Charles Barkley commented with a smile: "Before the start of the Christmas game, the garden of Madison Square was full of festive atmosphere. At the beginning of the game, the Knicks maintained extremely high efficiency in several consecutive attacks. On the contrary, the Heat on the opposite side were still a little nervous and could not let go of the game. After the first quarter, they led the Heat by 4 points, and everything seemed to be very smooth. I'm afraid no one expected that they would be 11 points behind after halftime, and they were 15 points in this quarter."

Kenny Smith said: "The Heat's playing style is more reasonable and their defense is better. Not only is Dwyane Wade unstoppable at the basket, but his wide field vision has also benefited his teammates a lot. Compared with Hugo, Wade seems more mature and stable."

During the halftime break, D'Antoni faced a choice. Should Wu Huang participate in assisting defense in the second half?

He also discovered that playing the full half game was overloaded for Wu Huang, so he did not give Wu Huang too many defensive tasks in the first half, just needed to take good care of his opponents.

In the first half, Wu Huang's performance on the defensive end was not bad. Arroyo and Chamos both scored only 2 points. Wu Huang still had to focus on the offense in the second half. Although his shooting was a bit bad in the first half, if Wu Huang did not perform today, it would be very difficult for them to defeat the Heat.

D'Antoni thought for a long time, but decided to let Wu Huang not participate in the defense against Wade and concentrate on the offense.

Hu Zi can only press treasure on Wu Huang now. As long as their core can regain the form of the first quarter in the second half, they will have hope of turning defeat into victory.

Iguodala is in good shape today. If their backcourt combination can play together, it will be difficult for Wade to defeat the duo of Wu Huang + Iguodala alone.

After the trade, the Knicks have surpassed the current Heat team. Iguodala's performance can now determine the team's lower limit, and Wu Huang's performance will determine the team's upper limit. When the two of them play together, the Knicks are a complete playoff team.

As soon as the second half started, the Heat gave the Knicks a warning!

Knicks former player Richardson made a three-pointer from 25 feet out of the left wing, and the Heat's lead reached 14 points.

"It's not good now!" The Knicks players all understood at this moment that they had encountered the worst second half start.

D'Antoni was so angry that he stood on the court with one foot and shouted at the team's defense.

During the halftime break, D'Antoni specifically emphasized the importance of the first defense in the second half. As a result, the Heat made three passes and two guides to create an open shot opportunity. How could he not make him angry?

"Calm down, our height has an advantage. Their inside lacks athleticism and height. We try to play inside." Wu Huang's shooting today was a bit hard, but his observation ability is still there. He feels that the Heat's inside may have room for breakthroughs.

O'Neal Jr. is not short in the Heat's three inside players this season. However, their defensive deterrence in the inside may not be as good as David Lee; Haslem's defensive deterrence is good, but he is too short to be suitable for assisting defense and harassment and cannot be the main defender; as for the double-energy peak Beasley, this guy is similar to Garynali. The two are not very motivated on the defensive end and have poor defensive skills. It's okay if they don't defend seriously, but once they get serious, they may be hit by artificial fouls in a few minutes.

The arduous task of breaking through the Heat's inside line was naturally handed over to Iguodala to complete.

His body is not strong enough now. He is over 190m tall, but he weighs only 180 pounds. This body size is obviously fast and quick. Before his weight has increased to 190 pounds, Wu Huang tried not to fight head-on with his opponents in his breakthroughs, reduce physical contact, and prevent him from being injured by those blue-collar muscle men.

Iguodala is different. His exaggerated upper body muscles are obviously used to fight people head-on. Who will go to die if he doesn't go up to die?

The Heat's lineup in the third quarter is: Arroyo, Wade, Richardson, Beasley, and O'Neal Jr.

After Iguodala took the ball, she used the cover to throw Wade away and killed the basket in the middle. Just as he was jumping and about to shoot, she suddenly felt like he hit a wall. That's right, O'Neal was standing there. The referee didn't call the foul for the ball, which was considered taking care of the home team. Iguodala's basketball was tilted and the basketball hit the edge of the basket and quickly rebounded downwards.

Emperor Wu was like a loach, and no one knew when he got under the basket.

The rebound rebounded too quickly, and Beasley was unsteady in the catch. Emperor Wu stretched out his long arm from the side and stabbed the basketball, and the basketball broke out of Beasley's control.

At this moment, three or four people rushed towards the basketball at the same time. Wu Huang was the fastest. His first step was now faster than Wade, who had been injured several times. He picked up the basketball in one move, turned halfway and shot better towards Beasley.

"You go down!" Beasley screamed and flew up.

Wu Huangxin said you are crazy, so he secretly showed his elbow and leaned on Beasley. The latter not only compensated for the last foul, but also was plotted against by Wu Huang.

"You... this... bastard!" Bisley was almost vomited by Emperor Wu's secret blow. After being hit, he had to divide such a simple sentence into three sections before he could finish it. Emperor Wu's elbow was just pressing against his stomach.

"It's so funny. Go and look in the mirror yourself and see which of us looks more like bastards?" Emperor Wu took advantage of his hand and teased him a few more words.

Little O'Neal was right next to him. Hearing this, he stepped forward two steps, stood in front of Emperor Wu, with a grim look on his face and said loudly: "What did you say, do you want to fight?"

"I was shocked. I thought it was a big book." Emperor Wu opened his mouth and asked quickly, "That's right, do you still want to fight?" Emperor Wu sneered. This guy, O'Neal, still wants to scare him. Now that he has two courages, this guy dares not take action.

After saying that, Emperor Wu thrust forward with his chest. Although he did not hit the other party, his tough attitude had been conveyed. If you have the ability, you can hit me!

O'Neal was now embarrassed. He just wanted to bully Emperor Wu's young man, but he didn't expect that he would be unable to step down.

Emperor Wu hit him with his chest just now, and this action may not be punished for a foul, but if he returns it now, it will definitely be a technical foul. But if he does not fight back, his reputation will be gone in this life.

There seemed to be a conflict on the court. The players on both sides leaned over after discovering it, but they were still one step slower.

O'Neal was really unable to hold his face and reached out to push Wu Huang gently, but his strength was very light. He wanted to try his best to maintain this foul to the level of ordinary technical fouls without losing face.

Emperor Wu laughed in his heart. He just hit O'Neal with his chest. If the opponent did not fight back, his move would not be counted and he might not be punished for a foul.

But O'Neal Jr. now pushes himself, and the referee will definitely hit the board in the end with fifty.

And in this way, wouldn’t he suffer a loss?

In NBA, conflicts between players are often a kind of battle of wits and courage.

Wu Huang was gently pushed by O'Neal Jr. He immediately rushed to the two teams before the players came up to pull the team up and pushed back hard, making the strength much greater than O'Neal Jr., but it did not exceed the scope of technical fouls. The skillful mastery of the fire here was like an old ball player who had experienced many battles.

The players of the two teams joined the battle group and pushed each other in a small range, pushing me and I urged you, and Gallinari was even more cursing. The field was in a mess.

Three referees rushed into the crowd in time and separated the players of the two teams.

"Madison Square Garden" had already heard the sound of swearing loudly. New York fans were shouting O'Neal's immediate family. Countless letters starting with "f" instantly filled the entire stadium...

Charles Barkley laughed and said, "That's right. If there was no conflict between New York and Miami, it would be too unpleasant. I just saw Larry Johnson and Morning fell asleep on the sidelines. I even wondered if there was no spark in this game, would two boring guys on the sidelines go up to perform a boxing match in person."

It refers to the "Madison Garden Century Battle" in 1999. Mooning and Johnson finally turned their faces after many years of collisions. The two fists and feet faced each other. Finally, with the help of Van Gundy hugging her thighs, Johnson fired his bow left and right, attacking Mooning with one punch and foot. Mooning was beaten to the point of bruising and swollen, and lost!

In the end, the boxing "Boxing Auntie" greatly boosted the morale of New Yorkers, and entered the finals with the bodies of the Heat, Eagles and Pacers. When talking about the battle between Johnson and Morning, blue-collar worker PJ Brown, known as the "iron-blooded thug", also participated. When PJ Brown recalled this incident, he was still very impressed by Larry Johnson's combination punch.

Compared to the scenes that Emperor Wu made now, they can only be considered a minor matter compared to those days.

During that period, the two teams had several similar skirmishes every time they met, and it was not uncommon for larger scenes to happen.

For fans of both sides, conflicts and pushing on the field are not a big deal. Even if the two sides really fight, the first thing they care about is whether their own people have taken advantage of it?

Emperor Wu said: "I took advantage of it. You see, he didn't push me, but I pushed him out one step. This is a great victory!"

The referee also said that you did win. Ken Maul first showed a technical foul to O'Neal Jr., and then turned around and directly showed a "first-level malicious foul" to Emperor Wu.

A huge boo sounded again in the instant, undoubtedly for the referee.

Just kidding, what's the reason to award O'Neal a technical foul, but give their prince a malicious foul?

"Yes, why give me a malicious foul?" Wu Real Madrid was immediately unhappy, completely forgot that he was complacent not long ago and was proud to take advantage of himself.

At this time, the score had reached 74:58, and the Knicks were 16 points behind. This attack was very important to them. Emperor Wu was sent off and complained to the referee.

His gambling was successful, and Ken Mauer did not intend to send Wu Huang, the new favorite in New York, out of the game in the Christmas game. After discussing with the two vice referees, he changed the original penalty.

At this time, Emperor Wu secretly wiped the cold sweat from his forehead. He was scared just now. The referee of the NBA has been very tough towards the stars in recent years. Even a number of guys like Kobe would be shown a technical foul to the referee. It would be easier to deal with a rookie like him.

"I'm called dying from a disaster..." Emperor Wu glanced at the scoreboard, and was embarrassed to say the following sentence, worried about losing character. (To be continued.)
Chapter completed!