NBA: Miracle Workers

Chapter 101 Can MVP Compensate? (daily chapter)

On March 1998, 3, the Knicks played against the Lakers at home. After three quarters, the score was 1:71.

Li You, who rested in the second half of the third quarter, immediately appeared in the fourth quarter.

In addition to replacing Chris Dudley inside, the Knicks got back the main lineup at the beginning of the fourth quarter.

The same is true for the Lakers, 39 wins and 16 losses. At the end of the regular season, Coach Harris didn't want to lose easily, and the Jazz had already caught up.

"Defense! Defense! Defense!"

Defensive cheers resounded through Madison Square Garden, and Derek Fisher, who got a chance to start tonight because of Van Exel's injury, was cautiously dribbling through halftime.

O'Neal kept entangled with Chris Dudley in the low post on the left. When encountering the defense around the front, he suddenly turned and rushed to the basket. Unfortunately, the opportunity flashed and Fisher failed to send the pass in time.

On the left flank, Fisher was still protecting the ball with his back. In order to cut off the connection between the defender and the center forward, Li You led the opponent throughout the game.

There is no chance inside, Eddie Jones quickly bounced to the right flank at this time, Fisher turned around and immediately sent a cross pass.

As soon as the basketball was released, it was intercepted by Li You!
Amidst the cheers of the fans at the scene, Li You quickly led the ball forward with his left hand, his body jumped forward suddenly, and after he caught the ball again, he immediately accelerated his dash.

Fischer retreated quickly in frustration, but managed to catch up to Li You's side, and couldn't cause too much interference.

After the two came to the paint area, Li You didn't make too many moves, relying on the opponent's three strides to charge up, confronted in the air and waited for Fisher to foul.

Realizing that he couldn't defend effectively, Fierscher tried his best to block the block, tried his best to control his body and avoid fouls by the thugs, but in the end he could only watch Li You stretch his body and succeed in picking the basket with one hand with his left hand!
"Wow!"

The steal was completed at the beginning of the fourth quarter, and the New York fans at the scene began to cheer loudly again. Coach Harris on the sidelines glared at Fisher, obviously very dissatisfied with this round.

Li You didn't look at the other party either, he was not interested in competing with the little character in front of him, and this ignoring attitude also made Fisher feel sour.

They are both in the second grade, and the two are no longer players of the same level.

The defensive cheer sounded again, and the Lakers quickly drove the baseline ball. Before halftime, Fisher was led by Li You again.

This kind of gliding without sparing physical strength will indeed consume a lot of Li You's physical energy.

But unlike last season, after realizing some of his talents, physical fitness is no longer a problem.

Without cutting the ball, Li You just resisted with his feet, and then strengthened his hand movements, pulling and supporting his waist in one go.

Fisher, who has never been able to get up to speed and kept using ball protectors against Li You, was unable to advance quickly. When he came to the right flank, O'Neal asked for the ball in the low post again, this time it was replaced by Oakley to defend.

The two have been fighting from the blocking position to the low position on the right near the bottom line. O'Neal was very impatient by Oakley's pull and elbow, and it was rare to get stuck but missed the pass.
Instead, O'Neill received a low-quality lob pass from Fisher when he was re-acquired.

After catching the ball, he has already reached the right block. O'Neill just put the ball with his left hand. As a result, Li You gave up on Fisher, who was facing him, and immediately double-teamed.

Oakley blocked the exit line, trying not to let O'Neill turn around and go to the bottom line, but Li You hung on the shark when he came up, and kept interfering at the same time.

Under the front and rear pincers, O'Neal hurriedly combined the ball, and the position of receiving the ball was too high, so that he could only throw the ball to Fisher, who was open on the right wing.

After receiving the pass, there was no one in front of him, Fisher took a glance, and then flicked the ball behind his head!

"state!"

The long rebound popped out and was immediately accepted by Alan Houston. Without giving the opponent a chance to retreat quickly, he rushed across the half court after controlling the ball.

Eddie Jones retreated quickly, but the defensive position retreated too deep, and when Alan Houston rushed into the paint, he suddenly played tricks.

Accelerating with the ball in his left hand, he suddenly changed direction with his crotch, slowed down slightly and switched to his right hand, and took advantage of the situation to complete the ball behind his back. Alan Houston easily shook Eddie Jones away, and came to the basket with his left hand and successfully put the basket.

"Beautiful counterattack! It seems that Lee has indeed affected his teammates. This kind of action was not seen in Houston in the past."

The commentator Mike Brin praised with a smile that he is not worried about the Knicks' offense. If the game comes to the fourth quarter, the team will strike hard most of the time!
"The circling range is bigger! The movement will be more beautiful!"

Li You followed Fisher to the bottom line and teased Alan Houston who scored the goal.

The two fist bumped as if no one was there, making Fisher's face even more ugly.

He was defended again by Li You, but before halftime, Fischer moved too much to protect the ball with his left hand, and the pushing was too obvious, and the referee called him another offensive foul.

"I didn't foul, sir, it's just a normal ball protection action!"

Making mistakes in a row, Fisher complained loudly to the referee, but this performance of breaking the defense made the New York fans on the scene even more excited, and the taunts continued.

O'Neal was almost blown away by the guards tonight. He seldom received the ball in a comfortable position. In addition, the Knicks fouled when they couldn't prevent it, and they made free throws. His mentality exploded for a while.
"Fack! Don't let me see you make another mistake!"

O'Neill, who retreated back, pulled Fisher to warn him in a low voice, and "Little Fish" was taken aback, and hurriedly nodded in response.

If the game reaches the last quarter, Li You will not pass the ball too much.

After taking the sideline kick, Fisher lowered his center of gravity, assumed a defensive posture, and moved to defend Li You.

The Knicks simply pulled away, Oakley slowly moved to the free throw line, and Alan Houston paced to the right wing.

Larry Johnson and Chris Dudley simply sank to the left and right near the baseline.

Li You, who holds the ball in his left hand, protects the ball sideways. Facing Fisher's close defense, he moves sideways to the left and suddenly turns forward quickly, and then blasts the ball vigorously on the spot.

Fisher subconsciously slid backwards, Li You swayed the space, quickly dribbled the ball under the crotch, and immediately lowered the center of gravity of the body to pretend to break through after switching to the right hand.

Noticing that Fisher moved back after adjusting his center of gravity, Li You immediately changed direction forward, switched to his left hand, and at the same time exerted force with his feet to complete the retreat.

The left wing was close to the sideline, and Li You quickly combined the ball from outside the three-point line. Before Fisher could make a defense, he slightly drifted his body and shot a jumper!

"Shua!" The three-pointer hit the net hollowly!

At 71:78, the point difference came to 7 points in an instant, and Madison Square Garden was boiling again.

O'Neill saw Li You put up three fingers, smiled back and pretended to be X, and immediately glared at Fisher angrily.

The shark really wants to eat the small fish at this moment.
Coach Harris on the sidelines had no choice but to ask for a timeout. He could naturally see the problem, but O'Neal couldn't catch the ball, which was not easy to solve.

"Lee is about to end the game in the fourth quarter. The boy is more adapted to the league's game rhythm this year, and his physical condition is much better than last year."

"Michael Jordan shouldn't be number one on the MVP list. With the Knicks playing like this without Pat, Lee deserves more respect!"

In the commentary, Walter Fraser changed the subject again.

As the Bulls' record rose, Michael Jordan overtook Li You in the MVP rankings, which made many New York media unhappy.

Jeff Van Gundy smiled again as he looked at the players heading to the bench, and they had a great defense tonight:
"Keep this rhythm and continue to cut off the opponent's internal and external connections!"

The bald young marshal didn't make too many adjustments, but simply instructed the defensive strategy, and the offensive end simply hung up again.

After the timeout, the Lakers' offense did not improve much, and O'Neal still couldn't catch the ball in a comfortable position.

The Knicks scored quickly, and the Lakers played piecemeal. With 6 minutes and 42 seconds left in the game, Kobe Bryant replaced Rick Fox.

Fisher, Kobe, Eddie Jones, and Robert Horry still haven't found the touch.

The same is to score and play, O'Neill attracts the double-team, and Horry hits the iron outside the three-point line.

Li You grabbed the long rebound with quick eyes and hands, then advanced with the ball, and went straight to the basket against Fisher's chasing defense.

Horry also retreated quickly. Seeing his teammates defending non-aggressively, he subconsciously wanted to catch up and foul directly.

As a result, Li You, who was on the move, suddenly passed the ball behind his back, and followed up to the paint area. Larry Johnson caught the ball and put it to the basket!
Kobe Bryant made a two-point jumper against Alan Houston's defense, Oakley grabbed the rebound, Li You responded and continued to advance quickly.

Although the Lakers completed the retreat, Li You quickly in and out with his right hand close to the three-point line, tricked Fisher's defensive center of gravity, easily grabbed half of his body, and quickly cut in at 45 degrees to the right of Xiaoyu.

In the block position, Li You suddenly dribbled the ball behind his back, and the moment he switched to his left hand, he immediately turned to the baseline.

Under continuous shaking, Fisher completely lost his defensive position, and watched Li You complete a drifting jumper from the bottom line on the right!

"Shua!" A steady hit in the middle distance.

At 80:90, with 4 minutes and 50 seconds left in the game, the point difference has reached double digits.

Li You shot beautifully after shaking, and the New York fans at the scene shouted happily, and it was time to celebrate the victory of the game.

At the last moment, it was difficult for the Lakers to score sports goals and could only rely on free throws to score.

Although O'Neal's rim protection was very good, but Li You hit the iron close to the rim, and Oakley and Larry Johnson's impact on the rebounds limited the Lakers' counterattack.

While frequently falling into position to attack, while relying on switching offense to score, in the end, the Lakers completely collapsed.

At 18:33 in the single quarter, at the end of the game, the score was fixed at 89:104, and the Knicks beat the Lakers.

The game had just ended, O'Neal, who had played the entire fourth quarter and scored zero, walked quickly to the player tunnel.

In the last quarter, they couldn't catch the ball, all the statistics were zero, and the Sharks were blown up.

16中6，罚球13中7，19分9篮板5助攻2失误，奥尼尔成了湖人队中助攻次数最多的球员
When Fisher and Kobe saw Li You waving, the fans on the scene cheered loudly, feeling sour for a while.

15中4，13分5篮板1失误，替补登场的科比没能拯救球队。

After the game, the commentators Mike Breen and Walter Fraser briefly interviewed Li You again:
"We have a total of 3 games in March, and the schedule is a little tight. Li, can you introduce the team's plan?"

Winning the Lakers is a good start for March. Mike Breen knows that fans are more concerned about ranking issues, so the problem is more concerned about the overall situation of the team.

"The schedule is indeed very dense, but we still have some winning advantages. In the case of maintaining health, the team will hold the No.1 position."

"We need home court advantage, which is very important in the playoffs, New York fans are our best sixth man!"

Li You's answer appeared to be very confident. He firmly believed that as long as the abuse was stable, the Bulls could be suppressed.

Walter Fraser on the side nodded with a smile. He also believed that the Knicks would keep the number one position.

3月份的第1场比赛，李佑出场39分钟，18中9，三分线外9中5，罚球4中4，砍下27分4篮板10助攻3抢断2失误数据；

阿兰-休斯顿17中8，三分线外5中3，罚球6中6，拿到25分5篮板2助攻1失误。

The outstanding performance of the two made the New York media collectively climax, followed by crazily ridiculing:

"4 All-Stars? The Lakers are the biggest joke in the league!"

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Maybe it was an outbreak of poisoned milk, and Chris Dudley was milked again. The new aid has been injured since he came to New York.

Ben Wallace got a lot of playing time, but this cute newcomer lacked experience in the game. In the back-to-back game against the Wizards in the away game, he left the field with six fouls after only 20 minutes.

In the game against the Bulls, although the opponent's insider Longley was absent due to injury, the young "Xiao Ben" failed to withstand the opponent's rush.

At 102:94, the Knicks lost again at home.

Being robbed of 17 offensive rebounds by the opponent, Rodman even handed over the classic data of 6 points and 20 rebounds.
After two consecutive starts, he was taught by his opponent to be a man, and Ben Wallace almost closed himself.

记仇的迈克尔-乔丹砍下42分8篮板6助攻1抢断2失误；

而李佑则拿到20分4篮板15助攻2抢断2个失误的数据。

After winning this game, the media in Chicago began to cheer for Miko again, and Miko's No.1 position in the MVP rankings has also stabilized a lot!
The dense schedule made everyone in the Knicks careless about these gossip news.

Jeff Van Gundy looked down on Ben Wallace, but the team's situation left him with little choice. The playing time of "Little Ben" did not decrease, and even increased steadily.

Ben Wallace's statistics are not impressive, mostly 4 points, 5 rebounds and 5 fouls
However, this situation did not make the New York media complain. Maybe next season will not see Ben Wallace, and the loss of the draft is not worth wasting pen and ink!

As the game continued in March, the Knicks lost to the Pacers and Jazz in succession in addition to their big win over the Sonics.

On the night of March 3, at Madison Square Garden, Popovich, who was also hanging up, burst into laughter.

95:89, the Spurs successfully won the game!

Jeff Van Gundy pulled his face, and when he saw the rookie coach on the opposite side, he didn't say anything:

"Everyone is in the same routine, what are you proud of!"

For tonight's game, the Spurs' starting lineup featured three big men, Tim Duncan, David Robinson, and Will Perdo.

David Robinson hit the three, and Popovich really caught the Knicks' weakness.

There are three big men above 2 meters on the field, "Xiao Ben" was robbed again and shut himself up.
At 47:33, the Knicks lost 14 rebounds and were robbed by the Spurs of 14 offensive rebounds.

A large number of games also caused Oakley to decline, and he was blown away by the rookie tonight.

16中10，罚球5中5，25分10篮板1助攻2盖帽3失误，蒂姆-邓肯轻轻松松交出两双数据。

打小前锋的大卫-罗宾逊16中8，罚球11中8，拿了24分8篮板3失误。

Jeff Van Gundy's defensive strategy didn't work, and the opponent's free throws were accurate.

After returning to the locker room, Li You saw that Alan Houston was too depressed to speak, so he said jokingly:

"This is the game of basketball. I think we played well. This month, we have 13 wins and 5 losses. We have won all the games we should have won!"

Stable abuse has always been Li You's pursuit. In some back-to-back games, if you lose, you lose. When you meet a bunch of big men like the Spurs, it's no big deal to lose once.

18 of 13, 7 of 3 from outside the three-point line, 4 of 2 free throws, 31 points, 3 rebounds and 1 assist. Alan Houston is in very good form tonight, but the mood of losing is not beautiful:

"If we had met the Spurs in early March, we wouldn't have lost so many rebounds!"

Everyone in the Knicks team who returned to the locker room one after another was not in a good mood. After losing this game, they fell to the second position.

With 56 wins and 17 losses, the Knicks and the Bulls have the same record, but the Bulls temporarily lead by virtue of the relationship between victory and defeat.

"Mike has a high probability of getting the player of the month this month. I didn't expect that the Bulls really caught up."

Larry Johnson was also a little upset. He always felt that these old guys were lingering, and when he saw the heat being taken away by the other party, he was crazy about lemons.

Jeff Van Gundy, as the head coach, naturally has to show a confident look, and he will give chicken soup when he returns to the locker room:
"In April we had the same nine games as the Bulls. Believe me, the opponent is already going to be overwhelmed."

"Think about their squad structure, we are younger and more talented!"

"Perseverance is victory. Don't relax. As long as we get the number one position in the Eastern Conference, we can gain home court advantage in the playoffs."

"Thinking about the schedule of the playoffs, before the Eastern Conference finals, I don't think we will encounter opponents!"

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Li You, who was replenishing water in his seat, was taken aback when he heard this. The bloated, bald young coach no longer paid attention to the Heat, which was ranked fourth.

The morale of the atmosphere group was greatly boosted by the milk, kicking the Bulls to the second place, just thinking about it makes me happy!
On April 4st, the NBA announced the Player of the Month for March, and Michael Jordan of the Bulls successfully won the award:

3月份公牛队取得了13胜1负的战绩，迈克尔-乔丹场均出场40.4分钟，场均拿到28.9分5.3篮板3.5助攻2.1抢断0.9盖帽2.0失误；

He averaged 23.6 shots per game, shooting 49.8% from the field, averaging 6.6 free throws per game, and shooting 74.2% from the field.

After the awards were announced, most of the superficial sports media turned their backs:

"The Bulls Championship!"

He hit almost [-]% of his field goals, and this performance also allowed Maikou to secure the first place in the MVP rankings.

In the TNT program, Ernie Johnson, Kenny Smith and McHale did not discuss the best of the month. Today's topic is the issue of MVP ownership:

"Michael did have an efficient performance, but don't forget that this is only when Pippen is back!"

"But Lee is different. Patrick Ewing can only cheer for the team on the bench. The Knicks played like this. I think Lee should win the award."

As soon as Kenny Smith finished speaking, McHale on the side shook his head:

"Don't forget about Karl Malone. The Jazz's record is getting better and better. It's unfair to only consider the two. If the records of the three teams are not much different, Malone can still win the award."

Ernie Johnson heard the views of the two, and suddenly said with a smile:
"Y'all ignore what happened last year, I think Michael will get the MVP!"

Sure--Smith burst out laughing on hearing this, and quipped aloud:
"Do you think Michael lost the MVP last year and will be compensated this year? God, this view is too unreliable!"

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