In the opening game of the second round of the playoffs, the Knicks sat at home and played the first game of the Eastern Conference semifinals with the Bulls. Pen | fun | pavilion www. ｂｉｑｕｇｅ。 ｉｎｆｏ

Before the game began, NBA commissioner David Stern personally presented Hugo with the regular-season MVP trophy at the Knicks' home court, and the New York Emperor lifted the coveted honor to the cheers of the fans. In the end, the Knicks beat the Bulls 111-90 at home to get off to a good start, leading the Bulls 1-0.

Wu Huang won the regular season MVP news has been announced for a long time, but the league did not send the trophy to him until the second round of the game, Wu Huang held his MVP trophy after the game, and said to reporters: "My teammates are tired of playing with teammates in team training every day, we have been training in the team for a week before the game, and we can smell the battle in the training hall for a long time, we all want to start the second round series as soon as possible, and then go up and do a big job, that's why we played well tonight." ”

A New York reporter asked Wu Huang: "Congratulations on finally getting the MVP trophy, and congratulations to the Knicks for winning the first game of the series." There are at least three games left in the first group of the Eastern Conference semifinals, but do you think there are really only three? ”

Wu Huang had just won the game, so he was in the right mood, and replied with a smile: "Of course not, because we fought 6 games with the Magic last year, and we almost turned the tables when we were down 0:2, so we will also pay special attention to what to do when the total score is ahead." "Actually, I want to say that our team has gradually grown, and last year's series against the Magic helped us a lot in how we improved our playoff game, and we were eliminated in New York, which was a painful experience." But it's failures like this that teach us how to play well in the playoffs and leave us with the belief that anything can happen if they have a chance to get back into the playoffs. ”

Then a reporter asked about Rose's last push action, Wu Huang laughed, pretending to be very generous and replied: "It's nothing, players will make some subconscious moves when they are in a hurry, at that time everyone only has the game in their eyes, if I see a guy who walks slowly down the field when the team is behind and there is little time left, I will also want to go up and kick him, so I don't think it's a malicious action." ”

"Damn, what a hypocrisy!" Now there are many reporters who specialize in following Nix and Wu Huang, so after long-term contact, they have figured out Wu Huang's character, this guy always likes to say something ambiguous, and his answer seems to be positive and negative, and he can only understand. But considering that most fans like to fall into the well, Rose, who performed poorly today and made irrational moves, will really have a hard time tomorrow.

"I'm a bit of a hypocrite indeed!" After the press conference, Wu Huang couldn't help but complain about himself.

Rose is actually a good boy, and he didn't have too many over-the-top actions to be bullied by him today, which shows that his character is not bad. Of course, including Wei Shao, Curry and other point guards of his generation, most of them are bullied by him all day long, but they don't make much noise, so he is really a standard villain.

Wu Huang originally wanted to go to Taylor Swift's place for the night today, but somehow drove the car to the downstairs of Little Radish Shred's apartment.

He now wants to chat with the quiet and obedient Emma Roberts, where he can have the illusion that he is a positive person, especially when he is a little shaken in his heart and even begins to doubt himself, to get along with the little Emma who will support him no matter what he does, can make him feel warm, and will also make him more determined in his heart.

The next day, when Emperor Wu came to the training hall, he regained his cold and resolute expression.

The little guilt of last night had long since dissipated with the vigorous exercise on the bed, and the thought of pitying the opponent was so stupid to think about it now! Now that those guys have stepped onto the court, they are naturally ready to meet defeat for a long time, where do they need the sympathy of others? When they were eliminated by the Magic last season, did his opponents sympathize with him? Does he need sympathy?

He still remembers the first time he competed in high school, when he knocked down an opponent who was weaker than himself, and he didn't hesitate at that time, and immediately stepped forward to pull the opponent up. As a result, he was banned by the coach for three games in the team because of this action. Since then, he has never taken the initiative to pull up an opponent.

After the day's recovery training, Wu Huang entertained Yao Ming, who had come to New York, at his home in the evening.

Yao Ming has a business activity in New York these days, and by the way, he came to see the Knicks game, and Wu Huang, the landlord, naturally wanted to entertain him well.

"I really envy you, two years of achievements have caught up with my eight years of struggle." When Yao Ming saw Emperor Wu now, the expression on his face was like eating a sour plum, he was jealous of Emperor Wu's talent.

"Brother Yao, how is your injury?" Emperor Wu knew that Yao Ming had no ill intentions, and that his jealousy was due to his own misfortune. Yao Ming's career is enough to make people feel sad, his efforts and gains are completely disproportionate, of course, this refers to his gains on the court, and the off-field gains are no longer in the eyes of stars of their level.

As soon as Yao Ming heard the word "injury", his expression became more distorted, and he said with a black line on his face: "Do you think I'm unlucky because I have a big head?" Should I find someone to look at Feng Shui? Since I entered the NBA, I don't seem to have a season where I can't get hurt?! Speaking of this, Yao Ming couldn't help but slap the table hard, "This year, I pushed off most of the national team's games and commercial activities, and my playing time began to decrease, and my physical condition has been maintained well, I thought I finally had a chance to play a full-time season, but you know the result, what reason is there to get injured at that time?" ”

Emperor Wu looked at Yao Ming and said, even his face turned a little red, knowing that he was angry! Speaking of which, Yao Ming was really unlucky, his injury this time was not serious, and he recovered after more than a month of rest, but he just missed the playoffs perfectly. The result was that the Rockets were swept out of the game by the Mavericks in the first round, and Yao Ming, who could walk, run, and jump twice at that time, but he couldn't play the game, was almost suffocated to death.

"Brother Yao, I also think your luck is a bit of a problem, your contract expires next season, do you have any plans to change places? Maybe it can be transferred. Wu Huang tried to ask, Yao Ming's contract officially expires in June this year, and any team has the right to make an offer to him at that time, including the Knicks.

Yao Ming looked at him when he heard this, and said directly: "So, what are your plans?" ”

Wu Huang didn't beat around the bush and pointed out the window: "I think the feng shui in New York is good, don't you think my luck has always been good?" ”

"Why, before this season is over, you're starting to think about next season?"

"Do you still need to think about this? Most teams in the league are interested in you, including the Knicks. ”

Yao Ming still shook his head: "Excuse me, my old bones can't be bombarded, and I should be reimbursed for half a season when I come to New York." ”

Wu Huang thought for a while and said: "It's really early to say this kind of thing now, but it's okay, you don't have to rush to sign the contract, maybe D'Antoni won't be here next season." ”

Yao Ming smiled: "You can rest assured of this, at my age and injury history, it is not possible to negotiate a contract in a short period of time, even if D'Antoni is not here next season, your boss and new coach may not be willing to ask me for this sick man." ”

Wu Huang knows that this topic should stop here, Yao Ming has actually revealed the idea of leaving the Rockets, and it can be heard from his words that he does not reject the Knicks, and even has the idea of not taking a high-salary contract, otherwise he would not say "the contract is not easy to negotiate".

Yao Ming's current mentality is a bit complicated, he is not short of money now, at his age, what he lacks is only a championship, whether the salary is capped or not has long been downplayed, and the strength of the new team and his own role in the team is what he values. If the Knicks don't fight, Yao Ming is interested in joining. The strength of this team is definitely enough, and there is Wu Huang as his own person, if there is no more suitable choice in the summer, he has no resistance to joining the Knicks, and the salary issue can also be discussed, and he also does not resist taking a salary cut to join.

Wu Huang and Yao Ming chatted and watched the game, and the whole New York was singing and dancing at the moment, but Los Angeles in the west was not very calm. Under Nowitzki's leadership, the Dallas Mavericks reversed the deficit of up to 16 points and finally defeated the Lakers with a score of 96-94.

Kobe Bryant quickly grabbed Rose's headlines, and the majority of fans have watched Rose's jokes all day, and in the evening they have another object to vent their emotions - Kobe.

The Flyers scored 36 points in the game, but at the last moment, he was first stolen by Terry and sent out the offensive rights, then slipped while receiving the ball, made two mistakes and finally missed the killer three-pointer, and became the sinner of the loss.

Generally speaking, teams in the NBA that are not willing to pay high salaries are difficult to become championship players, and Mavericks owner Cuban is even more convinced of this, and he never skimps on checks in his hand in order to build the Mavericks into a championship team. But Lakers head coach Phil Jackson commented in a recent interview that Cuban "money can buy wins, but it's not entirely that way." After the first game of the Western Conference semifinals, Cuban can fight back against the Zen master: money sometimes really can't buy a victory, such as the first game of the Western Conference semifinals, the Lakers, who had an extra $3.25 million in the lineup, were reversed by the Mavericks.

In order to build a championship team, Cuban is willing to invest in the team. The Mavericks' total salary this season reached $87.12 million, and Cuban invested heavily to put them to a 57-25 record in the regular season.

But the Mavericks' high investment only achieved the third place in the West, and I don't know if this is considered a victory? However, there is no doubt that they have always missed the championship, even in the season when they had their best record of 67 wins, the Mavericks not only missed the championship, but were even eliminated by the Warriors Black Eight in the first round, such history and reality made Cuban unable to find the words to counter the ridicule of the Zen master.

The Lakers are more willing to spend money than the Mavericks in the construction of the roster, and the Lakers' total salary this season has reached 90.38 million yuan, which is $3.25 million more than the Mavericks, and the Lakers' record is the same as the Mavericks' 57-25. But the Lakers and Mavericks went 3-1 in regular season battles.

Fortunately, in the first game of the Western Conference semifinals with the Lakers, the Mavericks finally defeated the Lakers, which made Cuban finally breathe a sigh of relief.

In the Lakers' roster this season, Kobe Bryant has a salary of $24,806,250, Gasol $17,823,000, and Bynum $13,700,000, and the salaries of the three players are already frighteningly high. In addition, Odom has $8,200,000 and Artest has $6,322,320.

When the Zen master says money can buy wins, he is largely referring to the Lakers' investment, and his salary with the Lakers is about $12.5 million, far more than Mavericks head coach Carlisle's salary. Perhaps the implication of the Zen master is that Cuban didn't spend as much money on the head coach, so they couldn't buy the victory.

But today the Zen master was slapped in the face, and the Mavericks defeated the Lakers in the first game of the Western Conference semifinals, and also helped Cuban fight back against the Zen master.

The Mavericks, who invested $3.25 million less than the Lakers, defeated the Lakers in Game 1 of the Western Conference semifinals, and when the whistle blew at the end of the game, his excitement could be seen in the excitement on Cuban's raised hands.

In addition to the Lakers and Mavericks, the two giants in the East were also the focus of fans, and in the end, the Heat easily beat the Celtics 99-90 at home to win the first game between the Eastern Conference semifinals between the two sides, and the series led 1-0.

In the game, the confrontation between the starting small forwards of the two teams became a major attraction. Whether it is the Heat's LeBron James or the Celtics' Paul Pearce, both of them are representatives of the league's top small forwards, and the previous confrontation between the two in the playoffs also made this game full of gunpowder. In this game, Pierce contributed 19 points and 7 rebounds, but was eventually sent off due to 2 technical fouls due to uncoolness, while James contributed 22 points, 6 rebounds, 5 assists and 2 blocks.

James and Pierce have met twice in the playoffs, in 2008 and 2010, and both meetings ended in a victory for the Celtics led by Pierce. Therefore, James also hopes that after coming to the Heat, he can avenge the previous two losses to Pierce in the playoffs. At present, James is better than Pierce in terms of age, speed, explosiveness and weight, but Pierce is obviously stronger than the little emperor in terms of experience and psychological advantages. Ahead of the game, both James and Pierce considered the game a "personal matter", and it was clear that both sides wanted to prove in the game who was the best small forward in the league.

Judging by the results, both in terms of team wins and individual data, James has proven himself to be the most well-rounded small forward in the league. In the game, James did not blindly pursue high scoring because of the pre-game revenge declaration, but showed his offensive weapons when the team needed it most, especially in the third quarter, when the Celtics played a counterattack momentum, James turned on the offensive mode at the right time to curb the opponent's momentum.

Pierce, on the other hand, wanted to use the score to declare war on James from the beginning of the game, but he failed to hit the basket again and again, and his mistakes were the main reason for the team's final loss.

In addition to these four teams, a day ago, the Thunder and Grizzlies, who did not pay much attention, also played fiercely!

The two teams met four times in the regular season, with the Grizzlies winning 3-1. Randolph was a big factor in the Grizzlies' victory, averaging 26.5 points and 13 rebounds per game in four games. The only game the Thunder won, Durant scored 40 points.

Both teams played well in the first round, especially the Grizzlies, who made team history by eliminating the Spurs, who are the first team in the West. The Grizzlies' confidence has soared, and they have shown no weakness in the face of the Thunder. In particular, Randolph continued the super performance of the first round of the game, played very aggressively, played a good role as a boss at both ends of the offensive and defensive ends, and his skills at critical moments were also eye-catching, and he once again cut down 34+10 superstar data in the first game, obviously planning to go black to the end.

After the Grizzlies were on the Black Eight Spurs, many people thought that Randolph's state when he played the Spurs in the first round was just a flash in the pan, but after playing the first game of the Thunder, Durant was also conquered by Randolph's performance, calling him the beast of the game.

The Knicks now regret it, many fans think that Randolph's strength has surpassed that of Xiaosi, and this kind of idea that other people's things are better than their own is a major characteristic of all fans.

Western Conference Finals Score – Grizzlies (1) vs (0) Thunder; Lakers (0) vs (1) Mavericks.

Eastern Conference Finals Score – Knicks (1) vs. (0) Bulls; Heat (1) vs (0) Celtics.

On the day of the Knicks' second game, Yahoo Sports, perhaps bored, ran another brazen curse on the Knicks.

They posted a photo of Wu Huang holding up the MVP trophy, and then reported that MVP does not mean championship, but most of the winners of this award can basically see all kinds of clues from their teams, because the MVP player not only has to perform well individually, but also the team's record is also an important reference standard. Therefore, there is no inevitable connection between MVP and championship, but it can only be said that the probability of the two is relatively large. However, in the past 7 years, MVP honors seem to have been cursed, because these 7 MVP players have failed to win the championship in the end.

Both Nash and James have won back-to-back MVPs in the past seven years, but that doesn't seem to be the gospel of winning championships. The best of the five players to win the honor was Kobe Bryant in '08, who led the Lakers to the Finals only to be defeated by the mighty Celtics. The worst of all was 2007 MVP Dirk Nowitzki, who led the Mavericks to a 67-15 record, but was eliminated in the first round by the Warriors. Others, such as James, Nash and Garnett, have only reached the regional finals at their best, but have never even made it to the finals.

The Knicks won comfortably in the first round of the playoffs, and maybe they can beat the Bulls in the second round, but it hasn't been said that Hugo can win the championship this year, so let's see if the New York Emperor can resist the MVP curse with his actions.

"And that kind of thing?" When Wu Huang saw the report, there was only half an hour left before the start of their game against the Bulls.

"They like to use this curse to attract the attention of the fans!" O'Neill stretched out his big hand and touched Wu Huang's head, and the latter hurriedly lowered his head and dodged away, the dead fat man must have wanted to destroy his hairstyle.

D'Antoni slapped his players to concentrate and said: "We don't need to change too much today, but we can't copy the way we played in the last game, they will definitely change, we have to pay attention to the efficiency of the attack after the start." "Mustache encourages his players to shoot most of the time, but today he asked his players to play a little more cautiously, because they don't know what the Bulls will do in Game 2, and it's better to play steady after the opening to prevent the opponent from catching the flaw and getting hit first.

Wu Huang agrees on this point, the Bulls will definitely make adjustments today, they need to be careful.

Thibodeau did review the defeat in the first game when they returned, and in their rush to get a win on the road, the imbalance of mentality caused them to lose the quality of their defence. Instead, he chose to fight against the Knicks, even if Emperor Wu didn't plan to cheat them, this kind of strategy that was taken for granted was still more likely to fail.

In today's game, the Bulls did not have a new routine on the offensive end, and still relied on two cores to solve problems like in the first game, but the focus naturally shifted to Anthony. In the playoffs, Rose is clearly not as good as Anthony. Now no one cares what the reason for this result is, not even Thibodeau will only think about one point - if the Bulls want to win, is it more hopeful to rely on Anthony?

The Knicks didn't change on the offensive end either, but what worries Knicks fans is that their players feel much worse today than they did in the first game, because the Bulls' defensive intensity has increased significantly, which makes the Knicks' players shoot a sharp drop in the first quarter.

Gallinari, who was radiant in the last game, shot only 1 of 5 in the first quarter today, and turned from a hero to a drag on the team. But it's not just the Italians who are out of shape, Wu Huang only scored 4 points in the first quarter, Rose is like a mad dog today, I don't know if it's because he was scolded crazy by the media and fans, he doesn't have much desire to attack today, but the desire to play with Wu Huang is very strong! Many times the defense can see his gritted teeth hideous expression, and Wu Huang is a little worried, but he was defended in the first quarter with 4 shots and 1 shot, and his performance is not much better than Gallinari.

"Am I being restricted by someone alone?" After the first quarter, Emperor Wu was a little annoyed and angry. The Bulls let Rose defend him alone today, and the effect was actually better than the two-man defense in the last game, which is why the Bulls still have the energy to engage Gallinari and others.

Xiao Si is sitting next to Wu Huang at the moment, he feels good today, because he only played in the second half of the last game, he was complained by many Wu Huang fans for a long time after the game.

Today's situation turned around, Wu Huang's performance in the first quarter was sluggish, but his performance was very bright, shooting 5 of 6 in a single quarter, cutting 15 points and 4 rebounds, almost single-handedly carrying the Knicks forward. It was also thanks to his outstanding performance that the Knicks did not fall behind the Bulls too much in the first quarter, and Smalls felt that this feeling of being a savior was very good, and he has rarely tasted this taste this season. (To be continued.) )