The Way of Basketball: Never Talk Shit to Him!

This is the current opportune moment:

The aging of Tyson Chandler has made the New York Knicks more reliant on the precision of outside shooting.

The signature play of the New York Knicks this season is the "Tsunami Brothers"!

All of this indicates the same thing:

Three-point shots are crucial for the New York Knicks this season!

Of course, his ideas have been ever-changing.

For example, he now realizes:

The reason for the Phoenix Suns' failure is that they had Steve Nash, but not a "Tsunami Brothers" like Su Wan and Stephen Curry!

The Suns focused on three-point shots, but their core was Steve Nash, the "engine."

This was the reason their three-point strategy didn't sweep the entire league those years.

It's different now, while Dior as the team's engine can't match Steve Nash in fast-breaking prowess, the offensive firepower of the New York Knicks is much more formidable compared to the Suns...

It's mainly because Su Wan and Stephen Curry are too aggressive beyond the three-point line!

That's the key!

D'Antoni finally knows where he lost those years.

This "Screen and Roll" tactic is his redemption of his own philosophy.

Both sides have something they want to gain from this game, so the momentum of both teams was extremely high from the start...

Only the Clippers immediately exposed their problem:

Their defense was too poor!

Deron Williams' mobility was never great, and neither Carmelo Anthony at the three nor Little Si at the five had good defensive habits. As for a "Super Nova" like Griffin, it goes without saying.

There was genuinely no sign of vitality on the defensive end.

This resulted in the New York Knicks easily getting open positions and achieving easy three-point shots due to the Clippers' lack of defensive coverage.

In the first quarter alone, the New York Knicks hit 6 three-pointers.

Throughout the game, they made 24 three-pointers!

Just from their three-pointers, the New York Knicks scored 72 points in this game...

The Clippers lost 33 points in this aspect, making a total of 13 three-pointers, which was 11 fewer than the Knicks.

It's not that the Clippers didn't have advantages.

Griffin and Little Si formed an "interior duo" that bombarded the New York Knicks inside, establishing a considerable advantage.

However, points inside are only two points at a time, or one point per free throw.

Even with a big enough advantage, they only managed to build around a 24-point edge, which was still insufficient to make up for their deficit beyond the three-point line.

Ultimately, at the end of the game, the New York Knicks defeated the newly-formed "Four Giants" of the Clippers 119-102 by 17 points.

Su Wan scored 38 points in this game and made 6 three-pointers; Stephen Curry scored 28 points and made 5 three-pointers. Combined, the two of them made 11 three-pointers.

In addition, Paul George hit 4 three-pointers tonight!

Dior also made 4 three-pointers!

"Flourishing from multiple points" indicates two things:

One is that the New York Knicks are in excellent form, and the other is...

The Clippers' defense was too poor!

"This is the biggest issue the Clippers had in this game, and I hope they're just not yet in sync defensively, otherwise..." Barkley paused and then said, "No matter how good this team looks, their ceiling won't be very high!"

On the other hand, Bill Walton expressed a similar view in the ESPN studio: "Any championship team must have high-quality defensive capabilities. From this perspective, the Clippers are not yet at the championship level!"

Shaquille O'Neal proposed another hypothesis: "Is it possible that it wasn't the Clippers' defense being too poor, but rather the Knicks' three-pointers being too fierce?"

This hypothesis was soon verified:

The New York Knicks faced another strong opponent in their next game.

They went on the road to challenge the Chicago Bulls.

As one of the best defensive teams in the league, the Knicks once again exploded from the three-point line against the Bulls, making 19 three-pointers in total.

It seemed less fiery beyond the arc than the last game.

But the problem was...

The Bulls' performance beyond the arc was even worse than the Clippers'.

Therefore, the Bulls lost by an even greater margin beyond the three-point line.

The same scene replayed; even though the Bulls scored more from within, the New York Knicks still won the match 109-98, bringing a victory from the Bulls' home with an 11-point lead.

Seeing the New York Knicks win two consecutive games with three-pointers, some media couldn't help but exclaim:

Eat shit!

In the past, controlling the paint was the only way to victory.

But now, the New York Knicks have shown everyone through these two games that even if you control the paint scoring and rebounds, it's not as effective as controlling beyond the arc.

This point was demonstrated in the games against both the Clippers and the Bulls. — After losing to the New York Knicks, the Clippers quickly defeated the Spurs, proving they weren't just a group of incompetent players gathering together, but truly had a certain level of ability...

The Clippers' victory over the Spurs also made the New York Knicks' three-point performance in these two games carry even more weight.

After defeating these two teams, the New York Knicks continued to display their strong three-point prowess theatrically in their following games when facing weaker teams.