Compared to the opponents faced in the first three home venues, the level of the next three away opponents is obviously a notch higher.

Orlando Magic, last season's Eastern Conference champion, considering the existence of Big Apple, the culprit that led to the Magic's defeat, I believe Orlando will not mind finding some comfort in the Knicks to dilute the fans' complaints about the Magic.

The Atlanta Hawks, the Hawks with jumping people have the top defense in the league, but it just so happens that the Knicks are a team that can basically only attack, and from the previous experience of the Suns against the Spurs, the Knicks have little hope in this game.

The third Knicks away game against the Phoenix Suns is particularly interesting, for the Knicks, the fire phoenix is the existence of a big brother, and the Suns with Nash can be regarded as a small boss in the regular season. Although everyone is from the same school, there is no reason for the Phoenix people to miss the old love.

If the Knicks can achieve a bad record in this three-game losing streak, it means that the current Knicks have really moved to the top of the league, and if the results are bad, it proves that D'Antoni still needs to hone his team.

After two games, the Big Apple City was sad, and the first game against the Magic was understandable, although the fourth quarter inevitably turned into garbage time, but at least the young Knicks were able to grit their teeth and follow the Magic in the first half, and their tenacity was obvious to all.

If it weren't for the Magic seizing the opportunity to play an 11:2 attack wave in the third quarter, the game would not have lost suspense so early.

The smug expressions of the Magic fans in the garbage time were seen by Li Chen. Obviously, the damage he inflicted on Orlando last season was a little too sad that they even shifted their hatred away from the Lakers to the Knicks. Of course. From this aspect, it can also prove how fierce the Big Apple's performance in the finals is.

The technical statistics after the game make people have no reason to blame the Big Apple, although 24 points, 3 assists and 4 rebounds look more like Kobe than Li Chen, but if you watch the game, you will know that Li Chen is not to blame for such an off-level number of assists, and the poor performance of other people in New York is the real reason for the Knicks' loss.

Curry's 2-of-8 three-point shooting nearly blew D'Antoni out of the air, and the babyface may have carried the psychological shadow of the previous game against Evans to this game, and his shooting percentage dropped and his power on the offensive end was greatly reduced. And once Babyface loses even the sense of offense, then his contribution to the team is basically negligible.

Larry Hughes and David Lee, two of D'Antoni's old disciples, didn't fare much better either, given Howard's huge advantage on the inside. As a result, others had to cooperate with Chandler from time to time to complete the Magic, which was exactly in line with Stan Van Gundy's tactical intentions.

The outside projection of Lewis, Petrus, Carter and Nelson made the Knicks bitter, and despite the loss of Tegglou, the new Carter did not make the Eastern Conference champion much less powerful. Their three-point rain tactics were, as always, desperate.

Battier and Chandler. This is the only remaining player in the Knicks other than Li Chen who has a satisfactory performance, but don't forget, these two are famous for their defense, Chandler will not mention it, even if it is Battier, who is known as an all-round warrior, in fact, his presence on the offensive end is far inferior to his performance on the defensive end.

The Knicks, who lost their offense, lost completely, especially because Thorton, a second-round pick who performed well in the last game, also suffered a big tragedy today. One shot and one breakthrough, and successively helped Carter and Howard brush a block. With the ridicule of the audience, the face of the second round show was very ugly.

However, for the Knicks' first loss of the season, the New Yorkers did not take much blame, in the eyes of most rational fans, the Knicks' loss to the Magic is completely reasonable, it is just a young team that is still running in, and it is a little difficult to make him turn into a top team overnight.

After tasting defeat for the first time, the Knicks rushed to Atlanta non-stop, and as everyone expected, even if the Big Apple still played satisfactorily, that didn't change the fact that New York lost.

The defensive Hawks had a tight control of the pace of the game from the start, and they had too many advantages against a team like the Knicks, who were weak offensively and defensively.

Although Al Horford in the center position is not tall enough, his physical strength allows him to suppress many big men who are taller than him, and his rough skills have become more and more proficient after a few years of honing, especially his defense, Al Horford can be regarded as a first-class level in the center position.

Power forward Josh Smith took over the responsibility of defending the Big Apple, and the super physical jumping man made Li Chen, who was already a little accustomed to savage offense, very uncomfortable, even though the big Apple's three-point strength was amazing, but Smith's super blocking ability still made the former have to think twice before shooting.

Of course, through his excellent passing skills, Li Chen still relieved a little of the defensive pressure exerted on him by the Eagles, but one thing can be known that Josh Smith is not the only one who has defended well with the Eagles.

Although Marvin Williams, the main force of the Hawks, is also a parallel import, he was born in North Carolina and has basic skills

It is indeed very solid, and his defensive strength is average, especially after joining the Hawks, with the help of team coach Woodson, he has a new understanding of help defense and supplementary defense.

Joe Johnson on the scoring guard is the biggest player in the Hawks, for a scorer who averages 20+ per game, defense is not so important, especially Larry Hughes, who is opposite him, is not an offensive talent, and the Knicks obviously have no advantage in point guard.

If there are any weaknesses in the Hawks' starting lineup, Mike Bibby may be counted as one of them, because of injuries and age, the White Devils are no longer as weird and erratic as they were at the beginning.

Defensively alone, Mike Bibby isn't much better than the Lakers' old fish. Back in the days when he was with the Kings, the White Devils also had the title of "one of the worst defensive players on the worst defensive team in the league."

He moves slowly laterally and doesn't show the ability to fight against a thick body at all on the defensive end. It is usually the opponent's first target. There is little to do in one-on-one defense against a playmaker who is slightly more offensive on the individual, and many times, Bibby has to swap points with the team's shooting guard.

But even so, since joining the league, Bibby has never lost his starting spot due to defensive issues, which shows his value, especially for a team like the Hawks who are strong in defense overall. The holes that a Bibby can create are not enough to take their defense down a notch, but the presence of the White Devils is enough to make them play more aggressively on the offensive end.

At 112:84, Atlanta showed the young Knicks the importance of defense with a hearty victory. Except for the Big Apple, which scored 28 points alone, only David Lee and Curry scored in double digits in the entire Knicks, and the latter was blessed by Bibby.

Knicks veteran Joey Crawford played particularly well in this game, when facing his old club. Crawford showed his loyalty to Atalanta with a 27-point run.

As the Eagles' biggest takeaway of the season. Joey Crawford, who has a three-point break and a shootout, has regained his sense in the sixth man position, and with the current situation, it will not be difficult for him to challenge for the sixth man of the season.

The most exciting event of the game came in the third quarter, when Crawford was attacking with the ball, facing rookie Marcus Thornton, Mr. Super Sixth Man easily shook his opponent up, and then a classic four-point hit caused a sudden uproar at Phillips Arena. As for the team's performance in the offseason, Atlantans said they were very satisfied.

At the post-match press conference. The reporter from Los Angeles asked a malicious question, and considering the team's two-game losing streak, D'Antoni almost couldn't hold back his emotions.

"Lee, although you lost this game, I believe that everyone will not doubt your performance, 28 points, 3 assists and 6 rebounds, such statistics are good enough, especially against a team like the Hawks with the best defensive strength in the league!"

As a visitor from Los Angeles, the reporter knows that the people of Los Angeles love the Big Apple, so he naturally will not blame Li Chen for his performance, of course, he has nothing to blame.

"It's just that we've found that your assists from this season seem to be on a downward trend compared to last season, so I would like to ask, do you think your current teammates can give you enough support?"

Everyone is waiting to see what Li Chen's answer will be, considering the new defeat in New York and the infinite limelight of Crawford in this game, they are very skeptical that the big apple, which has always been tight-lipped, will break something exciting because of this.

After all, the feeling of being held back by others is never pleasant, just like Kobe Bryant of the Lakers back then, the team's poor record made the boss publicly criticize teammates, coaches, and management more than once, until Kupchak robbed the boss's good friend from the Grizzlies, and the situation gradually improved.

Under the gaze of everyone, Big Apple talked eloquently, "It's really unpleasant, we lost again!" He made a helpless expression at the camera, "Experts, you are right, although we have a three-game winning streak, it is obviously not a big deal, and the two consecutive defeats tell us that the Knicks have many shortcomings." ”

"Coming back to this game, it's true that I got the highest score of the game, but that doesn't mean that everyone else doesn't take credit, in my opinion, the Knicks didn't play too badly, and against a defensive team like the Hawks, we had problems on offense, and of course, the responsibility is on me, you know, I have the most important organizational task."

"There's nothing to say about the fact that the hit rate is not ideal, everyone will have a bad hand, not to mention for our team that has just been combined, I promise that the situation will gradually improve in the future, everyone is great, at least in my opinion."

Li Chen said a lot of nonsense in the old god, thinking that he had never been an unscrupulous reporter when he was a rookie, and he who had been in Vanity Fair for a year would not be able to fall for it now.

"Assists dropped? Well, well, it's down, but you can't ignore the fact that my points per game average has gone up. Normally, an increase in scoring means more shots, and more shots equates to fewer assists, and from this point of view, the drop in assists only proves that I have been more aggressive lately! ”

D'Antoni was very satisfied with his disciple's answer, which could not only deal with the fans, but also not pose a threat to the stability of the team.

D'Antoni summed it up, "Through these two games, we found a lot of problems, although it affected the strength of the team, but fortunately, the season has just begun, we still have enough time to make amends, believe me, everyone will soon find out the changes in the Knicks!" ”

New York fans are looking forward to the changes D'Antoni said, considering that the Knicks' next game against the Suns, who have a similar style, people are very hopeful that D'Antoni's words can become a reality, and if the Knicks can use this to stop the losing streak, the result of the three-game away game is not unacceptable. (To be continued......)