Roy and Jimmy Butler's jumpers in the final three minutes of the first quarter clearly left both coaches a little unhappy. Hoyberg didn't say a word and directly replaced Butler to rest, and Hornacek also tactfully told Roy to pay attention to proportion, and the subtext was not to be a "cancer" again.

At the beginning of the second quarter, the main players on both sides almost all went off the court, Roy played as a point guard with the "bench bandits", and the Bulls led the bench by Rondo, Roy faced his three opponents in today's game - Rajon Rondo.

Compared with the talented Wade and the hard-working Butler, Rondo is undoubtedly a special guy, not to mention his talent and ability, a pair of long hands, wind under his feet, all-round data, assists king, won the championship in the second year of his debut, became the captain of the giant Boston Celtics at a young age, and was also the league's assist king, steal king, All-Star, and also commanded the famous Green Army Triumvirate.

But it is such a young and famous Rondo, such a seemingly beautiful Rondo, but in fact he has many strange problems, such as he is not good at shooting, let alone three-pointers, and even the mid-range shooting is very unstable, such as he likes to control the ball very much, and does not listen to the head coach's command, which makes him very annoying, and for example, his unpredictable and strange temper, which is well-known in the whole league.

After his glory days with the Boston Celtics, Rondo began his wandering journey, with the Mavericks, Kings, Bulls, none of which he could stay for a year. His style of play and personality are destined to be disgusted by many coaches. And without the tolerance of Pierce, Garnett, Allen and other bigwigs, his stinky temper was magnified to the extreme, which made it difficult for him to get along with any of his teammates. Over time, he also became a famous "big cancer" in the NBA.

"Cancer play" is Rondo's signature, he must have the ball in his hand, he must control the overall situation, Rondo with the ball is a three-time NBA assist champion, and Rondo without the ball is not even as good as a role player.

Roy's favorite thing to deal with is a "cancer" player like Rondo, and fighting poison with poison is his strength, from Chen Youran and Leng Yihan back then, to Lonzo Ball and Josh Jackson later, has Roy treated less "cancer"? What's more, this time he is still dealing with a "cancer" player with no range, so it will be even more relaxed and enjoyable.

Rondo didn't pay much attention to Roy, he has always been a guy with a lot of self-confidence, and sometimes he is even prone to overconfidence. In his eyes, Roy is just a stupid first-year rookie, even if he broke the NBA record before and became the youngest "Mr. 50" in history, it is just the next Brandon Jennings, and he is not qualified to compete with himself.

With this mentality of underestimating the enemy, Rondo chose to go straight to Roy for the first goal.

Straight breakthrough is really a straight breakthrough.

My God, Roy was surprised when he saw Rondo coming suddenly, there was no speed, no change of direction, no rhythm, and Rondo chose to break through in a straight line like this.

Roy saw the opportunity and stretched out his big hand, but before Rondo could react, the ball was copied, and Roy, who seized the opportunity, ran wildly, and Rondo, who dropped the ball, turned around and chased after him. But how did he catch up with Roy, in the past few years, his speed may still be the top in the league, but now, at the age of 30, he has also experienced a serious injury of a torn cruciate ligament, and he is no longer the "giant" Langdo who can command Pierce, Garnett, and Allen to play.

Thanks to Rondo, Roy scored 2 points with a heavy dunk on the first offense in the second half, and the score was 34:26 on the court, and the Knicks gradually widened the difference.

Rondo, who has suffered a loss, is still unrepentant, he is a well-known arrogant player in the league, he thinks he is the boss of the Bulls, how can he admit defeat in the face of a rookie defense, let Hojberg yell off the court, he still has no brains to choose to break through the inside.

He can only break through the inside line, his range is so short, you can't afford to mess with the short Rondo.

The difference is that this time Rondo has added a change of direction, tempo, and technique.

But this is also difficult for Roy, compared to James's overlord hard bow and Harden's dream dance moves, Rondo's breakthrough is simply weak.

This time, Roy wisely chose to follow, he knew that with his speed, bounce, height, and reach, he could completely cover Rondo's shots anytime and anywhere.

Rondo hit the trap again, and just as he thought he had passed Roy and stepped two steps to make a layup, he swept a big hand at him, and it was Roy!

In a cold sweat, Rondo could only temporarily change his mind and throw the ball to the outside, but at this time, his only passing route was also caught by Holiday who had been waiting for a long time, and a ruthless break made Rondo to contribute another mistake.

The "bench bandits" who smiled at the big gift were unceremonious, and the five of them launched a fast attack together, and the scene was spectacular. Roy led the counterattack, left and right, he had too many options, and in the end he passed the ball to the fastest Vujasic, who scored two points, 36-26.

Rondo was going mad, and his poor performance not only caused the displeasure of head coach Hojborg, but also caused the crowd to boo.

Pippen couldn't stand it anymore, and he bluntly said that "the Bulls' introduction of Rondo this year is a disaster."

"Pass, Rajan (Rondo), what are you fooling about! Don't be angry with that idiot rookie! Hoiberg's roar was heard again from the sidelines, and Rondo rolled his eyes in return.

"I'm in charge of what I'm on the court."

And Roy, on the other side, was also angry when he heard Hoyberg call himself a "fool rookie".

He and Hoyberg are old enemies, before the "McDonald's National High School All-Star Game", Hoyberg offended Roy because he deliberately gave Roy's dunk low score, his discrimination against Roy can be said to be from the heart, if Roy's black fans are called "Roy", then Fred Hoyberg is undoubtedly the number one "Rohei".

Roy's remarks annoyed Roy, and he decided to give Hoiberg some color.

In the face of the head coach's reprimand, Rondo was unmoved, he rushed to Roy for the third time, and he probably couldn't understand why the mediocre talent Butler could play back and forth with Roy, while a "top point guard" like himself couldn't get the rookie in front of him.

The furious Rondo rushed to Roy like a dynamite bag on his back, rushing to the Knicks' restricted area, no way, who let him only have this way to score? Leaving the box, his scoring ability is almost negligible.

Seeing that the offensive time was running out, he made two and a half turns in a row, barely pulling out a little gap, and it was a step-back jumper.

Oh my God, this backward shot is really ugly, and this is probably the common sentiment of all the spectators, compared to Roy and Butler's picturesque "Jordan-style stepback jumper", Rondo's throw-back jumper is really a bit miserable.

Unsightly movements, chaotic rhythms, all that can be exchanged for a hollow outside the basket, the Knicks' counterattack was launched immediately, it was still that familiar taste, or that familiar style of play, with Roy's assist, this time even Holiday was tied.

Helping teammates get better is what a good point guard does.

The score expanded to 38:26, the referee blew the whistle, and the Bulls called a timeout, and Hojberg couldn't take it anymore......

"What the hell are you doing, this is a game, not a bullfight in Rock Park, you calm me down!" Hojberg was merciless in his criticism of Rondo.

Rondo didn't say a word, staring at the ground.

But Hoiberg's fragmented thoughts continued, "what is not a calm guy", "what plays without brains", "what deserves to be abused by a rookie"......

"Tom!" Rondo couldn't help it, he slammed the towel on the ground, got up with a black face and walked straight to the locker room, it seemed that a ban was waiting for him......

Looking at the chaos on the bench over there, Roy smiled. Knicks head coach Hornacek is also ready to take advantage of the fire, and his new tactics are simple and rough, play fast, play fast, play fast, or play fast, and take advantage of the current chaos of the opponent to quickly open up the difference.

After the timeout, both teams made substitutions, on the Bulls' side, Wade up, Rondo down, and on the Knicks' side, Anthony on the side, and Holiday down.

It seems to be a-for-tat substitution, but it has a different effect......