The Mavericks had a little doubt about themselves at halftime, and they were too weak to play this game? Or is the Knicks too strong? Or neither, it's just that New Yorkers are too lucky today?

The answer is, of course, the third, although the Knicks have the strength to win any team now, but against the real strong team, they will never be so easy, any team of the same grade plays more than 60% shooting, this cannot be regarded as the norm, and they cannot even expect to play the same in both halves.

Nowitzki should be grateful for his experience of being ridiculed by fans around the world after being blackened, although this memory is unbearable, but it really honed the German's already strong will, now Nowitzki will not be affected by any adversity, he is also a serious and serious face in the game, this temperament can affect the whole team, even if they were shot 61% in the first half, they still did not give up the game, and are convinced that the Knicks will take the jujube pill, they will be able to win in the second half.

The German has changed a lot over the years, before '06 he was more like Gasol, and it was true that he was softer in all respects. But after '06, Nowitzki began to change, first on the court, he would yell at his teammates when needed, as long as he thought the teammate was not doing his best, off the court, Nowitzki also began to integrate into the black player group, and to this day, the team atmosphere within the Mavericks is still one of the best in the league.

The Knicks don't have this kind of example of being blacked out, they are more like the Lakers in the West, when they are behind, they always feel that they can catch up with a little effort, and when they are leading by a big score, they begin to play all kinds of tricks, the waves are flying, and they can't wait for the Angel Sister to take out a small pistol to block the door.

At the beginning of the third quarter, the Knicks made a mistake of death, and the Italian made a difficult hand-to-hand layup against Nowitzki after passing Marion, but was directly covered by the Germans, and the Mavericks also sounded the horn of counterattack.

Terry hit a three-pointer first, and then Wu Huang was careless by Kidd from beyond the three-point line. He didn't expect the old monster's shot to be so decisive, the calf scored six points in a minute, and in the blink of an eye, the difference was narrowed to 9 points. In fact, the Knicks' lead was not solid, they played so well in the first half that they only led by 15 points.

The Knicks soon knew that it was not good, and Wu Huang forced Kidd to score a layup, which reassured the Knicks fans at home. But the feng shui takes turns, the smooth sailing of the first half does not mean that it can last the whole game, Nowitzki hit a strong shot outside the three-point line, and New York fans are starting to feel that their team doesn't seem to be good, should it be overturned?

The New York players didn't dare to wave any more, but they didn't think about the defense at all in the first half, and they couldn't find any way to limit the Mavericks' offense for a while. And they're not good at defending in the first half, and the way they play in the first half is actually what they do best – just attacking and not defending.

At this time, although everyone knows that the Knicks should strengthen their defense to limit the Mavericks' scoring, the Knicks' on-court players can't do this, they can only strengthen their offense again, and then beat the opponent back.

The Mavericks are still their first-half style of play, using the current popular hybrid defense on the defensive end, with the purpose of limiting Wu Huang's offensive efficiency, while choking the offense of other Knicks players, reducing the opponent's shooting rate and scoring, and then relying on better tactical execution on the offensive end to score, whether they can win in the end, in fact, depends on the state of the whole team and the performance of the stars, and of course, how well the opponent's defensive ability is?

Of course, the Knicks' defense is the same, their single defense may not be bad, but once they encounter a systematic offense, it is easy to fall into a situation of fighting separately, and if the Knicks want to play a good defense, they must first play a good offense, but in the second half, their state returned to normal, and they began to struggle under the Mavericks' defense, which made their defense even worse.

After the third quarter, the score was 100:97, the Knicks' lead was only 3 points, and their confusion on the defensive end became an opportunity for the Mavericks to chase points. Then there is the chaos of being easily shot by the opponent.

The Knicks' offense is much more targeted, restricting Wu Huang in the first form, mainly to limit his breakthrough and shooting efficiency, because the Knicks' offense is basically initiated by him, and all the defense just follows him, but Wu Huang can't be pressed too hard, many teams just want to completely prevent Wu Huang, but the result falls short.

A player like Wu Huang can only affect his offensive efficiency, but don't think about limiting it completely, otherwise it will backfire.

The Mavericks have learned a lot from the experience of the underdogs, and today they adopted a strategy that is better than sparse, they only defend Wu Huang's offensive efficiency, and do not seek to completely limit him.

Coach Carlisle knows that if they do that, then Wu Huang will increase his off-ball runs next. At this time, the defense must also change, mainly to limit Iguodala or the other ball handlers of the Knicks, and must not focus on the erratic Wu Huang.

Wu Huang's running position is not inferior to Ray Allen, it is not cost-effective to put too many troops on him, as long as they watch the basketball, even if Wu Huang can Ling Bo micro step, no matter how accurate his shooting is, he must first get the ball to score, so in his second form, the first task of the defender is to keep an eye on the basketball, which is the source of everything.

If the defender can even keep an eye on Wu Huang in the second form, even if he can't completely limit the Knicks' offense, at least they can extinguish their explosive scores, and at this time, it is really who has the higher score on both sides?

The Mavericks set a good example for other teams in the third quarter, as long as the Knicks don't play well on both offensive and defensive ends, it will be difficult for them to play explosive output, and slowly they will get worse and worse, and finally die.

D'Antoni has never understood why his team never made it to the end. Why is it always extremely depressing in key battles, and there is no usual blowing at all?

This problem, it is estimated that he will not be able to figure it out in the future, because excellent defense can reduce the morale and momentum of the opponent, these two things are precisely the necessary factors for a run-and-bomb team, once the momentum is not played, the shooting feeling will not be good, and the offensive feeling will become worse. And a really strong opponent, people will definitely not let you play with momentum easily, and will definitely find a way to turn the game into a quagmire battle.

In the fourth quarter, the Knicks players did not have as much physical strength as in the first half, and they needed more momentum to drive the overall performance, but they could not play their favorite rhythm under the Mavericks' defense.

Wu Huang changed several times in a row between the first form and the second form today, but Kidd, an old thing, can always get stuck in his best offensive position, although he still can't prevent Wu Huang's breakthrough, but this bastard uses experience and defensive awareness to make him unable to hit the inside line in the first place, giving Chandler, who is amazingly fast, a chance to fill the position.

Chandler showed his value in this game, he is tall and long-armed, and he can cause great interference to Wu Huang's breakthrough, and Marion on the outside of the Mavericks has been keeping an eye on his passing route, and the Mavericks' collective defense is not inferior to the Spurs and Celtics at the moment, and even the restrictions on point guards like him are stronger than those of the Spurs and the Green Army, after all, this is the peak season of the boxing champion, who calls this still his contract year.

Tyson Chandler is a typical competitive player, which is not a compliment, because he is not active in training, especially in physical training, and belongs to the category of players who eat talent. But Chandler is very involved in the game, and is a player who likes to play but likes to train more than he likes to train, otherwise he would not be a blue-collar worker with his talent.

And even if this guy performs well this year, it is estimated that there are still not many people willing to give him a big contract next year, everyone knows that the players who burst out in the contract year are cheating on the big contract, don't expect him to keep playing this kind of performance.

In the key battle of the fourth quarter, Chandler sent two blocks in a single quarter, although the number of blocks is nothing compared to top interior defenders like Howard and Camby, but Chandler's strength is the interference of offensive players' shots, which cannot be reflected in the data, those inside lines with fewer blocks do not mean that their defense is not as good as those with more blocks.

Wu Huang didn't dare to break through to the inside today, Iguodala and Gallinari hit the basket a lot less, and even Xiao Si's offense was affected, this is the role of a top interior defender, and the deterrent power alone can make many good guards honest.

The Mavericks' defense played more resilient and contracted more freely in the fourth quarter, and it was obviously the performance in the third quarter that gave them confidence, and as soon as the confidence came up, the judgment when defending would be strengthened, and there would be fewer mistakes, and the opponent would have more mistakes.

At 5 minutes and 15 seconds in the fourth quarter, the Mavericks successfully played a wave, and the Knicks did not score a point in the next two minutes, and the Mavericks immediately pulled away from a double-digit lead.

A game that was supposed to be won ended up in such a dismal end, the 20,000 fans in Madison Square Garden couldn't accept the result, the whole stadium was silent, they fell into a deep quagmire like the home team, the difference is that the Knicks players jumped in purely by themselves, and finally found that they couldn't jump.

Wu Huang scored 9 points in the last quarter by relying on his personal ability, but this score did not help the team to complete the reversal, in fact, his own shooting rate was also affected, these 9 points were exchanged for 9 shots, the cost performance is extremely low, it is no different whether there is or not.

The final score was 121:129, and the Knicks scored a terrifying 76 points in the first half, but only scored a pitiful 45 points in the second half, which is indeed pitiful for the Knicks.

Wu Huang was a little sore after the game, and he was a little careless in this game, but he didn't expect the team to jump so fast in the second half, and the Mavericks were suppressed so hard by them in the first half, it didn't affect their performance in the second half at all? The Mavericks' play in the four quarters of the game is basically the same, and the score in each quarter is over 30 points, which shows that the Knicks' defense has always been at a level, and this kind of defense can really achieve results in the playoffs?

D'Antoni euphemistically said after the game that the team is still in the run-in period and has a flaw of inconsistent performance, but this problem will improve as the season progresses.

Wu Huang said nonsense, if they still had a run-in problem a month or two ago, but since 27 consecutive wins, the run-in problem is basically not a problem. The current Knicks have almost finished running in, and this season with the main framework and coaching staff unchanged, although there is still some room for improvement, it is impossible to improve significantly, so this is really not related to the degree of running-in.

The next day, it is foreseeable that the media will definitely sing the praises of the Knicks' loss, and the adjectives used in the report are reminiscent of the performance of being blacked out in the playoffs, but in fact, even if the Knicks lose, it is just a regular season game, and no team can not overturn for a whole season.

But having said that, as long as the current Knicks lose, it will definitely be like the end of the game after the game, because the media can only get enough attention if it is so hyped. Generally, the hotter the team, the more bloody it is portrayed after losing, Wu Huang is no longer surprised by this, anyway, as long as they win the next game, the media will turn their faces and lick you again. In fact, it is not the players who are fooling, but the fans who know nothing.

The good news for the Knicks is that although they lost to the Mavericks, they still pushed D'Antoni to the position of head coach of the Eastern Conference Stars as the No. 1 in the East when the day came to officially determine the head coach of the Eastern Conference Stars on Feb. 4.

The official NBA website has already announced the starting lineup of the East and West All-Stars, and now they are only waiting for their respective coaches to confirm the bench lineup, and the results will be announced on February 5, but the New York media has basically confirmed that the mustache will take Iguodala and O'Neal to Los Angeles together, so that one of the Big Three of Horford and Celtics will be lost.

ESPN's All-Star prediction for this year's Los Angeles Superstar shows that the East is more traditional and they are more likely to win over the West.

The starting lineup of the East and West All-Stars, Wu Huang, Wade, James, Stoudemire, and Howard in the East are respectively; In the west, Paul, Kobe, Durant, Anthony, Yao Ming.

From the perspective of the configuration in the East, they are all original in all positions, Wu Huang plays point guard in the Knicks, Wade and James are both second and third players, Stoudemire plays power forward in the Knicks, and Howard is the center. They are very familiar with their respective positions, and Wu Huang and Xiao Si are teammates, Wade and James are teammates, and Howard and the three except Wu Huang have been teammates in the national team, so the East Army will also be more comfortable playing ball.

From the perspective of the Western lineup, Paul is a traditional point guard, Kobe Bryant has always played the second position in the Lakers, but Anthony and Durant on the forward line are both small forwards, if they play the All-Star Game, they must have one person to play the fourth position to defend Stoudemire, whether it is height or weight, they will suffer. In the center position, Yao Ming has a certain advantage over Howard, but the tacit understanding of the whole team is not as good as that in the east.

Judging from their respective lineups, the Eastern players are mainly breakthrough-oriented, but because of Wu Huang, they will not lack outside projection power like in previous years, and the three outside players are all highly ornamental, James' strong body will also make Anthony or Durant very uncomfortable, Xiao Si and the Warcraft combination is all-round offensive and defensive, and it is impossible to defend the interior line in the West. In contrast, the Western team is older, Kobe Bryant is 34 years old, they are better at projection, Durant, Kobe Bryant have strong shooting ability, but in terms of breakthrough and performance ability, they are obviously not as good as Eastern players, and in the end, the Eastern All-Stars are likely to beat the West. (To be continued.) )