The Bobcats take on the Knicks on the road. Owner Michael Jordan refused to admit defeat, saying that the Bobcats can win at least one game because they have center Pekovic and Kamba Walker on the outside.

In the era of scarcity in the league, Ibaka averaged 48 million in 4 years and 15 per game. 1 point 8. 8 rebounds 2. 7 caps; McGee 4 years 44 million, 7 points 3. 4 rebounds 1. 4 caps; Jordan Jr. 4 years 43 million, 10. 4 points 13. 6 rebounds 2. 5 caps; Hibbert 4 years 58 million, 10. 8 points 6. 6 rebounds 2. 2 caps. For comparison, 4 years 50 million, 20. 3 points 10. 4 rebounds, 0. Pekovic, who has 7 blocks, looks too worthy.

Jordan feels like he did a good job last summer and is happy that this season is not bad, and he believes that making the playoffs is the first step in the rise of the Bobcats.

Jordan, who is the boss, is really not as qualified as when he was a player, and he forgot that the Knicks also have a strong man with a similar style and a similar number of Jù and Pekovic, and the two are hand-to-hand on the inside, and Pekovic has no advantage at all. No matter how good Walker is, can he compare to Zhou Xuan?

On the 20th, the first battle between the two sides began at Madison Square Garden. The Knicks didn't do much mobilization before the game, and in terms of live broadcast, only China's CCTV5 paid attention to the game. If the difference in strength is too great, the United States will not broadcast it.

The Knicks sent starters: Zhou Xuan, Matthews, Leonard, Bosh, Jefferson.

After missing 25 games due to injury, Leonard still has the trust of the coaching staff, and his defensive ability is indeed better than Parsons.

The Bobcats started Walker, Henderson, and Michael Kidd-Gilchrist, and Chinese fans called him Mai JJ (why is there a sense of disobedience?). Inside McRoberts, Pekovic.

Bosh jumped the ball and the game began. Zhou Xuan and Jefferson blocked and dismantled high, this move was enough for the Bobcats, Bosh went to the right side to cover Matthews, he ran to the bottom corner, and Matthews ran to 60 degrees.

The Bobcats used a joint defense, McRoberts followed Bosh on the right baseline, and Henderson followed Matthews, without misalignment, and seemed to be fine. But Zhou Xuan relied on the cover to get rid of the next jump past Pekovic, and scored an easy layup on the left side. 2 to 0.

The Bobcats attacked, the Knicks also defended the team, and Jefferson didn't go out under the basket. McRoberts and Walker blocked, Bosh switched defenses, Walker took the ball to the left side of Zhou Xuan and did not chase, interfering with McRoberts to catch the ball in front of the outside circle.

This season, McRoberts started 78 games and played a career-high eight. 5 points 4. 8 rebounds 4. 3 assists, scoring mainly by shooting, 36 three-point shooting percentage. 1%, it is not bad to do well at a high level, and it cannot be shorted casually. And his style is relatively soft, Zhou Xuan doesn't have to worry about being eaten hard.

Walker burst in and couldn't shake off Bosh, and the ball was passed to the perimeter, where Mai JJ took the ball and passed to Henderson, who hoisted it to Pekovic in the low post on the right.

The two macho men collided passionately, and Pekovic squeezed twice and turned around to the middle to hook his hand, which was a little far away and deviated. The rebound was picked up by Leonard.

In the Knicks positional battle, Zhou Xuan passed the ball to Bosh who was pulled to the right side at 60 degrees, and then the middle and Pekovic cut to the bottom corner of the right side without the ball, Bosh passed, and McRoberts changed the defense.

Zhou Xuan shook the ball with both hands, took a step to the left, attracted the opponent to follow the horizontal movement, and as soon as his right foot touched the ground, Zhou Xuan immediately dribbled under his crotch and changed to break through the bottom line successfully, Pekovic was slow to make up for the defense, and Zhou Xuan scored a layup. 4 to 0.

The Bobcats played a simple offense, blocking and passing to the perimeter, Henderson's jumper was missed, and Jefferson grabbed the rebound in the backcourt. The Knicks fell into position again, Zhou Xuan relied on Bosh to cover to get rid of Walker, the ball passed to Leonard again, Jefferson blocked in the second place, and he ran to the bottom right corner.

Leonard passed the ball to Zhou Xuan, Pekovic didn't defend it, Zhou Xuan received the ball and turned around, shot before Walker chased the defense, and hit a three-point shot in the bottom corner. 7 to 0.

Su Qun shouted: "Zhou Xuan scored 7 points in a row, he has reduced the number of shots this season, and many people are estimated to forget that he can win the scoring title." Today he started the main attack as soon as he came up. ”

Yang Jian said: "The biggest weakness of the Bobcats is the misalignment of the center defense, Pekovic can't go out, and Jefferson is the same type. In contrast, Jefferson is better, after all, he is short and can shoot from the field. ”

The Bobcats offense can't find a feeling, and usually they focus on the combination of inside and outside, hanging to the low post to let Pekovic carry the ball and attack. This is a big killer to win, and the opponent does not have a strong inside line, and Pekovic can easily score. He drew opponents to shrink and pass out to the perimeter, where Walker and Henderson could both shoot.

This Pekovic can't be opened, and the key position can't go directly to the basket, and the power is reduced. The ball was passed to him, and he squeezed it twice and passed it out of the line. Mai JJ didn't play at the level of the Bobcats, he rarely attacked, mainly defensively, dribbled and then split the ball. Walker got rid of the screen, and after receiving the ball, he made a three-point shot, but still didn't score.

Jefferson jammed, Leonard retracted and won the backcourt rebound, Bosh was very active in defense, and Leonard took on the task of grabbing the backcourt rebound.

In the Knicks positional battle, Bosh came out to cover, Walker went around from behind to directly prevent Zhou Xuan from breaking through, but as soon as he retreated, Zhou Xuan moved sideways and took a step to pull up the middle and shoot, one step outside the three-point line, and the ball bounced into the frame. 10 to 0.

McRoberts couldn't change the defense, and as soon as Walker retreated, his height of 185CM could not interfere with the shooting. Zhou Xuan scored 10 points in a row.

The Bobcats finally scored in the next round, Walker blocked and split the ball to Henderson, who relied on Pekovic to cover Matthews, Jefferson didn't switch defenses fast enough, and Henderson hit a 60-degree three-point shot from the right. 10 to 3.

It's just that it's not good to score, you have to defend it, Zhou Xuan gave the ball to Bosh after blocking and dismantling, this time Bosh didn't pass, and he took the ball in the middle and hit a jumper. 12 to 3, Zhou Xuan's assist also opened.

Bobcat attacked, Pekovic pulled to the periphery to block and dismantle, Jefferson changed the defense in time, Zhou Xuan also chased Walker, forcing him to pass, Walker's shooting rate this season was less than 4 percent, the efficiency was average, and the ability to break the bag needs to be improved. He passed out from the perimeter, and Mai JJ couldn't get past Leonard, and then Henderson, who played a block and split the ball to McRoberts for a jumper that missed.

The rebound was grabbed by Bosh, the Knicks attacked the position, and Matthews missed the catch after covering, and the scoring streak finally stopped.

In the first quarter, the Knicks played very simply, Zhou Xuan played the inside line in a dislocation, and his teammates stood on the periphery and waited for shooting opportunities, and Zhou Xuan could not be prevented at all if he did not cover the clip.

McRoberts did a good job of switching Zhou Xuan, he is fast, can be inside and out, has a large defensive coverage area, and his weakness is that he is easy to be eaten hard by strong forwards.

Before he arrived at the Bobcats, the Bobcats basically didn't know what defense was on the inside. Now that Pekovic is under the basket, it is not easy for the opponent to chisel in and play. The blocking ability of the two inside lines is not good in itself, Pekovic is too heavy and inflexible, and McRoberts is thin and easy to be knocked out, but after complementing each other, he does a good job.

Although the Bobcats' record is average, the average points conceded per game is the ninth fewest in the league, and the points conceded in 100 rounds are the eleventh in the league, which has done very well.

But Bosh pulled McRoberts away, and Jefferson blocked it high and let Pekovic defend Zhou Xuan, which was a tragedy. Unless Pekovic fouls, he can't stop Zhou Xuan from breaking through and shooting.

In the single quarter, Zhou Xuan shot 8 of 10, 2 of 2 free throws, 2 of 3 three-pointers, and scored 20 points and 3 assists.

The Knicks led by 18 points at 37-19.

In the second quarter, the Bobcats brought on full benches from Redno, Neil, Chris Douglas Roberts, Cody Zeller, and Biyombo.

The Knicks were replaced by Augustin, Bledsoe, Parsons, Anderson, and Bosh.

Bosh had a break in the first quarter, and now he's coming up to the bench again. When he was in the Heat, he often took a break in the first quarter and then brought a bench, which was able to ensure the withdrawal and defense, and the effect was good. Bosh and Anderson are paired up and have a much better ability to evacuate than the Heat.

Augustin is a defender who is well suited to play pick-and-roll attacks, and with Bledsoe out of the game due to injury, he has become the man with the ball. And he lived up to expectations, and he did a good job of shooting or distributing the ball after blocking and dismantling with Bosh.

Before the start of the new season, Bobcats coach Clifford had thought that rookie Zeller would show potential and play an important role in the team. But that didn't happen. Not even a sign of it.

As the No. 4 rookie, Zeller has been completely reduced to a role player this season, averaging 17 per game. In 3 minutes of playing time, he contributed 6 points and 4. 3 rebounds. It's clear that he's going to be Jordan's next failed draft pick.

Zeller has the pace, the skill and the ball intelligence, but he is prone to shaky when defending defenders and is not strong enough on the inside. It's not that you can't play well because you're thin, Bosh is also thin, and you can get a big contract by relying on mid-range shots. Zeller's astonishing shooting ability in rookie training camp is now not being able to play, shooting just 42 from the field in the regular season. 6%。

He resembles Jane Vessely, the No. 6 pick, who was supposed to be Novitsky II as a possibility, but was found to be Yi Jianlian II.

The Bobcats can't defend it, and they can't attack inside, so they can only rely on perimeter shots. Neil was very well guarded by Bradso, and he didn't play it. The Knicks went on an 11-2 run to extend the margin to 27 points.

D'Antoni didn't send Chou Xuan again in the second quarter, but let Bradsoo play more to let him find his form, and he missed a number of games in the regular season, and he needs time to get used to. When the Bobcats debuted, the Knicks only sent Jefferson as a main player to fight Pekovic in the low post.

The Bobcats' main player played the Knicks off the bench and failed to chase the score closer, the Knicks just restrained their number one star, Parsons, Copeland and Augustin guaranteed three-point firepower, Bledsoe could play a fast break directly, and the small-ball strategy Knicks did not have defensive holes. McRoberts is about the same height and weight as Parsons, and he can't eat hard in the low post.

In the third quarter, the Knicks still had the advantage, Augustin blocked and dismantled a one-step pull-up jump shot that was accurate, and Pekovic's inability to defend became the biggest weakness, and the Knicks led 103-66.

In the final quarter, the Knicks came off the bench, Bledsoe organized, Henry scored at guard, Copeland and Parsons at the front, and Dareham Porter at center. The Bobcats also came on as a substitute, and the result was a tragic blowout.

Daelhampo especially sees that he has a short playing time and is also extraordinary, with a very strong ability to grab rebounds, and he takes rebounds and three people to break fast. Henry and Bredsoe outraced Neil and Redno. After a 14-3 run, the Knicks extended the margin to 50 points.

Relying on Neil's three-pointer, the Knicks won by 49 points 138-89 at home.

Zhou Xuan's first quarter count of 20 points and 3 assists became his final number.