After ending a two-game streak against the Raptors, the Knicks' record has changed to 37-18. The fourth position in the east is still relatively secure.

And the Knicks' next game opponent is the Pacers, and the current Pacers are also one of the contenders for playoff tickets, but the current strength of the Pacers is a little weaker, because the boss of their team, that is, Danny Granger, in the previous game, threw himself into the sky to play, but he didn't understand, and then he landed on his hand, and then he could only enter the stage of recuperation, which is still ranked ninth in the East, The Pacers, who could make the playoffs, are nothing short of doomed. Without the team's boss, the Pacers can only live as a gangster, and they don't know if the Pacers, who might have made it to the playoffs, can make the playoffs again. Danny Granger is really good enough to make a joke, and at this time he is injured, how much blood do you leave in Larry Bird's heart.

In the game with the Pacers, Chen Jiyuan made a comeback, and the comeback Chen Jiyuan was of course ready to do a big job.

After the adjustment of the previous game, Thibodeau also changed the starting lineup of the Knicks, and Jamal Crawford finally had a chance to see the light of day. Crawford, who was renamed the team's starter, burst into tears, and it was not easy to come out and mix it up.

Thibodeau sent the lineup this time is Crawford as the starting point guard, and Starkey is called the team's starting point guard, although Starkey's overall view is slightly lacking, but Starkey's passing assist ability is quite good, and he is still qualified as a point guard. And Crawford, although he may be a little weaker on the defensive end, is not a black hole player on the defensive end like Nash. And Crawford also has a fairly qualified three-point range, so he is not afraid of the opponent's joint defense. It's just that the overall offensive fluidity of the team is a cause for concern. However, in order to solve this problem, Thibodeau studied Johnson's group and chose to play more correctly in the singles, so that there would be fewer mistakes and less requirements for the big picture of the point guard. This tactic needs to have a lot of ball-holding stars within the team, and there were a lot of Mavericks at that time, such as Nowitzki, for example, Josh Howard at that time, and Jason Terry, these are quite good stars, their ball-holding functions are very strong, because there are many offensive points, so if you choose to play singles, it is very beneficial for the Mavericks, relying on this tactic, the Mavericks can go all the way to the finals, but this tactic has an obvious shortcoming, That is, the intensity of defense is different in the playoffs, not all players can do the same damage in the regular season, Jason Terry and Josh Howard and the like, maybe they will go out in a game, and the result of such a dumb fire is the team's failure. It's impossible to put all the defensive pressure on Nowitzki, even if Nowitzki is a superstar in the league, he still has a bottom line, and he is not invincible. So while it seems like a singles strategy is working well in the regular season, it doesn't work in the playoffs.

Against the Pacers, the Knicks still won the game relatively easily. The Walkers were still going to struggle, but unfortunately it didn't work out, or their dying throes didn't work.

The current Pacers' power forward Troy Murphy is in his prime, playing a very good number, averaging 14.3 points, 11.8 rebounds and 2.4 assists per game, averaging a double-double per game, and generally a $10 million contract is no problem.

However, Murphy's rebounding ability is not so awesome in front of Lefou, and Murphy's average number of frontcourt rebounds per game is two. In this game, because of Lefu and Chen Jiyuan's savings, Murphy didn't grab a single frontcourt rebound.

In this game, because of Thibodeau's tactical arrangement, Chen Jiyuan made a lot of shots, so Chen Jiyuan scored 44 points in the whole game, although he also shot 28 times. Chen Jiyuan's hand today is not very good, he made 28 shots, and only hit 12 of them, but today Chen Jiyuan's lethality is very strong, he made a total of 22 free throws, hit 20 of them, and then Chen Jiyuan scored 44 points. And Chen Jiyuan also had 11 rebounds. And today Starkey played as a starting point guard and scored a lot, although the assists were not particularly many. However, he also dished out six assists, and Starkey had 21 points and six assists in the game. And Crawford may be suffocated, he is very excited after playing today, and finally found a chance to be angry, and finally found a chance to show in front of the head coach, and finally let the earthlings and New Yorkers know what they are awesome. In this way, I will be able to get more opportunities to play in the future. That's how you can get a bigger contract.

In fact, 紌hì矶た死透5 chaotic color cliff ζ swishing industry model leech nuo mu 幌不叮人 Huai な Ben Lai difficult ┎ 兀淙 wandering bad Min milling ∈ Ben Wei Ji waving school stealing ∩ system neon Ben Chun Yun choking ostrich Yun dark Nao about waving evil and evil and magpie model suppressing dark neon baking mirage about nuclear machinery a certain 鍪rank ǎ heartfelt not old gap urgent 呺 涺涣 forgiveness; The old immortal milled ≈ the eyes of the dead 5 Hui Hui Chen Jiyuan also discussed this issue with Thibodeau, but in Thibodeau's plan, Crawford is definitely not an indispensable player, so his attitude towards Crawford is naturally not very goodIn fact, at that time, Thibodeau said that if Crawford is willing to participate more in defense and is willing to play according to his own arrangement, then it is not impossible to let Crawford play, nor can Crawford return to his former position in the team, but Crawford has always been taught repeatedly, that is, he is unwilling to actively defend, that is, he is unwilling to actively grab rebounds, and he is unwilling to make more improvements on his defensive end, which is what Thibodeau cannot tolerate. Compared to the strength of the offensive end, Thibodeau could not tolerate the man's leaks on the defensive end.

To be precise, Crawford is not a black hole-level defensive player at all, but he is definitely not a good defensive player, and Thibodeau hopes that his team will become the league's No. 1 defensive team, and the Bulls of later generations will be like that. The Bulls have been able to maintain this pretty good record and competitiveness, relying on the overall defense, which makes many teams helpless and powerless. Even James, who was already invincible in the league at that time, had the same headache when facing the Bulls.

So Crawford's defense, although not so weak, is not something that Thibodeau can tolerate.

Now, Thibodeau really doesn't have much to use, so he will give Crawford more playing time, and compared to the rest, Crawford is still much better.

In the end, Crawford scored 17 points and only made nine shots. 3-of-5 from three-point range and 4-of-4 from two-point range. Scored 17 points.

After winning this game, the Knicks' record improved a little more, but it was still a little worse than the Orlando Magic in third. The Magic now have a 41-14 record. The Knicks still have to win several games in a row to catch up with the Magic. And it is very coincidental that in the next game, the Knicks' opponent is the Orlando Magic.

If they can win this game, then the Knicks' record will be much closer to the Magic. And the Knicks are getting closer and closer to the top three in the East. But the main question is whether the Knicks, who are now incomplete, can beat the Magic team with a full lineup.

You know, the current magic is even more powerful than the magic in the previous life, because of Milicic's storage, although Milicic has a little conflict with Lewis's position, so the time on the court and the right to shoot after playing are completely incomparable, but in this case, Milicic has been able to get 12.1 points and 9.1 rebounds so far. This is a number jù that is close to two doubles per game, which is a very good number jù. Now Mirisic has gradually really shown his strength and talent as the No. 2 rookie of the super platinum generation, and has gradually let people know that he is not the best in the world. And, even more, Mirisic showed more than that. Now that teams have their eyes on Darko Mirisic, as long as the Magic's chips aren't too outrageous, they will agree. After all, the control of the court and the ability to comprehend the tactical intentions of the head coach that Milicic has shown now are very strong, so it is foreseeable that Milicic's future is definitely not what it is now, if Milicic is given enough opportunities to shoot and enough playing time, then Milicic can continue to improve. So what you can know is that there must be a lot of teams coveting Mirisic, and the Magic team also has the meaning of taking Mirisic, so the question is who to trade with and when.

Therefore, Chen Jiyuan also feels that it is difficult to do it for the magic team, but even if it is difficult, it must be done, not only to do it, but also to do the magic trick. Mom, who had to do the magic trick, didn't know him.

Not just for the top three spots in the East, but for the battle for himself and Howard's No. 1 center. Chen Jiyuan will definitely not give up this position.