Chapter 192: Killing with a Knife
The 2010 All-Star Game was played at the Cowboys Stadium in Dallas, and today a total of 108,713 fans attended the game, setting a record for the largest number of basketball players in history. The previous largest basketball game was on December 14, 2003, when the University of Kentucky and the University of Michigan drew 78,129 fans.
"Being able to perform in front of such an audience, I know the importance of this game, and I know what I can do, and I have done it before." Wu Huang was talking about the NCAA Finals in April last year, although the attendance was not as high as in '03, but it also reached the scale of 70,000 people, "I just need to prove myself like I used to, play a key performance in the last moments, and lead the team to victory,"
Wu Huang's words are a bit unpopular, especially the latter sentence "play a key performance at the last moment to lead the team to victory", which can be called a wild speech, once it is heard by other stars, they will definitely complain "How old are you, which round will you lead?" ”
In the eyes of the media, this year's All-Stars, with Kobe Bryant and Iverson absent due to injury, the 96 golden generation officially withdrew from the rivers and lakes at this All-Star Game, and the 03 generation supported the overall situation, and they are the backbone of the NBA in the next decade.
Emperor Wu was disdainful of this again, how could the secret path let them play for so long for ten years? It's almost time to step down next year
Iverson and Kobe Bryant's positions will be replaced by Chauncey Billups and David Lee, which is why the New York center can be considered an All-Star. Before Kobe Bryant and Iverson. Two players have already exited the All-Star due to injury. That's Chris Paul of the Hornets and Brandon Roy of the Trail Blazers.
Eastern Conference All-Star starting lineup: Huang Wu (Knicks), Dwyane Wade (Heat), LeBron James (Cavaliers), Kevin Garnett (Celtics), Dwight Howard (Magic).
Eastern Conference All-Star Bench: Rajon Rondo (Celtics), Joe Johnson (Hawks), Paul Pierce (Celtics), Gerard Wallace (Bobcats), Chris Bosh (Raptors), Al Hoford (Hawks), David Lee (Knicks)
Manager: Stan Van Gundy
Western Conference All-Star Starting Lineup: Steve Nash (Suns), Jason Kidd (Mavericks), Carmelo Anthony (Nuggets), Dirk Nowitzki (Mavericks), Amare Stoudemire (Suns)
Subs: Chauncey Billups (Nuggets), Tony Parker (Spurs), Deron Williams (Jazz), Kevin Durant (Thunder), Tim Duncan (Spurs), Zach Randolph (Grizzlies), Pau Gasol (Lakers).
Manager: Rick Carlisle.
This year's All-Star Game suffered a serious injury crisis. Many stars have been absent from the game as a result, but it has also given opportunities to other stars, especially young players, who have produced many first-time All-Star selections, most of them young.
Chinese fans secretly feel sorry for Wu Huang, with Kobe, Paul, Roy and other popular guards falling one after another, this year's All-Star Game looks a little bleak compared to previous years. For the NBA, great guards will always be their biggest selling point. Their fantastic physicality and perfect style of play on the court is one of the best ways to show off their charm in the NBA, and it is also an absolute guarantee at the box office.
Why is it a pity for Emperor Wu? Because he happens to be this type of player, the strength of Billups, Parker, Delon and others is not bad, but it is difficult to be selected as an All-Star, the fundamental reason is that their style of play is not elegant enough, and the ball is not pleasing enough to play, but Wu Huang has these qualities, and he is also jokingly called the NBA's appearance by many basketball fans, and he has the taste of playing in the ring with Xiaobei in the football world.
If Wu Huang is playing in the west, then he has the opportunity to be the protagonist this year. Now he is going to be crushed by James and Wade in the East, and his fans will of course feel sorry for him.
Pre-game admission introduction. James and Howard of the Eastern Team knocked lightly on the stage, danced their bodies, and looked full of posture, but Wu Huang, who was arranged to play in the middle, did not have any superfluous movements, he simply stood in place and was too lazy to move, which perfectly interpreted what is called invisible pretending, the most deadly!
The Western team's appearance was unpretentious, with no superfluous moves and no learning from Howard and James' head-scratching gestures.
Wu Huang was complaining frantically in his heart, the reason was that in the group meeting in the locker room before the game, James and Wade were embarrassed, and they actually forcibly arranged the main attack point tonight on Bosh, on the grounds that Bosh's hometown is in Dallas.
Emperor Wu saw that Bosh was grateful, and almost didn't kneel down and kowtow to the two of them.
James is also a big cunning guy, this bastard really thinks of himself as the boss of the East, and he doesn't ask other people's opinions at all, and sets the tone for tonight's game.
The east will be attacked by the Dragon King tonight, followed by Wade, and the Orangutan King will naturally lead the three armies, and sit in the center to deliver ammunition to the two, so the ownership of the ball belongs to him Gorilla.
"Damn, what's the matter with me?" Wu Huang's desire for the ball is no worse than Kobe, but under such an arrangement, how can he have a chance to perform?
Stan Van Gundy grinned from the sidelines, he didn't participate in the players' meetings in the dressing room, because in this kind of game, he as a coach is just a decoration, and there is no room for interjection. But don't forget, he has the right to play time.
"I'm going to stagger your playing time and put that unhappy little guy on it and see if you guys will fight." This bald dead fat man has a bad stomach, and not many people know that he is a typical Zhan Hei, although he can't reduce the playing time of James and Wade, so David Stern will not let him go, but he can increase Wu Huang's playing time, I believe that the president is also happy to see this situation.
The Big Three, who have long been embarrassed, don't know that their interim coach is full of calculations and bad thoughts. Prepare to use a knife to kill people to disgust them.
Today is the first time the NBA All-Star Game has been played in the Big Arena. It's hard to imagine the visual experience of watching a basketball game from the highest stands in a stadium that can accommodate 100,000 people. From the panoramic photo taken from the top of the stand of this NBA All-Star Game. The basketball court below is only the size of a matchbox, and the large broadcast screen above the court is larger than the basketball court, and the back-row audience is basically sitting on the spot "watching TV".
Even the players are not comfortable with this kind of venue, but the benefit is that they can have more than an hour to warm up before the game, because the stadium is so big that it takes more time for fans to sit down.
Emperor Wu chatted with David Lee during the warm-up. Although these bastards did not explicitly exclude him today, they were also cold-faced, and no one took the initiative to talk to him, if he hadn't had a David Lee to take care of, it would be almost like being isolated.
This phenomenon is actually very normal, the 12 players in the east have different ages and qualifications, but there is one thing in common, that is, the age is not too young, there are few players under the age of 25, so Wu Huang, who is just 20 years old, and the 03 generation. Even older Pierce, Garnett, and others had no common language at all.
To cite just one example, half of these people don't have Twitter or Facebook. or opened but did not operate, which is enough to illustrate their generation gap.
If Derrick Rose hadn't withdrawn due to injury, Wu Huang would still have a teammate of similar age, but now only Rondo and Horford are close to him, but they are also three or four years apart, and both of them have their teammates in the team, and they don't communicate with him much, they are real competitors.
"These guys didn't openly exclude me, I think they were afraid that I would break the jar, after all, I am a point guard, it is impossible not to touch the ball, and the inside line still has to take care of a little." Wu Huang secretly thought in his heart, but he ignored one point, the inside line has to serve at the bottom line, if he doesn't send the ball to him, can he still go up and grab it himself?
I don't know how long I waited, Wu Huang felt that he had thrown in hundreds of three-pointers, and the game finally began.
Opening jump ball, Howard vs Stoudemire.
Xiaobawang's knee that had undergone minimally invasive surgery was obviously not a Warcraft opponent at its peak, and the scramble for the ball was lost, and the Eastern Stars got the ball.
After James got the basketball, he didn't pass it to Wu Huang at all, he brought it to the front court, and waved his hand to protect the ball, which meant that he moved to the weak side.
"Nima!" Wu Huang was furious, he had never encountered this kind of thing since his sophomore year of high school, whether in college or in the NBA, how could anyone dare to play like this in front of him, and today he finally met someone who didn't give him face, it was a big rebellion.
James doesn't think there's anything wrong with doing this, he has been playing like this since he was a child, no one dares to say half a word, he can wave his hand to give face.
Wu Huang was extremely unhappy, but the situation was stronger than people, and he could only run to the weak side, otherwise the fans and the media would not say how James was, but would only say that he didn't care about the overall situation.
Wade didn't stop after he was in position and cut straight to the basket.
James threw the basketball to the basket from the outside, and the Western Stars defenders only symbolically waved their hands and watched the Flash hit a one-handed dunk after an aerial relay to score the first point of the All-Star Game.
As soon as the game started, James and Wade contributed a wonderful performance, and the 100,000 fans in the cowboy stadium immediately burst into cheers!
The West team was also unequivocal, turning his head and Nowitzki received a clever pass from his old teammate Nash and hit a mid-range shot.
Wu Huang is also a symbolic defense against Nash, but he knows that he can't follow his own temperament in the All-Star Game, and he must abide by the rules of the game.
Although Nowitzki's goal was not as exciting as in the East, as the host, he still received more enthusiastic applause and cheers than before, and the protagonist of the West today is obviously Nowitzki.
Wu Huang stopped in the backcourt at this time and was ready to receive the ball, but what he didn't expect was that James grabbed the job of the inside line, served nearby, and actually passed the ball to Wade.
"it!" Emperor Wu is really angry now, isn't this a naked slap in the face? Is his relationship with gorillas so bad?
At this moment, the fans and media who watched the game also saw that Wu Huang was really targeted?
Before the start of the All-Star Game, there was news that Wu Huang would be given a cold reception at the All-Star Game, thinking that this was vulgar hype from the media. But I didn't expect it to be a reality.
When has it been a time when a point guard has failed to catch the ball on two consecutive offenses after the opening game? Isn't this aimed at what?
Wade dribbled to the front court this time. Handed the ball to James. The latter's step-back jumper was deflected wide and Nowitzki grabbed the rebound.
Nash advanced quickly, and Emperor Wu didn't care to scold James in his heart, and hurried to keep up with the Canadian.
Anthony received a pass, dribbled twice and then passed to Nowitzki, who was positioned outside the three-point line, and the German tank hit another jumper, this time a three-point shot, and the West quickly opened the game with a 5-2 start. Nowitzki scored five points alone.
This time it was Garnett who served, the Wolves had no friendship with James, the Celtics and the Cavaliers met several times in the playoffs, and the two sides had already formed a bond, the Big Four of the Green Army were all Zhan Hei, and Wu Huang, the point guard, finally received the basketball.
James immediately beckoned to Wu Huang after he fell into position, but Wu Huang, who secretly hated in his heart, was just a passing feint, and then collected the ball and directly broke through Nash, who was not good at defense and was not defending today.
Nowitzki was at home today and he was very motivated. actually made up for Wu Huang's breakthrough on the inside.
"Give me death!" Wu Huang reacted very quickly, and he found that Nowitzki's help defense was not very timely. I didn't really go all out to defend, but the home factor drove him to make up for the defense, so he chose to be strong on this ball and rarely jumped against Nowitzki......
Nowitzki secretly screamed "not good" in his heart, Wu Huang's speed was too fast, he hadn't had time to jump up, Wu Huang had already flown head-on, and he made a dunk action through him, he didn't even have the reaction time to shoot Wu Huang down, everything came too fast!
With a loud "bang", Wu Huang jumped against Nowitzki, and staged a two-handed violent buckle through the opponent! The huge impact force will open his hands, but Nowitzki, who has not yet stood firm, directly knocked out of bounds, relying on the cushion on the basketball hoop to avoid the tragedy of being knocked away.
But to be honest, this tragedy is not small because of Emperor Wu being separated from life like this, especially in the All-Star, or on his home court, it is not an exaggeration to say that it is a great shame.
"Who told you to be so serious about guarding against me in the All-Star Game, maybe you were also complicit with them and wanted to target me, so you brought it on yourself." Emperor Wu also felt that he was too ruthless, but when he thought of what he was targeting, he didn't feel that there was anything wrong with what he was doing.
The fans fell silent for five seconds, and then the boos of the landslide came from all directions, and most of the 100,000 fans were scolding Wu Huang, they would not consider that Nowitzki was still serious in defense in the All-Star Game, they would only scold Wu Huang, a bastard, for daring to be so arrogant on their turf, and it was right to target him, it was really numb!
"Yellow-skinned monkey, you don't want to leave Dallas alive!"
"******, I'll disembowel you!"
"Get out of Dallas, you're not welcome here!"
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Emperor Wu still did not change his face in the face of the overwhelming swearing, this psychological quality is also considered perverted, in this kind of big stadium to 100,000 people cursing and boosing, the pressure brought by that kind of sound is not something ordinary people can imagine, unless this person is deaf.
"This kid is ruthless!" James looked at Emperor Wu on the side, and he also admired it a little in his heart, at least he couldn't be so calm.
Wu Huang has stood on the free throw line, the previous dunk not only allowed him to get the masterpiece of his career, Nowitzki's foul is also obvious, the referee can't see that he is a victim and the home game is a net for the sake of him, Wu Huang's attack this time is 2+1.
CCTV's guest Su Qun took this opportunity to predict the MVP candidates: "From the perspective of the West, if they can win the game, Nash, Durant, Anthony and Nowitzki are more likely to win the MVP, and the East is James and Wade are the most likely, but the overall height of the players in the West is high, if the East plays fast break, it may be a challenge to the West, and at the same time, Wu Huang's opportunity will come, he is the most good player in the East to play fast break, after all, he is D'Antoni's disciple." ”
Wu Huang withstood the boos of the fans in the audience, added a penalty shot, and the three points were already in hand.
In fact, not all the fans are booing him, 100,000 people can't be Dallas fans, but the home fans must occupy the majority, Wu Huang's female fans and Knicks fans don't account for too much of the 100,000 people, it looks like the whole stadium is booing him.
The next game did not become tense because of this one-person violent buckle, Nowitzki showed his generosity, he actually stepped forward and patted Wu Huang's shoulder after being deducted + slack, and also made a look of your kid's hand too heavy, very witty to get rid of the embarrassment.
Wu Huang admired Nowitzki's quick wit very much, and such a small means freed himself from embarrassment, which is the embodiment of IQ.
However, his own embarrassment continued, James and Wade always got the ball, especially after the injured Garnett played a few minutes and went off the court, his situation was very bad, because Bosh replaced the Wolves, and now he really struggled to touch the basketball.
Garnett has been injured this season, and the minor injury has not been broken, and he said in the locker room before the game that he didn't want to play more, so today's big forward position of the Eastern Stars is Bosh singing a one-man show, and Garnett is estimated to only play for ten minutes, which is a big bad thing for Wu Huang. (To be continued.) )