Wu Huang and Xiao Si's deliberate cooperation seemed very inconsistent, but in the face of the Warriors, it had an unexpected effect, although the main reason was that the Warriors' defense was too bad, but the two suddenly switched styles, which also made the Warriors players very uncomfortable. In the final analysis, it is still a relationship where the defense is too bad, even if the Warriors are replaced by the Bucks today, there will be a lot of mistakes in the clumsy cooperation of the two, but it is almost impossible for the Warriors to get rid of the label of a bad defense team in one or two seasons.

Xiao Si originally belonged to the indomitable style, a slightly worse confrontation but more rapid and mobile Griffin, but after a serious injury in the 2005-06 season, Xiao Si's technical style has changed significantly. In the past, there were few "overlord hard bow" games, replaced by more mid-range shots and air cuts, but the variety of offensive methods derived from him and Nash's blocking and pick-and-roll cooperation still maintained their inherent characteristics.

At this time, it stands to reason that Stoudemire should consciously strengthen his ability to respond in the high post, but he didn't do it, he still played singles in the frame, or waited for the ball in the air, and he had been relying on Nash's strategy, raging the basket, and had no idea of transformation at all.

Even if he came to the Knicks, Xiao Si didn't want to transform, but after only a few games, he found that he was hacked into a cancer by Wu Huang's 60E fans - as long as he performed well, it must be the credit of Wu Huang; If the performance is not good, then it will be ironclad. It is the first time in his career that Xiao Si has played under such a lot of pressure, and now he is actively seeking change, seeking breakthroughs, and actively wanting to transform, but he is actually forced out by 60E fans.

Last season, mid-range shooting accounted for 51 percent of all offenses and averaged 7.2 points per game, the highest score of any offense. However, what is interesting is that compared with the interior offense, Xiao Si's mid-range shooting comes more from the space after the pass by his teammates, and the assist rate is as high as 61%, second only to the dunk. It can be seen that after winning the ball on the inside, Xiao Si's individual singles are still quite efficient, and the reason why mid-range shooting has increasingly become his main offensive means is also related to the tactical running of the Suns players and Nash's blocking and passing.

This time he came to the Knicks, Xiao Si wanted to get more autonomy on the inside, but now he found that this was not the case, and he also understood that his ball possession rate would not be higher than when he was in the Suns, and it was already very good to be able to ensure that it would not fall.

Wu Huang's attitude towards Xiao Si has always been very contradictory, on the one hand, he hopes that his teammates are strong enough, on the other hand, he is worried that the other party will steal his limelight if he is too strong, so he is subconsciously unwilling to hand over the basketball to Xiao Si, unwilling to let him deal with the offense completely independently, but must wait until his pass can be directly converted into an assist opportunity, he will pass the basketball to Xiao Si, this is the selfish side of his heart is doing trouble.

But think about it carefully, even if it is a bad defensive team like the Warriors, they will not give Xiao Si too many opportunities to shoot comfortably, and the value of an All-Star interior line is actually that he has the ability to officiate on his own, which is also where Xiao Si is stronger than David Lee, if Wu Huang still uses Xiao Si as David Lee, then why should the Knicks get a face frame offensive epic interior core, David Lee is enough.

Xiao Si also has his own problems, in the first few games, once the basketball is in his hands, it is difficult to pass it out again, he also hopes to shoot more, hold the ball more and attack, and get better data to prove his ability.

But his actions and thoughts undoubtedly made Emperor Wu's cautious eyes even more attacked, the Emperor of New York is actually a very selfish player, and his strength is not very big, which can be seen from his desire for data, and whether he is still the original when he cares about his sister and himself. And Xiao Si also had a similar personality when he was young, otherwise he would not have been obsessed with Yao Ming for snatching his champion. Fortunately, these two did not meet at the same age, otherwise they would have fallen out a long time ago.

This game became an opportunity, Wu Huang just rolled over the sheets with Christine yesterday, and today he was a little bigger. Xiao Si is older, and he has been hacked very badly recently, and he is also actively seeking changes, and the two took the initiative to consider each other on the offensive end for the first time, and also played the cooperation of the inside and outside for the first time.

At 4 minutes and 15 seconds in the first quarter, Wu Huang first pretended to break through, passed the basketball to the low post with a flick of his wrist, and then cut to the basket without the ball.

Xiao Si has always been not good at passing, but he has played with Nash for so many years, so that he does not even have a little sense of passing, after receiving the ball, he does not stop, and pushes the basketball into the penalty area, which is a bold inside pass.

Monroe had just made a wall for Wu Huang at the free-throw line, blocking Curry and luring Biedrins out of the box. The Warriors' cheating defense made his basket instantly become an unguarded restricted area, and Wu Huang was empty within two meters after receiving the ball.

Wu Huang did not hesitate, jumped up at the basket, and slammed a two-handed windmill dunk sideways and instantly detonated Madison Garden! This attack was the most exciting cooperation scored by Wu Huang and Xiao Si after they partnered.

"Is Hugo's dunk 1 meter high?" After the cheers of the New York fans, they began to discuss Wu Huang's bounce.

"How can there be 1 meter, this time the bounce height is up to 90cm, although Hugo's dunk is wonderful, but the completion is still flawed, and the body is not as stretched in the air as Carter." Some New York fans are quite discerning.

"That's because Hugo is only 191cm tall and he doesn't have enough room to run this ball, but his ability to stay in the air is already excellent, and he still has room to complete this dunk." This is a fan of Emperor Wu, who can't listen to a little criticism from others, and is a virtue with his master.

This dunk became the epitome of the first quarter of the game, with the two pairs providing wonderful assists for each other several times, which had rarely been seen in previous games.

In the first quarter, the connection between Wu Huang and Xiao Si not only drove the two sides, but also gave other players more scoring opportunities, and the Knicks led the Warriors 38-28 in the first quarter, which was their smoothest game of the new season.

Wu Huang and Stoudemire both played the first quarter, the former had 13 points, 3 rebounds and 2 assists, the latter had 10 points, 4 rebounds and 2 assists, Gallinari had 6 points, Iguodala had 5 points, and Monroe had 4 points.

"That ball was awesome!" When Wu Huang got off the court, he happened to see his two-handed windmill dunk in the first quarter replaying on the big screen of the arena.

"No, you're cooler!" Xiao Si said very unwillingly, at this moment, he is more mature than Emperor Wu in terms of mentality, how to say that he is almost ten years older than Emperor Wu, and if he is immature, he will lack heart.

This is how the chemistry between the players is cultivated little by little, and the first step is to get along with the team's main stars, which is the first step, after all, basketball is a group sport, and there are 5 people playing on the court! If one person doesn't like another person, he just doesn't pass on him, that's bad. Or if you don't have a system that suits you, the requirements assigned by the coach, and you can't play in this system, that's not good! Or when you are off the field, everyone is just colleagues at work, not brothers who are happy together, then you can't play passionately! So the one who takes the lead, if it can act as a lubricant, is an important factor in forming the atmosphere of the locker room! As the saying goes: the train runs fast because of the headband!

Wu Huang has not done a good enough job in this regard, if there are contradictions between players, or between coaches and players, and they are plotting against each other, it is impossible for this team to have any chemistry. Today's game may be a mistake, but it is an opportunity to go in a good direction, if Wu Huang can let go of those unnecessary selfishness in his heart, the Knicks can go in the right direction, otherwise they can only go further and further in the direction of deviation.

In the second quarter, Wu Huang continued to play with Stoudemire, the two continued the first quarter of play, and did not know that he was being plotted by Wu Huang D'Antoni, at this time seemed very dedicated, seeing Wu Huang and Xiao Si began to have a little chemistry, from the first quarter to let the two of them play at the same time, at the same time, today he intends to let the two stay on the court to cultivate a tacit understanding.

Wu Huang's personal data in the first section was not affected, which was the effect of Xiao Si's reciprocation. In the first few games, as long as Wu Huang passed the ball, there would be no follow-up plot, but today the basketball can be passed back, which is very different from usual.

No one in this world is willing to blindly give, especially a selfish guy like Emperor Wu, so Xiao Si's courtesy exchange is a key factor in whether the two can really connect and partner. As long as Stoudemire is willing to share the ball with his teammates and Wu Huang, Wu Huang is willing to pass him more balls, which complement each other, Wu Huang is the kind of person who I gave you face, you have to respond to me immediately, otherwise he will not be a good person.

The Warriors have become the whetstone of the Knicks today, they are completely unable to stop the unfamiliar Wu Huang and Stoudemire, David Lee and Xiao Si, who can be alone on the offensive end, are also a lot worse, even if the latter leads the team alone, he should have the ability to bring the Knicks into the playoffs, but it will definitely not work if he is replaced by David Lee. Referring to the Warriors' record this year, it is still difficult for them to win 40+ games this season, even if they have Ellis and Curry on the team.

In the last three minutes of the first half, Xiao Si seized the opportunity of David Lee's three fouls to play a wave of individual performances before halftime, scored 6 points in a row and gave Ellis a big hat. Today's Xiaobawang is not only able to attack and pass on the offensive end, but even the defense is a bit of Howard's shadow, although it is only a shadow, but this is enough to make New York fans overjoyed.

At the end of the first half, the score was 72:54, and the Knicks took a half-time lead for the first time this season, not only crushing the opponent on the court, but finally no longer scoring points.

Wu Huang had 21 points, 5 rebounds and 3 assists in the first half, Stoudemire 24 points, 7 rebounds and 3 assists, Gallinari 10 points, Iguodala 7 points, 2 rebounds and 2 assists, and Monroe 4 points.

At halftime, Chucks Barkley, who commented on the game, opened his mouth and mocked: "The new season of the Warriors, the introduction of David Lee Chuanche will also grab the board, but he makes Xiaos's defense look like Bill Russell." I expect him and Ellis, Curry, and others to continue to put together beautiful numbers, but whether the team can make the playoffs is another matter. Well, compared to that, the performances of the likes of Margeti, Morrow, Tolivier, Anthony Randolph and Azubuuk may be worth watching. They are all likely to follow in the footsteps of Jackson, Crawford and others, and continue to shine in the league under the name of "Warriors veterans". The tragedy of Chris Webb more than a decade ago will continue to play out in Auckland day after day. ”

Obviously, he looks down on the league's long-term fish belly - the Warriors, who have only one "Black Eight" in the past 20 years, and he thinks that this team that has won the championship should be like this in the future, and he can't see that the current management can make this team a strong team in the next few years, and he is also very optimistic about Curry, thinking that the Warriors' low-profile version of Wu Huang really has no potential to become a star.

Kenny Smith also believes that Curry cannot become a star like Wu Huang, first of all, his physical talent is a big cut behind Wu Huang: "As a point guard, he is not good enough to make free throws on the offensive end, averaging only 2.5 free throws per game, which is a serious waste of his speed and 88.5% free throw shooting percentage. Second, due to his poor physical confrontation ability, Curry has a hard time guarding against opposing players. At the same time, it's surprising that Curry's lateral movement speed is seriously out of line with his speed, which is where he needs to step up. In the end, his defensive and confrontational abilities will become the shackles that will limit him as a star. ”

At this time, Curry is not to mention compared with Wu Huang, even Evans, Jennings and Harden can't compare, no matter how bold the experts in the league are, they will not imagine that Curry can become a player at the level of Wu Huang in the future, after all, his innate conditions are very far from Wu Huang, and his development trajectory is too far away from Wu Huang, and there are big doubts about whether he can become a qualified All-Star player at this moment, let alone enter the superstar level.

In some ways, Curry's growth path is similar to that of his predecessor Ellis. And his rapid growth also makes Ellis's whereabouts doubtful. In the midst of the turmoil at the Warriors' top management this summer, owner Joe Lacob, who has just taken over the team, admitted that he has doubts about whether the two short guard pairings of Ellis and Curry can provoke the team's backbone. Among them, the main suspicion is of course aimed at Ellis, but Curry, who has been shrouded in the shadow of Emperor Wu, is not expected too much, and many people feel that the Warriors are only pulling out the big one among the short ones.

There is no shortage of precedents in the league where players of similar types and positions are incompatible, and then choose one or the other. This is the case with the Milwaukee Bucks, after Ray Allen left, Michael Reed, Charlie Bell, Raymond Sessions, Luke Ridno and others came in and out, and all the way to Brandon Jennings, such an experiment came to an end. Now, it's the warriors' turn to experience this "happy trouble."

At halftime, the atmosphere in the Knicks' locker room was much better than in previous games, and Gallinari was re-energized because he got a lot of scoring opportunities, and if Wu Huang and Xiao Si continued to be at odds, other players would also be affected.

Now that the Italians are happy with their stats, the two bosses are laughing and talking, and Iguodala is starting to become the team's spiritual leader, slowly moving closer to the team's lubricant role and acting as a mediator between the two stars, the Knicks' four most important men have begun to find their respective roles.

Wu Huang is the cornerstone of the whole team, and is the undisputed controller and the first point of attack at critical moments; Xiao Si is the core of the team's interior line, the second point of attack; Iguodala plays the role of regulating and lubricating in the middle, and can also play the role of ball control when appropriate; Gallinari is responsible for open shots from the outside and pulling the opposing defense; The other Knicks players are either defensive gates or fixed-point shooters, and the division of labor among Knicks players is suddenly much clearer.

Whether a team's chemistry is good or not depends on whether the roles of the seven or eight players who can play are clear, and whether they find their own suitable positioning and suitable roles, which is still very clear in the two years of the Knicks' rebuild, and the players they have brought in are also very targeted.

Wu Huang was also thinking about this at halftime, he thinks about it when he is downwind, which is one of his strengths, and he is now thinking: why did the team play so well in the first half, why did Xiao Si play so well, and why is the atmosphere so harmonious now?

For a moment, he could think of something, even if he couldn't fully understand the questions.

In the third quarter, Wu Huang continued to hand over the ball, and Xiao Si still repaid him from time to time, at this time, the Knicks were obviously dominated by Xiao Si, and he was supplemented, but the team still played very well, and Wu Huang was more relaxed, which proved that Stoudemire did have the strength to become the core of the team.

However, it is definitely not possible to keep playing like this, because the main and secondary must be distinguished, and some games let Xiao Si carry the flag, Wu Huang will not care too much, but if he keeps playing like this, then the media will have to wonder who is the core? Even if Xiao Si has this strength, it won't work, because he is the cornerstone of the team, and he won't let go of this bottom line.

In the fourth quarter, Wu Huang began to retract the ball, and when he wanted to try to focus on himself and Xiao Si as the auxiliary, how would the team play?

Xiao Si is estimated to be tired of playing, 29 years old and still an inside player, the physical exertion must be greater than that of a point guard player, so it is not suitable for Xiao Si to be the main attacker in the whole game. The "degree" in the middle, Wu Huang will continue to test through future competitions, but today he can test a small part of the ideas in his heart first.

In the fourth quarter, Stoudemire was no longer physically active, so he was happy to cooperate with Wu Huang's main attack, and became a mid-range turret and air cut spoiler.

Wu Huang played the game completely according to his favorite rhythm in the last quarter, the Knicks kept blocking and dismantling the offense, Xiao Si and Iguodala kept cutting in the air, Wu Huang, who was in good shape, found that there were passing points everywhere and holes everywhere, although this was related to the Warriors' defense was too bad, but it was also the key for today's Knicks players to open their hearts. Don't underestimate running without the ball, it also depends on enthusiasm, and it is definitely not okay to let the big guy run the whole game like this, but if you only run one or half quarters, then there is no problem, and they will actively cooperate.

"So that's the rhythm?" Wu Huang somewhat understands why in the previous game, everyone's running and defense are becoming less and less active, firstly, because he does not have a great opportunity not to pass the ball easily, and secondly, because his teammates have not been able to touch the basketball for a long time, and their enthusiasm on the court has declined.

To put it simply, in fact, he did not succeed in mobilizing the enthusiasm of his teammates, if he made his teammates play happily and let his teammates integrate into the game, they would be very happy to run and defend without the ball, how to mobilize the emotions and enthusiasm of his teammates is also an ability that point guards must master, Wu Huang obviously did not think of this before, let alone do it. (To be continued.) )