Chapter 236: It's hard to tell the truth from the fake
What went wrong?
Of course, it was the team's attack that went wrong.
If D'Antoni's side lose, that's the only problem.
If the Knicks can defend their opponents in any game, they must destroy them with offense first.
The American media naturally did not use D'Anthony as a substitute after the game, they were all attacking Wu Huang for not doing his best in this battle, because he still rarely broke through to the inside line, and seemed to be afraid of Howard's deterrence on the inside line, but these media believe that Wu Huang is more like a cowardly or afraid to take responsibility.
These evaluations are naturally a demonstration led by Yahoo Sports, and the criticism of the American media is basically similar to the content of complaining about James in the previous years + the next few years, anyway, it is the best job of the media to deduct and pee on a person.
Yahoo Sports sarcastically ridiculed Wu Huang for playing 28 minutes in the second game, and after making two three-pointers, he went off the court to join the towel-waving team to cheer on his teammates. It's no wonder that the game stepped into garbage time with half a foot in the first half, and the Magic's bench was enough to finish the next scene, and in the third quarter, the Magic sent Redick, Barnes and other substitutes early to announce the official arrival of garbage time.
This kind of disparate game naturally doesn't require Hugo to be promising, and he is happy to use his handsome appearance off the court to attract the camera, and in fact he does get a lot of courtside cameras.
In this way, it is simply a satire that Emperor Wu can only be famous with that face, but in fact, there is no real material.
The Knicks returned to New York on May 7, but the atmosphere was a bit delicate, mainly after Wu Huang lost Game 2. I didn't look good all the way. Didn't take up the captain's duties anymore to encourage the whole team. The dissatisfaction in his heart was seen by everyone this time.
Wu Huang didn't hide his emotions this time, he can't ask him to stand up and motivate the team and comfort the players after every big defeat of the team, right?
It's stupid to blindly be a virgin, and sometimes the players need to summarize the problem themselves, and the team boss also has to be angry at the right time, so that he will not be seen as a good bully, and there will be no pressure on the team after losing.
But the problem is that they don't know who Emperor Wu is dissatisfied with now. So they are a little worried, especially those players whose contracts are about to expire, they are worried that they will be kicked out of the team by Wu Huang if their performance is not good. It's not that they are worried about not finding a new owner, but that they don't want to leave with the label of "loser" and "drag".
After the first two games of the second round, there were many star players who thought that their teammates or coaches were dragging them down, and they all had a feeling that they couldn't bring their teammates.
Deron had this idea, and Coach Sloan couldn't say bad, but he never proved himself, and he didn't get a championship ring in 20 years as a Jazz coach. Moreover, Sloan, who is known for his iron-blooded skills, is also unambiguous in training his players, and the team is extremely disciplined. This made the fat Williams increasingly dissatisfied with Sloan, especially when he never won the championship, and the Jazz core, who has become the league's top three point guards, is a little eager to learn to change jobs.
Boozer has long had similar thoughts, and he even privately believes that his constant injuries are related to the team's training too harsh, and he obviously doesn't like Sloan, who has an iron hand but can't make a difference.
Nowadays, the Jazz team is not so harmonious, especially after Sloan has grown in grade and temper has become worse in the past two years, many Jazz players have complained about such problems in private. Including Sloan's veterans, the attitude towards him seems to be hovering between indifference and anger, and the Jazz, who began to turmoil in the team, may not be able to escape the end of being swept by the Lakers in the eyes of the media.
Sloan has always been a controversial coach, with the media acknowledging his coaching ability, but there have also been many criticisms of his character and uninnovative tactical system.
He and the Spurs' Popovich are both strict coaches, but Sloan will always be a PG+PF system, Kirilenko was originally a very good star embryo, but Sloan just can't use it, and he must find Delon and Boozer to return to his old ways, and the team's results can go up.
But the famous coach of his time, Zen Master can win the championship with the scoring guard as the core, and the center as the core can also win the championship, and now the scoring guard + power forward can also win the championship. Riley has different strengths from Showtime to the Predator Knicks to Wade of the Heat, but they are always a strong team. Not to mention Popovich, from the initial twin towers to Duncan's single-core championship, and then to the crowning of the GDP combination, there are more awesome team basketball teams in another time and space that can still win the championship.
The biggest difference between these championship coaches and Sloan is that people can take medicine according to the prescription, no matter whether it is a black cat or a white cat, as long as it is a good cat, they can use it, but there are some coaches in the NBA who will always have that set of things.
Speaking of which, Sloan and D'Antoni actually have a lot of similarities, they both have only one set of basketball concepts and systems, and this system must also get the right players to play its power, but it is precisely because of this system that it is easier for opponents to defend, and it is naturally easy to lack changes and tragedy in the end.
The San Antonio Spurs also lost two games in a row, they were a little aggrieved, it stands to reason that the Suns should not be so strong, but in the first two games, at every critical stage, the Suns have people who have stepped up to hit key goals, and the shooting rate of the whole team is also high. On the other hand, on the Spurs' side, there are several main players who have been sluggish in every game, and every time in the final decisive stage, they can't win some key balls and key rounds, and in the end, it makes people feel that the loss is both luck and lack of strength.
Some experts believe that the biggest reason why the Spurs lost was that they were not as good on the defensive end as they were in previous years, and they gave the Suns 110+ points in both games, which made it difficult for the Spurs to win the game because it was too difficult for them to score 110+ points.
The most interesting thing is that the Suns scored 110 points in one game and 111 points in one game, while the Spurs scored 102 points in both games, and the performance of these two teams may give the Knicks some hints, because the Spurs were actually blown up alive by the Suns' offensive firepower!
The Cavaliers vs. Celtics were the only group in the league to tie. This is the second playoff meeting between the two sides in three years. In the first game, it finally relied on James's 35 points, 7 rebounds, 7 assists and O'Neal scored 6 points in a row at critical moments in the final quarter. The Cavaliers defeated the Celtics 101-93 at home to open the series with an aggregate score of 1-0.
But in the second game, the Celtics built a big lead with their excellent play in the third quarter. Rondo scored 13 points and tied a career playoff record of 19 assists as the Green defeated the Cavaliers 104-86 to tie the overall score at 1-1.
What's more interesting about this process is that after the first knight wins. O'Neal showed his uninhibited side again, claiming after the game: "I haven't seen anything before, I'm a player born for the playoffs." ”
In the second game, it was the Green Army's turn to win, and although the Bostonians were not so complacent, their rhetoric was more dark and aggressive, and Celtics head coach Rivers said with a smile: "We're very old now, so old that we can only play against them on crutches." "The implication is that they can win the game with crutches, so I ask you if you're afraid?
O'Neal was furious by this remark, and he felt that he was laughing at his sarcastic remarks about Rodman, who at the time ridiculed him for not having a championship ring. Not to be outdone, the big shark said: "Even my grandma and Jordan can win championships when they play together." Now Rufus's words also mean the same thing, so the lethality to O'Neill is very strong.
Rivers's insinuation is even more clever than Emperor Wu's. After all, it's an old fritter, and now everyone knows that O'Neal's situation is very embarrassing, this year is the last year of his 100 million yuan contract, and the knights replaced him obviously to reserve space for fishing big fish this summer. It can also be said that the once most dominant center is now only a pension contract for the Cavaliers.
And the relationship between O'Neal and James is not good, because the little emperor doesn't look down on this old guy who comes to hug his thighs from the bottom of his heart, which makes O'Neal, who has always regarded himself very highly, very unhappy, because he feels that he is still an old man and has not yet reached the end of the hero.
It's not easy for the big shark, since he was kicked out of Los Angeles by Kobe, he has traveled east and west for so many years, but his status is one point lower every time he changes teams, the media says he should retire all day long, and fans say that he is old-fashioned, but O'Neal doesn't feel that he is too old to play, he always emphasizes that he was born for the playoffs, but everyone thinks he is open-minded.
However, with the increase of experience, O'Neal's character has also been smoothed out a lot, so after coming to the Cavaliers, he pulled down his body, and for the first time in his life, he took the initiative to please others, hoping to join forces with the peak James to win another championship and draw a perfect end to his career.
Such an idea is very down-to-earth, but he never expected that he would lower his profile so much, but James's attitude towards him has always been very cold, and even after losing, he disliked his bulky body several times, which dragged down the team and hindered his offense......
These subtle criticisms made the arrogant O'Neal secretly jealous, and later after retiring, he did not hack James in his autobiography, and even said in public several times that Kobe Bryant was stronger than James, which shows how bad the relationship between the two is.
James is diametrically opposed to Kobe Bryant in some things, the latter criticized his teammates for not caring so much, and he didn't care if his words hurt or not, what he thought of and what he said, he would block when he said that he would be blocked, and he was in a hurry and even went directly to the elbow. But as long as you perform well in the next game, the boss will be very forgetful to praise you again and pay attention again, which makes the pressure on the Lakers players very high.
LeBron is different, he will not criticize his teammates face-to-face, he likes to speak in a roundabout way, and he seems a little pretended, because this insinuating way of speaking, others can hear what it means as long as they are not stupid, but it offends people even more, so his teammates also feel that Yali Mountain is big.
But this is a very normal situation in the NBA, no matter which superstar you play with, the pressure on your back will not be small, and the harsh and high requirements of Qiao Gang Leader to his teammates back then, and even scolded him at every turn, and his teammates are under even more pressure.
Wu Huang thinks that these two people are stupid birds, one can't speak, and the other is smart, although he is not a good thing, typical duplicity, two-faced, full villain, but at least he will not make so many teammates hate him, especially because his appearance is too high, so in the eyes of fans. Emperor Wu's character is still slightly better than these two.
He scolded enough at home. The next day, he came back to the team and showed his hypocrisy or hypocrisy. Cheer up your teammates again: "I said, do you want to take a sildenafine?" Why is it all an overnight cucumber, we haven't been out yet, haven't we tried a 0:2 turnover? ”
Wu Huang came to the training hall at 6 o'clock the next morning, pretending to ask the staff to help him pick up the ball, and today he was going to throw 1,000 three-pointers.
Of course, his teammates would not come so early, and by the time the whole team arrived at 9 o'clock, Wu Huang was already sweating. At first glance, I have been practicing for a long time.
Iguodala was the second to come to the training hall, it was more than seven o'clock at that time, but he had already seen Wu Huang sweating and practicing shooting, at this time, after explaining to his teammates, plus the staff deliberately mentioned the time and goal of Wu Huang to come to training, everyone immediately pretended to be extremely admirable.
Of course, there are really many simple students here who are happy and sincere to Emperor Wu, and they feel that they must have a future with such a boss. They have lost all the confidence they have been battered by these two defeats, but their boss clearly has a real will to persevere, no matter how big the setbacks. Always unwavering and unflinching.
Emperor Wu was secretly complaining in his heart, he originally thought. Wait for a thousand three-pointers, everyone is almost there, but I didn't expect that today's hand feeling is too bad, plus yesterday I first shot in Christine's apartment for an afternoon, and then shot in the little singer's apartment for half a night in the evening, and today I shot here like a stupid hat all morning, I really shot and even my feet were soft, and I only completed half of the task so far, and I can't shoot all morning to complete his goal of throwing a thousand balls, and I'm really tired now.
Although he pretended to be a very failure, Wu Huang successfully aroused the morale of the team.
Iguodala then decided to shoot 1,000 more three-pointers today, and Green, Fry, Harrington and others responded...... This day was supposed to be a restorative practice, but in the end it turned into a three-point training for the whole team, and even David Lee came to join in the fun and began to practice blind three-point shooting.
D'Antoni stopped the coaching staff from intervening on the sidelines, of course, this kind of training is not very useful, but they don't want training results, no matter how much training a day or two is, what he wants is this rekindled fighting spirit and positive team atmosphere, as long as the whole team regains confidence and fighting spirit, and restores the vitality of the previous play, they have the ability and magic to die at home.
The mustache has been agonizing since returning to New York yesterday, how to rekindle the fighting spirit of the players? Unexpectedly, as soon as he came in the morning, Wu Huang had already helped him get it, and now seeing that all the players were blindly shooting on the court, even he was a little infected, and there was an urge to go on the court and shoot hundreds of three-pointers.
At lunch, D'Antoni couldn't see Wu Huang slandering him in private, this guy really did one thing in front of him, one thing behind his back, and immediately changed his face when he came to the front of the person, and took the opportunity to say to the whole team: "We have to believe that we can defeat a strong opponent, everyone should have seen that the Spurs in the West are only stronger than the Magic in defense, but they just can't win against the Suns." So, we have to learn from their experience, because the Suns play the same way as us, their system is the legacy left by Coach Mike, and Coach Mike is with us now, as long as we can get 110+ points, the Magic will definitely not be our opponent because they will definitely not get 110+ points. ”
Wu Huang's words are not worth scrutinizing at all, they are purely unreasonable, but he can just say that he is unreasonable, which is also one of his skills, otherwise how could he deceive so many girls.
"People" are cheap at times, especially in times of adversity, and they need such an excuse that seems reasonable, and the Knicks players need to find a way to hypnotize and brainwash themselves now, otherwise it will be really difficult for them to defeat the powerful magic.
D'Antoni looked at the morale of the team, which had become more and more confident in just one morning, and then heard Wu Huang's flattering words, the feeling in his heart was really indescribable. He even felt that Wu Huang was more like a coach than himself, because he couldn't think of a way to re-energize the team's morale, but Wu Huang did it in just one morning, what more could such a team leader ask for?
Of course, Emperor Wu pressed the credit for the Sun's victory over the Spurs to him without a trace, which was the real reason why the mustache felt this way.
Emperor Wu secretly glanced at D'Antoni, who was secretly refreshed in his heart, and secretly scolded: "Little speaker, I have to do everything." Just give me your salary. Lao Tzu's rookie contract is only more than four million. If it weren't for the way to make money. Now I can't even afford to rent an apartment in Manhattan, it's really Mom's. ”
"Guys, why don't we deliberately show weakness, what do you think of my idea?" After boosting the morale of the team, Wu Huang felt that this was not enough, and the next step should be to lower the vigilance of the enemy, so he proposed again: "Now the media say that we are dead, and the fans are not optimistic about us." Everyone thinks the magic sweep is imminent. In that case, let's just add another fire to them and make the Orlandos think that we are at odds with the team, let them think that we are demoralized, and preferably make them feel that we have given up on the game. ”
Wu Huang's proposal made the simple-minded teammates unable to keep up with the rhythm, and he continued to say with a big brain: "We can also follow the fake news, just say that I sprained my ankle during training, and completely confuse them." ”
Not to mention that the players in the team couldn't keep up, even the coaching staff couldn't react, thinking that his brain circuit was too fast.
"What do you want to do?" D'Antoni was also a little out of step with Emperor Wu's pace. Ichiyan asked.
Wu Huang smiled, and immediately lowered his head with his head coach to discuss how to use the two days of rest. Concoct a variety of smoke grenades to confuse your opponents. Now Emperor Wu does everything, he doesn't want to be swept away, and he doesn't want to continue to be hacked by the media.
On the evening of May 7th, several media in New York received the news that the Knicks staff revealed that the Knicks had a discordant scene in the team's training today, and it is said that Wu Huang and Maddie had a conflict in training, not only caused friction between words, but also almost got into a fight.
I don't know how much such gossip there is on the market, so it will naturally not attract the attention of the public.
But less than two hours later, new news leaked out.
That night, the New York Times issued a notice on its official website that it temporarily canceled today's interview with the entire Knicks team, citing that the players were busy with training and couldn't find time.
If you link these two pieces of news together, it is easy to conclude that the Knicks are in a tense atmosphere on the team at this time, and even speculation about infighting.
This drama will not be so simple, Wu Huang was photographed by a famous magazine in New York that night with Harrington and David Lee carnival in a nightclub, and even the intimate shots of Wu Huang and the two blonde ********, and then went to the hotel to open a room.
"Bastard, didn't you tell me about acting? What the hell is going on with this photo? Taylor Swift saw a photo of Wu Huang and the two blonde dancers entering the hotel the next day, and was so angry that he bit the cat's teething stick in two.
"Don't get excited, I said in advance that it was acting, so of course you have to act realistically, otherwise who can you fool?" Wu Huang Zhen Zhen Zhen said, but Taylor Swift knocked over the vinegar jar.
"I don't believe it, if it's really acting, where did you go last night? Why is it shutting down? ”
"Of course I spent the night in a hotel, otherwise how could I have deceived so many reporters who followed me? But I swear, I'm definitely not ******** with those two blondes. ”
Taylor Swift stomped the floor hard, scratching his hair and yelling, "You lie, I don't believe you pervert, you must have done a fake show, unless you swear!" “
Wu Huang rolled his eyelids, raised his hand very happily and swore: "Okay, if I had a room with those two ******** last night, I would be bald at the age of 21, sexually impotent at the age of 22, and retired at the age of 23." Such a heavy oath dispelled Taylor Swift's suspicions at once, and the stinky girls finally stopped yelling.
He was secretly proud in his heart: "I really didn't be with those two blonde dancers last night, because Little Hermione and I had already opened a room in that hotel, so how about this vow being a little heavier?" “
Taylor Swift finally stopped being jealous, but she never dreamed that this oath had already been made in front of Christine not long ago.
Although Twilight didn't ask Emperor Wu unrelentingly like a little singer, this scheming girl actually wanted Emperor Wu to take the initiative to explain, so he had already made the same vow over there just now, and even Emma Watson was present at the time, and this little bitch also secretly gave him a thumbs up behind Christine, it must be itching in the ass again.
On May 8, with one day left before Game 3, the media was full of gossip within the Knicks, and at this time, they didn't need to make a move, and all kinds of outrageous and bizarre news had already been overwhelming.
When the Knicks saw such a chaotic scene, they all looked proud and excited in training, and felt that they were directing the whole scene single-handedly.
But in fact, Wu Huang can not tell so many people about this, but he needs these guys to tell the truth to the media afterwards, otherwise many fans really think that he is messing around before such an important game, which will cause great damage to his reputation.
Wu Huang finally added a fire, and that night, the Knicks came again with bad news - Wu Huang strained his right Achilles tendon in practice, and it is still unknown whether he will be able to return to the next game. However, according to the Knicks, Wu Huang's injury is not light, and it is unlikely that he will return in the next game.
This news is easily reminiscent of Wu Huang taking two blonde girls to open a room with him yesterday, who knows if he played too crazy, resulting in weak feet the next day, and then injured in training?
The New York fans and Wu Huang's fans have been too tormented in the past two days, they don't know what Wu Huang is doing, and the news that is hard to distinguish between truth and falsehood is coming to their faces, and their hearts are a little unbearable. Especially for fans who bought the Knicks series before the game, many people have found a balcony with better feng shui in advance, so that they don't have a place to jump when they get it.
In the evening, according to the latest news, Wu Huang has been put on the Knicks' daily watch list, and it is unknown whether he will be able to play in the next game.
In the betting of the major spinach groups and the periphery, the odds of the Knicks winning the third game are rising rapidly, and no one dares to buy the Knicks at this time.
The Magic team had come to New York that afternoon, and countless fake news were flying all over the sky in the past two days, and Da Van Gundy reminded himself several times to beware of the fake news released by his opponent to confuse himself, but when he heard the news of Wu Huang's injury, he still couldn't help but have a burst of excitement.
On May 9, the third game of the second round of the NBA 09-10 playoffs continued, but whether Wu Huang can play tonight is still the news that fans are most concerned about.
Big Van Gundy said in the morning shooting practice: "We don't care about the off-court news, whether the opponent can play or not, we all have to play our own basketball, we just need to take care of ourselves." "It seems that this off-field tactic has not been able to confuse the opponent's manager.
But it doesn't matter, if this trick can really deceive Big Van Gundy, then it's a ghost.
Wu Huang didn't intend to fool these well-informed old rivers and lakes, his target was the players of the Magic team from the beginning, and what he wanted was for these guys who really played on the court to have a careless mentality in the game.
The Magic were already leading 2-0, and they beat the Knicks in the first two games, and now with these fake news, many players may already feel that they have won.
Howard was interviewed by the media with a smile on his face after shooting practice: "Of course I don't want him to get hurt, and I suggest Hugo work on his lower body strength in the summer, which will reduce the risk of injury." ”
The media were all excited when they heard this, this monster obviously remembered Emperor Wu's provocation at the beginning, and the two seemed to have made a feud, otherwise he would not have said such words that would be difficult to reconcile.
"When he (Howard) is in shape, we're a tough team to beat," said Nelson, who had 12 points and six assists in the last game and surpassed Wu Huang for the first time in stats. ”
"Yes, if Dwight continues to dominate like that, everything will be very simple." Carter also said.
"If we stay healthy and do what we can, then no one can beat us anymore." Howard concluded, "We're at our best, and we're going to win in any series. (To be continued.) )