The Knicks' pivotal win also brought Game 5 back to Madison Square Garden, a game that Knicks fans love, especially seeing their own team lift the Eastern Conference trophy at home.

Game 5, which didn't keep the fans waiting, soon opened with the deafening shouts of Knicks fans.

The Wizards made a lot of changes after the opening, the first was to put Haywood in the starting lineup, put Jeffries, who wasted a lot of shooting opportunities, on the bench, and the second was to bring Kwame to the outside and use Kwame's active defense to disrupt the Knicks' impact and projection.

For such an opening, the Knicks are still somewhat prepared, and this lineup is not the first time the Wizards have used it, after Hill's three-point shooting did not score for the second time, Mill still replaced Battier and Jay, replaced Hill and Bow Peak, added a faster outside line, and also added a three-point shooter who is more sure on the bottom foot to open the defensive blockade.

But what struck the Knicks a little strangely was Kwame's performance today.

Kwame's desire to score this night is not very strong, unless it is a wave on the Knicks' side that needs to score steadily to stabilize the situation, most of the time Kwame is in the role of a playmaker, and Kwame, who takes the ball in the high post, constantly creates scoring space for his teammates.

When Mill saw such a strange Kwame, he asked about Gong Feng sitting on the sidelines, but Gong Feng didn't feel anything about it, just looked at Korver and asked, "Is he ready?" If he wasn't ready, it wouldn't be nice to have a game for a player like Arenas to get his senses! ”

"Kyle's heart is very high, although in practical considerations, the Knicks do deliberately reject him, and he may not be a star player in the future! Even if you don't talk about that, at the end of every game, those three-pointers that he practiced still put him in a very tired and excited state like you. ”

"That's good! As for Kwame's current performance, there is nothing surprising, just look at Korver, Kwame is looking at his teammates, considering the ceiling of the Wizards team in the future, he came over like this to me back then, let alone other people? This round of the game is like this, in fact, Kwamei also knows his own shortcomings at this time, and he can also see the shortcomings of his teammates, he is thinking about the next step! ”

"What's next? Are you saying that it is really possible for Kwame to leave Washington? ”

"Why can't it be? What's more, several of the main players in the Wizards team are in the contract renewal stage this summer, do you think with Larry Hughes's regular season and playoff performance, he still only wants to get 5 million? Besides, if you want to keep Hughes, if the Wizards want to go further, they also have to work the bench, do you think the Wizards can pay that price? ”

Mir was stunned by Gong Feng's statement, but finally nodded.

In today's league, from a recent point of view, sometimes the brand signed is the most important, even more than the salary that needs to pay a lot of taxes, but also to attract the attention of the players, and the superstar of the champion team members and the superstar of the non-championship team, this is in the middle of two grades.

Kwame stays with the Wizards, and needs to see the price paid by the Wizards management, and if the Wizards management doesn't want to pay the price, it would be a real oddity if Kwame didn't have any inner thoughts in four years.

Kwame in this game, such a performance, is to see the ability of the Wizards to partner with his own players.

When Kwamei was willing to be a blue-collar worker, it was actually the time when the Wizards needed to adjust, if it was more realistic, it was to see the current mentality of the players in their own team, none of the centers wanted to be lone heroes, and Olajuwon needed a large number of excellent shooters to win the championship, not to mention that it was more competitive than in the competition at that time.

It's just that Kwame is a little disappointed that the players of the Wizards team are only doing their part in the game, and the rest are a little more than enough, and the ability is good, but it is difficult for them to go further.

Hughes's breakthrough is a good level in the league, but there is a big gap from the top, and after Allen has figured out Hughes's true level in three games, Hughes's breakthrough point, as a tactical initiation point, has become dispensable.

Jamison is also good, kind of very good. But Jamison is still like that over the years, the ability to shoot three points is there, but he is not very proficient, if there is no player comparison, it looks okay, and compared with the Knicks substitute Battier, Kwame can't help but think that Jamison is not as reliable as Battier in many moments, he still relies more on his own talent to play, once he has no touch, Jamison's breakthrough offense will also be limited by Bosh in the rookie period.

Thinking of Arenas, Kwame couldn't help but be a little undecided. There's no doubt that Arenas is a scoring machine, one of the league's top scoring machines that can reach the top of the league on individual ability.

But sometimes, Kwamei has a headache for him, no matter what the real situation of the team is, he doesn't care about the real situation of the team, the 'heart' is very big, and the ability is also very strong, but the 'big heart' is very resolute at the same time, but he is not an excellent organizer, more often than not, it is a kind of paranoia.

Kwamei doesn't think that paranoia is a bad habit, he is a paranoid person, and Gong Feng, who he met when he was a rookie, is even more paranoid. But when paranoia reaches the extreme, it becomes a different situation.

Kwamei believes that paranoia is a great driving force for her to move forward, but she is paranoid and will not let herself be above everyone, and another point, Kwamei will not let paranoia destroy her fundamental source body, let alone practice a certain action, and practice to the point that her body will be overburdened.

In the last season, Arenas's serious injury has attracted Kwame's attention, especially the part of his injury, which has made Kwame worry in his heart, but fortunately he has not had any injuries that have caused Kwame headaches since this season.

But seeing that Arenas still squatted deeply and jumped up suddenly before completing an empty shot when no one was defending, Kwame still felt the slightest tremor in his heart...... The human body is not a machine, and it is really difficult to do it if it is broken in some places, and professional players need to protect and maintain their bodies more often than not, rather than using them unlimitedly.

Kwame, who was in a tangled state, ushered in the first blow at the beginning of the second quarter, and when Allen did not get off the court, the Knicks came up with a small lineup, Dio, Hill, Gong Feng, and Korver's play, and directly started the Knicks' run-and-gun tactics.

Kwamei's blocking and movement ability is very strong, but when the five people have three-point ability, and the three-point ability of three people is still very strong, they can't take care of so much.

Hill broke through Jamison's defense, broke through the basket, and immediately transmitted to the outside after Kwame's defense, and received the ball at the bottom of the bow, saw the Wizards' defense hole, and passed directly to the opposite 45-degree Korver, without any adjustment, Korver jumped directly after receiving the pass from the bow peak, and scored a three-point shot.

Dio received a pass on the inside, Hill began to cut inside, seeing that the Wizards put all their attention on passing, Dio instantly passed Haywood, who was defending himself, rushed to the basket, and after Kwame assisted, he immediately passed, blocked with his teammates, and was in the hands of Gong Feng, who had a vacant space on the foot.

Bow Peak, who adjusted a little, shot in front of Hughes to help defend and scored a three-pointer.

hurriedly replaced Haywood and replaced Jeffries's Wizards, but there was still no way to completely defend it, and all the five-man Knicks who could be inside and out, or in the regular season and playoffs, the Knicks, who rarely used this lineup, made the Wizards not organize an effective defense.

In the second half of the second quarter, the Wizards took it away directly in waves, and they needed Kwame to assist in defense, and the Wizards without assistance in defense, after pulling Kwame away enough distance, the Wizards' poor defense and defense were undoubtedly reflected. After Dior scored two three-pointers at the three-point line, and after two successes in the inside single, Kwame did not dare to relax and underestimate him in the slightest.

The Wizards' defensive performance like this really made Kwame feel very disappointed. (To be continued.) )