Chapter 207: The Playoffs Opponent Confirmed
In the fourth quarter, Wu Huang's mid-range saved the whole team, and although the Knicks' routine was not as deep as the Celtics, it was not completely absent, but most of their tactics revolved around Wu Huang, which was easily targeted by opponents.
This season, Rondo and Wu Huang have played each other three times, this is the fourth time the two have met, Rondo has summed up a set of methods to deal with Wu Huang, but it is only limited to one-on-one defense, once the Knicks carry out various cover and blocking tactics around Wu Huang, Rondo is a little overwhelmed by one defense.
Wu Huang felt very good today, hitting three consecutive mid-range shots in the middle of the fourth quarter to help the Knicks overtake the score.
Iguodala then also stood up, received Wu Huang's ball, and went directly to the basket to send a strong slam dunk! In fact, when it is necessary to score, the breakthrough of the first brother is also lethal enough.
After the All-Star Game, D'Antoni arranged a lot of Iguodala and Wu Huang's cover cooperation, a brother's exaggerated upper body muscles can completely help Wu Huang block most of the follow-up defense, after blocking people, he cut into the basket, Wu Huang at this time has another threatening passing target, the defense is convenient and does not dare to use too many people to defend Wu Huang, and the threat of both can be played at this time.
After the team's first and second brothers stepped up one after another, the Knicks and a bunch of guys who are good at playing downwind began to play again, Gallinari and Harrington each hit a three-pointer, and the Knicks also gave the Celtics a 14-6 attack wave in the middle of the final quarter, extending the margin back to double digits.
The home fans continued to disturb the Celtics players with annoying noises, who were the Knicks' sixth player on the court, and later even the referee's whistle was biased in favor of the home team, and the Celtics eventually overturned on the road and lost to the Knicks for the first time this season.
After the full game, the whole of New York breathed a sigh of relief!
This victory was so crucial. If you lose again, the lead of one or two games is really not safe, and the confidence of the players will also suffer, and the rest of the cheat schedule is likely to be ruined, and then the whole season of hard work will be in vain, which is terrible to think about!
Wu Huang scored 11 points in the final quarter of the game. He contributed 21 points, 6 rebounds and 17 assists, including 8-of-12 shooting, 3-of-5 three-pointers, and 2-of-3 free throws.
The New York Times covered the key win at great length after the game, with the Knicks now on 43 wins compared to the ninth-placed Bulls' 39, with a four-and-a-half-game separating them from five games each. So as long as the Knicks win any game, they can make sure they make the playoffs.
The next five games for the Knicks are: away against the Pacers, away against the Magic, home against the Heat, home against the Wizards, and away against the Raptors. In these five games, the Knicks are most sure of the three games against the Pacers, Wizards and Raptors, especially the next opponent Indian Pacers, as long as Iguodala limits Granger's offense, the threat of the Pacers is not to be feared.
But the bad news is that the Knicks' next game is back-to-back on the road. They have struggled to deal with Celtic today, and the chances of a knockover on the road are not low.
New York fans are paying even more attention to this game than against the Celtics. In fact, before the game, they all thought that the Knicks would choose to give up the game against the Green Army again and spend their energy on the Pacers, a fish belly team that has won less than 30 games so far.
D'Antoni said that he thought so at all, but he didn't expect Gallinari to explode in the first half, and it was his temporary decision to go all-out against the Celtics today, leading the opponent by double digits at halftime, and if he gave up, he would not go to the playoffs.
April 7. After the Knicks' victory over the Celtics, they rushed to Indiana non-stop. This away back-to-back, the Knicks also do not intend to give up, even if they just played the Green Shirts the day before, the Knicks feel that this game can be won.
However. They underestimated the Pacers' resistance, and Dunleavy Jr. and Murphy hit a total of five three-pointers in the first quarter, giving the exhausted Knicks a kick-off. Fortunately, they still have a veteran driver, Iguodala kept a clean sheet against Granger in the first quarter, and prevented the Pacers from shooting 0 of 4 from the core.
In the middle of the second quarter, Wu Huang played an explosive offense after coming on the court, scoring 9 points in a row to help the Knicks lead by double digits.
The Knicks' second leader was responsible for continuing to freeze Granger, and Iguodala's defense made the All-Star, who had taken a big contract and his scoring efficiency began to decline, completely leaked. In the face of a brother who was fully defending, Granger's shortcomings in attacking with the ball were exposed, and the shooting percentage was outrageously low, and only one goal was hit in the end of 8 shots in the first half, and he also contributed 3 turnovers, and even the home fans were embarrassed to cheer for Granger.
This season, when Brother Yi played a tough game in the team, his defensive dominance was ridiculously strong, and the opponents who could often defend only had a shooting rate of about 30%, and these people were all quasi-All-Stars, or even real All-Star players.
The final score was 116:104, and the Knicks retreated on the road, even if it was back-to-back games away, the Knicks were now sure to win against a team like the Pacers. While they're not yet a top team, they're no longer your average mid-table team, at least that's what New York fans think.
After winning this game, the Knicks can finally breathe a sigh of relief, and now that they have made sure they can make the playoffs, they can now think about their first-round opponents.
Wu Huang received unanimous praise from the media after the game, the Knicks' victory over the Pacers, in addition to Iguodala's success in limiting Granger, Wu Huang's consecutive scores in the second quarter, as well as the performance of scoring 8 points in the final quarter, can be said to be a great contribution, if the team does not have such a critical moment to stand up and score continuously, the Knicks are still not close to the strong team.
This season, the Knicks can score 90 points overall, and they won just 20 last season, the worst record in franchise history. Now just one season has passed, and now the regular season is not over, the Knicks have won 44 games, and their team record has doubled from last year, from the worst team in the East last season to the top eight teams in the East, and the main framework of the team is only one more Wu Huang, and Iguodala, who was traded in the middle of the season. The other role players and head coaches have hardly changed, so who gets the credit doesn't need to be detailed at all.
Eastern Division Rankings -
1. Cleveland Cavaliers (58-20).
2. Orlando Magic (51-27).
3. Atlanta Hawks (48-30).
4. Boston Celtics (46-32)
5. Charlotte Bobcats (44-34)
6. New York Knicks (44-34).
7. Milwaukee Bucks (41-37).
8. Miami Heat (40-38).
9. Chicago Bulls (39-39).
Wu Huang played a total of 77 games this season, averaging 36.1 minutes per game, contributing 24.1 points, 6.2 rebounds, 8.8 assists, 2.6 steals, 1.1 blocks and 3.9 turnovers, shooting 46.8% from the field. He shot 43.0 percent from three-point range and 88.1 percent from the free-throw line.
Such stats are in no way inferior to Jordan and Iverson's rookie seasons, but Iverson's arrival only improved the 76ers from 18 wins the previous season to 22 wins, and his personal data has made a negligible improvement on the team's record. Jordan has only improved from 27 wins in the previous season to 38 wins, which is still not as good as Wu Huangzhi's effect on the Knicks.
If you compare it in terms of record improvement, among the active 21st century players, only James can compete with Wu Huang a little. The Gorillas helped the Cavaliers improve from 17 wins last season to 35 wins, barely doubling the team's win percentage. But that season, the Cavaliers still couldn't make the playoffs, and even next season, the Cavaliers failed to make the playoffs, and James's personal data was not as good as Wu Huang's rookie season.
Of course, if you count some old guys. Then Duncan must have done a better job of improving the team's record than Wu Huang, and Shi Buddha allowed the Spurs to win from 20 wins last season. It has been raised to the level of 56 wins, which even Emperor Wu is ashamed of.
If Duncan's rookie season is assisted by an admiral who is at the end of his career, then Wu Huang also has Iguodala who is at his peak, and Duncan does not have much advantage compared to him, but in terms of personal data, Duncan's rookie season is not as brilliant as Wu Huang.
This is also largely recognized by the American media. Wu Huang is supposed to be the best top three rookies in NBA history, and the only ones who can compete with him are Duncan and Larry Bird, but it is difficult to rank which of the three is ranked higher.
Larry Bird is the most perverted of the three, taking the Celtics from 29 wins last season. Improved to 61 wins next season, Duncan and Wu Huang are not as good as Big Bird; But compared to personal data, Wu Huang has become the most perverted of the three, his rookie data of 24+6+8+2+1, coupled with a dazzling shooting percentage, there is no one in the entire NBA history; Duncan is the one who is between the two in terms of team record and stats, and he ranks second in both stats.
However, in Asia, Wu Huang must be the No. 1 rookie in history, there is no suspense, and it is too easy to come up with evidence, there has never been a rookie in NBA history who has scored 20+ assists and 60+ points in his rookie season, but Wu Huang has done both, and he also has the highest 7 triple-doubles in the history of his rookie season, Duncan and Bird can't compare at all!
If you look at it in detail, Wu Huang won the MVP of the Rookie Challenge and All-Star Game in his rookie season, broke the scoring record of the three-point contest, and won the skill challenge, and these honors are obviously more than a step higher than Duncan and Bird in their rookie season, although many of the honors were not available at that time.
At this time, there is also a strange phenomenon, after the Knicks entered the playoffs ahead of schedule, there were a lot of extremely numb praise of Wu Huang on the market overnight, and it can even be said that he praised him like a servile face, which made many fans who hated him disgusting.
But what few people know is that most of these touts were spent by the brokerage company behind Wu Huang, and Brandon Moretz's brokerage company has a 25% stake in Wu Huang, and he is also one of the major shareholders. When this brokerage company was established, Wu Huang invested a lot of money in it, otherwise Brandon, who had just worked for a few years, would not have relied on the strength of his family to get such a large amount of money.
Spending money to support himself, there are not many people who can do this kind of thing, and Emperor Wu is just one.
He was a little inflated himself now, and he almost had his fans get down on their knees in front of him and shout, "The Emperor of New York." Wencheng Wude, Ze is born by the common people, thousands of years, unified alliance! Then he made his teammates also kneel down and shouted, "Holy Sect Master, invincible." Conquer everything. The slave obeys the main order of the Holy Religion, is loyal to the Lord, and will never give up, and will not give up! ”
Emperor Wu has always felt that the nickname "Emperor" overlaps with others, so while he continues to retain this nickname, he has given himself a very disgusting "Holy Sect Master" honorific title, and now he uses two nicknames together, both the emperor and the Holy Sect Master. This sounds not only domineering, but also a bit mysterious.
It's a pity that no matter how hard he blows, he can't change the fact that he is not a top five player in the league now.
On April 9, in the Knicks vs. Magic game, the New Yorkers killed it with great vigour, but they were beaten and rolled back!
The Knicks faced what they thought was a soft persimmon on the road, only to experience a rout! The Knicks, who are usually known for their offense, faced the Magic, who were serious about it, and only scored a measly 86 points in Orlando today. Peak Howard one defense five today. Killing on the inside, all Knicks players who dared to get within 10 feet of the basket were all gone. The dominance of the monster without a back injury in the forbidden area is simply perverted. David Lee kept a clean sheet in the first half, and the Magic collected some in the second half, and the tragic New York center scored points.
The Magic's style of play is actually not complicated at all, to put it simply, it is four shooters who open up space on the outside, and Howard alone on the inside. Such a formation. Once the defender wraps up the monster, the outside will leak. But if you don't wrap it, one person can't carry this monster. Defensively, Howard is responsible for wiping the team's butt, and now the Monster's dominance in the restricted area. Even in the entire history of the NBA.
Well, in addition to being abused by Yao Ming, Howard's overall improvement of the team is indeed much stronger than that of Da Yao, at least the healthy little giant can't lead the Rockets to the finals, but Howard can break into the finals with a Mr. 100 million yuan, and I can't help but admire him for being the first center in the active service, and he is also worthy of the praise of "the most dominant center after O'Neal".
Howard scored 16 points, 24 rebounds and 4 blocks in this game, which immediately made New York fans no longer mention any brainless remarks such as "deliberately losing to play magic", and fans in the Big Apple City now suddenly feel that the ranking at this time is also very good, and it is not impossible to win against the Hawks in the first round.
David Lee has been playing very well recently, and Horford may not be able to kill him in the playoffs, and the two are still players at the same level after all, so they are not as exaggerated as Howard's complete treatment of David Lee.
The most important thing is that there are no point guards in the Hawks who can limit Wu Huang! This is a winning weapon in New York, and if the Knicks want to win now, the premise is that Wu Huang must perform well, as long as he can play at his own level, the whole Knicks team can be activated.
But it seems too early to look at the Hawks as a first-round opponent in the playoffs, and the Knicks and Bobcats have the same record, and they really need to lose two games to secure a match against the Hawks, and the fiasco came just in time.
On April 11, the Knicks lost to the Heat at home, and I don't know if they lost on purpose, but they were a little closer to the Hawks anyway. After the game, many people felt that this idea was a bit too much to afford the Knicks, and it was really not easy for them to win the Heat, not to mention releasing the water, even if they went all out to play, the two teams won and lost the most ****, and the Knicks did not have a big advantage.
On April 12, the Knicks went back-to-back at home, D'Antoni used a rotation lineup, Wu Huang and the main team did not play, and Maddy finished the Wizards with a stunner, which made people look forward to another playoff for him.
On April 14, the Knicks' last regular season game of the season, D'Antoni only let the main team play the first half, and rested again in the second half. In the end, the Knicks were counterattacked by Bosh and lost the last game of the regular season this season. But winning or losing doesn't matter to the Knicks right now, and they've already set their standings.
On April 15, the 2009-2010 regular season ended, and the final standings of the Eastern Conference were finally released.
1. Cleveland Cavaliers (60-22).
2. Orlando Magic (53-29).
3. Atlanta Hawks (50-32).
4. Boston Celtics (48-34)
5. Charlotte Bobcats (46-36)
6. New York Knicks (46-36).
7. Miami Heat (42-40).
8. Milwaukee Bucks (42-40).
9. Chicago Bulls (41-41).
Charlotte Bobcats didn't want to face the Green Shirts, and finally deliberately came to a two-game losing streak, but unfortunately the Knicks started earlier and wittily lost the last game, and finished in sixth place as they wished, against the Atlanta Hawks, who were the best team in the top four in their minds.
After the end of the 2009-2010 season. The Knicks immediately released a handsome photo of Wu Huang with his right hand held high on his official website, and fans could see at a glance that this photo was definitely P.
Of course, the photos of P are not the point, the official website released the detailed data of Wu Huang this season under the photos, he played in 80 games in his rookie season, and scored a total of 1918 points. 491 rebounds, 697 assists, 204 steals, 87 blocks.
If converted to average data per game, it is an average of 35.9 minutes per game, contributing 24.0 points, 6.1 rebounds, 8.7 assists, 2.6 steals, 1.1 blocks and 3.8 turnovers, shooting 46.9% from the field, 43.1% from three-point range, and 88.2% from the free throw line.
The Knicks' official website hasn't forgotten about the other players on the team. After they touted Emperor Wu for a full 2,000 words, they finally used a whopping 200 words to introduce the other players, and they wrote it like this-
In the playoffs, star players are often the center of attention, but in many cases, it is impossible to win in the playoffs with a single star player.
We have the superstar Hugo, but the value of the other players should not be overlooked: the iron-blooded André Iguodala will use his solid defense to limit the opponent's star swingman; A 3-pointer from rookie Gallinari. helped the Knicks save the day many times; David Lee's rebounding and interior offense will also be an essential part of the team's interior offense; And our substitutes. They are also the key to the team's success. The Knicks are a united team with an indestructible edge.
This is biased to report, the writing is simply scummy, and it is said that it is good to introduce other players, but half of the content is still talking about Wu Huang, who knows how the idiot who wrote these things got mixed up with this job? Maybe there's a fart in it#Eye Deal.
Finally, the temporary worker, called JW, also listed the stats of several key players. Hereinafter. It is the four players who cannot be ignored in the Knicks playoffs, and their play may become the X-factor of the first round and affect the direction of the Knicks. After all, this team can't be left alone with Hugo.
Andrea Iguodala
Position: Shooting guard/small forward
Averages per game (after joining the Knicks): 13.8 points, 5.2 rebounds. 5.4 assists.
Evaluation: The best wing defender in the league this season, Andre will be key to Joe Johnson, and his outside shooting percentage is his weakness, especially when it comes to 3-pointers, but his dangerous breakaway can make up for it. In the playoffs, he's going to have to take on more responsibility, and he's sure to have a lot of open shots, and if he can't take those chances and make shots, then the Knicks will be in big trouble.
David Lee
Position: Power Forward/Center
Averages per game: 16.9 points, 9.6 rebounds, 2.5 assists.
Evaluation: The Knicks' star interior lineman has excellent face-frame ball handling, good back play and small hook hands, and excellent rebounding protection. In the first round of the playoffs against Horford, David's height will not be a weakness, and it will require him to play to his abilities, he will need to contribute a certain level of scoring, he must also guard rebounds, and play a tough low post defense...... He has a lot of things to do well, so David will be one of the keys to the Knicks' success or failure.
Gallinari
Position: Small Forward/Power Forward
Averages per game: 15.3 points, 4.2 rebounds, 1.5 assists, 40.5% three-point shooting.
Comments: Gallinari is a tall, athletic wing who excels at straight line breakouts and fouls, has an extremely soft touch, and is the most reassuring three-point shooter on the Knicks other than Hugo. His performance will be crucial for the Knicks, especially with Hugo sure to be caught in the middle and Gallinari will need to be ready to shoot from the outside.
Al Harrington
Position: Small Forward/Power Forward
Averages per game: 15.5 points, 4.9 rebounds, 1.4 assists.
Evaluation: Harrington was once used as an addition in the big three-team trade in February, but now he may be the Knicks' best bench player, and he is the team's key sixth man, especially his consistency on the offensive end and microwave oven touch, which is really valuable. Now, all Harrington has to do is continue to be himself and continue to play with his offensive firepower on the pitch consistently. Similarly, Harrington will get a lot of open shots, and he will have to take advantage of those opportunities. (To be continued.) )