The Knicks won the second game as easily as the first, but received a lot more praise after the game than the first, citing the fact that the Knicks improved the shortcomings of the first game in the second game because they were too focused on scoring points in the first game and relied too much on Wu Huang to play. Pen & Fun & Pavilion www.biquge.info

Xiao Si is still sitting on the sidelines watching the game today, and the official news of the Knicks is that Stoudemire will not be allowed to play in the first round, and as for whether he can play in the second round, the Knicks said that they dare not pack a ticket. So in this case, if the New York players are used to entering the state of Wu Huang to decide the victory or defeat of the Knicks, they are not far from being out.

Although the two games are observed from the process, the fundamental reason for the Knicks' victory is still the strong play of Wu Huang. It's just that his performance must be more comprehensive, not limited to a single scoring link, he needs to better stimulate the potential of his teammates, just like he did today.

ABC Radio's Van Gundy commented after the game: At present, the Knicks' 2-0 lead has been basically determined to enter the next round. Objectively speaking, with the Knicks' current strength, it will be difficult for the Pacers to stop their ambitions to go further. Even if the Magic can advance, it will be the same, because both teams lack a core guard who can play on the big field, which makes Hugo expected to continue his good performance in the regular season. You must know that the defender usually represents the "brain" of a team and is the core that leads the team's offense and defense. In other words, the Knicks with Hugo must have obvious advantages in teamwork, tactical rationality and execution. Coupled with the Knicks' super offensive ability, as long as Stoudemire can return at the end of the first round or the second round, the probability of the Knicks reaching the Eastern Conference Finals will not be low.

Of course, it's a bit of a rush to discuss whether the Knicks can eventually win the championship. After all, this is just a "youth army" that has just emerged. What they need is a more relaxed growth environment, not blind hype and expectations. For the Knicks, reaching the Eastern Conference Finals this season was successful enough.

The Celtics were an hour behind the Knicks, and Wu Huang got the news from the postgame press conference that the Celtics narrowly beat the Hawks 84-82 at home. It was a game with a super low score, and the Celtics played the ferocious defense they relied on to finally force out the Hawks' biggest weakness, and this year's Atlanta still hasn't had a superstar who can really step up in crunch time.

The Hawks led the Celtics for most of the day, but in the final minute of the game, the Hawks missed back-to-back shots under the Greens' airtight defense, and Ray Allen hit a three-pointer with 10 seconds left to help the Green Shirts seal the win.

The Lakers in the West also pulled one back at home, although Bryant only scored 11 points on 3-of-10 shooting, but he used his defense to disrupt Paul's organization of the Hornets' offense, and finally the Lakers defeated the Hornets with a score of 87-78 to make the score 1:1.

Paul had 33 points and 14 assists in the first game, and the Lakers' training for the past two days has been centered around how to stop Paul, and their approach is to use Kobe Bryant to defend Paul. Fisher's speed has not been able to keep up, and Blake is out due to illness and only came back today, and using Kobe to defend Paul is a helpless move for the Lakers.

The last time Bryant scored less than 11 points in the playoffs was in the 2000 Finals with the Pacers, where he scored 8 points on 4-of-20 shooting, and he also scored 11 points in the 2004 Finals with the Pistons, the difference being that the Lakers lost in both games and the Lakers won today.

The Thunder also played well this season, with five Nuggets scoring double-doubles in the first game, but still lost. The Thunder had only two standouts, with Durant and Westbrook scoring a combined 72 points. Not counting overtime, it's the most points scored by the two this season.

After the game, Nuggets coach Karl was surprised to find that it was not that the team's defense was not in place, Durant and Westbrook hit 18 of the 25 jump shots, and someone raised their hands in front of them every time they shot, but they were still able to hit the ball, so Carl believes that this game is "not a crime of war", the Nuggets' defense is fine, and there will be no major adjustments in the second game.

In the second game, Carl was even more surprised to find that the Nuggets had new problems in the game, but the opponent was still so unreasonable, or couldn't prevent anything, and at the same time there were problems with their own shooting, and the poor shooting rate made them fall into trouble early.

Anthony may be happy at this time, he had a very unpleasant quarrel with the team and local fans before leaving the Nuggets, and at this moment, he will certainly feel a little proud to see his old club disgraced. And the one who scolded him the most after the trade was the Nuggets fans, and now that the feng shui has taken turns, the one who gloated became his Uncle Anthony.

Western Conference First Round Score - Spurs (1) vs (1) Grizzlies; Mavericks (2) vs (0) Rockets; Lakers (1) vs (1) Hornets; Thunder (2) vs (0) Nuggets.

Eastern Conference First Round Score - Heat (2) vs (0) Bucks; Magic (1) vs (1) Bulls; Knicks (2) vs (0) Pacers; Celtics (1) vs (1) Hawks.

This year's first-round series went on quickly, with the Knicks playing two home games and heading to Indiana the next day.

After staying at the hotel that night, the whole team watched the Magic and Bulls play together.

"Magic can't seem to stand it?" After watching the first half, Wu Huang felt that today's magic was more auspicious. Howard's performance was still dominant, with 15 points and 9 rebounds in the half, but the bad thing was that he played so well that the Magic only led by 1 point.

"Dwight didn't rest in the first half, he didn't actually have a very good physical condition, he played the whole game in the first two games, and he only rested for two minutes at a time, and today it seems to be at that pace again, I think his physical condition should be very poor." Smalls noticed Howard's playing time, he had a good relationship with this guy and was well aware of the opponent's fitness level.

Those who often watch the game know that in fact, most of the interior stars do not have the physical strength to play 40 minutes of the game, such as Xiao Si and Bosh, who weigh less and have fewer defensive tasks, the number four position is better, and those centers who weigh more than 250 pounds and have to constantly fight with opponents on the court are different, once they play for more than 40 minutes, they are already deformed when they do movements, and even if they stay on the court, the role they can play will be greatly reduced.

Howard's physical strength is superb-class in the center, but he can't stand his high intensity of confrontation, and all his scores are either dunks or strong with his body, and there are few mid-range shots that reduce physical exertion.

In fact, there is no need to wait for the next few games, Howard was a little unable to hold on in the second half. The Magic finished the third quarter. With five points behind and Howard not resting much in the third quarter, the Knicks players could already see that his footwork began to slow down, and his defensive speed was much worse than in the first half, which was a sign of physical exhaustion.

Sure enough, Van Gundy could only give Howard a few minutes of rest in the fourth quarter, but it was these few minutes that Rose seized the opportunity to widen the margin to double digits.

"The Bulls have consciously staggered Rose and Anthony's playing times since the last game, with the goal of having at least one player on the court at all times." Wu Huang saw the rotation strategy of the Bulls, and couldn't help but laugh: "Is this a headache and a foot pain?" ”

Thibodeau is also helpless, the Bulls have no way to solve the problem from the source - Rose became famous at a young age, and he is naturally competitive, just like Kobe Bryant at the beginning, as long as you think about the combination of the Lakers at the beginning, the combination of one inside and one outside can't be maintained, how can you put two young backcourt superstars who are biased towards offense together?

Since the Bulls have gone wrong from the start, can they still rely on the coach to find a way to cure the root cause? Perhaps the only way to solve the problem is to wait for Ross to be reimbursed or Anthony to reimburse, as long as one of them is in a state that declines and separates the highs and lows, then they will naturally get along.

Both of these teams had problems, and in the end, it was the Bulls who had the last laugh in Game 3. Howard was no longer able to provide a dominant defense after running out of energy, and the Bulls went on a 10-2 spurt to take out Orlandos and turn the overall score to 2-1.

"The next game will be a key battle, if the Magic can't make the score 2-2, the fifth game will return to the home court and still have to kneel." Wu Huang feels that now the probability of the Bulls advancing has reached 6 percent, and if he wins the next game, it will be 8 percent, and the Knicks may have to face the Bulls in the next round and may have to face the Bulls who are in better shape than the regular season.

The Knicks began to discuss their opponent Pacers after watching the game, in addition to the Magic and Bulls they were most concerned about this day, the Grizzlies narrowly defeated the Spurs 91-88 at home, and led 2-1 in the first round of the playoffs, which has the potential to become the "Black Eight".

It was the first playoff win in Grizzlies history at home, and Zach Randolph hit a key three-pointer in the last minute, contributing 25 points and five rebounds.

So far, the Grizzlies' choice of Spurs as an opponent has proven right. They stole home-court advantage from San Antonio, and the Grizzlies also won their first playoff game in franchise history, and they got their first home win today.

Spurs are not good now, and the "Black Eight" is no longer just a few days ago, but it is very likely to become a reality.

The Mavericks beat the Rockets again on the road, and Terry scored 29 points on 6-of-10 three-pointers today. The Mavericks have had people stand up in each of these three games, Barria scored 24 points in the last game, and today Terry staged another big outburst, and the Rockets' elimination is a foregone conclusion.

The Heat in the East also defeated the Bucks and took a 3-0 lead.

The only thing that can threaten the Miami people in these games is Bogut, and the Australians can get 20+10 in three games, playing the performance of an All-Star center, but the Bucks are missing every time at critical moments, that is, they can't use the advantage of the interior to kill the Heat, which can only say that the ability of the Big Three to play key shots exceeds the Bucks too much.

After a full day of action, the league presented its second annual award, and the NBA officially announced that Lamar Odom of the Los Angeles Lakers was named the Sixth Man of the Year for the 2010-11 season. Odom has played 82 games this season, 47 of them as a substitute, and he is the first player in Lakers history to win the award. In addition, the Dallas Mavericks' Jason Terry ranked second in scoring for the second straight season, the Philadelphia 76ers' Thaddeus Young was third, and the Knicks were not in the top 10.

No one on the Knicks team qualifies for this award, they don't have a sixth man in the strict sense of the word, and this Knicks don't need a sixth man like that, and Iguodala and Gallinari are ready to make cameos for that position. In fact, both of them are qualified to compete for the best sixth man award, but most of the time they start as a team, and the data is enough but they do not have the conditions to participate.

On Game 2 of Game 3 of the first round in the Eastern Conference, the Knicks will play the Pacers on the road today, and this time the game is scheduled to be relatively late.

So, are the Pacers back at home finding a way to deal with the Knicks?

The answer is: still not!

Wu played 44 minutes, the longest of his three playoff games, and his five steals were the most in a single game in the playoffs this season. However, Wu Huang only shot 6 of 20 shots, and only shot 2 of 7 three-point shots, and finally got 23 points, 6 rebounds, 8 assists and 5 steals, and even assists were not so many.

"It's finally a bit of a playoff look today." Wu Huang said this after the game, and there was some sarcasm in his tone, the Pacers were rough with his defense today.

Since the start of the playoffs, this game is the lowest scoring and shooting percentage of Wu Huang. The reason for this is likely to be related to his excellent performance in the first two games. In the first two games, Wu Huang scored 25 and 24 points, respectively, but he only played three quarters in the first game and did not score much in the second game because he also had 14 assists in the account.

So it's clear that in this game, the Pacers will focus on Wu Huang and don't give him any chance to score or assist. Of course, as the only core of the Knicks at present, restricting Wu Huang is equivalent to choking the Knicks' throat, and this choice is not wrong.

The Pacers defended Wu Emperor tightly at the beginning of the game, making it difficult for him to catch the ball every time, and they made a lot of defensive moves, betting that the league was unwilling to let the Knicks, the world's most-rated Knicks, play only four games in a series, so they could be ruthless.

They got it right, and the Pacers enjoyed the home whistle they deserved today, with Paul George and Collison following Wu's ass and allowing him to get a shot after about three minutes of the game, and the one-step shot from inside the three-point line missed the basket. Two minutes later, Wu Huang made another jumper, but the result was still out of reach.

Wu Huang hit the first shot of the game with 2 minutes left in the first quarter, and it was through his exclusive "elevator tactics" that he created a shooting opportunity, and after the first quarter, Wu Huang only scored 3 points and only had 1 assist.

With 8:15 left in the second quarter, Wu Huang returned to the basketball court, and half a minute later he drew a foul on Paul George and hit both free throws. Wu Huang improved in this quarter from the first quarter, and he began to score by making fouls. But even so, Wu Huang only had 9 points and 2 assists in the first half, and the statistics were a lot more ugly compared to the previous two games.

The more critical issue is that Emperor Wu is so restrained today, but Iguodala and Gallinari cannot stand up again. Although their performance was not bad, the performance of only a dozen points could not fill the void after Wu Huang was restricted, and they could not take advantage of the loopholes left by the Pacers' heavy encirclement of Wu Queen to kill their opponents, but instead allowed the Pacers to start finding the defensive rhythm of the playoffs.

In the second half, the Pacers' high-intensity defense of Wu Huang continued, and Wu Huang only made 3 shots in the entire third quarter, but missed all of them, and his shooting percentage also dropped to 3 of 12 shots. Wu Huang scored almost all of his points from the free-throw line in this quarter, and he hit five of his six free throws in this quarter, which also improved his score to 14 points.

The situation at the beginning of the fourth quarter and the third quarter still did not change much, and Wu Huang still couldn't hit the shot.

But soon, the Pacers played three quarters of high-intensity defense and their overall defense began to have holes, Wu Huang began to rely on passing to lead the team forward, Wu Huang handed out a total of 4 assists in this quarter, and the Pacers did not die at the hands of the Knicks in the end, they died on their own physical strength.

In the final moments of the game, the young Pacers found that they had pushed too hard before, high-intensity defense does not mean that you have to keep your best all the time, a mature team should know how to find the rhythm, and the relaxed offensive and defensive rhythm is the embodiment of a truly strong team. It was at this time that Wu Huang, who was silent all over the court, suddenly showed his fangs, and he scored 9 points in the last quarter, and the Pacers' barely tight defense in the first three quarters instantly turned into a tofu scum project, and Paul George was even caught in a defense by Wu Huang's emergency stop and flew out, and slid several meters away on the ground in embarrassment.

In the end, the Knicks relied on Wu Huang's outburst in the last quarter to win and take a huge 3-0 lead.

After the game, the best of the game naturally went to Wu Huang, who had an average performance in the first three quarters, although his performance in the first three quarters was not very impressive, but he contained most of the Pacers' defensive strength throughout the game. As long as his teammates can provide enough support, the Knicks don't have to play so hard. If Xiao Si had been restrained on the inside today, Wu Huang would have been able to show his passing skills and give the Pacers a big defeat, and they would not have needed to play until the last quarter to determine the winner.

"The Pacers' progress is obvious to all, they put us in a tough battle in this game, they have improved every game, maybe in the fourth game we will be in a bigger difficult situation, we need to pay more attention to this opponent so that we don't let ourselves roll over." Although Wu Huang is not very happy with the Pacers' defensive moves today, he knows that this is the normal playoff intensity. These guys were probably frightened by his fame in the first two games, and they didn't dare to be ruthless in the game, so it's strange that they don't lose.

D'Antoni was a rare compliment to the team's defense, and Wu Huang put a lot of effort on the defensive end when the offense was blocked in the first three quarters of the game, and his five steals were enough to show his contribution on the defensive end. Followed by Iguodala, Granger played well at home today, but his excellent performance only lasted for the first half, and in the second half Granger disappeared again under the strict defense of the first brother.

In fact, it may be a bit harsh to criticize Iguodala and Gallinari for not being good enough on the offensive end. Many fans feel that they are derelict if they did not stand up and crush the opponent when Wu Huang was defended by two or three people, but you must know that they did not play such a role in the team in the first place, and this task has always been Xiao Si's. Now that the latter is out, they were able to maintain an even balance of power with Wu Huang being restricted, creating opportunities for Wu Huang to play key shots in the final quarter, and in fact did their job.

To put it another way, if Iguodala and Gallinari can casually play two or three hundred points per game, and can lead the team to victory without Wu Huang playing, then they will be worth more than that. As for Emperor Wu standing up in the last section, there is no need to tout too much, this is also his job, and it will be his dereliction of duty not to stand up at this time.

Comparing the core of the two teams, Wu Huang can always stand up when the team needs him the most, and Granger seems to be the icing on the cake, there is still a big gap from Wu Huang's ability to send charcoal in the snow, not to mention the ability of one person to attract two or three people to defend.

Iguodala has been defending Granger alone for the past three games, and has barely allowed him to play a regular season average. Granger averaged only 15 points, 6 rebounds and 3 assists per game in three games, and his scoring data was directly erased by a quarter, and his shooting percentage and three-point shooting rate dropped to 40% and 25%.

The current Knicks have played at the level that their lineup should be, and although Wu Huang's personal data is not as bright as in the regular season, his performance is definitely at the MVP level; Iguodala has successfully limited the opponent's core, but also contributed his own statistics that are not inferior to the opponent's, such a performance is reminiscent of Artest during the Pacers; Although Gallinari's performance is not as conspicuous as the previous two, his scoring statistics are still a little higher than in the regular season, and his shooting percentage is maintained at a normal level, and it seems a bit difficult to ask him to contribute more.

"I wish I could play right away, I've never had this strong idea!" Xiao Si said after the game that the current Knicks are behind him, as long as they have a second reliable scoring point, they are the biggest favorites to win the championship this year. (To be continued.) )