Chapter 240 Big hind legs and SM
On May 10, after the first three matches of the East and West semi-finals, three spectacular scenes of 3:0 appeared in the league at the same time.
New York fans were very upset when the team was behind 0:3, and their team might be swept. This was a shameless way to get out, but now they feel relieved when they see everyone is so miserable.
Los Angeles Lakers (3) vs (0) Utah Jazz; Phoenix Suns (3) vs (0) San Antonio Spurs.
Eastern Conference Cleveland Cavaliers (1) vs (2) Boston Celtics; Orlando Magic (3) vs (0) New York Knicks.
The Knicks player finished the third round of the second round on the night of the 9th, and had to rest for one day in the middle. On the 11th, he had to fight the Magic at home again.
That is to say, Emperor Wu only had two nights and two days to recover his injuries. On the morning of the competition, he still felt a little uncomfortable in his back after waking up, and the wound did not completely swell. Although he could run, he did not dare to jump hard. He also had to worry about whether the injury would recur when doing the movement.
He conducted a mild ball training in the training hall in the morning. Wu Huang felt that under this state, he might only be able to exert 50% of his strength.
D'Antoni felt very sorry, but this battle is no longer a game that must be won. There has never been an example of a 0:3 fall behind and can turn around. Since the Knicks's exit is inevitable, he will not let Emperor Wu take risks in order not to be swept.
However, in the afternoon, Emperor Wu found that the morning warm-up actually caused his physical activity to be a lot, and he no longer felt so uncomfortable.
The Knicks team was surprised at Wu Huang's recovery speed. Gallinari, who was still hanging an arm on the sidelines, was so envious and jealous. After being injured, he has not escaped from the pain of the wounded area until now. He still has to rely on the big m to relieve the pain.
But looking at Emperor Wu, he is really more popular than others. It’s less than two days since he was injured, and he can play in the game. Is there such a big gap between Horford and Howard?
D'Antoni considered it, but still didn't make up his mind to let Emperor Wu play. He was preparing to see if Emperor Wu could recover at night. Only then did he decide whether he would let him play.
"Everyone doesn't need to be too frustrated. We reached the Eastern Conference semifinals in the first year of team reconstruction, and no one can tell us. Think about it carefully, the third year of team reconstruction has just entered the first round, and the fourth year has entered the second round, and we are much better than them." At 5:30 pm, the team had dinner early, and Wu Huang was chatting with his teammates with a relaxed expression.
In the third game, the Knicks still have the chance to turn defeat into victory. At that time, he could stimulate his teammates' performance by losing his temper. But now there is no need. When should a core lose his temper with his teammates and when to encourage his teammates, this is also knowledgeable. You cannot let it go in your mood. For example, now is not the time to lose your temper.
"It's not just the Magic, but the Thunder made it to the playoffs in the third year of reconstruction and just completed the first round; the Bulls' reconstruction time was one year earlier than us. They failed to enter the playoffs this season; the Hawks, who reached the Eastern Conference semi-finals last year, were eliminated by us in the first round this year; the Cavaliers' rebuilding also did not enter the playoffs in the first two years of reconstruction." Wu Huang's words quickly made the Knicks players feel very proud. They really have no regrets this year, except that they will be swept next.
"The boss is right. Even if we are eliminated, we have no regrets, but we must not be swept. Tonight we will defend the final home court and kill them!" Garlinari and Harrington didn't know what to do together before the game. The two sat together at the moment, with a little excited from the beginning.
"Damn, these two bastards are not fighting each other together, right?" When Emperor Wu saw the virtues of these two guys, he knew that they must be fighting each other.
It’s not new to NBA players who like to fight against grass. At least 70% of the players in the entire league have the habit of fighting against grass, and half of them are long-term fight against grass. However, most players, especially celebrities, will still be a little more restrained during the game because NBA has drug tests, and once they are found to be unfavorable, they will also be punished by banning.
Except for Wu Huang, Iguodala, Green, Fry and David Lee, everyone else has the habit of beating against grass, either light or heavy. However, during the regular season and playoffs, they will be much more restrained, and no one will care about it during the offseason.
Tonight can be regarded as the last game of the Knicks this season. Even if they are unlucky after the game, they will be suspended for one or two games, but they have completed the task of not being swept.
The Knicks player responded loudly to Gallinari's words at this moment, but Wu Huang stopped smiling and glared at Gallinari who was excited.
This pink intestine relies on the doctor's prescription, and has been a little unscrupulous recently, and has lured many players in the team to fight against each other in the playoffs. It seems that D'Antoni should have hit him.
Emperor Wu was also very dissatisfied with Harrington's performance. Even if the current grudges have little impact on the team, this behavior itself is a manifestation of being unprofessional. He has always been very disgusted with such unprofessional players because they do not have the ability to control themselves. Even if such a person can perform well in one or two seasons, it will never last long.
The players in the NBA who are short-lived are all this type of player. He will never let his team give such players a long contract. Even if they perform in the past two years that suits their own value, they will definitely turn into garbage contracts in the last few years.
But players like Fry can give him a long-term contract. Even if his talent is not particularly outstanding, they have good tutors since childhood and have worked hard but no bad habits. With the increase in training and experience of such players, their performance will definitely become better and better.
Let me refer to the Nuggets' Birdman Anderson. As long as he can persist in normal training and does not go outside, he will still be able to play with the top inside blue-collar worker in the league even at the age of 30. If he had worked so hard from the beginning and had already obtained a contract of tens of millions, how could he have survived to the point where he could not even afford to rent a house?
The most abominable people in the NBA are the ones who squander their talents. They are not worthy of the sympathy of fans. I don’t know how many people in this world are limited by their talents and can only sit in front of the computer day after day, but these talented guys do not cherish the gifts God has given them. Do you think they should die?
At 6:30 pm, the Knicks' team bus slowly drove into Madison Square Garden. Nearly 100 reporters were waiting at the entrance of the stadium. They were shooting wildly in the car, hoping to take photos of Wu Huang in the car or not.
D'Antoni has not decided until now whether to let Emperor Wu appear, and Emperor Wu himself has not made up his mind. This is probably to see how he warmed up before the game. The decision-making power has always been in his own hands. If he requests to appear, D'Antoni will not stop him.
"I can play on the court. If I feel uncomfortable, I will call a timeout." Wu Huang jumped in the locker room. Although the injury was still a little swollen, there should be no problem as long as he didn't dunk. In the afternoon, he also tried to try to dribble quickly. In fact, the problem was not big.
D'Antoni naturally would not refuse Wu Huang's request. In fact, Nash also played with back injuries many times and performed well. He often had injuries on the basketball court, but he performed better. On the contrary, he performed poorly in the first few games after he recovered from the injury, which was difficult to explain the reason.
The Magic had already received news that Wu Huang was not on the injury list one hour before the game started, but whether he would play today is still a question.
Howard had swear to the hotel before that Emperor Wu had been hit by his elbow and would never be able to return to the stadium within a week, so there was no need to worry about Emperor Wu's threat today, just guard against Iguodala's breakthrough.
When Van Gundy heard what Warcraft said, the preparations before the game naturally ruled out Emperor Wu.
The Knicks, who have Wu Huang and the Knicks without Wu Huang, are completely different, and not to mention that they are not only one of the wounded people. Gallinari was also reimbursed, which is equivalent to missing two absolute main players at once. It is difficult for the Knicks to die today.
It was not until the two teams played that the Magic team realized that they might have been fooled. That bastard Wu Huang actually had the leisure to perform a long shot in the midfield.
The fans cheered in the Madison Square Garden. New York fans who were also kept in the dark also thought that Wu Huang could not play today. There were a lot of Wu Huang's photos in the stadium to commemorate his contribution to the team. After Wu Huang appeared, he saw dozens of black and white photos of himself, and he was almost angry to death!
However, when Wu Huang was fighting at home, he especially liked to perform high-distance shooting in the half or the whole game before the opening. Today he felt good and shot five goals in the midfield in a row. He scored four in the end, which immediately aroused more enthusiastic cheers from the fans!
Howard saw Wu Huang in the hotel at this moment, especially after seeing this bastard making 4 of 5 shots in the midfield, he smashed the wine glass in his hand in anger.
With a "click" sound, blood splattered everywhere, and a piece of glass pierced into his fingers.
"fuk! I was injured by the glass, come and bandage me." The monster called the hotel medical room with a painful look. At the same time, he saw Wu Huang running to the player channel with a basketball on the TV to prepare for shooting. The anger in his heart was about to pass through the TV and go directly to the scene.
After Wu Huang made four midfielders, he didn't know why he thought of shooting in the player channel, just like someone often did this before, but he couldn't remember who was so bored.
When New York fans saw Wu Huang coming to the player's passage with a basketball, the fence was immediately crowded with people. He stood in the player's passage, put the ball in front of his chest and pushed it hard. As a result, the ball was accurately framed into the net, which once again attracted applause and cheers from many fans and reporters on the scene!
Wu Huang's "playing" such shooting before the game has far greater psychological effects than tactical significance. It can not only enhance one's self-confidence, but also hit the opponent's psychology. In the end, he can also quietly show off, which is a win-win situation.
This is his second time shooting in the player channel. The last time it seemed to be during the NCAA period. Speaking of which, Wu Huang is indeed good at performing such "fancy shooting". His ultra-long-distance shooting performance has a high chance of success. He has performed many super-long-distance shootings across the entire game and shot a distance of 80 feet.
Wu Huang's condition looks very good, and D'Antoni has no excuse to stop him from playing. The Knicks' lineup: Wu Huang, Green, Iguodala, Fry, David Lee.
Van Gundy knew it was not good when he saw Wu Huang's shooting performance. Today they were defending the inside breakthrough, and the defensive formation was also three inside and two outside. Now it must be changed to the default 212 formation. If the player cannot enter the state immediately, he may be more passive in the first quarter.
"In the first quarter, we will strengthen our offense and break through the basket more often, but remember not to steal rashly, and don't follow their rhythm. The most important thing is to protect the rebounds." Van Gundy hopes that the team will take the initiative in the first quarter. If possible, use attack instead of defense. After the players enter the rhythm of the game, Van Gundy is not worried about how big a blow Wu Huang can cause to them.
The Magic's defensive system is more mature and stable than the Hawks. Even if they are not prepared enough, they will not make too many mistakes. The players are not nervous, but on the contrary, each of them is very calm. These players in the Magic who are used to big scenes will not panic about this mistake. They have experienced many battles and have enough confidence in themselves. The five are: Nelson, Pitrus, Carter, Lewis, and Gotat.
"Hey, I heard that you had an outbreak in the last game?" When Emperor Wu shook hands with Nelson, he gave out his trash words.
Nelson had no expression on his face and even nodded at him. However, his expression did not fluctuate much, and he obviously didn't care about his provocation.
"Strange, didn't this guy have a bad brain?" Wu Huang originally thought that Nelson should be easier to anger. In recent years, fans have been saying that he is the son of Van Gundy. He sarcastically said that if Nelson had no Nelson, would Warcraft have so many rebounds? He also made fun of Nelson for being able to defend against the Warcraft.
No one mentioned these remarks later, because the Warcraft had the same offensive ability everywhere, and it was no longer important for Nelson to pass the ball at the beginning.
Emperor Wu didn't succeed in angering his opponent. Nelson was scolded a lot in recent years, but his mentality had gained enough experience. Emperor Wu found it difficult to influence him with trash words.
After the game started, the Knicks, who had tried to fight to the death today, performed very positively. After making a test step in Wu's first offense, he took a direct move on Nelson's head... Unfortunately, the ball was a bit offensive. After the basketball bounced out, Fry used his arm span to grab the offensive rebound, and Lewis also made a foul.
"Beautiful!" Emperor Wu stepped forward and clenched with Fry. After the Magic lost Howard, their protection of rebounds immediately subsided. Lewis was never a player who was good at rebounding. Magic's rebounding was basically Howard alone, and now there is no Warcraft guarding under the basket. Their problems arise.
However, although the Magic, which led 3-0, lost their dominance on the defensive end, they still played well on the offensive end. Gotat attacked strongly in the inside, Nelson, Louis and Carter bombed on the outside, and quickly scored a 10:4 start.
Wu Huang was a little embarrassed. After the opening game, he failed to make two shots. He was almost interrupted by Nelson's close-fitting defense.
Now even fans can see that he is a little unwilling to let go on the court, and he plays too carefully and dares to start and break through with all his strength. However, it is difficult to break through Nelson's defense like this. After the latter saw that he has too many concerns, his defensive movements immediately become stronger and harder.
After 5 minutes of the first quarter, Wu Huang finally received an Iguodala's pass from the outside and made a shot, but most of the credit for this goal was Iguodala, and he seemed to have become a positioning pitcher.
"Damn, although it's a bit shameful to play like this, who says the pitcher doesn't matter? Which guy has the shooting ability like me, at least he can get a full middle class." Wu Huang could only comfort himself, but soon D'Antoni slapped him in the face.
At 6 minutes and 15 seconds in the first quarter, the Knicks performed their first multiplayer rotation. Wu Huang and Fry ended together, and Xiao Wang replaced Du Hong and Harrington.
"How do you feel?" D'Antoni asked when he stepped forward to slam the Wu Emperor. In fact, this was pure nonsense. He had long seen that Wu Emperor had some concerns on the court and did not dare to let go of the attack, so he replaced him early. Anyway, he could only play the role of a pitcher on the court.
"Let me go up in the second quarter when the rotation time is there, there is nothing unusual on my back." Wu Huang was also testing whether his injury would worsen in the first half of the quarter. It seems that he is not uncomfortable at the moment. During the second quarter when the rotation time, he will face white chocolate or Redick. At this time, he can try to let go a little more.
When Wu Huang left the game, the two teams scored 12:18, and the Magic led by 6 points.
The Knicks player quickly slapped Wu Huang in the face. As soon as he got the game, the Knicks immediately responded to a scoring climax. Harrington, who had hit the grass, made two consecutive goals, and Green also blossomed outside the three-point line. David Lee made a tip-in forcing the Magic to request a timeout. They scored a 9:2 attack wave within two minutes and successfully overtaken the score.
"I don't know if these bastards did it on purpose?" Wu Huang felt that his waving towel was a bit stupid. After he left due to injury in the last game, the Knicks' lead in a big score was overturned in an instant. Today, these kids gave him a opposite routine, making him the team's back.
Iguodala's performance today was even more eye-catching. Without Howard guarding the basket, the Magic's threat of breakthrough was finally taken off.
Gott took the second foul shortly after Wu Huang left the court and had to go off the court to rest. Van Gundy, who has always been unable to arrange the center's playing time, was worried about not enough manpower today? In the end, he could only replace Brandon Bass, who was 203m tall, to respond.
Commentaries from all countries also found it very interesting. What Van Gundy was most distressed in the past was that Gott always complained that he did not have enough playing time. Now he must hope that his team can have another center.
In the first quarter, the game entered the pause time again. The Magic replaced Barnes and Carter's partner, hoping that Barnes could limit Iguodala's breakthrough.
But after the game started again, Iguodala first stole Bass on the defensive end. After several turns, the ball fell into Du Hong's hands, and the latter made a quick attack.
The Magic is about to collapse. Iguodala's performance on both offense and defense activates the team's state. Harrington then scored another three-pointer. David Lee gave Bass a block in the defense, and the Knicks were full of momentum. He overtook the first quarter with 28:24.
Many American media said sarcastically that even if the Knicks did not have Emperor Wu today, they would have a high chance of winning, but judging from the performance of the New York Emperor's first quarter, he might not be able to win.
Emperor Wu expressed his dissatisfaction and he was ready to regain his form in the second quarter rotation time.
But Van Gundy would not make him so easy. The Magic actually sent Nelson, Pitrus, Barnes, Anderson, and Gott's lineup. It was clear that we still had to strengthen our defense, targeting Emperor Wu.
After the start of the second quarter, the Knicks were stolen by the Magic twice in a row. Nelson and Anderson teamed up to score a 6:0 climax. The Magic overtook the score again.
"Damn, am I really a hind leg?" Wu Huang's face turned a little red. One of these two steals was his mistake. Although New York fans still cheered and cheered loudly while dribbling, he was a little unable to hold his face down. He had not performed so badly.
Emperor Wu's next attack uses the cover of the fake wolf king at the top of the arc to break through the inside line with all his might. This time he really doesn't have so much concern.
However, the Magic's defense was very timely. Pitrus and Barnes came from the two wings at the same time. Wu Huang's pass was cut by Barnes, which was another mistake!
Even New York fans exclaimed. They couldn't believe that Wu Huang made three mistakes after playing less than seven minutes. The Magic easily counterattacked two points after intercepting the ball this time, and the Knicks were 4 points behind.
D'Antoni called a timeout again. His meaning was very obvious. This was to ask Emperor Wu to end up, so that he would not lose face. The excuse of having a back injury could completely pay for his previous poor performance.
But the beard underestimated the degree of Wu Huang's favorable face. He must not just score two points in this game and say goodbye. If he left the field in shame, he would feel uncomfortable for a summer, and Wu Huang was already a little red-eyed.
"Damn!" When D'Antoni saw Emperor Wu, he knew that he was unwilling to end like this.
If someone else was so willful, D'Antoni would have forced a substitution, but he would not dare to take care of Wu Huang's sexual intercourse unless his injury recurs, otherwise he would not dare to be a tough person against Wu Huang.
Emperor Wu didn't want to end, so D'Antoni replaced David Lee in advance, and the Knicks' lineup became: Emperor Wu, Green, McGrady, Harrington, David Lee.
After McGrady took the field, he used his excellent reading game ability to quickly pass a free shooting opportunity for Emperor Wu, but the somewhat impatient Emperor Wu missed again. This was his fifth shot, but he only hit one goal.
The Knicks failed to make consecutive shots, and the Magic seized the opportunity. Gott scored a goal in the penalty area, and the gap widened to 6 points.
At the critical moment, Harrington stepped forward with the attribute bonus after the grass, and scored 5 points in a row to help the Knicks stabilize their morale. Then David Lee also performed, using low-post steps at the basket to beat Bass to make a layup.
At 8 minutes and 22 seconds in the second quarter, the Knicks led by one point again with 35:34.
"Hahaha, see, who is the team's big back?"
"The warm-up is as fierce as a tiger. At the beginning of 1/5, who was just pretending to shoot in the player channel, but failed to even make a layup in the game?"
"It's really satisfying to lose the double-digit record in succession of scores!"
The worse Wu Huang's performance was, the more excited the dark people around the world were. They wanted to order two boxes of firecrackers on their chrysanthemums to congratulate this rare happy time.
Howard, who was in the hotel at this moment, was extremely excited and accidentally broke another beer bottle. This time, the cracked glass fragments pierced his toes, and blood splashed around again!
Chapter completed!