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The latest website: 68 wins and 14 losses, the Knicks once again ranked first in the league.

Compared with the past two seasons, the advantage is no longer obvious.

The Lakers, ranked second in the league, had 66 wins, followed by the Celtics, who were third in the league with 65 wins in Sampson's all-time solo show.

Compared to the East, where the Lakers, Knicks and Celtics are located, the competitiveness is not as good as the West.

So they have more chances to play underdogs and less risk of losing.

Had Wilson not been injured during the season, the Knicks wouldn't have lost as many games in the second half.

Now, at the start of the playoffs, everyone has to take their hearts away.

The Knicks will face the Bulls in the first round of the playoffs.

This offseason, with the exit of Jerry Krause, Louie no longer sees the Bulls as enemies. .

They made the signings without a hitch, giving Barkley a contract that was nominally larger than the one the Knicks gave Wilson.

In terms of amount, Barkley's contract is bigger than Wilson's, but that contract has a lot of terms.

Barkley has to hit those terms one by one to get the full amount, otherwise only 90% is guaranteed.

If you only take 90%, it is not as good as Wilson.

And those terms are impossible tasks for Barkley (attendance, body fat, honor), so Wilson is still the league's highest salary.

This does not affect the Bulls into the playoffs.

Barkley, who has fully entered his prime, has no patience to wait. The Bulls' big contract can only lock him for a while.

Against the Knicks in the playoffs, the Bulls have no chance.

Game1 opened, the Bulls gave the Knicks a small surprise.

The Knicks' youngster Dan Marley has steadily improved in the Bulls and is one of the heroes of the Bulls' return to the playoffs.

After the opening, his defensive quality was quite good, locking Miller.

But unfortunately, today they ran into Ewing and Wilson who were in full swing.

The two put out their strength and harvested the game.

Although Barkley was brave, he couldn't resist the Knicks' tidal wave.

Marley is only strong on the defensive end. When the offensive end encounters the defense of his old club, he has to take a break when he should stop.

Of the rest of the Bulls, none of them could help Barkley.

In the second half, Louis played his cards skillfully.

He took both Ewing and Wilson out of the starting roster, and went so far as to start two sophomores, Doug West and Sean Kemp.

Camp partnered with Rodman, this is a set of mobile fives without a pure center.

Kemp faced Barkley for the first time in the playoffs.

His ability to switch defenses is better, and he is faster than Barkley. He is mainly used for athletic ability and quick counterattack. If he falls into a positional battle, he will be eaten alive by Barkley.

The Knicks' offense was smooth, and although no one could stop Barkley, the Bulls couldn't stop the Knicks' offense. Barkley's defense, ease of handling, his foot speed, ball-handling skills and the league's only athleticism dwarf even Barkley in front of him.

When it rained on Kemp in the Bulls restricted area, the suspense of the game disappeared.

"I don't think the next two games will change."

Louie typically eats from the bowl and looks into the pot.

The first round is not over, he is already thinking about the semi-finals.

Game2

Compared with whether the Bulls can upset the Knicks, the news of Lionel Simmons being publicly suspended by Louie is more concerning.

After Louie arrived in New York, few players got on the draft field, like Simmons, who had serious problems with his private life.

In the eyes of others, Simmons just likes to play video games, which is not a big problem, but Louis refuses to get used to him.

Simmons' attitude towards Louis's discipline was very negative.

This was not a big deal, but at the juncture of the playoffs, the New York reporter felt that Simmons' obsession with video games was more important than the Knicks' first-round opponent.

The results of the game also reflected the strength of the Knicks.

Louis sat off the court the whole time, showing a 13-man rotation. Barkley scored 29+22 and it was useless. The Bulls finally lost 33 points.

The most ridiculous thing is that before Game3, NBC made a gorgeous short film for Barkley as the protagonist.

Coupled with the voice of NBC's ace commentator Bob Costas (Bob Costas), people can't help but want to cheer for the bulls: "This year, Charles Barkley ushered in the breaking point of his career. After seven years of waiting, Sir Charles has Fed up with failure, Chicago is looking forward to freshmen."

At the end of the short, Barkley said sincerely to the camera: "If we can't win the championship, I will definitely collapse."

Is this a short film that the No. 8 team in the East deserves?

Is that Barkley's statement supposed to be said by the eighth-place leader in the East?

All the Knicks looked solemn.

Unlike the Bulls, they just want to end the series tonight.

133 to 100

With a gap of 33 points, Barkley averaged 28 points, 20 rebounds and 6 assists per game, and regretted being out.

In terms of strength, there is one in the entire league. It can be said that he is stronger than him. Only Sampson, Jordan, Tragic, and Olajuwon.

The rest is gone.

Bird is 35 years old and is still injured.

Ewing's defense is stronger than offense, and Wilson's offense and defense are balanced, but his influence on the game needs to be further improved.

Therefore, in terms of strength alone, Barkley is already the top five in the league, and is one of the eight active super giants identified by Louis.

Like Olajuwon, he was unable to go further due to the team's poor strength.

"I've had enough!"

Those were the first words Barkley said as he walked out of the Chicago Coliseum.

As for whether the second season of "Sir Charles: Escape from Chicago" can have a perfect result, it depends on the operation of the Bulls.

The Knicks' semifinal opponent was the Indiana Pacers.

The Pacers played five games with the Pistons in the first round and finally finished the next round.

Danny Manning, the well-known first-round **** of war, after last year's slaughter against the Miami people, this year also raised the butcher's knife against the fourth-placed Detroit Pistons in the East.

In the first five games, Manning averaged 37 points, 11 rebounds and 5 assists per game. When facing him, the Pistons had no answer.

In the battle of the tie-breaker, Manning made a three-pointer from the outside to the basket and dunk. He played brilliantly throughout the game. Robert Parish was dizzy and scored 42 points, 14 rebounds, 8 assists and 4 steals. These four items The numbers are the highest for both teams.

That's why he's called Sampson II.

Except for his height, he and Sampson are almost carved out of the same mold.

Sampson's success has pointed the way forward for this versatile unicorn insider.

Pacers general manager Donnie Walsh shrewdly recreated Louis' training for Sampson, and borrowed from Louis' method of picking Oakley to **** Ewing in the Knicks.

They took a two-pronged approach. In the first two years of their career, they let Manning attack four defenses and three defenses. He would rather be played by the opponent's No. 3 as a loophole and not let him touch the inside line. When he confronted him, he would slowly move to No. 4. transformation.

Now, Manning plays the 4 under normal circumstances and the 5 when fighting small balls. At the same time, he has the offensive means of the 3.

Just like a Sampson who is more than ten centimeters shorter.

However, Ewing only recognized one Sampson, and that was the Boston one.

Manning, this little Sampson, let alone admit it. When he played against the Pacers, he looked contemptuous from his eyes to his expression.

Despite Oakley's protection, Manning still couldn't play the first-round level against the Knicks.

The Knicks have Rodman and Kemp, two power forwards who are similar in size to him, have the same athleticism and physical quality, and have a tough defense.

Kemp's defense lacks detail, and Rodman was last season's DPOY. Under his watch, Manning scored 41 points in the first two games of the semifinals on 40 percent shooting.

If the inside core only has this kind of output and efficiency, the Pacers will naturally not be able to win.

Back at home, Manning is eager to use home-court advantage to impact the Knicks inside.

Unexpectedly, Louis made another "prohibition of opponents layup" deployment.

The core meaning of this deployment is clear and clear, not allowing the opponent to score in the penalty area. If the Pacers have a chance to score and the Knicks' defense can't get in place, a rough foul is their only option.

Rodman, Kemp and Wilson brought Manning down several times.

In the second half, when Rodman attacked Manning from behind, Oakley gave up his former teammate relationship and punched Rodman, successfully saving him.

The current backbone of the Knicks was protected by Oakley all the way back then. They looked like bandits in the eyes of others, but in front of Oakley, they didn't even dare to fight, except to carry out Louis's instructions. Not at all.

Oakley punched Rodman and was called a technical foul. Rodman just glanced at him and walked away without any intention of responding.

The Knicks formed a silent tacit understanding, and each of them was like an assassin.

Seeing them behave like this, Oakley knew in his heart that he would never be able to keep Manning.

Game3

Pacers fiasco, Knicks hold match point 3-0.

The next day, the league announced the winners of major awards in the regular season.

Knicks ~ www.novelmt.com ~ Louis failed to win the coach of the year.

Ewing was named to the All-NBA team along with Sampson, Barkley, Jordan and The Tragic.

He was also selected to the All-Defensive Team with Jordan, Sampson, Rodman, Olajuwon, and Wilson (the defense team occasionally has six people selected).

Stockton was selected to the third team again.

Wilson, who won a personal grand slam last season, was only selected for three teams because he only played in 52 regular-season games this season.

But at the same time, voters have a high degree of approval for Wilson's defense.

When pitching to the All-NBA lineup, taking into account his attendance, when pitching to the defensive lineup, he didn't.

This naturally detonated the media.

Reporters from other places sneered at this, talking about how much New York is a bonus to Knicks players, unfair to players in other regions, and so on.