On April 15, the 2009-2010 regular season is over, the team rankings have been decided, the playoff matchup table has also been officially released, this year's playoffs from the first round to the finals will use the 2-2-1-1-1 format, the official start date is set on April 18, the playoff teams will have three to four days of rest and rectification time after the end of the regular season, and the teams that fail to enter the playoffs can go on vacation at this moment.

Playoff Brackets:

Western Conference - Lakers vs. Thunder; Mavericks vs Spurs; Suns vs Trail Blazers; Nuggets vs Jazz.

Eastern Conference - Cavaliers vs. Bucks; Magic VS Heat; Hawks vs. Knicks; Celtics vs Bobcats.

The New York Knicks will return to the playoff stage after a long absence on the 18th, which will also be the playoff debut of Wu Huang's career, and the Knicks' game schedule is also out.

April 18, New York Knicks vs Atlanta Hawks - Phillips Arena, PM, 21:00.

April 20, New York Knicks vs. Atlanta Hawks - Phillips Arena, PM, 21:30.

April 23, New York Knicks vs. Atlanta Hawks - Madison Square Garden, PM, 20:30.

April 25, New York Knicks vs. Atlanta Hawks - Madison Square Garden, PM, 20:00.

April 28, New York Knicks vs Atlanta Hawks - Phillips Arena, TBD.

April 30, New York Knicks vs Atlanta Hawks - Madison Square Garden, TBD.

May 2, New York Knicks vs Atlanta Hawks - Phillips Arena, TBD.

The New York Times reported on the Knicks' opponent as soon as it was announced, with three regular-season victories over them. The regular season record of the two teams is 1:3, and the Knicks have only won one game, so the New York Times is not too optimistic about the upcoming playoffs, the Knicks have been away from this stage for too long, and there are too many uncertainties.

Columnist Da Sabi believes that the most outstanding characteristic of the Eagles is that they are athletic, they can play fast and aggressive on the offensive end. It can also be played slowly and steadily when necessary, and the Eagles are also very strong in attacking positions and are a team that is mature in all aspects. On the defensive end, they can make up for possible defensive holes through constant rotation of each other's defense and supplemental defense, and it can be said that they are an all-round team on offense and defense.

Looking at the Knicks on the other hand, they naturally didn't have such a comprehensive performance under D'Antoni. For most of the season, D'Antoni has been emphasizing the strengthening of the attacking tempo. Although the team's tactics have been supplemented, the variety and variation of tactics are not excellent, they prefer to play one tactic all the time, and many times even no tactics, it is all up to the players to play on the spot.

This style of play may be able to play with aura in the regular season when the defensive intensity is not very high, the scene is extremely gorgeous, and the offensive firepower can also be overwhelming. But in the playoffs. The Knicks players face an impregnable defense, and these flashes and spirituality may be torn apart by savagery and brutality!

So. Knicks players and fans shouldn't be too optimistic about this playoffs, the Hawks have an advantage over the Knicks in every way except for being at the disadvantage of the No. 1 spot, and Atalanta has the third-highest home win percentage in the East this season, and they only need one road win in the third or fourth game of the series to secure progress.

Da Sabi concluded by emphasising: "We have exceeded our task to reach the playoffs this year, but no one wants to go one step further at this time. And judging by the forecasts of most experts. They all agreed that it would be difficult for us to drag the game to Game 7, that the Hawks would win 4-1 or 4-2 over the Knicks, and that our players needed to be brave and cautious to approach this game together.

ESPN analyzed the first-round match between the Knicks and the Hawks from a variety of data.

The two teams in this round of the series in the Eastern Division, one is the dark horse of the season, and the other is the upstart who has just risen for a short time. There will be a lot of topics to talk about when the two teams meet, and there will be a lot of things to watch.

Since returning to the playoffs in the '07-08 season, the Atlanta Hawks have made breakthrough progress every year. In the 07-08 season, they stopped in the first round, and last season they made history by reaching the second round of the playoffs, and this season they not only played the first 50+ record in 12 years, but also changed the pattern of the Eastern Three-legged Championship, beating the Celtics and advancing to the playoffs in third place in the East, which shows that the Hawks are becoming more mature and stronger.

Compared to the traditional top three in the East, the Hawks have not made a big move this season, and they are also the most consistent team this season.

The Hawks' backcourt core Joe Johnson is full of firepower, Josh Smith is also moving in the direction of the league's most versatile player this season, Marvin Williams and Al Horford can play an offensive and defensive role, and the bench led by Jamal Crawford, a strong contender for the sixth man of the season, can also deal a fatal blow to opponents, and the Hawks, who are arguably the strongest Hawks in a decade, have no injuries in the regular season, which is very conducive to them going further in the playoffs.

The Hawks' playoff opponent Knicks can be called the big dark horse this season, this year the Knicks got the Chinese champion they did not hesitate to grab, and sent away Nate, Chandler, and Hughes before the trade deadline. But after so many moves were completed, no one could have expected in advance that the brand-new Knicks would have an astonishing 46-36 record, which is the Knicks' best regular season record in 9 years, and the last time they scored a 45+ record was in the 00-01 season.

This season, Wu Huang and Iguodala have become the team's offensive and defensive outside cores, especially Wu Huang's 63 points in a single game in March this year, shocking the world, and even known as the world's strongest champion! Before the trade deadline, the Knicks acquired former superstar McGrady from the Rockets, who failed to reflect the value of his league's highest salary in the regular season, but in the playoffs, Maddie may become the X-factor for the Knicks, as long as he can regain seventy percent of his strength with the Rockets in previous years. Then this Knicks will become extremely terrifying.

ESPN also made a comparison of the players of the two teams -

First of all, in the backcourt PK, ESPN's seven experts agreed that the Knicks have the advantage, and they can only hope that the backcourt composed of Iguodala and Wu Huang, who only joined in the middle of the season, can beat the Hawks, but they do have the ability.

Iguodala averaged 13.8 points per game during his time with the Knicks, which looks like a big gap to Johnson's 21.3 points, 4.6 rebounds and 4.9 assists. But in the five meetings between the two this season (two for the 76ers), Iguodala has averaged only 15 points per game and shot 39% from the field, which is no better than Iguodala, and he has the ability to make his star players on offense the same level as himself, or even inferior to himself.

Crawford would have been a good addition to Joe Johnson, but he will also face a guard line of Wu Huang and Andre Iguodala this series, and the top sixth man has averaged just nine points per game against the Knicks this season. The shooting percentage was also less than 40%, and Iguodala and Wu Huang were able to do an excellent job of defending him alone, which made the Hawks' guard line slightly embarrassed.

The most suspenseful thing between the two teams is the point guard matchup, Wu Huang has faced the White Devil Bibby four times this season, averaging 28 points, 6 rebounds and 8 assists per game, with a terrifying shooting rate of 55%, and even a 45% shooting rate for three-pointers, basically blowing up the former All-Star player. And the latter faced Emperor Wu. He averaged only 7 points and 5 assists per game, and his shooting percentage was less than 40%.

Even New York fans feel it. Although Bibi's state has declined quickly, he has not been violently beaten like this by Wu Huang, mainly because Bibi has relied entirely on his own experience and awareness to play in the past two seasons, he does play very smart on the court, but his athleticism has declined too much, although he has not suffered too much in the face of Wei Shao and Rose. But Wu Huang is completely different from those two, he has never been afraid of Bibby This type of player, and now Bibi is beaten by him from head to toe, and it is difficult for the White Devil not to be tragic.

The Knicks' advantage in point guard is big enough to kill the Hawks, that's the unanimous opinion of the pundits. If the Hawks can't address the threat of Wu Huang, they will likely be eliminated by the Knicks.

ESPN described Wu Huang as follows: "You can't look at Hugo like an ordinary first-year, let alone expect a lack of playoff experience to get him into trouble, Duncan and Bird are there for example, and the NCAA Finals are not a big scene like that, and the more a player like Hugo performs in a major tournament, the more terrible he becomes, which is a trait that all great players have."

Looking at the alignment of the front line, ESPN's expert panel believes that the two teams are evenly matched in the front line.

Josh Smith has been in great form this season, averaging 15.7 points, 8.7 rebounds, 4.2 assists, 1.6 steals and 2.1 blocks per game to impress the league. Marvin Williams, who entered the NBA as a top player, managed to shake off injury troubles, and he can shoot and pose a huge threat to the Knicks' defense.

However, the Knicks' forward line is not inferior, although Gallinari and Harrington are not as good as their opponents defensively, their offensive firepower is higher than that of the Hawks' forward group, and they also have Maddy and Green, two unknown factors, especially the Knicks' use of Maddy is of interest to many people. In the second half of the regular season, New York fans watched Maddie play in some games, and if he had a playoff or two outbursts, the Hawks would have been caught off guard.

Finally, there is the battle on the inside, where the Hawks have a big advantage, Atlanta has one of the best centers in the league, Horford, the Dominican center is averaging 14.2 points, 9.9 rebounds and 1.1 blocks per game, the first rebounds in the team and second only to Josh Smith. Substitute centers Pachulia, Collison and others are also eager to try on the bench, so the Eagles have the advantage in interior strength.

In fact, there is only one person available for the Knicks in the center position, that is, David Lee, who can only play power forward in terms of real height and athleticism, although he may be better than Horford in terms of personal data, but no one thinks he can take advantage of the position, and the Knicks' interior benches are all old and sick who are difficult to contribute in the playoffs, and the New Yorkers are really no match for Atlantans in this regard.

After the regular season, the major media were in the gap before the start of the playoffs. Covering the 16 playoff teams in the East and West, we're keeping an eye on the upcoming player awards and All-Team selections, especially the regular season MVP.

The Knicks have been quiet all night as the coaching staff spends the night studying the three regular-season beats to their opponents, and the players on the team are repeatedly watching the footage given to them by the coaching staff on some of their representative offensive and defensive rounds against their opponents. The goal is for them to know themselves and their opponents.

Wu Huang has nothing to do, his opposition advantage is too great, unless he goes to watch the video of other players of the Eagles, but this is robbing other people's jobs.

So I don't know if it's idle and have nothing to do, on April 17, the Knicks team was ready to leave, and on this day, the New York media suddenly broke the news: Knicks core Hugo issued a special ban on entertainment before going to Atlanta, instructing the Knicks to refuse the temptation of Atlanta.

Many domestic fans may not know. At the end of 1999, after the truth of the "Gold Club" was further revealed, it was also exposed that the Knicks secretly accepted strippers in Atlanta.

At that time, when the Knicks played in Atlanta, the "Gold Club" would organize a group of dancers to serve the Knicks in the hotel, and each of the hardest performers could get a reward of $1,000.

Although the most famous "Golden Club" has disappeared at the beginning of the 21st century, many more still exist in the city, even so rampant that even Chloe Moretz, a little kid, has warned him not to go striptease on the Penguin chat app several times in the past few days. Otherwise, your eyes will be blind.

It can be seen from this that for most NBA players. Atlanta is the perfect place to go for away games, as the high-end nightclubs offer a wide variety of special services and are still legal to a certain extent.

Knicks legend Ewing and Orrick are regulars at Atlanta's "Gold Club", and Wu also knows that Gallinari and Big Wee Lee have been there to play here. However, in the first round of this year's playoffs, the Knicks players will have to honestly follow the team rules he has set. Do not go to entertainment venues to indulge.

The outlet reported in great detail that before leaving for Atlanta, Mr. Wu issued a ban on players from going out late at night to parties or partying during the playoffs, and they were absolutely not allowed to drink. These prohibitions apply during the time Emperor Wu travels to Atlanta for the playoffs.

It is worth mentioning that the ban was not issued by the team's head coach D'Antoni, but by the two captains, Wu Huang and Iguodala.

But in fact, the tabloid revealed irresponsibly that the ban was actually strongly requested by Taylor Swift, because those damn clubs, in order to confuse their team's worst enemy, deliberately sent Wu Huang a bunch of diamond membership cards after the regular season, some of which were still the highest level that only Jordan, Kobe, James and other big names have, so that he could enjoy a service that nine out of nine guests in these clubs could not enjoy.

After Wu Huang learned the news, he hurriedly came forward to refute the rumors: "This is all nonsense, in fact, I have not made a policy prohibiting going out, the players can go out and eat, and they can relax appropriately, but the players must return to the hotel at night and cannot stay outside." The guy was revealing as he spoke, and finally warned his teammates: "It's not a curfew, but trust me, my eyes are clear, my eyes are everywhere." ”

In fact, the news exposed by this tabloid is correct, and not only does Taylor Swift hate the various clubs that are notorious in the eyes of many stars' wives and girlfriends, but Christine is also worried that Wu Huang will linger in those gold holes, and after playing the regular season, he has been reminding him not to be photographed by the media to go to strip clubs, in fact, reminding him not to go to those places.

Wu Huang didn't have the idea of enjoying these special services, if he wanted to engage in these things, the local striptease clubs in New York would not have to be bad in Atlanta, and the world's largest metropolis would certainly not be bad in the construction of entertainment venues. And he knows that the Knicks, as the No. 6 seed, can't afford to be distracted in the playoffs, especially when playing on the road.

Those teams that have home-court advantage in the playoffs have a 77.2 percent win rate in series over the past 25 years. The team that had home-court advantage in the playoffs last season won 57 of 75 games, a 76 percent win rate, and won 13 of its 15 series. Therefore, Wu Huang made this unkind rule, and he was worried that his teammates were using their energy in the wrong place, and they were not without the ability to fight against the Eagles. But only if you put your mind on the game.

However, his words have a bit of a tyrant and dictator's flavor. A few hours later, Mr. Wu forced another wave of explanations on his Twitter and Facebook: "I'm not saying that you have to go to bed at some point, I'm just telling everyone to rest, and when we focus on one task, nothing else matters." Yes, it's time to concentrate, and it's summer. What you have is time to play. When we came to the Union, veterans like Andrei were ahead of us, and these things were what they stood for. ”

The Knicks' away results this season are not good, especially the two trips to Atlanta, which ended in a feather, and the playoffs are a 2-2-1-1-1 system, if the first two away games are lost, the Knicks have little chance of qualifying. I can't help but think that Emperor Wu doesn't pay attention to it.

Gallinari was quick to respond on Twitter: "Hugo is right, we should get the job done first." There's nothing to discuss, that's how it should be. ”

D'Antoni was pleased, and he naturally agreed with Emperor Wu's approach: "I think this is the best and most powerful leadership style, we discuss this matter all the time, and sometimes we need to put it into action, when it is your core and the captains to give this order." I think it would be a nice thing to do. ”

New York fans also expressed their unconditional support for Wu Huang's "ban on entertainment", they would not feel that Wu Huang was domineering, and celebrity fans such as Spike Lee supported Wu Huang's iron-fisted decision in front of the media. If you run to have fun, you can only say that this person's professionalism is too low, and there are problems with his character.

The Knicks plan to leave for Atlanta at noon on the 18th, and the players will be able to get a good night's sleep on the plane, and after a meal in the evening, the whole team can wait for the game to start after a one-hour pregame warm-up.

It is worth mentioning that the league will announce some regular season awards before the official start of the playoffs, that is, on the 18th, and the trophies of the winning players will be sent to the home court in advance, and those who win away games will be awarded when they return to their home court.

Wu Huang can now guess which awards he will definitely win, and he can also guess some of the awards he may win, as well as those that he will never win this season.

Let's talk about the two awards he will definitely win, "Best Rookie" and "Rookie First Team" must not be able to run out of Wu Huang's palm, he won all the Rookie of the Month awards in the East this season, and the Player of the Week also won three times, and was shortlisted for the Player of the Month selection once, so the selection of these two awards is the most suspenseful.

Speaking of the awards that Wu Huang is likely to get, the "third team in the regular season" is the team honor he is most likely to be selected for, for three reasons-

First, his team's record is not bad, especially if you look at the Knicks' record last season, so Wu Huang's rating on the team's record will never be low.

Second, his stats are among the top three of all point guards in the league, and given the massive injury situation this season, his individual performance will not be held back, but will give him some points.

Third, the selection of NBA awards is carried out by media people, simply put, by TV commentators and reporters, so the player's fame is relatively high. If people haven't seen you a few games, or heard your name a few times, how can they vote for you? And Wu Huang just meets this requirement, the exposure of playing in New York is too high, not to mention that there are so many scandals about him, and the news value of Chinese Americans is also ridiculously high, so his news exposure this season, it is estimated that even Kobe and James are not as good as him, and there is basically no reporter who does not know the names of "New York Emperor" and "Holy Master".

Wu Huang fully meets these three requirements, and the chance of being selected for the third team this season has reached 7 percent, and the only suspense is whether he can impact the second team? But this is much more difficult, even if his performance is enough, but his qualifications are too shallow, it is estimated that the reporter will not vote for him too much, and the chance of him being selected for the second team will not exceed 20%.

In the end, those awards that he will definitely not win, of course, are MVP and DPOY, that is, "Regular Season Most Valuable Player" and "Regular Season Defensive Player", the two most important awards, he is 100% untouchable this season, and it is unlikely that he will even enter the ranks of the top three votes, so it would be good if someone could vote for him.

There is also the best defensive first and second team, these two team honors are not his share, although Wu Huang's defense is recognized as a first-class, but this season, there are four or five people in the league who can restrain him, which makes him miss the award, even if he can prevent more opponents from taking care of their own lives, but it can't change his current defense is still flawed, and a player with defensive flaws naturally can't enter this lineup. (To be continued.) )