Chapter 102: UA-Hugo-One
In the second half, the Nets once narrowed the gap to about 15 points, but the Knicks immediately returned three points in a row to pull the score away again. Ellington felt hot in the middle of the third quarter, and Wu Huang wittily fed the ball continuously, and the Knicks once again hit an 11-2 attack wave to widen the difference to 24 points, completely ending the game.
The fourth quarter went into garbage time, Wu Huang only played three quarters tonight, and the Knicks showed the fans strong offensive firepower, and finally they defeated the New Jersey Nets 127-102.
Wu Huang scored 30 points, 8 rebounds, 15 assists and 3 steals, and performed a 30+15 double-double performance in the first NBA game of his career.
All the teams that have selected the champion, the most worrying thing for fans is that their team has chosen a parallel champion, and now the possibility of Wu Huang being a parallel commodity is getting lower and lower, which is the best news that Knicks fans get.
Knicks other players, Al Brown. Harrington scored 20 points, and David Brown. Lee 20 points and 10 rebounds, Wilson. Chandler 18 points, Channing. Frye had 14 points and five rebounds, and the Knicks made 20 three-pointers.
For the Nets, Lopez scored 19 points and 8 rebounds, Harris scored 18 points and 7 assists, Yi Jianlian contributed 12 points and 6 rebounds, and Chris. Douglas. Roberts 20 points, Bobby. Simmons had 15 points and Bart had nine points and four rebounds.
At the post-game press conference, a Yahoo Sports reporter asked Wu Huang a malicious question: "Excuse me, there has never been a team in history that has played small-ball tactics to win a championship, and no team with poor defense has gone far in the playoffs." We'd love to know. You're interested in Mike. Is Mr. D'Antoni's system really confident? ”
Wu Huangxin said, "I am a grass mud horse." However, his face did not show anger, but replied with a smile: "My understanding of basketball is very simple, basketball is originally a sport that can be played how you want, I am small and I want to run fast, if you are tall, you have to play basketball, as long as you can win, it is a good tactic, the tactics themselves are not high and low, only the players can distinguish the high and low." ”
The reporters at the scene immediately applauded Wu Huang's answer. Emperor Wu also felt a little proud, thinking that it was so easy for him to embarrass him.
D'Antoni felt very unhappy on the side, he hated it most when others said that his philosophy could not win the championship, Wu Huang's answer was certainly satisfactory, but the mustache still took over the conversation and countered on his own: "The reason why the Suns failed at that time was more due to the rules of the playoffs, and the team with a fierce defense would definitely take advantage of the playoffs." Then he changed his words: "The Knicks' tactics are not just counterattacks, we have a lot of frontcourt coordination routines, through frequent covers, blocks, and quick passes to create open spaces or passages. Here's what we're doing. ”
Wu Huang began to slander again: "Fart routine, your bullshit V-word tactics have been rotten in the Suns." The tragedy is that you have always been like that, and today you are a good friend of the Nets, and whether we can play this result with another team must be marked with 10,000 question marks. ”
Wu Huang's belly slander is not unreasonable, the Knicks' current tactics are still the same as those of the Sun period, and they are a simplified and shrunken version.
D'Antoni's emphasis has always been on the "V" offensive tactics, that is, the wings must be crazy fast when attacking, Wu Huang is the tail of the "V", Chandler, Ellington, Gallinari and others are the "V" front end, the Knicks play smooth and fast counterattacks and fast offense through such an offensive formation.
But many problems have come, first of all, Wu Huang's passing skills are not up to Nash's heat, so as long as the opponent pays attention to the retreat and passing route, it is difficult for Wu Huang to accurately pass the basketball to his teammates on both wings in the fast break. Followed by Chandler, Ellington and others are not as good as Marion, Barbossa, Joe during the Suns. Johnson and Richardson are outstanding in athleticism, and their impact is a notch lower. Again, David. Lee's athleticism and the impact after blocking and dismantling are not far behind the Little Overlord, and the Knicks' offense is naturally not as good as the Suns.
At that time, the Suns' wings were no ordinary players, Marion was the "second small forward in the league" for two years, Barbossa was the league's best sixth man at the time, and the fastest two-way guard. Needless to say, Johnson is now the highest-paid player, if you add the little bully and two-time MVP Nash who made Duncan embarrassed, the Suns' offensive lineup at that time was staggering, which made the whole league unable to withstand their running bombardment!
Well, after looking at other people's lineups, and then looking at the current lineup of the Knicks, except for a group of rookies who have not proven themselves, there are a bunch of garbage contracts on the team, if Wu Huang can bring such a team to the playoffs, this year's best rookie should be no one else except him.
After the game, Wu Huang received a notice from UA that his signature sneakers have been designed and improved for four months, and now the completion rate has reached more than 95%, and he hopes that he can wear this "UA-Hugo-One" to train in October, and if there is no big problem, he can play in his signature shoes after the regular season starts.
This news is of course a great news for Emperor Wu!
Wu Huang is still in a state of indiscriminate shoes, Nike, Adidas, Jordan and other brands of sneakers he changes a pair every few days, UA has not sold basketball shoes, can only let Wu Huang temporarily wear other people's sneakers training and games, and then think about his 100 million US dollars spent, this taste is really bitter!
At noon the next day, Wu Huang received his two pairs of signed basketball shoes, of course, it is not the final official version, but the shape and color have been made.
UA has sent Wu Huang several times before the handmade version of the sneakers without a color, each time the degree of completion is different, Wu Huang will give feedback to UA after wearing it, the latter has been three or four major changes in four months, small repairs and small repairs are countless, and now this version is very close to perfect.
There were two pairs of sneakers sent this time. Wu Huang received two sneakers of different colors. This is to ask him to choose a color scheme.
Two sneaker colorways. One is a mixed color of fire orange and high-gloss yellow, which looks very stunning, but Wu Huang prefers another pink with an aqua blue gradient color, and this one is so cute that he has no friends (see Air-Jordan-XX9-Riverwalk).
Wu Huang was attracted to this pair of gradient color UA-Hugo-One at first sight, such a beautiful eye and the color of the bag, it is difficult not to stare at the sneakers for a long time.
If you look closely at the details of the sneaker, the UA-Hugo-One has a high-tech body, and the new UA-Clutch-Fit technology makes the entire upper look like it's covered in three-dimensional relief. The texture on it seems to jump out of the upper, and the application of new upper technology adds a lot to the look of Wu Huang's sneakers.
Not long ago, Wu Huang filmed a commercial for UA, when he had not seen the final color of his sneakers, and was wearing a pure white colorless version. However, at that time, he felt that the sneakers on his feet were very comfortable to wear, and now he wears this sneaker with a 95% completion rate, and I don't know if it is a psychological effect. The forefoot and middle foot are more close to the foot, and the overall wrap is excellent. It can be said that in terms of comfort, it is no less than his favorite zoom-kobe-5.
An hour later, Wu Huang hurried to the training hall with his sneakers, he couldn't wait to test the torsion resistance and grip of the shoes, for a young point guard like him who often accelerates, stops and changes direction, if the shoes do not have good torsion resistance and grip, then injuries will definitely occur, especially if the foot is broken on the court, it is not a joke.
Wu Huang's favorite zoom-kobe-5 has this problem, although its comfort is good, and the cushioning ability is even better, but the torsion resistance and grip performance are relatively ordinary, which is also the result of Kobe Bryant's change in style after he was 30 years old.
But for a young player like him who is at the peak of his athleticism, it's not a good fit to wear the zoom-kobe-5, because the shoes often have a feeling that they can't control his speed when he stops and starts sharply.
After the warm-up, Wu Huang impatiently began to test his signature sneakers, the first test is the torsion resistance and grip when the emergency stop, it feels very different from zoom-kobe-5, this UA-Hugo-One shoe body material is composed of two layers, the bottom is composed of "chemical fiber" material, which is covered with an elastic hourglass-shaped hollow special material skin, the two layers of material restricts each other, tight but not tight, soft but not collapsed, truly complete fit the feet and not like foam material" Unlike the "tight feet" of the full-palm inner boots, Wu Huang felt an unprecedented sense of reliability during the emergency stop, and the torsional resistance was at least 30% stronger than that of the zoom-kobe-5, and the sneaker could only support its emergency stop and change of direction action on the side, minimizing the occurrence of broken feet.
The next step is to test the grip, thanks to a new technology used in the outer skin of the shoe, which not only creates excellent lateral stability for the feet, but also gives the wearer a strong and stable support during the movement, and the grip is very strong, so there is no tragedy of slipping and falling, and many players are injured because they suddenly slip and fall on the field during the exertion.
Wu Huang's last test is the cushioning performance of the sneakers, whether a pair of basketball shoes have excellent cushioning ability is very important, in this regard, UA-Hugo-One is very smart, UA's full-palm Micro-G cushioning system can provide full and thick cushioning, but jumping high can still feel a little hard, this aspect is indeed worse than Nike's cushioning.
But the wonderful part came, Wu Huang found that the cushioning effect provided by the sneakers was very good when shooting, and then carefully tested it, and found that as long as the bounce height did not exceed 50cm, the cushioning effect of the shoes would be very considerable.
It can be said that this pair of UA-Hugo-One is not born to be designed for those dunking players who bounce amazingly, but it can bring enough security to the user when shooting, and after landing, thanks to the extremely excellent wrapping feeling of the sneaker itself, it can not only bring excellent cushioning performance, but also bring Wu Huang a special sense of peace of mind, so that he can be more focused when shooting, and it is indeed a pair of sneakers tailored for him, which perfectly matches his technical characteristics, playing style and athleticism.
"That's right, since it's named after me, of course, it's the most suitable for my body and technique, and I don't know how many times I repeated it just by doing various tests on them in the lab, and those designers probably had to hold the model of my feet when they slept." Wu Huang wore his signature sneakers tailored for himself, and the more he tried, the more satisfied he became, and he even had the idea of wearing them to play a game right away. (To be continued.) )