Chapter 389 Defeat New York(1/3)
With Wu Feng coming to Atlanta, the Hawks have also become one of the most entertaining teams this season.
Although the Eagles and the Los Angeles Clippers, which have Chris Paul and Blake Griffin, are incomparable to the air squad, they also have Wu Feng and Josh Smith, two guys who can fly and detonate.
Therefore, the Hawks' offense is also quite gorgeous in the eyes of fans.
In each game, the Hawks have almost no less than fifteen dunks.
In this game tonight, the Hawks' Knicks are not very strong, as can be seen from their current ranking.
It can even be said that without Jeremy Lin's sudden outbreak, the Knicks would have almost no chance to make the playoffs.
Of course, it is not that the Knicks, who have the ‘Little Melon’ Cameron Anthony and Amarestoudmire, are very poor, but because these two have missed a lot of games this season.
The team's main lineup changes frequently, so the Knicks' record is not very good.
In addition, the chemistry between Anthony and Sir was not as good as expected, so the Knicks failed to play the performance fans expected.
However, facing such an opponent, the Eagles were a little distracted tonight and failed to take the trend of the game into their own hands.
Up to now, the Hawks are still 7 points behind the Knicks, which is something that many fans have not expected.
If it weren't for Wu Feng's consecutive shocking scores, the Eagles would have really likely capsized in the gutter now.
For example, the goal just now, Wu Feng's wonderful dunk brought a lot of morale to the whole team.
Fans at Phillips Arena also temporarily forgot about the home team's misperforming performance tonight because of Wu Feng's series of amazing performances.
The fans at the scene were shouting at Wu Feng with all their might. Wu Feng stood in the field with great pleasure, feeling excited.
"Your performance has improved the morale of the team, and we are all full of strong fighting spirit now." Al Horford hugged Wu Feng excitedly.
"Man, we are going to defeat them tonight. They may be our playoff opponents." Wu Feng pointed his finger at the Knicks' half, and his heart was pounding with excitement. Although the task of improving the team's morale has been done, the pursuit has just begun.
If they beat the Knicks again tonight, it would be like sweeping them this season.
In this way, they will have a good psychological advantage when they meet the Knicks in the playoffs, and they may be able to sweep their opponents again in the playoffs.
Al Horford and others standing beside Wu Feng nodded, and it seemed that they were also looking forward to sweeping the New Yorkers.
"Bang", the ball passed by JR Smith was intercepted by Marvin Williams. Then, the two rushed towards the basketball at the same time. Just as they were about to get close to the basketball, they flew towards the basketball at the same time. However, the result was that both of them fell to the ground but did not get the basketball. The ball continued to roll forward.
Wu Feng and Jeremy Lin rushed from behind and rushed towards the basketball like the two in front. However, Wu Feng's reaction was faster and he grabbed the basketball.
Wu Feng, who fell to the ground, ignored the pain in his body. He sat on the ground and pushed the ball with a backhand, and passed it to Marvin Williams, who had just run outside the Knicks' three-point line. The latter did not disappoint Wu Feng's expectations and steadily shot a three-pointer without defense.
79:83, the Hawks caught the score difference to 4 points.
As soon as the Hawks got a 5-0 climax as soon as they started the fourth quarter, Knicks head coach Mike Woodson did not call for a timeout.
At the beginning of the fourth quarter, the opponent's counterattack was called a timeout, which was a bit harmful to the team's morale.
The Hawks' counterattack wave started. The fire of hope in the hearts of Hawks fans ignited again, but "Neuro Knife" jr Smith shot a three-pointer at this time, expanding the gap to 7 points again, making the fire of hope in the hearts of Hawks fans dimmed a little.
After Marvin Williams took the ball through half the game, he took a firm move from the 45-degree angle outside the three-point line, but unfortunately, the ball missed and bounced out.
Al Horford and Josh Smith took off at the same time, competing for rebounds with Amarestoudmire, and the ball was hit by one of the three and bounced out of bounds.
At the critical moment, Wu Feng quickly rushed from the outside to the inside, flew to save the ball when the ball was almost over and hit Marvin Williams, and he fell into the reporters' group.
Marvin Williams quickly caught the basketball, quickly adjusted his posture, and shot the ball out from outside the three-point line.
"Swish", this time, Marvin Williams' three-pointer scored!
82:86, the Hawks still have 4 points.
The Eagles fans who saw the ball enter couldn't help but breathe a sigh of relief, stroked their chests and stroking their hearts that were beating wildly because they were too nervous.
Wu Feng was pulled up by Marvin Williams, and the two of them slapped excitedly and returned to their half with other teammates.
"defence, defence, defence..." The fans at the scene shouted 'defense' and cheered for the home team.
Wu Feng also stared at Jeremy Lin running towards the frontcourt and shouted to his teammates: "Strengthen the defense."
The fans of the Hawks were infected by the fighting spirit and passion of the players on the field, and they all spoke out with their greatest abilities to cheer for the Hawks.
At this moment, all the fans present understood that the Hawks players were all making the final struggle, a struggle to prove themselves and revenge.
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The Knicks attacked, Cameron Anthony broke into the inside, and scored a one-handed dunk and scored 2 points.
"Damn..." McGrady murmured with some depression.
Wu Feng controlled the ball and walked to the outside of the three-point line directly facing the basket. In front of him, Jeremy Lin kept staring at him.
Wu Feng glanced at the left, and Jeremy Lin, who had captured this slight movement, immediately moved his center of gravity a little to the left.
However, just as he moved the center of gravity, Wu Feng suddenly started to accelerate, dribble down, and increased his speed to the limit, inserting into the Knicks' inside line like a sharp blade. Jeremy Lin, who was defending him, could not stop him or keep up with his pace.
"How could it be so fast? Last time, it was obvious..."
Jeremy Lin didn't dare to think about it, so he quickly chased Wu Feng.
The defensive players in the inside were already restrained by Wu Feng's teammates. After Wu Feng stepped into the three-second zone, he immediately soared into the air and rushed towards the basket like a sharp sword.
Wu Feng gritted his teeth, held the basketball with his right hand, and finally smashed the ball into the basket in a battle tiger style.
"Bang", very familiar, but such a shocking dunk appeared in front of the fans.
This is Wu Feng's fifth dunk in this game. Every dunk he dunk brings a visual feast to the fans.
All the home fans took a breath and then screamed.
The fans were cheering and boiling, not only because Wu Feng's heavy dunk was too shocking, but also because Wu Feng's dunk completed, the Hawks had already tied the score.
91:91, with four minutes left in the last quarter, the Hawks finally tied the score.
"Drip" At this time, Knicks head coach Mike Woodson finally requested a timeout.
Mike Woodson was in a terrible mood at this time. At this time, there were only four minutes left in the last quarter.
However, with the Hawks' active defense and fighting, they actually tied the score. So when the Knicks players walked back to the rest area, their faces were gloomy and silent.
In contrast to the Knicks, the Eagles were in high morale at this time. At the same time, the team also cheered because they successfully caught up with the score.
When Wu Feng and five other players on the field returned to the rest area, the other bench players walked up to celebrate with their five teammates.
"Dear netizens, there are only four minutes and eleven seconds left before the end of the game. However, at this most critical moment, the Eagles have tied the score..." Ke Fan explained to the netizens in front of the computer.
At this moment, countless pairs of eyes around the world were quietly watching the situation in the Phillips Arena. The hearts of every fan were beating violently, and they were waiting in anxiety and tension, waiting for the finale.
All those who are following this game know that after the timeout is over, the final victory time has arrived.
This short timeout ended in no time. The five main players from both sides returned to the court.
Neither side scored in the two waves of offense after the timeout. The Hawks didn't score until two minutes and fifty-one left in the last quarter.
Wu Feng made a clever trick to cross Chen Cang, and faked Marvin Williams, but actually passed it to Kok Hinrich who cut the basket, assisting Kok Hinrich to make a layup.
93:91, the Hawks finally overtook the score again.
"Wow..." The fans of the Phillips Arena shouted. At this moment, no other words could describe their mood at this moment except excitement.
The Knicks attacked and the ball was in the hands of JR Smith.
After the Nervous Knife came to the frontcourt with the ball, he passed the ball to Lin Hao several times trying to break through but not get rid of Wu Feng's defense, so he passed the ball to Cameron Anthony.
Marvin Williams suddenly took action to steal Cameron Anthony, but unfortunately, the ball was hit by him and flew out of bounds.
There are two minutes and thirty-six seconds left in the fourth quarter.
The Knicks all moved in. In the end, Cameron Anthony sent the ball to Lin Hao and then jumped to shoot outside the three-point line.
Wu Feng never expected that Jeremy Lin would shoot so decisively, and he shot as soon as he received the ball. So, he just made a blocking move with a conditioned reflex, but it did not affect Jeremy Lin's shooting.
The rapidly spinning basketball drew a graceful arc in the air and fell into the basket after two seconds of flight.
Jeremy Lin scored three-pointer and hit!
93:94, the Knicks once again took the lead by 1 point.
The Hawks quickly kicked off, but the Knicks used full-game pressing methods to make the ball pass after several passes and receives before crossing the center line.
With two minutes and twenty-one seconds left, the ball was handed to Wu Feng's hand. Wu Feng dribbled the ball horizontally to the top of the arc, which was directly opposite the basket.
Suddenly, Wu Feng threw the ball over the basket two meters away from the three-point line.
The ball flew vertically to the rebound, and was caught by Josh Smith, who was sprinting and jumping before hitting the rebound, and was poured into the basket with both hands.
95:94, the Hawks regained the lead.
After Josh Smith landed, he let out a powerful roar and slammed Wu Feng's chest to celebrate.
Under the tight defense of both sides, the two teams failed to succeed in several attacks.
Jeremy Lin missed a three-pointer. But Amarestoudmire got the rebound and passed the ball to Jeremy Lin again.
After Jeremy Lin received the ball, he took another decisive move, and the Hawks players failed to make up for defense. The three-pointer finally hit.
95:97, the Knicks took a 2-point lead.
"Drip", Hawks head coach Larry Drew saw that the situation was not good, so he asked for a timeout.
At this moment, the Eagles fans are all nervous. They even feel a sense of uneasiness and anxiety.
With more than one minute left, the difference between the two teams is 2 points. The difference between the points is not big, but if you are not careful, you will fall to the bottom. Both sides must be careful, otherwise it will be in vain after working hard for so long.
"Guys, there are less than two minutes left before the end of the game..." Larry Drew said in a deep voice: "Whether it is lost or win or not. It depends on our performance at the last moment. I think. Without further ado, everyone understands the truth! In terms of tactics, everything I can tell you has already told you. How to fight, everyone should understand. However, I still want to remind everyone that at the last moment, never be careless, how to fight. Just let go and fight. Play more and cooperate, and never make low-level mistakes. Every mistake at the last moment is fatal."
"I understand, boss."
After Larry Drew said, the team members seized the time to recover their strength.
Soon, the pause ended and the sound of the game starting sounded again.
After the Hawks sent the ball out, Wu Feng controlled the ball and wandered outside the three-point line, calmly looking for opportunities to attack, slowly consuming the remaining time, as if the side behind now was not them, and there was still a lot of time.
The fans were all anxious, wondering why Wu Feng continued to waste not much time.
To be continued...