Wu Huang was the first Knicks player to come to Madison Square Garden. After he drove in, the stadium staff followed him and intercepted the reporters for him to interview.

After getting off the car, Emperor Wu just raised his hand to say hello to the reporter and smiled politely. Then he went to the locker room under the escort of seven or eight staff members, without answering any questions from the reporter along the way.

Of course, this is also a routine. Players and coaches will only answer reporters’ questions at the press conference before the game. Before this, unless they are in a good mood or have special needs, they will not look at each other and never shook the reporters around them.

The staff of "Madison Square Garden" have long cleaned the Knicks' locker room spotlessly. The most conspicuous one is the 12 semi-open wardrobes, which house 12 brand new Knicks home jerseys. There are twelve pairs of Nike-sponsored team-colored basketball shoes in the shoe cabinet below. Players can use their own sneakers or wear sneakers provided by the team.

Of course, Emperor Wu would not touch those standard sneakers. He obviously came earlier today, so he was bored and accepted an interview with a reporter outside the door.

"Yes, I can give you an interview, but the coach told us that we can only say, 'We are ready to compete with the Heat!' But we can't talk about specific tactics and arrangements, we can only express our desire to win, or our outlook for the Christmas battle, such as 'We are happy with the results of the training and no players were injured'."

Wu Huang's words made the reporters laugh, and then he said: "But now the coach is not here, I can tell you some inside information." Wu Huang is going to start talking nonsense again, "We are not a running and bomb team in the traditional sense. We will not give up on defense and pursue as many offensive and defensive conversions and shots as possible. We will compete for every goal and will never give the opponent a chance to shoot easily. Tonight the Heat will come here and can only leave with a failure."

New York reporters liked him to say this, and then asked him what he thought of Wade.

Wu Huang said: "He is one of the best players of all time. When you play on the same court with him, don't expect anything to stop him. You can make a lot of attempts to prevent him from scoring, but he can always throw the ball in." Wu Huang said this and said, "I will become a player like him, and I will prove this to New York fans in a while."

Emperor Wu then answered several questions from reporters. D'Antoni also came to the locker room, and his self-hype ended here.

The Knicks players soon arrived at the stadium, and the time for the pre-match press conference was almost up. D'Antoni took the team's main players to participate in the pre-match press conference and continued to take the lead in talking nonsense.

At the pre-match press conference, Wu Huang briefly expressed his desire to win. He praised his opponent's strength and the game starts soon.

After D'Antoni led the players back to the locker room again, he did not arrange too many tactical content. The main emphasis was on the importance of this game, requiring everyone to show their true desire to win, to fight for every goal, and not to give up an inch of land.

The most important thing is that they must never underestimate the enemy in the fourth quarter.

At the end, Xiaomoustache told the players with threats: "If anyone doesn't play seriously in the fourth quarter, then don't play in the fourth quarter in the future."

This threat is very effective, and even Emperor Wu quickly said: Today's game will definitely use the energy to kill the Heat!

The screen goes to the game scene.t-n-t will broadcast the Knicks and Heat match today.

Buckley, who has been playing big mouthed, has not commented on the Knicks' game for a long time. He is positive about the New Yorker's record during this period. "Yes, I think the Knicks' performance is very good. Before the start of the season, our prediction was that they had a maximum of 30 wins. They have only played 30% of the regular season so far. They have completed half of the task, so I think the Knicks' performance exceeded expectations."

Barkley immediately emphasized that last season's Knicks were indeed not worthy of enjoying the national broadcast. "We broadcasted the Knicks several times last season, and I don't want to say bad things about this team. But the players they had last season should play in the Development League or overseas. This is the fact that they didn't have a few qualified NBA players last season, but now they have many outstanding NBA players."

Kenny Smith also said: "The Knicks have 8 games this season to enjoy the treatment of live broadcasts across the United States. Considering that they only had 19 wins last season, the schedule arranged for them is full of forward-looking." His words may not be ridiculous of the league's preference for the Knicks. But it is no secret. Teams in Los Angeles and New York are like children of high-ranking officials in reality and cannot be ignored.

Today is Christmas reunion with relatives and friends, but there is still no absence in the "Madison Square Garden" with tens of millions of residents in New York City. There are always some loyal fans who come to support their favorite teams even on Christmas Day.

For example, a die-hard fan like Spike Lee, this season, the big director's outfit has been replaced with Wu Huang's jerseys and sneakers. He will come to watch every Knicks' home game regardless of rain or shine.

The Knicks' official store also launched a large number of Christmas-related peripheral products today, taking the opportunity to make a fortune.

"beattheheat" kills the Heat, which is a typical American way of thinking. "In Madison Square Garden", 20,000 New York balls are shouting in unison!

There are many Chinese in New York, so how will Chinese fans express their "hostility" to the Heat? The most hilarious scene in the stands today appeared. Two Chinese fans held up two signs, and wrote them in big Chinese characters: "Big cheeks, Brother Chun asked you to go home and eat turkey."

After entering the court, Emperor Wu saw two such strange brands, and they were large enough that he could see them on the court.

Fans of "Madison Square Garden" have always been disliked by the Heat, and "beattheheat"!" shouts are endless.

Many fans may not know that the Knicks and the Heat are also a famous enemy in the NBA, especially from 1997 to 2000, the Knicks and the Heat, the old enemy, met in the playoffs for four consecutive years. As the saying goes, the enemy was particularly jealous. In the 1997 and 1998 seasons, they fought in the playoffs, deepening the hatred.

In the second round of the 1997 playoffs, Heat coach Pat Riley met his old subordinate Knicks coach Van Gundy.

As a result, the Knicks won the match point first with a 3:1 lead.

The fifth game was a life-and-death battle. Less than 2 minutes before the end of the game, the Heat were about to be swept out. The players were very angry, and as a result, the Heat's PJ Brown threw Knicks defender Charlie Ward and flew out of the bottom line at the free throw line.

Seeing this, the other four Knicks generals, Ewing, Starks, Alan Houston, and Larry Johnson, rushed up and pressed Brown down and beat him up.

Seeing this, the Heat players also joined the battle, and the basketball court was instantly the battlefield.

This match finally achieved the Heat's goal of breaking the boat. The main players involved in the fight were suspended next, and the Heat easily reversed 4:3 and eliminated the Knicks.

However, this fight did not end. The war continued until the 1998 playoffs, and the so-called enemy road was narrow. The Knicks and the Heat met again in the playoffs.

In the first game, the Knicks won 20 points at home at the Heat, the Heat tied the score in the second game, and the Knicks beat the Heat 24 points to get the match point in the third game. In the fourth game of the series, Oakley and Mooning directly entered the boxing mode, and as a result, all the players rushed to the new and old hatreds to calculate clearly.

At this time, Van Gundy fully showed his love for his beloved generals, rushed over and hugged Mo Ning's thighs tightly, and was dragged several meters away by Mo Ning. This is the classic scene of Fan Baton back then.

In this game, the Heat beat the Knicks again by 15 points, and the Knicks were killed by the Heat using the on-court conflict.

However, with the head coach like Van Gundy who protects the players, the Knicks players also rewarded them. In the final decisive battle of the fifth game, the Knicks sent the Heat back to their hometown with a final victory of 3:2.

It is worth mentioning that the Knicks were brave all the way that season and finally reached the finals, creating the Black Eight Miracle, becoming the only team in history to reach the eighth finals.

I would like to mention here that the Christmas game was arranged before the start of the regular season. At that time, everyone thought that the Knicks and the Heat would continue to sink this season. The reason why the league gave the finale of the Christmas game to the Knicks and the Heat, the bottom team? The past grudges between these two teams are the only reason.

But it is now the end of 2009, and the Knicks and the Heat have not met in the playoffs for many years. Now the core of the two teams is not a role that likes to cause trouble, and the gunpowder smell of the two teams before the game is not very strong.

The Knicks lineup today: Emperor Wu, Larry Hughes, Andre Iguodala, Danilo Gallinari, David Lee.

Heat lineup: Carlos Arroyo, Dwyane Wade, Quentin Richardson, Michael Beasley, Jermaine O'Neal.

D'Antoni used Gallinari for this game, which was a temporary adjustment based on the opponent's lineup.

The Heat's Michael Beasley is a two-way forward, and Gallinari in their team is also a similar player. The mustache fine-tuned his lineup based on the opponent's lineup.

"Merry Christmas." The players of the two teams greeted politely before the game. They had never experienced the years full of gunpowder in the 1990s, so they did not have a deep understanding of the grievances between the two teams.

Wu Huang talked with Wade for a few more words before the game. They had already played once, and that was the first game of the season. At that time, the Knicks lost to the Heat away.

But in today's game, Emperor Wu was determined to win but not lose, and they must not lose this home court.

After the start of the game, Wu Huang immediately showed his determination. He turned 180 degrees on the left side of the three-second zone and made the first jump shot!

But Wade immediately used a backward mid-range shot to return, followed by O'Neal Jr.'s mid-range shot, Richardson hit the first three-pointer, and the Heat made a good start 7:2.

D'Antoni did not call a timeout, just leave this scene to the team's core to deal with.
Chapter completed!