Chapter 320: You Come and Touch Me
"Boss, can you introduce this girl to me?" Gallinari was holding a notebook at the training base, staring wide-eyed at the sexy girl on the screen who was pole dancing. Pen, fun, and www.biquge.info
When Emperor Wu heard this, he saw that he was actually a female anchor on his website!
Hurry up and take a closer look, this female anchor really has a good face and is ******** nai big, and it shows that there are thousands of ** silk watching with drooling, and many are still giving gifts to female anchors, including Gallinari, who has rushed to the third place in the reward list.
"You'd better give up." Wu Huang shook his head, "According to internal statistics, half of the female anchors on my website are already famous, and thirty percent are already married." Emperor Wu hit Gallinari mercilessly, during this time, the average appearance of the girls on his website was rising, and there was an endless stream of beauties from all over the world. Sometimes when I see some really good-looking female anchors, even he is a little bit of a fool, and there are indeed many female anchors who want to seduce him, the big boss. But in the end, it was still troublesome, in case it was designed, it would be a proper tragedy, so Emperor Wu never went to eat the grass by the nest.
Gallinari's face was full of disbelief when he heard this, and Emperor Wu sighed when he saw this, quietly threw over a dog bone, bowed his head and said, "As long as we reach the finals, I promise to let her have dinner with you, otherwise you can eat yourself." ”
"Okay, that's it!" Gallinari bit down on the bone, and his spirit became vibrant, and he glanced at the reward list again, and in the blink of an eye, he rewarded another hundred dollars of bamboo.
Emperor Wu secretly snickered in his heart: "What a stupid fork!" This female anchor is fucking 33 years old, and I really met to see if you would die! Wu Huang actually happens to know the details of this female anchor, this is the top 100 star anchors in his website, and he has just signed a five-year contract with the website, and he is one of the anchors who have been praised recently.
But don't look at her resume that she is 22 years old, in fact, the real age on the ID card is 32 years old, and even the child is almost ten years old. The poor Italian actually spent more than 10,000 dollars on a single mother, and half of it went into his pocket, which is really cool to think about!
On April 14, the Knicks had their entire recovery workout in New York, and their first game was scheduled for No. 17, with three days to adjust.
At this stage, the Knicks focus on light physical training and tactical training sessions, and the players will study the Pacers' game footage whenever they have time, and then practice targeted play, but the intensity of the training will not be too high.
The first round of playoff matchups has been released early this morning:
Western Conference - Spurs vs. Grizzlies; Lakers vs Hornets; Mavericks vs Rockets; Thunder vs Nuggets.
Eastern Conference - Knicks vs. Pacers; Heat vs Bucks; Celtics vs Hawks; Magic vs Bulls.
The Knicks' first game was played on April 17 in a 2-2-1-1-1 format, with the difference from last year that there was only one day off in between each game. Last year, there was at least an extra day of rest between the fourth and fifth games, but this time there was still only one day between them, and the overall schedule became tighter and more physically demanding.
This kind of dense schedule is even more detrimental to teams like the Celtics and Spurs, and the Knicks, who are mostly young players, can help them play to their dynamic strengths. Therefore, as soon as the schedule was released, several teams with the highest average age began to have opinions, and Popovich directly bombarded the league for arranging this kind of schedule, purely to get them out!
Knicks Schedule -
April 17, New York Knicks vs. Indiana Pacers - Madison Square Garden, PM, 20:00.
April 19, New York Knicks vs. Indiana Pacers - Madison Square Garden, PM, 20:30.
April 21, New York Knicks vs. Indiana Pacers - Bankers Living Arena, PM, 21:30.
April 23, New York Knicks vs. Indiana Pacers - Bankers Living Arena, PM, 21:00.
April 25, New York Knicks vs. Indiana Pacers - Madison Square Garden, TBD.
April 27, New York Knicks vs. Indiana Pacers - Bankers Life Arena, TBD.
April 29, New York Knicks vs. Indiana Pacers - Madison Square Garden, TBD.
Wu Huang faced this kind of schedule that tested the resilience and endurance of the players, and issued a "curfew" again on the 15th, the Knicks will ban all entertainment activities at night from the 16th, and the hungry players below can only go home to find their girlfriends or wives, and the unlucky ones who don't have girlfriends and wives can do it with their own hands, but they must not go to nightclubs and entertainment venues.
This time's "curfew" is obviously much harsher than last season's, last year at least players were not restricted from going to the bar to relax, this year even this right has been deprived, and any player who violates the "curfew" will be banned from the team, including Wu Huang.
The Knicks players dare not speak out against this harsh order, the so-called "curfew" is naturally made by Emperor Wu, and many players are protesting in their hearts, but in the face of the great obscenity of the Holy Sect Master of New York, they can only scold a few tyrants behind their backs! But unless you don't want to play, everyone has to abide by this ban.
"I know that the 'curfew' has led a lot of people to say that I am a tyrant and a dictator, but these accusations do not matter to me at all. My thinking and that the team were clear, if the Knicks didn't even make it to the Eastern Conference Finals, we would have to endure a lot of criticism no matter what the process was! But if we make it to the Eastern Conference Finals -- the Finals -- or win the championship, then all the criticism will not exist, right? After the first day of training, Wu Huang said to reporters outside the door with a blank face.
Emperor Wu dares to tell this kind of truth now, and he is not afraid of offending people, who makes him the most popular fried chicken now.
"That's right! Of course you're right, it's a bit of a two-way to say that. The reporters secretly thought in their hearts that although they liked Emperor Wu's unscrupulous words and deeds, they also felt that it was not a smart thing for him to be so unscrupulous.
"I don't know?" Of course, Emperor Wu knew in his heart that his unabasallowed way of speaking was easy to offend people, or he was caught with pigtails, of course ordinary people couldn't talk like this, but he was different, he now had the strength to speak wildly. And at his age, it seems that it is impossible to say that he is not a little young and frivolous.
Wu Huang has long known that he will be the winner of this year's MVP, and this season he played in 75 games, scoring a total of 2,359 points, 512 rebounds, 759 assists, 243 steals and 72 blocks, shooting 849/1598, three-point 288/651, and free throws 342/379. Converted to an average of 31.5 points, 6.8 rebounds, 10.1 assists, 3.2 steals, 1.0 blocks, and 3.7 turnovers per game. He shot 53.1 percent from the field, 44.2 percent from three-point range and 90.9 percent from the free throw line.
In the 2005-06 season, Ray Allen hit a total of 269 three-pointers in the regular season in a single season, setting a new NBA record at the time. However, this record was broken by Wu Huang last season, although Wu Huang did not break the 300-goal mark this season, he still managed to break the single-season three-point shooting record held by himself.
However, the three-point shooting record is not his biggest news point this season, in NBA history, only Knight Archibald and Oscar Robertson have staged a single-season average of 30 points + 10 assists per game, especially Archibald averaged 34.0 points and 11.4 assists per game in the 1972-1973 season, becoming the only player in history to rank first in the league in both scoring and assists statistics in the same season. The 34.0 points per game also broke the league's scoring record for a guard player. As a result, he was not only named to the NBA First Team of the Year, but also the MVP of Sports News.
If you only look at the personal data, Archibald seems to be more perverted than Wu Huang, who not only won the scoring title, but also won the assist king, but that year's Kings ended the season with 36 wins and 46 losses, and he was obviously blown up by Wu Huang in terms of team record, and the Knicks' first record in the league made Wu Huang's data far more valuable than Archibald.
So Wu Huang is a modern version of Oscar Robertson!?
Many media have been comparing Big O and Wu Huang this season, if you count the team's record, in the history of the NBA, there is really only the magic point guard of Big O who can be compared with the current magical Wu Huang, when Big O also got 30+10 in several seasons to break into the playoffs in a row, and reached the division finals twice, but has not been able to miss the finals.
Wu Huang still looks a little worse than Big O, who has averaged 30+10 per game for several seasons in a row, and even has an incredible performance of 30+10+10 per game in one season, and Wu Huang still needs time to continue to prove himself.
But having said that, many people have not been very clear, what does it mean for Emperor Wu to get 30+10 in the 21st century?
The current league is different from the ancient times, the team score of an NBA game is basically around 100 points, and 31+10 means that the player has contributed more than 50 points to the team, not counting the free throws and three-pointers after the wonderful pass. If someone predicted that Wu Huang's data would be 30+10 last season, most people would have said that this was too ethereal, and under the modern basketball system, it was impossible for anyone to get such data.
Wu Huang did it at the beginning of the season, and some media quickly changed their tunes, thinking that if a point guard can come up with such data, then this team must be a fish belly. Because the point guard ball is basically always in the hand, the participation of others is too low, it is difficult to grow, and this team will not have a future.
The best point guard is always like Kidd, who doesn't stick to the ball and guides his teammates to play tactics, otherwise his teammates' offensive ability will be weakened too much, and they will take jujube pills!
It's a pity that the Knicks' record is the first in the league in the end, and these black spots naturally no longer exist, perhaps only when the Knicks are eliminated in the playoffs, Wu Huang will have new flaws and black spots exposed again.
And at this moment, Wu Huang's fans are waiting to see if he will enter the first team and defend for a while, and even the best defensive player will also have a share? However, the NBA regular season awards are not given immediately after the end of the season, and the league requires a voting process, which is usually not counted until more than halfway through the first round of the playoffs, and then awarded between Game 5 and Game 7 of the first round.
I still remember that the MVP of Nuo Tianwang was won before the sixth game of his most embarrassing first round, when the Mavericks were about to be eliminated, which was also the most embarrassing MVP trophy presentation scene in history.
However, the "Best of the Month" does not need to wait so long, the league announced the East and West Best of the Month in April on April 15, and Wu Huang snatched this award from James again with 4 40+ times this month, which is also the fourth time that Wu Huang has won the Player of the Month this season. It's a pity that in the end, he had the same record as Garnett and James, and failed to set a new record of winning 5 monthly awards in a single season.
Meanwhile, as the first round of the playoffs approaches, the Pacers will face the Knicks, who are the No. 1 team in the East, in the first round of the playoffs, and the former has already arrived in New York on the 15th to prepare.
In the eyes of the Pacers players, how to defend Wu Huang, the core of the Knicks, has become the key to whether the team can create a "dark horse" miracle. At the same time, in the view of team coach Vogel, if they want to limit the Knicks' play, the Pacers may have to use "wheel battles".
However, in the view of Danny Granger, the core of the Pacers, compared with the Heat who are alive and well with the Big Three, the current Knicks are easier to deal with, after all, Xiao Si is likely not to play in the first round, and the Knicks' scoring points have become more concentrated, and if they can limit Wu Huang's play, they will be more sure to win.
"It's true," Granger said after arriving in New York on the 15th, "and in the playoffs, you don't have to care about the rankings. Especially against a team like the Knicks, who are number one in the league and aim for a championship, maybe they won't take us to heart. ”
Although the Pacers think the Knicks are easier to deal with than the Heat, it will still be difficult to beat them, especially if they limit Wu. Darrent Collisson, the Pacers' main point guard, is 4 inches shorter and 18 pounds lighter than Wu in terms of height, so relying solely on him to limit Wu Huang is an unlikely task.
"It's going to take us to defend together, and if we can't work together and trust each other, no matter how good our vision is, it's useless," Collison said. ”
From the current point of view, the Pacers may consider using a "wheel battle" approach to defend Wu Huang. During the game, it is likely that a number of Pacers players will take turns defending the New York Emperors, with defensive stalwart Dundee Jones being the main defender, and they will be looking to rely on team strength to accomplish this seemingly impossible task. In recent practice, the Pacers have begun to practice defensive tactics against the offensive tactics that the Knicks have arranged for Wu Huang.
"Hugo's speed and physicality in the league is unique," Pacers coach Vogel admits, "and he's clearly one of the fastest players in the league right now. He has the speed of Aaron Iverson, and he's already very strong (192 pounds, 195 cm in shoes). Such a combination is undoubtedly a killer, so you'd consider trying to push him to the perimeter to shoot, but judging by his performances this season, he's proven himself to be a great jumper. On the pitch, he can do almost anything. ”
The New York Times conducted an all-out comparison of the two teams on the 16th, the day before the game, and the final conclusion was that the Knicks had a 50% chance of sweeping the opponent, with an 80% chance of advancing 4:1, while the Pacers had only a 1% chance of being black-eight.
Da Saby believes that this is obviously not a level fight, even if the Knicks are not in full form, but with the strength of the Knicks, it is still enough to easily eliminate the Pacers.
The first is the battle of point guards, although Darren Collison is also a high-quality product of the basketball school UCLA, and he also made a name for himself in the Hornets last season, but with Hugo booking this season's MVP, the New York Saints have become the representative of the top point guards in the league, and their strength is far from being comparable to that of a natural point guard like Collison. In the first round of the playoffs, Hugo was the key to victory, and Collison was able to do his job.
There's no doubt that Granger is the best point on the Pacers' lineup, but he's not even at the level of a superstar player, and he's even a little worse than an All-Star level, so it might be sad to face Iguodala, who can make both Kobe Bryant and James uncomfortable on the defensive end. Granger's traits will be curbed in this round, and looking at the Pacers' core stats, it's not hard to see that Granger's actual level this season won't be much better than Gallinari's, and once Iguodala has the belief to defend Granger, then Granger will be in big trouble.
The center position has always been a weakness for the Knicks, O'Neal has only played less than half of the regular season this season, but the Knicks didn't come in for how many regular season games they had, they always hoped that the old shark could come in handy in the playoffs. And to the embarrassment of the Pacers, O'Neal happens to be healthy at the moment.
On the surface, this doesn't seem to be a heavyweight conversation, after all, Hibbert is just a fourth-year hairy guy, and he almost loses from the moment he stands on the opposite side of the world. While Hibbert's progress as a potential center is obvious to all, and his height and starting on the offensive end are impressive, he is not the team's offensive focus for the Pacers, after all, he lacks strength, and his range is not long enough, and the offensive means are single. Coincidentally, O'Neill has nothing left now, only height and strength to rely on, which is just the right restraint for Hibbert's two key weapons.
In the second position, if Iguodala had to defend Granger, Gallinari might have become a hole on the defensive end, but more coincidentally, the Pacers' starting point guard Paul George was also a misplaced starter, and he was 206cm tall and should have played the third position, but with Granger in the third position, he could only be moved to the second position. Gallinari has the upper hand in experience and skill against George, who is somewhat similar to himself, and the third-year Italian is now more mature than the Pacers' rookie in every way, and it will not be a problem to suppress the stunned young man in this series.
Bench PK, in fact, the gap between the two sides has been reflected in the battle of starters, and the reason why the Knicks have been able to stand out from the East this season is not only due to the 8-second offensive system and the strength of Wu Huang, but also the strength of the Knicks bench. The bench in New York has the likes of Allen, Green, Evans, Collins and Turiaf sitting on the bench. There are also veterans like Alston and Radmanovic.
In contrast, the Pacers don't have too many quality players on the roster, too many role players are full of them, James Posey has long been a chicken rib, TJ Ford is no longer the courage of the past, only the veteran Foster occasionally appears, and Dunleavy is a super low-cost player. In terms of bench strength, the Knicks are too much better than the Pacers.
Finally, there is a contest between the coaches and systems of the two teams, as we all know, D'Antoni is a paranoid small-ball tactical leader, with the word "offense" written in his bones, from Phoenix to New York, his success is to help these two teams build the most powerful offensive firepower in the league, the Knicks have averaged 111.3 points per game this season - the highest in the league, even slightly better than the Suns at the peak of the original time!
Compared to the Knicks' offensive style, the Pacers play more open-mindedly and rely on individual ability, as evidenced by their average of less than 20 assists per game, the Pacers are the typical team that shoots when they have the opportunity and will force the shot when they don't have the opportunity - and this is even more evident in the core of the team, Granger. Vogel's changes in the second half of the season may have earned the team a chance, but compared to the more mature and well-structured Knicks, the Pacers' style has not yet taken shape, and even the team's head coach is still figuring it out.
No matter how you look at it, the Knicks will be the winner of this matchup. Especially at the end of the regular season, D'Antoni did not relax his requirements for the team, and the momentum of the Knicks is completely a sprint to the end, and the most important thing is that this team has maintained a good structure and rotation so far, even if the impact of Xiao Si's absence is not as big as imagined, which makes it difficult for the Pacers to find a breakthrough from this team.
Many pundits believe that the Knicks still lack enough experience and accumulation to win the championship, but compared to the Pacers, who are even less experienced in the playoffs, the Knicks' playoff experience seems to be more than enough. What's more, it also occupies an absolute advantage in terms of strength and home court, and in the four-round meeting of the regular season this season, the Knicks hardly gave the opponent any respite, even in the last game, they successfully killed the opponent.
It's almost impossible for the Pacers to stage the Black Eight Miracle, and Vogel's ability is still in doubt, not to mention that this team is full of rookies and playoff recruits, and it will be difficult for the Knicks not to advance. The Knicks are expected to advance 4-0 or 4-1 according to their current momentum.
On the day of the game, Wu Huang came to the competition venue with the team in the afternoon to shoot and warm up, and the huge stadium did not look empty because there were no fans, because both sides of the stadium were surrounded by reporters who came to interview.
Wu Huang didn't plan to be interviewed, but he inadvertently caught a glimpse of a **** choppy F-cup blonde beauty reporter, and then thought of his sister's poor cup, so he naturally immediately changed his mind, and happily stepped forward to accept the interview: "Sweep? I can't say it, but I'm looking forward to this year's playoffs, I want to see how different we are from last season, I want to see how much I've improved and how much my teammates have improved. After Wu Huang finished speaking, he shamelessly asked the female reporter to touch his chest, "You come and touch my heart, they all say that I was born with a big heart, but in fact, it is beating fast now, I can't wait to play now!" (To be continued.) )