"Bang dang!" Seeing that his height was dominant, Crawford directly used his signature back-to-back hand-changing hands to force Emperor Wu.

Emperor Wu looked at him from a step away, not bothering to move at all.

He knows that this guy's hand-changing dribble is too demonic, and he can't move his center of gravity with his hand-changing action when defending, otherwise he will definitely be cleaned.

Anyway, this guy can dribble as much as he wants, anyway, he just doesn't move into the mountain, either you force it or pull it out, but I don't even have a door if you want to shake it.

Crawford did three crotch changes in a row, and the change of direction also followed three times, but Wu Huang in front of him just looked at him motionlessly, and Crawford immediately closed the ball and shot!

Emperor Wu only stepped forward to block it at this time, and his long arms and big hands directly blindfolded Crawford's eyes, and the convulsive man decisively hit the iron!

Harrington grabbed the rebound and immediately made a long pass, and Crawford was still lamenting that his shot was missed, only to find that Wu Huang was already almost down.

The Knicks' quick counterattack scored two more points, and Wu Huang's 18th point was so easily reached, and this Crawford definitely came up specifically to give him points.

The Atlanta fans are completely silent now, and their two outside strong points seem to be showing signs of total annihilation today!

Wu Huang has his own way of defending players like Crawford, he only wants to affect the opponent's shooting efficiency, not enough to block the opponent or make fouls or anything, to deal with this kind of demon who is easy to explode on the offensive end, once he thinks too much, he will only let the opponent get a chance to play.

The Knicks' two guards are very different in defense, and Iguodala is better at close defense, which belongs to the category of not sticking to you and not giving up. He's in power, speed, bouncing. and a top striker swingman who is not inferior to any other in height and arm span. Coupled with his defensive awareness and positive attitude, there's no doubt that he can be one of the league's top perimeter defenders. There are only a handful of swingers in the league who can limit Kobe Bryant and make James uncomfortable, and Iguodala has been the best one to do at least this season.

Wu Huang's defensive style is completely different, he relies on his quick reflexes and movements, as well as the advantage of height and reach, and rarely uses close defense. is mostly a late striker, and is better at assisting defense and steal passes on the inside, and most of his steal statistics are obtained from the opponent's inside and horizontal passes.

The Hawks' Horford was brought back on after just two minutes of rest, while Josh Smith didn't rest at all.

The Knicks' David Lee has also not been replaced, although their interior line has been blown up!

At 8 minutes and 10 seconds in the second quarter, Horford made another basket and turned around and hit a hook shot.

David Lee said he couldn't hold it anymore, and Wu Huang began to support the interior defense.

The Eagles' outside line was actually on fire for a long time, and they completely shifted their offense to the hot inside in the second quarter.

Horford wanted to play David Lee again on the offensive end, but Wu Huang was prepared and retracted inside to cut off the basketball in Horford's hand. Dribbling himself to the front court and making a direct mid-range pull-up jumper, the Knicks scored two points again through counterattacks.

"It's the 20th point!" Wu Huang remembers his score very well today. It's definitely something else.

Crawford played a cameo as the Hawks point guard, also advanced with the ball himself, and after dribbling to the frontcourt, he saw that Wu Huang was one step away again, shooting directly outside the three-point line, but he hit the iron again under the interference of Wu Huang's long arm.

Larry Drew couldn't take it anymore and put Joe Johnson, who had just rested for two minutes, back into the ball and put him in charge of the ball.

Crawford's style of play is efficient and quick to score when he has a smooth hand, but whether he has a good hand or bad, this kind of play has a lot to do with the team's overall tempo.

He basically has only one routine, I'm going to attack this ball, so the basketball won't change hands at all and shoot it directly, and the teammates didn't participate in anything, and the ones who had a feel before were quickly cold, and those who didn't have a feel didn't have a chance to play hot.

Wu Huang has now noticed this, and he will choose to give the ball to a teammate who is feeling hot, or find an opportunity to feed a few balls to a teammate who is not in good form to help them get their hand back.

Don't think that there is no point in doing this, although feeding the ball to a teammate who is not in good shape may waste offensive opportunities, but those teammates who feel good cannot stay in shape all the time, a point guard needs to learn to plan ahead, when a teammate's hand becomes cold, he must immediately activate other firepower points to continue the team's output, if you wait until you run out of ammunition to find a way, it will be too late.

D'Antoni doesn't regret trading Crawford at all, and he had a variety of convulsions in the regular season, but as soon as the playoff intensity went up, he immediately stopped cooking. As long as the Knicks have championship aspirations, they don't need such a player, even if he's the sixth man.

At 6 minutes and 20 seconds in the second quarter, the score was 46:38, and the Knicks gradually pulled the score away.

Josh Smith burst out at a critical moment, scoring two consecutive mid-range singles to Harrington, and then making a blocking foul on David Lee, knocking down the Knicks' only center.

David Lee, who had already committed two fouls to defend Horford today, now had his third foul of the first half, and D'Antoni had no choice but to replace him with a pure outside run-and-gun lineup of Wu Huang, Iguodala, Gallinari, Harrington, and Fry.

The biggest flaw in this lineup is that there is no qualified low-post defender, and Horford quickly bullied Frye on the inside to make a two-and-one, and Channing Frye also committed two fouls.

The Hawks relied on the same short interior combination to break the Knicks' interior line, chasing the deficit to just one point after just two minutes, but the Knicks fell into a scoring drought in the Hawks' one-in-four and four-outside defensive positions.

Larry Drew is now clearly bullying the Knicks' interior line that can't attack, and directly put four defenders on the outside, leaving only the fast-moving Horford to guard the restricted area, specifically to deal with a fish like Wu Huang who slipped through the net.

Strictly speaking, the Hawks are not defending the Knicks' three-point shots, but the mid-range area, and the real defense is mid-range shots and breakouts.

If the Knicks want to shoot threes, they actually have a chance, and the Hawks are trying to lure them into shooting threes.

D'Antoni was fooled this time. Shooting three-pointers requires a good shooting rhythm. The efficiency of hard pitching is mostly not good. It's easy to miss shots even if the defensive pressure isn't particularly high, and once the first three-point shot misses, there is a good chance of consecutive misses.

Although the Hawks let the Knicks shoot three points, they would not give them a good shooting rhythm, taking advantage of the Knicks' three consecutive three-point misses, their own side used a more efficient interior offense to score four points in a row, and overtook the score in one go.

At 3 minutes and 25 seconds in the third quarter, the score was 46:49, and the Knicks were overtaken by the Hawks by three points.

That's it. The Knicks have been hit by an 11-0 wave from the Hawks, and they have failed to score for nearly three minutes.

Wu Huang was taken care of by the Eagles during this time, he has already scored 20 points, and if he doesn't score well, he will hit the 50+ record by him, and the Eagles players will not allow the opponent to break such a record on themselves.

The eagles have used a chain defense against Wu Huang in the past few minutes, blocking layer by layer, passing one and another, not giving him the space to break through to the end.

The Knicks don't have a real interior line now, and they can't open the outside line, so they naturally fall into a scoring drought.

Wu Huang did not attack recklessly with the ball, he had to figure out the Eagles' defense first. See if there are any traps inside, and only after finding out the truth and reality will you start your own action. Otherwise, once you fall into the trap of your opponent. He also made mistakes or hit irons in a row, which was too damaging to the team's morale.

Iguodala has been his vanguard for this time, listening to the truth and stepping on thunder for him, coupled with Wu Huang's own temptation, he found that the Hawks' high-pressure defense is concentrated near the free throw line, as long as the Knicks players break through to the free throw line and the corner position with the ball, the Hawks players will immediately form a siege formation to play more and cause Knicks players to make mistakes.

But this kind of encirclement is by no means invulnerable, Wu Huang after finding out the truth and reality, the left wing of the ball decisive and strong, 15 feet out of the run to the second line of defense Josh Smith a sharp stop back shot, easy to hit two points.

Josh Smith's task should be to dedicate himself to blocking his breakaways, forcing him to stop in the middle or outside the box and waiting for his team-mates to close in.

Wu Huang grabbed the moment before the Hawks players closed and pulled directly in front of Josh Smith!

Since this guy wants to block his breakthrough, he definitely doesn't dare to stick too close, and the other players of the Eagles haven't come up yet, what he wants is the time difference at this moment, Wu Huang is actually an empty shot at this moment, but the difficulty of "stopping and pulling" itself is a little greater, but he feels good today, and he still has a great confidence in scoring.

Josh Smith was caught by Wu Huang to score four points in a row, and the third time he couldn't help but take the initiative to block, but was easily passed by Wu Huang's change of direction, and attracted Horford's defense under the basket to send an unmarked shooting opportunity for Fry, and the Knicks scored six points in a row to overtake the score.

"This array is broken!" Wu Huang and Frye clapped their hands, and when they saw that the eagle had asked for a timeout, they couldn't help but feel a little proud in their hearts.

This time, he single-handedly forced the Eagles to call a timeout, turning the team on the verge of collapse and staging a savior in danger.

This is the advantage of planning and then moving, if he is in a hurry to chase the score and plunge into the opponent's defensive formation, if he doesn't do well, the Knicks will be taken away by people in waves.

The "trouble" has now shifted to the Hawks, and they now have to find out where their defense went wrong?

Two seasons ago, the Celtics used this encirclement-style chain defense to limit Kobe's offensive efficiency, making the boss struggle to win the championship.

But now that it's their turn to use this method, why can't they even deal with a rookie?

The answer to this question is actually very simple, the method of defending James against Kobe Bryant is not necessarily useful, and the reverse is the same, and this is the truth.

The chain-type defense is a good way to deal with super scorers like Kobe, but Wu Huang's reaction is too fast, and unless there is a peak Garnett or Duncan to preside over the chain defense formation, it is easy for Wu Huang to use his personal ability to break them one by one, but it is not as effective as pressing with a double close-quarter.

The Hawks players were a little confused in the last two minutes of the first half, and 32 seconds before the end, Wu Huang once again played a chasing attack, he didn't wait for the opponent's defense to settle down, and directly hit a long-range three-point shot from 28 feet away on the left wing!

It was the last shot of the first half between the two teams, and the score was 59-53, and the Knicks went into the second half with a six-point advantage.

Wu Huang shot 10-of-13 (3-of-4 three-pointers) and 6-of-7 free throws in the first two quarters, scoring a half-high 29 points, 7 rebounds and 4 assists, completely overpowering Bibby's 2 points and 2 assists. The 29 points in the half also broke Wu Huang's half-time scoring record, and his previous record for the highest half-time scoring was 23 points. (To be continued.) )