After their Jeremy Lin-inspired surge in February, the Knicks have begun to slide again, losing six of their last eight games — a trend that began when Anthony, J. R. Smith and Baron Davis joined the rotation. Their chemistry is again in flux, and Anthony is clearly struggling to find his way in a new, Lin-centric offense.

He admitted as much, saying: “I think anytime you go from the early part of the season, just having the ball and me just having the ball and being the distributor, and now just running the wings and waiting for the ball to come to me, that’s quite an adjustment for myself.”

It is an adjustment that Anthony and the Knicks will have to make soon, before they lose their hold on a playoff spot. They have 28 games to reestablish an identity and get Anthony back in the fold.

“I think we all are adjusting, we all are sacrificing for the betterment of the team,” said Amar’e Stoudemire. “That’s what it takes to win a championship. You got to sacrifice in order to get to that point.”

It's been a rough go for the New York Knicks as of late. The Knicks have lost five of their past seven games, after Jeremy Lin and "Linsanity" came in and turned the season around.

Coincidentally, the Knicks' latest slump comes with the return of forward Carmelo Anthony to the lineup. New York is only 2-6 with both Anthony and Lin in the lineup together, and 7-1 with Lin in the lineup and Anthony out.

The Knicks were winning after Lin burst onto the scene while Anthony was out of the lineup with an injury. They have had problems winning with Anthony in the lineup ever since they acquired him from the Denver Nuggets last season. There were questions upon his return if Anthony could come back and simply fit into the mix, since things were going so well without him.

Whether or not you feel like he has or hasn't fit in, it's hard to ignore the Knicks' record since his return. It's not exactly fair to point the finger solely at Melo, but that's what's going to happen. Lin's early success has made Melo the goat in the public eye, and he's going to have to be big enough to shoulder the blame until the Knicks can get things figured out.

【NBA快訊】在全明星周末之前，紐約尼克斯隊(duì)是聯(lián)盟當(dāng)中最為炙手可熱的球隊(duì)，他們從一支遠(yuǎn)離東部前八的球隊(duì)一路殺到前八名之內(nèi)，而一切在很大程度上都應(yīng)該歸功于尼克斯隊(duì)控衛(wèi)林書豪的突然崛起。

而現(xiàn)在尼克斯的當(dāng)家球星小甜瓜安東尼傷愈復(fù)出，尼克斯隊(duì)在東部的排名卻沒有如球迷所料扶搖直上。安東尼復(fù)出之后的八場比賽中，尼克斯隊(duì)的戰(zhàn)績僅為2勝6負(fù)，現(xiàn)在的尼克斯隊(duì)彌漫著一種沮喪的情緒。

小甜瓜打得很郁悶。他在接受媒體采訪的時(shí)候表示，由于他的控球權(quán)現(xiàn)在不夠多，沒有辦法像以前那樣更多持球進(jìn)攻，這是他現(xiàn)在表現(xiàn)不如以前穩(wěn)定的原因?！耙郧暗拇蚍ㄊ谴蟛糠謺r(shí)候都由我掌控球和分配球，現(xiàn)在我只能等著球傳到我手里...這是我個(gè)人調(diào)整的一部分?！?安東尼在尼克斯隊(duì)此前輸給小牛隊(duì)之后曾經(jīng)這樣說道。

這段時(shí)間的尼克斯，進(jìn)攻不流暢，防守強(qiáng)度不強(qiáng)悍，全隊(duì)似乎處在一個(gè)調(diào)整期。但可能最需要調(diào)整的就是安東尼，林書豪的存在使得安東尼再?zèng)]有辦法掌握絕對的控球權(quán)了。

安東尼和林書豪，他們真的能在德安東尼的體系下共存么？