Chapter 314: There is no need for civilization in the field
"Our biggest finding this month was Monroe, the lad is improving so fast, Shaquille has taught him a lot, and the calmness and composure he shows on the court doesn't look like a rookie, and of course he looks the same. Pen? Interesting? Pavilion wWw. biquge。 info remembers meeting him for the first time and I thought it was a veteran coming back from Europe. Emperor Wu teased Monroe's old face after the game, and this kind of praise also made Monroe himself very excited. In today's game against the Celtics, he had 26 points and 13 rebounds, arguably the best game of his career, although it was only a game that was strategically abandoned by the team.
Monroe was in a good mood after the game, but in the face of Wu Huang's praise, he still hurriedly slapped a sycophant first. This first-year rookie has almost figured out his boss's character, don't look at Wu Huang when he is in a good mood, he will praise him non-stop, but if he gets carried away and accidentally offends him, he will be put in small shoes in a blink of an eye, which is very scary!
However, Monroe's performance after O'Neal's absence in March was really good, and half a season's adaptation has allowed him to find his place in the team, and Monroe, who has no ambitions in his chest, does not reject the work assigned to him by the team. High post playmaking, mid-range shooting, defensive rebounding, and one-on-one defense are simple and easy for him to pick up, especially after integrating into the team, and Monroe has found that the NBA game can be played with ease.
It's like a single row of level 70 output, and suddenly a luxury five-wheeler with an output level of 80, and his opponent has only increased to level 75, at this time he will also find that it will be better and easier to play a support.
D'Antoni also thinks that Monroe still has some talent, and after two or three seasons, he can arrange some singles training in the low post and the penalty area, but he doesn't need to be proficient in these skills, he just needs to show one or two when he is in good shape, and he can be regarded as leaving an extra backhand for the team.
The fact that the mustache had this idea at the moment showed that he thought he could stay in New York for a long time. He has always felt that the Knicks can rise again, and he has a lot of credit for this, Wu Huang is also a superstar he has cultivated, and he may win the best coach again this year, so to speak, except for the lack of a championship, he is not much worse than Zen Master and Popovich.
Well, these are his own thoughts, but the fans don't think so, and Wu Huang doesn't feel that he was cultivated by D'Antoni, but feels that he has been accommodating the manager and has been forcing himself to play a tactical system that he doesn't like.
On March 23, the Magic played against the Knicks for the fourth time this season, and Wu Huang deliberately mocked before the game: This is someone's last chance to take revenge, do you think he can succeed in revenge this time?
Many American media and fans feel that Wu Huang is so arrogant and a little excessive, and even some domestic fans feel that Wu Huang is too jumpy in recent days, thinking that he will insult the image of Chinese.
Howard exploded into American-style foul language: "Everyone knows that he's a despicable villain, he's a dog!" ”
This kind of pre-game cynicism and foul language atmosphere made young fans very uncomfortable, and the league was very dissatisfied, Howard, the unlucky guy, also received a ticket for this, but Wu Huang was exempted from punishment because he did not bring dirty words when swearing.
However, some old fans feel that this rhythm is very emotional, the NBA in the eighties and nineties is such a rhythm, if the rivals do not scold each other a few words before the opening, the fans and players will feel uncomfortable, which is like the current pre-game harmonious atmosphere, the players on both sides obviously hate the opponent in their hearts, but before the game they have to compliment the opponent against their will, it is simply hypocritical.
David Stern has fallen into some misunderstandings in recent years, and the quality of NBA players does need to be improved, and it is not just a little bit better. But these should be limited to the off-field, and the players don't need to be so civilized on the pitch. The upper class of people is not all Sven scum, nor are they all luxury cars, and there are many people with true temperament and low-key. Now I have to make these swarthy guys polite, and I have to bring a pair of glasses to reflect Sven at the post-game press conference, which is really a lot of disobedience and disobedience.
Xiao Si made a comeback today, Wu Huang felt that his teammate was a little twisted, and he wanted to turn himself into a member of the upper class, and usually liked to go in and out of the opera house and other upper-class places representing the aristocracy, but in fact, this thing didn't even know the staves, and even the musical instruments were stupidly unclear, so he was embarrassed to go to concerts and recitals.
Howard is in good shape this year, and has been averaging around 20 points per game Warcraft, this season finally ushered in the peak of his career in scoring, currently averaging 22+14 per game to lead the league's center, and the overall efficiency has not decreased, his current status belongs to the existence of anyone in the league except Kobe, James and Wu Huang.
Wu Huang finally found a chance for revenge in this game, he gave Howard a "New York elbow" from the side during a scramble for rebounds in the first quarter, but perhaps because it was too hidden, this elbow did not hit hard, and Howard grinned in pain, but he was not injured.
Wu Huang's black hand almost caused a brawl, after suffering a loss, Howard wanted to come forward to settle accounts with Wu Huang, but the referee who paid special attention to the grievances between the two did not give him a chance, although the referee did not see Wu Huang's actions clearly, but still showed Wu Huang a technical foul after stopping Howard.
The fans in the Amway Center were naturally scolding wildly, but Wu Huang, who finally spoke out, turned a deaf ear to this. Although this elbow did not meet his expectations, but after such a long time, Emperor Wu just wanted to vent his anger, and now that the anger has come out, he has no idea of hurting Howard.
After all, it's easy to vent your anger, but if you want to hurt someone, it's difficult, and one bad thing is to be banned, and Emperor Wu doesn't want to be banned anymore.
The anger of the home fans is not all Wu Huang's small actions, his elbow is not so obvious even from the replay, and what the fans are really unhappy about is Wu Huang's performance on the field.
The Knicks players played like in the first quarter, but Wu Huang's performance slowed down the Magic's progress, especially after this technical foul, Wu Huang successfully made two free throws for the unwilling Howard, making the Magic pair unable to take advantage of this opportunity to win the game.
In the second quarter of the game, the Knicks players began to gradually get into the groove, and the Magic, who failed to seize the opportunity, could only engage in a long tug-of-war with the Knicks.
The Magic have regressed this season, but that doesn't mean they've become a bully team, and Orlando, who still has a lot of defensive background, won't be so easy to beat. Wu Huang had to provoke Howard first every time they met, more out of fear of this opponent.
The monster's intimidation power on the interior has not diminished at all, but if he can lose his cool and then find a way to beat him down, or let him fall into the problem of too many fouls, then Howard's power on the defensive end will be reduced by at least three percent, and the Knicks will be much easier to play.
Some domestic fans think that Wu Huang always stares at Howard and shows that he is too narrow-minded, but don't think that he really likes to cause trouble so much, if there is not enough interest, he is too lazy to do such a thing.
Howard knew that he was fooled after two fouls, but the anger in his chest could not be said to fall, even if he knew that the more angry he was, the easier it was to fall into Wu Huang's trap, but Howard was difficult to control the actions when defending Wu Huang, and it was difficult to make a calm judgment, as a result, the second quarter played less than three minutes, and the poor monster got another foul and went off the court again.
"You really haven't grown at all, didn't your coach tell you not to be impulsive on the field?" After Emperor Wu succeeded, he continued to stimulate Howard.
"You should be glad I wasn't impulsive, or I'd have screwed your head." Howard took a deep breath and went down again with the monstrous anger in his heart.
The corners of Emperor Wu's mouth twitched, and he said secretly: "If you want to screw off my head, it's just a joke, who doesn't know that I can run faster than a rabbit?" ”
He was right, today Nelson was completely defeated by his speed advantage, the Magic point guard who could still cause him a little trouble last season, this season has no choice but to face Wu Huang, who is more cunning, faster and more explosive.
Nelson has been particularly impressed this year, and both Ross and Westbrook have improved so much this year, learning how to use their athletic talents, while also using previous seasons to polish their already metamorphosed bodies again, so they have both played well this year. And it is foreseeable that as long as there are no injuries in the next few years, these talented guys will get better and better, and no one can guess where their line is? In Nelson's eyes, Wu Huang is a player who improves faster and will take advantage of his physical advantages, in other words, he is a metamorphosis within a metamorphosis, and it only took one season for him to do what Rose and Wei Shao did in two seasons.
In the first half, Wu Huang played the style of a real superstar again, he first used his personal ability to lead the whole team, and at the same time beat the opponent's strong points, and then helped his teammates find the rhythm of the game, and successfully led the whole team - Wu Huang's set of operations can be regarded as a textbook performance of the top point guards in the new era, he does not always play such a good performance, but today he did it again.
Howard is also the top interior template of the new era, but it's a pity that he didn't show his best side today, which doomed the Magic team to failure.
In the second half, Howard tried to lead the team to counterattack with his offense, but his offense has never been good at playing this kind of headwind, Monroe can't stop Howard, but the Knicks have prepared a bunch of blue-collar workers for him, these people can make Warcraft unable to easily enter his favorite area.
Howard finally failed to let people see his ability to attack tough battles, but let Orlando fans see the consequences of Shaozhuang's lack of effort on his home court, which also confirmed that Wu Huang has always complained that he is not as hard as he said, but there is some evidence of complacency, because Howard will still only compete with opponents for brute force in a critical moment, and he has not learned real interior skills to break through the defense of blue-collar workers for so many years, except for dunks and hooks one meter away from the basket, He simply had nothing else to break the enemy to.
Collins used his sticky but tough defense in the second half to let Howard play ten minutes before six fouls were ejected, and today the Monster only played a pitiful 22 minutes, facing the desperate Collins and Reggie Evans, Howard, the active No. 1 center, actually had nothing to do.
The final score was 102:90, and the Knicks won the Magic on the road.
After the game, Wu Huang was naturally the happiest, he mocked Howard at the post-game press conference, only to see him say seriously: "Dwight's professional attitude is still very good, I noticed that his upper body muscles are much stronger than before, as a sports athlete, he can train his body to be as perfect as a bodybuilder, which is indeed commendable, this is not something ordinary people can do, so I believe he must be strict with himself." ”
Except for the reporters in Orlando, everyone else in the audience laughed when they heard Wu Huang's words.
This little bastard's words are obviously only half of what he said, if you watch this game and think about him, you will know that he is mocking Howard's upper body muscles that he has worked hard to be handsome and useless, his core strength is still not improving, and he can't squeeze in the face of Collins, which is really an embarrassing scene.
Howard's embarrassment today is that he can't use brute force to squeeze through Collins, who is much shorter than him, in one-on-one. If strictly speaking, this is not a shame, he has often encountered this situation in the past, he can still use his footsteps and amazing turning speed to break through, but his opponent today is obviously studying him for more than a day and a half, and he judged the timing and direction of his turn very accurately, and at the same time, the Knicks's defense of Warcraft is also in place, coupled with too many fouls on his back, which finally caused the embarrassment of being blocked by Collins.
And I have to say that although Collins is short in height, he has a lot of strength in his lower body, and the New York media has been rumored that he is gay, but if you look at his hand-to-hand fight with Howard on the court today, this rumor doesn't seem to be true?
Knicks fans and Wu Huang fans have been brushing up on the remark that Collins is a real man after the game, and his tough guy performance on the defensive end really deserves that title, and the Knicks only spent a million dollars to find a player who made Howard uncomfortable, and the deal now seems to be really worth it.
After this game, the topic of "did Howard really work that hard" was raised by the media and fans again, and Wu Huang's sinister intention to disgust his opponent succeeded again.
But Howard can't blame others for making trouble with him, no matter how well Collins plays today, he is just a blue-collar with a basic salary, and how Duncan teased Collins back then is still vivid. Not to mention a player of Duncan's level, Collins is useless against any solid technical interior player, including the Nets' young center Lopez can completely beat Collins, former Magic backup center Gortat can also use his feet to cut Collins' head in a row, and Yao Ming can beat Collins out of with one hand...... So at this time, Howard should think about why he can't do it, why he will be so embarrassed by a blue-collar worker with a basic salary?
At the same time, the Bulls finally made a fuss, in the pre-All-Star trade, N All-Star Carmelo Anthony was traded to the Chicago Bulls, this was considered a great value by Bulls fans at the time, and was considered a robbery by other teams, and now it seems likely to be another bad deal, and the Bulls may also become another team that capsizes because of star infighting. (To be continued.) )