Hi, I'm Gilbert Arenas and here's my story.

When I first entered the NBA

I spent the first 40 games of my career on the bench.

They didn't think I could play.

I don't think they saw my talent at all.

They thought I was a zero, good for nothing.

But instead of sitting there complaining, I kept training, training.

At a time when no one believes in you, any effort you put in will give yourself extra points.

It's not a question of whether I can play basketball well.

It's about proving them wrong.

Now I'm still wearing the number zero jersey,

Because I have to tell myself to work hard every day.

Arenas' history has changed, but not much, and perhaps the biggest change is that he is now wearing a Knicks jersey and a contract from Adidas that has been long overdue because he is in New York. (Aside from the Adi ad for no brothers, no basketball, I think this ad by Arenas is probably the most memorable for me.) ）

Arenas is a very conceited person, he is very inflated, he is very cowardly, he is very timid, so he wants to be recognized by others, and the best way to be recognized by others is actually there, very ordinary and very simple, everyone can do it, and that is to train hard. Arenas never forgot the shame of not being drafted in the first round, and he never forgot the first person to recognize his strength, Mo Xi, who was already one of the league's top centers at the time. Arenas doesn't know if Mo Xi's recognition has a bonus of family points, and if so, how much, but even if he knows, he won't care about it, no matter what, this is the first person to recognize him, this is his brother Mo Xi! This is his season of defending the title! This is his road to the championship!

Anyone who stands on this route and wears clothes different from his own is an enemy, an enemy, so just kick them all over.

Arenas began his first real battle to fame on his path to superstardom.

After a brief break at the end of the first quarter, Arenas came on with a bench lineup. Ward plays the No. 1 position, Arenas to the No. 2 position, small forward Witherspoon, power forward Wang Zhizhi, center Dale Davis, this is a lineup with both offense and defense, and it can be regarded as George Carr's specially customized tactics for Arenas, in fact, this lineup is George Karl's favorite lineup, two point guards to speed up, one offense and one defense, a forward player with strong physical talent, and a big man who is good at projection who can pull the interior space.

Arenas ripped off the towel from his head, and with some danger in his eyes, he slowly walked towards the field.

As he walked past George Carr, he pressed his shoulder and said, "What's the biggest difference between a man and a boy?" ”

Arenas turned his head, looked into George Carr's eyes, and said, "Responsibility! ”

Gilbert Arenas comes on.

The lineup on the Magic's side is Armstrong, Maddy, Sean Kemp, Bock, Kirisek. In fact, from this aspect, it can also be seen that the depth of the Magic is insufficient, and the Knicks can come up with a set of lineups at will to deal with various situations, which is also one of the differences that George Karl brought to the Knicks from the Van Gundy period, in this regard, only three and a half teams in the entire league have this ability, the Knicks, the Spurs, the Kings and half of the Pistons.

Maddie and Arenas crossed over, and Arenas whispered in Maddy's ear, "Hey, Carter's cousin, I think that's the end of your playoff journey." ”

Maddie turned around and glared angrily, but where was the shy nature of the person who could spew trash talk, he just glared at Arenas and left, but those sleepy eyes didn't seem to have any deterrent effect.

Magic strikes first.

Maddie took the ball at half time and slowly moved towards the Knicks' half-court three-point line, and the powerful aura pressed on everyone in the Knicks, making them feel a little breathless.

At this time, Arenas took a step forward and blocked in front of Maddie, that is, in this game, Arenas suddenly burst out with great fighting spirit and began to take the initiative to defend in the first quarter, which really stunned many people, even George Carr did not expect.

Maddie couldn't help frowning as he looked at the imposing thin body that was approaching him, trying to block Maddie's for his teammates, and Arenas's body changed dramatically, although Maddie felt that it was still not to be feared, but it really bothered him.

Maddie pulled the ball to the side, instantly depressing the center of gravity and changing direction sharply.

Arenas' body shook slightly.

Seeing this, Maddie did not hesitate to lift her body directly, her center of gravity was raised, and the ball began to be closed to the middle.

Arenas clenched his teeth, forced his body to steady, and stepped forward.

At this time, Maddie was short, and his calf burst out with amazing power, and Maddie passed Arenas in one step and hit the basket.

At this time, the Knicks' interior line is not Dale Davis, but Wang Zhizhi, his defensive ability is far from his offense, it can be said that it is below the average level of the league, but Wang Zhizhi, who is in the ranks, has such a hard air in his bones, in the face of Maddie's crazy impact, Wang Zhizhi does not retreat but advances, and Wang Zhizhi does not jump, so he uses his own flesh and blood to meet it.

Maddie raised her hand and took off.

Wang Zhizhi did not show weakness, and greeted him directly, no matter whether it was a person or a ball, he just slapped it over.

"Bang~"

"Bang Dang~"

"Toot ~"

A series of sounds rang out, like a symphony.

Wang Zhizhi slapped Maddie directly on the shoulder and knocked him to the ground, but before that, Maddie still pressed the ball into the basket, followed by the referee's whistle, and Maddie made a free throw.

Arians walked over and patted Wang Zhizhi's buttocks and said, "Good job, big man." ”

That's the defense the Knicks should have.

Maddie scored the ball safely.

When Maddie was half-time, he happened to pass by Arenas's side, and Maddie said in a ghostly manner: "What, do you want to send me to the finals?" "Even if Arenas starts to defend now, but where can defense be practiced overnight, Arenas's defense can't be made up for by just relying on a serious defensive heart.

However, Arenas completely ignored Maddie's provocation, he was not good at defense, and even if someone provoked him with this thing, he didn't care anymore.

Arenas runs straight to the baseline and receives serve.

The Knicks began to return the favor.

Arenas dribbled into the halfcourt, he didn't ask Ward to organize, but found Maddy directly, Maddy was indeed an excellent outside defender during the Raptors, but after coming to the Magic, Maddy's proportion on the offensive end is getting bigger and bigger, and with it, Maddy's slackness in defensive attitude.

Arenas faced Maddie, without fear, but with a provocative face, I heard that you are the new scoring champion, it just so happens that in my heart, I also covet this position.

Arenas lowered his center of gravity and pulled the ball sideways in a big change of direction, then jerked his center of gravity up and pulled the ball towards the middle.

The fans of Amway Arena first looked at each other, and then looked angry, Arenas was copying Maddie's actions, which was a naked provocation by Che Luoluo, in the face of the league's scoring champion, the rebels and thieves not only did not bow down to the ground, but also intended to commit chaos, this fang should be punished!

Suddenly, boos erupted.

But in the midst of such boos, Arenas made a three-point shot directly!

"Huh~"

The ball goes in

White spray rolls up

Arenas' three-point shot was amazing!

Arenas turned around and said in his heart, as if it was no different from how he felt when he shot a three-point shot in practice.

Maddie is also a very sensitive person, seeing Arenas humiliate himself with the action he just made, although the final attack was different, but this also made Maddie feel unhappy enough.

Maddie unceremoniously dribbled directly from the backcourt to the frontcourt, and this time Arenas also unceremoniously went up directly and pressed closely.

Maddie raised his eyebrows, although Maddie doesn't like to defend much now, but he used to have excellent defensive ability, and he saw through the holes in Arenas' defense at a glance.

The advantage of height and reach allowed Maddie to easily pass Arenas.

Maddie continued to accelerate to the inside attack, Ward came out of the stab, intending to make up for Maddie, but Maddie had already started to speed, Ward's defense did not play a role, just blocked Maddie's offensive line, but Maddie didn't seem to care about this, a dashing turn in the high-speed advancement, directly past Ward, is under the basket.

At this time, it is no longer Wang Zhizhi who is sitting under the basket, but Dale Davis.

Maddie stopped suddenly, then rounded her arms, and a large windmill was pulled up to the ground.

"Bang ————"

Maddie dunk Davis.

Maddie scored twice in a row directly into the inside line and dunked, pushing the atmosphere of the entire Amway Arena to the extreme.

The Knicks are angry for a while, but they are a little powerless, even the Knicks' best outside defender Sprewell is helpless against a full-fire Maddie, what can they do?

You can only get it back from the defensive end!

Arenas continued to push Ward to the side, advancing forward with the ball.

Arenas and Wang Zhizhi blocked and dismantled, Wang Zhizhi came directly to the three-point line after blocking, Sean Kemp moved lazily, but thought that this was the playoffs, especially in a blink of an eye and saw his mentor George Karl in the opposite coach's bench, Sean Kemp was ruthless, and in the surprised eyes of everyone, he followed the three-point line to guard against Wang Zhizhi.

Wang Zhizhi's figure is still too thin, and the quality of his cover is not particularly good, at best it only provides Arenas with a fairly ample space. But Arenas was stunned to borrow this space to directly break out of a broad road, Arenas pushed forward with his shoulders, and his strong upper limbs brought the distance between his feet and Maddie larger, Arenas is still far from being a super offensive point guard in the future, and there is still a big gap with Maddie in terms of strength and speed, but he has gradually figured out the right set of offensive means for himself by relying on his own hard work. After opening up enough space, Arenas made another breakthrough feint, and then his calf violently exerted force, driving the entire waist, and the whole person jumped back in the air and stepped back.

Maddie pinched the timing and flew straight over, intending to take advantage of his height and reach to block Arenas directly.

But when Maddie flew in the air, he was surprised to find that Arenas did not shoot, or rather, his shot was a beat slower than Maddie's prediction, and this beat was a life-or-death shot.

Arenas' shot spun around the basket and finally went in.

At the beginning of the second quarter, the two scoring masters felt hot and evenly matched.

However, there is still a significant gap between Maddie and Arenas, and that is their teammates.

No matter how strong Maddie is, it is impossible to really crush the whole court with a dozen or five, Maddie once again hit the inside, this time he came to a difficult pull-up layup, but this ball was too awkward because it was too awkward, and the strength could not be used, and the ball hit the rebound and did not bounce into the basket, but knocked on the rim of the basket and bounced out.

After landing, Maddie planned to jump twice to force the frontcourt rebound, but unexpectedly, a tall and powerful black figure blocked in front of him, Dale Davis put Maddie behind him, pushed the center of the Magic with one hand, and pressed the rebound in his arms.

Davis passed the ball to Ward, who did not hesitate to launch a fast break and a long pass across the half court, accurately finding Arenas who was speeding away.

Arenas received the ball, dribbled a step, and went straight to the jump shot!

His shooting position is still a step away from the three-point line, and his shot made George Karl worry for a while, did he pour too much chicken soup into him, and it became poisonous chicken soup?

However, in the eyes of the audience's astonishment, Arenas turned around and ran towards the backcourt, and at the same time, the basketball hollowed into the net.

Gilbert Arenas, the wild, brute, arrogant strafing scorer, the guy who can shoot from any position, dare to shoot.

The entire second quarter turned into a two-man game between Maddie and Arenas.

Maddy scored 18 points, 3 rebounds and 4 assists in a single quarter, and Arenas was even worse, only shooting and shooting, crazy shots, 8 of 18 shots, 4 of 9 three-pointers, 4 of 5 free throws, 24 points, no rebounds, no assists, no steals, no blocks, not even turnovers and fouls.

Thirty points at halftime, although Maddie also has twenty-five points in the half, but it looks far less shocking than Arenas, because Maddie is the scoring champion, and Arenas is just a mortal, a second-round pick.

But now, the legend of Gilbert Arenas is playing out here.