Chapter 432: You can't even take it on your head

"It's time for you to rest. Pen? Interesting? Pavilion wWw. biquge。 info "After Emperor Wu played in the second half, when he saw Wei Shao's uncomfortable and unhappy expression, of course he knew why. It was his own hand, and he knew best what the effect would be, and it would be enough to make Westbrook hurt all night.

"Are you just going to play this nasty little trick?" Wei Shao's lines sounded very righteous, obviously a positive character, and at this moment, his chest had been treated with pain, and a thick bandage was tied, which reduced the pain a lot.

Emperor Wu suppressed the guilt in his heart, of course it was despicable for him to do this, which he absolutely admitted. But since he had already done it, he didn't plan to let his conscience run out and destroy it, so the Holy Sect Master, who had lost his conscience, smiled lightly: "I'm pretty sure you're on the side of justice, but usually justice comes late. And you're right, I also believe that someone will sanction me in the future, but you are dead today! ”

Wei Shao looked at Emperor Wu with fiery eyes, and silently recited a large passage of the Bible in his heart before suppressing the anger that wanted to hit someone. After this round of the series, I believe that Wei Shao's mentality will improve a lot under the tempering of Wu Huang.

Of course, there is a reason for Wu Huang's continued taunting, the Thunder are called the "demons of the second half", the Spurs have tasted this taste, and the Knicks are not planning to roll over in the second half as well. On the road, they are not fully sure of the opponent, in case the Thunder play the state, it is not impossible to be pushed by a wave. And Wu Huang will not even have a conscience for the championship, of course he will not make the mistake of underestimating the enemy, it is a necessary means to provoke the mentality of the second biggest scoring point of the Thunder team, as long as he wins the game, then he is not a villain, and the winners are also just.

Wei Shao actually has the idea of revenge in his heart, no one who is yin will not give up, but he is very clear, he is by no means the opponent of Emperor Wu when he plays this kind of trick, and the result of his impulsiveness is to fall into the trap of Emperor Wu. That's right, he thinks that Wu Huang should be happy to see him maliciously foul, as long as the Knicks beat him down, the Thunder will basically be explained.

Wu Huang didn't know that Wei Shao's heart was so calm, but this was all tortured by him, replaced by Wei Shao two years ago, it is estimated that he was sent out in the first half because of hot-headedness and malicious revenge, and his revenge will not have an effect, in fact, Wei Shao has become much more mature now, but it is not enough for him to defeat Wu Huang, and he will be abused again.

But despite the preparations, the precautions were sufficient, the Knicks were still attacked by the Thunder in the third quarter at home, Durant and Wei Shao's consecutive unreasonable goals quickly detonated the enthusiasm of the fans, the most critical of which was that Ibaka hit three shots in the middle of the pass from the two, if he opened this point, the Knicks' defense would have a big hole, and the Thunder played a 15:6 attack wave in five minutes to equalize the score in one fell swoop.

At 7 minutes and 05 seconds in the third quarter, the Knicks asked for a timeout for the second time in this quarter, Wei Shao just broke through and caused Wu Huang's foul, and the score had come to 60:60 after two free throws.

"That's what happens to people like you, and you're going to be punished today." Wei Shao was so happy at the moment that he couldn't even feel the pain in his chest, and after returning to the game, he demonstrated to Emperor Wu in high spirits.

"Without culture, you should say, 'Justice may be late, but it will never be absent.'" Emperor Wu's words made Westbrook stunned, is this kind of mockery sure that he is not scolding himself?

Wu Huang now feels that his teammates are a little too confused today, and it doesn't matter if he can't prevent the Thunder, as long as his offense doesn't have problems, it's a big deal to fight who has a higher output. As the team with the highest points per game this season, the Knicks shouldn't be afraid to score against any team, but that's not the case if they are the only ones who play normally.

D'Antoni saw that the starting lineup felt down, and today's Gasol, Iguodala, and Battier's shooting percentages have dropped dramatically, only David West is better, but it is also a normal performance, so it is necessary to change people to adjust.

After the Knicks took a timeout, they fielded a strange lineup: Wu Huang, Danny Green, Gallinari, David West, Monroe.

Danny Green can be described as "miserable" in this year's playoffs, his playing time is basically equal to 0, and with Battier continuing to play well, Iguodala and Gallinari each taking up a lot of playing time, he can only be ranked behind Tony Allen, but even Tony Allen doesn't get much playing time, let alone him. This high-quality role player, who is not bad, can only guard the Knicks' water cooler and towel to serve his teammates this season, which is indeed very miserable.

Now that the Knicks' offense is in trouble, the main team feels cold, and Tony Allen is a defense-oriented perimeter, so D'Antoni is ready to use this strange player with a fixed three-point ability. In fact, in the eyes of Knicks fans, Danny Green is a low-profile version of Battier, and the styles of the two are very similar in many ways.

This substitution made Knicks fans no longer complain that D'Antoni would not even take a timeout and substitution, Danny Green hit a three-pointer with his first touch of the ball after coming on the court, and Wu Huang finally received an assist.

And not only on the offensive end, this group of new players also performed well on the defensive end, the Thunder players were already familiar with the Knicks' starters after the first two games, but they were not familiar enough with this group of players, Danny Green's faster speed and more entangled defense made Lante a little uncomfortable for a while, and after two consecutive shots failed, the Knicks hit two three-pointers in a row, and regained the advantage.

The Knicks' second three-pointer was contributed by Wu Huang himself, this is a very unreasonable personal ability show, Wei Shao has defended very well, but he can't stand Wu Huang to open the hanging, this ball he failed to shake off Westbrook after the continuous back dribble, he actually shot directly two steps away from the three-point line, and the basketball smashed directly into the center of the basket in the boos of the fans.

More than a minute later, Monroe stole Perkins and distributed the ball to Gallinari, who dribbled to the front court and distributed the ball to Wu Huang without hesitation.

This time, from Monroe's steal to Wu Huang's violent dunk score, the whole process took only 6 seconds. Then the Knicks did the same, Wu Huang personally stole Durant's point this time, and the fast-break assisted Gallinari to make an easy layup, and the Knicks returned a 10:2 attack wave from the Thunder in two and a half minutes, re-widening the difference to 8 points.

Sometimes the game can be very simple, as long as you can score, then everything is not a problem, a smooth offense often leads to the team's less reliable defense, although the Knicks' lineup is not as rich as before in the offensive system, but Wu Huang has found the feeling of last season in this lineup, this section of the Knicks is no longer a delicate cooperation, but a more direct and fast small-ball tactics, or described as "blind play" There is nothing wrong with it.

The function of these Knicks players on the offensive end is relatively simple, and everyone will generally subconsciously give it to Wu Huang after taking the ball. But here is not a single Wu Huang, his versatility can make up for the team's singleness in the style of play, and the single defense strategy adopted by the Thunder team today also gives Wu Huang full leeway.

At this time, it can be seen that there is also a gap between the two teams in the competition in another link, the head coach of the Thunder team, Brooks, is not as good as D'Antoni, who is not known for this, in terms of on-the-spot changes, since the Knicks have put out a set of offensive lineup with Wu Huang as the single core, then the "Jordan Rule" obviously does not apply, at this time, the Knicks have no ball point except Gallinari, as long as they concentrate on Wu Huang, then the Knicks want to rely on Gallinari, an unstable guy, to score, which is obviously unlikely, This would be a point for the Thunder to turn the tide.

But Brooks' reaction is obviously slow, the young head coach has already shown deficiencies in the Western Conference Finals in the on-court changes and offensive routines, he may be able to bring the young Thunder to a playoff powerhouse, but as the core of the team gradually matures, his coach's lack of skills and tactics and on-the-spot command will slowly become the team's shortcomings.

If it's understandable to scare Popovich, but even D'Antoni can't scare, it's a bit too much, you must know that D'Antoni is not a manager who is good at changing on the spot, so how bad does Brooks have to be in this regard?

Slow reaction means being beaten on the court, Wu Huang is like no one under the single defense, he has enough output environment and space to take the ball on the offensive end, which means that he can play 100% of his ability, the Thunder team only uses one Westbrook can not limit the attack of the Holy Sect Master, even if the Thunder then continue to score, but they can't prevent Wu Huang from leading a group of small characters in the eyes of most players to play back and forth with the main force of the Thunder team, and even have a slight advantage.

In the second half of the third quarter, the Knicks have been using this bench lineup to deal with the main force of the Thunder, when Brooks realized that he could no longer let Wu Huang do whatever he wanted, and began to resume the package strategy, the Knicks replaced David West and Monroe with Gasol and Whiteside, and Tony Allen and Iguodala also replaced Green and Gallinari, which became a lineup that leaned towards defense, but there were still two attack points in the defense, Wu Huang and Gasol.

The last two minutes of the third quarter should be the rotation time of the main force, even in the playoffs, the main force must be replaced to rest, but the Thunder's score is still behind, and Brooks can't easily replace the three less. Not only did Durant and Willis stay on the court almost all the time today, but even Harden started the game, but such a lineup still couldn't overwhelm the Knicks on the offensive end, and now that the latter has changed to a defensive-leaning lineup, the Thunder will be even more unable to attack.

With 43 seconds left in the quarter, Wu Huang hit a three-point shot and caused Durant to foul, and scored four points with free throws, the Knicks took a double-digit advantage of 80:68, and Thunder big man Durant had four fouls at this time and had to return to the sidelines to rest.

The two teams then failed to score again, and the Knicks went into the final quarter with a 12-point advantage.

This disadvantage has made Thunder fans feel a little desperate, and they found that the Knicks seemed to be the preemptive after this series, although they always fell behind in the first half, it was not their own team that played in the second half, and it was always the Knicks who opened the gap in the third quarter. Today is no exception, the Knicks opened up the score gap in the third quarter, Durant also committed four fouls, Westbrook also seemed to be injured in the first half, and the Harden who was invisible all the way in the Finals, how can they turn the tables?

Harden's invisibility in the Finals has been a key issue, and the bearded man has completely lost the courage to kill himself in the Western Conference Finals, and he has never shown enough presence under the watchful eye of the experienced Iguodala. Even the Thunder media criticized "Harden is a bit of a ghost on the court" after Game 2, and when the score was down 0-2, there were many news reports in New York that Harden was playing late in New York nightclubs.

And in fact, Harden did linger in New York for all kinds of nightclub parties, although this statement is only a one-sided statement of the New York media, but it seems to be true, his data can tell the story, in the first 2 games of the finals, Harden averaged less than ten points per game, and it looks similar today, his shooting rate may fall below 38% after today, and the three-point shooting rate will drop to 30%, such a performance is a big dive compared to his play in the Western Conference Finals, to say that it is all caused by Iguodala's defense, I guess even Knicks fans feel that something is wrong.

The early part of the fourth quarter was very important for the Thunder, and if they can't capitalize on this rotation time to close the gap, then the game is almost over. And Harden is the key to this time, Durant is likely not to play in the early fourth quarter because of too many fouls, and Wei Shao seems to have been injured in a collision in the first quarter, and the Thunder at this time can only rely on Harden's play to win.

But it's a pity that D'Antoni doesn't know if it's a blind cat that has run into a dead mouse, because he removed most of the main force that played today in the second half of the third quarter, which will be able to discharge most of the starting lineup, including Wu Huang, who has not rested much today, can also continue to play, the away Holy Sect Master plays 48 minutes is not a matter at all, and after the next game Wu Huang plays 48 minutes, it is no problem to play two more overtimes, and the staying power of the Holy Sect Master in the away game is so strong!

In today's game, the Thunder's performance in the first half has improved, especially point guard Westbrook, who did not have a single turnover in the first half. The point guard came to his senses, and the Thunder's offensive end naturally became much smoother, so the Thunder finally played an equal confrontation with the Knicks from the first half, but they still failed to lead the Knicks.

In the third quarter, although the Thunder launched a counterattack, the Thunder's players and coaches are still too young compared to the Knicks, and most of the Knicks players have more than one Finals victory, and Gasol is already a veteran of several championships, so they know how to control the pace of the game.

On the other hand, the young Thunder, young and vigorous, they don't even understand when to defend, when to attack, and when to play the balance of offense and defense in the Finals, their control of this rhythm is too far from the Knicks, which makes the Thunder always hesitate when they should let go of the offense, and always want to attack when they should defend.

As soon as the fourth quarter came up, the Knicks' five people on the court were: Wu Huang, Iguodala, Battier, David West, Monroe, except for Monroe are all starting lineups, Thunder fans know that it is not good as soon as they see this lineup, because their core Durant is still sitting off the court, and the five people on the court are: Fisher, Westbrook, Harden, Ibaka, Collisson.

The Thunder's lineup is obviously lacking in offensive power, and perhaps Harden has a certain athletic advantage in the face of Battier in a misplaced position, but can Harden, who only scored 5 points in the third quarter today, be able to play his form in the Western Conference Finals?

Wu Huang said: "You should first worry about whether the 'old fish' who was scolded as a waste by the Lakers can withstand my destruction." ”

The 38-year-old Fisher has used his credentials to mix well with the Thunder, portraying himself as the Thunder's most lacking experience, looking at fans and teams as a locker room captain, and even Brooks has to ask him questions. But at this time, no one thought about why the Lakers abandoned the old fish as soon as they got Sessions? No matter how experienced you are, if you are one step at the end of the defensive end, that's not a problem.

The Thunder can also make up for Fisher in normal times, and Ibaka is very mobile, and his defensive ability is enough to plug the hole for Fisher. But in the Finals, facing the captain of his national team, Ibaka himself has played very poorly, and the Thunder can take out the Spurs in the Western Conference Finals, but it is not only Harden's credit, Ibaka's contribution is definitely not less than Harden's. However, in the finals, the two disappeared on the court together, and the Thunder lost the two sharp weapons of Durant and Wei Shaowai, so naturally they couldn't carry the powerful Knicks, and Ibaka couldn't always fill the old fish.

As soon as the fourth quarter came up, Lao Yu almost lost the ball under Wu Huang's defense, and the latter's pressing was very active, just like dealing with rookies, completely ignoring that the opponent would take the opportunity to break through.

Of course, Wu Huang is not afraid that Fisher can break through himself, what kind of dogskin experience, this thing is a decoration in his eyes, with Fisher's current speed, he can catch up with the other party even if he lets the other party take a step first, so this person is a rookie who can't even play CBA in his eyes, and he can't even control the ball in front of him, what is the use of experience?

Fisher is a little embarrassed, being put on the defense like this is the most faceless situation, which shows that the opponent is safely ignoring your breakthrough threat. And the Knicks' interior players have also given up on his help defense in this direction, basically where Fisher is, the Knicks' defense will shift to both sides. This makes Lao Yu even more embarrassed, which shows that his threat is basically equal to zero in the minds of Knicks players, and people avoid you not because they are afraid of you, but because they feel that you are no different from the air and have no sense of existence.

This ball was forced by Wu Huang, Fisher could only pass to Harden quickly, but Harden did not have a good chance, although Battier couldn't keep up with his footsteps, but he made Harden very uncomfortable in the choice of position, and it was clear that he was allowed to shoot on the outside, and whether he could shoot it or not depends on your own ability. But when you think of Battier's eye-sealing defense, it's not a matter of not putting pressure on you to shoot, and you still have to test the shooting accuracy of the attacker.

Wu Huang is not afraid of Battier's defense, because he basically doesn't look at where the basket is when shooting, and that thing has always been in his heart, so as long as he is given a little space, it is enough for him to shoot calmly. But most NBA players can't do this, even most celebrities, they have to look at the basket when shooting to be sure, Harden is of course no exception, so Battier's eye-sealing defense is so famous, Wu Huang's shooting talent is rare even in the NBA.

Harden faced Battier's defense and didn't dare to shoot directly, making a bunch of feints and bogus on the spot. However, Battier didn't even bother to take a look, he was almost good on the defensive end, and it was not easy to deceive him with feints, let alone Harden, who would be able to do it. Aside from strong throws and hard bursts, Battier didn't give him a third option.

The Thunder's offense played very ugly this time, the old fish couldn't control the ball, Harden didn't dare to shoot, just two steps inside to face the inside defense, and finally when the offensive time was almost 24 seconds, Fisher received the basketball on the outside inside and forced the shot.

Wu Huang was cunning again this time, in fact, he could make Fisher not even receive the ball, but that would cause the Thunder team to attack for 24 seconds at most, which is considered the credit of the whole team's defense, and he personally has no data in his account. Therefore, Wu Huang deliberately gave Fisher a chance to catch the ball, and then when Lao Yu had to force a shot, he rushed up and slapped the ball away, so that there would be a block data.

Lao Yu actually felt something, but when the basketball came to his hands, he couldn't shoot it, and he deliberately raised the height of his shot. But the problem is that he jumps too low and moves too slowly. If you compare Emperor Wu and Fisher in one screen, the Holy Sect Master is like a video that has been doubled at this time, and it is a sturdy hat that has been given to the old fish who has always been proud of that 0.4-second lore.

This goal made Fisher choke enough, and the mentality of the veterans is not rock-solid, and they will also become sluggish under the huge blow. At this moment, under the blow of Wu Huang, the old fish began to find more and more inability to find the state of the game, especially Wu Huang's trash talk will not be merciful because of whose seniority is old, he has no mercy on the former chairman of the players' union, and he specializes in which pot is not opened.

A minute later, Wu Huang made Lao Yu lose his normal heart on the defensive end......

"I mean, now they call you the most incompetent president of the players' union, and think you're all focused on infighting, which is why collective bargaining is being played by Stern, is there anything you have to say about that?" Wu Huang's words made Fisher, who had just been ousted, very unhappy, and the players also believed that it was his infighting during the negotiations that caused the internal division of the players' union, which was finally won by the management. So after the labor negotiations ended, he asked the players to leave the class, and in the end, whether it was the players, the union executives, or the fans, they all thought he was an incompetent president of the players' union.

"Yes, your Ewing is the most competent chairman." In anger, Lao Yu took out Ewing as a counterattack, but he greatly underestimated the shamelessness of Emperor Wu, how could this counterattack be useful to him.

"That's right, he is indeed the most brainless president of the players' union, and you are the most incompetent president of the union, and the two of you will be the opposite representatives of the presidents of the players' union." Wu Huang didn't give his family any face, and Ewing was really brainless when he was the chairman of the players' union.

In the 1998 NBA general strike, Ewing was the chairman of the players' union at the time, and in the process of negotiations, in the face of NBA President Stern's complaint that the players' income had been too high, Ewing actually said unabashedly, "We earn more, but spend more", such remarks directly led to a sharp decline in fan support for the players' union, and the media also began to support the management, believing that "the shutdown is just a farce between billionaires and multimillionaires". It was because of his poor performance in collective bargaining that Ewing had to step down as union president during the shutdown.

Lao Yu was very angry at Wu Huang's way of comparing Ewing with himself, he felt that he was not as brainless as the gorilla, and was thinking about how to fight back, when his hand suddenly emptied, Wu Huang directly cut off his basketball.

"It's brain-dead!" Wu Huang also dropped a taunt after breaking the ball, and easily won two points through counterattack.

At 8 minutes and 46 seconds in the fourth quarter, the score was 88:72, and the Knicks took advantage of Fisher's mistake to continue to widen the difference, and at this moment the Thunder had fallen off a cliff with most of their bodies.

Thunder fans can only hold their heads at the moment, Fisher should have been the most stable member of the team, but he did not show the old spiciness, but he was vulnerable in front of Wu Huang several times, he couldn't prevent any attack of Wu Huang at all, and it was even difficult to control the ball calmly in front of Wu Huang, this is the basic requirement of a point guard, if you can't even control the ball, then you still have an egg!

But Fisher just couldn't even do this most basic requirement, especially under Wu Huang's sarcasm, his performance had exceeded the team's tolerance limit, and he was quickly replaced by Brooks, but how to catch up with the 16-point difference on the court, he was helpless as a coach.

David West quickly gave the Thunder a fatal blow on the court, Ibaka defended behind him this time, but strength is not what Ibaka is good at, his co-defense is the top, but the single defense is average, David West used his strength to easily squeeze to the left waist position, and made several false movements in a row, Ibaka just distracted, David West has turned around to shoot, and the basketball hit steadily.

"You're far from it." David West left a provocative word, turned around and walked away in style, leaving only Ibaka with an unhappy face.

In addition to Gasol and Battier, the Knicks' players have basically learned a word or two of trash talk, and there is no need to say more about who they learned, "trash talk" has now become the Knicks' logo, and no matter how famous the player is, he will be infected with trash-talk when he comes here, and even Gasol and Battier are about to be taught badly.

David West's goal made the Thunder more injured, the Knicks led by 18 points, decisively began to play defensive counterattacks, and the starters also returned to the court one by one, D'Antoni later simply changed to a large and four small lineup to speed up the counterattack, Gasol and David West only left one on the court, and the fourth position was Gallinari, although this lineup is flawed defensively, but the Thunder is not a team that is good at playing inside, this lineup can be used.

The Thunder launched a crazy counterattack after Durant came on the court, but in the face of the shrunken Knicks, it was difficult for the Thunder team, which lacked low-post lethality, to hit the interior line with a high shooting percentage, and in the face of the Knicks' counterattack threat, the Thunder team did not dare to attack with all their might, and always had to take into account the Knicks' fast break, but in this way, it was even more impossible to break through the Knicks' defense.

Coach Brooks also seems to lack the determination to break through the cauldron when he is fighting to the death, so he should no longer care about defense at this time, otherwise how to chase the 18-point difference? It's just that as the coach of the team, I can't find fault with such worries, and once I was beaten by the Knicks into a few counterattacks, the Thunder team was completely hopeless.

So in the final analysis, the hard power of the Thunder is not enough, and the gap of 18 points was opened before, which is already difficult to turn over, no matter how you choose at this time, it is actually nine deaths.

In the 4th minute and 29 seconds, the Thunder's defense made a serious mistake, Gasol seemed to be forgotten after holding the ball in the middle, and there was no one to defend within two meters in front of him.

This defense represents that the mentality of the Thunder team has blown up, this kind of low-level defensive mistakes should not occur in any professional team, and now that it has appeared in the Finals, it means that the mentality of the players who make mistakes has collapsed and began to collapse.

Thunder fans began to withdraw, facing the fact that they were still as low as 19 points on the court, as well as the low-level mistakes that occurred this time, they also knew that their team had completely collapsed, and there was no hope of turning the tables in this game, the total score of 3:0 still appeared, and the ownership of the championship was naturally no longer in suspense.

The current Thunder team is indeed too young compared to the Knicks, who have more experience in the Finals, whether it is the head coach or the main players, they are not far from the Knicks, and if they want to beat each other, they need at least a year of training, and the most important thing is that the head coach has to change everything. (To be continued.) )