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Chapter 207: The playoff opponent is determined

In the fourth quarter, Wu Huang's mid-range saved the entire team. Although the Knicks' routine was not as deep as the Celtics, it was not completely missing. However, most of their tactics revolved around Wu Huang and were easily targeted by opponents.

This season, Rondo and Emperor Wu have fought three times. This is the fourth time they met. Rondo has summarized a set of methods to deal with Emperor Wu, but it is limited to one-on-one defense. Once the Knicks launch various covers and blocking tactics around Emperor Wu, Rondo will be a little overwhelmed by one defense.

Wu Huang felt very good today, and he hit three consecutive mid-range shots in the middle of the fourth quarter, helping the Knicks overtake the score.

Iguodala then stood up and received a pass from Wu Huang and rushed to the basket and sent a powerful slam dunk! In fact, when it was necessary to score, the No. 1 master's breakthrough also had enough lethality.

After the All-Star Game, D'Antoni arranged a lot of covers and cooperation between Iguodala and Wu Huang. The exaggerated upper body muscles of the first brother could completely help Wu Huang block most of the followers. After blocking the person, he cut into the basket. Wu Huang then added another threatening pass target. He did not dare to use too many people to defend against Wu Huang. Both of them could exert their threats at this time.

After the team's first and second brothers stood up one after another, the Knicks and a group of guys who were good at playing a tailwind began to play again. Gallinari and Harrington each made a three-pointer. The Knicks also gave the Celtics a 14:6 attack wave in the middle of the final quarter, expanding the gap to double digits again.

Home fans continued to interfere with Celtic players with annoying noise. They were the sixth player on the court. Later, even the referee's whistle turned to the home team. The Celtics eventually broke the road and lost to the Knicks for the first time this season.

After the game, the whole of New York was relieved!

This victory is really critical. If you lose again, the lead in one or two games is not safe, and the players' confidence will also be hit. They may be in a slump in the next scam schedule. At that time, the efforts of the whole season will be gone, which is terrible to think about it!

Wu Huang scored 11 points in the last quarter of the game, contributing 21 points, 6 rebounds and 17 assists in the whole game, including 8 of 12 shots, 3 of 5 shots, and 2 of 3 free throws, an extremely efficient performance.

The New York Times reported this key victory in a huge amount of space after the game. The Knicks have now won 43 wins, while the ninth-ranked Bulls have 39 wins. The difference between the two teams is four and a half wins, and they each have five games left, so as long as the Knicks win any game, they can ensure they enter the playoffs.

The next five games of the Knicks are: away against the Pacers, away against the Magic, home against the Heat, home against the Wizards, away against the Raptors. In these five games, the Knicks are most sure of three games against the Pacers, Wizards and Raptors, especially the next opponent of the Indian Pacers. As long as Iguodala restricts Granger's offense, the Pacers' threat is not to be afraid.

But the bad news is that the Knicks will be back-to-back away in the next game. Today they have tried their best to deal with the Celtics, and the possibility of a fall in the away game is not low.

New York fans even pay more attention to this game than against the Celtics. In fact, before the game, they thought the Knicks would once again selectively give up the game against the Celtics and devote their energy to the Pacers, a bottom team that has won less than 30 wins so far.

D'Antoni said that he was thinking so, but he didn't expect Gallinari to be out of the game in the first half. Today, he made an interim decision to fight the Celtics. He led his opponent twice in half to score. If he gave up, don't play in the playoffs.

On April 7, after the Knicks defeated the Celtics, they rushed to Indiana without stopping. The Knicks also did not intend to give up on this away game. Even though they had just fought against the Celtics the day before, the Knicks felt that this game could be won.

However, they underestimated the Pacers' resistance. Dunleavy Jr. and Murphy made a total of 5 three-pointers in the first quarter, which gave the exhausted Knicks a warning as soon as they came up. Fortunately, they still had an old driver, Iguodala scored Granger in the first quarter, and prevented the Pacers from 0 of 4 shots.

In the middle of the second quarter, Emperor Wu made an explosive attack after coming on the court, scoring 9 points in a row to help the Knicks lead by double digits in one go.

The second in charge of the Knicks is responsible for continuing to freeze Granger. Iguodala's defense made the All-Star, whose scoring efficiency began to decline, completely missed the fear. Facing the top player who is fully defensive, Granger's defect in holding the ball and offense is exposed, and his shooting percentage is outrageous. He only hit one goal in the first half and contributed three mistakes. Even home fans were embarrassed to cheer for Granger.

This season, when the team is fighting hard, the top player has an outrageous dominance in defense. The opponents who can often defend only have a hit rate of about 30%. Moreover, these people are all quasi-All-stars, or even real All-Stars players.

The final score was 116:104, and the Knicks escaped away. Even in the away game, the Knicks are sure to win a bottom team like the Pacers. Although they are not a top-notch team, they are no longer ordinary mid-range teams. At least New York fans think this is what they think.

After winning this game, the Knicks finally breathed a sigh of relief. Now they have made sure they can enter the playoffs, so they can consider their first round opponents next.

Wu Huang received unanimous praise from the media after the game. In the Knicks' game against the Pacers, in addition to Iguodala successfully restricting Granger, Wu Huang's consecutive scoring in the second quarter and his performance of scoring 8 points in the last quarter can be said to have made great contributions. If the team does not have such a core of standing up for continuous scoring at such a critical moment, the Knicks will still have nothing to do with the strong team.

This season, the Knicks' overall performance can reach 90 points. Last season they only won 20 wins, creating the worst record in the team's history. Now just one season has passed, and now the regular season has not yet been completed, the Knicks have already won 44 wins. Their team's record has increased exponentially from last year, and from the worst team in the East last season to the top eight teams in the East. The team's main framework is only one more Wu Huang, and Iguodala, who was traded in the middle of the season. Other role players and head coaches have hardly changed much. So no need to specify who the credit is due.

Eastern Division Ranking

1, Cleveland Cavaliers (58 wins and 20 losses).

2, Orlando Magic (51 wins and 27 losses).

3, Atlanta Hawks (48 wins and 30 losses).

4, Boston Celtics (46 wins and 32 losses)

5, Charlotte Bobcats (44 wins and 34 losses)

6, New York Knicks (44 wins and 34 losses).

7, Milwaukee Bucks (41 wins and 37 losses).

8, Miami Heat (40 wins and 38 losses).

9, Chicago Bulls (39 wins and 39 losses).

Wu Huang has played a total of 77 games this season, averaging 36.1 minutes per game. He can contribute 24.1 points, 6.2 rebounds, 8.8 assists, 2.6 steals, 1.1 blocks, 3.9 turnovers, 46.8% shooting percentage, 43.0% from three-point shooting percentage, and 88.1% free throw shooting percentage.

Such personal data is no less than Jordan and Iverson's rookie season. However, Iverson's arrival only allowed the 76ers to increase from 18 wins in the previous season to 22 wins, and his personal data has improved the team's record by a slight improvement. Jordan only increased from 27 wins in the previous season to 38 wins, and the increase is still not as good as Wu Huang's effect on the Knicks.

If we compare the performance improvement, among the 21st century players who are active, only James can compete with Wu Huang for a little while. The Gorillas helped the Cavaliers to increase from 17 wins in the last season to 35 wins, barely doubled the team's winning rate. However, that season, the Cavaliers still could not enter the playoffs, and even the next season, the Cavaliers failed to enter the playoffs, and James' personal data was not as good as Wu Huang's rookie season.

Of course, if some old guys are included, then Duncan will definitely do better than Wu Huang to improve the team's record. Shifo has raised the Spurs from 20 wins last season to 56 wins, and even Wu Huang is inferior to this point.

If Duncan's rookie season has the support of the admiral who is at the end of his career, then Wu Huang also has the support of Iguodala who is at the peak. Duncan does not have much advantage over it, but in terms of personal data, Duncan's rookie season is not as good as Wu Huang.

The American media also basically recognize this point. Wu Huang should be the top three best rookies in NBA history. Only Duncan and Larry Bird can compete with him. But it is difficult to rank which of these three people is higher.

If the team's record improves, Larry Bird is the most perverted among the three. He has allowed the Celtics to rise from 29 wins last season to 61 wins next season. Duncan and Wu Huang are not as good as Big Birds; but compared with personal data, Wu Huang has become the most perverted one among the three. His 24+6+8+2+1 rookie data and his impressive shooting percentage, there is no one in the entire NBA history; Duncan is the one whose team's record and personal data are between the two, and he ranks second in both statistics.

However, in Asia, Wu Huang is definitely the first rookie in history. This is without any suspense. It is too easy to come up with evidence. NBA history has never had a rookie scored 20+ assists and 60+ points in the rookie season, but Wu Huang has done both. Besides, he has the highest 7 triple-doubles in history in the rookie season. Duncan and Bird are simply incomparable!

If we take a closer look, Wu Huang won the MVP of the Rookie Challenge and All-Star Game in the rookie season, broke the scoring record in the three-point competition, and won the Skills Challenge Championship. His honors are obviously more than higher than those of Duncan and Bird in the rookie season, although many honors were not available at that time.

There is another strange phenomenon at this time. After the Knicks entered the playoffs early, there were more stingy praises to Wu Huang overnight on the market, and it can even be said to be a servile praise, which made many fans who hate him feel disgusted.

But what few people know is that most of these touts were made by the brokerage company behind Wu Huang. Brandon Moretz's brokerage company has 25% of Wu Huang's shares, and he is also one of the major shareholders. When this brokerage company was established, Wu Huang invested a lot of money. Otherwise, Brandon, who had just worked for a few years, would not rely on family power, so how could he get such a large amount of money?

He spent money to support himself, and not many people could do such things, and Emperor Wu was just one.

He was a little inflated now, just as he almost let his fans kneel down in front of him and shout: "The Emperor of New York has achieved literary and martial ethics, and has been to the people for thousands of years, and will unify the alliance!" Then he made his teammates kneel down, shouting: "The Holy Master, you will be invincible and will be invincible. The servants are loyal to the main order of the Holy Master, and will die, wool wool wool!"

Emperor Wu always felt that the nickname "Emperor" was a bit overlapping with others, so while he continued to retain this nickname, he also gave himself a very disgusting title of "Holy Master". Now he uses two nicknames at the same time. He is both the emperor and the Holy Master. This not only sounds domineering, but also a bit mysterious.

Unfortunately, no matter how powerful he is, he can't change the fact that he is not the top five players in the league.

On April 9, in the Knicks' match against the Magic, the New Yorker killed him with great courage, but was beaten so hard that he got back with a bun!

The Knicks faced their own soft persimmons away, but ended up experiencing a defeat! The Knicks, who was usually known for their offense, faced the Magic, who only scored a pitiful 86 points in Orlando today. Howard defended five of them at the peak today. In the inside, all Knicks players who dared to enter the 10-foot range of the basket returned in a defeat. The dominance of the Warcraft without back injury in the penalty area was simply perverted. David Lee was defeated in the first half, and the Magic conceded some in the second half, and the tragic New York center got a point.

The magic style is actually not complicated at all. To put it simply, four shooters are opening up space outside, and Howard is alone in the inside. With such a formation, once the defensive party doubles the monster, the outside will leak. But if they don’t doubles the monster, one person can’t withstand this monster. On the defensive end, Howard is responsible for wiping the butt of the team. The current dominance of the monster in the penalty area can be ranked number even in the entire NBA history.

Well. In addition to being abused by Yao Ming, Howard's overall improvement of the team is indeed much better than Yao Ming. At least the healthy little giants cannot lead the Rockets into the finals, but Howard can enter the finals with a million-dollar gentleman. I cannot help but admire him as the title of active center and deserves the praise of "the most dominant center after O'Neal."

Howard scored 16 points, 24 rebounds and 4 blocks in this game, immediately making New York fans no longer mention brainless remarks like "deliberately losing to play the Magic". Fans of Big Apple City suddenly feel that the ranking is also good at this time, and there is no chance of winning against the Hawks in the first round.

David Lee has performed very well recently. Horford may not be able to win him in the playoffs. After all, these two are players of the same level, so they are not as exaggerated as Howard completely abused David Lee.

The most important thing is that there is no point guard in the Hawks who can limit Wu Huang! This is a winning magic weapon in New York. If the Knicks want to win now, the premise is that Wu Huang must perform well. As long as he can play at his own level, the Knicks will be activated.

But it seems too early to treat the Hawks as their first round opponent in the playoffs. The Knicks and the Bobcats have the same record. They really have to lose two games to ensure that they face the Hawks. This miserable defeat came in time.

On April 11, the Knicks lost to the Heat at home. I don’t know if they lost intentionally, but they were closer to the Hawks anyway. After the game, many people thought this idea was a bit too despised by the Knicks. It was not easy for them to win the Heat. Not to mention letting go, even if they go all out, the two teams will win and lose at most, and the Knicks are not very advantageous.

On April 12, the Knicks were back-to-back at home, and D'Antoni used a rotation lineup. Wu Huang and a group of main players did not play. McGrady ended the Wizards with a decisive victory, which made people have some expectations for another playoff.

On April 14, in the last regular season game of the Knicks this season, D'Antoni only let the main players play in the first half and rest in the second half. In the end, the Knicks were led by Bosh to counterattack and lost the last regular season game of the season. But the winner and the loss have nothing to do with the current Knicks, and they have determined their rankings.

On April 15, the regular season of the 2009-2010 season ended, and the final ranking of the Eastern Conference was finally released.

1, Cleveland Cavaliers (60 wins and 22 losses).

2, Orlando Magic (53 wins and 29 losses).

3, Atlanta Hawks (50 wins and 32 losses).

4, Boston Celtics (48 wins and 34 losses)

5, Charlotte Bobcats (46 wins and 36 losses)

6, New York Knicks (46 wins and 36 losses).

7, Miami Heat (42 wins and 40 losses).

8, Milwaukee Bucks (42 wins and 40 losses).

9, Chicago Bulls (41 wins and 41 losses).

The Charlotte Bobcats actually didn't want to face the Celtics, and they finally got a two-game losing streak. Unfortunately, the Knicks took the lead earlier and lost the last game witty. They ranked sixth as they wished, and faced the Atlanta Hawks, the best team in the top four in their minds.

After the 2009-2010 season, the Knicks immediately released a handsome photo of Wu Huang holding his right hand on his official website. Fans could see at a glance that this photo was definitely p-ed.

Of course, the photos I've been p-ed are not the focus. The official website released the detailed data of Wu Huang this season under the photos. In his 80 games he played in the rookie season, he scored a total of 1,918 points, 491 rebounds, 697 assists, 204 steals, and 87 blocks.

If converted into average data, it means that it is 35.9 minutes per game, contributing 24.0 points, 6.1 rebounds, 8.7 assists, 2.6 steals, 1.1 blocks, 3.8 turnovers, with a shooting percentage of 46.9%. Three-point shooting percentage is 43.1%, and free throw shooting percentage is 88.2%.

The Knicks' official website did not forget other players in the team. After they praised Wu Huang for two thousand words, they finally used up to two hundred words to introduce other players. This is how they wrote it.

In the playoffs, star players are often the focus of people's attention, but it is impossible to win in the playoffs alone by a star player in many cases.

We have super star hugo, but the value of other players cannot be ignored: iron-blooded strongman Andre Iguodala will use his solid defense to limit the opponent's star swinger; rookie Garlinari's 3-pointer. He helped the Knicks get out of danger many times; David Lee's rebounds and inside offense will also be an indispensable part of the team's inside offense; and our substitutes, who are also the key to the team's victory. The Knicks are now a united and indestructible sharp blades.

This is a report, and the writing style is so bad. It is said that it is possible to introduce other players, but half of the content is about Wu Huang. Who knows how the fools who write these things get into this job? Maybe there is a no-eye transaction in it.

Finally, this temporary worker named jw also listed the data of several key players. The following are the four most important players that cannot be ignored in the Knicks' playoffs. Their performance may become the x-factor in the first round and affect the direction of the Knicks. After all, this team cannot rely on Hugo alone.

Andre Iguodala

Position: Scoring guard/small forward

Average data per game (after joining the Knicks): 13.8 points, 5.2 rebounds, 5.4 assists.

Evaluation: The best wing defensive player in the league this season. Andre will be the key to dealing with Joe Johnson. His outside shooting percentage is his weakness, especially in three-point shooting, but his threatening breakthrough can make up for this weakness. In the playoffs, he needs to take on more responsibilities and he will definitely have many opportunities to shoot open. If you can't seize these opportunities and shoot, then the Knicks will be in trouble.

David Lee

Position: Power Forward/Center

Average of data: 16.9 points, 9.6 rebounds, 2.5 assists.

Evaluation: The Knicks' star inside player has excellent ability to hold the ball with frames, good back and hooks, and excellent rebounding protection. In the first round of the playoffs against Horford, David's height will not become a weakness, which requires him to play his abilities even more. He needs to contribute a certain degree of scoring, protect the rebounds, and play tough low-post defense... He needs to do a lot of things, so David will be one of the keys to the success or failure of the Knicks.

Gallinari

Position: Small Forward/Power Forward

Average data: 15.3 points, 4.2 rebounds, 1.5 assists, and a three-point shooting percentage of 40.5%.

Evaluation: Gallinari is a tall sports wing, good at straight-line breakthroughs and fouls, has an extremely soft feel, and is the most reassuring three-point shooter in the Knicks except Hugo. His performance is extremely critical for the Knicks, especially when Hugo will definitely be hit by a pincer, Gallinari needs to be prepared to catch the ball and shoot at any time from the outside.

Al Harrington

Position: Small Forward/Power Forward

Average of data: 15.5 points, 4.9 rebounds, 1.4 assists.
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