After losing to the Pistons on the 29th, the No. 31 struggled to defeat the Clippers who performed bravely in this game, and on February 1, they lost to the Nuggets, who are now ranked fifth in the West, on the plateau, and Anthony scored 38 points, 4 assists and 8 rebounds in this game.

On the following February 4th, the Knicks worked hard and finally defeated the Kings who traded Webber to the 76ers with a score of 30 points, and also missed the game because of injuries in the league and Christie.

But in the next back-to-back February 5th, the final back-to-back games, the second game with Phoenix, the Knicks still lost, and they were also swept by the Suns this season.

In the last game on the road, February 7, although the Knicks established an advantage against the Jazz in the second quarter, the Jazz players who performed like dragons at home still caused a lot of trouble for the Knicks.

The Knicks players who had a hard time completing this road trip were given a day off by Mill after returning to New York, just because No. 9 was the game against the Heat.

The players can rest, but the Knicks' assistant coaches don't have this kind of treatment, and it was really this road trip that made the Knicks drop directly to third in the East, and the Pistons, who were fourth in the East, were only half a game behind the Knicks.

"If we don't find out the reasons for the three defeats in this away game today, I don't think we will have to rest! Why? Find me the real reason why we lost, don't fool me with any mental, physical exhaustion or anything like that, and don't use any player phenomenal performance to perfunctory me, I need to know how our Knicks' stability came to be like this? ”

Everyone couldn't help but look at each other when they heard Mir being so domineering and very angry, and Thibodeau and Gentry closed their eyes directly after Mir finished speaking, and they didn't answer as soon as they did in the past.

It wasn't until eight minutes had passed that Gentry glanced at Mir, who had calmed down his anger a little, nodded to Thibodeau, who was also looking at him, and then the two stood up and let the rest of the assistants disperse.

On this trip, Mill did not accompany the team, fully handing over the responsibility of head coach to Thibodeau, and Gentry was the second executor this time.

As the general manager of the part-time Knicks, as one of the main successors of the Dolan family in the future, Mir's main job is also to regulate the Knicks as a whole.

As a player-type coach, Mir uses his charm to make players and coaches work for him collectively, which is what Mir presented in front of some friends, and as the core players, Hill, Allen and Gong Feng, all fully respect Mir's decisions, which is the real core of Mir's ability to stand on the coach.

"In the early part of this season, because of labor negotiations, the start of this season was a little late, but this season is also compared to that year, it is carried out normally, but the arrangements of each team have become a little tighter, you look at the itinerary, the 21st All-Star Game, the 22nd has our regular season game, which also shows that this season is a little tight." Gentry first used an All-Star Game to introduce today's topic.

"If you want to say anything, just say it, although the All-Stars did not start as the four main players like last year, Gong Feng, Yao Ming, and Hill are still the starters of the Eastern All-Stars, and Ray is also a substitute...... Wait, you wouldn't say the reason we lost was because of Jay? Williams, right? ”

Thibodeau did not affirm, but did not object, but continued: "Last season, we were the first in the league, which is recognized by many teams, especially our perfect performance in the playoffs, which allowed us to get a championship that we have lost for a long time, but after the start of this season, in fact, our consistency game is a big gap last season." ”

"At the beginning of the season, it was Gong Feng's injury and Jay's strong rise that made us look normal, but after Gong Feng came back, after we won 10 consecutive seasons, the league team had a new view of us."

"Except for our Knicks, no team wants the NBA to have a Knicks dynasty, and since we can continue to pursue the NBA championship with the strength we have shown, then many teams will naturally choose to pay attention, snipe us, and use us to prove something."

"But for some reason, we can't let the team use their full strength, and our team's consistent scoring point, Yao Ming, has only played an average of 22 minutes in these games, not more playing time, but less. After Hill got it all last season, he started to cultivate himself this season, and in the regular season, he only came out in key scoring, I don't mean that Hill did something wrong, but Hill did it at least two points. ”

Gentry looked at Thibodeau's eyes and said: "The absolute strength that Hill can show can no longer last the whole season, and the second also shows that Hill is indeed in the throes of old age and changing some skills." ”

"As for the rest of the consistent scoring points, Allen's score has risen to 22 points, and if he continues to increase his shots, not only will Allen's shooting percentage drop further, but it will also increase the team's instability."

Mir suddenly continued when he heard this: "So we are left with two scoring points that can have a stable output, Bosh can only be regarded as a future superstar who is familiar with our system, and now blue-collar players, only Jay and Gong Feng have a lot of strength that has not been played normally?" ”

"Yao Ming 15 points, Allen 22 points, Hill 12 points, Bosh 14 points, these people together are 63 points, these are the consistent points we should be able to get in every game, no matter who we are facing, now excluding Gong Feng and Jay, other bench players score, at the peak will get 30 points, at the trough, or in the face of a strong rotation defense, but can only score no more than 10 points, this is the choice we are facing now!"

"The main core Hill and Yao Ming are all accumulating energy for the playoffs, in order to stabilize the rhythm of the game, and get the points they deserve, but how should others arrange it?"

"More minutes means less consistency for us, and less minutes will increase the risk of injury to the main players and increase the difficulty of the playoffs, especially against back-to-back games, their performance is even more unbearable, Korver, Battier, Dio are all very inconsistent in back-to-back games, that's why we lost three games after this round!"

After saying that, Thibodeau and Gentry didn't say a word, and threw the question directly to Mir.

After being silent about this for a while, Mill showed the true godfather of the Knicks for the first time in this season, the true color of the 'madman' in the past, and asked with a cold voice in his voice: "Although Lao Tzu doesn't know as much about basketball tactics as you do, you'd better tell me all the words next, otherwise Lao Tzu doesn't recommend changing the Knicks' coaching staff!" ”

Gentry saw such a mir before he first experienced why mil? Dolan would succeed, and the look was like that of a cruel king questioning his courtiers one last time.

Thibodeau sighed at this time and said, "Mir, we didn't mean to hide it, it's just that whoever will deal with this problem will be unsolvable in the end!" ”

Seeing that Mir's expression finally quieted down, Thibodeau continued: "The above problems do exist, but it is not that there is no solution, as long as there is a stable 25+ player, we will naturally win the game that should be won, this person can be Jay, or Gong Feng, I believe both have this strength, but the problem now is that Gong Feng needs to lead the rookies to adapt to the game, and the increase in his shots means that the rookie players will grow slowly." ”

"The other thing is the old question, what do you think about Jay's future?" Seeing that Mir's expression finally became calm, Thibodeau finally said: "If you have to say a solution, there must be!" It's to let Jay return to the bench, let him play as a substitute player completely, and then give Gong Feng more shot power and let him control the game! ”

This is indeed an unsolvable problem! (To be continued.) )