"Boss, these sneakers are really good." Danny. Green watched Wu Huang test his signature sneakers on the court with unconcealed envy, ordinary fans can't imagine the bitterness of these little people, due to lack of talent, they often have to put in more effort to survive in the NBA, to be able to get hundreds of thousands of dollars a year of sneaker contracts for them, it is already a lifelong goal, as for their own signature sneakers, it is really undreamable.

Wu Huang could only smile at his teammates who looked envious on the sidelines, at this time he couldn't comfort them, the world was so unfair. Take him as an example, the media say that his ball control is not good, but in fact, his poor ball control is only compared to real star point guards such as Paul and Nash, if compared with these base salary players, then his ball control is already very good.

To put it another way, Danny. Green is a player who works no worse than him, but after two months of training in the summer, Wu Huang's ball handling skills have improved significantly compared to the summer league. Green didn't make too much of an improvement, at most his open three-point shooting percentage was stable, but it was dwarfed by Wu Huang's progress.

This is the difference in talent, Wu Huang, who has strengthened his ball sense after three dreams, can continue to improve his passing skills as long as he keeps enough effort, and even he doesn't know where the line is? But Danny. Even if Green and others train hard for a few more years, their progress will be limited due to the limitations of ball sense and talent, and their potential has been exhausted. All that can be improved is experience, mentality and stability.

It's brutal. But that's the reality. This is the difference in people's talents, you want to complain and you don't have to complain, some things are predestined by nature, you may feel miserable, but with those who are born with terminal illnesses, they are worse than you. So people should be ambitious, but they should also be content.

Emperor Wu is stronger than most geniuses, and that is that he cherishes his hard-won talent. He knew that he was luckier than others, and he should cherish the golden years given to him by God, so he trained hard, arrogant but not complacent, proud but not arrogant.

On October 10, the Knicks went to Boston to challenge the 08 champion Celtics, this time Wu Huang did not face the fish belly of the bad net, but the Big Three of the Green Army that all teams in the league did not want to encounter.

Wu Huang naturally knows the terrible nature of the Boston Big Three, if his idol Kobe Bryant hadn't been overturned by the Celtics in 08, he would have won two consecutive championships. A three-in-a-row championship is in sight.

This time the enemy is powerful and invincible, but Wu Huang has been looking forward to this match for a long time. And he decided to wear his signature shoes for this match.

UA sent him two pairs of handmade sneakers to make one last modification based on his feedback, and waited until the regular season began to prepare for the basketball shoes they had put all their heart and soul into the game. But Wu Huang couldn't wait, he felt that the current version had made him extremely satisfied, and it would be no problem to modify it again, but he couldn't wait to wear these sneakers to the game.

Wu Huang is really happy with his signature sneakers, especially the gradient color version, after wearing his sneakers for a few days, he can't wear other sneakers. The technology used in these sneakers may be more advanced than the UA, but after all, it is not something tailored for himself, and the more he wears his UA-Hugo-One, the more comfortable and relieved he feels, and he does not want to wait until the regular season starts to wear it in the NBA.

Before the team left, ESPN made a brief dissection of the Knicks' bombardment tactics, and the first thing to say was the definition of "small ball tactics": this is a tactic born in an era of great interior scarcity, a tactical system that focuses on small lineups, pays attention to simplicity and speed in offense, and is based on protecting the restricted area on the defensive end, relying on defensive counterattacks. It subverts the conventional lineup of 1 center + 2 striker + 2 guard, and usually sends a mobile lineup of 3 strikers + 2 guards, that is, it does not set up the position of center forward.

Regarding the origin of the small ball, it can be traced back to the 1956 Melbourne Olympics of the United States team, when the United States team relied on excellent physical exhaustion of opponents, each game can score 100+ points, you must know that there was no offensive time limit at that time, this tactic broke the popular international basketball game at that time.

It was Dick Motta, the head coach of the Nuggets, who really brought the small ball to the NBA and carried it forward. At that time, the Nuggets under him had 3 shots: Inglish, Issel, and Vanderwich scored crazy points on the court, averaging more than 120 points per game for 5 consecutive seasons. Especially in the 1982-1983 season, with an average of 76.7 points per game for the three guns, it is hard to imagine how ferocious their firepower was.

It was at that time that D'Antoni was madly obsessed with the small-ball tactical system, but the mustache at that time was still a player. Nelson took over the banner, and the latter basically inherited the former's tactical idea of "punching the master to death", and formed a signature combination of fast-break play in the history of the Warriors: Chris. Mullin, Tim. Hardaway, Mitch. Richmond's 3-man combo. The trio also continued the Nuggets' crazy scoring of 3 shots, averaging 72.3 points per game.

Later, as everyone knows, the crazy worship of small-ball tactics D'Antoni came to coach the Suns, and there were two teams in the league that advocated crazy offense for a while, especially the Suns were in the limelight at that time, and D'Antoni completely pushed the word "run and bomb" to the world.

Compared with the Suns and Warriors at their peak, the Knicks' small ball now seems to be unsystematic, they lack a top playmaker like Nash in the fast march, and the detailed tactics of the V-shaped fast break at the bottom line, the Knicks' tactical thinking now looks more like "hit where you go", if it doesn't work, give the ball to Wu Huang and let him "do it himself".

To quote Dick Motta, the ancestor of small-ball tactics: "Basically, that's how I look at small-ball - in today's league, there aren't many good big men, so they send out a lineup like this: 2 defenders. 3 strikers. At the same time, it is also necessary to make some targeted adjustments according to the opponent's lineup. ”

The tragedy of the small ball is expressed in the words of the small ball master - no team with a good big man can play small ball......

D'Antoni after leading the team to Boston. In the face of reporters' questions, he retorted: "It's not that an excellent big man can't play small ball, but for cost accounting, people think that it will be more effective to put an excellent big man under the basket and attack, but if the big man is fast enough and has a long enough range, but not strong enough, then playing small ball tactics will be more appropriate." The mustache's implication was, "Even if you give me a Howard." I'm still going to play small ball! ”

The city of Boston gives the impression that there are many prestigious universities. The people who live here are among the most educated in the world, and Boston is one of the safest cities in the United States.

The Celtics have a very high status in the NBA, even if they say that they are the number one giants in the NBA, I am afraid that except for the Lakers, few other teams will have objections, and this team is not inferior to big cities such as Los Angeles and New York to attract excellent players.

However, Wu Huang has little yearning for the Celtics, who makes this team green for 10,000 years, and "green" should be a relatively unhappy color for many Chinese. So there shouldn't be many players who want to wear green jerseys.

The Celtics' players didn't have much interest in the Knicks, with the Big Three routinely at their pregame press conferences. is not salty or light, and the two sentences of Emperor Wu are not light, which can be regarded as very polite.

Wu Huang said at the press conference that he has adapted to this kind of flying game schedule, "The game in the east is fine, but the journey time to play in the west will be long, but I think professional players should be able to overcome this small problem." ”

The real trouble is that a reporter at the scene repeatedly asked about next year's World Championships, and was finally interrupted by Wu Huang, "I said before, now everyone's goal is to focus on the new season and prepare to play well throughout the season." When the season is over, I won't think about next year's World Championships. ”

There is a reason why the media cares about the World Championships, because Kobe Bryant and other stars over the age of 30 have made it clear that they will not participate in the World Championships, and after James and other stars of the 03 generation won the championship in the Beijing Olympics, many people do not plan to participate in the second-level World Championships, so in the 10-year World Championships in Turkey, the United States team will definitely use a large number of young players to participate, such as Durant, Rose and other players will provoke the beam, and Wu Huang, the champion who is in the limelight, will also be recruited, but the question is whether he wants to represent the American team.

Emperor Wu is indeed a bit of a pain in the face now, and the more famous he is, the more embarrassment and embarrassment he will encounter in this matter. Brandon means not to play the national team at all, considering Wu Huang's status as a yellow race, he refuses to participate in the American team, there shouldn't be many American fans who really care, anyway, the American men's basketball team has always been not short of talent, if he goes to join the American team, many racists will jump out and disgust people.

Finally, talking about the goal of the season, Wu Huang said that the Knicks' goal is to make the playoffs, "The Knicks haven't played in the playoffs for a long time, we want to come back, that's all this season, we don't talk about anything else." ”

Wu Huang's goal is not high, but it is not so simple to complete, to reshape the team's Knicks with running and bombing, today was in an offensive predicament, after shooting three goals in a row, the Knicks actually fell into a scoring drought of up to 7 minutes under the defense of the Green Army, during which the Knicks were constantly broken through, constantly missed three points, and did not score a point.

The Celtics took advantage of this opportunity to widen the gap to 14 points in one go, and after the first quarter, the Celtics led 24-9.

The Knicks scored 42 points in a single quarter in their last game, and their ferocious offensive firepower made New York media a big hit. But today in Boston, once the Green Army gets a little more serious, Wu Huang first finds it difficult for him to hold the ball as freely as he did in the last game, his offensive space is compressed to two touchlines and the top of the arc, only here he can catch his breath, but here it is basically impossible to dribble into the hinterland.

Rondo's nimble footwork and excellent defensive positioning make it difficult for Wu Huang to break through with the ball, not that he can't break through completely, his speed and explosiveness can support him to force a breakthrough, but under Rondo's defense, such a breakthrough is difficult to get further shooting opportunities. Besides, even if he broke in, it would be difficult for him to shoot smoothly in the face of Garnett's long arms that covered the sky.

The Celtics' defense is like a chain, not breaking through the first line of defense to score under the basket, and there is Garnett guarding the middle behind, Perkins guarding the restricted area, even Kobe Bryant does not dare to rashly hold the ball deep, it is likely to be trapped in the restricted area by several Celtics players and cause mistakes.

In the second quarter, the Knicks began to add Wu Huang and David. Lee's pick-and-roll offense, but still not too well, Garnett's footwork moved better than David. Li is also fast, the Wolves defensive blocking is one of the best interior lines in the league, and the Wolves at their peak can even expand beyond the three-point line, even if they are older now, it is not a problem to defend the area within the free throw line.

Wu Huang and David. After Lee was dismantled at the top of the arc, he couldn't mobilize the Celtics' defensive formation at all, whether it was Wu Huang's breakthrough or David. Lee's down, it was difficult to get rid of Garnett's defense, and in the end he still couldn't score.

In this quarter, the Knicks played for nearly 3 minutes before Wu Huang hit a long-range two-point shot on the wing, or forced a shot after the 24-second offensive time was almost up, and the score gap has been widened to 18 points.

The Knicks' players have long panicked, but fortunately, Wu Huang's mentality is still calm, he was not so easily defeated, although he couldn't break the fast attack today, the rhythm couldn't be moved, and the blocking and dismantling couldn't be penetrated, but they still had a trick, they could still - a few blind fights!

Wu Huang led by example, this time the offensive end used cover, just got a little shooting space, and immediately shot without hesitation, at this time he was still one step away from the three-point line, this is an ultra-long-distance three-point shot!

"Bang dang!" Although this goal was not scored, how to play next, Wu Huang's core has been clearly demonstrated.

The Knicks players said that they are good at this job, isn't it just a few blind shots, what is this!

Not to mention, although the Knicks' offense is becoming more and more disorganized, the players are more resolute, whether it is a breakthrough or a three-point shot, they do what they say, shoot when they say, even if they are sandwiched by three people, they still do not hesitate to shoot, and slowly the confidence is played, the feel is hot, and the feeling of the game comes out.

In the middle of the second quarter, the Knicks finally returned to normal, but by this time the team had dug a big hole, and although it was inseparable from the Celtics, it was still at a disadvantage.

Wu Huang said that it doesn't matter, he has already figured out that what the Knicks want in this game is not to win at all, what they want is to play the determination and courage to dare to show their swords no matter what team they face, and the self-confidence to dare to "play a few blind shots" and "shoot a few blind shots" in the face of any opponent.

The Knicks want to play routines and tactics, and with the current lineup, they are destined to not win against teams like the Celtics and the Spurs. Therefore, the only chance to win is to play a few blind shots, blind a few shots, give full play to their brainless but fast, unreasonable but unreasonable characteristics, as long as the player's hand is smooth, tactics become a secondary thing, they have a glimmer of life.

Queen Wu doesn't pay attention to the efficiency and reasonableness of bullshit, just do it when you have the opportunity, whether you Rondo or Garnett to defend, as long as you can't cover my shots and let Lao Tzu give me bukkake, then I will win!

Well, as for whether the shot can go in, it's not in the range at all. (To be continued.) )