The game against the Indiana Pacers was played at the Madison Square Garden arena on Feb. 10, with only two days left before All-Star Weekend, and it was also the first game for Wang Zhuo to take charge of the coaching whip. Pen × fun × Pavilion www. ｂｉｑｕｇｅ。 ｉｎｆｏ

This year's All-Star was held at the Air Canada Center Arena, home of the Toronto Raptors, and the Knicks except for Porzingis, who was selected for the All-Star rookie game, no one was selected for the main game, not even Anthony, all due to the Knicks' poor game form in recent times.

Under the infection of Wang Zhuo, all members of the Knicks team are full of energy to take the Indiana Pacers sacrifice flag, you must know that the Knicks' most recent playoff trip was buried by the Pacers themselves, so the journey to the playoffs again begins with the defeat of the Pacers.

After the departure of Roy Hibbert and David West, the Pacers are gradually going downhill, and the defense that once frightened other teams is difficult to show its former glory, but the skinny camel is bigger than the horse, and head coach Frank Vogel followed the popular trend in the league to change to small-ball tactics, so that the Pacers gradually moved towards offensive and defensive balance, and the strong return of the star Paul George after a serious injury also injected a shot in the arm for the Pacers, so the current Pacers team is still a strong opponent that cannot be ignored.

Wang Zhuo believes that Vogel gave up the tactical system of emphasizing defense and light offense that he is best at, and traded to get Monta Ellis to switch to the small-ball route to conform to the trend of the times, but he lost the soul of the team, and the excessive pursuit of offensive and defensive balance made the team nondescript.

Super teams either use an invincible offense to destroy the opponent's defense, or use an impeccable defense to suppress the opponent's offense, such as the West and East leaders Warriors and the Cavaliers, one is good at offense and the other is good at defending, but the Cavaliers also began to change to the run-and-gun routine after David Blatter was fired and Tyronn Lue came to power, and like the Pacers, who abandoned the best defense and pursued offense one by one, the team's overall talent determined that they were no longer the super strong team that could wrestle with the Miami Heat.

Of course, the Knicks are not a strong team, and Wang Zhuo is not completely sure that he will be able to repel the Pacers, but he will not sit still, but will do his best to complete the head coach debut.

"Mr. Su, today is Wang Zhuo's first game in office, how can you beat the current Pacers, and you should also support everyone!"

In the live broadcast room of Tencent Sports, the official website of the NBA in China, the live broadcaster Ke Fan and the guest Su Que broadcast the game live in front of fans across the country.

After learning that Wang Zhuo was the head coach of the Knicks, Tencent Sports took urgent measures to negotiate with the NBA headquarters to increase the number of broadcasts of the Knicks in China, and even the fifth channel was not far behind, the host Yu Jia and the commentator Zhang Weiping solemnly and solemnly explained the game to the audience sitting in front of the TV, it can be said that Wang Zhuo injected a strong stimulant into the NBA's stimulation of the Chinese market.

"The Knicks are indeed weaker than the Pacers in terms of overall strength, and the eight consecutive defeats some time ago proved that this team is not good at playing tough battles, so if the Knicks want to defeat the Pacers, who are gradually balancing offense and defense, they must come up with a more aggressive offense or stronger defense than the Pacers, it is obvious that the Knicks are not good at defense, so they can only rely on offense!"

Su lacked a long explanation, and finally attributed the key to victory to the Knicks' offense.

Wang Zhuo also understands in his heart that if the Knicks want to win, they must rely on offense, but in the face of the Pacers, the tactics of organizing forwards can no longer be used, because Paul George's individual defensive ability is too outstanding, and once Anthony is contained, the Knicks' offense will fall into a quagmire.

However, the Pacers' switch to flexible small-ball tactics will inevitably lead to a vacancy on their interior line, so this game will be the stage for the Knicks' super rookie Porzingis to perform, of course, in addition to Porzingis, Wang Zhuo also thought of one person, that is Kyle O'Quinque.

In this game, the Pacers' starters were Paul George, George Hill, Masimmy, Myers and Ellis, the referee's loud whistle announced the official start of the game, Lopez and Masimmi jumped in the middle circle, Marcinmi jumped to win, Ellis advanced to the front court with the ball, and organized the first attack of the game.

Ellis passed the ball to George after half court, George held the ball on the right side, Masinmiti stepped forward to make a side cover for him and then went down to the inside, Lopez chose to step forward and wrap George with Anthony, so, Mashinmi easily received George's pass and cut into the basket, and the Knicks' interior defense only left Porzingis alone, Porzingis moved his body to block Mashinmy, so he missed Miles on the other side, Mashinmi directly hung the ball to Miles, and Miles easily put the ball into the basket in the empty position.

Wang Zhuo didn't expect that the tactical routine he gave up would be used by the Pacers to deal with him, and it was also a large and four small lineup, with three shooters ambushing outside the three-point line, organizing forwards and interior to block and dismantle.

Looking back, the Knicks resolutely played inside, and after Calderon dribbled to the top of the circle, he directly dropped the ball to Porzingis, opening up space for him to play inside singles, and because the height advantage was too obvious, Porzingis also threw the ball in easily.

"Haha...... Wang Zhuo is obviously competing with Vogel, Vogel uses the tactics of the Knicks to play the Timberwolves against Wang Zhuo, and Wang Zhuo uses the tactics of the Pacers to counter Vogel when they play the Heat, this game is getting more and more interesting! ”

Just when the two teams each scored a goal, Su Que couldn't help laughing in the live broadcast room.

The game ended the first quarter in an orderly manner between the two sides, the score rose alternately, and no one could get a lead of more than 5 points, Anthony did not perform well, in the face of George's individual defense, his shooting touch has been tepid, so the prospects for the Knicks who have lost an offensive strong point are not optimistic.

However, George's performance was not much better, although he made a few mid-range shots with the cover of the inside, but the three-point shot was delayed, which also made the Knicks dare to boldly shrink the defense, Vogel saw it in his eyes and was anxious in his heart.

With the stars of the house underwhelming, the game was destined to be a battle of role players, and in the second quarter, Wang Zhuo surprised his surprise man, Kyle O'Quinn.