Chapter 240: Big Hind Legs and SM

On May 10, the first three games of the semifinals between the east and west were played, and there were three spectacular scenes of 3:0 in the league at the same time.

New York fans were still very annoyed that their team might be swept when they were down 3-0, which was a very shameless way to get out, but now they are relieved to see everyone so miserable.

Western Conference - Los Angeles Lakers (3) VS (0) Utah Jazz; Phoenix Suns (3) vs San Antonio Spurs.

Eastern Conference - Cleveland Cavaliers (1) vs. (2) Boston Celtics; Orlando Magic (3) vs (0) New York Knicks.

The Knicks player played Game 3 of the second round on the night on the 9th, and could only rest for a day in between, and the 11th had to fight the Magic again at home.

This means that Emperor Wu only had two nights and two days to recover from his injuries. On the morning of the race, he woke up and felt a little uncomfortable in his back, the swelling of the injury was not completely reduced, although he could run, he did not dare to jump hard, and he had to worry about whether the injury would recur when he did the movement.

In the morning, he had a light ball training in the training hall, and Wu Huang felt that in this state, he might only be able to exert fifty percent of his strength.

D'Antoni felt a pity in his heart, but this battle is no longer a must-win game, there has never been an example in NBA history of 0:3 that can be overturned, and since the Knicks' exit is inevitable, he will not let Wu Huang take risks in order not to be swept.

However, in the afternoon, Wu Huang found that the warm-up in the morning actually made his physical activity open up a lot, and he no longer felt so uncomfortable.

The whole Knicks team was amazed by Wu Huang's recovery speed, how envious and jealous of Gallinari, who was still hanging an arm on the sidelines to pour tea and water for his teammates, he has not gotten rid of the pain of the injury since the injury, and still relies on Big M to alleviate the pain.

But look at Emperor Wu again, he is really more popular than people. At this moment, it has been less than two days since he was injured, and he can actually play, is there such a big gap between Horford and Howard?

D'Antoni thought about it, but he still didn't make up his mind to let Wu Huang play, and was going to see if Wu Huang could recover a little more in the evening, so he decided not to let him play.

"You don't need to be too frustrated. In the first year of the team's rebuild, we made it to the Eastern Conference semifinals, and no one could fault us. Come to think of it, the Magic have only made it to the first round in their third year of rebuilding and their second round in their fourth year, and we're already so much better than them. At 5:30 p.m., the team had an early dinner, and Wu Huang was chatting with his teammates with a relaxed expression.

In the third game, the Knicks still have a chance to turn defeat into victory, and at that time he can stimulate his teammates by throwing tantrums. But now it's no longer necessary, when should a core lose his temper with his teammates, when to encourage his teammates, this is also knowledgeable, you can't let your mood come, for example, now is not the time to lose your temper.

"It's not just the Magic, the Thunder only made the playoffs in their third year of rebuilding and just finished the first round; The Bulls rebuilt a year before we did. They failed to make the playoffs this season; The Hawks, who reached the Eastern Conference semifinals last year, were eliminated by us in the first round this year; The first two years of the knight's reconstruction. Also did not make the playoffs. Wu Huang's words quickly made the Knicks players feel very proud, and they really have no regrets this year, except for being swept next.

"The boss is right, even if we are eliminated, we have no regrets, but it must not be in the form of being swept away. We're going to hold the last home tonight and kill them! "Gallinari and Harrington didn't know what they were playing together before the game, and they were sitting together at the moment, looking a little excited from the start.

"Damn, these two bastards can't be slapping grass together, right?" Emperor Wu took a look at the virtues of these two guys. knew that they must be scolding.

It's nothing new for NBA players to like to weed, and at least seventy percent of players in the entire league have the habit of weeding, and half of them are long-term weeds. However, most players, especially stars, will still be a little more restrained during the game period, because the NBA has a drug test, once it is checked out, it is not good for reputation, and it will also suffer the punishment of suspension.

Except for Wu Huang, Iguodala, Green, Frye and David Lee among the Knicks players, everyone else has the habit of scolding, which is light or heavy. However, during the regular season and playoffs, they will be restrained a lot, and when it comes to the offseason, no one cares.

Tonight could be considered the Knicks' last game of the season, and even if they were unlucky enough to be detected after the game and banned for one or two games, they did their job of not being swept away.

The Knicks players responded loudly to Gallinari's words at the moment, but Wu Huang smiled and glared at Gallinari, who was in excitement.

Relying on the fact that he has a doctor's prescription, this fan sausage has been a bit unscrupulous lately, and has lured many players on the team to slap the grass in the playoffs, and it seems that D'Antoni should give him a beating.

Wu Huang is also very dissatisfied with Harrington's performance, even if the impact of grass on the team is not big now, but this behavior itself is a manifestation of unprofessionalism. He has always been disgusted with such unprofessional players, because they have no self-control, and even if such a person can perform well in a season or two, it will never last.

The short-lived players in the NBA are in this category, and he will never let his team give them a long-term contract, even if they play at their value in the first two years, the last few years will definitely turn into a garbage contract.

But a player like Frye can give him a long-term contract, even if he is not particularly talented, but he has been taught well since he was a child, and he has trained hard and has no bad habits, such a player will definitely perform better and better as he trains and experience.

Refer to Anderson, the birdman of the Nuggets, as long as he can stick to normal training and don't mess around outside without going outside, this guy can still play at the level of the league's top interior blue-collar even if he is thirty years old. If he had worked so hard from the beginning, he would have already gotten a contract of 10 million yuan, how could he be mixed up to the point that he couldn't even afford to rent a house?

In the NBA, these squanderers are the most hateful, and they don't deserve the sympathy of fans. I don't know how many people in this world are limited by their talents and can only sit in front of the computer day after day, but these talented guys don't cherish the gifts that God has given them. Do you think they deserve to die?

At 6:30 p.m., the Knicks' team bus slowly drove into Madison Square Garden, and nearly 100 reporters were waiting at the entrance to the arena. They frantically filmed inside the car, hoping to take pictures of Wu Huang in the car or not.

D'Antoni has not decided whether to let Wu Huang play until now, and Wu Huang himself has not made up his mind, which may depend on his warm-up before the game. In fact, the decision has always been in his own hands. If he asks to play, D'Antoni won't stop him.

"I can play on the pitch and if I feel uncomfortable, I'll call a timeout." Wu Huang jumped in the locker room, although the injury was still a little swollen, but as long as he didn't dunk, there should be no problem. In the afternoon, he also tried to see if the fast dribble would be affected, and in fact it was not a big problem.

D'Antoni naturally would not refuse Wu Huang's request, in fact, Nash was playing with a back injury many times, and he also performed well. Injuries are common on the basketball court. Instead play a better situation. On the contrary, the first few games after recovering from injury will be sluggish, and it is difficult to explain why.

The Magic had already been informed that Wu Huang was not on the injury list an hour before the game started, but it is still doubtful that he will play today.

Howard previously swore at the hotel that Wu Huang had elbowed him and would never return to the court within a week, so there was no need to worry about Wu Huang's threat today, just guard against Iguodala's breakthrough.

Van Gundy heard Warcraft say that. The pre-match preparations naturally excluded Wu Huang.

The Knicks with Emperor Wu and the Knicks without Emperor Wu are completely different, not to mention that they are more than one wounded. Gallinari was also reimbursed, which is equivalent to the loss of two absolute main forces at once, and it is difficult for the Knicks not to die today.

It wasn't until the players from the two teams came out that the Magic team realized that they might have been fooled, and Wu Huang's bastard actually had the leisure to perform a midfield long shot.

The Madison Square Garden resounded with bursts of cheers from the fans, and the New York fans, who were also kept in the dark, thought that Wu Huang would not be able to play today. There are also many photos of Wu Huang in the stadium to commemorate his contribution to the team. After Emperor Wu appeared, he saw those dozens of black and white photos of himself, and he almost died of anger!

However, Wu Huang is particularly fond of performing half-court or full-court ultra-long-distance shooting before the opening of the game, and today he has a good hand, shooting five in the midcourt in a row. In the end, four were scored, which immediately caused more enthusiastic cheers from the fans!

Howard saw Wu Huang safe and sound in the hotel at this moment, especially after seeing this bastard shoot 4 out of 5 in the midfield, he crushed the wine glass in his hand in a fit of anger.

There was only a "click" sound, blood splattered, and a shard of glass pierced his finger.

“Fuck! I got my hand stabbed by the glass, so someone can help me bandage it. Warcraft dialed the phone in the hotel medical room with a painful face, and at the same time saw Wu Huang on the TV holding a basketball and running to the players' tunnel to shoot the basketball, the anger in his heart was almost through the TV to the scene.

After Wu Huang made four midfield shots, he somehow came up with the idea of going to the player's tunnel to shoot, as if someone had done it a lot before, but he couldn't remember who was so boring.

New York fans saw Wu Huang coming to the players' tunnel with a basketball, and the back of the fence was immediately crowded. I saw him standing in the player's tunnel, putting the ball on his chest and pushing it hard, but the ball accurately brushed the frame into the net, which once again attracted the applause and cheers of many fans and reporters at the scene!

Wu Huang "played" such a shot before the game, its psychological effect is far greater than the tactical significance, which can not only improve his self-confidence, but also hit the opponent's psychology by the way, and finally can quietly pretend to be forced, which is simply killing three birds with one stone.

This is the second time he's been in the tunnel shooting show, and the last time seems to have been during his time in the NCAA. Speaking of which, Wu Huang is indeed very good at performing such "fancy shots", and his ultra-long-distance shooting performances have a high probability of success, and he has performed many ultra-long-range shots that cross the court and reach a distance of 80 feet before.

Wu Huang looks very good, and D'Antoni has no excuse to stop him from playing, and the Knicks' starting lineup: Wu Huang, Green, Iguodala, Fry, David Lee.

Big Van Gundy knew that it was not good when he saw Wu Huang's shooting performance, their main defense today was an inside breakthrough, and the defensive formation was also three inside and two outside, and now it must be changed to the default 212 formation, if the players can't get into the state immediately, the first quarter is likely to be more passive.

"In the first quarter we stepped up our offense. Push to the basket more, but remember not to steal, don't follow their rhythm, and most importantly, protect the rebound. "Big Van Gundy wants the team to play aggressively in the first quarter, and if possible, play offense instead of defense, and wait for the players to get into the rhythm of the game. Van Gundy didn't worry about how much damage Emperor Wu could inflict on them.

The Magic's defensive system is more mature and solid than the Hawks', and even if they are not prepared, they won't make too many mistakes. The players weren't nervous either, on the contrary, each of them was calm. The Magic's players who are accustomed to seeing big scenes will not panic about this mistake, and they have enough confidence in themselves after many battles, and the five starters are: Nelson, Petrus, Carter, Lewis, and Gortat.

"Hey, I heard you had a break last time?" When Wu Huang shook hands with Nelson, he offered his trash talk again.

Nelson was expressionless, and actually nodded at him. But his expression did not fluctuate much, and he obviously did not care about his provocation.

"Strange, doesn't that mean this guy doesn't have a good brain?" Wu Huang originally thought that Nelson should be easier to provoke, fans have been saying that he is the son of Big Van Gundy in the past few years, ironically without Nelson, can Warcraft have so many rebounds? Also teased that Nelson is at a level that can defend against Warcraft.

These remarks were not mentioned anymore, because Warcraft has the same offensive ability everywhere, and it doesn't matter if Nelson passes the ball or not.

Emperor Wu did not succeed in provoking his opponent and did not care very much. In recent years, Nelson has been scolded a lot, but his mentality has been trained enough. It was difficult for Emperor Wu to influence him with trash talk.

After the game began, the Knicks, who were sworn to fight to the death today, were very active, and Wu Huang's first offense made a tentative move and shot directly on Nelson's head...... It's a pity that the shot was a little off, and the basketball popped out of the frame. Frye used his reach to grab an offensive rebound and get Lewis to pay for a foul.

"Beautiful!" Emperor Wu stepped forward and slapped Frye in the face. After the Magic lost Howard, the protection of rebounding immediately dropped, Lewis was never a player who was good at grabbing rebounds, and the Magic's rebounding basically relied on Howard alone, and now there is no Warcraft under the basket. That's where their problem comes.

However, although the Magic team with a 3-0 lead lost their dominance on the defensive end, they still played well on the offensive end, with Gortat attacking on the inside, and Nelson, Louis and Carter bombing on the outside, and they quickly played a 10-4 start.

Wu Huang was a little embarrassed, he failed to shoot twice after the opening, and was almost cut off by Nelson's close defense just now.

Now even the fans can see that he can't let go of his hands and feet on the field, and he plays too carefully, and he doesn't dare to start and break through with all his strength. But it was difficult to break through Nelson's defense, and when the latter saw that he was worried too much, the defensive moves immediately became tougher.

Five minutes into the first quarter of the game, Wu Huang finally received Iguodala's split shot on the outside, but most of the credit for this goal was Iguodala's, and he seemed to have become a positional pitcher.

"Damn, it's a bit shameless to play like this, but who says pitchers aren't important? Which guy has the shooting ability of mine, at least a full mid-class. Emperor Wu could only comfort himself, but soon D'Antoni slapped him in the face.

At 6 minutes and 15 seconds in the first quarter, the Knicks made their first multi-person rotation, Wu Huang and Frye went off the court together, and the mustache was replaced by Duhon and Harrington.

"How does it feel?" D'Antoni asked when he stepped forward to high-five Wu Huang, in fact, this is pure nonsense, he had long seen that Wu Huang had concerns on the field and did not dare to let go of the attack, so he replaced him early, anyway, he can only play the role of a positioning pitcher on the field.

"Let me go up again in the second quarter rotation, there's nothing wrong with my back." Wu Huang was also testing whether his injury would get worse in the first half of the quarter, and it seems that he is not uncomfortable at the moment, and he will face White Chocolate or Redick in the second quarter rotation, at which time he can try to let go a little more.

When Wu Huang left the game, the score of the two teams was 12:18, and the Magic led by 6 points.

The Knicks players soon slapped Wu Huang in the face, and as soon as he got off the court, the Knicks immediately responded with a scoring climax, Harrington, who was scolded, hit two consecutive shots, Green also blossomed outside the three-point line, and David Lee finally hit a layup to force the Magic to ask for a timeout. They unleashed a 9-2 attack wave in two minutes to overtake the score.

"These bastards, I don't know if it's on purpose?" Wu Huang felt that he was a bit stupid in waving the towel, after he left due to injury in the last game, the Knicks' big lead was overturned in an instant, but today these boys gave him the opposite routine. It made him like a hind leg of the team.

Iguodala was even more eye-catching today, and the Magic were without Howard to guard the basket, and his breakthrough threat finally came to play.

Gortat suffered his second foul shortly after Wu Huang left the court and had to rest. In the end, he had to be replaced by Brandon Buss, who is 203cm tall, to make an emergency.

The commentators from all over the world also found it very interesting, and the biggest problem for Van Gundy was that Gortat always complained about his lack of playing time, and now he must hope that his team can have another center forward.

At 3 minutes and 20 seconds in the first quarter, the game entered a timeout again. The Magic swapped in with Barnes and Carter, hoping that Barnes would limit Iguodala's breakout.

But when the game restarted, Iguodala made a steal on the defensive end of the pitch, and after a few turnarounds, the ball fell into the hands of Dujon, who scored quickly.

The Magic were on the verge of collapsing, with Iguodala's play on both ends of the floor activating the team's groove, and Harrington hit another three-pointer after that. David Lee gave Buss a block in the middle of the defense, and the Knicks were full of momentum. The first quarter was 28-24.

Many American media said in a weird way at this time that even if the Knicks did not have Emperor Wu today, they would have a good chance of winning, but judging from the performance of the New York Emperor in the first quarter, they might not be able to win with him.

Wu Huang expressed dissatisfaction, and he was ready to find his form in the second quarter rotation time.

But Big Van Gundy won't make it so easy for him. In the second quarter, the Magic actually sent a lineup of Nelson, Petrus, Barnes, Anderson, and Gortat, making it clear that they still had to strengthen their defense, targeting Wu Huang.

After the start of the second quarter, the Knicks were stealed twice in a row by the Magic, and Nelson and Anderson teamed up to play a wave of 6:0 mini-climaxes. The Magic put the score in the lead.

"Damn, am I really a hind leg?" Wu Huang's face was a little red, one of these two steals was his mistake, although the New York fans still cheered and cheered loudly as he dribbled, but he himself was a little unable to pull his face, he had not performed so badly.

Wu Huang's next attack used the cover of the fake wolf king at the top of the arc to break through to the inside line with all his might, and this time he really didn't have so many scruples.

But the Magic's defense was very timely, Petrus and Barnes came from both wings at the same time, and Wu Huang's ball was cut off by Barnes, another mistake!

Even New York fans exclaimed, they couldn't believe that Wu Huang had three turnovers after playing less than seven minutes, and the Magic easily counterattacked after breaking the ball this time to score two points, and the Knicks were four points behind.

D'Antoni called a timeout again, and his meaning was obvious, this was to let Wu Huang ask for his own resignation, so that he would not lose face, and the excuse of having a back injury could fully pay for his previous poor performance.

But the mustache underestimated the extent of Wu Huang's good face, he must not just score two points in this game and say goodbye, if he leaves the field like this, he will be uncomfortable for a summer, Wu Huang is already a little red-eyed.

"Hell!" When D'Antoni saw that Emperor Wu didn't say anything, he knew that he was unwilling to end up like this.

If someone else was so willful, D'Antoni would have been forcibly replaced, but he didn't dare to care about Emperor Wu's willfulness, unless it was a recurrence of the injury, otherwise he wouldn't dare to be Emperor Wu.

Wu Huang didn't want to get off the court, so D'Antoni replaced David Lee in advance, and the Knicks' on-court lineup became: Wu Huang, Green, Maddy, Harrington, and David Lee.

Maddie took advantage of his excellent ability to read the game and quickly passed an open shot for Wu Huang, but the somewhat impatient Wu Huang missed again, which was already his fifth shot, but only hit one shot.

The Knicks missed consecutive shots, and the Magic seized the opportunity, and Gortat scored a goal in the restricted area to stretch the margin to six points.

At the critical moment, Harrington stepped forward with the attribute bonus after the grass, and scored 5 points in a row to help the Knicks stabilize the morale of the army, and then David Lee also performed, using low footsteps under the basket to beat Bass for a layup.

At 8:22 in the second quarter, the Knicks regained a one-point lead at 35:34.

"Hahaha, see no, who is the team's big backleg?"

"The warm-up was as fierce as a tiger, the opening 1/5, who pretended to be forced to shoot in the player's tunnel just now, but he didn't even hit the layup in the game?"

"It's really gratifying to have a double record of consecutive points to be gone!"

The worse Emperor Wu's performance became, the more excited the sunspots around the world became, and they were eager to light two boxes of firecrackers on their chrysanthemums to congratulate them on this rare happy hour.

Howard, who was in the hotel at the moment, was extremely excited, and accidentally smashed another beer bottle, this time the broken glass shards pierced his toes, and blood splattered again!

“Fuck! I got my foot pierced by the glass again, so someone can help me bandage it. "Howard's phone call made the hotel's medical room even more painful, is this guy playing S-M? Isn't it fashionable to prick yourself with glass shards? (To be continued.) )