Coach: Coaching the Grizzlies at the beginning, playing the bantam

At the press conference, Lu Yong praised all the players in an interview and was very satisfied with their performance.

In the last quarter, the Nets played all substitutes, otherwise they would have beaten the Rockets by at least 40 points today.

考辛斯首秀表现不错，打了16分钟，砍下10分5篮板1助攻，乌布雷也有9分2篮板。

Vincent, Dort and Ding Yanyuhang did not play much time. In the first game, Lu Yong still focused on running the lineup. They will not be reused until the middle of the season.

After the game, the media said that the Nets showed a kingly attitude at the beginning of the new season and they are fully capable of successfully defending their title.

Some reporters commented on the Rockets, believing that Westbrook's addition not only failed to improve the team's combat effectiveness, but actually made the Rockets perform worse.

If he doesn't leave, the Rockets will never win a championship.

Because regardless of winning or losing, Westbrook is always playing for triple-double data, and his reckless character often makes fatal mistakes.

Even many Rockets fans feel that the Rockets management should not trade for Westbrook.

The chemical reaction he produced when playing next to Harden was not as good as Paul's. The Rockets lost money on this summer's deal.

Judging from the comprehensive strength of Harden and Westbrook, they have the ability to lead the Rockets to win the championship, but judging from the specific performance in the opening game, this seems to be very difficult.

Because Harden and Westbrook are not compatible in terms of technical characteristics, both have excellent organizational skills, but their ability without the ball is relatively average, which also leads to the fact that one person must make sacrifices in the game.

Both Harden and Westbrook have strong scoring abilities, but there are problems with defense, and their performance at critical moments is not stable enough. The two cannot complement each other's advantages, but may have side effects.

In short, if Harden and Westbrook want to succeed and win a championship, there are too many areas for the two sides to get along. They need to establish a good chemical reaction before they can exert their greatest power.

Similar to the Rockets, the Knicks lost their first game to the Miami Heat 101-118.

After testing the free market in the summer, no one cared about him, and Anthony finally had to take a significant salary cut to stay in New York.

It sounds like this is a sure-profit deal, but the reality is that even if Anthony cuts his salary, it won't be able to help the team.

A group with low offensive efficiency, and even worse defense.

He is unable to help the young players in the team grow, and he does not have the strength to lead the team into the playoffs. This makes Anthony's current situation very embarrassing, and his historical status has plummeted.

Since Anthony announced that he will stay with the Knicks, many fans have questioned Anthony's status and whether he can still help the Knicks?

In fact, this question is normal. As a player who could maintain good statistics before Lu Yong left, he lost himself after Lu Yong left, and his statistics and efficiency declined.

In particular, ESPN's operation was even more heartbreaking. They ranked the Knicks only 24th in the latest strength rankings.

In other words, Anthony's contract extension is useless in ESPN's opinion, and the team's hat will definitely not be taken off.

Not only that, the famous sports website SportsLine also showed that after Anthony cut his salary and stayed with the team, the Knicks' probability of making the playoffs dropped from 11.8% to 6.4%.

This can no longer be regarded as bearishness, but naked belittlement.

Of course, the media and fans' concerns about the Knicks are not unreasonable.

After all, Anthony's performance last season was indeed unsatisfactory. The decline mentioned here is not only in statistics, but also in Anthony's shooting percentage and playing style.

Although Melo is still a kaleidoscope on the offensive end, his defensive steps are really flawed, and Anthony is more suitable for a slow-paced style of play.

When Lu Yong was coaching, Anthony won the scoring title and was elected as the MVP in the season. One of the reasons why he was able to play so comfortably was that the Knicks' counterattack rhythm was not fast, and Lu Yong had been hindering his style of play.

However, today's era does not welcome slow pace, and the Knicks' current lineup configuration is not very friendly, so Anthony's personal performance will become increasingly marginalized, and it is only a matter of time before he is eliminated by the NBA.

All in all, after many disappointing seasons, Anthony's current situation is indeed very sad. Fans can even predict that Anthony's position may not be as good as that of a rookie in next season's player strength list, and may even be ranked outside the top 100.

In the first game of the season, Anthony made 14 of 6 shots, 7 of 2 three-pointers, no free throws, and only had 14 points, 5 rebounds, and 2 assists.

He scored 14 points in 14 shots, which is really not very efficient.

It can be seen from the data that Anthony has restrained himself a lot and begun to delegate power to the young people in the team.

But even so, some fans still accuse Anthony of being a cancer.

After a day off, the Knicks challenged the Bucks back to back and lost another game 104 to 121.

雄鹿全队6人得分上双，核心字母哥内线翻江倒海，砍下了29分13篮板4助攻2抢断2盖帽。

On the other hand, only three people in the Knicks scored in double figures. Anthony had 18 points, 4 rebounds and 1 assist, shooting 43% from the field. Their defensive performance was a mess, and one-on-one defense allowed people to break through easily.

The Knicks lost two games in a row at the beginning. Those who were originally optimistic about their potential to reach the playoffs have changed their minds and believe that the Knicks will be ruined again this year. Anthony's salary cut is of no use. The team should be bad or bad.

The Knicks' next opponent is the Nets. Although it is a home game, everyone knows that the Knicks are going to lose again. This is a New York Derby with a huge disparity in strength.

Before the start of the Derby, online fans were overwhelmingly optimistic about the Nets. When the Knicks were mentioned, Anthony was mostly ridiculed and satirized.

When Lu Yong was there, Anthony was always a strong contender for the regular season MVP.

After Lu Yong left, Anthony fell directly from a first-line star to a second-rate player. The gap is clear at a glance.

Anthony did not dare to say harsh words in interviews before the game. He has been completely conquered in the past two years.

If time could go back again, he would never fight with Lu Yong again. That was the stupidest decision he had ever made in his career.

Before the game even started, the Knicks encountered a very embarrassing scene.

Today, a large number of fans came to Madison Square Garden in New York to support the Nets. When the Nets players appeared on the court, the fans applauded significantly more enthusiastically.

On the other hand, the Knicks' players' reactions after coming out were lackluster, and even Anthony was booed.

This embarrassing scene made Anthony sigh. He thought that with his four championships in five years, he could survive in New York until his retirement. But now it seems that his popularity has been ruined. Even if he cuts his salary and stays with the team, it will be of no use. There are countless fans who have objections to him. The quarrel between him and Lu Yong after the incident ended up backfired on him.

When the players were warming up, Barkley said: "The suspense of today's game is not about winning or losing, but how many quarters the Knicks can last before losing. The Knicks can't even beat the Heat, and they can't beat the Nets. ." Partner Kenny Smith nodded and smiled: "The Knicks have gone through a major lineup change in the summer, but their overall strength is still very weak, and they have little chance of winning against the Nets. The New York Derby has long become a A gimmick in name only.”

Nets starting lineup: Brunson, Mitchell, Durant, Porzingis, Mitchell Robinson.

Knicks starting lineup: Payton, Barrett, Anthony, Randle, Taj Gibson.

Fizdale adjusted the lineup and replaced Ntilikina with Elfrid Payton, who had poor shooting but could sort out the offense.

However, Payton is no longer the successor to the 'Magician' in the Magic era. Now he can only mess around. After several injuries, not only has his speed slowed down, but his shooting accuracy has also dropped a lot. In the small ball era, he is destined to be eliminated. disuse.

Robinson won the jump ball and the game began.

Brunson brought the ball to the frontcourt, played a pick-and-roll with Porzingis in the middle, took a sudden step to attract the defense, and Brunson passed the ball.

Randall has good athletic ability, but his defensive awareness is too poor. He stayed near the penalty area and did not come out. Boshen received the ball and made an open jump shot, which went into the net, 2-0.

The Knicks attack, Payton holds the ball and Randall plays a pick-and-roll in the middle, and Porzingis switches defense.

Payton made a small play and forced a breakthrough, but was blocked by Porzingis when he got to the basket.

On the surface, this is indeed a set of mismatches, but Payton overestimated his finishing ability and underestimated Porridge's lateral speed.

As a perfect insider in the small ball era, Porzingis is very capable of defending small players. It was easy to catch Payton with this ball, and directly slapped the ball into the hands of Mitchell Robinson.

During the fast break under the net, Brunson advanced to the frontcourt with the ball, protected the basketball and observed the movement of his teammates. Seeing Durant break out of the siege, he directly hit the ground and passed the ball from a long distance.

Durant took three steps after receiving the ball, and Anthony's pursuit behind him was only a slight interference. Adu easily dunked with one hand, 4-0.

The Knicks attacked, Payton took the ball to the frontcourt and passed it to Anthony, and Durant stretched out his long arm to interfere.

After three threats, Anthony suddenly dribbled the ball from the left, but failed to break through. He leaned against Durant with his back, turned around and shot a fadeaway jumper in the middle.

Although Anthony's offensive efficiency has plummeted in the past two years, his skills are not rusty. He was lucky this time. He leaned back sharply to avoid the block, and the ball went through the net, 4-2.

The Nets attacked, Brunson passed the half court to Durant.

This time Adu also chose to play in individual singles. He faced Melo's defense and made a pull-up jumper. He accurately hit the blue center with two points and voila, 6-2.

In a positional battle, Payton brought the ball to the frontcourt and passed it to Anthony. Anthony and Randall played a pick-and-roll, attracting Porzingis to switch defense and then the ball was distributed to the middle.

Randall couldn't beat Por, and he still had no advantage against Durant. He leaned back twice and passed inside to Ty Gibson.

Gibson cut through and beat Mitchell Robinson. The result was not surprising. The tall and tall Robinson pushed him down, and the volleyball hat was slapped directly forward.

Mitchell saw the opportunity and launched a quick counterattack. After catching up with the basketball, he accelerated a second time and flew up in front of Barrett. With his head flat against the frame, he violently dunked the basketball in with his right hand. Bang! 8 to 2.

Barrett didn't expect Mitchell to jump so high, and he tried to pull someone for a foul too late. He was riding underneath him and became the backdrop for Mitchell's dunk.

The fans stood up excitedly and cheered.

Barkley shouted: "Beautiful! Mitchell's dunk was so brutal. He directly rode Barrett underneath him, locking in today's top five goals in advance."

Kenny Smith said: "The Knicks need to ensure the speed of returning to defense now, otherwise they will soon be overwhelmed by the Nets' counterattack."

In the next round, Payton held the ball and went to the right to break through, and hit the board with a close throw, finally helping the team stop the loss in time, 8-4.

However, before Knicks head coach Fizdale could breathe a sigh of relief, Durant once again punished Anthony successfully. He used the same offensive method as before, catching the ball and making a pull-up jumper. He avoided the block by two points and scored, 10-4. .

Anthony's defense was blown away. He couldn't guard Adu one-on-one. Both his speed and talent were firmly suppressed.

The Knicks attacked, Payton brought it to the frontcourt and passed to Anthony, but the Knicks still didn't cooperate.

Anthony held the ball in singles, leaned against Durant twice, and turned over to the baseline for a jump shot.

Against an average forward, Anthony might be able to score consecutive goals with his touch, but against Adu, whose height and wingspan far exceed his, it is difficult for Melo to avoid interference every time.

The ball hit the edge of the basket and missed. Mitchell Robinson got stuck in position and helped Porzingis easily protect the backboard.

When the Nets attacked, Brunson brought Porzingis to the frontcourt to play a pick-and-roll in the middle. He took one step to tear the defense and passed to Porzingis who was cutting in the middle.

Porzingis cut to the basket and was very threatening. Taj Gibson stood near the penalty area and teamed up with Randall to form a double-team.

However, Porzingis not only can score by himself, he also has good passing skills.

Seeing Gibson and Gibson forming a double attack on him, Boshen passed the ball from under his arm to behind him. Mitchell Robinson got the open space and dunked with both hands under the basket, 12-4.

After the goal, Fizdale requested a timeout.

If we don't arrange tactics to prevent the Nets from breaking through, the Knicks will lose at least 30 points today.

Barkley laughed: "Fizdale called a timeout. He was depressed by the Nets' attack and lost the smile on his face."

Kenny Smith said: "Porzingis passed the ball so beautifully this time. His physical stretch and concealment were impeccable. He is truly the most comprehensive inside man in the small ball era."

Barkley sighed: "The Nets are really good this year. It seems that they have a great chance of defending the championship. What Lu Shuai said in front of the media has been confirmed. He is leading Brooklyn to rise. The overall strength of the team is visible to the naked eye."

Kenny Smith nodded and said: "Compared with last season, the Nets' ability to create opportunities has become better. The addition of Porzingis has given the team more offensive options in positional battles. The unicorn is ushering in here." The second spring of my career.”

After the timeout, the Knicks' offense still failed to improve, and they could only rely on individual players to score.

Facing man-to-man defense, Anthony's one-on-one efficiency against Adu was not high, and others' one-on-one efficiency was even worse. He was at a disadvantage on both offense and defense.

波尔津吉斯今天手感不错，单节7投5中，三分球2中1，罚球2中2，砍下13分4篮板1盖帽，带领尼克斯37比23领先。

Durant also played well, beating Anthony one-on-one and scoring 11 points and 3 rebounds in the first quarter. Together with Porzingis, he scored more points than the entire Knicks team. (End of chapter)