In the last 19 seconds of the first quarter, Maddy caused Ariza to foul and made 1 of 2 free throws, and the Knicks led by 16 points at 36:20 to end the first quarter.

In this game, Maddie was reactivated, and D'Antoni replaced him after Wu Huang left the game, wanting to use Maddy's dissatisfaction with the Rockets to make some articles, and the effect was so-so.

ABC broadcast the game live today, and former Rockets coach Van Gundy was naturally sent to comment on the game, and he believes that the Rockets' big deficit in the first quarter was due to a decline in physical fitness, which is reflected in the data, the most obvious being the regression of the fast break. "Without Yao, the Rockets have advocated shelling this season to speed up the offensive and defensive rate, and the biggest change is the increase in the number of fast breaks. Last season, the Rockets averaged only 8.2 fast-break attempts per game, but this season, that number has skyrocketed to 14.8, nearly doubling. However, in the past three games, the Rockets players have noticeably struggled, averaging only 7.6 fast-break attempts per game. ”

"The Knicks have averaged the most fast-break games per game this season, averaging 17.5 fast-break attempts per game and scoring 20.3 points per game, both of which are league-high," said Mark Jackson. ”

After the start of the second quarter, the Rockets gradually woke up, Scola's small hook, Lloris steal counterattack led the home team to a 6-0 small climax, but Iguodala immediately jumped back to color, and then Maddy rarely cut to the basket to catch the ball and dunk with one hand, vaguely reminiscent of what he looked like when he was in his prime.

Wu Huang applauded on the sidelines, Maddie's body is by no means impossible to recover, at least there is no problem in recovering seventy or eighty percent of his athletic ability at his peak. In fact, Maddie is only 31 years old, and it stands to reason that she has not yet reached her peak. It's just that at this age, you need to work harder than a young player to stay in shape.

A 20-year-old player is at his best in terms of training effectiveness and recovery. During this period, they can gain as much as they suffer.

A 30-year-old player is different. They tend to get only one out of two points of effort, and if they have suffered a serious injury, there is pain and suffering in training, which is why those players whose form has declined rapidly after the age of 30.

Besides, players at this age have generally made enough money, and rarely work as hard as they did when they were younger, Maddie is an example, but it is understandable, just human.

Ariza quickly smeared Maddie on the defensive end. Constantly using aggressive defensive moves threatens Maddie's safety with the ball, preventing him from easily receiving basketballs and penetrating.

Maddie is afraid of this kind of defense now, and it is difficult for him to get rid of the opponent's close defense after the explosiveness drops.

D'Antoni saw Maddie struggle off the court and couldn't get rid of Ariza's close-quarters marking, and he had a clearer understanding of his ability, and now Maddie really has no use value, and it is better to give young Danny Green some opportunities with him.

The Knicks' forward line is no longer bloated after the trade, and it is completely possible to give Danny Green, who has worked hard, some opportunities to play.

Soon, D'Antoni replaced Maddy with Danny Green, who had been unavailable.

David Lee still had a surprisingly good second quarter, even as the Rockets struggled to catch up. But they don't have a real star to lead them, and it's hard to close the difference. The Knicks' lead has been above 10 points.

In the 6th minute and 28 seconds, the main team of the Rockets all returned to the court, but to the regret of the home fans, the Rockets' offense was frustrated again, Ariza and Xiaobu repeatedly missed, and the Knicks rose again, Wu Huang actually ate Brooks with his back in the low post, and a clean turn and jump shot widened the difference to 16 points, and A Shuai immediately called a timeout.

D'Antoni called a timeout to end the game as soon as possible, and their schedule was very easy in the first half of January, but in the second half of the month it started to get denser, and this will continue until the All-Star Break, when they have almost two days to play, and if they can take advantage of the beginning of the month to accumulate some more energy, it will make the rest of the schedule easier.

Wu Huang naturally will not have the mentality of brushing points at this time, and he also intends to end the suspense of this game as soon as possible and send the game into garbage time early.

After the timeout, the Rockets' offense still did not improve, Wu Huang and Iguodala completely blocked the offense of Boo and Ariza, Battier and Hayes did not have much offensive ability with the ball, and only Scola was left in their starters with a little star appearance, but the Argentine met David Lee who was in good shape today, and the Rockets were suppressed by the Knicks across the board.

In the last 42 seconds of the second quarter, Iguodala took the ball and went straight to the frontcourt, followed by an emergency stop at the free throw line, killed a horse pistol, turned around and passed the ball to Wu Huang behind him, and blocked Ariza behind him, Wu Huang received the ball and hit three points steadily.

At the end of the first half, the Knicks led by 21 points, 69:48.

Entering the second half, the Knicks still didn't give the Rockets a chance, Wu Huang cut off Ariza's pass as soon as he came up, and a fast-break layup widened the difference to 23 points. Two minutes later, after Wu Huang got the ball again, this time he hit the basket along the left side, and in the face of Scola's defense, Wu Huang turned around and dodged the shooting space to throw the ball, and the basketball smashed twice on the basket and went directly into the net.

It's the kind of goal that comes out on the individual to be the most demoralizing, and Houston fans must now be nostalgic for Maddie and Yao Ming from previous seasons, when they were at least guaranteed to score for their team in crunch time, or used their threat to create shooting opportunities for their teammates.

But the current Rockets don't have a person who can step up in key moments, Scola, Boo, and Ariza are the three highest scoring players for the Rockets, but they may be limited once they meet players who are good at defense, as they are today.

The Rockets struggled for half the third quarter, but at 6:02, David Lee's mid-range shot still brought the margin to 29 points.

It was a score that could barely be reversed, and D'Antoni quickly replaced Wu Huang and Iguodala to begin preparations for the next game against the Thunder, but still kept David Lee on the court just in case.

After the first three quarters, the Rockets only chased the difference to 26 points, and the game in the fourth quarter went into garbage time.

In the end, the Knicks beat the Rockets on the road. Wu Huang had 16 points, 2 rebounds, 4 assists and 3 steals. Lee contributed a game-high 24 points and 10 rebounds. Iguodala also had 18 points, three rebounds and three assists.

After the game, Wu Huang got a quick way to recover his strength from Yao Ming, and the little giant told him that he would feel very tired after the game, but at this time, if he practiced his strength and put some pressure on his body, he would actually recover very quickly, and he would be much more comfortable the next morning.

Yao Ming also suggested that Wu Huang hire a dedicated personal trainer, and the team's trainer receives the team's salary. No matter how professional they are, it is impossible for them to grasp Wu Huang's physical condition anytime and anywhere and tailor a training plan for him.

Wu Huang played for more than two months and felt the need to hire a personal trainer, and Yao Ming recommended Wayne Hall, who was Maddie's trainer before and was fired by Maddie two years ago.

Wayne Hall is recognized as one of the best personal trainers in the NBA, and he excels at both the physical and technical skills.

Most NBA personal trainers only teach you strength and coordination, but Wayne Hall doesn't just work on strength. I can also practice and do training with the ball. Maddy's dribbling, passing, shooting. It's all practiced with Hall. This is not the case with most trainers, because these trainers in the NBA generally don't have a basketball foundation, and their job is to teach you to train your body.

After the Knicks played the game against the Rockets, the whole team flew straight to Oklahoma.

Their next opponent is the Thunder, who only have a day off in between, and simply won't go back to New York.

After playing the game against the Rockets, Wu Huang asked Brandon to help contact two trainers the next day, one was Wayne Hall, recommended by Yao Ming, and the other was Tim Grove, who used to be Michael Jordan's trainer.

Both of these people are called trainers, but Tim Grove is not like an ordinary trainer, he is not like Wayne alone, Tim Grove is a team, he is responsible for his own training, and there are many people as sparring partners, and there are also nutrition and recovery teams, there are massages, foot pinching, tea serving, water delivery, body recovery, nutritional recipes, and everything anyway.

Wu Huang smiled as soon as he heard Brandon's introduction, these two trainers are a little different, Tim Grove has so many people around to serve, but in fact, there is no difference between the two sides of the body and the part of the ball, but Tim Grove has a lot of people, which may make many people feel that the grade is higher.

How to choose the two trainers, Wu Huang communicated with the two of them separately and counted them.

On the day of the Knicks' game against the Thunder, Wu Huang personally made a phone call to Wayne Hall, who was temporarily working as a trainer in college after being fired by Maddie.

Wayne Hall didn't serve as a trainer for NBA players in the past two years because Maddie fired him on the grounds that "I can't train well with you, and I'm always injured." Wayne Hall turned his face with Maddie because of this, and he retorted at the time: Is that the case when you practiced hard with me? Why didn't you say that when you won the two-time scoring title? Now the old injury is blamed on me, do you want to practice hard to have this result?

Wu Huang's call surprised Wayne Hall, since he was fired by Maddie, no star has come to him for training, his training method has also been attacked by some peers, Maddie's fans think that his training method will overdraft the player's body, Maddie is how he was trained.

There are two things that have been mixed about Wayne Hall's approach to training, the first being that he advocates training after the game and continuing to stimulate the body so that they don't have to train the next day and give the body enough time to recover for the next game.

The second is that his training emphasizes eating less and eating more and doing less exercises, that is, the content and time of each training session should not be too much and too long, but in the limited training time, the intensity of training should be high, and the number of training times should be frequent. The same is true for meals, not three meals a day, but six meals a day, but not too many meals per meal.

Wu Huang inquired in detail, and Wayne Hall thought that when the competition was frequent, going to the gym immediately after the game for half an hour to exercise strength can stimulate the body's potential, help recover and strengthen the body, and there is no need to train strength the next day.

When the game is infrequent, or during the off-season, the training of the players should be divided into groups of special training, each group of training only one content, but the intensity and frequency are high. Immediately after a set, the players are treated with ice or ice baths, which is conducive to a quick recovery.

Speaking of "ice bath", this is a common way for NBA players to recover after the game, Wu Huang is an ice bath lover, he also deliberately placed an ice bucket in the house of Christine and Taylor Swift, the two girls will prepare the things needed for the ice bath in advance, and wait until Wu Huang returns from the game to directly treat, which is conducive to relieving physical fatigue.

Wu Huang did not set up an ice bath in his home, but an "ice sauna", which has an extreme temperature of minus 160-230 degrees, which is lower than the lowest extreme low temperature detected in Antarctica. Wu Huang's treatment temperature was obviously not so low, but it was also quite cold. This ultra-low temperature treatment helps blood circulation, brings comfort to the body, stimulates nerve and cellular responses, and facilitates the body's rapid recovery.

Of course, not everyone can experience the ice sauna, there are certain requirements for physical fitness, Wu Huang's physique is very suitable for this kind of care, his own recovery speed is extremely fast, and then after the ice bath or ice sauna, the body recovery speed will be amazingly fast, some small injuries and pains caused by collisions on the field, through this kind of care can also be quickly healed.

What NBA players are most afraid of is that this kind of small injury and pain will accumulate and become a serious injury, or even a stubborn disease that is difficult to heal.

Wu Huang's recovery ability is not only strong in physical strength, but also in terms of the speed of recovery from injuries and illnesses, he is also much faster than ordinary people.

Wayne Hall's training methods may not be suitable for the average player, but Wu Huang feels that he has an appetite for himself.

The Knicks' trainers didn't dare to train him like this, in case Wu Huang was injured on the court because of too much training, he couldn't afford to sell him. Therefore, Wu Huang has always felt that his training is too popular, and the star must have the training method of the star, each star is different, if he trains according to the conventional way, his progress is definitely not fast enough.

The Knicks' game against the Thunder made Wu Huang more determined to hire a personal trainer, the opposite Westbrook only entered the NBA a year earlier than him, but his confrontation ability has far surpassed him, and he lives like a calf on the court, can this thing's physical talent be better than himself? Anyway, Emperor Wu doesn't think that there is anyone in this world who has a better foundation than him, regardless of whether he is black or white.

The Thunder's rise this season is very strong, the Rockets had a good record at the beginning of the season, but due to the overall strength, the ranking has been declining during this time, on the contrary, the Thunder's ranking has gradually risen, and now they are ranked eighth in the West, and the Rockets have slipped to ninth place after losing to the Knicks in their last game.

At the pre-game press conference, Wu Huang smiled lightly when asked how he planned to deal with Westbrook: "He won't have anything but rampage on the court, I'm not worried about him causing us problems at all, the real tricky is Kevin, that's a talented shooter, I just hope he can't get the basketball, then we will win." ”

Wu Huang's words reached Westbrook's ears a few minutes later, and the latter, who was obviously dissatisfied with Wu Huang's words, countered: "Some people still don't understand the rules, I will teach him how to speak in the game." (To be continued.) )