All-Around Forward Swingman

Yang Shan didn't play a game for more than half a month. The game started with full firepower and scored 17 points in the first quarter. The Rockets led the Knicks by 12 points 36-24.

The game entered the second quarter, and the substitute lineup came on the field. Facing the rescue, Crawford was relentless. Last season, he averaged 20 points per game for the Knicks.

Nick Young also knew that Crawford was the former owner, so he was sensible and didn't take too many shots. In addition, Crawford had a good touch. He made 5 of 6 three-pointers in a single quarter and scored 19 points!

At halftime, the Rockets led by more than 20 points.

McGrady, who was sitting off the court, looked at this scene without any expression on his face. He was used to this rhythm in the Rockets before, but it was not until the Knicks that he realized that the Rockets were really difficult to play.

At the end of the third quarter, McGrady scored 26 points in the field, and both sides were replaced by substitutes in the fourth quarter.

In the game, Yang Shan scored 42 points, grabbed 4 rebounds, and sent 6 assists.

Both Crawford and Nick Young scored more than 20 points. The team swept away the haze of anxiety in the first few games, and the players were happily chatting and laughing on the bench.

Also happy are the fans of the Rockets. The game has finally returned to their familiar rhythm, and they no longer have to worry about which team may win their own team.

Although he lost the game, McGrady's mood is not too bad. After all, the Knicks' winning percentage is around 50%, and they are currently ranked sixth in the Eastern Conference. As long as they maintain this momentum, they will have no problem making it to the playoffs in the Eastern Conference.

As for the championship, since he left the Rockets, he has not considered winning the championship. After all, if it is for the championship, he can stay in the Rockets. Everyone knows that with Yang Shan and Yao Ming, the Rockets win the championship. The most confident team.

McGrady's own body knows that if he doesn't take advantage of the past few years to collect more data, it is very likely that he may not be able to secure the team's starting position in another two years.

This is not alarmist talk. Although his surgery was successful, his injuries are different from those of others. His injuries are accumulated from years of playing.

It is of course easy to recover, that is, do not do strenuous exercise and take a good rest, so that the injury will naturally not occur. But as an NBA player, these two are impossible.

Just like an old machine, there will often be problems. Now that it is repaired, it may be used for a few months, but it will not take long for problems to occur again.

To solve this problem, either the machine is scrapped, or the usage is reduced and more maintenance is done. But no one will do this kind of thing to the old machine, when the 210 maintenance cost is not cost-effective, the machine will be abandoned.

This is the case for McGrady in later generations. After being traded to the Knicks, his condition became worse and worse. After playing for several seasons, he did not have a good rest, and the left rear had to retire sadly.

After sending away the Knicks, the team has two days to rest, and then they will go to Los Angeles to play against the Lakers. Recently, the momentum of the Lakers is also very good. Andrew Bynum returned healthy, which also allowed Odom to become the core player of the second team smoothly.

The defensive player Trevor Ariza introduced in the off-season has also improved their perimeter defense to a higher level. At least Kobe doesn't need to guard the opposing perimeter core. .