Routines, what are routines?

In any field in the world, there are routines for everything, there are routines for reading, there are routines for exams, there are routines for chasing girls, there are routines for finding jobs, there are routines for doing business, there are routines for selling tea and eggs, there are routines for urban people, and there are deeper routines for rural people. Therefore, where there are people, there are rivers and lakes, and where there are rivers and lakes, there must be routines.

So what's the routine on the basketball court? Playing basketball does pay attention to routines, and there are many routines, and the routines are very deep. For example, if I pass the ball dozens of times and stun the opponent and then shoot, it is a routine, and if I don't pass the ball, the other four teammates will open the way for me. In short, basketball with routines is called tactics, and basketball without routines is X**D.

Routines are a kind of inertial thinking for professional players, and it is also a shackle for head coaches, because every manager with normal thinking will formulate tactics according to the actual situation of his own team and the opponent's team, avoid the real and the virtual, promote the strengths and avoid the weaknesses, and ensure that the team's benefits are maximized.

Before this game, Budenholzer had already studied the usual tactics of the Knicks: fast-paced offense and defense, firepower outside line, intermittent blocking, and Roy's individual singles.

The Knicks' routine isn't clear, but it's obvious. Therefore, Budenhozer saw the move and devised the team's countermeasures accordingly: reduce the speed of the game, speed up the rotation, expand the outside defense, and take a trap on Roy.

These four simple moves can be described as step-by-step and deadly, all of which pinched the key points of the Knicks' offense.

That's right, Budenhozer's four playstyles are all of the Knicks' offense, and the best point to summarize is that Roy leads a group of shooters in a high-speed game X**D.

You may laugh, but don't look down on X**D tactics. If you want to say that the Golden State Warriors, who are the hottest in the league now, don't their tactics boil down to X**D? If you want to say that Curry and Thompson have brainless prodigal investments, which one is reasonable? Which one has a tactic? Which one conforms to the laws of basketball? But they are accurate, what do you do with them?

Similarly, the Knicks' X**D tactics have played a key role in the previous games:

Against the Chicago Bulls, the "main dish" X**D added a little "condiment" to block and dismantle, and finally relied on a rebound to kill the opponent;

Against the Utah Jazz, Roy felt good and shot the master to death;

Against the Brooklyn Nets, the opponent is more X**D than himself, and it is not difficult to win;

Against the Boston Celtics, benefiting from the absence of opponent defensive giants Horford and Crowder, they relied on X**D and desperate defense to get through;

Against the Toronto Raptors, Roy Jordan possessed him at the last moment, and won the game in the real sense by relying on the unreasonable X**D reversal score;

Against the Dallas Mavericks, the opponent is too weak, and X**D can win any way;

Against the Detroit Pistons, the tone of the hand-to-hand combat between the two sides in the first game was continued, compared to who made fewer mistakes, there was no tactics at all, and another typical X**D.

So from this point of view, the Knicks basically didn't use too many complicated tactics in the first seven games they won, nothing more than fast-paced counterattacks, open shots and the star's individual singles, and won the game by relying on this routine that is not a routine.

Those seven games were won, but to be honest, there wasn't much at the tactical level, and the Atlanta Hawks team that the team faced today was a traditional powerhouse with real money, but it was a team with a high level of tactical literacy in the league. After more than three years of hard work, Budenhozer's tactical philosophy has been deeply rooted in the blood of this group of players.

It is precisely because of this that Hornacek knows that he can't win by playing a regular tactical routine with Budenhozer, so he has to play in a way that is unexpected and does the opposite.

Since Budenhozer has made up his mind to block the team's fast attack, to prevent the team's outside attack, and to freeze Roy's individual attack, then simply change the way of thinking, I don't play on the outside, I don't play speed, I come to the front.

Hornacek's substitution left Brin and Fraser a little incomprehensible, what was Farid going to replace Arthur and pile up three interior players on the court? Is it a three-tower tactic? This is unheard of.

But they understood right away, and when they got back on the court, the Knicks' offensive tactics had completely changed, with Roy and Porzingis pulling to the outside to feint to attract the defense, Noah tangled Howard on the inside, and Rose threw the ball into the air when he saw the opportunity.

Alley-oop, an aerial relay, like the Knicks' first goal, spared the perimeter defense and went straight to the box. However, this time it was "Half-Orc" Farid who caught the ball, and he pressed the ball into the basket with a thinner Korver.

O, the Madison Garden Plaza Arena detonated instantly, and the Knicks fans who had been depressed for a long time finally vented their emotions, a very unreasonable slam dunk, a good relieving goal, this is the strength of the "half-orc" Farid.

Seeing this ball, Budenhozer just reacted, and it turned out that the Knicks' substitution meant this: to avoid their own defensive heavy soldiers, so that Farid, who has stronger personal ability and physical fitness, can use missmatch to force Korver, who is slightly less defensive.

It's a clever move, and it's a risky move. The experienced Budenhozer immediately recognized the problem and saw the opportunity. Are the Knicks ready to give up defense? Taking an inside player to defend his own perimeter player is certainly not going to keep up in terms of speed and agility, and Korver's chance is here.

But is that really the case? Farid immediately taught Budenhozer why he could be called a "half-orc", and the muscular Farid was not inferior to Korver in terms of speed and agility. The short big forward showed his strengths, his body was explosive, his reach was terrifying, and although it was his first time playing in the number three position, he kept sharpshooter Korver from being stupid.

Under the entanglement of Farid, Korver's offense failed, and the Knicks immediately launched a counterattack, good guy, it was Farid who was running on the front line at a gallop, and he must have been suffocated in the Nuggets.

Seeing this, Roy didn't hesitate, he learned Rose's "Half-Orc Instruction Manual", threw the ball into the air, and saw Farid fly high like a beast that saw its prey, and this time he faced Howard, the "Warcraft" who was chasing back. The two were about to collide, but Farid did not hesitate, and pressed it straight into the basket when he got the ball, and Howard, who couldn't make up for it, not only did not cover the ball, but was also ejected from the court by Farid's impact and his own inertia.

2+1, the terrifying "half-orc" Farid is in the next city.

O, there was another burst in the audience, and the ball was really TM too unreasonable. The prepared fans immediately took out the beast hoods prepared in advance and put them on their heads, and the camera swept over, and the crowd was excited, a lively scene.

Farid played well, and Brin and Fraser certainly won't miss the chance to praise the Knicks.

"Walt, do you think Phil [Jackson's] deal is really good now, and is the Knicks making a lot of money? I don't think Farid is as unscrupulous as the experts say. ”

"Hey, Mike, are you kidding? Kenneth [Farid] is only 26 years old, and he still has a long way to go in his prime. If you want me to say, the Nuggets are willing to trade him, probably really received Phil (Jackson)'s red envelope, hahahahaha. ”

Farid twice wreaked havoc on the Eagles' airspace and left Budenhozer in the dark, but he couldn't help it, and the team couldn't afford to relax their defense against Roy and Porzingis. If the defense is shrunk into the box, the Hawks are likely to face a blow from the opposition's outside shooters, so all he can do is call out to defensive pillar Howard to help defend Farid.

What is a Defensive Pillar? The so-called defensive pillar is a super center who can support the entire defense of the penalty area.

Howard of the Hawks counts one, and Noah of the Knicks can barely count one.

In the next ball, it was the combination of Noah and Farid that combined to disrupt Millsap's attack.

Now it's the Knicks' turn to attack again, the same tactics, the same style of play, but this time Howard stood in the key position of the restricted area in time and no longer gave Farid the opportunity to easily complete the alley-oop.

But this did not bother the Knicks, they still resolutely handed the ball to Farid, and since it didn't work in the air, it was better to dig Korver from the ground instead.

Farid said just do it, writhing and spanking, step by step, Korver couldn't stand the "beast" like Farid at all, and now he really had to doubt life.

But then again, although Farid can bully Korver with his body, his back-to-back offensive skills are actually very poor, and two chiseled into the penalty area like him is a bit empty at the moment, how to turn around and complete the shot? Farid didn't have a shot in his arsenal.

But Howard over there didn't think so much, he was vengeful, and when he saw that Korver had been pushed out of the bottom line, he was ready to give Farid a hot pot hat when he came over. Farid really wants to thank Howard, he made up for the defense like this, and all of Farid's troubles were solved, anyway, he couldn't play by himself, and when he saw the opportunity, he gave an inside pass to Noah, who was in the vacant position, and Noah's easy dunk was also opened.

The Knicks' interior scored 7 points in a row, which surprised Brin, who was in charge of the commentary, and the Knicks' interior offense, which was only used as a decoration in the past, was actually opened today, and it was opened by Farid, who had just arrived at the team for two days, and he couldn't help but sigh.

"Interesting, Walter, I guess Coach Jeff [Hornacek] definitely hasn't practiced this peculiar style of play, believe it or not? Now I like Farid more and more. ”

"Mike, I know you're joking, Kenneth [Farid] has only been in the team for a long time, what can they do, at most they can eat melon seeds, nag home, if you want me to say, it's probably the talent of the players that guides them to make the right choice."

Talent? That's right, it's talent, that's talent crushing. On the basketball court, rigorous tactics are important, but a star's individual talent can sometimes destroy the seemingly impeccable tactical intelligence.

Just like Jordan angrily broke the Pistons bucket formation, Kobe Bryant killed the Spurs without a solution system, and Wadeson carried the Mavericks wheel battle.

In terms of talent, the Eagles are indeed a lot worse. At least in terms of the players on the court, except for Howard, the overall talent of the Knicks team is definitely higher.

Take a look at the players on the Knicks' side: No. 1 Roth in 2008, Roy Roy in 2016, No. 4 Rookie Porzingis in 2015, Noah Noah No. 9 in 2007, and No. 22 Rookie Farid in 2011.

In contrast, the Hawks were a lot more shabby: 2004 No. 1 Howard, 2013 No. 17 Rookie Schroder, 2006 No. 47 Rookie Millsap, 2003 No. 51 Rookie Korver, and 2012 No. 51 Rookie Bazemore.

Against Budenhozer's well-honed defensive formation, the talent of the Knicks players played a crucial role.

We don't have tactics, but we're stronger than you, faster than you, and more accurate than you.

After Farid successfully disrupted the Hawks' interior defense and forced the Hawks to shrink their defense, the Knicks' outside offense was also completely opened, with Rose's breakaway shot, Roy's step-back jumper, and Porzingis' master shot.

The Knicks' main players came together in the middle of the first quarter, and when they trailed by eight points in the first four minutes of the first quarter, they chased it all the way, and when there were less than four minutes left in the first quarter, they led by two points.

Seeing that the time was almost up, Hornacek clapped his hands, and the much-anticipated Knicks bench team was about to take the stage......