"I don't need you to remind me, I know Roy is back, and we have designed the corresponding defensive tactics, but it's not convenient to reveal it now, thank you."

This is the fifth time Eagles coach Budenholzer has been interviewed before the game about how the Eagles will limit Roy's play.

Budenhozer is now tired of seeing reporters come forward, and they can't ask any technical questions anyway, which is nothing more than "Do you know Roy is back?" "What are you going to do with Roy?" "Who do you think can keep Roy at bay?" It's all a bunch of nonsense, asking as if Budenhozer doesn't watch the news.

However, Roy's return to the line of fire did pose a problem for the Eagles, and their preparations had been prepared according to Roy's absence, and Roy's airborne landing this time really gave Budenholzer a problem.

Although he claimed that the team had corresponding defensive tactics, in fact, he was not prepared at all. Like everyone else, Budenholzer had just learned of Roy's comeback two days earlier, when they were still playing against the Washington Wizards, and he was just having time to think about how to deal with Roy on the way back to Atlanta after the game.

How to deal with Roy? Budenholzer has no idea, he has played Roy three times, and it is not an exaggeration to say that he is one of the coaches who knows Roy best in the entire NBA.

If Roy hadn't been injured unexpectedly in the last meeting, maybe it would have been his own team who lost. It was also in that game that the Eagles' proud defensive gate Saab Sephorosa was simply blown up by Roy with his physical advantage, and it would definitely not work to use him alone to defend Roy in this game.

If Sephorosa can't, who else can be relied on in the team? Schroeder's speed is okay, but the difference in height and strength is too large; Hardaway II had height, but that's about it; As for the other Bazemore and Dunleavy were also Roy's former defeated men, Budenholzer would not count on them.

If individual defense is not good, then you have to rely on the strength of the team.

Speaking of which, the Hawks' joint defense is not bad, as one of the teams that have conceded the fewest points in the league, they have Howard in addition to Howard, and they also have a tough joint defense.

It's just that if joint defense is adopted, the team's offensive efficiency will definitely decrease in proportion.

Is it to use the defense to die or to bet on the team's offense? It wasn't until the morning of the game that Budenhozer decided to use a joint defense against Roy, and it seemed that Budenhozer believed in his team's defensive ability more than a poor attack.

When the game started, when he saw the Hawks out of the joint defensive formation, Hornacek was still a little worried, the Hawks' defense is well-known in the league, once they put on a stubborn posture, even the Golden State Warriors and Stephen Curry are estimated to be too cheap.

And today's opening position of the Hawks is clearly to be patient with the Knicks and make fewer mistakes.

The Hawks' joint defense was really good, after the opening, Rose's breakthrough, Porzingis' mid-range shot, Crowder's singles missed one after another, and Noah even ate a big hat from Howard.

The tough defense and a smooth start had Atlanta fans applaud, but they didn't dare to relax right now because Roy, the real threat from the Knicks, hadn't shot yet.

Following Hornacek's instructions, Roy's opening task today was to organize the team's attack.

Hornacek told Roy not to attack first before the game, and of course he was afraid that Roy would grab his chest hair and rush to the opponent's penalty area like he did in the previous game. You need to know that the Hawks are different from the Hornets, they are one of the best defensive teams in the league, and they have the best defensive center in the league "Warcraft" Howard on the inside, and Roy was seriously injured in the last game against the Hawks, and this time Hornacek didn't dare to risk Roy again. Before the match, he told Roy to reduce singles, reduce collisions, and make organization the first priority.

Roy did carry out Hornacek's instructions very well, but seeing that his teammates missed one by one, and the team scored after 3 minutes of the game, Roy could only leave Hornacek's instructions behind.

Everyone knows that the best way to break the joint defense is to shoot from the outside and individual singles, and individual singles require singles players to have extraordinary physical and technical skills.

So can Roy be up to the task now? Before, he may have been a little short of a penny, but now it is more than enough.

The Eagles' joint defense is indeed powerful, but the joint defense is not invincible. As long as it is a mortal job, there will inevitably be loopholes, and even the Eagles, who have been tempered for thousands of years, have their own loopholes.

The Eagles' holes are in their shooting guard Bazemore, a good scorer who is not very good at defense, and although he is not in good physical condition, his presence is a weakness in the extremely disciplined joint defense system.

As early as the first few attacks, Roy found that Bazemore's footwork was not very good, and his rotation would always be half a beat slower than others, so Roy's breakthrough point was Bazemore.

Straight into the opponent's bucket formation, this is definitely the most exciting picture on the basketball court, but usually not many people will really do that, because the success rate of this is very low, the inside lineman is miscellaneous, and if you don't get the ball, you will be stabbed away, or if you accidentally hit someone and fall a dog and eat, not only can you not attack well, but you also have to eat a big hat or get injured.

Unless it's players like James, Wade, and Antetokounmpo, who are steely and have a lot of pace, they dare to play like that.

But Roy dares to play like this now, because he is also a superman-level player now.

Speed, strength, agility, explosiveness, ball control, these abilities Roy is almost at the forefront of the league, his long legs can almost pass his defenders in one step, and the acceleration change on the way makes the players who make up the defense more than enough, as long as he does not take a bag or foul, Roy is now easy to get through the inside line.

On two occasions in a row, Roy shook off Bazemore with a big change of direction and put the ball into the basket against Tim Hardaway II, who was helping to defend him.

Roy's two attacks fully showed his speed, power and bounce, which made Sephorosa, who was sitting on the sidelines, embarrassed, Roy is even stronger than the last time he fought him, how to break it.

But before Sefrosa could figure out what to do with Roy, he was sent on by Budenhozer. There is no way, Budenhozer calculates, and only Sefrosa can still top one.

It's good that Sefrosa doesn't play, and as soon as Roy plays, he plays more energetically.

In the end, it is "enemies see each other, and they are very red", although Roy's injury in the last game was not directly related to Sephorosa, but it was his provocation that made Roy forget about it, so this pot Sephorosa also had to carry it.

After Sefrosa came on, Roy had a new target, and his style of play became more and more brutal. He obviously had a chance to shoot, but he didn't shoot, and he wanted to kill Sefrosa to create damage, he could obviously solve the problem with technology, but he preferred to fight and crush Sefrosa with his body.

Sephorosa is not a big heart player, he was beaten by Roy so fat, and the small heart that was already a little weak couldn't stand it, after being beaten by Roy, Sephorosa probably had weak legs, and he actually made two dribble mistakes and completely declared his defeat.

With Roy's strong play, the Knicks led by 2 points at 23:21 after the first quarter, and Roy performed well, contributing 8 points, 3 rebounds and 1 assist.

And Budenhozer saw that the joint defense could not contain Roy, and he also made a quick decision, and simply changed to play the offense in the second quarter, his idea was that instead of focusing on the consumption of Roy's fearlessness, it was better to try the feeling of his players today.

Budenholzer's bet was really right, in the second quarter, taking advantage of Roy's departure, the Knicks bench players played, and the Hawks played a wave of 10:0 attacks, which directly stopped the game.

There is no way, although Hornacek is thousands of uneasy, but he can't accept losing, once he loses, then his job will be smashed, and now all he can do in this situation is to send Roy in advance.

Roy played again, Roy only had a 2-minute break in the second quarter before resuming the game, however, although Roy had only been resting for a short time, his physical strength really seemed to be endless.

Roy, who returned to the court, continued to play the role of a slaughterer, and he was a strangulation against the Hawks' bench players, what Mike Dunleavy, Malcolm Delaney, Torrien Prince, Mike Muscala, Chris Humphries, seeing that Roy only played the role of the background wall, Roy scored 8 points in a row immediately after getting on the car, and relied on his personal ability to return the Hawks a 10:0, forcing Budenholzer to send his main players in advance.

The game has also entered the mode of attacking between the two teams since then, on the Knicks' side, Roy is the main attacker, Porzingis and Rose alternately attack inside and outside, and the shape of the trident is very obvious.

On the Hawks' side, Schroder, Bazemore, Hardaway II, Millsap, and Howard took turns firing and scoring successively, barely tiring with the Knicks' three musketeers.

The two teams let go of their hands to fight against each other, and the scene was a lot better, and the score was also rising alternately all the way, and no one could have the upper hand.

At halftime, the two teams tacitly played to a 51-all draw. Roy played a rare 19-minute game in the first half, finishing with 20 points, five rebounds and four assists.

At this point, everything seems to be normal, but who knows that this is just the starting point of this marathon......