Chapter 343: Dreams Come True
Spoelstra couldn't solve the problem of his interior being blown up, Joel Anthony was beaten into two fouls after playing less than three minutes after coming on the court, and in the second half of the first quarter, they could only use Uncle Huo to play inside, allowing Bosh to go around the front to defend O'Neal. Pen? Interesting? Pavilion wWw. biquge。 info
The Knicks players all knew that Bosh had an injury to his right hand, and Wu Huang wittily hoisted the ball from Bosh's left side twice to O'Neal, who could only stare at the disgusting pass, and he couldn't stop the basketball at the risk of aggravating the injury, which was too costly.
After the first quarter, Wu Huang got 6 points, 1 rebound and 5 assists, O'Neal cut 12 points and 4 rebounds, Xiao Si also scored 8 points, and the Knicks' two interior lines scored 20 points in a single quarter, and the Heat's weakness seems to be particularly soft today.
"I don't have to rest, the team felt surprisingly good in attack today, and I can continue to feed you the ball." After Wu Huang finished the first quarter, he took the initiative to ask to continue playing, and the physical exertion of playing this kind of tailwind battle was originally smaller than usual, coupled with the performance of his teammates, he did not attack much in the first quarter, and there was no problem with physical strength at all, and he could play the first half completely.
"I can keep playing!" Xiao Si also felt that his physical exertion was not much after playing the first quarter, and he also asked to play.
Xiao Si's request was stopped by D'Antoni, and since there is already Wu Huang with a substitute to play, it is better for Xiao Si to rest first.
In the second quarter, D'Antoni replaced: Wu Huang, Tony Allen, Gallinari, Reggie Evans, O'Neal's five-man lineup, of which Gallinari and O'Neal have been replaced at the end of the first quarter and rested, and in the second quarter, the Heat's more ineffective rotation players, the Knicks' lineup with three main players will definitely make the Heat uncomfortable for a while.
Spoelstra is already prepared for this, and if you think about the time when Gallinari and O'Neal were substituted, you can actually guess what the Knicks are thinking about the rotation. The Filipino did not dare to use too many unreliable bench players, and would rather choose to overdraft the physical strength of the main team, and continue to let James and Bosh stay on the court in the second quarter, only replacing Wade first to rest for a while, and the Heat lineup: Bibby, Jones, James, Haslem, Joel Anthony.
After the start of the game in the second quarter, the Heat team chased hard, James didn't know if he was angered by Wu Huang's previous taunts, and finally let go of his hands and feet and began to play individual offense, breaking through Gallinari again and again. The Italians, faced with the tougher gorillas, suddenly turned into noodles, and the slaughtered ones retreated.
James has been playing unselfishly in the playoffs, and not only in the Eastern Conference Finals, but also in the previous two series he also took on the role of the team's "playmaker", with the number of shots and points per game averaging declining compared to the regular season. Wade was the team's leading scorer again in the playoffs, Bosh took more shots, and role players had a lot more opportunities to get James passes. All of this shows that the Heat are well aware of their weaknesses, and James also knows that without the help of role players, they are likely to die on a weak bench once they face a strong team like the Knicks, and he has been trying to activate these 2B teammates with his own playmaking moves.
But it's a pity that his efforts have no effect, and the gorillas, who played in the third game of the Eastern Conference Finals, finally reluctantly found that lack of ability is lack of ability, and it can be changed by feeding penalties, and now the Heat can't rely on these role players to win, and the Big Three must take the lead in playing like the first game, maybe in order to drive these CBA teammates.
The Knicks have the experience of winning the last game, and they are not nervous at all in the face of the Big Three's offense today, they also know that although they can't defend all three people, as long as they limit one or two with all their might, even if the remaining one or two score 34 points, they will form a stalemate with themselves at most, and if you have the ability, you three bastards can work together to score eighty or ninety points in every game, so we admit to losing the game.
James attacked one after another, and in the 10th minute and 20 seconds, he also scored a 2+1 on Gallinari's head, so it seems that the gorilla has no problem getting three or forty points today.
However, the Knicks are still not worried, and it is not only the Heat who have giants, they also have a guy who is not inferior. It is said that Wu Huang, who had a very bullish dream yesterday, did not show weakness in the face of James' offense in the second quarter, and continued to use his flexible breakthrough to shoot in the middle distance.
Wu Huang found from the first game that in the face of the Heat's pressing defense and small-area pressing, using this kind of jump or retreat shooting can better create shooting opportunities, and after jumping, in addition to the shooting space becomes larger, even the passing vision becomes better.
After three minutes in the second quarter, the Knicks still led by 11 points at 43:32, Wu Huang and James scored 6 points and 7 points, and the difference did not change at all.
The Knicks took the lead in making substitutions in the 9th minute, and they felt good on offense today, Evans, Turiaf, these blue-collar workers were not suitable for playing, and the mustache quickly replaced with Xiaosi to continue to attack the Heat's interior, just now O'Neal has beaten Joel Anthony into three fouls, and the Heat's interior strength is tense again.
Spoelstra's side was also replaced by Bosh, the Filipinos have too many troubles to deal with now, O'Neill and Xiao Si on the inside have not been resolved, and Wu Huang on the outside has begun to rampage again, and if this continues, once Haslem is also beaten into three fouls, what should they do then?
The Filipino's thoughts hadn't fallen yet, and he saw Wu Huang rushing towards Haslem when he got the ball on the offensive end, making it clear that he wanted the Heat's interior line to continue the tragedy.
In O'Neal's mouth, Haslem, who has been his teammate, is a tough and leading insider, but it is this style that makes him never back down at any time, and this time he was not afraid of Wu Huang and bravely met him.
I have to say that while Haslem is resolute in defense, his hand movements are also very clean, and generally this kind of defense will successfully defend the attack, and then greatly boost the team's morale and blow the horn of counterattack.
But unfortunately, Haslem faced an extremely cunning guy this time, Wu Huang did not choose the black player's favorite frontal strong anus, he chose a more suitable European step, facing Haslem to the right with a realistic shake, which made the Heat captain's brave attack embarrassing.
Haslem can only move slightly in the same direction in the face of Wu Huang's feint, otherwise Wu Huang's feint can become a real breakthrough.
The characteristics of the European step are like this, the feints can be realized at any time, and they can be adjusted at any time, anyway, the action rate of the small player is much faster than that of the big man, and the big man will basically get sick in a shake or two. So as long as you are skilled, in a one-on-one situation, the little man can play the big man with European steps, not to mention a guy like Wu Huang.
Wu Huang faced Haslem, whose center of gravity had shifted, and then changed direction to the right to pass his opponent, and then kicked hard with both feet, easily putting the ball into the basket with his long arms.
This time, Bosh, who should have returned to the interior to make up for the defense, is now being firmly involved in the weak side by Xiao Si, the Knicks' two interior lines have already cleared the basket range, and Wu Huang only needs to break through his opponent player and Haslem, who assists in the defense, to ensure that this goal will be scored. And even if his shot misses, there is a follow-up O'Neal under the basket who can make up for the basket, and the importance of the interior makes Heat fans cover their eyes again, this game is really eyeless.
"It's not just the inside, Bibby and Chalmers are too easy to break through by Hugo, they always need to fill in with their teammates on the inside." Jeff Van Gundy is a coach who likes good point guards and interior lines, and in his eyes, the Heat's first line of defense is a big problem, and an outside line who always has to fill in the interior is simply not up to par, and replacing Howard is not guaranteed to be able to make up for it every time. The sum of the two breakthroughs of the Heat's outside and inside is what makes today's Knicks play so easily.
Mark Jackson smiled: "Although Chalmers can't prevent Emperor Wu, I think he is slightly better than Bibi and will not always be passed by one step." The White Devils are really terrible, he still has an accurate three-point shot to help the team in the regular season, and now he can't even shoot three-pointers, and he is always passed by Hugo when defending, I think it's time for the Heat to abandon this veteran. ”
Spoelstra said that he wanted to abandon Bibi from the second round, but he had no one available! Arroyo was traded for a conflict with the team in the regular season, and at the moment he has only one worse in-form Eddie House in addition to Chalmers and Bibie, and it is better to use Bibi if he wants to use him.
"Look who I'm all about?!" Spoelstra wanted to cry at the thought of all the bad cards in his hand - Eddie House, Howard Sr., Magloyer, Bibby, Miller...... Mike Miller, in particular, is even more painful because of the higher expectations of him, who was still the starting star with the Wizards last season, shooting a terrifying 48.0% from three-point range, and is considered the best assistant to James and Wade.
But the result? This person was injured for most of the season as soon as he came to the Heat this year, and his state became like after he returned, and his three-point shooting percentage in the playoffs was about the same as Rose's, and Spoelstra now wonders how he made it to the Eastern Conference Finals?
After Bosh came on the court, he used a three-pointer to help the Heat barely stabilize his position, you must know that this season's Bosh will not shoot three points, this shot is purely unable to find a chance, and he is blind before the offensive time is approaching, but he is lucky to be blinded by him.
But the Heat, who have been reduced to relying on luck to score goals, are even more demoralized, which means that they can only rely on the singles of their stars, and then it depends on luck, how long can they last in this way?
At the critical moment, Wade finally used his performance to tell his coach why the Heat were able to reach the Eastern Conference Finals.
The Flash faced Iguodala's entanglement, and suddenly broke out, with a burst of shots and assists, leading the Heat to finally play a wave of offensive climaxes that scored 9 points in a row. But the embarrassment is still not small, the Knicks are not booing at all, Wu Huang is just like the performance in his dream, the breakthrough, the jump shot, and the three-point shot are all turned on in one time, the Knicks' offense is unguardable, and Wu Huang also told the Heat with his actions how they reached the Eastern Conference Finals.
With 4 minutes and 12 seconds left in the second quarter, the first half of the game was almost coming to an end, and the Heat's scoring momentum began to decline, and the Knicks immediately seized the opportunity to turn the score to 58:42.
Heat fans found that all three of their giants performed normally today, no one was in a slump, but they still couldn't withstand the Knicks, who were in equally good shape, is the New Yorkers' offensive firepower really so terrifying?
The Knicks gave the right answer, and they opened up the gap with the connection of Wu Huang and Xiao Si, and when O'Neal hit a layup just before halftime, the Knicks fixed the score at 71-52.
At the end of the first half, the Knicks led the Heat by 19 points on the road, and they played almost as much as they wanted on the offensive end.
Wu Huang contributed 18 points, 3 rebounds and 10 assists in the half, leading the team to the anti-away scene in Miami, just like the dream he depicted before the game, he really rushed left and right in the American Airlines Center unstoppable, showing Miami fans all his unique skills, breakouts, three-pointers, dunks, and assists that he didn't mention, and really one after another, can't stop at all.
In addition to Wu Huang, who played well in the Knicks, O'Neal took two steps in the first half, scoring a team-high 19 points and 7 rebounds, Smalls 14 points and 5 rebounds, and Iguodala 10 points, 2 rebounds and 2 assists. The Knicks' all-out outburst finally gave fans a glimpse of their horror when they were on fire!
Looking at the data of the Heat, except for the Big Three, it is really miserable!
James scored 18 points, 3 rebounds and 2 assists in the half, Wade had 15 points, 2 rebounds and 2 assists, and Bosh had 13 points and 3 rebounds, and the three of them combined to score 46 points, but the Heat team only scored 52 points in the first half, which shows that in addition to the Big Three, the other players of the Heat only scored 6 points after the first half, how can such a game be won?
At halftime, D'Antoni revealed in a halftime interview: The key to the Knicks' victory in the second half is offense and vitality. They've done their best to be booed and distracted by noise on the road, as well as too much physical contact from opponents, but either way, there's only one thing the Knicks need to do, and that's to win the game.
Even the audience in front of the TV heard a lot of vulgar language due to the slightly vulgar noise of the Heat fans today, but the mustache said that he liked that his team could perform better in the noisy and stressful environment on the road than at home, and that they had fewer turnovers, better shooting percentage, and better rebounding today...... He is very satisfied that the Knicks can have the same or even better performance on the road, after all, there are at least two on the road in each series, and the importance is self-evident.
Finally, D'Antoni thinks there's one more thing the Knicks need to watch out for in the second half, and that's rebounding. In the regular season and ten playoff games that have passed this season, the number of rebounds has determined whether the Knicks can win or not. Wherever they had the rebounding advantage, they basically won, which was one of the keys to the Knicks to open the door to victory.
Compared with D'Antoni's eloquent talk in the halftime interview and the harmonious scene in the Knicks' locker room, the scenery in the Heat locker room is not very good, and the Big Three looked at their crippled teammates around them at halftime, and they really couldn't get any cheering up and didn't want to talk at all.
When your teammates are too hungry, how can you still be in the mood to give a speech or boost morale, and at this time it is the limit of patience to not complain.
Spoelstra will not have any tricks available, in the first half Haslem and Joel Anthony both committed three fouls, although Huo Ershu has a good attitude, but at his age he can follow both sides and run back, not allowing himself to be injured is already the limit.
If the Heat still wants to win at this moment, they can only see if the Big Three can break out, and it is estimated that in this situation, even if it breaks out, the three of them must work together to score 100 points to have hope.
In fact, there are really many trios in the league who have scored more than 100 points in a single game, and there are a lot of examples in the 21st century alone, such as the Wizards Big Three who scored 112 points in 07 - Arenas 60 points, Jamison 25 points, Butler 27 points; The Spurs trio had 111 points in '08 - Parker 55 + Duncan 30 + Mason 26 = 111. There are even examples of such three people scoring more than 110 points, and there are even more examples of those three scoring more than 100 points.
The Heat triumvirate has scored 46 points in the first half alone, and if it explodes again in the second half, it may not be able to score 100 points. It's just that if they become the first Big Three to score 100 points and still lose the game, it would be better to lose the game early.
In the second half, Emperor Wu came up and assisted O'Neal to score two more points.
Today, the old shark shot 7 of 9 and 5 of 10 free throws, and really played six or seven percent of his peak strength, and his usual big words are not in vain.
Wu Huang assisted O'Neal and then scored a layup of his own, and the Knicks extended the score gap to 20+ in one fell swoop.
But it was from here that the game slowly became abnormal......
Bosh became the Heat's leading scorer in the quarter, and the injury to his right hand didn't affect his shooting too much today, and he scored eight points in the first half of the third quarter to help the Heat narrow the gap to 66-81.
It wasn't much of a problem, Wu Huang hit a three-pointer at a critical moment, but Wade then relied on a free throw to score four straight points and beat Iguodala into three fouls, and another giant of the Heat stepped up to help the team narrow the gap to 14 points.
The referees made a series of controversial decisions in the third quarter, which was the culprit that made the competition between the two sides gradually heat up, and even once Wade broke through and rode on Jr. Jr.'s layup, and finally blew the Knicks for a foul; In a scramble for floorball, Wu Huang and James were also whistled for technical fouls in the entanglement, and these penalties escalated the smell of gunpowder on the court. Soon after, O'Neal was also awarded a technical foul for deliberately slapping Bosh on his left hand, and Gallinari elbowed James in the face, and the poor Italian became the first player to see blood in the Knicks' series.
The referee blew the home whistle for a while in the first quarter of the game, and the penalty was much more normal after the second quarter, but the Knicks players did not expect that after the game came to the third quarter, the referee actually intensified, and it was all kinds of unfair penalties that made the game full of gunpowder, and also made the confrontation between the two sides more and more intense, and even Wade received a technical foul because of retaliation at the end of the quarter.
The numerous foul shots of these two teams in the third quarter not only made the gunpowder smell stronger, but also made the game more and more ugly, but the Heat undoubtedly benefited from it, and the Knicks' offense was severely affected in this stop-and-go game.
After the third quarter, the Heat actually narrowed the gap to 11 points at 80:91, and the Knicks only scored 20 points in this quarter.
Naturally, Heat fans don't find this kind of game ugly, because they are the ones who get the benefits. What makes Heat fans even more satisfied is that their interior foul count is instead controlled in this kind of gunpowder-filled game. Haslem and Joel Anthony both had four fouls after the third quarter, but the Knicks had two main players with the same four fouls, Iguodala and O'Neal both had four fouls, and the Heat relied on the crazy home whistle to unknowingly move back the disadvantage.
"You now know why away games are so hard, right?" Wu Huang said to his teammates before the start of the fourth quarter, they played extremely aggrieved in this quarter, and the original good offensive momentum was blown away by the whistle, and even his mentality began to deteriorate, and now he is really worried that his teammates will be affected even more.
"We don't need to have too many scruples when communicating on our own, and now the league has made it clear that they don't want the Heat to be easily eliminated by us, and they are already making it difficult for us." Wu Huang took the lead in lashing out at the referee at the timeout, "But we have no reason to be afraid of them, unless the referee blows all our goals away, what if they make it a little more difficult?" Victory will be ours! Wu Huang's words don't really mean much, but this is not a movie, and real-life NBA players don't need Martin Luther-style speeches to be morale-boosted, and sometimes direct points are more effective.
The end of the quarter started quickly, Wu Huang, who rested for a few minutes at the end of the third quarter, led the rotation lineup again, and the New York Emperor, who has always disliked rushing into the basket, finally played bloody, he knew that he had to play a leading role, so the first offense in the fourth quarter must dunk one, or score a wonderful goal to boost morale.
At 11 minutes and 30 seconds, when the defense of him became Bibi again, Wu Huang resolutely used his speed to forcibly break through the White Devil, and then rushed directly to the basket, facing Haslem who came up to make up for the defense, Wu Huang jumped high and dunked the ball in! But for Haslem deliberately pushing his own hurtful action, Wu Huang naturally will not let go, he rushed forward to reason with the other party, this move was also warned by the referee, it is estimated that if it were not for the fact that he already had a technical foul, the referee would have directly shown a technical foul this time.
"Lao Tzu will die in the morning, you don't dare to blow a technical foul!" Although Wu Huang was the home whistle of the referee, he knew that his wrist was not small, and the referee did not dare to punish him easily.
James' side also relied on a breakthrough to score a goal, but Wu Huang ignored Bibby's defense and hit a 3-pointer, and the Knicks played a wave of 10-4 in the fourth quarter, quickly regaining a 17-point lead over the Heat at 101-84. Wu Huang also increased his personal score to 32 points with consecutive goals, and unknowingly came to the first place in the team's scoring position again.
The Heat could only rely on James to score in the first three minutes of the quarter, and Spoelstra rushed to replace the Big Three after seeing that something was wrong.
At the critical moment, Bosh used his injured hand to complete a breakthrough and made a layup to make it 2+1. Reggie Evans had no idea that he would be able to handle the ball and shoot with his right hand, and while the bastard looked like the least worthy of the Big Three, he seemed to be reliable when it mattered most.
But today's Wu Huang is too terrible, the New York Emperor, who has hit 5 three-pointers before, and then hit another 3-pointer, and easily offset Bosh's efforts.
In the final quarter of the game, the referee's decisions began to normalize again, and the league never let the referees really affect the game, and that was pretty much it.
The Heat Big Three have found their form through the third quarter, James doesn't know if he dreamed yesterday, today's three-point hand is also good, and he immediately returned to Wu Huang with 3 points, and the "MVP" shouts began to sound in the "American Airlines Center"!
Wu Huang said that he was stimulated, and now he can't stand someone calling others "MVP" in his ear, so in the 6 minutes and 51 seconds before the end, Wu Huang misplaced Wade, a wonderful back cross dribble to shake off the opponent, and hit a steady jump shot!
Wade was forcibly eaten once, so he naturally wanted to fight back, but Wu Huang would not defend him, this was Iguodala's task.
Iguodala didn't limit Wade well today, the home whistle made him foul too much, and halfway through the fourth quarter, Iguodala already had five fouls, and it was difficult for him to hold on until the end of the game today.
However, the first brother is very experienced, and he is not afraid of too many fouls, he feels that he will be sent off if he is sent off, anyway, there are Tony Allen and Green who can make up for it, and the Knicks don't have much else, but there are many people who can use it, and they can stage a wheel battle at any time.
The Big Three have been scoring in the fourth quarter, but Knicks fans and many neutral fans have always focused on Wu Huang, and today's Holy Sect Master is not only in good shape, but his breakthrough methods are even more varied and highly ornamental.
Wu Huang changed again on the offensive end in the fourth quarter, he didn't score much points in the last quarter, except for the game was blown intermittently by the referee's whistle, the Heat began to target his step-back shooting and European step, and any technique can be restrained.
But just like there are many Knicks, Wu Huang also has a lot of skills. After entering the NBA, Wu Huang's skills were practiced very quickly, others practiced the same technique in a year, but he could practice several techniques in a year, in addition to the step-back shooting and European step, he will also have other breakthrough skills.
In this section, Wu Huang added a variety of back dribbling and emergency stop to pull back the basketball, and fans can often see him make a crotch dribble, back dribble or cross step, immediately rely on excellent waist and abdominal strength and leg strength to pull the ball back, and then use his flexible feet to throw off the opponent to shoot.
Chalmers and Bibby are helpless in the face of Wu Huang's confusing and rhythmic breakthrough, sometimes Wu Huang is like a bouncing rabbit, you can't keep up with his beat at all, and the Heat at this time has no way to take Wu Huang except for using multi-person packs.
Wu Huang's high school basketball coach was the most unbelievable one at the moment, especially after seeing Wu Huang's almost demonic ball sense, how could he not have imagined that this was his high school disciple?
Different from Wu Huang's college coach Floyd when he saw him, his ball sense defect has been made up for at that time, but Wu Huang's high school coach has not had such an impression of him, in his eyes, is this still the original Chinese player with mediocre ball talent, poor dribbling, and can only shoot and run without the ball?
The pitcher-type No. 1 position, who may not even be able to adapt to the NCAA at the beginning, has become the NBA scoring champion, the regular season MVP, and is still playing three in the Eastern Conference Finals at the moment, but he felt that the biggest ceiling of his disciple was to become an existence like JJ Redick.
Wu Huang's incredible play made him the most dazzling presence on the court in the fourth quarter, which does not mean that he plays much better than James, but his style of play is indeed much better than James, and it is easier to attract attention and fans, and the painting styles of the two are completely different.
The game then entered a tug-of-war, Wu Huang, Xiao Si, O'Neal and James, Wade, Bosh had equal firepower, the two sides once alternated scores, and they were entangled until 2 minutes and 55 seconds before the end, when O'Neal was fouled and made two free throws, Spoelstra already knew that the heat was gone.
Heat fans are also holding their heads, O'Neal actually hit two free throws, how can this be played?
The Knicks led the Heat by 16 points at 122-106 at the moment, and seeing that there was not much left in the game, the Heat finally came up with the final trick - the shark slashing tactic.
But the result was tragic for them, as O'Neal almost improvised with joy after hitting both free throws, and those two free throws made the Heat have to think carefully about whether to use shark-cutting tactics. Not to mention that Haslem has committed five fouls, even James and Bibby have four fouls, Joel Anthony and Chalmers have been fouled along with the Knicks' Iguodala, and the Heat are now not even enough foul picks. Besides, with such a big point difference, they have almost already declared that they have lost the game, is it necessary to foul at this moment?
Wade then missed a layup, James' three-pointer also hit the iron, and Wu Huang's return attack caused Bibby to block another foul, and the Knicks had sealed the win after hitting both free throws.
Spoelstra sighed softly, the Knicks' offense today is too buggy, their big three have all played, but they still can't narrow the difference, they can only form a stalemate.
The Heat replaced the Big Three on Wu Huang's free throws, and with two minutes left in the game, it was impossible for them to recover 18 points!
D'Antoni also replaced O'Neill, who played 25 minutes today, when Wu Huang made a free throw, and the fat man was already gasping for breath. Later, after seeing the Heat abandon the game, the mustache directly called a timeout to replace all the main players, saving them from injuries in garbage time. The two teams received a total of 5 technical fouls today, a total of three people were sent off, and one person on the court also saw red, and the smell of gunpowder was not small.
Wu Huang was very excited when he got off the court, the boos and curses of the Heat fans seemed to be telling about the damage he caused, today he played 42 minutes, 42 points, 5 rebounds, 13 assists and 3 steals, most of the assist data were obtained in the first half, and most of the scoring data was obtained in the second half, that is to say, he used the skills of two guards to directly kill the Heat!
Although the American Airlines Center is constantly scolding at the moment, no one is shouting "MVP" anymore, because among all the players on the court today, he is the only one who can deserve this title, and he will stand up and wave his hand again. (To be continued.) )