Chapter 428 Winning is not the coolest
At the end of the first half, the Knicks set the score at 62:41. The huge difference between 21 points was enough to make the Thunder doubt whether they could defeat the Knicks again? If calculated based on the record of the two teams over the past three years, they would have to play at least six or seven games to win the Knicks once, wouldn’t they be swept in this finals?
Fans with a little bit of common sense in NBA know that the team that NBA has not won all the championships in the playoffs. The best time is the Lakers in 2001. That year, they relied on the invincible dominance of the Ok combination to achieve a championship record of 15 wins and 1 loss. The "Answer" The reason why fans have been talking about this playoffs is that Iverson used his peak game to disrupt the Lakers' record-breaking good things.
So, will the Knicks become the first team to win the championship with a full victory this year?
This problem seems to be very promising now.
This Knicks dominance is no less than the ok combination of that year, and this Knicks is more balanced. They are even the most comprehensive team in the entire NBA history. In addition, a Holy Master with the highest shooting ability, their chances of failing will be very low.
The Knicks now have several sets of insurance to prevent losses, and they even have three insurances and four insurance measures. If the Thunder wants to defeat them, they need to overcome too many difficulties.
In the first half, Wu Huang made a shooting percentage of 2 of 5 shots at the three-point line, and a 40% three-point shooting percentage was considered good, but the most eye-catching thing was that he contributed 4 assists in the fourth quarter and contributed 8 points to the team through defensive counterattacks. He scored 19 points and 6 assists, as well as 4 rebounds and 2 steals in the whole first half, playing his usual all-round ability.
Gasol and David Si rarely scored consecutive points in the first half, but the latter scored 12 points second only to Emperor Wu. Many times, this third leader who is not good at showing off can contribute a high score second only to Emperor Wu without a high sense of existence. David Si can maximize his scoring efficiency under the cover of Emperor Wu and Gasol, so many teams do not know that they actually died at the hands of David Si.
Gasol, the second in command, is also well-known. With his outstanding offensive skills, he played the role of the second fulcrum and the second support point in the middle. His performance of 8 points, 8 rebounds and 3 assists in the halftime is enough to prove his contribution.
If Iguodala's 9 points, 3 rebounds and 1 assist, Battier's 6 points, 2 rebounds and 1 assist, Monroe's 6 points, 3 rebounds and 6 points, 3 rebounds, and the Knicks' offensive firepower is almost overflowing. The Thunder has only limited Gallinari's performance today. Maybe it's because the Italians themselves are in a bad state. It can be said that the Thunder's defense has no effect on the Knicks' offense, especially the defense against Wu Huang is almost false.
In this regard, Westbrook will definitely take the blame again. Who said he is the first line of defense to defend Wu Huang? It is also his first line of defense that has not achieved the effect of pre-match arrangements. Wu Huang wanted to break through on the court today, and he made many three-pointers. While all the damage was made, he also had very impressive assist data.
If Wu Huang has been performing like this, the Thunder would have to wait for another six or seven games if they want to win.
"I can play so well, not because I am really so well, but because my opponent put too little pressure on me." Wu Huang, in an interview with the midfield, looked arrogant and not "our army is too powerful, but because the opponent is too useless." Finally, he used the Heat as an analogy: "To be honest, I played much easier today than the four games in the Eastern Conference Finals, so I'm very surprised now that the Heat defended so well, but in the end he didn't win one of us? Well, I can only say that their luck is really bad. In fact, they can win us in two games."
Emperor Wu did not blush at all when he said this, because he didn't even know which two games the Heat had the chance to win them? He said this entirely because he wanted to use the Heat to hit the Thunder and then turn around and step on the Heat again, with the intention to continue to hit the Thunder players' confidence.
Commentators from all countries are discussing the strength of the Knicks at this moment, especially the combination of their two inside players, Wu Huang. Just like the efficient performance of the Eastern Conference Finals and the Heat, the Thunder are already defeated in the half-time game.
First of all, David Si caused great trouble for the Thunder in the first half of the game, especially when the Thunder implemented a seemingly threatening defense against Emperor Wu, David Si's stable mid-range shot has been helping the Knicks to widen the gap, which also makes the Thunder worried every time he doubles over Emperor Wu, and is concerned about whether it is worth it? In the first half alone, David Si had a super performance of 12 points and 5 rebounds, including 2 frontcourt rebounds.
Unlike David West, Gasol played more proactively in the first half, and his range of movement became larger and larger. From being fixed at a certain position by D'Antoni at the beginning of the season, to now being able to move at will at the low post and in the middle as he wished. Espanyol gradually gained more ball rights and tactical status with his performance.
Now Gasol appears more often in the middle to meet Wu Huang. His invited task is to receive a basketball from Wu Huang who is double-teamed at any time. At this time, the Holy Master will become a threat point for the movement of the ball. David West will also find a position to respond to the attack by himself. Gasol will become the Knicks' ball holding point. His excellent skills are enough to allow him to hold the basketball at this time, carefully observe the movement of his teammates before deciding how to allocate the basketball and organize the offense. This is also the reason why the Thunder cannot hold Wu Huang at all. They ignore Gasol's defense, which is a very fatal negligence.
As for Emperor Wu, he has almost become the Knicks' stabilizing force now. As long as the team needs him to stand up, he will definitely make his own contribution, either an emergency stop jump shot or a three-pointer. There is no problem in breaking through. He is different from Gasol and David West. Emperor Wu is in better health and has more offensive methods, so he has always been able to perform relatively smoothly.
In the first half, Wu Huang had not really scored consecutive explosive points, but had already scored 19 points and 6 assists, so it is conceivable that if the team really needed him to stand up, the Holy Master at that time would definitely become even more terrifying on the offensive end.
The Thunder did not completely die during the halftime break, which was mainly due to Westbrook's unstoppable personality and Durant's hidden resilience while calming down.
There is one thing that Emperor Wu admires Westbrook very much, that is, although this guy is prone to fever, no matter how big the setbacks he suffers, he will not be defeated. Sometimes even Emperor Wu feels that if the two change positions and if they are hit by someone like this, they may have to be depressed for a long time before they can recover. But it is difficult for you to see Westbrook be defeated. This guy is like a young strongman who can't be beaten to death. You can make him bruised and swollen, but you can never kill him.
Westbrook was beaten up again today, but he just didn't agree. Even if he only scored a poor 5 points and 2 assists in the first half, he only made 2 of 7 shots with a scam, but he didn't agree and didn't accept it even if he beat him to death!
Durant's performance was not good today, and the Knicks restricted him much more. Bathir only rested less than five minutes in the first half. Today, the president's defense against Durant is very good. He can always give his teammates enough time to assist in defense. Then fans can see Gasol rushing out of the inside, waving his long arms to interfere, or other outside players of the Knicks rushed over in time to interfere with Durant's shot... In addition, the Thunder are away today, and the situation has been unfavorable to them. Durant only hit 3 goals in 10 shots in the first half, and only got 4 free throw opportunities. It can be said that his performance is very bad.
But Brooks knew that Durant's poor performance was not only because of Battier's excellent defense. The Knicks' defense swap was the main reason why Durant's unball run was difficult to achieve. Battier's more important role was to be able to make up for the teammates who switched defense in time. This made the Thunder's function of creating shooting opportunities for other teammates through Durant's unball run was almost completely invalid. Every time the Knicks players switched defense, it was so fast and tacit that the Thunder could find a flaw in the middle, which made them unable to create efficient open shooting opportunities. Most of the shooting was done under the interference of defensive players, which was very hurt.
At this moment, Brooks was still trying to find a way to break through the Knicks' defense, but he didn't notice that Harden's expression was a little quiet. Durant and Westbrook did not give up in the first half. However, Harden, a guy who performed well, was a little negative. He already felt that there was no hope for today's game. The Knicks were too strong today, but they could not find a way to break through the opponent's defense line, so this game could not be played at all. It would be better to put the strength to the next game.
Many people believe that those who are stubborn are often stronger in willpower, while those who are too rational are more likely to give up when facing difficulties. Although this statement is nonsense, at least for Harden. In terms of desire to win and fighting willpower, he is really inferior to Durant, and even worse than Westbrook.
So, often times, attitude really determines everything. The desire to win and willpower are the secrets to win. Even through the screen, fans can feel the ruthlessness and murderous aura of Bathir and David Si. There are two such guys in the team, and the Knicks' spirit will not lose to any team.
After the start of the second half, Westbrook still started. No matter how poor his performance is, Brooks can't really not use him for a long time. If the Thunder team does not have Westbrook's impact, Durant will not have enough room to play, so although Westbrook always becomes a cancer in the team in the playoffs, the Thunder still hopes that one day he can suddenly get enlightened.
In the whole first half, Westbrook was unable to play the game according to his own scoring method. When the Knicks scored a 6:0 wave in the third quarter and further widened the gap, the game was actually over. So Westbrook, who completely left the victory behind, turned on the speed mode instead.
After the timeout, Westbrook dribbled the ball and rushed to the Knicks' basket, first pushing away Wu Huang with a suspicion of shoulder-sinking action.
But the referee felt that the winner had been decided, so he did not call a foul.
This penalty allowed Westbrook to hit the basket. With Gasol's backup defense, he successfully scored a layup with a trolley. This was the first time Westbrook successfully scored by breaking through and tearing the Knicks' defense line in this game.
Emperor Wu was too lazy to protest. He usually did more of this kind of blow-on or not blow-on, and the referee rarely called him.
But the problem is that this time the scoring made Westbrook feel, and his head got hot on the defensive end and he took the risk of breaking Wu Huang's basketball.
When Westbrook quickly dribbled the ball to the frontcourt, Westbrook, who had restarted after his head overheated, suddenly made a diagonal pass, and the basketball accurately passed to Durant who was inserted from the middle. The latter rushed to the Knicks' three-point line in two steps, and finally sent the ball into the basket when his body lost balance, hitting 21 on Iguodala.
"Suspension!" Wu Huang didn't wait for Durant to make a free throw. He called a timeout when he had 22 points left in the lead. He really didn't plan to leave any chance to the Thunder.
"Smart suspension!" This is the evaluation of the commentary of various countries.
Logically, the Knicks did not need to call a timeout at this time, but Wu Huang's actions meant that the Knicks were not careless and did not feel that they had won. They paid enough attention to their opponents. At the same time, as the team leader, his active call to a timeout also represents dissatisfaction with the team.
Well, only the first half of this can be heard. These two balls are obviously Wu Huang’s pot.
The first goal was that he was broken through by Westbrook.
The second goal was that he was stolen.
If Emperor Wu could still throw this pot out, he would be even thicker than the city wall.
"My fault, Andrei will control the ball, I'll run two laps." Wu Huang admitted his mistake after the timeout, and then handed the ball to Iguodala for a while, preparing to play without the ball for a while. This is to adjust the state and see if he can use the state without the ball to score two points.
The score is 66:46, the Knicks' lead is still big enough. Wu Huang also contributed 1 assist in the previous 6:0 small. In fact, he really doesn't need to pay too much attention to his mistake, but he doesn't want to give the Thunder a chance. Don't think that if he plays a little bit of a wave in the first half, he will become underestimating the enemy. "Wave" and "underestimating the enemy" are two different things.
After this timeout, Emperor Wu gave up the offensive power to his teammates, and he kept swimming outside the three-point line and became a fixed-point pitcher. On the defensive end, he actually asked Iguodala to double-team with him in advance and did not compete with Westbrook head-on. He had some idea of running away if he won, and he was not giving his opponent a chance to play back.
Of course Westbrook was extremely unhappy. He finally felt it in the second half, but Emperor Wu did not take the initiative to face his anus. He called his helper to do a 2-on-1 every time, forcing him to pass the ball out.
Durant lacked the threat of assisting defense from both wings when Westbrook was double-teamed, but he would still be assisted by assisting defense from the Knicks inside players. Although he still had more scoring opportunities, if he wanted to overtake the 20-point difference, he still had to find another helper. And this person was obviously Harden. As for Ibaka, he was no longer reliable. Not long ago, he was actually knocked by Gasol. Ibaka, who has always been iron-blooded, can't beat Gasol, who has always been soft today, which made Thunder players secretly scold "waste".
Ibaka really can't stand up against his own national team's elder brother. Even if he doesn't care about this factor, his height and weight are suppressed by Gasol. Although his steps are a little more flexible, Gasol is not slow either. The most important thing is that Gasol knows his shooting hot zone and positioning very well, which greatly reduces Ibaka's advantage in mobility. Today he was killed by Gasol.
But what made the Thunder most depressed was that Harden, who performed well in the first half, made two goals in the second half and then performed mediocrely.
When Wu saw Harden's sign of an outbreak, he immediately switched positions with Iguodala to defend. Then the bearded man no longer had the energy he was in the match against Ginobili. Facing Wu, who was a little smaller than him, he couldn't go in and could not find a shot.
The Knicks used a one-size-fits-all tactic in the second half. This time it was Westbrook, and Harden and Durant were left behind. This might have allowed the two to complete the connection, causing a considerable threat. At the beginning, Harden did score two goals in a gap in Iguodala when he doubled Westbrook. But then Wu Huang took the initiative to ask for a switch to defense with Iguodala, the large-tonnage defender weighing 220 pounds quickly wilted.
Wu Huang was actually not sure to defend Harden. His impression of this guy was still in college. At that time, he also tried to defend Harden by misplaced, and the effect was pretty good. However, two years have passed, and people must have made progress, especially the gap in confrontational ability makes him very likely to encounter embarrassment. But the result was that Wu Huang himself could not imagine that Harden could not make good use of the big, butt, and 20-pound weight advantages under his defense. On the contrary, he could not advance or retreat under his close defense. Wu Huang used his foot advantage to keep blocking Harden's breakthrough route, but this guy didn't use his strength advantage to deal with him. After breaking a few times, he actually passed the ball and had no idea of forcing it.
"Looking at his sloppy steps, he seemed to be inadequate. Did he be drained by a nightclub girl yesterday?" Emperor Wu thought maliciously that Harden was so soft in front of him, and he didn't look like he had any fighting spirit. Westbrook was holding his energy and wanted to find him to have sex. Emperor Wu, who had gotten the advantage, kept sighing in his heart: "It's better to be such an opponent!"
However, on the defensive end, Emperor Wu couldn't avoid Westbrook's desperate efforts, but he was not afraid of such defensive life. Without the ball in hand, he just wanted to play hide-and-seek with the opponent.
In the third quarter, at 8 minutes and 10 seconds, Wu Huang used his control of his body and step points empty-handed on the offensive end, and constantly used emergency stops and counter-travels to dizzy Westbrook, who was following him to guard against him. The latter himself didn't know what was going on. Anyway, he followed him further and further away, and he could never keep up again...
With 9 seconds left in this offensive time, Wu Huang ran to the three-point line and received the basketball. He swept Durant, who was resting on defense, and then he made a leisurely shot...
“That’s perfect!”
“It’s like dancing!”
Knicks fans think that when Wu Huang runs without the ball, he has a kind of elegance and beauty that other players do not have. His "stop together" and "turn and test" are not only very rhythmic, but the coordination of the whole body when doing movements is more perfect so that it makes people feel that he is not running, but dancing.
Westbrook felt that he was getting farther and farther away from Emperor Wu because his rhythm and steps could not keep up. Every time he followed Emperor Wu to make an action, he would be pulled down a little. After several consecutive moves, the distance was wide enough to never catch up again.
This process is more intuitive from the perspective of fans. From Wu Huang running without the ball and using his teammates to stop and walk backwards, to the final fake move to swing Durant to complete the shooting, Wu Huang's sense of rhythm and elegant posture throughout the process made the fans feel comfortable and want to shout a few times. Anyone will react like this when he sees such a perfect thing.
On the offensive end, Wu Huang relied on this perfect and coordinated movement without the ball. He made 7 shots in this quarter, 5 of which were outside the three-point line. Three of these five long shots were accurately hit the basket. Perhaps his three-point shooting percentage was so high because he did better than others in controlling the rhythm and physical coordination, so that he could do the final shot well in one go.
Among these three three-pointers, the most exciting thing was the last time, which was at the last moment of the quarter. When the red light was on, Wu Huang happened to attack from the crowd. After receiving the ball in the last two seconds, he still had time to trick Ibaka away with fake moves again, and then shot the basketball while the red light was on...
The whole process did not have the urgency caused by insufficient time. This elegant attitude once again made the fans of the audience cheer loudly, because whether or not the ball was entering was like a work of art. However, Wu Huang's shooting was not just beautiful. The basketball entered the basket accurately as if it was installed with a guidance system.
With these three three-pointers, Wu Huang scored 14 points in a single quarter in the third quarter, and the score reached 33 points. The Knicks also led the Thunder by 28 points with 96:68.
The suspense of the game is completely gone, and the Knicks defeated their opponent in three quarters. At this moment, the Thunder were no different from other teams that fell under the Knicks.
After Wu Huang made this buzzer-beating ball, he came to the sidelines with a very slutty. A camera was looking at him from an aerial view on his head. The Holy Master took a cowboy hat thrown by his teammate, put it on and did a special gun-receiving action for the Western Cowboys. Then he raised his hand and helped the hat, and said with a contemptuous smile: "Who will call the gravedigger?"
At this moment, the Madison Garden heard cheers testing the eardrums, and the huge sounds shocked the drinks in the fans' hands rippled.
Wu Huang pretends to be a fan completely. The Knicks are not the most enjoyable after winning the ball. After winning the ball, it is the most enjoyable to watch the Holy Master show off!
"Of course, how can you hook up with girls if you can't pretend to be 13?" Wu Huang glanced at the direction of his girls. Although there were too many people and couldn't see clearly what their girls' expressions were, I believe they must be more excited than these fans.
The opposite of the Holy Master at this moment is Harden. Under heavy pressure, he performed mediocrely. Under Wu Huang's defense, Harden only got a pitiful three chances to play mobile phones in the third quarter. In the restriction of Harden, Wu Huang was surprised even himself. Not only that, in the entire third quarter, the two generals in the Thunder's starting lineup - Perkins and Sefrosha, both failed to score a point, Ibaka only hit two and a half baskets, and made no achievements in the rest of the time.
Chapter completed!