"Of course I think we can win this season. Does that mean? We are now only one win away from fourth in the East. With so many games left in the season, it means we are very It is possible to climb to the top three positions in the east, maybe second in the east, or first in the east, this is possible, when we really climb to the first position in the east, i don't think you guys will ask questions like this. Right?"

The enthusiasm of this round table continues, and as a Knicks player, it is natural to be asked the same question.

Stoudemire didn't think much about it, and nodded, why couldn't he win the championship? Just because their second position is too weak? Does the bench have a reliable substitute? And Felton is overrated?

But are these problems?

The Pistons in 2004 have been questioned about not having superstars! They did not win the final championship!

There is also the 2006 Heat team, which is considered to be very likely to be swept by the Mavericks in the finals. What is the result? This team completed the craziest reversal show in the history of the NBA Finals!

Therefore, no matter any team, even the final championship team, before it has truly become a championship, it will be questioned.

Moreover, these experts only talk about the weaknesses of the Knicks, but ignore their strengths!

In the five games he has partnered with Yi Jianlian, it's just that the two of them averaged nearly 60 points per game. Isn't this stat that rarely achieved in the league? The closest should be the Thunder's Kevin Durant and Westbrook. The combined scoring averages of the two of them are about 53 points. This score is still nearly 7 points less than theirs.

What does 7 points per game mean?

This is already a good role player!

This is just the difference between the Thunder duo, which is the closest to their overall score, and theirs. The duo of other teams are even more different from them, and some are even more than 15 points apart.

What does it mean to average 15 points per game?

Manu Ginobili, known as one of the best sixth men in history, his scoring average is only about this number!

This is their advantage!

And this advantage was ignored by those experts!

"There are many good teams this year, such as the Chicago Bulls, the Spurs, and of course the Heat's Big Three. Although they had some problems at the beginning of the season, they played a wave of 8-game winning streak afterwards. They are also slowly catching up. These are very strong opponents. I think we will encounter great difficulties, but I believe that we still have the strength to compete for the championship. At least, they are not as unfavorable as voting in the round table. Optimistic!"

Yi Jianlian also answered this question. His tone was not as strong as Stoudemire, but he also expressed his dissatisfaction with the results of the round table. In his opinion, even if the Knicks do not have absolute championship strength this year, they should not be like the round table. As reflected, it is not so optimistic!

But it's useless if they say more, the show has already been broadcast, and all they can do now is to slap these guys crazy in the face by constantly moving forward!

***

The Knicks continued to maintain a strong posture in the following time. After their five consecutive victories, they grabbed three more victories and extended their winning streak to eight games.

With these three victories, the Knicks finally squeezed out the fourth-ranked Magic team and ranked in the top four in the Eastern Conference.

When the day when the rankings officially changed, many New York fans posted "cry" emoticons in related news...

It's not easy! The ranking of the top four in the East is really too tiring for New York fans. Although they made the playoffs five years ago, they were ranked seventh in the East and entered the playoffs at that time. Fourth, the upper circle that can gain home court advantage is far away.

It is also sad to think about it. As the most prosperous city in the United States, the New York Knicks have finally climbed the upper circle in the east since 2000 and until today.

Looking at this ranking from this perspective, it is not difficult to understand that some Knicks fans will make a "crying" expression. They will not really cry because of this ranking, but their mood is definitely a bit mixed, especially There are some old fans. When the Knicks ranked in the top four in the Eastern Conference last time, it was impossible to think that the Knicks would re-enter the top four in the Eastern Conference after a lapse of more than ten years!

It is worth mentioning that after the Magic were squeezed to fifth place in the Eastern Conference by the Knicks, they were quickly squeezed behind by the Miami Heat. The Heat, who became the bottom of the Eastern Conference at the beginning of the season, finally went through a difficult run-in period. Back on track, they, like the Knicks, have had a record of complete victories in the last few games, and the number of winning streaks has also been increased to 11 after these victories.

This is currently the only team in the league that has won more than double digits in a row!

This also proves how daunting it is for the team to have multiple superstars~lightnovelpub.net~ Even if they perform poorly for a while, once they develop their own chemistry, then their dominance It can definitely surpass the average strong team by a big margin.

The third place in the East is the Bucks. After losing Yi Jianlian, their overall strength has dropped by several times. In the last ten games, 7 of them have been lost. If it weren't for a wave at the beginning of the season. The dominance of the high-profile record, as far as the speed of their loss, has long since fallen to the seventh and eighth position in the east.

As it is now, it is still firmly in the third place in the east.

It’s just that the number of wins between the Knicks and the Bucks is less than 2 games. This is the current trend. Before the arrival of the "Christmas War", the Knicks can successfully complete their overtakes against the Bucks. Rushing to the fourth place, and fourth in the Eastern Conference, the Bucks should stay there soon, and the Heat will overtake them in two days at most!

By that time, the semi-finals in the East have become the Bulls, Celtics, Knicks, and Heat!

If you compare it with the same period last season, the Eastern Conference Final Four except the Celtics this season, the other three teams have been replaced by new teams, and the change rate has reached a terrifying 70%. Five!

"From the constant transfer of heavyweight players this summer, we can actually predict that this year's Eastern Conference, especially the top four in the Eastern Conference, will undergo tremendous changes, but no one expected that the changes will be so large. This is absolutely It has been a year for the league to be updated, but at least so far, we still don’t know how far-reaching the impact this change can have!"

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