The other of the two pinned posts about the Knicks on this site is just about Zhang Chen, analyzing the stakes:

"Last season, a non-draft player named Zhang Chen came out of nowhere and immediately won the title of best rookie, becoming an unprecedented non-draft player, and everything about him shone with a dreamlike light, and there was a kind of unsightly light under the sun. This season, he came to the same fantastic city, and his performances were just as brilliant. ”

As soon as he arrived in New York, Zhang Chen showed all the players his unrivaled attacking power, and in the face of his sharp offensive spear, all tenacious shields could only be wiped out. The average of 40 points per game is still intimidating. In the first two games, he showed his ability to adjudicate at crucial moments, with two strikes and a sword to seal his throat, leaving his opponent without a chance to breathe. ”

"All of this is a sign that this new player will bring life to this somewhat lifeless team, and this season's Knicks are basically starting to rebuild around Zhang Chen, but after this consecutive four-game losing streak, maybe we should think more deeply about Zhang Chen's problems. He was able to be tough and sharp at the start of the season, and he was able to carry the whole team with his attack, but after a couple of away games in a row, we saw his frustration. ”

"He's still having a lot of problems, and although we can all tell from his game that his speed, his technique, his shooting may have reached an unsolvable level, his stamina is still a big problem. Other coaches in the league have made arrangements for him, which is also a kind of concern for him, whether he can still get high scores as always under this attention, and still carry the team forward with high scores as always, these are all impatient questions on Zhang Chen's shoulders. After a four-game losing streak on the road, they're going to return home to face the Portland Trail Blazers, a tough team with a team called Brandon? Roy's tough leader, whether Zhang Chen will be reborn after a few defeats or will be overwhelmed by his physical strength and the pressure of his opponents, it will depend on his next performance. ”

After reading this post, Zhang Chen sat in a chair, looked up at the ceiling, carefully imagined the meaning of these words, and thought about what was useful to him. He is still very immature, and he has not performed well in many places, and although the main reason for the defeat is not because of himself, he also has an unshirkable responsibility. Zhang Chen went through some posts further and found that some people had begun to say that he was a cancer of the team, and that he was a soft egg, and that he disappeared immediately after a few away games, and maybe he would really disappear completely from now on.

Zhang Chen was a little uncomfortable seeing these news, they all saw his performance this season, but after two games in which he had some losses, they jumped out one by one to accuse themselves, which made people feel more or less angry. However, the main thing Zhang Chen needs to think about now is the next game, whether he can lead the Knicks to prove himself, and whether he can prove himself in this game, depends on his performance.

Thinking of this, he didn't plan to let his rest day be so wasted, but ran to the arena and started some simple exercises, such as pull-up jump shots, mid-range shots, and defensive footwork and other things.

It's not the first time Zhang Chen has played Roy, in fact, he has had a long confrontation with Roy in the rookie challenge last season, and now that he has improved so much, he should be somewhat sure of dealing with Roy.

On November 19, the Knicks and Trail Blazers game kicked off at Madison Garden, and before the game had even begun, Madison Garden had already poured into the crowd of witnesses, who filled many seats in the audience, just waiting to see the game begin. The game didn't start in a hurry, and it took a lot of steps.

When Zhang Chen appeared, he was greeted by a cheering crowd, which made Zhang Chen feel like he was home, after all, many people scolded him on the Internet, and Zhang Chen was occasionally a little disheartened when he saw those scoldings, and now it seems that no matter how much he has been wronged outside, the fans in New York will still welcome him as always.

Zhang Chen waved his hand and ran into the basketball court, and suddenly there were shouts again, and when Roy, the star of the Trail Blazers and the pillar of the Blazers, ran into the court, there were cheers and applause from the arena. It can be seen that Roy also has a certain mass base in New York.

The jump ball was about to start, Zhang Chen stood opposite Roy, Roy smiled at Zhang Chen friendly, after all, the two of them knew each other.

Zhang Chen also smiled with him, and then the two people who jumped the ball had risen to the highest air, and then flicked it lightly on the basketball, and the two people immediately twisted into a rope and ran towards the basketball. It's just that the basketball didn't appear in anyone's hands just right, but after experiencing the twists and turns of a few people's penalties, Roy just happened to come to the outside to grab the rebound, and then slowly controlled the ball and put his teammates in place.

Zhang Chen blocked in front of Roy and didn't go to steal, but Roy also found that this Zhang Chen seemed to be a little different.

When I met him last season, Zhang Chen was a player with no defensive enthusiasm and defensive positivity, and he didn't have much defensive skills, but now in Roy's opinion, Zhang Chen's defense has improved a lot.

Roy was about to use a feint and then suddenly accelerated and rushed past Zhang Chen's left hand, after all, Zhang Chen was always in front of him like this, and he was also troubled. So, Roy made a feint with his shoulder, and the two kings of feints immediately began to compete.

Zhang Chen was dubbed a "player with a yawn with a feint" before the start of the season, while Roy was a "guessing player with a feint when he drank saliva", and the game between the two would be quite exciting.

Roy's feint was seen through by Zhang Chen, Zhang Chen immediately let his left leg take a small step to the left, although it was not so wonderful, but at least it also made Roy's expected path one more stumbling block, he had to give up this breakthrough route, and then put his shoulder against Zhang Chen's chest and protect the ball with his body. When he saw Miller, he immediately passed the basketball out, and in the first game, Zhang Chen won.

Roy said to Zhang Chen inadvertently: "Chen, it seems that your defensive skills have improved a lot. ”

Zhang Chen smiled, uh didn't relax his vigilance against Roy, he knew that this guy was a collection of true and false all over his body, and when this collective was activated, he was not very sure that he would be able to defend him.

Sure enough, after Roy bypassed a teammate, he took the basketball from Miller's hand again, but Zhang Chen quickly followed.

Roy began to dribble, dribbling in all directions, a guy who could make the All-Star of the Month team as a point guard, and his passing could be as lethal as his shot. Zhang Chen didn't dare to relax with Roy, and followed him step by step, so Roy soon found that Zhang Chen was not making a little progress, Zhang Chen was always able to block his way with his galloping speed and strange flexible footsteps, which made him quite distressed.

Seeing that there was not much time to attack, and his teammates didn't seem to have any position, Roy didn't want to drag it out any longer, suddenly a crotch dribble, and the basketball came from the right hand to the left hand, and at the same time with the action on the shoulder, Roy swayed left and right, with the help of Miller's blocking, and suddenly rushed out from Zhang Chen's side.

This is where Roy's toughness manifests itself a lot - before he starts to break through, even if the situation takes a turn for the worse, even if the attack time is short, he always has a calm expression, and his men move like a stable classic car, and the pace seems to be too slow.

Then, by the time he used that crotch dribble, with his shoulders attached, his movements still looked careless and slow, making it feel like he could get the basketball out of his hand at any given moment. It's just that when he dribbled under his crotch and feints, his rhythm suddenly changed completely in less than 0.1 seconds, and instantly turned into a combination of speeds that pierced the air at a galloping speed, which made people suddenly realize after a moment of astonishment - it turned out that his explosive power was so amazing!

Roy is such a suspicious two-faced man, and it's hard to find clues to his next move from his seemingly casual movements. He hates physical confrontation unless he encounters players who are much weaker than him, so his autumn style is always so unpredictable.

Roy started instantly, this start was quite unexpected, and he got close to the inside line for a short time, Randolph was dodged by him on the ground, David Lee was dodged by him in the air, Roy dodged David Lee by a windmill layup, the basketball dangled a shot on the left, and as Zhang Chen's body tossed and moved to the right and then slammed into the basket.

Roy scored two points and there were cheers and boos in the basketball arena, but it was a pretty good shot in every way.

The ball returned to the hands of the Knicks, Zhang Chen did not overstep his responsibilities this time, but let Du Hong keep the ball in possession for half the court, but the Trail Blazers are also a team that attaches importance to defense, their defense has a bit of an impregnable feeling, Du Hong saw that passing to others may not be effective, so he passed the ball to Zhang Chen.

Zhang Chen passed the ball on the street, making the basketball bounce back in both hands, and Roy saw Zhang Chen's dribble and his pupils suddenly shrank - this guy's ball control is really too weird and freehand. Zhang Chen's two hands seem to have become two magnets that attract basketballs, and the basketball can't escape from his palms, and they keep dancing and bumping between the two hands.

"You've improved on the dribble...... Even better than Chris's dribbling......" Roy suddenly came out with such a comment, on the one hand, he was evaluating Zhang Chen's ball control, and on the other hand, it was to make Zhang Chen a little distracted. However, Zhang Chen was not affected by Roy's words at all, but after dribbling under a crotch, he used a feint step, and then his body instantly turned into lightning and stabbed into Roy's left!

"Breakthrough!" Many spectators on the side of the basketball court, many fans in front of the TV, are making excited noises at this moment. Zhang Chen's poor performance in the last two games made everyone feel a little incredible, and at the same time, I don't believe that Zhang Chen will sink directly like some people's remarks, and there is no way out. Therefore, they are all eager for Zhang Chen to prove himself again in the presence of everyone today, and then, the Knicks' first ball touched Zhang Chen's breakthrough!

Zhang Chen's breakthrough is as always, the wind is fierce and the wind is galloping.

Roy hates physical confrontation, but he also likes to fight physically with people who are much weaker than his physical fitness, and in his impression Zhang Chen is still the player who falls down at the first touch, so he chose to directly step forward to block Zhang Chen and use his body to resist Zhang Chen's breakthrough. Zhang Chen's speed had already begun to show its edge last season, and Roy knew that Zhang Chen had a very strange and powerful speed, so he was ready to use his body to resist Zhang Chen's speed.

Then, he cupped, because Zhang Chen really collided with him, and then Roy felt a pain in his chest, and his original imagination of Zhang Chen breaking in front of his body to resist the sand was instantly reversed, and Zhang Chen stepped on his body to become a god.

The tremendous force still slammed into Roy, who was a little lighter, and Roy couldn't help but take a step back, almost sitting on the ground.

Then, the referee's whistle sounded, this was a blocking foul, Roy deliberately went up to block Zhang Chen, and naturally did not stand firm when he went up to block Zhang Chen, so he was hit by Zhang Chen and became a blocking foul.

At the beginning of the game, Zhang Chen received a foul for the Knicks, and, in the high-speed camera footage, Roy's face flashed with a strange expression, as if he had seen something incredible.

The Knicks' possession, Gallinari passed the basketball to Du Hong on the sideline, Du Hong passed it to Zhang Chen again, and then, Zhang Chen's kind of damn tacit understanding in Randolph's eyes occupied Zhang Chen's sixth sense, he intuitively saw the vacancy on Randolph's side, so he used the shooting technique to pass the basketball out, and after a long pass to the ground, the basketball came to Randolph's hands.

Zhang Chen didn't expect it wrong, Randolph did have such a vacant position, Zhang Chen's intuition was quite good, anticipating the enemy's opportunity, a long pass directly tore the opponent's defense, Randolph didn't care about the pass Zhang Chen gave him after receiving the pass, and then directly rose from the ground, slam dunk successfully, and suddenly there was a burst of cheers next to the basketball court, and the mountains roared and the tsunami.

The Knicks' first offense was a domineering Randolph slam dunk, which made many people's blood boil, and Zhang Chen also received an assist on his account.

Randolph and Zhang Chen still don't have the habit of high-five, but anyway, the two have reached a certain tacit understanding in terms of cooperation with each other, and they can find each other's needs to cooperate, and then help the opponent. In several consecutive away battles, they have completed a lot of such cooperation, and now they are familiar with it.

"Defend, defend!" Now that D'Antoni is shouting about defense next to the basketball court, this guy has really fulfilled his promise to focus on defense.

After halftime, Miller passed the ball to Roy, Zhang Chen blocked Roy again, and the two started the third meeting of the game, Roy still controlled the ball unhurriedly, but Zhang Chen didn't dare to relax a little now, because Roy is better at sudden changes in rhythm and momentum, and he must beware of Roy's coming to yin.

Roy began to tentatively start a breakthrough, he used his footsteps and speed to tear apart Zhang Chen's defense, but to his surprise, Zhang Chen's footsteps were indeed quite flexible, always able to grasp the direction of his progress, and then Zhang Chen's footsteps quickly followed.

Roy saw that he couldn't break through Zhang Chen unless he came up with some housekeeping skills, so he didn't plan to break through again, but jumped high in front of Zhang Chen's head, his body soared into the air in a blink of an eye, and then the basketball came to his forehead, ready to shoot. Zhang Chen's floor-flowing cups soon became apparent, and he struggled to defend his opponent's pull-up jumpers.

Roy's basketball got into the basket with ease, and he scored the team's first two points today.

This time, the person who controlled the ball became Zhang Chen, and when Zhang Chen took the basketball and began to control the ball, the audience next to the basketball court erupted in cheers. Before the start of this game, there was a lot of negative news about Zhang Chen on the Internet, and they all said that Zhang Chen's achievements were limited to this, and he only had the ability to become a brilliant player at most, and did not have the potential to become a super offensive player. Zhang Chen's fans who heard these remarks were extremely angry, and naturally hoped that he could show his true strength in this game.

All the attention was on Zhang Chen, but unfortunately Zhang Chen disappointed them a little on the first shot - although he earned an offensive opportunity for the team, and also assisted Randolph to dunk, but it was not his offense after all, what they hoped was that Zhang Chen would prove himself with his kind of razor-sharp offense.

Therefore, seeing Zhang Chen controlling the ball, everyone cheered, ready to capture the most exciting time.

Zhang Chen slowly controlled the ball and came to the three-point line, at this time, the eyes of fans all over the world were on him, Zhang Chen slowly dribbled in their eyes, and there was not even the slightest flaw.

The two blonde reporters in the press box were discussing: "Cole, Zhang Chen is in possession...... Looks like he's probably going to attack. ”

"Yes, it should be like this...... Hopefully, he will be able to break the so-called remark that he can only have a flash of inspiration...... After all, in my mind, he is already an unrivaled offensive player, and no one can stop him! ~”

"That's not too optimistic...... Take a look...... It seems that the head coach of the Trail Blazers has also arranged some defensive tactics for the surname, and it is conceivable that Zhang Chen's scoring will definitely not be very simple. ”

Cole glanced at Zhang Chen's direction and saw several players of the Trailblazers in the stadium waiting for an opportunity, their eyes were staring at Zhang Chen like a poisonous snake, and he was a little anxious and said, "It seems that this is really the case...... His breakthrough will be difficult, I wonder if he can find a way? ”

(To be continued)