Wu Huang only shot the first shot of the quarter with 3 minutes left in the third quarter, which was a three-point shot at the top of the arc, Harden's defense was not very active after all, Wu Huang only shot once in this quarter, and his defense became more and more lax, this time the defense did not even raise his hand, and watched Wu Huang shoot the equalizer at the top of the arc.

This is not over, Wu Huang will not make a shot, and once he scores, he is not ready to score only one goal.

Although Harden didn't dare to relax next, he was too nervous and was fouled by Wu Huang again.

These two college rivals don't seem to be on the same level since they came to the NBA.

Against Wu Huang again today, Harden is the sixth man, and his status on the team at this time is not even in the top three, which makes him feel that they are still players of the same grade.

Wu Huang is now the undisputed boss of the Knicks and the darling of the nation's largest metropolis.

Sometimes, the self-confidence of the players is more important than imagined, and Wu Huang doesn't feel that they are still players of the same grade at the moment, and he doesn't even bother to use trash talk on Harden, because he feels that it is unnecessary to do so, but not everyone is qualified to let him use poisonous tongues.

Before the end of the first half, Wu Huang's continuous crotch dribbling shook Harden to lose his center of gravity, and before being passed, Harden staggered back several steps in a row, and finally held the floor with his hand to not fall to the ground, but it was already a big loss of face.

At this time, Wu Huang had already completed a one-handed split, and the entire "Ford Center Arena" no longer booed before!

The commentators who broadcast the game live found it incredible, and most rookies would be as eager to express themselves as Gallinari when they encountered this kind of game. But first-year Wu Huang is the opposite. He acted like a seasoned NBA star. He wasn't even the slightest bit nervous during the game.

Westbrook before being ejected. Wu Huang and he don't look like a challenger at all, more like a veteran who has been in the league for many years, and has long become unfazed, but Wei Shao, a second-year player, is like a stunned young man who is a newborn calf, and seems to be eager to challenge Wu Huang's status in the rivers and lakes.

Wu Huang only turned on the offensive mode in the last minutes of the second quarter, and in the blink of an eye, he increased his personal data to 11 points, 6 rebounds, 13 assists and 3 steals.

The Knicks also relied on Wu Huang's final dunk to lead by 2 points at halftime, 54:52.

Many fans saw the numbers displayed on TV and found out that Wu Huang actually contributed 10 assists in a single quarter. He broke the Knicks' single-quarter assist record and made new team history!

"With 10 assists in a single quarter, it can't even rank among the top three in history?" Many fans were surprised and surprised, Wu Huang's 10 assists in a single quarter sounded incredible, but not to mention ranking in the top three in history, not even ranking in the top five, and the live TV showed that it was 9th in history.

Soon, fans saw Avery Johnson and Nash's 12 assists in a single quarter, as well as John Lucas and Steve Blake's 14 assists in a single quarter, and it was only then that they realized that the NBA is really Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon. Blake's 14 assists in a single quarter were still last season, but few people were impressed by them.

Emperor Wu himself just found out. It turns out that so many people have created double-digit assists in a single quarter, and if those tied players are counted separately, he is not ranked in the top 10 all-time.

"I'm ashamed, I'm ashamed, I really underestimated these seniors before, and Blake is so good?" Wu Huang has already played against Blake, and he has the impression that this guy is a low-profile version of Nash, and he also had the upper hand in the opposition in that game, why did he not expect that this person would also set an amazing record of 14 assists in a single quarter?

"Are these guys really playing in the regular season?" Wu Huang often hears the rhetoric that many people think that ordinary NBA players will not play for their lives in the regular season, but in the playoffs they will explode and close the gap with star players.

Wu Huang still doesn't believe in this statement, and the relatively reasonable explanation should be that these players don't dare to play at their best in the regular season, because they have a gap with the stars in terms of talent, and they are likely to be injured because they can't control it if they exert too much force.

So they didn't hide their strength, but they didn't dare to use all their strength.

But on the flip side, did the stars give it their all in the regular season? The answer, of course, is "no"!

Wu Huang didn't know what others were like, anyway, he himself used at most eighty percent of his strength in the competition, so that he could be free to retract.

In fact, everyone is the same thing, whether it is a star or an ordinary player, they can't hold it back if they really try their best, and once they can't hold it, they are easy to get hurt.

In the regular season, ninety percent of the players only took out seven or eight points of strength to compete with each other, and Westbrook, who is not afraid of death, and whose physical talent is different from ordinary people, will use all his strength, and he will not fight on the street all year round.

But if it's really time to play in the playoffs, Wu Huang will also use all his strength to play, he can also play the style of Wei Shao, but most of the time it's not necessary, he has a lot of easier ways to score, why bother to bother with people?

Wu's stellar performance in the first half has increased his prestige on the team, and whenever he is as calm as he is today, rather than looking a little hanging, the Knicks players will feel a sense of fear of him, and they will prefer to call Wu Huang the captain rather than his name.

After Larry Hughes was traded, Wu Huang naturally took over the captaincy, and he is now the youngest captain of the league's thirty teams.

"After Westbrook went off the court, the Thunder's offensive firepower had dropped significantly, and in the second half we used a wrap-and-roll defense to force Durant to use difficult shots. If he still can't prevent it, after five minutes, we change our tactics and don't let him receive the ball easily, and let the rest of the Thunder attack. ”

D'Antoni's arrangement is a serial move, and if the bag can limit Durant, it doesn't matter if the backhand is there. But if the bag can't be prevented, then cut off his passing route and test whether the other Thunder players can step up and shoot the ball?

Taking a step back, if the other Thunder players are really competitive, they can still shoot the ball in. Then this game can only be seen which side has the stronger scoring ability.

That's how basketball is played. Even if you can count all the details. In the end, it may not have the desired effect, because there are too many factors that can determine the outcome of the game, and what the coach has to do is to formulate a response plan to all the problems he can think of, and then hand it over to the players to implement, and see how far his own players' execution can go.

The Knicks players returned to the court with instructions on both ends of the offensive and defensive ends, and gave the Thunder a 7:2 dismissal as soon as the third quarter came up!

Iguodala scored seven points on his own, leading the Knicks to a seven-point lead at 61:54.

At this time, the thunder gradually woke up. Durant pulled back two points on a breakaway layup, and the defense also forced the Knicks to commit a 24-second violation.

But Durant's shooting was in trouble in the second half, and he could no longer easily get rid of the Knicks' defense, as the players who helped him were swapped from Gallinari for Wu Huang and Fry.

After Wei Shao went off the court, Wu Huang was able to pull out to support Iguodala in the face of Eric Mayno and Harden, and it was not so easy for Durant to use positioning cover to get rid of the defense.

At 9 minutes and 26 seconds in the third quarter, Wu Huang directly cut off Meno's pass to Durant, the Knicks played a three-line fast break, and Gallinari dunked with both hands after receiving the ball, and the difference was widened to 9 points.

Durant on the offensive end again made a no-ball block on the weak side. However, this time after going around, he was entangled by Frye again, and there was no chance to catch the ball at all.

Iguodala switched defenses and saw Meno stop the ball at the top of the arc for too long. Immediately let go of Jeff Green and pounced on Wu Huang to wrap up Meno.

Maynor was unable to get in the face of the sudden bag and hurriedly threw the basketball to Jeff Green on the weak side, but was cut off by David Lee in the middle.

The Knicks relied on the individual ability of the players to finally play a wonderful rotation defense, which is rarely seen in them.

After Wu Huang received the ball, he and Iguodala made a quick break and played two, and the two continued to pass the ball between the two to shake off the defense, and Iguodala easily erased Durant's layup, and the difference became 11 points in a blink of an eye.

Brooks hurriedly asked for a timeout, and the Knicks counterattacked with two consecutive breaks, and now they have played with momentum, and if they don't call a timeout, they don't know how many points they will be pulled away in one breath.

The Knicks' fast-break was a rare move from the defensive end this time, as they managed to break the ball twice in a row by targeting Durant.

Wu Huang and Iguodala did not completely follow D'Antoni's arrangement to defend, and the tactics needed to be improvised, as long as they were against Durant anyway.

Wei Shao's role at this time is reflected, without his containment, Wu Huang dares to wrap Durant, even if he doesn't go to the pack, the Knicks' interior line does not need to worry about Wei Shao's breakthrough, and can also be pulled out to participate in the pack.

In the first quarter, when Wei Shao was on the floor, Channing Frye and David Lee first had to pay attention to making up for the leaks for Wu Huang's defense, so they could no longer take care of Durant on the outside, and this task had to be left to Gallinari, and as a result, they allowed Durant to score 26 points in the first half.

As soon as Westbrook's threat is removed, Frye and David Lee only need to pay attention to Jeff Green on both wings, they can pull out their hands to help Iguodala help defend Durant, and Wu Huang can also see the opportunity to wrap up, at this time, Durant will have to face the siege of the Knicks, no matter where he runs, he will face the threat of being surrounded by many people, and it will naturally be difficult to get a shooting opportunity.

Wu Huang's bag is not only for Durant, he is also looking for an opportunity to intercept the ball passed to Durant, as long as it is the direction he is responsible for, the Thunder don't want to pass the basketball at all.

The Knicks' bag made the Thunder unable to find a way to crack it for a while, which is completely a reflection of the player's individual ability.

The same is the package and the defense, Wu Huang and Gallinari have completely different effects, the latter Durant can do it himself, but Wu Huang's bag, Durant is difficult to use his running position to create a chance to receive the ball, the Chinese defensive position is too uncomfortable, every time you can stand on the route that Durant wants to receive the ball.

"There's no drama singing now, right? Running off the ball is also my forte, and you want to avoid my help unless you can fly! Wu Huang looked at Durant with an anxious face, and thought secretly in his heart.

After the game restarted, Wu Huang and Iguodala entangled Durant again, and at the same time, he did not completely let go of his defender Meno, his teammates helped him block the route of the Thunder player's pass to Meno, this guy can receive the pass must be a high hanging ball or a long-distance pass, which is enough for Wu Huang to return to his defensive position.

Charles Barkley laughed: "It's funny, I'm finally seeing the Knicks' collective defense, and now each of them is positioned to defend their opposing players while also buying their teammates time to get back to the right defensive position, which is like a game of balance ball, where they're constantly moving and adjusting their position with the basketball to keep it from rolling into their own basket."

Kenny Smith said directly: "These words of yours can be described in two words - joint defense!" ”

The Knicks' defense is a little different from other teams, their defense is aimed at the outside, and the interior is basically in a state of being empty, which is the response they do not have a strong interior line, they will not wait for the opponent to pass the basketball to the basket before closing it, but by pressing the basketball so that you can't pass to the basket.

The advantage of this defense is that it is aggressive to the outside ball carrier, and it tends to be very effective against teams that also don't have a strong interior line, such as the current Thunder. But if you have a sporty interior line like Howard and Xiaosi, it is easy to have problems, and people only need an aerial relay to solve the problem.

The Thunder's Ibaka, his running and jumping ability is also good, but it's a pity that Meno's passing skills are not enough, especially under Wu Huang's defense, it is difficult for him to pass the aerial relay for the Spaniards.

Let's be honest, what the Knicks really need right now is not Smalls or Bosh, they don't lack offensive firepower, what they really lack is a defensive interior with interior dominance, such as Howard, Chandler or Garnett......

Such an interior player can immediately make up for the Knicks' last shortcoming, and Wu Huang can also add a partner to perform the pick-and-roll offense. As for the offensive firepower, they don't need to worry at all, the Knicks with Wu Huang, Gallinari, David Lee and Harrington won't have trouble on the offensive end, and one more Shaw or Bosh will be a bit of a firepower overflow, which is not a good thing either.

After the game restarted, the Thunder replaced Harden as a point guard temporarily, but Durant still couldn't get a chance to shoot, and finally forced a miss, and was almost hit by the Knicks again.

"This is a key attack!" Seeing that there was no chance of a quick attack and sneak attack, Emperor Wu immediately stopped at the top of the arc to reorganize.

They now have an 11-point lead, and as long as they hit this shot, the Thunder's timeout just now will be in vain, and the difference will expand to 13 points, which will undoubtedly stab the opponent in the heart. (To be continued.) )