"Rookie, you seem to be very weak, since you can't prevent it, don't force it, no one will blame you for being blown up by me."

After a break for most of the quarter, Irving's sharpness returned, and he was the kind of player who was born with a passion repair system, and as long as he was given time, he could climb out of any big hole.

Roy continued his ruthless style from the opening stanza, and his counter-attack was equally cold.

"Kyrie (Irving), if you're following me so much and want to get my autograph, can I sign you after the game? If you hadn't hid in the locker room and cried. ”

"Less nonsense, it's you who are going to cry, okay? I won't be bothered by you anymore. ”

"It's you who is talking nonsense, I said it earlier, we have already won and lost."

Winner scored? No, Owen didn't think the game was over, and Owen didn't think his game with Roy was over.

Sooner or later, Owen will have to find Roy to decide again, but not now. While sitting on the bench and watching the game just now, Coach Stevens completely brainwashed Irving, and he asked Irving to put the team's interests first, and Irving did recognize his problem.

Although he is a privileged player in the team, and although he has not been on the team for a long time, Irving knows very well that if he plays willful basketball like the first quarter again, then with the temper of iron-fisted young coach Stevens, he will definitely refrigerate himself on the bench.

So Irving has to wait, before leading the team to lock up the win, Irving temporarily put away the idea of one-on-one with Roy, beating the Knicks to win the game may be Irving's best response to Roy.

Owen's idea is also Roy's idea.

He couldn't afford to fight Owen anymore.

His physical strength was limited, and his physical strength was overdrawn for a full 30 days through the ultimate trial of the great god Jabbar. In other words, for the next 30 days, Roy's physical strength will be in a "fatigued state" (he can only play 90% of all abilities), and he can only play at 100% capacity for a maximum of 5 minutes per game.

In order to conserve energy, Roy asked his teammates for support after coming on the field.

Roy can no longer play as a main point player, he has to retreat to the wing, which is also the consensus he reached with Hornacek and Stockton off the court.

"Derrick (Rose), you'll have the ball in control, I'll play on the wing, and I'll shoot when I get the chance."

'Kenneth (Farid), Willy [Hernangomez], I need more pick-and-rolls and covers, I can't do too many off-ball runs right now, I need space.

"Jaylen (Brown), if I'm defending, please give me more help to make up for it."

Roy nervously communicated with his teammates, and all his tactical corrections to himself had only one purpose - to save energy.

If his stamina goes into an "overdrafted state" (he can only play 80% of all his abilities), then Roy's role on the court will be completely lost, and now, at least, he can still exist as a good pitcher.

The Knicks' tactical change immediately caused a heated discussion in the live broadcast room.

What happened to Roy? That usually energetic Roy only played 5 minutes in the first quarter today and left the game, and why did he feel a little closed to play again? What happened to him?

He is Roy, who blew up the "singles king" Kyrie Irving in the first quarter, as long as he wants, he can continue to press Irving now, but Roy chose to play in obscurity.

On the offensive end, Roy changed his ferocious style of play in the first quarter, and now he chooses to stand on the wing, wait for his teammates to block and cover, and then look for open shots.

On the defensive end, Roy was also more effortless, he did not go straight to Kyrie Irving, who was facing him before, but instead defended the "nine-finger dunk king" Gerald Green, who had slowly lost his athletic vitality.

"I don't know what's going on, Roy suddenly changed his style of play in the second quarter, and he chose a more effortless style of play on both ends of the floor, isn't that what Melo (Anthony) likes to do the most? Isn't it a bad start, isn't it? ”

"Mike, I think you're probably overthinking. But from Roy's eyes, we can tell that he is indeed a little tired, and I guess he must have been overloaded in the past two days, which is why he is so tired. ”

"Mr. Fraser, I have a little doubt about the extra practice you raised, according to the reporter, Roy hasn't appeared in the Knicks' training hall in the past two days, so there is no such thing as extra practice, will he leave the team to practice alone?"

What the hell happened to Roy? In the eyes of ordinary fans, Roy, who played in the second quarter, was really not very excited, the domineering offense in the first quarter disappeared, and the momentum of fighting with Irving to the end and not ending in the first quarter also disappeared.

Roy's current style of play is suddenly back to his earliest days, no, maybe not as good as he was when he first joined the Knicks. Even in the preseason when Roy was at his worst, he would take the initiative to control the ball and play with the ball, instead of always waiting for the open space created by the pick-and-roll cover to shoot, and Roy's shooting percentage was not as high as before.

Roy had a rough time, and as soon as he got back on the court, Stevens had the rubber-like Bradley stick it on. This Bradley is really an indispensable player in team basketball, his focus on defense is really rare in the league, whether Roy is standing in place and waiting, or looking for cover to shoot, he is inseparable, constant contact, he does his best to consume Roy.

But Roy really can't take Bradley now, in the "fatigue state", his ability has declined across the board, and he can't make Bradley stunned like the two shots at the beginning of the first quarter, and now all he can do is wait for the opportunity to contribute to the shot.

There is a chance, how could the smart Stevens not see Roy's sudden situation, no matter what the reason, anyway, Roy's physical condition has decreased significantly compared to the previous games, compared to the first stage of the game, Roy's body looks very tired, and he is very careful to make movements, it is certain that Roy is no longer the Roy in the first quarter.

Could it be that Roy has encountered the so-called "rookie wall"? Or is there something wrong with his psyche? Or maybe he's injured? In short, now is the best chance to bring down the Knicks in one go.

Exploiting the opponent's weaknesses and chasing after them is an excellent trait of a good coach, and after discovering Roy's anomaly, Stevens immediately changed his tactics and he was going to play fast.

Stevens plans to use a fast offensive tempo to slow down Roy's physical strength, and he wants to disrupt the Knicks' offensive and defensive rhythm while Roy is not in possession.

Although the Celtics are not good at playing run-and-shoot tactics, as long as there are players like Irving in the team, it is definitely not a problem for the team to play fast, and with Stevens' authorization, Irving is like a wild horse that has escaped.

Derrick Rose is once again facing the lawless Irving, an opponent he can't resist, and Irving, who is slowly regaining his senses, is attacking Roy again.

Cross stepping, emergency stop jump shots, accelerated breakthroughs, Roy can see these technical movements clearly, but his body can't keep up with his reactions, several times, obviously his eyes and brain have judged the right way, but the body is just one step off.

Losing 10% of his abilities isn't fatal for Roy, but it's fatal to deal with Owen.

And after a few rounds of defeat with Owen, Roy's poor physical strength fell into the red line (overdraft), and he had no choice but to rest again.

"Rookie, now tell me, who won the hell? If I'm not mistaken, you lost all the 4 heads-up just now, you lost, rookie, you'd better never play again, I'll wait for you to play at any time and then knock you down. ”

The arrogant Owen trash talked, and Roy could only be silent.

I have to say that the Knicks who lost Roy were like losing their brains, and their style of play suddenly became chaotic, and they fell behind the Celtics in all aspects of the game.

But the Knicks still couldn't escape the fate of falling behind, and at halftime, the Celtics led by 12 points at 63:51 thanks to Irving's strong attack.

What the hell happened to the Knicks? What the hell happened to Roy?

With the Celtics' continuous scoring, as Irving continued to suppress Roy, the originally noisy Madison Garden Square Arena slowly lowered its decibels, and the fans who were still alive in the first quarter were depressed one by one, not to mention the shouts of "MVP".

Since he couldn't catch the joyful expressions of the fans, the photographer could only find some highlights from Spike Lee, who was sitting in the first row, and the silent Spike Lee also shook his head frequently.

What the hell happened to the Knicks? What the hell happened to Roy?

At half-time, the fans unanimously asked the question.

What the hell went wrong with Roy?

Roy, who scored 11 points on 5-of-6 shooting in the first quarter, suddenly changed his style of play in the second quarter, the omnipotent Roy disappeared, the Roy who rubbed on the ground by Owen disappeared, and was replaced by Roy, who played extremely healthy and was frequently defeated by Owen.

This Roy is no longer strong, no longer invincible, no longer high-profile, he barely scored 5 points on 2-of-6 shooting, and other than that, he didn't even contribute to rebounds and assists.

It's not okay to go on like this, Roy, what happened to you? Where did the invincible Roy in the first quarter go? What about the "Avengers" who said they were good to fight all over the league......