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On November 23, the Knicks played against the Charlotte Bobcats at home. After two days of rest, the physical fitness of the Knicks players has basically recovered.

Last season, the Bobcats broke into the playoffs for the first time with 44 wins and 38 losses. Unfortunately, they were swept out by the Cavaliers 4:0 in the first round. According to the team's development trend, this season's Bobcats should make persistent efforts. Breaking into the top eight in the Eastern Conference should be the beginning of their rise, but this is not the case.

In the team strength ranking released by ESPN before the start of the season, the Bobcats ranked last among the 30 teams in the league.

ESPN also gave an explanation for this. First of all, they traded Alexis Akinsa and Tyson Chandler to the Dallas Mavericks in exchange for Matt Carroll, Eric · Dampier, Eduardo Najera and Cash.

You must know that the reason why they made the playoffs last season was that Tyson Chandler played a very important role in the inside, especially on the defensive end. Tyson Chandler is the inside Optimus Prime of the Bobcats, but they The hero who helped them reach the playoffs was traded away in exchange for a bunch of leftovers. It was really a 100 bill for three pieces of change, and the sum of these changes was found to be less than 100.

And Tyson Chandler, who was traded to the Mavericks, has completely become the Mavericks inside Optimus Prime. The arrival of Tyson Chandler has also completely made up for the last shortcoming of the Mavericks inside. Recently, their record is also in full swing. After beating opponents one after another and winning five consecutive victories, the Western Conference powerhouses such as the Spurs and Heat fell under the Mavericks' hooves.

Bobcats fans: We want to give Dampier back to you, can you see it? !

Then there is Larry Brown, the head coach of the Bobcats. Although Larry Brown is a champion coach, he has his own set of standards for employing people. Nor will he be given playing time.

On the contrary, as long as he encounters players who agree with his standards, Larry Brown can maximize the strength of these people. The Pistons' five civilian tigers are created by Larry Brown.

However, Larry Brown's cultivation of rookies is not very good. He doesn't like to use rookies in many cases, so rookies will not have much playing time in his hands, such as Darko Milicic who was destroyed by him. .

Although the Bobcats have greatly improved on the defensive end under the guidance of Larry Brown, their performance on the offensive end has been unsatisfactory. Coupled with their mysterious operation in the off-season, and the record of 5 wins and 8 losses in the new season, it is not without reason that the Bobcats' strength ranking is backward.

The Knicks still play the same way at home, and the upgrade of the Knicks' defense makes it even more difficult for the Bobcats, who are not good at offense, to score. On the defensive end, the Bobcats, who lost the inside defensive gate Tyson Chandler, could not resist the combined impact of the Knicks inside and outside with only the top picks Kwame Brown and Boris Diaw.

The Bobcats lasted only half of the game at Madison Square Garden before collapsing across the board. Gerald Wallace, the core offensive core of the Bobcats, was defended by Lian Dao with only 9 points and 3 rebounds. Stoudemire and Millsap took turns to take care of him. Kwame Brown, the No. 1 pick handpicked by Jordan, was educated by Cousins, a rookie, who was overwhelmed by talent.

The two teams played in the second half, and the Bobcats' defense was full of gaps. Many people couldn't believe that this would be the Charlotte Bobcats who defended hard last season. It can only be said that this year's Bobcats are completely useless.

At the end of the game, the Knicks defeated the Charlotte Bobcats at home 114:89.

Lian Dao still played well in this game. Although Elvis Presley Gerald Wallace's defense was excellent, he couldn't stop Lian Dao, who had both strength and speed. With 37 points, 5 rebounds and 7 assists, Stoudemire also played well this time. Kwame Brown and Diaw couldn't resist Stoudemire's attack at all. He also scored 30 points and 18 rebounds on the heads of these two.

The Knicks won their 15th straight game.

Now the Knicks add a lot of attention to the winning streak. Not only is the 15-game winning streak difficult to achieve, but this stage of the Knicks' winning streak is really extreme. It started in a month full of back-to-back games. The winning streak is a huge test for the strength of a team and the tenacity of the players.

With the Knicks' winning streak, the Knicks' winning odds have been constantly decreasing, and fans are constantly optimistic about the Knicks. Except for the Lakers and Heat, only the Knicks have the lowest odds of winning.

The next day, the Knicks flew to Charlotte to play the Bobcats in an away game. It was consecutive back-to-back games, so the shooting percentage of both sides was extremely low at the beginning.

In the first three quarters, neither side was able to decide the outcome. Until the fourth quarter, D'Antoni swung Holiday, Danny Green, Gallinari, Lian Dao, and Millsap into the five small lineups, replacing the exhausted Stanley. Tadmire and Cousins, the Knicks speeded up across the board.

And it was the impact of this wave of five small lineups that directly hit a 15:2 shock wave at the beginning of the fourth quarter, laying the foundation for victory in this game in one fell swoop.

The Bobcats were shattered by the Knicks' strong offense. After that, the Bobcats seemed to be ineffective at both ends of the offense and defense. Larry Brown's successive timeouts did not awaken the players' desire to win.

And then the Knicks shot crazy from outside. In the fourth quarter, the Knicks team made 10 of 15 three-pointers, and the shooting rate exceeded 60%. It was this wave of three-point rain that completely gave the Charlotte Bobcats The failure nailed the coffin.

Fans in the Time Warner Center arena have been staring blankly at the dejected Bobcats players on the field. The eyes of the Bobcats fans were full of disappointment. Some fans even booed the home team. They couldn't believe it was still Did the Bobcats have a solid defense last season?

And more fans didn't want to see the players looking embarrassed after losing, so they left the scene early.

At the end of the game, there were less than 3,000 spectators left in the arena with nearly 20,000 people, and most of them were fans of Lian Dao.

Lian Dao still played efficiently in this game, with 42 points, 5 rebounds and 7 assists. Apart from Lian Dao, Gallinari and Millsap played the best respectively, they scored 20 points and 24 points respectively.

Affected by back-to-back games, Stoudemire felt average. He only scored 10 points in this game, but he got 18 rebounds.

The Knicks double-killed the Charlotte Bobcats in two games, giving them a two-game losing streak. At the same time, the Knicks also extended the winning streak to 16 games.

They also spent their 5th back-to-back in November.

In the press conference after the game, Lian Dao was still the brightest star in the audience, and the Knicks were most asked about their 16-game winning streak at the beginning of this season.

"I am very happy that the team has won 16 consecutive victories. This is the result of all of us working together." Lian Dao still apportioned the credit to everyone, and then he said: "I never thought that we would start the season. To achieve 16 consecutive victories, you know, when I got the season match list, my heart was broken!"

"Can you imagine 7 back-to-back games in 19 games? Oh, to be honest, my first feeling at the time was that as long as we can maintain half of the winning percentage, we will be successful. If we maintain a 2/3 winning percentage, we will be successful." It’s already great, but when we tried our best to play every game well, we suddenly found that we had unknowingly walked in the forefront of the league.”

After the Knicks returned to the home court after playing back-to-back in the fifth game, there is still a two-day rest period in the middle, and then they will face the Atlanta Hawks at home, and then they will set off again to Detroit, Motor City, and play back-to-back away games against the Pistons.

This will also be the sixth and final back-to-back game for the Knicks in November.

As long as November is over, the Knicks will have a significant reduction in back-to-back games in subsequent games.

Originally, D'Antoni planned to choose a rotation in the game against the Hawks. After all, the Knicks lineup is exhausted after consecutive back-to-backs. A reasonable rotation is also a guarantee to ensure the health of the team. D'Antoni plans to choose to take a rotation when facing the Eagles. Stoudemire and Holiday, then rested Lian Dao in the game against the Pistons.