Woodson stood on the sidelines, his hands spread out with a helpless expression.

The foundation of this Knicks team in the league is defense, but now that defense has been smashed.

But in fact, if no one reminds him, maybe he won't realize that compared to defense, the Knicks' simple and sparse offensive routine is the reason why the team can't play high-intensity games.

101-72, the Cavaliers beat the Knicks by 29 points in the home opener and took a 1-0 lead.

On the Knicks' side, Anthony had 13 points and 10 boards on 5-of-15 shooting, J.R. Smith had 9 points and 4 rebounds on 3-of-17 shooting, and Stoudemire had 14 points and 7 boards on 6-of-7 shooting.

On the Cavaliers' side, Yao Ming played three quarters, scoring 26 points and 17 rebounds on 12-of-14 shooting, Paul had 14 points, 13 assists and 3 steals, Whiteside had 7 points and 13 rebounds, Carter had 16 points and 3 boards, and Butler and Parsons also scored 9 points each.

A big win, the Cavaliers' home basket almost didn't let the Knicks smash it.

Compared with the result of the game, what made the fans happier was Barkley, the game played in the fourth quarter, when the on-site photographer gave him the lens, he took off the cardboard box and went directly under the table, and the effect of the show exploded.

With such a disparity in scores, he will not be too far from the day when he will take off his pants on the show.

At the end of the game, the players were whistling in the locker room, showering, shouting, and in a pretty good mood.

Tang Tian and Casey also walked past the locker room with a smile.

"I guess this group of guys didn't expect the game to be so easy." Casey smiled and shook his head, although the difference was only 29 points, but basically, it was close to 30 points at halftime, and the disparity in the score was much larger.

"It's going to be a bit harder to play in the end." Tang Tian smiled and nodded.

"Huh?" Casey looked at Tang Tian suspiciously.

"Mike Woodson's words, although there are no tactics and the presence is not very good, but he still has a set of personnel, and he is expected to try to make some changes in the next game, and Anthony will not always play like this, even if we do a good job defensively."

Casey nodded after listening, Anthony's scoring ability is undoubted, and scoring 13 points in a game is certainly not his normal level.

"But they still don't have a chance." Tang Tian continued.

The gap between the system and the overall strength is not something that can be made up by a superstar outbreak, even if Anthony scores three or four points, it will only make the scene more anxious.

The rest of the Knicks are too poor.

Fields and Shamppert, two rookies, play the main rotation, Bibby and Davis, the two old men, are all the point guard lines, not to mention that there is a JR Smith who has a not very good brain, has a core heart, and has no core strength, and the only second-in-command Stoudemire who has some strength suffered an injury late in the season and has not been reused after his comeback.

On the first day of the first round, in addition to the Cavaliers and Knicks, the Pacers and Celtics in the East also started playing, and the aging Celtics relied on their veteran experience to play a wave of 6-0 scores in the first minute of the final game, and finally won the first game 92-88, which was a small upset.

And in the West, the Thunder's 93-87 victory over the Mavericks was not surprising, but what people didn't expect was the game between the Suns and the Grizzlies, 71-91, in front of the Grizzlies' iron wall, the Suns seemed to be unable to score all of a sudden, except for James who scored 31 points, no one ever scored 15.

James' first year of playoff journey in the West didn't start well.

After another day of rest, the second game between the Cavaliers and Knicks resumed at Quickloan Arena.

Woodson did make a change to the lineup, and he moved Smith from the bench to the starting lineup.

However, contrary to Tang Tian's prediction, Anthony still did not regain his touch under the Cavaliers' bag, and Smith's performance was even more miserable.

In the end, in the cheers of the fans at the scene, the Cavaliers defeated the Knicks again 108-81 in the second game, leading 2-0 in the big score.

Anthony made 7-of-25 shots and barely got 20 from the free-throw line, J.R. Smith made 0-of-9 shots and scored only 2 points from the free-throw line, and the performance was even more miserable, but the other role players played well, Stoudemire had 15 points and 11 rebounds on 7-of-9 shooting, and Fields and Novak also scored 12 points each.

But 2-0, the average goal difference is close to 30 points per game.

No one expected that the Cavaliers would still be so horrible without James, and the Knicks really didn't seem to have a chance at all.

"Man, the series isn't over yet!" Barkley shouted stiffly when he was being urged by O'Neal and Smith to take off his pants.

After the Cavaliers' two games, the two sides will also move to the Madison Square Garden arena for the third game of the series.

Madison Square Garden is one of the oldest arenas in the NBA, and it is also one of the most well-known arenas in the NBA due to its location in New York, the most prosperous city in the United States.

Basically, a lot of big things, including the NBA draft, will be chosen to take place here.

Not only the fans, but also the league players, also have a natural sense of awe for this stadium.

Even historical giants like Jordan and Kobe Bryant regard the conquest of the court as one of their honors.

This is the mecca of basketball.

"Our opponents are going crazy tonight, they're going to play more crazy attacks and defenses than usual, it's not going to be an easy game, we have to give it our all! Win this game and prove yourselves! ”

In the locker room before the game, Tang Tian cheered for the players and also took preventive injections by the way.

The fans at the scene were all wearing white T-shirts, and the white expanse gave people a huge sense of pressure, which could be felt as soon as they walked out of the players' tunnel.

Although Tang Tian had been vaccinated in advance, many players still felt tight.

The Cavaliers, since Tang Tian joined, played the playoffs for the first time in this basketball mecca.

"Gentlemen! Ladies! Welcome to ~~Madison~~~ Arena!! ”

The live DJ was also full of momentum, and the opening introduction completely brought the atmosphere of the whole stadium to life.

In the modern 3D projection technology of the stadium, the starters of both sides were introduced one after another.

The Cavaliers are still the regular starting five, with Paul, Green, Butler, Battier and Yao Ming.

On the Knicks' side, Woodson played like a trick and put JR Smith back on the bench again, but this time he put not the previous Shampert, but Fields, who played well before, and the starting five were Bibby, Fields, Anthony, Stoudemire and Chandler.

"Merlot, wake up! This is your home turf! It's your turf! Before his debut, Woodson yelled at Anthony.