Chapter 139: The Worst in History
"My bad!" Gallinari didn't receive a pass from Wu Huang and was tackled by Danny Green, and the bench scored two points on an easy counter-attack.
"Well, let's talk about some code words to coordinate on the move." Emperor Wu waved his hand to indicate that it was okay and put forward an idea.
The Knicks were in a 20-minute match, Wu Huang was in a group with Iguodala and Gallinari, and although they defeated the bench in the end, the cooperation of the three was still not tacit enough. Just like the previous attack, Wu Huang thought that Gallinari would move to the weak side, but Gallinari stood up halfway, and the basketball naturally couldn't pass in place.
D'Antoni is also considering that all teams will have some fixed routines that require players to move together, and when Wu Huang needs his teammates to cover during the move, it is better to use some secret terms to ensure that there are no mistakes in the fast-changing game.
"It's better to call me by different names in the game, and if it's a feint, you can call 'hugo'. If there is a good opportunity to attack, everyone will call me 'Wu' by my Chinese name. Finally, if there's an open shot, you shout 'Captain' and I hear it and pass the ball right away. Wu Huang said after training with his teammates.
The Knicks players praised Wu Huang for his good idea, and all the sycophants suddenly slapped it......
D'Antoni thought more when he heard this, and Emperor Wu seemed to have something in his words - "captain"?
"Does he want to be the captain?" Mustache thought to himself, the current captain of the Knicks is Larry Hughes, and the vice captains are David Lee and Duhon. There is really nothing to do with Emperor Wu. Could it be that the core of your own family has an opinion on this?
Wu Huang really meant that. He feels that with his status in the team, although it is not particularly important to be the captain, it is better to have a captain's position than nothing, can't he still be a mere captain?
In the first phase of the All-Star voting just released yesterday, he beat Kobe and James and became the "vote king" of the first phase of the All-Star vote.
On December 6, the All-Star voting has begun, and the NBA official website announced the results of the first phase of voting. The Lakers' Kobe Bryant and the Nuggets' Carmelo Anthony were the top two voters in the West, while the Knicks' Wu Huang and the Cavaliers' LeBron James were the top two votes in the East. Among them, Wu Huang became the vote king of the first stage of all-star voting with a whopping 795,918 votes, while Kobe Bryant, who ranked second, only had 620,515 votes.
In the West, Kobe Bryant is the second-highest voted player in the league and the guard with the highest number of votes in the West. Anthony, the league's current scoring leader, received the most votes in the Western Conference Forward's vote. Mavericks core Dirk Nowitzki is the No. 2 Western Conference forward. In the Western Conference center's vote, Amare Stoudemire had the highest number of votes, and Lakers center Andrew Bynum came in second.
Eastern Front. As the first stage of the vote king, Wu Huang is of course the player with the highest votes in the selection of Eastern Defenders. In second place is Dwye Nwade of the Heat. The Cavaliers' LeBron James leads the forward line with the second-highest number of votes in the East, followed by Celtics power forward Kevin Garnett. In the center's vote, Dwight Howard came first, and the Cavaliers' Shaquille O'Neal came in second.
2010 NBA All-Star Voting Results:
Eastern Conference:
Forwards: James (Cavaliers), Garnett (Celtics), Chris Bosh (Raptors), Paul Pierce (Celtics), Josh Smith (Hawks).
Guards: Wu Huang (Knicks), Wade (Heat), Carter (Magic), Gilbert Arenas (Wizards), Ray Allen (Celtics), Derrick Rose (Bulls).
Centers: Howard (Magic), O'Neal (Cavaliers), David Lee (Knicks), Andre Bargnani (Raptors).
Western Conference:
Forwards: Anthony (Nuggets), Nowitzki (Mavericks), Pau Gasol (Lakers), Tim Duncan (Spurs), Kevin Durant (Thunder).
Guards: Kobe Bryant (Lakers), Maddy (Rockets), Steve Nash (Suns), Chris Paul (Hornets), Jason Kidd (Mavericks), Brandon Roy (Trail Blazers).
Centers: Stoudemire (Suns), Bynum (Lakers), Nene (Nuggets), Marc Gasol (Grizzlies).
These players are the potential All-Star candidates in their respective regions, and with the exception of Iguodala, who may have an explosive increase in votes after trading to the Knicks, players at other positions will hardly be named outside of this list.
Wu Huang became the first stage of the vote king, such a result is not unexpected, his own performance is already qualified to enter the All-Star, of course, it may not be possible to change to a black or white man, but he has a yellow skin, and is in the stage of Yao Ming's season reimbursement, the United Arab Emirates is struggling for starters, and the majority of Chinese fans have no one else to support except him.
Although Kobe, James and others are awesome, they are dark-skinned after all, and it is difficult for Chinese fans and even Asian fans to have a real sense of substitution for them.
Secondly, the NBA did not treat Wu Huang like Yi Jianlian, in order to prevent voting in China, he could even deliberately misspell the player's name. As for Wu Huang, not only did the league not set up obstacles, but it didn't even do much to his votes, which can be seen from the fact that he got nearly 30% more votes than the second-ranked Kobe.
After the Knicks' game against the Hawks, Wu Huang has played a full 20 regular season games, starting every game, and averaging 33 games per game. 9 minutes, able to contribute 22. 7 points 6. 6 rebounds 9. 4 assists 2. 5 steals 1. 1 cap 3. 6 turnovers, including 46 from the field. 2% (168/364) and 40 three-point shooting. 8% (51/125) and 86 free throw percentage. 1%(68/79)。
Such data is already a proper All-Star level, although the regular season was only played 20 games, Wu Huang's data is not authoritative enough. But there are indeed few No. 1 positions that are better than him at this stage.
December 7th. The New York Knicks play at home against the New Jersey Nets.
Speaking of the Nets. The Knicks' neighbors have had a terrible time in the run, and the New Jersey Nets, without Yi Jianlian, set a new record in the NBA regular season yesterday, but the new record is not glorious - the Nets got off to the worst start in NBA history with 18 consecutive losses since the start of the new season.
Well, although it is debatable how much of an impact Yi Jianlian's absence has on the results of the New Jersey Nets, the current team is indeed being bullied.
Yesterday afternoon, the New Jersey Nets hosted the Mavericks, a powerhouse in the West. Just like the huge difference between the two teams in the new season's record, in the game, the Mavericks had an absolute advantage and did not give the Nets a one-minute lead. From the first quarter of the game, the suspense of victory and defeat gradually disappeared.
Although the Nets launched a counterattack in the fourth quarter, they still lost 101-117 in the end and had to be "nailed" to the pillar of shame in NBA history. Interestingly, the New Jersey fans at the scene even took out brown paper bags to cover their heads, meaning "miserable".
Before the New Jersey Nets set a new record, the Miami Heat in 1988-1989 and the Los Angeles Clippers in 1998-1999 held their worst start to the season with 17 consecutive defeats. Now the New Jersey Nets are "coming from behind", and they have sacrificed themselves to save comrades who have been tied to the pillar of shame for more than ten or even twenty years. What kind of fearlessness is this?
And don't forget, the Nets lost to the Knicks 73-102 in the final game of last season. The all-time losing streak spanning two seasons is 24 and was set by the Cleveland Cavaliers in 1982. In other words, once the Nets do start the game with a 0-24 record, they will break another all-time record and save the Cleveland Cavaliers, which is really a great merit.
Faced with such a bad situation, the new coach Van der Vercki, who has just taken office, can only console himself: "The team has to focus on maintaining the improvement rate at the moment, not purely winning or losing. This phrase applies to most rebuilding teams, but it may not apply to the Nets, who have been worn out by losses. Their number one task at the moment is really to win a game, one way or another.
The Knicks also lost three in a row, they met the Nets at this juncture can only be said to be lucky, the No. 7 game they are still sitting at home, but the Nets are back-to-back, and there are only 8 players available in the injury camp, if the Knicks lose to such an opponent, it will be faceless.
On the day of the game, the fans in New York came to watch the game with a sense of schadenfreude, and of course the New York media did the same, they now do not recognize that the worst team in history is a New York team, and the New York media and fans will say: "We don't know them at all, we must draw a line!" ”
If you want to talk about the outcome of this game, the suspense is really not big, most of the teams that the Knicks have lost this season are playoff teams, and the game against the fish belly team seems to have not happened, not to mention that there are only eight players available now, or the Nets are fighting back-to-back.
Countless fans are now beginning to wonder who will pull the New Jerseyans before they go deeper into hell.
However, no one wants to be this "good guy", let alone be the first target of the Nets to win.
In the previous round in Los Angeles, Kobe Bryant beat the killer and allowed the Nets to tie the record of 17 consecutive defeats; Yesterday, although Mavericks Kidd had played for the Nets for many years, he did not show mercy, and the old monster hit two three-pointers in the opening game, which was not only ruthless, but also fell into the rhythm.
The New York Times showed the Nets' next opponent before the game, and the No. 7 is today, and they will play against the Knicks, and this game is basically out of play. Next up against the Bobcats, Bulls, Rockets, Bucks, Hawks, Cavaliers, Jazz, Raptors and Lakers all seem to be much better than the Nets, so it's not impossible for them to lose ten more games, but it's not a small chance.
If that's the case, then the Nets' record-breaking journey may not end easily, and who knows how many games they will lose in a row?
The New York Times, by the way, attached the Eastern Conference rankings -
1. Cleveland Cavaliers (15-5).
2. Boston Celtics (14-4).
3. Atlanta Hawks (13-7).
4. Orlando Magic (12-8).
5. New York Knicks (11-9).
6. Miami Heat (10-9).
7. Charlotte Bobcats (10-10).
8. Milwaukee Bucks (9-10).
"Our recent training has been mainly running tactics, and we have the best candidates in all positions in terms of personnel, and the next thing is to keep running. We all know that we will encounter some difficulties during this period, but through the tempering of these difficulties, we will become stronger and stronger. At the pre-match press conference, Wu Huang pretended to be the captain and spoke in front of the media.
To be honest, since Wu Huang joined the team, he has always been the captain of the team, both on and off the field.
Larry Hughes, the main captain, has long been vacated by him, and the latter is not willing to deal with Wu Huang anymore at this age. The Knicks' regular captain now plans to retire after his contract expires, so he doesn't fight with him at all.
Iguodala has been being picked on by New York fans recently, but the first brother who has been playing for a long time doesn't particularly care about this, and he doesn't even care too much about the decline in his scoring data and shots, this is a real team player, being the boss of a team, Iguodala's character is not competent, he is better to be a second and a family center.
"D'Antoni knows the players very well, most of the players on this team were selected by him, and the team's long-term goals are clear, so I believe this team will get better and better." ”
The Nets don't have the Knicks' mood and leisure to look forward to the future, and Harris, who has just returned from injury, said very depressedly: "I think the losing streak is really too torturous, if it's just two consecutive defeats, it's nothing, we have to play four games a week." But now it's a shame to lose every day, to lose with your eyes open and your eyes closed, and now that we're talking about it. ”
Nets' number one focus, Yi Jianlian today wore a black suit, a black tie, and a pair of black leather shoes to the away game, although he had nothing to do with the pre-game press conference, but under the interview of Chinese reporters, the United Arab Emirates said that he will officially return in the Bulls next week.
As for his current recovery, the UAE said with confidence: "I have started training with the ball, but I have not participated in confrontation training yet. Ninety percent of his body has recovered and he will be able to play next week against the Bulls. (To be continued.) )