The Knicks have 13 regular season games to play in April. As long as they win 8 of them, they will firmly be ranked first in the league. After winning 7 games, they will firmly be ranked first in the Eastern Conference, which seems not difficult for the defending champions.

But D'Antoni did not dare to be blindly optimistic. Although the schedule in April is not difficult, the opponents are very strong. They will have to play against the Bulls twice this month, and they will also play against the Heat, Magic, Celtics, Pacers, Hawks and Clippers one after another. These teams are all strong teams that have been confirmed to enter the playoffs. It is not easy for the Knicks to defeat these difficult opponents.

On April 1, the Clippers' coach's prediction came true. This month, a large number of players will be attacked by injuries. The first unlucky guy born is the Clippers' sixth man, Nick Young. This guy accidentally pulled his calf in a fight. The injury is still unknown. Anyway, he was carried down at that time. This is naturally a blow to the Clippers, which has lost 6 players in the entire team!

Lakers fans were so happy that they had a three-game losing streak at the end of March. Especially when facing the Suns, Howard scored 38 points and 19 rebounds in a crazily manner against Robin Lopez, and beat the Suns center who performed well this season from head to toe, and also allowed Lakers fans to see the potential of their monsters.

After this battle, who dares to say that Howard's back-to-back singles are inefficient?

In this game, Warcraft's back-to-single-only efficiency in the inside was magical 10 of 12 shots, and he almost never missed his hand. This is not enough efficiency. He is obviously a dominant super center.

However, Lakers fans certainly don't understand the Chinese idiom "extreme joy leads to sadness". When they mocked the two point guards of the Clippers who were recovering from injuries and praised Howard's outstanding performance recently, a shocking news quietly dropped on their heads...

"Is Howard injured? Or was he carried down?" When Emperor Wu received the news, he was lying on the bed of shredded radish, holding a obviously longer blonde hair in his hand, feeling ache!

He knew very well that this hair should have in his bed, and there were more in Taylor Swift's house.

After hearing the news of Howard's injury, Lord Holy Master browsed the news of Howard's injury with displeasure, and muttered: "Two little bitches, wait to take the time to get out of your kung fu, we must deal with you well!"

The bad news about the Lakers came very suddenly. Howard missed one game in his entire career due to injury. He missed only five games in the past seven seasons. Except for one game because of a cold, the rest were on the day before the All-Star Weekend or the last day of the regular season. So no one could have thought that Mr. Superman, who is still under 27 years old, would become a member of the injury army this season.

Although both the Lakers and Howard insisted after the game that his back injury was just caused by soft tissue damage and it should be nothing serious, but he was worried that Howard was still prepared to undergo a detailed diagnosis from an expert the next day, and the current injury was unknown.

But for the Lakers, this is no longer a good sign. Howard is such a fucking guy, and he faces the danger of injury as soon as he arrives. This can only be said that the Lakers are in bad luck now. It seems that everyone will be unlucky when they come, and whoever leaves will become better?

Some Lakers fans even secretly complained, wondering if the team's luck was occupied by the boss alone, so he wouldn't be injured even if he fucked him? Howard was so beastly, why did he get injured if he said he was injured?

But regardless of whether Howard's injury is serious or not, at least in the next two weeks, the Lakers will face the embarrassment of not being Howard for the time being. At the same time, their playoff prospects are not optimistic. If they are ranked fifth in the West, they will play against the fourth-ranked Clippers in the playoffs. This was originally the result that the Lakers wanted most, because they are equivalent to playing 7 home games.

But if Howard is reimbursed at the end of the regular season or even the entire season, the Lakers may fall to sixth, even seventh and eighth places. At that time, the Purple and Gold Army will face the Spurs, Thunder and Grizzlies.

The Lakers will not win even if Howard is in the team. If Howard is not there at that time, it will basically be a first round of games.

"Would we want to let Hugo take a few games in April?" The New York media knelt down when they saw Howard, who was like a man. The first thought that arose in their hearts was not gloating. Instead, they were worried that their babies would have problems?

This makes them not worry. Average of 39 minutes per game is really a terrifying data in this shrinking season. Before the Knicks' first game in April, the New York Times took the lead in calling for "D'Antoni to increase the players' rest and learn from the Spurs."

D'Antoni did start to reduce the playing time of the main players, but the injury problem still hit. Fortunately, the injury was not the main player this time. Poor Space Yi injured his thigh in the game against the Pacers, becoming another unlucky guy in the league who was carried out.

But to put it bluntly, Space Yi's injury has not had much impact on the Knicks. His playing time in the second half of the schedule has been compressed. If D'Antoni had not given Wu Huang's face, he might not have given Space Yi playing time at all, because it would be inefficient to use him!

Wu Huang also acknowledged D'Antoni's employing strategy. He also knew that Monroe was much easier to use than Space Yi, especially Monroe consciously strengthened his offense in the penalty area this season, which made Space Yi, who could only float outside, even more advantageous. One of the two's shooting percentages was only 45%, and the other was 55%. The 10% in the middle was basically the gap between NBA and Ba. Moreover, Space Yi does not have the average three-point shooting ability at the league level, which makes him much less practical and it is difficult to compete with the young Monroe.

This injury also means that Space Yi has completely lost his position in the Knicks. Even if he returns from injury in the future, this team should not have his position.

D'Antoni expressed his regret for being vulnerable to space after the game, and then quickly recalled Whiteside, who averaged 14 rebounds and 5 blocks in the Development League that night.

The Knicks now need a new water dispenser patron saint. This brainless child is doing well in the Development League. I wonder how much he has improved this season?

New York media are glad that their injuries fell on the water dispenser. If sacrifices to a space can easily bring safety to the entire team, it would be worth it.

Los Angeles then heard news of Howard's detailed diagnosis, which made Lakers fans look dark because Howard's back injury was not optimistic and was probably much more serious than the initial diagnosis.

The Lakers conducted a preliminary examination of Howard four days ago, and was initially diagnosed with a back hernia. The doctor suggested that he inject drugs to relieve pain, first undergo conservative treatment, then check the recovery situation, and then decide whether further treatment is needed.

But unexpectedly, Howard's back injury is getting worse. The latest result is that the Los Angeles spinal surgeon experts and the Lakers medical team reached a consensus that it is necessary to operate, which also means that Howard is likely to be reimbursed for the season, which is the worst news for the Lakers.

So far, Howard has played in 620 NBA games, which is also a new record for all active center players in the first eight seasons. Even if it is not an exaggeration to say that this monster is the most resistant center player in NBA history. But it is such a steely monster who quickly encountered a serious injury crisis in his career after coming to Los Angeles. I don’t know if it is his own bad luck or the Lakers’ feng shui has been too bad in the past two years.

New York media still don't have time to gloat about this, because according to internal information from the Knicks, before the game against the Magic on April 5, Whiteside, who had just been transferred back from the Development League, was overly excited during the training game, and directly slapped his sister-in-law to the floor in a block. The poor Spaniard was carried out in the training hall and died very worthless!

After receiving the news, New York fans began to turn black with Los Angeles fans!

If Gasol was really hurt like this, it would be so frustrating!

The Knicks official did not respond to the news, but when the fans found out that the game against the Magic and Gasol was really absent, many people immediately began to curse the brainless Whiteside, "Why are you doing so hard in the training game?"

Whiteside was also a little scared. He didn't expect that he was finally recalled to the team, but after he came back, he was in trouble before he could play a game.

Gasol was indeed injured by his cover. Although it was not as exaggerated as the legendary "carrying down", the injury result had not yet come out. If the Spaniard really had a few shortcomings, he would be defeated by huge pressure, because this pressure brought by guilt was completely different from his poor performance in the game. No matter how nervous he was, he could not cope with this blow.

The Knicks players are also very dissatisfied with this young man. The shrinking season is coming to the final stage. Everyone is careful in training, for fear that it will be too unworthy if they are injured in training.

But when this brainless guy came to the team, he would act like a desperate attitude in training, and he really had to take the blame all of this.

If Gasol really delayed the playoffs and the Knicks were ultimately unable to defend their title, then Whiteside would not be able to make up for everyone's losses even if he committed suicide and apologized, because he was just an inconspicuous patron saint of water dispenser. How could he be qualified to bear such heavy responsibilities?

When Wu Huang returned home, he was scolding this idiot. He now regretted asking the team to give this idiot a chance. One hundred Whitesides was not as good as half Gasol.

The Knicks were also affected by Gasol's absence in this game and lost to the Orlando Magic away. Even if Bynum was unlucky at the end of the fourth quarter, it had nothing to do with him if others were not unlucky. The Knicks are most concerned about whether Gasol's injury is serious or not. Who cares if Bynum is dead or alive?

After Bynum also left the court due to injury due to physical contact, global media began to report on the continuous injury incidents of players this month and called it "Devil April". I don't know how many stars will be in great trouble in this last month, but at least at this stage, it has maintained the degree of at least one star lost every day.

For a moment, the players in the league became panic. If you really need to calculate the rate of hurting one star in a day, after the last half month of the regular season, wouldn’t the league lose half of the stars?

So the question is, who will be the next unlucky one?

The answer is: Derek Ross!

Yes, the Bulls were going to come to New York to challenge the Knicks on the 8th, but just the day before, they first broke one of their own dual cores at their home court!

Derek Rose's injury is quite surprising because he was injured in a rebound in garbage time, and no one has competed for him for this rebound. He was injured in a landing without any physical contact, which also made the Devil April smell a little more cursed. The Wind City Rose was as if he was hit by the curse of "one star died a day".

This statement is a bit feudal superstitious, but there is Howard in front and Rose in the back. These are two guys who are considered Iron Man, but they have suffered serious injuries one after another. Neutral fans expressed their incredibleness, and they could not have thought that these people would be injured.

So at this time, the Knicks fans had no idea of ​​gloating. They also had a Gasol who had a life and death uncertain. At this time, they still prayed to the Holy Leader's ex-girlfriend for blessing, hoping that the names of their own people would not appear in the "unlucky list"!

Perhaps Wu Huang's ex-girlfriend is really the goddess of luck. Just after Rose was quickly diagnosed with the anterior cruciate ligament series on the left knee, and the medial collateral ligament of the knee was torn, and he was completely unable to play in all the remaining regular season and playoffs, and he would not be able to participate in the Olympics held in London this summer, New York fans got good news...

According to the official Knicks news, Gasol's ankle was only slightly sprained and he only needed to recuperate for a week to come back. He was even able to catch up with the last two games of the regular season.

"Damn it, the goddess of luck is not really my ex-girlfriend, right?" Wu Huang made himself a little confused as the Knicks fans were grateful to his ex-girlfriend.

Whiteside is one of the happiest people at this moment. He has been blaming himself these days and his performance in two games is not as good as Space Yi.

In the first game, Whiteside played in 8 minutes and scored only 0 points, 2 rebounds and 2 fouls. In the second game, he scored 2 points, 1 rebound and 2 fouls. Such performance was not qualified to guard the water dispenser, and D'Anthony even planned to drive him to the Development League again.

After receiving the news that Gasol is still alive, the New York media has the leisure to pay attention to those real unlucky guys.

The Lakers and the Bulls are obviously ranked in the top two in the "unlucky list". Both teams have developed the Knicks' dual-core lineup last season, but the reimbursement of Howard and Ross instantly turned their dual-core into single-core. The Lakers even started to encounter trouble even in the playoffs. The Bulls no longer have the strength to compete with the Knicks and the Heat. These two injury incidents have caused some changes in the pattern between the East and the East.

Let’s talk about the Lakers first. Since joining the Lakers in March, Howard has said that there was something wrong with his back and it has not been very comfortable. However, it was not until this time that the doctor conducted a detailed examination on him that the cause was a herniated disc.

Howard originally planned to take a break of 10 to 14 days before deciding whether he would return to the arena or continue to undergo treatment, but his back condition did not improve but showed signs of aggravation. Doctors and Magic Medical Team in Los Angeles finally agreed that Howard needed surgery immediately.

Just two hours before the rose withered, Howard told reporters that he was not worried about the impact of the surgery on him. "The doctor said it was just an inch incision. He said I could start recovering immediately after the operation and be able to do full confrontation exercises in 4 months, so I really don't worry that I will be stronger when I come back."

But the Lakers can't help but worry, because even if the upcoming surgery goes well, Howard has already announced reimbursement this season, and their big bet has now failed half of it.

Los Angeles fans said it was no difference whether to trade or not, because Bynum was also reimbursed for the season, and the injured part was still an old knee problem. Therefore, if the Lakers trade or not trade, they will eventually face the misfortune of reimbursement of the main center. But at least Howard does not have so many old injuries now, and the risk of this surgery is not great, and they still have a future.

Chicago fans were even more distressed at this moment because Rose's injury came too suddenly. In the last minute of the game against the Celtics, they led by 10 points. However, for some reason, coach Siberdu kept Derek Rose on the court. As a result, during a rebound without any physical contact, Rose fell to the ground unsteadily. His expression was very painful at the time.

Since Ross was injured at "trash time", coach Siberdu's slow replacement of Ross has caused many people to question. They believe that Siberdu's excessive use of Ross caused serious injury to the Wind City Ross. Ross' frequent injuries since the beginning of this season is a strong evidence. In response, Siberdu explained: "At that time, the Celtics were chasing points, and we were not sure of winning." Anthony, another core of the team, also defended Siberdu's behavior. He said: "He is playing well, and we all hope he can find the rhythm of the game. I don't understand why you questioned this."

The New York media did not really gloat. They believed that the chances of players being injured in the shrinking season are often higher than those of normal seasons, but Ross' reimbursement of the season due to injury is still quite surprising. But Ross' disaster did not happen in one game, but the consequences of multiple injuries accumulated, which has no close relationship with Thibodeau. In that case, the head coach must keep the main player on the court. 10 points is not a stable score to win the paper.

Espn also analyzed that the Bulls' positional battle is often the "Ross and Anthony's one-on-one" mode, which is the style of play that has been starting last season, and it is this style of play that increases the chance of Ross being injured.

The Bulls' two outside cores, one is good at speed and the other is good at omnipotence, but they are both good at positional battles. With their iron-blooded defense and imitation of the Heat's oppressive defensive counterattack, this season has gradually formed their own unique system, which is the capital they can always suppress the Heat and chase the Knicks.

However, this style of play is too dependent on Ross and Anthony, and even both of them are indispensable. Although Thibodeau is a coach who is proficient in defense, his offensive attainments are actually very average, lacking changes and routines, and basically points to the personal abilities of these two stars to attack the city and the village.

Judging from the Bulls' tactical system, Siberdu's best defense has penetrated into the Bulls' bone marrow this season, but who can they rely on on the offensive end?

The answer is of course Derek Ross and Cameron Anthony.

New York media described Thibodeau's tactics as a scenario where "defense depends on everyone, offense depends on Rocca", and this is also because the Bulls are engaged in too many "positional battles". Apart from these two, only one Boozer, who has a serious decline, can be used. This has caused the two core members of the team's outside to lose excessively in the difficult schedule. Ross and Anthony are both persisting with injuries. At the end of the regular season in April, the outbreak of these injuries first crushed Ross, who is more likely to suffer injuries. His speed-type play is obviously much more fragile than Anthony's butt play.

Espn finally counted the three-second shooting ratio of the eight point guards in the league, pointing out why the Saint Master of New York still lives well in 39 minutes per game, because he is the least of the eight people who can get into the basket, and it is much safer to shoot outside than to go to the basket to fight.

Russell Westbrook averaged 8.4 shots in three seconds per game.

Derek Ross averages 8.3 shots in three seconds per game.

Tony Parker averages 6.9 shots in three seconds per game.

Rajon Rondo averaged 6.5 shots in three seconds per game.

Chris Paul averages 5.3 shots in three seconds per game.

Deron Williams averages 5.3 shots in three seconds per game.

Wu Huang averaged 4.9 shots in the three-second zone per game.

Steve Nash averaged 2.9 shots in three seconds per game.

This season, Ross only ranked behind Westbrook by a slight disadvantage in the three-second zone, which also increased his chance of injury to some extent. In fact, both of them have a high chance of injury, but the Thunder and Westbrook tend to bombard the way of shooting more than to pass people before shooting. Ross and the Bulls' positional battle style often has to carry the defender to complete the attack, which will encounter more physical confrontation, which will naturally greatly increase the risk of injury.

Wu Huang has increased his offense in the three-second zone this season, but in order to avoid injury in the second half of the season, the Holy Master chose to slowly increase the proportion of long-range shots. So his three-second zone shots dropped from the highest average of 5.5 games before the All-Star game to less than 5 times.

"It's not that they don't know that shooting outside is safer, but their shooting cannot kill anyone!" Wu Huang explained in private that if Ross and Westbrook had the accurate mid-range shots as accurate as their own, they wouldn't always go to the basket to fight with others.

On April 8, Wu Huang led the team to be almost overturned by the single-core Bulls at home, and finally they relied on their home and physical advantages to kill their opponents. The Bulls' tenacity is indeed commendable.

Wu Huang played another 42 minutes in this game, and D'Antoni's rest naturally became an empty talk. If Wu Huang was not put on the court, the Knicks would not be able to stabilize at all. In fact, since last season, the Knicks have suffered from deep "leader dependence". The Knicks, who did not have Wu Huang, would probably even lose even the Bobcats, who had only won 6 games this season.

"There's no way, our coach has a very high artistic conception, and I guess only I can understand his intentions." Wu Huang brags to the girls at home. In fact, Xiao Wangzi dared not let go and let Gasol be the core of tactical skills, because he would not use such an inside line, so he could only hold Wu Huang's thighs to keep it.

The most surprising thing about this game was Whiteside, who was scolded by fans from all walks of life a few days ago. While Chinese fans were still criticizing him, they nicknamed "brain-dead child".

However, after receiving the news that Gasol was not seriously injured, the brain-dead child's performance in this game was really shocking!

Whiteside unexpectedly scored 2 points, 8 rebounds and 2 blocks in just 16 minutes of playing time. Although the score was a bit bad, his rebounding and blocking data were amazing. A blue-collar worker was really efficient at obtaining such data in such a short time.

On April 10, the Knicks came away to play against the Bulls again this time. The Bulls, who had just finished playing back to back, died of physical strength this time. The Knicks dragged the game to overtime this time, and once again grinded the Bulls who were leading the game to death.

Knicks fans said: This is the rhythm of being exhausted by Emperor Wu! Their Holy Master played another 47 minutes today, officially surpassing Luo Er Deng to become the player with the most playing time this season. Now everyone can truly call him "the most arduous NBA player in active service."

Emperor Wu was not feeling well. Even his reckless recovery ability felt a little tired after the game. Fortunately, he scored 40 points, 11 rebounds and 12 assists in this game, and used an oversized triple-double to help the team kill the Bulls twice, turning the two teams' seasonal record into 2:2. The efforts he made were not in vain.

In addition to the outstanding performance of Wu Huang, Whiteside, who was eye-catching in the last game, continued his outstanding performance again today.

In this game, as Gasol continues to be absent, Whiteside got 28 minutes of playing time. The brainless child finally scored amazing data of 10 points, 16 rebounds and 4 blocks. This performance can no longer be required for a basic player who only earns the league's minimum wage.
Chapter completed!