Chapter 227: I won the bet!

"Hey, man, are you okay?" Looking at Wu Feng's shaking body, Chris Du Hong hurriedly walked up and wanted to help him. Hall.com

Wu Feng waved his hand, took a deep breath and said, "It's okay, just take a break."

Stan Van Gundy arrived at the locker room earlier than Wu Feng, so he was worried when he saw Wu Feng like this. Wu Feng had no rest time in the first half, and he played very hard to catch up with points and consumed too much physical strength.

Therefore, how to arrange players to rest, especially Wu Feng, is the most important issue for Stan Van Gundy. In addition to Wu Feng, Dwight Howard also needs a long time to rest.

When competing with the Knicks in the inside, Dwight Howard suffered a significant impact on his physical strength. For the Magic, the ones that need the most rest at the moment are Wu Feng and "Warcraft", especially Wu Feng.

However, the game is inseparable from them now. Dwight Howard is the guarantee of rebounding, and his role in the inside is currently no one to replace the team.

In the second quarter, it was his outstanding performance in the inside that allowed the Knicks' attack power to basically concentrate on the outside, while Wu Feng was the guarantee of the team's offense. Without Wu Feng's Magic team, the offense was worrying.

But the two are the players that the team needs the most to rest. Once the game enters the final victory or defeat, they are the players that the team needs the most urgently.

Looking at Stan Van Gundy's embarrassed look, Wu Feng naturally understood his difficulties and walked to him and said, "Boss, there is no need to hesitate. The game has hit this part. We can only do our best. Once the Knicks have room to ease, with our current situation, we will not be able to fight against their powerful attack power."

Dwight Howard also expressed his firm expression. Stan Van Gundy was very excited when he saw their statement, but hesitated: "I'm just afraid that your physical strength will not be able to support the game. As we play smoother and smoother, the Knicks will definitely strengthen their defense against you. The following game will only become more and more intense. The latest chapter of the Church.com."

Wu Feng clenched his fists and said, "Boss, if we all want to escape in this situation, then we will never be truly strong."

After hearing Wu Feng's words, Stan Van Gundy had plans in his mind.

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"Huh? I didn't play at the beginning of the third quarter. Wu Feng has been sitting on the sidelines for six or seven minutes. Has the Magic given up on this game? Teacher Xu, what do you think?" Sun Zhenping said with some confusion when he saw that Wu Feng was not playing.

Xu Jiping shook his head and commented: "Of course the Magic team will not give up. As of now this season, the Magic team has never given up the game yet! The game has reached this point, if the head coach gives up easily, he may be criticized by the media after the game. Moreover, the difference between the two teams is only 12 points, and the Magic still has a chance to turn defeat into victory. The reason why Van Gundy did not allow Wu Feng to play is entirely because Wu Feng's physical strength has almost been exhausted."

"Also, the five players on the Magic, except for Chris Duhon, are very good at defense. If I guess correctly, Stan Van Gundy's possible strategy is to allow the defensive players to strengthen the team's defense and try not to allow the Knicks to widen the gap. Before Wu Feng came on the court, try not to let the Knicks open the score, but in this way, the pressure on Dwight Howard will be heavier. After all, he is the only one of the Magic's players, who is more stable in scoring points."

After all, Xu Jiping has been engaged in basketball commentary industry for many years, so he can almost see Stan Van Gundy's intentions at a glance.

"It makes sense. Now it depends on how the Knicks' offense is going." Sun Zhenping said.

"But Van Gundy's intention also has flaws, that is, the team's offense is very affected. If they cannot limit the Knicks' strong offensive firepower and cannot attack, then they will be over in this game. .com can say without hesitation that Stan Van Gundy is a big bet." Xu Jiping continued.

Xu Jiping can see these points, and Mike D'Antoni can naturally see them. For the current Magic team, Stan Van Gundy's tactics are undoubtedly very correct. Without Wu Feng's Magic team, the offensive general suffered serious setbacks. Instead of doing so, it is better to simply devote his main energy to defense. For Gerard Wallace and Michael Pitrus, the players now have physical strength, and they can completely entangle with their opponents.

Mike D'Anthony doesn't think that the Magic's tactics have much effect on their team, because their team's offense is too powerful now. The combination of Amare Stoudemire and Cameron Anthony is simply a scoring combination.

However, Mike D'Anthony forgot one thing, that is the morale of the team. The Magic's morale was sluggish in the first half, which made the Knicks play smoothly. However, when Wu Feng was exhausted and Dwight Howard supported the inside alone, the Magic's morale was successfully stimulated. At this time, they had only one goal in their minds on the court, that is, to try to drag the attack across the Knicks and wait for Wu Feng to play.

Many things are unpredictable by the coach. The Magic's high morale is naturally the first to feel the Knicks players. The Magic have always adopted the area defense in half-court.

After the start of the third quarter, he took the urgent defense of the whole game without any effort. From the moment Tony Douglas received the ball, Chris Duhon kept interfering with his ball possession.

With Tony Douglas' ability to control the ball, he naturally would not worry about the ball being taken away so easily. However, Chris Duhong kept touching the ball, which was also quite troublesome. When Stan Van Gundy decided on the defensive tactics, he decided to defend the whole game. The Knicks were best at fast attacks. One of the innate conditions for their fast attack was that the ball was not delayed, and they quickly passed the half, and then handed it to the players who had the chance at the first time. It only took about ten seconds to complete an attack. Once the attack time was longer, the lower the chance of the Knicks' offense was successful.

Although Chris Du Hong's defense is not very good, his interference is very purposeful. His intention is not to cut off the ball in Tony Douglas's hand. With Tony Douglas' stable ball control ability, even Wu Feng cannot easily interrupt the ball from him. He always keeps two steps away from Tony Douglas, which makes Tony Douglas unable to have enough time to start.

Tony Douglas took the ball to halftime and took nearly six seconds. There were Magic players standing on one side next to other Knicks players.

Tony Douglas was secretly surprised. Unexpectedly, after Wu Feng came out, the Magic's defense made people even more troublesome.

"Come on, guys." Wu Feng sat off the court and secretly cheered his teammates.

Since the start of the third quarter, the Knicks' three-pointer tactic suddenly failed. Under the Magic's defense, only Cameron Anthony made a goal at the beginning of the third quarter.

The other Knicks players did not seem to find the basket in the next few long shots from outside, and even had a bad performance of three notes.

After losing the sharp three-pointer, the Knicks immediately changed their offensive style and Cameron Anthony led other small players of the Knicks to attack the Magic's basket.

However, after scoring two more goals, Dwight Howard's consecutive hotpots made the Knicks players frightened.

But even so, the Knicks still led the Magic with 12 points with 80:68 with four minutes and twenty-one left in the third quarter.

After Wu Feng left the court, the Magic obviously fell into a dilemma of inefficient offense. Several players were remarkable in defense, but they were lacking in offense. The offensive time was unreasonable, and there were many things that missed the scoring opportunity in vain. If Dwight Howard hadn't scored twice in a row, the score difference would have probably reached more than fifteen points.

Knicks head coach Mike D'Anthony is also a little dissatisfied with the team's current offense. The team's offense in the past few minutes is very unsatisfactory. The three-pointer tactics on the outside have been unable to break the deadlock. The two sneak attacks in the inside have made Dwight Howard increase his vigilance in the inside. It is probably not that easy to succeed again below.

Tony Douglas was in trouble. He used to think that Chris Duhong's offense and defense were average, and his speed was not very good.

But unexpectedly, just now, he actually posed a great threat to himself, and his repeated small actions made him very annoyed.

Fortunately, he can still control his own rhythm so that his opponents will not find any flaws.

Under the defense of Magic players without any effort, the Knicks' offense began to appear more impatient. Cameron Anthony attracted a few passes after double-teaming, but his teammates were very weak. They made several consecutive shots, but their touch was not very good. The balls were smashed out of the basket, and Dwight Howard controlled the backcourt rebound very well.

When the Knicks' offense was repeatedly frustrated, the Magic's offense was more solid.

Although Chris Du Hong is not very outstanding in all abilities, he plays very steadily, which is one of the reasons why Stan Van Gundy often arranges him to play with Wu Feng.

Chris Duhon always controlled his offensive rhythm, which made Stan Van Gundy quite satisfied.

When Amare Stoudemire grabbed a backcourt rebound, Mike D'Anthony decisively requested a timeout. In the last three-pointers, the Knicks only made two goals, plus two free throws to score seven points.

Although the Magic did not set off a scoring craze, they also scored eleven points. The score between the two sides was 87:79.

Without Wu Feng's appearance, the 12-point gap was further narrowed, and the Magic are now only 8 points behind their opponents.

"Haha, I won this bet."

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