new lord of the rings

Chapter 40 Madison Square Garden: Where Miracles Happen

On February 2014, 2, the Warriors came to the Big Apple City of New York with the power of a big victory.

About 90 years ago, a jazz musician sang: There are so many apples on the tree of success, but if you pick New York City, you pick the biggest apple! (There are many apples on the success tree, but when you pick New York City, you pick the Big Apple.)
Therefore, people affectionately call New York the Big Apple City.

I don’t know if you will be successful in New York, but if you just mean making a lot of money, then you will be very successful.

The salary of the New York Knicks this season is the second in the league, and the No. 7148 team is the Nets. The luxury tax threshold is 3046 million US dollars. The Nets have exceeded 8719 million, ranking first in the league. Love will pay a luxury tax of [-] million U.S. dollars for this. Such a terrifying tax amount ranks first in NBA history.

The Knicks are also rich and powerful, and have always ignored the luxury tax. The current salary of the team has reached 8746.0536 million US dollars, exceeding the luxury tax threshold of 1598 million US dollars. For this reason, the team will pay at least 4291 million US dollars in luxury. Tax.

Great success, great success!
But the Knicks, who have spent so much money, are still on the verge of the playoffs by halfway through the season, and are currently ranked ninth in the Eastern Conference.

The boss said: Please call me a fool!

Madison Square Garden Madison Square Garden.

Where Miracles Happen:

1995年3月29日，身穿45号球衣的乔丹37投21中轰下55分；
2008年3月5日晚上，勒布朗-詹姆斯砍下50分10助8个篮板；
2009年2月3日，科比布莱恩特全场31投19中，20罚20中，狂砍61分；
2009年2月5日，詹姆斯30投16中，再一次轰下52分，并有9板11助；
2013年02月27日，史蒂芬库里三分球13投11中，全场拿下54分。

When you see the turbulent flow of people at the entrance of Madison Square Garden, you will know why the Knicks are so stupid, oh no, so rich and powerful.

If Ge Erye from the village came here, he would definitely say with emotion: I have lived to be 80 years old, and I have seen as many people as I have seen today.

This is probably why the superstars come here, as if they have been beaten with chicken blood, and insist on pulling out all the stops to fiddle with it, get a high score, and put on some great performances.

And the audience at Madison Square Garden would come to support whenever superstars come, which roughly means: Come to Madison Square Garden to perform, please start your performance!
Zhang Xin didn't intend to score a high score at Madison Square Garden. In his opinion, although this matter was not boring, it was not interesting either. It was just that the poor Knicks always became the background every time.

Knicks: Hey, are you pitying us millionaires?

Zhang Xin was warming up quietly on the field, but the audience was not quiet. Zhang Xinye is the most magnificent Zhang Xinye. How could Zhang Xin make him deserted when he came over? Facts have proved that most people in this world look at faces. A person whose face only looks at the soul is likely to be surrounded by ugly people, and will be beaten to death to be honest.

"Ah? Zhang Xin! Zhang Xin, I love you!"

"Zhang Xin! You stay with me, Taylor is not suitable for you!"

Zhang Xin: ...

Zhang Xin was lowering his head to pick up the basketball that Thompson had ejected from the iron. Just as he bent down to pick it up, he stepped on the basketball with a pair of big feet.

Zhang Xin looked up: Yo, it's JR Shi, who is insane, oh, no, it's JR Smith.

Zhang Xin chuckled.

"Are you that rookie?" JR Smith looked arrogant.

Sure enough, he is not an ordinary person, and he can't be provoked!
Zhang Xin nodded with a smile: Mom said, you can't play with the idiots, and you want to go away.

"I'm going to call you Grandpa tonight!"

Hey, the export is extraordinary, and the three generations of the Zhang family can be humiliated with just one mouthful.

Zhang Xin's face remained unchanged: "JR, did you go to college?"

JR Smith was taken aback: How did he know that I didn't go to college? JR Smith shook his head.

"Then you don't read many general books, do you?" Zhang Xin asked.

JR Smith: Is this person sick? I will provoke him. He will ask me if I have read a lot.

"Well, Mr. Gorky said: Books are the ladder of human progress. There is nothing wrong with saying this, but the topic is too big. In my opinion, reading is more a personal matter."

JR Smith was stunned.

Zhang Xin went on to say: "The biggest shortcoming of a person who reads little is that he cannot correctly understand his emotions. For example, he feels very happy when he is praised by others for doing a good deed, but if you ask him why he is happy, He'll tell you that someone complimented him. Do you know why he's happy, JR?"

JR Smith: How would I know.

"People who read a lot will know that this is the need for respect and self-actualization in Maslow's hierarchy of needs. Oh, do you know Maslow's hierarchy of needs?"

JR Smith was stunned.

"Then do you know why you provoked me?" Zhang Xin asked.

"That's because I don't like you!" JR Smith said, finally being able to talk, it was not easy.

"Because you are jealous of me. Look, you don't even know where your emotions come from." Zhang Xin spread his hands.

"There is a good book in China called "University". There are four words in it that I give you, which are called sincerity and righteousness, which means that you must really know how your inner emotions come from and analyze them. You have to seek sincerity in order to be correct without chaos.”

JR Smith is still in a daze.

Zhang Xin shrugged, you see, people who don't read can't even understand other people's words.

JR Smith walked back with a dazed expression. After walking a few steps, he turned his head abruptly: "Zhang Xin! Although I don't know what you are talking about, you must be humiliating me. I must teach you a lesson tonight!"

Zhang Xin's face straightened, he thought he could reason, but he didn't expect to do it anyway?
Curry, Green, Thompson and other teammates gathered around and glared at JR Smith. Zhang Xin lowered his head, shook his shoulders, and said in a low voice:
"Is it true that being handsome means being envied by others?"

Curry Green Thompson et al:  …

JR Smith: ...

People are decent people, but their words are not serious.

Curry, Green, Thompson and others comforted Zhang Xin: There are always some people who are jealous of other people’s good looks, but most of them are people with a good attitude. Not good looking? ...Anyway, if JR Smith dares to humiliate you tonight, you can beat him hard, and we all support you!
Zhang Xin looks up at the sky: So this is why miracles often happen at Madison Square Garden?You hate someone who is strong, you hate someone who is famous, and you hate me because I am handsome. Lu Xun said: Miracles will always happen if there are too many people who hate you!That being the case, let's see: who will the heavens spare!
Game start.

Warriors starters: Stephen Curry, Klay Thompson, Harrison Barnes, Andrew Bogut, Dreaming Green.

Knicks starters: Carmelo Anthony, Raymond Felton, Amare Stoudemire, Tyson Chandler, JR Smith.

The two sides jumped the ball in the middle circle. JR Smith saw that there was no Zhang Xin in the starting lineup, and turned around and smiled contemptuously at Zhang Xin.

Zhang Xin laughed out loud, this JR Smith is really interesting.

The Knicks got the ball, and Felton took the ball steadily across the half court. He couldn't be fast, because this team really couldn't get up fast. Stoudemire's knee is half disabled. It was only then that he returned to the starting lineup, and the former bully was no longer domineering.

Although halfway through, the Knicks' grades were not good, but Little Melon Anthony still had a calm smile on his face. He seemed to have never been sad, relaxed and confident, and regarded the game as a plaything. This kind of player often Super talented, with a big heart.

The current rhythm of the Knicks is slow, with less than 90 rounds per game. The slow rhythm is among the top 5 in the league, only faster than the Grizzlies, Hornets, Nets and Bulls. The contrast is really stark, even Bogut is much faster than them when he is on the court.

Anthony doesn't say how strong he is in leading the team, but he is indeed strong in singles. Green is an all-round defender who can defend from position one to position five. However, it is still difficult to limit against Anthony:

He can lift his butt on the right waist to catch the ball against Green, and then turn around and jump directly;
You can also make offensive and defensive transitions and hit three-pointers;
You can also catch the ball in the low post against Green, hit it twice and three times, and then turn over and make a jump shot;
Can also change direction with the ball straight to the bottom of the basket.

Relying on one person, you can play against the Warriors. After half a quarter, the score between the two sides is 18:16. The Warriors temporarily lead by three points. Zhang Xin and Iguodala replaced Bogut and Barnes.

JR Smith was very excited to see Zhang Xin playing, walked over and clapped his hands vigorously in front of Zhang Xin: "You idiot, you dare to come up at last!"

Zhang Xin smiled and shook his head.

The Warriors had the ball, Zhang Xin began to move, JR Smith entangled tightly, and kept squeezing Zhang Xin with his body, but Zhang Xin didn't care, this physical confrontation was nothing, compared to Jimmy Butler, it seemed crazy It's easy to pull hard.Zhang Xin is like a fish swimming in the water. With the help of the dense aquatic plants in the water, Zhang Xin came and went quickly. After a few screens, he got rid of JR Smith and came to the bottom corner to catch Iguodala's pass and hit a three-pointer.

Going back, JR Smith signaled to Felton to play a single letter, and Felton gave the ball to JR Smith with a smile.

JR Smith holds the ball at the top of the arc, and Zhang Xin is ready to fight. JR Smith has a weird personality and often does some incomprehensible things at critical moments. For example, in the 18th season, the first game between the Cavaliers and the Warriors was tied at the end. JR Smith grabbed the offensive rebound, took the ball outside instead of shooting, and exhausted the rest of the time, which shocked the world. However, JR Smith's strength is undeniable. No.

Zhang Xin didn't dare to underestimate him. He raised his left hand and prepared to interfere with the dribble with his right hand. JR Smith quickly dribbled the ball under his crotch, looking for Zhang Xin's flaws.

JR Smith made a breakthrough on the left side, and when Zhang Xin shifted his center of gravity a little, he immediately pulled back quickly. The movement was like lightning, and it was indeed very fast, and he suddenly surpassed Zhang Xin by half a body.

Zhang Xin was unhurried, raised his left hand high, and walked fast and densely, closely following JR Smith's side.

The official height of JR Smith is 198cm, which may actually be a little shorter. It is not uncommon for NBA players to falsely report their height. Zhang Xin’s height is actually 203cm. The pressure on JR Smith is still relatively large. Dare to go hard, and bring it back to the outside line to attack again.

Zhang Xin followed closely and did not give room for a breakthrough. JR Smith suddenly left and right, Zhang Xin played steadily and withstood JR Smith's breakthrough. Seeing that the time was coming to 24 seconds, JR Smith could only retreat one by one in desperation. One step away from the three-point shot, Zhang Xin raised his left hand high, jumped up, and slammed the ball that JR Smith had just shot towards the audience, causing the audience to scream.

JR Smith's black face flushed.

Zhang Xin asked with a smile: "How do you feel now? Do you know why?"

JR Smith: Again trying to say something I don't understand...

(End of this chapter)