Knicks starting lineup today: Wu Huang, Iguodala, Gallinari, Channing Fry, David Lee.

After the three-way deal for Christmas, the Knicks eliminated the likes of Eddie Curry, who no longer participated in training, and now only nine players are available to play.

Nine men are certainly not enough to play a full season, and they have no main players injured for the time being, but that doesn't mean there won't be injuries in the second half of the season. Most of the injuries in the NBA occur in the second half of the season, when the physical reserves of players are far less abundant than at the beginning of the season, and injuries occur frequently when the body is tired.

So the addition of new players is inevitable, but at this stage of the regular season, there are few good players left on the free market, and the Knicks are temporarily negotiating contracts with Livingston, who was cut by the Clippers, and Francisco Elson, the fake wolf king, both of which are base salary contracts.

Once the game began, David Lee lost the opening scrum without any suspense, and the Eagles went on the attack.

Wu Huang immediately met Bibi, his defense was very close, very pressing, and obviously rushed to break the ball.

Bibby used his body to cover his dribble and quickly transferred the basketball to Joe Johnson on the wing.

Joe Johnson still has an All-Star statistic of close to 21+5+5 per game this season, but the Hawks have not been able to lead the team to the Eastern Conference Finals, and the most important thing is that his performance in the playoffs has not been as good as in the regular season, so he is not considered by the media to be a real leader-type player.

That's probably the problem with the Hawks, who don't have a core that can really stand up to the test of a crucial playoff battle, and both Joe Johnson and Josh Smith are far from superstars. They can be counted as average All-Stars at best.

Joe Johnson received the ball and performed a high screen on the flank with his team-mates. Immediately after dodging the gap, make a sharp stop. However, it was interfered by Channing Frye, who was in time to help defend with his open hand, and the basketball smashed on the basket and bounced high, and Wu Huang rushed under the basket to grab the team's first rebound.

After the Knicks traded, Frye is now officially the team's starting power forward, and his nimble footwork can often be near the three-point line, which is an advantage for him, so D'Antoni encouraged him to defend from the outside.

But such a defense can also bring hidden dangers, and it is easy to empty the Knicks' basket. Their rebounding protection will be greatly reduced, which will require Wu Huang and Gallinari to help David Lee rush to the defensive rebound.

Wu Huang is very happy, and his rebounding is going to improve again.

After grabbing the rebound, Wu Huang passed the basketball directly to Iguodala, who was already in the hands of Iguodala, who accelerated away from Joe Johnson.

Frye followed from the sidelines, and the Knicks needed just two men to complete a quick counterattack.

Iguodala dodged the defense at the end and threw the ball in with a big three-step layup.

Wu Huang has followed up to the top of the arc at this time, and if the Hawks players retreat in time, Iguodala will not have a direct chance to hit the basket, and will pass the basketball back to the three-point line. Wu Huang can shoot directly from three-point shots, or he can reorganize the offense.

Iguodala is now slowly integrating into the team. His role is getting heavier and heavier, and he is taking on more and more tasks, and his opponents are naturally more and more defensive against him. As long as Iguodala can attract more defense, Wu Huang's threat will become greater, and the rest of the Knicks will have more and more opportunities, which is called chemistry.

Wu Huang wore a pair of his own low-top sneakers today, which were very conspicuous on the court, and were intended to speed up the running speed and drag down Bibby.

However, as soon as he came up today, he made a passing error before he could exert his strength, and slipped the bottom line on the left side to break through the ball, but unfortunately Josh Smith seemed to specifically restrain him, and once again relied on explosiveness to rush out and stab his pass into the hands of his teammates.

"!" Wu Huang secretly cursed, the Knicks couldn't defend this time, and Marvin Williams, the Hawks' 05 leader, scored a goal quickly.

After Wu Huang received the ball again, he still had the idea of breaking through, Bibi's footsteps were too slow in his eyes, and he could easily break through without the help of blocking.

The Hawks are not unprepared for this, Josh Smith is specifically responsible for making up for Bibby this season, plus Horford is also a very athletic interior lineman, and the Hawks' two short interior lines are very good at supporting their outside teammates, specifically restraining a small run-and-gun lineup like the Knicks.

The Eastern teams that Wu Huang is most reluctant to deal with this season are the Bobcats and the Hawks, both of which are very restrained in terms of personnel composition and style of play, and Wu Huang would rather deal with the Cavaliers than against these two teams.

"It's good that they have a weakness in the number one position." Wu Huang's second breakthrough failed to hit under Horford's interference, and now he extinguished the idea of going deeper inside, but it didn't mean that he gave up his plan to attack Bibby.

At 9 minutes and 40 seconds in the first quarter, Wu Huang finally opened, this time he received a breakthrough from Iguodala and scored his first three points of the day with a three-point shot from 25 feet out on the right wing!

Wu Huang broke through twice inside with the ball in the opening game, which was D'Antoni's pre-match arrangement, and the result was not good. But this situation has long been expected by the Knicks coaching staff, if Wu Huang's breakthrough does not work well, then turn to Iguodala and let Wu Huang switch to no-ball mode, but he is still the team's first offensive point, but the offensive end is a different method.

So, how important it is for a player to have two offensive modes, and Wu Huang's off-ball ability is the real reason why he can break the "record of consecutive scoring doubles in his rookie season" set by Magic.

Iverson was better in scoring than Wu Huang in his rookie season, but once or twice a month he was limited to single-digit scoring by opponents, and that's because he faced a strong team with top-tier perimeter defense, and that's when the flaws of the offensive model were manifested.

It's not uncommon to see role players stupidly standing on the outside and still to get open shots, but that's something that only happens to role players, who don't have enough individual ability, so they're often left out of the box. But a rookie like Wu Huang, there will never be no one to defend around him, only multiple people to defend, so he won't run. It's hard to get a shot when you're caught in a multi-player package.

Iverson's first season when he encountered a multiplayer pack. You can only punch your head once at a time. It's not hard to get assists, but it's hard to score.

Wu Huang didn't think it was difficult to score more than a dozen points in a game, even if he was caught in the whole game, he could find an opportunity to shoot two three-pointers on the outside, and then use a quick counterattack to sneak attack a few times, it was too easy for him to score a dozen points.

One minute later, Wu Huang received the ball on the run, and at this time Bibby had been thrown away by him using the screen, and Josh Smith rushed to fill in the position. But this time, it was a beat slower, and Wu Huang accelerated and collided with Smith, who was not standing, causing the opponent to block the foul, and hit both free throws, and the fifth point was in hand.

If Wu Huang attacks with the ball, the Eagles' two interior lines have time to make up for it, but if he doesn't hold the ball, the Eagles players can't keep staring at him, and Iguodala's ability to hold the ball is not bad, and the slightest negligence will lose points.

Josh Smith is no slower than an outside player. But in the face of Wu Huang's sudden cut, it was too late to reflect, and sometimes the Eagles players didn't know where Wu Huang came from.

7:52 of the first quarter. With the score at 10-8, the Knicks led by two points and the Hawks requested the first timeout.

"By blocking Iguodala and Hugo, we don't have to worry too much about their ball-carrying offense, we just cut off their passing lanes and put them in a situation where they can't work together like they did before, and the threat will come down." The Hawks coach decided to let the two attack with the ball, but they must not be allowed to connect on the offensive end.

After the game restarted, the Hawks' defense worked, and the Knicks failed to score the ball on two consecutive offenses.

D'Antoni quickly saw the Eagles' set-up, and if there was a small Si on the inside now, he could keep the Eagles from eating and walking. It's a pity that the Knicks only have one David Lee now, but the bean bag is also dry food, and David Lee also has a certain offensive ability on the inside, which can allow him to try to attack Horford on the inside.

Horford was on the inside alone, while Josh Smith was sweeping back and forth in the middle to support his teammates on the perimeter. At this time, the Hawks' defense in the basket area is very weak, and if the Knicks have a Yao Ming, the Hawks can really surrender directly without playing.

David Lee soon received the outside ball and began to play Horford in the low post, but the result was that the strength was not dominant, the height was not dominant, and finally forced a turn to shoot when he was almost walking, and the shooting rhythm and hand shape had already been crooked to his grandmother's house, and this time the shot did not even touch the basket.

The first interior heads-up was defeated, Horford won the rebound, and the Hawks immediately counterattacked quickly, but Joe Johnson's layup was interfered with by Iguodala, and Wu Huang ran to the basket and picked up a backcourt rebound, and he was immediately happy.

Mike Woodson also laughed on the sidelines, the Hawks don't play fast at all under his coaching, and the Hawks have been the slowest paced team in the league in previous seasons, playing more inkbled and ugly than the Spurs.

How can such a team play a qualified fast break in half a season?

Especially compared to the Knicks' mercury-like quick counterattack, the Hawks' quick counterattack is really a bit out of reach. Don't look at the Knicks' positional defense is still at the level of the middle and lower reaches of the league, but their ability to defend against fast breaks is the top in the league, especially in chaotic battles, and their defense is better than many of the league's defensive powerhouses.

Wu Huang and Iguodala, and even Gallinari can play the ball and block regularly, and their athleticism can bring out all their power in the chaos, including defensively.

It would be great if the Eagles were to play them fast today.

The Knicks attacked, and D'Antoni decided to give David Lee another chance, and this time the New York center chose to attack with a frame, using his feet and explosiveness to force his way through.

"Bang dang!" This striking sound is the best answer, and David Lee's frame breakthrough has clearly failed again.

Horford's lateral movement ability and help defense ability are the best on the inside, his basketball IQ is also very high, his body is strong, in fact, even the bounce ability is very good, but like this team, he is too low-key! If you look for the most vivid evaluation, Horford should be an underweight Duncan.

What about David Lee? He might be an underdog on the offensive end.

Since both of them are low-profile versions, it stands to reason that they should be about the same, right?

But in fact, this is not the case, this problem is also very understandable, as long as you refer to the 33-year-old Duncan, and then refer to the 33-year-old Xiao Si can understand why this situation occurs, the low-profile Xiao Si is a bit of a bit of a blow up in the face of the low-profile Duncan. (To be continued.) )