Chapter 416: Heat, You're Too Miserable!

The Knicks entered the second half with a 64:50 lead, a statistic in the first half, directly reflected the efficiency of the two teams' benches, today, when the Pacers were on the main lineup, their efficiency value was -6, but after replacing the bench, the efficiency value dropped sharply to -18, directly from the ordinary defeat, into a comprehensive rout!

On the Knicks' side, the performance of the bench players was eye-catching, and in the climax of the counterattack at the end of the second quarter, the Knicks' bench contributed 9 points. Pen & Fun & Pavilion www.biquge.info Monroe on the inside completed the task of defense well, after coming on the bench, first let Hansbro, a North Carolina giant, not take advantage of it at all, and in the second quarter against Frye and Hibbert did not let him get much advantage, the black version of Yao Ming only scored 4 points in the second quarter. Before half-time, Gasol also gave Hibbert a hard hat with his long arm.

However, in fact, unless the team has a sixth-man strategy, most of the bench players will not have much room to play in the playoffs, because the team will not give them too much time. In the playoffs, what the bench has to do is to make the most of the opportunities and play to the best of their own time in the limited playing time. However, it won't be easy, just look at the Pacers' poor bench scores, and if you want to play a microwave effect in the intensity of the playoffs, if you use Whiteside's standards, it must be above 80 ability.

Whiteside has the potential to become a game nerd, and this guy can play for a day with a 2K game that is actually boring in the eyes of Emperor Wu. Yes, although the Holy Master has been on the cover of 2K Basketball for two years in a row, he himself doesn't enjoy playing the game very much, and his reality is much more exciting than the game's career mode.

"I said, how did you become the boss of the Knicks?" Wu Huang was in a good mood at halftime, and after taking a shower, he first hit the self-confidence of a group of old blacks with his looming little brother, and then passed by and glanced at Whiteside, who was playing a game with his head down, and found that this bastard's ability value in the game was actually 99, and he was also the core of the Knicks in the game, which was unreasonable!

"Game, it's just a game, boss, don't get me wrong!" Whiteside said nervously and quickly closed his notebook.

Gallinari provoked on the side: "Boss, not only did he change himself to the core of the team, he also reduced your ability value to 89, and became his deputy in the game." ”

When Emperor Wu heard this, he glanced at Whiteside meaningfully, his face was already sweating, obviously he had really done this big or small thing.

Whiteside was sweating, that was to think that a person like Emperor Wu was so cautious, it was very likely that he would keep this matter in his heart, and he might not necessarily give him small shoes to wear at any time.

"It's okay, it's just a game!" Emperor Wu glanced deeply at Whiteside, and after the latter left another drop of cold sweat on his forehead, he finally smiled lightly, indicating that he didn't care.

"Damn, the pressure is too much!" Whiteside hurriedly changed the data in Wu Huang's game to all 99, and he was not too stupid to be saved.

The pressure on the Pacers players at the moment was similar to that of Whiteside, and some of the timid guys actually looked at the door several times during the break, fearing that the big birdie would kick in the door again and spit on them.

Larry Bird did have that idea, but when he thought about it, a lot of the people on this team were going to be out next season, and he didn't bother to make another trip.

This series has made Bird lose hope for many people on the team, this team must rebuild if it wants to go further, especially the core must be replaced early, he is very dissatisfied with Granger's play in the playoffs, last year can be explained by inexperience, but this year he is still an offensive core who does not average 20+ points per game, how can this lead the team further?

In the second half, Wu Huang continued to lead the team. He didn't have a minute off in the first half, and the Knicks extended their lead to 18 points at the most. However, the Pacers scored two goals before halftime and finally took a 14-point lead into the second half. However, at the beginning of the second half, luck came to the Knicks' side, Wu Huang scored a three-point shot from a defender neatly, and George Hill's finger almost clubbed Wu Huang's nose, but the basketball still fell into the basket.

This goal was the Knicks' offensive clarion call, and Gasol followed up with a turning step on the inside to play Hibbert and score a layup.

The Pacers fought back, but Granger missed a three-pointer and Paul George grabbed the rebound, but the rebound was blocked by David West.

Wu Huang was very sneaky at this time to grab the rebound next to Gasol, and directly shot a three-pointer on the fast break, and the basketball fell into the basket again in the eyes of desperate Pacers fans.

The score was 72:50, and the Knicks hit an 8:0 attack wave as soon as they came up in the second half, and this time the difference had come to 22 points, and the death knell of the Pacers' death had been sounded.

Granger has already announced in his heart that he will give up, he will no longer force the attack to reduce his shooting percentage, at this time he chooses to plan for his own statistics, if the shooting percentage in the playoff resume is less than 40%, he will definitely be taken out to lower the price when he wants to negotiate a contract in the future, so the data is far more important than fans think.

Granger himself knows that the courage to take responsibility is a necessary quality for a good player, but in the end, a small amount of money is the guarantee of a player's life.

Don't think that stars are not short of money with tens of millions of annual salaries, money is not enough when you have millions of dollars, the probability of bankruptcy of NBA base salary players is far lower than those players with an annual salary of more than five million, and it is precisely stars like Granger who have a high annual salary but few endorsements are the most likely to go bankrupt. Once they spend extravagantly, in a few years, these money that can be spent in the eyes of ordinary people for a lifetime will be squandered by them.

The Pacers' collapse came very quickly, and since even the core of the team is not playing with their lives, what else can this team do against the evil defending champions?

Paul George is not the kind of paranoid like Kobe, he doesn't have Iverson's natural on-court fighting spirit, even if he wants to take this opportunity to get on the table, it will not have the confidence to carry the team forward, his skills have not reached that point, even if he has enough fighting spirit, it is impossible to help the current Pacers turn the tables so exaggerated.

Wu Huang went down halfway through the third quarter, and this kind of game that could never survive three quarters made the Pacers players quickly collapse after the point difference widened to 20+, and became completely defenseless.

The Pacers players no longer think they still have a chance, and if this happens, it only shows that the gap between the two teams is too big, and they are not a heavyweight team with the Knicks at all, and even if you think about it, it is not so shameful to be swept away.

After three quarters, the Knicks led the Pacers by 26 points at 98-72, another margin that sent Indiana fans out of the game early. In fact, not to mention the fans, Larry Bird has also left the private room, and he doesn't want to watch this kind of hanging game for a minute longer.

Although Wu Huang has played less than three quarters, he doesn't feel that there is anything wrong with being replaced so early, although some fans feel that it affects his data, but Wu Huang has brushed enough personal data in the first half, and he has scored 3 three-pointers in the third quarter, and has 27 points, 6 rebounds and 6 assists when he comes down. This kind of efficiency is only possible for him and Kobe Bryant, and it is impossible to brush up such efficiency without an accurate three-point shot. Although Kobe Bryant is inferior to Wu Huang in terms of average shooting percentage per game, his scoring explosiveness is no worse than Wu Huang, and the difference between the two is persistence, or staying power.

"The next round won't be so easy." Wu Huang sat on the sidelines and watched Whiteside and Monroe continue to beat the Pacers' interior line, and his mind had come to the next round. At this time, of course, he wants to play against the Heat, and the Knicks' interior lineup will definitely make the Heat have no return. But even if it is really against the Heat, it will be difficult for the Knicks not to lose a game if they want to advance, unless the Big Three are injured one or two.

The Miami Heat is watching this game in front of the TV at the moment, and after seeing the Knicks kill the Pacers in three quarters again, from head coach Spoelstra to the Big Three to the sweeping aunt at the American Airlines Center, all of them have a dignified face, especially seeing Monroe and Whiteside continue to ravage the Pacers like chopping melons and vegetables in garbage time, which makes several big and small cats on the Heat's interior line can't help but tremble.

Spoelstra hasn't finished the Bulls yet, but he can already feel that even after his team advances, I'm afraid it will be difficult to pass the Knicks, who makes the opposite interior lineup too terrifying, even a base salary player seems to be able to blow up half of his team's interior line, which is really frustrating.

Whiteside's performances in the second half of the third quarter and the fourth quarter showed the talent in him again.

I don't know if this second cargo was frightened by Wu Huang at halftime, in the second half of the game, he didn't take off as he used to be teased, and Whiteside played quite steadily today, which made the Pacers' benches unlucky!

But it can't be helped, anyone who is shrouded by a tall interior line with an arm span of more than 230cm will not feel easy, let alone a person with a very keen sense of smell for blocks, so only 30% of the fans in the bankers life arena witnessed Whiteside send 4 blocks in a little more than the final quarter, and this cargo also grabbed 8 rebounds. When the game ended, Whiteside actually cut down 6 points, 10 rebounds and 5 blocks in only 19 minutes of play.

"I should be able to increase my stats a little bit now, right? I guess it's over 70. Whiteside also attended the press conference after the game, but when asked by reporters, he actually said such a thing that made people laugh and cry.

Wu Huang had the urge to cover his face not far away, but he did know that Whiteside's ability value had reached 68 in the recent 2k list after a wonderful performance, and it was estimated that if he played a few more games like this, the initial ability value of next season should exceed 73 in Space Yi.

But to be honest, Wu Huang is already the only player in the 2k game this season to reach 99 ability, last season he and James were both 99 before winning the championship, and the third-ranked Kobe Bryant was 97. But now, this data has changed, Wu Huang is still 99 ability, but James has dropped to 97, Kobe Bryant has dropped to 94, and the latest third person is Durant, whose ability value has increased to 95. The top three players in the league have quietly changed in the game, although in reality it is the same development, but not as obvious as the data in the game.

Wu Huang was also asked after the game whether he hopes to face the Heat or the Bulls in the Eastern Conference Finals? "We're going to play the better one, and whoever of these two teams can meet us in the Eastern Conference Finals shows that they are the strongest team in the East besides us, and we are willing to play against such teams because we like to take on challenges," the Holy Leader said. ”

Wu Huang's words undoubtedly had the intention of provoking these two teams to work harder, and he really hoped that these two teams would be a little stimulated after listening to his words, and it was best to fight more fiercely in the battle of Tianwang Mountain tomorrow. As for the phrase "like challenges", of course, this kind of saying is just a good one, and he hopes to play against a Heat without the Big Three, or a Bulls without Rose and Anthony, which is what he wants most.

The Knicks' game against the Pacers was the final Game 4 of the second round of the playoffs, and they also became the second team in the league to advance to the division finals.

Western Conference - Spurs (2) vs. (2) Mavericks; Thunder (4) vs (0) Rockets.

Eastern Conference - Knicks (4) vs. (0) Pacers; Bulls (2) vs Heat (2).

On May 18th, Wu Huang finally returned to New York, and he was suffocated by the absence of his sister in the past few days, believing that the Holy Sect was mainly abstinent during the playoffs, and he could easily play 48 minutes in each game.

There is a game to be played in the east and west today, and although there are only four teams left in the league, the two sets of matches are still scheduled to be played on the same day, and the league's scheduled schedule will not change because of this.

The battle between the Spurs and the Mavericks, Wu Huang was busy playing against the little radish shreds, so he didn't have time to watch it at all. In other words, he is busy enough today, and after the battle in the afternoon, there is a big battle waiting for him in the evening. However, Wu Huang almost guessed the result in his heart, the Spurs and Mavericks are relatively close in all aspects, so the home court advantage will play a decisive role, so he guessed that the Spurs could win at home, and in fact, it was indeed the Spurs who defeated the Mavericks 108-99.

Jeremy Lin, who is more concerned by Chinese fans, still can't find his form in this game, only getting 22 minutes of playing time in the whole game, but only contributing 5 points, 3 assists and 3 turnovers.

Jeremy Lin's turnover rate is still high, which is why Carlisle does not dare to use him more, especially in this battle of Tianwang Mountain, defense, physical confrontation, fouls, and mistakes are the mainstream of the game, and shooting seems to have become an auxiliary tool of the game, and both sides are based on not letting the opponent score in the first place. As the physical confrontation between the two teams increased, the anger of both sides continued to rise, and in the fourth quarter, Terry and Jackson got into a verbal altercation, and both of them received technical fouls. Subsequently, Duncan, who has always been the image of Mr. Yes, actually hit Jeremy Lin, who was on a fast-break layup, with his shoulder, and directly ate a technical foul, which almost caused a conflict between the two sides.

However, the more spicy Spurs and Popovich had the last laugh in such an adrenaline-pumping game, which also has to do with the Spurs sitting at home, and the referee can't ignore this, so it's hard to say whether this is Popovich's trick or not. But the old thing, of course, won't talk about these conspiracies, and he said after the game that the Spurs won the game because of teamwork, trust, defense, and three-point shooting.

However, those who have a heart have also discovered one point, that is, for the Mavericks to win, it must be based on the premise that center Chandler does not have many fouls and has guaranteed playing time. In this series, the games won by the Mavericks were all games in which Chandler played more than 42 minutes, and once he played less than 30 minutes due to too many fouls, then the Mavericks lost the game. For example, today, Chandler ended up playing only 28 minutes in the game because of two fouls too early in the first quarter, and in the ten minutes he should have played but could only sit on the sidelines, the Mavericks' efficiency was -8, but in the 28 minutes he played, the Mavericks' efficiency was +2.

Wu Huang originally planned to watch the evening game, but in the end he didn't see it, because he found that the little singer was even hungrier than him, of course, because he had a meal in the afternoon, so Taylor Swift this night was like a wolf in his eyes, which made Wu Huang have no time to watch the game again.

The battle between the Bulls and the Heat on Tianwang Mountain was no less intense than the other three battles in the west, and even so fierce that there was really the injury that Emperor Wu had been looking forward to.

Among the Heat's Big Three, Bosh, who is the most vulnerable to injury, is lying down again this year. This seems to be the second consecutive year that he has been injured in the playoffs, which shows that he is a flexible interior star who is more prone to injury than other stars.

James played 45 minutes today, and he barely rested, and finally scored 42 points, 20 rebounds and 8 assists, helping the Heat get through the danger and snatching the most important battle of Tianwang Mountain in the series.

In the history of the NBA from 1986 to the present, there have been only 4 players who have scored more than 40 points and 20 rebounds in a single game in the playoffs, namely Olajuwon, O'Neal, Barkley, David Robinson, and even Howard has only played 40+19 data once, and James has become the only active and only outside player who has achieved 40 points + 20 rebounds.

In this year's playoffs, Wu Huang's statistics were affected by the Knicks' always killing opponents in three quarters.

But James is really playing an amazing average of data per game, he is currently averaging 33.5 points, 10.8 rebounds and 6.0 assists per game to make the blacks not easy to eat, and his number of shots has reached the league's first average of 23.3 per game, but the 46.1% shooting rate is not too amazing, after all, his main offensive area is medium and close range.

In this game where there is no way back, James showed his determination to win this game at the beginning, constantly holding the ball and using the breakthrough to attack inside, the determination to lead the Heat to fight a bloody way and kill a way out can be seen from the heavy fall on the floor after every breakthrough.

Wade and Bosh are in a slump today, and James not only has to score under the heavy encirclement of the Bulls, but also create offensive opportunities for his teammates, but also to defend, grab rebounds, and single-handedly support half of the Heat's offense and defense.

James has also been looking for ways to help Wade get his groove in the game, and a clever pass from the baseline in the first quarter allowed Wade to complete a dunk from the baseline, but it was Wade's only score in the first quarter. James, who played 12 minutes in the first quarter, shot 4 of 9 and scored 9 points, 4 rebounds and 3 assists. It's fair to say that James did everything he could today, with 19 points, 5 assists and 5 rebounds on 8-of-15 shooting in the first half, and he was alone against the entire Bulls, waiting for Wade and Bosh to step up and give him firepower.

But when Bosh hit the street as soon as he came up in the third quarter, the Heat team was left with James's single play, and others basically couldn't give him enough support.

Spoelstra changed the lineup and asked James to play power forward, which caused James's physical strength to be exhausted, resulting in a significant reduction in offensive efficiency. But it was also in this desperate situation that James finally played his two-time MVP value, he led the Heat team to keep the score tight, and finally defeated the Bulls with a slightly controversial layup quasi-kill, helping the Heat regain home-court advantage, although Thibodeau angrily said after the game that "James took 6 steps to the layup".

If Wu Huang watched this game, although he would still ask his sailors to continue to die after the game, he would still secretly express his admiration in his heart.

James understands very well today that the advantage of the Bulls is on the inside, and he has been trying to find a way to get rid of the Bulls' advantage, and he kept killing the inside line throughout the game and took the initiative to find Noah and Boozer for a physical confrontation, but the referee did not blow too many fouls. However, James did not give up the blow to the Bulls' interior, and continued to attack the opponent's interior with explosives in the fourth quarter, and more importantly, he finally brought Wade, who had been sluggish, back to his normal offensive position, and finally activated Wade in the final quarter to destroy the Bulls' net. He scored 15 points alone in the final quarter, illustrating the value of an MVP-level star.

However, the bad news of Bosh's injury still made it difficult for the Heat to enjoy the joy, Wade said after the game: "It's worrying to have a teammate go down any time, and I knew there was something wrong with his face at the time, and hopefully I can get good news tomorrow." No one can replace Bosh, but the rest of us have to step up. ”

Spoelstra is not so optimistic in his heart, the Heat's interior line is pitiful enough, if Bosh really has a good one, even if they are lucky to pass the Bulls, when it comes to the Eastern Conference finals, they can only send food to the Knicks. It's hard to say whether they can even win the next two games, and it's unlikely that James will be able to defy the sky every game like today, and now that the Heat have won, the situation of qualifying is not good.

Knicks fans will think they're so lucky, like the chosen ones.

It would be great if the Heat finally relied on a set of remnants to take out the Bulls, as long as you think about the Heat without Bosh against the Knicks' Gasol, David West, Monroe and other insiders, that picture is simply embarrassing to imagine, maybe it's another series that can only play three quarters. (To be continued.) )