Chapter 336: This game can't be played
On May 13, the league finally couldn't bear it anymore and announced the Eastern Conference Finals bracket two days in advance. At this time www.biquge.info the Thunder and Grizzlies battled to a 3-3 record, successfully dragging the division finals to Game 7, and also allowed the other three teams to get a full rest, and many felt that they had overrested.
The league is thinking the same thing, and with the other three teams advancing too quickly, basketball fans around the world will have to tune in to watch the Thunder and Grizzlies hurt each other this week. But in addition to Durant's somewhat famous, the confrontation between these two teams really didn't attract ratings, even if their game was really intense and exciting, but they still managed to set the lowest ratings for the NBA this year.
That's why David Stern has to make stars, and why the league rules are increasingly encouraging stars to play singles, and there is only one answer - ratings!
The seventh game between the Thunder and the Grizzlies will start on the 15th, and the game time is specially arranged by the league to the afternoon, and the evening will be the long-awaited focus matchup between the Knicks and the Heat, which is the league's long-awaited ratings magic weapon.
It is widely believed in the media that the Knicks and Heat's Eastern Conference Finals will even be more watched than the Finals.
Knicks Eastern Conference Finals Schedule -
May 15, New York Knicks vs Miami Heat - Madison Square Garden, PM, 20:00.
May 17, New York Knicks vs Miami Heat - Madison Square Garden, PM, 20:00.
May 20, New York Knicks vs Miami Heat - American Airlines Arena, PM, 20:30.
May 22, New York Knicks vs Miami Heat - American Airlines Arena, PM, 20:30.
May 25, New York Knicks vs Miami Heat - Madison Square Garden, TBD.
May 27, New York Knicks VS Miami Heat - American Airlines Arena, TBD.
May 30, New York Knicks vs Miami Heat - Madison Square Garden, TBD.
Although the Knicks had a week off, the coaching staff had mixed opinions, which kept D'Antoni undecided about how to deal with the Heat's Big Three and how to line up his lineup. Now the Knicks can't watch the results of the regular season, when they had a 3-1 advantage in four games against the Heat, but this only gives the players more confidence in the upcoming games, and does not mean that they are stronger than the Heat.
D'Antoni has not been idle, and in order to find a good way to deal with the Heat, he feels that he has worked too hard and even lost several handfuls of hair, and it will not be long before he is on par with Van Gundy.
But it's not just the mustache who is exhausted, Spoelstra, who is already on his way from Miami to New York, is in a similar state of mind to him at the moment. The Filipino is also at a loss for Wu Huang and Xiao Si, and he also has to worry about O'Neill and Gallinari. The Knicks have a lot more roster depth than the Heat, which means that there are likely to be unexpected variables for them. The Bulls died in the last round, and the outbursts of Gallinari, Tony Allen, and Green changed the course of at least two games, but the Heat had no one to step up except for the Big Three, which has been their shortcoming.
On the media side, it's interesting, most voices in the American media believe that the Heat will knock out the Knicks 4-2 or 4-3, and one of the biggest similarities in the reasons listed by these media is - experience!
That's right, they think Wade has championship experience, James has a lot of experience in the East finals and finals, and the two know how to play in the finals better than Wu Huang.
Wu Huang naturally expressed disdain for this, so he still has the experience of winning the NCAA, has Wade and James played in the finals with 60,000 spectators? Have they ever seen such a big scene?
The day before the game, Wu Huang posted a photo of himself when he won the NCAA championship on his Facebook and Twitter, although Wu Huang, who is much thinner than now, is slightly more childish, but in terms of handsomeness and high spirits, he is enough to kill the sum of the Big Three.
Although Heat fans want to complain about Wu Huang, he takes out this photo every time he competes, but this honor should not be underestimated, if the NCAA championship is in terms of gold content, it is only higher than the NBA championship, and it is necessary to kill all the way from the top 64 to the final champion, as long as he loses once in the middle, he will be out, which is much more thrilling than the NBA playoffs format, so even if Wu Huang wins the NBA championship in the future, he will still take out this photo to continue to pretend to be 13.
"Well, am I more handsome in this picture than I am now?" Wu Huang is taking his photo and inserting it into the little singer's fake C cup at the moment, but the fake is the fake, even if it becomes C, it still has no grip at all, and the photo will automatically slide out as soon as it is put in the ditch.
"Handsome, with a milky little kid on his face." Taylor Swift kicked away Emperor Wu, and he had plans to expand his capacity again, but C was still a little smaller.
Wu Huang lay under the bed and snorted: "The milk stinks yet? I think you have a pedophile! You told me you were born at the end of '90, but you were actually born in '89. ”
"Well, if you beat the Heat, I'll give you a gift." Taylor Swift obviously didn't listen carefully to Emperor Wu's words, and he didn't know what he was thinking, so he said after standing up his man-made ****, as if he had made up his mind.
"What gift?" Wu Huangleng paused, and after getting up, he saw that the little singer's gaze had been staying on his artificial ****, and he quickly thought of something, and without thinking, he came up with a sentence that made him be kicked out of bed again: "I think no matter how big it is, it can be bulletproof!" By the way, I just saw someone in a car accident and the D cup ran to the back, you think about what it was like. ”
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This week's waiting time, Wu Huang's small life is very good, basically every day has to be transferred, the days are very fulfilling, but people need to be cunning in order to save their lives, he is obviously damn more.
Yahoo Sports gave a preview of the Knicks-Heat game before the game, and listed three reasons why the Heat would win the divisional title.
First, of course, the god-like man.
Wade still maintains an average of close to 25+5+6 per game this season, but the Heat still have to rely on James to win the championship. In the past, James' mid-range and three-point shots have been criticized, but looking back now, his shooting has changed dramatically from before. As long as his mid-to-long-range shooting is open, coupled with his tank-like body grinding into the opponent's interior, the Heat will be invincible, because Wade will become a more lethal offensive point at the moment, and the Heat have hardly lost this season when Zhan Wei played a connected game.
In addition to offense, James is even more terrifying is his defense, this season with Wade and Bosh to share the pressure on the offensive end, James can focus a large part of his energy on defense, driven by his defense at any cost, the Heat everyone is desperate, so they can organize a series of opponents insurmountable copper walls.
Second, the playoffs.
James and Wade have had a bumpy road in the last four seasons, not to mention Bosh, and the Raptors simply can't make the playoffs, which makes the trio's hunger for glory far greater than that of the young Knicks. James, in particular, must be reluctant to the result after experiencing seven big battles with the Magic last season and seven big games with the Celtics last season, and he is fed up with the results of being crushed on his head. Coupled with the infamy of leaving Cleveland, James was desperately hungry and needed a championship to heal his wounds.
Thirdly, the quality of lethal weapons.
There is no doubt that Hugo has entered the ranks of superstars, but there are also highs and lows in superstars, and they cannot be generalized.
Wade and James are not just superstars in the media and fans, but NBA coaches recognize them as the three best players in the league today, the other being Kobe Bryant. Among these three people, it will be difficult to say who is higher and who is lower, but the three best players in the NBA are these three, and as for the other players, Anthony, Durant and Hugo also play well, but there is still a gap between the height of these three people. James, Kobe Bryant and Wade are the brains, the souls of the whole team, attacking and attacking themselves, they can judge the situation, they can control the tempo, they can do almost anything. But Hugo, Anthony, and Durant are more of an attack point. Although Hugo can also control the tempo and can also be the brain of the team, he still needs more training than the mature three, and for the time being, he can only become the fourth man.
Wu Huang knew this evaluation on the day of the game, and Yahoo Sports rated him as the fourth person, which is not a good intention, which is equivalent to erecting him as the target of all NBA players except these three people.
"It's only the fourth?" Wu Huang deliberately asked the reporter when he appeared in the afternoon, and after getting a positive answer, he nodded: "Then I eliminated the two of them, will it become the second?" No, Kobe Bryant has been eliminated, so did I just become the first? ”
Wu Huang's words naturally made many people feel unhappy, but at this time, no one would be stupid enough to sing against him, who knows if the Knicks will really eliminate the Heat? This is not an unexpected ending, don't look at the American media that the Heat finally eliminated the Knicks, but the strength of these two teams is actually half a pound against eight taels, who eliminated no one is surprised, most of the media who think that the Heat can advance also think that the two teams will play the seventh game nine times out of ten.
Compared with the Yahoo Sports report, Barkley's comments are more standard, he believes that since the beginning of the season, the Heat have been as tough as a small powerhouse that can't be beaten, no matter how much they fell behind in the first three quarters, they would fight back in the fourth quarter until the final whistle, and every time they almost got their wish, for no other reason than giants.
In this year's playoffs, the Heat will often be at the bottom in the first three quarters, and the Heat usually only have one of the Big Three to carry the team to bite the score. But once the game comes to the last six minutes, the plot will change, because it is time for the superstar to play again. At this time, the Heat has two giants who can carry the team forward at a critical moment, and when it comes to the bayonet moment, will it be James and Wade who will be splashed with blood? Unless the opponent is called Kobe Bryant, or the leader or something, it is usually the opponent of the Heat who washes his face with tears.
However, although the Heat can become an unbeatable small power with the two giants, they still have an Achilles heel.
In the first round against the Bucks, Bogut played the best series of his career; In the second round against the Green Shirts, the weakness of the Green Army's interior line could not pose a real threat to this soft underbelly area, so the real competitive interior battle was not released, and the next one or two teams were different.
The combination of O'Neal and Xiaosi, who will limit the Heat? Even if the Heat pass through the last pass in the East, the Grizzlies are black and white; Thunder Pai Combo; The thickness of the calf's inner line, multiple tribulations are waiting to extinguish the heat ahead, will Xiaoqiang, who can't be beaten, still have the last laugh?
Now we can calm down and take a look at which of the above four teams can really contain the Heat's three-inch goal?
There was a lot of talk from the outside world, and the Knicks and Heat finally showed up in the afternoon to talk about the upcoming game.
In the past few days, both teams have chosen to close their doors and open up to the media for interviews for a maximum of half an hour before each training session, but they have not said a word about the content of the game, making it mysterious, as if there is some clever plan.
But in fact, D'Antoni and Spoelstra don't have any tricks at all, they put on a strategic appearance to scare people, the so-called closed training is still to find a way to improve their strengths, and then pay attention to prevent the opponent's strengths, try to do their homework, but in the end it is still up to the individual play of the star to solve the problem.
Wu Huang has been watching Kidd's game video this week, and he feels that the old monster is the main contributor to the Mavericks' elimination of the Lakers, this guy's passing has reached the point of almost a demon, every time the ball is in his hands, the Mavericks start to run, and the wings continue to transfer the Lakers unguarded. More importantly, Kidd's awareness and skill allowed him to hoist the ball from side to side without leaving the ground, and it was such a light pass that messed up the Lakers' defensive formation and created opportunities for the Mavericks to run out of the open space in the future.
"I can also make a lethal pass like this, although the Knicks' tactics are not as delicate as the Mavericks' play, and his passing skills are not as demonic and lethal as Kidd's, but the Knicks players are more athletic, even if they are not as good at creating opportunities as the Mavericks, but they are more capable of creating opportunities with the ball, and it is about the same. Besides, this style of play is one of the regular routines after they fail to attack quickly, and it is not difficult to fight, but D'Antoni has not further explored the power of this style of play. ”
Wu Huang's idea was agreed by D'Antoni, and "passing and managing" will be a magic weapon for them to deal with the Heat.
In fact, the Knicks' coaching staff is also watching the Mavericks' game footage, and they have learned a lot from this opponent who has similarities with themselves in many places, although the mustache thinks that it is stronger than the offensive or the Knicks, but the Mavericks' style of play after falling into the ground is worth learning from them.
Of course, the Mavericks can give them some lessons on the offensive end, and they can't learn a defense that is far better than the Knicks, and of course D'Antoni doesn't think the Mavericks beat the Lakers on defense, so just learn offense.
An hour before the start of the game, ABC TV had already begun to broadcast live footage of the game, and the players of both teams had already attended the press conference and were warming up on the field.
When talking about the Knicks, Mark Jackson asked Van Gundy, "The Knicks were active throughout the '90s, but unfortunately they were kept out of the Finals by the Bulls most of the time. '94 and '99 were their best chances to win the championship, but unfortunately Pat Leley's Knicks met the best Rockets and you met the best Spurs, and the Knicks missed out on the championship both times. I want to ask, who do you think is better than the one you coached back then? ”
Jeff Van Gundy thought for a moment and said, "I took over the Knicks in the mid-90s, when Ewing was at the peak of his form, and we had Alan Houston and Starks on the outside, and we should be above the current Knicks in terms of strength. But unfortunately, we were going to have a better Bulls than this Heat. And after the end of the Bulls dynasty, Ewing has also aged, and almost all the great players of that era have such tragic endings, and we all know who caused such results. ”
Mark Jackson then asked another question that tickled Van Gundy Jr.'s heart: "Back now, although you have less hair, you are actually only 49 years old, if this Knicks invited you back to the helm of the team, would you consider it?" ”
Van Gundy Jr. was finally asked now, he has feelings for the Knicks, of course, the Knicks in previous years are forgotten, and the kind of cancer team can't be brought at all, but now if the Knicks find him to coach, of course he is interested. Like he said earlier, not winning the championship in '98 and '99 was his biggest regret, and the Knicks could have emulated the Rockets' two consecutive championships in those two years. It's a pity that there is more than one person who has this idea, and in the end he was amputated by Popovich, and his hair fell out at that time.
"No, I think Mike did a good job, and you're suspicious of provoking this question." Even if Fan Bald thought about it in his heart, he couldn't reveal it at this time! How did he know that Wu Huang had always wanted to get rid of the mustache, in the eyes of outsiders, D'Antoni only took three years to bring the Knicks back to the Eastern Conference Finals, he and Wu Huang are the heroes of the Knicks' re-rise, unless the Knicks can't go further in the next few seasons, or he has a conflict with Wu Huang, otherwise in the next two or three seasons, his position should be very stable.
Van Gundy Jr. said no at the moment, but he still wanted to do it in his heart, especially Yao Ming will become a free agent this summer, and the Knicks just lack a center, it is on the one hand that he has money, and on the other hand is his disciple, if the Knicks really look for him to be a coach next season, he will definitely bring Yao Ming to the Knicks, and when the Knicks form a starting combination of Wu Huang, Iguodala, Gallinari, Xiao Si, and Yao Ming, the picture is too beautiful for him to imagine.
Van Gundy Jr., who was re-provoked to coach at this moment, shook his head: "Let's analyze the two teams." The Knicks swept their opponents in both series, and with the Heat playing their first game in seven days, such a long break was a double-edged sword. They do get plenty of rest, but that could also affect their game form, and these youngsters don't really need that much rest and how they're going to perform, it's going to be a matter of waiting for the opening kick-off. Gallinari, Tony Allen, Green, and Monroe helped the team a lot on the offensive end of the second-round series, and they're going to be looking to continue that today. Compared to the first two rounds, the Knicks will face a bigger test on the inside, O'Neal, Collins, Evans, and Monroe will accept this test, and they will try to block the impact of the Heat's Big Three on the defensive end, and if they can't block the Heat's breakthrough, it will be difficult for the Knicks to beat their opponents. ”
Wu Huang is provoking on the court at the moment, the average player will definitely not be able to do what he is doing now, I saw that he turned to stare at James before every shot, as long as the orangutan king on the opposite side threw the ball, he ran to the same position to shoot one, and the most annoying thing is that he can hit almost every ball, provoking the fans in the entire Madison Garden to send a warm cheer after he scored, and then send the same decibel ridicule to James.
Heat fans and James fans were about to be blown up at the moment, James's face was even darker than a briquette, and then he simply stopped shooting, but it made the fans laugh at him even more presumptuously.
"It's said that hitting people doesn't slap their faces, it seems too much!" Chinese fans are still a little kinder, they feel that Wu Huang's provocation has gone too far, but what he is doing is no more arrogant than Larry Bird's original one.
Why does Larry Bird come across as domineering? It's not because you don't see a few white skins on the field.
The same is true for Wu Huang, he won't think about whether he will be a friend in the future, he is a yellow-skinned player on the field, and he is a fart friend!
Besides, he's here to conquer these blacks, not to be friends with them!
Wade was obviously more witty, seeing this situation, he not only stopped himself, but also asked his teammates to stop warming up, and then the whole team turned to the direction of the Knicks, and the eyes of all the Heat players were fixed on Wu Huang for a moment.
Fans all over the world were excited when they saw this, and there was an indescribable scene on the court, all the Heat players stopped warming up, pinching their waists and staring at Wu Huang on the spot, or staring at that kind of scene, what kind of scene is this?
Domestic fans suddenly thought of the confrontation between the two gangs before the opening of the movie Crazy Boy, this scene is really a bit similar! Won't there be a fight?
The three referees who were originally discussing the penalty scale of today's game on the sidelines were naturally frightened when they saw this, so they rushed forward without saying a word, and separated them between the two teams to prevent accidents.
Security personnel also approached the sidelines, ready to rush to control the situation if something went wrong.
David Stern was on hand today, along with a number of league executives. The NBA headquarters is not far from Madison Garden, so the Knicks' games have always been the most watched by officials, but at this moment, these people are also staring at each other, this kind of scene is the first time it has appeared, it doesn't seem good!
A cold sweat broke out on Xiao Hua's forehead, this game is the top priority of this year's playoffs, they completely treat this round of the series as a grand final, and the number of countries broadcast around the world has also broken records, and it is conservatively estimated that today's game will be watched by at least 80 million people around the world. If there was a big brawl in front of nearly 100 million people, all the efforts of the alliance after the palace in Auburn Hills would be in vain.
However, David Stern didn't even have a nervous expression, and still sat in his seat without changing his face, this concentration was really much higher than Xiao Hua, but no one knew what the old man thought in his heart.
Seeing this, the Knicks players were naturally not to be outdone, Gallinari was also a troublemaker, and immediately took two steps forward and stared at the Heat players in the same posture, and the other Knicks players also stopped warming up and stood in place to respond to the volley stare of the Heat players.
Wu Huang became the only one of the players in the two teams who didn't pinch his waist and pretend to be forced for a while, but he was so happy in his heart that these Heat players actually wanted to pretend to be 13 with him? This was a big mistake, and he had to show the other side that who could match him in this alliance!?
The audience watching the game at the scene and in front of the TV soon saw a scene that was more pretending than before, only to see Wu Huang smiling lightly at the Heat players, but continuing to shoot with the basketball as if no one was around.
In the eyes of the Heat players and fans, of course, Wu Huang's attitude was extremely arrogant, and he didn't take others in his eyes at all......
If it were someone else at the moment, this 13 would definitely not be able to fit it. But Emperor Wu has the capital to pretend, because he is handsome enough! This is a prerequisite for pretending to be 13, and if you don't have it, it's not pretending to be 13, but really 213.
The female fans at the scene and in front of the TV soon couldn't help but scream, because Wu Huang's three-point shot was like a navigation system, and as he stretched his long arms, one, two, three...... The basketball fell into the net in a row, and it was really a missed shot. And when he made 10 consecutive three-pointers in different positions, cold sweat began to break out on the foreheads of the Heat players who pinched their waists, and they felt that they had become the background of someone else's pretending to be 13, which was too bad!
Wade wanted to vomit blood, he felt like he had been slapped in the face, and he was about to bleed! But now they have to hold on to what they say, if they move now, wouldn't it be equivalent to the whole team letting Emperor Wu be abused alone? Even if they really get blood on their faces for a while, they have to hold back! Unless Wu Huang misses the shot, they will have a chance to get rid of this unprecedented embarrassment!
Although Wu Huang was pretending to be forced, he didn't have a 13 expression on his face at all, and he always maintained this calm look, only showing a natural smile after each three-point shot, glancing at the direction of the Heat player, and then coming to the next position to continue to shoot three points. This invisible pretending style simply made the female audience in front of the TV almost kneel in front of the TV and lick the screen.
The Knicks players are like loyal little brothers at the moment, and they have tested their bodies one by one, as if to make the Heat players more clearly see how good their boss is.
12, 14, 16......
Wu Huang's three-point shot is still accurately falling into the basket, and the fans will shout "MVP" frantically after every goal!
The Heat players' prayers in their hearts for Wu Huang to miss were completely useless, they were almost unable to bear this pressure and turned to run away, this kind of scene was too painful for them!
"Can anyone tell me why we're so still?"
"I can't help it, I'm going to turn around!"
"Hell, what are we doing here?"
"Good, I think we've lost."
"God, let him miss!"
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The Heat players are thinking about everything at the moment, they are really about to collapse, and there is a feeling in their hearts that they are going crazy! But every time they want to move their feet and escape, it's like someone has applied petrification to them, they just can't take their own steps to leave, so they can only continue to stand in place in such an extremely embarrassing way, but even they feel that they want to be stupid more and more! (To be continued.) )