Chapter 367: You Dare to Imitate Me?
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The atmosphere in the stadium today was naturally overwhelming, but in the end, only 20,000 fans were able to enter the stadium to watch the game, and the price of on-site tickets made the common people only look up.
But it doesn't matter, today, on the streets near the arena, the large outdoor screens on countless skyscrapers have been showing the highlights of the previous games since the afternoon. When the game starts, hundreds of thousands of New York fans will gather in the piazzas and in front of these large outdoor screens.
The fifth contest doesn't start until 10:30 p.m., and the arena doesn't open until 8 p.m., but that doesn't stop the New York crowd from gathering in front of large screens on the streets near the arena at 4:30 p.m. It was also from this time that few luxury cars could not be seen from the streets in this bustling city, and more and more fans appeared in various squares and outdoor big screens after carefully dressing up, and they all came here using the subway and other means of transportation.
Film crews from all over the world were on hand to film these crazy fans before the game, some female fans turned into the costumes of the Oriental leader, some male fans became old costumes, and many more wore Knicks jerseys while painting graffiti on their faces with the Knicks logo...... These fans used their imaginations and started various spontaneous celebrations to cheer on the upcoming showdown.
Overall, there is only what you can't think of here, and there is nothing that fans dare not do.
According to media reports, the cheapest summit ticket for the finals has been fried to 500 dollars, and it is the usual regular season, if the opponent is the Pistons, Bobcats, these fish belly teams, the price of this kind of ticket is only 25 dollars, and the price has increased more than 20 times at the moment.
But even so, tickets for the finals are still in demand, in the days before the start of the game, there are often New York fans squatting in the United States on several second-hand websites or websites that specialize in selling tickets, constantly swiping second-hand tickets released by others, as long as there is a target to ensure that it will be photographed within tens of seconds.
As for the front row tickets, ordinary fans don't even think about it, you can't buy tickets for this kind of position even if you have money.
Generally, if you want to buy tickets for the bottom (not the front row) or even the middle floor, it is not a simple matter. First of all, season ticket holders have the right of first refusal, so they will be the first to buy a large number of tickets. The remaining tickets are also inseparable from the "related households". There is a Knicks fan couple who are die-hard fans, and they almost never lose a game against the Knicks, but when it came to the finals, in order to be able to buy tickets slightly ahead, they also used their "connections" in the team to get lucky.
They will tell the "insiders" in advance that as soon as a ticket is released, they will take it for them immediately, without asking them if the price is acceptable, because they are afraid that the ticket will be snatched away by other die-hard fans at the moment of calling.
In this way, they bought the bottom tickets for the finals, not the bottom of the best position, but the price of a single ticket has reached about 3,000 dollars. But as die-hard fans, the couple fans said that such a price is really nothing, and if it weren't for the fact that front-row tickets are really hard to buy, many New York fans would be willing to pay twice the price for the opportunity to watch the Holy Master play up close.
Towards the start of the game in the evening, the 20,000 fans inside the Garden Arena were not as crazy as the hundreds of thousands of fans outside, but many congregants could still be seen dressed in various costumes, and even one fan was confiscated by security personnel because of the lethal nature of several large embroidery needles on his hands. The reason is that considering his position right behind the Mavericks' bench, the Dallas man must wonder if he will throw the flying needle at them as a hidden weapon in a fit of excitement.
When the time came to 10 p.m., after the home team's entrance ceremony was about to begin, Yao Ming, a guest commentator, introduced Chinese fans: "There is also an opportunity for ABC to broadcast in the NBA regular season, but when it comes to the finals, everything will be different. At this time on the Knicks' court, the scene pulled up a diagonal in the air, which was to facilitate the camera to shoot every move on the entire court in 360 degrees without gaps. And the Knicks fans are also one of the loudest teams in the league, and as soon as you walk into the stadium at the moment, there will be a deafening feeling. ”
Today, the CCTV film crew specially carried a decibel measuring instrument, and found that the cheering sound at the scene has basically not been lower than 80 decibels since 9:30, and the highest has been 120 decibels, with an average of 100 decibels. Therefore, Mavericks star Nowitzki has said in previous games that when he played at the Knicks' home court, he could feel the huge support of the local fans.
The Knicks' entrance ceremony once again used the 3D projection technology of "Golden Dragon Plus" today, when Wu Huang wearing a gold team jacket was the last to play, James Dolan was happy in the private room, Wu Huang's local tyrant gold jacket will inevitably become another store out of stock after the game, even if he sells it expensive, it can't stop the enthusiasm of New York local tyrant fans.
Wu Huang felt that this body was a bit too golden, and almost all of his equipment from head to toe in the playoffs had turned golden, it seems that not only the local tyrants in China like this hue, but also the local tyrants in the United States are not exempt from vulgarity, and people all over the world seem to have a special hobby for gold.
The Knicks did a very good job of showing before the game, and these things naturally felt tasteless and disturbing in the eyes of Mavericks fans, but they were very necessary in the eyes of Knicks fans.
Just imagine, if they win the game tonight, wouldn't it be useful to foreshadow, at least it will play a big publicity role, and it will also give the media more things to cover after the game.
Today in the starting lineup, the Knicks moved Gallinari back to the starting lineup.
The Mavericks continue to have a regular lineup, and the Dallas don't have the capital to change their lineup, and their starters can only be those few people, and there is no room for adjustment.
The Dallas are really going to have their back to the bottom today, and Coach Carlisle gave a lot of passionate speeches in the locker room before the game, which managed to boost the morale of the players a lot. But when the team stepped onto the Garden Pitch to face the huge boos from the crowd, the players still didn't have much hope of winning, and it would be too tough for them to play two of these away games.
"Do your best, obey the destiny of heaven!" The Mavericks players certainly didn't know about it, but they were comforting themselves with a similar meaning in their hearts.
It won't be easy for the Knicks to win the championship, and no matter what the final result is, the Mavericks players will definitely do their best to bring the game back to their home court, and then they still have a chance to fight, and the Knicks will not win this game easily.
Nowitzki showed his determination in the opening stanza when the German made a long-range three-pointer to announce that the Cowboys would not easily lower their heads and put their opponents on the throne, and that they would have to fight to the death.
Wu Huang knew that it didn't go so well to win the championship, and the Mavericks would do everything they could to make trouble for them today. However, he will not be afraid of the challenge, after Nowitzki opened the three-pointer, Wu Huang passed Kidd and Novitzki in one breath in the cheers of the fans, rushed to the basket and scored a wonderful pull-up to change hands, and the Mavericks' outside defense still couldn't stop him.
Barkley laughed: "That's why the league guards and forwards are in charge these days, and if you look at the way Hugo and Dirk score, you can see why." The former can attack at any time and help the team score and play momentum with a more direct and unique viewing method, but it is too difficult for the traditional interior and projection interior to lead the team, and it is even more difficult to score wonderful goals. Today's league is no longer the era of unpretentious interior players like Dirk and Paul, and guards like Hugo are the trend of this era, especially our Holy Master is a natural data filler, who can score anywhere on the court, shoot from short, medium to long range, or cut under the basket to play pulls and dunks, and these players will dominate the league for at least two decades. ”
"I think it's not just this era, it's a great player like this who can be a star in any era, just like Jordan was a basketball god in the era when centers were rampant," Smith said. ”
Both bosses set an example after the opening kick-off, and then they both did the same thing again – creating chances for their team-mates.
But at this time, Nowitzki is still very painful, because he can help his teammates is limited, and the Knicks still defend according to the Thunder's method today, one person in the back to defend the body, and another person on the outside line to wrap up at any time, which is quite a bit of a defense Yao Ming. Nowitzki and Yao Ming are not the kind of interior players who have very good vision and are good at moving the ball. Although they can distribute the ball, this kind of ball distribution is more about simply dividing the ball than moving the ball to the threat area, and there is a big difference between the two.
Gasol and Duncan's sharing can mobilize the opponent's defense to create better offensive and passing opportunities for teammates, but Nowitzki's passing is first of all to avoid mistakes, and the purpose is only to give the ball to the opponent without mistakes, and the tactical role is still far from Wu Huang.
Wu Huang can do a lot more than Nowitzki at the moment, his breakthrough itself can tear apart the opponent's defense, and his teammates get much better chances at this time, which is one of the differences between the outside core and the inside core.
What Nowitzki can do for the team on the offensive end is to stabilize the output and attract defense, in fact, he is not much stronger than Xiao Si's tactical role, which is why the media and experts have always regarded the two as stars of the same grade, but Wu Huang is a superstar of the same grade as Kobe and James.
The poor Germans do not yet have the nickname of "The King", and if they shout such a slogan without a champion in their hands, they will be ridiculed, and Nowitzki is still just an "old driver" at this time.
The head coach of the Mavericks showed a frowning and bitter expression on the sidelines, and Carlisle still couldn't find a way to restrain the Knicks after five games, at least with the current lineup, he couldn't find a way to limit Wu Huang. And on this basis, he has no problem with Xiao Si, and the result is that the whole family is rich.
"What if my opponent was the Heat?" Carlisle dreamed last night that they were playing against the Heat in the Finals, and the Mavericks came back to win the championship with a 1-2 aggregate score. It would be nice if it could be done in reality, and their combined defense against the Heat would come in handy, and the result would probably be completely different from what it is now.
Heat fans don't know that their team has become a soft persimmon in the eyes of the Mavericks, and they feel that the Mavericks are the real soft persimmons at the moment. Just like the Spurs eliminated the Suns in the Western Conference finals a few years ago, that year the media thought that no matter who entered the Finals, these two teams would easily defeat the winner of the East, and Miami fans now feel that no matter who they or the Knicks enter the Finals, they will win the championship properly.
The Knicks players were in good shape in the first quarter, and Wu Huang broke through frantically and then shared the ball and assisted his teammates. He felt like his pre-game was working, and these teammates were in great shape today, they played extremely smoothly in the first quarter, and the Knicks were still firmly in control of the court while the Mavericks were in equally good shape.
At 4:51 in the first quarter, Nowitzki hit a two-and-one, and then Terry hit a three-pointer shot, and the Mavericks scored six points in a row to narrow the gap by one point.
Just when Wu Huang was about to start his own attack, Xiao Si first returned 2+1 on the inside, and Iguodala then easily repelled the Mavericks' offense with a dunk after a break, which made Wu Huang feel at ease to play his breakthrough point again.
After the first quarter, the score was 34:29, and the Mavericks had played 80% of their form on the road, but they still couldn't take the lead, and it seemed that from the first game, they couldn't limit the Knicks' offense.
Everyone knows that if you want to beat the Knicks, you have to lower their points first, and if they can easily score 30+ points in a quarter, they basically don't want to win.
In the first quarter, the Knicks scored such points extremely smoothly, and the Mavericks wanted to score more points than that, which is almost impossible to do with this lineup. So if they continue to play like this, they will only be widened by the Knicks, and once the double-digit point difference is reached, the Mavericks players are very likely to be taken away by the Knicks under the influence of their mentality, in fact, there are too many teams to lose to the Knicks at this pace.
Wu Huang played the first quarter with 5 points, 2 rebounds and 4 assists, and today he did not pursue direct assists, and many passes were indirect assists, which is also a reflection of his imitation of Kidd's style of play. However, the effect of this kind of play is good or bad, he can't see it for the time being, anyway, if he didn't play like this before, it was 3:1, and now playing like this is just a more cautious embodiment of Wu Huang, in the past, the danger of his direct assists was actually very high, and the gain and risk were always proportional, and there were many mistakes in him if you took a closer look.
The Mavericks have been targeting and defending his passing route since the last game, but they were defeated by the Knicks' attack before they could see the effect, but it doesn't mean that the Mavericks' targeting is ineffective, so today's Wu Huang is pursuing safety first.
"These old coins have been staring at my passing routes since the last game, and they don't want to do anything good." Wu Huang could feel that the Mavericks players seemed to be loose in their encirclement of him, but in fact, they were in a very regular position, and they always maintained a triangular defensive position.
The Mavericks' defensive stance against Wu Huang also includes defense without the ball, in order to force him to pass the ball and minimize his chances of receiving the pass back, but not to pay too much defensive price for it. Of course, there are gains and losses to any defense, and there is an element of gambling to it, and if the opponent has a good pitcher on the perimeter, it will have to pay a price.
But sometimes gambling is also an important part of the game, but this statement is based on the premise that the difference in strength between the two sides is not large, otherwise the result of gambling is nine out of ten bets, just like today's calves, their gambling is also a helpless performance.
"I've heard of the famous triangle offense, but it's the first time I've experienced triangle defense." Emperor Wu's bluffing tricks against the Zen master are still thunderous, but the defensive tactics of the same name are rare, and it is the first time he has encountered such a defense. This is also the reason why he increased the passing in the first quarter, he was worried that if he was tricked, it would hurt the team's morale if he couldn't play efficiently, so since you forced me to pass, then I will pass, anyway, my teammates are in good shape.
Carlisle was still depressed at the start of the second quarter, because his defense didn't have the effect he had hoped for, and Wu Huang's pass was a pass, but the Knicks were still the leading side, so it was a losing tactic anyway.
The Zen master is also on the scene today, although he said that he has no intention of coaching the Knicks, but he is definitely not just passing by at this time, at least his move will make the media and fans remember him, and then put him in the Knicks' potential coaching candidates, once D'Antoni is fired in the future, there will naturally be a voice on him at that time.
However, the Zen master never expected that the New York media and fans were not so interested in him, and there were many media before the game who ridiculed his triangle attack as a trick to fool people.
This argument is not new for a long time, there have always been quite a lot of fans who think that the Zen master is just a coach who can adjust the psychology, don't look at the Bulls and Lakers when they win the championship, there will be a lot of tactical boards and examples of triangle offense in the media, but after the analysis, you will find that it is a bit of a "pretend 13" and "flickering" component, the so-called triangle tactics are more of a cloud of people, because according to that analysis, as long as the 5 players do not stand side by side in a line, you can always draw a triangle pattern, then isn't the whole league playing triangle offense.
Wu Huang also feels that the triangle tactic is a bit of a taste of scaring others and fooling his own people, the triangle position is the most commonly used position in basketball games, just like the team that plays faster now seems to be able to call it bombardment, these two tactics are actually a bit of a fool of people, and the biggest effect is to give a large number of pseudo-fans a high-end adjective used to pretend to be 13.
At 8 minutes and 30 seconds in the second quarter, the score was pulled to 34:36 by the Mavericks, and the Knicks' offensive firepower was a little blocked, and D'Antoni finally let Wu Huang, who had rested enough, replay.
"Let's play a triangle attack!" After Wu Huang came on the court, he said in a voice that the Mavericks could hear, and the Dallas people who were bluffed were stunned.
"Did you hear that right? Will they also play triangle offense? Nowitzki and the others were shocked when they heard this, didn't the Knicks run and run?
Just when he was confused, the Mavericks players saw Wu Huang and Monroe shoot directly after blocking and dismantling at the top of the arc, and the two horns each stood with a Knicks player at the moment, didn't this form a triangle, and the feeling was that this is the *** triangle offense?
"Okay, let's run and boom too!" Terry said after scolding in his heart.
And then there was no then, the bombardment of the Mavericks players was really a little faster, more cheating than the Knicks' triangle offense, and they had a double-tower lineup on the court, and the small-ball tactics were simply looking for death, and they were easily defended by the Knicks after the disconnection between the inside and outside lines, and almost didn't give Carlisle on the sidelines to vomit blood!
"Idiot, are you qualified to learn from me?" Emperor Wu mocked mercilessly.
Emperor Wu's sarcasm is from the bottom of his heart, Terry is so old that he doesn't know the simplest truth - no matter what tactics are played, it is based on personal ability.
Wu Huang don't talk about bombardment, even if he is asked to play Princeton or block and dismantle, there is no difference from now, those well-known tactics in the NBA are actually things that extend from the most basic routines, the difference is that different tactics highlight different focuses, such as triangle offense to highlight star singles, bombardment to highlight long-range projection, blocking and demolition is naturally the main blocking and dismantling...... The reason why a certain tactic sometimes shines is because the team used has the technical ability to match the core of the tactic, just as Nash and Bombardment are a perfect match, and Bombardment perfectly shows Nash's running, projecting and passing ability. But if this core is an all-round superstar like Wu Huang and Jordan, then the team will play the same tactics, and it will only be the individual ability of the players that determines the tactical power.
The Knicks can not only play bombardment, they can also play blocking and pick-and-roll, which is also a common offensive method used by the Knicks.
After Wu Huang made a three-point shot in the second quarter, he started to bully Barria's height non-stop, and the effect was very significant.
Now even Maverick fans have summed it up, Wu Huang will suddenly stop every time he sees Kidd, and when he sees Barria, he will not be able to control the long-range projection of his beautiful picture, and he must shoot until the Mavericks replace Barria, and the only thing that is the same is that these two counterpoints seem to have come to sacrifice themselves to fulfill his throne. (To be continued.) )