When Madison Square Garden was devastated and fell, Wu Huang was waiting in the hospital for an MRI.

"Lost?" Wu Huang saw the result of this game from the display screen in the corridor, and he also couldn't believe that it would be the end.

But in addition to being unhappy in his heart, he also had a little secret joy.

To be honest, this is a bit not good, Emperor Wu also despised himself after giving birth to such a naïve and immature idea, but this mood still exists.

He knew very well in his heart that the Knicks played so well in the first half today, but they didn't open up much of a point difference, which is enough to show the difference in strength between the two teams. In the remaining games, as long as the two teams play similarly, and even the Knicks are in slightly better shape, they have little hope of winning.

Only if they burst out like they did today, and the opponent is in average form, will they have a chance to win.

The Magic players are far more experienced than them, have stronger tactical execution, have a more mature offensive and defensive system, and most importantly, they have no weaknesses, and the strength of the main force and substitutes is higher than theirs. Don't look at how bad Howard's low-post offense is, but it's still okay for Warcraft to blow up David Lee, as long as they can't solve the trouble on the inside, they won't have much chance.

Even if Wu Huang is not injured today, the Knicks won this game, and the ending is still 4:1, and the best case is 4:2.

The bloody plot that often appears in those movies will not appear in reality as long as there is a glimmer of hope, and finally complete the big turnaround, and James being swept is an example.

Wu Huang was overjoyed because this defeat highlighted his importance even more, and Nelson's sudden outburst also made his defensive strength more reflective, especially when the two teams were in a stalemate several times in the final quarter, the Knicks could not score points in the key innings without him, and finally when the Magic made a mistake and gave the Knicks a chance to win, they did not take it.

Iguodala's breakthrough was threatening though. However, his lack of shooting ability makes him easily limited by the opponent's two-man defense. If Wu Huang was on the floor at that time, he could use his all-round skills to contribute a higher probability of scoring to the team in those key rounds, and the result would have a high probability of changing.

Besides, with him on the field, it won't let the team give away a 13-point lead, and the Magic team will not have a chance to stage a comeback to win.

The role of a true core is to provide consistent output when the team is chasing points, and to score key goals to close the score when the team is chasing points. It's best to control the tempo as soon as the situation changes, and not give the team a chance to launch a counter-attack.

The fan's favorite "lore" is to fall behind, Wu Huang will not let his team fall to that point easily, there is no difference between throwing lore and fighting luck in his eyes, at most he makes himself a person who shakes the dice.

Wu Huang's agent Brandon, the team's assistant coach Woodson and general manager Donnie are all following Wu Huang at the moment, of course they can't see the psychological fluctuations of their team's core, Wu Huang is not really gloating about his team's loss, he is just a little happy. On the surface, he still can't accept the team's loss.

An hour later, the results of the MRI were in, and a reinforced reporter was waiting in front of the hospital to find out the news, but the Knicks blocked Wu's injury and were not prepared to announce it before the next game.

"The results came out, it was a soft tissue injury in the back, and there was some local bleeding and swelling in the injured area, but there was no problem with the bones and ligaments. There were no signs of muscle tearing, and it appeared that there were protective movements when attacked. Otherwise, judging by the strength, Hugo would not have been injured so slightly. "The person who diagnosed Wu Huang was an orthopedic specialist ranked among the top ten in the United States, and since he said that Wu Huang's problem was not big, it was nothing.

Downey and Woodson were relieved to hear this, this kind of ordinary soft tissue injury is commonplace for NBA players, as long as it is not a muscle tear. Or if there's a problem with the ligaments, it doesn't matter. Even if the bones are cracked or broken, it is not a big problem, and these injuries will not have any sequelae under the current medical conditions, at most the recovery will be slower.

But if you hurt the ligaments and muscles, it's troublesome. NBA players have always had more sequelae of injured tendons than bones. Wu Huang's injuries were far lighter than they thought, and Howard's arms were almost as thick as Wu Huang's thighs, and he deliberately hit him with an elbow, so it was no wonder that they were not in a hurry.

"How long will it take for Hugo to recover?" Donnie immediately asked, this is the question they are most concerned about, they want to know if Emperor Wu can play in the next game?

"I'm afraid it's going to be difficult, I watched the game just now, and Dwight's hard shot was a very bad foul." The expert's tone was a little unhappy, obviously supporting the Knicks, "To be honest, I think Hugo's bones should have symptoms of bone cracks, although the injury is lighter than imagined now, he will have to recuperate for at least a week or so, and he will definitely not be able to catch up with the next game, at that time he has not yet been swollen, and playing with an injury may cause complications." ”

The two looked at each other, so they said that they would have to fight without Emperor Wu in the next game, and if they didn't do it, they would be swept by the Magic 4:0.

Brandon Moretz was also listening, he was here to help Emperor Wu inquire about the injury, and at the same time prevent the team from concealing the injury for Emperor Wu to play, he would never let Emperor Wu play with an injury.

Wu Huang is being taken care of by a beautiful nurse in an independent ward at the moment, he feels that his back is slightly swollen than just now, it seems that the injured muscle tissue is still oozing blood, and he will definitely have to carry out some treatment to stop bleeding and reduce swelling after a while, and the ice pack on his back at this moment can't hold it at all.

He spent a night in the hospital, where the bleeding quickly stopped, and doctors re-applied the compression bandage.

When he woke up the next morning, Emperor Wu quickly found that his back injury had not progressively worsened within 12 hours of the injury, as doctors had said, and he woke up to find that the wound had begun to swell, at least not as painful as last night.

After getting the news, the experts hurriedly came to check for Wu Huang and determined that the injured muscle tissue in his back was no longer oozing blood and continued to swell, and said in disbelief: "It's a miracle that the bleeding symptoms have stopped in such a short period of time, and the swelling has begun to subside!" Mr. Wu, I would like to see your thromboplastin content and muscle status. Please come with me for a blood test and another MRI. The doctor's face was excited, and it was estimated that he had taken Wu Huang as his experimental subject.

Of course, Emperor Wu wouldn't go with him to do any bullshit blood tests, and scolded in his heart: "You don't have brains, how can Lao Tzu have time to do a blood test with you, since the swelling has begun to go down." To go home and continue to rest, of course. "Based on past experience, it's estimated that tomorrow will be fine, and yesterday this bastard told him that it would take at least a week to recover, and he was so scared that he thought he was out for the season, damn it!"

Brandon's agent company specially dispatched six bodyguards to pick up Wu Huang from the hospital in the morning, and at this moment, there are reporters squatting at the entrance of the hospital, and they don't bring more people over, in case they are hit by this group of wolf-like guys and Wu Huang's injuries will be tragic.

When Emperor Wu was discharged from the hospital, he saw six big men around him to protect him, and he was interviewed by several media outlets with peace of mind. His first words were: "I underestimated them, yesterday the Magic's killing tactics were very successful, they swapped me with just one blue-collar worker, and now I'm going to miss the next game, they must be happy." ”

He would have been able to straighten his back slightly, and the injury was not so painful, but after makeup, Emperor Wu looked extremely pale, and he didn't know where to get a wheelchair. He was pushed by Brandon to be discharged from the hospital.

The curious expert was looking at Emperor Wu in a wheelchair from the window of his office at the moment. The expression on his face was very exciting, he had never seen a person with such a strong recovery ability, but in the end, he couldn't let Emperor Wu accept his second examination.

The league has not released an additional penalty for Howard at this time, and the player will definitely be fined the next day after receiving a malicious foul, but whether or not to add a ban is not certain. This is based on a number of considerations.

Now that the punishment results have not been released for a long time, it shows that there is a lot of controversy within the league about whether to add a ban to Warcraft, otherwise the results would have come out a long time ago.

As soon as the footage of Wu Huang in a wheelchair appeared on the TV, the alliance finally had a result. That afternoon, they announced that Howard's "first-degree malicious foul" in Game 3 of the Eastern Conference semifinals had been upgraded to a "second-degree malicious foul." Howard will be automatically suspended for one game and fined $25,000.

At the same time, Wu Huang's remarks when he was discharged from the hospital in the morning were also punished by the alliance, and the fine was 10,000 US dollars.

"Damn, you're not dead yet!" Wu Huang is now lying on his bed at home recuperating from his injuries, and Emma Roberts is taking care of him in his apartment.

But in fact, his actions were not affected at all, and at noon he politely declined Taylor Swift and Christine's offer to come over to take care of him on the grounds that his injuries were not serious, but in fact, he wanted to take the opportunity to cultivate a relationship with his third aunt.

Wu Huang will be browsing various media reports in bed, he wants to see if these guys continue to hack him under yesterday's circumstances?

Los Angeles Times -

The NBA playoffs continue with another almost bloodless playoffs, with the Orlando Magic leading the Knicks 3-0 and on the verge of advancing to the Eastern Conference Finals.

This scene is very familiar, right? Yes, there was a similar play in last year's playoffs, when the mighty Cavaliers also swept their opponents 4-0 to reach the finals first, but in the subsequent games they planted a head on the Magic, and the big score stopped 2-4.

And today it's all reversed, the Magic team that is about to sweep the opponent in two consecutive rounds has become the Magic team, and the opponent has become the Cavaliers led by the little emperor, and it is more similar to the fact that last year the Magic team crossed the Green Shirts Celtics and went through seven big battles to advance to the finals, and now the Cavaliers and the Celtics have just played 2:1, the two teams are evenly matched, and they are likely to play the seventh game to determine the winner.

Looking back at history: Since the first round of the 02-03 playoffs was changed from 5 games and 3 wins to 7 games and 4 wins, in 7 seasons, no team has finally won the championship to sweep the opponent in the first round. Seven seasons of championships (Lakers, Celtics, Spurs, Heat, Pistons), only the Spurs played a sweep in 2006-07, where they swept the Cavaliers 4-0 in the Finals.

Consecutive sweeps are not a good thing in the playoffs, because this is not the 15-1 Lakers dynasty in the playoffs that year, and in the current league, the Magic team does not have the strength to look at the world, and their advantage in this round is more due to tactical mutual restraint, because the opponent's lineup is not big enough to go one-on-one with Howard.

The third contest that just ended was a hugely controversial match. If it weren't for Howard's elbow to Hugo that caused the Knicks core to leave, it would have been difficult for the Magic to complete the final comeback.

Of course, being able to win two opponents with a seven-game winning streak, the current Magic team has also demonstrated their strong domineering, with or without Howard, whether Howard plays well or is plagued by fouls. The current Magic team has steadily become one of the strongest teams in the league, and their crazy offense on the outside, and Gortat's defensive ability on the inside bench is not too much inferior to Howard, which is the basis for their current results.

If compared to the current Cavaliers and Lakers, the Magic are more stable, their Howard can always contribute strong dominance in the restricted area as long as he is not bothered by fouls, and there are more three-point shooters on the outside than last season, while also improving a lot in key shooting and defense.

When the game is deadlocked, they can let Carter and Nelson decide the game. In addition to last year's Petrus, there is also a somewhat irascible and even evil Barnes on the outside defensive gate.

However, it is too early to say that they are the most likely team to win the championship, because the previous two series were more like a warm-up for the Eastern Conference Finals and Finals, and neither the Heat nor the Knicks could restrain the Magic in terms of tactical combination and staffing, and the next face against the Cavaliers and Celtics may be their biggest test.

The Magic are now one of the league's championship contenders, but only one of them. They don't see an advantage over the Cavaliers or Celtics just yet, as the opponents have retained the vast majority of last season's roster. And on this basis, a lot of new forces have been added. The Cavaliers have O'Neal and Jamison, and the Celtics have Rasheed Wallace and Nate Robinson.

The most important thing for the Magic to do now is to watch the footage of the Cavaliers playing in the playoffs last year, and then keep telling themselves every day not to relax and prevent the Cavaliers from taking revenge in the same way.

"Yahoo Sports" reported -

The Knicks, who had their back to the water, put up a stubborn resistance yesterday with home-court advantage, and they led by double digits in the first half. But a foul in the third quarter changed the game, Hugo was fouled by Howard from behind and had to leave the court for treatment, and the Magic took the opportunity to make themselves play a 19-6 attack wave in the third quarter, turn the score, and start dominating the game.

Howard, the heart of the Magic, was ejected after a foul in the third quarter. He played just 28 minutes and had just 14 points and seven rebounds.

The Knicks were successful against "Superman," but the Magic still had Carter, as well as Nelson, Lewis and Petrus, all of whom scored in double figures today.

"If someone said before the game that we could get a sweep when Howard was playing less than 30 minutes, I would say he must be crazy. But now it's the case that our other lads have stood up to the test and we got match point first. After the game, Magic coach Van Gundy said proudly.

Now the Knicks have to think not about the controversy caused by Game 3, but about how to continue to build the Knicks in the summer and make them stronger next season.

There is no suspense in this series, whether it is the overall strength of the team or the playoff experience, the Magic have a clear advantage, and they unsurprisingly won the overall score of 3:0 to get the first match point.

Orlando is trying to win a championship and the Knicks have one foot in Asia, and at the time of this copy, they may already be packing their things and preparing for the summer gold rush in Asia

The video footage of the game provided us with proof that when Iguodala made a 3-pointer in the fourth quarter, all four Knicks players stood in place and froze, while Gortat, the Magic's bench insider, easily picked up the rebound. This is enough to prove that the Knicks lack the confidence to win the game.

If you look at their lethargic and clueless offensive options, we might have tried to defend the Knicks before, but no one is going to do that now. We didn't see the real defense, let alone the offense that they were good at, Iguodala at least had the courage to fight, but his teammates didn't show any determination to win.

Hugo's injury is deplorable, and New York will need a complete makeover over the summer, as they need to sign a true All-Star interior player before going to bolster their forward line and bench.

USA Today reports-

The Magic's three wins in a row were expected. Even a 4-0 sweep of the Knicks in the end wouldn't come as a surprise. In fact, long before the start of the playoffs, Orlando's goal was already set on the Eastern Conference Finals or even the Finals, and everyone knew that the Knicks were not the target of the Magic.

Carter became the team's biggest reliance today, with 26 points and 7 assists being a top performance, while another star Nelson's 22 points and 8 assists were not much worse, especially in the second half with 16 points to help the team achieve a rebound. The play of these two has guaranteed the team 0 losses in the playoffs this season.

But there was one person who was extremely depressed under the big win, that is, Howard, the big man of the Magic, who was unfavorably affected by the free throw shooting and low-post offense throughout the game, and his performance was not the same as the previous two games. And the dominance on the defensive end also dropped significantly, allowing David Lee to play 18 points and 12 rebounds.

The state of the Monster is not an ordinary slump, the Knicks have scored a lot of inside points on the offensive end, and Howard's performance is related to his own overly impatient play.

We know that the offensive end has never been Howard's strong suit, and today his weakness was on the cards. Against the Knicks, perhaps the Magic don't need all three leading players to exert their full power. But what if the opponents are the Cavaliers and Celtics? That's the real enemy of the Magic this season. Whether it is the Cavaliers or the Green Shirts, they are similar to the "Big Three" configuration, and they are no worse than the Magic in terms of lineup. If the Magic run into them, the biggest concern will undoubtedly be Howard's play on the offensive end and at the free-throw line, while being able to control his foul count.

The Cavaliers' O'Neal and the Celtics' Garnett are both true superstars and an important part of the team's offensive and defensive system, and if Howard can only play the way he is today, it will be disastrous for the Magic.

ESPN reports -

Orlando Magic and New York Knicks. One is a rookie who reached the second round of the playoffs for the first time in a decade, and the other is a strong man who reached the finals last season. This is a game with a huge difference in strength.

But the Knicks are a good team, and this season they have upset the strong teams more than once, once intimidating the league's giants, D'Antoni brought a strong offense to the Knicks, and this momentum continued into the playoffs.

The Magic won't have it easy, and the Knicks won't have to lose. Being able to face a team like the Knicks is a huge benefit for the Magic, who are aiming for a championship.

In the third game, the Knicks shot 39 of 84 from the field, with a shooting rate of 46.4%. The Magic shot 36-of-76 from the field, with a shooting percentage of 47.4%, and although the Knicks made more shots than the Magic, they were not as good as the Magic in terms of shooting percentage.

In terms of three-point shooting, the Knicks shot 14-of-32, and they shot extremely high in the first half, but after leaving the court from Wu Huang in the third quarter, they missed three points one after another. On the other hand, the Magic's three-point shot recovered at the end of the third quarter, shooting 10 of 22 from the field, although the number of shots was lower than that of the Knicks, but the high number of shots could not be exchanged for victory, and the Magic's three-point shooting was made in the third quarter and the fourth quarter.

The Magic also took the lead in rebounding, 46 to 38. In terms of assists, the Magic are 25 to 24. The Knicks had 4 more turnovers than the Magic, and those 4 were the deadliest. In the end, the Magic also made 10 more free throws than the Knicks.

From the comparison of the data of the two teams, it can be seen that although many of the Knicks' statistics are better than the Magic, the Magic won today by playing in key periods.

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These reports were just the tip of the iceberg, and Howard's "elbow" to Emperor Wu was the hot topic of the next day.

After the incident, Bulls center Noah took the opportunity to fall in stone on Howard, accusing him of being a "dirty player". Bucks center Bogut, who missed the playoffs due to injury, also wrote in a weird way on Weibo: "Uh, I want to ask if you want to suspend the game if you maliciously elbow the opponent from behind? ”

Howard responded to those remarks today. He said dismissively: "Tell Joakim Noah to bring the team into the playoffs and then comment, this is a playoff contest, does it have anything to do with him?" The one-game ban didn't surprise Howard, and he said he accepted it. I hope it all ends here, I didn't mean to swing that elbow, but the league did what they had to do and I respect their decision. It's time to look ahead and focus back on this wonderful series – 3-0. ”

Such an answer made many Wu Huang fans go to his Twitter and Facebook to curse, but it could not make Howard's heart feel less happy.

Howard, who couldn't make it to the fourth matchup, planned to watch it in his hotel, saying, "It's going to be a special experience, I'm going to be watching my teammates win this series on TV, I'm sorry I can't help, I vowed not to be so impulsive again, and I'll let my teammates see me in the Eastern Conference Finals." ”

Of course, the players who came to ridicule Howard at this time were all centers, and more players were supporting Warcraft at the moment, but these people were also outside players, and they were all opponents who always met with Wu Huang.

"I'm going to say that Hugo is a dirty player, he has so many small movements that he can't stop his mouth on the pitch." Today, Thunder player Westbrook gave his opinion.

He had nothing to do with the Howard elbow incident, but when he was interviewed, Wei Shao bombarded Emperor Wu, and he obviously felt that Emperor Wu's elbow was a very happy thing, "He often waved his elbow." Dude, I was elbowed by him, and it still hurts, he's a dirty player. ”

I didn't watch the game, but I knew Hugo must have been provoking Howard the whole game, "He knows what he's doing, he's just going to create chaos," Wei Shao said. It's wrong, it's crazy, he's reaping the consequences. ”。

The Thunder point guard's comment was also seen by Wu Huang for the first time, and he was so angry that he took a notebook and countered on Twitter: "Russell? Who's that? Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles? Is he in the series? Well, I remembered who he was, but I don't have any comment. If it's a regular season match, I'll comment. But he's fishing now and I think he should be more focused on his team. ”

However, these words also attracted a lot of ridicule for Wu Huang, because he himself had not been in the playoffs for a long time, and he was actually embarrassed to laugh at others.

The whole world knows that the Knicks' hopes of advancing to the Eastern Conference Finals are infinitely equal to zero after falling 0-3 to the Magic, and they can think about the summer in advance.

"Will we be swept away?" Wu Huang found that almost all the media thought they would be swept because the news now that Wu Huang would not play in Game 4 and his series had been reimbursed, so even if Howard was suspended for Game 4, it would be difficult for the Knicks to beat the Magic at home.

But the news is clearly wrong, and the Knicks have blocked Wu Huang's injury news, and he can play even if he doesn't fully recover tomorrow.

This is not recklessness, Wu Huang can feel that his injuries will weaken every few hours, and he feels better in the afternoon than when he was discharged from the hospital at noon. By the time he was to-morrow night, he would have recovered and he wouldn't believe he couldn't get to death without Howard's magic. (To be continued.) )