Bench bandits? Walter Fraser's unintentional remark may have been true.

However, Feraser's prophecy did not cause problems for the Knicks, and the real trouble came to the Cavaliers.

At the end of James's contented break, the Cleveland Cavaliers still led by a full 14 points at 43-29, and with only four minutes left before halftime, James put on a towel and nestled in a chair, thinking that this time he should be able to rest well into the second half.

But he didn't expect that he was about to witness the crazy performance of the New York "bench bandits" in the best VIP seats in the audience.

The Knicks' outburst caught the Cavaliers off guard, and just like Roy's first appearance, when Vujacic made the "9" gesture, the five players went on a wild run.

Their first offense was incredibly fast, with multiple people running around, and with just three passes, Porzingis found an open spot at the top of the arc and hit a three-pointer by Roy, 32-43.

Then, the Knicks suddenly stepped up their defense again, and Shambaugh's poor pass was stealed by Roy again, and he didn't have any greed, and directly assisted Holiday at the far end with a long pass to score another 2 points, 34:43.

The Knicks' pursuit of points did not mean to stop at all, and after Channing Frye missed a shot in the face of a tight defense, Roy, Vujacic and Holiday quickly pressed through the half court like a whirlwind. Poor Shambaugh played the role of the background emperor again, and Roy and Vujacic passed the ball back and forth twice to make him dizzy, and finally Roy's one-handed slam dunk completed the 7-0 attack wave.

At 36:43, the New York Knicks chased 7 points in a row, and the time was less than 1 minute.

Coach Tyronn Lue, who had no choice but to shake his head and call a timeout.

"Hey, awesome, you're amazing."

When Roy and other players came off the field, the teammates on the bench gave them a burst of applause, they didn't know what magical tactics Coach Hornacek had laid out for them, and they could see results so quickly. Of course, Hornacek himself didn't know what Vujasic's gesture "9" meant. Could it be that this is a tactical code that they have developed themselves?

Anthony has been watching from the sidelines, even if the team played such a beautiful attack just now, he only lightly slapped his hands twice.

The decadence of the main force and the bravery of the bench, Roy's highlight shots and his own poor performance were in stark contrast, which made Anthony a little unacceptable.

Is this performance embarrassing? Anthony was not convinced, but he had to accept the reality.

Back on the court, Roy is still in full swing, scoring, assisting, defending, he runs over the aging Dunleavy Jr., the stunned Shambaugh, and Channing Frye, James Jones, DeAndre Liggins and the like are not his opponents.

The Cavaliers lost points one after another, and for a while, even the cheering voices of Cleveland fans were gradually drowned out by him......

At halftime, when Anthony saw Roy in an interview with reporters, his jealousy exploded.

In the final stage of the first half, relying on the "bench bandits" led by Roy to chase points frantically, the Knicks only trailed by 3 points at 45:48.

Roy only played 10 minutes, scored 11 points, 3 rebounds, 4 assists, 1 steal and 1 block, a good interpretation of the word efficient, his performance was better than playing 14 minutes, and the star Anthony, who only scored 8 points, was naturally asked by the media to give him an interview with the midcourt.

Head coach Hornacek was clearly pleased with the performance of Roy and his other substitutes in the first half, and his public praise of Roy in the dressing room left Anthony's mentality completely unbalanced.

Anthony will not allow his position as boss to be challenged.

At the beginning of the second half, Anthony rushed to James desperately, he wanted to prove himself, he wanted to find himself.

Crazy shots, crazy iron, crazy digging holes, only 4 minutes in the second half, the Knicks dug themselves a 15-point hole, 50:65, Anthony's performance is really hopeless.

Hornacek had to take a timeout and now faces a choice between continuing to find touch for the team's number one star or using the "bench bandits" who played well in the first half.

The tough Hornacek made a difficult decision to choose the equally tough Anthony, who didn't want to hurt the self-esteem of the star and Anthony in return by continuing to dig holes.

It turns out that Anthony at this stage is no match for his classmate James at all. After losing his normal heart, his offense became even more blind, and in the cheers of the audience, he turned back into the broken can Anthony.

More than halfway through the third quarter, with the Knicks trailing by a full 20 points at 54-74, Hornacek once again turned his attention to the bench.

"It seems that Coach Hornacek will often face such a situation this season, the main team keeps digging holes, and the substitutes are desperately filling in the holes, I really don't know what his psychology is now? Does he regret taking over the Knicks? Seeing Hornacek call two timeouts in just two minutes, Brin felt a little sorry for him.

"If I were Hornacek, I would probably put Anthony on the pitch and it would be shameless to let him go like that." Fraser's addition was on point, as Hornacek really kept Anthony on the field.

But that's not all the adjustment, he paired Anthony with a Roy.

This is the first time that Roy and Anthony have played together in the NBA, and they are surrounded by Rose, Porzingis and Noah, in other words, this is the Knicks' strongest five, and the theoretical starting five Tigers.

Is it true that putting the best five players on the pitch will always give the best results? This is a question that many famous coaches have asked themselves, such as Phil Jackson, who was watching the game in the box today, and the Los Angeles Lakers he coached back then had Kobe, O'Neal, Malone, and Payton, but the Lakers not only did not win the championship that year, but also became a historical joke.

Stacking stars together is not always a good thing, but whether it can cause chemistry is the key.

Roy and Anthony obviously can't cause chemistry, Anthony likes to attack with the ball, Roy also needs the ball, and what's more terrible is that Derrick Rose is also an offensive point guard who needs the ball, and these three people together don't even have enough ball, let alone tacit cooperation.

The Knicks' decline was not stopped, except for Roy's cold gun and the frontcourt rebound of "Boshen", the Knicks' other tactics could not be played, and at the end of the third quarter, the Knicks continued to trail by 18 points at 64:82.

"It's terrible, and if it goes on like this, I'm afraid it's going to be garbage time at the beginning of the fourth quarter."

Brin's concern was not unreasonable, as the Knicks continued to fall in the fourth quarter, with Roy and Anthony playing separately and making it difficult to contact, and the other three teammates could only stare dryly.

On the Cavaliers' side, Irving and Love played well with James' assist.

The gap immediately widened to 30 points, and with more than six minutes left in the game, it seems that no one can change the situation by sending anyone on the court.

Seeing that he was unable to recover, Hornacek replaced all the main players, leaving Roy with Brandon Jennings, Mindaggs Kuzminskas, Lance Thomas and Kyle O'Quinn on the court.

It was Roy's NBA debut and his first experience of "garbage time" in the professional league.

"Garbage time", as the name suggests, is the time when the two teams have won and lost, and some inconsequential substitutes are allowed to play. Roy doesn't want to lose, let alone be an inconsequential bench player, and while Hornacek is now keeping him on the court in the hope of giving him a little more time to adapt to the NBA, it's a great humiliation for him.

In his basketball career, only he has left others with the memory of "garbage time", and he experienced a one-sided loss in his first NBA game today, and experienced a wasted time of "garbage time", how can Roy not be depressed.

'We still have time, we can still catch up.' Before returning to the court, Roy gathered the other four substitutes, and he wanted to fight to the death, but Jennings's cold water made him lose his temper completely.

"Don't be naïve, Roy, the game is over, and you will have no friends at this time."

Friend? What friends? I don't need friends, I need victory!