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Chapter 382 Is my realm so high?

After the Knicks defeated the Lakers, they entered a relatively relaxed schedule. Facing the Kings, Raptors, Hornets, Pistons, and then turned around to play the Hornets. The Knicks successfully won a 6-game winning streak. Including the previous match against the Mavericks, the Warriors and the Lakers, the defending champion made a fantasy start of 9 consecutive victories in the shrinking season.

During the winning streak, Wu Huang also scored dazzling data of 28.2 points, 5.1 rebounds, 10.9 assists and 3.4 steals per game. He was temporarily ranked first in the "scoring list", "assist list" and "stealing list". This performance of exclusively occupying the third list has also become an unprecedented miracle for the NBA.

"I feel that I am not at the top of the assist list. Rondo's assists are 10.8 times and Nash is 10.4 times. I may be overtaken at any time. I can't be too happy now." Wu Huang was not proud in an interview. He wanted to make three shots here, but it was not as easy as in bed. Rondo was so fucking enough to make assists, and he always looked like he could surpass him at any time.

After the Knicks won nine consecutive victories, sports media around the world expressed their attention. Everyone knows that it is very difficult to achieve such a long consecutive victories in a shrinking season. Although the Knicks' schedule is not as difficult as the Lakers' three-day three-game matches before, they encountered two five-day three-game matches during the winning streak, and they played back to back twice in total. This schedule is at least one difficulty factor higher than the normal season.

During this period, Wu Huang also maintained an average of 39.2 minutes of playing time. It would be nothing great if it was a normal season. If the average playing time was not more than 40 minutes last season, you would be embarrassed to tell people that you are in good physical condition. However, this standard has dropped to 38 minutes in the shrinking season. The stars in the league who maintained more than 38 minutes of playing time can count it with one hand, because only five people have done this, among which Wu Huang ranked second.

The Chicago media naturally couldn't help but re-report the old story, because the first one was Rollden, who was traded to the Nuggets. This guy is temporarily the person with the most playing time in the league.

New York media and Knicks fans don’t care about such trivial matters at this moment. They have been in a gloating mood these days. For example, today the Los Angeles Times sports section uses a few big red letters as headlines, “We’re fooled!”

The Knicks fans gloat that Sir had a week off after the game against the Knicks. The Lakers fans were not there either. The boss only made a comeback for one game and Bynum returned quickly. Sir Sir had nothing to rest for a week, and it was not a big deal if he had a vote for another week.

Xiao Si did not miss the ticket, and she returned two days early.

However, Lakers fans soon discovered something worse than a quit. After his comeback, Sir Jersey completely lost the majesty of the All-Star inside. He scored twice in the next three games, which indirectly caused the Lakers to only score 4 wins and 6 losses in the new season, which is far from their expectations before the start of the season.

The Los Angeles media have now shouted that they have been fooled. After counting games this season, Sir has scored more than 20 points in only one game, but in four games, they scored less than double digits. Isn’t this a bad match, what else can it be?

Now they finally figured it out, no wonder the Knicks did this loss-making deal with them. Those hateful New Yorkers must have known that Sir's body had hidden dangers, which was so despicable!

Of course, Knicks fans are not only happy about S's performance decline, they are even more happy about Gasol's performance being very stable. It's really hard not to be happy with such a comparison.

Espanyol averaged 21.1 points, 9.5 rebounds and 3.3 assists in these nine games. Although the average was raised by 46 points in that game, even if the game was removed, the average score of my sister-in-law reached 17.6 points. This data has exceeded the expectations of Knicks fans. Don't forget that this team has a scoring champion.

David Si's performance from another inside player of the Knicks also satisfies the fans. Average of 15.4 points, 6.9 rebounds and 2.8 assists is enough to show David Si's comprehensiveness. It can be said that both inside players of the Knicks have the ability to average 20 points per game. However, they sacrificed some data for each other, but they received a nine-game winning streak and a more relaxed game process. For both inside players who are not young, this choice is completely worth it.

The mustache has nothing to say now. Donnie has always boasted about his achievements in this deal on various occasions during this period, but D'Antoni doesn't care at all, because he knows that as long as the team's record is stable, he will not worry about being fired. That idiot wants to seize power and can only daydream.

However, with a "bang" sound! The idea of ​​beard didn't last long, and the Knicks lost in the tenth game.

This is another away game back-to-back game. The Knicks' opponent is the Western Conference upstart Memphis Grizzlies. The defending champion was trapped in the meat grinder defense line under the Grizzlies cloth away this time. The Memphis people used rude and barbaric movements and solid inside defense to make the Knicks players float to shoot from the outside, but in the absence of physical strength in the second half, they were embarrassed by the Grizzlies' lead of 11 points, and this time even the Holy Master could not save the game.

In addition to the difficulty of seeing the ultimate muscle defense in this battle, fans on both sides also saw what "brother brother beats brother" is.

Gasol was beaten by his younger brother Gasol in this game. Although this was due to lack of back-to-back physical strength, the Grizzlies' strong inside strength was also demonstrated.

Randolph and Gasol Jr. defeated the most powerful inside team in the league this season as evaluated by the outside world. The Grizzlies' balanced internal and external lineup and mature defensive system also made all forces realize that this team that has been the best in more than a decade has finally grown into a powerful team that threatens them. The Knicks, who have not seen the momentum, have all failed here.

"What's strange about losing such a back-to-back away game?" Wu Huang said after the game that this is nothing. They can't keep winning. The Grizzlies have the right time, place, people and people today. If they can't win, they will not be considered a strong team. The Holy Master later said, "As long as they maintain their spirits in the next game, they will definitely defeat the Thunder team, which has been blocked by them for two consecutive seasons."

Under the aggressiveness of the Holy Master, the Thunder fans were a little trembling and afraid to fight back.

Recalling carefully, after Wu Huang joined the Knicks, the Thunder seemed to have never won a single game. Every time the Holy Master faced the Thunder, he would catch Westbrook and beat him up. So although Wu Huang was very arrogant before the game, Oklahoma media and fans just expressed strong protests.

The result was another "bang"! The Holy Master was slapped in the face this time. Although he once again won the upper hand against Westbrook in the game, Durant and Harden beat their matchup. Garlinari was injured in his knee under Perkins' defense and was lifted down on the spot.

The third young master of Thunder did not perform poorly today. Even Westbrook, who was suppressed by Emperor Wu, scored 19 points and his shooting rate was not low. It can be said that Westbrook has become much more mature this season than last season. This season, he has finally begun to learn to control his emotions and his attacks**.

Today, Westbrook has been pretending to be deaf and dumb in front of Wu Huang's trash talks, and consciously reducing his shots to play for Durant and Harden, which allowed the third young master to play together.

The Knicks, who played away, also showed the strength of defending the champion. They forced the game into overtime, but in the end they lost to the Thunder under the influence of home whistle and physical strength, and suffered two consecutive losses.

There are many reasons for the Knicks to lose today. Battier was a little unbearable to face the young Durant; Iguodala did not study Harden in depth, and today the number one player has been unable to limit the weird European steps and breakthrough passes of this beard; the Knicks did not take advantage of the combination of Perkins and Ibaka in the inside line; Gallinari, the substitute, was injured and retreated in the first quarter; in the end, there were factors such as away and referees, and the result was that the two consecutive losses were naturally obtained.

"This is not great!" After Wu Huang lost this game, he finally felt that they were not that stable. Considering that they would still play against the Magic team away in the next game, which is said to be strong but not weak, if they are not weak, they will lose three consecutive times if they are not good.

The Knicks' game is indeed not optimistic. Almost every game has been played for two days during this period, and it is also annoying away games. After a series of battles, many players' physical strength has been reduced below the safety line, especially their inside line really needs to breathe a sigh of relief.

D'Antoni would like to learn from the Spurs' **Vic, who is now a five-man round break, but he can't afford to lose three consecutive games. The previous two consecutive games have already made many New York fans have begun to have objections, and the media is also criticizing him for not being able to fully utilize his inside advantage. So it is conceivable that if the Knicks suffer three consecutive losses in the next game, the media will surely say that he will be dismissed. The head coach of the NBA has always been such a tragic, and fans are far less patient than being as tolerant of their stars.

"We won't lose again!" Emperor Wu said secretly in his heart this time. He finally didn't dare to speak loudly and defeat his character. What if he was slapped in the face again after he finished speaking?

Emperor Wu now suspects that they lost to the Thunder because of his arrogance before the game that Westbrook would rather sacrifice himself to win, and this guy really did it.

In terms of the Magic, due to the poor performance of the core players, most of the other players were in average condition. Only the white shooter Ryan Anderson seemed to have a drug today. While the Knicks focused on defending Howard, he fully utilized his ability to shoot in the long range. He scored a game-high 16 points in the first half, including 4 of 7 three-pointers.

Space Yi was embarrassed again at this time. This substitute inside line who was once pressed by him on the bench has now played a performance that has made many people shine. This season, Anderson played at the Magic with the level of Lewis in the past few years. His mid-range shots and three-pointers are extremely accurate, and he also has good defense capabilities on the defensive end. This potential inside line has attracted the attention of many teams.

During the break, Wu Huang inevitably had some idea of ​​looking down on Space Yi. The Magic guy who entered the NBA a year later than Space Yi has been improving. Not only has the three-pointer become more and more stable, he has also developed the ability to assist and assist in defense and long-distance two-point shooting. However, Space Yi still has only one hand that is not very stable mid-range shooting. You must know that in terms of physical fitness, he is better than Anderson. The difference caused by Wu Huang is very confused.

Space Yi got another chance to play as a substitute in the first half, but it was obviously stimulated by Anderson's outstanding performance. He was too eager to succeed in both shots, and after all the misses, he was quickly replaced by D'Antoni.

This also makes Chinese fans very embarrassed, especially when Anderson on the opposite side performs so well, it is difficult for them to find excuses for space to hide the embarrassment.

"The mentality is not good enough." Wu Huang couldn't help Space Yi at this time. The substitute players also didn't have much room to make mistakes. They missed two shots close to the open space, which was actually a mistake!

After the start of the second half, Howard still couldn't find a chance to score. Gasol came around to defend, and David West came from behind to defend, but no matter who came to defend, there would be a Knicks' outside players to assist in defense, which made Howard not have the chance to hold the ball and slowly chisel in. His poor offensive methods were now infinitely amplified. Moreover, under this kind of defense, even Howard forced his shot, he did not have a hit rate. Today, his ultra-low shooting rate and a large number of mistakes made Magic fans unable to bear it.

However, the Magic kept a close eye on the score. Many people did not notice that the Knicks could limit Howard by a large number of defensive forces. Anderson's outstanding performance in the first half also attracted a lot of defense. And in the second half, another Magic's sharpshooter, JJ Redick, also showed his power. The white shooter hit 3 three-pointers in the third quarter, and two outside shooters helped the Magic narrow the gap to 1 point in this quarter.

D'Antoni was already anxious. Their internal strength was about to bottom out, but the score difference was not widened. They would be very passive if they continued to play like this at the opponent's home court and would have a chance of a failure at any time, and this was exactly what he was most reluctant to see.

At this time, Xiaomou made a choice that was exactly the same as Mike Brown. Once the NBA head coach had problems, they would have to deal with the team's core.

Emperor Wu was thrown up in the fourth quarter, and the Holy Master in the second half didn't even have a minute to rest.

But I have to say that this method is very brainless, but it is also very useful.

Wu Huang also does not allow his team to suffer three consecutive losses, especially the opponent is Howard, who he hates. He must kick the Magic to the eighth place in the East, and there is no loss in this game. Besides, the Knicks have lost two consecutive games. Although they still hold the top spot in the East, if they lose this game, they will be surpassed by the Bulls to fall to second place. This is something that Wu Huang doesn't want to happen.

D'Antoni's rotation lineup this time is: Thomas, Wu Huang, Green, Space Easy, and Monroe.

Assassin Thomas has been performing well since the beginning of the regular season. Although he can no longer ignore the defense and rush left and right in the opponent's position like the preseason, his breakthroughs and shooting are still very lethal. He has scored 8.9 points and 2.1 assists per game so far. It can be imagined that after Gallinari was injured, he will take on a heavier scoring task.

Wu Huang has no such strong score as last year's last year. The Holy Master, who has won both the "scoring king" and the "champion", is no longer eager to score a super high score season, which is not necessary at all. So after he used his breakthrough to pass Thomas and Monroe one goal each, and he chose to use assists to kill the Magic.

"Yi's move is too bad!" Wu Huang actually wanted to pass the ball to Space Yi, but Monroe's running position was obviously better. When he needed to score, he naturally chose a more confident pass goal.

There are big problems with Space Yi’s movement, so it can only be done by time to make up for the gap in talent.

Van Gundy soon had to request a timeout. Wu Huang was still a point that they could not solve. This season his breakthrough could hardly be stopped. He often could pass by a single pull and one dunk last season. He could use some physical confrontation to delay the Holy Master's breakthrough, but now he can only get one foul and give two points for free.

But after the timeout, the Magic's double-team was useless. Wu Huang could still hold the ball and break deep and pass the ball. Ordinary double-teaming was not very effective for him. Orlando fans even saw Wu Huang's provocative move when facing the double-teaming. His gesture should be saying, "I have the will to put three people over and bite me!"

However, Howard, who was replaced on the court in advance, played a role. No matter how arrogant Wu was, he did not dare to easily fight Howard at the basket, so the Knicks played more and more on the outside. This required physical support. Wu Huang didn't take much action because he was a little tired. The damn beard just didn't let him rest for two or three minutes to change his breath. The day before, they just played an overtime in Oklahoma, and he played 44 minutes in that game. If he played more than 40 minutes today, even his recovery was abnormal, he would be a little unbearable. And he also played an overtime game outside the court last night, which would be very hurt!

Fortunately, both Thomas and Monroe are very good today. The two of them have even postponed their playing time. The Knicks used this semi-main lineup to play until the 5th minute of the final quarter before replacing all the main players.

Of course, Space Yi was replaced early in the morning. The beard used Thomas and Monroe for a long time because they could score points, so that they could tolerate even if their defense was a little worse. However, Space Yi did not contribute to scoring and was always scored by his opponents, so he had to replace it as soon as possible.

So the Knicks' inside combination in the fourth quarter was composed of Monroe and David Si for a long time, and Gasol got enough rest time in the fourth quarter.

This benefit was soon revealed. The height of his wife's wife is very important in breaking the inside barrier established by Howard. Wu Huang and Gasol's cooperation is not like him and Xiao Si always appear in the form of an alley relay. Although Wu Huang's pass to Gasol is also very high, it does not allow him to dunk or layup directly, but allows his long arms to catch the ball in the penalty area or near the penalty area.

At this time, Wu Huang would immediately turn around and pull outside so that Gasol could have a one-on-one chance at close range. At this time, Espanyol's soft body and solid skills could be useful. Even if there is no shooting opportunity, he could transfer the ball to the outside through his excellent passing ability.

At this time, the Knicks needed Gasol's score at the basket very much. David West was trapped by his height and style of play and could not complete this task, but Espanyol could do this, which allowed the Knicks to make an effective inside offense at the end of the fourth quarter. Gasol scored four points in the penalty area, so the Magic's defense did not dare to rely too much on the outside, so this gave Wu Huang another chance to get angry.

D'Antoni said that he did not arrange such internal and external connections, which is a manifestation of the personal abilities of two high-IQ stars.

When Wu Huang fed the ball continuously to Gasol score in the penalty area, the latter also attracted the defense and transferred the basketball to the outside to assist Wu Huang to make a three-pointer. This set of inward and outward punches directly stunned the Magic. The Knicks scored a 7-0 attack wave at the critical moment and opened the score.

Van Gundy couldn't help but stomp his feet off the court. This move was very funny to match his short and fat body. The reason why this big-mouth coach made such a disobedient move was because the Knicks's current cooperation was exactly what he had dreamed of since coaching the Magic.

However, Howard's flaw inability to hold the ball at the basket has made his vision always a mirage and can only stay in the stage where he sees it but cannot touch it. The Magic can at most perform this way in an opponent with urgent internal strength, but when he encounters a team that is not able to defend the inside, he will basically stop.

Therefore, good coaches and good players complement each other, and it is difficult to achieve anything without one of the links. However, there are too many good coaches in reality, but good players are very rare. Naa's top 64 coaches basically have the ability to coach in the NBA, but there are very few Naa's players who are capable of playing in the NBA.

The final score was 96:92. The Knicks finally won the opponent away without any danger due to Wu Huang's outstanding performance in the last quarter.

The Holy Master scored 25 points, 6 rebounds and 12 assists in the game, especially in the fourth quarter, he completed the task of "Savior in the Strike" with a 5-point and 5 assists. Although his contribution in scoring was not as exaggerated as last season, such Knicks and the Holy Master were obviously more terrifying.

"Come on, I just want to win the assist king." After the game, Emperor Wu thought with disdain in the face of various flatteries from the outside world.

What these media said: mature? selfless? champion-level players? Follow Jordan, who has won three consecutive championships?
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