Chapter 388 Playoff preview, fight against the Knicks again(1/3)
Time flies quickly, and in a blink of an eye, the regular season of this season is about to end.
In the third-last game of the regular season, the Hawks met the New York Knicks again.
At present, the Hawks are still being pushed to second in the East by the Miami Heat.
If nothing unexpected happens, the Hawks can only finish with the second place in the East this season.
If nothing unexpected happens, the New York Knicks, currently ranked seventh in the Eastern Conference, will be the Hawks' opponent in the playoffs.
Therefore, this game will be a preview of the playoffs of the Hawks and Knicks.
Before this game, the Hawks had met the Knicks twice.
Both times, the Hawks defeated the Knicks.
However, when I met the Knicks for the second time, the Knicks made a lot of changes.
Jeremy Lin, who was originally a marginal figure in the team, suddenly broke out and became the main player of the Knicks.
The series of miracles he created after the end of February were all manifestations that fans called "Lin Crazy".
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Under the shouts of the fans, players from both sides walked onto the stadium, and the jumping players of the two teams, Al Horford and Tyson Chandler, also walked to the center of the stadium to prepare for the jump.
In this game, the Hawks' lineup is center Al Horford, the power forward is Josh Smith, the small forward is still Marvin Williams, the shooting guard is Cockshinridge, and the organization guard Wu Feng.
On the Knicks, Tyson Chandler is in the center position, the power forward is the "little bully" Amarestoudmire, the small forward is Cameron Anthony, the shooting guard is JR Smith, the organization guard is still Jeremy Lin.
The referee walked to the center of the court with the basketball. After looking at the players of the two teams, he threw the ball into the air, and the whistle was blown at the same time.
With a "bang", Al Horford took the lead in taking a shot of the basketball, and the ball just fell behind Wu Feng's hand.
The Knicks players returned to defense and quickly stood their positions and waited for the arrival of the Hawks.
After Wu Feng passed the half, Al Horford and Josh Smith began to compete for a favorable position at the basket. Marvin Williams and Cocksinridge were also running continuously in order to get a chance to get rid of their opponents who were close to defending themselves.
Marvin Williams started running from outside the three-point line, relied on Al Horford's cover to shake off the opponent. He also escaped from the bottom line to the zero-degree angle of the left wing outside the three-point line, and got the opportunity to take action, and the ball flew into his hands as soon as possible.
After Marvin Williams received the ball, he turned around rhythmically and took off. He raised his hand and shot, and shot a three-pointer when the opponent failed to come back to make up for defense in time. The ball did not disappoint his expectations of the Eagles players and entered the basket hollow.
3:0, Marvin Williams took the lead for the Hawks. **** Knicks counterattacked, Jeremy Lin controlled the ball. JR Smith and Cameron Anthony ran. Amarest Toddmeier and Tyson Chandler competed with Al Horford in the interior, and Josh Smith competed for the position.
However, even so, the Knicks seem to be not as good as the Hawks in this regard. After a period of scrambling and running, they did not find a suitable opportunity to make a phone call.
So, Jeremy Lin, who was in possession of the ball, suddenly started to use his speed and experience to break through Wu Feng's defense like the last fight.
However, today doesn't seem so easy.
Jeremy Lin failed to break through Wu Feng's defense and was always guarded by the latter.
Jeremy Lin was secretly shocked, and he gritted his teeth. He pushed the ball to the outside line with a push. After the latter received the ball, he immediately started to make a breakthrough. However, Marvin Williams, who was defending him, did not make him succeed, so the ball was passed out again.
Larry Drew attached great importance to this game tonight. In order to limit the Knicks' "Neuro Knife", he arranged for Marvin Williams to defend him.
The ball returned to Cameron Anthony outside the three-point line.
After receiving the ball, Cameron Anthony decisively transferred the ball to Amarestoudmire, who had just run to the free throw line.
After receiving the ball, Amarestoudemier turned around and jumped naturally, pushed his wrist very comfortably, and used a fixed-point mid-range shot to shoot the ball out.
Basketball plays into the basket.
3:2, the Knicks used the team's cooperation to regain 2 points.
Immediately afterwards, the Hawks and the Knicks had two back and forth attacks and defenses, but under the opponent's tight defense, neither side scored a goal, which kept the score in the first quarter until the third minute before the goal appeared again.
Wu Feng broke through with the ball, used a turn to pass by Jeremy Lin who was defending him, and went straight into the Knicks' penalty area. Tyson Chandler, the closest Knicks player, had to give up Josh Smith and rushed to make up for defense of Wu Feng.
Tyson Chandler rushed to him, Wu Feng was not panicked at all, calmly pushed the ball's right hand and hit the ball on the floor where Tyson Chandler crossed. Then, the ball fell steadily into Josh Smith behind Tyson Chandler through inertia.
After Josh Smith got the ball, he immediately turned around and jumped up, trying to complete the attack with a powerful dunk. However, while he was taking off, Amarestoudmeier, who was defending Al Horford, had already rushed to him and jumped up with both hands.
The offensive route was blocked, and Josh Smith did not force his move. He shrank and handed the ball to Al Horford's hand.
However, after getting the ball, Horford did not attack immediately. Because, JR Smith and Cameron Anthony had already run to Al Horford at the first time and double-teamed him.
Unable to take action, the ball moved again. Al Horford moved his hands and threw the ball to Marvin Williams, who was unprepared from outside the three-point line.
Marvin Williams held the ball, and Jeremy Lin, the only one in the Knicks who had not yet made up for defense, also quickly raised it.
Jeremy Lin hurriedly started and rushed to Marvin Williams when he failed to shoot. However, all he had to face was to stay away from his basketball again, because Marvin Williams had already passed the ball to Wu Feng, who had gotten out of the phone.
When Wu Feng received the ball, there was no defensive player within one meter around him. Therefore, he would never miss this opportunity.
Wu Feng decisively made a jump shot and successfully completed this offense. He scored another three-pointer for the Hawks.
6:2, the Hawks are temporarily leading by 4 points.
The Hawks made two attacks with their wonderful and patient passes. Today, the Hawks played very united and patiently.
Larry Drew sat off the court, very satisfied with the disciples' performance, and kept nodding.
Although the team did not succeed in the first two attacks, they also passed the ball patiently. Not making it, it was just a problem with the feel.
Although the game has just started, the Hawks fans believe that the Hawks will definitely win this game. As long as they continue to play such a high-level smooth cooperation, they will definitely win this highly watched game.
In the following time, both teams fought a tug-of-war with team tactics. Although the Hawks played well and cooperated well, the Knicks were not weak either. They had the "melon" Anthony, Xiao Si and the recently crazy Jeremy Lin, and they had a fierce battle with the Hawks.
Whether it is offensive or defensive, the Hawks cannot suppress the Knicks, and the Knicks cannot defeat the Hawks, so the scores of both sides have been in a stalemate.
At the last moment of the first quarter, Baron Davis, who came from the bench, failed to make the final buzzer-beating three-pointer, which made the two teams play 26:23 in the first quarter, and the Hawks temporarily led by 3 points to the Knicks.
"In the first quarter, everyone played very well." Larry Drew said to the players very happily: "Wu, you played very well in the first quarter. Not only did you connect the team's offense as smooth as mercury, but you also prevent Jeremy Lin from being so angry. In the next time, you have to do this. In this way, our winning chance will be very large."
"I understand, boss." Wu Feng replied excitedly.
Larry Drew turned his gaze to Al Horford again. He said: "Al, thank you for your hard work in the first quarter to defend Amarestoudmire. You have already played the team's defense. You are the team's inside barrier, so your performance is very important. At the beginning of the second quarter, you have a good rest, restore your strength, and better guard the inside in the future."
"Boss, don't worry," Al Horford replied.
Larry Drew nodded with satisfaction, then turned to look at Wu Feng, and asked him with concern: "Wu, in the game just now, your physical strength is fine, right?"
Wu Feng smiled, "Boss, I'm fine."
"Well, that's good." After receiving Wu Feng's affirmative answer, Larry Drew nodded with satisfaction. Then, he clapped his hands again and said loudly: "Okay, everyone fight well, today's victory must belong to us."
Soon, the second quarter began.
After Jeremy Lin walked through the half, he immediately handed the ball to Amarestoudmire, who was inside. At the same time, Jeremy Lin and other Knicks players also began to run, opening up a space for Amarestoudmire that was enough to let him play his full potential.
Amarestoudemier turned his back to Zazapachulia who appeared as a substitute for Al Horford, and observed the surrounding situation with the corners of his eyes, looking for a way to attack. Wu Feng, another Hawks player closest to him, was always on guard and was about to rush to make up for defense whenever Amarestoudemier had any moves.
Wu Feng was on guard. At this time, he not only had to pay attention to Tim but also the outside. Based on his experience of watching videos of several Knicks matches, as long as he ran to double-team Amarestoudemier, Amarestoudemier would definitely pass the ball to JR Smith as soon as he ran to double-team Amarestoudemier, and as a result, JR Smith easily shot a three-pointer. Because of this, he could not run to double-team when Amarestoudemier just got the ball like before.
Two seconds after receiving the ball, Amarestoudemier finally made a move. He dribbled the ball in low post, squeezed Zazapachulia back to back, and quickly forced into the penalty area. Wu Feng also started at this time and rushed to double-team Tim.
However, when Wu Feng was about to run to him, Amarestoudemier suddenly turned his back and shook past Zazapachulia, and raised the ball with his left hand and jumped up. He gently moved his wrist and let the ball hit the rebound and bounced into the basket.
"Swish". The ball entered!
25:26, the Knicks caught the score difference to 1 point.
"Shet!"
Zazapachulia cursed in depression, turned around and served out of the sideline. Amarestoudmeier, who completed this attack, returned to the backcourt with his teammates.
After Allen Iverson dribbled through half the game, the ball was handed to Wu Feng as usual.
Wu Feng put the ball across his waist and faced Jeremy Lin's defense coldly. Suddenly, Wu Feng accelerated suddenly and rushed over from Jeremy Lin's right. Jeremy Lin's reaction was also very fast and quickly followed Wu Feng's footsteps.
After a sudden step back, Wu Feng jumped up, and the ball also cut out his fingertips as he jumped up.
With a "swish", the ball hollowed into the net!
Jeremy Lin looked at Wu Feng with a deep impression, and then took the baseline serve from Amarestoudmeier.
The Knicks attacked. Jeremy Lin and Amarestoudmire made a brilliant cooperation, and the latter had an alley dunk, greatly boosting the morale of the visiting team.
McGrady dribbled through half the game, but the ball was still in Wu Feng's hands.
This time, Wu Feng did not attack immediately after receiving the ball, but made a gesture to others, indicating that everyone would open up space for him and he wanted to play Jeremy Lin alone.
Jeremy Lin pressed the bottom and prepared to defend. Wu Feng kept slowly moving the ball at the 45-degree angle outside the three-point line. He did not attack or pass the ball, and he slowly consumed time.
Tony moved closer to Wu Feng and pressed him tightly.
Wu Feng did not dare to be careless, turned his back to Jeremy Lin, and dribbled the ball slowly, preventing Jeremy Lin from having a chance to steal. This movement continued. It was not until Wu Feng reached the top of the arc that he took the next move.
Wu Feng suddenly moved his left hand and let the basketball fall from Jeremy Lin's left side to behind him. Wu Feng himself also turned right at the same time, swaying from Jeremy Lin's right side to behind him. Wu Feng shook past Jeremy Lin.
Wu Feng held the ball again and drove into the Knicks' inside line with a big strode.
Wu Feng rushed into the penalty area, and at this time the only person who had the ability to stop him was Amarestoudmire, who was rushing back to the basket.
Facing such a top power forward, Wu Feng did not intend to avoid him.
After three steps, Wu Feng exerted his strength with his right foot, sprinted and jumped with all his strength, spreading his wings and flying in the air like an eagle.
Wu Feng flew up, holding the ball-holding right hand high, approaching the basket at an extremely fast speed.
On the Hawks' bench, the players also stood up, looking at Wu Feng and Wu Feng Feiyang.
The "Little Overlord" showed an angry expression on his face. After he retreated to the basket, he jumped up as Wu Feng jumped up.
To be continued...