Chapter 203: Worthy of Worship
The Rockets players looked at the game time and gave up first, how could they let Wu Huang not get three points in six minutes?
Since even Team Rocket himself has given up, Emperor Wu naturally will not give face. In the 5th minute and 56 seconds, under the cover of David Lee, he easily got a two-point opportunity to shoot from the wing, and the basketball went into the net, and the 59th point was in hand!
The score was 108:109, and although Wu Huang scored, the Knicks still trailed by one point.
Adelman is ready to change his plan at the moment, seeing that the Rockets have been unable to stop Wu Huang from scoring 60 points, but they still have a chance to win the game, which is very important, if Wu Huang gets 60+, but the Rockets win the game, when people mention this game in the future, the Rockets can at least make their voices heard, because they won, they are the winners.
In this game, Adelman doesn't know how many choices he has made and how many times he has changed his mind, but he is not indecided, but he only has these cards in his hand, and if he wants to win, he must always make the most correct choice according to the current situation on the field, and sometimes it is really not possible to change it.
Now the situation is critical, and Adelman has to change to Xiaobu again and play "double point guard" with Lowry.
Adelman's adjustment worked again, this time Xiaobu stole Wu Huang as soon as he came up, and Battier made a long shot from the bottom corner to stabilize the morale of the army.
Wu Huang saw that he was only one point short of being able to score 60 points, and no matter how calm his mind was, he was inevitably a little impatient, and he was in a hurry on the offensive end, and was stealed by Xiaobu once, and the next two three-point shots also ended in iron. On the other hand, the Rockets' offense once again played an unexpected surprise under the two-point guard lineup. Lowry scored a goal on the break through Iguodala. The Rockets scored five straight points to secure the lead at 114-108.
D'Antoni called a timeout. In his eyes, there is not necessarily much conflict between the team's win and Wu Huang's 60+, this time he specially arranged a high-position double cover tactic for Wu Huang, this time there is no follow-up change in the tactics, there is only one purpose, that is, to let Wu Huang quickly score two points.
The mustache knows very well that only by letting Wu Huang complete 60+ as soon as possible can he return to his normal game mentality. The Knicks will be able to overtake in the next games. Otherwise, the biggest possibility is that the score difference will be widened more and more, that is to say, the later Wu Huang gets 60+, the smaller the chance of winning the Knicks, which is why he is so concerned.
Adelman also knows this, so although the Rockets no longer use three-man packs in defense, they still use two-man defense, they are the opposite of the Knicks, the later the Rockets let Wu Huang get 60+, the greater the chance of winning.
After the restart of the game. The Knicks' high-post double-screen tactics didn't work, with the Rockets' two-point guard lineup plus Hayes, the league's shortest center. This lineup is the shortest in the league, and it may blow against a team with a tall center, but it is surprisingly effective against pick-and-rolls and covers.
Wu Huang was not blocked by the Rockets' two point guards under the cover of his teammates, but was interfered with by Hayes, the center, and finally forced a miss, after he scored 59 points, he has failed to score four consecutive offenses.
The Rockets' defense has worked, but defense alone is not enough, and after the defense is successful, there must be offense to really win, and the Rockets' dual point guard lineup is designed to play defensive counterattacks.
Knicks players' defense has always been not timely enough, they like to play other people's defensive counterattacks the most, but at the same time, they are always beaten by others into quick counterattacks, since they can attack, then how can they not defend? So it's definitely not a question of defensive ability, it's a question of whether the players are willing to defend or not.
Wu Huang himself knows that if he works both offensive and defensive ends, then other teammates will not be too lax on the defensive end, and he is a model for the whole team. But if he doesn't care about defense first, then many Knicks players led by Gallinari will follow the same example, such as today's game, the Knicks players are always beaten by the Rockets as a counterattack.
The Rockets' counterattack left the Knicks a little overwhelmed, and the margin had been extended to eight points, and they had to score a goal.
Wu Huang took over the task again, the Knicks just played a high double cover on the right side, this time they changed direction, and took the medicine on the left side, thinking that they were very witty, but the result was still the same, and even the Rockets' subsequent counterattack was exactly the same as before, which made all the Knicks players feel embarrassed.
With 4 minutes and 04 seconds left in the fourth quarter, Xiaobu quickly counterattacked with the ball, and stepped on the three-point line from 22 feet on the right wing to face Wu Huang and hit a jump shot for 2 points! Led the Rockets to a 120-108 lead by 12 points. The team was encouraged by the wonderful performance of Little Black Bean, Landry and Ariza hit back-to-back jumpers, and the Rockets managed to extend the margin to 16 points after entering the final three minutes of the game, and the Knicks were close to three minutes without scoring.
But the so-called joy is sad, and the Rockets players are a little up after scoring consecutive points, and Xiaobu is one of the representatives.
In the 2nd minute and 51 seconds, Xiaobu chose to break through again in the face of Wu Huang, and he did succeed, but then he didn't expect that his subsequent layup would be chased by Wu Huang, who had already premeditated, from behind, and a big hat was pressed to the rebound.
New York fans gasped when they saw Wu Huang's defense, their emperor seemed to be really playing with his life, Wu Huang's bounce height was at least 90cm, which was almost the limit of his running and bounce.
All the fans of Wu Huang know his athletic ability, and they all know that he is a greedy guy who is afraid of death and is never willing to jump with all his strength, only a few times in training, I have seen him jump out of the 90cm running and jumping height, and the maximum jump in the game is 80cm, this time I can work so hard, I can only say that the attraction of 60+ is too strong, maybe it is more attractive than a few of his girls stripped naked.
David Lee got the rebound, the referee did not blow the foul, and the tragic little black bean was slapped to the ground by Wu Huang and couldn't get up for a while.
After Wu Huang landed, he reached out and helped the cushion on the basketball hoop, turned around and ran to the frontcourt, and the Knicks reacted with a fast break.
The four Rockets players hurriedly returned to defense, and Xiaobu estimated that he hit his knee after landing. The right leg is a little uncomfortable after getting up. Although he is still limping and desperately trying to defend himself. But the Rockets are definitely going to play 4 to 5 this time around.
Wu Huang received a pass from David Lee, and Lowry stepped forward to force Wu Huang to stop with a foul, but suddenly remembered that the number of fouls on their whole team had reached four, and as soon as they stretched out their hands, it was a free throw, so wouldn't it give Wu Huang two points for nothing? However, this hesitation, Wu Huang immediately turned him clean with a wonderful turn, and it took less than two seconds to kill the Rockets outside the three-point line.
Ariza hurried up to make up for it. Wu Huang was very resolute in breaking through this time, directly changing direction to break through during high-speed travel, and using speed to forcibly overtake.
Hayes became the last line of defense of the Rockets, Wu Huang faced this strong opponent, still didn't play the technical flow, directly faced Hayer and forced a layup, using his super long arm span to throw the ball in front of Hayes, only to see the basketball go over the tips of the fingers, knock into the red box on the rebound, and fall into the basket!
After Emperor Wu landed, he didn't wait for his body to stand firm. Immediately go back and see if the basketball went in? But in fact, he didn't have to watch it, the deafening "MVP" call of the audience had already told him the answer. He finally scored his 61st point.
The Knicks' on-site commentator was shouting in a hysterical voice at the moment: "Hugo has taken back the dignity of basketball tonight, and now he is tied with Kobe Bryant as the top scorer on this court, but the Madison Square record should not be shared with outsiders, let's beg our emperor to score another point!" ”
Madison Square Garden, the home of the Knicks, has long been known as the "mecca of basketball", a title that honors New York fans, but it also makes the enemies who come here particularly energetic, and everyone wants to leave a mark here to prove themselves. Unfortunately, the Knicks' record in the past ten years has been sparse, and as a result, many players have staged various miracles here, including Kobe Bryant's 61 points here last year, which is also the highest single-game score in the history of Madison Square Garden, which is a shame in the hearts of all Knicks fans and players.
Wu Huang has now equaled Kobe's record, and the excitement of New York fans is beyond words, from this moment on, Wu Huang can really afford the title of "New York Emperor"!
The Knicks players stepped forward to celebrate Wu Huang, but at this time Wu Huang still wanted to score another point, and he himself didn't want to share this record with Kobe, only by becoming the highest scorer on this court can he become the real person on this team, in order to truly become the hero of the city, and even the owner James Dolan will give him face, and his status will be higher than that of the Magic to the Lakers in the future.
The Rockets didn't suffer much damage, Xiaobu's injury was just a hard injury, and it would be fine if he slowed down for a minute or two, and Wu Huang's goal was only two points, and they still held a lead of more than ten points.
Adelman still called a timeout, Wu Huang has successfully won 60+, at this time the team must hold on to the rest of the victory, otherwise it will be a defeat.
At the end of the timeout, D'Antoni continued to keep Wu Huang on the court, and he still had two and a half minutes to continue to score points, but in fact, only 20 seconds later, Wu Huang got a high jump shot under the elevator tactics executed for him by his teammates, and Wu Huang, who had relaxed his mentality, easily hit the shot this time, and he scored the 63rd point.
Madison Square Garden really exploded at this time, all the New York fans wanted to rush down to kneel down and salute Emperor Wu, and someone really did it, Knicks number one fan Spike Lee couldn't help but give him a kneeling salute on the sidelines, although his posture was a bit of a cross between East and West, but everyone understood what his movements meant. Immediately afterwards, many New York fans at the scene followed suit, and the stadium was full of postures to salute Emperor Wu for a while.
Now in this scene, the coolest thing is not Wu Huang, but the Chinese fans who are watching this game. Of course, Wu Huang's heart was also dark, and he made a scendiary gesture quite amorous, which made the atmosphere of the scene fall into an even more crazy state, and the huge decibel generated in the stadium was already about to make people's eardrums itch.
In this atmosphere, Wu Huang soon couldn't help but make a decision that he regretted a little after the game. After seeing that the Rockets' shot did not go in, he opened his hand to the referee and took the initiative to ask for a timeout, and replaced himself as the captain, enjoying the tsunami of applause and cheers from the New York fans alone.
The protagonist is gone, and the outcome of this game becomes unimportant, Wu Huang's performance today has made winning or losing something that no one cares about anymore, and New York fans are willing to exchange the victory or loss of ten games for Wu Huang's 63 points, because they have finally washed away the shame that Kobe Bryant just left not long ago.
With a final score of 121-114, the Rockets managed to maintain their lead until the end, but the New York fans didn't care about winning or losing, they got what they wanted more.
Although D'Antoni was not happy with the result of the game, he praised Wu Huang after the game: "Duncan and Bird are the only two players I think have fully understood how to play basketball since their rookie season. They've spent their whole lives just perfecting, and they don't need to practice any new skills. Hugo is also a genius who led the team back to victory in his first season, entered the league's pyramid in his first season, scored 63 points in his first season, and I think he seems to know what to do from the moment he entered the league. ”
Mustache finally made a figurative analogy: "It's like he has experienced a time machine, he first played in the future for ten years, and then returned to the draft in '09, and then created a big scene in the world's largest metropolis." ”
The reporters at the post-match press conference all thought that D'Antoni must have read too much science fiction recently, but this analogy is very interesting and can be used as a headline for tomorrow.
Some fans in China who like to read time-traveling novels also said that Wu Huang Bacheng came through time, otherwise how could he be so bullish, and I don't know if he has an old grandfather or something in his head?
Wu Huang himself didn't have such an idea, he hadn't read a time travel novel, but he learned some traditional Chinese characters when his grandfather was alive, but he could also recognize one or two hundred words, which was not enough to read a novel. As for the simplified characters, he doesn't know them anymore, but he can play pinyin, which is already very good as a third-generation Chinese who have never been to China.
"There's really nothing you can do but hope he throws away." After the game, Rocket big man Battier said convincingly.
Wu Huang hit 10 three-pointers in a single game today, just two short of tying the NBA single-game three-point record held by Kobe Bryant and Marshall. However, the 63 points of Madison Garden, known as the mecca of basketball, is enough to go down in history.
"Hugo is a great shooter who's as good as the biggest stars of all time." Rockets coach Adelman said after the game.
Wu Huang played 41 minutes today, with 63 points, 7 rebounds, 5 assists, 2 steals and 2 blocks, shooting 21 of 43, 10 of 19 three-pointers, and 11 of 11 free throws.
"I almost broke the record with 43 shots!" Wu Huang saw his statistics after the game, especially when he saw the number of shots, he secretly called it a fluke, and accidentally almost broke the record of the gang leader, the boss and Weber.
Gallinari told reporters after the game that he and Wu Huang teamed up to score 70 points today, "Everyone, pay attention! Danilo and Hugo teamed up for 70 points, and that's your headline for the day! The Italian was a little shameless, and then said: "The last time I saw someone take 60 was when I was a rookie, it was Kobe Bryant, and I was very confident in saying to my teammates, 'Don't come, let me defend him, I can handle him!'" It turned out that I was disgraced to New York, but luckily Hugo was my teammate today and he really did me a great favor." ”
Knicks owner James Dolan also rushed to the scene to congratulate as soon as the game started: "Congratulations to Hugo for scoring an incredible 63 points, he ignited the audience tonight, this is the best performance in the world, I just want to marry my daughter to him, come on Knicks." (To be continued.) )