After the game between the Knicks and the Clippers, the New York media began to use their public opinion advantage to target Byron Davis's malicious foul and want the league to impose additional penalties on him.

Wu Huang had been doing this for a long time, and his remarks after the game were the same as saying to the police, "He accidentally put his hand in my pocket and then accidentally took my wallet out, so he shouldn't be a thief."

Byron Davis was punished by the league with an additional two-game ban the next day, and he attacked his opponent from behind, which is impossible to say.

However, the Knicks didn't eat good fruit either, and after studying the footage, the league accidentally discovered that Gallinari secretly kicked Byron Davis, who was pushed to the ground by Harrington, when he was pulling the offset. This action was just as bad, so the immoral Italian was also given an additional "first-degree malicious foul" and was banned for one game.

What does a ban mean? At least for D'Antoni, it's not necessarily all bad, "a one-game ban might give him back his motivation. The mustache said.

The Knicks have been scheduling more minutes for Larry Hughes lately, and Gallinari's playing time has been compressed during that time, which is why he has been inconsistent in his performances. Even the fans know that if you don't have a consistent playing time and positioning, it's hard to find a consistent form.

Although Gallinari was not very happy with this, D'Antoni privately revealed to him that the team would trade Larry Hughes before the trade deadline, and he would become the team's starting small forward at that time.

On December 20, Fagan of the Houston Chronicle wrote:

After Maddie's comeback, trade rumors about him started to heat up again. But for Morey, he's not going to make a trade that's only good for the season, he's only going to make the kind of trade that has a long-term benefit.

The Rockets brought Maddy back just to display him as an "object" for interested teams to see? Don't even think like that.

In fact, even Morey didn't know that Adelman had changed his mind and suddenly made Maddie back. It wasn't until Ah Shuai announced the matter that Morey didn't know. If the Rockets are just there to show Maddie to other teams, then there's no reason why the general manager shouldn't know about it.

If the Rockets really want to trade Maddy, then Morey will have to understand that he has to accept poor contracts from other teams. To get a deal, he had to accept such a contract. The most likely scenario is as follows, the Rockets will try to get a young player with potential, and then accept a bad contract that will be matched at the same time.

The Houston Chronicle has always been the mouthpiece of the Rockets, but the story was at odds. Obviously an article for people with different thoughts. Maybe the Rockets want to test the hearts of the teams, and at the same time send a signal that they do want to trade Maddie and accept a bad contract, but at the same time, they must also get young players with potential.

Knicks management has begun to look for third-party teams to trade, and the observant team may be able to see that the Rockets have also been deliberately providing Landry with a lot of playing opportunities recently, which is a sign that the Houstoners are 80% interested in using Landry, who clashed with Scola for his position. In exchange for the second and third players they desperately need.

The next day, the Knicks were at home. Again against the Charlotte Bobcats, but in the end they lost the game 105-110, which was already the second time the Knicks lost to the Bobcats this season.

Wu Huang chipped in 14 points, 8 rebounds, 10 assists, 3 steals and 1 block, Harrington had 25 points and 5 rebounds, Iguodala had 19 points and 5 assists, and David Lee had 13 points and 8 rebounds. Hughes 15 points and Gallinari 12.

After the game, New York Times pundit Da Sabi wrote that the Knicks lost a few things today, but it looked like they were playing hard.

The Knicks outrebounded more than the Bobcats. The secondary offense score and the fast break score are both better than the Bobcats, and the basketball is running no problem.

For the game, the Knicks hit a total of 38 balls, 22 of which came from assists.

However, today's Knicks are not as sharp as they were the day before yesterday, and their offensive and defensive intensity is clearly lacking.

They look a little tired, have a slower pace, and even get impatient when the offense isn't going well, and like to choose to use three-pointers to do it.

"I don't think we had enough energy tonight," D'Antoni said after the game, "and we always looked slow, we kept going, and at one point we were able to chase the margin to just three points, but we never got over that. I don't know why, anyway, we lacked energy in this game. ”

They seem to lack mental or emotional energy compared to their bodies, and the frequency of their fast attacks has regressed. Perhaps it has something to do with the difficult schedule, as the Knicks have had four back-to-back games so far this season, with their last game coming in back-to-back tough wins over the Clippers, which may have drained their energy.

Today, the Knicks had a frustrating game, but they had to get through.

D'Antoni said after the game: "The Knicks didn't look as determined today as they usually used to, and that determination was the reason why they had a surprising start to the season. ”

Da Sabi agrees, but there is no need to blame the players, there is nothing in this world that cannot be overcome, and the Knicks today have lost something, and such things are normal. However, they don't have enough leeway to afford a streak of mistakes, and whatever they lost in this game, they need to get it back as soon as possible.

These are the opinions of the media and fans in New York about the Knicks' loss, and it is still relatively positive overall.

But ESPN didn't think so, and the Knicks did suffer some back-to-back effects today, but the real reason for the loss was that Bobcats coach Larry Brown had an absolute advantage in the lineup.

Larry Brown is an NBA champion coach, and he may not have as many championship rings as Zen Master and Popovich, but most fans think he is on the same level as the two great coaches above. It's just that he has a lot of shortcomings, such as he likes to compete with players, has too much desire to control the team, and the management will dislike him very much, and he is unwilling to use and cultivate young balls, and he is not good at stimulating the potential of players.

But once Larry Brown has good players who fit his philosophy and those players are obedient, his energy is unstoppable. For example, the Pistons, there is no such thing as a superstar, there is just iron discipline and rules.

The Bobcats have beaten the Knicks twice this month, using exactly the same approach, and on the defensive end they will adopt the basic strategy of blocking the middle and putting the wings first. When the ball comes to the wing, the Bobcats will immediately use pressure to defend the ball carrier with high pressure. And when the offensive time reaches the last 8 seconds, the Bobcats will cut off your passing lanes, forcing the offensive team to choose unreasonable shots and reducing the shooting percentage of Knicks players.

When the Knicks use the pick-and-roll, the Bobcats' outside and inside lines will do textbook delay and return, and they don't forget to open their hands to interfere with the passing route when they retreat, and they do an extremely good job in details; When the Knicks catch rebounds in the backcourt, they like to play fast offense and chase offense, and the Bobcats backcourt will selectively apply pressure at this time to prevent the Knicks from breaking fast.

Larry Brown can be said to have completely studied his old club thoroughly, the Bobcats have done a very good job in defensive details, Tyson Chandler, Gerard Wallace, Stephen Jackson, Dio, Felton These five players who have excellent defense have shown more conscientiousness in Larry Brown's system, and the defensive effect is surprisingly good.

The Knicks have always been not good at playing positional battles, lacking offensive ability, mainly relying on fast break and pick-and-roll, once they encounter the Charlotte Bobcats, who are as precise as machines, they will be like meeting a nemesis.

D'Antoni should take these two losses as a warning, in fact, losing to the Bobcats is a good thing for New York, because few teams will put so much effort into one game in the regular season, and the two games in which the Knicks played the Bobcats are already a bit of a playoff flavor, which means that the Bobcats are sparing no effort to help the New Yorkers find problems, and a coach like Larry Brown can fully help the Knicks find most of their flaws.

Two days later, the Knicks defeated the Chicago Bulls at home.

The Bobcats double-killed the Knicks this month, and the latter also double-killed the Bulls in December, and the three have a bit of a taste of mutual restraint in it.

Wu Huang has played against the Bulls three times this season, and every time he meets last season's champion Derrick Rose, he has performed well, and this game is no exception, although he was cut by Rose with 25 points, 6 rebounds and 5 assists, but he also scored 32 points, 5 rebounds and 5 assists, and his overall performance was better than last season's best rookie.

After the first three quarters, the Knicks led the Bulls with a score of 86-68.

At this moment, everyone thought that this game should be over.

But shortly after the start of the final quarter, Salmons scored five points of his own, and a 9-2 comeback surge allowed the Bulls to chase the score to 77-88. Gallinari hit a 3-pointer and the Bulls' Rose and Noah added four more points each to tie the score at 95-98 with 1:30 left in the game.

In the first quarter, the 18-point advantage was about to be chased back, and the Knicks players would panic.

Wu Huang stepped forward at a critical moment and hit an ultra-long-distance three-pointer from outside the arc, stabilizing the crumbling military spirit and allowing the team to avoid being staged by the opponent in the final quarter.

Iguodala then tied the game as the Knicks beat the Bulls hard at home to avoid a two-game losing streak......

This game is the Knicks' last game before the Christmas game, and after the victory over the Bulls, they will prepare for the Christmas game on December 25, against the Miami Heat, who are not far from New York, and the Flashes will lead the team to Madison Square Garden on Christmas Eve. (To be continued.) )