There was no killing, no reversal, no celebration, just the dead silence of the whole court, and the 18,000 Boston Celtics fans were silent, just watching the Knicks slowly leave with victory.

The ugly defensive battle between the Celtics and the Knicks ended with the Knicks narrowly winning by one point.

With neither side able to score in the final moments of the game, the Knicks won a valuable victory at Boston's Devils home court with tougher, tougher, and more patient defense.

When the final bell rang, Roy was lying on his back on the ground almost in collapse, he was so tired, the fight with Thomas Jr. really took too much of his strength, and he even had some cramps in his calves.

In the last defense, Roy exhausted the last of his physical strength to chase Thomas Jr., although he did not complete the block, Roy's defense distorted Thomas Jr.'s hand, and finally missed the kill.

Roy played 35 minutes and scored 17 points, 4 rebounds, 3 assists, 4 blocks and 1 steal. The offensive stats aren't too impressive, but the defensive efficiency is really worth a lot of attention. The four blocks also set Roy's single-game block record.

For this hard-won victory, the media in New York naturally boasted, what Roy's leadership style, what Noah's iron-blooded defense, what Hornacek's use of troops like a god, and even Contney Lee, who was complained about by Roy, was praised by the media, and it was his unexpected defense at the last moment that interfered with Thomas Jr.'s dribbling breakthrough and won Roy time to defend.

As for the loser Celtics, the majority of media rhetoric was not so polite, losing to the Knicks, an Eastern underdog team in Anthony's absence, leaving Stevens and Danny Ainge on pins and needles. As if colluded, the media unanimously pointed the finger of criticism at Thomas Jr. Although he has had a brilliant scoring streak in the game, he is far worse than the superstars for an ace player and the boss of a team. Thomas Jr. not only struggled with Roy in the whole court to no avail, but in the last two minutes of the game, he did not score a point, wasting two chances to decide the outcome of the game.

Regarding Thomas Jr., the media's characterization is that he is destined not to become a superstar of a generation, and he is destined to be inferior to super guards such as Westbrook, Harden, Irving, and Wall. He's capped at best as a good scorer, and the Celtics will have to have a stronger superstar lead the team if they are to challenge for a championship.

In fact, it was precisely because of this loss to the underdog Knicks that Danny Ainge, who has always been steady and shrewd, finally made up his mind to further upgrade the team's lineup......

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"Seriously, I didn't expect the game to be like that, it's the most exhausting game I've played in the NBA so far." After arriving in Toronto and checking into the hotel, Roy spoke to Abby on the phone as usual.

Listening to the content, you can tell that Roy is complaining about last night's game.

Roy did have a reason to complain, and after last night's game, Roy felt like he was in pain all over, as if he had fallen apart. Barely eating, Roy lay down in bed. And when he got up this morning, he was surprised to find that his body was still tired, and his physical strength had not returned to fullness.

Could it be that yesterday's game was overdrawn? Or is it because you don't get enough sleep and don't have enough energy? Or maybe you didn't eat enough to supplement your nutrition after playing last night? Anyway, I won't be able to play at 100% physical strength in tonight's game.

It's terrible, although Abby gently comforted Roy on the phone, but he doesn't feel good at all now, he hasn't rested until 24 hours, dragging his tired body, Roy will challenge the Toronto Raptors, who finished second in the East last year, at the Air Canada Center tonight.

That's the brutality of back-to-back races.

Speaking of which, this is Roy's second time participating in back-to-back games, and it is the first time to experience away back-to-back games as a main player, and the physical exertion can be imagined.

Going back to back-to-back games, BA has a dense and numerous number of games, and the distance between cities is large, so in order to compress the game cycle, the league has developed a miserable "back-to-back" game model.

Two consecutive games on the road over two days like the Knicks are back-to-back games in the truest sense of the word. And for the vast majority of rookie players who are making their debut in the NBA, back-to-back games are a final test for them.

Hanging up the phone with Abby, Roy looked at the time and fell asleep again, he was indeed too tired......

At 6 p.m., at the Air Canada Centre Arena, Toronto Raptors players arrived at their home arena on time for tonight's battlefield at the Air Canada Centre Arena.

They just won last night away from home against this season's big dark horse Charlotte Hornets, and so far this season has an excellent record of 6 wins and 2 losses, and morale is high. Tonight against last year's big bad team, the New York Knicks, they must be determined to win.

Before the game, several of the team's bigwigs also talked about today's opponent in the locker room, the New York Knicks.

"Hey, Kyle (Lowry), did you watch the news? Yesterday the Knicks actually won the Celtics on the road, and if memory serves, the Knicks have won a wave of four in a row, which is simply amazing and unscientific. The little flathead who spoke was the 2013 slam dunk champion - Terrence Ross.

"Well, I heard, the two teams played an ugly game, the Knicks were a little luckier, 1 point win against the Celtics without Horford and Crowder, nothing to fuss about." Lowry was wearing his shoes and dealing with Rose nonchalantly.

The Eastern Conference All-Star point guard has been a spring breeze in the last two years, and like Thomas Jr., Lowry also started off the bench and slowly developed into an All-Star model.

Lowry's luck is good, he immediately played the main team after coming to the Raptors, and it happened that there was a shortage of excellent guards in the East in the past two years, giving Lowry a chance to stand out. Through his own unremitting efforts, Lowry did seize the opportunity and became an All-Star.

And after becoming an All-Star, Lowry has completely inflated, as much as his big head, and now he doesn't take the Knicks and Roy seriously at all, and in his opinion, tonight's game is a sure win, a predetermined victory.

"Kyle, don't underestimate the Knicks, they're on a four-game winning streak in Anthony's absence." DeMar DeRozan, who has been silent, suddenly spoke at this time, he is one of the Raptors who knows more about Roy and the Knicks, and he has not stopped paying attention to Roy since the start of the new season.

"Demar, you're too serious, this Knicks team is just a flash in the pan at best, and I'm going to greet them tonight on behalf of the Toronto fans. Don't forget, our goal this year is the Eastern Conference championship, and if we can't win against a bad team like the Knicks, then how can we have the face to compete for the Eastern Conference championship? ”

"Okay, but it doesn't hurt to pay attention to it." The introverted DeRozan was silenced by Lowry's snort.

In fact, Lowry's hostility towards DeRozan is really not small, and with the sudden emergence of DeRozan last year, Lowry, who is the leader of the team, feels the pressure. You must know that he finally succeeded in taking the position, but he doesn't want to easily give up the position of the boss of the team who is not yet hot. So, although the honest and low-key DeRozan doesn't show much sign of competing for the boss, Lowry still likes to target him everywhere.

DeRozan fell silent, and the others stopped talking. Just when everyone thought the conversation about the Knicks was coming to an end, Poeltl, a rookie sitting in the corner, picked up the topic again.

"And what do you think of Roy? As a rookie, he's been playing really well this year. ”

"Roy? Are you talking about the Chinese rookie who is in the same class as you? Lowry glanced at Poeltl, who is also an international player and a rookie, still with a contemptuous face, "I only know that there may be a lot of Chinese fans coming to the stadium tonight to watch him play, maybe he can rely on hundreds of millions of fans in his home country to throw him into the All-Star, but if he meets me tonight, it will be his bad luck." ”

"Kyle, Roy is not easy to deal with, I can confirm that." Speaking of Roy, DeRozan picked up again, and then Lowry was a little annoyed.

"Demar, you're too soft, you're worried about the Knicks, and now you're even scared of a rookie? If you don't think you can handle him, I'll defend him. ”

"No, Kyle, it's always right to estimate the difficulty, isn't it?"

"That's enough, DeMar, we have to win tonight, just let me clean up Roy, I'm not a player of Thomas Jr.'s level, let me deal with this vase kid who has been hyped up by the media."

"Hahaha." Lowry's words caused a burst of laughter in the locker room, and the embarrassed DeRozan stopped talking altogether.

He looked at Lori with a proud face, but still swallowed the words in his heart. He knew that if he told the story of his loss to Roy in summer training camp, he didn't know how much ridicule he would incur from Lowry, whatever, anyway, the flag was set up by Lowry, and it had nothing to do with him......