This in-depth conversation between Roy and Phil Jackson had two consequences for the Knicks: Jaylen Brown, who was supposed to be traded, was retained, and Smith was temporarily stranded on the team.

After completing the registration, the two men traveled with the team to Washington, D.C., where they will play back-to-back road games against the Washington Wizards.

Smith stayed, and Smith didn't have much hope. Smith is so well-known for his badness that no one else needs to know or investigate it to paint a picture of the Great Demon King in their minds.

After announcing the starting lineup with the Washington Wizards in the locker room, Smith chattered like a resentful woman about Hornacek's lineup.

"Jeff, I really don't know what the hell you're thinking? The main member of one of my championship teams can't play the starter in the Knicks team in XX? Are you sure of your choice? ”

"Jeff, it's time for you to see an ophthalmologist, do you think that with my ability, I can't compare to this milky Chinese rookie?"

"Jeff, have you forgotten how good I am?.Smith!.Smith!"

"Shit, FXXK, this damn street-fighting XX head coach, I'm really pissed off."

Of course, Smith didn't say it in front of Hornacek, no matter how he said that he was also a professional player, even when he had a quarrel with Nuggets head coach George Karl and made George Karl have a heart attack, he didn't do anything excessive, if he was like the "madman" Sprewell back then (choking the coach's neck), then he would really be finished.

I'm just a lonely assassin, not a madman, not a ruffian, not a fool. It's funny that Smith still flaunts himself.

However, if Smith is polite to Hornacek, then he simply ignores and despises the other players. He got a mini speaker out of nowhere, plugged in his phone, and played his favorite "Kayneest" and Drake rap music at maximum volume in the locker room. And the light is not enough, Smith has to sing along, and the light singing does not count, and when the music reaches the climax, Smith does not forget to stand up and twist a few times, and the whole locker room is his personal space.

Smith's unbridled individualism, most of the Knicks players can only express helplessness, Smith is older than them, and no one wants to provoke this bad guy who has a history of beating up teammates.

Only Derrick Ross gave a kind reminder that Smith rolled his eyes widely.

In this terrible atmosphere, the NBA regular season between the New York Knicks and the Washington Wizards began.

As Smith complained, he didn't show up in the team's starting lineup today, and the New York Knicks were still using the same old seven-game winning streak, consisting of Rose, Lee, Roy, Porzingis and Noah.

The Washington Wizards, for their part, fielded John Wall, Bradley Beal, Otto Porter, Markieff Morris and Markan Gortat to start the game.

The two teams have played each other in the preseason, when the New York Knicks were almost helpless to lose the game, and now they meet again in the NBA, and the Knicks are like a different team.

The start of the game was unusually smooth for the New York Knicks. Roy's hand style is extremely smooth, and the opening three consecutive shots directly burst out of the "hot hand" state, and after the Wizards used a bag defense against him, he was able to judge the situation and distribute the ball to Rose and Porzingis. With the help of Roy's assist, Rose actually hit two three-pointers in the first five minutes of the first quarter, and Porzingis also scored eight points in a row.

That's not all, with the momentum and aftermath of seven consecutive wins, the Knicks' defense is also uncharacteristically solid, although the Wizards' "backcourt double gun" Wall is fast, and Beal is accurate, but they have no way to take the Knicks' defense now.

In the opening 8 minutes, the main players of the Knicks played a wave of 20:2 small climax, and established an 18-point lead in one fell swoop, and the Knicks' eight-game winning streak seemed to be beckoning to them.

When Roy finished the first quarter at the end of the break, the Knicks were still leading 36-18, and he was in a good mood at this time, and he even walked and walked.

He calculated that the probability of winning today was very high, not only did he take such a big lead from the beginning, but the team's bench lineup was also greatly improved from the previous games, as long as the bench bit the score, the chance of winning was very high.

Roy is preoccupied with calculating the strength of the team on paper, but he ignores a problem: the strength of a team often does not depend on the strength on paper, it depends on what others can't see, such as team morale, such as the level of player understanding, such as the execution of coaches' tactics.

And these Knicks benches on the court have nothing, nothing.

All they have is resentment, selfishness, and mischief.

When "cancer" Jennings encountered another, bigger "cancer" Smith, the scene was very lively, and the "cancer" in the two leagues grabbed the ball from each other, and the other three players immediately rested in place.

For this situation, Holiday and Hernangomez are quite adaptable, they have been "poisoned" by Jennings for a long time and are a little immune. But newcomer Jaylen Brown can't stand it, he has accepted Stevens' extremely orthodox and strict tactical system with the Celtics, and it is under Stevens' tutelage that his improvement will be so significant. He originally wanted to perform well in the Knicks and strive to get a semi-main position, but he didn't expect that the first game he played was such a strange scene, and now he can't calculate how big his psychological shadow area is.

Brandon . Smith's mess is cheap for the Wizards' bench players, and the Wizards' bench led by Marcus Thorton is not great, but in the face of such a chaotic Knicks bench lineup, no matter how bad the team is, it can take the opportunity to earn a few points.

In the chaos, the first quarter ended, and the New York Knicks still led by 15 points at 47:32.

Seeing that the benches were playing so poorly, head coach Hornacek couldn't help frowning, his anger was not smooth, and he took advantage of the 2-minute break to criticize the bench.

Jennings and Smith were scolded by him one by one. But this didn't change anything at all, at the beginning of the second quarter, the Knicks' chaotic situation continued, and the head coach of the Wizards, Scott Brooks, seemed to see an opportunity at this time, he sent Wall to the court in advance, and led the bench to play a run-and-gun tactic, so a dozen, the papery Knicks defense instantly broke down.

Pause, pause, pause.

Hornacek was really going crazy, he slapped the tactical board crisply, Smith's attention, his mind now only had how to prove his existence by swiping data, only how to be in the limelight to satisfy his vanity, or more thoroughly, Smith really cared about how to get out of New York as soon as possible.

After the pause, Hornacek, who couldn't bear it, directly replaced the "little tumor" Jennings, but for the "big tumor" Smith, he still had a trace of illusions about this league veteran. In the end, he was one of the heroes of the Cleveland Cavaliers' victory over the unbeatable Golden State Warriors and won the championship last year.

As Phil Jackson said, Smith's attitude.

Before returning to the court, Smith confirmed the precautions for playing the ball, reducing possession, reducing single attempts, and reducing unreasonable shots.

Listening to Hornacek's chatter, Smith was silent, and at the end he won Hornacek's approval with a reverent nod.

But as it turned out, Hornacek was still too merciful and too young. Far from getting better, Smith has intensified.

After seeing Roy on the court, Smith was angry, and his "cancer" style of play was vividly displayed: he took over the ball involuntarily, in addition to his true blind shots, even the passing button was completely removed, he didn't pass the ball to anyone, even if Roy was in an empty position, he didn't bother to take a look.

With only three minutes to play in the second quarter, the Knicks' lead in the first quarter was reduced to just one point, and the furious Hornacek had to ask for another timeout......