Chapter 137: Making Something Out of Nothing

On December 2, the Knicks played the Suns at home.

D'Antoni didn't know what was crazy in this game, and he actually planned to start Iguodala, who had just come to the team to report last night.

There is no problem with the physical strength of the first brother, he did not represent the 76ers in the Mavericks yesterday, and he has not participated in the game for four days, but the training has not been left behind, and the physical strength is naturally not a problem. But the problem is, he hasn't practiced with the team yet, and as soon as he comes to the Knicks, he starts directly, doesn't it seem a bit of a joke?

D'Antoni said that it doesn't matter, anyway, the Knicks are not a team that pays attention to discipline and technical and tactical coordination like the Spurs and the Green Army, and their strongest tactic is to play and throw each other, so as long as the players dare to play, dare to shoot, dare to rush, and have the awareness and athleticism to play fast...... That's enough.

Someone will definitely ask, what about the defensive end?

D'Antoni also said that it is okay, their overall defense has always been based on single defense, the number of joint defenses is very rare, and the players are all based on individual awareness of each other's entrapment and co-defense, how can Iguodala be much better than Chandler and Gallinari in this regard?

The mustache's idea was good, but the outcome of this match clearly did not go as smoothly as he expected.

The Suns were playing away today, but they showed their attacking power at Madison Garden, and if you look at the whole game, they didn't seem to have much of an advantage, but the Suns managed to pull the gap away with a few waves of attacks led by Smalls.

The problem with the Knicks today is that they can't play a scoring climax, and no one has staged an outburst at a critical moment, including Wu Huang. It felt very average in attack today. He embarrassed Nash a little on the defensive end. Using his all-around physicality, the Canadian only had 12 points and 10 assists, but his own stats were no better than his opponents.

Iguodala had the same problem, he froze the former dunk king Richardson on the defensive end, only allowing the opponent to get 8 points and 6 rebounds, but he only handed over 10 points, 5 rebounds and 8 assists, which is not much of an advantage.

Wu Huang contributed 15 points, 6 rebounds and 9 assists, Iguodala 10 points, 5 rebounds and 8 assists. Lee had 14 points and nine rebounds. Gallinari had 19 points and four rebounds, and Harrington had 18 points and five rebounds.

The Knicks players were in full bloom today and had good performances on the defensive end, but no one on the team scored 20 points, which deprived them of their biggest winning weapon in the past.

The Suns are different, Stoudemire was a powerful man on the inside today, single-handedly slashing 37 points and 12 rebounds in the top star stats, and it was his explosion of 9 consecutive points in the fourth quarter that single-handedly broke down the entire Knicks team.

The final score was 96:109, and the Knicks lost to the Phoenix Suns by a big score at home. Their winning streak was ended again.

'We played too unselfishly, passing too many balls unnecessarily. The lack of consistent scoring output is why we lost games. 'D'Antoni was a big critic of the team's style of play after the game, how can they play so reasonably?

That's right, in the eyes of the mustache, the Knicks just played too reasonably today, and they really shouldn't have made such a low-level mistake after playing almost 20 games!

Iguodala and Wu Huang both have a problem today, they will often stop from the fast break state to find teammates, and then selflessly hand over the basketball to teammates in better positions, Xiao Hu said: "Look for your sister, don't pass the ball to your teammates, just do it!" ”

Let's take a look at Wu Huang and Iguodala's assists today, one 9 times, one 8 times, but the Knicks don't need them to contribute such data, just leave the task of passing the ball to Wu Huang alone, Iguodala's task is to break fast, hit the basket when he has the opportunity, and don't stop to respond if he doesn't have a chance...... Doesn't that turn into positional warfare? Isn't their invincible "blind cock beating" rhythm all messed up?

Of course, Iguodala can't be blamed for this, no matter what I say, I have also been the boss of the 76ers for more than two years, and it will definitely take some time to get used to suddenly letting him play without the ball and letting him play the role of Marion back then. As the saying goes, speed is not enough, Iguodala has not practiced with the team once so far, so it is not surprising that there is such a thing as competing with Wu Huang today.

Wu Huang himself was not too angry, he didn't feel good today, and losing a game doesn't mean anything.

However, Iguodala's ball possession rate in this game is indeed a bit high, actually exceeding 30!

"Possession" is also known as USG, which is the number of "possessions" that a player occupies per 40 minutes, including shots, turnovers and assists. It is also commonly known as the "ball dominance index".

The NBA team boss's "ball dominance index" is generally around 25, the offensive backcourt players who play more uniquely are around 20, and most of the normal players are around 15.

To give some examples, the data of the famous ball bully Kobe and James in the mouth of fans have been among the best in recent seasons, but this year's ball bully has quietly changed - Wu Huang is the most ruthless ball bully this year, his ball usage rate has exceeded 40, reaching a terrifying ball use rate of 41.3, basically the Knicks' basketball is in his hands.

Wu Huang also knows that it is absolutely not okay to play like this, after a long time, other teams will definitely make various targeted defenses according to his habit of sticking to the ball, and he should be tragic at that time, so it is necessary for him to hand over some balls, and it is not a glorious thing to break Kobe's record in the first season.

In NBA history, the highest rate of ball use is Kobe Bryant (38.74) in the 05-06 season, how Kobe performed that season, many fans should still remember, averaging 35.4 points, 5.3 rebounds and 4.5 assists per game in a single season, 40+ in 27 games, and 50+ in 6 games, including 81 points against the Raptors on January 22, 06.

When it comes to Kobe Bryant's epic battle with 81 points, what was the boss's ball usage rate at that time?

The answer is: 56.8.

Wu Huang's average ball usage rate of 41 is indeed a bit too high, but his stats are far less than Kobe Bryant that season. This shows that a lot of the time he is meaningless in possession. So this habit has to be changed.

He wasn't mad at Iguodala's high use of the ball. It's because he feels that his possession rate is too high.

In the game against the Suns, Wu Huang's possession rate was relatively normal, only 32.5 possession usage rate in the whole game, while Iguodala was 30.2, if this ratio can be maintained, it is not bad, Wu Huang is now ready to reduce his ball usage rate to the 33-36 area, so that he will not break Kobe's all-time record of the first ball dominance.

After the Knicks play the Suns, they can stay in New York for a day off. The team will face a tough back-to-back away fixture against the mighty Magic and then the equally mighty Hawks, both of whom will not be easy to deal with, and a three-game losing streak is on the horizon.

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The night before he went to Orlando to challenge the monsters, Wu Huang was alone at home in a daze.

He really doesn't have any programs today, and although there are wonderful programs waiting for him in the high-end nightclub that is open to him for free two kilometers away, he is embarrassed to go!

What's this...... After all, the big words have already been released, and his reputation will be ruined if he goes, so he can only practice from the bottom of his heart at home.

Frankly. Originally, he thought that he was stepping on two boats with one foot, and he should be exhausted every night. Bow to the end, and then die...... No more time to be alone. But these two days Taylor. Swift is holding a concert, and the little vampire is promoting the movie in the field, so he is single again, and he can't solve it with his right hand without interest, right?

"Who am I going to tease?" Wu Huang sat in front of the computer desk, this is one of the places where he is bored to relieve his loneliness, and in order to have more group chats with the girls, he also spared no expense to get five machines - an Apple desktop and an Apple notebook, an XP system desktop and a win7 system desktop, plus an Android tablet, and then used desktop wallpapers representing different girls on the desktops of the five machines, so as to basically ensure that there will be no embarrassment of connecting the wrong line.

He knows what is the most tragic thing when he "opens more", of course, it is the wrong line, and that situation is not only embarrassing, it is simply terrible!

"Yo ho, yo ho, both Loli are online!" Wu Huang turned on the computer, saw that line 3 and line 4 were lit, subconsciously licked his lips, and hurriedly gave Kolo. Moretz sent a message - "What is my 16-year-old girlfriend doing? ”

Wu Huang waited for a long time after sending the message, and found that Keluo. Moretz ignored him.

"It's too presumptuous, it used to be a second back, are you filming?" Emperor Wu saw that there was no reaction, and planned to tease Emma again. Roberts, Bigmouth Lori has been busy with the website for this time, and even the game has been pushed several times, and he, the boss, should care about his subordinates.

"Jingle bell!" Before Emperor Wu teased Emma. Roberts, his doorbell was actually ringing.

"Bastard, who's going to come at this time?" Wu Huang's apartment has strict security measures, the underground parking lot and the lobby on the first floor are guarded 24 hours a day, you can't enter without a visitor access card, even if you are on the visitor list, someone will notify you first, so there are only three people who can take the elevator directly and ring the doorbell - Taylor. Swift, Kristen and his agent Brandon. Moretz, only these three have the access card he specifically applied for.

Speaking of which, Taylor. Swift and Christine rarely come to his apartment, but he always goes to his sister-in-law's house for trysts, which is one of the things he has always been weird.

"Why is it so slow, I'm learning how to be a superhero."

As soon as Emperor Wu opened the door, he didn't see anyone at first sight, and after hearing the voice, he hurriedly looked down, and then he saw a child with purple hair, wearing a black leather coat, a black windbreaker, and a black eye patch, dressed like a neurological patient.

"Who are you?" Emperor Wu thought that he was hallucinating for the first time, so he quickly rubbed his eyes, and when he looked at it again, he found that this neurotic child actually took out a butterfly knife and pulled two knife flowers in front of his waist, which frightened his balls and turned cold, and he hurriedly took a step back and said in a loud voice: "What do you want to do?" ”

"Stupid, it's me!" The neurotic child took off his black blindfold and looked up, and Wu Huang breathed a sigh of relief, it turned out to be Kolo. Moretz, this little brat.

"Wait, how do you have my access card, how did you get up?" Wu Huanggang breathed a sigh of relief. I felt something was wrong again. How could the little girl run to his door through layers of security checks to show off her might?

Kolo. Moretz played two more swords at him. said quite ostentatiously: "How about it, I have a good kung fu with this hand, it should be no problem to beat eight like you, right?" ”

Emperor Wu snorted and said, "Don't change the topic, you haven't said how you came up?" ”

"What's so difficult about this, I'm going to be filming in New York during this time, and you can ask my economist about other things." Kolo. Moretz was really not polite, and after speaking, he lowered his head and went into the Wu royal house.

"Your agent? Who is your broker? Emperor Wu was a little dumbfounded. With a stomach full of questions, he shouted from behind: "By the way, Brandon also lives in New York, why don't you go to your brother's house, why do you come to me?" Also, how the hell did you get here? ”

Kolo. Moretz smashed his whole body onto the sofa in Emperor Wu's living room, and said with a smile: "Of course my brother brought me up, could it be that I killed the security guard of your apartment?" Also, he's my agent, and he's going to be parking underneath. Originally, I wanted to live in his house. But his girlfriend was also there, and besides, he was busy with work all morning and late. Anyway, there's no one to take care of me, so I'll just come and live in your house. "Kolo. Moretz suddenly smiled when he said this, "Besides, didn't you say I was your 16-year-old girlfriend?" Although I still have more than three years to turn 16, it shouldn't matter if I live in your house for a while, right? ”

Emperor Wu was very reluctant to slap himself, and what the little girl said, he always felt that there was something wrong...... Like what...... Aren't the four Moretz brothers all? How can there be a girlfriend?

"Well, I don't have time to take care of you, I'm going to Orlando tomorrow, and then I'm going to Atlanta, there are a lot of away games to play this month, you live in my house, what if you starve to death?"

"Bah, I can cook by myself, not to mention where I can cook by myself, I have my own personal assistant to take care of her, she will be responsible for my food, clothing, housing and transportation when you go to the away game."

Wu Huang was slightly angry: "Aren't you treating my home as a hotel?" Didn't your crew rent you a hotel room? ”

Kolo. When Moretz heard this, he pouted a little unhappily and said: "The crew only arranged a three-star hotel, if there is a five-star hotel to live in, who will come to your house." ”

Emperor Wu hadn't thought about what the crew would slam the door like this, and another doorbell rang at the door.

"Hugo, is that girl up?" Brandon was carrying two large bags at the door, and Emperor Wu was finally relieved to see him.

"Here, what, I heard you have a girlfriend?" Wu Huang remembered the little girl's words just now, and the more he thought about it, the more funny he felt.

"Ah...... Are you kidding me! Brandon's face was a little unnatural when he heard this, "I've been so busy that I can't even go back home, so how can I have time to talk about that." By the way, I calculated that your daily necessities should run out, and I just bought some of your usual daily necessities in a nearby supermarket, do you see what is still missing? ”

This time it was Emperor Wu's turn to have an unnatural expression, and the two big bags that Brandon was carrying were really full of shower gel, shampoo, toothpaste, towels and other daily necessities.

On top of that, he was indeed running out of groceries.

Hell, isn't this guy busy?

Then how can you still calculate this little thing so accurately, it seems that the conscienceless little singer and the little vampire have not this heart for him, and it is very scary to think about it!

"Some of them are yours, some of them are Kolo's, they were all mixed together when they were pretended, and they will be separated later." Brandon's words suddenly made Emperor Wu misunderstood, he didn't know at all, originally Kolo. Moretz lives in Brandon's house, but just now in the supermarket, the little girl deliberately mixed up the two bags of things, and rushed up to tell Emperor Wu about the previous ones. Moretz lives with himself.

"Okay, let the little girl divide it herself." Emperor Wu took the thing, but what he said made Brandon stunned.

Kolo. When Moretz heard this, he ran out in time and interjected: "I've been living at Hugo's brother's house for the past two weeks, so you can go with your business, I think this place is much better than your kennel, and it's closer to the filming location." ”

Brandon was stunned again when he heard this, but then again, Wu Huang's apartment was indeed much more luxurious than his home, after all, the income difference between the two was more than ten times.

"You agree?" Brandon asked Emperor Wu, but Emperor Wu thought he was embarrassed by such a question.

"How can you disagree, doesn't he have a personal assistant to take care of him, anyway, it won't affect me, you can rest assured." Wu Huang also knew that Brandon had been very busy recently, and since he wanted to let him help take care of the little girl, of course he would not refuse such a request.

"Okay, I'm really going to Europe in two days, and there are two big contracts to negotiate, so this girl will bother you for a while." Brandon thought about it and agreed, if Emperor Wu couldn't believe it, who else could believe it?

"Any new endorsements?" Wu Huang really doesn't have many endorsement contracts now, most of them are dragged by the two of them, Brandon believes that Wu Huang is the most valuable period in the past two years after he is selected as an All-Star, and the endorsement amount at that time can reach the highest.

"'Qingyang Men's Shampoo' and 'Philips Shaver', both of which are European companies, I'm going to negotiate the contract myself." Brandon said that the contract offered by these two companies for Wu Huang is very good, which is a typical example of being ruthless in advance, and it is estimated that he wants to learn from UA's big spend, and the facts have proved that Wu Huang has indeed made the popularity of UA a sports brand increase sharply in Asia, and the 100 million US dollars is really worth it now when I think about it. (To be continued.) )