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Although the conflict between DeMarcus Cousins ​​and Dwight Howard was stopped, there is no doubt that the open conflict between the two made other teammates worried about it.

A super team may not necessarily be defeated by the outside world, but it can easily fall apart due to internal conflicts.

After arriving in the locker room, Knicks coach Norman Thomas personally stepped forward to persuade the two. Zhao Feiyang also joined in as the team leader. In order to save time, he told Coach Thomas that he would deal with Cousins, while the other party would persuade Howard.

The two hit it off.

Coach Thomas really wants it. Cousins' temper really gives him a headache, and because his status in the league is not high enough, Cousins ​​has repeatedly shown that he is not convinced.

If it weren't for a top star like Zhao Feiyang to dominate the team, Cousins ​​​​would have stood up and expressed his dissatisfaction long ago under normal circumstances!

"Zhao, hurry up and tell him! We still have the second half of the game to play..."

"clear."

Zhao Feiyang quickly pulled Cousins ​​​​out of the locker room. He specially found a place where no one was around and sat down side by side with Cousins ​​​​to rest.

At this time, Cousins' face was still ugly.

"DeMarcus! Calm down... Man, can you tell me what's going on? Why are you and Dwight having a conflict?"

"This damn bastard...Zhao, I get angry whenever I mention him..."

Cousins ​​quickly explained the reason for the conflict between the two.

It turned out that during an attack in the second half of the second quarter, Cousins ​​took the initiative to move up to the high post for a pick-and-roll in order to help Zach LaVine cover. He signaled Howard to be careful of Brandon Ingram on the wing. Unexpectedly, Howard was careless and his defender was always in the other direction, allowing Ingram to successfully sneak into the basket and score a goal.

Such errors are not serious, but they undoubtedly should not occur.

Cousins ​​complained about this, but Howard was dissatisfied and responded directly to him, "That's your defender, what does it have to do with me? Don't blame all the damn mistakes on me..." "

Cousins ​​was very dissatisfied at the time, but the game was too fast and there was not much time left for him to argue with Howard.

From that point on, Howard stopped cooperating with Cousins. The two were still very defensive in the paint, but the connection between them became less and less.

At the end of the second quarter, Dennis Smith Jr. rushed to the basket with the ball. He originally passed the ball to Cousins. Unexpectedly, Howard was faster and rushed forward to steal the ball.

What's worse is that the goal hasn't been scored yet.

Originally, if Dennis Jr. had made a wonderful pass to Cousins ​​​​under the basket, both sides could have taken advantage of the opponent's defensive gap to score a sneak attack.

It's a pity that everything was ruined because of Howard!

After the second quarter ended, Cousins ​​became more and more unhappy as he walked to the tunnel, so he approached Howard to reason.

Howard also changed his usual smiling temper and responded unhappily to Cousins. In this way, conflicts accumulated and exploded.

After hearing Cousins ​​describe what happened between the two of them, Zhao Feiyang calmed down and fell into deep thought.

He knew very well that this was just a one-sided statement by the other party. The truth would have to wait until he got in touch with Howard to fully judge.

After all, people always describe things in a direction that favors them.

"DeMarcus, I'm curious, did you say anything unpleasant when you first approached Dwight..."

Zhao Feiyang has played with Howard for such a long time, and he also knows something about this guy who has a personality like a "sunny boy".

Although he is a playboy and has a more "colorful" life off the court, his teammates get along relatively harmoniously on weekdays.

Under normal circumstances, the possibility of direct conflict between Howard and his teammates is too small!

Unless Cousins ​​said some ugly words when questioning Howard! In this case, it is not difficult to understand why Howard broke the defense!

"DeMarcus, I have always been happy to play on the same team with you! You are the kind of teammate I expected. Even if there are many doubts about you from the outside world, I am still happy to play with you. Fight alongside......."

"I don't know if things are what you said, but I believe you are by no means a difficult guy! Everyone has a temper! Everyone has a bad mood! These are nothing... In the past Just let it pass!"

"I hope you remember that our goal is a championship. If we want to achieve this goal, we must do our best to cooperate and there must not be a situation of infighting within the team... The fortress is always broken from within. ..."

Zhao Feiyang spoke a long paragraph to Cousins ​​in a soft voice.

His patient attitude also made Cousins ​​calm down a lot.

"Zhao, I understand!"

"I will try my best to exercise restraint. I can't 100% guarantee that there will be no problems with that guy, but I promise I will never make the first move..."

After Cousins ​​said this, Zhao Feiyang stopped chatting with him. The half-time break is only 15 minutes. The team has more important tasks to arrange, but they cannot delay on this for too long.

The two quickly returned to the locker room.

When they returned to the locker room, Coach Thomas seemed to have achieved results. Howard stopped being cold-faced after his persuasion. He seemed to be no different from before the conflict, but when he saw Cousins, Howard directly Turn your head to the other side.

Zhao Feiyang and Coach Thomas exchanged glances, and both of them knew that the matter was temporarily resolved! So Coach Thomas quickly deployed new tactics and made adjustments to the lineup.

"Now we are 7 points ahead! If we can't hold on in the second half, we may lose..."

"We had a lot of problems on the defensive end before, especially against LeBron... Now I have to make adjustments..."

beep.

The second half came for both sides.

The two sides once again walked out of the player tunnel, and it seemed that nothing had changed. The morale of both teams was pretty good.

However, what the Knicks didn't expect was that as early as when Howard and Cousins ​​were getting involved, reporters had already secretly taken photos. Before the second half even started, this big news was already being deliberately hyped on the Internet.

For a time, fans in both Los Angeles and New York were stunned!

No one expected that such a thing would happen behind the seemingly united Knicks team!

"This guy DeMarcus is at it again! Looks like he's going to destroy the Knicks!"

"This guy's temper is explosive. Scouts warned him about this before he entered the NBA... It seems that he has not changed after so many seasons..."

"If I were Scott, the general manager of the Knicks, I would definitely send DeMarcus away... This is simply a time bomb for the team..."