While Derrick Rose and Roy were working day and night, the Knicks were in a bit of a bad situation.

They lost to defending champions Cleveland Cavaliers in their first game in Roy's absence, drawing a wave of wails from the New York media and fans.

"Without Royx, it's a standard second-rate team."

"The heavy loss to James and his Cavaliers was a sure step in the development of many of the Knicks' young players, but we were curious to see if the outcome would have been different if Roy had played the game."

"Now we can only look forward to the third round of the Knicks vs. Cavaliers on February 4th, and I'm a little worried about whether the Knicks will be swept by the Cavaliers."

"As a die-hard Knicks fan, I have a hunch that the Knicks will lose the remaining four games before Roy returns."

The fan's hunch seemed to be accurate, as just two days later, the New York Knicks lost by just three points on the road to the underdog Sacramento Kings by just 3 points, 97-100.

With two consecutive defeats, the Knicks are in a hurry. If he was beaten by the defending champion Cavaliers with the Big Four at home, he would have admitted it, but losing to the mediocre Kings would be infuriating, especially since this Kings team has just been easily educated by himself not long ago, especially the Kings' star Cousins has just tapped Roy and the Knicks on Twitter.

The fans of the New York Knicks were the first to sit still, and they were originally known as the fastidious "aristocratic fans" of the league. After more than a dozen games of smooth sailing for the team, after the Knicks finally reached the top of the East, the appetite of New York fans unconsciously increased a lot, they originally thought that even if Roy was absent, winning the Kings should be a trivial matter, but who knew that this was the result that was waiting for him?

Without Roy, wouldn't the Knicks even be able to win against the Kings, who are at the bottom of the power rankings? Without Roy, Cousins has become as powerful as an MVP? Without Roy, none of the Knicks' seemingly strong players would play? The fans complained sharply, but this is indeed the current dilemma of the Knicks, and after the lack of Roy at the helm, the team's strength has also been greatly discounted.

No matter how sharp Porzingis can score inside and out, Crowder and Farid are desperate to rush left and right, and no matter how Brown and Noah smash the basket, Lee and Arthur have a flash of inspiration from outside the three-point line from time to time, the team is always missing a breath, and the Knicks are always missing a breath at critical moments, if you want to be more specific, it is that the soul of the New York Knicks is lost.

The soul of the Knicks is playing basketball frantically in the training gym at this time, learning the tricks of handling the ball with Derrick Rose. In order to concentrate on practicing ball control, Roy turned off his phone and computer, and he was truly isolated from the world except for watching the New York Knicks play.

And when Roy saw the Knicks and Kings play in the last 2 minutes, and when Roy saw his teammates running around like headless flies, he finally understood the importance of a good point guard to the team, and also realized the importance of his special training.

While New York fans are still stubborn, shouting online that the Knicks are still a strong team even if Roy is suspended, the truth is cruel that the loss to the Kings is just the beginning of the Knicks' worst five-game winning streak.

Two days later, the New York Knicks lost to the Lakers, who were not as bad as they used to be, in Los Angeles. The "can't eat grapes" Los Angeles fans, although they didn't see Roy, were using a placard board full of stadiums attacking Roy to greet the rest of the Knicks, and they really needed to vent, who let their selected Ingram be so unbearable. Under the strong interference and pressure of the away fans, Porzingis and Crowder missed the chance to kill one after another in the last minute, and the Knicks could only lose by 111:112 on the road.

After three consecutive defeats, the New York Knicks, who briefly sat at the top of the Eastern Conference, ushered in a nightmare three-game losing streak after Roy's suspension, and the last two losses were to the bottom of the league Kings and Lakers.

If the loss of the Knicks by the media and fans can be attributed to poor form and bad luck before, then no matter how tolerant the media and fans are, they can't tolerate the Knicks' weak performance, and the criticism is overwhelming.

"I'm sorry, I really overestimated the Knicks, the Knicks without Roy are so bad, they're not even a second-rate team."

"Those stupid big men on the Knicks who have no heads and no brains still want to challenge LeBron's royal power? Dream on, they're nothing without Roy. ”

"Now, we have to see the facts, the mud is still the mud, even a flower named 'Roy' can't change its rotten nature."

The media criticized a lot, the team's morale was low, thanks to this embarrassing three-game losing streak, the Knicks' ranking plummeted, and the New York fans who were still looking forward to the Eastern Conference Finals suddenly cooled down, and they began to complain on fan forums and social media, complaining about the league's random tickets, complaining that the team wouldn't play without Roy, and even complaining that Hornacek had "Roy syndrome".

In short, the Knicks without Roy are struggling, and they seem to be being beaten back to the original form of last year's fishy team. Without Roy in charge, their offense has almost no other means of scoring except for singles, and the defense, despite everyone's hard work, can't find a fulcrum to rely on, and the Knicks are in chaos.

Losing has been the Knicks' leitmotif lately, but it's far from the end. Two days later, the Knicks were in Arizona, they were in Phoenix, and they had another experience of falling from heaven to hell. After leading by double-digit points in the first three quarters, the Knicks suddenly collapsed in the fourth quarter, and the Suns, led by Devin Booker, tied the score in the final minute and went into overtime. In overtime, the Knicks' remaining spirit was gone, and they lost again in the last 1 minute, when the previous shutout should have been what the Knicks do best.

Four defeats, four defeats, four defeats, the team's bottoms are gone, but it's still not the end.

In Roy's fifth game, the Knicks came to Oakland on the West Coast to challenge last year's Western Conference champion and recognized as the strongest Golden State Warriors in the league this year, and against the Golden State Warriors, who got the legendary star Kevin Durant this year and formed the Super Big Four, the Knicks seemed to have no chance of winning.

Throughout the game, even if Stephen Curry (8 points, 10 rebounds, 8 assists) and Kevin Durant (15 points, 14 rebounds, 8 assists) were mediocre, even if the Warriors played like a game, as long as one of their big four played properly, it was almost certain that they would beat the Knicks. It was Klay Thompson who stepped up this time, and Thompson's 25 points and McGee's unexpected 17 points ensured a comfortable 103-90 victory at home for the Warriors, and by the way, gave the Knicks an unsightly five-game losing streak.

Five wins in a row! That's the Knicks without Roy. You can't catch up when you're behind, you can't keep it when you're ahead, it's easy to collapse at critical moments, and the Knicks team without Roy has completely fallen.

Forgive Hornacek with gray hair, Stockton and Malone were anxious and almost fought on their own, Noah slapped his hands red, and Porzingis pulled his chest hair left and right, but no one could improve the team's sluggish morale.

Back-to-back away games have worn out the players, with the shadow of defeat looming over the dressing room. Getting back to New York early, getting home early, and ending this devil's trip early, that's the message of every Knicks player. The Knicks' morale has collapsed, and they don't even quite expect an away game against the Denver Nuggets.

Looking at the reaction of the media, it is even more negative.

"Lose, lose, lose, the Knicks are in danger, New York is in danger, six consecutive defeats are in sight, and falling out of the top eight in the East is in sight."

"Roy's absence equals the team's loss, Roy's six games missed this season The Knicks actually lost all of them, is the Knicks really inseparable from Roy?"

"Without Roy, the Knicks were beaten back to square one, without Roy, Hornacek was beaten back to form, and it seems that we should talk about the change of coach and the rebuilding of the team again?"

With the haze of losing hanging over the team and media criticism, the Knicks have no way out. Not only are their morale now at freezing point, but if they lose one more game they will fall out of the top eight in the East, and a season's hard work will likely be in vain.

In the final game of the five-game team, the New York Knicks traveled to Colorado and the Rocky Mountains to take on the Denver Nuggets at PepsiCenter Arena, the NBA's highest arena.

This is definitely not an ordinary game, and it is clear to almost all the media and fans that this is not an ordinary game.

This is the final of the New York Knicks' five-game winning streak, and it is a crucial game in which the New York Knicks can end a six-game losing streak.

Of course, more importantly, this game was Roy's first since returning from suspension.

Roy is coming back, Roy, the top scorer for the New York Knicks, Roy, who has been suspended for five games by the league, is coming back, and Roy, the hottest superstar in the NBA this year, is coming back.

After a full ten days away from the Knicks, Roy is about to return as king.

How will Roy return to the court? What kind of performance will Roy give to everyone? What will Roy face?

It seems that all the answers will be revealed in Denver......