Chapter 431 My away game is too good!
But the possibility is infinitely slim at this moment. The Knicks have turned their three-year record against the Thunder into 9 wins and 1 loss (including the preseason), and the 9o% winning rate makes Oklahoma City fans feel desperate.
For the Knicks, although Wu Huang had three quarters of play today, the real man only needed to start at the last minute, so the best in the game must be awarded to him. The Holy Master's data of 10 points and 6 assists in the last quarter can definitely be the final result. There is no reason not to become the team's hero to win the game. Even if someone takes the excuse of being lazy in the first three quarters, under the premise of such data and the team's victory, it will not be valid.
David Si scored the team's second highest 19 points and 12 rebounds, Gasol scored 18 points, 15 rebounds and 5 assists, Iguodala also scored 18 points, with 6 rebounds and 3 assists, Battier made 5 of 6 three-pointers, scoring 15 points, the Knicks' five first playing time passed 36 minutes, and all scored 15 points. This is a typical playoff rotation mode, and the substitutes have difficulty getting playing time, while the main players perfectly interpret why they are the main players.
For the Thunder, although Durant played hard in the last quarter, his score was the highest in the two teams, with 9 rebounds and 2 assists. Westbrook also took advantage of Wu Huang's three quarters to get a rare high score against the Holy Master, scoring 27 points, 7 rebounds and 6 assists in the game. However, except for these two, the Thunder actually scored in double scores. Harden and Ibaka, who performed best on the offensive end, only scored 9 points and 8 points. Such performance is obviously difficult to compete with the Knicks, who are fully blooming.
Today, the Holy Master, who broke the personal playoff assist milestone, did not see any fatigue after coming to the press conference. The victory diluted the fatigue after the three-person flight + a finals battle. He even felt that he could fly again tonight.
"I don't want to say 'We'll win the championship' today. Let's win the third game first, and then say this. I know that there are still many examples of teams in history who win two games first and then be careless and are turned over by their opponents because of carelessness. So we should be careful. It's never easy to play away games, let alone the finals." What makes Wu Huang feel most unhappy is that he lowers his name when he should be arrogant. This can easily make people guess that he said this on purpose, and maybe he was deliberately angry with the other party. Anyway, the Thunder fans were very angry when they heard this, thinking that he was deliberately speaking slander. I believe that Thunder players would think so, which is better than his direct and arrogant words.
New York media highly praised Battier's three-point performance in Game 2. D'Antoni said after the game: "Only when Shaun Battier scored a lot of goals and scored a lot of points, everyone will pay attention to him. But we are more concerned about other things besides his scoring. He makes our lineup more rotation and flexibility. We may not be able to send such a lineup last year. Now we can make the opponent's offense more uncomfortable. Sean connects Hugo and Andre together. His contribution to defense, his leadership, his concentration and attention to all details are all contagious. He has enhanced our cohesion, and he has long proved that he is a trustworthy pitcher at a critical moment."
Wu Huang's praise is higher. He said bluntly that Bathil is an important part of the Knicks' championship: "He is a huge driving force, and the outside shooting is especially good. The offense and defense have played a lot of tactics for us on both ends. We need him. Of course, other players need to stand up in this round of series. We saw Sean did it in the first two games, but I hope more people will stand up in the subsequent games. This is a complete championship team.
Iguodala also said: "I know how competitive he is, especially on the defensive end, and I was very excited to sign him last summer. He is an important reason why we can get to where we are today and an important part of our championship. He is very important for our team and me personally."
The performance of the Knicks in this game also proved that the defending champion was in full swing and the players were in excellent condition. Wu Huang swung stably again and again, Gasol supported in the middle, David Si completed the determination of the offensive end, Bathir's open three-pointer, and Iguodala's defense and breakthrough.
The New York Times believes that such a comprehensive bloom in the NBA is extremely rare at any time. No one in the Knicks retreated at critical moments. Even if Durant and Westbrook bombed the basket again and again, New York played an amazing on-the-spot swing on the court. Such performance will definitely win in the finals in the past few years.
The Knicks have touched the championship trophy after winning this game. The basketball trend they have led in the past two years will definitely completely break the tradition in the hearts of fans; and if the Thunder wants to win this series, it is even more difficult than before entering Oklahoma City. After all, it will be extremely difficult to adjust after O:2.
The Thunder's chance to win the championship has lost 2/3. With their combat effectiveness at home, it is actually difficult to win at home. They need to win all three of their home games so that the score can reach 2:2, and then they have to go to the Knicks to win another game at home, which is quite slim.
After e released a lot of data, they calculated that the Knicks' chance of winning the championship had risen to 92%, but after all, there is still an 8% chance of failure, so Wu Huang's words are not completely nonsense. The third game is very critical, and further kills all suspense. A step back can make the ending suspense.
Although Emperor Wu still wanted to continue flying with two girls, he did not dare to be so arrogant before the game this time, because there was only one day off before the third game, and the finals schedule still had to be two days off after four games. Besides, he would really take off to Oklahoma the next day, and there was no time to fly freely. Moreover, he would calculate the time on the side of the little Kloe, and he should light a little light. Although the little girl is young, she has no appetite at all.
"It turns out that the health is really good!" Emperor Wu found that he could control five ships. If he didn't have a single awesome motivation, he wouldn't be able to do it. What's more, the tonnage of these ship girls and several ships is really not small, and it is definitely not so easy to push. He can be regarded as a nuclear power level motivation.
Oklahoma City is a small city in the understanding of many Asian fans, but cities with NBA teams generally have similarities to the capital of China. However, if distinguished by population, Oklahoma is indeed a small city because its population is less than one million.
Population cannot completely determine the level of a city, but it can greatly affect the size of the city. Therefore, there is no big problem calling cities with a population of less than one million in urban areas as small cities.
The thirty teams in the NBA are generally divided into four levels of metropolitan teams, big city teams, medium city teams, and small city teams according to the population of their respective metropolitan areas.
First, the Metropolitan teams have only four and a half teams in the league, and the population of their cities exceeds 10 million, namely: New York Knicks, New Jersey Nets, Los Angeles Lakers, Los Angeles Clippers, and Chicago Bulls.
The big city team has seven teams, and the population of the metropolitan areas of these seven cities exceeds five million, namely: Boston Celtics, Houston Rockets, Dallas Mavericks, Washington Wizards, Golden State Warriors, Philadelphia 76ers, Detroit Pistons,
The teams in medium-sized cities refer to the metropolitan area with a population of more than two million, so there are more cities like this. Eight teams are located in cities that meet the requirements: Miami Heat, Atlanta Hawks, Toronto Raptors, Cleveland Cavaliers, Phoenix Suns, Minnesota Timberwolves, Denver Nuggets, and Portland Trail Blazers.
The last ten are real small city teams. Even if the entire metropolitan area is included, the population is less than one million. Even if the scale is economical, it can only be a small city. Such a team is the largest in the league, with ten teams: Sacramento Kings, Milwaukee Bucks, San Antonio Spurs, Indiana Pacers, Orlando Magic, Charlotte Hornets, New Orleans Pelicans, Utah Jazz, Memphis Grizzlies, and finally the Knicks' opponent Oklahoma City Thunder.
After Wu Huang came to the away game, he did not provoke his opponent again. The total score was 2: o. He didn't need to do this again after leading. Provoking again would backfire, so it wasn't that he became low-key, he just didn't want to stimulate the Thunder players too much, that would only cause trouble.
This choice is very smart, and in the third game, Wu Huang's away attribute bonus also began to play. Everyone knows this. In any game where no woman consumes his energy before the game, Wu Huang usually has a very amazing swing, so it is too amazing to play the away game!
Compared with the unsatisfactory start of the second finals, Wu Huang felt hot in the second game, especially when facing his old rival Westbrook, Wu Huang was very tough. He forced Westbrook away for the first time to attack and caused the latter to foul, giving the Thunder and Westbrook a warning at the beginning.
Today, Wu Huang took advantage of his height and wingspan. Not only did he shoot very decisively, but he also used his weight to suppress his opponent without hesitation when breaking through. Sometimes when you are taller than your opponent, you will be stronger, as long as you are not afraid of pain!
The Holy Master is not afraid of physical confrontation at all today. Yesterday, he saw the hemophilia patients helped by his hemophilia charity fund in the video and was finally a little ashamed of his often afraid of pain and unwilling to fight. And when it comes to enduring "pain", those guys are much stronger than him, the first person in NBA. So what reason does he, a guy with amazing recovery, have to be afraid of confrontation?
In this game, Wu Huang made 4 shots in the first 6 shots. Whether it was an emergency stop jump shot, a three-point shot, or a foul through the inside, Wu Huang's offense was always firm. In addition to scoring 9 points, he also gave 3 assists. In other words, all of the Knicks' first 15 points were related to the Holy Master.
If Wu Huang's performance in the first quarter was close to perfection, then his second quarter was definitely the real first in the league. In addition to scoring 14 points in a single quarter and scoring points in the first half, Wu Huang also took a break after Gasol made three fouls, and Bathir and Iguodala could not find the shooting feeling, and he became the only scoring point for the Knicks. It can be said that after the Thunder finally used the "Jordan Law", the Knicks' success or failure depends on how strong his attack power can be.
Yes, today's Thunder finally compromised with Emperor Wu. They felt that no matter how restrict Emperor Wu, they would not be able to play a role. It would be better to ignore him and find a way to limit other Knicks players. Perhaps there will be a glimmer of hope.
But coincidentally, the Knicks also had this trick today. They used all their defensive forces to Westbrook and Harden, but only restricted Durant from catching the ball after running without the ball, and let him take the ball and attack with the ball. This is to see that Durant is definitely not as good as them in terms of efficiency in holding the ball and attack with the ball.
Durant was once very embarrassed when he was in the midfield. Today he and Wu Huang were in almost the same position. Basketball could be handed over to both of them smoothly, and even he would be a little easier. However, when it comes to scoring efficiency, Durant was not as good as Wu Huang even when playing, and the fundamental reason was that his ability to hold the ball was more than one better.
Durant's most efficient attack with the ball is three-pointers and mid-range shots, but if the Knicks let you offense, you won't have too many open shots, so Durant can only get a chance to break through, but in this regard he is far inferior to Wu Huang. He can often see him rushing into the crowd and shooting with his deformed gesture. As a result, there are constant clanging sounds in the first half. Durant transformed into a large blacksmith today, and only hit 7 times in 18 shots in the first half.
The contrast between the cores of the two teams is so strong that it is conceivable what the score situation will be. Even if other Knicks players performed averagely today, the defending champion still led the Thunder 9 points away with the move of the Holy Master 54:45.
Barkley praised in the midfield: "Today's Hugo is full of offensiveness. He can jump back and jump into the basket, or take a calm move from outside the three-point line to face the defense, and also rush to the basket and complete a double-handed dunk. In the last 3 minutes of the second quarter, after missing four consecutive shots, Hugo led the team to respond with a 7: Successfully reversed the score, and the Holy Master took charge of 5 points. It was his own efforts that changed the situation on the court."
O'Neal also said: "Yes, the opposite is Kevin Durant. If it weren't for today's game, I wouldn't know that his breakthrough was so bad. Although his height and wingspan gave him a natural advantage in shooting, these advantages also made it difficult for him to protect the basketball when dribbling, and it was even more difficult to change directions in the process of breaking through. I think this is very important because I noticed that he always had to reduce the ball and change direction after breaking into the inside. He could not complete the change direction in one go. Maybe this would not be a problem in the regular season, but in the playoffs where the opponent will study every detail of your movement, this kind of breakthrough with traces will not work. Because the opponent is too easy to target your breakthrough route, you must complete the change direction before the opponent can react to it before he can successfully break through, but Durant obviously cannot do this."
In the third game of the finals, the Thunder continued to fall behind their opponents in half, and they never scored 25 points in a single quarter. This will cause the Thunder players to suffer a serious blow in morale, especially Westbrook, who was a little beaten up today, which further reduced the morale of the whole team. Even Thunder fans can detect that their desperate Saburo actually avoided the game. This is not good news.
Westbrook didn't want to do this either. Emperor Wu was surprisingly tough today, but he was not only tough, but his small move was even more lethal under such toughness!
Westbrook was preparing to go to the anus with Wu Huang in the first quarter, but in a collision before the end of the first quarter, Wu Huang's iron elbow hit Westbrook's chest hard. Until the halftime break, Westbrook still felt a slight pain in his chest, and even felt pain even when he was violently gasping. This state made him unable to continue to fight with Wu Huang anymore.
"This despicable Chinese man is actually cheating!" Westbrook now hated the yellow-skinned guys. When he saw those guys, he couldn't help but think of Emperor Wu.
And it’s not just Westbrook. Nowadays, many black players, including a large number of black fans, hate them when they see the yellow race. Recently, the robbery rate of yellow races in the United States has increased, and 80% of them are related to him. The friendship between the yellow and black races is destroyed by the hands of the Holy Leader.
However, Jeff Van Gundy has not scored 25 points in the first quarter of the Thunder in five consecutive games since the fourth game of the Western Conference Finals, and has his own opinions on falling behind his opponents in the first half for five consecutive games. He believes that the reasons for the Thunder's slow start are not only young and ineffective, but also lack of experience, but also many human factors.
In this year's playoffs, the Thunder always seems to like "post-control", especially the Thunder's slow fever always makes them passive at the beginning. In the last two games of the Western Conference Finals, the Thunder had problems with the first half offense, and they won the game by relying on the Spurs' poor success in the second half. This was even more so in the first two games of the finals, but the Thunder's slow fever performance in the first half was all "self-defeating". Westbrook has to bear a lot of responsibility. In the Western Conference Finals and the Finals, Westbrook's first half hit rate was only 35%. Blind shots led to a low hit rate. Coupled with frequent mistakes, it is natural that the Thunder's slow fever is reasonable.
However, in the third game of the finals, Durant had to bear the main responsibility. The most important thing was that although Westbrook seemed a little soft in the first half, he did not make a mistake. The injury on his chest made him rational, and the Thunder's offensive end was much smoother. However, Durant felt poor on the outside and would fall into the encirclement again when he broke into the inside. Although he had a lot of room for ball holding, he didn't have much space for scoring. He was much worse than Wu Huang in his ability to create scoring with the ball.
For the Knicks, although Gasol and Battier were both restricted, they knew how to control the rhythm of the game, and the Knicks made few mistakes. On the other hand, the young Thunder always seemed to like to kill their opponents with one blow, which was the most outstanding performance of youthful spirit. From the Western Conference Finals to the Finals, the Thunder only had a big score in the third game in the Western Conference in the opening stage, and the rest of the time they lost one move first at the opening stage.
Chapter completed!