Chapter 288: Godfather Loves Me Again
After the victory over the Trail Blazers, the NBA announced the winner of the Player of the Month for December, and Wu Huang won the Eastern Conference Player of the Month with the help of Yu Wei, who won 27 consecutive wins, which was also the first time in NBA history that a Chinese American won the award in a row.
Wu also set a team record for the Knicks, becoming the first player on the team to win the Player of the Month award for two consecutive months. It's a pity that the youngest consecutive "Player of the Month" record is not with Wu Huang, James is the youngest player of the month record holder in the league, Wu Huang and the gorilla set this record by less than half a year, James who entered the NBA at the age of 18 has a natural advantage in these youngest records.
On January 9, the Knicks traveled to Los Angeles to play the Lakers this time, which was the last meeting between the two teams this season.
Bynum's injury has also come out, with a severe ankle sprain, and it will take at least 6-8 weeks to recuperate before returning to the court, and it may not be reimbursed for the season, even if it is the best news Lakers fans have ever received. At least An Zhu can come back at the end of the regular season and will not delay the playoffs, provided that he doesn't get injured once he comes back.
After Wu Huang came to Los Angeles, he found a very strange sight, that is, Clippers fans supported him for no reason. The day before the game, he noticed a crowd of fans wearing Clippers hats and his No. 14 jersey gathered outside the hotel where the team was staying, and he signed the hats for dozens of fans who had been waiting for a long time.
"I guess 'the enemy of my enemy is my friend' at work, right? And I'm a local, so it's normal! Wu Huang can only understand that he went to the home games of the Lakers and Clippers last season, and was rarely personally attacked by the home fans.
Perhaps it's because the big names in the NBA are changing teams frequently, and it's rare for Kobe Bryant to play for only one team in his career, so both the Lakers and the Clippers fantasize that one day, Wu Huang may come to Los Angeles to play after his second contract expires.
After less than a week, the two teams met again, and the Lakers were looking forward to revenge at home, they didn't want to be killed by the Knicks, and if they couldn't get revenge in this game, the Lakers would not meet again this season unless they could meet the Knicks in the Finals.
The Knicks didn't worry about the Lakers at all, D'Antoni sent his small lineup after Bynum couldn't play, and Gallinari didn't suffer too much against Odom in the last game, and today's Knicks still have to play mobility and play the Lakers' defensive counterattack.
The Lakers summed up the lessons of the loss after the loss, and did a better job on the defensive end today, the first task is to make the Knicks' offense not as easy as the last game, while strictly guarding against the opponent's counterattack and fast break, and then how to solve their own offensive problems.
At any time, solid defense is not a wrong choice, Knicks players can feel in the game, they want to score more difficult today, Lakers players after the loss in the media and fans ridicule, finally shame and courage, with a playoff attitude to play, including the sleepwalking Odom in the last game, today also showed their form in the World Championships.
But the pressure on Wu Huang is still not great, Lao Yu and Blake are just as serious in the last game, the attitude of these two people has always been fine, they can't prevent Wu Huang from being purely incompetent, and they are all restrained by Wu Huang's characteristics. Now Kobe Bryant no longer defends Wu Huang in person, which makes the core of the Knicks still play freely on the court.
In addition to Wu Huang, Xiao Si is also a member of the Lakers team that is difficult to restrict, Xiao Bawang's cutting ability makes Gasol unable to parry at all, and the two strongest points of the Knicks have not been affected too much, which makes the game still go in the direction of the Knicks.
In the first quarter, Wu Huang used his personal breakthrough and Xiao Si's blocking and dismantling cooperation to play a wonderful performance of 4 of 6 shots and 2 of 2 three-point shots, not only contributing 14 points, but also grabbing 2 rebounds and sending 3 assists to his teammates.
After Gallinari led Odom out of the restricted area, Xiao Si played 4 of 5 shots in the face of Gasol, and scored 10 points and 2 rebounds to play at his due level.
Kobe Bryant also has a strong desire to attack today, but the boss is still under pressure on the offensive efficiency in the face of Iguodala and Tony Allen's defense, and it is always difficult to contribute continuous and stable output. However, Gasol's performance on the defensive end today was average, but he played well on the offensive end, he effectively hit the defects of Xiaosi who was not good at top defense in the low post, and Odom contributed both outside and inside, which allowed the Lakers to barely withstand the Knicks' offense, but after the first quarter, the Lakers still trailed by 4 points at 27:31.
No matter how many rings the Zen master has on his hand, he can't conjure a good point guard out of thin air to limit Wu Huang, today's problem is exactly the same as the last game, the Lakers have no way to do anything about the Knicks' strong points, but the opponent can interfere with their own strong points, which is almost an unsolvable problem.
Wu Huang didn't rest at all in the second quarter, Kobe Bryant also didn't get off the court, the result of the two of them was that Wu Huang won again, because the defender he faced was Blake, Kobe Bryant faced Tony Allen and Green, the difficulty of the two sides is like the simple mode and Hall of Fame mode in the 2K game, even if Iguodala goes down on the Knicks' side, there is a Green who can come up, and the defensive intensity has not dropped too much, Kobe has always faced the Knicks' three defensive giants in the wheel battle and bag defense.
After the Knicks finished halftime, it was logical to widen the difference to 7 points, Wu Huang scored 25 points, 3 rebounds, 5 assists and 2 steals in the half, and he was more ferocious in scoring data today than in the last game.
The Lakers are not without improvement today, they at least prevented the role players of the Knicks, the Knicks rely on Wu Huang and Xiao Si to score today, but even if the Lakers know that they can beat the Knicks by limiting these two, they just can't do this, Xiao Si also had 16 points and 6 rebounds in the half, and the two combined to score 41 points.
At this time, Kobe's temper is not very good, a bit of a look at no one is pleasing to the eye, everyone is also interested in staying away, to prevent themselves from becoming the boss's punching bag, in case of accidentally elbowing, it can only be hard, you can't have a fake fall to cheat a foul, right?!
Wu Huang almost hit the road in the second half, 6 minutes and 44 seconds in the third quarter, Fisher was once again broken through by him, Kobe Bryant rushed to the basket in advance this time, and a Keshen iron elbow hit him in front of the door! And Wu Huang found that he was not only attacked from one direction, but Artest, who was also defending under the basket on the other side, also rushed at him, and the bastard's elbow swung directly at his temple.
"This is going to abolish me!" Wu Huang had never seen this kind of double attack of two-sided attack, and immediately did not dare to cheat any foul, so he quickly dived directly like a bomb, and threw himself into the crowd of cheerleaders on the sidelines. The referee quickly stopped the game!
Wu Huang's action was too shameless, several Lakers cheerleaders who were overwhelmed by him, and after getting up, they were so angry that they used the colored balls in their hands to besiege him, Wu Huang could only hold his head and shout: "Don't hit me!" I'm also a victim!! There was a burst of laughter in Staples Arena!
The referee was very embarrassed at the moment, he didn't see Kobe's actions clearly, but he saw Artest's actions, this was an absolutely malicious foul action, Wu Huang was really right to hide that moment, but he took the opportunity to rub the oil This time was very shameless, how could he directly pounce on the cheerleaders in the crowd?
Wu Huang's action is not suspected of indecency, that is not the referee's job, after thinking about it, the referee still gave Artest a "first-degree malicious foul", because his action was completely aimed at Wu Huang's temple, this is one of the most dangerous parts of the human body, if Wu Huang couldn't dodge just now, I am afraid that he has been sent to the hospital at this moment.
After Wu Huang escaped from the pink fist siege of the cheerleaders, he was very dissatisfied with this punishment and stepped forward to protest: "That villain wants to abolish me, he has no professional ethics at all, and a first-degree malicious foul is not a proper punishment at all." ”
The referee naturally ignored him, and said lightly: "You can complain to the league after the game, but my penalty has been completed, and if you are dissatisfied, you can complain to me after the game." ”
As soon as Wu Huang heard this, of course, he couldn't continue to entangle, but he would definitely appeal to this action after the game.
"White-faced boy, don't be like a girl, tell me directly if you have any grievances." Artest heard Wu Huang's protest to the referee, and he already planned to use this method to limit Wu Huang at halftime, just like the Pistons Bad Boy Army dealt with Jordan back then, since conventional weapons can't deal with Wu Huang, he can only think of this method.
Emperor Wu smiled, but this smile was a bit terrifying, obviously not funny.
Artest doesn't care, he has been in the alliance for so many years, what wind and waves have he not seen? A little white face like Wu Huang with a pink face and an oily head will not be taken seriously by him at all. If it weren't for the fact that he was old now and his movement speed was too poor, he would even take the initiative to ask to defend Wu Huang, so that this little white face would know what real defense was.
But soon, when Artest found out that Wu Huang began to change guards on the defensive end, he immediately couldn't help laughing: "You are humiliating yourself!" ”
Wu Huang's actions quickly made the entire Staples Arena boil, and American fans also watched the excitement and was not a big deal, Artest saw this scene, and immediately reached out to his teammates to ask for the ball, he had no reason to be afraid of Wu Huang.
Lao Yu immediately handed over the ball, and the players of both teams pulled away, at this time, no one from the Knicks players came up to wrap up, and the Lakers players would not come close, this was a heads-up between the two of them.
As soon as Artest received the ball, Wu Huang immediately stepped forward to force Artest's move, this is not a close defense, although Wu Huang is very close, but still leaves a certain space, but relying on his footstep advantage, Artest, whose ball-holding ability is seriously degraded, cannot break through him at all.
Atai still has a certain offensive ability with the ball during his time as a king, even when he is on the Rockets, he can occasionally make a few breakthroughs, although the posture is difficult to see and explode, but it is not so easy to be cut off. However, since coming to the Lakers, Artest's offensive ability with the ball has seriously degraded, and now he has completely become a player who relies on positioning three-point points and cutting empty-handed, and most of his tasks are still on the defensive end, so he suddenly encountered Wu Huang's very serious defense, and he didn't have a good way to break through for a while.
At this time, Ah Tai was very embarrassed, and made a few feints and tentative steps in a row, but Emperor Wu was completely unmoved.
Now that things have come to this point, Artest can't pass the ball out, otherwise his face will be completely lost, and in the end he can only force his body to crush and accelerate to the right side.
But what embarrassed Artest was that before he could get up, Wu Huang took the lead in front of him, and his way was completely blocked.
Kobe Bryant said that you should pull it down quickly, it has dropped to this level, and you still want to go head-to-head with others?
The boss hurried over to prepare to answer, Artest now wants to break through Emperor Wu one-on-one, it's just a dream! That kid is also a member of the second defensive team last season, and his defensive ability has been unanimously recognized by all coaches. He can only defend some big-tonnage No. 3 positions now, and he is a little tight against Gallinari, and the Lakers have put him against Pierce and James if they can still make it to the Finals.
But Wu Huang didn't give him a chance to pass the ball, and when he saw that Atai's footsteps were a little messy, he immediately reached out to copy the ball and slapped the basketball directly.
Artest was shocked, as soon as the basketball left his control, he basically wouldn't come back, he knew that his starting speed was several grades worse than Wu Huang, and he immediately wanted to pull Wu Huang when he saw this. But what he didn't expect was that Wu Huang's speed was faster than he expected, and he couldn't even reach out to grab it, Wu Huang picked up the basketball and made an easy counterattack and slapped Artest in the face!
"Waste, what else do you do besides playing fans? If you have the ability, try it! After Wu Huang scored, he leaned back again, and actually wanted to continue to defend Artest, and the trash talk was mercilessly spewed out.
"Chink, you should go back to China, or you'll get beaten!" Artest is a big old man, and he was annoyed by Emperor Wu's trash talk, and blurted out all kinds of racially discriminatory words!
Wu Huang's eyes narrowed slightly, and he quickly made a decision in his heart, and fans around the world saw a scene that made them stunned, only to see Wu Huang not saying a word to the defenseless Artest is a combination punch, just like the original New York little man Chris Charles boxing Kobe, Wu Huang's punches were more powerful, it is said that Artest, who had practiced boxing, couldn't react at all, and instantly received an old punch in his left eye, nose, and mouth, and he was directly beaten!
Kobe Bryant was the closest, and when he saw Artest being beaten back again and again, he immediately rushed up and pushed Wu Huang.
Emperor Wu was angry at this time, thinking that you also elbowed me just now, although I didn't elbow me, but I can't just forget it, anyway, now that the ban is no longer running, I will even punch you a few times, and make enough money!
Kobe Bryant never thought that Wu Huang would be so bold, thinking that it would be over with a push in the past, but he never thought that Wu Huang would react so much, and turned around with a right hook, which directly hit Kobe's left cheek, and the boss was also beaten several steps on his hind legs, and he almost fell into a big fart squat without standing.
"It's over! I even dare to fight the boss, will I be banned for ten games now?! "Wu Huang regretted it after beating people, the last punch really shouldn't be hit, just now after beating Artest, it's time to stop, he has the other party's pigtails in hand, and he will be banned for up to three or five games afterwards, but now that he has beaten the boss, it's not necessarily!
"Godfather, godfather, you must love me again!" Emperor Wu could only pray in his heart that David Stern really wanted to praise him, and never punish him too harshly-"He's a first-time offender!" (To be continued.) )