Chapter 104 Specially Bullying Soft Persimmons
The Celtics are as stable as Mount Tai. No matter how the Knicks throw each other around, the Celtics' rhythm has not changed much. The Big Three don't care about the mad dog-style play of young players of the Knicks. They only play six or seven minutes in each quarter and can still be stable when changing to a group of substitutes. This is the foundation of the champion team.
After three quarters, the Celtics led 69:54, and the Knicks' crazy attack was not without any results. If they fought like this at the beginning, they might not be so much behind.
The Celtics did not take any serious attention today, and the three giants did not play much time. Even the fourth giant, Rondo, was still fighting, and did not have the idea of having to distinguish himself from Emperor Wu. So the Knicks had a chance to win, but they were just fooled by the Celtics as soon as they came up.
Emma Roberts couldn't help muttering in front of the TV: "This is a steel gun!" She felt that the Knicks's tactics, who just made a few shots, was very similar to some teams in the CSS world. These teams did not have too many tactics, but their shooting skills were just a tough one. When they came to the state, they would be a headshot, so there was no need for any tactics.
There are some common places in these two fields. The teams with Gangliu may become world-class teams, but that's all. If you want to win the championship, you still need excellent tactics and cooperation. The same is true for the NBA team. If you want to win the championship, it is of course far from enough to rely on shooting and fast breaks, but if the Knicks just want to go back to the playoffs first, this is the fastest way to compete in attack in the regular season and defense in the playoffs. This is the consensus of most fans. If you just want to enter the playoffs, you can do it by just offense.
In the last quarter, the three Celtics' giants simply sat off the court. The two teams began to attack. After the opening, Wu Huang scored two consecutive three-pointers, and Rondo blocked his eyes, but he still threw the ball into the basket, which made the young Rondo unable to stabilize.
Emperor Wu secretly praised good luck in his heart, but he looked at Rondo with a provocative look on his face, which meant "If you have the ability, you can do one too!"
Rondo really can't come. Emperor Wu knew that this guy made a sharp breakthrough. But long shots were like horses, and defense was one and a half steps away from the defensive end. Only defense was not limited to shooting, and you were lucky if you could shoot.
This is the method everyone uses to deal with James, which is also applicable to other players who are not good at shooting. But soon, Wu Huang found that he underestimated the opponent and his provocation failed. Although Rondo chose to break through, he did not insist on scoring. The fourth giant of the Celtics broke through three consecutive times and ended with a pass. Assisted Rashid Wallace to shoot 3 three-pointers for the Celtics.
Wu Huang defended at such a long distance and could indeed defend Rondo's breakthrough layup. But he still couldn't defend his pass. This guy's speed was no worse than him. The Celtics made a total of 6 three-pointers in this quarter, four of which were Rondo's assists. Although the Knicks also regained the feeling of scoring, the gap between the two sides was still towards 20 points, and the outcome was no longer suspense.
The final score was 99:84, and the Knicks only scored 9 points in the first quarter. The pit was too big, and they were eventually defeated by the powerful Celtics.
The team lost, Wu Huang's performance was quite good. He played in 32 minutes, scored 20 points, 4 rebounds, 8 assists, 1 steal and 5 mistakes, including 3 of 8 three-pointers. Considering that his opponent is the increasingly famous Rajon. Rondo, Wu Huang's performance is already good. The only drawback is his rebounding, which is one of his strengths. He only grabbed 4 today, but Rondo, who faced him, grabbed 8 rebounds. Wu Huang finally met a point guard who is better than him in rebounding.
In terms of the Celtics, the three giants only played three quarters today, and their playing time was about 25 minutes. It can be said that Rivers just asked the three old guys to come up to find the state of the game today, and they were active and had no intention of fighting the Knicks at all.
Rondo became the Celtics' most scorers today, playing for 31 minutes in total, scoring 18 points, 8 rebounds, 11 assists, 4 steals and 1 block. Three of them were steals and the only block were obtained on Wu Huang.
Emperor Wu met a truly powerful opponent today. Rondo in the first half might not have given all his strength, but in the second half, especially when Emperor Wu opened on the offensive end, Rondo was gradually becoming serious at this time.
This is Rondo's fourth season with the Big Three. This point guard, who is extremely fast, has become more and more stable in control and has become more and more excellent in passing, has gradually stepped out from behind the Big Three and entered the ranks of star point guards.
Wu Huang looked much more immature in front of this point guard with excellent defense and rich experience. Today, he had two passes and was cut by Rondo. Another time, when he was breaking through, Rondo directly copied the ball and hit a counterattack. In the fourth quarter, Rondo's long arm was exposed when he made a layup.
From this point of view, once Rondo becomes serious, Wu still has a lot of pressure, but he is a rookie after all, and being able to perform like this has already made the media and fans in New York very satisfied.
After the game, Wu Huang praised Rondo: "Rondo is the strongest opponent I have encountered. He makes me feel suffocated on the offensive end. This is a dilemma that I have never encountered in college, and it is also the reason why I want to play against the NBA. Only when facing such an opponent can I have enough challenges in my career."
The media also didn't care much about the outcome of this game. They focused on the conspicuous sneakers on Wu Huang's feet, but there was no news of the release of new sneakers on UA's official website?
The head of the UA basketball shoe department was amused and laughed after watching this game. Unexpectedly, Emperor Wu really put on this pair of beta sneakers, and they didn't have time to cooperate with the publicity.
But then again, Wu Huang's influence cannot be underestimated. On the official website of ua, there are now posts asking about the new sneakers on Wu Huang's feet everywhere, and the customer service phone number is almost blown up. After learning the news, the entire ua's senior management immediately decided to hold an emergency meeting after the game to discuss and accelerate the launch of this uahugoone.
On October 14, the Knicks ran to Baltemo, the largest city in Maryland, to fight Philadelphia, 76ers.
In this game, the 76ers played a lot more time than the Knicks, basically more than 28 minutes, and Iguodala even played 37 minutes. In the last quarter, they also kept 4 main players on the court. They were determined to win.
The 76ers led by: 16 in the first quarter. The Knicks' offense encountered ups and downs again. As long as the players' feel is not good, they will not have many ways to score. However, in the second quarter, the 76ers were counterattacked by the Knicks. Gallinari felt hot and led the rotation lineup to start the second quarter with a wave of 12:2, surpassing 27:24 in one fell swoop.
The Knicks won 26:14 in this quarter and led 42:37 in the first half.
The 76ers launched a large counterattack in the second half. The Knicks players' touch fell to freezing point again, and the 76ers took the lead again.
With the last 6 minutes and 30 seconds left in the fourth quarter, Louis Williams made a three-pointer, and the 76ers opened the gap with 80:70.
After Wu Huang helped the team to score the score at 78:83, Louis Williams broke through Wu Huang and scored two plus one, then made another layup, one man scored 5 points in a row, and the 76ers gained another 10 points advantage.
The Knicks have not narrowed the gap to less than 5 points since then, and they are powerless to turn things around.
In this game, Wu Huang met the nerve knife Louis Williams. This kid who is only 183m tall is very fast and his breakthrough scoring ability is particularly outstanding. Wu Huang even thinks that he is stronger than Rondo's breakthrough ability.
This is not the first time he has encountered an opponent of this type, but it is the first time in NBA. Today, he seems very passive on the defensive end and cannot keep up with the opponent's breakthrough rhythm. He is always slower when defending, and after going back, he has to watch the video to find problems.
But what made Emperor Wu even more unhappy was that this guy actually had two girlfriends, and he was not jealous of each other and always watched the game together. He was like his sisters. Isn’t this too unscientific?
"It's really damn!" Emperor Wu was envious of Louis Williams' beauty. Many players were also jealous of this guy. There were probably many curses in their hearts. How could a civilized society have such shameless phenomenon?
Wu Huang only played 28 minutes today, scoring 15 points, 5 rebounds and 6 assists. Garlinari's 18 points were the highest in the Knicks, David Lee scored 16 points and 8 rebounds, and Ellington scored 15 points.
Louis Williams scored the highest 22 points and 4 assists for the 76ers, Elton Brand scored 20 points and 8 rebounds, Andre Iguodala scored 16 points, 7 rebounds and 6 assists, and Sadison Young scored 12 points.
The New York media still don’t care about the winning or losing of this kind of game. They are concerned about D’Antoni’s three different teams in three preseason games. This is what is worth pondering. It can be seen that Xiao Wangzi has not decided in her heart the team’s lineup in the regular season, and who to focus on this season?
In the first game, the Knicks were: Emperor Wu, Larry Hughes, Al Harrington, Channing Fry, David Lee.
In the second game, the Knicks' turn: Wu Huang, Larry Hughes, Wilson Chandler, Al Harrington, David Lee.
In the third game, the Knicks' change again: Wu Huang, Wilson Chandler, Garlinari, Al Harrington, David Lee.
Many media and fans are speculating that in the next game, the Knicks will change their lineup again?
They guessed right, D'Antoni changed the team again in this game and became: Wu Huang, Wilson Chandler, Garlinari, Channing Fry, David Lee.
This time, D'Antoni completely took the lineup of the two veterans Hughes and Ellington, and let the two rested, instead of changing to Chandler, who has stronger athletic ability and Gallinari, who has more superb shooting skills. At the same time, the inside lineup Channing Fry, and the Knicks have significantly improved their shooting ability and speed.
Today's game process is indeed very different from the previous games. Wu Huang also prefers to cooperate with Chandler and Garlinari. One of these two people can play fast in fast attacks, and the other is superb shooting skills and has a high assist rate, which can allow him to get more assists. Wu Huang of course prefers to partner with such players rather than partner with Hughes and Ellington who are habitually standing. These two people often stand still and wait for him to pass the ball, but the two of them have a good experience in grouping together. Wu Huang does not have a good excuse to get angry.
It can be said that the only people in the Knicks who are not very controlled by him are Hughes and Ellington, but these two are the two with the highest salary in the team and are also the second and third positions of the team.
The most surprising thing about the Knicks' lineup is Channing Fry, a big pitcher who is probably Obama's long-lost brother. He is actually not just a pitcher. His effect in defending pick-and-roll is surprisingly good, which is beyond the expectations of many experts and fans. After all, Fry has been unrestrained by the Trail Blazers in the past two years and is rarely exposed to the media. Everyone ignores this slightly weak insider, with very fast steps, good height and wingspan, and it is very useful when defending pick-and-roll, which is a bit like a poor version of Bosh.
Fry and David Lee, one of whom is the main control of pick-and-roll, and the other is responsible for low-post hard resistance. The Knicks' inside defense has been somewhat improved, although overall it is still very bad.
The Knicks did not slow down again today. They had three players on the court with a three-point shooting percentage of more than 40%, and their firepower was unprecedentedly fierce. With Chandler's active empty cut and counter-run at the bottom line, David Lee's shooting and face-frame attack at the middle distance, and the Knicks' offense suddenly became much more three-dimensional today. At least they could also cause a little threat in the penalty area, and the three-point line was more accurate, which caused the Nets to be beaten 18:31 by the Knicks in the first quarter.
Space Yi is a real tragedy. Qian Ning Fry's single defense is not good, but he is best at dealing with thin running and jump opponents. Yi Jianlian was just restrained. He didn't score a point in the first quarter today and missed all four shots.
In the second quarter, Wu Huang broke out on the outside, made 5 of 6 shots in this quarter, scoring 14 points and 2 assists in a single quarter, leading the Knicks to further expand the gap, leading the Nets 22 points in the first half, and there was basically no suspense in the game.
In the second half, the Knicks did not give the Nets a chance. After the third quarter, the score had become 92:66. The difference between the two teams was close to 30 points, and the fourth quarter naturally became garbage time.
The final score was 116:91, and the Knicks defeated the Nets again, winning the second preseason victory.
Emperor Wu felt so distressed. It seemed that they could win a bad team like the Nets now, which was not something to be happy about.
But no matter what, the Knicks have defeated the Nets twice in the preseason, and the "Derby across the River" has become their world.
Space Yi only scored 8 points and 2 rebounds under Fry's defense today. Although he was still with the Nets, he was replaced after only 6 minutes of playing in the first quarter, which shows that he is not competent.
Chapter completed!