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Chapter 274 Break the jar!

After the Knicks won 24 consecutive games, American bookmakers even offered odds. The odds of the Knicks winning 34 consecutive games are generally 10 to 12. In addition, the bookmakers have also adjusted the odds of the Knicks winning this season, with the odds between 1 and 2.5 and 1 and 3.

"Due to their winning streak, the Knicks have been betting by many people, pulling down the overall odds. Although their current championship odds have risen to 1 loss of 2.5, temporarily ranked first in the league, there are still many people betting on them," a general manager of a bookmaker said in a statement.

The Knicks challenged the Cavaliers away today, which was a back-to-back away game, and they will start to attack 25 consecutive victories.

It is said that only new people laugh, but old people cry. This summer, Miami Heat won the Big Three, and became the hottest team in the league. On the contrary, the Cleveland Cavaliers lost their core players who have been relying on for ten years, and their future has become dim.

Although the Cavaliers are a complete loser this summer, for example, in China, a large number of fans left the Cavaliers post bar, James is by no means a winner, and there is no winner in the summer of Cleveland.

First, since everyone says "fans are God", James shouldn't choose the way to hurt his fans when he leaves the Cavaliers. Originally, as the summer of 2O1o progressed and the Cavaliers failed to win the league as they wished, Cleveland fans thought that the emperor's stay or leave were not good. It was normal for them to have emotions about this matter. After all, it was not a good feeling to spend so much effort to support the home team in the past few years, and it was not a good feeling to fall from the clouds to the ground. However, James was too high-profile and specially opened a program to announce his whereabouts. In this more than an hour, it has become a nightmare for many Clevelanders.

But as the saying goes, "A gentleman breaks up his friendship and does not make bad noises." Originally, the Cavaliers were a weak man who was very sympathetic. If the boss Gilbert did not move, at least the moral high ground was on the side of the Cavaliers. However, this old boss couldn't help but feel resentment. He also wrote accusing James of betraying his master for his favor and telling others that the emperor had a negative competition. This is better, the public originally sympathized with the Cavaliers, but now it has become a case of each playing 50 blocks. The Cavaliers boss' reaction this time has really passed.

At that time, Emperor Wu thought that the Cavaliers boss should be careless. He didn't have to go on stage to scold James himself. There were countless people who were unethical to do this for him. For example, Emperor Wu was very happy to get involved. At this time, the Cavaliers boss just kept crying and gaining sympathy. It would be better to say a few good words to James and recall the sweet past of that year. At that time, James was criticized even more fiercely!

However, naive Gilbertry said, "We will win the championship faster than 'him'"? The industry's reaction to this is to sneer. At this moment, you can't help but believe that this is a league that preys on the weak. One thing must be admitted is that the gold standard for ultimately determining whether James and the Cavaliers are wise to separate. In fact, it is whether they live well in the future. Who has the confidence to say, "I will live happier without you."

A sports reporter said in the past that no matter how complicated the situation is, history will bring everyone back to his most correct position. Five years later, let’s see if James is too quick to make a comeback and whether the Cavaliers’ pattern can tolerate big stars will definitely get much clearer than it is now.

But at least this season, the Cavaliers have become a mess. They have almost retained most of the lineup of last season and have some extra reinforcements. But the difference is that this Cavaliers have no James, so they suddenly fell from first in the regular season to last in the East and second to last in the league. This gap has made many James more convinced of the young emperor's ability to lead the team. At least Kobe cannot bring the Lakers into the playoffs after breaking up with O'Neal, let alone the league's first record. This is also the most effective evidence that they think that James is far stronger than Kobe. Although whoever is stronger and who is weak has nothing to do with them.

Wu Huang was too lazy to care which of these two people is better. He felt that he was the strongest. Now he no longer had any idols because he was the idol of many people and was qualified to compete with Kobe and James, whom he had to look up to two years ago.

Although the Knicks are back-to-back in this game, there is no big problem in defeating a team that is second to last in the league. Even though they are still three points behind the Cavaliers after the first three quarters, when Wu Huang started his own individual singles mode in the fourth quarter, the Cavaliers immediately couldn't stand it.

Emperor Wu can defeat the top three giants in one game by relying on his personal ability. Even if he is not in such a good state today, he is not very physically strong. However, killing a team like the Cavaliers that has lost all their energy does not require much energy. His energy reserves are enough to complete a single kill.

Xiao Mo scored the Cavaliers' highest 28 points today, because Wu Huang did not spend too much energy on the defensive end. He chose to give up defense and concentrate on attacking in the back-to-back game. Therefore, in this game, Wu Huang gave Mo Williams the chance to attack him, but the final result was 41 points vs 28 points. Wu Huang's offensive firepower was one level higher than Xiao Mo even in the back-to-back game.

The final score was 1o7:99, and the Knicks won not much, but in terms of their ability to shoot key balls, the New Yorkers now obviously beat the Cavaliers too much. In the critical round, the Cavaliers had no idea how to play, because they had lost their backbone and the team's soul.

Wu Huang scored the highest 41 points, 5 rebounds and 8 assists, while Xiao Si scored 20 points, 10 rebounds and 2 assists.

Now the positions and roles of the two are completely differentiated. In this process, Wu Huang did not say "I am the boss of the team, you must listen to me", and D'Antoni did not say "Hugo is the core of the team, you must obey him", but after playing in the near game, the question of who has stronger abilities has been perfectly displayed to everyone through the game and data.

Many times, when Xiao Si cannot lead the team to win by himself, Wu Huang can always do this. Then it goes without saying who is the soul of the team. He is naturally the boss of this team, and he is naturally the core of this team. In fact, these things need not be said at all, and his performance on the court will tell everyone the answer.

Xiao Si completely extinguished the last bit of thinking about fighting for the boss after the match against the Heat, and began to be the second leader of Wu Huang. This process was much slower than David Li gave up fighting for the boss last season. At that time, Wu Huang only took less than ten games to convince David Li Xin, but this year it took about three times more time to convince Xiao Si.

Let’s look at the Heat. Wade and James have not yet decided the winner. Although James’s free throw miss in the last game made the whole Heat team hate Wu Huang, it also made James very embarrassed. Especially Wu Huang’s sarcasm after the incident, it even reduced James’ reputation in the league and the team.

Wade was a little slight about James' missing the free throw at a critical moment. Although Wu Huang's words were ugly and hated, what he said might not be unreasonable. Even if Wu Huang's actions were shameless, James was the one who failed to score in the end, and he himself failed to seize the opportunity to win. Otherwise, Wu Huang would be ridiculed afterwards. After all, he was just a success or a defeat.

James lost more than just one game in this game, and even his title of "Emperor" was unstable. Previously, Emperor Wu's titles were "Emperor of New York" and "Holy Master". The second nickname was because his nickname collided with James at the beginning, so his fans thought of another title for him.

This is good intention, but Emperor Wu doesn't want to give the nickname "Emperor" to others for nothing. Even if he doesn't like the nickname himself, he has to grab it from James first. Even if he throws it away after getting it, he can't let others get it, so he has to defeat James head-on.

This time, he just made James' title of "Emperor" no longer stable, but if he wanted to really win this title into his own hands, he needed more victory, 1, 2 times... But the regular season victory alone is not enough, he also needs to have a playoff victory... and winning the championship earlier than James, this is the decisive bargaining chip!

After the Knicks played against the Cavaliers on the 18th, they will get three days off. The next game is on the 22nd, and the opponent is the Thunder. This is the upstart in the Western Conference this year and has a large number of high-quality young players.

The Oklahoma City Thunder won 50 games last season and caused great trouble for the Los Angeles Lakers in the playoff round. Few people remember that this youth team had a bleak start at the beginning of the 2oo8-o9 season, and some even suspected that they would write the worst record in history. The way espn evaluated the Thunder was great. Looking at the league, only the Knicks and the Heat "know better how to complete the transformation to a strong team in the shortest time."

The importance of the Thunder picking Durant with the second pick in 2017 is self-evident. He has become the youngest scoring champion in league history last season. In a sense, Durant can no longer be described as potential stocks in terms of football skills. He is a real superstar.

At present, Durant still wants to oppose Wu Huang in the scoring king, but now it seems that this hope is getting smaller and smaller. First, the Knicks' offensive firepower is too amazing. The New Yorkers average 113.8 points per game this season. You should know that the Crazy Suns, who were once good at bombing, could average 110 points per game even at their peak, but the Knicks made the bombing more powerful. They have created the NBA team's highest average score in the 21st century. If they can maintain this data until the end of the season, they will become the team with the strongest offensive firepower in the 21st century.

Well, the reason why they are the team with the strongest offensive firepower in the 21st century is that in the 1900s, there were a number of teams who averaged more than 115 points per game. The new century's joint defense and a series of new rules limited the scores of NBA teams. It is difficult for any team to score 110 points per game. The Knicks' average score is already the highest in the 21st century.

Speaking of the Thunder, the problem facing this team is not that there are not enough talented players. On the contrary, they have hoarded too much talent in some positions, and have even reached the point where they have to trade to lose weight, because their inside defense has now become a shortcoming. The Thunder's goal loss rate at the basket this season is high, and many people are pointing directly at Jeff Green, believing that the Thunder should trade this offensive end and are not considered top-notch, but have great potential for rookies on the defensive end.

Green has been regarded as an excellent young power forward in the past three years. As a "close comrade" who joined the team in the same year by level superstar Kevin Durant, Green is also regarded by many people as a first-line power forward in the league and at least has the potential of a first-line power forward in the league.

But the facts prove that this is definitely a wishful overestimation. What kind of player is Green? On the surface, he seems to be an all-around fighter similar to Durant, who can shoot three-pointers, break through, has good physical fitness, and has certain defense skills. But in fact, Green's strength is not only not all-round, but even full-scale.

From an offensive perspective, although Green averaged 15.1 points, 6.o rebounds and 1.6 assists per game, he actually only contributed 14.7 points, 5.8 rebounds and 1.6 assists every 36 minutes. This result can only rank 6th in the Thunder, less than James Harden and DJ White.

At the same time, Green is also very weak on the defensive end. The disadvantage of rebounding and blocking is not to mention the espn expert John Hollinger's statement is straightforward: "The opponent will show up. When facing the Thunder, the easiest place to score is actually the basket." Green's problem is that his height and weight are not up to standard. Partnering with Durant's forward line will make the wings very weak, resulting in the Thunder having to put Seifrosa, who has no offensive ability, in the first lineup, reducing Harden's playing time. Compared with Green, Ibaka is undoubtedly a better defensive player, and his offense is not inferior, and his offense is not inferior to 12.5 points, 10.8 rebounds and 2.6 blocks every 36 minutes, with a shooting percentage of 54.3%. Although Ibaka does not have the ability to three-pointers, the defensive ability he provides can completely allow the Thunder to free up more playing time for Harden, and the gap in his three-point ability can be completely filled.

The Knicks naturally plan to do something about this team with many flaws in the inside, and naturally plan to do something near the penalty area. Green is their breakthrough point. This young star with a little high ability and talent is indeed not very good with the Thunder's current lineup. If he is replaced with a team that lacks talent, or the elderly corps, he may be able to use his specialties more. For example, the Celtics need such a sixth-man role to fill the missing talent.

Westbrook yelled before the game to make Emperor Wu look good. During this period, he also criticized Emperor Wu's main force. As his fame grew, Emperor Wu's reputation became worse and worse. Especially many young generations disliked him very much. Even Durant had no good impression of Emperor Wu. Westbrook and Harden did not hide their disgust towards Emperor Wu.

In this game, Wu Huang was targeted by all the Thunder players on the court, and as many as three people could often see double-teaming and encirclementing him. However, such defense cannot stop the Knicks' tactical operation. The Thunder's young men are more motivated, but they seem to be brave but not resourceful. They did not let the Knicks players and Wu Huang feel the defensive pressure when facing the Heat's Big Three.

Wu Huang's feelings are the most obvious. If Wade and James' double-teaming are fast and fatal, then Westbrook, Durant and Ibaka's double-teaming are obviously the courage of the man. They have great flaws in the double-teaming. When they return to the defensive position, the tacit understanding of the position is very flawed. For an excellent point guard, these loopholes are good opportunities to assist teammates in scoring. Therefore, although Wu Huang only scored 4 points in the first half, he gave 11 assists, and the Knicks also led by a big score of 68:55.

The Thunders had a bit of a slight slap in the second half, and it seemed that they were determined to destroy Wu Huang's consecutive double-point scores.

Since Wu Huang entered the NBA, he has never scored less than double-digit games. There was nothing at the beginning, but it would be terrible if he could last for two or three seasons, or longer. No one has ever done this in history.

In fact, many media have long analyzed the record of Wu Huang, and now he has always enjoyed it exclusively because no one has done this before. If he can continue this record for three or five seasons, or more than ten seasons, then many experts will not be able to judge how heavy the performance is.

Therefore, the young players of the Thunder really want to end Wu Huang's record, because they have found that they want to defeat the Knicks, who have already cultivated their spirits, and there should be little hope. So they might as well choose a goal that can disgust Wu Huang himself and implement it with all their strength, and hand over the task of ending the Knicks' winning streak to the team behind. Today, the Thunder intends to let Wu Huang enjoy the feeling of being defended by three people anytime and anywhere.

"They want me to score only twice!" Emperor Wu had already seen his opponent's plan after the first half. It seemed that he had won 26 consecutive victories, but his own record may not be guaranteed. But if he is too obsessed with scoring, it will be easy for the team to lose.

This should be the Thunder's roundabout strategy. In their opinion, if Wu Huang insists on scoring under the defense of three people, he may eventually get double-digit scores, but his scoring efficiency will definitely drop greatly. Maybe it will cause the team to lose. After the game, many media and fans will definitely criticize him for his selfishness. This is a difficult two-choice multiple-choice question, and the Oklahoma City Thunder will give the question.

"I'm crazy, I want to use this trick to make it difficult for me to ride a tiger. I don't know how to write the word "death"!" Wu Huang secretly despised the Thunder's innocent thoughts. Although the three-man defense is not easy to score directly, it may not be easy to do things. The disadvantage of this kind of defense is that it is easy to foul. As long as he uses his ability to hold the ball, finds an opportunity to seek physical contact with one of them, and does not believe the referee will not give him a free throw. You know, he is a popular chicken now. Isn't it easy to cheat a few free throws?

Shortly after the second half, Westbrook was found by Emperor Wu. This was a European breakthrough. Emperor Wu raised his hands and ran into Westbrook and committed a foul. After making both free throws, the score easily reached 6 points.

It is completely different to letting Wu Huang score 4 points and 6 points. If the Thunder still wants Wu Huang to score double-digit points, their next mistake tolerance rate will be very small, and they can hardly give Wu Huang a free throw opportunity, but it is not easy.

Five minutes later, Emperor Wu used his old trick again. This time Westbrook was so scared that he hurried to dodge his side. As a result, his double-team and Durant suddenly leaked a flaw. Emperor Wu broke through in the direction of Westbrook, and easily completed a layup by copying.

This goal gave Wu Huang's score to 8 points, and there was still one and a half quarters left in the game. It was almost impossible to limit his score at this time. Wu Huang had to score two more points, so he could make his score to double digits. The Thunder now doesn't even have a chance to make a mistake.

After scoring this goal, the morale of the Thunder team dropped drastically. They were already 15 points behind in the score. The task of limiting Wu Huang's scoring was also failed. In the end, neither of the two tasks were completed and the whole game was lost!

Wu Huang took advantage of the sluggish morale of the Thunder players and hit a three-pointer with an elevator tactic in less than half a minute. He quickly raised his score to double digits before talking about it, so that the opponent would always worry about bad things.

The Thunder were eventually defeated by the Knicks from the inside, Durant scored 31 points and Westbrook scored 25 points. Both of them had higher scoring data than Wu Huang, but Xiao Si scored the highest 34 points and 9 rebounds, Wu Huang scored 14 points, 7 rebounds and 18 assists. Today, the Thunder was defeated by Wu Huang with a piece of Nash's data, and his playing style of rushing inside and outside the game was very similar to the Son of Wind. After the game, the Knicks fans nicknamed Wu Huang and three Thunder players who surrounded him and intercepted him.

Of course, this kind of taunt has nothing to do with James. The Knicks' winning streak is still continuing. After defeating the Thunder, they have completed the task of 26 consecutive victories, only 7 games away from the Lakers' 33 consecutive victories.

The next game is the Christmas battle. It is a very reluctant thing for Wu Huang to play on Christmas Day. Although Chinese people do not value Christmas as much as white people, Wu Huang also wants to take this opportunity to go home and reunite with his parents. As his fame becomes more and more popular, there are fewer and fewer opportunities to meet with his relatives. He has the idea of ​​bringing his parents to New York. Unfortunately, his parents are both in Los Angeles, and the two are not at the age of retirement, so they do not plan to retire so early.
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