It's just that after the opening, the situation was very different from what the Knicks expected, the Magic team didn't show how strong they were in the game, and the defense and offense were very high, as if they were overwhelmed.

Although the team's defense has strong players in every position, it is more of a single defensive operation in the specific evolution, once it encounters a situation where the Knicks play some complex tactics, each point can score, and they can use their space to let their teammates score, the Magic's defense is like hitting an invisible wall, and it has begun to fall apart unconsciously.

Although Howard is very physically strong now, he is a high school student, and he cannot become the team's immediate combat force, let alone be called 'Warcraft', his defensive skills have too many places that need to be strengthened or even need to be strengthened, especially when defending Yao Ming with his back, Yao Ming usually just takes the ball and makes a feint to attack, and the Warcraft will be provoked immediately, or his hands and feet are unstable to touch Yao Ming's hands, shoulders and other places that are easy to be punished.

And Yao Ming's free throws are also where Warcraft needs to learn, watching Yao Ming's easy free throws to hit the basketball, another high school student-turned-champion Howard pursed his mouth tightly, and found for the first time that he had so many opponents in the NBA.

It is unfortunate for Howard to appear in the East, but it can be regarded as very lucky, unfortunately there are too many centers in the East who can overpower him alone, but luck is the same, without the motivation and existence of good opponents, no one can grow up quickly, every confrontation with a strong center is actually Howard's own growth.

O'Neal regretted it a little after his trip to the east, but Yao Ming's ranking in the All-Star center in the East was too stable! Of course, O'Neal will get the salary he expects after this season, and O'Neal is very satisfied with this.

Of course, it's all just gossip, the most important thing for the Magic at the moment is that Maddie needs to see the attitude and ability of his teammates, after this season, Maddie is a completely free player, and what Maddie needs to join is a team that can support him to continue to pursue honors, Houston can only be regarded as a part of staying, Magic can only show more sincerity, Maddie will choose to stay in Orlando to play.

It's just that in this game, it was difficult for Maddie to find a reason to stay in Orlando, especially for his head coach, Maddie really couldn't continue to tolerate it.

There wasn't much resistance in back-to-back games, and it seemed like the Knicks' luck had gotten a little better when Bow Peak came back.

Less than three days after the end of the battle, the Heat announced that they had signed a contract with Stan? Van Gundy's contract terms, Parker? Riley then took over as the team's head coach himself, and at this time, the Magic announced that they would join the team when they had just stepped down from the office. Van Gundy reached a new coaching agreement, and the Magic also replaced their own head coach and general manager.

After an easy game against the Magic, the Knicks returned home to meet the Timberwolves...... Just after the season began, no one could have imagined that the Timberwolves would change so much in less than a summer.

Last season, he was the first place in the West and had the best record of the team, and in the following season, it was very difficult to even make the playoffs.

This season, the playoffs in the East are much more competitive than in the West, which is the exact opposite of last season, but in this case, the Timberwolves are struggling to be on the edge of the Western Conference playoffs.

Usually there is only one reason for this, that is, the internal harmony is invisibly disrupted by certain actions, and one or several players of the Timberwolves are unintentionally staying in the state of the Timberwolves and not focusing on the game, and the main scorers Kassel and Sprewell belong to this state.

The owner of the Timberwolves also belongs to the typical NBA mass owner, who does not want the team to pursue the NBA championship every year, but wants the team to have enough strength to fight for a good position every year.

With Cassel's age, it is understandable to ask for a multi-year contract, and he also has the strength to deserve that contract, but next season, if not to mention the others, the salary of the three people with contracts like Garnett, Szzczebiak and Olowokandi has reached 32 million, plus about 15 million for other rotation players, giving the Timberwolves too little salary space.

Last season's salary of 70 million caused the Timberwolves to pay an unprecedented luxury tax, which really made the Timberwolves owner feel very painful, and the team has not won the championship because of this, nor has he got the profit he wants, so the investment in the team in the new season is less, and this practice has directly caused many players to put their minds on their next contracts and not put their minds on the team.

In addition, not long ago, the head coach was inappropriate, the head coach of the team was changed, the previous coach chose to be the general manager of the team, the team's rotation players were not as easy to use as last season, the defense was not careful, and the statistics of the two main players of the offensive team reached a new career low, and it would be a strange thing if the Timberwolves could be good.

Although Garnett has the same super data of 22+13+5 as always, it is difficult to go it alone, and the Timberwolves have now become a one-man team.

However, there were some surprises in this game, I don't know what McHale said to the players before the game, all the players worked very hard to do their own thing, as if the Knicks were the 'enemy' of the Timberwolves.

The template for Bosh to join the draft is Garnett, the two now have a similar range, and the speed of movement is not about the same, and the two are very active in defense, of course, Bosh is much worse than Garnett in terms of individual offense, and Bosh does not have Garnett's domineering action and the strength accumulated over the years.

But Mill just let Bosh and Garnett find their own value, and the defense of Hill and Allen is not easy for Kassel and the madman to break through, the Timberwolves are generally three-board axes, relying on individual ability to score, relying on collective defense.

This is also the tactic used by many teams in this era, and the offensive system of the tactics has only one approximation, pursuing the maximum use of individual abilities and creating enough space for attackers with the ball.

It cannot be said that such a tactic is wrong, but it is very dependent on the performance of one or two or three people, and once one of the players does not play properly, once a team's offensive ability breaks through the team's defensive maximum, the team's loss will be expected.

Although every game and every attack is played one round at a time, the difference in efficiency directly leads to the biggest difference between strong and weak.

In the Knicks' main force, whether it is an individual single, or a player who executes according to the team's tactics, the Timberwolves are completely unable to keep up, and every choice of the Knicks is to directly hit the side without Garnett's defense, that is, with Garnett's defense, the Knicks also have too many ways to put the basketball in the basket.

The ability of the individual, the power generated by the gathering of stars, there are too many perfect explanations in this game, and Garnett is even more slack at this point.

If the Knicks only have the strength of the main force, Garnett will not have this sense of powerlessness, but when the Knicks replaced Jay and replaced Battier, after Jay and Sprewell's heads-up reached the final victory, Battier's help defense could cover Garnett's pass, and when Gong Feng and Allen led the rookies to score with tactics, Garnett knew that he was very far away from the championship at this time.

Not to mention the Spurs, Mavericks, and Suns, the top three teams in the West, when they come to the Finals, there are Knicks, or even more terrifying, teams like the Knicks appear...... Garnett no longer thought about this sad reality.

If Garnett makes such an important decision, the era of star huddles will follow...... Of course, this made the Timberwolves' performance completely break Garnett's heart.

So what is the most correct way for superstars to huddle? (To be continued.) )