Before the trade deadline after the All-Star weekend, there were no heavyweight trades in the league, and it seems that the Knicks' management did not take any action except for firing Fisher and helping Wang Zhuo to the throne. Pen & Fun & Pavilion www.biquge.info

The Knicks have a good momentum of five consecutive wins, and after passing the danger at Barclays Center, they returned to the Madison Square Garden Arena to meet the challenge of the Oklahoma City Thunder, facing a healthy Durant and Westbrook, the Knicks fought until overtime, but Westbrook and Durant teamed up to dominate the overtime for five minutes, and the Knicks finally lost and the five-game winning streak was ended.

The loss to the Thunder did not have much impact on the Knicks, but only inspired the players to fight, after all, Durant's health and dedication made the Thunder's competitiveness a qualitative leap, not only out of the quagmire, back to the winning track, but also with a strong performance to rush to the third place in the West, second only to the Warriors and Spurs.

After each game, Wang Zhuo would write down the Knicks' current record and how many days until the end of the regular season on the tactical board in the locker room to motivate the players not to be proud or discouraged.

It's Feb. 28, 2016, and with 45 days to go until the end of the regular season, the Knicks have a 28-30 record and sit in ninth place in the East, half a game ahead of the Chicago Bulls.

"It's the final sprint, if you don't want to go home early, keep your spirits up and remember to do everything you can to get the ball into the basket!"

Before the Feb. 29 home game against the Trail Blazers, Wang Zhuo said loudly in the locker room, because any team knows what the period between the All-Star break and the end of the regular season means for the team.

Before the start of the game, Wang Zhuo announced the starting lineup for this game, and Jerry Grant replaced Jose Calderon as the team's starting point guard, which was a plan that Wang Zhuo had been brewing for a long time at the beginning of the season, and it was not officially activated until now, because at this juncture, there was no need to hide it anymore.

"Don't think about anything, just understand what you're supposed to do on the pitch and try to do well!"

When Wang Zhuo announced the result, Grant was a little shocked and overwhelmed, and Wang Zhuo patted him on the shoulder and encouraged him in a steady tone.

Grant tried to keep his composure, nodded vigorously, and secretly vowed in his heart that he would not live up to the trust of the head coach, in fact, he was able to do a good job, and when he played away against the Raptors, he made Kyle Lowry suffer with a dogskin plaster-style defense.

The game officially began, Lopez and the Trail Blazers' center Plumlee jumped in the middle circle, the same thin body, Lopez's height advantage slightly prevailed, and when he jumped, he struggled to pick the ball to Grant with his fingertips, and Grant held the ball and quickly advanced through the half.

Wang Zhuo's purpose in putting Grant in the starting lineup is very clear, which is to improve the team's offensive speed and efficiency, and maximize the run-and-gun tactics, while Calderon's stability can continue the offensive firepower for the Knicks in the rotation time.

Grant dribbled to the top of the circle, did not make any stops at all, and passed the ball directly to Anthony near the 45-degree angle on the right side, Anthony dribbled under the crotch continuously, shook off Aminu, and burst into the inside, at the same time, Porzingis walked from the basket to the left high position, opening up space for Anthony to break through, Afflaro slipped from the bottom corner of the right side to the bottom corner of the left corner, and Grant ran from the bottom corner of the left corner of the top of the circle.

When Anthony burst to the basket, Plumlee stepped forward to block his breakthrough route, Afraro took this opportunity, through the basket, with the help of Lopez's cover to block the defense of his Trail Blazers player Mike Collum, quickly in the bottom corner, Anthony took aim, intended to move at will, hit the ground and passed, Afraro in front of the big gap, jumped directly, facing the sea, sniping three points.

"Huh!"

The ball brushed over the net, making a crisp sound like running water.

Converting the ball, Lillard held the ball, bit his lips, held back a lot of strength in his heart, and it took only 3 seconds to advance through the halfcourt, facing Jerry Grant's head-on defense, when he was still three steps away from the three-point line, he didn't think about it, he pulled up and shot, and the ball also followed the trajectory of the arc and went into the basket.

In Wang Zhuo's view, this Trail Blazers team should not be underestimated, in the offseason, the Trail Blazers team has undergone earth-shaking changes, 4 of the 5 players in the starting lineup left, the core of the team Aldridge went to the Spurs, small forward Batum was traded to the Hornets, scoring guard Matthews jumped out of the contract to the Mavericks, center Robin Lopez is in the Knicks at the moment, but the Trail Blazers, which had been greatly reduced, quietly climbed to fifth place in the competitive West with tenacious fighting spirit under the leadership of Terry Stotts.

The Trail Blazers can have such a shocking performance, Lillard's strong performance can be said to be indispensable, in addition to his super scoring ability, more importantly, he has a super big heart that does not match his age, and his shooting ability to face defense at critical moments is at the top level.

In the face of the Knicks' preemptive attack, Lillard did not show weakness and directly returned to the Knicks with a long-range three-pointer, and also showed his strong determination to win this game.

However, he was completely wrong, because the head coach of the Knicks is a man named Wang Zhuo, and he will not let anyone have fun at the Madison Square Garden arena easily, not even LeBron James.

Next, the Knicks stabilized the rhythm and fell into a positional battle, Anthony singled Aminu to increase the score for the Knicks with his personal ability, the Trail Blazers did not show weakness, and Lillard frequently sent second passes to bite the score on the court.

When the two sides were tied at 10:10, Wang Zhuo called the first timeout of the game, replaced Lopez with O'Quinne, and then improved the offensive rhythm and took the Knicks' speed advantage to the extreme.

O'Quinn is a center with passing and three-point ability, he is also fast, has better jumping ability, and is better at playing and running than Lopez, and sure enough, in the first round of O'Quinne's offense, he received Anthony's pass and hit a small hook under the basket.

Turning around, Lillard made another strong three-point shot, the ball hit the front of the basket, Porzingis grabbed the defensive rebound, Grant launched a fast break, O'Quinn fell outside the three-point line at a 60-degree angle on the left side of the run, Grant made a long pass over the half, O'Quinn did not hesitate, and shot a three-pointer directly when the Trail Blazers players had not yet settled to form a defense, and the ball hit the left side of the rebound and fell into the basket.

The Knicks' offensive and defensive transitions are like a cloud, Wang Zhuo thinks that since he hits and runs, he will maximize the power of the three-point shot, and now all this is all thanks to Wang Zhuo's almost cruel devil training recently.