Chapter 333: The Sweep Is Imminent

Early in the morning of May 4th, many New York fans who stayed up all night went out to pull several newspapers and magazines to their homes before going to bed, and the headlines on all sports today were the news they already knew last night, the Knicks who played at home leveled the 16-point deficit in the second half, and successfully turned the tables in the last two minutes to take a 2-0 lead in the Eastern Conference semifinals. Pen, fun, and www.biquge.info

There was no doubt that Wu Huang was the savior of the team last night, and although he only caught up with Rose in scoring and ended up in third place in the game, his series of key goals and assists in the second half were key in helping the team turn defeat into victory, and it was Wu Huang's performance in these key moments that the Knicks supported the final comeback.

Wu Huang had 33 points, 9 rebounds, 12 assists and 3 steals last night, although he grabbed a lot of key rebounds, but unfortunately missed a triple-double in the end, otherwise this victory would have become a more classic battle for the Knicks, although it is great enough.

The Associated Press reported: 2-0, no mercy.

This playoff was arguably the perfect playoff game for Hugo and the Knicks, beating the Pacers 4-0 in the first round, which was much smoother than their thrilling knockout of the Hawks last season, and there are reasons to expect more from them. Sure enough, in the second round, the Emperor of New York and his generals are like cold-blooded killers, showing no mercy to the enemy, and the New Yorkers in two cities have entered the Eastern Conference Finals with one foot, so let's expect more.

FOX Sports: 2-0, a new era for the Emperor of the East.

The Knights' King is no longer King since he left Cleveland, but the alliance will never be short of a new overlord - the new King of New York is even more fierce and wants to prove that he is truly the Chosen One.

ESPN: The New York Sect Quasi-Triple Pair dominates the battle, the melons fall to the ground, and the roses wither.

In the second game, the Bulls were successfully overturned by the Knicks, falling behind 0-2 in the overall score, Hugo scored 33 points, 9 rebounds and 12 assists, and Stoudemire scored 40 points and 16 rebounds, and the two scored a season high, and the Knicks have a probability of advancing to 89.5%.

Knicks Official: The Holy Sect Lord reigns over the world, and Knicks are soaring!

Hugo continued to maintain the honor of being undefeated in the playoffs, although he was behind after the opening, but the performance of the Holy Master at the key moments of the game made people feel a kind of king coming, not only the key shots were not soft, today's Hugo once again turned into the rebounding king, repeatedly grabbed key rebounds to help the team stabilize the victory, the Knicks finally defeated the Bulls 114-111, the overall score led 2-0.

Bulls Official: He is the last king in the pinnacle battle, $75 million or a waste.

Another fiasco, and the reason why we have to add a "miserable" before the defeat is because the smaller the point difference, the more painful it is, which means that we could have won the game.

We've become more familiar with the taste of losing in recent months, but today the pain came more indestructively, and after building up an early lead, we couldn't find a way to pull back and fell short.

This team should not have failed like this, Boozer has to bear most of the responsibility, and in this game where there is no way back, Boozer's stats look good, with 18 points, 10 rebounds and 3 assists still a top power forward stats. But look at Boozer's weak performance on the court, the Bulls offered him a five-year $75 million contract, but he can't even grab a 193cm point guard when fighting with a bayonet, we are of course referring to rebounds, rebounds!

At a time when the two teams were singing the praises of virtue and finding someone to take the blame, the league announced the list of the best defensive team of the season in a low-key manner, among which Dwight Howard, who won the Defensive Player of the Year, received the most votes, and LeBron James, Kobe Bryant, Kevin Garnett and Rajon Rondo were also shortlisted for the All-Defensive First Team. Garnett and Kobe Bryant were both named to the All-Defensive First Team for the ninth time, tying Michael Jordan and Gary Payton for the most selections to the All-Defensive First Team in NBA history.

The NBA Defensive Team of the Year is not judged by media members and journalists, but by the head coaches of the league's 30 teams, who each receive a ballot with the names of a total of 10 players in two teams, with the players on the first team receiving two points and the second team each receiving one point. For the sake of fairness, coaches of each team are not allowed to vote for their own players in the ballot.

In what is considered the fairest vote of any NBA selection, Howard won 27 first-choice votes and two second-choice votes, ranking first with a super-high score of 56 points. LeBron James, with 39 points and 17 first-choice votes, is in second place. Rajon Rondo, with 39 points and 16 first-choice votes, was third.

The Knicks' Andreas Iguodala scored the most points of any player on the All-Defensive Second Team with 20 points, while the other four named were Chris Paul, Tyson Chandler, Gerard Wallace and Joakim Noah.

Wu Huang and Tony Allen are both sore in pain, one of them is fourth in point scoring with 14 points and the other is fifth in guard scoring with 15 points, and both are close to the second team, which shows that the league coach recognizes that they are excellent defensively, but they are not the two best in their position.

In terms of the heavier Team of the Season, this season's new MVP Wu Huang was finally selected as the point guard of the first team because he led the team to the best record in the league. Miami Heat's LeBron James leads the team's All-NBA small forward. Bryant Bryant of the Lakers, Durant of the Thunder and Howard of the Magic, occupy the other three spots.

But to Wu Huang's displeasure, James actually won all the votes of the first team, and was the player with the highest score and the most unquestioned in this lineup. This season in the Big Three Heat, he can still get 26.7 points, 7.5 rebounds and 7.0 assists.

In the eyes of many fans, the All-NBA Team is not as fair as the All-Defensive Team selection, but it is also much better than the selection by reporters, which is selected by 119 NBA commentators and commentators who need to list the best one-two-three team in their minds, with players on the first team receiving five points, players on the second team receiving three points, and players on the third team receiving one point.

Wu Huang didn't know if he offended the media more, he only got 66 first-team votes, 49 second-team votes, and 4 third-team votes, and the final total score was only 481 points, becoming the lowest score in the first team.

James scored a total of 595 points, which means that all 119 judges made it to the first team. Howard was a two-point trail of James, while Bryant scored 551 points (98 first-team votes) and Durant had 492 points (69 first-team votes).

At the same time, the NBA's 2nd and 3rd lineups were also released, and the list is as follows-

Second team: Dwyane Wade, Dirk Nowitzki, Pau Gasol, Zach Randolph, Derrick Rose.

Third team: LaMarcus Aldridge, Amar Stoudemire, Yao Ming, Manu Ginobili, Chris Paul.

Although Wu Huang felt that it was very shameless to be the one with the lowest score in the first team, the Asian media at the moment did not feel such at all, especially the Chinese fans who were in tears and rejoicing.

It is a pity for all Chinese fans that Yao Ming has not been selected for the first team, and in the 2006-07 season, Yao Ming was only 20 points less than Xiao Si, which was the closest a Chinese player came to the first team. Now Wu Huang has become the first Chinese-American player in NBA history to enter the First Team of the Year team, and has broken the record set by Wes Unseld for the youngest team at 21 years and 5 months, which is another milestone for Chinese athletes.

"Wait, I've broken the record again?" Wu Huang still knew from Christine that he had broken the record again.

Yesterday he received a revelation from little Hermione, and Christine seems to have been a little close to Alan Peggy in the same crew lately. These two girls, who are both thought to have come out of the closet, got together and hooked up, no wonder if people were not suspicious, the British girl obviously suspected that her girlfriend was cheating, so she called her boyfriend to probe the mouth.

Wu Huang didn't want to come, but he couldn't bear Emma Watson's repeated phone calls and instigation, and it seemed that little Hermione was really jealous, which made Wu Huang feel very awkward.

Alan Peggy is also a girl who is reported by the media to have a lily tendency, and Emperor Wu is also a little dissatisfied with this, and now it is okay to be hooked up by little Hermione as his sister, after all, he can still come back, and it is not a loss. But another woman he didn't know also wanted to intervene, and Emperor Wu suddenly felt that he had lost a lot, and he wouldn't come back!

It's a pity that Emperor Wu didn't come out in the end, he can't ask too directly about this kind of thing, Christine sometimes shows her cold side, and at this time Emperor Wu will have a feeling of being eaten.

In fact, after discovering Christine's affair with Emma Watson, Wu Huang can feel that the cold girl is sometimes enthusiastic about herself, but sometimes she is a little cold. To be honest, he was very laissez-faire with the non-awkward relationship between himself and Christine and Little Hermione, and he was unwilling to change it, on the contrary, he was very satisfied with the result of killing two birds with one stone. But I just don't know if other girls will get tired of it after a long time, and it is not impossible that one day Christine or Little Hermione kicked him off and got the other party's certificate.

"Looks like I've never kicked their!" When Emperor Wu traveled to Chicago the next day, he remembered that he never seemed to have revealed her relationship with little Hermione in front of Christine, although it was already obvious that their relationship was a bit complicated when you thought about it.

When the Knicks came to Chicago, they were already No. 5, and the first two matchups of the division semifinals were all over, and in addition to the Bulls, there were also Lakers and Celtics, who were more concerned by the media, and the two teams were tied 2:0 is the news that makes the media and fans pay more attention.

Let's talk about the Celtics in the East first, they played with the Heat in the first game, and the difference between winning and losing cannot be seen. But in the second match, the Celtics' old state was fully displayed, especially Garnett.

In the second game, the Celtics were at a disadvantage throughout the game, trailing the opponent by double digits for most of the time. When the game came to the final 40 seconds, Garnett, who had the ball under the basket, wanted to vent the frustration in his chest with a violent dunk - even if he lost, he would have to wreak havoc on the hoop. But one second later, at the moment of falling to the ground, he understood - he was wrong. Because at the moment when he jumped, LeBron James, who was making up for the basket, also jumped into the air and waited for him, and the repaired knee made Garnett no longer able to stay in the air like before, and he fell faster than James, so James's giant palm mercilessly slapped Garnett's shot...... In the end, Garnett's helpless and confused eyes were left behind him and fell to the ground, and the so-called old age was reflected at that moment.

If the end of the Celtics is due to the aging of the main core, and the Green Army still has two home games to try to turn things around, then the Lakers' overturn may not only be due to age, but also the lack of motivation to move forward and the decline in the form of role players, which is the reason why the Purple and Gold are about to face elimination. And the Lakers lost two home courts, and there is little hope of a comeback. Of course, in addition to the Lakers' own problems, the Mavericks, who have always been underestimated, have exploded so strongly in the playoffs that they are the real masters of the current situation.

Dirk Nowitzki, in the history of NBA superstars, his status is always inferior, maybe not as high as Wu Huang's status now, he has never been regarded as a superstar at the same level as Kobe Bryant and James, and Duncan, Garnett and other positions and contemporaries in the star showdown, Nowitzki also lost slightly, even if the Mavericks have won 50 wins for more than ten consecutive years, people always think that the Mavericks will be habitually weak in the playoffs, and that the Novitzky King will drop the chain at a critical moment.

This series may correct people's prejudice against the Nortian. In fact, Nowitzki's postseason resume has never lacked masterpieces that have turned the tide: such as the epic seven-tie break with the Spurs, and the 50-point scoring battle with the Suns. And in this year's playoffs, Nowitzki seems to have some inexplicable changes, and he is more like a domineering in a low-key manner.

It's still unknown how far the Mavericks can go in the end, but since the first round, the Mavericks have been looked down upon, and Nowitzki has quietly led the team to fight, justifying Dallas and himself.

Wu Huang was more interested in this game when an accident occurred at the end of the game, it was already the last 26 seconds of the game, and Artai finally hit his first three-pointer of the game from the outside, but by this time the Lakers had already gone to the momentum, and the huge 11-point difference made them unable to turn the game back. Losing his cool, Atay rushed up to steal Barria in the retreat, he and Odom came together to block Barria in the backfield, and Atay stretched out his right arm and hit Barria in the face, slapping him down with the ball.

This action was very bad, and Artai received the second technical foul of the game and was sent off directly.

Los Angeles experts pessimistically said after the game that Atay is likely to be suspended, and once he is suspended, it will undoubtedly be a big blow to the Lakers. Although the beast's defensive ability has deteriorated, it is still one of the best in the Lakers, whether it is against Marion or Nowitzki, Artai can cause problems for opponents. If the Lakers lose the "tank car" of Atai and run away to face the Mavericks, the difficulties they face can be imagined.

Wu Huang gloated on his Twitter and Facebook: "I have to admit that punch definitely shouldn't have appeared in the ring, our Mr. World Peace may be crazy, it's stupid, his fist went straight to Barria's face, I think he must have found the feeling of the boxing ring again, but such an action league will not turn a blind eye, he will be fined or banned, will it be 0:4?" While Emperor Wu teased Artest, he couldn't help but milk the calf.

Western Conference Finals Score - Grizzlies (1) VS (1) Thunder; Lakers (0) VS (2) Mavericks.

Eastern Conference Finals Score - Knicks (2) VS (0) Bulls; Heat (2) VS (0) Celtics.

In this year's divisional semifinals, except for the Grizzlies and Thunder, two upstarts, the other three teams are likely to eliminate their opponents by a large score at the same time, and it would not be strange if there were three 4-0 sweeps in the series in a few days.

Knicks coach D'Antoni first appeared in Chicago as the coach of the visiting team, and the 2-0 lead gave him a lot of confidence, and his voice was much louder and clearer than the last game. As soon as he stepped off the plane, he confidently declared that he had won the championship: "This is one of the 16 wins we need to win, and now we are 10 games away from the goal." ”

As for whether he can sweep the Bulls, D'Antoni is low-key: "I'm sure we'll enjoy the night when we spend the night here tonight, but once the clock is in the early hours of the morning, we should focus on preparing for Game 3." To succeed in this alliance, you need to be focused on the task at hand all the time. We'll have a brief celebration, but then we'll get back to work. ”

On the other hand, Bulls coach Thibodeau was a little more preoccupied, talking about the last game, he concluded: "We played badly in the second half, I think we had a good first half, but we had a tough time in the second half, we didn't defend some fast breaks and pick-and-rolls, and we should have done better." ”

When asked if cracking the Knicks' defense is the biggest problem for the Bulls to solve, Thibodeau doesn't think so: "We don't actually care that much, their defense isn't great, our offense isn't bad, we're more concerned about our defense than we are, and that's our question tomorrow night." ”

After a two-day break on 6 May, the players regained their energy and were ready for the decisive match, and the Union Stadium was filled with 20,000 fans who were expecting the home team to do a miracle.

"It's not 3:0 yet!" Jordan said briefly before the game that although he admired Wu Huang, of course he supported his old club at this time.

In Game 3, Jordan and Pippen sat on the sidelines, with his No. 23 jersey just above him, and Bulls fans also hoped to use the blessing of the basketball god to defeat the Knicks at home and redeem the huge disadvantage in the series.

0:2 behind, the Bulls' fate hangs by a thread, today they played more tenacious, but Wu Huang is still their nightmare, the New York Emperor easily scored 11 points in the first quarter, and today he felt very good.

In the first quarter, the Knicks started 8:0, they didn't let the opponent shoot a shot in the past 3 minutes, but this is not the Knicks' defense, but the Bulls players themselves can't throw the ball in, Jordan and Pippen are on the floor today and watch the game seems to make the Bulls players more nervous, even Anthony failed to continue the efficient play of the first two games, but Boozer, who has been taking the blame, performed very well on the offensive end.

Since then, the Bulls' shooting rate has not improved, and they have scored some insignificant points intermittently, and their goals cannot be consistent, so it is naturally difficult to guarantee the speed of scoring. Although the Knicks also hit back-to-back iron in the second half of the first quarter, the Bulls still trailed 18-24 after the quarter.

"I knew that they couldn't beat us in the first two games, so they would never win!" Wu Huang began to milk himself after the first quarter.

But there is strength and is not afraid of milk, Wu Huang did not rest in the second quarter, and came up to give two assists, but the Bulls fought back tenaciously and narrowed the score to 6 points at most.

The Knicks weren't without their problems, with Jr. and Iguodala performing average today, but Wu Huang and Gallinari played at a level, and the Knicks' strong roster depth allowed them to allow one or two main players to be invisible once in a while.

Halfway through the quarter, after Anthony made a layup, the Bulls narrowed the gap to 6 points at 28:34, but Wu Huang hit two three-pointers after that, and the Knicks extended the lead again, leading the Bulls by 8 points at 52:44 in the first half.

Jordan and Pippen were chatting at halftime, but the disappointment in their hearts could be seen from the shaking of their heads from time to time.

Rose still didn't play well today, and this guy's poor shooting even caused the morale of his teammates to drop with it, when your core can only shoot 39% from the field and 24% from three-point range, do you still have the confidence to beat your opponents?

Wu Huang became more and more experienced in Rose's defense, he didn't give the opponent a chance to shoot in the hot zone at all, squeezed a few of Rose's mid-range shooting points, and then used the help of his teammates to defend the breakthrough. That kind of defense has already paid off in the first two games, and it worked even more so today, as Rose's own shooting confidence began to waver, making it more difficult for him to score from the field.

"My three-point shooting percentage is higher than your shooting percentage, so you might as well go home and sell sweet potatoes." Wu Huang has been using similar taunts to hit Rose's already low morale, and later he even used Jordan to stimulate Rose, which made the latter's psychology on the verge of collapse.

Bulls fans consoled themselves at halftime that they were only eight points behind in the first half, and it was not the end of the day, maybe Rose would find his groove in the second half? Maybe Boozer and Anthony will explode? Won't they just knock out the Knicks in one fell swoop?

However, the imagination is beautiful, the reality is cruel, it was not Ross who found the state in the second half, but Xiao Si, although they all have a word, but the difference is big.

In the third quarter, the Bulls' defense became much tighter, Wu Huang's shooting rate decreased, and he only hit 1 of 6 shots in a single quarter, and the Knicks only made 6 of 19 shots for the whole team, scoring only 19 points in a single quarter, relying only on Xiao Si to score.

The Bulls' defensive plan worked, but their own offense didn't hit it either, with 20 points in the quarter just one more point than the Knicks.

The Chicagoans can be said to have opened their nets, but it is still difficult to catch the Knicks.

After the start of the fourth quarter, Wu Huang relied on his fast recovery speed and did not rest at all, he has not rested today, and continued to attack with the bench lineup.

In the last game, the Knicks stood up with a Tony Allen, and today Green did the same, hitting two three-pointers in a row in the fourth quarter, and both three-pointers came from Wu Huang's assist, and the Knicks played 10:4 to gain a 13-point advantage at 81:68.

After that, the Knicks began to control the situation, and after Anthony scored in the low post in a row, Wu Huang also started his personal offense, frequently hitting mid-range shots, and the Knicks always maintained a double-digit advantage.

When there were 7 minutes left in the game, Anthony couldn't hold on, and today Iguodala adopted a crazy close defense, using this lose-lose method to consume his physical strength, so that he only scored 2 points after playing three and a half quarters, but successfully consumed Anthony's physical strength and reduced Anthony's scoring efficiency.

At 5:10, Monroe hit a mid-range shot to give the Knicks a 17-point lead at 93:76.

The Bulls made a last-ditch effort, but Rose and Anthony missed back-to-back shots, and they had to rely on Boozer to score. After Wu Huang played 6:2 alone, the Knicks completely killed the suspense, leading 102:82 with 2:26 left in the game, and Wu Huang went off the court early with another quasi-triple-double.

Chicago fans began to leave the court, and the Bulls could only rely on Boozer, who they had been scolded for three days, to score in the final quarter, which was almost hopeful if they could turn the tables around unless Wu Huang and Xiao Si got into a fight, and then accidentally knocked out the racketing D'Antoni with a heavy punch.

But the cruel reality is that the Knicks are about to take a 3-0 lead, the New Yorkers are in sight, and there is no team in NBA history that has led 3-0 to be overturned, which means that one foot and a 28 of the Knicks players have entered the Eastern Conference Finals, and it is already a snicker that the Bulls can not be swept away.

Jeff Van Gundy said after Wu Huang's departure: "It doesn't look like the MVP will satisfy Hugo, today he scored a third-high 44 points in his playoff career, and had eight rebounds, 10 assists and two steals, and almost got another triple-double. ”

Mark Jackson said: "The Knicks haven't lost a game in the playoffs this year, and if they do win the championship, Hugo could become another Grand Slam winner and the youngest MVP Grand Slam, which is incredible to think about. (To be continued.) )