Nelson's performance today is still very brave. After scoring a three-pointer on Wu Huang, he helped the Magic overtake the score again.

The Knicks and the Magic competed for in-depth offensive end. After Iguodala came on the court, he intercepted Carter and made a jump shot. The Knicks tied the score at 37.

Wu Huang later made Anderson's foul and finally scored another 2 points with a free throw, but when he returned to the Magic's attack, Nelson immediately scored a three-pointer, and the Magic took the lead again with 40:39.

The pace of the game in the first quarter was very fast, and we were going back and forth, and we scored continuously.

But from the seventh minute, both sides began to make irons in turn. Except for Iguodala and Carter's scores, the others made little contributions. Emperor Wu even played four irons in the next four minutes, becoming the king of blacksmiths today.

At 3rd minute and 06th, the score was 44:43, and the Magic was still one point ahead.

D'Antoni made a substitution, and Emperor Wu was replaced by Du Hong.

The Knicks' substitution was requested by Emperor Wu himself. The shooting percentage of 2 of 10 shots finally calmed down. He decided to go on and think about why he played so badly today?

Wu Huang was replaced this time, and the Knicks did not immediately overtake the score like in the first quarter. Gott and Carter played pick-and-roll cooperation. The Poles cut into the basket and used their height advantages to foul David Lee and Harrington, and even made a key 2+1.

Gott did a better job in pick-and-roll downwards than Howard. The latter doesn't like to play this kind of attack, but the Poles don't have this mentality. Gottt strengthens mid-range shooting and pick-and-roll downwards after pick-and-roll. Instead, he doesn't practice much at the low post because he doesn't have the chance to attack at the low post. There is the activity area of ​​the Warcraft.

David Lee wanted to play back on the offensive end, but soon felt embarrassed because he found himself unable to handle the Magic's substitute center.

This is not surprising. Although David Lee can squeeze Gotat in a low post, his height advantage and strength are not bad, and he can still interfere or even block when shooting.

Wu Huang saw David Li against Gotat on the court, and finally squeezed to the near-the-counter line with his strength. After turning two and a half consecutive times, he still did not shake Gotat's center of gravity. His steps were already messed up, and he could only force his shot. But in order to avoid Gotat's block, this ball was so powerful that he finally took the lead. Gotat grabbed the rebound himself and defended successfully.

From the two's confrontation, it can be seen that Gott's lower limbs are not particularly good. He can't stand David Lee's squeeze in at a low post, but the Poles' defensive awareness and blocking ability are good. They don't take much trouble. Using their height advantage can still have a great impact on David Lee's shooting.

David Lee has good strength in the lower set and his back-playing skills are also qualified, but his low-playing footsteps are not outstanding enough. The two consecutive turn movements are not realistic enough, and he cannot shake Gott's center of gravity, and he has no height advantage. It is difficult to ensure the success rate of shooting. At this stage, as long as he encounters an inside line that does not sway, David Lee's low-playing back-playing will be basically scrapped.

D'Antoni is also analyzing the pros and cons of the two. David Lee and Gott both have highlights and there are also insufficient players. If the Knicks want to become a championship team, they can only have one such inside player at most. So whether to renew David Lee next season or dig up an inside player like Gottt, it really needs to be analyzed carefully.

If Emperor Wu was asked to choose, he would choose an inside player like Gotat. After all, inside players still need to be of a certain height. Although Gotat is not as good as David Lee on the offensive end, it is not too bad. On the defensive end, the Poles are much stronger than David Lee. As long as they match one or two substitute insiders with excellent defense at low posts, the lineup will have no weaknesses.

At the critical moment, Iguodala helped the Knicks complete a thunderous dunk, but unfortunately the dunk did not stop the Magic's offensive. In the last 3 minutes of the first half, the Magic's three-point firepower was turned on. Carter first broke through the needle and created an opportunity for Lewis, and the latter made a fixed-point three-pointer.

After the Magic turned around and defended the Knicks for another round, he returned to the offensive end. This time, Carter made a three-pointer, which made D'Antoni on the court look helpless.

After halftime, the Knicks fell behind the Magic 49:56. The Knicks made 12 mistakes in the first half alone, and Emperor Wu contributed 4 of them.

Emperor Wu only scored 6 points, 2 rebounds and 2 assists in the first half, but contributed 4 turnovers, only made 2 of 10 shots and 0 of 4 three-pointers.

In contrast, the Knicks' second instructor scored a superstar level today. With Wu Huang and Garlinari being one sluggish and one reimbursed, the team's ball-holding breakthrough task was mostly on Iguodala. The number one handed in the first half with 16 points, 4 rebounds and 4 assists. He made 6 of 10 shots and 1 of 3-pointers. This data is no worse than usual Wu Huang.

The Magic's personal data is more balanced. Nelson scored 12 points and 3 assists, Carter contributed 12 points and 2 assists, Gottard scored 10 points and 5 rebounds, and Lewis scored 8 points and 3 rebounds.

Wu Huang was also dissatisfied with his performance in the first half. In fact, D'Antoni was even more dissatisfied, especially during the halftime break, Wu Huang still had no idea of ​​staying on the bench. Instead, he pulled several inside players of the team and discussed how to cover his running position.

D'Antoni sighed secretly. Wu Huang was planning to increase his positioning cover for him to create scoring opportunities, but considering his shooting percentage in the first half, even if the opportunity was really created, could he make a shot?

"Forget it, it's up to him to play the second round this season. He can play whatever he wants." D'Antoni didn't plan to go against Wu Huang's intentions, but he felt more determined that Xia Tian would dig up Xiao Si. By then, there would be more than one core team, and he wouldn't even dare to breathe in front of Wu Huang. What a coach was most unhappy was that he could not arrange troops according to his own ideas.

Wu Huang didn't know that his coach and general manager wanted to take advantage of the summer to attract a superstar to increase his voice and reduce Wu Huang's position in the team.

The Knicks are now the dominant one of the family of Wu Huang. If he gets nervous one day, it will be difficult for him to fight against him, both the general manager and the head coach. Basically, whoever he wants to get out of here will definitely not be able to stay. But if there is a superstar like Stoudemire or Anthony in the team, Wu Huang will not be able to cover up the sky like now, and James Dolan must also consider the opinions of another superstar.

In the second half, New York fans still gave him warm cheers when they saw Emperor Wu continue!

Fans are not stupid. It is normal for them to not play well in one or two games. Those uninjured stars often perform with ultra-low shooting percentages. Moreover, Wu Huang is still fighting with injuries, so it is even more forgiving.

During the break, Wu Huang decided that he would no longer put too much pressure on himself in the second half. He wanted to score too much in the first half, and this mentality was very problematic. Don’t say that he had injuries on his body, even if he was not injured, it would be easy to create a shameful battle if he continued to fight like this.

"My performance is already good enough. Those guys who want to find my fault are either sensationalism. They have other purposes. Which Hall of Fame superstar in history performed better than me in the rookie season? In the first year, I brought the team that ranked second last last season into the second round of the playoffs. Who dares to say that I did not perform well?" Wu Huang rarely performed in a sluggish game. Whenever he played a bad half game, he would quietly start to change, including his personality and style of play, which would become different from before, just like a different person.

In the first half, he was obsessed with shooting and offense. But in the second half, Wu Huang decided to change his method to play. He first had to sort out the team's offense and let his teammates break through the Magic's defense. At that time, it would be natural for him to attack again.

In the third quarter, the Knicks took the lead in attacking.

Wu Huang transported the ball to the frontcourt and performed a high pick-and-roll cooperation with David Li. The latter covered the screen and went down. After receiving a hit from Wu Huang, he directly started a layup.

Gotat had good explosive power, turned around and kept up and used his height advantage to block the basketball.

David Lee wanted to get the rebound and get stronger again. Carter returned to defend and slapped the ball down.

When Emperor Wu saw the basketball flying towards him, he immediately stepped forward and grabbed the basketball and wanted to shoot.

Lewis rushed over from the bottom corner to block the block. Wu Huang collected the ball and passed it behind him. He didn't look at anyone to pass the ball. Fry hit a three-pointer in the bottom corner.

New York fans immediately gave the applause to Wu Huang's pass. This kind of free-to-play way of handling the ball is extremely attractive. Fans all felt that there was no chance for this ball, but Wu Huang could effortlessly find a way beyond their imagination to handle the ball well. This ability can always be seen only in spiritual point guards like Paul and Nash. Their passes are often beyond fans' expectations.

Wu Huang is not in this style usually. He directly uses high-difficulty shooting to solve problems, but when shooting inaccurately, New York fans can always see Wu Huang performing similarly.

After 20 minutes of halftime break, Wu Huang could feel his back relaxed, and he could feel some stiffness at the beginning, but the first half of the game made him completely move, and Wu Huang even felt that he had become more flexible.

Of course this is an illusion. He is just more flexible than in the first half.

Emperor Wu began to use his faster pace frequency to deal with Nelson, and soon used the cover that David Lee did outside the three-point line to quickly make three shaking movements behind his teammates. After continuous shaking of his shoulders and realistic footwork, Nelson's footsteps were completely messy, and he had no idea where Emperor Wu was going to break through.

Emperor Wu seized the opportunity and entered the inside with a change of direction.

Gotat hurriedly changed defense. His explosive power and speed were good, but his pace was too slow, or his ability to adjust his footsteps was not good enough. This was actually one of the manifestations of insufficient coordination. His first step had already followed Wu Huang's breakthrough, but he could not keep up with the latter's sudden stop and changed direction.

After Wu Huang reached the penalty area, he completely disrupted the Magic's defensive formation. Lewis also rushed back to the basket. The opportunity in the penalty area was not good at this moment. If it were normal, Wu Huang naturally looked for an opportunity to play 2+1, but today his vision was a bigger lap than usual. David Li received a pass from Wu Huang on the weak side and made a jump shot from the mid-range.

Van Gundy hurriedly called a timeout. He felt that the rhythm was not right. Although he didn't know what was wrong, he only played in less than two minutes in the third quarter. The Magic's defensive formation was torn apart by Wu Huang's breakthrough. Several defenses were given to the opponent's open shooting opportunities. It would be easy to collapse if he continued to play like this.

Emperor Wu gave two wonderful assists in a row. Many of the commentators from all over the country who broadcast this game originally had a sarcastic tone when commenting Emperor Wu. Now these people are finally no longer making jokes about him. These two attacks have fully demonstrated that Emperor Wu made adjustments during the halftime break. It would be fine if he doesn't praise such a performance, but it would be really a naked target to criticize him.

The Magic's timeout did not improve his defense. After the game started again, Emperor Wu still used his teammates' cover to shuttle back and forth in the Magic's defense line.

Nelson's footsteps were not flexible enough. He couldn't keep up with the aimless Wu Huang, who seemed to be wandering around. But as long as the Magic team tied up, Wu Huang would immediately give the ball to his teammates, continue to find a route to get rid of defense and wait for the opportunity to catch the ball and shoot.

Wu Huang's erratic style of play made the Magic team exhausted, but fortunately their offense improved after the timeout, or the Knicks' defense was as bad as ever.

Carter scored twice in a row to the basket, and JJ Redick also hit a three-pointer after he came on the court. The two teams began a stalemate again.

At 7 minutes and 45 seconds in the third quarter, Wu Huang seized an open shot and hit the first three-pointer in the game at 24 feet out. His score also reached 9 points, and his assists had already become 5 times.

After Wu Huang scored a three-pointer, he still did not stick to scoring. In the next round, he deceived Nelson to lose his center of gravity. However, he chose to use the ball in the subsequent breakthrough and distributed the basketball to David Lee, who was in an open position at the basket. The latter was still making up for defense, and scored 2+1 at a time.

The score was 62:63. After David Leega made a penalty, the Knicks were only 1 point behind the Magic.

The Magic faced the Knicks with a strong morale. After several iron shots, Nelson broke the scoring drought. However, Harrington fired two shots on the outside, and the Knicks instantly overtook and led by as much as 5 points. The Magic was beaten to no aura.

The Knicks' offensives were wave after wave, but the Eastern Conference champion last season was never the Hawks with insufficient background. When the situation was unfavorable, the Magic could always launch a fierce counterattack.

At 5th minute and 54th, Carter showed the style of a former superstar and beat Iguodala to score a difficult backward jump shot. Although this shot was lucky, the Magic player counterattacked with this goal.

The Magic's counterattack is not like ordinary teams who only exert force on the offensive end. They seem to exert force even harder on the defensive end. Iguodala's later breakthrough layup was directly exposed by Gotat. The first-class breakthrough, which lacks change, cannot take much advantage when facing the Polish Hammer. The latter's upper limbs cannot be underestimated, and it is also an inside line with a very tough defense.

Iguodala encountered trouble in his offense. Gotat was not alone in dealing with him. After Barnes and Pitrus played at the same time, the Magic attached great importance to the defense of the inside breakthrough. Iguodala often had to face the defense of two or three people when he entered. This was a gift specially prepared for him before the game.

The Knicks failed to attack three consecutive times, and Wu Huang decided to take the ball. His style could instead restrain Gott and the Magic's defensive tactics. He has always been a defender who is targeting the outside projection type.

At the 4th minute and 40th second, Wu Huang began his offensive performance. He first used the cover to kill near the free throw line and immediately stopped and jumped the ball before Barnes and Pitrus assisted in defense. This time the basketball obediently fell into the ball box.

This goal was just the beginning. In the next round, Wu Huang still played pick-and-roll with David Li, but this time he got a little shot with the help of cover, and immediately started shooting one step outside the three-point line, and the basketball passed by the net again.

Van Gundy was hesitating whether to call a timeout. The Knicks had already scored their best fast break counterattack after grabbing the defensive rebound. Iguodala and Harrington formed three arrows and rushed to the Magic's halftime.

The Magic's return to defense was already timely, but Wu Huang did not choose to shoot from the outside this time. Facing Nelson's defense, he once again used his flexible footsteps to shake off his opponent and went directly to the basket without slowing down. He attracted Barnes's backup defense and threw the basketball into the sky, assisting Iguodala to stage a violent tomahawk-like slash!

Van Gundy is not allowed to stop now. Wu Huang has recovered his form and fought against all the heroes at the critical moment. He took on the Knicks' offensive task alone. After scoring 5 points, he assisted his teammates in a violent dunk. His personal data quickly rose to 16 points and 7 assists, and his shooting percentage gradually increased, and he made 6 goals in 16 shots. This shooting percentage is no longer too bad.

Emperor Wu played the third quarter, and D'Antoni had long forgotten that Emperor Wu was injured. Anyway, he didn't look like he was injured on the court. Emperor Wu himself also forgot that he was playing with injuries. In this quarter, he completely focused on the game. He had no time to think about other things, and he didn't even say trash words. His concentrating look was very different from his usual ones.

After the end of the third quarter, the score was 76:71. The Knicks led the Magic by 5 points and entered the last quarter.

Wu Huang scored 20 points, 4 rebounds and 8 assists. In this quarter, he scored 14 points and 6 assists, smashing the entire defense line between Nelson and the Magic.

In the fourth quarter, Wu Huang rested for four minutes off the court, and the two teams played hard on the bench!

At 7th minute and 30th, when Wu Huang and David Li came on the court, the score was 83:79, and the Magic narrowed the gap to 4 points.

The two teams have evenly matched the substitutes. However, Harrington is the main player who scored for the Knicks during this period. This guy who is scrambling to the grass is in good shape today. He has scored 24 points so far. Before he knew it, he has become the player with the highest score in this game.

"Wait, this guy is not trying to score points for his next contract, right?" Wu Huang suddenly thought of something. Although Harrington performed poorly in several games in these two rounds of the series, his overall performance was still stable, and he averaged 15 points and 4 rebounds per game, and his three-point shooting percentage reached 38%.

As the sixth man, his performance can be at least one b+, and the personal data in the playoffs is much more valuable than usual. With this guy's performance in the playoffs this season, it is not difficult for him to want a contract of 8 million and 10 million next year. Now inflation has also driven the players' wages, and the Knicks will also give it to him if they don't give it to them.

After coming on the court, Emperor Wu began to take the initiative to find Harrington to deliver shells. If this guy really wants to make data for the new contract, he will definitely not attack more from the outside as before. He will definitely cause damage to the basket.

He guessed right, Harrington kept breaking into the Magic penalty area after receiving the pass. Once such an all-around big man attacked hard, the Magic inside line without Howard could not hold on. Harrington was 240 pounds, and his height and athletic ability were not bad. It was a bit unrealistic to expect Lewis or Anderson to defend him.

The Knicks are not just Harrington, who is fighting for the new contract. David Lee first fought Horford in these two rounds of the series, and then fought to the top center of the active service. Although he was at a disadvantage in both matches, his progress and output on the offensive end were still very good. After all, he was in a misplaced position against these two opponents. It is completely reasonable to get a tens of millions of annual salary next year in this era of dying inside.

The inside line composed of these two guys became the Knicks' offensive arrow in the fourth quarter. Wu Huang passed the ball to the two with the chance. The Magic's originally strongest inside line was actually defeated by the Knicks.

Gotat finally received his fifth foul in the 6th minute. Lewis was even more like a waste on the court. Harrington and David Lee could destroy him on both offense and defense. Mr. Billion had long been blown away by Magic fans at this moment. He had received so much salary and couldn't even handle the Knicks' famous inside line. It was useless to be immortal.

The Magic could only rely on Carter and Nelson's performance in the fourth quarter to support the team's lagging score difference in single digits.

The real drama started from 2 minutes and 30 seconds before the final game, with a score of 97:90. After Nelson broke through to Emperor Wu and made a layup, the Knicks temporarily led by 7 points.

Emperor Wu stood up at this time. Although Nelson could not defend him today, he also allowed the other party to get too many points.

After Nelson hit this layup, his personal score reached 25 points, and his offensive performance was very eye-catching.

Wu Huang was a little relieved on the defensive end due to his back injury. He could forgive himself for this, but he had to perform better on the offensive end to respond. In this offense, he made a difficult backward jump shot from the top three-point line in the arc, and the Knicks led by 9 points.

20 seconds later, Lewis received the ball from the outside and raised his hand to hit the fifth three-pointer in the game, helping the Magic narrow the gap again. Looking back, Wu Huang pressed the defensive player on the right side and forced a shot to equalize the score.

This ball was suspected of foul, but the home referee blew the home whistle and did not punish Emperor Wu for a foul.

In just 12 seconds, Nelson forced himself into the penalty area, making a high arc jump shot above David Lee and Harrington. The Knicks' eager inside height once again paid the price on the defensive end.
To be continued...