Chapter 434: Far Away
Wu Huang scored 12 points, 2 rebounds and 2 assists in the first quarter, but only hit 1 three-pointer, and the Knicks only hit two three-pointers, which is not a good sign. www.biquge.info The Thunder caused a lot of trouble to the Knicks' offense in the first quarter of the game, and although it is a good thing to be able to score on difficult shots, if you can't find an easy shooting opportunity, it is easy to suffer from a scoring drought, and then be attacked by the Thunder.
However, the Thunder side is more worried than Wu Huang, they finally limited the Knicks' three-point shot today, but after the first quarter, the score was still on the lagging side, and their methods on the offensive end were actually less than the Knicks, if it were not for a large number of difficult goals from Durant and Westbrook in the first quarter, the Knicks might have opened up a double-digit gap, which also meant that the game ended early. In the case of falling behind 0:3, if the gap is opened by more than ten points in the first quarter, the Thunder players probably don't want to play anymore at all, and the psychological blow is too great.
The big score behind at the beginning is the most unpleasant situation in any competitive event, once it is encountered continuously, there are really not many teams whose mentality can not collapse, and the Thunder team's current mentality is very fragile. On the other hand, even if the Thunder hit one or two attack waves, or even let the Knicks fall behind by more than a dozen points, it may not make them mentally unbalanced, because the Knicks have a big enough lead. However, the Thunder team, who will be swept if they lose another game, do not have such a good mentality, and once they are led by double digits today, the mentality of the players is easy to collapse.
After the start of the second quarter, Wu Huang was replaced by D'Antoni to rest, although the mustache couldn't see any headache and brain fever in their core in the first quarter, but if he continued to this guy, he didn't know how many people would scold him behind him, so today D'Antoni was ready to save some Wu Huang, not because he was sick, but purely because he was worried that he would be sprayed with dog blood by the fans.
Wu Huang didn't want to rest so soon, he had endless strength today, and it would not be a problem to play two or three overtime, so he didn't want to play at all. However, now he is a sick man in the eyes of everyone, so there is no problem with this substitution of the mustache.
The Thunder team saw that Wu Huang finally rolled off the field to rest, and as soon as he relaxed, he didn't expect to be injured by 10,000 tons in a blink of an eye.
Isaiah Thomas, a near-forgotten first-year rookie on the Knicks, came off the bench in the second quarter as a substitute for Wu Huang, a small man who was less than 1.7 meters completely ignored by the Thunder, this guy can only come out in garbage time to waste time, and the height defect is so obvious that Wei Shao feels that he can pinch this guy to death with one finger.
But after the little assassin with an inverse proportion to his heart and height came on the court, he hit two three-pointers in a minute, and both of them were unreasonable and unreasonable shots, which directly made Wei Shao stupid, and these two three-pointers also brought the difference between the two teams to 9 points.
"Oh my God! Is this guy hanging? Thunder fans were also dumbfounded, the Knicks only scored two in total after counting Wu Huang's three-pointer in the first quarter, but this rookie, who everyone ignored, hit two three-pointers in a row, instantly widening the difference to the point that the Thunder team was about to collapse.
After the Thunder asked for a timeout, Isiah Thomas got a heroic cheer from the Knicks players when he left the game, and Wu Huang also went up and patted the little assassin on the shoulder, just now these two three-pointers are very critical, the Thunder's ability to resist pressure today is very low, such a blow will hurt them very much.
Wu Huang felt that this was a rare good opportunity and had to strike while the iron was hot, so he took the initiative to ask D'Antoni to play after a timeout.
D'Antoni also had the same idea, and since Emperor Wu took the initiative to put it forward, he naturally would not refuse.
Isiah Thomas was worried that he would be replaced after scoring two goals, but instead of replacing him, D'Antoni replaced Wu Huang in the second position, along with Battier and David West and Monroe on the inside.
The Thunder team is still the majority of the starting lineup, but after experiencing these two three-pointers, the morale of the whole team has dropped a few points, and after the game restarted, Wei Shao wanted to rely on the height of Thomas Jr., but the result did not get his wish, not only did he not score, but the rebound was also grabbed by Wu Huang.
After grabbing the rebound, Wu Huang deliberately stuck on the route of Ibaka's defense, and the latter immediately pushed impatiently, and Wu Huang fell to the ground like a sick seedling.
The referee's whistle also sounded immediately, because at this moment, in the eyes of the whole world, Ibaka was bullying a sick number, although the Holy Sect Master was also full of acting skills, but the punishment of him for foul was definitely justified.
"Oh no, this is the second offense!" The Thunder players felt that the roof leak happened to rain overnight, and Ibaka's foul was too deadly, and the Spaniard, who had committed two fouls, would not dare to defend with all his might in the future, which was a huge blow to the Thunder's defense. And the Knicks will definitely make a breakthrough against Ibaka and try to beat him early, when they still can't do whatever they want on the inside?
Wu Huang got up in spirit, not caring that his role was sick, and then like a wild horse in heat, he charged at Ibaka continuously, and it only took two minutes for Ibaka to have to go off the court with three fouls.
At this time, the Knicks also took advantage of Wu Huang's continuous breakthroughs and successfully widened the difference to 11 points. What makes the Thunder team even more unhappy is that during this time, they let the Knicks grab two frontcourt rebounds, and these two rebounds are Wu Huang's self-throwing, even Knicks fans feel that Wu Huang is more like a drug today, where is there a trace of fever and dehydration?
Wu Huang will only want to take the opportunity to push off the Thunder in a wave, and winning the championship in the playoffs with a winning record will allow him to create a new history, which is no worse than winning three consecutive championships, a player can have such an honor in his career, that can basically be in the top ten in history, even if he can not enter the finals in the future, it can also be firmly ranked in the top ten in history.
Wei Shao said that he had not given up resistance, and Westbrook at this time was even stronger than Durant's desire to resist, because Durant no longer wanted to shoot under Battier's defense, but Wei Shao still dared to force his shot, and at this time, the Thunder only had this guy's desire to attack and not be afraid of the spirit of taking the blame.
6 minutes and 46 seconds in the second quarter, D'Antoni finally replaced Thomas Jr., who had made a miraculous achievement before, Wei Shao still kept attacking in the face of the defense of the two during this time, and Thomas's short height increased Wei Shao's crit rate, although there was Wu Huang to help defend it, but the defensive pressure given by Thomas Jr. was too low, and many times when Wu Huang arrived at the scene, Wei Shao had already stopped his shot, and he simply ignored Isaiah Thomas's defense.
Wu Huang's defensive speed can't be faster, he still has to take care of Harden, it is not good to really treat this guy as dry food, in case Harden also has a sense of play, it will be very bad for the Knicks. So even if he is in a hot state on the offensive end, Thomas Jr., who has difficult to make up for his shortcomings on the defensive end, can only be a wonder soldier, and it still hurts too much to use him to play this kind of final, and the harm outweighs the benefits.
The score is 47:41, Wei Shao's continuous strong attack helped the Thunder team narrow the difference, but the situation is still very unfavorable to the Thunder, and the Knicks' loopholes are easily filled, but the Thunder's lack of Ibaka is a real irreparable damage.
Iguodala then attacked the interior twice, got four free throws in a row, and knocked Perkins down by the way, which made the Thunder's two most balanced shields on the interior both scrapped, leaving only a more active but less talented Collison left, such a restricted area defense is equivalent to allowing Knicks players to take what they want and do whatever they want.
Wu Huang is naturally happy, Perkins' state this season has declined a lot, players of his size are generally difficult to maintain their peak for too long, and they don't even have to suffer too serious injuries, just that huge tonnage will make the speed of body loss several times greater than that of other players, so the threat is not big, Wu Huang is a little jealous of Perkins is also because this bastard likes to be ruthless, it is a deterrent weapon, the real threat is always Ibaka, but now that both threats are hung up, the Thunder can almost close his eyes.
In the second half of the second quarter, the Thunder team almost retreated from the whole line, and once the Knicks' offensive firepower was turned on, the Thunder team found that they didn't even have the strength to counterattack.
Wu Huang struggled to get a shot in the first quarter and a half, but in the final half of the first half, he felt as easy as playing the regular season, and the entire defense was already open after the Thunder were missing the basket defense.
The Thunder's interior reserves were no longer enough for them to support the defensive intensity of the playoffs after the two starting insiders went off the court, and in the last two minutes of the first half, even Collisson, the only reliable player on the court, was beaten into three fouls by the Knicks players, but he still had to hold on to the court, and as a result, he got a fourth foul less than a minute later, and now he had to go down without thinking about the break.
"Can anyone else use it?" As soon as the Thunder fans got the idea, they saw the young Aldridge and the elderly Mohammed appear on the court at the same time, both of whom couldn't play in the regular season, can they be more miserable!
In the last 56 seconds of the first half, the score was 64:49, and the Knicks' offense played smoothly in the final half of the quarter, which perfectly interpreted what a wave is, and the Thunder's defense is like a dam that bursts the embankment, and there is no way to resist, only Westbrook is a bit like the heroic and fearless of the People's Liberation Army to fight the flood with his body, and the Thunder rely on him to hang his last breath.
Wu Huang in the last half of the first half, taking advantage of the opponent's empty door to make a big fuss, cut 11 points in the first quarter, 17 points in a single quarter, in the second quarter he hit a total of 4 three-pointers, the performance is not amazing, but before the end of the game, he saw that the scoreboard was not pulled to the score of 20+, he also had to sigh, even if Wei Shao became a tumor countless times, but the Thunder still had hope, it can only be said that his willpower and the strength to not admit defeat is really hard as iron. The Thunder three are now clearly "good times Harden, bad times Durant, desperate Westbrook".
It's just that the adversity of the Thunder is a bit too big, Wu Huang, who was sick, cut down 29 points, 7 rebounds and 4 assists in the first half, such a performance made many Knicks fans start to climax, and the media can't wait to compare Wu Huang with Jordan's deeds back then, the result is of course that Wu Huang's performance in the first half was stronger than Jordan that year, although everyone can't see how much he was affected by the fever?
Wu Huang also remembered that he was sick after the end of the first half, and when he got off the court, he re-showed a tired and uncomfortable expression, which made many people scold him for being shameless, which will already have many people think that he was pretending to be sick, or it was not so serious at all, but Jordan couldn't stand on his feet when he got off the court, and then look at the enthusiasm of this thing when he grabbed rebounds in the first half, it really doesn't look like he is sick.
Many fans still remember that 13 years ago, Jordan scored 30+ with an extremely weak body to help the Bulls defeat the Jazz, take a 3:2 lead, and finally win the championship. Therefore, when Wu Huang was interviewed in the middle of the field, the reporter asked him if he had ever thought of such a feat?
"I never wanted to replicate his performance, the comparison was too deliberate, I had my own trajectory, it was all just a coincidence, and I didn't think it was a little bit of a problem that affected me. Besides, as you can see, my cold is not that bad, where do I look like I am sick now? Wu Huang then added with extreme shame, "This small injury will never stop me from making history, our goal today is to set the record of the first playoff win in history, and nothing can stop me from completing this record." ”
It can be seen from this interview that the thickness of Wu Huang's face is no longer what normal people can imagine, but as soon as he said this, everyone felt that he was really not pretending to be sick, but that he was not very sick, but in any case, he could play at this level with illness, and it was still very powerful when he thought about it.
"Okay, now we are only one step away from a new history, but don't take the second half lightly, although we have the advantage, but the score is only 15 points ahead, the Thunder have not lost this game, and we have not yet confirmed the victory." D'Antoni sounded the alarm to his players at half-time that their advantage was not as big as they thought, and 15 points was really not enough insurance.
The Knicks players did not take the enemy lightly, but in the third quarter, the offense was still not smooth, and after consecutive missed shots, Durant began to frequently stand on the free throw line, and Ibaka, who had a half-day break, also made a jumper to help the Thunder narrow the gap to 8 points.
"It doesn't seem like it's a good thing to be too excited." Wu Huang knew that his teammates saw that victory was close at hand, and when he thought of the joy after winning the championship, his hands began to tremble irrepressibly, and the shot was biased to his grandmother's house, but this had nothing to do with nervousness, it was a normal reaction under excitement.
After that, David West and Gasol stepped up, and the two teamed up to prop up the Knicks' offense. In fact, Wu Huang was also a little excited in his heart, but the two veteran guys were more stable at this moment, and the two took turns to attack and win the first 10 points of the whole team's quarter. The Thunder players on the other end saw David West's excited roar after every goal, and the unhappiness and depression in their hearts were difficult to suppress, at the moment the leading side and the backward side had their own troubles, but it seemed that the Knicks were more stable.
Old players like David West and Battier can stabilize their positions at critical moments, that's because they don't pursue highly, these two just want to win a championship, whether they win all or not, it doesn't matter much.
But Wu Huang and other players who already have a championship in hand are different, if they lose this game, although it will not have much impact on the final result, but this will greatly reduce their achievements, is it a complete victory? This was a very important thing for them, so even Emperor Wu was a little overexcited when he was about to reach the finish line.
At this time, the two veterans pressed the team for the Knicks is very critical, Wu Huang and others as the game progressed, attention began to slowly immerse themselves in the game itself, and the excitement was gradually left behind by them, when Wu Huang completed a wonderful breakthrough, after playing 2+1, the Knicks announced that they were one step ahead of the Thunder, because the Thunder players could not quickly get rid of those thoughts that were not related to the game, although this was related to Wu Huang's non-stop trash talk interference.
"You're already lost, Ibaka is four fouls, your interior defense is going to be empty again, don't you really think you can be a savior?" Wu Huang looked at Westbrook, who still refused to give up, and continued to strike, after he hit a free throw, the difference would be widened to 15 points again, but the game time passed minute by minute.
Westbrook still refuses to admit defeat, but this situation is not something that the Thunder can easily turn around, and they really need a lot of luck to hope now. And this is also what Wu Huang is more worried about, the only thing he is afraid of now is that Durant and Wei Shao start to go crazy and brutal, and then rely on luck and feel to complete the turnaround. In fact, there is still a chance that these two people will complete this big reversal, so he doesn't dare to give up the trash talk attack for a moment, he knows that only when a person is upset, the probability of this kind of convulsion will be minimized.
Durant's side shot first, and he found that he couldn't catch up with the Knicks just by making free throws, and the scoring speed was not fast enough, and he also needed the help of three-pointers, or a few twos and ones to quickly narrow the difference, otherwise once the double-digit point difference was dragged to the final quarter, he really had no will to fight.
At 5 minutes and 12 seconds in the third quarter, Durant hit a three-point shot to stop the bleeding for the Thunder again, and then Harden finally broke through and used a layup to help the team narrow the gap to 11 points, and the Thunder also saw a glimmer of hope again. However, in the 3:51 second, after Wu Huang used the cover to get past Wei Shao, he assisted Gasol on a layup with a hidden ground-hitting pass, and widened the gap to 13 points.
Durant started to get anxious and soon made another three-point shot, but this time he missed it. Wu Huang got the rebound and launched a counterattack, but the final layup was knocked to the ground by Westbrook with a savage foul move, but the referee did not blow the foul.
"Damn, they're trying to make suspense again!" Wu Huang knew that this was the referee creating suspense for the game, and the league did not interfere with the Knicks' idea of breaking the record, but he didn't want the game to end in the third quarter, and if the Knicks wanted to make history, they had to show more skills.
With the blatant help of the referees, the gap between the two teams was finally narrowed to a negligible point, and Durant then caused the Knicks to foul, which was already his eighth free throw in the third quarter. Almost whenever there is physical contact in this quarter, the referee will award a Knicks player for a defensive foul. Battier's defense can't be said to be clean, but at the moment there are also three fouls, David West and Gasol are also carrying three fouls, and the Knicks are also beginning to be troubled by fouls unconsciously.
Wu Huang was a little afraid to hit the basket next, he was worried that the referee would not give him a whistle, even if his star whistle this season was the most in the league, but he probably didn't get such treatment in this quarter, so be smart and don't expect that making fouls will continue to be useful.
"Bang!" Wu Huang's mid-range shot hit iron, and his shooting was still not stable enough, especially when he was chasing points.
The Thunder team also realized the referee's tendency, and the defensive action was getting bigger and bigger, and this ball Wei Shao had hit Wu Huang's wrist, but the referee still didn't blow the penalty, which made Wu Huang have the urge to run over and complain, but he knew that it wouldn't be useful, and if he was awarded a technical foul again, it would be too worthwhile.
"Calm down, we play defensive counter-attacks, shrink the line and let them shoot outside." Wu Huang once again overstepped his authority to make arrangements, the Thunder team always made free throws like this, he would rather let them shoot far away, and if they threw it, they would be unlucky, but they definitely couldn't bear the old free throws, and the shooting rate of free throws was too high.
Wu Huang is also gambling, it is not a good idea to let the Thunder team shoot far away on the defensive end, but under the interference of the referee, he only thinks of this strategy for the time being. And he trusts his offense, as long as they win on the defensive end, the Thunder will be completely gone; Even if he loses the bet, it depends on whose offense is stronger, so he has the capital to gamble, and he can afford to lose.
At the critical moment, Battier finally opened up outside the three-point line, but Durant quickly returned a three-pointer and chased it closely.
In the 1st minute and 22 seconds, Wu Huang faced the desperate pursuit of the Thunder team, decisively gave up all tactics, started a personal strong attack, and continued to stop and pull out in the middle distance.
This simple and crude scoring method allowed the Thunder to limit his shooting percentage, but Wu Huang showed his strongest shooting skills in the game, completing *** on top of Wei Shao's head three times in a row and scoring 6 points in a row to extend the Knicks' advantage to 12 points.
At the end of the third quarter, the Knicks led the Thunder 100-88.
The Knicks' 12-point lead is enough to make the Thunder despair, and the final result has not yet settled, but the Knicks are only one step away from the championship, and the Thunder can only stand in the distance with red eyes at the moment and roar: "Wait a minute, I still have a sentence to talk about!" (To be continued.) )