Chapter 387: The first center who only scored 2 points
Since January 20, Jeremy Lin has scored 25 points, 5 rebounds, 7 assists, 25 points and 7 assists in consecutive games against the Hornets and Suns. Pen & Fun & Pavilion www.biquge.info Subsequently, Jeremy Lin quickly replaced the unsociable West as the Mavericks' starting point guard. In the next game against the Timberwolves, he scored 28 points, 8 assists and 8 turnovers, scoring and assisting a new high, leading the team to defeat the opponent, and a few home fans even cheered him for "MVP".
Jeremy Lin's stellar performance has already garnered media attention in some other cities at this time, and as the Mavericks continue to win a six-game winning streak with the Jazz, Spurs, and Suns, a whirlwind about Jeremy Lin has officially begun to blow from Dallas to the surrounding areas.
Although the Mavericks lost to the Thunder and Pacers in a row after entering February, they immediately defeated the Cavaliers and Nuggets, especially against the Nuggets, Jeremy Lin continued to stage a big explosion, scoring 22 points in the first half alone and 38 points in the whole game! The Mavericks eventually defeated the Nuggets at home with their most famous devil of the season, something the Knicks hadn't done a month ago, but Jeremy Lin and the Mavericks did.
The fiery performance of 10 consecutive games has pushed Jeremy Lin to the center of everyone's attention. The Chinese Basketball Association said that Younas began to pay attention to Jeremy Lin in 2008; NBA officials said that ATV's broadcast partners increased the number of Mavericks' broadcast shows; Rockets general manager Morey has publicly admitted that cutting Jeremy Lin was the wrong decision; The general manager of the Knicks said he almost got Jeremy Lin last summer......
Even ****** came over to join in the fun, saying, "This is great news for the Mavericks, but the story has transcended the sport itself. ”
"Sports Illustrated" even put Jeremy Lin and Wu Huang on the cover of the new issue, although the 60e followers have said that they don't know who this Jeremy Lin is, and why is this guy on the cover with their leader? But this did not prevent a forest whirlwind from beginning to blow in the United States.
Wu Huang also said the next day: "It's an honor to be on the cover with Jeremy Lin, I think it's great!" After saying this, Wu Huang felt very unhappy, but he continued to hypocritically say, "His experience is a very good story, he proves that perseverance and hard work can lead to success, and he is also a good example for all children." But I'm not going to give him advice, he has his own style and experience, and as long as he continues to maintain that confidence, I'm sure he'll get better and better. ”
This will be the Holy Sect Master's heart has been complaining "Why did that Jeremy Lin actually steal half of my cover", but when facing the media, of course, he is so good to listen to and say, it will be very uncomfortable to save being put on a big hat that excludes Chinese compatriots.
Wu Huang didn't really care too much about Jeremy Lin in his heart, of course he wouldn't say, "That buddy's mistakes are about to catch up with his assists", and he doesn't believe that a relatively mediocre player can suddenly seize an opportunity and become a quasi-All-Star player, which is not scientific at all. Even if he himself is very unscientific, with the help of that strange dream, it is not a qualitative change in the blink of an eye.
So now I can only say that this Jeremy Lin should still have some strength, and he also has a lot of luck. But if he is really so bullish, how can he become a draft loser? And after a year of fighting, he was laid off? Arenas was so inspirational back then, and he began to slowly show his underestimated potential after entering the NBA, and he didn't get cut so tragically.
On Feb. 8, the league announced the East-West Player of the Month for January, and Wu won the award as expected, and this year he is aiming to win two or three Player of the Month awards, and he is off to a good start.
The Knicks also took advantage of Wu Huang's Player of the Month on this day to beat the Washington Wizards on the road.
In this game, the Holy Sect Master cut 40 points, 7 rebounds and 6 assists, and he seemed to be using this performance to secretly protest that "Sports Illustrated" only gave him half a cover. That's what he thought in his heart: Either you don't give it to me at all, just give it to others, I have never wanted to share the honor with others."
Of course, if you are on the cover with a beautiful woman this time, it will be a different matter.
The Knicks regained their top spot with a wave of two consecutive wins, but at the moment the gap between the Knicks and the Bulls is not large, the three consecutive losses at the beginning of the month are indeed a bit hurtful for the Knicks, and the advantage accumulated in the first month is lost, and now they have to play with a twelve-point spirit, otherwise they may be caught up by the Bulls again if they lose a game.
A day later, the Knicks returned to New York to prepare to play the Lakers at home. Their last game was an away win over the Purple and Gold, and this is their only chance to get revenge this season, otherwise the Lakers won't have a chance to meet the Knicks again unless they reach the Finals with the Knicks.
Jr. hasn't been on the upswing lately, just as Odom went to the Mavericks and slumped, and Stoudemire has that with the Lakers.
Lakers fans are anxious, seeing that the All-Star Game in Orlando is about to start, and Smalls' average of 16.6 points and 7.2 rebounds per game is still stuck at 16.6 points, which is too far from their expectations.
The Los Angeles media has reported several rumors of a feud between Bynum and Smalls, which shows that the Lakers' locker room is not harmonious, and Mike Brown seems to be having trouble controlling his locker room.
Despite this, to the delight of Lakers fans, their No. 24 is still reliable!
Yes, no matter what the others are, the Flyers are still the league's all-powerful No. 1 scoring guard, and the boss's durability has withstood the high load of Black Bread.
Who would have thought before the start of the season that a 34-year-old veteran would be able to play an average of 38.5 minutes per game in this brutally dwindled season?
Kobe Bryant's statistic has surpassed Wu Huang's average of 38.3 minutes per game, so it's no wonder that Lakers fans and boss fans are so proud of Kobe.
Even Emperor Wu can only be convinced by this, the ghost knows if he has reached this age, will he have Kobe's current state?
The day before the game, the league first announced this year's "All-Star Ticket King" and the final roster of the East and West.
First, according to the final statistics of the All-Star vote, the Knicks, Heat, Bulls, Clippers and Lakers emerged as the biggest winners of this year's All-Star Game, with at least two players from each of the four teams named to the All-Star team.
The Knicks' point guard, Wu Huang, eventually became the vote leader of the year with 2,810,580 votes, and he surpassed the second place by more than one million votes. But the Holy Master's votes were also more than a million fewer than last season's own, which is the effect of the league's stricter voting rules.
Magic center Dwight Howard came out on top, surpassing Kobe Bryant in the final vote to come in second place. But for the results here, many Asian fans think that the league has cheated in the ballots, and because Howard has a bad relationship with Wu Huang, most Asian fans do not vote for Warcraft, and he cannot surpass Kobe Bryant, who is second only to Wu Huang in terms of influence in Asia.
Moreover, Yao Ming took advantage of Wu Huang's light, and some of the fans who voted for Wu Huang also voted for the little giant, plus Yao Ming's own Chinese votes accumulated in the past ten years, he could never compare to Howard.
Kobe Bryant was the highest-receiving vote in the Western Conference and Yao Ming, who had a large number of Chinese votes in fourth, and poor James was pushed to fifth place by the four, his worst ranking in five years and a ripple effect after eight years of failing to win the championship. At this moment, in terms of global influence, James has fallen behind Wu Huang and Kobe Bryant again.
Eastern Conference All-Star Starting Lineup:
Point guard: Wu Huang (Knicks), 2,810,580 votes.
Shooting guard: Dwyane Wade (Heat), 1,334,223
Small forward: Carmelo Anthony (Bulls), 1,041,290.
Power forward: LeBron James (Heat), 1,310,680.
Center: Dwight Howard (Magic), 1,640,390.
Western All-Star Starting Lineup:
Point guard: Chris Paul (Clippers), 1,138,743.
Shooting guard: Kobe Bryant (Lakers), 1,635,479.
Small forward: Kevin Durant (Thunder), 1,345,566.
Power forward: Blake Griffin (Clippers), 876,451.
Center: Yao Ming (Rocket), 1,581,945.
On the All-Star bench list, Knicks center Pau Gasol leads the Eastern Conference bench and will play alongside teammate Wu Huang. Kevin Love and Westbrook are also on the Western Conference bench.
Among the other benches in the East, Heat power forward Chris Bosh, Knicks guard Andre Iguodala (replacing Joe Johnson who was absent due to injury), Celtics star Rajon Rondo, Celtics star Paul Pearce, Nets point guard Deron Williams, Bulls stars Derrick Rose, Joakim Noah and Carlos Boozer are all on the list.
Among the other bench lineups in the West, Mavericks star Dirk Nowitzki was successfully selected, and the Lakers' self-proclaimed No. 1 center in the West, Andrew Bynum, Trail Blazers forward Aldridge, Spurs guard Tony Parker, and Grizzlies center Marc Gasol (replacing the injured Duncan) are also on the list.
Overall, this year's East and West lineups are very shining, but if you want to divide the highs and lows, I am afraid that the West lineup is more balanced, they are higher than the East in terms of interior strength, especially in the center position, there are many young generation leaders, and the East has no real big center except for Howard.
This Eastern Conference bench lineup is a great regret for Knicks fans, their star forward David West did not make the list, and if it weren't for the Hawks' Joe Johnson injury, even Iguodala would not have made the All-Star this time.
The head coach of this year's Eastern Stars is Tom Thibodeau of the Bulls, who is not particularly fond of Knicks players, of course, he tries to choose his own players as All-Star substitutes.
D'Antoni had already been the head coach of the Eastern Stars once last season, so even if the Knicks are still the team with the first half-season record this year, according to the rules of the league that the same coach cannot be the head coach of the All-Star team in a row, he must be replaced by the head coach of the second-ranked team this year, so Thibodeau became the head coach of the Eastern Team this year.
An NBA player, even if he can be selected for the All-Star Game as a substitute, it means that he has an All-Star halo on his body, and his value will rise a lot, so except for the old guy like the Spurs GDP combination, who no longer needs to gild himself, most teams will try to put their own players on the bench list whenever they have the opportunity.
Thibodeau brought four players from his own team to the Eastern Conference Stars this time, which is no different from what the Knicks did last year. The original Pistons Five Tigers were almost selected as All-Stars, and the unspoken rule of the NBA is that a team can have a maximum of four people selected, so the approach of these teams is not considered to be crossing the line.
But Knicks fans naturally have a lot of opinions about the four players of the Bulls entering the All-Star, and they feel that David West's performance and qualifications are more suitable than Noah, but Thibodeau, the power-seeking bastard, would only have two people in the All-Star if it weren't for Joe Johnson's injury.
On February 10, the Knicks finally faced the Lakers at home, and this game is still not friendly to Los Angeles, which has had its ups and downs recently, they just lost to their bitter rivals Celtics in Boston yesterday, and today they rushed to New York to face the defending champions, and the chances of a two-game losing streak are very high.
Bynum once again released wild words before the game, he has spoken big in front of the media many times this season, when the reporter asked, "For the result of his selection as an All-Star, but failed to become a starter", the Lakers center who cut the best 18+11 data of his career this season, said proudly: "I can't think of a reason why I don't enter the All-Star starter, Yao is really strong, but I have performed better this year, and I firmly believe that I am the best center in the NBA." ”
Kobe Bryant couldn't help but glance at this increasingly disobedient little brother at the side, every time the Lakers lost this season, the media would come up and deliberately provoke it, and Bynum would no longer keep his mouth shut as before, but would point the finger at him.
This incident has made Kobe angry in the locker room several times, but the guy who has always been submissive, every time he admits his mistake on the surface, he will do it again next time.
This made Kobe Bryant also know that his little brother was really dishonest, and this was the rhythm of things.
Well, Kobe Bryant seems to have forgotten that he did the same when he was doing things. At the time, he would unceremoniously point out O'Neal's laziness in training, his lack of passing on the field, and the fact that he was swiping statistics, and now Bynum is actually emulating the No. 8 from a decade ago.
On the other side, when Wu Huang heard Bynum's wild words, he couldn't help but laugh and said: "When he can become an All-Star starter, I'm afraid only God knows." But I know he must want to be the boss, because this season I've heard him say a lot of things that Kobe Bryant should have said, is he now the new core of the Lakers? ”
Even the reporters in New York were taken aback by Emperor Wu when they heard this, and secretly said in their hearts: "Holy Sect Master, have you gone crazy practicing today?" We can't just throw such a thing! This will not only be hated by the Lakers, but will definitely be fined afterwards, and even banned in serious cases! ”
Emperor Wu's words have indeed passed, how can anyone provoke it so obviously, his undisguised way of doing things, I'm afraid that even Rodman's brain-dead can't do it, so the New York media have said: The Holy Sect Master is not usually such a heartless person?
"I'm sorry, I was stolen just now, no matter what you said, you shouldn't have heard." Emperor Wu didn't know if he also felt that he had made a mistake, and he actually wanted to cover up the past in this way.
Not to mention Wu Huang, who is a bit of a fan two today, all parties before the game believe that the physical problems of the Lakers players will lead to their chances of being doubled by the Knicks this season. But the Knicks players are not much better than the Lakers in terms of physical strength, and it can only be said that the Lakers today are more miserable.
In the two matches this season, the Lakers are in a tragic schedule, which makes many Lakers fans unwilling, feeling that they can't beat the Knicks, and they are all damn schedules.
The Lakers weren't just so unlucky today, they had another major attrition incident before the game - Smalls felt his knee was uncomfortable before the game, and he will not play in this game.
Stoudemire returned to New York to play against the Knicks, which was a big gimmick before the game, but he was injured so coincidentally, and I don't know if he was really injured, or if he didn't want to play this game?
Many people have this idea, and some Knicks fans feel that it is very likely that Smalls does not want to be beaten by Gasol and his old club in New York, but in fact, Smalls did have a recurrence of an old knee injury today.
Professional players don't have to worry about this kind of thing for so long, including Odom, who has been in no state since he went to the Mavericks, and it is not because he left the Lakers that he sank, but because his private life was a mess that he lost his former level. With two titles in hand, the lama, who had long lost his thirst for glory, relapsed in Dallas, which is why he is in such bad form.
If he continues to stay with the Knicks, he may still have a three-peat, but going to the Lakers and not being happy with the team, coupled with the recurrence of knee injuries, made Smalls quickly cancel this goal.
Once the NBA players relax themselves, start to slack off in training, and start to indulge off the court, the accumulated injury hazards can no longer be suppressed, and these old injuries will be more likely to recur at the moment, and then help the players to make a high-speed dive like a snowball, and it is not uncommon in the NBA to fall from an All-Star to not even being able to play the ball in just one or two seasons, and many stars are so quickly degraded when they reach the age of 30.
Gasol finally faced Bynum today, and the two did not have many reports of contradictions in media reports, but anyone with a discerning eye could see that this was the result of Gasol's reluctance to clash with the other party and forbearance.
In fact, after two consecutive championships, Bynum has been encroaching on Gasol's space, he will always snatch Gasol's position, this naked aggressiveness and aggression is not difficult to find, and Gasol, who is easier to bully, mostly chooses to tolerate and retreat.
Gasol is much lighter than Bynum in tonnage, and he is certainly no match for his toughness, but if he has a Battier to help, the Spaniard will have a way to hold off the little shark.
Bynum's physical fitness looks very outstanding, his height and arms are outstanding, his skeleton is big enough and his speed and agility are good, and his bounce is also at an average level, which is almost the seedling of a top superstar.
But if you look closely, you will see that his game is not stable, especially after the confrontation, which will reveal another serious flaw - poor "coordination".
"Coordination" is a very important indicator of an athlete's physical fitness, once not good enough can cause various problems for athletes, the most serious is that injuries will be frequent, because you can't adjust your body after the confrontation, which greatly increases the risk of injury, and will also affect the progress of technology.
It's easy to test "coordination", as long as you throw a basketball or a soccer ball at an unsuspecting person, and then see if he reacts and dodges in the process, does it make you feel comfortable, does it make you feel relaxed?
If this person can quickly detect the attack and easily avoid it with a comfortable and even elegant movement, it means that this guy is not only well-coordinated, but also has very fast reaction speed and dynamic vision, and has excellent psychological quality.
Wu Huang often used this method to joke with his teammates, and the results were varied, such as Space Yi couldn't dodge nine times out of ten, and his reaction was a beat slower. Gasol was always able to avoid it with a set of soft movements, and then smiled lightly at Emperor Wu. Monroe, Green, and West wanted to dodge, but they couldn't dodge if they weren't fast enough. Whiteside always subconsciously caught the ball, and then looked at Wu Huang with a smirk. Gallinari's dodging movements are very dashing, but he is easy to stand unsteady after dodging, and he is handsome for no more than three seconds, which is obviously a guy who likes to be strong; Battier was too observant and always able to detect Emperor Wu's attacks in advance. Tony Allen and Thomas are both quick to react, but their dodging movements are often too big to contain and strain themselves.
The reactions of these players also showed their respective styles, Wu Huang didn't know which kind of Bynum belonged to, but today he stepped into Gasol's defensive trap with the help of Battier.
Gasol mainly defended Bynum's bottom game today, frequently using advance prediction to jam his steps, and Wu Huang even saw the Spaniard deliberately stepping on Bynum's step, forcing him to quickly adjust his landing point.
However, this trick worked, Bynum's footsteps were difficult to adjust in time, and he always looked very messy, and even the ball holding and dribbling movements with his upper body were also deformed, and there were two mistakes in the first quarter, three shots in a single quarter missed, and two fouls were played.
"That's it, the first center!" Wu Huang seized a few opportunities to taunt the guy before Bynum went down.
In the eyes of Emperor Wu, Bynum's problem is big, first of all, his basic skills are not solid, the basic skills of an inside line of course refer to the footsteps, if you can't even stand steadily, then it's a fart!
Although Howard's skills are very rough, at least under the training of Ewing and others, the basic footsteps of others are still qualified, and they will not be forced to move out of position, which is also the basic skill that a center must have. And it will also reduce the risk of injury when the player is solid on his feet, and it is easy to lose his center of gravity and be injured by his huge weight if he always stumbles like Bynum.
The Lakers spent nearly half of the first quarter without Bynum, Smalls, and Gasol, and they could only rely on Kobe Bryant to support the situation, but under the double colander of point guard and interior, the Knicks easily led by 13 points with a 34:21.
After Kobe Bryant left the court after the first quarter, his face became extremely bad! He can often feel the misery of 05 and 06 this season, and now he really regrets not stopping the team from sending Gasol away, people often know the preciousness after the loss, and now Kobe Bryant rushed to his sister-in-law and said "If I have a chance to do it again......".
Gasol, however, doesn't want to do it all over again, he doesn't want to take credit for winning games or fame or anything like that, but at least don't ignore the contributions he makes. The Lakers are slowly not even able to do this, and they are doomed to not be able to achieve anything more.
In the second quarter, Wu Huang continued to beat Lao Yu and Blake, and today he was the most comfortable person in the game, and the Lakers' point guard flaws were still not resolved, and Sessions talked about it for so long, but he was always dragged by the Cavaliers. The Clevelands obviously saw that the Lakers were in a hurry, but now that they have Irving, they are not in a hurry to trade, so they will continue to drag on until the Lakers are willing to pay a big price.
Wu Huang scored 15 points in this quarter even in the face of a double bag, such a performance directly defeated the Lakers who were back-to-back away from home, and even the boss felt that it was better to give up this game, he didn't want to play here for more than 40 minutes and then lose.
Originally, it was a heavyweight match, but I didn't expect to use only one first half to decide the winner. The Knicks finished the first half with an 18-point lead over the Lakers at 63:45, who was almost incapable of fighting back and was completely pressed to the ground and rubbed.
Black Bread was very happy this time, without even blinking his brows, and directly sent a substitute lineup in the second half to announce his surrender.
He is now used to being scolded by the media and fans in Los Angeles, and now the Lakers are scolded when they lose, and he is still scolded when they win, in short, if he doesn't get out of class for a day, these people seem to be scolding all the time. In fact, he really wants the Lakers to break the contract and fire him, so that he can also take the money to travel for a period of time to relax, and save himself from being greeted by fans here every day.
At this time, the black bread is a bit like the mentality of kneeling on the ladder for more than a dozen games, at the moment he doesn't care about anything, and he will deliberately respond negatively after being scolded, watching those unreasonable fans get angry because of the loss, he may be happier, but more loyal Lakers fans will suffer.
The Knicks eventually beat the Los Angeles Lakers by 121-94 points at home.
"It seems that Mr. First Center is not in shape today, and I noticed that he only scored two points and didn't even hit that elbow move." Wu Huang continued to taunt Bynum after the game, and there was no traditional virtue of forgiving and forgiving at all.
In the second quarter, Bynum, after becoming angry, also made a malicious elbow to Gasol, but it didn't hit Gasol, who knew his personality well. Then in the cursing of the fans, Bynum was directly punished by the referee for a "first-degree malicious foul".
"Lose and lose!" This will be the headline of the next day in major New York media. (To be continued.) )