After winning the New York Derby for the first time in the new season.
Next, the Knicks won two more home games in a row.
They defeated the Cavaliers, who had LeBron James leave, and the Raptors, who had Chris Bosh leave.
In these two games, Bai Feng scored 11 points, 3 rebounding and 4 assists, and 9 points, 5 rebounding and 5 assists.
The data was still acceptable, but it was not outstanding.
Faced with these two teams that had lost their core, had not been reinforced, and had no two towers in the paint, Stoudemire finally showed his strong dominance. He scored 63 points and 32 rebounded in one attack in two games. It was brutal!
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Three consecutive victories in the beginning, ranked first in the Eastern Region!
Such a record made the Knicks fans boil.
After all, they had not seen the team have such a dream start in years.
However, the fans were not blindly optimistic. They also knew that the reason why the Knicks could win three consecutive games was entirely because of the good start of the schedule. The three opponents they encountered were basically the three weakest in the Eastern Conference.
In fact, the Knicks didn't have much to praise except for a few players.
Stoudemire was the fans 'favorite player. He played passionately on the court, with explosive statistics. The way he would slam dunks whenever he had the chance was even more beautiful.
Bai Feng was a player that the coaching staff liked. He always did the right thing on the court. He was decisive and did not drag things out. He could basically stand in the right position every time and play very reasonably. This also created his extremely high efficiency.
But in reality, the entire team's configuration was not reasonable. The team did not have a good overall system, and there was no chemical reaction between the players.
In any case, the Knicks didn't have enough strength to play against even a medium-strength team.
The real test would come next!
The fourth game was still at home, but their opponent was the incomparably powerful Chicago Bulls!
This was a strong team that had overthrown the three giants of the Heat on the first day of the opening game. Now, they also had a record of 3 wins and 0 losses, tied with the Knicks for first place in the Eastern Conference.
On the surface, this was a competition for the first place in the Eastern Conference, but in reality, it was a game between two teams with vastly different strengths.
Although the Chicago Bulls were only ranked eighth in the Eastern Conference last season and were eliminated in the first round of the playoffs, that was because the team had undergone a huge change in personnel last season. This season, the Bulls, who had established a lineup and system, returned strongly under the leadership of the super guard Ross, who continued to grow rapidly.
On the first day of the season, they overthrew the arrogant three giants of the Heat. Then, they beat the strong Celtics and Hawks.
It could be said that the Bulls 'three victories were very valuable, in stark contrast to the Knicks' three-game winning streak.
As the leader of the Bulls, Ross had an average of 29 points, 4 rebounding and 8 assists in these three games, playing at the level of a superstar.
With such a mature Bulls team, there was even reason for fans to believe that they would become one of the biggest groups to stop the Heat's Big Three in the Eastern Conference!
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Facing such a strong team, the New York fans naturally did not have any thoughts about their team. After all, the gap was too obvious.
But even so, tickets to the home game were still hard to come by.
On the night of the game, the fans entered the stadium early. Before the game even started, they were already talking about it.
"Ah, the Knicks 'winning streak is coming to an end. To be honest, this past week has been the most surprising week of my fan life.”
"Yeah, three consecutive wins in the beginning is nothing, but for the Knicks over the years, this is a miracle.”
"It doesn't matter if we win or lose. At least this year, I see hope for the Knicks to rebuild.”
"That's right. We've already lost a lot anyway. What's the big deal about losing another season?”
"Losing to the Bulls isn't shameful. Their lineup is too strong.”
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In fact, it wasn't just the fans who thought this way. The players and coaching staff of the Knicks probably thought so too.
It wasn't that the Knicks had no fighting spirit. Against some weaker teams, or even medium-strength teams, head coach D'Antoni or team leader Stoudemire would cheer everyone up before the game and shout the slogan of victory.
However, the Bulls had completely crushed the Knicks on paper. Most importantly, the Knicks were not systematic, but they were a complete team. How could they win in this situation?
Therefore, the mobilization slogan became: "Everyone, don't feel pressured. Just play normally. That's a strong team.”
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Once he returned to the arena, Bai Feng was still very indifferent.
Even though it was a day off yesterday, he and Fields had invited two female college students to stroll around Manhattan for a pleasant day. During this time, the boys and girls were all unrestrained.
However, when they arrived at the competition venue, Bai Feng immediately changed into a different person and entered his competition state.
It was a calm state that was extremely stable and difficult to produce any emotional fluctuations.
In this state, regardless of whether the opponent was strong or weak, Bai Feng only had one mode, and that was to go on stage and make the most reasonable choice.
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