NBA: No. 1 Forward

On January 24, the Knicks continued to sit at home, this time against the Dallas Mavericks.

For some unknown reason, Jason Kidd did not come to New York with the Dallas Mavericks in this game. With the Dallas Mavericks lacking the main point guard, Lian Dao originally wanted to have a chance to win the game at home.

Hmm... Lian Dao thought a little too much.

In this game, the Dallas Mavericks were not affected by the lack of main point guards. Nowitzki broke out in Madison Square Garden and scored 36 points and 13 rebounds. Jason Terry scored 20 points and 4 rebounds. At the end of the quarter, Nowitzki showed great power, directly opened up the gap with a wave of offense, and led until the end of the game.

In the end, the Mavericks won the game 114:101.

The Knicks have also exposed their main problems recently, especially when they played against the Lakers and Mavericks. These two teams have star players inside and are very strong. The Knicks' insiders are at a disadvantage in these two games. It can be said that the basket was blown up by the opponent, and the protection of rebounds was not satisfactory.

Both David Lee and Millsap had nothing to do with Nowitzki. Milicic delivered food in the first half. Nowitzki made 5 fouls directly in the first half, and then the second half At the beginning of the third quarter, after being fouled by Jason Terry, the six fouls graduated.

There is no way, Nowitzki is too flexible to play, the key is a high golf quotient, how can the stubborn Milicic beat the old fox on the court.

Lian Dao scored a triple-double record of 32 points, 12 assists and 11 rebounds in this game. The statistics are still as impressive as usual, but so far the Knicks have very low chances of winning against teams that play hard inside.

The few victories were all won by Lian Dao's explosive three-pointer and high scores from outside.

But as time goes on, there will be fewer and fewer opportunities like this. Again, halfway through the season, basically everyone is familiar with the style of all teams, and now everyone is fighting for real hard power.

Especially once it enters the playoffs, it will be very different from the regular season, especially the defensive intensity is one level higher than the regular season.

Like the previous game against the Celtics, although the Knicks won, it does not mean that they will definitely beat the Celtics in the playoffs.

The first is that the Celtics didn't put much energy into the regular season.

When they really exert their strength is in the playoffs, they just ensure that they can enter smoothly in the regular season.

The second is the first time the Celtics and the Knicks have played against each other, and they are not familiar with Lian Dao's game style.

So it's normal to be underprepared and lose, but the playoffs are not a game.

Even if it is a sweep, it will be 4 games, so at that time it will be a real competition of strength.

On January 27, the Knicks, who had lost two straight at home, ushered in a rebound. When playing against the Timberwolves, the Knicks defeated the Timberwolves with a score of 126:103.

Kevin Love was attacked by Millsap and David Lee in this game, and Lian Dao treated his good brother DeMar DeRozan mercilessly.

Lian Dao, who clearly knew DeMar's weakness, was going to be anti-punching and not defensive in this game. DeMar hated the whole game and wanted to bite Lian Dao to death.

DeMar: Is that how you treat your best friend, your best buddy, your ex-teammate?

Yi Jianlian: I am more familiar with this than you.

At the end of the game, Lian Dao also took Demar to experience the nightclub culture in New York, and then gave away signed sneakers and treated guests, which made Demar feel a little lingering when he left.

Through this game, Lian Dao also saw that DeMar had a pretty good life in the cold Minnesota, at least he and Kevin Love were talking and laughing.

Could it be that this guy really belongs to a husky, and only in the cold northern region can he fully release his wisdom?

Of course, this is just a joke of Lian Dao. In history, after the Bulls, DeMar actually performed better. It can be said that DeMar has rejuvenated his second spring in Chicago.

Lian Dao was worried that DeMar would be unhappy in Minnesota because he had changed history, and his depression would break out early, so Lian Dao felt a lot of guilt in his heart.

But for now, the situation is not bad.

The root of DeMar's depression in history is mainly from his family. DeRozan's father suffers from severe kidney disease and his mother has lupus erythematosus. His parents live in Los Angeles, while DeRozan plays in faraway Canada. , This forced him to travel frequently, and spent a lot of money to take his parents to many places for medical treatment.

Some people say that DeRozan is the player with the longest flight distance in the NBA. The big reason is that he often travels from Toronto to Los Angeles to take care of his parents.

Now the distance from Minnesota to Los Angeles is 2,600 kilometers, which seems to be not much different from the distance from Toronto to Los Angeles. Toronto to Los Angeles is 3,500 kilometers.

The second is that in history his wife left him with two children, which hit DeMar very hard.

Another point is that DeRozan's career is not too smooth. Although he helps the Raptors enter the next game every year, he was eliminated by the thirty-year-old LeBron in the playoffs for three consecutive years, which also made him a member of the league. The **** of jokes, which may have exacerbated his condition.

At least after he goes to the west, there will be no curse like Lao Zhan in history.

After the game, nba officially announced the 2010 All-Star bench list, as well as the head coaches of the two star teams.

According to NBA rules, the All-Star substitutes are decided by the coaches of the two teams, while the selection of the head coach is based on the first-half records of the Eastern and Western teams.

The head coach on the east side is Stan Van Gundy, and the head coach on the west side is George Karl.

In addition to Lian Dao, the Knicks have another player who entered the All-Star team, David Lee. He replaced Iverson and entered the All-Star bench. Iverson did not attend this year's All-Star team because of his daughter's illness. .

In addition to participating in the All-Star Game, Lian Dao will also participate in the Rookie Challenge. At the same time, Stern hopes that Lian Dao will participate in this year's dunk contest and three-point shooting contest.

Lian Dao originally only wanted to participate in the All-Star Game and the Rookie Challenge, and then spend the All-Star Weekend happily.

After all, this year's All-Star Weekend just happened to be in time for the Chinese New Year, and he had to work during the New Year. This was a bit unacceptable to Lian Dao. He originally planned to reject it outright.

But the system came out to do things at this time.

System release task: (immediately, can be rejected)

Compete in the dunk contest and three-point shooting contest.

Reward: Winning the champion can receive 1 point of bounce attribute and 2 points of three-point attribute.

This reward really tempted Lian Dao. Although there are not many attribute points, Lian Dao's two attribute values ​​are above 90 points. It will be very difficult to increase every point in the future, and it will take a lot of training time.

Especially the jumping has reached the upper limit of 94, even if the training can't improve, this 1 point of jumping attribute can directly break through the upper limit and reach 95.

Therefore, Lian Dao accepted the task without even thinking about it, and at the same time directly agreed to Stern, and then signed up for the three-point shooting contest and dunk contest with the league.

weekend? What kind of weekend, only those who don't work hard will spend the weekend. A pillar of society like me doesn't need to spend the All-Star Weekend.

After Stern hung up the phone, he also showed a gratified smile. He really deserves to be one of the players he is optimistic about, young man, it is very face-saving.

It is worth mentioning that just before the start of the All-Star Game, Lian Dao's endorsement contracts skyrocketed. During this period, Lian Dao signed three contracts worth nearly ten million yuan. Lian Dao finalized the contract before the All-Star Game.

Lian Dao also knew what these merchants meant, so he could get the most publicity in the All-Star Game.

Fortunately, some time ago, the little senior sister set up a broker team for Lian Dao, and this time the broker team also came in handy.

China Telecom 100 million yuan in 4 years; PICC 80 million yuan in 4 years; jeep 20 million US dollars in 5 years;

The three contracts ~www.mtl.com~ are worth $46 million in total.

In addition, the sneaker contract signed with Anta was 70 million U.S. dollars for 5 years.

There are also Gucci sunglasses that were previously signed as endorsements.

In 2010, Lian Dao's advertising endorsement income alone reached 26 million US dollars.

Of course, this is before tax, and of course not so much after tax.

It can be said that only James and Kobe can surpass Lian Dao in terms of endorsement contracts. Even Yao Ming has not reached so much.