Chapter Thirty-Six: John Wall's Provocation!
Although George hasn't gotten enough playing time on the team, the last block in the last game has made many people know about him, and that block is also the first of yesterday's top ten goals, George watched it many times on the NBA's official website this morning.
It wasn't difficult to find the only yellow man in the crowd, and Howard quickly found George and introduced himself: "Hello, I'm a reporter for The New York Times, my name is Howard Baker, can I interview you briefly?" ”
George was surprised that someone wanted to interview him! And also a reporter for the New York Times!
Seeing George and Howard Baker start talking, both Fields and Wilson were a little jealous.
Baker shook hands with George and said, "Mike George, first of all, congratulations on the best goal you scored yesterday, in the same class, even John Wall, the champion who has played more time than you, has not scored a top ten goal so far, can you talk about that goal?" ”
George knew very well that this was an opportunity to promote himself and make the fans of the city of New York aware of him, so the language organization became extremely cautious: "Thank you, it was the result of the team's efforts, it was Amare and Felton who lasted the whole game, and I was just sent on the pitch at the last minute to defend that goal. ”
George's humility made Baker show an appreciative look, but as a reporter, he still hoped to break a little bit of surprise, so he lured the topic between him and John Wall, and said: "As we all know, you and John Wall are both invited members of the Little Green House, but he is the champion, and you were defeated, after your performance yesterday, there is a voice that says you are seriously underestimated, what do you think of this statement?" Will you play better than John Wall in tomorrow's game? ”
George paused for a moment before he said, "I'm really different from John Wall, I don't care about who plays better in tomorrow's game, I just want the team to win." ”
George's words were not leaking, and he didn't give Baker a chance to render it, Baker still didn't give up, he still wanted to dig out some fierce material from this special rookie, and Baker continued to ask: "We noticed that during your summer league game, there was a game that caused the Lakers' Gerard Green to accidentally injure a teammate, and after the last game, some Bulls players complained that when you blocked, you deliberately aimed at their coach, right?" ”
[This reporter, you tell me clearly, which Bulls player said this about our anchor!] I just want to say to that guy, you're right! 】
[Yes, yes, we asked the anchor to do this! What's the matter! 】
When George heard such a "planting", he hurriedly denied it: "Hey, man, you can't write this kind of thing, I'm an absolutely good person, how can I deliberately hurt my opponent?" I have a lot of respect for every opponent, especially Coach Thibodeau, to whom I have said humble, and I promise that this will not happen again against the Wizards or any other opponent. ”
Baker didn't expect the rookie to look so sophisticated in the face of the interview, and after a brief chat, he had to give up.
……
Day 2, Madison Square Garden, New York.
Today's Knicks vs. Wizards game was more lively than the previous one, and when George played, he obviously felt more enthusiastic cheers than before!
As the warm-up began, Spike Lee, the Knicks' most loyal fan and the famous filmmaker who was sitting in the VIP seat in the first row, shouted at George on the court: "YO, Mike, that block from the last game was so cool!" You can cover the champion of 08, and today you have to teach the champion of the same class as you a good lesson! ”
Spike Lee's name was also known to George, an avid Knicks fan who has been an integral part of Spike Lee's life since he first visited Madison Square Garden at the age of eight.
Over the years, Spike Lee has had stories with many players in this seat, most notably his time with Reggie Miller.
Reggie Miller scored 25 points in the final 12 minutes of the game and did that classic "neck pinch" to Spike Lee.
It was impossible for George to ignore such a senior Knicks fan, walked over and shook his hand and said thank you, and he also wished he could have some big-name fans, just like LeBron James has JAY-Z and Kobe Bryant has Beckham.
"Kick John Wall hard in the ass!" Spike Lee, wearing an orange sweatshirt, said to George.
Orange is the color of New York, just as purple and gold are to the Los Angeles Lakers and green is to the Boston Celtics.
At this time, the Wizards were also warming up on the court, and Spike Lee, who was 53 years old, had a very loud voice, which made John Wall hear it, and the champion showed that he was naturally unhappy, stepped forward, and said: "Hey, I'm not a rookie to be slaughtered!" ”
However, as soon as John Wall stepped forward to warn, teammate Javier McGee came over and quickly pulled him back: "John, don't mess with him, don't you know who he is?" He's Spike Lee! You can't take advantage of him. ”
[Unbelievable! It was McGee ...... who pulled Wala away]
[yes, shouldn't he be the stupidest one on the team?] 】
Spike Lee was not afraid of the top pick, even though McGee had already pulled Wal-off away in the first place, and he was still there chattering at Wal: "Hey, boy, listen, you're a parallel import!" We'll blow you up with a single draft loss! ”
[The old man is pretty! One black and two black! 】
[Spike Lee does have the right to shout, and in the early years, the Pistons' 'Bad Boy Army' used to smash his glasses with a leather ball before warming up.] 】
[One year in the playoffs, Scott Pippen dunked and humiliated Ewing, Spike Lee jumped up angrily and complained to the referee, and then Pippen came over and said to him: Give me FXXX sit obediently! 】
[What you are talking about is the story of his humiliation......]
George sighed, thanks to Spike Lee, Wall must hate George to death now, this game, it seems that something must happen between the two.
……
The game started quickly.
Knicks starters: Stoudemire, Gallinari, Felton, Mozgov and Wilson Chandler.
Wizards starters: Blatch, John Wall, Elsolton, McGee and Sinridge.
[The anchor is not the first yet! ] When you become the boss in the future, the first thing you will do is to blow D'Antoni away! 】
[It seems that it is difficult for anchors to compete for starters, Wilson is a player who averages 15 or 6 points per game after all, and the anchor only has Hayes's ability now, so I am afraid it will be difficult to compete. 】
George also secretly said in his heart: "I have to work hard to accumulate gold coins, and then exchange them for a star with strong scoring ability!" ”
According to the audience in the live broadcast room, the data of John Wall's rookie season is 16.8+8.6, and in the previous games of the Wizards, Wall did not score more than 15 points in one game, but in this game, he showed the style of the champion show at the beginning, scoring again and again, and scored 8 points in just three minutes!
"It must have been Spike Lee's pre-match remarks that spurred him on......" George thought Spike Lee would really be a disadvantage.
On the court, just when Wall scored the 10th with a mid-range shot, an interesting scene appeared!
I saw Wall first glance at Spike Lee, and then hooked his hand at George in the Knicks box!
The gesture seemed to say to George, "Come on, you're playing!" ”
"Oh my God, he's provoking! Is he going to put Mike George on the court to fight him? The audience was also shocked when they saw this scene.
D'Antoni was also taken aback, and he didn't know what to do for a while, because after Wall's provocation, many viewers at the scene were asking for "George".
D'Antoni didn't want to send George out so early, but now he had to do so, and when he was on the field, he didn't forget to say to George: "You are the first player to let the opponent and the crowd force me to play." ”
George had an innocent expression on his face, this has something to do with me! It's all picked up by Spike Lee!
However, George has Spike Lee to thank, otherwise he wouldn't have gotten his chance to play so early.
George played in the first quarter for the first time after entering the NBA, and the audience resounded with enthusiastic cheers, and they were all cheering for George.
George looked up at the crowd and thought to himself, "I wonder if Elizabeth Olsen is watching me somewhere in the arena?" ”