After the Knicks defeated the Magic, they finally stabilized their top position in the East, which is equivalent to indirectly helping D'Antoni stabilize his position. Pen | fun | pavilion www. ｂｉｑｕｇｅ。 ｉｎｆｏ

Wu Huang had considered getting rid of the mustache before the start of the season, but there was not enough reason to get rid of a championship coach, which didn't seem to be the right thing for a team core to do. In fact, there is not much contradiction between him and Mustache, who basically obeys him, and has begun to change some playing styles according to the new lineup this season, which have made Wu Huang more satisfied. If you really change a coach, you have to communicate and adapt again, maybe in the end it is not as suitable as the mustache for yourself, Wu Huang feels that there is no need to change the coach for the time being.

There are also many Knicks fans who tend to ask the Zen master to go out of the mountain, and Wu Huang feels that although the Zen master is very good, he doesn't think that it is glorious to win the championship under this KFC, which will let the Zen master take away a large part of the credit that belongs to him.

To this day, there are still many people who think that Jordan and the Zen master are mutually perfect, without the Zen master Jordan can not become the god of basketball, without the Zen master Kobe Bryant is impossible to win the championship again, these two people will not be robbed of a lot of credit by the Zen master.

So it is foreseeable that a cautious guy like Wu Huang can't stand being robbed of the limelight by his own coach, and he is not sure that he has ever played the old fritter of Zen master, who is good at psychology, so he would rather let a coach like D'Antoni or Van Gundy Jr. who has no championship halo to teach him, and even get a superb nurse like black bread, but he never wants to find a star coach like Zen master and Popovich to be equal to him.

Therefore, under the premise that Emperor Wu has only won the championship once, it is impossible for the Zen master to come to New York to teach in the next few years, unless Emperor Wu gets a dynasty on his own, and then he will not mind the Zen master or something to hug his thigh.

Eastern Division Rankings -

1. New York Knicks (10-2).

2. Chicago Bulls (9-3).

3. Miami Heat (7-6).

4. Indiana Pacers (7-6).

5. Boston Celtics (6-6).

6. Atlanta Hawks (6-6).

7. Orlando Magic (6-7).

8. Philadelphia 76ers (6-7).

The Bulls have followed in the footsteps of the Knicks in terms of record this year and continued to suppress the Heat, which shows that Thibodeau is a good coach who was not famous before, but definitely not inferior to D'Anthony. In fact, many people think that Thibodeau, who has a balanced offense and defense, is better than D'Antony, but he has an immature Rose and Antony, who is not a superstar with insufficient temperament.

The Knicks had a brief respite after the win over the Magic, and they will next face the Suns, Hornets, Bucks, Nuggets and Cavaliers, and the difficulty of these five games has suddenly become much less difficult, except for two back-to-backs, which are not very comfortable, but in this brutal season, this kind of schedule is already a relatively lightweight test.

New York fans are still familiar with the Suns, D'Antoni just came in the first season, the Holy Sect has not yet come, and the New York fans at that time have very low requirements for mustaches, they just want the team to play the same pleasing offense as the Suns in the next few seasons, and then it is good to enter the playoffs steadily. At that time, they didn't even fantasize about the championship, and even the second round of the playoffs was just looking forward to it, and they didn't dare to shout out that kind of thing.

In the blink of an eye, the Suns are no longer in the eyes of New York fans, this run-and-gun team ended last season with a 10th place in the West, and Nash was 37 years old before the start of the 11-12 season, and Hill, who completed a contract extension, was 39 years old, and their hopes of making the playoffs are getting slimmer and slimmer.

The New York media said of the Suns that they may still be able to play a pleasing run-and-gun basketball and occasionally beat a strong opponent with a godly three-pointer, but it is undeniable that the time has come for them to rebuild.

Nash is 37 years old, but he is still one of the top point guards in the league, averaging 14.7 points, 11.4 assists and 3.5 rebounds per game last season, which is not a significant decline compared to previous seasons. If injuries stay away, Nash should still be able to average a double-double per game. But he's 37 years old after all, and the Suns aren't strong enough to make the playoffs right now, so he's highly likely to be traded mid-season. It is reported that the Heat, Lakers, Magic and other teams are very interested in the Canadian point guard.

Knicks fans are worried about this, the last thing they want is Nash to go to the Heat and Magic, especially the Magic's configuration is very suitable for Nash, and if Orlando adds another sharpshooter to the lineup, it is likely to produce a qualitative change.

Big Van Gundy shifted the team's offensive firepower to the offensive and defensive perimeter shooters this season, which was considered a way to tear down the east wall and make up for the west wall, but instead allowed the Magic to stop the downward trend after the start of the season.

In fact, this also shows in disguise that Howard's defensive ability is indeed historic, although the Knicks won the last game, but Howard was indeed the only one who defended that game, but the overall defense of the Magic is still excellent, and the other Magic players have invested their energy on the offensive end and the team's offense has improved a lot. And Howard's ability to defend the restricted area alone can't even do Big Ben back then, and the Pistons also rely on two Wallaces to keep the restricted area into an iron bucket, but Howard has completed the work of two Wallaces alone, and it is no wonder that the Lakers have been drooling when they look at Howard.

Facing the weak Suns on the inside today, the Knicks did not give the opponent a chance to run up and play at home, and Wu Huang always pressed the rhythm to play defensive counterattacks.

It's funny that he, a 22-year-old young man, would not dare to confront Nash, who is about to turn 38, and if he had done so last season, there would have been a lot of people who would have taken the opportunity to make sarcasm.

But now that the Holy Sect Master has the champion in hand, he doesn't care about this kind of thing at all. Just like D'Antoni is no longer entangled in having to play a quick attack, no one will look down on him because of the low-key Wu Huang now, let alone think that he does not dare to compete with Nash, everyone will only think that the Holy Sect Master is just playing smart.

Wu Huang knew that even if they fought against the Sun, they would not easily lose the game, and they still had a better chance of winning. But this style of play consumes too much physical strength of the two of them, and Battier can't run many rounds, how can he patronize himself in this situation, of course, he chooses a steady and fast defensive counterattack.

This method is also the result of the Knicks' several player meetings this season, the mustache has only succumbed to the obscenity of the players, not only increased the defensive course, but also reduced the fast-break training, which also made Woodson's status in the team rise, and he, the assistant coach who focuses on defense, finally has the opportunity to play his ability.

The NBA doesn't necessarily invite a coach to a player meeting, but if you don't invite a few times in a row, you're ready to do something.

The mustache knew that if he couldn't meet the demands of the players, then he had no choice but to go, and the mustache who didn't want to leave naturally chose to compromise. So this year, the Knicks' system began to transform to defensive counterattacks and regular positional battles, but due to the mustache, the Knicks' fast counterattacks were still retained, and they were extremely fast when they counterattacked, and they would still play a dozen fast offenses when they had the opportunity, but they were no longer a team that was difficult to fall into.

Knicks assistant coach Woodson is not inferior to Mike Brown in his ability to adjust defense, and as long as the Knicks can put more effort into defense, it won't take long for their group of players to build a good defensive system with their talent on defense.

The Suns' bombardment is under the defense of the Knicks today, and it is difficult to find too many scoring opportunities, firstly, because there is no forward player like Xiaosi who is good at attacking, and secondly, the soon-to-be-38-year-old Nash is really unable to move. It's okay to face other opponents, but against the difficult guy Wu Huang, the Canadian really can't afford to go to the Knicks' interior to visit the garden, let alone drive the rhythm. And once he can't open this point, the sun's bombardment will lose half of its power.

The Knicks seized a lot of opportunities to switch between offense and defense in the first half and played quick counterattacks to score, and for the Suns, these counterattacks by the Knicks were very fatal blows, not only allowing them to lose real points, but also destroying morale and patience, which are problems they can't solve.

In addition to the defensive counterattack, the Knicks' positional offense also played well, and they took advantage of the Suns' lack of positional defense, and this game rehearsed their slow-paced offense.

The Knicks' positional battles are currently mainly based on pick-and-roll and breakouts, and occasionally give the ball to Gasol to play some singles in the low post, at which point the outside players have to look for opportunities to catch the ball and shoot or cut in the air, looking for opportunities around the versatile Spaniard.

The team's coaching staff believes that the three sets of plans they have prepared are enough, and if they are not enough, it can only be said that the opponent's defense is superb. But no one thinks that such a team exists in the league now, and even in history, there is no team that dares to say that it can block the offensive arrows composed of Wu Huang, Gasol and David West.

The Suns couldn't block any of the Knicks' moves today, and they were weak to defend and dismantle Nash; Defending against breakthroughs or Nash is weak; Defensive interior singles Gortat and Frye are also a little less individual. But in general, Nash is still the biggest shortcoming of the Suns on the defensive end, especially in the face of the stronger Wu Huang, Lao Qu's pace can't keep up, and the confrontation is not an opponent at all, and he was hung up by the Holy Sect Master throughout the game.

If it were five years ago, Nash couldn't prevent Wu Huang from at least playing his MVP style on the offensive end, but today he let Wu Huang take what he wanted, and in the first half, the Holy Sect Master made 10 of 14 shots from the Canadian, cutting down a terrifying 29 points, 4 rebounds and 1 assist.

Today's Wu Huang is obviously ready to brush up on the scoring data, because Durant is also forcing him very tight on the scoring list, and the Holy Sect Master is obviously trying to catch both the bowl and the pot, and the result is that he can't close the gap with Durant and Rondo in scoring and assists, and the lead is still shrinking.

No media is already predicting that if the sect leader continues to be so greedy, it is likely to end up with all four of them empty.

Wu Huang is indeed very greedy, just like his style on his sister, he feels that he has the ability to naturally pull all the things he likes, at least he is still the top of the three lists, wait until one day he can't hold on, what if he finally holds on? Wouldn't he have become a legend?

The Knicks players have no objection to Wu Huang's performance of not passing the ball and brushing the statistics today, the Holy Sect Master has unconditionally helped David West and Gasol before, and also helped Iguodala score 30 points when facing the 76ers a few days ago.

So today, it's his turn to brush up points, and everyone will only cooperate with 10,000, where will there be half a complaint?

In the end, Wu Huang brushed the Suns to death after three quarters, he cut 44 points, 5 rebounds and 2 assists in the third quarter, and today the leader had the opportunity to cut 50+, but he didn't expect to knock out the Suns early because he was too heavy.

In the fourth quarter, Wu Huang was decisively replaced by D'Antoni, and the Knicks now have to think about the next game.

This season, the mustache does not approve of the players to brush up the scores, once it is confirmed that he has won the game, he will decisively replace the main players to rest, who calls this schedule so bad.

Wu Huang felt that it was a pity in his heart, 44 points was not a particularly high number for him, but after the Suns saw that they had little hope of winning the game, they also decisively withdrew the main force.

This shortened schedule has caused many teams to choose to give up early when they see that they have little hope of winning, because they also have to think about their next game, and they can't do their best for a game with little hope of winning.

This phenomenon is also a side effect of a shortened season, with most teams having to give up games that are difficult for them to win, which also indirectly affects the excitement of the game.

Knicks fans may think this is a good thing, because they may face a lot of opponents who don't resist, such as when they play the Hornets again, the team that has been dismembered so that there is no star and then gives up on itself, and a bunch of players who have never even heard of Wu Huang played a lot of time in this game.

Of course, D'Antoni was happy in his heart, he let David West and Battier take a turn to rest in this game, but he still didn't dare to rest all the two insiders, and the Knicks' decision to keep Wu Huang and Gasol was also considered very necessary after the game, otherwise it would have become a joke if it overturned.

The caution of the mustache is correct, and the Knicks, who are missing Gallinari, Battier and David West, have declined to varying degrees on both offensive and defensive ends, and the firepower of their bench lineup is no longer terrifying; On the other hand, the Hornets who are sitting at home with the idea of losing have no desire, which makes them play a good offense, and the Knicks' lineup is not very stable at this time.

Wu Huang and Gasol took on more offensive tasks in this situation, and the Holy Sect Master brushed up on the stats again today, scoring 44 points in the last game, but the Thunder's Durant also brushed up 36 points, and his lead is still not much. But today's rotation of some players in the team gave him an excuse to brush up points again, plus the Hornets players are in good shape at home, and the Knicks have not led too much throughout the game, which also allows Wu Huang to stay on the court for a long time to score points.

In the end, the Knicks relied on more experience and personal ability to successfully hit an 8-0 attack wave in the middle of the fourth quarter, widening the difference to double digits in one fell swoop. And the Hornets player, who went from having no desire to seeing the hope of winning, could only reluctantly accept the fact that he had become the Holy Sect Master's scoring tool.

Wu Huang was a bit of an "acting" element in today's game, the Knicks could have played an attack wave in the third quarter, but he didn't attack decisively at that time, but learned that James trusted his teammates several times in a row, and as a result, the Knicks failed to finish the opponent in the first three quarters, and dragged the suspense until the fourth quarter to kill him!

However, under the premise of the team's victory, this kind of thing will not be used as an excuse to criticize him at all, is it wrong to trust his teammates?

Wu Huang successfully scored a single-game personal high this season, and the Holy Sect Master, who played a total of 37 minutes, contributed 48 points, 7 rebounds and 5 assists to the team, which also allowed him to finally open some gaps with Durantra. He continues to top the scoring charts for now, but has fallen to second place in the assists charts. This proves that it is really difficult to have both fish and bear paws, and the higher the score, the lower the assist, and the best of both worlds, perhaps the team's record should fall again.

After the Knicks defeated the Super Fish Belly Hornets, who are the second-to-last in the league, they went on to win over the Milwaukee Bucks in overtime at home. This is the third overtime game this season for the Knicks, and this year they don't seem to be as explosive as last season, but they are a little more resilient than last season.

Two days later, the Knicks came to Denver to play the Nuggets, this plateau area is a test of the physical strength of the Knicks players, the Nuggets can currently achieve the fifth record in the West has a lot to do with their geographical advantage, the Denver people have the highest home win percentage in the league, which is a very praiseworthy result. Those who come to Denver can easily get lost in the fourth quarter, and the thin air environment of the highland has been a bigger bonus in a shrinking season, and today the Knicks were wiped out by the Nuggets in the fourth quarter to wear a nine-point lead, and finally they were dragged into overtime again under the stunner of Mr. Key Billups.

So far, the Nuggets have only lost 1 game on their home turf, and they haven't lost much, and from this point of view, the Nuggets at the center of Pepsi are nearly invincible in the West!

The media considered Denver's altitude sickness to be their biggest weapon of the season, and scientifically speaking, when going from flat ground to high ground around 1,500-1,800 meters above sea level, people will feel a lack of stamina. The average altitude of Denver is about 1610 meters, and NBA players who come to Denver to play away will always have symptoms such as weakness and chest tightness to a certain extent, and their competitive state will decline a lot, thus giving the Nuggets an opportunity to take advantage of.

The Knicks just played an overtime in New York two days ago, and their physical condition is in a relatively low state, and even Iguodala, who has always been very physical, said before the game: "I don't like to play here, and I seemed to be a little out of breath here last season." Just a minute or two into the game, you have to adjust your breath to get back to breathing, and I was like, man, I'm out of breath. Even Iguodala said so, and the others felt no better.

Wu Huang didn't think there was anything wrong, altitude sickness also varies from person to person, and some players react very strongly, and their state will be greatly affected. But some people have little effect, such as Wu Huang and Space Yi have not been affected by the plateau effect too much, but Gasol and Iguodala are in a very bad state, which is called different from person to person.

In addition, it is often overlooked that the Nuggets have an advantage at home, not only because of the "height", but also because of the "distance". Colorado, where Denver is located, is very "independent" on the NBA map, and it is far away from the home courts of other teams. In this case, it is reasonable for the Nuggets to take advantage of their home court.

Today, due to the dual effects of altitude sickness and physical strength, several of the Knicks' main players are in poor condition, which also gives the benches a chance to perform, such as Space Yi got a season-high 26 minutes in regular time, and his performance today is also the best of the season, cutting 18 points and 6 rebounds in regular time.

Space Yi's performance today is much better than Gasol's 6 points and 6 rebounds, the Spaniard is really soft today, D'Antoni only let him play 25 minutes, and his playing time is not as good as Space Yi.

The Knicks began to suffer from physical fitness in overtime, and D'Antoni even abandoned Gasol, who was not in form, and chose to let David West and Space Yi partner inside, because Monroe was also in terrible form today.

As a result, the Chinese fans were delighted, Wu Huang and Space Yi took all the points in this overtime, and the other Knicks players did not score a point in these five minutes, and finally the Holy Master's killer shot successfully dragged the game into the second overtime.

Even the Nuggets players can't stand it now, and they just played a game against the Wizards in Washington two days ago.

But correspondingly, due to their long-term life in Denver, the Nuggets players have adapted to Denver's altitude sickness, and they are not even averse to a little higher.

The Nuggets strength and conditioning coach even led the team to altitude training at an altitude of 1,000 feet (about 305 meters) above sea level in Denver. The guys said that if they want to take advantage of the plateau, then the players need to be trained a little higher.

The effect of this training was shown today, Wu Huang was also a little unable to run in the second overtime, and as a result, the Knicks were cut by their veteran Al Harrington in the second overtime by a crucial four points, Billups' bench Ty Lawson also hit a key three-pointer, and Wu Huang's final three-point shot failed to score again, and the Knicks still lost to the Denver Nuggets 117-119 after two hard-fought overtimes, ushering in their third loss of the season.

He played a total of 35 minutes today, scoring a season-high 25 points and 9 rebounds.

"It's better to lose this TM in regular time, it all tires me like a dog and loses!" Wu Huang was very unhappy after losing, he scored 45 points in this game, and the average score per game has unconsciously exceeded 30+, but his assists have fallen to an average of 10 times per game, and at this moment he was not only surpassed by Rondo, but even Nash's assists surpassed him.

But this can't be helped, how can you score if you want to score, and if you want to assist, you can assist, Wu Huang's current statistics are still amazing - 30.3 points, 5.3 rebounds, 9.8 assists and 3.4 steals per game. He shot 51.6 percent from the field, 42.3 percent from three-point range and 92.5 percent from the free throw line.

Judging from the stats of the Holy Master this season, he has the most rebounding decline, followed by a slight decline in shooting percentage, but this is the relationship between the schedule and the cruelty.

This season, all players who have shot more than 10 times in a single game have declined in shooting percentage to varying degrees, only Wu Huang and James have a shooting rate of more than 50% among the backcourt players, and only 7 people have a three-point shooting rate of more than 40%, in addition to Wu Huang in the Knicks team, there is a person who no one can imagine has achieved a three-point shooting rate of more than 40% - Iguodala!

That's right, Brother Yi averaged 3.1 three-point shots per game this season, and he could hit 1.3 times, with a shooting rate of 41.9%, which is not more than 40%!

This data makes many players feel very embarrassed, this thing really achieved the pre-season goal, when Iguodala vowed to stabilize the three-point shot at more than 40%, most people, including Wu Huang, said it was impossible, but people did do it in the first 20 games, and even Wu Huang's three-point shooting rate did not have to be much higher than Iguodala.

On January 25, the Knicks beat the Cavaliers at home again, and Wu Huang once again taught his younger brother in this game.

Although Kyrie Irving scored 22 points and 5 assists in this game, Wu Huang used 20 points and 7 assists in the third quarter to make his junior suffer a wave of five consecutive defeats.

Prior to this, the Cavaliers had just been defeated by the Heat at home, and then won by the Knicks in the third quarter, and although Irving, who has averaged 19 points per game so far this season, has given Cavaliers fans hope for a new emperor to ascend the throne, it will take at least two or three seasons for the Cavaliers to rise again. But the superstar potential of this new emperor has been shown in just twenty games, Irving is likely to get an average of 20+ data per game this season, which is not much worse than James back then, Cavaliers fans now only hope that Irving can grow into a superstar who is not inferior to James in the future, and the team's record is not their main concern now.

After the Knicks' victory over the Cavaliers, there is finally a tough battle to come, and the Miami Heat are already waiting at home for the defending champions to challenge, and the poor Cavaliers are just a dessert for these two giant crocodiles to use before the big game. (To be continued.) )