The Knicks played better and better on the offensive end in this round of the series, and in the second half, the Knicks continued to attack, and David Lee got rid of Howard when he came up and hit a two-pointer from mid-range.

D'Antoni has been coaching David Lee on how to deal with Howard, and although the New York center has not improved much on the defensive end, David Lee has finally been able to play some of his own style against Howard in these two games. I don't know if this is due to D'Antoni, but David Lee did play better than one game against Horford in the first round and Howard in the second round.

Howard, who didn't feel good in the first half, finally came to his senses, scoring four points in a row near the free throw line, which was his adjustment, and the monster chose to go farther away from the basket to catch the ball and attack.

David Lee and Frye were quickly beaten into three fouls, and the Magic stuck to the defensive counterattack and went on a 19-8 offensive surge over the next seven minutes.

The Knicks still don't have enough routines on both offensive and defensive ends, and they can only see moves and dismantle every time, and they can't take the initiative. But every time he was beaten out of the offensive climax and then chased the score, this was too much of a test for Wu Huang, his shooting accuracy dropped a little in the past few minutes, and the Knicks' counterattack was immediately unable to play.

At 4:20 in the third quarter, the Magic rewrote the score to 70:58.

In the final four minutes of the quarter, the Knicks relied on the scores of Iguodala and Harrington to finally maintain the margin at about 10 points until the end of the first three quarters.

At the end of the third quarter, the Knicks chased the score to 70:80, and Harrington scored 10 points in a single quarter.

Wu Huang has 22 points, 5 rebounds, 6 assists and 4 steals, although he only scored four points in the third quarter, but he did a good job of defending and grooming the team, which alone opened up a gap with a single-function player like Nelson.

Nelson was cut off twice by Wu Huang today, both of which were passes to Howard. Although Wu Huang has nothing to do with Warcraft today, he plays at least half of the role in defending Howard's task, but unfortunately most fans will not notice this.

In the final quarter, the confrontation between the two teams became more intense, and the court became a show moment for Wu Huang and the Magic players except Howard.

To put it that way, it doesn't seem to be quite graphic. is also a bit tongue-twisting, you can refer to Yao Ming's situation in the rocket, Howard is often as embarrassed as Da Yao.

Since O'Neal is no longer at his peak, Yao Ming and Howard, two traditional centers, have often encountered the dilemma of being in place on the inside, but not receiving basketball. And when they are doing well, the team may not win; On the contrary, when the perimeter players perform well, the team has a slightly better chance of winning.

Wu Huang adjusted his state and swept the first 5 points of the Knicks in this quarter, with 8 minutes and 42 seconds before the end. After Frye hit a three-pointer from the outside, the Knicks trailed by six points at 76:82.

Seeing that the lead was swallowed up by the Knicks, the Magic team sacrificed their magic weapon, suddenly increasing the defensive intensity in an attempt to drag the game into the quagmire.

The Magic's defensive moves began to get bigger, and Wu Huang was almost kicked under by Barnes, who was assisting the defense, when he broke through, which made him extremely unhappy, and this move was too vicious.

"Are you ready to play?" Wu Huang watched the next three minutes. Neither team scored any points and the scoreboard felt like it was frozen. Immediately know what your opponent is thinking. With the blessing of home-court advantage, it will definitely be the Knicks who will suffer in the end, not to mention the rogue tactics of having Howard's Magic, which is cheap and profitable.

But there is nothing good for the Knicks to do, and the referees are not strictly speaking to make things difficult for them, but they just put the foul scale very loosely. This is extremely beneficial for defensive teams, and the Knicks don't have the slightest advantage in this kind of "take you down if you break and shoot you on the wrist" game.

The smell of gunpowder quickly began to escalate, and Harrington put Vince Carter the defensive end and received a technical foul.

Emperor Wu secretly hurts. Although the fouls of the Magic players are vicious, they still go for the ball on the surface, and these old ball ruffians know how to do it without being severely punished by the referee. But the Knicks' players are too young to grasp the scale of fouls, they only feel that they have been wronged, but the referee is indifferent, so they can only use their own methods to get justice.

"Justice for Nima!" Seeing Al Harrington being replaced, Wu Huang can't wait to make up for it again, a fool like this who has more than enough success and more than failure, must get out of the way next season!

"Don't worry, they won't score points, just be patient and wait for the opportunity and play to our projection advantage, they will definitely suffer the consequences." Wu Huang is very calm, and his words are not wrong, but no one in the team except Iguodala knows how to wait for an opportunity? And no one knows how to play the projection advantage?

The Magic players pulled the Knicks players when they were defending off the ball, constantly squeezing them with their bodies, and the Knicks players felt that they had no chance to catch the ball and shoot the basket.

Big Van Gundy sacrificed a "suffocating defense" in the fourth quarter, and the Magic were able to break into the Finals last season, relying not on three-point shots and inside and outside offense, but on the defensive end after the opponent's throat was constantly counterattacked, and they were able to win surprisingly at every critical moment.

At this time, the Magic knew that the game had reached a critical moment, and their sudden increase in intensity on the defensive end made it impossible for the Knicks to perform, and then Howard took the lead and began to follow the team frantically to the basket.

Wu Huang soon felt a suffocating pressure, on the defensive end, the Magic team kept using two players to attack him left and right, or front and back, the circle was fast and ruthless, Wu Huang must not stop when dribbling, and he must get the cooperation of his teammates to break through this defense.

But here's the problem, neither the Knicks' tactical execution nor the players' tactical literacy are enough to break the Magic's defense.

In the 4th minute and 18 seconds, Wu Huang was once again surrounded by Nelson and Petrus on the offensive end, and he quickly dodged and quickly transferred to the left 45-degree three-point line.

At this time, David Lee should be pulled out at the same time, waiting for Wu Huang to use his body as a cover to get rid of the defenders, at that time, as long as there is a slight mistake in the rotation of the Magic team, Wu Huang can pass the ball or shoot by himself after he has space, and the initiative is on their side.

But what made Emperor Wu want to scold his mother was. David Lee actually ran to the weak side at this time, and his idea was to pull away the defender for Wu Huang while waiting for his ball.

The Magic players didn't pay attention to David Lee at all, and Wu Huang was sold clean in an instant, and now he was not only sandwiched by a double bag, but was directly surrounded by three people. No matter how good the dribbling ability is, there is only one way to go. In the end, the basketball was cut off by Carter, and the Magic scored two more points with an easy counterattack.

D'Antoni called a timeout, and in his opinion, the team had an offensive problem during this time, but how to solve the offensive problem is what he is best at.

However, he didn't understand that the mercury attack could be exciting, but it might not win the championship. Tragedy like Nash, who was demonstrated to fans and mustaches at his peak. The Spurs have also demonstrated to their fans that only the defensive end can suffocate their opponents. to ensure that the team can make a difference in the fight against the opponent. The fact that the Suns have only won the Spurs once in the last seven years since Bowen retired speaks volumes about the importance of defense.

In the next round, the Magic's defense was changed to a full-court marker, and the five stood in a pentagonal defensive position, seemingly lax but leaving no dead ends.

Wu Huang was a little confused, the bag and clamp defense before the magic was obviously good. This time, it was replaced by a person-to-man mark, what kind of routine is this?

Big Van Gundy smiled. Of course, he knows that D'Antoni has a set of offense, so he doesn't always use a defensive routine when it matters like this.

Wu Huang instructed Iguodala to go to the bottom line to try the depth of the Magic team, and Petrus and Carter immediately changed defenses, which seemed to be a routine of regional joint defense, and the players were in charge of each other.

Howard expands his defense in the middle. Running near the free throw line to keep an eye on Wu Huang, David Lee got an open spot in the middle.

Wu Huang, of course, could see such an obvious gap, and immediately dribbled to the wing and passed the basketball in.

Lewis and Carter quickly switched to David Lee, and Wu Huang secretly said that it was not good. It was obvious that Howard deliberately expanded the defense to open the middle and lure him to pass the basketball to the inside, at which point Carter and Lewis completely blocked Iguodala and the Knicks players on the weak side who had just slipped the baseline, and went all out to save David Lee who was holding the ball.

"Pass the ball!" Wu Huang couldn't help but shout that if David Lee had Gasol's vision and passing skills, it would be easy to turn the basketball to the weak side at this time, and at that time Frye and Green, and even Iguodala would have a chance to shoot in the open space.

But hearing the excited cheers of the Orlando fans at home, David Lee's shot was still a beat slow, and by the time he turned around and found his teammates out of the gap, he was already surrounded by Magic players.

In the end, David Lee could only throw the basketball in the direction of Wu Huang, but this pass was naturally interrupted by Nelson, who had been prepared for a long time.

The Knicks made two mistakes in a row, and the Magic relied on a counterattack to score another goal.

Wu Huang finally understood what "team defense" was.

If Lewis and Carter couldn't make a decisive switch of defense at the moment when the open space was formed, then it would be an extremely failed defense, and it is because of the decisive and tough defense that the defense of this round has excellent integrity.

Of course, the chemistry between teammates is very important at this time, and a team with a messy locker room will always be a fish belly, because they simply can't play tacit team defense.

The current Knicks can't play this kind of defense, although their locker room is very harmonious, but the usual defensive drills are seriously insufficient, and the tacit understanding is not high, at most they can play a tough man-to-man defense for a while, try to ensure that they don't miss people, but it is difficult to support teammates.

Even if Wu Huang and Iguodala have this rotation awareness, but after they go to fill the position, their position is left unattended, and the five players cannot form a whole like the Magic team.

But looking at the Magic, whose athleticism is not as good as theirs, their defense is full of a lot of joint defense, supplemental defense, packing, switching defense, etc., and the Magic players have demonstrated in these few minutes that defense requires not much skill, but these familiar basic skills, as well as concentration, and tacit understanding.

Fans in front of the TV felt that the game was going slowly, but the Knicks players on the court felt that the game was going too fast.

When there were 50 seconds left in the game, Wu Huang looked at the scoreboard on the sidelines and sighed deeply.

With a clear record of 83:96, the Knicks must catch up with 13 points in less than a minute if they want to turn defeat into victory, which has to replicate the "Maddie moment" to have hope.

From the last five minutes of the fourth quarter to now, the Knicks have scored only four points in total. The Magic's sudden increase in defensive intensity allowed the Knicks to finally recognize the gap between themselves and their opponents. This is the first time that the Magic have come up with such a tough defense against them.

This shows that the Magic didn't need to give their full strength to win the first two games, the third and fourth, one because the defensive core was sent off, and the fourth because the defensive core was not there...... Only in Game 5 did the Knicks' offense shine through the first four games, and the Magic couldn't win with conventional weapons. This forced me to use the magic weapon of pressing the bottom of the box.

Wu Huang tried to replicate his teammate's 35-second miracle, but his first gambling three-pointer missed, and although he hit two of his three shots in the last 40 seconds, it only made his stats better, and the Knicks had actually been out of luck five minutes earlier.

The referee quickly blew the whistle for the end of the game, and the final score was fixed at 91:100, but the Knicks still couldn't bring the series back to New York.

Magic won't allow that to happen. If they can't win this game, the Knicks players are not very sure that they will go to New York to fight again. In the event of another miss, the humiliation of being overturned after a 3-0 lead, the only time in history, is likely to fall on them.

Wu Huang scored 30 points, 7 rebounds, 8 assists and 5 steals in this game, and in the last game he did his duty as the core of the team.

"You should interview them." Wu Huang was almost stopped by reporters after the game. He walked to the tunnel after the game, and he didn't want to see Howard celebrating the victory in front of him. But there were blinding reporters who wanted to stop him.

"Hugo, say something."

"Hugo, are you happy with your performance?"

"Hugo, what do you think of Dwight?"

"Hugo, where do you want to go on vacation in the summer?"

As soon as Wu Huang walked to the players' tunnel, many reporters extended the microphone. But they were all pushed away by the staff around Wu Huang, and the party didn't turn his head and quickly walked into the player's tunnel.

Howard was celebrating wildly with his teammates at the moment, and by the time he turned around to taunt Emperor Wu, the target was long gone.

Wu Huang did not encourage his teammates after returning to the locker room. He's not an old mother, and now that the team has been eliminated, he doesn't want to make chicken soup for his teammates like a virgin, so let's reflect on it himself.

Besides, there were still many people waiting to embarrass him at the post-game press conference, Wu Huang first opened his mobile phone, which contained comforting text messages from his parents, harem, friends, and even company subordinates and business partners.

After Wu Huang took a bath, he only made a phone call to his parents, and then selectively made a group reply, he didn't have so much time to reply one by one.

D'Antoni and members of the coaching staff comforted the Knicks players who were not in a good mood after the loss, and many of the players on this team will continue to be the mainstay of the team for years to come.

It's understandable that the players are in a bad mood after the loss, but overall this season, the Knicks have exceeded the tasks set before the start of the season. They were only aiming to make the playoffs, but now they have managed to make it to the second round and haven't been swept yet, and there is no shame in handing in the first season of the rebuilding with even a perfect score.

'Don't be too frustrated, there's a lot to come, we have a lot to do this summer and we will be stronger next season.' Wu Huang also knew that the result of the exit was already doomed, and it was impossible for them to really reach the divisional finals.

Well, everyone knows these truths, but after being really eliminated, Wu Huang's mood was still very unhappy, and the words of comforting his teammates in the end were not strong.

The visiting team's locker room was a little silent after the game, and several main players of the Knicks came to the press conference later, and Wu Huang faced the questions of the reporters in the audience, with a blank face from beginning to end, and all the answers were formula-like perfunctory and very uncooperative.

It was only when asked by the media about Iguodala that Wu Huang said: "Andre is a really good team-mate, he can always help you do something whenever the team is in trouble, that's why we need him. ”

Orlan Multimedia also asked Wu Huang if he thought he would surpass the basketball gods in the future after surpassing Jordan in his first season.

Wu Huang did not make a big statement as the reporter expected, he still said lightly: "Michael is my idol." I may not be able to reach his heights in my life, and the next question ......"

Thirty minutes later, as soon as the media's question time arrived, Wu Huang immediately closed his mouth and quickly left the scene with the team.

Like he said, he has a lot to do this summer. With no time to deal with these reporters who don't know what to write about him tomorrow, the Knicks left Orlando that night.

So, what will the media write about him the next day?

Wu Huang himself felt that he would definitely not write much good things about him, and he was too lazy to read these, and not only did he not read the newspapers during this time, but he also did not read the next Eastern Conference Finals and Finals, which had nothing to do with him.

In fact, he could not have been so sensitive, and when he failed in the playoffs, the American media finally put their minds at ease. At this time, their requirements for Emperor Wu became less harsh.

Wu Huang faced the Magic in the Eastern Conference semifinals, averaging 21.4 points, 4.8 rebounds, 7.8 assists, 2 steals and 0.6 blocks per game in five games, such data is a proper All-Star performance, and considering that he is only a first-year rookie, then there is no reason for any pickiness, and you can't find any rookie player who has performed better than him in the playoffs in history.

This is only Wu Huang's data in the second round, if he counts all 11 games in the playoffs, Wu Huang's average data per game is 27.3 points, 6.6 rebounds, 8.7 assists, 3.1 steals and 0.8 blocks. He shot 48.5 percent from the field and 41.9 percent from three-point range. He shot 88 percent from the free-throw line.

At this time, many American reporters don't want to report for Wu Huang again, Kobe Bryant and James' playoff data is at this level, who can say anything bad about him?

ESPN is just starting in the second title titled: Legends Now Started!

Since the NBA entered the '80s, no rookie player has been able to play such a well-rounded performance in the playoffs, if the scope is expanded to players under the age of 22. No one has ever accomplished anything like it, and in fact only a handful of players have led the team to the playoffs in their rookie season.

Hugo played 27+6+8+3 in the playoffs in his rookie season, which is a terrifying performance, considering that he is not yet 21 years old this year!

After the Knicks were eliminated by the Magic yesterday, Hugo also showed a maturity that was completely inappropriate for his age in an interview. "Michael is my idol and I probably won't be able to reach his heights in my life," he said. That's what Hugo said, maybe he's underestimating himself too much, and he's too humble.

If Wu Huang knew that ESPN would report on him like this, he probably wouldn't have thrown all the newspapers and magazines in the trash, and most of the American media still spoke highly of him after the game, because he and the Knicks were eliminated.

"I don't plan to play in the World Championships, whether it's the Chinese team or the American team, I'm not interested, you go and let them die." Wu Huang returned to New York the next day and met his agent, Brandon. "I'm going to use this summer to strengthen my game and upgrade my arsenal so that next season we're not just going to reach the divisional semifinals."

His playoffs are over, and the upcoming World Men's Basketball Championship in Turkey is scheduled for the summer.

This time, because the big names of the 96 generation and the 03 generation have released the news in advance, they will not participate in the World Championships held in Turkey, so Wu Huang has become the main player of the American Dream Team, and the old K coach has promised to give him the main position, and intends to shape him into the new core of the Dream Team in the next five years.

Not to mention the Chinese team, who have been wooing Wu Huang for more than a day or two since Yao Ming's reimbursement, and after Wu Huang's performance became more and more frantic as the Knicks reached the playoffs, the Chinese side has promised many conditions that are unlikely in the eyes of domestic fans.

"No matter how good the conditions are, I'm not interested, and the loss in the playoffs this time is enough to be aggrieved, let me lead a class of scrap players again, do you think I have masochistic tendencies?" Wu Huang's attitude towards both sides is the same, he has no interest in participating in the World Championships at all, it is not interesting to abuse vegetables, and it is even more unnecessary to be abused.

Brandon smiled: "UA has a very lucrative offer, most of the dream team is Nike players, and they really want you to make trouble." But it's right not to go, Lao K is also a member of the Nike camp, no matter how good the conditions are agreed to now, there will be changes at any time at that time, I think you shouldn't be short of money now. ”

Wu Huang smiled coldly: "UA's abacus is good, but I have no intention of charging for them." Also, I don't want to have too much commercial activity this summer, making the endorsement contract a little harsh, and they won't accept it and pull it down. In June, I'll go on vacation, and in July or August I'll be training in New York. By the way, you can help me find out if there is a suitable villa in New Jersey these days, I plan to train at home, and there must be space in the yard to build an indoor basketball hall. ”

Brandon nodded: "This matter is easy to do, the housing prices in New Jersey are not expensive, and there are many large villas for sale, which can be done for you before the end of the month." He hesitated a little and asked, "Hugo, where are you going on vacation?" ”

Hearing this, Emperor Wu hurriedly looked at Brandon, with a trace of doubt in his eyes, shouldn't this thing want to dump her sister to take care of herself, how many times have you said this, "That, I don't think it's too far away, I'm going to go to see the Statue of Liberty and Broadway, and by the way, go to the Metropolitan Museum of Art to see if I can steal something." ”

A black line appeared on Brandon's forehead, it seemed that he could see the girl in Emperor Wu's apartment, is this guy planning to vacation like this?

Emperor Wu saw the complaint in Brandon's heart, and muttered secretly in his heart: "I want to go around the earth, but what about the harem?" No matter which one you bring, the rest will have to turn your face with me, so just stay home and look at the Statue of Liberty." If you have time, you can practice ball, you can play ball when you rest, and you can roll at home with your sister in your arms, and this kind of life is actually quite chic. It's just that the balls of a few girls don't seem to be big, and they don't even have C cups, either A or B. ”

Wu Huang's rookie season ended on the 13th, and his commercial team split up on that day onwards and began to search for new endorsement contracts for him in China and the United States.

Soon, he received a large contract from Manulife Insurance Canada, and the endorsement fee was $12 million for 4 years; Panda Cheese offered him a three-year, $5 million endorsement contract; 2K10 also offered him a $2 million endorsement contract.

Wu Huang's new endorsement contracts are generally much higher than half a year ago, and now not counting a bunch of miscellaneous small contracts, Wu Huang alone has no less than ten contracts worth more than one million dollars a year.

UA (7 years 100 million US dollars), Haifeiman (25% shares), China Unicom (5 years 100 million RMB), Geely Automobile (5 years 150 million RMB), Canada Manulife Insurance (4 years 12 million US dollars), Haier Electric (5 years 90 million RMB), Wahaha (5 years 80 million RMB), China Southern Airlines (4 years 40 million RMB), Head & Shoulders (4 years 8 million US dollars), Apple (3 years 5 million US dollars), KFC (3 years 6 million US dollars) , XBOX360 ($5 million for 5 years), Panda Cheese ($5 million for 3 years), Ferrero ($3 million for 3 years), 2K10 ($2 million for 1 year).

These large endorsement contracts have added up to 40 million, and if you add those miscellaneous small contracts and Wu Huang's salary, he will have a chance to earn more than Kobe and James in 2010, not counting his income on video sites. (To be continued.) )