Basketball Fanatic: Genius Is on the Left

Was it the New York Knicks that were destroyed? ?

This is the real thought of all the fans after watching the half-time game.

The camera is aimed at the score on the big screen, 58-40 is a bit dazzling, and the home half is as much as 18 behind. This is the first time the Knicks have encountered such a huge gap this season.

The atmosphere at the scene also fell to the freezing point. Losing like this caused a big psychological gap to the fans who thought the Knicks would easily win before the game.

But as long as you have watched the game, you will know that the Knicks are not wrong tonight.

At the beginning of the game, the Knicks had the idea of ​​making three-pointers. In the first two games, the Knicks felt a lot from the outside. They made 20 of 41 shots, and the shooting rate almost reached 50%. Curry, Danny Green, Belinelli and others have played a role, and even Ke Liuna has brought out the best state.

When these guys feel good, it's really not difficult to kill a team.

At the beginning of the game, Stephen Curry helped Shane make a three-pointer by transferring the ball, which kicked off the game.

Then Aldridge responded with a mid-range shot that was turned and stood up, and the scores of the two teams rose alternately.

By this time, the two teams were actually 50-50, and the Knicks had even been the leading team.

However, with Curry, Danny Green hitting two consecutive three-pointers, and Randolph, Curry's two pass errors, the situation of the game has changed completely!

The Blazers didn't waste every opportunity, Matthews' 3-pointer, Batum's breakthrough and foul free throw, and Aldridge's mid-range...

The Blazers made a 9-0 spurt in the second half of the first quarter.

By the end of the first quarter, they had a nearly 10-point lead.

This section surprised fans, not only because of the Knicks' backwardness, but also because of the performance of the Blazers.

In the first quarter, they not only withstood the Knicks' offensive, but also made the Knicks' defense take care of one thing and another and make mistakes again and again by virtue of the advantages of few turnovers and high hit rate.

And the Knicks did not learn the lesson of the second quarter, but because the first quarter was not smooth, everyone was on the top!

"Let's continue to fight fast, we'll go there when we have the chance, and drag them down!"

This is D'Antoni's second-quarter play for the Knicks during the break.

Do you look at this like saying?

Originally, in the first quarter, because the Blazers defended well, the Knicks couldn't jog, and forced running to make all kinds of mistakes that should not have occurred. In addition, the outside touch was not good, and the opportunity could not be grasped, so they fell behind. You still want to fight fast now, why don't you hit someone's gun!

So in the second quarter, the Knicks continued to suffer setbacks on both ends of the offensive and defensive ends, and they lost another 9 points in this quarter.

Inside and out, it's no surprise that they trailed by 18 at the half.

There is no doubt that the first hero of the Trail Blazers is Aldridge. The power forward finally played the second place in the 2006 generation this season. Currently, he is averaging 22 points, 9 rebounds and 50% shooting.

In the first half, he played steadily inside, scoring 12 points on 6-of-7 shooting.

In the past two seasons, the Blazers' offense has always been a Roy-Aldridge pick-and-roll, supplemented by a lot of screens, air cuts and jumpers.

The Trail Blazers last season were still a perimeter-based team, because Roy was very good, whether as the core or the leader of the locker room, he made the Trail Blazers offense simple and gorgeous.

But Roy's injury forced the Blazers to make changes. This season, Aldridge finally had a chance to take the straight-arm jumper he learned from the video with Rasheed Wallace, post up his left-back, and officially become the centerpiece of the Blazers' offense.

In this era when many 4-position insiders are busy pulling to the perimeter to cover and clear the inside line, he has become a classic post-up spool. It can almost be said that this season, he is the most complete pure insider in the league.

Once his pivotal position is established, it will follow naturally. With Matthews' long-range shot and Batum's breakthrough, the Blazers still have a group of solid and hard-working hard-working generals, and the thickness of the flank is still hard to swallow.

In this game, it was Batum who prevented the Knicks from fast-break counterattacks again and again, and gave full play to his physical strengths in the position. He stormed the Knicks' inside line many times. He also scored 10 points in halftime, the first half of the season. Scored in double figures.

And what supports these two players is of course the successful tactics of the Blazers. It is hard to imagine that a team with such a good athletic talent of the Blazers is playing the slowest half-court position tactics in the league. Don't go either, that's McMillan's tactic.

He was scolded for many years because he thought he was conservative and wasting the Blazers' talent.

But tonight, McMillan proved that there are benefits to being conservative!

That is really stable!

Of course, the Blazers played well in one aspect. The main reason for falling behind so much at halftime was that the Knicks themselves had problems with their own state and tactics.

"McMillan proved himself in this game. His slowdown tactics were successful. On the contrary, the Knicks did not adjust in time when the fast break was not smooth, the turnovers increased, and the hand was not good. Instead, they still insisted on forcing the fast break. , this is the main reason why they are behind so much at halftime..." ESPN's commentary analyzed.

The Knicks are indeed on top. The success of the previous two games has made them a little blind and impulsive.

Moreover, the continuous winning in the past few days has also made them a little arrogant, thinking that their strength has already topped the league, and the league has no opponents.

At halftime, the point difference behind the Knicks made the Knicks sober first. As a coach, D'Antoni first reviewed himself: "If I can't find a suitable strategy, I take full responsibility."

And Zuo Li also patted his head: "The offense really makes people blind~www.readwn.com~ I've been a little too happy recently."

Zuo Li didn't mean to adjust in time this time. First, he thought it was cool to play like this, and he could win the game. Second, he also wanted to see where the Knicks' upper limit was.

Now it seems that the upper limit of the Knicks is obvious. It is possible to win the game in this way, but the premise is that the hand feel is not bad, and once there is a problem, it lacks the ability to adjust in time.

So, the Knicks still need to get back on track.

In the second half, the Knicks also took the initiative to make adjustments. Randolph, Curry, Battier, Belinelli and Zuo Li made their previous starters at the same time.

And the tactics are no longer blindly speeding, and start to base on defense and protect the rebound.

With such a change, the effect is immediate. Through stable defense and steady attack, the Knicks made only 2 turnovers in this quarter. You must know that the Knicks had 18 turnovers in the first half, and 10 in the second quarter alone. It reduced the loss of nearly 10 points at once.

After this quarter, the Knicks also narrowed the difference to 10 points.

However, the Blazers played very well in this game. In the fourth quarter, although the Knicks played steadily and continued to chase points, they relied on Aldridge for 8 points in a single quarter and Batum for 7 points in a single quarter, and the team threw 6 points in a single quarter. A 3-pointer, the Blazers still maintained the victory before the end of the game.

107-100.

The Knicks lost the game unexpectedly, the unbeaten New Year was ended, and the dream of surpassing the Bulls was shattered.