Chapter 395 First-round opponent: Knicks(1/2)
With the end of the game between the Hawks and the Celtics, their 2011-12 regular season was all over.
But this does not mean that the season is over, because there are even more cruel playoffs waiting for them.
All teams entering the playoffs will be nervous in the next two days because the upcoming game will be much more difficult than the regular season.
win/or/go/home, it depends on the performance next.
After all the games on April 30, the complete playoff match chart for the 2011-12 season was released.
The number one in the Western Conference is the San Antonio Spurs, and they are also the team with the best record in the league.
The Spurs this season surprised many people because several main players of the Spurs, especially the "Stone Buddha" Duncan, have entered the end of their careers, but the Spurs can still achieve such dazzling results.
The second to eighth place in the Western Conference are the Oklahoma City Thunder, the Los Angeles Lakers, the Memphis Grizzlies, the Los Angeles Clippers, the Denver Nuggets, the Dallas Mavericks, and the Utah Jazz.
The Houston Rockets are very sad. In addition, this season, they have ranked ninth in the Western Conference for the third consecutive season, and unfortunately missed the playoffs.
In the East, the first place was the Atlanta Hawks who successfully squeezed out of the Miami Heat in the last game, and the second place was naturally the Miami Heat.
The third to eighth place are the Chicago Bulls, the Boston Celtics, the New Jersey Nets, the Orlando Magic, the Indiana Pacers, and the New York Knicks.
The Knicks also didn't expect that they thought their opponent in the first round of the playoffs would be the Heat, but they didn't expect that they would become the Hawks at the last moment.
In fact, they prefer to play against the Heat, which has the Big Three, rather than the Hawks. Because playing against the Hawks has greatly affected their confidence.
But no matter what, the opponent the Hawks will face in the first round of the playoffs is the Knicks.
Their first game against the Knicks is scheduled for May 2.
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As time comes on May 2, the Atlanta finally ushered in the challenge from the New Yorker at his home court.
The Phillips Arena was extremely lively tonight, and all the fans were very excited.
They are very confident that the Hawks can easily defeat the Knicks and even enter the second round of the playoffs with a 4-0 sweep.
At this time, the players of both teams are already on the court, and the first match between the two teams this season's playoffs is about to begin.
"Bang". Al Horford lost to Tyson Chandler, who was about eight centimeters taller than him, giving the Knicks the first chance to attack in this game.
Tyson Chandler came to New York last summer. After he came to New York, he brought great changes to the Knicks team, and the team's defense has made considerable progress.
The "Boxing King"'s defense this season has also been praised from all sides. It is even possible that Tyson Chandler will replace Wu Feng's old teammate Dwight Howard this season and become the best defensive player.
"Swish", Jeremy Lin shot from the basket and took the lead for the Knicks.
Wu Feng shook his head helplessly, he was careless about the ball.
Al Horford singled Tyson Chandler, turned around and jumped in the middle distance, and the ball hit the basket steadily.
The Knicks' fast break counterattack missed. Wu Feng grabbed the defensive rebound.
When he came to the frontcourt with the ball, the one standing in front of Wu Feng was Jeremy Lin, who had been crazy for half a season.
When he faced Jeremy Lin and Wu Feng, he looked a little solemn.
The guy in front of him was very fast and his reaction was very sharp, and his breakthrough was also very sharp. After several previous matches, Wu Feng also knew that Jeremy Lin’s main scoring method was to make a layup after the breakthrough.
On the contrary, Jeremy Lin's fixed-point shooting is not his strength.
Therefore, although the opponent's overall strength is not too strong, Wu Feng is still very serious. After all, Jeremy Lin's breakthrough is indeed very threatening.
Therefore, Wu Feng must be cautious when fighting with him this time.
Cork Hinrich used Wu Feng's cover to attack outside the three-point line, but failed to hit, and the rebound was grabbed by the Knicks' power forward Amare Stoudemire.
"Swish". Jeremy Lin's cross after breaking through, assisting j.r-Smith to score a three-pointer.
Kirk Hinrich, who defended JR-Smith, shook his head helplessly. This ball was his defensive loss.
"Follow closely." Wu Feng said to Marvin Williams.
Marvin Williams nodded and sent the ball to Wu Feng.
Wu Feng used the ball and slowly advanced towards the Knicks' half. Since the Knicks players had already fallen into the position, Wu Feng slowed down and adjusted the rhythm. Anyway, the fast break could not be played.
After coming to the Knicks' three-point line, Wu Feng grabbed the ball in his hand and then found his teammates' positions.
At this time, Al Horford reached out to Wu Feng for the ball. However, Wu Feng obviously noticed that Amare Stoudemire was preparing to attack to cut off his pass.
Wu Feng sneered, then passed the ball to Cork Hinrich. Cork Hinrich broke through with the ball, and then stopped and jumped around the paint area.
But his move was short and he still didn't make it.
Cork Hinrich has not felt very good during this period. Even Larry Drew shook his head, thinking about whether to replace him first and adjust it.
Al Horford fought for an offensive rebound and then made a tip-in, but the ball still didn't make it. Josh Smith grabbed the offensive rebound. Josh Smith did not choose to attack himself, but passed the ball to Wu Feng outside the three-point line.
After Wu Feng received the ball, he forced a breakthrough. After attracting Tyson Chandler to make up for defense, Wu Feng passed the ball to Al Horford.
After Al Horford received the ball, he jumped and scored with both hands.
In the following time, the Eagles finally found the offensive rhythm under the leadership of Wu Feng.
Wu Feng scored 6 points in a row, helping the team to surpass the score in one fell swoop.
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12:8, the Hawks still lead by 4 points.
After the Hawks completed the offense with a slam dunk again, Knicks head coach Mike Woodson called a timeout. He wanted to teach his disciples a lesson, how could there be such a rough defense?
"It's hard for me to understand your defense just now. They actually made them play an attacking craze. Tyson, I told you to defend Horford well. How did you do it? He actually scored 4 points in a row and scored a slam dunk. Remember, he is Horford, not Howard, he is not that 'Warcraft'. If you don't do the defense well, believe it or not, I'll let you all get out and replace other players on the court." Mike Woodson shouted at these Knicks players.
On the Hawks' side, Larry Drew is also summarizing the game just now.
"The defensive intensity just now was not too high. Strengthen the defense so that they don't feel comfortable catching and shooting. In addition, the offensive rhythm does not have to be too fast, just be more stable. Okay, go up." Larry Drew said to Wu Feng and others.
Wu Feng and others nodded when they heard this.
Soon, the pause time ended and the game continued.
Knicks' offense.
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Just now, Jeremy Lin made a wonderful pass to assist j.r-Smith to hit a three-pointer, which has already made Wu Feng cautious.
Jeremy Lin suddenly started and broke through to Wu Feng's right side. Wu Feng had to make up, but at this moment, Jeremy Lin suddenly took a step back and opened the distance with Wu Feng.
Jeremy Lin was happy and quickly threw the ball out. He didn't want to give up this good opportunity to score.
"Swish". The basketball drew a not-so-beautiful arc in the air and then fell into the Nets.
"yes!" Jeremy Lin shouted excitedly.
Wu Feng frowned. The guy in front of him had a sharp breakthrough and was very good at using the cover of his teammates.
The Hawks' ball rights.
Wu Feng broke through the ball and dribbled continuously under his crotch, Wu Feng crossed his steps directly. Then he shook Jeremy Lin's defense and rushed into the Knicks' inside line.
But at this moment, a big man rushed out of the Knicks' inside line.
This big man is naturally Tyson Chandler.
Wu Feng did not feel any fear at all, but continued to rush towards the penalty area and then jumped up.
Tyson Chandler saw Wu Feng rushing forward, so he naturally jumped up.
But to his disappointment, Wu Feng did not want to dunk, but jumped up to attract his defense and passed the ball to Josh Smith behind him.
"This damn guy was actually deceived by him." Tyson Chandler thought viciously in his heart.
After Josh Smith received the ball, he dunked it with one hand, which was very easy and was simply not difficult.
Josh Smith and Wu Feng chewed each other in a celebrating manner, and then returned to his half with Wu Feng to defend.
Cameron Anthony broke through with the ball, but made a mistake at this time.
The ball hit his feet, and then rolled towards Marvin Williams not far away. Seeing this, Marvin Williams didn't hesitate and directly copied the ball and passed it to Wu Feng quickly.
At this time, there were five players rushing towards the Knicks halftime together, three Hawks players, namely Wu Feng, Marvin Williams and Al Horford, and two Knicks players, Cameron Anthony and J.R Smith.
Three to two!
Wu Feng did not hesitate to j.r-Smith's siege and blocked the ball, and threw the ball towards the basket. At this time, Al Horford quickly rushed into the Knicks' penalty area and jumped high.
With a "bang", a shocking aerial relay dunk was completed.
"So handsome, this kind of cooperation is so exciting." A commenter at the scene commented.
"unbelievable..." another commentator commented.
Seeing the Hawks succeeded in dunking again and their morale rose sharply, Knicks head coach Mike Woodson could only ask for another timeout helplessly.
After the timeout, the Hawks replaced Cork Hinrich and replaced the 'Answer' Iverson.
The Knicks also adjusted the lineup.
When the other four Knicks players were all out, Jeremy Lin dribbled in the frontcourt.
Looking at Wu Feng's tight defense, Jeremy Lin couldn't help but feel a little overwhelmed. In the few minutes of the previous fight, he had deeply experienced the power of Wu Feng's defense.
To be continued...