Chapter 379: An Epic Duel Between Two Best Coaches!

The Knicks' debut to the new season was perfect, Wu Huang played only three quarters and finished with 34 points, 5 rebounds and 3 assists, and after a summer, not only did he not get into trouble against opponents who knew him more well, but even pseudo-fans could see that his impact had become stronger. Pen @ fun @ pavilion wWw. biqUgE怂 ļ½‰ļ½Žļ½†ļ½

In the first season, the Holy Sect Master encountered many negative comments such as "soft", "lack of breakthrough lethality", and "only floating outside to shoot". Even if he played better in the playoffs than in the regular season, many people still felt that the opponent's No. 1 position was too weak. Even in the regular season of the second season, there were still some such sounds, and it was not until after Emperor Wu was crowned that only the sound of kneeling remained.

This season, Wu Huang's biggest improvement is that his lethality at the breakthrough end is not inferior to Ross and Wei Shao, which can be seen from the bulging muscles when he exerts his strength, although it is still a lot worse than a small tank like Billups, but Wu Huang's muscles are really not small. Even he could feel that if he added another four or five pounds, it would probably affect his flexibility. Closer to 200 pounds now is perfect for him, and he doesn't need to continue to gain weight, just maintain it in the future.

Gasol's performance today was still so-so, playing 26 minutes, with 9 points, 6 rebounds and 2 assists, although it was a game that ended in the third quarter, but this statistic is not very good, barely so that New York fans will not spray him.

The same is true for David West, who only got 10 points and 5 rebounds, which is also nothing remarkable, but there are not many black spots, after all, this game only played three quarters.

Battier was the most satisfying Knicks player among the new signings, shooting two three-pointers and scoring just six points in the game, but that had done his job on the offensive end, and his stats of three rebounds and two steals on the defensive end were worthy of his contract.

Knicks fans are satisfied with Battier's performance that cannot be reflected in the data, and Battier's active defense today made Nowitzki feel very uncomfortable throughout the game, which is where his value lies, Mr. President's assistance defense can still make many interior stars feel uncomfortable, and the three million contract is too good value at this time.

As for Iguodala, the media predicts that his scoring should continue to degrade this season, but his performance outside the three-point line will be more consistent. In fact, the breakthrough of the first brother is not as good as last season, but his performance on the defensive end is still worthy of recognition, and the Knicks' three-man is clearly transforming in the direction of Artest, and it is said that he has gained 235 pounds, and his muscles look stronger.

Artest transformed into a three-point shooter and full-time defensive player during the Lakers' championship-winning period, while Yige's three-point shooting is obviously more reliable, and it is said that his own goal is to maintain a three-point shooting rate of more than 40%. Although the media expressed deep skepticism about this, even Knicks fans did not report hope for this goal, and everyone felt that as long as the first brother can maintain a three-point shooting rate of more than 35%, it is good enough. And the Knicks still have to rely on him to resist when they meet James, Anthony and other superstars in the playoffs, and if they can maintain a three-point shooting rate of more than 40% in this case, it is estimated that these superstars should call the police.

In addition to Wu Huang, the most satisfying thing for Knicks fans after the game is still the two scoring masters Isiah Thomas and Gallinari in the bench period, these two are unique, but playing rotation time really depends on the player's singles ability.

One of these two has a height advantage, and the other has a speed advantage, but the same is that the shooting is very accurate, and they can also break through with the ball, the Knicks have these two people who are responsible for grabbing points during the rotation period, at least in the regular season, there is no need to worry about the team's lack of output firepower, and in the playoffs, the Knicks do not rely on them to win, and the starters will naturally play more time at that time.

D'Antoni knows that a shortened season is terrible on the schedule, and the number of games in four games a week will be far more than last season, and the same is true for back-to-back games, so he has been preparing to reduce the playing time of his main players in the early days, especially a few veterans, in the regular season, so that the likes of Gasol and West can retain more energy for the playoffs, and the importance of the bench will be very important.

The regular season of the NBA's shortened season has always been difficult, but as long as the Knicks can survive the playoffs, it will be much easier to play at that time.

Although the Knicks have brought in a few veterans this season and raised the average age, the core and outside roster of the team are still very young, and they have a lot of people available, as long as they can increase the rotation to stay healthy until the playoffs, at least a third of the strong teams have fallen in the dreaded regular season.

So this shrinking season is good for the Knicks, if teams like the Heat and Bulls lose a few important members, then it will be much easier for them to defend the title.

After the game, the New York media did not criticize their own team's relatively weak interior line. And in the prediction of the new season championship by Las Vegas gambling companies, they also believe that the Knicks are the biggest favorites to win the championship this season. MGM Group's odds to win the championship are 1 to 3 for the Knicks, followed by 1 to 4 for the Lakers, 1 to 5 for the Heat, 1 to 5 for the Bulls, and 1 to 6 for the Thunder. The odds for Las Vegas Hilton are: Knicks are 3 to 1 to win the championship, followed by the Heat at 1 to 4, the Lakers at 1 to 5, and the Bulls and Thunder both at 1 to 6.

The major betting groups have similar views, the Knicks' odds to win the championship are basically the first, the difference between the second and the third is to be optimistic about the Lakers or the Heat, the Bulls and Thunder are very strong in the eyes of most people, but they always give people the feeling that something is missing?

Generally speaking, it is very reliable to guess the championship from the odds, because the NBA playoffs are 7 games and 4 wins, the upset may be relatively small, so from the 06-07 season to the 09-10 season, the team with the first odds finally won the championship, except for the Knicks last season, but they are also the top three teams in the championship odds, and they are still not considered underdogs.

Three days later, the Knicks rushed to Oakland to play against the Warriors, and there was a point guard Stephen Curry who had been depressed, and I don't know if this was a highlight of the game?

Speaking of Curry, this person has always lived in the shadow of the Holy Sect Master since he entered the NBA with Wu Huang, no matter how well he performs, he will be considered an imitator, and countless followers are even more dismissive of this point guard who is also good at projection, but whenever Curry is mentioned, he will first pout and throw out a "hehe", and then do everything he can mock. Now even the media has defined this poor guy as sexual, always adding words such as "low-profile version" and "pauper's version" to him.

So I don't know if it's because of the indignation in his chest, poor Curry sprained his ankle in the first game of the new season, and it looks like the situation is still very serious.

When the Knicks arrived in Oakland, they got the news that Curry could be out for the season with a serious injury.

But that's not all good news for the Knicks, as proud Knicks fans believe that the tiny Warriors aren't on their opponent list at all, so Curry's injury or not doesn't matter much to them.

Wu Huang also maliciously thought in his heart, "If Rose is reimbursed for the season, it will be really good news."

In fact, this does not seem to be very bad news for the Warriors, if they can take this opportunity to dive all the way to the end and finally lie on the ground, maybe they can pick a good rookie to come back next year.

In the eyes of many fans and the media, the Warriors at this time seem to have a bleak future, and it is indeed necessary to rely on a rookie to turn over.

The Warriors' former core Ellis has been considered a cancerous guard, and the Warriors have been looking for a way to trade him, but no team is willing to trade him for a big price. Although the new core Curry looks more leader, he has long been considered to have low potential due to the lack of athleticism, and he will be great in the future as a stronger offense but weak passing, which is completely incomparable with Wu Huang, at best just a core for transition.

The Knicks exposed another big problem for the Warriors in the game today, their interior line is too weak!

The first thing Mark Jackson did when he took over the Warriors was to try to trade Ellis and David Lee, two stars who are not good at defense.

Today, the two Davids staged a passionate collision in the game, and as a result, under the favorable conditions of Wu Huang feeding the ball and Gasol's cooperation, the Knicks' David was full of firepower and had the absolute upper hand in the competition with the Warriors David, scoring 32 points and 11 rebounds in the whole game, playing a real All-Star statistic.

Although Wu Huang plans to occasionally do things in the first half of the season, he also knows when to cooperate with his teammates and when to hold them back.

David West has been compared to another David before him since he joined the Knicks, so this game is very important for West, who has been shortened to "David West" by Knicks fans.

Wu Huang naturally won't do anything in this situation, today he fed David West with all his might, so that the latter was comfortable throughout the game, even in the Hornets he rarely played so happily, because the Knicks also have a Gasol who can also play to support him.

This is equivalent to when the sledgehammer collects the shield and goes up to slash wildly, not only with a monk's ball on his head, but also with the nurse's hormone on his buttocks, and finally DJ is very intimate to open an acceleration for him, and the feeling of full assistance of three tits can't be more comfortable.

But in fact, even if the Knicks players don't support David West so crazily, David Lee may not be the opponent of the former.

It's not the first time that these two people have been compared together, if the ability of a single round of offensive ends, David Lee is not much worse than David West, the two can be said to be half a catty against eight taels, each with its own merits. But if you consider the performance of the two on the defensive end, it is almost a level of difference.

It's rare to hear Hornets fans complain about their team's poor defense in the years they have been in the playoffs, but David Lee has been criticized for his lack of strength on the defensive end in both the Knicks and the Warriors, which is why one can be a two-time All-Star and the other has never been an All-Star.

Although Wu Huang only scored 15 points in this game, he brushed up the assists, and only played 31 minutes in the game to get 18 assists, and finally snatched the best of the game from David West, who scored 32 points.

In the end, the Warriors only lasted three quarters under the Knicks' powerful interior offense, and the fourth quarter was still carried away by a wave of defending champions who suddenly made a difference.

This kind of performance makes people wonder if the Knicks deliberately teased their opponents in the first three quarters, deliberately dragging them out until the fourth quarter and then using a wave to take them away?

Saints have said that the Knicks have learned how to brush up on the stats in the first three quarters, and then get serious in the fourth quarter to take away the opponent's dynasty-specific skills.

But almost all championship teams play this way, the Bulls, Lakers, and even the Spurs are used to playing this game back then, the regular season is more like the process of their distribution of data, and when the regular season is over, they will not reach the real battlefield - the playoffs.

"Feed David West today, and tomorrow it's Gasol's turn again." Wu Huang feels like a nurse, tomorrow the Knicks against the Lakers, this is a very important game, especially for Gasol, he must beat Xiao Si, at least let the Knicks beat the Lakers.

For Gasol and Xiaosi, this is a game that none of them can lose, and whoever loses will definitely be complained about by the fans and will be ruined by the media, so Wu Huang knows that he will continue to play auxiliary in this game.

But it won't be easy for the Knicks to win this game, first of all, it's a back-to-back on the road. Secondly, Gasol's performance in the first two games of the Knicks was not impressive, and against the Warriors he only scored 11 points, 8 rebounds and 3 assists, and some experts believe that he has not yet adapted to the way he plays with Wu Huang and West, and he has not found the right position for himself on the new team. In short, it will take a while for a player like Gasol to find his place with the Knicks, but the difficulty of integrating into the Lakers is relatively simple.

Xiao Si's first two games with the Lakers, one scored 18 points, one scored 20 points, this performance is similar to that in the Knicks, Kobe Bryant and Wu Huang are very similar many times, Xiao Si and his new teammates get along well, so this deal is still the Lakers for the time being.

"I've been waiting for this moment for a long time since I was traded." In an interview the day before the game, Stoudemire said, "It's an amazing feeling to see these familiar guys again. It reminds me of the fact that we were training together last year and finally found our way to the championship. It also gives me a lot of motivation to help the current team challenge for the championship. ā€

After the shutdown ended, Smalls has publicly expressed his desire to end his career in New York, and has stressed several times that his goal is to create a dynasty with the team. But the most embarrassing and slap in the face is that he was ruthlessly traded by the Knicks as soon as he turned his head after speaking, and he still can't figure out what he is inferior to Gasol? I don't understand exactly what benefits this kind of trade is for the Knicks??

But Xiao Si still said that he understands that basketball is a business, so he will not be upset about it, and he is still in touch with many players on the team, such as Wu Huang, Iguodala and Gallinari.

"It was a bit complicated when I was traded, but when I became a Lakers player, I was like, 'Let this all pass.'" I don't have any resentment, I understand that business is business and you can't be discouraged because maybe the team has their own plans and they are for the good of the team. And I'm doing well here, my goal is still to be a champion, everywhere. "Xiao Si said it very well before the game, but no one believed that he really didn't resent the Knicks, and whoever was abandoned for no reason would feel deeply humiliated.

Gasol didn't say much before the game, everyone thought he was the more beneficial party in this deal, so it was not appropriate for him to show too many ideas, let alone say something resentful about the Lakers, just be low-key like this, and the sister-in-law was still very decent in handling off-court affairs.

D'Antoni is going to keep David West more in the middle of the range this game, and his task is to receive passes from Wu Huang and Gasol, or other teammates, and then make a mid-range shot to kill the opponent.

This arrangement is based on the fact that Davidsi's mid-range grasp is more reliable than Gasol, and although the Spaniard also has mid-range ability, his stability and range are a little worse than Davidsi.

In addition to this, David West will also be tasked with breaking through with the ball in the middle, and he has the ability to break through from the free throw line and on both wings from mid-range, which can compensate for the threat of the mid-range frame after the departure of Smalls.

Gasol's tactical task has been narrowed down a lot, D'Antoni believes that in terms of current strength, he is under Davidssy, who also has a solid back-to-back ability, but if Davidsey is allowed to move in the low post, the sister-in-law will have no place to stand at all, and can only stand on the sidelines.

So the mustache left the two low posts for Gasol, where he can shoot and play back, at this time the Knicks can play a dozen inside-out that they didn't have last season, and when the outside players are making air cuts, the sister-in-law's ability to respond can also be played to a certain extent, these two tricks can't be played by the Knicks last season, after all, it is simply a luxury to expect Xiao Si to pass this kind of ball.

The mustache also knew that it would be necessary to let Gasol move back and forth between the high and low positions in order to really use his playmaking skills, but then David West had nowhere to stand.

Maybe after a season, the two can switch positions to attack at any time, but the Knicks don't have the time to let the two run in slowly, so they can only clearly distribute the range of activities of the two of them, so that they can play part of the role of the two at the fastest speed, and it is too late to stabilize the results first and then slowly deepen the tacit understanding.

The Lakers also have their own problems, that is, they simply don't understand what tactics they are going to play in the new season.

Mike Brown said that he can only defend, and the offense was Coach LeBron before, and now Coach Bryant, so he doesn't need to figure out these things, as long as Coach Bryant can figure out how to attack.

Therefore, Wu Huang said very arrogantly at the pre-game press conference: "Back-to-back is not a problem, and playing the Lakers is not a problem, this team has no tactics at all, so you ask me Will the Knicks lose?" Of course it's possible, if Coach Bryant is in amazing form, then we could probably be beaten by him, and I don't think there's any shame at all. ā€

The Holy Sect will be more presumptuous when he comes to Los Angeles, as long as he doesn't attack the Lakers and Kobe Bryant too much, then the current Lakers fans can tolerate him.

After the Knicks won the championship, many Purple and Gold fans saw that the boss was getting older and older, and there were more and more people who fantasized that the Holy Sect Master would be able to move to Los Angeles in the future. Who called Wu Huang a native of Los Angeles, and it is not impossible for him to return to his hometown to play in the future.

The Los Angeles Times' Da Bundan has been unhappy with the black fat man since Mike Brown came to coach the Lakers, and he is also a representative of the Purple and Gold fans who fantasize that Wu Huang can return to Los Angeles in the future.

On the day of the game, da Bundan made a mockery in his column: "Our Brown defense is good, but he's more of a full-time defensive assistant coach. In the Cavaliers, LeBron is responsible for offense and record, and Brown is responsible for defense; In Los Angeles, the plot is the same, except that the 23rd becomes the 24th. ā€

He then went on to list several of the Lakers' tactics this season:

1. Kobe Bryant's low-post singles, most of them do not pass after the pack, and a few times they will pass to Xiao Si near the free throw line, but generally less than three people will still play strongly.

2. Bynum fell into a low-post single, most of them did not pass after the package, and a few times passed to the outside to repeat the first set of tactics. It's rare to see him pass the air cut, and without Gasol, the Lakers' air cut is hard to see.

3. Xiao Si plays singles in high and low positions, with or without packing, most of them attack directly, and they almost can't pass the ball.

4. Mr. World Peace singles, but it is either a mistake or a random fight.

5. After the main rotation is made, the substitutes will not play at all.

In the end, da Bundan complained again: Please Coach Brown be careful with Bryant, he is not LeBron, the 34-year-old guy please don't let him play 40 minutes a game.

D'Antoni knows this, he has been preparing for this game for a long time, and since the deal between the two teams was completed, he reluctantly drew this game in the red circle, because it is also a must-win game for him.

"They don't even know what system they're playing right now, and we've seen through the Lakers' two preseason games and two regular-season games that this team is almost all single-play tactics, and I don't think they have found a style of play that suits them, so as long as we keep an eye on basketball, we can beat them." The mustache also knows that to deal with this kind of unstructured team, you only need to keep an eye on the basketball, anyway, the Lakers players will not carry out too complicated cooperation, so staring at the basketball can make the Lakers' singles always fall into the "less people play more people".

However, D'Antoni should be embarrassed when he said this, he said that the Lakers don't have a complete offensive system, can he have a complete defensive system? This guy said so much, and in the end he only told the players how to defend it, but he didn't say how to do it, which is equivalent to completely handing over the specific implementation work to the players.

Battier heard this and planned to continue listening, but he pricked up his ears and couldn't hear the sound again, and when he looked up, he found that D'Antoni had already closed his mouth and walked away, and he had already finished speaking?!

"Is this the whole process of the Knicks' defensive tactics?" Mr. President's face immediately darkened, but then he glanced at the accustomed Wu Huang and Iguodala, and then at the bench Tony Allen and Green, and then he finally understood why the Knicks had so many quality defensive players. (To be continued.) )