On Dec. 4, Wu Huang left Chloe Moretz and led the Knicks to Orlando against the Magic, who lost to the Lakers in the Finals last season.

Iguodala finally practiced with the team once, but the distribution of the ball between the two still did not come to a clear plan, and D'Antoni could not arrange the role and positioning of the first brother clearly and properly in a short period of time, so he could only watch and adjust while playing.

Let's talk about today's opponent first, the Orlando Magic has gradually improved with the peak of Warcraft in recent seasons, and even overwhelmed the Green Army and the Cavaliers last season, and even the situation with the West and the East has changed, at least several of the East teams are now able to wrestle with the West strong teams.

In the summer of 2009, when Tekoglu pushed Toronto with one hand and handed the Magic No. 15 jersey to Carter, the Magic clearly had a balance in building the team, and they made a trade-off: Turkoglu = a commander with a bigger picture + a more accurate spot shooter, and Carter = a better one-on-one ace. In the historical context of "the winner does not change the card", the magic decisively abandoned the Turks to take Carter, pointing to a clear point.

The Magic's offense late last season has become dependent on Turkoglou, and their basic routine is:

No1, hand over the ball to Howard for singles to do INSIDE・OUT, simply understood as the Rockets' main tactics, handing the basketball to a strong interior lineman, attracting the bag and then passing it to the outside open player.

No2, the Turk launches a pick-and-roll, then uses his accurate shooting and top-notch vision to either shoot his own offensive or pass to other teammates who are ambushed around. Including Howard, the inside beast.

The above are basically the two magic weapons of magic to defeat the enemy. There aren't many means, though. But everything is a ruthless move that has to be wrapped, a killer move!

The reason why the Cavaliers lost last season was that half of the interior suffered too much, and the other half was because of two misalignments - the height gap between the Emperor West and the Turk was too big to interfere with his passing; Vallejo simply couldn't guard against the nimble Lewis.

But when it came to the Finals against the Lakers, the Purple and Gold relied on only one Ariza to deal with the Turks, which hindered the Magic's offensive organization and one of the killer moves. Then use the Twin Towers + Odom wheel to fight Howard, and the team's interior line will not be dominant. The two major advantages are all wiped out, and the probability of winning again is really not high.

The Magic's idea last summer was simple, the Lakers are still strong, Artest's defensive ability is only higher than Ariza's, and if they face this opponent again, they may still be difficult to win. What's more, Turkoglou's asking price in the new contract is too high, and the cost performance is not good, and it is not difficult to explain it by replacing it with Carter.

With Carter's arrival this season, the Magic lacked the singular playmaker and shaped routines of Turkoglou and replaced them with a lot of sporadic routines. It's a bit like the Knicks are in a situation right now, always with a hammer. West is an axe, winning the game depends on the players' explosive varieties and all kinds of blind **** fighting, and the scene just looks messy.

Of course, the Knicks are gradually improving the tactical routines and system for Wu Huang, they are a team with clear goals, all they need is time and run-in, and a helper who is more suitable for Wu Huang.

Although the Magic still often revolve around Howard's pick-and-roll inside cut and Lewis's pick-and-roll outside cut, plus Petrus and Barnes' open cut, the attackers have become two: Carter and Nelson, the Magic's offensive points are scattered, and the ball operation is much more chaotic than before.

Therefore, at the beginning of the season, the Magic's record was not very good, and they just recently experienced two consecutive losses, and the ranking also fell to fourth in the East, and by the way, the Knicks were squeezed to fifth.

ABC Radio broadcast the game live today, with Jeff Van Gundy and Mark Jackson as commentators.

Fan Bald commented before the game: "The ups and downs of the Magic's form are not surprising. The original system of magic, with a large number of shooters in the four fields, and monsters on the inside line are infested, echoing each other inside and outside. The group of shooters lost their usual Turkish ammunition supply lines and became unwell; Carter was also a little undecided about his task. As a result, Carter had the worst season of his career, averaging 10 per game. With eight points and a 36 percent shooting percentage, the soon-to-be 33-year-old seems to have started to slide. ”

Mark Jackson disagrees with Van Gundy, saying, "Carter isn't a well-rounded conductor like Turkoglou, and he lacks that vision and passing, so I think he should concentrate on the offense and take the load off his command, so he'll have a lot easier." ”

In today's game, both teams are groping after the trade, and when a mature system is dismantled and disassembled, it will definitely need to enter a period of pain, and the players need to re-adapt to it.

On the Knicks, Wu Huang began to consciously share basketball today, this "sharing" is different from the last game, he decided whether to hand over the basketball to a brother or someone else completely according to the situation on the court this time, if the basketball is in his hands and the team is better, then he would rather stick the basketball in his hands all the time, and never hand it over.

In the game the day before yesterday, he deliberately shared the basketball, which was inferior.

The score was 48:49 in the first half, and the Knicks trailed by one point on the road.

Although Howard dominated the interior line, Wu Huang beat 34-year-old white chocolate Jason Williams on the outside, not to mention Anthony Johnson, who is older than white chocolate. Magic's main point guard Nelson was injured, and Wu Huang faced such an opponent, firmly controlled the ball in his own hands, and completely used Iguodala as a bait to distract the enemy's firepower and a fast-break point, that is, a dragon set role.

Wu Huang cut 18 points, 2 rebounds and 3 assists in the half, if it weren't for the help of Petrus and Barnes in place, and Howard's perverted defensive range made his shooting percentage not as high as he imagined, he would not have scored many points.

Howard didn't score many points in the first half, the Knicks packed him a lot, Wu Huang and Iguodala shrank inside when they had the opportunity to break the ball, and the Monsters only scored 6 points on the offensive end, and only grabbed 4 rebounds on the defensive end, not even a block.

But the offensive and defensive contributions can't be fully measured by points, blocks and rebounds, Howard's ultra-wide defense makes it difficult for Knicks players to break inside, and Wu Huang's two layups are to avoid the Monster's block. In the end, I don't know where to leave the basketball behind?

First. The Knicks scored a measly 10 points inside the box. Basically, Howard was blocked from the outside line alone. On the offensive end, Howard attracted a lot of packs, which meant a lot of space from the outside, and Lewis scored 15 points in the first half, most of which were unguarded or ineffective shots, and the shooting percentage was extremely high.

In the second half, the two teams attacked and defended each other, and the score on the field increased alternately. The Magic continue to hold the lead.

Now the Magic can only rely on Howard's threat on the inside to create gaps for the outside, which is not so difficult to deal with, but the bad thing is that no one on the Knicks' interior can affect this monster, and they have paid too much price for Howard on both offensive and defensive ends.

Fortunately, Carter's form continues to be sluggish, in part because he is not used to having a Howard around him to squeeze space when he breaks through the interior line, and in the Raptors and Nets, he partners mostly with interior players who use mid-range shots and are good at pulling space, such as O'Cari, Davis and Collistic. The other half is that he hasn't found his niche yet, just like Iguodala is now. They often don't know what to do and how to fight.

Second. Wu Huang was more aware of the Magic's stronger defense and packing, and immediately handed over the basketball to Iguodala, directly assigned the task to the latter, let the team's second leader hold the ball, and he began to run without the ball, creating offensive space and opportunities for his teammates.

This is what sets him apart from many stars, although Wu Huang is now the league's No. 1 ball player, he is not unable to play without the ball, it depends on his mood and specific situation.

Today, Wu Huang's thinking is very clear, he feels that every Knicks player should have a unique role, and his role now is: the team's first ball handler, breakthrough player, passer, and outside shooter.

As for the Knicks' specific style of play, the first choice is: he and the team's interior line to carry out arc top blocking, either blocking and cutting inside or blocking and cutting outside, and then ambushing a large number of shooters around for him to deploy; The second option, the quick three-pointer in the offensive and defensive transitions and the fast break, he can be the finisher or the helmsman; The third choice, when the whole team is together, he goes out to fight alone and turns the tide.

A team's routines don't actually need too much, and the Magic can reach the finals with two axes, the key is how these routines change, and these depend on the player's individual ability to play freely.

The Knicks' system and tactics are limited by the overall strength of the team, and not every game can be played and played well. For example, today, all of their tactics in the restricted area could not go smoothly, and the Magic used a Howard to block their attack area on the outside, and the team's offense was cut in half, and the remaining half was too easy to defend.

The Magic took advantage of Howard's dominant defense to defend the restricted area almost single-handedly, the Knicks' pick-and-roll and fast-break could only be carried out on the outside and could not cut inside, and outside defenders such as Petrus and Barnes only needed to defend the Knicks' outside offense, which was a relatively easy task for them, even if the opponents were Wu Huang and Iguodala.

Wu Huang used his personal ability in the second half and still scored 12 points, but although Iguodala handled the basketball very well, he couldn't give Wu Huang much help on the offensive end, Gallinari and Harrington couldn't show the highlight performance of the Magic who were good at defense, and the Knicks' outside offensive efficiency was far less than the Magic's combination of inside and outside.

What's worse is that Carter in the fourth quarter began to wake up a little, and he began to enjoy the effect brought by Howard, no longer playing hard, but trying to use Howard's magic weapon to contain, scare, and block the opponent for his own benefit, which showed his aggressiveness.

In the fourth quarter, under the sudden outburst of Howard and Carter, the Magic launched an 11-2 attack wave to open the score in one fell swoop, and finally defeated the Knicks 108-98, giving the New Yorkers two consecutive defeats.

Wu Huang played 38 minutes today, cutting down 30 points, 4 rebounds, 5 assists and 2 steals, Iguodala 12 points, 5 rebounds and 7 assists, Harrington 16 points, Gallinari 10 points, Hughes 10 points, David Lee 8 points and 6 rebounds.

Howard had 19 points, 9 rebounds and 1 block, Lewis had 20 points and 10 rebounds, Carter had 16 points and 4 assists, Petrus had 18 points, Buss had 16 points and Barnes had 12 points.

D'Antoni said after the game: The previous two defeats, the Knicks were not a war crime, and the lack of run-in affected their combat effectiveness. Hugo was still giving it his all today, while Iguodala was doing well.

Iguodala also admitted after the game that he still needs more communication with Wu Huang, and he also needs to have a deeper understanding and familiarity with the Knicks' tactical system.

The next day, the Knicks rushed to Atlanta with a two-game losing streak.

It was a back-to-back game, with the Knicks playing harder, the first three quarters were a close match, and Iguodala scored a dunk at the end of the quarter, but the Knicks still trailed by one point at 71:72.

Joe Johnson was the Hawks' man, hitting a three-pointer at the start of the fourth quarter and then hitting a free shot to give the Hawks seven straight points to take the advantage.

Wu Huang then hit a three-pointer for the Knicks and assisted David Lee in the air relay, and with 7:20 left in the game, the Knicks chased the score to 81:82. But unexpectedly, this became the last time they extended the score, after which the Knicks frequently missed shots, not even free throws, but Joe Johnson blossomed inside and out, and the Hawks ended the game with an 11-0 wave.

In the final moment, although the Knicks tried their best to fight back, they fell too far behind, and finally could not recover, ushering in the second three-game losing streak of the season.

However, although the team lost, Wu Huang played very bravely in the face of Bibby, who was in declining form, and once again scored 32 points, 3 rebounds and 8 assists, Iguodala contributed 18 points, 10 rebounds and 4 assists, and Harrington also scored 20 points, but in addition, the Knicks did not have a player who scored double-doubles.

After three straight losses, the Knicks' record has slipped to 11-9 and temporarily sits in fifth place in the East.

D'Antoni said after the loss this time: "Why did you lose the game? Because we were back-to-back, there was a physical problem in the fourth quarter, which led to a scoring drought, and this defeat is still not a war crime. ”

The Knicks have lost three in a row, and New York fans do have some dissatisfied voices, don't look at them some time ago and praised the team's performance beyond imagination, but now as soon as they lose, dissatisfied voices still appear, even if the Knicks lose to the league's strong teams, and they are still away from back-to-back, but there are always some fans who will not think about it so much.

Wu Huang didn't encounter too much criticism, his most criticized ball possession rate in these two games has dropped a lot, but his scoring has 30+ performances in two consecutive games, and he really can't find fault.

Iguodala was not so lucky, as soon as he came to the Knicks, the team immediately went from a winning streak to a three-game losing streak, and the team's ranking dropped from fourth to fifth, so if he doesn't carry this pot, who else will carry it? (To be continued.) )