Basketball's most talented forward is on the left

Was it the New York Knicks that were destroyed!?

This is what all the fans really thought after watching half the game.

The camera focused on the score on the big screen. 58-40 was a bit dazzling. They were trailing by 18 at halftime at home. This was the first time this season that the Knicks had faced such a huge gap.

The atmosphere at the scene also dropped to freezing point. Such a loss caused a huge psychological gap to the fans who thought the Knicks would win easily before the game.

However, anyone who has watched the game will know that it is not unfair that the Knicks fell behind tonight.

As soon as the game started, the Knicks started thinking about three-pointers. In the first two games, the Knicks had a lot of shooting from the outside. They made a total of 20 of 41 shots and almost hit 50%. Curry, Danny Green,

Belinelli and others all performed well, and even Koruna was at his best.

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

As soon as the game started, Stephen Curry moved the ball and helped Shane Battier score a three-pointer, which kicked off the game.

Then Aldridge responded with a mid-range shot that was turned around. The scores of the two teams increased alternately. After half a quarter, the score of the two sides became a 15-15 tie.

Up to this point, the two teams were actually still tied 50-50, with the Knicks even being the leading side.

However, with Curry and Danny Green hitting two consecutive three-pointers, as well as Randolph and Curry making two passing mistakes, the situation of the game completely changed!

The Trail Blazers did not waste every opportunity. Matthews' three-pointer, Batum's breakthrough and foul free throw, and Aldridge's mid-range...

The Trail Blazers went on a 9-0 spurt in the second half of the first quarter.

At the end of the first quarter, they had a lead of nearly 10 points.

This quarter shocked fans, not only because the Knicks fell behind, but also because of the Trail Blazers' performance.

In the first quarter, they not only withstood the Knicks' offensive, but also relied on their advantages of few mistakes and high shooting percentage to make the Knicks' defense focus on one thing and another and make repeated mistakes.

The Knicks did not learn the lesson from the second quarter. Instead, everyone got into trouble because of the bad first quarter!

"We continue to play fast, attack when we have the chance, and wear them down!"

This is the tactic D'Antoni gave the Knicks in the second quarter during the break.

Do you think this sounds ridiculous?

Originally, the Knicks fell behind in the first quarter because the Trail Blazers defended well and couldn't run at a slow pace. When they forced themselves to run, they made various mistakes that shouldn't have occurred. In addition, their outside touch was not good and they couldn't seize opportunities.

If you tell me to hit him faster now, why don't you hit someone else's gun?

As a result, the Knicks continued to suffer setbacks on both offense and defense in the second quarter, losing again by 9 points in this quarter.

Inside and out, it was no surprise to be down 18 points at halftime.

The Blazers' number one hero is undoubtedly Aldridge. This power forward finally showed off his 2nd place performance in the 2006 generation this season, currently averaging 22 points and 9 rebounds per game and shooting 50% from the field.

In the first half, he played steadily in the paint and scored 12 points on 6 of 7 shots.

In the previous two seasons, the Blazers' offense was always driven by Roy Aldridge's pick-and-roll, supplemented by a large number of screens, cuts and jump shots.

The Trail Blazers last season were still a perimeter-focused team because Roy was outstanding. Whether as a core player or a leader in the locker room, he made the Blazers' offense simple and gorgeous.

But Roy's injury forced the Blazers to make changes. This season, Aldridge finally had the opportunity to show off the straight-arm jump shot he learned in the Rasheed Wallace video.

He played in singles and officially became the offensive axis of the Blazers.

In this era when many fourth-position insiders are busy pulling to the outside to provide screens and clear the inside, he has become a classic back-up inside axis. It can almost be said that this season, he is the most complete player in the league in terms of both offense and defense.

It's a pure insider.

Once his pivot position was established, things fell into place naturally. With Matthews' long-range shots and Batum's breakthroughs, the Trail Blazers still had a group of strong and hard-working players, and the thickness of the wings was still hard to chew.

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In this game, it was Batum who prevented the Knicks from making fast break counterattacks again and again, and used his physical strength in the position to attack the Knicks inside many times. He also scored 10 points in the half, the first half of the season.

Score in double figures per game.

Of course, what supports the performance of these two people is the successful tactics of the Trail Blazers. It is hard to imagine that a team with such good athletic talent as the Trail Blazers is playing the slowest half-court tactics in the league. They don't even go for fast breaks. If they have a chance

Don't go either, this is McMillan's tactic.

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

But tonight, MacMillan proved that being conservative has its benefits!

That is really stable!

Of course, the Blazers played well on the one hand, but the main reason for being so far behind at halftime was that the Knicks had problems with their own state and tactics.

"McMillan proved himself in this game. His slowing down tactics were successful. On the contrary, the Knicks did not adjust in time when the fast break was not going smoothly, there were more mistakes, and the feel was not good. Instead, they still insisted on forcing the fast break.

, This is the main reason why they fell behind so much at halftime..." ESPN's commentator analyzed.

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

Moreover, their continuous winning in recent days has made them a little arrogant, thinking that their strength has surpassed the league and that they have no opponents in the league.

At halftime, the deficit caused the Knicks to wake up a little. As a coach, D'Antoni first reviewed himself: "I take full responsibility for not being able to find a suitable tactic."

Zuo Li also patted his head: "Offensive really makes people blind. I've been a little too happy recently."

Zuo Li had no intention of adjusting in time this time. Firstly, he felt that playing like this was very satisfying and he could win. Secondly, he also wanted to see where the Knicks' upper limit for running and gunning was.

Now it seems that the upper limit of the Knicks is very obvious. It is indeed possible to win games by playing this way, but the prerequisite is that the feel cannot be bad, and if problems are encountered, they lack the ability to adjust in time.

Therefore, 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, the previous starters, appeared at the same time.

The tactics are no longer about starting blindly, but are now based on defense and protecting rebounds.

Such a change had an immediate effect. Through stable defense and solid offense, the Knicks only made 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.

The loss was reduced by nearly 10 points at once.

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

However, the Trail Blazers played too well in this game. Although the Knicks played steadily in the fourth quarter and continued to chase points, they relied on Aldridge's 8 points in a single quarter and Batum's 7 points in a single quarter, as well as the 6 points thrown in by the entire team in a single quarter.

With a three-pointer, the Blazers still maintained the victory before the end of the game.

107-100.

The Knicks unexpectedly lost this game, their undefeated streak in the New Year was ended, and their dream of surpassing the Bulls was shattered.