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Yang Rui relied on full-court pressing to start with the Knicks, and only changed back to the main force after 5 minutes, and the score continued to lead.

The Knicks' defense is still outstanding this season, but the offense of role players is not as good as before, even if the two point guards are a mess offensively, Van Gundy is determined not to use Atkins.

Atkins and Yang Rui's unlucky Spanoulis in his previous life have similarities, both are guards who have speed, can break through, and are good at blocking and pick-and-roll. Van Gundy only wanted them to be fixed-point pitchers, and if they were to be fixed-point, Atkins would be so bad at defense that they could only be pressed to the bench.

Atkins has communicated with Van Gundy several times without success, and the two have completely broken up, and after this season, Atkins will definitely not renew the contract with the Knicks.

The Raptors' offensive and defensive transitions began to accelerate, and O'Neal Jr., Billups, Carter, and Maddy had good playing time control and full of physical strength. The veteran Willis is not slow either, he weighs only 100 kilograms and maintains his mobility.

Ewing and Johnson are running slower and slower, and the two not only have to defend, but also have to take on offensive tasks.

The Raptors went on a 12-2 run to widen the gap to 17 points, and they played a wonderful game, with O'Neal Jr. dunking quickly, and Billups and Carter completing the aerial relay.

Ewing had a physical problem, but Van Gundy no longer replaced Ben Wallace.

Zhang reasonably commented: "Yang Rui adjusted his tactics according to the characteristics of the Knicks and suppressed the opponent everywhere, Willis was very successful in defending Ewing, and the two were old rivals." ”

Sun Zhengping said: "The Knicks were forced into this situation on their first home court, and I think the coach has a lot of responsibility for not doing the pre-game work. Van Gundy's substitutions didn't work, and the Knicks were thoroughly figured out by their opponents. ”

Zhang nodded reasonably. "The Raptors are too tight on the perimeter, and they don't just attack."

The Raptors are a single defense, quickly rotating to interfere with mid-to-long shots, forcing opponents to attack the basket and score two points, and by the last 1 minute, the Knicks still trailed by 13 points.

Houston and Sprewell began to shoot three-pointers, and they were very pumped, and they scored three in a row against people, shocking the Raptors in a cold sweat.

Fortunately, the Raptors' offense was not bad, Carter misplaced Ewing after blocking and making a layup, and broke through the attraction package to assist O'Neal Jr. on a jumper to seal the win.

102-94, the Raptors got off to a good start to the series.

Yang Rui walked up to the court and shook hands with Van Gundy, who blushed a little and didn't say a word.

All five members of the Raptors team scored double-doubles, and Carter on the outside had the best performance, scoring 28 points, 6 rebounds and 4 assists; The most eye-catching on the inside was Willis, who scored 16 points, 17 rebounds and 2 blocks.

The Knicks scored in double figures with four players, and Ewing played the best, scoring 32 points, 14 rebounds and 4 assists.

This is like the playoffs between the Jazz and the Rockets in the 2007 season of Yang Rui's previous life, it is too normal for the Rockets to be overturned, and Yao Ming's data is almost all scored in the first three quarters, and he is tired and can't run in the end. The Rockets' bench offense was terrible, and one of them scored 0 points off the bench.

Now this is the case again with the Knicks bench, four blue-collar Gasprewell, fools also know who to defend, Sprewell is trapped as soon as he enters the three-point line unless he flies three points on the perimeter, and he can't play at all.

At the press conference, Carter said excitedly: "We just play according to the coach's tactics, whatever he asks, we will do, and the win is very simple, I didn't expect it." ”

Billups, who had 16 points and 8 assists, flattered him directly. "I'm willing to play under Jerry for the rest of my life, he's amazing. Last season a lot of people said I was a parallel product, but he was the only one who believed I could become a star and he helped me find myself. ”

Yang Rui was much more low-key, first praised the players, and then said: "It's just one game, we have to win four games to advance, and now is not the time to be happy, everyone knows that the Knicks are the first in the regular season, the players are experienced, we are the weak side, we can't let our guard down." ”

The reporter asked, "Where do you think the Knicks lost?" ”

"I'm not going to judge this, I hope they don't find out where to lose, so we have a better chance of qualifying." Yang Rui said with a smile.

On the Knicks' side, Van Gundy took the blame for the loss on himself.

"I didn't have the right tactics in place, the Raptors played better than us, and they were targeted both offensively and defensively. I'm going to apologize for the defeat and tomorrow we'll look at the footage of the game and never let them go home with two wins. ”

Van Gundy made a declaration of victory, not to say no, if he loses again, the Knicks will be on the verge of elimination.

He had to go back and discuss with his assistant how to contain the Raptors' offense. Not only the fast break, but the Raptors players also made them feel threatened by heads-up.

The next day was full of news praising the Raptors and belittling the Knicks and Van Gundy.

Online fans voted, and 64% of fans supported the Raptors to advance, and one new team received a higher approval rating than the defending champions, which shows the popularity.

There is a lot of negative press within the Knicks.

There is grapevine that after this season, Knicks owner Dolan plans to have a big change in management, old manager Ernie Grenfeld will leave, and Van Gundy will also be out of class.

There is also news that Ewing and Sprewell have a conflict, and the "madman" is dissatisfied with being a substitute in the team, and even more dissatisfied with the ball.

The most exciting news came from John Starks, who was traded to the Warriors and lost the opportunity to defend the title with the team, which made Starks very unhappy, especially Annoy, Van Gundy could keep him, but did not help to speak.

Starks is a temper tantrum, thinking that this is crossing the river and tearing down the bridge, holding a grudge, and now that the Knicks are losing, he stands up and angrily brushes his sense of existence.

"I think as soon as Jerry Young left, the flaws in Van Gundy's personality and coaching style began to be exposed, which was the main reason for the team's loss, and it was the coach's incompetence."

The reporter asked, "Do you mean Jerry Young is much better?" ”

"The two are not on the same level at all, I think Jerry can build a strong team wherever he goes, Van Gundy is the opposite, a championship team will become mediocre under him, he is very rigid, his tactics are inflexible, when the game goes beyond expectations, he will become helpless, and he is very controlling, he doesn't like players who are contrary to his coaching philosophy, and he is also rough with them, completely freezing or leaving."

The reporter asked: "Have you ever had a conflict with him?" ”

Starks smiled: "It doesn't matter what happens, we won the championship last season, it was really Jerry who persuaded Van Gundy to discuss tactics, Van Gundy trusted Jerry and relied on him, but most of the credit for winning the championship fell on the manager." In short, the management has created enough personnel conditions, and the Knicks have a better roster than the Raptors, and a loss can only prove that someone has wasted these advantages. ”

The taste of being abandoned is not good, and the taste of falling into a well is even worse, Starks tears Van Gundy by hand, and there is no winner.