Basketball's most talented forward is on the left

Calderon, DeRozan, Kleiza, Amir Johnson, Bargnani, these are the starters left for the Raptors after Bosh left the team.

At first glance, it seems okay, but in fact, the strength is average. The team lacks a decisive figure. After Bosh left the team, they did not determine an absolute offensive core. In fact, the Raptors wanted DeRozan to step up, but said

To be honest, DeRozan's current strength is not enough to support him becoming the core of a team. His real improvement will have to come after Lowry comes to the team. The garbage brother is also famous for a while, but to be honest, DeRozan

Zan's personality is too soft and he doesn't like to talk. He is obviously unqualified as the leader of the team.

But he is indeed the guy with the most potential in the current Raptors. Only Kleiza can play a dozen of others, and the others are not enough to be the starters in many teams.

In order to win 70 games, the Knicks sent Zuo Li, Randolph, Danny Green, Belinelli, and Dragic to the starting lineup at home. Except for Battier, the veteran who rested, everyone else also returned.

, the Knicks crushed the Raptors in terms of lineup.

However, the game is not a competition of lineups. Whether you can win or not requires real swords and real guns. You can only know by playing every minute.

In this game, it seemed that the Knicks, who played most of the main players, had a chance to win, but in fact, the Knicks made the most embarrassing start of the season in the first 3 minutes.

After the jump ball, Dragic made a mistake in his first pass. He directly gave an assist to Calderon, who happily accepted the gift and scored 2 points.

Later, Zuo Li took an absolute dominant position with his back on the inside and stretched out his hands to wait for the pass. Kleiza was too short. As long as Zuo Li received the ball, he basically turned around and made a dunk, but Danny Green also missed the pass...

Kleiza himself didn't even expect the ball to appear in his hand, so he still held the ball in place for two seconds.

But Krezza reacted and immediately passed it to Calderon. He did not forget the goal of the Raptors tonight. Even if they lose, they must lose with dignity. Even if they are on the background, they must be the most handsome!

So the Raptors launched another fast break counterattack. Kleiza caught the ball and avoided Zuo Li, and folded and dunked in the air!

This skill shocked everyone, because Kleiza, a white man, could actually dunk like this, which was beyond everyone's expectations.

Barkley immediately said: "The Raptors are different this time. They are very focused. Everyone is working hard and they don't care at all. This means they definitely don't want to become a stepping stone for the Knicks."

"On the contrary, the Knicks played too conservatively. Why do I feel a little sleepwalking." Kenny Smith said.

Yes, the Knicks were sleepwalking. The first two mistakes were not enough. In the third attack, Zuo Li finally broke through and attracted three defenders to pass back to Belinelli at the top of the key. As a result, the latter threw an outrageous three-pointer.

dip...

The Knicks had to call a timeout just over a minute into the game.

However, the timeout was not effective and the Knicks' mistakes continued. In the first quarter, the Knicks made 10-2 mistakes and led the Raptors by a large margin. This also allowed the Raptors to easily take a 30-17 lead.

During the break, the camera focused on the Raptors bench. The expressions of the players were more exaggerated and more exciting. Obviously, they did not expect that the first quarter would go so smoothly.

It was a different scene on the Knicks side. Everyone's expressions were solemn, with anxiety and nervousness written on everyone's faces.

ESPN commentator commented: "The Knicks obviously did not expect tonight's situation. They are absolutely passive."

Director Zhang's evaluation hit the nail on the head: "The Knicks want to win but are afraid of losing, and they are carrying a burden."

Indeed, in the face of 70 wins, the young Knicks lost their cool. They wanted to win too much, and wanted to devour their opponents in one bite. As a result, they lost their cool and were unable to perform to their original level. Most of them lost their composure.

The first thought when a person gets the ball is to attack the frame. There are only 2 assists in one quarter. This is why the Knicks played like this in this quarter.

Even Zuo Li's 7 points in this quarter could only be considered a pass. He called Curry yesterday and told him that he would lead the team to achieve 70 wins today. Therefore, he was in a hurry, so his performance was average.

In the second quarter, the situation still did not change. The Knicks replaced Ke Liu. As a result, Zuo Li and Ke Liu did not distribute the players well, resulting in one person playing and one person watching. There was still a lack of coordination. In the end, they lost another 7 points in a single quarter...

Zuo Li experienced the feeling of being beaten by the Raptors for the first time in his career.

"60-40..."

The O'Mei on the sidelines frowned as she looked at the score on the big screen. This was the worst half-court ball she had ever seen the Knicks play. The opponent was not a strong team, but the Raptors.

"This game..." Director Zhang fell into silence. He didn't know what to say, because this was not at the level of the Knicks.

Fans, on the other hand, are more straightforward, especially fans with bad hearts, such as Hibbert. As soon as his eyes close, his heart skips a beat - bang!

Turn off the TV...

Those who couldn’t stand it were the home fans. During the halftime break, many fans chose to go outside to smoke a cigarette to calm down. Why not leave? Of course, because the tickets for this game are really too expensive. People come from all over the world.

Which fan doesn’t want to witness the second 70-win game in NBA history, so even the one in the last row, close to the ceiling, costs $2,000 to buy.

But if the fight continues like this, I will probably have to leave no matter how reluctant I am. After all, life is more important than money. Looking at many people, I think they will have to be sent to the emergency room.

But there are also fans who understand. Spike Lee is very calm. It doesn't matter. If you lose, you lose. If this one doesn't work, there will be the next one. There are still three games, so you can always win one!

Naturally, the locker room was also cold. It wasn't that I was sad, but I felt very embarrassed. After all, being beaten by the second-to-last team in the Eastern Conference and trailing by 20 points at halftime would be a very embarrassing situation for an individual.

After being embarrassed, you have to find a way. Many people outside think that the Knicks should give up, but there is no need to discuss this thing in the locker room. Giving up against the Raptors is too embarrassing, even if they are already 20 points behind.

So the question now is not whether to give up or not, but how to regain the situation in the second half.

Tactics?

There is nothing to change. There is no big problem with D'Antoni's tactics. The problem is that the tactics cannot be executed at all.

Mentality?

This is of course the key, the Knicks were too anxious tonight.

But mentality is the most difficult thing to change on the spot, otherwise there wouldn’t be so many collapses in various sports competitions.

This chicken soup thing didn't work, so no one stood up to feed everyone chicken soup.

Simply, D'Antoni's heart was broken. His mentality exploded and his tactics couldn't be used. So he simply didn't want those complicated tactics. He chose the housekeeping tactics that Mike Brown used in the Cavaliers:

"In the pick-and-roll, the defender dribbles the ball across half the court and tries to find a way to pass the ball to Zuo Li. Then the shooter finds a position to receive the ball, rushes inside to grab the rebound, and lets Zuo Li handle the ball!"