The Knicks put Tony Allen into the starting lineup, and it seemed that they wanted to strengthen their defense. In fact, Zhou Mubai never thought so.

Zhou Mubai asked the team to trade Tony Allen, which did make him a defensive opponent's sharp knife, but this function was actually to liberate Kevin Martin, Korver replaced Jamison, and Channing Fry replaced Garynerly and became a tall cannon in the rotation lineup.

In the final analysis, it is actually to create two sets of lineups that can attack independently.

In the second team, Kevin Martin, Jamison, Channing Fry, Wilson and Chandler are the shooters, and Yao Ming returns as the core of the inside.

In the first lineup, Zhou Mubai brought Chandler, Tony Allen, Garlinari and Korver, and the main output was enough. The others were either shooters or pick-and-roll, and the offense was still very sharp.

Of course, the existence of Zhou Mubai, Tony Allen and Chandler makes the defense stronger, which is not the main purpose. The main purpose is actually to exercise strength in offense.

Zhou Mubai was poaching Tony to the team, but it was actually because Tony did have a defensive role, but it was mainly because he was cheaper and functional, and that's all. It would be unfair to conclude that the Knicks were going to build a defensive system because Zhou Mubai felt it was not necessary.

The Knicks don't need a good defense, just mid-to-top.

Zhou Mubai didn't build a defense, but with him, Tony Allen and Chandler, the defense of the starting lineup showed shocking strength.

Garlinari's defense is not a soft persimmon. He has been the starter last year and has been improving on defense. He has learned a lot from Chandler.

In fact, Korver's defense is not bad either, but he is limited to his physical fitness and has a slightly worse single defense effect, but in terms of overall defense, he is a very good defender.

All of these are reflected in the game against the Bulls.

Thibodeau just joined the Bulls this season. As we all know, Thibodeau is a defensive coach. Maybe he will transform the Bulls' defense next, but now it is only the first regular season game. The Bulls' defense and offense continue with the playing style of coach Winnie Denagro.

The Bulls have been living on a 21-foot jump shot for a long time, and this season is the same.

Their performance outside the three-point line is really bad. The Bulls are second in the league in 3-point shooting percentage, and their only reasonable outside shooter is Deng's 36-point shooting percentage, and Kirk Hinrich.

There was originally an excellent shooter, Salmons, but he had been sent to the Bucks.

Inside scoring and offensive and defensive conversion scores are also weaknesses of the Bulls.

Ross is certainly an amazing shooting point guard, but he is not able to connect team attacks like those great organizational guards and create opportunities for his teammates.

Likewise, he had to be a better decision-maker in the moment of offense and defensive transition, rather than relying so heavily on a half-court pick-and-roll offense.

Facing this Bulls who have not yet gotten rid of the playing style of coach Winnie Denagro, Zhou Mubai decisively contracted his defense line, blocked the Bulls' breakthrough line, and grabbed Rose's pick-and-roll!

The Bulls' offense immediately stopped!

Then with the Knicks' offensive ability, the Bulls did not give too many opportunities.

The bull has exposed its soft abdomen, and the Knicks' long sword is unsheathed, hitting the bull's vital points!

The game was easy and lost its suspense. The Bulls, who were highly anticipated, were vulnerable to the defending champion, especially Ross' performance was even more disappointing. Under Tony Allen's defense, Ross did not show his due strength at all, which made people feel disappointed with him.

Of course, this is not fair to Ross. He actually scored 21 points, 6 assists and 6 rebounds in this game. This data is really good, and it is not much different from his data in the last game. The reason why people feel disappointed is because of the comparison.

Zhou Mubai's performance tonight can only be considered mediocre, with only 38 points, 11 assists and 12 rebounds. For fans, Zhou Mubai's such data can only be considered mediocre, just a fuck.

But compared with Ross' data, Ross was completely compared.

This is not fair to Ross.

But it is hard to say whether it is fair or not. Ross is regarded as the cornerstone of the rise of the bulls. He entered the NBA one year earlier than Zhou Mubai. He is considered Zhou Mubai's senior and is also considered the future superstar of the league. Then it is not unfair to compare him with Zhou Mubai.

The Knicks' offense in this game was amazing. Not only the starting lineup, but also the rotation lineup also exuded strong offensive energy. By the way, Zhou Mubai finally stopped playing in the fourth quarter because there was no need.

The Knicks' offensive end is precisely because of Tony Allen, Fry and Korver who have strengthened in the summer. Although these three are not All-Stars or players who can attack independently, they just liberated Kevin Martin and Jamison, allowing them to play a role in the rotation lineup.

People were shocked to find that they thought the Knicks were strengthening their defense, but the offensive end was stronger than last season.

However, the Knicks performed very well on the defensive end.

Although the Bulls are not very good at offense, but with Ross, Boozer and others, it is not that bad. Otherwise, how to win, but under the defense of the Knicks, the Bulls' offense looks extremely ugly.

This is thanks to Tony Allen.

Defense has always been a systematic project. Only when the entire team is involved can we receive real rewards. If only one or two people are doing such a thing, even if they are exhausted, they will not be able to do it well.

Originally, only Zhou Mubai and Chandler were the top defenders in the Knicks, but it was difficult to play a major role with only two people. However, with one more top defender, three top defenders exerted their strength at the same time, the defense of this lineup suddenly changed qualitatively.

What's amazing is that when a team gets positive feedback for their hard defense, they become more involved in defense. If they lose because they don't defend, the more they lose, the less they are willing to defend.

Now the Knicks have tasted the sweetness brought by defense, so they are more involved, and the starting lineup's achievements in defense have made the rotation lineup follow suit.

In this case, the Knicks' defense was finally established.

D'Antoni looked at these changes happily. It was not that he was unwilling to defend, but that he had not met anyone who could organize the defense while taking a fast attack and defense.

In fact, after he arrived at the Rockets and with the assistance of Jeff Buzzedric, people discovered that D'Antoni's team was also willing to defend and could defend!

This is also a surprise.
Chapter completed!