Chapter 406 The once beautiful youth(1/2)
Although the New Yorker won a game at his home court, it doesn't seem to be enough to affect the trend of this series.
After all, they are still behind the Hawks 1:3 now.
Even so, after winning the game, the New Yorkers were extremely happy because it was much better than sweeping.
After these two away games, the next game will return to the Hawks' home court.
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On May 11, the fifth game of the Hawks and Knicks in this round of the series finally arrived.
This game still determines the fate of the two teams. If the Hawks win, they will enter the second round. If the Knicks win, then their chances of eliminating the Hawks will be much higher.
In the last game, the Hawks were a little careless because they were leading the score, which led to losing the game.
And today, they will definitely not make the same mistake again. They plan to solve the Knicks at their home court and then enter the second round.
In this game, in addition to Emma Watson coming to the home stadium to support Wu Feng, their parents and sister also came from home to cheer for Wu Feng.
Therefore, Wu Feng was full of strong fighting spirit today and was bound to win tonight's game.
As the referee's whistle sounded, this highly-attractive focus battle officially began!
In this game, the starting lineup of the Hawks was the same as before, center Al Horford, power forward Josh Smith, small forward Marvin Williams, shooting guard Cork Hinrich, and the organization guard was naturally Wu Feng.
The Knicks' lineup has been slightly adjusted, and jr Smith replaced Landry Fields and entered the starting lineup.
The competition began soon.
Al Horford and Tyson Chandler jumped, and the former won.
The Hawks got the first opportunity to attack. Wu Feng quickly dribbled the ball and quickly drove the ball through the half. Jeremy Lin was responsible for defending him.
There was no too much entanglement with Jeremy Lin. Wu Feng quickly passed the ball out.
After the ball was passed to Marvin Williams, Wu Feng quickly ran, interspersed and blocked, and Wu Feng quickly cut into the basket, and Marvin Williams's ball passed in in time.
Wu Feng made a relaxed layup and scored the first two points of the game.
The ball was handed to the inside lineman Tyson Chandler. Tyson Chandler took a tentative step back. Al Horford's inside defense was very meticulous and tightly attached to Tyson Chandler's body.
A turn and jump shot, but the touch didn't seem to be very good. Also because Al Horford's defense was indeed quite good, the ball bounced on the basket twice, but it still didn't fall into the basket.
Al Horford easily took off the defensive rebound and quickly handed it to Wu Feng.
Knicks head coach Mike Woodson stood on the sidelines and watched the game nervously.
Wu Feng's blocking was not allowed, and Cork Hinrich quickly dribbled the ball and followed up. Cameron Anthony's defense was very timely, but Cork Hinrich did not react disappointedly because he was blocked, and his face was calm. His wrists trembled, and the ball quickly passed back to Wu Feng's hand.
"Lin, keep up." Cameron Anthony hurriedly shouted when he saw the open space in front of Wu Feng.
Jeremy Lin’s defense is not his strength. The Knicks relied on him the most is his role on the offensive end.
With a "swish", the ball hollowed into the net.
Wu Feng shook his arm hard and retreated to defend.
In both matches with Jeremy Lin, Wu Feng won both.
Seeing that Wu Feng scored 4 points at the beginning of the game, the Knicks players immediately adjusted their defense against Wu Feng in time, but the effect did not seem to be very obvious.
Without a chance, Wu Feng's ball can always be passed out in time.
At this time, Cameron Anthony stood up as the boss of the team.
After receiving the pass, a turning hook finally made the ball, scoring 2 points for the Knicks.
Wu Feng made a wonderful pass, Marvin Williams made a shot after receiving the ball, and hit a two-pointer near the free throw line.
JR Smith missed a three-pointer, and Amare Stadmeier scored a tip-in.
Marvin Williams broke through the baseline and passed the ball to Cork Hinrich at the top of the arc. After the latter received the ball, he made a slight adjustment and then made a three-point jump shot, but missed it, Tyson Chandler grabbed the defensive rebound.
The Knicks attacked, Jeremy Lin missed the jump shot when he stopped and Tyson Chandler grabbed the offensive rebound, made a small hook, and scored another 2 points.
After attracting the Knicks defensive players, Wu Feng's back pass handed the ball to Marvin Williams, who took the knife and hit a beautiful three-pointer.
For the Knicks, Cameron Anthony also made a three-pointer.
Seeing the Knicks' offense so sharply, Larry Drew showed a solemn look and was a little dissatisfied with the players' defense.
Wu Feng hung the ball into the inside line. Josh Smith made a fake move and tricked Tyson Chandler into tiptoeing, and then quickly handed the ball to Al Horford behind Tyson Chandler, who directly shoved a cricket into the basket.
With Josh Smith's assisting defense, Cameron Anthony's attack was fruitless.
Jeremy Lin picked up the floor ball and quickly handed the ball to JR-Smith.
In the last game, JR-Smith's four-pointer in the last minute was a sure victory for the Knicks.
It is precisely because of this that he was put into the starting lineup by Mike Woodson in this game.
"Drip", what made Cork Hinrich depressed was that JR Smith tricked him into another foul, and that goal was scored.
The New Yorkers immediately cheered, and JR-Smith scored such a beautiful 2+1, which naturally made them particularly excited.
At the last moment of the last game, 2+1, many Knicks fans regarded jr Smith as the team's surprise.
jr-Smith easily scored the ball, and the two sides fought to 13:13.
Al Horford took the initiative to ask for the ball in the interior. Although Amare Stoudemire, who is responsible for defending him, has excellent offensive ability, his defense is not good. Moreover, his current physical fitness is slightly worse than Al Horford, so the pressure on Al Horford is limited.
Al Horford suddenly exerted force and squeezed Amare Stoudemire over, and a beautiful turn and jump shot. The ball was hollowed into the net.
In the first quarter, the Hawks played very well, combining inside and outside, and blooming at multiple points.
In the first quarter, the Atlanta scored 29 points from the Knicks, and the Knicks' inside offense was frustrated in the second half of the first quarter. Fortunately, JR Smith stepped forward in time and provided strong firepower. In the first quarter, the Knicks made four three-pointers, two of which were shot by JR Smith. It was with his help that the Knicks bit the score tightly and fell behind the Hawks by only 3 points.
At the end of the first quarter, the score between the two sides was 29:26, and the Hawks led by 3 points.
In tonight's game, Jeremy Lin's performance was a bit abnormal. Perhaps because he played too hard in the last three games and his physical strength was greatly affected.
Therefore, in the second quarter, the Knicks replaced Jeremy Lin, who had almost no achievements, and veteran Mike Bibby appeared on his behalf.
The Hawks attack first, and Jeff Teague took the ball and organized the Hawks' offense.
Jeff Teague wandered at the top of the arc and looked for an opportunity, but suddenly pulled to the bottom line and broke through the basket.
Just as Mike Bibby rushed up, Jeff Teague suddenly shook his wrist and passed the ball. The one who received the ball was McGrady who was tangenting toward the basket from the middle.
In the Hawks, McGrady's playing time is not high.
In the regular season, he averaged only fifteen minutes of playing time, but his performance was pretty good. He averaged 8.3 points, 3.6 assists and 2.8 rebounds per game.
Because he averaged less playing time, his physical condition was in good condition. His attendance rate this season was quite high, and he missed only three games throughout the season, which was the season with the highest attendance rate in McGrady's career.
In the playoffs, McGrady has a little more playing time, after all, he has rich playoff experience.
After receiving a pass from Jeff Teague, McGrady rushed directly to the basket.
Facing Amare Stoudemier's backup defense, McGrady made a backhand layup and made the ball, which also caused Amare Stoudemier's defensive foul.
McGrady excitedly shook and beat his chest, and after high-fives with Wu Feng and others, she walked to the free throw line.
"Swish", Madiga hit the penalty.
Seeing McGrady perform like this, his fans were very excited.
Tyson Chandler received a pass from his teammate and drew one on the head of Hawks substitute center Zaza Pachulia and caused the opponent's defensive foul.
Release the basket, Tyson Chandler growled.
McGrady broke through with the ball, pulled backwards suddenly, retreated to the outside of the three-point line, and then made a three-point jump shot. The three-pointer was very elegant and entered the basket steadily.
"Wow..." The Phillips Arena was in an uproar.
Home fans couldn't believe that McGrady could perform like this. She played less than two minutes before she reached 6 points, and she was almost close to his average score in the regular season.
"Al, Tracy's performance today is really exciting!" Seeing McGrady's performance, Wu Feng couldn't help but smile at Horford.
"Yes, but this is not surprising." Horford replied with a smile.
Upon hearing this, Wu Feng nodded and continued the viewer's game.
The Knicks attacked, and Mike Bibby successfully reached the Hawks' basket, but missed a layup, and Radmanovic grabbed the defensive rebound.
Previously, Tyson Chandler drew a ball on his head, and veteran Zaza Pachulia was not angry. In the next attack, he turned his back to Tyson Chandler with a small hook. Unfortunately, after the ball was shot, it was touched by Tyson Chandler's fingertips. The ball jumped twice in the basket, but it still didn't make it.
Zaza Pachulia's offense was very sudden. Radmanovic had already run out to support the outside players, and he was blocked by Tyson Chandler and could only watch the rebound fall into Tyson Chandler's hands.
The Knicks pushed the ball slowly. When Mike Bibby led the ball through half the game, the Hawks players had already set up their defense.
The ball was handed to the right wing JR-Smith, as if he wanted to make history repeat itself. The same fake moves were not deceived by McGrady.
McGrady has extremely rich experience, how could she be fooled by JR-Smith?
What's more, he used this trick when he was young, so jr-Smith could not fool McGrady's eyes at all.
JR-Smith saw that McGrady was not fooled and had no chance to attack, so he put the ball out and handed it to Mike Bibby.
Mike Bibby used his experience to throw away Jeff Teague's defense and pulled it aside to shoot a three-pointer. Unfortunately, he felt poor and did not score. Tyson Chandler grabbed the offensive rebound again and then made a make-up dunk.
Larry Drew frowned and looked at all this. Fortunately, the Hawks are still 5 or 6 points ahead of their opponents. Otherwise, he would definitely ask for another timeout and re-arrange the defense.
McGrady controls the ball and breaks through the bottom line.
To be continued...