Chapter 93 I want to set up a few tables (please subscribe)
Alan Houston's offensive desire was not strong today. After missing a shot, he stopped shooting and the outside offense was taken over by the madman.

"brush!"

The madman broke through and made a quick stop jump shot. Marion was half a beat slow in blocking the shot and he made a mid-range shot.

2:9, the Knicks led by 7 points, and the Suns called a timeout after serving the ball.

"The Suns' offense didn't work. Stoudemire and Marion each missed an attack, and then they lost two backcourt rebounds, allowing Kurt Thomas to make two second-chance attacks. That's why the score widened," Xiao Fan analyzed.

"Yes, the Suns didn't protect the backcourt rebounds enough today."

Michael Breen said this and asked Ewing: "Patrick, what details do you think the Suns should pay attention to?"

Ewing grunted, "Strengthen low-post offense, or improve dribbling breakthroughs. Wolverine's current rim protection ability is not good enough, and his current defense is at best third-rate."

Nodding, Breen said: "The Suns lack a strong low-post offense, so the Knicks' outside players don't have to help defend the basket, which means the Suns' outside players don't have enough space.

If the Suns strengthen their outside breakthroughs and play a breakout tactic, the Wolverines will not be able to protect the basket, which will force Kurt Thomas to return to the restricted area and create opportunities for the outside line. "

The timeout ended and the Suns brought on a backup power forward, Bo Otero.

Michael Breen introduced: "Otero is only 203 cm and 100 kg. He was undrafted in 93. Like Wolverine, nearly % of his offense takes place in the paint, and he has no mid-range shooting ability.

他的职业生涯上场时间是23分钟，场均5.4分4.9篮板0.9抢断1.3盖帽，命中率56.7%。”

At this time, Ewing said: "This is a good guy. Although he is just a role player, he plays very vigorously. He always fights hard and never gives up."

"Snapped!"

At this time, Marbury missed the jump shot, and Bootelo rushed in from behind Kurt Thomas and grabbed the offensive rebound.

"Oh, the Knicks lost the backcourt rebound." Brin exclaimed.

As soon as Bootero landed, he was double-teamed by He Zhongqiu and Kurt Thomas on the left and right under the basket.

"Hey, here."

Xiao Si, who was behind He Zhongqiu, retreated while clapping and shouting.

Bootero quickly passed the ball to Stoudemire.

Stoudemire received the ball with one step at the left waist position. Because there were three people under the basket and he had no space to rush in and dunk, he immediately jumped up and shot.

"Get out!"

He Zhongqiu had already pounced on him, and after one step he leaped up, like an eagle swooping down on a rabbit, and stretched out one claw, and with a loud slapping sound, he fanned the ball away.

"Oh ho!"

Madison Square Garden gave the block a standing ovation.

The ball flew high and flew towards the frontcourt, and the outside players of both teams immediately turned around and ran towards the Knicks' frontcourt.

Unfortunately, He Zhongqiu's block was too powerful, and the ball flew directly out of the baseline, and the Suns still had the ball.

"Tom, you should teach him how to block correctly. The best block is the one that takes possession of the ball." Don Cheney said to Thibodeau.

Thibodeau nodded and said, "I'll teach him."

After the second, the Suns still had 5.6 seconds.

Joe Johnson passed the ball to Marbury from the baseline, and Marbury advanced to the center line at high speed, and then made a quick stop and jump shot outside the three-point line on the right wing.

He Zhongqiu trapped Xiaos behind him under the basket and occupied the position on the right front side of the basket. At this time, the basketball hit the basket and bounced back, and was caught by him.

"Stoudemire is too weak and was completely defeated by Wolverine in the low-post confrontation! This is not the Suns' way to control the rebounds and launch low-post offense." Michael Breen shook his head.

"He's actually very strong, and strength is an advantage in his scouting report, but his opponent is a power monster like Wolverine, so he appears weak," said Xiao Fan.

"boom!"

The madman missed another shot, Stoudemire grabbed the rebound and the Suns attacked.

Joe Johnson singled out Alan Houston on the right wing, but missed the turnaround jumper. Kurt Thomas grabbed the rebound and the Knicks attacked.

Alan Houston made a mid-range shot, and Joe Johnson missed again. He Zhongqiu grabbed the defensive rebound.

2:11, Knicks attack.

"Di!"

He Zhongqiu successfully positioned himself under the basket and when he turned around and dunked with one hand, Stoudemire committed a foul and pulled him down. The referee blew the whistle and awarded two free throws.

At this time, Suns head coach Frank Johnson made a substitution, replacing Joe Johnson with backup swingman Casey Jacobson.

"Jakobsen was the 02nd pick in the first round of the 22 draft. There are three rookies from 02 on the court now, Wolverine, Bully, and Jacobson," Michael Breen introduced.

He Zhongqiu made both free throws. At 2:13, the Knicks were already leading by 11 points. The atmosphere in Madison Square Garden was very warm.

However, Jacobson, who had just come on the court, made a contribution immediately. He dribbled past Alan Houston from the right wing and when he completed the layup, he also caused Kurt Thomas to foul, making it a two plus one.

After the free throw, the score was 5:13 and the Suns were still 8 points behind.

He Zhongqiu spared no effort and once again entered the basket to take position.

His strong positioning forced the Suns to shrink their defense, creating space on the outside. At the same time, Kurt Thomas, who was pulled outside, also got a lot of space, received the ball and made a jump shot, hitting another goal.

"Kurt Thomas made 4 of 3 shots today, he's in really good shape," said Xiao Fan.

"5:15, the score difference has widened to double digits, the Suns should strengthen their offense." said Brin.

"brush!"

After a cut, Marion received a pass from Marbury, rushed to two steps to the left front side of the basket, forced He Zhongqiu back to the basket, and made a layup.

"Wolverine can't defend against someone like Marion who can break through and shoot well. It's harder for him to defend Marion than to defend Duncan," said Xiao Fan.

Ewing analyzed: "That's because he doesn't have enough defensive skills and experience to defend against Marion's athletic style. Duncan is a master of positional warfare, and the Wolverines can barely defend with strength."

In the next game, after a slump in the first few minutes, the Suns' outside offense began to get into shape, and they played back and forth with the Knicks, with the score difference remaining around ten points.

After the first quarter, the Knicks led by 23 points at home with a score of 37:14.

贺中秋打了10分钟，6投4中，5罚4中，拿到了12分4篮板2盖帽1失误1犯规的数据。

对位的小斯3投0中，吃了贺中秋两记大帽，0分2篮板1失误3犯规。

This was a big blow to him. He had been wanting to make a big splash in Madison Square Garden by stepping on Wolverine, but he didn't expect to become a stepping stone.

"Actually, technically, Stoudemire is stronger than Wolverine."

At this point, Michael Breen turned around and asked, “Jeff, what do you think?”

Xiao Fan nodded and said, "Stoudemire is like Wolverine, he is not good at post-up attack, but is better at facing the basket and has the technique of close-range jump shot.

But his current two-point shooting accuracy is average, at 37.6%, which shows that his close-to-the-basket shooting technique is not yet proficient enough.

And now the Wolverines are also developing the technique of close-range bank shots, and have already started using them in games.

You noticed his free throws today, right? They were very similar to his bank shot. What does that mean?

"It shows that he is really improving. Not only has he developed the bank shot, but he has also applied this technique to free throws," said Michael Breen.

Xiao Fan nodded and said, "Stoudemire is indeed better than Wolverine in terms of technology, but it is also limited. This advantage is not enough to make up for his weakness in front of Wolverine. Now, like Wolverine, he is more inclined to use his talent to play.

In the matchup with Wolverine, he was not as strong as Wolverine and could not defend against the opponent's strong attack under the basket. This was his main point of failure today.

On the offensive end, he couldn't get to the basket and could only shoot from near the two-point area. He was also blocked consecutively by the Wolverines, and his offense was at a disadvantage.

On both offense and defense, it can be said that he did not play to his strengths in front of Wolverine, while Wolverine played to his strengths very well under the basket, which is why the performance gap between the two was so large in the first quarter. "

Ewing said slowly, "It's impossible for Stoudemire to defend Wolverine at the rim by himself. Wolverine's offensive skills at the rim are much better now.

But it was also difficult for the Suns to double-team the Wolverines at the basket because Kurt Thomas had a very good touch today, making 10 of 7 shots in the first quarter and scoring 14 points. "

Breen nodded and said, "It's impossible to double-team the Knicks early. That would give them more opportunities on the perimeter."

"In this game, judging from the situation in the first quarter, the Knicks had the advantage under the basket, Kurt Thomas had a good outside shot, and played a good combination of inside and outside tactics. The Suns should not be able to beat them," said Xiaofan.

The result was just as Xiaofan said. Although the Suns fought hard to catch up in the last three quarters, they still lost to the Knicks, 92:110, losing by 18 points.

"Alan, you shot well today."

At the end of the game, He Zhongqiu patted Alan Houston on the head and said with a smile.

"roll!"

Alan Houston said unhappily.

He made all three shots in the first quarter, and his desire to attack increased in the next three quarters, but he had no touch at all, making only 11 of 2 shots, and was in a bad mood.

贺中秋全场打了31分钟，12投8中，8罚6中，轰下了22分13篮板1助攻4盖帽1抢断3失误3犯规的数据。

His offense was basically all under the basket. He entered the basket too many times to get into position, which consumed too much physical energy. He could only take 12 shots, which was already his limit.

If you want to increase your shots and score more points, you should do what O'Neal did, increase your close two-point shots and reduce your positioning under the basket.

小斯只打了25分钟，6投1中，得到2分6篮板1助攻1盖帽4失误2犯规的数据。

He blocked three shots from Stoudemire, but was blocked once by Stoudemire later on, and Marion also blocked one in the first quarter.

But the best player of this game was not him, but Kurt Thomas who scored 28 points and 17 rebounds.

The madman also scored 28 points, 3 rebounds and 7 assists, with a shooting percentage of 50%, but his performance was not as good as him and Kurt Thomas.

"Hey, Wolverine, you did a great job tonight!" When Kurt Thomas was being interviewed live by ESPN, Jessica Alba, with a blushing face, came to He Zhongqiu again.

"Yeah, it's OK," he said casually.

"Zhongqiu, you have to speed up your English learning. I don't want you to call me when you go to bed with a girl." Philip complained in Chinese.

"You're just wishful thinking. When the time comes, get out of here," He Zhongqiu cursed.

"Ms. Alba..." he said again in English.

"Wolverine, you can call me Jessica." Alba said quickly.

He Zhongqiu nodded and asked stutteringly in English: "Jessica, well, I can see that you are very interested in me."

"..."

Philip's eyes widened instantly.

"There is a door."

When Jessica Alba heard this, her eyes lit up, her heart started beating faster, and her adrenaline was surging wildly.

"But I'm not a casual man." He Zhongqiu still mixed Chinese with English, and the word "casual" was Mandarin.

Jessica Alba immediately looked at Philip, eager to listen to his translation.

Philip looked at He Zhongqiu with a strange look and said, "Wolverine, I am an expert on China and have read the Thirty-Six Stratagems of Stratagems. You are retreating to advance and playing hard to get, right?"

You're so shameless to use military tactics to pick up girls! Miss Alba looks like she's going to chase someone, is there any need for military tactics?
He translated, "Jessica, Wolverine said he's a very serious man and can't just promise you anything."

Jessica Alba was a little disappointed, but she quickly calmed down and felt that she was indeed a little presumptuous. Wolverine was not an American, and the Chinese were humble. She was too proactive and would scare Wolverine.

When leaving, Stoudemire looked back at He Zhongqiu unwillingly, and saw He Zhongqiu flirting with Jessica Alba. He was frustrated and couldn't help but cursed: "Asshole, bitch."

"How about it, Dayao, I avenged you, how do you thank me?" After returning to the locker room, He Zhongqiu called Dayao's cell phone.

"Bullshit, when did I ask you to avenge me?" Dayao said unhappily.

"Why do I sense the aura of a resentful woman?" he said in surprise.

"Stop talking nonsense!"

Yao Ming changed the topic and said proudly, "The team plans to ask Dream to teach me the dream steps. Are you envious?"

"Really?"

He Zhongqiu was envious. He was currently practicing low-post steps and was only level 58, not yet at the professional level. If he had Dameng's guidance, wouldn't his level soar?

"Dayao, good brother, please help me record a video so I can learn from you." He said hurriedly.

"You wish. Don't you know that video recording is prohibited during training?" Yao Ming said unhappily.

"Who are you trying to fool? Just tell me if it works or not," he said.

"Well, can I ask first?" Dayao said helplessly.

"Okay, I'll wait for your news." he said.

An hour later, He Zhongqiu attended the post-match press conference.

This was his second time attending a press conference. The first time he stole the limelight from Alan Houston, and this time he stole the limelight from Madman and Kurt Thomas.

After the press conference, on the way back to the locker room, Kurt Thomas, who had been sitting on the bench for a long time, said to the madman: "Latrell, don't you think we were redundant just now?"

"You are redundant. No reporter asked you any questions." The madman said unhappily.

"You're not much better, just a reporter asking questions." Kurt Thomas said unhappily.

"What are they talking about?" He Zhongqiu asked from behind.

Philip held back his laughter and said, “They were discussing whether you would take me with you if you were dating Jessica Alba.”

He Zhongqiu blinked and asked, "Who the hell are you kidding? Did they mention that woman's name just now?"
“Mid-Autumn Festival, when are you going to date her?” Phillip couldn’t help asking.

"Go, prepare a box of condoms for me, I'll ask her out right away," he said.

"You bastard!"

Philip thought of Jessica Alba being pinned down by Wolverine, one of his favorite actresses, and wanted to kick the guy in front of him to death.

……

On the 28th, the Knicks defeated the Hawks again at home and got their 24th win.

Although he won the game, He Zhongqiu still played poorly against Leo Ratliff.

He entered the basket to attack, but Ratliff, who had rich defensive experience, did not engage in strong confrontation with him at all. He just went around him and defended from the side, either preventing him from catching the ball, or blocking him when he was dunking, or directly fouling him and sending him to the free throw line.

Fortunately, his free throws have improved by more than ten levels compared to the last match, and his performance this time is slightly better than the previous game.

He played for 30 minutes, made 10 of 6 shots, 6 of 4 free throws, and scored 16 points and 8 rebounds, but was still blocked twice by Ratliff and had two other turnovers.

After beating the Hawks, the Knicks rushed to Miami overnight.

The Knicks and the Heat are sworn enemies. They have played three games this season, with the Knicks winning two and losing one. This is the last regular season game.

Caron Butler, the 02th pick in the first round of 10, is now on the Heat. Butler is also a strong contender for the best rookie award and was the rookie of the month in the first month of this season.

In the first three games, He Zhongqiu had just signed his contract and did not participate in the first game.

He had just defeated the Pacers in the second game and was lying in the hospital, so he did not participate.

He did participate in the third home game against the Heat, but the Heat double-teamed him, so his personal performance was average.

However, Butler is a small forward and has a strong ability to catch the ball and shoot on the wing, but he has no breakthrough ability and is not the Heat's main attacker. He has little chance to match up with this rookie.

On the evening of the 29th, the Knicks lost to the Heat in a back-to-back game. The two sides tied 80-82 with a score of :, losing by two points.

When he got the ball under the basket, the Heat's inside players still double-teamed him. He made 7 of 4 shots and 10 of 6 free throws, and only got 14 points and 12 rebounds. He had as many as five turnovers, but had 3 blocks and 1 steal.

At 30 a.m. on the th, before the Knicks left the hotel, the NBA announced the results of the All-Star voting.

He Zhongqiu and Philip lived in the same room. A large group of people including Kuang Ren came over, and Alan Houston also came.

"Wolverine, you're an All-Star starter in your rookie season, so you have to treat us," said the madman.

He was not jealous of He Zhongqiu. He was an All-Star starter in the 94/95 season, which was his third season.

Kurt Thomas felt a little sad because he had never been selected as an All-Star, not even as a substitute. The difference was quite big, and he couldn't help but feel envious.

"..."

Alan Houston, who had not yet made an All-Star starter, opened his mouth but didn't want to speak anymore. He had to admit that he was jealous.

The others didn't have any thoughts as they were all role players. Although they were envious, they were not jealous.

He Zhongqiu patted his chest and said, "It's no problem to treat you. I like to treat you."

At this time, the All-Star voting data came out and everyone looked at the TV screen.

In the East, the first position is center.

First was He Zhongqiu, with a total of 135 million votes, second was Ben Wallace, with 112 million votes, and third was Mutombo, with 61 votes.

“135 million votes?”

Alan Houston sighed inwardly, this was the number of votes he had never received before. His highest number of votes was 99 votes, ranking third in the Eastern Conference in the 00/ season.

At the forward position, the first is Vince Carter and the second is O'Neal Jr.

"O'Neal is indeed quite popular. He was beaten badly by Wolverine, but he still got 90 votes."

"The Pacers fans support it."

Charlie Ward and others started discussing.

At the guard position, McGrady ranked first with 131 million votes, and Iverson ranked second with 115 million votes.

In other words, this year's All-Star Eastern Conference starters are He Zhongqiu, O'Neal Jr., Vince Carter, McGrady, and Iverson.

"How much is Jordan?" asked the madman.

"Third place, behind Iverson, with 108 million votes," said Kurt Thomas.

"Wolverine, the Eastern Conference All-Star voting leader, you are awesome! You might even be the voting leader in the entire league." Charlie Ward praised.

"Look at the Western Conference, Kobe's vote count is very high, reaching 120 million votes in the third week, and the total vote count may reach 150 million," said Alan Houston.

"The chances are slim. Kobe is in his three consecutive championship dynasty and is very popular. He is now the most popular of the four shooting guards." said the madman.

Next was the Western Conference, where Yao Ming, the top center, received 125 million votes, beating O'Neal's 105 million votes and won the All-Star starting position.

The first and second forwards are Duncan and Garnett respectively, and the guards are Kobe and Francis.

Kobe received 147 million votes, becoming the league's All-Star vote leader and the most popular player of the year.

He Zhongqiu was satisfied. He ranked second in the league in votes, even though he had only played for a month and a half.

"You have to treat us. I'm going to set up a few tables and celebrate properly." He shouted, waving his hand.

(End of this chapter)