"The Raptors players are still really fierce, Roy, you have to be careful when you play." Before going on the court, Hernangomez half-jokingly teased Roy, but he didn't expect it to be true.

Are the Raptors players ferocious? No, as far as the eye can see, the short and stout Kyle Lowry puffs out his cheeks like a betta fish; Norman Powell, who has two flower arms, is fierce and vicious, like a debt collector; Pascal Siakam, who was slender and swarthy, showed a mouthful of big white teeth, which made people panic when they looked at it; Jonas Valanciunas rubbed his beard crookedly, like an E-Pro wrestler.

Among the Raptors' starting five, only the honest-looking DeMar DeRozan was polite to Roy, and he exchanged greetings and greetings with Roy before the game, but his words also carried a strong sense of competition.

"I'm going to get real about today's game."

Really? Were you playing during the summer training?

No matter how Roy complains, the Raptors are really serious today. After the start of the game, Roy found that the atmosphere on the court was not right, and the five players opposite were like beasts that had just been released from the cage, and they pounced on Roy mercilessly, and pounced on Roy, a rookie who lacked physical strength.

Close defense, body collision, small action interference, big action foul.

is a superstar treatment, Roy doesn't know why the Raptors attach so much importance to themselves, is it really as Hornacek said, they have learned from the Celtics' defensive experience, and they want to consume themselves with simple and rough defense?

No, not exactly, as mentioned earlier, for this group of practical players who live in a corner, lack idol temperament, and even look a little crooked, what could be more eye-catching than Roy, a rising star in the league who is sought after by thousands of people, in the metropolis, who is worth a hundred times more and has just turned 19?

Kill Roy, kill this popular idol, yes, why can he earn more than us, get more attention, and be touted more? Just because he's sunny? Just because he's from China? Just because he's young and has potential? No! It's not fair! We're going to give this kid a little color! That's the voice of every Raptors player.

With a strong desire for serfs to turn over and become masters, every Raptors player felt like a doping when they played against Roy. Lowry, Powell, and DeRozan spared no effort to defend Roy in turn, which made Roy, who was already lacking in physical strength, even more weak.

Less than six minutes into the first quarter, Roy was replaced by Hornacek off the break, where he scored two points on 0-of-3 shooting, two free throws, one rebound and one assist.

"It seems that Roy is really tired, and as a rookie player, he does need to adapt to the intensity of the NBA game. You see, after the same back-to-back games, the Raptors players are much more aggressive. ”

"Mike, it's not fair to say that. You know, the Raptors' win over the Hornets yesterday wasn't very hard, and the Knicks almost had to play a kickboxing game to take the win from Boston, and any team that wants to win on the Boston Celtics' home court will have to peel off the skin. ”

"Walter, you have experience in this. Having said that, with the depth of the Knicks' bench, I'm afraid that when Roy is off the court, their game will be difficult. ”

Brin was right, while Roy gasped for air on the bench, the Knicks were beaten on the court. Derrick Rose is a good individual, but tandem teams are not his strong suit, and backup point guard Jennings is even more reassuring.

Groggy and messy, the Knicks dug themselves a 9-point hole in the first quarter, 22:31.

Tiredness is the common feeling of every Knicks player, especially the main players in the last game, they all played at least 30 minutes of the game, and after a long flight to Canada, this physical disadvantage is even greater, even those veterans who have been in the league for many years feel powerless, let alone a rookie like Roy.

The Knicks' decline continues, and if the team's main force is digging a hole in the first quarter, then it is the turn of the benches to continue digging in the second quarter.

The bench on the New York Knicks' side is extremely shabby, Jennings, Kuzminskas, Holiday , O'Quinn , Hernangomez, these five are almost not marginal people that other teams don't want or rookies with young qualifications.

On the other hand, for the Toronto Raptors, Corey Joseph was the bench warrior who won the championship with Popovich's Spurs that year; Slam dunk king Terrence Rose was close to averaging 10 points per game last season; Brazilian national Lucas Noquilla has an extremely fierce interior defense, and his potential is not inferior to that of Olynyk in the same class; Patrick Patterson has the strength to play as a regular player in other teams. These four fierce players are paired with the immortal "little steel cannon" Kyle Lowry, and it is more than enough to clean up the old, weak, sick and disabled combination on the Knicks' side.

Hornacek certainly knew what was wrong with the team, so he opted to replace Roy early in the first quarter to rest. Now this situation still has to rely on his individual ability to connect the offense and defense of the whole team.

At this time, the second quarter was only 3 minutes played, and Roy, who had not rested enough, was about to play again, and his task was to lead the team to fill the 14-point hole.

"Rookie, you don't look in good spirits, did you go to a nightclub last night? What's the nightlife like in Toronto? I'm telling you, a fun-hungry rookie like you can only be popular for a year and a half, and you will never become an all-star. As soon as Roy came on the stage, he received a taunting gift package from Lowry, and it was obvious that he was talking about Roy being secretly photographed by reporters in a nightclub before.

"You care about me, do you want me to sign you when the game is over?" Someone asks for trash talk, Roy likes it the most, he is the "trash talk king" possessed, and he doesn't have to repeat trash talk for dozens of rounds, what is Lori's entry-level trash talk.

Lowry, who was short of words, really didn't have anything to say, and he could only stare at Roy.

This is also understandable, Lowry is a hard-working blue-collar star, trash talk is not his forte, if he wasn't driven crazy by the news of Roy all over the world during this time, he may not take the initiative to provoke Roy.

However, even Lowry, who has always been low-key, can't help but attack Roy, you can imagine how famous Roy is in the United States now, and it is the praise and praise of Roy all over the world that makes a group of American defenders led by Lowry feel the pressure. Lowry knows very well that as long as Roy is selected for this year's All-Star Game shortlist, then he will definitely be selected into the starting lineup by hundreds of millions of Chinese fans, just like his veteran Yao Ming. This is a scene Lowry doesn't want to see, and he doesn't want his All-Star spot to be snatched away by this rookie, so he has to stand up and give Roy some color today to prove that he is a real All-Star.

Lowry did a good job of defending Roy, and although he wasn't tall, at 6 feet (183 centimeters), he weighed 205 pounds (93 kilograms), unlimited stamina and a pit bull defensive attitude. Like Avery Bradley in the last game, he is willing to play with his life, and he also has the speed and stamina to play with life.

Roy finds himself in a tough battle again, and to make matters worse, if Roy is once again limited by Lowry with this "mad dog defense" today, it will undoubtedly give all teams a very positive reference in the future: as long as you use the "Redemption Kill" to impact and consume Roy, you can limit Roy's offense, which is not a good example.

A counterattack must be given, a must be made to show others that "Mad Dog" is ineffective against him, Roy is lost in thought, and at this moment, a name suddenly jumps into his head......