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Chapter 241 Possibility of 70 wins?

How bad have the Knicks been in recent years?

Their manager was famous in the player period, known as the "Smiling Assassin" by people in the world, and the leader of the Pistons Bad Boys, Isiah Thomas.

This guy won almost all the honors when he was a player, but as a manager, he can't be said to be remarkable, it can only be said to be useless. . .

Who is the highest paid Knicks player this season?

Tracy McGrady, his salary is a full $2364 million.

而这场比赛，麦迪出场整整15分钟，3投0中，砍下惊人的0人3篮板2助攻1抢断2盖帽。

The boy in white who was omnipotent back then is basically unable to play ball now.

It took less than two years for McGrady to fall from the league's top superstar to the present level.

And this season, the Knicks' scoring leader is David Lee, the No. 05 pick in 30.

He just signed the second contract of his career, and the salary in the first year is only 700 million US dollars.

In the Knicks team, there are four people with a higher salary than David Lee!
McGrady, Eddie Curry, Al Harrington, Carino Mobley.

Al Harrington has an annual salary of exactly 1000 million and averages 17.7 points per game. He is the Knicks' second-leading scorer under David Lee.

As for the others. . .

Eddie Curry is worth $1050 million and averaged 3.7 points per game.

McGrady earned $2364 million and averaged 9.4 points per game.

As for old cat Mobley?
The old cat with an annual salary of 950 million has a disagreement and retired~
However, after being bought out of the contract, he still receives his salary, and the money will be included in the salary space.

Not to mention Isiah Thomas' other showy operations, but just talking about the Knicks this year, you have to admit that the smiling assassin who was the top point guard in the league back then did have a brain-stem beauty when he was a manager.

However, the Knicks still have some good prospects.

For example, Danilo Gallinari, the No. 08 pick in 6, averaged 15.5 points per game this season.

But there was Li Ran in the draft that season!

The teams before the No. 13 pick have all been nailed to the pillar of shame, and maybe only the Bulls are better.

Wilson Chandler, the No. 07 pick in 23 from the Nuggets, averaged 14.5 points per game.

With these people and the huge salary space brought by McGrady and several other veterans whose contracts expire next year, the Knicks still have some possibility of a comeback.

Cough, far away.

Let's talk about this game.

It's not that in this game, the rotten and inhuman Knicks won the Grizzlies in an upset.

It was Li Ran who set a new scoring record in his career at Madison Square Garden.

His touch in this game was so hot that he scored 9 points on 9-for-19 shooting in the first quarter alone.

After the first quarter, Calipari decisively changed the team's offensive focus, asking Curry and other players of the team to fully support Li Ran's scoring.

In this case, Li Ran went crazy.

With a lineup like the Knicks, how could it be possible to defend against Li Ran?
If McGrady's strength goes back ten years, to the time when the Raptors served Carter as Pippen, it may still be possible to limit Li Ran.

But McGrady is now in a bad position.

At the end of halftime, Li Ran scored 36 points. In the second quarter, he scored 17 points in a single quarter, and his shooting percentage was also ridiculously high.

The Knicks had nothing to do with Li Ran's offense and scoring, so they could only lay down on the ground like McGrady did!

Anyway, in Madison Square Garden, it is no surprise for the Knicks to witness opponent players breaking their own scoring records at their home court. . . .

Li Ran's score continued to rise steadily. At the end of the third quarter, his score had already exceeded the [-]-point mark.

Under such circumstances, Li Ran encountered another somewhat familiar difficulty.

How do you accomplish your goals before the game goes to garbage time?

The crooked idea that Calipari gave Li Ran was to give up the attack completely and score first.

Li Ran walked onto the field with a grin.

With the endorsement of the head coach, after Li Ran came on the field, under the joint performance of him and Kirilenko who completely gave up defense and played against each other, the Knicks soon saw a glimmer of hope for a comeback.

Under such circumstances, Li Ran continued to make a big splash on the field.

When the game was coming to an end, the Knicks went up to the head coach and down to the players, and suddenly discovered something.

The point difference has been around ten, so they haven't moved?

Look at Li Ran who has already scored 62 points. Knicks coach D'Antoni only realized it later.

This kid is controlling points?

After figuring it out, D'Antoni immediately called a timeout and replaced all his starters.

Li Ran could only end with 62 points in regret.

The game immediately shocked the league.

Li Ran, who has been tepid in terms of scoring this season, started to fire after only one game after the All-Star Game?
Is this the real Li Ran?
In this game, Li Ran's hit rate was unbelievable.

他全场31投25中，三分球5中3，罚球10中9，62分18篮板1助攻2抢断1盖帽。

And 62 points is also the highest scoring record of a player so far this season.

At the same time, the poor Nuggets lost to the Lakers 95-89 at home, and their losses came to 7 games.

The Grizzlies have only lost 9 games now.

The Nuggets, who are considered unstoppable, have a tendency to be caught up by the Grizzlies?

Now the routine has just played about 60 games, and there are still a full 20 games behind.

The Nuggets' No. [-] throne has a tendency to become unstable?
And the one chasing after them is the Grizzlies that no one was optimistic about before the start of the season?
In this somewhat chaotic situation, the regular season of the 09-10 season entered the penultimate month.

In another month and a half, the regular season will be over.

In the first game of the three-point month, the Grizzlies lost again.

Roy of the Blazers played the best game of the season, with 45 points, 8 rebounds and 9 assists.

Although Li Ran continued to maintain his good form and scored 30+ points in the third consecutive game, Curry felt poor in this game. He made 8 of [-] three-pointers and only scored [-] points in the game.

With Curry's help, the Blazers gave the Grizzlies their Game [-] loss.

Subsequently, the Grizzlies easily beat the Hornets without Paul at home.

Li Ran scored 34 points and 13 rebounds.

After the All-Star Game, except for the first game where Li Ran was not used to it, he played better and better in the rest of the games, which was a whole level higher than his performance in the first half of the season.

When the three-month game was over, the league suddenly discovered that there were two teams that had the possibility of hitting 70 wins.

The Nuggets have 67 wins and 8 losses, and it is almost certain that they will exceed the threshold of 70 wins.

The other team is the Grizzlies.

Their current record is 64 wins and 11 losses, and they also have the possibility of hitting 70 wins.

If someone said last year that the Nuggets or Grizzlies were capable of 70 wins this season, others would definitely spit on him.

he~tui, think I don't know how to play ball?

But this season, this kind of thing really happened in front of everyone.

(End of this chapter)