Chapter 476: Make a choice

At the end of the leisurely days at home, the days of spending time with his wife and son are over, and the Knicks are about to start playing back to back again.
But Athena still has something to do in New York, not to mention playing social media, she still has a few friends.
The wine market is still a little stranger, and it is uncomfortable to stay with Teacher Li for a long time, and Athena can't stay that long.
This time back-to-back started at home, and the opponents were not very strong either.
The Cavaliers' weak chicken journey continues, and I don't know how many high-ranking rookies will be able to rise.
After all, their draft vision is average, and Bennett's is a waste.
Now that Owen and Waiters are in conflict over the ball, Qi Li feels that the Cavaliers will not rise in a short time.
Owen and Wiggins still have some strength, but they don't know how to drive their teammates, it is basically impossible to win the Knicks.
The Knicks also easily won the game at home, and then they went to Charlotte to play against the Hornets, who did not start as expected.
What do the Hornets say, because they entered the playoffs last season, they may have a little misunderstanding of their own strength.
Their marginal team in the playoffs, after being familiar with their strength, is like sailing against the current.
Everyone is moving in a stronger direction, and they don't have a star that can be held. It's normal.
After the blind reinforcement, they are not as good as last season. The addition of messy ball-handlers will only make the team's tactics uncontrollable.
And the Hornets haven't learned their lesson yet, Qi Li remembers that they will do the same for the next few years.
In fact, they had a good start this time, Walker and Henderson both felt good, and second-year Zeller also performed well, but then their performance got worse and worse.
The key is that the intensity of the Knicks has been improving, while the stamina of the Hornets has been declining. This is a sharp contrast.
For ordinary teams, the Knicks are so strong, they can't even catch up with their exhaust.
Relatively speaking, there are a lot more strong teams in the West this season, especially the second-tier strong teams.
Competition in the West is also very fierce now, and it is the Timberwolves who really gave up their lives early.
On December 7, the pioneers of the western powerhouse visited.
The Blazers maintained a stable lineup in the summer, and their lineup should be improving because the players are relatively young, and players like Lillard will get better and better.
But their upper limit is not easy to say, after all, Lillard and Aldridge are not the kind of strong points.
Aldridge was really good when he was physically strong, and the Blazers also played back and forth with the Knicks.
The Blazers' lineup really has no obvious shortcomings. Their record cannot go further. It may also be that the head coach can't play all the players' abilities. So the Blazers' lineup is a little better and the record is similar.
"Leonard is really getting stronger now, the offensive and defensive ends are strong, a bit closer to James."
"The Knicks are still strong in the rotation, and Middleton is open again."
"Haha, maybe this is the sign of his departure. The Knicks, the players who played well in the rotation, have been sent away."
"After all, the Knicks don't have a maximum salary. How many players in the Knicks go to other teams to get the maximum salary."
The Knicks gained the lead as soon as the rotation lineup started.
However, the Blazers are still better than the average team. After adjusting the halftime break, they combined Lillard and Adelaide inside and outside in the third quarter to stabilize the score.
The Blazers are still good offensively. Because of the failure of the playoffs last season, they have also paid attention to some defense this season. They are ambitious.
It's just a transition between offense and defense, they are not so comfortable yet.
Moreover, during the rotation period, they are not opponents. In fact, it is not that they are really unmanned, or the tactics are not flexible, and they cannot give more people the opportunity to play. The team played, but the effect was only average.
By the end of the quarter, the score gap between the two teams was not particularly large. The Blazers still had hope, and they also added three-pointers.
But with this simple intention, the Knicks will let the other party succeed. Lillard and Aldridge are staring at them, and the three-point line is also very careful.
There are players on the Trail Blazers side, but Curry, Klay and Leonard on the Knicks side still play steadily. The Trail Blazers who are accustomed to playing with the ball can't stand it.
Their offensive awareness is always too obvious. It's good to say that when you encounter a bad defense team, doing so against the Knicks is to make yourself more difficult.
In the last half of the quarter, the Blazers' three-pointers were all restricted, and they could only watch the Knicks win.
Lillard, who is only one of the dual cores, is still a little tender now. If a few years later, how could Lillard get one or two, of course, the result will not change.
A team that hasn't attacked the top level, but is substandard in defense, will be limited even if it is strong.
In fact, the current Trail Blazers really have the defensive conditions, can only say that the coach does not pay much attention.
The Knicks are going back-to-back to the Western Conference and they are not so good.
The main reason is that their early schedule is tight and the players have entered a period of relative fatigue. Fortunately, the Knicks are not as serious as other teams, and Qi Li is also considering whether to increase rotation.
The first stop of the Knicks West away game is New Orleans. As Davis grows up, the Pelicans will be able to fight this year. They would have been better if Holiday hadn't been injured frequently.
The Pelicans finally got a strong champion~EbookFREE.me~ and tried their best to help Davis find some helpers, but the team suffers from injuries every year, and it is also bad Feng Shui.
In addition, there is always a mess in the small ball market, and it is normal that you can't keep people in the end.
The smaller the market, the easier it is to have some problems. This is also no way. If a giant team has a problem, it will be able to solve it. Some teams don’t have such good means. So some teams have been unable to rise for no reason. .
The Pelicans still played well during this period. Evans scored consecutively at the start of the game. He and Holiday can also be combined in the backcourt, not top but also playoff level.
However, every time the Knicks limit Davis, the number one point, Ibaka is one of the few in the league that can keep up with Davis's fourth position. With the help of defense, Davis is really good. Difficult to rise.
Limiting Davis's point, then you can slowly fight the Pelicans outside, the Knicks must have an advantage.
The Pelicans can’t stand up to Leonard in the third position. If you put too much defensive energy on Leonard’s side, Curry will not be able to control it outside. This is not just an annoyance for the Pelicans, most of the league The team faces a painful choice when facing the Knicks.