The league tries to separate the two teams with the most attention when scheduling fixtures, so that the overlap of game times does not affect the ratings. Pen ~ fun ~ Pavilion www.biquge.info and it can be seen from this divisional semifinals that this year's Knicks are on the throne, they and the Grizzlies, Thunder games on the same day, and the rest of the Lakers, Heat, Mavericks, and Celtics were assigned on the same day, which is enough to show that in the heart of the league, the Knicks' game is more important than these teams, so he specially selected a group of teams that are the least limelight-stealing.

ABC TV compiled statistics before the series began, and the Knicks vs. Pacers series was the second-most watched first-round game in North America, with an average of 6.5 million viewers per game, almost as many as the Lakers' 6.8 million. But if you count the number of overseas viewers in Shanghai, the Knicks can reach more than 20 million viewers in China alone, which alone is higher than the Lakers' ratings in the world. If you expand the scope to the entire Asian region, the Knicks' games are at least 40 million people watching.

These ratings are not just an empty number, which means advertising revenue calculated in "100 million", as well as a large amount of live broadcast revenue and huge game promotion effect, so it is impossible for the NBA league and the biggest financial broadcasters behind them not to pay attention to the Knicks.

Emperor Wu's status in Asia is now more and more like Michael Jackson's status in the minds of blacks, which is a mountain of gold in the eyes of businessmen, and anyone who dares to touch it must pay the price! Why are most of the commentators licking and kneeling Wu Huang, because he has too many yellow-skinned brainless fans behind him, and once he says bad things, it is very likely to damage the interests of the gold owner, and the end is naturally to lose his job. Not to mention saying something suspected of racial discrimination, if anyone dares to say something, the TV station will definitely fire him immediately to set an example, so as to make Asian fans angry.

In fact, this is very unfair to other teams, the greater the commercial value of Wu Huang, the more the league will naturally protect him, then the star whistle will become more and more serious, and other teams will shoot when defending him. For example, many teams want to use malicious defense to deal with him, but under the protection of the league, they will be killed by the referee's whistle!

And Wu Huang's free throws are so accurate, once he is allowed to walk on the free throw line frequently, he is basically impossible to play. But you don't have to foul him a little bit, and it's hard to limit his play, and that's a dilemma that all teams have when they play against the Knicks, including the Bulls today.

Thibodeau's side is also struggling, whether to play a black hand in the game? But after a long time of contradictions, he still didn't dare to make up his mind, worried that Wu Huang would get too many free throws. Speaking of which, this guy has made a lot more free throws this year, in addition to the star whistle given by the referee, he has also learned the skills of cheating fouls, such a cunning guy who will borrow chickens to lay eggs, it is easy to steal chickens without losing rice.

Compared to the Knicks, there are not many targeted tactics on the Bulls' side, the Knicks have few weaknesses in the starting lineup, there are no such flaws that are difficult to solve, and there are many available people on the bench, Thibodeau knows that the Bulls must rely on their two top stars if they want to win, and then have to see how lucky? If the first two games are good, they will be able to fight for the next away game and return to Chicago.

When the time comes to the evening, the pre-game warm-up is after the pre-game press conference, and the pre-game warm-up in the NBA generally lasts more than an hour, but not all coaches are interested in this kind of warm-up, and Popovich thinks that the pre-game shooting training is a waste of time.

Wu Huang doesn't think so, he thinks this is a time to interact with the fans, a time to relax before the game, and a time for him to take the opportunity to hype himself.

Today, as at home, Madison Garden was in a frenzy more than an hour before the game, and when Wu Huang showed up and warmed up, thousands of fans who had arrived early began to go crazy.

After Wu Huang briefly greeted the Bulls players, he picked up the basketball and began to show off his skills - ultra-long-distance shooting, closed-eye shooting, negative angle shooting, two-handed shooting, player tunnel shooting, in short, all kinds of tricks were used by him one by one, and they were all flashy.

This juggling performance not only feasted the eyes of the fans, but also caused the mentality of the Bulls players on the opposite side to fluctuate, some of the Bulls players felt that he was a showman, some felt that he was too pretending, some were jealous of the support he received from the fans, and some were shocked by his superb shooting skills...... But no matter what kind of mentality these opponents have, these influences will interfere with the later games to varying degrees, which is also a major purpose of Wu Huang's handsomeness.

Wu Huang's pre-game performance can not only affect the opponent's mentality, but also to enhance his popularity and topic, now many countries like to broadcast the Knicks' game an hour in advance, so that you can see Wu Huang's performance on the field, even domestic sports channels will occasionally broadcast a Knicks' pre-game warm-up, today CCTV5 just an hour before the start of the game on the signal, to Chinese fans live broadcast the Knicks' pre-game warm-up.

It can be seen from the TV screen that Wu Huang's shooting performance made the fans fall into a frenzy, and his every move was highly concerned by the fans. hugo！ The sound never stopped.

Wu Huang will smile and wave to the fans on the sidelines when he misses a shot, and he will come forward to sign when he sees a beautiful girl, so that the fans are even more crazy, and all kinds of cheers broke out again, "MVP!" mvp！ The shouts also began to resound in the arena, and the game had not yet started, but the high-tide was already wave after wave.

Half an hour before the start of the game, the stadium was already full of eighty percent of the fans, at this time the staff came up to inform the players of the two teams to leave the field temporarily, they had to do the final inspection before the game, of course, the two teams also had to go back to the locker room to prepare for the entrance ceremony, and it was from this time that most of the team's broadcasts began.

The players of both teams take a shower when they return to the dressing room, and then change into the jerseys they wear for the upcoming game, which they wear until they wear the training uniforms of their respective teams, and the game jerseys are hung in the dressing room all the time. Then the head coach will give the players a few brief key words, after which the players will gather around and shout a few times, and finally the team boss will take the lead in shouting a theme for tonight's game, only to hear Wu Huang shout in his not very passionate voice: "Tonight's slogan is - let them have no return!" ”

Wu Huang shouted a little perfunctory, he felt that this kind of tradition of shouting slogans was very low, but the other players of the Knicks didn't think so, and they were much more passionate than him, and for a while, the entire locker room was filled with shouts of "let them have no return", and even reporters outside who were asked to be more than five meters away from the door heard the voice.

"Hell, why do you have to yell every time?" Emperor Wu himself is very resistant to this tradition, it is said that domestic students like to shout like this during military training, he feels like a stupid hat, is it who has a loud voice who is powerful?

The Knicks players soon re-entered, but this time the atmosphere in the arena was different, and the crazy fans in the Knicks jerseys were gone, and there were a group of fans in colorful costumes and even many wearing sunglasses in the front seats.

These people are characterized by being fashionably dressed, preferring to sit and watch the game, and then occasionally smiling at the camera that is slapped at them, as if they were watching a concert. As for the previous group of fanatical fans, they are all sitting in the back at the moment, looking down at the court from their position is like a matchbox, these people only have the opportunity to run to see the Knicks players up close only if they come earlier, the front row ticket in New York is too expensive, and a pre-playoffs volleyball ticket is enough for them to watch the regular season for a season in the back row.

Emperor Wu didn't bother to deal with these people, and he had no interest in performing again, so he quieted down and waited for the game to start.

Today's Bulls starting lineup: Rose, Korver, Anthony, Boozer, Noah.

Knicks starting lineup: Wu Huang, Iguodala, Gallinari, Stoudemire, O'Neal.

"I heard you're going to fight us?" Emperor Wu asked when he greeted Rose, and then provoked: "What a courage!" ”

Rose was stunned, this strategy was only made up yesterday, how could this guy know? Could it be that there is a ghost in the team??

Wu Huang saw Ross showing a surprised expression, and his heart was a little strange, and he secretly thought: "Looking at his expression, do you really want to fight against us for a while?" No, I was just talking nonsense, can't I be so accurate? "Emperor Wu's previous words were purely pretending to be 13, anyway, he didn't suffer if he was right or not, but if he was right, he would have to scare the opponent at that time, just like now.

The Bulls players looked at each other, and they all heard Wu Huang's words, and they all had a bad feeling in their hearts. Tricks, the most afraid of being seen through, once guessed, it won't work, it seems to be unfavorable!

"Everyone, be careful, these idiots have been tricked out by me, they may fight against us and want to catch us off guard." After Wu Huang returned to his own half, he hurriedly exchanged information with his teammates, it seems that sometimes it is good to cheat the opponent, but you can't do it every game, otherwise it won't work.

After the opening, the Bulls were really full of momentum, and the attack was extremely resolute, and they looked like they had practiced, and they pulled out a confrontational posture at the beginning.

Although the Knicks players were on guard, the Bulls were more respectful of the humility, and the first offense performed an aerial relay, and Noah received a pass from Rose in the front court and scored a dunk in the air. This cooperation is obviously a premeditated tactic, even if the Knicks are on guard, they don't guard against it, it seems that the Bulls are planning to make a move to take the lead, maybe they also want to fight against the guest.

Wu Huang returned an aerial relay on the offensive end, but instead of cooperating with Xiao Si, he let Iguodala execute a reverse run tactic and cut into the dunk from the baseline.

Xiao Si's current state is okay, but Wu Huang knows that his knee injury is only eighty percent, and his injury is impossible to heal without surgery, but it is enough for athletes to recover eight achievements, and it is basically no matter how hard to wrap the bandage with protective gear, but it is not worth it if he accidentally twists his knee when he lands.

After the two teams each staged an aerial relay at the beginning, the next rhythm was a little uncontrollable, and it was 9:8 in less than three minutes, and the scene was very good, but Thibodeau knew that it was not a good thing, and this situation knew that the Knicks had been prepared for a long time, and they could no longer compete with each other.

The Knicks have always had a problem, they got into the groove very quickly after the start, but that is on the offensive side, and their defense has been slow to heat up, which is also a common problem among young players.

Thibodeau just wants to take advantage of this to make a fuss, and if he can beat the Knicks in the opening game, this game will be much better.

But now it's clear that the Knicks players are very focused on defense, and these guys still have a hand at defending fast-breaking, and it's unwise for them to continue to play against the Knicks, and in the rhythm of others, the slightest mistake can be beaten up in a wave.

Thibodeau thought of this and stood up, and was just about to tell the team to slow down, Gallinari broke off Korver's pass with his feet and reach, and then passed the ball himself across the half court to Wu Huang for a quick shot, who changed direction after receiving the ball and dodged Rose, easily scoring the ball.

"It's a beautiful pass!" Wu Huang and Gallina slapped each other with force, and the talent gap between Gallinari and Korver can be seen from this ball. Both men were top pitchers last year, but this year Gallinari has developed a decent ball-handling ability, and having that ability equals a path to an All-Star level, and while it's one thing to get how far you can go in the end, it's another thing to have a road to it.

"Boss, I think I'm in a particularly good shape today, let me fight, right?" Gallinari made a request after a high-five, hoping he could get the ball on a few shots.

"Yes, let's play on the flanks, and I'll help you pull away from the defense." Of course Wu Huang will not refuse, it is a good thing for the Knicks that Gallinari plays well, and he is not afraid that the other party will steal his limelight, although this Italian is highly talented, he is still a little short of geniuses like Kobe Bryant and Maddie, the key is that even he can't catch up with the degree of effort of this product, there is no possibility of usurping power at all, at best he is a white Odom.

The Bulls didn't expect Gallinari to become the offensive core of the Knicks after the opening, and after slowing down, they found that the Knicks began to position and cover as soon as they were in position, and at first they thought it was for Wu Huang to block people, but Gallinari twice got a misplaced heads-up opportunity on the wing, and finally made Thibodeau realize that something was wrong after scoring four points in a row.

Thibodeau began to wonder if he was going to replace Korver, Gallinari looked like he was going to open up, which was not a good sign, and several of the Knicks' secondary offensive points were also terrible once they were opened, and they had to be prevented as soon as possible.

However, before the idea fell, Gallinari once again got a wing single, and this time Thibodeau finally saw that the Knicks were taking the initiative to play Gallinari, otherwise the Italian would not have been able to get consecutive basketballs.

Gallinari singled out Korver this time, and his breakthrough was not as feint as Wu Huang, accelerating directly after two tentative steps, and passing Korver purely with speed, the latter's turn and lateral movement were much slower in front of the Italian's breakthrough.

Noah's footsteps are fast enough to help defend in time. But Gallinari was in good shape today, forcing a layup against Noah and not only scoring the ball, but also causing a defensive foul on Noah.

Madison Garden was already thunderous, Gallinari scored six straight points and got a free throw, and less than halfway through the first quarter, the Knicks led by six points at 17-11 and were about to lead by seven points.

Gallinari also jumped on the spot twice excitedly, and the subsequent free throws also hit easily, and the Knicks were demoralized.

Thibodeau quickly called a timeout, Korver was immediately replaced, his defense is useless in Thibodeau's eyes, this is not a player who fits his system, it is helpless to use him as a starter, the current Bulls can't open up the breakthrough space without an excellent three-point shooting point, at this moment Rolldend, a quasi-All-Star who can defend and shoot, is even more precious, in Thibodeau's eyes, Rolle Deng is better than Iguodala.

The Bulls' timeout was timely, but a timeout couldn't change the disadvantage on the court, and the Knicks' defense of Noah didn't work for the time being, as they made the Bulls pivot two fouls early on the offensive end.

Iguodala also held the ball and hit one after the pause, Noah's defense this time explained what it means to be "too positive is not a good thing", he once again helped his teammates defend in time, but Iguodala's thinking is very clear, he is here to create damage, as soon as he saw Noah, who had already committed a foul, pasted up, a brother's eyes lit up suddenly, and he threw his body of more than 200 degrees without thinking about it......

"Let him go!" Thibodeau couldn't help but shout from the sidelines, but Noah had already rushed forward.

"Toot!" Iguodala's dunk was directly slapped by Noah, and the man fell to the ground in embarrassment, but the referee's whistle also sounded.

As soon as Noah saw the referee's gesture, his mind went blank for a moment, and he knew that he had made a big mistake this time, and this was the end of it!

Madison Garden is boiling again, even if they don't know that the Knicks' defensive focus is Noah, they also know that the Bulls' defensive titan will be a difficult guy to deal with, he will make it difficult for the Knicks to break through, and if he is beaten, the Bulls' interior defense will be reduced by half.

Thibodeau is not worried that the team's defense will collapse after Noah's departure, he still has Asik to replace, but Noah's role in the offensive end is something that Asik cannot replace, which is the real problem.

Anthony scored a goal in the immediate aftermath of Noah's departure, but it was a goal that didn't create a good chance, and the scoring was entirely a matter of individual ability and luck.

It can also be seen that after Noah's departure, Anthony and Rose did not have much contact. If Noah had been on the floor, Anthony might have just passed the ball and had Noah re-order an attack in the high post, or he could pass the ball to Rose to reorganize, which Thibodeau has always opposed to doing inefficiently.

A minute later, Rose also came up and did a trick, but this time he didn't succeed because he didn't have Anthony's historic ****** to shoot Wu Huang away.

The Knicks got the rebound and immediately counterattacked, Wu Huang rushed to the front court with the ball and hit a three-point shot, and then scored 7 points alone, helping the Knicks play a wave of 11:2 offensive climax, expanding the lead to double digits in one fell swoop.

Thibodeau called a timeout again, and this time the Bulls made another trick, and maybe it shouldn't have been, and they let Boozer continue to single Smalls in the low post, and the effect was very good.

It may be that the sense of presence after coming to the Bulls is too low, Boozer's personal offensive ability has been ignored by many people, in fact, this anti-bone boy's offense is still good, Xiao Si is difficult to defend him alone, and Monroe, who came off the bench, is not an opponent, D'Antoni found that he had nothing to do with this Boozer for a while.

But the Bulls can only rely on two outside and one inside singles to score, the Knicks are more blossoming, Wu Huang scored seven points in a row and then became the playmaker again, Iguodala and Gallinari are in good shape today, Xiao Si may have just returned from injury and is still looking for game status, but the Knicks still led 34:26 after the first quarter. (To be continued.) )