The Thunder didn't fall behind too much in the first half today, and they will definitely launch a counterattack in the second half to try to equalize the score as soon as possible in the early third quarter, or even overtake, only then can they have the confidence to win against the Knicks. Pen? Interesting? Pavilion wWw. ｂiquge。 ｉｎfo

"Defend and counterattack!" The Knicks mainly emphasized this tactic at halftime, and no matter how the Thunder chose to play in the second half, choosing to defend and counterattack was the Knicks' wisest decision.

Sure enough, the Thunder, who were in dire need of confidence, intended to launch a barrage of attacks early in the third quarter.

As soon as the second half came up, the fierce counterattack expected by the Knicks came as expected, Durant hit a three-point shot at the beginning of the third quarter, Westbrook also scored consecutive breakthroughs, and the Thunder started the quarter with a wave of 10:4, chasing the score to 60:60 in one fell swoop.

The Knicks are not in a hurry, and a few small climaxes in a game are not a matter in their eyes.

D'Antoni called a timeout to save himself from being scolded as a puppet coach who didn't even need to call a timeout. After the game restarted, the Knicks arranged a tactic to let Wu Huang break through with the ball and let him attack.

The Holy Sect Master has withered a little today, but he has been lazy to retain his strength, and at this moment, when the team really needs him to stand up, Wu Huang is still fine.

The Thunder's defensive strategy changed, and they counted at halftime and found that Wu Huang only took five shots in the first half, which is not his usual stats. And this number of shots shows that they have been wasting too many troops on him, so the Thunder's defensive strength against Wu Huang in the second half has been reduced.

What embarrassed the Thunder was that in the two offenses after the timeout, Wu Huang scored two consecutive strong baskets, the Knicks continued to maintain the lead, and the Thunder's defense also had problems again.

Seeing this, Brooks, the head coach of the Thunder team, hurriedly signaled the team to stabilize first, it doesn't matter if they can't overtake the score in one go, they can be patient and look for opportunities, but they must not be impatient. In the last game, they were quickly pulled away by the Knicks, just because they were too impatient.

The Knicks are a team with rich experience and are very good at catching opponents' mistakes to grab points, so they can't blindly launch an offense, if they can't move, they will come back first to stabilize the defense, and then find an opportunity to launch a counterattack after making sure that they will not be attacked.

The Knicks also started a tentative offense after the Thunder contracted, and today's defending champions also played cautiously, because they could feel that their boss was not highly motivated to play, and in this case, everyone naturally shrank back. So the Knicks in this game are a bit like the rhythm of the Spurs, and this time they are willing to take the initiative, which is already a rare shot in the whole game.

The Thunder's defensive counterattack should not be underestimated, as soon as the Knicks attacked, the Thunder team seized the opportunity to play a fast attack in several counterattacks, and then everyone saw that the Knicks immediately shrank up, very obscene.

Fans on both sides expressed their displeasure, as long as you think about the fact that both teams choose to play defensive counterattacks, that scene is destined to be very boring, but the finals are supposed to fight for who makes fewer mistakes, this situation is normal, and those teams who dare to play reckless bombardment in the finals will definitely not be able to go so far and hang up.

The Thunder were chasing points unhurriedly, and the Knicks did not rashly change the rhythm, and when there was 1 minute and 55 seconds left in the quarter, Westbrook quickly broke through Wu Huang for a layup and caused a foul, and scored 3 points with free throws, and the Thunder finally completed the comeback 73:72, which was their first time leading in the game.

Wu Huang was then replaced, and D'Antoni also found that Wu Huang seemed to have a physical problem today, and did not dare to put him on the field all the time. But in fact, Wu Huang, who was lazy for most of the game, is one of the best players in the field at the moment, which is also the purpose of his laziness!

Durant missed the last shot, and the Knicks entered the fourth quarter with a 3-point lead after Wu Huang went down.

In the final quarter, Wu Huang's first task was to lead the bench lineup, but Tony Allen, Gallinari, Gasol and Monroe were not much different from the main lineup.

"Look at your virtue, you should be tired, right?" After Wu Huang came on the court, he looked at Westbrook, who had barely rested in the first three quarters, and he felt that his current state should have surpassed this opponent, this bastard did not break through him in the second half, and today he has cut 21 points and 5 assists from him, which is rare to surpass him in terms of personal data.

But it doesn't matter, winning first is not winning, Wu Huang has been shooting and keeping his strength, that is, he is ready to play in the fourth quarter.

Durant and Westbrook did not rest after the start of the fourth quarter, and today it looks like they are ready to play 45 minutes, and the Thunder were able to score four consecutive points to start the fourth quarter. After each of them scored a goal, Harden drew another foul on Tony Allen, forcing the Knicks to call a timeout as the score was again outnumbered.

Wu Huang is indeed no longer lazy, but he missed the previous two shots, and it seems that he doesn't feel very good. However, Wu Huang himself felt that his hand was fine, the feeling of these two shots was already good, and he was just a little bit of luck if he didn't score.

But after the timeout, the Knicks still couldn't stop the Thunder's offense, Durant hit a three-point shot, Westbrook made consecutive unreasonable shots, and the score was actually stretched to 9 points after three minutes, and the Thunder finally smelled defeat through a 12-0 attack wave at the beginning of the fourth quarter.

"We need to defend Durant tighter, and as for Westbrook, trust me, I can take care of him." Emperor Wu left so much physical strength, if he didn't do something in the end, it would be too much to say. In the first three quarters, he kept three points on Westbrook's defense, but fortunately, in the first half, he relied on his power to make this guy dare not act rashly, but Wu Huang in the third quarter has been a little blown up, and if he doesn't make any effort in the fourth quarter, let Durant and Westbrook play together, the Knicks will be more than lucky.

The Knicks players took advantage of the dead ball on the court to have a brief flyer exchange, and they already had a plan to deal with the Thunder three young explosions, and they could use it at this time.

After the Knicks players discussed, Wu Huang's first play was not on the defensive end. In contrast, he was easier to play on the offensive end, and soon through the Knicks' elevator play, he directly broke through to the basket and caused Collison to make up for the foul.

According to ESPN statistics, the Knicks' success rate is 66%, which is equivalent to two successful points for every three plays, which has to make teams adopt a higher level of targeting to prevent the Knicks from using this tactic to score at critical moments.

Wu Huang and the Knicks' coaching staff also noticed that this tactic was becoming more and more targeted, so they reduced their use this season and added some changes to prevent being guarded.

"Wrap him up!" Coach Brooks saw Wu Huang score, no matter how well he played in the first three quarters, and immediately waved his hand to signal the bag.

At this time, of course, he could guess that Wu Huang should be preparing to score, what a team core should do at this time, this is something that a fool can guess.

But the problem is that even if you can guess what a superstar is trying to do, you can't stop it, otherwise he wouldn't be called a superstar.

First of all, on the defensive end, Westbrook obviously felt the pressure, Wu Huang in the first three quarters did not fight against him physically at all, although it was very close, but Wei Shao could feel that Wu Huang was completely relying on his feet to follow the defense, and the main confrontation tasks were left to his teammates on the inside, he was just harassing on the side, which gave Westbrook a space to burst to the basket to make kills.

But this time it was different, Wu Huang began to take the initiative to fight physically, at this time his 190-pound weight had an effect, Wei Shao was actually inferior to Wu Huang in terms of weight, he only had a real height of 189cm, but Wu Huang's real height reached 192cm, and the two had a height of 3cm and a weight difference of more than 5 pounds. Therefore, once the Holy Sect Master hardens, Wei Shao will not be able to take advantage of the physical confrontation, he is just less afraid of pain than Emperor Wu, but if the Holy Sect Master endures the pain for a short while, Westbrook will be embarrassed.

On the other hand, in the face of the Knicks' increased defensive intensity, every time Durant holds the ball, the Knicks will immediately encircle him with two people, and the speed, timing and resoluteness of the package far exceed the first game and the first three quarters of today. Fans can also see that every time Durant attacks, the Knicks set up at least three defenders to intercept on his way forward, no matter how talented Durant is, it is difficult for him to maintain an efficient offense surrounded by the Knicks' heavy troops, and the Thunder's offensive focus must be shifted to others, otherwise it is to let the small schoolbag deliver food.

Westbrook is now only Wu Huang alone to deal with, but Wei Shao was embarrassed to find that he wanted to use his body to force Wu Huang to do it, and two consecutive breakthroughs ended in barely shooting, Wu Huang's ultra-long arm span made it difficult for Westbrook to aim at the basket, and it was even difficult to use a more comfortable shooting action.

This kind of situation where you have to change your shooting posture and have almost no shooting sight in your eyes is the most rigorous scene to test a player's shooting skills, and Wei Shao's shooting skills quickly bottomed out, no one has ever felt that he is a particularly reliable shooting star, even he should know this, so at this time, his best choice is to divide the ball and use the breakthrough ball to create opportunities for his teammates.

But what embarrassed the Thunder side was that no one ever felt that Wei Shao was such a big-picture player - his shooting was inconsistent and it was difficult to observe the position of his teammates when he broke through, which has always been Wei Shao's shortcomings. Although the latter shortcoming is a bit far-fetched, if it refers to the difficulty of having a qualified overall view under the intensity of the playoffs, this is not too wronged him, otherwise he would not have become a tumor after being targeted by opponents in the playoffs for two consecutive years, but today he was limited by Wu Huang alone, which is somewhat beyond people's expectations.

At 6 minutes and 22 seconds in the fourth quarter, Wu Huang's breakthrough point assisted Gasol to complete a close-range throwing board, which helped the Knicks move the score to 85:88, and the difference was narrowed to 3 points, and the Knicks quickly moved the situation back by limiting the offense of Durant and Wei Shao.

"In the past few minutes, Hugo has allowed Russell to shoot three in a row without paying any foul price, but seeing the rumors that everyone is surprised by Hugo's defense, I think you should think about his defensive identity first, maybe you won't be so surprised." O'Neal said after the Thunder called a timeout.

"Yes, maybe we have the impression that Westbrook, who is more passionate on the defensive end, will have better defensive ability than Hugo, but in fact this is not the case at all, Russell has not been selected for any defensive lineup, because defense is not something that can be done only by passion and momentum, when you see Hugo consciously forcing the opponent into the trap position when defending, and Hugo can always get the right passing space after breaking through Westbrook's defense, this is the difference between the two in defense." Barkley almost didn't directly complain that Westbrook was brainless.

Wu Huang didn't score many points during this time, because the Thunder's blockade of him was not small, and it was also a layer of blocking, front and back attack, and the strength was no less than yesterday's air battle, so Wu Huang was more about creating opportunities for his teammates to share the ball, but it was difficult to score.

This can also see where the gap between Wu Huang and Wei Shao is, in fact, it is already obvious, in addition to the shooting percentage and shooting stability under high intensity, the rest of the answer is that one of them can separate the ball, and the other can only take the ball by himself.

Wei Shao doesn't look at where his teammates are, he can't see where his teammates are.

The Thunder's timeout is going to dig out the third point of offense, and now Iguodala and Battier are limited in turn, and Gasol, David West and others on the inside can make up for the defense at any time, Durant can't play the interior at all, and the lethality is greatly reduced, and he almost didn't get any free throw shots in this quarter. In the case of high-intensity confrontation and a lot of physical exertion, Durant's shooting stability on the outside will also be greatly reduced, and he has missed two shots before.

Harden is naturally in danger, if the Thunder can no longer score, once the momentum is recaptured by the Knicks sitting at home, these few points of advantage will disappear in a blink of an eye, and this game will be explained, and then this series will be almost finished, and the 0:2 total score will increase their chances of being eliminated.

"Watch out for Harden, there's only one way they can do it." D'Antoni doesn't have to think about it this time, Ibaka doesn't have that level to turn the tide on the offensive end, just be careful with his defense, other people like Collison and Fisher can't be counted on at all, let alone a guy like Perkins who can't shoot, now he only needs to deal with the eldest of the three young Thunder.

Iguodala has a heavier task, he has to help his teammates defend Durant, and he can't let the opposing Harden have a chance to score, and he can't make any mistakes.

"I'm fine, he's not going to get past me." The first brother is full of confidence, although Harden has occasionally played brilliantly in these two games, but there has never been a sustained output. Iguodala is not inferior in strength, faster in speed, and also has an advantage in height, this group of duels is not at all cowardly, he may not be able to prevent James, but it is still okay to deal with the current Harden.

After the timeout, the Knicks still didn't give Durant a chance to attack the rim from close range, even if he shot a three-pointer, he was not comfortable.

Durant has been difficult to defend this season because not only does he have consistent shooting, but also uses his teammates' cover to move empty-handed like Ray Allen and then catch the ball and shoot, or cut to the basket to receive a teammate's pass and attack, both of which have been his scoring weapons. This season, Durant's biggest improvement is the upgrade of his offensive ability with the ball, and in the first two rounds of the playoffs, many of the Thunder's highlights are Durant's one-stop dunks. It's a pity that after coming to the Western Conference Finals, in the face of the Spurs' strong defense, Durant's ability to hold the ball began to be insufficient, which is also his biggest weakness now.

Harden took over the ball after the game, Westbrook was previously difficult to distinguish the threat ball under Wu Huang's defense, and it can be seen that the Thunder's response plan is also very simple, which is not uncommon, and whenever this happens, Harden will step up and take over the dominance of the basketball.

But today he is facing Iguodala, and the Knicks' interior defense will also share some of his energy to him, which makes the beard a little out of his strength, after all, he has not yet reached the All-Star level, and now many of the skills to kill all sides in the future have not yet taken shape, which makes him appear to be lacking in confidence after Iguodala, but more is still lacking in heat, once the ability is not enough, then don't think about anything.

Wu Huang showed his personal ability on the offensive end, and in the next attack, the Thunder team still sent Wei Shao and Sephorosa to encircle Wu Huang together, but the Holy Sect Master's spiritual body changed direction in front of the two of them, and he finished throwing in the penalty area in two steps.

Ibaka's help defense was very timely, but he still couldn't intercept the shot, which was a 1-on-3 highlight goal, and Wu Huang played the entire defense of the Thunder team alone.

"It's the 16th point!" Wu Huang still remembers his score, he barely scored in the first three quarters, only relying on these few dribbles to get some points, but just halfway through the fourth quarter, he has already scored 6 points.

Harden's side couldn't find a scoring opportunity on several consecutive offenses, and the threat ball didn't come out a few, and the Thunder's offense still couldn't be activated, except for Durant's defense was a little lax, and he could use his off-ball cut to create some threats, the Thunder didn't have many places to threaten the Knicks, and the defending champions raised the defensive intensity to the highest level, and the Thunder team had difficulty coming up with a sharp enough spear to stab this defense.

With 2:55 left in the game, Durant received the basketball on the run, and then rushed to the Knicks' basket as if he was going to blow up a bunker.

But turning his head, Wu Huang broke through and distributed the ball to David West, who passed again, Gasol already had a chance to shoot when he received the ball, but his sister-in-law didn't think the opportunity was good enough, and transferred the ball to Battier at the far end.

At this moment, the basketball has been passed back and forth from both ends in the hands of the Knicks players, and the Thunder's defense has long been in chaos under such a streak of turnovers, Battier hit his fifth three-pointer in the open position, and the gap that has long been overtaken has been widened farther and farther, and the Knicks have successfully pulled the score to 97:93 through their all-out efforts on both offensive and defensive ends, and now they have become the four points ahead.

Fans in front of the TV can see the helplessness of Thunder coach Brooks on the sidelines from the live camera, he really has no means to change the situation on the court, this is a matter of player ability, the Knicks are not only more comprehensive in technology, but also have more solid basic skills than them, and more importantly, they are experienced, and they are much stronger than the Thunder team in dealing with big scenes and stability at critical moments.

The Thunder players felt like they were being crushed on top of them, and it was an uncomfortable feeling that they couldn't breathe, and they couldn't control the situation anymore.

The Knicks players surpassed the Thunder in terms of morale, the individual ability that Wu Huang has shown one after another, and the strong team defense and offense, which also made them feel more and more like they were being held in the palm of their hands.

In the face of all kinds of disadvantages and suppression, the anxiety of the Thunder players in their mentality is inevitable at this time, they have given their all, and the Knicks are similar, if they can't beat the other party, then they can only use something that they are not even sure of, such as risky and difficult shots, because only through this kind of luck can we strive for victory.

Wu Huang understands this feeling very well, when he is playing LOL and CS, once he encounters a time when he can't beat it, he will take some risky methods, such as forcibly fighting Dalong without interjecting his eyes, and forcibly using pure gambling methods such as killing knives and killing books; CS is even simpler, five small guns forcibly rush B to send five kills, thinking "What if it is defeated?" ”

This kind of gambling style of play, nine times out of ten will accelerate death, but the person who uses it has no way, since the conventional routine can't be beaten, and the opponent can't be anal even if he tries his best, then it can only be a slow death, and he must gamble when he should gamble.

"Wake up, have you forgotten who my ex-girlfriend is?" Wu Huang saw Wei Shao and Durant stop and pull out two unreasonable times in a row, and then after striking the iron with glory, he directly opened his mouth and laughed, "And you have to see clearly, this is my territory, if you can win the bet, I will cut it!" "The Holy Sect Master not only mocked unscrupulously, but also flew upright.

Wei Shao was still speechless and cold, but his hand was even more unscored, the next attack was actually succeeded by a risky steal and sneak attack by Wu Huang, and he didn't expect that Wu Huang would actually take risks in the advantage game Westbrook fell to the ground unbalanced in order to fight back, and could only fall to the ground and look at Wu Huang's back helplessly.

"It feels so familiar!" Wu Huang easily scored the ball after breaking the ball, and the Thunder players had no strength to chase after this time, so they could only follow Wei Shao helplessly and look at Wu Huang's back.

But then again, this back at the moment is indeed exactly the same as the guy in the magazine who runs to Taylor Swift and Christine's house all day long, and even Nima's hairstyle is the same, and he is embarrassed not to admit it.

Thunder head coach Brooks shook his head and sat down amid the cheers at Madison Garden as he looked up at the little time left on the timer.

The game is over, and the 0:2 aggregate score is still unavoidable.

In this way, they will try to create a miracle in a desperate situation, but just as it is difficult to succeed in today's gamble, it will only be more difficult to create a miracle, it is just a bigger gamble. (To be continued.) )