Chapter 356: Xiao Yin - Forced and Old Monster
"They've been underdogged but they've not been beaten up more than we've had along the way, and that's telling, they're a team that is desperate for a championship, and I think they're going to burst out with the energy of their youth for that ring, and it's a tough test for us, and we need to learn from the Thunder's failures and play well in the fourth quarter." Pen × fun × Pavilion www. biquge。 info "Wu Huang's words at the pre-game press conference not only left a lot of leeway for himself, but also hacked a thunderbolt by the way.
As for Kidd, who is about to be opposite, Wu Huang expressed enough respect: "He can play in the finals has proven everything, look at several strong teams in the West, countless teams with excellent scoring ability and breakthrough ability have been eliminated, but Kidd this time made people understand that it is not scoring and breaking through to solve everything." When the Western Conference champions had a result, we suddenly found out that only the Mavericks survived the team led by these excellent playmaking guards. ”
Kidd said before the game: "From the work I've done this season, we still have a chance to make a difference, I don't think about next year, we don't have that much time to imagine the future, this year could be my last chance, it's probably the same for a lot of people in our squad." ”
The old monster's words represent the voice of the Mavericks, and they will make it to the Finals again in the future, but certainly not this group of players. Kidd is 38 years old, Nowitzki is 33 years old, Marion is 33 years old, Terry is 34 years old, Peja is 34 years old, and even the boxing champion is 29 years old.
The New York media was very bad at this time, and they began to pick up some old things to influence Kidd, such as in 2003, the Spurs were actually the most likely to sign Kidd, but they finally chose to continue to have Parker as the core of this team, and Kidd also went to New Jersey and was eventually traded to the Mavericks, maybe this is fate.
So after the end of the season, will Kidd sign another contract extension with the Mavericks?
"I'm going to take a good look at what's going to happen next and think carefully about my future," Kidd said. There won't be a lot of good opportunities for me, maybe now is the time for me to think about it instead of doing whatever I want. In retrospect, if Kidd had really joined the Spurs early, he would probably have two championship rings on his hand by now. Kidd also didn't think his arrival would squeeze out the young Parker, and he always felt that if he was the one to pass the Spurs trident, the Spurs would be stronger, maybe more than just two championships.
This kind of "if" is the most hateful metaphor, how can there be so many ifs in the world, the New York media mentioned this matter of course to affect Kidd's mentality, and by the way, provoke the relationship between Kidd and Maverick, because the relationship between the old monster and Cuban is not particularly good, this kind of provocation can still be used.
"Against the Knicks, we don't have pressure." Nowitzki said, "Normally, the team with home field advantage is under more pressure. They performed better in the regular season and were expected to be even greater. The Grand Final is going to be a very interesting encounter. Let's see what happens. ”
O'Neal was the most arrogant before the game, because the Mavericks hated him in the finals, which gave O'Neal a psychological advantage, and he even felt that he was the star of the Mavericks.
"The Mavericks are my old rivals, I remember how I beat them in '06, and now I can remember the process very clearly, although it has changed locations." O'Neal looked beautiful when he said this, but if he can really help the Knicks win the championship this year, and then help Wu Huang win the Finals MVP, his historical status will definitely rise to a new level. At that time, even Chamberlain, Skyhook and Russell could no longer hold him down, and O'Neal would really surpass the level of the four centers in the 90s and be promoted to the same name as Chamberlain, Abdul-Jabbar, and Russell.
Many fans always like to compare stars from different eras, but the historical status is compared with the entire career, the ability of the peak period of one or two years or Guan Gongzhan Qin Qiong is nonsense, as for the data, it is more with the times. Chamberlain averaged 25 rebounds per game in the '60s, 10 more than this year's Love. But in the '60s, a single team could jump 72 rebounds per game, and in 2011, a single team had 50 rebounds per game.
Therefore, when the big media comments on the historical status of the player, it looks at the curve of the entire career, whether it can suppress other stars of the same era, and the weight of honor that the player holds after retiring.
Today's O'Neal has a regular season MVP, three Finals MVPs, two scoring titles, he was the best center in the league for 8-10 years, and he was basically the first person in the league for 5-5 years, and Duncan was separated from Duncan for 7 years from 1999 to 2006. The Sharks were indeed domineering in his prime, and he may have been one of the most terrifying monsters in history, but he could only rank fourth in the NBA's all-time center rankings. Because of the laziness of the sharks, he did not play to his full potential, and now he is embarrassed to be ranked in the middle of the four centers and Abdul-Jabbar, Russell, and Chamberlain.
Now O'Neal has three gods on his head, the first is Abdul-Jabbar, a six-time MVP, six championships, two Finals MVPs, the first person in the 70s, the ace of the Lakers in the first half of the 80s, and the player with the best combination of personal ability and honor; Russell is not as personal as Chamberlain and Kareem Abdul-Jabbar, but he has won a slam of honor, five MVPs, eleven championships, one of the most dominant players in the playoffs and Finals of all time, and one of the best defenders and team players of all time. Chamberlain is a representative of personal ability, four MVPs, two championships, seven scoring titles, eleven rebounding champions, the most dominant player in the regular season in history, and one of the best offensive players in history, but due to the suspicion of excessive data brushing and insufficient honor resolution, he can only be third, but he cannot be easily shaken.
It can be seen here that although personal data is very important, when you want to rank historical status, you still have to look at how many honors you have won in your career, and only when everyone is about the same in personal honors will you see who has the best personal ability.
Russell and Chamberlain are undoubtedly two extremes, but Russell has always been recognized as a better player than Chamberlain, but Wu Huang now feels that he should move closer to Abdul-Jabbar, he can't learn from Chamberlain's 100 points and always fall out of the top five when the media ranks the historical position, and he can't learn from Russell, although he has a slam of honors, he is always criticized for his personal ability, and he is still balanced and all-round.
"If I can't win more than 6 championships and Finals MVP, how can I compete with these monsters for a place in history after I retire?" Wu Huang secretly made up his mind in his heart, he would not let go of any chance to win the championship, look at these monsters, there are so many demons who have five or six championships and five or six finals MVP in the center position alone. There are also a lot of monsters in other positions, and he has to surpass these people to rank in the top ten in history, and he doesn't know how many honors he will have to get in the future to be qualified. If you want to squeeze into the top five in history, I'm afraid he doesn't have seven or eight championship rings + seven or eight finals MVPs on his hands, and he is not qualified to challenge at all.
Today's Madison Square Garden once again used the "golden dragon body" drama in the entrance ceremony, but this time a little change is that a bull-headed monster appeared in the center of the stadium first, and then the golden dragon appeared and swallowed the monster with obvious meaning.
Wu Huang then made a brilliant appearance, which immediately plunged the whole stadium into a climax, and some fans who shouted hoarse a few days ago continued to release huge decibels to cheer for the home team with various throat lozenges today, and at the same time interfere with the visiting team.
The Knicks' comeback game a few days ago made New York fans themselves realize how much this kind of noise affects the visiting team, and it is no wonder that those stadiums with a more structure-friendly sound transmission will become the home of the devils, and these arenas that are conducive to creating pressure for the visiting team will be more difficult to play than ordinary arenas. It's a pity that "Madison Garden" pays attention to the luxury and grandeur of the first city, emphasizing the comfort of fans watching the game.
"Hugo, the task of our Chinese to win the championship with the core is handed over to you." Yao Ming is also watching the game today, he is also a special guest of the CCTV commentary group, and he will go to the CCTV commentary seat to participate in the commentary later.
At this moment, Yao Ming is of course very envious of Wu Huang who is standing in the finals, and he does not have the idea of coming here next season to mess around, in fact, all the lobbying is actually not as good as the current finals stage. Yao Ming is confident that if he replaces O'Neal now, he will definitely make Chandler, who defends him alone, not last in the fourth quarter, because the Knicks have unlimited space for him to play alone, and no team dares to let go of Wu Huang and Xiao Si to wrap him up, and in the Knicks he will get the offensive space that the Rockets have never had.
"Come on, when you win the championship, you must give me the ring." Chloe Moretz was in the front row with his fourth brother today, but Emperor Wu's harem all went to the VIP room or watched the game at home.
"You're so beautiful!" Wu Huang secretly complained in his heart, he felt that Xiao Kolo was threatening him, if he really won this championship, the first ring would not be given away.
Wu Huang now regrets making little Kolo red, and now he is scared when he sees this little girl, because he is worried that the other party will play a child's temper when he is unhappy, just like a primary school student in the game hangs up if he is not happy, after all, he is still a child, this is the price of his beast!
Wu Huang greeted relatives and friends on the sidelines, and the game was about to start, and there were not many adjustments to the Knicks' starting lineup today: Wu Huang, Iguodala, Gallinari, Xiao Si, O'Neal.
D'Antoni plans to see what O'Neal can do on the court first, and if this fat man can find a way to deal with Chandler or Nowitzki, then the space for Smalls to attack will be bigger. The Mavericks only have one Chandler on the inside, and Nowitzki won't be too strong on the defensive end, so as long as O'Neal is in good shape on the offensive end, then the Mavericks will have to worry about who to use Chandler against.
Mavericks' starting lineup: Jason Kidd, DeSean Stevenson, Sean Marion, Dirk Nowitzki, Tyson Chandler.
The Dallas starting lineup is also very stable, with Rick Carlisle always treating Stevenson as a fake starter, and Stevenson's main task is defense, so the biggest problem with this lineup is the lack of output. But if he has a good hand in one game, then Carlisle will extend his playing time, and conversely, he will increase the playing time of Terry and Barria, but the problem becomes a lack of defense and a too crispy lineup.
It's not hard to find flaws in the Mavericks' roster, and Carlisle knows that his team's outside roster is a bit weak compared to those big teams. Marion would have been fine in his prime, but now the hackers can't defend two, so Carlisle thought of making up for his team's lack of physical talent with a combination defense that NBA teams are not very good at. And the result was surprisingly good, this group of experienced players did a good job of limiting the brave and fearless Wei Shao with joint defense, and also made it difficult for Durant, who lacked the ability to handle the ball, to easily get a chance to catch and shoot.
"Lack of body and brain, lack of talent to make up for the team", these are the two magic weapons of the Mavericks to defeat the Lakers and Thunder with IQ and team, the Knicks' coaching staff naturally knows this, but their response is much simpler than imagined, D'Antoni's final decision is - when you don't know how to play, give the ball to Hugo!
Wu Huang said that he was under a lot of pressure, and this kind of arrangement was the first time he had seen it, I don't know if it was because D'Antoni trusted him too much, or if he was the coach who had been messing around there, Made's ZZ!
But the Mavericks said that they are under more pressure, because the Knicks are one of the few teams in the NBA who are not afraid of joint defense, and Wu Huang's ball control and shooting skills are basically full value in 2K games, which makes it basically impossible to play the interior joint defense, otherwise it will definitely be shot into a sieve. Not only that, the outside joint defense is not easy to swing, Wu Huang's breakthrough is also very sharp, although he is not as good as Kidd in the mobilization of basketball and the accuracy of passing, but his breakthrough is very spiritual, belongs to the kind of person who can find the line pass that the defender can't think of, this kind of person is also the most lethal to the joint defense, because you can't guess what kind of passing choices he will make, and the effect of collective defense and anticipatory defense is greatly reduced.
The most important thing is that Wu Huang is too cunning, he is completely different from Westbrook, he will not go to the end with a tendon, he will look for the opponent's soft underbelly to attack. And he is very despicable and shameless on the defensive end, Wu Huang's summer training with Bowen is not a secret, so many of his defensive actions similar to Bowen in this year's playoffs were criticized by the players opposite him after the game, and some media also collected some footage of Wu Huang's small actions to criticize him for not learning well, specializing in learning those things that are shameful. But just like Bowen, who was scolded by everyone at the beginning, even if you know that many of his actions are malicious, but he doesn't admit that you can't do anything about him. You can't use the word "like" to condemn others, right?
At the beginning of today's game, Emperor Wu boldly yin the old and refined Kidd, which made the old monster himself not expect that he would be calculated after he became a fine? And the opponent is not an old yin-coercion like Bowen, who has just debuted, but a little yin-coercion like Wu Huang who has just debuted!
In the opening jump ball, Chandler, who was superhumanly athletic, won easily.
Speaking of boxing champions, this guy is also a typical representative of lazy players, otherwise with his height, reach, and athletic talent, his achievements should not be inferior to the best defensive player like Camby. But so far, Chandler still only plays by talent, and he has played well this year only because of his good luck, his body has not suffered any major injuries that can affect his athleticism, and he has a lot of experience in the game, so he can naturally play well on the defensive end. But that's how his upline is, and he's not too young, and if he doesn't give him a big contract at this time, it will rot the next year.
Wu Huang showed Kidd how important it is to move quickly in the first defense, and when Kidd saw Wu Huang pressing up, the old monster originally wanted to use his solid ball control skills and strong body to knock Wu Huang away, and then he could take the opportunity to get rid of his opponent like a walk. Although even if he breaks through, he can't complete the offense, because Kidd's follow-up steps are not fast enough, and he will definitely be caught up by Wu Huang after two steps, but he can lead the Knicks to fill in the inside, and he can easily assist his teammates to score when the time comes.
However, Wu Huang's reaction was too fast, he actually came first to put his foot on Kidd's next foothold, a blind E made Kidd almost break his ankle, and the basketball was also grabbed by Wu Huang, the Knicks played a broken ball counterattack at the beginning, and Wu Huang kicked off the first game of the finals with a one-arm dunk.
Kidd looked angry after falling to the ground, he felt that Wu Huang's stepping was too obvious this time, this was not an unintentional action, and the referee actually didn't blow a foul?
However, the referee has his own opinion, he feels that it is impossible to put the foot on in such a short time with the normal reaction of human beings, and it can only be said that Wu Huang's stride is fast, and he just moved there, everything is a coincidence, so naturally it cannot be regarded as a foul.
Emperor Wu was snickering in his heart, it seemed that the provocation a few days ago had an effect. Don't look at Kidd's white skin, but in fact, he has black blood in his body, and there are a lot of guys like Kidd, Griffin, and Curry in the NBA, because once black people become rich through sports, they like to marry a white man to show their identity, so there will be some guys in the United States who are white on the outside and black on the inside. (To be continued.) )