the season where he reaps honors.
It seems to be one goal, but it is actually composed of multiple goals.
Reaping honors means that Lin Yu's personal data must not be bad, and the team's record must be top-notch. In the playoffs, they must at least make it to the final stage.
The difficulty is not small, but Lin Yu is confident.
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In early October, preseason games also started.
Lin Yu returned to China with the Knicks, because the first game of the preseason is the China Derby arranged by the league. The Knicks will face the Nets, and Lin Yu will also play against the Arab League, which has been transferred to the Nets.
The venue of the competition was set in the capital.
In addition to this game, the league also arranged a preseason game in China Derby, where the Rockets faced the Lakers, which was considered a battle between Dayao and Sun Yue.
There are only four Chinese players in the NBA, and all of them have been exploited by the league.
But obviously, this arrangement is not satisfactory.
"World of Basketball", under the official post of the website announcing that the two games will be broadcast live, except for some replies lamenting that the website is getting better and better, the rest are complaining about the improper arrangements of the NBA league.
"Wow, the basketball world is getting better and better. Even the NBA has started live broadcasting!"
“What is basketball?”
"Short name for website."
"Isn't it the 'world'?"
"YYSY, the NBA's preseason arrangements are so bad. Who wants to watch the Knicks play the Nets?"
"I don't want to watch the Knicks play the Nets, and I don't want to watch the Rockets play the Lakers, because Dayu and Arab League can't match up at all, and the same goes for Dayao and Sun Yue."
"It would be great if the Knicks played the Lakers, and Dayu played against Kobe. Sun Yue could also come on as a substitute to play against Dayu for two rounds."
"The Nets play against the Rockets and it's great. Wouldn't it be great to play against Yao and the Arab League?"
"..."
Although there were constant complaints, on the day of the game, Wukesong in the capital and Yuanshen Stadium in Shanghai were both full.
The "World of Basketball" broadcasting this game was also crowded with fans. It was the first live broadcast of an NBA game. Although it was only a preseason game, it crashed for a while because of too many fans watching.
In the end, the Knicks' China game ended with the Knicks defeating the Nets.
As many fans said, Lin Yu and Ah Lian had almost no match-ups, and even Ah Lian's playing time was pitiful.
It was the same in another duel. Sun Yue only played for two minutes. He touched the ball twice and missed one shot before being substituted.
It was not a fierce game. After the game, Lin Yu even had time to pay attention to the "world of basketball."
When he saw that the live broadcast of the website crashed for a while, he called and asked about the reason. Lin Shenyuan told him: "The server was overwhelmed and crashed. The subsequent solution is that we borrowed the server from Alibaba to support it."
It’s over.”
"The server is overwhelmed? This is not okay, Sheyuan, this matter needs to be resolved."
It is imperative to upgrade the server. After all, starting from the next season, "Basketball World" will begin to broadcast NBA games normally, and the frequency of live broadcasts is basically the same as that of certain waves and certain news.
After the China game, the Knicks returned to New York and played another game with the Nets, and still won a big victory.
The Rockets also played a second preseason game with the Lakers after returning to the United States. This time, Sun Yue didn't even appear.
And this seems to have set a tone, that is, Sun Yue's NBA career will still be the same as Lin Yu's previous life, sitting on the bench until leaving the NBA.
This time, Lin Yu thought carefully. If Sun Yue leaves the NBA, he will let Honghe sign Sun Yue, otherwise Sun Yue will continue to live outside.
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After two wins over the New Jersey Nets across the river, the Knicks continued their winning streak in subsequent preseason games.
They then defeated the 76ers and Wizards in a row, playing against these two teams twice. In other words, including the game against the Nets, the Knicks achieved a six-game winning streak in the preseason.
It wasn't until the end that they played two consecutive games against the Heat and lost one first, which ended their winning streak.
But back at home in the second game, the Knicks won another game.
Throughout the preseason, in 8 games, the Knicks achieved 7 wins and a record of 7 wins and 1 loss.
Zach Lowe's team rankings were also released at the end of the preseason.
