The Knicks were eliminated at home, which obviously made the Atlanta extremely happy, and they completely forgot that they had lost a game at Madison Square Garden Arena.

But even if they remember, they have sent the New Yorkers home and entered the second round of the playoffs themselves.

In this game tonight, Wu Feng's performance was the best in the game, but another Hawks player also attracted countless attention.

That is former All-Star player Tracy McGrady.

McGrady performed very well in the second quarter of this game, scoring three-pointers, shooting three-pointers, assists with wonderful passes, and rebounds.

The most eye-catching thing is undoubtedly the blocking of JR-Smith's goal, which made most people look at him with admiration.

McGrady's wonderful performance in the second quarter also won him a lot of time in the second half.

During the whole game, McGrady played for nearly twenty-five minutes, which surprised many people.

You know, he averaged only fifteen minutes of playing time in the regular season, and the most played time in the first four games of the playoffs was only sixteen minutes.

Today, he played for nearly twenty-five minutes, and he was playing time for a main player.

However, McGrady did not disappoint fans, teammates and head coach Larry Drew who had ardent hope for him during these 25 minutes.

Six of nine shots, including two three-pointers, plus three free throws, McGrady scored a total of 17 points in this game. In addition, he also sent 5 assists, 4 rebounds and 2 blocks.

Such performance almost made almost all McGrady's fans burst into tears.

Larry Drew, Wu Feng and others were also amazed at McGrady's performance. McGrady's battle will undoubtedly make Larry Drew trust him more.

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As time flies, the first round of the playoffs is gradually coming to an end.

Two days ago, the Atlanta Hawks' second round opponent finally appeared. And unsurprisingly, the Boston Celtics.

Wu Feng is extremely familiar with this team. After all, in the Eastern Conference semi-finals last season, he led the Magic to eliminate the Celtics.

Wu Feng knew very well that this Eastern Conference semi-finals would be even more difficult. However, he was not afraid and confident that he could eliminate them last year, and this year he would be able to do the same.

The Miami Heat, one of the favorites to win the championship, did not expect to eliminate their opponents Indiana Pacers, but since the Chicago Bulls and Orlando Magic played 3:3, the Heat would have to wait two days before they could know their opponents.

In the West, the Spurs were the first to advance to the second round, but the remaining three teams in the Western Conference semi-finals have not yet appeared.

In recent days, the question of who will win the award for the regular season Most Valuable Player has been hyped up on the Internet.

There are rumors that the most valuable player this year will be a relatively young player.

After receiving the news, people focused on Wu Feng.

After all, the most likely young player is Wu Feng, because he is only twenty years old this year.

Of course, Derek Ross and Kevin Durant are also very promising, after all, they are relatively young players.

However, they still believe that Wu Feng is most likely to win this most important award.

After Wu Feng learned the news, he did not react much. He just focused most of his energy on the Eastern Conference semi-finals.

Last year's MVP incident in the finals made Wu Feng much more steady. Before he won that award, everything was unknown.

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The time is May 17th, this day. The Hawks will face their second round opponent, the Boston Celtics.

Since the Hawks' regular season record is the first in the Eastern Conference, they still have a home advantage.

The first match was at the Phillips Arena.

At this moment, the starting lineup of both sides was played on the big screen in the center of the Phillips Arena.

The Celtics' starters are: center Brandon Bass, power forward Kevin Garnett, small forward Paul Pierce, shooting guard Avery Bradley, and organizational defender Rajon Rondo.

Such a lineup is their usual lineup recently, and it tends to be a smaller lineup. After all, Brandon Bass is only 2.03 meters tall, but he serves as a center. Bradley is only 1.87 meters tall, but he has to play as a shooting guard.

However, although this lineup is small, judging from previous games, their effects are extremely good, especially in offensive and defensive rotation, which is extremely effective.

The five starting players of the Hawks are: center Al Horford, power forward Josh Smith, small forward Marvin Williams, shooting guard Cork Hinrich, and organizational defender Wu Feng.

Both sides jumped the ball, Al Horford lost to Kevin Garnett, allowing the opponent to easily transfer the ball to Rajon Rondo's hands.

After receiving the ball, he quickly passed the midfield. Rajon Rondo's speed was extremely fast, but Wu Feng appeared outside the three-point line early.

Rajon Rondo did not play hard, but handed the ball to captain Paul Pierce.

Looking at Marvin Williams' full defense, Paul Pierce's pace of possessing the ball suddenly became faster.

Paul Pierce changed hands behind his back, and with his right foot slanted, half of his body had appeared on the right side of Marvin Williams, and the whole set of movements was straightforward.

However, if he is so urgent and sudden, ordinary players may not be able to do this, but he is facing Marvin Williams.

At the moment Paul Pierce started, Marvin Williams was already ready, but he didn't expect his opponent's breakthrough to be so simple that he didn't even have the most basic fake moves.

In a hurry, Marvin Williams immediately pressed his body on, jamming Paul Pierce's breakthrough move. The collision between the two sides was not fierce. Paul Pierce did not force a breakthrough. Marvin Williams' legs were as stable as a rock. Paul Pierce tentatively made a breakthrough and released it.

With his right toe, Paul Pierce swung his entire body 180 degrees with the help of the rebound, and passed the ball out with his back to Marvin Williams.

Rajon Rondo took a slip after receiving the ball. Facing Cork Hinrich who was making up for defense, he did not hesitate at all. A realistic jump shot trick Cork Hinrich away from the ground and rushed to the Hawks' inside with the ball.

Rajon Rondo's wrist shaking slightly, and the shooting posture became a pass, and the ball returned to Paul Pierce's hand. One round and one stroke was enough for the Hawks to make up for the loopholes in defense.

After Paul Pierce received the ball, he clicked the ball and made a jump shot directly.

With a "swish", the basketball was very obedient and fell into the basket.

As the captain of the Celtics, 'Truth' Paul Pierce has always been their most stable scorer.

Although Rajon Rondo has shown the potential of a top point guard in the past two seasons, the captain of the Celtics is Paul Pierce after all.

Paul Pierce took the lead in the first attack of the Celtics.

The Hawks players also know that this game is another difficult game.

If you want to win a good start to this series, you must first defend well.

Long before the game started, Larry Drew told them that they should focus on defending Paul Pierce. Now it seems that what Larry Drew pointed out is very correct.

Wu Feng's breakthrough was very fast, which made Rajon Rondo quite cautious. In this game, Doug Rivers naturally handed over the burden of defending Wu Feng to his hands.

Rajon Rondo deliberately set aside a little, but unexpectedly, Wu Feng pulled up a dry land half a meter outside the three-point line, and the ball entered the net.

The Celtics passed the ball from the outside but never found a chance. Rajon Rondo had no choice but to pass the ball to the inside.

Brandon Bass immediately leaned forward to catch the ball, and there were no Hawks players at the basket. He just needed to get the ball and he could turn around and win.

"Bang", a figure flashed in front of me, and naturally I didn't get the ball.

Cork Hinrich reacted very quickly and rushed to the frontcourt after the ball was cut off by his teammates.

Al Horford's passing quality was not high. Fortunately, there were no Celtics players around Cork Hinrich, so he easily sent the ball into the basket.

Doug Rivers's face looked a little bad, and he didn't play well at the beginning, which made the next game even harder.

As the Hawks made beautiful attacks one after another and led the Celtics 11-4, head coach Doug Rivers called the first timeout of the game.

When Kevin Garnett felt bad in the interior, if Paul Pierce had not felt good, the Hawks might have expanded their lead to double digits if it weren't for Paul Pierce's pretty good feel.

After the timeout, the Celtics replaced Avery Bradley with Ray Allen.

Ray Allen's physical condition this season is not very good, so he mostly plays as a substitute this season, but he also plays a lot of playing time.

Ray Allen had a brilliant performance as soon as he came on the court. Cork Hinrich's horizontal pass was successfully intercepted by Ray Allen who suddenly appeared, and then took the ball alone and went straight to the Hawks' half.

At this moment, the Hawks players were all in the backcourt, and Cork Hinrich's pass mistake caught them off guard.

Although Cork Hinrich tried his best to catch up, the distance between the two was getting farther and farther, so he could only watch Ray Allen successfully make a layup easily.

Just ten seconds later, Cork Hinrich hit the Celtics with a precise three-pointer, and more importantly, this ball was shot under Ray Allen's defense.

Paul Pierce can be said to be one of the most scoring players in the league. Although he has never won the scoring champion, no one has ever questioned his scoring ability.

When Paul Pierce broke through to the near-free throw line, he transferred the ball to Rajon Rondo. Wu Feng followed Rajon Rondo. After getting the ball, he not only did not have a chance to take action, but was almost cut off by Wu Feng.

The ball returned to Paul Pierce's hands, but he had no chance to take action at this time. Marvin Williams had appeared in front of him.

Under Marvin Williams' tight defense, Paul Pierce had to frown secretly.

The ball was sent back to the outside line, but the attack time had already jumped to twenty-one seconds. After receiving the ball, Rajon Rondo had not even had time to adjust the center of gravity, so he hurriedly made a three-pointer, but lost a three-pointer.

The 'Spring Man' Josh Smith grabbed the defensive rebound and quickly handed it to Wu Feng.

Rajon Rondo seemed unable to stop Wu Feng's breakthrough. Wu Feng easily rushed into the three-point line.

However, Paul Pierce has noticed the situation here this time. At the moment Wu Feng started, he had given up on Marvin Williams and made up for the omission of Rajon Rondo. As for his position, there are naturally other players who make up for it.

However, he finally despised Wu Feng's passing ability. Before he could make up for defense, Wu Feng's ball was quickly handed over. The ball was passing flat and steady, and the ball was very fast. The players of the Celtics were not as good as the ones to make up for defense in the future. Marvin Williams had quickly adjusted the ball in his hand and easily jumped out of the three-point line.

"Swish" the ball fell into the basket neatly!

On the Celtics side, Paul Pierce singled Marvin Williams, a beautiful back jump shot, finally scored 2 points for the Celtics.

Paul Pierce's offense tonight was a bit unsolvable, and it made the defenders unable to defend.

"Swish", Wu Feng took a step back and quickly opened the distance between Rajon and Rondo and easily hit the opponent's head.

This is entirely based on his own physical fitness. His absolute physical advantage allows him to be at ease in the offense.

"Bang", Rajon Rondo's jump shot went offensively, Brandon Bass grabbed the offensive rebound and then divided the ball into Paul Pierce's outside.
To be continued...