Chapter 116: Two kinds of trash talk
Before the start of the second half, New York fans on the sidelines near the front row held up signs on the spot, taunting LeBron. James didn't go to college, "Why didn't LeBron go to college?" Because he couldn't cope with the final exam. The sign reads these two words.
James didn't see the sign, but the big screen at the scene gave the two New York fans a very long close-up, so an eyeless Cavaliers player told the little emperor, and the gorilla glared at the New York fans holding the sign for a long time.
The two fans obviously didn't buy James's murderous eyes, and in the face of the threat, they shook the sign even more cheerfully.
"I thought you went to college?" Emperor Wu took the opportunity to sprinkle a handful of salt on James, and the latter's good impression of him disappeared completely.
James scored more than half of the Cavaliers' first half of the game, which doesn't bode well because in the past, the Cavaliers lost more than 70 percent of the time. The Knicks have ferocious firepower today, and if the Cavaliers can't limit their scoring, it will be difficult to outmaneuver this opponent.
The contest in the third quarter was the key to the game, and the Knicks often turned off in the third quarter, which was the Cavaliers' only chance, otherwise the Knicks would have won in the fourth quarter.
In the second half, the Knicks' tactics remained the same. In the first half, the New York players were very excited to be able to suppress the top team like the Cavaliers, and the second half was more motivated, although the tacit understanding and awareness on the defensive end were still not good, but as long as the enthusiasm was high enough, it could always improve some defensive effects, at least it would make the Cavaliers more uncomfortable to play, more difficult to score, and faster physical exertion.
Gallinari played a long time in the third quarter, almost the entire quarter, and D'Antoni appreciated his vicious trash talk provocations. This is the act of greeting each other's female family members directly. It's easy to make your opponent lose their minds. Especially when your own team has the upper hand, let alone such vicious language, sometimes a "stupid" or "idiot" can be a fuse to ignite gunpowder.
Emperor Wu also likes to talk trash and use small gestures, but he is more subtle, and he will not be too jealous afterwards. Moreover, he can't do anything like Gallinari's blatant provocation, and most of the stars still have to nod their faces, provoking with vicious words after scoring goals. It also involves the family members of the opponent, which is just as offending as the deliberate whipping of the corpse after killing the enemy in CS.
Think about it, there are only a few hundred people in the entire alliance, everyone looks up and doesn't look down, who doesn't know whom? In the future, they may become teammates, so most of the time they will stay in front of each other.
Gallinari is one of the very few people who leaves no room for error, and not to mention outsiders, sometimes even when his teammates make mistakes, he will come with two words of complaint and sarcasm.
To be honest, these kinds of players are annoying. If there is no absolute core in the team, Gallinari is also a big cancer.
But this kind of person is also very lethal to the enemy. For example, in this game, Gallinari almost mocked the Cavaliers one by one, and the viciousness of his words made Wu Huang feel that he was really underwhelmed. Later, even James was attacked by Gallina with vicious words like "Your girlfriend looks like an orangutan", and the two sides almost clashed!
In the middle of the third quarter, after Gallinari was bounced away by the opponent's strong body while defending James, he didn't know what he said. Fortunately, O'Neill was next to him at the time, grabbing the runaway gorilla and not allowing the latter to face a possible ban.
Barkley smiled at this: "I dare say that Gallinari's words must have involved LeBron's family, because as far as I know, LBJ will not be able to stand trash talk attacking his own loved ones." ”
Kenny. Smith explained to fans: "There are two kinds of trash talk in the NBA, one is 'teasing you' and the other is 'fucking you', Garnett and Payton are the representatives of 'fuck you' style trash talk, and what comes out of their mouths can really make you want to fight." ”
James obviously can't bear it this time, this gorilla attaches great importance to his family, Gallinari's words stabbed him to the point, if it weren't for O'Neal's quick reaction, James's punch may not be able to hit Gallinari, but he will definitely be punished by being sent off the court + banned afterwards.
Gallinari, the troublemaker, was not punished in the slightest, and his trash talk naturally didn't come to the referee's ear, when did you see Garnett get a technical foul for trash talking?
James was also not punished, and the referee gave the superstar a face, since James didn't really do it, the referee didn't give another technical foul, otherwise the gorilla would have been sent off the court after accumulating two technical fouls.
But this penalty still made James more angry, although his offense was not affected much, but completely blew up Gallinari in the third quarter, but the Cavaliers did not catch up with many points, and still trailed the Knicks by 13 points 82:95 after three quarters.
James has already cut 40 points, 9 rebounds and 6 assists after three quarters, and he completely vented his anger on Gallinari, if it wasn't for the 2-of-5 free throws in this quarter, he would have had another super performance of 15 points in a single quarter.
Wu Huang insisted on attacking James in the first half, and in the third quarter, the Cavaliers strengthened their bag against him, and Wu Huang immediately put away his attack mode and began to pass the ball for his teammates non-stop. He only scored 2 points in the quarter, but he grabbed 4 assists, and after 3 quarters, his stats became 30 points, 9 rebounds, 8 assists, 3 rebounds and 3 blocks.
Today's Wu Huang seems to be more versatile than James, and no one expected him to perform like this before the game, not even himself.
"Hugo, how am I doing?" Gallinari asked with a smile as he sat on the bench after the third quarter.
Gallinari is still more convinced of Wu Huang now, and the team competes in archery and comprehensive physical fitness, and it is Wu Huang who can be stronger than him.
"Good job, I think James really did it, and he couldn't take advantage of it." Emperor Wu said quite seriously.
Gallinari likes to be noticed and belongs to the more sassy kind of people, which has been since the last time Emperor Wu invited Harrington to a nightclub, Gallinari met David. Lee with his girlfriend. Immediately called his model girlfriend. You can see his character.
Emperor Wu knew how to deal with this kind of person. When he performs well, of course, praise must not be less, but usually you must not pay too much attention to him, and when it is time to criticize, you must criticize, so as to save him an inch.
Gallinari did not provoke Wu Huang when he first joined the team. However, when Wu Huang showed his strength in training, especially after signing the big contract with UA. The guy quickly lost his voice. The Italian, though arrogant, is at least self-aware, and that's where he will definitely be better than Milicic.
In the fourth quarter, James was finally replaced for a few minutes of rest, but it was these few minutes that made the Cavaliers completely lose hope of a comeback.
D'Antoni deliberately brought Harrington and David to the scene in the third quarter. Lee was replaced early to rest, and in the fourth quarter, he was replaced: Duhon, Danny. Green, Al. Harrington, Channing. Fry, Big. Wei Li's rotation lineup, the attack power of these five people far exceeds the rotation lineup of the Cavaliers, and the Knicks' big ** bombardment tactics at the beginning of the fourth quarter are much faster than when Wu Huang was on the floor.
Wu Huang didn't blindly play fast today, he deliberately pressed the rhythm. will only be at full speed when there is a chance to counterattack and switch between attack and defense, and usually it is slow. Occasionally, there was a positional war, which made D'Antoni a little confused, this style was by no means taught by him, nor was it what the Knicks should have, this was Emperor Wu's own assertion.
But what made him feel strange was that Wu Huang's fast and slow rhythm did not make the team uncomfortable, and these players played quite like that.
The Knicks players are now learning to watch Wu Huang play, and as long as they see Wu Huang speeding up, they will follow suit; When Emperor Wu slowed down, they slowed down.
It may sound lighthearted, so it's not so much D'Antoni's bombardment as the bombardment of Emperor Wu. The Knicks players follow the rhythm of Wu Huang on the court, so there is little pressure and there is no need to think about it, and the team with the backbone is different from the team with scattered sand.
With 7 minutes and 10 seconds in the fourth quarter and a score of 105:90, the Knicks resumed their rhythm without a backbone in the fourth quarter, but the undisciplined bombardment was not small.
On the Cavaliers' side, when James was not there, they actually had no backbone, and they also didn't know how to play, so they could only passively keep up with the Knicks' bombardment rhythm, and the result was that the score difference was further widened.
Wu Huang played two minutes later than James, and before that, the difference between the two teams had reached 18 points.
James had just helped the team chase the margin to 15 points after coming on the court, and Wu Huang came up and went-for-tat, causing Vallejo's fifth foul with a breakaway, and making both free throws to stabilize the situation for the team.
There is a star in the team who is good at attacking, and the advantage is that when the opponent starts to chase points, this capable star can use his individual ability to help the team also increase the score, so that the opponent can not play the climax, which is equivalent to thwarting the enemy's counterattack, Wu Huang is an example.
In the fourth quarter, the Knicks continued to maintain a large lead, and Wu Huang once again attracted the attention of the Cavaliers after scoring five points in a row, which allowed him to better achieve his true purpose - with two assists, he could get the second triple-double of his career.
The Cavaliers players patronized the offense of guarding Wu Huang, but ignored the movement of the other Knicks players.
Wilson. Chandler first received a pass from Wu Huang that penetrated the entire defense and scored a goal from the back.
A minute later, David. Li and Wu Huang's blocking and dismantling cooperation put O'Neal, who had just come on the court, into an embarrassing situation again, and he didn't defend it again, and gave David . Li easily made a mid-range jumper, and the third triple-double of Wu Huang's career was so easily obtained.
After the basketball passed through the basket, it landed right into the hands of James, who rushed to the basket. The little emperor was made angry by Gallinari today, and at this moment he saw that there was no hope of turning the tables, and he was compared to a first-grade rookie, so angry that he smashed the basketball against the floor to vent the depression in his heart, and then it was a tragedy!
The referee saw that the winner of the game had been decided, and he also took the opportunity to show off his presence, and directly showed a technical foul to the league's current No. 1 star, and James was ejected from the game after accumulating two technical fouls.
Madison Square Garden erupted in laughter, New York fans through this game to James salivation dropped a lot, they finally found that their team seems to have a core of potential not below James, so why bother to go far, have to please a James who has not even a word?
Wu Huang raised his hands in response to the cheers of the fans, and D'Antoni made a substitution off the pitch to replace Wu Huang with Duhon.
With more than 5 minutes left in the fourth quarter, the score is now 114-96, the Knicks lead the Cavaliers by 18 points, and James is sent out again.
The Knicks also used a lot of physical strength to beat the Cavaliers today, and they completely used the way of consumption to bully the physical strength of the Cavaliers players. This month, their own schedule is not good, with a total of 15 games to play, an average of one game every two days, and a couple of back-to-back games to deal with, so it is necessary to save some energy to allow the players to save some energy.
There was a dead ball on the court soon, Wu Huang and his teammates high-fived and slowly walked off the court, smiling and waving to the New York fans cheering for him, and by the way, he also secretly glanced in the direction of Christine, who came to the scene to watch the game today, and naturally couldn't see anything.
Wu Huang's stats in this game finally stayed at 35 points, 10 rebounds, 10 assists, 4 steals and 3 blocks, and he successfully got the second triple-double of his career against the team that ranked first in the Eastern Conference last season.
James's stats stayed at 44 points, 10 rebounds and 8 assists, but a quasi-triple-double data made the current No. 1 star not only lose, but also lose personal data. It wouldn't be a big deal if the Cavaliers' opponent was the Lakers today, but his opponent was the Knicks, who had the second-lowest record in the league last season...... It's a first-year rookie -- it's a bit of a shame.
Kenny. Smith commented after the game went into garbage time: "Hugo played both point guard and shooting guard today, he's very efficient in whatever position, and I think this game has shown people his potential. ”
Charles. Barkley seconded: "Yes, D'Antoni shouldn't divide Hugo's position very carefully, whether it's PG or SG, just give him time, give him the ball and let him play freely." He can add energy to the team and make the team feel the essence of 'hard work'. He's always optimistic, I mean he's never negative, he's always ready to move forward, which is definitely good for the team. What's more worth mentioning is that once he feels hot, the score will explode, and he has the potential to become the scoring champion. (To be continued.) )