Unbeknownst to Emperor Wu, the two girls with band-aids on their hands had a brief meeting before the game, mainly to discuss the swapping of the two cats.

There was not much communication during the whole exchange process, and Taylor Swift picked up the beautiful short-eared cat that she loved at first sight, and suddenly felt an inexplicable sense of familiarity in her heart. And the little guy who grabbed Christine's favorite carpet also became extremely well-behaved when he was carried into Taylor Swift's arms, and he stretched out his little tongue and licked the wound on the latter's hand a few times with a cute face, which was completely different from when he was in Christine's arms.

The Scottish pure white folded cat that Christine was holding also changed its face faster than turning a book, and at the moment it was squinting its big grape-like eyes and enjoying the petting, completely lacking the ferocity and disgust when facing Taylor Swift before.

Wu Huang had already walked into the stadium where there were shouting "Yellow Monkey" everywhere, the hostility here was better than that of Phillips Arena, and the stadium was full of unbearable swearing, and the Orlando fans who greeted his female relatives did not intend to hide it at all, Wu Huang could only put on his headphones and try to isolate these vulgar words.

D'Antoni will continue to field the same starters today: Wu Huang, Danny Green, Iguodala, Channing Frye, and David Lee.

The Knicks' defense on the interior is mainly based on David Lee's top defense and Frye's assistant defense, and the two will play a lot of packages against the Monsters today. As for Lewis floating outside, they can only be treated with zone defense, leaving it to the nearest player to defend.

This is the first time the Knicks have used zone defense in the playoffs, and Wu Huang, Iguodala and Green are the equivalent of defending four opposing players from the outside, and they have to move and rotate to fill in for their teammates today. What is tested is the mobility and rotation consciousness of the three people. and severe physical exertion. There's a lot of pressure on everyone.

D'Antoni can only be thankful that he has excellent defensive guards like Wu Huang and Iguodala on his team, and Green is also a very practical 3-and-D player, maybe the Knicks can really do this difficult task.

"It would be nice if Sean was here." Mustache now misses Marion very much, and if there is another hacker on the outside, the team's defensive range will completely cover the entire three-point line, and he is absolutely sure that he can defend four with three people.

The "3-and-D players" here are those who do not possess the ball, have consistent positional shooting and three-point shooting, and have a good defense, and they are the indispensable pieces of the puzzle in a team. 3D specifically refers to defence, distance and directpass.

In addition to these last welcome 3D players, there are actually 4D and 5D players. Gallinari, for example, has one more ability to break through with the ball. In addition to breaking through, Iguodala also has the ability to respond, which is already the standard for star players, and then up there is a superstar like Wu Huang, this kind of player basically has no work that he can't do.

These all-round players are more important to the team in the playoffs, so their salaries are much higher than those who are not all-rounders, even if a player like Bowen is better than a brother in defense, but his salary will never be too high.

The Magic have not suffered injuries this year and their starting five are: Jamil Nelson, Michael Petrus, Vince Carter, Rashad Lewis and Dwight Howard.

From the start of the game, both sides fought hard to defend, and the first few rounds of attack were all fruitless. As the players get into the groove. Petrus and Green were the first to contribute to their respective teams.

Both men were the lowest-ranking starters in their respective teams, but only the two of them faced less defensive intensity. Both teams have a lot of defensive strength for each other's leading scorers, and that's when the role players compete first.

Wu Huang faced Nelson, and the pressure was not particularly great, but when he broke into Howard's defense, the pressure was much greater.

The default defensive formation of the Magic team is one inside and four outside, but as soon as Wu Huang breaks through, the outside four players will all retract, like a big pocket that instantly surrounds him in the middle. Wu Huang only needs to play the ball slowly at this time, and he can't even pass the ball. If he continued to play to the basket, even if Howard was thrown away by Wu Huang, when he shot, the big black hand still had time to imprint his basketball on the rebound.

Wade's breakthrough ability is no worse than Wu Huang, but in the face of such a defense, he can only think of another way, a single knife will not work, the defensive coverage and ability to chase the peak monster are really perverted, unless he twists his body under the basket like Kobe to change the shooting angle, but this style is not what Wu Huang is good at.

The good news is that the Magic's offense didn't play very smoothly in the opening game, and the Knicks, who are not good at defense, did a good job of perimeter defense today, and the Magic team didn't create open shooting opportunities for several large-scale transfers, and Carter and your Nelson each played a tie, and they also didn't make gains on the offensive end.

After that, the scores of both sides were tight, in fact, they did not score, and they played until 8:06, the score was still 3:3, except for the role players of the two teams who scored a three-pointer at the beginning, no one scored again.

Carter and Howard executed a high block on the offensive end this time, but Carter's final layup was interfered with by Frye's help defense, and it was already his third shot.

After Iguodala was blocked by Howard, he was very clever and used his foot advantage to block Howard's follow-up.

The rebound was grabbed by David Lee, and the Knicks' defense was surprisingly successful, and they once again blocked the Magic's specialty of high blocking.

Big Van Gundy frowned and was the first to ask for a timeout.

Originally, seeing the Knicks' defensive formation, he wanted to use Howard's follow-up ability after blocking and dismantling, and use the misplaced offense to create damage, but Frye's help defense and the Knicks' timely delay after the change of defense were very successful, this move seemed to be a little unworkable, and Howard's follow-up did not create scoring opportunities at all.

D'Antoni clapped his hands on his players, and he was happy with the team's opening defense, which was largely Woodson's responsibility. The black fat man's defensive tactics for the Knicks were successful. It had to do with the amount of experience he had gained against the Magic with the Hawks. He knows a little more about the Magic than D'Antoni, who just came to the East from the West.

But the mustache was not very satisfied with the team's attack, Wu Huang's ball speed was too fast today, and he felt that Wu Huang should attack more resolutely. If he can't hit the basket, he can make a pull-up jump shot in the high post, and the Knicks are not afraid of making unreasonable shots, so they are afraid of not daring to shoot.

"Hugo, you're going to increase your offense with the ball, you're going to increase your two-point shooting from long range. Other than that. We also need to increase the speed of our fast breaks, don't wait for the position to be in place and then look for offensive opportunities, we don't play positional battles with them, we shoot when we have the opportunity, and bring the rhythm up. D'Antoni instructed the team to shoot when they were on the fast break, and that they didn't need to wait for their teammates to settle down before playing, as long as they had the opportunity, they could dribble to the three-point line and shoot, and it didn't matter if they didn't want to rebound in the front court.

Wu Huang nodded, and his coach couldn't help but be so slow and low in score at first glance. This is what it means to let them continue to make a few blind throws. However, although there is some truth to this style of play, it wants them to play slow on the defensive end. It's a bit difficult to hit a seven-second bombardment on the offensive end. They can't switch between the two rhythms at this stage.

After the restart, both teams had a change.

When the team's offense was blocked, Howard switched to a low-post offense to help his teammates attract outside packs and increase direct damage on the offensive end.

He tried his turning hook hand first, this trick Ewing taught him for almost four years, but Howard was still like Duan Yu using the six-vein divine sword, when the spirit was not working, and he was more ineffective when he was ineffective, and there were few spiritual times.

There was no accident today, Howard's turning movements and low-post footsteps were not good, and David Lee's main defense was the next three ways, so the monster hooked his hand this time, and he didn't even touch the basket.

"Toot!" The referee's whistle sounded in time, it didn't matter if the shot didn't touch the basket, it was the same as a foul, and this result was better for the Magic, the Knicks didn't have so many blue-collar interior lines to come up one by one to play a wheel battle with the Monsters.

David Lee stepped forward to communicate politely with the referee, he felt that his action was not too big and should not be a foul, so he looked very aggrieved.

The referee was still acceptable to such an exchange, and also smiled at David Lee, signaling that he could see it clearly, and his top action violated Howard, which was an unmistakable foul.

David Lee can only admit that it's okay to complain to the referee for a word or two, but if you want to chatter, you will definitely get a technical foul. But he still thinks that his defensive moves are not too big, he mainly defends Howard's next game today, this guy is like Wu Huang mocked before the game, as long as a series of actions before the shot and the training are slightly different, the final shot will seriously deviate from the target.

But if he always fouls, then he still doesn't have to play, the Knicks' interior line is just three or two cats of such a size, once there are too many fouls, there is no one to change.

Chinese fans have been complaining that if Yao Ming can get the same penalty standard as Howard, then the little giant can make at least seven or eight more free throws per game, and his historical status will at least move up one notch.

Howard looked in a good mood, made a face at the home fans when he stepped up to make a free throw, and after doing this funny move, he grinned, raised his hand and smashed the basketball on the basket, and the first free throw was missed.

The Orlando fans were amused by his hilarious moves, so the goal was conceded in the midst of laughter.

Howard missed the ball, quickly made a more exaggerated gesture of chagrin, and then grinned again.

This time the Orlando fans couldn't laugh, he could understand it when he smiled before, this is due to his personality, but after missing the ball, he can still laugh so happily, which is a bit too big, right?

Wu Huang laughed on the side, Howard did look quite cute at this time, but this is the feeling that can only be felt from the perspective of the enemy.

I don't know if it was affected by Wu Huang's laughter, Howard missed the second free throw, this time the basketball slid out after a circle on the basket, David Lee grabbed the rebound and quickly passed it to Wu Huang, who was already about to fall.

Wu Huang followed D'Antoni's instructions this time, killed the front court alone, and without waiting for his teammates in the back row to follow, he directly threw a chase three-pointer, and the basketball hollow brushed into the basket!

"Beautiful, that's how it hits!" D'Antoni shouted from the sidelines that Wu Huang was doing a good job, and they were going to play this kind of attacking rhythm. Otherwise, they will start an offensive and defensive battle with the Magic team. It's hard for them to play with a lot of experience. There's also the Magic team with Howard on the inside.

But he ignored the success rate of this offense, and the Magic's interior play worked, as Howard drew a foul each on Frye and David Lee for the next three minutes, by which time David Lee had already picked up his second foul and he only lasted half a quarter before he had to go off the court.

The Knicks' quick offense didn't yield much results, and Wu Huang's three-pointer at the beginning was beautiful, but the next few offenses. None of the Knicks players were able to shoot the ball.

Big Van Gundy has a good deal to deal with the Knicks' blind shots, and while offense like this is unlikely to be limited, it can make it harder for New York players to shoot and reduce their shooting percentage, and in short, not to make them comfortable.

Under the defense that the Magic team had prepared, the Knicks only made a three-pointer in three minutes.

Halfway through the first quarter, the Magic led 10-6, and the Knicks only made two three-pointers, and the problem on the Magic's side was 2-of-6 free throws, if it weren't for Howard's normal free throw shooting level. The Knicks don't know how many points they are behind.

After David Lee went off the court, the Knicks began to be a little overwhelmed with Howard. Although Francisco Elson, who came off the bench, looked like the Wolves, he had no ability to defend Howard around Garnett, and was fouled by Howard less than ten seconds later.

Wu Huang felt that it was not good, he felt that it was better to let Howard shoot, it was not that he looked down on this guy, he really might not be able to shoot.

Fortunately, this idea was not spoken, and Francisco did not dare to make defensive moves next, but Howard did not end the offense with a shot at all, but turned and smashed into the basket, his foot bounced on the spot like a spring, and a savage two-handed dunk completed his first penalty area score.

D'Antoni was so angry that he only slapped his thigh, and Woodson hurriedly pulled his beard......

What they are most afraid of is for Howard to play such an offense, once he is squeezed into the basket, except for the peak O'Neal in person, I am afraid that no one can stop him, and he must be stopped outside the restricted area.

But there aren't many players in the league who can keep him outside the box. David Lee has done a good job today, he is only 205cm tall, but relying on his solid downward strength, he has been stubbornly holding Howard behind him, and did not let this monster enter the basket easily.

However, this is someone's home field, the referee whistle will definitely not be biased in favor of the Knicks, David Lee can hold on to the half-quarter game, even if he completes his task at a super level, the key is that the Knicks do not have another reliable interior line to relay with him, to put it mildly, the interior reserves are too weak, and other strong teams encounter the Magic, but a large number of blue-collar workers take turns to fight hand-to-hand, and they are committed vicks against Howard one after another.

At 4 minutes and 50 seconds in the first quarter, Iguodala counterattacked and scored a dunk, which was the third shot of the day by the Knicks, and the two sides fought 14-8. But Francisco then received another foul on Howard, and the fake wolf king only lasted more than two minutes and was beaten very happily.

Now the Knicks are dumbfounded, they don't have a center available!

D'Antoni turned his heart on and simply let Harrington play the No. 4 position, put the skinny Frye at the No. 5 position, and let him defend Howard in a way that went around the front.

Cocktail Fry was taken aback by the order, saying that he would not go around the front at all, and that he had never practiced this kind of defense, and that he would play the highest difficulty as soon as he came up, and the answer he gave was that Howard performed an aerial relay directly.

The so-called forward circumambulation is to watch the opponent dunk under the basket.

D'Antoni was out of the question, asking for a long timeout again and telling the team to wrap up Howard from the outside.

Wu Huangxin said that I won't do this task, it would be difficult enough for three people to defend four people, and then let them go to the inside line, so the other party's outside line is not crazy? He can be sure that whoever goes to the inside to pack Howard, his opposing player will definitely get a chance to shoot, and the worst plus/minus after the game will definitely be that person who doesn't run.

This task, whoever wants to go will go, anyway, he can't go, he must not carry this pot, the media has long wanted to see his unlucky appearance, he must ensure that his positive and negative value is a + sign.

Iguodala and Green did not dare to dismiss D'Antony's orders like him, and as a result, as Wu Huang guessed, Petrus and Lewis, who had been restrained, blossomed one after another. Redick, who came off the bench, also played his sharpshooter on the three-point line.

The old big Van Gundy didn't use Matt Barnes, who was a three-pointer. Even Carter was replaced. The court was replaced by a three-point shooter, and the Knicks were quickly crushed by this three-point formation.

At the end of the first quarter, the Magic led the Knicks 28-14, and the two teams were evenly matched in the first half of the quarter, but in the second half of the quarter, the Knicks were crushed by the opponent at the speed of an avalanche, and they seemed powerless in the face of the situation of complete loss of the interior line.

The confrontation between Wu Huang and Nelson was not as fierce as expected before the game, and Wu Huang never gave Nelson too good a chance to shoot. But he didn't play much of an attacking performance either. In the first quarter, he shot 2-of-5 from the field and 1-of-2 from three-point range, scoring only 5 points, 1 rebound and 1 assist, and did not make a single free throw.

Nelson didn't get a chance to perform, and today's Magic's offense was all initiated by the inside, with Howard constantly attacking in the low post in the first half to create kills, and focusing on interior strategy in the second half of the quarter, constantly sharing the ball for teammates who were open on the outside. Nelson didn't get a chance to play at this stage, so he only had 2 points and 1 assist in the first quarter.

Howard was one of the brightest on the floor today, despite making 4-of-9 free throws in the first quarter. But he still used his physical advantage to cut 10 points, 5 rebounds, 2 assists and 1 block. Such data is equivalent to dominating both offensive and defensive ends, and even many domestic fans who tune in to watch the game have to admit it. Although Yao Ming's low-post skills are two notches better than Howard's, it is difficult for him to play such an offensive and defensive all-round performance. If this monster could have made more accurate free throws, this statistic would have been even more terrifying.

At this time, the commentators and media in the United States were all swarming to praise Howard's dominating performance, and in contrast, Wu Huang's tepid performance was directly used by them with adjectives such as "overrated", "unworthy of the name", and "silver-like wax gun head".

It is to the effect that Wu Huang is still a long way from those real superstars, such as Howard, and his performance in the last round was just a **** luck, just in time for the Hawks to encounter a point guard crisis, Atlanta's exit was completely due to bad luck, and the Knicks' real strength was simply not enough to play in the second round.

"Dude, do you still think I'm only leaning on my upper body?" Although Howard always looks like a big boy who loves to laugh, it doesn't mean that he doesn't like to talk trash, nor does it mean that he is easy to get along with. It's like Emperor Wu is very handsome, but he is a scumbag.

At the end of the first quarter, Wu Huang didn't expect to hear Howard's trash talk before the game, and the bastard finished talking to him with a smile on his face, turned around and returned to his bench.

"Fuck you, uncle!" Wu Huang couldn't accept it, this was really "a perennial goose, but the finches pecked his eyes", he didn't expect Howard, who had never made any achievements in trash talk, to take the initiative to run over to provoke him, but Nelson was silent all the way.

Howard has rarely played a full game since he became famous, and he usually rests for four or five minutes early in the second quarter because they still have a practical Polish hammer that can be the main center on some weak teams, and this interior reserve makes the Knicks envious and jealous.

The Magic already led by 14 points in the first quarter, but this game was also crucial for the Magic, this is an important battle to the Eastern Conference Finals, and the big Van Gundy doesn't want to give the Knicks any chance. What's more, referring to the performance of this opponent in the first half of the first quarter, if there is no monster on the inside, they may not be able to beat this Knicks.

The Knicks still retained most of their main players in the second quarter, Wu Huang, Iguodala, Maddy, Harrington, and David Lee.

D'Antoni used Maddy again, and after Gallinari's reimbursement, their rotation at the No. 2 and No. 3 spots wasn't as comfortable as well, and Maddie re-entered the rotation.

The Magic are still in a 1-4 formation, with Howard playing the role of the anchor on the inside, and four outside players with a long enough range - Jason Williams, JJ Redick, Matt Barnes, and Ryan Anderson.

After the start of the second quarter, Wu Huang faced the 35-year-old white chocolate, and won one after another in the offense, not only shooting two balls but also assisting his teammates to score, and the Knicks quickly chased the score to 30:22.

What Van Gundy feared really happened, and as soon as the Knicks felt it, it was really unsafe to have a mere 10-point lead.

Howard played too well in the first quarter, and was a little too unrestrained in the second quarter, a Magic organized offense. After Howard pushed David Lee away, he wanted to do a big slam dunk. But when it comes to power, it's not completely ready. And there were no eyes in the back of his head, but he was covered by Emperor Wu, who had been waiting for the opportunity to retaliate, from behind him, and the scene was in an uproar!

Emperor Wu has been waiting for this opportunity for a long time, and after he became famous, the number of times he was provoked by others was really rare, how could he endure Howard, the black-haired thief, mocking him?

"Silly big man, have the muscles under you grown up to the top too?" Emperor Wu rarely uttered such vulgar words, but he was very unhappy now. The fans on the sidelines insulted him even more crudely, and he had to vent his anger when he was provoked by the beast.

"Yankees, don't go, I'm going to crush your eggs!" Howard made a fierce look and took two steps forward to threaten.

Seeing this, Emperor Wu didn't take half a step back, he wished that the other party would come up and punch him, so he said with contempt: "I didn't move at all, you are just a guy who is strong on the outside, I will let you use one hand and one foot." It can still make you cry and go home and call for your mother. ”

Howard was a little out of the stage, but fortunately the players on both sides hurriedly separated the two. The referee also crossed between the two in time and warned the two guys not to say something meaningless in the game, otherwise one person would be taught to be a man with a technical foul.

Wu Huang is an old-fashioned trick, hoping to use skirmishes and words to stimulate Howard and plan for the benefit of his team. But the object of this provocation is not his own opposing player, David Lee defends Howard very hard, it is easy to be fouled when he moves a lot, and he can't stop the opponent if he moves small, and then he is provoked by Wu Huang like this, Howard is more resolute on the offensive end, and he hurts even more.

In the 9th minute and 46 seconds, the monster continued to wreak havoc on the inside, this time he received a pass from Redick and arched sideways, squeezed David Lee and then dunked again, and then blocked Harrington's layup on the defensive end.

Wu Huang returned a mid-range pullup jumper and the Magic re-brought on Nelson, but it was Redick who scored. Iguodala played for so long, and his footsteps were a little relaxed, and the white sharpshooter immediately found an opportunity to score five points from the outside.

D'Antoni hurriedly asked for a short timeout, and now he didn't know how to defend, as long as the monster couldn't be lowered, they would always be in a state of caring for one or the other. To make matters worse, he doesn't have many options on the offensive end, and the reason is that the monster, as long as that bastard is standing under the basket, the Knicks will lose half of the basket scores.

Although the Knicks are a team that advocates long-range shooting, nothing is absolute, and the long-range shooting team must also have a certain degree of breakthrough and low-post scoring, otherwise the opponent will keep expanding the defense line, unless they have 5 Wu Huang, otherwise they will die.

Therefore, the key to this game is to "find a way to beat Howard down", as long as they kill this monster, the magic will be equivalent to wasting half of their skills, and it will be up to them to attack or receive at that time.

After the game restarted, the Knicks players began to consciously attack the basket, which was rather than being blocked and focusing on the firepower to knock Howard down first.

Howard naturally didn't back down, first sent a hot pot to Iguodala, and then scored 1 point on one of two free throws again, turned his head and blocked David Lee's breakthrough layup on the defensive end, which was already the third block he sent in a single quarter, but the foul that the Knicks wanted didn't succeed once, and Howard still only had one foul.

When Wu Huang went to die one after another with his teammates, he looked very obscene, and kept putting cold arrows on the outside, and he had no intention of going in to play with his life at all. If you just look at the confrontation between him and Nelson, the two are obviously not of the same level, and the difference in the number of shots alone is 108,000 miles.

The second quarter lasted until 1 minute and 20 seconds, the score was 51:35, and Howard still only had two fouls, but David Lee, Frye and the fake wolf king had already been beaten with three fouls on their backs, and even Jonathan Bender, who came up to make up the numbers, was beaten into two fouls, and the Knicks could only rely on intermittent long-range shooting to make a dying struggle, and they couldn't score consecutive points at all.

Wu Huang has been shooting on the outside today, seeing that the first half is almost over, he finally used the opponent's inertia to dribble into the basket, facing Howard who pounced fiercely, he was not in a hurry to shoot, and used explosive power to grab Howard in front of him, deliberately letting this big guy hit him.

This is the "touch porcelain" on the basketball court, as long as the offensive player breaks through, as long as he grabs the first move, whether he is looking for physical contact or being touched by others, anyway, a touch is a defensive foul.

Wu Huang felt the power coming from his buttocks, and immediately screamed in pain, pretending to lose his balance in his body, and threw the basketball out of bounds......

He didn't plan to shoot from the beginning, he just wanted to make a foul.

There is also a small detail here, that is, you can't throw the basketball or throw it casually when touching porcelain, because if you don't succeed in touching porcelain, the shot in this case will definitely be covered. It is easy to be stealed by the opponent if you throw it away, and only when you throw it out of the field will you not end up stealing chickens and rice.

The referee did not hesitate this time and decisively whistled Howard to block the foul.

Seeing this, the home fans scolded Wu Huang for being shameless, everyone knew that this was a premeditated foul, this was a despicable and shameless villain's behavior, and it was worth scolding tens of thousands of people!

Emperor Wu smiled, turned around and pointed at Howard's head, meaning that your capacity here is not enough.

The swearing of Orlando fans is even more unreasonable, which star will not make a foul? However, ordinary players may not touch porcelain, because making fouls also requires brains, rhythm, experience, and skills, which is not a skill that cats and dogs can use.

In fact, making a foul can also be regarded as a kind of feint, such as when a player makes a shooting feint, he can shake the opponent up and break through or seize the time difference to shoot. The same applies to making fouls, when the defender is tricked into making physical contact with the player in the break, at this time, it is a foul of course, and if the attacker makes a shot, it is a beautiful "2+1".

But unfortunately, even if Wu Huang beat Howard, he could not help the team narrow the difference to single digits before halftime.

Nelson has been inconspicuous until then, and today Howard is in such a good state that a fool knows that it is only cost-effective to play inside, so not only Nelson didn't shoot much, but even Carter was like stealth, but it was shooters like JJ Redick and Anderson who got a lot of opportunities.

Now that Howard has three fouls on the intercourse, Carter also made a foul on Iguodala on the offensive end, turning the first brother into three fouls.

Iguodala did a lot of dirty work today, and in order to keep his interior on the court for a while, he also paid a foul on Howard, and it was very good to be able to hold on so far, and he did not rest in the first half, like Wu Huang.

Carter hit both free throws, and then Nelson used his physical advantage to force Wu Huang once, hitting a layup in the restricted area with almost no interior defense.

Wu Huang secretly scolded his mother in his heart, although he rarely killed the inside line, and he has been floating outside, but he has not rested today, and he has not contributed less on the defensive end, although he is not soft, but after being squeezed away by Nelson, he wants to chase the defense, and he is already a little lacking.

The second defense is a test of explosiveness, at this time it is difficult for him to start continuously, and the interior players do not help him defend, and the Knicks' interior defense is now equal to 0.

Wu Huang led a completely defenseless lineup such as Maddy, Harrington, and Jonathan to lose six points in a row in the last minute of the first half, and fell behind by exactly 20 points at 57:37 after halftime, which was a hanging first half. (To be continued.) )