After defeating the Lakers and bidding farewell to Kobe, the Knicks' record came to 4-3, and from the perspective of the strength of the opponent, except for the Lakers, the rest belong to the playoff teams, so it is not ugly to get such a record at the beginning. Pen, fun, pavilion www. biquge。 info

After a full day of rest, the Knicks packed up and headed to Toronto to take on the Raptors at the Air Canada Centre Coliseum.

The Raptors are the only NBA team outside of the United States and have only been in the NBA for a short time, but in the short 20-year history of the team, there have been shining stars such as Vince Carter, Tracy McGrady, and Chris Bosh.

Due to the high geographical latitude, the outdoor temperature in Toronto in November was almost close to freezing, and when Wang Zhuo stepped off the plane, he could clearly feel a biting cold wind, even if it was his perennial physical foundation, he still couldn't help but shiver.

The Raptors have had a good momentum in recent years, since the team traded Rudy Gay, corrected Kyle Lowry, and DeMar DeRozan's rapid growth, the Raptors have advanced to the playoffs as the champion of the Atlantic Division for two consecutive years under the command of coach Dwyane Casey, but the tragedy is that they have been knocked down for two consecutive years and fell in the first round of the playoffs.

Here, I have to mention that the "little steel cannon" Lowry and the New York Knicks have a bad relationship, when Lowry's contract with the Houston Rockets expired, in order to better develop, Lowry chose to jump out of the contract, at that time, the Knicks' management also met with Lowry, but due to Lowry's height factor, and at that time he was still a stunned young man who could only take the ball and rampage inside, so the Knicks' management refused and did not sign with Lowry.

In the end, the helpless Lowry moved north to the cold Toronto, after several years of continuous struggle and hard work, the career of the little steel cannon has entered an unprecedented glorious period, in addition to the data and team record by leaps and bounds, last season was also selected for the first time in the Eastern All-Star starting lineup, so that the performance of the "snake dragon" not only directly slapped the Knicks in the face, but also added a strong stroke to the record book of their management's frequent tricks.

In addition, Calderon has to mention the relationship between Calderon and the Raptors, Calderon, who was selected by the Raptors, worked hard in Toronto for 7 seasons like an old scalper, and delivered firepower and assists to the team very consistently every night, but in the end it was difficult to escape the bad luck of being swept away.

In his place is Kyle Lowry, the current star of the Raptors, so before the start of this game, the media focused on the matchup between the starting point guards of the two teams.

Wang Zhuo doesn't think this comparison will make any sense, an All-Star point guard in the prime of his career, and another is just an obscure role player, there is no comparison at all.

What's more, the Toronto media did not reveal their nostalgia for Calderon, but believed that it was the trade Calderon that put the Raptors on the right track, and only then did they have the glory of being the "King of the North".

Wang Zhuo knew that Calderon's character would never be able to do a single game of rampage and the shocking performance of the old master, so he didn't care about the media publicity at all, and even thought that this might be a gimmick deliberately created by the media in order to affect the game mood of the Knicks players, after all, before Lowry hit the All-Star value, almost no one would pay attention to such a comparison.

Although the outdoor temperature has been hovering around 0 degrees Celsius, this does not affect the enthusiasm of the home fans in the aviation center stadium, in terms of the number of home fans, I am afraid that no team can compare with the Toronto Raptors, after all, the average team occupies at most one state in the United States, and the Raptors are the whole country, even if Canada is vast and sparsely populated, but except for California, I am afraid that there is no state in the United States whose population can be equal to the entire country of Canada.

"Grant, I think you beat Michael Jordan!"

Today, TNT's broadcasters Grant Hill and Shaq O'Neal are in charge of the commentary, and O'Neal, who has always liked to be funny, made fun of his partner Hill at the beginning.

"Oh? Why don't I remember, could it be that you're talking about when he was with the Wizards? ”

Ciel's big bright eyes snapped into a puzzled expression.

"Grant, you probably didn't have a good rest last night, everyone on earth knows that in 96, during the San Antonio All-Star Game, you beat Jordan to get the All-Star vote, don't you?"

O'Neill didn't intend to let Hill go, and continued to tease the topic.

"Am I that good? Hey, I almost forgot, I think it might be the result of Justin constantly canvassing for me in his mother's womb! Haha......"

Hill and O'Neill have teamed up, apparently learning some of the essence of Olney-esque humor.

"Haha......"

After singing the duet with Hill, O'Neill grinned wildly, and the fat on his body was about to jump out through the suit.

Obviously, the two former NBA legends were making fun of Kyle Lowry with last season's All-Star Game, because in the final stages of voting for the 2015 New York All-Star Game, Canadian king Justin Bieber launched a Twitter campaign to vote for Lowry, and finally voted Lowry into the starting lineup of the Eastern Conference All-Star.

After the pre-game commentary, the game officially began, Valanciunas took the lead in fighting for the ball for the Raptors, Lowry held the ball, dangled and advanced to the front court when the 8 seconds were about to end, he didn't stick the ball too much, and passed the ball directly to DeRozan on the right.

DeRozan took a tentative step, shook off Afflalo, then dribbled two steps forward with the ball, and directly pulled up and shot, the ball brushed over the net, and DeRozan took the lead for the Raptors with the scoring method he does best.

Looking back, Anthony singled James Johnson with his back and easily scored 2 points for the Knicks, and it is clear that both teams tested each other with their star's single-shot finishing offense after the opening, and did not deliberately run out of their own tactical routines, and the point guard duel that was used as a gimmick by the media did not appear.

In this way, the two teams go back and forth, and the score also grows alternately in tepid games.

Fisher stood on the sidelines with a calm face, and similarly, Casey, whose face was full of wrinkles, sat on the Raptors' bench and stared at the situation on the court, seemingly with no intention of making adjustments.

Every player and coach knows that the more anxious the game, the better it is for the team playing at home, because the fans in the stadium can touch the emotions of the players at any time, which in turn will boost the overall morale of the team.

The Knicks must take the lead in making adjustments, and with Wang Zhuo's understanding of Dwayne Casey, they must be taken by surprise, unprepared, and unstable against the Raptors in order to break the deadlock on the court and completely reverse the trend of the game to the Knicks' side.