Fraser's hunch was correct, and after this timeout, Hornacek did mechanically switch back to the main lineup, and his change immediately caused the Knicks to immediately return to weakness.

It's still that taste: it's still that lineup, it's still that state, it's still that result.

Of course, now some Knicks and Anthony fans can also throw the pot on the Grizzlies, because the Grizzlies have also replaced the main players, and the main players of the Knicks have to face the Grizzlies' "black and white double bears", and this defensive pressure is much more than the benches led by Roy ravaging the old, weak, sick and disabled opposite.

Their subtext was: If Roy were to lead the bench to play the Grizzlies' main team, wouldn't they lose points? They're just going to lose more.

This is the argument of Anthony's brainless fans, they don't care about the team's win or lose, they only care about how the "melon" plays.

But Anthony's play in this game is really unsatisfactory, or the Knicks' starting five are too unsatisfactory, and their defense has problems, and the discerning people can see it clearly now: although Rose and Lee have a good defensive attitude, they have never been a good defensive player; Anthony's attitude is inherently problematic, and it is normal to be reduced to a defensive black hole; Porzingis has the height and reach, but in the end he still lacks experience, and it is difficult to take on a big role for the time being; In the end, there is the decadent Noah, who signed a big contract to make him not want to make progress, and now it should be Phil Jackson who should really regret it.

With these five people on the court, facing a steady Grizzlies team, it will undoubtedly be difficult to win, unless their offense is extraordinary, it is really unlucky.

And today in the face of the Grizzlies' tough defense, the Knicks' starters handed over quite poor offensive answers, Anthony shot 1 of 3 three-pointers, Porzingis shot 0 of 2 three-pointers, and Rose shot 0 of 1 three-pointers.

At halftime, the Grizzlies again took a 57-49 lead.

"What was Hornacek thinking? It's better to let Roy play with the bench for a while longer. ”

"Why do you want to make substitutions according to the point in time, since the substitutes play well, you should give the substitutes a little more time to play."

"Don't say that the Grizzlies' bench players are not good, if Roy is allowed to play the first half, I don't know who will win and who will lose."

At half-time, fans were complaining about Hornacek's rigid use of personnel.

Of course, Hornacek also knows that his employment is unscientific, but he also has pressure, Mills is watching himself in the box, he is a staunch supporter of Anthony, who can give Hornacek the courage to reverse the order and time of the main and substitute appearances? Nobody, not even Jackson's words don't necessarily work now.

How to fight or how to fight. In the second half, as usual, the main force went first, and as usual, it was beaten wildly by the Grizzlies' violent inside, and as usual, the team was losing and retreating, and the score slowly opened up.

"It's really damn, our head coach Jeff seems to have to pinch the table to replace personnel every game in the future, I think he is more suitable to be the head coach of the track and field team, really, you see, he doesn't plan to change people when he plays like this, he is really counting the time." In the face of the weak performance of his hometown team, Brin didn't mean to show mercy.

And the Grizzlies have no mercy on their subordinates, and a wave of 6:0 small climax directly beat the Knicks to a substitution.

However, in the face of the Knicks' personnel adjustment, Fitzdale did not make corresponding substitutions this time, and he wanted to leave the "black and white bears" to test the Knicks' "bench bandits".

The "what if" that fans are looking forward to is finally coming.

If the "bench bandits" led by Roy can win the "black and white bears", it will be clear what it means, and at that time, Anthony's brain-dead fans must have nothing to say.

"Hey, Roy, the other side doesn't dare to replace Gasol and Randolph, does this mean that the other side is afraid of us, hahahahaha." Before the game, it was still Hernangomez's teasing and complaining time.

But this time he was right, Coach Fitzdale was really afraid of Roy's run-and-gun tactics, and it would be very difficult for any team to face an attacker with the ball who could shoot and pass, especially since this guy was unusually fast.

Fitzdale deployed Vince Carter, the team's most experienced player, to defend Roy.

Speaking of which, Vince Carter can also be regarded as a generation of gods in the NBA, as one of the "four quarterbacks" of the year, Carter conquered the public with his explosive body and beautiful dunk when he first appeared in the NBA. He quickly became the star of the Toronto Raptors and developed his three-point shooting ability. In seven years with the Raptors, Carter was never able to lead the team to the Eastern Conference Finals, so he was traded to the New Jersey Nets (now Brooklyn Nets), and formed the famous "troika" with Jason Kidd and Richard Jefferson, but unfortunately, he still failed to realize his dream of winning the championship in the Nets. After leaving the Nets, Carter began his wandering career, "playing the Magic" (Magic), "shooting the Suns" (the Suns), and "being a cowboy" (the Mavericks), but only briefly on each team. And in the later years of his career, he came to the Grizzlies, did not choose to huddle, did not choose to lie down, he came to the bland Grizzlies, and what is even more amazing is that Carter, who is nearly 40 years old, still developed his defensive ability here.

Fitzdale is no slouch, and he fully believes in Vince Carter's defensive prowess, an "uncle-level player" who is more than twice Roy's age and has a level of diligence and hard work that no other player in the league has.

Defending is not too much of a talent job, it requires a focused attitude and absolute tactical execution.

The showdown between the two generations of flying men immediately aroused the interest of the audience.

Basketball fans are some nostalgic people, and after Vince Carter confronted Roy, the dusty memories of those old fans were instantly activated.

They remembered Carter and the Maddie brothers back then, remembered the wonderful pictures of Carter vs. Iverson and Carter vs. Kobe, and what they miss most is Carter's gorgeous dunk and picturesque shooting action.

The youthful and energetic Carter seems to have been resurrected, except that he is now wearing the Knicks' No. 1 jersey.

Roy's movements were so fast that he opened up in one step, leaping high and throwing the ball before Carter could catch up with him.

A "Jordan-style step-back jumper", Vince Carter couldn't help but be stunned, he seemed to go back to twenty years ago, when he was imitating this action day after day, the shooting action of this idol Jordan.

Roy wants to pay tribute to the classics, but also to transcend the classics.

The basketball obediently entered the net, and the long-awaited audience finally couldn't help but burst into cheers.

The horn of the counterattack sounded.

Just like Vince Carter did, defense isn't too much of a talent job, it requires a focused attitude and absolute tactical execution.

The Knicks' "bench bandits" may not be good at defense either, but they are incredibly committed.

The emaciated Porzingis clings to the bulldozer-like Zach Randolph, the immature Hernangomez is desperately carrying Marc Gasol with his body, and the aging Vujacic is not far from Wade Baldwin's side, and Roy is in charge of leading the defense.

The inside line has always been a Shura field of hand-to-hand wrestling, and Porzingis and Hernangomez may not be able to prevent the violent and brutal "black and white bears", but their efforts can consume the physical strength of the two major interior lines.

In the repeated tug-of-war, the physical strength of the "black and white bears" finally couldn't hold on, Randolph's big ass couldn't move, Gasol's hands couldn't be raised, they were inside players in the end, and the physical consumption was much higher than others.

They started to make mistakes, they started to miss shots, the "Black and White Bears" were exhausted under the siege of the "bench bandits", Fitzdale had to replace the two main players, and at this time the score was not completely stretched, Roy did it, he succeeded.

Roy led the team to launch a crazy counterattack, the Grizzlies' bench was not the opponent of the "bench bandits" at all, the difference between the two sides was eroded little by little, and the third quarter ended, the score came to 81:82, and the Knicks were only 1 point behind.

The victory was about to change hands, but Hornacek was forced to make a faint move at this time, and at the beginning of the fourth quarter, he hurriedly replaced all the main forces.

This substitution immediately caused dissatisfaction among the commentators and fans at the scene.

"Oh my God, Walter, you should believe it now, our head coach Jeff is really using a stopwatch to calculate the playing time of each player, and the blind know that it is not a wise choice to change the main force at this juncture, if Roy is given another minute, the Knicks will definitely be able to turn over."

Brin was right, the impact of substitutions on the team's morale was huge.

But Hornacek has no choice, this is the NBA that follows the rules, and the rules of the team and the face of the boss are sometimes more important than winning.

And once Anthony came on the court, the game returned to the Grizzlies' favorite slow pace, and a loss seemed inevitable again......