On January 20, in the opening game of the new NBA season, the New York Knicks faced the Washington Wizards at home.
At this point in previous years, the schedule was already halfway through, but this year has just begun.
In addition, because there is too little time left in the season, Stern arranged fifty more games in such a short period of time in order to make more money, so each team's schedule is extremely intensive.
The intensive schedule is very beneficial to the Wizards, because Lin Yu has too many top players in his hands, and he can't wait to play with a different lineup every day.
However, since it is the opening game, Lin Yu definitely still wants to put out a strong lineup and get off to a good start.
Bus, O'Neill, McGrady, Kobe, Nash, this is the strongest starting lineup in Lin Yu's eyes.
In addition to these five starters, the Wizards currently have seven players on the active roster: Madman, Peja, Billups, Miller, Dazhi, Carter and Pierce.
"Lin, even if you let go of Ben, Webber and Rose, the Wizards' lineup still looks so gorgeous."
After little Van Gundy met Lin Yu, he flattered him.
"Jeff, last time you said you wanted Latrell, I brought him this time."
"What kind of price are you going to give?" Lin Yu did not greet Van Gundy Jr., but went straight to the point.
"We had a meeting specifically to look at the Latrell deal."
"Lin, we are willing to send Larry Johnson plus Starks, what do you think?"
"The salaries are just right."
Little Van Gundy smiled flatteringly, which made Lin Yu feel nauseous.
This guy looks extremely vulgar, and he is completely different from his brother Stan Van Gundy. Van Gundy looks much more honest, probably because Van Gundy is a fat boy.
"Not very good. What do I need these two people for? Do you think they are qualified to enter my rotation?"
Lin Yu was not interested at all in the Auntie and Starks brought out by the Knicks.
Auntie can only play small forward at the moment. He is not as good as McGrady or Peja. Even if he plays power forward, he is not as good as Xiao Ou or Dazhi.
After the trade came over, it made no sense at all.
As for Starks, he is slightly valuable. He can play point guard and his combat ability is definitely better than the current Billups.
However, the value is not high, at least it cannot impress Lin Yu.
Little Van Gundy looked bitter, and Lin Yu's words made him speechless. With the Wizards' ghost lineup, there are only a few players in the league who are qualified to enter their rotation.
Even if they can be found, they are the boss or the absolute core of their respective teams. Who would trade them for a time bomb madman?
"Lin, apart from Alan Houston, we probably don't have any players on the Knicks team that you can like."
"No, I don't think you even like Alan. After all, you have Kobe, Tracy McGrady and Peja."
"What about the draft picks? How about we give you both the first-round pick and the second-round pick in 1999?"
Van Gundy Jr. sighed and said that the Knicks really want Madman, and they don't care about Madman's bad character. After all, there are not many normal people in the Knicks team.
Lin Yu even sneered, "Although Latrell is not worth much, he can still get it for a lottery pick. Unless the Knicks are going to mess up this year, I will definitely lose on this deal."
"Since you don't have the right chips, forget it."
Anyway, the Madman doesn't have to worry about selling. As long as the asking price is low, some teams are willing to take a risk on him.
A quarter of an hour later, the game on the field began.
The Knicks' lineup has not changed much compared to last season. The only change is that they traded Oakley Oakley to the Raptors for Marcus Camby.
In fact, this transaction is quite profitable.
Raptors helmsman Thomas Sr. is actually similar to Unseld. He has excellent draft vision, but he just can't keep people. He likes to trade randomly if he has some good players.
Camby is so young and performing very well. I really don't understand why Thomas senior would trade for the elderly Oakley.
Xiao Ou executes a jump ball and the Wizards start to attack.
After Nash pushed to the front court, he lobbed the ball to Bus. Then he saw Bus easily squeezed Ewing away and then completed a dunk at the basket.
Little Van Gundy looked bitter. The biggest problem for the Knicks right now is Ewing. That is an annual salary of 20 million. After the introduction of the maximum salary regulations, his annual salary can sign two first-line All-Star players in their prime!
It would be okay if Ewing's sword is not old, but Ewing can only be regarded as a second-rate center at best. In the offensive round just now, it was not that Bus was too strong, but that Ewing was too weak.
Under normal circumstances, Ewing's statistics this season are 17.3 points and 9.9 rebounds per game. At first glance, the statistics are not bad. He must be at least the level of a first-class center. However, his shooting rate is 43%. Anyone who knows a little bit about penalty kicks should know that center How bad is it to hit that kind of percentage.
As for the 9.9 rebounds, there are only 1.9 offensive rebounds. If it weren't for his special status and his teammates gave him some rebounds, Ewing's average rebounds per game this season would be seven at best.
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In the Knicks' offensive round, Ewing took the initiative to ask for the ball. He originally wanted to beat Nash's speed alone, but simply lobbed the ball to Ewing.
The next second, Ewing, who was jumping like a rabbit, was slapped with a big hat from the bus and was disgraced.
Without the blessing of athletic ability, the offensive method of rabbit jumping is simply giving opponents block data. It is no wonder that Ewing's shooting average this season is so sluggish.
At the beginning, he was deducted and blocked again, and Ewing's temper suddenly rose.
He stepped forward and bumped his chest against the bus. Judging from his posture, he wanted to fight.
The Knicks fans cheered wildly at the scene. They didn't expect the Knicks to beat the Wizards anyway. If they could see a fight tonight, it would be worth the price of the opening game.
After all, Daba has been playing in the NBA for a whole year, and he can speak a little bit of English, at least there is no problem with simple communication.
"You can't play ball."
"You can't even fight."
Daba showed his fierce look and his voice was full of murderous intent.
Speedy laughed from the side, "Hey, Daba, after beating Ewing, you can't hit me anymore."
This kid is definitely a bad guy with a bad heart. He just passed the ball to Ewing. Do you really think he had good intentions and wanted Ewing to take action?
In fact, it was not the case. Speedy was sure that Bus might be able to guard against Ewing, so he passed the ball to Ewing.
When he first joined the Knicks, he and Ewing had a honeymoon period and got along pretty well.
However, after the playoffs, the relationship between the two fell apart.
Speed's performance in the playoffs was so outstanding that Lin Yu didn't send Kobe to defend him to save face, but kept him against Nash.
This resulted in Speedy playing epic playoff numbers.
New York fans praised Speedy to the sky and the earth. They were unhappy because of Ewing's big contract. They took this opportunity to compare Ewing with Speedy and belittle Ewing to nothing.
Ewing is also a petty person, and because of this incident, he got into the car with a grudge. During the offseason training, he and the car even had a conflict over this.
Tonight, when he asked for the ball at the beginning of the game, Fei Che passed the ball over. Ewing thought that Fei Che was giving in to him, but he didn't expect that he was in the way of Fei Che.
Good old Camby hurriedly came up to separate the two of them. Ewing used the donkey to get off the slope, glared at the bus and started to defend.
Speedy said with regret, "Should we fight or not? It's such a waste of feelings."
He was afraid that the world would not be in chaos. After all, no one from the Wizards would beat him up if a fight broke out. He just wanted to watch the excitement.
It was still the Wizards' offensive round, this time it was Nash's lob. This time Daba took a shot and hit the ball.
Turning around, Nash succeeded in a speeding single. Because Ewing didn't reach for the ball, he simply hit it himself.
Turning his head, he saw that Bus was under the basket again, and Nash had the intention of continuing to lob the ball to Bus. Van Gundy quickly called Camby to help defend.
However, Camby had just taken two steps, and Nash had already passed the ball to Xiao Ou.
Xiao Ao raised his hand and made a fadeaway mid-range shot, scoring two points.
Speedy continued to play Nash in singles. He felt that Lin Yu let Nash play just to score points for himself? After all, he is his old mentor, and he is loyal to him.
After playing for six or seven minutes, Lin Yu's expression became increasingly weird.
In the past, players on the field played some data that had the potential to break records. Lin Yu often had to look at the technical statistics board to find out. However, it was different tonight. In the past six or seven minutes, Nash's passing seemed to have some kind of magic. Wherever you go, you can score goals.
"Qiao, help me see how many assists Steve has already made?" Lin Yu called to Lao Qiao and asked.
Old Qiao went to the technical desk and took a look, then his expression changed drastically.
"11!"
"God, this guy is absolutely possessed by the devil and got 11 assists in seven minutes?"
Lao Qiao was shocked. This data was really too exaggerated.
"Have you broken the single-quarter assists record?" Lin Yu asked curiously. It is impossible for Lin Yu to remember every one of the various records.
Lao Qiao shook his head, "I really don't know the record of assists."
"No, the current record for assists in a single quarter is 14. It was set by Birdie in the Spurs. I remember clearly that he only played for the Spurs that year, and he set such a record."
Old Bernie was still well-informed and knowledgeable, so he quickly told Lin Yu the assist record in a single quarter.
Lin Yu laughed. This little bird has nothing to do with the big bird Bird. Bird is called Big Bird because his surname is bird, and the little bird is John Lucas. His nickname comes from the cartoon The little bird Tweedy, describing him as dexterous as Tweedy.
I don’t know if he was cursed by this nickname. Xiaoniao didn’t have a child until he was forty years old, which was John Lucas III who was later selected to the CBA All-Star team. This CBA is a Chinese league.
"Steve can definitely break the single-quarter assist record tonight."
"Actually, as long as the single-quarter assists record is broken, the half-time record will definitely be broken, because the half-time record is 19." Old Bob answered from the side.
Lin Yu smiled and nodded. It seemed that tonight was Nash's record night.
As the game continued, Lin Yu did not dare to make substitutions rashly, for fear that the new players would disrupt Nash's assist rhythm.
The task of getting assists not only requires players to have an overall view and passing ability, but also requires the cooperation of teammates.
If your teammates don't feel good, no matter how good the passing game or the overall situation is, it will be useless.
Fortunately, all the generals on the field had a good touch. Even if they couldn't catch the ball and hit it, Nash still got five assists in the rest of the first quarter.
"Man, 16 assists in a single quarter!"
"You accomplished a record that is almost impossible to break."
Lin Yu stepped forward and hugged Nash after the game. He was sincerely happy for Nash.
After joining the Wizards, Nash was almost hidden in the first half of the season and didn't get much playing time. After reaching his peak in the second half of the season, he didn't get much limelight because he had to face tough players like Jordan in the playoffs. .
Tonight's game was like God compensating Nash for last season, giving him a chance to create epic statistics.
Nash was so excited that he was at a loss. As a point guard, he knew the value of such a record.
"Don't get too excited. This game has just begun. There are countless records waiting for you to break." Lin Yu patted Nash on the shoulder and smiled.
Nash nodded repeatedly, "Boss, I never dreamed that I would have a record night."
"I will definitely not let you down!"
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At the beginning of the second quarter, after playing for three or four minutes, Nash scored another four assists.
Since then, Nash's total number of personal assists in this game has reached an astonishing 20, successfully breaking the half-time assist record of 19 set by the originator of point guards Bob Cousy.
There are various "best" point guards in NBA history, such as Magic Johnson, the No. 1 point guard, Payton, the best defensive point guard, Stockton, the point guard with the most assists, and the most accurate three-point guard. Curry, Irving, the best point guard with the ball, Rose Rose, the youngest MVP point guard, etc.
However, the only one who can be called the ancestor of point guards is Bob Cousy. Cousy even invented the position of point guard.
Nash broke the record of the ancestor of point guards tonight. You can imagine how shocked the fans at the scene were.
What's even more frightening is that the second quarter is only halfway through, and Nash still has a lot of time to set a new record.
Unfortunately, because everyone on the court has not rested, the touch has declined to varying degrees, and the growth of Nash's assist data has begun to slow down.
"Hey kid, I advise you to score some points."
"I had a double-20 record with the Wizards before, with 20 points and 20 assists. Those are hall-level point guard statistics."
"Don't you want to have a taste of palace-level data?"
Speedy said to Nash that he had a good impression of Nash because Nash's defense was too weak and he could produce strong statistics every time he faced Nash.
Nash's statistics are luxurious tonight, and his speed statistics are actually not bad. He has already scored 24 points. If he is lucky, he can score 50+ points tonight.
Nash was so excited that he started to look for Kobe or Tracy McGrady to set up a pick-and-roll. As a result, he actually made a shot, with excellent touch, and scored a lot of points in a short period of time.
After the first half, Lin Yu and the generals looked at Nash's 11 points and 22 assists and looked at each other.
Even if he plays this kind of data for the whole game, it is already impressive enough. 22 assists are not as easy to get as 22 rebounds.
To improve rebounding data, you don't rely much on your teammates. As long as you have strong rebounding ability, that's enough.
However, it really comes down to the right time, right place and right people to get assist data.
Since 1985, there have been a total of 96 people who have scored 20 assists in a single game, of which Stockton and Magic accounted for more than half.
The number of 20 rebounds in a single game is too many, occurring 822 times, which is not an order of magnitude at all.
This also shows how difficult it is to get 20 assists in a single game.
However, Nash did not play the whole game, but only had 22 assists in the half, which was really shocking.
"Steve, what are your plans now?"
"Do you want to hit the single-game assists record first, or do you want to get a double-20 number first? Anyway, you should be able to get it tonight, it's just a matter of order." Lin Yu asked.
Nash didn't think about it and answered directly: "Let's try Double 20 first? I'm not very confident about breaking the single-game assist record."
After he said this, Kobe McGrady on the side was not happy, "Hey, what do you mean, Steve, you dislike the low shooting percentage of our brothers, right?"
Nash quickly shook his head in denial, "No, I definitely didn't mean that. If your shooting percentage was low, I wouldn't have been able to get so many assists."
"That's good, boss, we're tired too. Why don't we bring on Peja and the others? They have plenty of energy and can definitely help Steve." Kobe asked to leave.
Maddie also nodded in agreement.
Lin Yu agreed and brought out Miller, Dazhi, Peja, and Carter to partner Nash in the second half. These people all have good shooting abilities.
Before coming on the court, Lin Yu specifically gave instructions to Dazhi, asking him to pull out as much as possible to set up a pick-and-roll for Nash.
When the second half of the game started, Nash was stunned. A flexible big man with a height of 216 centimeters set a pick-and-roll for himself. This sense of security was simply overwhelming.
"Uh-huh!"
"Uh-huh!"
In just a few minutes, Nash scored consecutively, and his personal score has reached 17 points. He is only three points away from the hall-level double-20 point guard data.
Speedy is quite discerning. He knows that the Knicks can't beat the Wizards anyway, and he has a good number tonight, so he might as well be a favor and help Nash.
He began to work hard on the defensive end of the court. He was very energetic on defense, grinning, as if he had used all his strength, but he did not give Nash any intensity at all.
After another two minutes, Nash hit a three-pointer. His personal score reached 20 points, and he officially got the double-20 hall-level assist data.
In the following time, Nash began to pass the ball to his teammates. Since he had the opportunity to break the single-game assist record, Nash was naturally unwilling to miss it.
Anyone faced with such epic data would find it difficult to resist the temptation.
Soon Nash found another treasure partner besides Daba.
Big Zhi!
After the ball was passed to Da Zhi, Da Zhi turned over and stepped back to shoot a fadeaway jumper. Even facing a shot-blocking maniac like Camby, his shot still seemed to be easy, and Camby couldn't block the shot at all.
The definition of NBA assists is to be able to score easily after receiving a conscious pass. Nash's pass must be conscious, and Da Zhi's score must be easy. After all, he only did that one action, and there will naturally be assists. .
By the time the third quarter was over, Nash's total assists had reached 28!
This is already the second most assists in a single game in NBA history, tied for second with Stockton, and second only to Scott Skiles' single-game record of 30 assists.
Skiles' game was incredible and a miracle that cannot be replicated. In addition to scoring 30 assists, he also scored 22 points in a single game.
Even if all his assists were two-pointers, 82 points in this game are related to him.
With his help, the Magic defeated the Nuggets with a score of 155:112 in that game, and this was without overtime.
Skiles played 44 minutes in that game, and even though he was leading by 30 to 40 points, he continued to rack up statistics.
In fact, many super statistics in NBA history have been produced. Faced with the temptation of epic statistics, what Skiles did is understandable.
"No, damn it, Steve, this is no longer about Double 20 for you."
"You're not going to hit double 30 tonight, are you? God, don't scare me."
Kobe was shocked. Double 20 points and rebounds was nothing. Double 20 points and assists were considered hall-level statistics. So if Nash had double 30 points and assists tonight, what would it be?
Lin Yu was also dumbfounded. Double 30 points and assists? Is this kind of data really possible for humans to generate? Theoretically it's simply impossible.
However, Nash really has a chance to get into such monster-level statistics tonight. There is still a whole quarter left in the game. Nash has already scored 22 points and 28 assists. Next, he only needs to get 8 points and 2 assists.
If he can get 3 assists, it will not only be a double 30, but also easily break the historical record that Skiles worked hard to create.
Nash's heart was beating wildly. His record night was so unusual. The previous record night for a Wizards player was to score 50 or 60 points in a single game, which was already considered very exciting.
But the record Nash is about to create tonight is simply worthless.
At the beginning of the fourth quarter, Nash returned to the court with his exhausted body. He had not rested for a second in the previous three quarters. He had played for a full thirty-six minutes, and his physical fitness was somewhat overwhelmed.
But for that easily accessible record, Nash fought hard!
The speedster was still enough to give him face. When he was defending Nash, he secretly whispered in Nash's ear: "Man, if I really succeed tonight, you have to give me a Rolex."
"If you don't give it to me, I'll go to Lin Yu and ask for it!"
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Halfway through the fourth quarter, Nash's personal data reached 26 points and 31 assists, officially breaking Skiles' record that was said to be an unreplicable miracle.
Such a world-defying record was born, and the referee gave an official timeout to allow the Wizards to celebrate.
However, the Wizards did not celebrate at all. Compared with 31 assists in a single game, double 30 is a greater record.
No, this can no longer be called great, this is the real miracle that cannot be repeated.
Taking advantage of the official timeout, Nash took a good rest.
When the timeout ended, Nash returned to the court. With the help of Da Zhi's pick-and-roll, he took two mid-range shots in succession, and both of them hit.
Lin Yu quickly called a timeout, and the Wizards began to officially celebrate.
30 points and 31 assists, Nash’s record night is astonishing. This data sounds so incredible!
