When Durant decided to leave the Golden State Warriors, the New York Knicks were once regarded as the most likely destination, but in the end the Death God chose to join the Brooklyn Nets, although the Knicks were not able to sign the Death God as desired, they still under Randall, played a very good overall performance last season, and also qualified for the playoffs, but just when the crazy New York fans wanted to see the team continue to maintain such momentum in the new season, their performance declined significantly. After the end of the first twenty-eight regular season games, only achieved a record of 12 wins and 16 losses, only twelfth in the East, if they want to get a playoff spot in the highly competitive East this season, they need to play better in the next game, this time the Knicks met the Rockets in the bottom of the West, although the latter has played a wave of consecutive wins before, but in terms of overall strength, the Knicks still have a certain advantage, and sure enough, after the game starts, The Knicks quickly established a double-digit lead with an offensive climax, and although the Rockets' subsequent counterattack narrowed the point difference to single digits, the Knicks still relied on the excellent performance of role players to beat the Rockets 116-103, ending a four-game losing streak!
Knicks record this season has declined significantly, the main reason is the interior core Randall, personal performance can not be compared with last season, this campaign against the Rockets without a strong interior line, Randle's performance did not meet the expectations of fans, in its 31.3 minutes of playing, 18 shots hit 6 goals, contributed 21 points, 6 rebounds, 6 assists and 1 steal, for an All-Star interior line, such offensive efficiency is obviously failing, Fortunately, Fourniers maintained a very good shooting feel in this game, scoring 23 points on 8-of-12 shooting.
Under Thibodeau, the Knicks' biggest impression on the fans was that the bench players performed even better than the starting Five Tigers, and the same situation in this game was staged again, they could shatter the Rockets' hopes of reversing, and the play of the second-team role players played a crucial role, McBride, Quirkley and Robinson all scored double digits after coming off the bench, including Quakeley's three-point shots that were hot, and one person hit 7 three-pointers to cut a team-high 24 points.
The Rockets were able to achieve consecutive wins after a losing streak, relying on the full play of the attack and defense, in addition, the veteran Gordon also played the role of the needle of the sea god, but in this game, Gordon did not perform well. The first game played 30.1 minutes, 8 shots only hit 2 goals, of which the best three-point shot is 4 shots 0, which is why many fans ridicule Houston's only Deng ge is not working, before the fans have been suggested to trade for Thes, became the team's best player, the first game cut 22 points, 10 rebounds and 2 blocks of personal data.
After winning this game, the Knicks finally ended their losing streak, but the competition in the Eastern Conference playoffs has become more and more fierce this season, and they need to play better in the next game if they want to qualify for the playoffs after the regular season!