Roy's New Year's Day was a bit tired, even a little exhausting, and after playing an away game against the Houston Rockets, he immediately felt the fatigue from his body, endless fatigue, when the final game approached. After the New Year's dinner with Abby, Roy felt like he was going to collapse, and he didn't attend the New Year's party organized by Derek Ross, nor did he go to the gym or the medical room to recover.

All he could do was sleep, Roy spent the whole New Year's Day in bed, from day to night, he didn't do anything else, except for simple eating, Roy was completely on the bed. He was so tired, doubly exhausted after the "physical explosion", that even Dr. Carter's ice therapy equipment was now helpless against Roy.

Roy now feels that his whole body is about to fall apart, his body seems to be floating in a sea of lactic acid, although he wants to exert his strength and swim out, but he can't do anything at all, he can only let his body toss.

Indeed, the human body is like a delicate instrument, and it will give you back as much as you want to change it.

The physically and mentally exhausted Roy ushered in the first game of the new year, against the Orlando Magic team that he was familiar with, and Payton Jr., who he was familiar with.

There is no doubt that with Roy's ungodly performance in Houston two days ago, everyone thinks that he led the Knicks to win the Magic team as a three-handed snail - a nine-ten-hand thing.

But before the game, there was a succession of bad news from the Knicks, first Porzingis felt some soreness in his right knee after playing the game against the Houston Rockets, and after Dr. Carter's diagnosis, it was determined that Porzingis was overtired and caused knee damage, and recommended that he rest for a few days. To be on the safe side, Hornacek also gave Porzingis a week off.

Immediately afterwards, veterans Vujacic and "Glass Man" Arthur were also found to have signs of recurrence of old injuries after the game, and it is almost impossible to participate in the next game against the Orlando Magic, so the Knicks lost two more players on the bench.

Finally, and most bizarrely, there was an accident at the New Year's party of Derek Rose and Joe Jim Noah, and I don't know if the two stars were drinking high or smoking something that should not be touched, they got into a verbal altercation with the nightclub security guard, and finally not only hung up because of the fight, but also went to the police station for a walk.

The league's response to this vicious event in the New Year was also very fast, and Adam Shaw issued a ticket to Rose and Noah without saying a word - two direct bans, which also caused them to miss the home game against the Orlando Magic and the home game against the Milwaukee Bucks.

The loss of five players in a row before the big war is definitely not good news for the Knicks. The Knicks have five fewer players all of a sudden, which means that even if you count Lance Thomas, Kyle O'Quinn and Mindaggs Kuzminskas, who have not played for many years, the Knicks have only 10 players at their disposal, and the point guard is even more missing.

Helplessly, Roy can only play a cameo point guard again, and as for the interior, the Knicks can only use the strange combination of Farid and Hernangomez.

It was Roy who was so tired and the New York Knicks, who were so short of a major general, that they faced the challenge of the Orlando Magic at home.

Before the start of the game, the Knicks' home court was bustling, and the on-site staff made a wonderful shot collection of the Knicks' new season so far. On the big screen, Roy's picture occupies almost half of the picture, including the picture of Roy challenging James in the first game of his career, Roy's feat of scoring 50 points in the third game of the NBA, Roy's stunner goal in Chicago, Roy's record-breaking scoring highlights of 70 points, and Roy's successive shots of Rondo, Hayward, Lowry, Wiggins, and Harden.

Looking at this familiar scene flashing one by one, Roy's heart is really mixed, those who won and lost, those who were unwilling to be happy, those who were deeply impressed and remembered, and the scenes of the past seemed to resurface in front of him.

Then, as said before, Roy really brought Bradley Jr. to Madison Garden Plaza, in the eyes of thousands of people, in the tide of applause, Roy took Bradley Jr. on the court, and the fans were obviously moved by this touching scene, and the "MVP" in their mouths was the best affirmation of Roy.

However, the fans shouted and shouted that they were a little worried when they saw the starting lineup of the Knicks.

Roy, Lee, Crowder, Farid, Hernangomez, this is the strongest starting lineup that the Knicks can put out today, with three fewer starters, how can this be played?

On the Magic's side, Payton Jr. is still sitting on the bench, and their starting lineup is Augustin, Meeks, Gordon, Ibaka and Biyombo, looking at the names of these players, it seems that they are on par with the Knicks.

The course of the game immediately confirmed the fans' fears, the lack of three and a half starters, the lack of interior height, the lack of hardness of the Knicks, the lack of strength, coupled with Roy's extremely poor form, they allowed the young Magic team to score 33 points in the first quarter.

In the second quarter, the Knicks conceded more points, under the strong interior attack of the Magic team, under the strong impact of Payton Jr., the Knicks' defense was stormy, and their loss of points in the second quarter reached a terrifying 34 points, and the Knicks scored 67 points for the Magic team in the entire first half, and the defense was really not flattering.

For Roy, his highlights seemed to have all been left in the opening ceremony, and he barely played 16 minutes in the first half, scoring only 8 points, 2 rebounds and 3 assists on 3-of-9 shooting, which can only be described as so-so.

But what is hard to believe is that 8 points is Roy's final score in this game. At the beginning of the second half, Roy, who was physically empty and cold in his hands, was completely lost, and he missed all 7 shots in the second half, setting a new low for his own half-time scoring.

As he said in an interview after the game against the Rockets, "I think it's normal for anything to happen on the basketball court, I can score 50 points in one half today, or I can not score a point in one half tomorrow", Roy's flag was fulfilled.

Roy lost to Payton Jr. in this game, but the funny Payton Jr. didn't taunt Roy too much, it seems that the rumors before the game that Payton Jr. is about to join the Knicks don't seem to be groundless, and Payton Jr. is not stupid in the end, he will definitely not offend his future boss at this juncture.

But even if Payton Jr. is polite on the face, there is no slack on the court.

After a dull game, in the end, the Knicks, who were not in good shape with a disorganized personnel and a poor core player, lost the first game of the new year at home.

The full-time score of Orlando Magic 115:103 New York Knicks, whether from the process of the game or the result of the game, this is a complete defeat.

On the Magic side, Jordy Meeks scored a game-high 23 points, Aaron Gordon and Serge Ibaka scored 22 points each, Payton Jr. came off the bench to score a double-double of 13 points and 14 assists, Vucevic also came off the bench to score a double-double of 14 points and 13 rebounds, in addition, the Magic team also had Jeff Green score 10 points, and six people scored double-doubles, and it was difficult to win.

On the other hand, on the Knicks' side, the three-and-a-half-main players were unable to play, Roy was in a slump, only scoring 8 points, 6 rebounds and 7 assists, and they could only rely on 14 points each of Contney Lee and Jay Crowder to support the court, and backup center Hernangomez started for the first time in his career, and was almost blown up by the muscular male interior combination opposite. In addition, due to the lack of qualified point guards, the Knicks played chaotic after Roy's departure, and there was naturally no excuse for losing, and it seems that the Knicks' No. 1 and No. 5 positions have been strengthened.

In addition to blaming Rose and Noah, who missed the game because of fun, Roy's ups and downs have once again become the focus of criticism from many people.

You know, this is Roy, who played like a god in Houston two days ago, why did he get discouraged again after only two days?

The media, which can't find the reason, naturally likes to associate something strange, such as whether Roy had too much fun in the New Year? Is Roy's stability that bad? Or maybe Roy and his Knicks just like to rob the rich and give to the poor?

Of course, Roy was not willing to fail, but he had to accept defeat.

He also went to the gym for physical recovery exercises the night after the game, but he found that he couldn't change the side effects of special training at all, so the next 13 games could only drag such a tired body to deal with?

No, I have to find a way to overcome him.

Roy wants to overcome his limits, but time is running out for him, after playing against the Magic, they will once again sit at home to meet the challenge of the Milwaukee Bucks led by Antetokounmpo......