Chapter 292: Mental Explosion!
The Thunder have enjoyed great scenery in the Northwest this season, currently ranking first in the division with a record of 27 wins and 15 losses, and third in the Eastern Conference, while Durant and Westbrook, known as the "Twin Stars of the Russian City", have great hopes of being selected as All-Stars this year.
Wu Huang, the big devil in the eyes of young American players, will escape the seal and come to Oklamar City today, which will be his comeback battle after a five-game ban, and it will also be the second and last meeting between the two teams this season.
The Knicks played the Thunder during their 27-game winning streak, and the Knicks, who were at their best at the time, won a thrilling victory at home. Now it's the Thunder's turn to face the Knicks at home, who are not in such good shape, and Oklamar City players and fans are ready to take the opportunity to kill the hated New Yorkers, especially the two core leaders of the Thunder, one of them is full of energy to fight with Wu Huang for the scoring title, and the other is not wanting to beat Wu Huang all the time.
Westbrook has always had a knot, it seems that since Wu Huang entered the NBA, he has never taken advantage of this Chinese, they have played each other three times in the regular season, and two All-Star games, but four of them he not only lost the game, but also lost personal data, only one time won the game, but he still lost personal data, that is to say, Wei Shao has not once defeated this lifelong enemy head-on, the record is 0:5 defeat.
Wu Huang led 5:0, naturally said before the game that he had no pressure, he is in a good position now, whether he wins or loses today's game, he does not have many black spots, but once he wins the game, how will the media report him after the game? How will the fans lick him? Wu Huang himself is embarrassed to think about these problems, he can only say that he and his behind-the-scenes team are too good at management, whether it is the image on or off the field, or the manipulation and use of public opinion, Wu Huang and his behind-the-scenes team can always maximize his interests, and even negative news can be transformed into favorable factors for himself in a timely manner, and will never put him in an embarrassing situation similar to Xiao Si.
"I've been suspended for five games, and I'll only know when I'm on the court, but I'm not going to put too much pressure on myself, just play away and try my best, I don't need to push myself too hard, that would be counterproductive", "I think Russell is a point guard with a terrifying output, he looks like he's going to explode at any moment", "Kevin was the scoring champion last season, he's like a cold-blooded killer, I want his hands to be cold, too"......
Wu Huang's words at the press conference sounded like praising his opponent at first, but when he thought about it, it made people feel very uncomfortable! And listening to his tone, it seems that he puts his opponent in the position of the challenger again, puts his position very high, and then makes a strong posture that doesn't matter if he wins or loses.
In short, if the game is won, he will have a lot to brag about; If he loses, he can behave very casually and decently, as if he has given his opponent a victory.
Wu Huang's posture will make the side as his opponent feel very aggrieved, and there will often be a situation where he is not angry even if he wins the game, and he can be angry half to death when he loses the game.
But this is exactly the game mentality that Wu Huang is pursuing, and he has always believed that in high-level competitions, whoever can gain the upper hand in the psychological link first will greatly increase the chances of winning the game.
Although "mentality" is something that cannot be seen or touched, it does not affect every action and choice of the player all the time, maybe three or two minutes can not see the impact, but when it is expanded to a game, the mentality has a great impact on the player, and the mentality often affects other equally important winning factors.
After the pre-match press conference, Wu Huang first went to the locker room to change clothes and prepare to warm up on the field.
He didn't make any pre-game speeches today, because he could feel that his teammates were still in a more embarrassing state of mind, and the media reports and fan complaints in the past few days have seriously affected the confidence and emotions of the Knicks players, and their psychology is very complicated, or very painful!
Wu Huang's current situation is good, but his teammates have a kind of pain mentality that they will not be appreciated when they win, and they will be completely blamed for losing.
But this feeling of theirs is real, and the current situation is like this, Wu Huang has made his situation so good, and the price is to throw all the bad things on his teammates' side.
But don't think that this situation is so beautiful, the world is fair, and how much you get, how much you have to pay in secret.
Wu Huang is like this, although he is in a good position now, he will have to deal with no less trouble in the next game.
His teammates are obviously emotionally problematic now, so in the game, the state will definitely be problematic, so the current Knicks are really in the worst state, Wu Huang wants to win the game must play better than before, this is the price he needs to pay, he must rely on his personal ability to lead the team to win the game when his teammates are not in good shape.
In short, whatever you get in this world, you have to pay the corresponding price, it depends on whether you have the ability to deal with these troubles that arise with the harvest, and once you get it, then you are the real winner.
Wu Huang warmed up and returned to the locker room, the game time was getting closer and closer, and after the staff invited reporters, Wu Huang could see that the expressions of his teammates and coaches were more solemn, which was a tense atmosphere that can only be seen in the playoffs.
If he hadn't known Dolan's plan, he would have taken this opportunity to get rid of D'Antoni a long time ago, but now he agrees with Dolan's plan and thinks that the Zen master does have a great chance to come to the Knicks next season, so he is not in a hurry to drive the mustache away.
D'Antoni is not a fool, he also knows that these games have something to do with his lineup, he did not withstand the criticism and bombardment of those so-called experts after two consecutive defeats, and he chose to strengthen the defense in a moment of confusion, and now it seems that this is the main reason for their four consecutive defeats, not all teams are suitable for strengthening defense, at least the Knicks can't do this, they can only continue to play if they insist on an indomitable offense.
Today's Knicks have completely abandoned the useless positional warfare of the previous games, especially after Emperor Wu returns to the throne, they can play at a fast pace without worrying about too many mistakes.
In the first five games, although Alstom, who replaced Wu Huang, had a one-sided dribbling technique and was almost never stealable when he controlled the ball, he initiated the Knicks' whirlwind rhythm play, and the street ball king was very uncomfortable, and the spirituality and all-round skills required for this position were not available to him, especially in fast passing, he made too many mistakes and was not decisive, and he could not use his breakthrough to attract enough defense.
Today's Knicks starting lineup: Wu Huang, Iguodala, Gallinari, Stoudemire, O'Neal.
Thunder starting lineup: Westbrook, Soflosa, Durant, Green, Kostic.
Before the start of the game, neither Durant nor Westbrook had a word to Wu Huang. He is now more famous, and his popularity is even worse, this "Artest" incident has made many black players feel sorry for the beast, and even now there are many star players who openly support Artest, and they don't feel that there is anything wrong with Mr. Peace's racial discrimination, nor do they think that the trash talk of greeting each other's female relatives is vulgar, why can't they scold like this?
At the same time, some media outlets have started a new round of hype after first copying racial discrimination -- this time, many media believe that some people have deliberately tied up "discrimination against China" and "discrimination against Asia," implying that discrimination against China and discrimination against Asia are completely different in nature and are two different things, and the former can be discriminated against, while the latter cannot do so.
This bizarre argument has actually won the approval of most people, and it is obvious that some smarter people have taken the opportunity to hack China again.
In short, the policy of encircling China must not be disrupted, and the campaign to smear China will never stop.
After the game started, Smalls grabbed the ball for the Knicks.
Wu Huang, who became very calm today, resolutely broke through Westbrook on the first offense, and his throw at the free throw line made Wei Shao and the Thunder's inside uncomfortable, and the basketball drew a beautiful arc and flew directly into the net!
Wu Huang has been summarizing his ultra-long-distance throwing, he used to like to play the board throwing, this throwing method is rarely used in the guard, because the guard's throwing speed is very fast, and the board needs to be aimed very high, which will affect the shooting speed, so ninety percent of the players are directly into the net throwing, only he will choose to play the board.
He did this because of his high shooting talent, but he also has the skill of throwing directly into the net, and many times when he needs to shoot faster, Wu Huang will adopt this shooting method.
Today's Wu Huang is full of aggression, in his eyes, his teammates have psychological problems? It doesn't matter, when he completely breaks the dignity of these guys and completely convinces them, then there won't be so much.
Does anyone think that if the Bulls lose without Jordan, these players are all waste? Shouldn't the Bulls lose without Jordan?
Or, isn't it normal for a Cavaliers to lose without James?
Therefore, the reason why the current Knicks players have the idea of losing face is that Wu Huang's influence is still not enough, these people have not really accepted Wu Huang's status, which is determined by his skin color and age, Wu Huang is ready to use this game to tell everyone completely - without me, you are a bunch of waste, don't doubt this.
Soon, Wei Shao was a little dumbfounded, he had always beaten his opponent with terrifying impact after the opening, even if he was always at a disadvantage in the face of Wu Huang in the past, he did not have this feeling of being defeated by his opponent. But today was different, just three minutes into the game, he had this feeling, that nasty yellow-skinned monkey shot 4 of 4 in three minutes, and one person scored 9 points, forcing the Thunder to ask for a timeout at the beginning, what the hell!
9 minutes and 22 seconds in the first quarter, less than three minutes after the start of the game, Wu Huang had already shot 4 of 4, he was alone, completely without the help of his teammates, he cut 9 points, and every ball is a wonderful medium and long-distance projection, this kind of visual and psychological double impact is really outrageous, so that even Wei Shao, who is not afraid of heaven and earth, is a little stimulated.
Today, as soon as Wu Huang entered the stadium, the Thunder fans at home began to welcome Wu Huang with all kinds of discriminatory insults, and the scolding was still fierce at the moment, but the looks of these fans were somewhat lacking in confidence, especially when they saw Wu Huang's cold expression, many Thunder fans expressed a little fear.
Wu Huang's expression today has been very cold, almost no smile appeared, this kind of serious mode of "Holy Sect Master", it does look a little scary, the in front of the TV dare not scream loudly, including his teammates after the opening gradually stopped thinking about those superfluous things.
After the game restarted, Durant finally hit a three-pointer to tie the score at 5:11.
Wu Huang turned his head, also outside the three-point line, but this time it was a pass, O'Neal reached out to receive the basketball under the basket, and squeezed his body to make a foul on Kostic, rich experience made O'Neal play 2+1 this time, Ao Fat screamed after the goal, and stepped forward to slap Wu Huang.
The only thing on the Knicks team that doesn't take losing seriously is this fat shark, and at this age, he doesn't care about those messes, his historical positioning is basically set, and unless he wins another championship before retirement, nothing can affect his status as a top four center in NBA history.
Wu Huangshen knows this, and he also knows that O'Neal's mentality is actually the best in the team, although he always complains that he doesn't have many shots, but that's just a complaint, he thinks that this fat shark actually wants to fool the long regular season past, and then try to break out in the playoffs, if he can be lucky to win another championship before retirement, he can make his historical status go further, become the top three centers in history, and will not be surpassed by Kobe.
Well, this last point is very important, otherwise such a lazy fat shark would have been retired long ago.
The game continued, Wu Huang still attacked fiercely, passed two goals to his teammates when he had a good opportunity, and attacked by himself if he didn't have a good opportunity, today he played more than Wei Shao Westbrook, and the impact was the same, Wei Shao soon felt like a small boat shuttling in a storm, and he would be swallowed by a huge wave at any time.
At 4 minutes and 51 seconds in the first quarter, Wu Huang, who was excited, shot unreasonably two steps away from the three-point line when there were 20 seconds left in the offensive time.
How could Wei Shao have thought that Wu Huang would play him like this, he scolded in his heart, and quickly turned around to see that the basketball happened to obediently fall into the net, and it was actually a hollow ball!
"Can I still play this game?" Wei Shao was really stupid for this shot, and he forgot that he would do it when he was excited, but the difference was that there was a difference of more than 10% between the three-point shooting rate of the two.
"19 points!" Wu Huang did not provoke the opponent when he was proud, as in the past, this time he just raised his right hand, and retreated backwards with a cold face, and by the way, he swept around with his cold eyes and no longer insulted his thunder fans, these guys have been completely frightened by Wu Huang's crazy performance, Wu Huang secretly screamed in his heart, "Waste!" ”
He scored 19 points in seven minutes, shooting 7-of-8 from the field, 2-of-3 from three-point range and 3-of-3 from the free-throw line, a performance that would make any opponent despair! But his frenzy wasn't over yet, as Iguodala cut off Harden's breakaway on the defensive end and the Knicks quickly launched the counter-attack they knew best......
Wu Huang received the basketball and launched a counterattack, first to the front court with a behind-the-back dribble to get rid of Westbrook, and finally played a time difference when he made a layup, tricking Durant to make the first move, and then easily found a layup angle to score the ball.
This breakthrough layup would be complicated if it was described, but in fact, it was just a back-disguised dribble and a layup after dodging in the air, but because it was done in a flash of light, it looked like Wu Huang played Durant and Wei Shao at one time, which made the entire home fans even more silent.
"21 points!" Wu Huang silently read in his heart, today he doesn't particularly care about the data, but he cares about his performance, so he is also counting his own data, motivating himself to continue to cut points and continue to hit the morale of his opponents.
The Thunder should have used a double bag against him a long time ago, but apart from letting Wu Huang get a few more assists by the way, it didn't seem to be of much use.
Wu Huang's range was too long, so he couldn't wait for him to start breaking through before he was trapped, and it would be too late at that time. But if the package is too early, it may allow Wu Huang to find an open teammate to provide an assist.
So when exactly to go to the bag? This timing is too difficult to grasp, and it can only be understood.
Soflosa's defensive awareness is very good, so his bag is still timely and can cause a lot of trouble for Wu Huang, but when Harden is on the court, Wu Huang's breakthrough can no longer be limited.
3 minutes and 30 seconds in the first quarter, Wei Shao was **** by Wu Huang again, the mentality of the turtle has been about to explode since then, this ball has completely blocked Wu Huang's sight, but the basketball is still brushed into the basket, what else can he do with such a shot? The opponent is like a hanger, this game is completely unplayable!
Looking at Wu Huang who didn't even bother to look at him after scoring a goal, Wei Shao was so angry that he smashed it on the floor after receiving the serve!
The referee hesitated slightly, considering the continuous humiliation of being ****, he still did not sentence him to foul, otherwise this uncalm action would give Wu Huang two points in vain, and it is estimated that Wei Shao should vomit blood!
But when it comes to being angry, Durant should also be angry, Westbrook, who has an explosive mentality, only has Wu Huang and the opponent's basket in his eyes at the moment, and there are not many other thoughts, which causes Durant's number of shots to obviously not keep up with Wu Huang's rhythm, and only 4 shots have been made so far, and the one opposite has shot 10 times, how can this brush the scoring champion?
Wu Huang's shots in the first quarter finally reached 13 times, don't look at his high ball possession rate in the team, and he also ranked first on the scoring list, but in fact, he is considered to be the lowest number of shots in the scoring champion over the years, with an average of only 21.3 shots per game, and an average of 1.5 points per shot, which is also extremely rare among outside players.
With a score of 39:27 in the first quarter, the Knicks led the Thunder by 12 points.
As you can see from the score, today's Knicks have reverted to the team that has a sparse defense, but it is the team that you off by scoring more points than you. Among them, Wu Huang played the whole quarter, shooting 11 of 13, 5 of 7 three-pointers, 5 of 5 free throws, and one person cut 32 points, 3 rebounds and 2 assists that made the Thunder almost collapse, and he broke the 33-point record set by Anthony and "Iceman" Gervin in a single quarter. (To be continued.) )