Some media speaking for the New York Knicks, even calling this an "iron-blooded" performance.

This match is getting increasingly hyped.

When the answer from Zhang Hao’s exclusive interview was reported by the American Cable TV Station, the attention to this match surged once again...

With media hype and excited fans, Zhang Hao finished the afternoon interview and left Madison Square Garden with Pierce, Aprile Clark, and Pierce’s mom to go shopping.

Others get gifts on their birthday, but Zhang Hao gives gifts... However, none of them took expensive items; Pierce’s mom and Aprile Clark enjoyed trying on expensive things but didn’t buy them...

Today, Zhang Hao didn’t bury himself in studying the Knicks, it wasn’t necessary, all the preparations were done. He relaxed and spent two hours accompanying friends and the aunt through the Manhattan commercial district.

At 4 PM, when Zhang Hao returned to the basketball mecca, Madison Square Garden, he was ignited by the passion of New York fans.

Americans are never gentlemen, and New Yorkers are even less so.

Lots of fans outside Madison Square Garden were booing him, Mr. Zhang, as New York fans needed police and security control. The fans were incredibly passionate, and Zhang Hao saw many people giving the middle finger.

On the road, this is the kind of atmosphere you expect.

The other three were still shopping, the game wouldn’t start until 7 PM. Zhang Hao walked into the stadium without a hint of expression amidst the boos from New York fans, grabbed some food prepared by the team, and began warming up.

The teammates returned to the training ground around 5:30 PM. Today, many Lakers players wanted to express their anger to Zhang Hao, but they never had the chance. Zhang Hao seemed entirely unaffected.

Just like now, they still felt they couldn’t find a way to talk to Zhang Hao about this issue...

Suppressing this emotion was very uncomfortable, their teammate being insulted, and he’s their team’s scoring champion... They could only bring this emotion into the game!

...

In the NBA world, there are two teams whose fans are remarkably different.

Lakers fans are incredibly optimistic; even when they’re last, they shout "Lakers Championship", and eventually, it came true...

New York Knicks fans, on the other hand, are capricious, even at the same time can have different opinions.

At 6:40 PM, Zhang Hao and his teammates entered the court of Madison Square Garden, welcoming the wild boos from New York fans.

However, right behind the technical booth in an eye-catching spot, there was a group of fans holding banners in different languages, all meaning essentially the same thing: "Aix, come to New York, we’ll give you tickets every day!"

Faced with things like this, recalling the sharp decline in Ewing’s performance after serious injuries in ’99, Zhang Hao felt no emotion.

The Magician looked at Zhang Hao’s expressionless face, bumped him with his elbow, and said, "Hey, superstar, look, even the away fans are supporting you."

Is this meant to cheer up Mr. Zhang? Zhang Hao tidied his jersey collar and put on the demeanor of a superstar, saying, "Magician sir, want an autograph?"

This response obviously meant he didn’t lose his cool despite the anger, the Magician’s aim was achieved... This rookie, you couldn’t tell his mood at all, like he played desperately against the Heat two days ago, almost collapsed post-game, yet still had that indifferent face. If it wasn’t for the shocking bruises on his neck, no one would have guessed he endured such a foul.

But thinking about Kurt Thomas, who suffered a back fracture in his rookie season and although not a structural injury, practically missed the season, the Magician felt a bit sympathetic.

This might be the most pitiful foul in NBA history?

Turning away from thoughts of that infuriating new generation hooligan, the Magician joked, "Of course, where to sign? On the jersey? Oh, this jersey I’ll definitely never wash!"

On Zhang Hao’s side, there’s constant attention; seeing him calmly chatting with the Magician, the fans on-site booed again...

Unjustly shaming others leads to a sense of shame; to hide this shame, one must become more vile, continue committing evil deeds to the limit.

The Knicks players and coaching staff also paid attention to Zhang Hao and the Magician. If any Lakers player could get the Knicks’ attention, it would surely be the sensational rookie Zhang Hao and the former league leader Magician.

New York Knicks’ head coach Don Nelson is a notably unique coach in NBA history.

Calm, extremely calm, his expression didn’t show that this game meant anything different to him, as if nothing had happened, Old Nelson was quite surprised—this barely 19-year-old kid’s mental resilience is remarkable!

"That idiot Dolan, making our matches harder just to make money..."

Currently, the Knicks have played 34 games, with 22 wins and 12 losses, temporarily ranking third in the East, much worse than last year’s same period, adding to Old Nelson’s pressure, and the owner adds to the chaos...

Ewing is full of jealousy towards this rookie Zhang Hao!

Since O’Neal’s debut season in the NBA, Ewing has not had the chance to start in the All-Star game again, while Zhang Hao’s rookie season first phase of All-Star voting results showed votes that made Ewing, only ranking third as an Eastern center behind O’Neal and Moning with just 110,000 votes, quite displeased! He projected his annoyance of O’Neal stealing his All-Star starter spot, never returning it, entirely onto Zhang Hao.

Seeing Zhang Hao get shamed, Ewing felt joy, but looking at Zhang Hao’s seemingly indifferent expression... Ewing felt a sense of shame, but it didn’t make him feel guilty, it made him even more upset.

On the other side, Zhang Hao sensed the hostility from the opposing players.

Zhang Hao was mentally prepared; Knicks players were never kind characters, but he completely didn’t care.

A thought struck him, and the subtitles showed up!

"The host’s top ability evaluation experience card is used, player: Zhang Hao..."

"After evaluation, Zhang Hao’s outstanding strengths are running, jumping ability, static confrontation, mid-range shot, back-to-the-basket play, turnaround fadeaway, block prediction; secondary abilities are three-point shooting, attacking the basket, dribbling, passing... Evaluated randomly with ability score (90-94), temporary ability evaluation randomly drawn..."

"My skills are... so few! It’s all about mid-range shots and blocks as strengths..."

While Zhang Hao looked at his simplistic skills, his mouth twitched, the subtitles changed, turning into continuously changing numbers, fluctuating between 90-94...

Birthday night, luck was good, in the end, what Zhang Hao saw was a fixed ability evaluation of 94!