The Knicks played better and better on the offensive end in this round of the series. In the second half, the Knicks' offensive continued to decline. David Lee got out of Howard and made a two-pointer from mid-range.

D'Antoni has been guiding David Lee to deal with Howard. Although the New York center has not made much progress on the defensive end, David Lee can finally play some of his own style in these two games against Howard. I don't know if this is D'Antoni's credit, but David Lee did perform better in the first round and in the second round against Howard.

Howard, who felt poor in the first half, finally showed his power and used the face frame to break through and scored four points near the free throw line. This was his adjustment method. The Warcraft chose to take the ball farther away from the basket to launch an attack.

David Lee and Fry were quickly beaten into three fouls. The Magic insisted on playing defensive counterattacks and scored a 19:8 offensive climax in the next 7 minutes.

The Knicks still don’t have enough routines on both sides of the offense and defense. They can only deal with moves every time and cannot take the initiative. But every time they are hit to the climax of the offensive and then chase points. This tests too much for Emperor Wu. His shooting accuracy has declined a bit in the past few minutes, and the Knicks’ counterattack can’t be played immediately.

In the third quarter, the Magic rewrites the score to 70:58.

In the last four minutes of the Knicks' scores by Iguodala and Harrington, they finally maintained the gap at about ten before the end of the first three quarters.

After the third quarter, the Knicks scored 70:80, and Harrington scored 10 points in this quarter.

Wu Huang has scored 22 points, 5 rebounds, 6 assists and 4 steals. Although he only scored four points in the third quarter, he did a good job in defense and sorting out the team. This alone is a gap with a player with a single function like Nelson.

Nelson was cut off twice by Wu Huang today, both of which were passes to Howard. Although Wu Huang had no intersection with Warcraft today, he played at least half of the defensive task. Unfortunately, most fans would not notice this.

In the last quarter, the confrontation between the two teams became more intense, and the performance moments of Wu Huang and the Magic players besides Howard.

To put it this way, it seems to be not very vivid and a bit twisted. You can refer to Yao Ming’s situation in the Rockets. Howard is often as embarrassed as Yao Ming.

Since O'Neal's peak, two traditional centers, Yao Ming and Howard, often encounter the dilemma of being in the inside but not being able to get basketball. Moreover, when they perform well, the team may not win; on the contrary, when the outside players perform well, the team has a slightly higher chance of winning.

Wu Huang adjusted his form and captured the first 5 points of the Knicks in this quarter. In the first 8 minutes and 42 seconds of the final game, after Fry scored a three-pointer from the outside, the Knicks fell 6 points behind 76:82.

Seeing that the lead was swallowed by the Knicks, the Magic team sacrificed their magic weapon and suddenly increased the intensity of the defense, trying to drag the game into the quagmire.

The Magic players' defensive movements began to grow bigger. Wu Huang was almost kicked by Barnes, who assisted in the defense when he broke through. This made him extremely dissatisfied. This move was too vicious.

"Is this going to play a game?" Wu Huang saw that in the next three minutes, neither team scored a few points, and the scoreboard seemed to be frozen, and immediately knew what the opponent was going to play. With the blessing of home court advantages, the Knicks will definitely suffer the loss in the end, not to mention that with Howard's magic, it would be a big profit to play such a rogue tactic.

But there is no good way for the Knicks. Strictly speaking, the referee is not a difficult task for them, but it just loosens the foul scale, which is extremely beneficial to the defensive team. The Knicks can't take any advantage in this game where "as long as you break through, you will knock you down, and as long as you shoot, you will hit you."

The gunpowder smell of the two teams quickly began to escalate. Harrington put Vince Carter on the defensive end and suffered a technical foul.

Wu Huang was secretly furious. Although the Magic players' fouls were fierce, they were still aiming for the ball on the surface. These old ball players knew how to attack and would not be severely punished by the referee. However, the Knicks players were too young and could not master the standards of the fouls at all. They only felt that they were wronged, but the referee was indifferent, so they could only use their own methods to seek justice.

"Try to be fair!" Seeing Al Harrington being replaced, Emperor Wu wanted to make up for it again. Such a fool who is not good enough to do anything can be done, he must get out next season!

"Don't worry, they can't get points. As long as you wait patiently for the opportunity and play our projection advantage, they will definitely suffer the consequences." Wu Huang was very calm. His words were correct, but no one in the team except Iguodala, knows how to wait for the opportunity? No one knows how to play the projection advantage?

The Magic players forcefully pulled and pulled the Knicks players when they were defending without the ball, and kept using their bodies to squeeze them. The Knicks players felt that they had no chance to catch the ball and shoot.

Van Gundy launched a "suffocating defense" in the fourth quarter. The Magic made it to the finals last season, and it was not a three-pointer and an internal and external attack, but a continuous counterattack after the defensive end stuck to the opponent's throat. At critical moments, they could win with surprise.

At this time, the Magic knew that the game had reached a critical moment. They suddenly increased their intensity on the defensive end, making it impossible for the Knicks to perform. Then Howard took the lead and began to follow the team to attack the basket frantically.

Wu Huang quickly felt a suffocating pressure. On the defensive end, the Magic team kept using two players to attack him from left to right or front to back, and the siege was fast and fierce. Wu Huang must not stop when dribbling, and he must get the cooperation of his teammates to break through this defense.

But the problem is that the Knicks' tactical execution and the players' tactical qualities are not enough to break the Magic's defense.

At the 4th minute and 18th second, Wu Huang was once again double-teamed by Nelson and Pitrus on the offensive end. He quickly flashed and moved quickly towards the 45-degree three-point line on the left.

At this time, David Li should have pulled out at the same time, waiting for Wu Huang to use his body to cover the protection of the players. At that time, as long as there was a slight mistake in the Magic's rotation, Wu Huang could pass the ball or shoot himself after he had space, and the initiative was on their side.

But what made Emperor Wu want to curse was that David Li actually ran to the weak side at this time. His idea was to pull the defensive player away for Emperor Wu and wait for his pass.

The Magic players ignored David Lee at all. Wu Huang was sold out in an instant. Now he was not only double-teamed by two people, but was surrounded by three people. No matter how good he was, he had only one way to make mistakes. In the end, the basketball was cut off by Carter, and the Magic scored two points with an easy counterattack.

D'Antoni requested a timeout. In his opinion, the team had an offense problem during this period, but how to solve the offense problem is what he is most capable of.

However, he did not understand that the offense of Mercury was exciting, but it might not necessarily win the championship. Tragedy like Nash was demonstrated to fans and Mustache at his peak. The Spurs also demonstrated to fans that only when the defensive end suffocates the opponent can ensure that the team can make a difference in fighting with the opponent. In the past 7 years, the Suns only won the Spurs once after Bowen retired, which is enough to show the importance of defense.

In the next round, the Magic's defense was initiated by the whole game's target. The five people stood in a pentagonal defensive position, which seemed to be lax but left no blind spots.

Emperor Wu was a little confused. The double-team defense before the Magic had a good effect, but this time it was replaced by a man-to-peer. What is this routine?

Van Gundy smiled. Of course he knew that D'Antoni had a set of offense, so at this critical moment, he would not always use a defensive routine.

Emperor Wu directed Iguodala to go to the bottom line to try the depth of the Magic team. Pitrus and Carter immediately changed defense, which seemed to be a routine of regional joint defense, and the players were in charge of each.

Howard expanded his defense in the middle and ran to the free throw line to stare at Wu Huang, while David Lee got an open space in the middle.

Of course, Emperor Wu could see such an obvious gap and immediately dribbled the ball to the wing and passed the basketball in.

Lewis and Carter quickly replaced David Lee. Emperor Wu thought it was not good. It was obvious that Howard deliberately expanded the defense and made the middle open, luring him to pass the basketball to the inside. At this time, Carter and Lewis completely prevented Iguodala who had just slipped the bottom line and the Knicks player on the weak side, and tried their best to save the ball.

"Come on the ball!" Wu Huang couldn't help but shout. If David Lee had Gasol's vision and passing skills, he would be able to easily turn the basketball to the weak side. At that time, Fry, Green, and even Iguodala had the opportunity to take an open position.

But when he heard the excited cheers of Orlando fans at home, he knew that David Lee's shot was still a beat slower. When he turned around and found that his teammates were out of the gap, he had long been surrounded by Magic players.

David Li had to throw the basketball in the direction of Emperor Wu in the end, but this pass was naturally interrupted by Nelson, who was prepared for it.

The Knicks made two consecutive mistakes, and the Magic relied on counterattack to score another goal.

Emperor Wu finally understood what "team defense" is.

If Lewis and Carter were unable to decisively switch defenses at the moment when the vacancy was formed, then this would be an extremely failed defense. It is precisely because of the decisive and tough backup defense that the defense of this round has excellent integrity.

Of course, the tacit understanding between teammates is very important at this time. A team with a messy locker room is always the bottom of the fish because they can't play tacit understanding team defense at all.

The Knicks can't play this kind of defense now. Although their locker room is very harmonious, their usual defensive drills are seriously insufficient and their tacit understanding is not high. At most, they can play tough people to guard people for a while, and try to ensure that they don't miss people, but it is difficult to support their teammates.

Even if Emperor Wu and Iguodala have this rotation awareness, after they go to fill the position, no one will care about their positions, and the five players cannot form a whole like the Magic.

But look at the magic skills that are not as good as their magic. Their defense is filled with a lot of joint defense, repair defense, double-teaming, defense swaps, etc. The Magic players demonstrated in these few minutes that the defense requires not how clever skills, but these familiar basic skills, as well as concentration, and tacit understanding.

Fans in front of the TV felt that the game was going slowly, but the Knicks players on the court were the opposite, and they felt that the game was going too fast.

When there were 50 seconds left in the game, Wu Huang looked at the scoreboard on the sidelines and sighed deeply.

The above clearly records the score of 83:96. If the Knicks want to turn defeat into victory, they must catch up with 13 points in less than a minute. This requires replicating the "McDy Moment" to have hope.

From the last five minutes in the fourth quarter to now, the Knicks only scored 4 points. The Magic's sudden increase in defensive intensity made the Knicks finally realize the gap between themselves and their opponents. This is the first time the Magic have used such a strong defense to deal with them.

This shows that the Magic won them without having to show all their strength in the first two games. In the third and fourth games, once because the defensive core was sent off, and in the fourth game, it was also because the defensive core was not there... Only in the fifth game, the Knicks' offense became more and more outstanding under the training of the first four games. The Magic could not win with conventional weapons, so they had to use the magic weapon at the bottom of the box.

Wu Huang tried to copy his teammate's 35-second miracle, but he missed his first gambling three-pointer. Although he scored 2 goals in the last 40 seconds, he could only make his data better. Five minutes ago, the Knicks were actually too late to make the situation.

The referee quickly blew the whistle to the end of the game, and the final score was frozen at 91:100, and the Knicks still failed to bring the series back to New York.

The Magic will not allow such a thing to happen. If you can't win this game, the Knicks players will be confident that they will not be sure to go to New York to fight again. If they fail again, the only shame of being overturned in history will likely fall on them.

Wu Huang scored 30 points, 7 rebounds, 8 assists and 5 steals in this game. In the last game, he fulfilled his responsibilities as the team's core. You can't ask a first-year rookie to play better data. Even if it was replaced by Wade and Kobe, it would be difficult for him to do better than Wu Huang.

"You should go and interview them." Wu Huang was almost stopped by reporters after the game. After the game, he walked towards the player channel. He didn't want to see Howard celebrating the victory in front of him, but there were some unopposed reporters who wanted to stop him.

"Hugo, say something."

"Hugo, are you satisfied with your performance?"

"Hugo, what do you think of Dwight?"

“Hugo, where do you want to go on vacation in the summer?”

As soon as Wu Huang walked to the player channel, many reporters reached over, but they were all pushed away by the staff around Wu Huang. The person involved didn't turn his head and quickly walked into the player channel.

Howard was celebrating wildly with his teammates. When he turned around and wanted to mock Emperor Wu, the target person had long disappeared.

After returning to the locker room, Emperor Wu did not encourage his teammates anymore. He is not an old mother. Now the team has been eliminated. He doesn't want to make chicken soup for his teammates like a Virgin. It's better to reflect on himself.

Besides, there were still many people waiting to make things difficult for him at the post-match press conference. Wu Huang first opened his phone, which contained comfort text messages sent by his parents, harems, friends, and even company subordinates and business partners.

After taking a shower, Emperor Wu only called his parents and then chose to send a group reply. He didn't have so much time to reply one by one.

D'Antoni and the coaching staff members comforted Wu Huang's Knicks players who were in a bad mood after losing. Many of the people in this team are still the mainstay of the team in the next few years.

It is understandable that the players were in a bad mood after losing, but overall this season, the Knicks have exceeded the task set before the start of the season. At the beginning, their goal was to enter the playoffs, but now they have successfully entered the second round and have not been swept. The answer given in the first season of reconstruction can even score full marks, which is not embarrassing at all.

"Don't be too frustrated. There are still many days in the future. We have a lot of things to do this summer, and we will become stronger next season." Wu Huang also knew that the result of the elimination was destined, and they could not really reach the division final.

Well, everyone knows these principles, but after being eliminated, Emperor Wu was still in a very unhappy mood, and he didn't have much strength to comfort his teammates in the end.

The visiting team's locker room was a little silent after the game. Several main players of the Knicks arrived at the press conference later. Wu Huang faced the questions from the reporters in the audience, looking expressionless from beginning to end. All the answers were perfunctory like formulas and very uncooperative.

Only when the media asked Iguodala, Wu Huang said: "Andre is a very outstanding teammate. Whenever the team is in trouble, he can always help you do something. This is the reason we need him."

Orlando media also asked Wu Huang that his achievements in his first season have surpassed Jordan. Do you think he can surpass the God of Basketball in the future?

Emperor Wu did not speak as loudly as the reporter expected. He still said lightly: "Michael is my idol, and I may not be able to reach his height in my life. The next question..."

Thirty minutes later, when the media asked questions, Wu Huang immediately closed his mouth and quickly left the scene with the team.

Just as he said just now, he had a lot to do this summer and had no time to deal with these reporters who didn't know how to write about him tomorrow. The Knicks team left Orlando that night.

So, how will the media write about him the next day?

Emperor Wu himself felt that he would definitely not write much good things about him, and he was too lazy to read these. Not only did he not read the newspapers during this period, but he would not read the Eastern Conference Finals and Finals that were connected. These had nothing to do with him.

In fact, he doesn't have to be so sensitive. When he failed in the playoffs, the American media finally felt relieved. At this time, their requirements for Emperor Wu became less harsh.

Wu Huang, in the semi-finals of the Eastern Conference, averaged 21.4 points, 4.8 rebounds, 7.8 assists, 2 steals and 0.6 blocks in five games. Such data is a perfect All-Star performance. Considering that he is just a first-year rookie, there is no reason to be picky. If you look through history, you can't find any rookie player who performed better than him in the playoffs.

This is just Wu Huang's data in the second round. If all 11 games in the playoffs are included, Wu Huang's average data is 27.3 points, 6.6 rebounds, 8.7 assists, 3.1 steals, 0.8 blocks, with a shooting percentage of 48.5%, a three-point shooting percentage of 41.9%, and a free throw shooting percentage of 88%.

When I looked at it again, many American reporters were a little unwilling to report it for Emperor Wu. The playoff data between Kobe and James was at this level. Who can say anything bad about him?

Espn is in the second title: Legend is just beginning now!

Since the NBA entered the 1980s, no rookie player has been able to perform so comprehensively in the playoffs. If the range is expanded to players under 22 years old, no one has achieved similar achievements. In fact, there are only a handful of players who led the team to the playoffs in their rookie season.

Hugo scored 27+6+8+3 in the playoffs during the rookie season. This is such a terrifying performance. You should know that he is less than 21 years old this year!
To be continued...