After the timeout, Westbrook finally stopped clinging to a one-on-one battle with Wu Huang, and the cunning Chinese didn't aim at shooting at all except for two opening shots.

Although Wei Shao had a tendon, he also knew that he had been fooled, and Emperor Wu didn't plan to fight him alone at all.

As long as Westbrook is not brainless, as long as he can calm down, the Thunder can calm down, and Durant can also play, and they quickly responded with a 6-0 mini-climax, and Kostic immediately jumped to chase the score to 10:10.

With 6 minutes and 40 seconds left in the first quarter, Durant made a beautiful counterrun to get rid of Iguodala's heel defense and hit the first three-pointer, leading the Thunder to the first 13-12 lead!

This time it was the Knicks' turn to call a timeout, and Iguodala didn't do a good enough job of defending Durant today, and had to make up for it several times to get through with his teammates inside the line.

Durant has run out of shooting opportunities several times in the first half of the quarter using off-ball cover, but he didn't receive the ball many times, scoring 5 points on 2-of-3 shooting, and the scoring efficiency is very high.

Iguodala's defense is not in doubt, but Durant is averaging more than 30 points per game, and his scoring ability is also not in doubt, and players of this caliber are often more influenced by themselves than their opponents exert on themselves.

D'Antoni knows why Iguodala can't defend Durant, who is good at using his teammates' screens to create catch-and-shoot opportunities, and often shoots as soon as he gets a little space, so his unique height and reach can minimize the impact of the opponent's defense.

If Iguodala wants to limit a player like Durant, he must be blocked by his teammates or by the team's rotation defense. Can perform screens on the Thunder team. The first time to use the change of defense to prevent Durant from getting an easy shot.

Of course. A better approach would be to use team defense to keep him from receiving the ball, but unfortunately the Knicks are not good at this kind of work at this stage.

Gallinari's individual defense is close to average, but the sense of switching is still not good enough, and sometimes he even blocks Iguodala's follow-up line. So the Knicks have always been bad at defending when they encounter teams that are good at positioning and covering during this period, and the Italians have to bear a lot of responsibility for this.

As we all know, the forward position itself requires a lot of defensive duties, so it is necessary to have excellent defensive ability, and Gallinari can attack. But the defensive aspect is still improving, and sometimes it will be a weakness in the team's defense.

The Knicks are not without a small forward who has a strong defense, and Danny Green has been a well-known defensive stalwart in the NCAA during his four years in college, with a very aggressive individual defense, excellent help defense, and enough flexibility to switch guards.

D'Antoni considered trading for Danny Green, but Gallinari is his dear godson, and the Knicks need his offensive ability as well.

Gallinari knew it was his own defense that was wrong, but he didn't say anything after the timeout. In addition to being soft on Wu Huang in the team, the Italians usually don't think much of Iguodala. Of course, Iguodala will not apologize at this time, he has always had the ambition to become the second leader of the Knicks.

But this thing isn't arrogant. After the game restarted, Gallina took advantage of his always feeling that he was going to be cut off, but he couldn't lose the ball to break through and force Durant, and unexpectedly scored a goal for the Knicks with a breakthrough.

This is where Gallinari's potential lies, and his long-range shooting ability is second only to Wu Huang in the team, and he has always been considered by the media to be a poor version of Durant.

But many people didn't expect that his ability to break through with the ball was practiced before Durant.

Gallinari already has some ball-handling ability this season, and while his ball-handling breakaway can't be a regular weapon at this stage, defenders will be as embarrassed as Durant is this time when they're careless.

"Well done, you can prove that you don't have to be bad!" Emperor Wu quietly made a gesture to Gallinari, which was to start beating him.

Gallinari was praised by Emperor Wu like this, and his self-confidence came up at once, and today he really wanted to show himself in front of Durant.

After Wu Huang brought the player to the front court, he lured Westbrook to break the ball again, and Wei Shao, who was played twice in a row, finally didn't dare to act rashly, and forcibly refused to reach out and keep a step away from honest defense.

"It's really boring, I still regard you as an opponent, and I just failed twice!" Wu Huang provoked and accelerated to break through, Wei Shao's reaction was already very fast, but Wu Huang's first step was faster, and after two steps, he had already thrown off half of his body, and Ibaka, who had just come on the field, hurriedly stepped in front of Wu Huang.

David Lee received a return pass from Wu Huang at the free-throw line, and Durant had to rush over to fill in for Ibaka.

Gallinari immediately moved in the opposite direction, received a ball from David Lee and hit a quick shot to hit a three-pointer before Seferosa switched defenses.

"It's beautiful!" D'Antoni stood on the sidelines to applaud David Lee's transfer ball, a guy who seems to have woken up since being abused by Horford, and has been performing well during this time, and he has been the most valuable player on the Knicks team in the last five games except for Wu Huang.

Many New York fans have forgotten how they complained about David Lee some time ago, and there are still many New York fans who feel that they can trade David Lee + Dujon to Bosh, and Raptors fans can't afford to complain about this idea.

Gallinari quickly found his touch in the Knicks' three-point strategy and hit two 3-pointers in a row, helping the Knicks overtake the Thunder in the score.

At 3:25 in the first quarter, after Gallinari hit his third 3-pointer of the quarter, the Knicks led the Thunder by five points at 23:18.

Wu Huang didn't shoot much in the first quarter, but got a lot of assists on the hot Gallinari.

The Thunder called a timeout, and D'Antoni chose to replace Wu Huang early, and he came off with 3 points, 2 rebounds and 3 assists.

Brooks saw D'Antoni replace Wu Huang in advance, and also replaced Westbrook, Wei Shao shot 1 of 4 in a single quarter, only got 4 points, 1 rebound and 1 assist, and his performance was dwarfed.

After Wu Huang went off the court, Durant continued his touch at the end of the quarter. He scored six points in a row. The Thunder ended the quarter with an 8-2 comeback wave. After the first quarter, the Thunder led the Knicks by one point at 26-25.

Durant scored 14 points in the quarter, Gallinari also scored 11 points, and the two became the offensive core of their respective teams, and Wu Huang, the team's leading scorer, chose to accumulate power early in the game, and he only took two shots in the first quarter.

Wu Huang knew very well in his heart that the Thunder team was not easy to deal with, don't look at them only ranked eighth in the West, but the records of the two teams were actually about the same. The Thunder can play such a result in the West, and their strength may be a little stronger than them.

If you take into account the many scoring points in the Thunder team, Wu Huang does not feel that with his current ability, he can help the team win on his own, activating teammates is the key to winning or losing this game, and Gallinari can stand up in the first quarter, which is what he wants to see.

Gallinari played the full first quarter and proved himself in front of Durant.

Wu Huang's previous light was so dazzling that it blocked the ability of his teammates, and many fans always thought that Wu Huang had changed the Knicks alone, which was too much to exalt him.

In fact. The Knicks have the current results, first of all, thanks to the efforts of the team's management in the past two seasons. It was they who cleaned up the mess and garbage left by the smiling assassins one by one, and at the same time left young players like Gallinari and David Lee, and later selected a core like Wu Huang and traded for a good second leader like Iguodala, which is the basis for the Knicks to rise again, without these foundations as a premise, Wu Huang would be useless even if he came to the Knicks.

Having said that, the Knicks' current batch of young players have a lot of potential, even if they are not bad, David Lee, Gallinari, Harrington, and Iguodala are all players who can step up and score points in a row.

What Emperor Wu is learning is when he should stand up? And when should I hide behind the scenes?

It's a college question, and it's something that many point guards won't learn in their lifetime.

For example, Wei Shao on the other side, he may not have such a concept in his mind at all.

Wu Huang led the team to rotate the lineup in the second quarter, and the Knicks had five players on the court: Wu Huang, Danny Green, Al Harrington, Jonathan Bend, and Francisco Elson.

Thunder rotation: Westbrook, Harden, Green, Ibaka, Collisson.

Shortly after the start of the second quarter, Westbrook extended the deficit to 3-point points with his zombie jumper, and Green then forced a foul to give the Thunder a 30-25 lead, but their offense quickly stalled.

Wu Huang is still not in a hurry to attack on the offensive end, and today against Wei Shao, who has always been criticized for being brainless, he has been observing why this person is considered to have a limited ball quotient?

He's figuring out his opponent's weaknesses, which helps him improve.

In fact, in the first quarter of the competition, he had a general understanding, a tendon means that there is no overall situation, can he analyze what kind of situation the game is in? Will he be able to judge what is best for the team?

Wu Huang and Bender executed a pick-and-roll on the offensive end, and the basketball was passed back from his crotch, and Jonathan Bender, who has been retired for four years, received a basket pass and hit a 19-foot jumper for the Knicks to score their first goal of the second quarter.

"Stupid! If I were you, I would know how to defend this ball, I know what you're thinking, but you know what I'm thinking? What Emperor Wu said this time made Westbrook a little confused.

"What an idiot you're into!" Westbrook didn't bother to think about it and fought back.

Emperor Wu sneered: "You are really cute, no wonder your physical fitness is so good, and the nutrients are absorbed by your body." ”

Westbrook was furious when he heard this, but he understood this, and Emperor Wu clearly scolded him for having developed limbs and a simple mind, and his face immediately turned red again: "If you want to fight, we can make an appointment after the game." ”

Wu Huang dribbled sideways, suddenly started to break through, and the ball protector pulled the momentum, directly interfering with Westbrook's center of gravity, and this time he was half a position ahead of Westbrook in one step.

Westbrook scolded his mother in his heart, Wu Huang's first step was obviously about the same as him, but why could he always break through him easily? But on the other hand, he will always be followed when he breaks through, which is really unscientific.

Ibaka's help was also quick, and Wu Huang burst into the box and was blocked, but Jonathan Bender received another ball from Wu Huang and hit another mid-range shot from low post.

"Call you stupid, but you still don't believe it. If you just went to make up for Bend. He won't have an open seat. You don't have to say you're defending well in the future. Emperor Wu's poisonous tongue was launched again, ignoring the other party's murderous eyes, and deliberately bumped Westbrook's shoulder when he returned to defense, with very sinister intentions!

"You bastard, don't go!" Westbrook finally didn't hold back the anger in his heart this time, he wanted to reach out from behind to pull Wu Huang, but he didn't expect Wu Huang's reaction to be greater than him, and his palm just touched the other party. Emperor Wu was immediately electrocuted, turned around and slapped his hand away, only to hear a "snap", Westbrook's arm was slapped red by Emperor Wu's slut.

"Don't touch me!" Emperor Wu actually sued the wicked first, and shouted angrily at Westbrook!

"You're looking for death!" Westbrook couldn't bear it anymore, so he stepped forward and pushed hard, but was blocked by Emperor Wu and didn't touch him at all.

Danny Green and Harrington immediately rushed forward to block Wu Huang, and the referee rushed in time, and Westbrook didn't have another chance to shoot. The referee's "malicious foul" gesture was already in front of him.

The boos and curses in the "Ford Center Arena" had already rushed towards Wu Huang like a tsunami, but this little meaning could not change his complexion. I saw Wu Huang in the camera with a relaxed face, walking back to his half court leisurely, standing in front of the team's bench in a hurry, waiting for the referee's penalty, and the cursing of the Thunder fans seemed to be completely inaudible.

Westbrook's performance today is really shocking, fans can see from the replay of the first quarter that Wu Huang is using trash talk to influence him, but this kind of thing has long been strange, and the matchup between Malone and Rodman back then was not as simple as trash talk.

Emperor Wu obviously wanted to turn the "small things into big ones" just now, but Westbrook was fooled, and he could only blame himself for not being calm.

"Boss, you've done a great job!" Gallinari said with a smile on the sidelines, he has not been thoughtful about this kind of thing, the referee has expelled Westbrook directly from the game, but he did not come over to make up a technical foul for Wu Huang, this conflict is really flawless.

"What nonsense are you talking about!" Emperor Wu glared at Gallinari, not knowing if he was really stupid or pretending to be stupid.

Westbrook didn't expect that he would be expelled from the game, he didn't get anything cheap, raised his red arm and complained to the referee for a long time, and finally glanced fiercely in the direction of Wu Huang, and walked to the players' tunnel with a face full of unwillingness.

Some of the Thunder fans at the scene have already begun to tear Wu Huang's avatar and poster, although these are originally insulting things.

The Thunder players looked at him with unfriendly eyes, Wu Huang still turned a deaf ear to this, he could even turn a blind eye to the scolding of the Thunder fans, did he still care about the hostility of the Thunder players?

Brooks was replaced by Durant after the game restarted, D'Antoni was also replaced by Iguodala, and the Knicks are now the only one who can defend Durant alone, and Danny Green is still a little too tender.

After the game restarted, Wu Huang was still not in a hurry to attack by himself, and once again used the block to assist Bender's three-point shot.

The Knicks, a disabled person who no one wants and has not played for nearly three years before, actually scored 7 points in a row to help the Knicks overtake the score.

The live broadcast camera was given to Wu Huang again, everyone knew that most of the credit for these three goals belonged to him, Bender just used his height advantage to shoot the basketball on the outside, his defensive pressure was not great, and two were near-empty shots.

As long as you give Emperor Wu a big shooter, this is the situation if you are not careful.

At this time, think about Wei Shao, who has been sent out, don't look at Wu Huang's easy pass of the three balls, it looks like a gesture, but it may be difficult to replace Westbrook.

As the game progressed, Thunder fans quickly put the Westbrook affair aside, and Durant made a jumper for Westbrook to return the color. Many people don't understand why a player who doesn't have much ball-handling ability can be so fierce in scoring.

Last season, when Durant's points per game average increased to 25+, many experts began to make blind predictions, believing that next season the league's teams would definitely study him in depth, and it would be difficult for a player like Durant who did not have the ability to handle the ball to score easily.

But the result was a slap in the face, and Durant's average points per game rose sharply again, and he rushed to the top of the scoring position.

At 5:10 in the second quarter, Durant hit a long-range three-pointer against Iguodala, which was already his 22nd point in the first half.

The Oklahoma fans were cheering with emotion, Wu Huang received the serve, quickly launched a fast attack, and finally in the boos that had just risen from the Thunder fans in the court, it took only 3 seconds to complete the transition from defense to offense, and advanced the ball to the front court.

The Thunder players were very wary of Wu Huang's dribbling advancement, and Durant and Harden all rushed over for a while to prevent him from suddenly starting to shoot coldly.

Wu Huang suddenly stopped two steps away from the top of the arc, pulled the basketball to the right, and sent the basketball into the interior with a one-handed pass.

Iguodala slapped the ball and scored against Kostic, which was Wu's 10th assist.

After the Thunder went off the court at Westbrook, Harden became the de facto organizer of the team, but this did not have much impact on the Thunder, at this time Harden had not learned to defend with his eyes, and his beard was not long, and the Thunder's tactical execution ability was stronger than when Westbrook was on the court.

Of course, they also lost their more aggressive offense and defense, but these two points did not have much effect on Emperor Wu, some people were afraid of the horizontal, but some people liked to teach the horizontal. (To be continued.) )