NBA: No. 1 Forward Chapter 544: The League’s Injury Wave
In the first three battles, Menglong undoubtedly ended in failure.
So when Denver coach Dwane Casey saw that his opponent was the Knicks, his mouth twitched nervously.
The only thing that can be called comfort is that this is the last time they will be abused this season.
In this game, there is no doubt that the Knicks defeated the Toronto Raptors 106:92.
Although the Menglong lost this game, their star player DeRozan also scored 30 points.
DeRozan's outstanding performance also gave some comfort to the fans at the Air Canada Center.
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Since the trade deadline, the Knicks have once again won six games in a row.
At the same time, they completely overtook the Heat and returned to the league's first record.
Moreover, the home field advantage in the playoffs is locked in advance!
Compared with the Knicks' overcoming obstacles, the Heat's road trip was not very smooth.
Like the Knicks, their schedule in March is not ideal, with back-to-back games happening one after another.
However, the opponents they encountered in back-to-back away games were all strong teams in the Western Conference.
So they lost to the Oklahoma City Thunder, Dallas Mavericks and Memphis Grizzlies.
The Heat suffered a sharp baptism of three consecutive defeats.
The three games they lost, except for the Oklahoma City Thunder, were back-to-back away games, which led to the defeat.
The other two games were all because the Heat's insiders were targeted.
Especially in the last two games, the opponent's configuration in the fourth and fifth positions is very advantageous.
Although Bosh is very good, it is too high to let him fight two.
Even if James sometimes plays the fourth position, it doesn't work very well, especially if he is given a "strong man lock" under the basket!
Even James has given up.
However, although the Heat suffered three consecutive defeats, Lian Dao also noticed that the Big Three were holding back their efforts most of the time!
They didn't go all out, and they were concentrating on preparing for the playoffs.
The team that knows how to accumulate strength is the most dangerous!
There was one team in the league that was very aggressive, the Chicago Bulls.
The Bulls' previous record once surpassed that of the Heat.
However, because of rushing too hard, their star player Derrick Rose sprained his groin during the game.
According to reports, Derrick Rose will probably miss about two weeks of games.
However, there is also a team in the Western Conference that has started a winning streak: the San Antonio Spurs!
Since they traded for "Captain Jack" Stephen Jackson, the Spurs' shortcomings at the third position have completely disappeared.
The Spurs also returned to their regular season form last season at the end of the season and have now won six consecutive games.
So far, the Spurs' impact is still strong.
Six consecutive wins does not seem to be the end for the Spurs at the moment.
In the last few games of March, Stoudemire was still on the injured list, but the Knicks' record was still very good.
The Knicks defeated the Pistons, Bucks, and Magic, but fell apart against the Atlanta Hawks.
Playing away from home, and the Atlanta Hawks team exploded, Joe Johnson made 15 of 20 shots, a frighteningly high shooting percentage.
Moreover, the Knicks' schedule in March is really a bit devilish.
By the end of the season, many players are physically and mentally exhausted, and their shooting percentages have dropped seriously.
Before the third quarter of the game, the Knicks were already 23 points behind.
It was really difficult for D'Antoni to watch this game. In addition, there was a back-to-back game the next day, so he simply put on the bench and announced his surrender.
In the end, the Knicks lost to the Atlanta Hawks 90:100.
The Knicks' 10-game winning streak was once again ended.
The next day, the Knicks faced the Cleveland Cavaliers back-to-back, and the players' condition improved somewhat.
In addition, the Cavaliers themselves are a rebuilding team and are relatively weak.
The Knicks once again easily clocked out in three quarters.
At this point, all the Knicks games in March are over.
March was indeed very difficult for the Knicks, especially when Stoudemire, the team's second in command, was injured, which cast a shadow over this devilish schedule.
Fortunately, they survived and finally achieved a record of 14 wins and 3 losses in 17 games in March.
Moreover, Jeremy Lin did not suffer a torn meniscus in his knee as happened in history.
This is good news for the Knicks, who are suffering from constant injuries.
The most important thing is that although the Knicks are suffering from constant injuries this season.
But at least the team was not full of injuries like in history.
The wave of injuries in history once left D'Antoni without anyone available. After Jeremy Lin performed well, he had no choice but to fight Jeremy Lin.
The current Knicks' lineup rotation is more reasonable, and Jeremy Lin is only Holiday's first substitute.
Even if D'Antoni increases the rotation, the Knicks' bench depth can still support it.
But even so, the Knicks still have injuries. From this point, you can think about the situation of other teams in the league.
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After the All-Star Weekend, injuries to various teams began to increase significantly.
Curry, Rubio, Lowry, Billups, Gordon, Bagliani, Nene, Lopez, O'Neal and others have successively announced their retirement for the season.
Derrick Rose, Hamilton, Ray Allen, Horford and other players are also recovering from injuries, and more injuries are happening frequently.
It is foreseeable that the league's injury situation will once again have a major outbreak in April!
"This season is too short, and this schedule is simply unreasonable!"
"The players' bodies cannot adapt to playing so many games in such a short period of time!"
"Injuries to players in the league are definitely not over, we are likely to see more injuries in April!"
Bulls coach Thibodeau was very angry about this season's schedule and made an unhappy prediction.
In his opinion, the injury to star player Derrick Rose was entirely caused by the unreasonable schedule.
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Other team coaches still agree with Thibodeau that the schedule is unreasonable.
This chapter is not over yet, please click on the next page to continue reading! But attributing Rose's injury to the intensive schedule, league coaches disagree.
The first is that Rose's style of play is prone to injuries, and the second is the coach's inaction.
Knowing that Rose's style of play was harmful to his body, Thibodeau not only didn't let him make changes, he also beat Rose to death.
Sometimes it's garbage time and you still leave Rose on the court.
The way Thibodeau used it, it would be weird if he didn't get hurt.
Although Thibodeau is a proficient defensive coach, his offensive accomplishments are actually very average.
Lacking changes and routines, it basically relies on Derrick Rose's All-Star personal ability to conquer the city.
You must know that injuries such as groin sprains usually occur frequently in football players.
Of course it also appears on basketball players, but rarely, but now it appears on Rose.
This already means that Rose's body is already overloaded.
Even more unlucky than Rose is probably Al Horford.
He only played 11 games this season before he was declared out of the regular season due to a damaged pectoral muscle.
"Players all have their own biological clocks. Their physiological functions have become accustomed to the previous schedule and have even formed a kind of body memory."
"But this year, everything has changed. The schedule is tight, training time is not enough, and some injuries that should not have occurred have appeared on the players."
Eagles coach Larry Drew also complained that the league's schedule is unreasonable.
The Eagles are really unlucky this season. It was originally a period of improvement for the team.
However, once Horford is injured, it is still unclear how far they can go this season.
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However, if there are people in the league who are reimbursed for the season, there will naturally be ruthless people who can tolerate it.
Thibodeau has a ruthless man under him, Luol Deng.
This season, his average playing time per game is 394 minutes, which is quite a ruthless figure in the league.
He is also the only monster to play more than 39 minutes per game this season.
Even Lian Dao has to admire him.
Lian Dao's average playing time this season is 378 minutes per game.
This playing time is similar to that of LeBron James, who is around 375.
You must know that in the past, James has averaged 425 minutes per game.
This season, even the iron man James has deliberately controlled his playing time.
There is another freak in the league, and that is Kobe.
If we talk about Lian Dao and James, they are so tolerant of sex because they are young.
The 34-year-old Kobe is the only example in the league of someone over 30 years old who averages more than 38 minutes per game.
The most important thing is that it’s a shortened season!