The Hawks were in trouble in the first quarter, lacking the spirit of Game 1.

If Bibi's defense doesn't work, there is only one way to go through the streets, and once Wu Huang's speed and technical superiority are brought into play, it will be difficult for Crawford and Bibi to pose much of a threat to his attack.

At the end of the first quarter, the Knicks led by 10 points at 35:25, which happened to be the same as the format of the previous game, the Knicks played what they relied on today, but the Hawks lost their most important defense, leaving only a bunch of long-range shots, which can still beat the Knicks, it would be a hell of a thing.

Larry Drew still didn't perceive D'Anthony's conspiracy, the Hawks' offense today completely fell into the trap of the mustache, and the outside line was obviously an area that people deliberately gave up, but Larry Drew, who took advantage of a little bit of it, didn't think about his "fooled" problem at all, just like those poor people who don't cheat around, but felt that he was the one who took advantage.

Wu Huang played the whole first quarter, cut 6 points, 2 rebounds and 5 assists, and another all-around statistic towards a triple-double, and the Knicks fans like to see Wu Huang get a copy of this statistic, because whenever his personal data is very versatile, the Knicks will have a very good chance of winning in the end.

New York fans were very happy with their team's performance in the first quarter, and the bench rotation in the second quarter was their strongest point, and it stands to reason that it should be stable at this time. However, after seeing the Hawks' lineup in the second quarter, New York fans shouted "play it" because Larry Drew continued to keep Joe Johnson and Crawford on the court, and even Horford was not replaced to rest.

D'Antoni had anticipated this, and the second quarter fielded: Dujon, Maddy, Gallinari, Harrington, David Lee's lineup, also a set of most of the starters.

Neither team plans to give bench players and rookies too many minutes to play in the playoffs, and it should be said that 90% of the teams in the league do so. They mostly use a stable rotation of seven or eight players in the playoffs, and a rookie like Danny Green would not be trusted by the average coach.

Many fans may not understand this kind of behavior, and that's because fans can't experience how hard it is to play in this kind of playoff game like a player, where the margin for error is simply too low and the defensive intensity is too high. This is not a little bit more demanding of players to handle basketball. It can be said that in the playoffs, it is not only the ability of the players to be tested, but also the experience and psychological quality of the players, most of the rookies in the league do not have the ability to play this kind of game, their psychological quality and experience are seriously insufficient, and sending them on the court at this time is harmful to them.

Of course, nothing is absolute, and star rookies such as Wu Huang naturally have a good eye to play in the playoffs. Danny Green is also one of the few players with an old mentality, he is also a senior from North Carolina, and like Wu Huang, he has seen many big scenes, and his fundamentals are very solid, and D'Antoni should give him some opportunities.

Maddie came on the court and faced Joe Johnson, who was naturally not afraid of this opponent two years ago, and it should have been Joe Johnson who was at the bottom at that time. But the world changes so fast, a year or two is enough time for the two to change roles. Now Maddie is really unable to guard against Joe Johnson, who has almost no technical and athletic flaws.

Charles Barkley said on the pair: "Joe Johnson is not a big name in the league. However, many coaches believe that he is one of the best players and should be compared to the likes of LeBron James and Dwyane Wade. Since coming to the Hawks, he has averaged 20+, 4+, 4+ points, rebounds and assists, and the stats have proven his all-round. ”

After only two minutes of the second quarter, D'Antoni couldn't resist wanting to replace Maddie on the court, because he really couldn't guard Joe Johnson.

After the start of the second quarter. Joe Johnson first tricked Maddy with a feint in a one-on-one and hit a step-back three-pointer. Then he used his explosiveness to force a breakthrough, hit David Lee, who made a defensive assist on the inside, a foul, and after two free throws again, he scored five points in a minute.

And that's not all. In the second quarter, with Joe Johnson on the back, the Hawks finally had a chance to play their dominant interior.

The "Phillips Arena" was thunderous for a while, and it was Joe Johnson who was holding the ball on the outside, and in the face of Maddie's defense, his breakthrough was still in no one's land.

David Lee had to fill in for Maddy again on the inside, and Horford received Johnson's ball, and the rest of the light saw that it was Harrington who changed his defense, and directly used his body to force and shoot an ugly shot under the basket......

The referee blew a sharp whistle and the ball fell into the basket at the same time.

Although Horford's shot was ugly, it was a beautiful 2+1.

With only 9 minutes and 59 seconds left in the second quarter, D'Antoni asked for a timeout, and the score was 35:33, and the Knicks failed to score for only two minutes in the second quarter, and the Hawks chased the difference to only two points, which shows that there is a big problem on the defensive end.

This is what he is most worried about, the Hawks' inside advantage is too great, so he would rather give the outside to the opponent, trying to fight with the Hawks whose outside shooting is better, so that it is equivalent to using his strongest means to compete with the Hawks' means that the Hawks are not very good at, and the winning rate is naturally much higher.

D'Antoni now regrets bringing on Maddy, and if it weren't for Maddy's being too easy to break through, the Hawks might not have suddenly hit the inside. On the one hand, he was forced by the pressure of the outside world for this substitution, and after the first game in the media, they questioned why he didn't give Maddie a chance? That's why D'Antoni had to let Maddie try it out in this game, and on the other hand, he himself wanted to see if Maddy's rich experience could help the team? But now the result is clear, Maddie at this time in the playoffs could not be the X-factor expected before the game, and this substitution was a complete failure.

Wu Huang was not immediately substituted after the timeout, D'Antoni knew that Wu Huang's physical strength was good, but he was still not ready to let him play more than 40 minutes, not to mention that the current situation has not been corrupted to that extent, the coach should have confidence in the team's substitutes at this time, but Maddie had to be replaced, and the mustache finally chose Danny Green.

The Knicks' on-court lineup became: Duhon, Danny Green, Iguodala, Harrington, David Lee.

The lineup's backcourt defense is no slouch either, with the Knicks returning the favor with their own approach, using pressing defense and quick counter-attacks to try to turn the tide on the offensive end. Iguodala and Harrington teamed up to launch a 10-2 offensive wave, and the Eagles instantly changed from a counterattacker to a counterattacked side, and soon they were also forced to pause adjustments.

Larry Drew took a timeout and replaced Joe Johnson and Horford with Josh Smith and Bibby.

The Knicks also traded for Wu Huang and Frye, but it was the Hawks who found their offensive rhythm and Josh Smith's advantage in the high post began to show. The Knicks laid out a lot of defensive tactics for Horford's low-post offense before the game, but they didn't have much to do with Josh's high-post breakthrough, and it was impossible for their defense to prevent the opponent's high-low offense at the same time.

The power of the new Hawks' high-post ball-holding breakthrough should not be underestimated, and Frye's footsteps can keep up, but he is completely inferior in terms of power confrontation, and the Hawks have two consecutive breakthroughs that almost crush Frye all the way to the inside to score a layup.

"You have the height and reach advantage, stay away from him and defend." Wu Huang hurriedly taught defensive skills, in fact, Fry himself thought of it, but the effect of this defense was still very unsatisfactory. Josh's mid-to-long-range shooting percentage has not been high, which is why the Knicks haven't worked too him, but this guy is a convulsive player, which means that he can make a lot of difficult shots when he is hot.

Josh is also a left-hander, and his shooting arc is high, but the shooting hand and the arc of the basketball flight do not look natural, so the consistency has always been a concern for Hawks fans. But once he catches up with the time when he feels hot, this kind of high-arc shooting is full of momentum when he scores. It's a bit like a bomb smashing into the basket, it's a lot of fun to look at, and it can also be a huge morale boost.

Frye opted to let go of a big step and Josh Smith jumped up to make another double shot. Then Bibby took advantage of Wu Huang's effort to clamp Josh and threw a three-pointer at the top of the arc. The Eagles' 11-4 spurt allowed the home team to regain momentum.

Next, the two teams replaced all the main forces, but the mustache replaced Frye with Harrington as the power forward, since neither of them could prevent Josh, it was better to use Harrington, who had stronger offensive ability. Maybe you can come back on the offensive end.

The Knicks' outside offense did a good job in the second quarter, but David Lee and Harrington, who were taken care of on the inside, seemed to be a little struggling, and both of them couldn't score with long-range shots and breakthroughs, but fortunately, Wu Huang and Iguodala and other outside players stepped up to score continuously, Gallinari also felt very good today, and even rookie Green hit a long-range two-pointer, and the Knicks were able to bite the difference.

In the last attack of the first half, Wu Huang used his individual ability to pass Crawford and Josh Smith in succession, and assisted Gallinari, who was ambushed in the bottom corner, to hit a three-pointer, and the Knicks were able to lead 63:60 into the second half.

Wu Huang is undoubtedly the best player of both teams in the first half, although the Hawks' Joe Johnson and Josh Smith have stepped up to help their teams play the climax, but Wu Huang's performance has always been stable, he played 18 points, 6 rebounds and 8 assists in the first half of 20 minutes, not only got 18 points, 6 rebounds and 8 assists, but also made Bibby into three fouls, while the Hawks' Crawford and Josh Smith also each carried three fouls, Wu Huang stood on the free throw line a total of 12 times in the first half, He averaged just 3.2 free throws per game in the regular season this season, which shows that Wu Huang's offense was aggressive today.

Kenny Smith commented at halftime: "In the playoffs, the number of free throws is a key measure of star rating, and if you can't get to the free throw line often, you won't be getting enough damage to the opponent." The same two points, if earned at the free throw line, are one way to hurt the opponent the most. ”

Charles Barkley said: "Hugo has always been dangerous on breaks, but he rarely gets to the free throw line and sometimes he actively dodges defenders to avoid physical collisions. I don't like it, but at his age, it's normal to take proper care of your body. But in the playoffs, I'm glad to see that he's made a change, he had a lot of physical contact today, which put him at the free-throw line a lot, and the Hawks' overly high fouls will get him in big trouble in the fourth quarter. ”

The Hawks also knew that Wu Huang had made too many free throws, but this little guy was too cunning to break through, and most of the time he took the initiative to lean over, and often leaned elbows and knees over, which was a premeditated foul.

In fact, the players of the Eagles felt very wronged, they did not intend to rush against Wu Huang, sometimes they couldn't even avoid it, but they were still fouled by Wu Huang. I guess I want to avoid fouling unless I don't defend at all, but this will obviously be worse!

Moreover, the referee didn't help them at all today, which made the Eagles players wonder if they were playing at their home stadium?

"He's always found a moment to make me extremely uncomfortable and leaned his damn body over him, and he seems to have more experience than I do, I've never seen such a cunning guy." Bibby has a lot of experience, but he never dreamed that he would be eaten to death by a first-year rookie in the playoffs, "I think he really flew back in a time machine, and I felt extremely incredible that a rookie would use his iron elbow so skillfully, and he even padd me with a black foot." ”

The Hawks players all looked in disbelief when they heard the words of the most experienced old Jianghu on the team, and many of them didn't notice that Wu Huang also had black feet, nor did they find that he had black elbows.

"Mike was right, that bastard almost made me throw up dinner." Horford mentioned this incident and was still angry, in the first half he was elbowed to the abdomen by Wu Huang in the process of covering Bibby, the referee and other players on the court did not find Wu Huang's hidden blow, speaking of which Horford is also a tough guy, under such a heavy blow, he still gritted his teeth to complete the team's tactical run, and scored a goal under the basket, so that Wu Huang couldn't help but secretly admire at that time.

Larry Drew was really shocked when the Hawks players made a confession at halftime, because then they knew that Wu Huang swung at least four black elbows at their interior players and Bibby in the first half, but this little bastard only got 2 fouls in the first half, and everyone was deceived by his handsome face, this little guy turned out to be a typical court villain!

"Don't be a man!" The Hawks players are all thinking about it at this time, and they have to think of a way to deal with this bastard who seems to be harmless to humans and animals, but is actually hiding the devil's heart.

"Yawn!" Wu Huang yawned in the visiting dressing room, and someone may have been saying bad things about him behind his back, but he was happy with his performance in the first half, but the lack of presence on the inside of the team also made him feel at risk.

David Lee was applying ice at the moment, with no expression on his face, and he couldn't see any fluctuations in his heart.

Of course, the New York center is not injured, and the ice is the care that most players have to do at halftime, especially the interior players are the position with the most physical contact on the court, don't look at them can touch and jump under the basket, but in fact, every physical contact is gritting their teeth and playing with their lives, who wants to say that it doesn't hurt to hit it, you can find a street court to try, especially when you encounter the kind of opponent who doesn't play cleanly, it is estimated that you have to recuperate for a week after an elbow.

At this time, think about the Hawks players who took Wu Huang several elbows, it was already very polite for people not to do anything with him at that time, it can be seen that the Hawks players are very honest, and if they are replaced by a team like Celtics, it is estimated that the elbows on both sides will be able to hit the referee's face.

David Lee's first game was sluggish, but it stands to reason that the gap between him and Horford shouldn't be that big, right?

Therefore, sometimes there is really no scientific explanation for the mutual restraint between players, in short, Horford is full of confidence every time he plays David Lee, daring to make moves and judgments on the court, so he can fully play his own level.

But as soon as the New York center met Horford, he immediately seemed constrained, and he always felt that he couldn't play his skills, which may not be a technical deficiency, but a psychological problem, and he was probably afraid of Horford. (To be continued.) )