Wu was the first Knicks player to come to Madison Square Garden, and as soon as he pulled his car in, the court staff followed him all the way and separated reporters from his interviews.

After getting out of the car, Wu Huang only raised his hand to greet the reporter, showed a polite smile, and then went to the locker room under the escort of seven or eight staff members, without answering any questions from the reporter along the way.

Of course, this is also a common practice, players and coaches will only answer questions from reporters at the press conference before the game, unless they are in a good mood or have special needs, they will not squint all the way, and they will not shake off the reporters around them.

The staff at Madison Square Garden had already cleaned the Knicks' locker room, most notably the 12 semi-open closets that housed 12 brand-new Knicks home jerseys. There are also twelve pairs of Nike-sponsored team-coloured basketball shoes in the shoe closet below, allowing players to use their own sneakers or wear the team-provided sneakers.

Wu Huang naturally didn't touch those standard sneakers, he obviously came a little early today, and he was bored and accepted an interview with a reporter outside the door.

"Yes, I can do interviews, but the coach told us that we can just say, 'We're ready to take on the Heat!' But we can't talk about specific tactics and formations, we can only express our desire to win, or our vision for the Christmas game, such as 'we're happy with how well the training is working and no players are injured'. ”

Wu Huang's words made the reporters laugh, and then he said: "But now that the coach is not here, I can secretly tell you some inside information." "Wu Huang is going to start talking nonsense again," We are not a run-and-bomber team in the traditional sense now. We're not going to give up on defense and go for as many transitions and shots as possible. We're going to fight for every ball. Never give your opponent an easy shot. The Heat came here tonight and could only leave with a defeat. ”

New York reporters liked what he said, and then asked him what he thought of Wade.

"He's one of the best players of all time, when you're playing on the same court with him, don't expect anything to stop him, you can do a lot of tries to not let him score, but he always gets the ball in," Wu said. Wu Huang said this, "I will also become a player like him." I'll prove it to the New York fans in a little bit. ”

Wu Huang then answered a few more questions from reporters, and D'Antoni also came to the dressing room, and his self-hype was over.

The Knicks' players soon arrived at the arena one after another, and the time for the pre-game press conference was approaching, and D'Antoni took the team's main players to the pre-game press conference and continued to lead the nonsense.

Wu Huang briefly expressed his desire to win at the pre-match press conference, and then praised the strength of his opponent, and the start time of the game was approaching.

After D'Antoni led his players back to the dressing room, he didn't lay out much tactical details, mainly emphasizing the importance of this game. Ask everyone to show a real desire to win, and take out every ball to fight. The determination not to give up an inch of land.

And most crucially, they must not make the mistake of underestimating the enemy again in the fourth quarter.

At the end, the mustache threatened the players and said, "If anyone doesn't play seriously in the fourth quarter, then don't play the fourth quarter in the future." ”

This threat is very effective, and even Wu Huang hurriedly said: Today's game will definitely take out desperate strength to kill the Heat team!

The screen cuts to the game, where T-N-T will broadcast the Knicks and Heat game today.

The big-mouthed Barkley hasn't commented on the Knicks' game for a long time, and he has a positive attitude towards the New Yorkers' record during this period, "That's right, I think the Knicks are doing very well, and our prediction before the start of the season is that they will get a maximum of 30 wins, and they have only played 30% of the regular season so far, and they have done half of the task, so I think the Knicks have exceeded expectations." ”

Barkley immediately stressed that the Knicks really didn't deserve to be broadcast all over the United States last season, "We broadcast the Knicks a few times last season, and I don't want to speak ill of this team, but the players they had last season should be in the Development League, or overseas. It's a fact that they didn't have a few qualified NBA players last season, but now they have a lot of good players at the NBA level. ”

Kenny Smith also said: "The Knicks have a total of eight games this season that have been broadcast live in the United States, and considering that they only had 19 wins last season, the league has a forward-looking schedule for them. He didn't necessarily mean sarcastically about the league's preference for the Knicks. But it's no secret that the teams in Los Angeles and New York are just like the children of high-ranking cadres in reality, and it is impossible not to be taken care of.

It's Christmas time to reunite with family and friends, but Madison Square Garden is still full of people, and there are always loyal fans in New York City's tens of millions of residents who want to be there to support their favorite team even on Christmas Day.

For example, die-hard fans like Spike Lee, this season, the big director has changed his outfit to a Wu Huang jersey and sneakers, and he will come to watch every Knicks home game rain or shine.

The Knicks' official store also made a lot of money today with a timely launch of Christmas-related merchandise.

"BeattheHeat" -- take out the Heat, this is the typical American way of thinking, "in Madison Square Garden", 20,000 New York balls are chanting in unison!

There are a lot of Chinese in New York, so how will Chinese fans express their "hostility" to the Heat? The most hilarious scene in the stands today appeared, two Chinese fans held up two signs with big Chinese characters written on them: "Big cheeks, Brother Chun told you to go home and eat turkey." ”

After Wu Huang entered the court, he saw two such strange brands, and the volume was large enough that he could see them on the court.

Fans of "Madison Square Garden" have been looking at the Heat unpleasantly, "BeattheHeat!" Such shouts are endless.

Many fans may not know that the Knicks and the Heat are also a pair of famous enemies in the NBA, especially from 1997 to 2000. The Knicks and the Heat, two old enemies, have met in the playoffs for four consecutive years. As the so-called enemies meet, they are very red-eyed. In the 1997 and 1998 seasons, they fought in the playoffs. deepened the grudge to another level.

In the second round of the 1997 playoffs, Heat coach Pat Riley met his old subordinate Knicks coach Van Gundy.

As a result, the Knicks took the first match point with a 3-1 lead.

Game 5 was a battle of life and death, less than 2 minutes before the end of the game, the Heat faced the imminent sweep away, the players were very angry, and as a result, the Heat's PJ Brown threw Knicks guard Charlie Ward at the free throw line and flew out of the baseline press box a few meters away.

Seeing this, the other four Knicks generals, Ewing, Starks, Alan Houston, and Larry Johnson, rushed up and directly pressed Brown and beat him violently.

Seeing this, the Heat players also joined the game. The basketball court instantly turned into a battlefield.

This fight finally achieved the purpose of the Heat, and the main players of the Knicks who participated in the fight were all banned next, and the Heat easily reversed 4:3 and eliminated the Knicks.

However, this fight did not end, and the war continued into the 1998 playoffs, when the so-called rivalry was narrow, and the Knicks and Heat met again in the playoffs.

In the first game, the Knicks won by 20 points at the Heat's home court, the Heat equalized the score in the second game, and the Knicks beat the Heat by 24 points in the third game to get the match point. By the fourth game of the series, Oakley and Mourning went straight into boxing mode. As a result, all the players swarmed up, and the new hatred and old hatred were clearly calculated at once.

At this time, Van Gundy fully showed his love for the generals and rushed over to hug Moning's thigh. was dragged a few meters away by Mo Ning, this is the classic scene of Fan Bald back then.

In this game, the Heat beat the Knicks by 15 points, and the Knicks were once again killed by the Heat using the conflict on the court.

However, with a head coach like Van Gundy who protects the players, the Knicks players also gave back, and in the fifth final game, the Knicks sent the Heat back home with a stunner 3:2.

It is worth mentioning that that season, the Knicks went all the way and finally reached the Finals, creating the Black Eight Miracle and becoming the only team in history to reach the Finals for the eighth time.

It should also be mentioned here that the Christmas War was arranged before the start of the regular season, and at that time, everyone thought that the Knicks and Heat would continue to sink this season, and the reason why the league would give the finale of the Christmas War to the Knicks and Heat of the fish belly team? The past feud between these two teams is the only reason.

But it's the end of 2009, the Knicks and the Heat haven't met in the playoffs for many years, and now the core of the two teams is not a character who likes to cause trouble, and the gunpowder smell of the two teams before the game is not strong.

Knicks starting lineup today: Wu Huang, Larry Hughes, Andre Iguodala, Danilo Gallinari, David Lee.

Heat starting lineup: Carlos Arroyo, Dwyane Wade, Quentin Richardson, Michael Beasley, Jermaine O'Neal.

D'Antoni started with Gallinari as the starter, a makeshift based on the opponent's line-up.

The Heat's Michael Beasley is a non-relenting two-way forward, and it just so happens that Gallinari on their team is a similar player, with the mustache fine-tuning his roster to the opponent's lineup.

"Merry Christmas." The players of both teams greeted politely before the game, and they did not experience the years full of gunpowder in the 90s, so they did not have a deep understanding of the grievances between the two teams.

Wu Huang had a few more chats with Wade before the game, and they had already played each other once, and that was the first game of the season, when the Knicks lost to the Heat on the road.

But in today's game, Wu Huang is determined to only win and not lose, and they must not lose this home field.

As soon as the game opened, Wu Huang immediately showed his determination, and he opened the scoring with a 180-degree turnaround and back-to-back jumper on the left side of the three-second zone!

But Wade immediately returned the favor with a backward mid-range shot, followed by O'Neal Jr.'s mid-range shot and Richardson's first three-pointer, and the Heat made a good start 7-2.

D'Antoni didn't call a timeout, leaving the scene to the core of the team.

In the 10th minute and 22 seconds, Wu Huang dribbled to the frontcourt, without any fancy swaying and turning, and directly pulled out a jumper outside the 45-degree three-point line on the right side, and the basketball fell steadily into the net. After that, he shot again near the bottom corner and hit a wonderful drifting shot on the head of Arroyo, who was not in good form before, with an unstoppable domineering look. (To be continued.) )