Chapter 163 Do you still want to resist?
David Lee's personal data this season has not been greatly improved as he expected. He originally thought that the Knicks would rely on himself and Wu Huang to support the overall situation, but later, after Harrington was activated, he became the team's No. 2 attacker, and then Iguodala entered the position of his second in command.
As the saying goes, the plan cannot keep up with changes. Now David Lee is just a third leader in the team who is not as good as Harrington's. His life is not as good as he imagined, and even his girlfriend seems to be alienated from him.
From the personal data of the Knicks players, they can see their status in the team. Wu Huang's personal data has long been an All-Star, and is naturally the absolute core in the team. However, David Lee's personal data has declined a little compared to last season. This season, he can only average 15.6 points and 10.2 rebounds per game, which is worse than last season. His personal data only has an improvement in shooting percentage.
Although David Lee's shots have been fewer this season, his teammates have attracted a lot of defense, which has increased his shooting percentage to 56.2%, setting a career high. However, today he encountered Horford, whose data is not as good as his, and he looked extremely embarrassed. He couldn't score in either singles or face-frame attacks, and was eaten to death.
Emperor Wu did not give David Lee a third chance. Jamal Crawford, who had just appeared on the court, hitting a three-pointer from the outside, helping the Hawks to overtake the score.
The Knicks need to score at this time and can no longer let David Lee continue to waste opportunities.
Emperor Wu signaled David Li to pull out to perform the pick-and-roll cooperation on the outside. David Li pulled out very slowly this time, obviously he was a little dissatisfied. He felt that he should have the right to try again, and he could not think that he could not break through Horford's defense if he couldn't attack twice, which was very unfair to him.
But the reality is so unfair. When Emperor Wu saw David Li, he was unwilling to cooperate. He suddenly started a forced breakthrough in Bibi, and caught his opponent off guard.
David Lee's reaction was very fast. Seeing that Emperor Wu suddenly activated his breakthrough, he immediately stopped to help him block Bibi.
Horford hurriedly turned around and made up for defense. However, he was one step slower. Emperor Wu rushed into the basket like lightning and made a high-pinning move, bullying Horford, who was not tall enough to score a goal.
"7th point", after Wu Huang scored this goal, many fans discovered that he had a strong desire to attack today.
Wu Huang's wonderful performance has just begun. With 4 minutes and 30 seconds left in the first quarter, Iguodala intercepted Josh Smith in the backcourt and launched a fast break to Wu Huang who was about to go down. A yellow lightning flashed directly to the basket and made a layup. The broadcast camera did not even follow Wu Huang's pace. The camera followed after the ball entered.
"9th point", Wu Huang scored a goal and slowly returned to defense. Although the Atlanta fans in "Philips Arena" were booing him loudly, they were obviously a little scared in their expressions.
Wu Huang's offensive efficiency is too high today. He doesn't make many shots but makes 3 of 4 shots. On the other hand, Joe Johnson and Crawford of the Hawks were both very good today, one of them made 1 of 4 shots and the other made 1 of 3 shots. Both of them were restricted under Iguodala's defense.
Iguodala's role on the defensive end has become more and more obvious after Channing Fry became the first. The assisting defense and rotation of this thin bamboo pole inside are both good. When he cooperates with Iguodala or Wu Huang, he can have an impact on most pick-and-roll offenses. "Pick-and-roll" is precisely the tactic that appears the most in basketball games.
The Knicks' lineup is no longer as big as the beginning of the season on the defensive end. Now they lack a low-post defensive inside player, like a player like Horford of the Hawks.
In the first quarter, D'Antoni was ready to replace Wu Huang. This time, Wu Huang received a pass from Gallinari when he ran empty-handed, quickly cut into the layup and caused Josh Smith to foul, scoring 2+1 three-pointers, leading the Knicks to lead 8 points 26:18!
"The 12th point is here." Khlo Moretz shouted loudly with a large bucket of popcorn in his hand!
Emperor Wu then glared at her. The little girl understood what this look meant. She stuffed the popcorn in her hand on Brandon's hand with reluctance. However, this was just changing the placement of the food. Krool Moretz still grabbed the food in the bucket one by one.
D'Antoni doesn't feel that he has a great advantage at this moment. David Lee was beaten by Horford today. His inability to score on the offensive end has not had much impact on the Knicks. This team does not lack scorers. However, he was also asked by Horford on the defensive end, which made Xiao Wang very upset.
But now the Knicks only have a center forward like David Lee. D'Antoni just wants to replace someone, no one can change it. This is their biggest problem now.
Many New York fans saw Horford hit David Lee again and scored a goal, and they scolded David Lee for being useless! At this level, they wanted to ask for a maximum salary before the start of the season. Josh Smith, who performed well today, has a salary of only $10.8 million this season. Horford's new contract next year will not be higher than this number. Is David Lee more awesome than both of them?
Of course it is not right to think so, but it is undoubtedly true that David Lee is not worth the maximum salary. As long as the Knicks can get Sir S or Bosh next season, David Lee will definitely not be in the team's plan. D'Antoni will not be able to defend and will not be able to match Sir S or Bosh with an inside partner who is also strong in offense and weak in defense.
With 1 minute and 30 seconds left in the first quarter, Wu Huang was replaced by the team. This time, Xiao Wangzi finally learned to allocate Wu Huang's physical strength reasonably. As long as he was given three or four minutes of rest in the first and second half, Wu Huang's physical strength would not be at all.
Wu Huang made 4 of 5 shots in the first quarter (1 three-pointer), made 3 free throws, scored 12 points, 4 rebounds, 1 assist and 1 turnover. However, under the entanglement of Wu Huang, the opponent's Bibi was hit by a penalty in the first quarter and did not get an assist, and he collapsed!
However, the scores of both sides were not widened, and the Knicks only led by 5 points with 31:26 after the first quarter.
For the Knicks, Iguodala contributed 4 points, 2 rebounds and 2 assists, Fry scored 5 points, Harrington scored 4 points and 2 rebounds, and Gallinari scored 3 points and 2 rebounds.
For the Hawks, although Joe Johnson scored the highest 8 points in the team, his scoring efficiency was not high. He only scored 2 goals in 8 shots, Horford scored 7 points on 3 of 3 shots, and Josh Smith also scored 6 points.
The Hawks gradually woke up in the second quarter. Josh Smith made a jump shot from the right, and then forced Harrington to make a layup of 2+1, and the scores of the two teams were instantly equalized.
McGrady's high-level jump shot temporarily stabilized the situation, but Garlinari was inexplicably swearing a foul when he was making up for Horford. The Italians were very dissatisfied with the referee's argument, and the gunpowder smell of both sides gradually became stronger.
Chapter completed!