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Chapter 768 A Disturbed Season

Wilson is expected to miss more than two months.

Louie will not bring him back until he is fully recovered.

The Knicks' main position suddenly became vacant.

How to fill the vacancy left by Wilson is the focus of Louie's work afterwards.

First of all, he won't make a player a long-term starter.He decided to adopt a rotation system, so that every small forward in the team has the opportunity to start the game. In this way, their ability can be tested without making them think about the starting position, and it can also increase the competition within the team.

After the All-Star Weekend, the Knicks played against the Indiana Pacers in the first game of the rematch.

In the early 80s, the Pacers, who were unable to complete the reconstruction due to various ghost operations that were difficult for Louis to understand, ushered in a change after selecting Danny Manning a few years ago.

Last season, they got Mucci Blaylock, paired with the star bodyguards Oakley and Horace Grant, they quickly rose in the East and grew into a force that cannot be ignored.

Against the Pacers, Louie started Reggie Williams at the three.

Without Wilson, the Knicks' peripheral aggressiveness dropped significantly.

Even Ewing is not used to it.

On the other hand, the Pacers, with the idea of ​​winning if they don't lose more, fought hard with the Knicks.

Blaylock's defense made it hard for Stockton.

He was like a robber. In the four quarters, he broke Stockton 3 times and made 8 steals in the game.

Coupled with Manning's 41 points and 7 rebounds in a single game, the Knicks unexpectedly lost to the Pacers.

In the next game, the Knicks will meet a strong opponent again.

The opponent, the Lakers, gave them two consecutive losses with a perfect performance.

Jeff Hornacek and the tragedy division partnered up almost perfectly, scoring 24 points to help the team beat the old team.

Hornacek also received his third championship ring in this game.

The Knicks, who have suffered a losing streak, urgently need a venting point.

Unfortunately, the knight was hitting the muzzle of the gun.

That game, Louie started Stevens.

From offense to defense, the Knicks have no intention of relaxing.

Stevens seized the rare performance opportunity and contributed a quasi triple-double in 29 minutes.

The most outrageous thing is that it is not rebounds or assists that limit his triple-double, but scoring.

He scored 7 points, 10 rebounds and 11 assists.

Both Ewing and Miller were crazy in this game.

One scored 22 points with 50 shots, and the other hit 10 three-pointers in a single game and scored 38 points.

148 is better than 78
"Basketball fans, if you haven't seen "The Silence of the Lambs," I would suggest you review the Knicks-Cleveland game first. The Knicks' performance in these 48 minutes is far more terrifying than Anthony Hopkins' 16 minutes as Hannibal."

The Knicks need to get used to not having Wilson on the floor.

In terms of statistics, Wilson is not as good as Ewing in scoring, and his assists are not as good as Stockton's. Rodman is even ahead of the defense.

But he is an indispensable figure in the Knicks dynasty.

Wilson can bring a sense of stability far beyond Ewing to his teammates.

Because Ewing has never been Sampson's opponent, and although Wilson often falls into a disadvantage when facing the tragedian, Jordan, and Bird, he can always use his tenacious personal will and superb skills to play a well-matched situation.

After 1988, the scenes of Wilson being blown out became less and less.

He can play against those superstars, sometimes playing 48 minutes with energy, leading the murderous press to give the team an advantage in the stalemate, while being extremely selfless, knowing exactly what Louie needs from him on the court and having strong execution.

Louie never looked at Wilson's stats.

Like Bird, data is the most inconspicuous thing on him.

Now that he's injured, the Knicks have to find their own way.

This way out is to revolve around the two lines of Ewing and Miller, and then rely on the strong lineup depth to establish an advantage.

As for Wilson's replacement, starting with Reggie Williams, Louis changed one every game like choosing a concubine.

Stevens' instigation ability is surprising; Williams' versatility, Louis has long known, but he is impatient, so Louis dare not let him play more; Doug West's defense is one of the biggest surprises this year.

In one game, Louie played Miller at the three and Ainge started at the two.

Once they put this lineup, the opponent is happy.

There are no strong defenders in the backcourt or on the flanks. Ainge and Stockton have a lot of tricks, but the tricks can only work for a while.

The Knicks lost that game.

Since then, Louis has never let Angie and Miller appear at the same time.

With no competition, Ewing's field goal numbers dropped from 22 to 19 per game, and his scoring average remained steady at 28.4 points per game.

He sees it through.

In terms of scoring, let alone compare with Sampson, if Wilson is allowed to let go of the brush, he will definitely not be able to compare.

Now that Wilson is injured, it means that he has locked in the team's scoring champion.

The antagonism brought on by Wilson's contract, with the former sidelined by injury, calmed Ewing.

Sean Kemp, Doug West and rookie wing Lionel Simmons became the biggest beneficiaries of Wilson's absence.

Kemp's scoring average rose to 18 points, West's average time increased by 7 minutes, and Simmons was finally no longer a resident on the DNP list.

At the end of February, against the Spurs, Louie finally remembered that there was still a small forward who hadn't played a starter.

That was their rookie Lionel Simmons.

The Spurs can rank among the top seven in the fiercely competitive West. Dominique Wilkins has contributed a lot. After leaving the Lakers, he dominated the Spurs, enjoying the highest ball possession rate in history, and scored several seasons averaging 28-30 points per game.

He can play, and he can win. The Spurs have no hope of winning the championship, and there is no worry about making it to the playoffs.

Simmons showed characteristics that were not shown on the team.

He's an all-around small forward.

The impact is very strong, the rebounding ability exceeds the level of the same position, the defensive anticipation is extremely good, and the organizational ability.

His biggest problem on the court is shooting, and he is not a threat outside the free throw line.

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He showed all the features he could.

In addition to the problems on the court, he also has problems off the court.

He is different from other familiar blacks. Not only is he unfamiliar, he is also very silent and autistic, and rarely communicates with others.

Every time Louis gave him a lecture, he had to add at the end: "Did you hear that?"

Only when he nodded in confirmation could he be assured of letting him play.

If it was just that he was not good at communicating, Louis wouldn't be so worried. He also has a well-known hobby in the team, like playing video games.

Simmons was obsessed with Nintendo's portable game console, the Game Boy, as a child.

This is the most popular gift for kids this Christmas.

Except for Lu Wuxia, Louis had never met a second child who didn't like Game Boy.

Simmons' love for video games is almost morbid. As long as he doesn't play, he plays video games in the morning, at noon, in the afternoon, and before eating and going to bed.

Because of him, when the Knicks were playing away games, Louie specifically asked Mocha to sleep. Anyone who didn't sleep in the hotel on time would be banned for one game from the team.

In order to play Game Boy as much as possible, Simmons pretended to go to a nightclub to play with women. As a result, when he arrived, his teammates had only flesh and blood, and he was the only one facing junk food, eating with one hand and playing Game Boy with the other.

The story made Simmons famous.

The most outrageous thing is that because Simmons was too involved in playing video games, he also developed one of the most bizarre injuries in NBA history-tendinitis caused by video games.

Simmons played well in the first game, and Louie intends to increase his playing time to cultivate him, but this unsatisfactory thing missed the game due to tendonitis.

Because Louis' principle is not to fight if there is an injury.

While Simmons was recovering from his injury, he still played video games non-stop.

Louis has nothing to say about such a player.

If the Knicks were rebuilding, he might put more energy into Simmons.But the Knicks are not unavailable, and he doesn't mind Simmons being ruined because of this. In addition to focusing on the growth of rookies, there are more important things waiting for him.

It was Louie's most distracted season since joining New York.

From the beginning of the confrontation between Ewing and Wilson, to the injury of the latter, he changed the starting position of the small forward position in different ways, but still had various problems.

The Knicks, who had only lost 4 games before the All-Star break, lost 30 of their next 8 games.

On April 4, Wilson officially returned, and the Knicks immediately won six consecutive victories, ending with a record of 10 wins and 68 losses.

(End of this chapter)