After losing the first game, the Knicks players realized the importance of the second game. If they had to break the game for a while at home, it would be difficult to get it back. Therefore, the Knicks made full preparations for this game and the players also showed their determination to work hard. √ √

After the opening, Wu Huang did not attack much. The Knicks placed the main attack points on Stoudemire and Garlinari. In particular, Sergeant obviously strengthened the attack and attacked Bosh continuously at the beginning. It was his step forward that greatly reduced the defensive pressure that Wu Huang was under.

Since Xiao Si was injured in his knee at the end of the regular season, he has been spared in the game. He has always been worried about hurting his old trouble again. However, facing the unfavorable situation of losing another game, Xiao Si no longer hesitated today. He kept breaking through the frame to kill the Heat's weak inside line, making 14 of 19 shots in the game, scoring 34 points and 13 rebounds. At the same time, Iguodala and Gallinari also played at normal levels, scoring 13 points and 19 points in this game, and the Knicks' second, third and fourth leaders finally stood up to share the pressure on Wu Huang.

Wu Huang finally got what he wanted in this game and hugged his teammates once. He contributed 26 points, 10 rebounds and 6 assists in the whole game. This performance can only be said to be qualified for him. However, when both sides were in a stalemate in the third quarter, no one could easily score, Wu Huang still stood up and took over the game through continuous scores.

Barkley praised this after the game for what a level star should do and also the performance a champion team should have. If the Knicks still rely on Wu Huang to win the game like in the last game, and in the end they exhausted their energy and could not win the game, then they would only face the ending of being eliminated.

The Knicks' success today is the defense of Wade. D'Antoni also treats him with his own way. Since the Heat can attack Wu Emperor, the Knicks can also attack Wade and James, and he chose the Flash, who is relatively more defensive.

In fact, everyone knows that these two are the main reliance for the Heat to win, and are the number one person they must guard against when fighting with. However, the Knicks did not know whether they were angry or gambling in the first game, so they did not double-team the two from beginning to end, which also caused the Flash and the Gorilla to kill gods and Buddhas.

Today, the Knicks finally got to know each other. From the first minute of the game, they did not relax their defense against Wade. There was always one person who was inseparable from the Flash to prevent him from receiving the ball. Once the Knicks caught the ball, they would double-team. This kind of desperate defense made Wade suffer. Although he still scored 22 points in the whole game, it was not easy to get every point.

The Flash was restricted, and Bosh was also restricted by his finger injury in this game and the attack of the Heat was naturally affected. The Heat's shooting percentage in this game was less than 40%, which is largely due to the Knicks' successful restrictions on Wade and Bosh. The Heat may be fine to play a team like the Bucks, but it is obviously not enough to win against the Knicks with only one gorilla with a weak attack.

It is worth mentioning in this game that the Heat's letting go stage in the fourth quarter. Wade finally got rid of Iguodala from the left wing, but met Reggie Evans's backup defense at the basket. The latter jumped high to block Wade's layup. The two people collided directly in the air, causing the first bleeding scene in this round of the series.

D'Antoni activated Reggie Evans today, hoping to use his fierce defense to protect the penalty area and defend the defensive rebounds. This short-shaped insider who is good at rushing rebounds is not only very good at catching rebounds, but also has various shameful external tricks.

Reggie Evans' defense this time was very sinister. His blocked arm hit Wade's cheek. After the two landed, the blood left on Wade's face had already stained the jersey and the basketball was blocked.

Wade didn't seem to feel pain after landing. He picked up the basketball beside him and continued to attack. However, the referee would not allow such a thing to happen. According to the NBA regulations, players cannot continue playing if they are bleeding. The referee immediately stopped the game and asked Wade to stop the bleeding.

Spoelstra was very dissatisfied with the referee's indifference off the court. He believed that this collision was obviously a malicious foul by Reggie Evans, but the referee did not even express anything. Instead, he asked Wade to stop the bleeding before he could play. This home whistle was already blatantly favoring the Knicks.

Unfortunately, such complaints only resulted in one technical foul. The referee did not accept the doubts of the Filipinos at all. Not only did he use a technical foul to completely lose hope of a comeback, but he also allowed Wade to play again after two minutes, on the grounds that the Flash's blood was not cleaned up.

"I said that every game of the playoffs is a new beginning. Everyone on earth knows that the Heat rely on for survival is their Big Three, so we just need to guard against one or two of them, which is equivalent to strangling the Heat's life gate." Wu Huang could not see any fatigue after the game, which is in sharp contrast to the appearance of being tired after the last game.

Gallinari was very proud. After the game, he said with awesomeness: "I think we can defeat any opponent. But we are not complacent, and there is still a long way to go in the future. Before, people were not optimistic about us, and after losing the game, they even thought we were eliminated. However, no matter whether they praise or derogatory, it would not affect us. We just need to focus on what needs to be done and maintain mutual trust."

After losing the game, many media and fans did think that it would be difficult for the Knicks to win this series. Their defense seems to be very different from the Heat, and the offense that they rely on for their lives does not take any advantage and has no advantage.

But Wu Huang always believed that the Knicks could turn the defeat. Before the game, he said: "Every player has a time of deep backwardness and disadvantaged situation, but one thing you must be clear, that is, you must do your best in every game, prepare well, and do your best every time you attack and defense. This is a seven-game series, so we must quickly get out of the first loss, and we must play completely differently from the first game in the second game."

In this game, Wu Huang proved his promise with practical actions. As long as the Knicks exert their advantage in lineup depth, he will be enough to control the victory of the game at the critical moment of the game.

The Heat have three giants, but not many giants must be powerful. The Heat, who can only rely on the three giants to win, are actually very good at targeting. Their lineup is not deep enough, which means they do not have the capital to change the lineup. The first game is already the best Heat, and they have performed the best, but the Knicks have just moved their muscles.

The next day, Fox Sports reported: The Knicks vs. Heat’s new generation and the Mesozoic generation; a showdown between tradition and new mode!

The Knicks and the Heat's series have a lot of highlights, which is destined to be a contest that can be concluded in four or five games.

The showdown between the two sides, compared to James's vicissitudes of eight years of growth, and compared to Wade's successful championship ring, the Hugo Rockets' background is still a bit thin, after all, this is just his second season.

These two teams have two completely different styles, originating from two completely different teaming concepts.

The Knicks are built completely in the traditional way of the NBA. The five positions each perform their duties and are formed around the core. Behind the players in almost every position, there is a substitute with similar or complementary styles. Therefore, the Knicks' rotation lineup has as many as 10 people, and can be matched with various combinations.

The Heat are a brand new "Big Three" model, with a core combination of strength groups, but other positions are in a mess, and their strength is not changed.

This is a decisive battle between tradition and modernity. If any party fails, it may shake their team formation model and even affect the future trend of the league's team building policy. Therefore, this round of decisive battle is of great significance to the future style of NBA, which is a contradiction between tradition and radical.

But perhaps because of the disgust of the stars, the attention of public opinion always pushes pressure to the Heat. They have no home advantage. Although they are favored by the media, they are hostile to a large number of neutral fans. Many fans hope to see the Big Three unlucky, but they are much tolerant of Hugo, who has become famous at a young age. This is a psychological tendency caused by the "sense of immersion", because everyone hopes to become Hugo, become famous at a young age, have constant scandals, and gain both fame and fortune. Therefore, these fans who put their thoughts regard the Knicks as the home team. Perhaps they still hate Hugo, but they hope they can become him.

The Heat's Big Three have played villains all the way, and they don't have such a sense of inclusion. Most fans hope that they will lose and put the Heat in a psychological opposite. Many people even hope that James will never win the championship. This situation is not simply hostile behavior, it is related to the fact that James and the Big Three always maintain a high position. In short, the pressure on the three giants has always been imaginary.

But everyone knows that James has been under heavy pressure in the past eight years. After defeating the Celtics, his roar and kneeling on one knee made the fans feel the pressure in their hearts. But is this pressure released too early? If you want to win the championship, there will be two more battles later.

The Knicks were very smart before the series started. They downplayed the importance of the regular season record of 3 wins and 1 loss, while Hugo took the initiative to relieve his psychological burden on his teammates, and even was willing to be unwilling to be favored by the whole world. Perhaps for him, focusing on preparations for the game is more important. The Knicks had the upper hand in the mentality stage at the beginning.

The victory against the Heat narrowed the gap in mentality between the two sides, but this victory did not change the overall depth of the Heat. Compared with the Knicks, there is still a problem with a certain gap in the Heat. Although James still focused on adjusting the organizational work of the entire team in the second game, the problem is that his investment and output are too small. Once his connection with Wade was cut off by the Knicks, Bosh could not play in the giant performance. This Heat was not even as powerful as the Cavaliers in previous years.

The data of this game can also reflect the embarrassment of this team after the Big Three cannot play all normally. Although James finally won the team's most 6 assists, the Heat's only 10 assists is enough to show that their overall operation is not good. They cannot use their cooperation to tear the Knicks' not-so-good defense. In addition to the Big Three, the Heat have repeatedly missed open shots today, which is also a problem that Spoelstra must solve as soon as possible.

The report of "ESPN" likes to use data to explain problems as always. Before the series started, they were one of the camps that supported the Heat to eliminate the Knicks, but they were collectively favored by ESPN experts before the game. It was not a good thing for the Heat. In addition to the Knicks' second game, there is another reason here. There were two sets of duels that were previously favored by ESPN experts, namely Grizzlies vs Spurs and Mavericks vs. Lakers. Almost all of the espn expert team chose the Spurs and Lakers to advance in the scores. As a result, the Spurs were blacked out and the Lakers were swept by the Mavericks 4:O. This time, ESPN predicted that 12 of the 16 experts in the Eastern Conference Finals were optimistic about the Heat, which is an extremely unfavorable signal for the Heat, because ESPN is not as accurate as Paul's prediction in the South African World Cup. It can be said that they were Paul's negative mirror predictions.

Before this game, espn experts praised the Heat's excellent rebounds and suggested that the Knicks "improve the rebounds" before the game. As a result, the Knicks really counterattacked in rebounds in this game. The Knicks led 43:33 in total rebounds in the second game, and the offensive rebounds led 18:6. As a result, the Knicks also led by: 1o in second-point scoring, which is the biggest advantage of the Knicks being able to easily defeat the Heat today.

In the game, although the inside combination of Sir and Garlinari is better than the Heat in height and wingspan, it is not enough to grab rebounds with an advantage in height and wingspan. Otherwise, Boozer would not always be grabbed by Wu Huang from the head in the last round, so the Knicks were beaten by the Heat on the rebound in the first game.

But in today's game, the Knicks' frontcourt rebounds unexpectedly broke out, and the Heat's morale dropped sharply in the second quarter through a 12-point second score. The Knicks' adjustments in this regard are very active. In addition to the changes in the inside combination, D'Antoni also sent O'Neal and Monroe one after another, always maintaining two inside configurations that are good at protecting rebounds. At the same time, he abandoned the inside style of Gallinari and Sir Jersey. The adjustments that should be made have been done are done, and the data can also provide support: the Knicks grabbed 6 frontcourt rebounds in the quarter and got 18 frontcourt rebounds in the whole game, which is equivalent to picking up 18 offensive opportunities for 18 free attacks.

After the Knicks honestly changed the team, the problem was thrown to the Heat. When their second offensive advantage was no longer obvious enough to determine the game, when they could not match the three arrows, the problem of insufficient available people and poor offense at No. 1 position began to highlight. In addition, there is another problem. James' personal offensive strength still exists, but his active attacks are too few, and he only made 18 shots in the whole game, which seems too few when Wade and Bosh perform averagely. Interesting fans may remember that in the series against the Boston Celtics, James also made less than 20 shots in the matches with Bosh and Wade performing averagely. What was the result? The Heat lost the game.

As mentioned earlier, the Heat's two No. 1 positions in the offense are not worthy of compliment. In the first half, James and Wade broke through several times and attracted double teams, giving Bibi the opportunity to open three-pointers several times, but he was unable to throw the ball into the ball. He made 5 moves outside the three-point line in the whole game and only hit one three-pointer. Chamos was also the same as him. He made 4 mistakes and 4 fouls in the 25 minutes of his appearance. He failed to hit one of the three-pointers in the outside. The two No. 1 positions of the Heat kept the team passive. When the outside line could not be opened, the Knicks could safely and boldly deal with Zhan Wei's breakthrough threat, and the pressure of the three giants would become greater and greater.

Now the total score has been tied to 1:1, and the Heat will still encounter great difficulties later. If they want to advance to the finals smoothly, in addition to the three giants that must return to normal, someone must also stand up at the No. 1 position. Chamos and Bibi are not required to defend Hugo, but at least they must be able to make three-pointers in the open position.

The Miami Herald also reported the next day that they believed that the Heat are not good at teamwork, and their assists rank behind the league in the regular season. However, the Heat relied on the personal abilities of the Big Three, so it was not news that the assists were lagging behind, nor would it become seven inches. But this is not the case with the assists in this game. It also shows that the Heat's offensive operation is quite unsmooth. The Heat's giants can only rely on singles to fight, and other players have far insufficient support on the offensive end.

For the Knicks, who can be regarded as excellent in defense alone, defense like the Knicks is really worthy of their appetite. So yesterday, under the Knicks' strict defense, two of the Heat's Big Three played hard and hard, and it was a luxury to score easily. The player who couldn't even touch the ball could only do the back-run exercises.

On the other hand, the Knicks are actually mostly singles, but they can bloom more points. Basketball can cause lethality in the hands of different people, making the Heat players unable to defend themselves, and often guard against this and miss that. In this way, they cannot attack and defense, so they can only watch the score grow bigger and bigger.

In addition, the frontcourt rebound should be another defeat for the Heat. A frontcourt rebound is equivalent to giving the opponent a chance to attack twice, or even a direct dunk, which can greatly boost the team's morale. Yesterday, the Knicks actually grabbed 18 frontcourt rebounds, which is not supposed to be.

On the one hand, the Heat's inside strength is indeed not as good as the Knicks under normal circumstances, but on the other hand, it also shows that the Heat did too poorly in defense in the second game, especially the protection of the backcourt rebounds, which is really not effective. This requires the overall efforts of the team and cannot be handled by the giants alone.

Of course, even if there are all kinds of disadvantages for the Heat, as long as the Big Three plays normally, it can compete with any team and will not lose a crushing defeat. However, except for James' outstanding performance, Bosh and Wade were not in shape and did not assume the responsibility they deserved. When the Big Three has two shortcomings, the Heat can only accept the fate of failure.

Now I just hope that this loss can turn into a blow and wake up the Heat. Although they defeated the Celtics, it does not mean they won the championship. To win the final, they still need 8 wins. No team that can enter the East and West finals or even the finals is good. If you are not careful, you may fail and become a spectator.

After the second game between the Knicks and the Heat, the media trend changed the next day. At this moment, there were more and more voices of optimizing the Knicks to advance. I don’t know where they came out.

But no matter who can advance to the two teams, looking back at these two games, there was a push incident in the first game, and someone saw the red one in the second game. It can be said that the gunpowder in the Eastern Conference Finals is full of gunpowder. Maybe the two teams will escalate the conflict in the third game and turn into a big fight.

But on the other hand, the showdown between the Mavericks and the Thunder is much more harmonious. Durant and Nowitzki have similar personalities, and they are both a little low-key. What's more interesting is that when evaluating each other, they both said that they were fans of each other, and such a scene was vaguely a bit of a trade-oriented flavor.

The Eastern Conference Finals are tit-for-tat, but the Western Conference Finals have a warm tone, which is a bit incredible under the fierce competition in the playoffs. However, to a certain extent, it can be seen that the strength of the main players of the two teams in the Western Conference Finals is there, and uncertain factors dominate the results of the game. Carlisle said, "It is difficult to defend Durant." Brooks also has no way to defend Nowitzki, and the suspense of victory or defeat is placed on the role players.

In the second game, Scott Brooks was the first to take the lead. Without being able to limit Nowitzki, his choice to cover the sharpness of the Mavericks' periphery, which made Terry unable to take off, and Barrea lost the eye-catching appearance of the previous game. What was surprising was that Westbrook's bold abandonment, and the final victory also left the frustrated Westbrook speechless.

Westbrook didn't play well in the first game, and the whole game was cold, with only 3 of 15 shots. Most fans' impression of him was concentrated on the word "brainless". The Thunder's loss had a lot to do with his condition and his lack of calmness. In the second game, Westbrook recovered and made repeated breakthroughs. However, Scott Brooks was not satisfied with his performance. Westbrook did not do enough in connecting the team to control the rhythm. To a certain extent, Westbrook played too independently, especially against the backdrop of the old monster Kidd on the other side, the gap between the two was very obvious, which made the Thunder coach quite dissatisfied.

The game ended in the third quarter. Brooks decisively abandoned Westbrook and changed to Eric Meno as the main point guard to quickly transform the team into an overall style.

Brooks used a dangerous move. Temporary change will be a taboo on the court, and the change will be the team's brain position. Of course, this requires a certain risk. If you fail, you will become the team's sinner. However, Brooks thought that the breakthrough point of defeating Dallas was the overall situation. Westbrook's approach was contrary to his original intention. Now that he won this game, Brooks was equivalent to telling his disciples, "You should be smarter, but the team won't be able to play without you."

This choice is correct. When the finals are reached, the team will become more important.

Although Westbrook is the best in the three armies, he is still too young. Although he has certain advantages in front of the experienced Kidd, his physical fitness, explosive power and physical fitness are better than his opponents. However, under Kidd's temptation, Westbrook easily loses himself and makes wrong choices. Kidd's lead and organizational mobilization in this year's playoffs, including his defensive performance, conquered fans.

Coincidentally, Derek Ross in the East was completely defeated by Emperor Wu, which is a revelation. The playoffs are not about rejecting heroism, but when your opponent is at the same level as you, technology and IQ become the key to determining the outcome. Even if you want to show your personal ability, you must at least be smarter, rather than just showing off your courage.

However, Brooks' abandonment of Westbrook is not a real turning point. The bench is the one who really decides the outcome of the second game.

It has to be said that Terry and Barrea made the Thunder's substitute extremely embarrassed by the magical swing of the Mavericks' bench in the game. In fact, since the playoffs, the Mavericks' bench has been performing well. Players like Terry, Peja, and Barrea have become Nowitzki's right-hand men, especially in the fourth game against the Lakers. Terry, who was crazy, humiliated the defending champion.

The Western Conference Finals have not yet begun, and Terry has already started to go crazy! He even threatened that "I can beat the Thunder bench alone, and everyone is the same." He did do it in the game. But in the second game, James Harden stood up and responded +7, 4 of 7 three-pointers, which is to use his way to help him. Harden intends to provoke Terry today, and repeatedly uses his height advantage to shoot in front of him, especially when he scored a four-pointer, which made Terry feel quite embarrassed.

The Mavericks must have felt very bad at this moment, because four years later, another big bearded man carved out of the same mold as Byron Davis once again gave King Noro who was determined to win the championship. His fighting spirit, his barbarity, and his provocation completely ignited the passion of all the Thunder soldiers, making this young team look grand and defeated the difficult Mavericks without bloodshed.

In addition to having a thick beard, Harden and Davis are somewhat similar in their personal abilities. They are strong guards who run actively on the court, can hit the basket, have outstanding scoring skills, have three-pointers that are hard to defend, and can also drive the whole team with passion. The difference is that one is the No. 1 position, with more outstanding ball control ability; the other is the No. 2 position, with excellent passing ability.

After the first two games of the division finals, the question of how important the bench players are in the playoffs is self-evident. Look at the completely different results of the Mavericks and the second game between the Knicks and the Heat can be seen. If the main player's duel is difficult to tell the difference for a while, whoever can accidentally explode will cause unexpected damage to the opponent.

The Thunder have Harden and Meno, who have become surprises in this game; Garlinari and Evans of the Knicks have also done the same task; Terry and Barrea are also there, and no one knows what unexpected things will happen in the next game?
Chapter completed!