Chapter 124: Stevenson
In the second quarter, Zhang Yu rested off the court, and two interior players also sat off the court, and D'Antoni replaced Big Bird Anderson and Jeffries.
Zhang Yu didn't care much about this Anderson, they had only been training together for two days, and they didn't feel anything outstanding about this almost 30-year-old insider, they just felt that he didn't look like a good thing with tattoos.
The two substitute interior linemen of the Bobcats, Muhammad and Shaun May, were rewarded with a big hat by Anderson in the second quarter, causing the fans to cheer loudly for the tattooed man!
Zhang Yu also waved a towel on the sidelines for these two wonderful blocks, and the Knicks players began to pay attention to this guy covered in tattoos. However, as an addition to the trade of Kenyon Martin, no one still cares about this bad guy, even after these two blocks, the big guy thinks it should be a coincidence.
"Although Anderson is added as a trade, his quality is not bad, especially his defensive ability, it is difficult for me to break through his defense when I fight with him, his low post defense ability is not worse than mine, New York has picked up a big bargain."
Kenyon Martin looked down at Zhang Yu next to him and said that he had seen that the core of his new team did not seem to look down on Anderson, mostly because Anderson had a history of drug abuse, which also complained that most of the Knicks players avoided him, and it was really difficult to accept such a past.
Zhang Yu nodded and began to concentrate on watching the game, his eyes fixed on Anderson.
In the second quarter, Anderson played a full five minutes as a backup for David Lee. In these five minutes, he impressed Knicks players and fans with his excellent low-post single defense ability and desperate help defense, and this Birdman gave them the illusion on the defensive end, this guy defended like he was playing with his life?
Anderson was indeed playing with his life, and the two-year ban left him destitute and even homeless. He's no longer young, there's nothing left for him to splurge, and this is his last chance. He wants to buy a house for his mother, and he has to plan for himself after retirement, the two-year ban has made him mature a lot, he knows that he must win a long-term contract, for which he can defend players who are stronger than himself without fear of death, not afraid of physical confrontation at all, and do not know pain, this kind of hungry wolf-like defense makes many players tremble!
"He's like me, so we're good buddies!"
Kenyon Martin got up at a timeout and said that the Knicks' bench players did a good job, and the score was rewritten to 42-28 in five minutes, and the Knicks already led the opponent by 14 points. Anderson's excellent interior defense was undoubtedly responsible for the team's ability to extend the lead during this period.
The New York media on the sidelines feel that their team's transactions during this period are not bad, is it possible that Dolan and Thomas's heads have finally opened their minds? Or is it pure luck?
If they knew that Wallace's trade was Jordan's initiative to contact the Knicks, they wouldn't think so, sometimes it's not that they become smarter, but that their opponents are more brainless!
In the second quarter, Zhang Yu returned to the court and still faced Dudley, so his cousin Xiàn naturally continued to maintain his excellent form in the first quarter.
At the end of the first half, Zhang Yu had scored 15 points and 7 assists, and the Knicks led the opponent by 18 points at 68:40 to end the first half.
In the second half, the Bobcats players who have long been accustomed to hovering outside the door of the playoffs once again habitually gave up the game, originally this season under the ** of the old coach Larry Brown, the Bobcats players this year have improved their fighting spirit compared to previous years. But since Eddie Curry arrived, everything Larry Brown has done has been in vain!
Eddie Curry is always the first to give up the game if he gets off to a bad start, and this attitude makes Larry Brown almost lose patience with him.
Zhang Yu wanted to put some water at this time, because he entered the garbage time too early, and he couldn't count the jù.
However, at this time, he had just entered the league, and he was still timid, afraid that the coach would be dissatisfied with him, and that the fans would be disgusted with him, so he didn't dare to play his little caution, let alone follow Jordan's three-time championship Bulls, and only made efforts to kill the opponent in the last quarter. This kind of play not only requires the team's strength to be superior, but also has the ability to score whenever and wherever Peak Jordan wants, and he is now far behind Peak Jordan.
At the end of the third quarter, the Knicks had a 25-point lead over the opponent, D'Antoni let Zhang Yu play three minutes in the fourth quarter, and after Larry Brown replaced all the team's main players, the Knicks also replaced the main players, and the game went into garbage time.
Zhang Yu played 28 minutes in the whole game and scored 24 points and 10 assists, and once again scored two doubles, and was elected the best player of the game.
When reporters saw Zhang Yu's count, they felt that he didn't feel like a scoring guard, more like a point guard, how could a normal scoring guard have such a high assist?
Zhang Yu also felt strange about his recent numbers, he actually didn't want to always take the task of organization and scheduling on his body, he always had a feeling of being tied, he also wanted to release all his offensive firepower to focus on scoring, but in order to win, he could only follow the coach's orders.
Except for Zhang Yu, no one can bring the team's speed up to the Knicks now, and the bombardment is not so easy to play, and it is not blindly fast. Without Nash, the mustache of the original time and space has never been able to hit the bombardment of the solar period. Even if Zhang Yugan feels good now, it is still much worse than Nash. In the second game against Iguodala, he couldn't organize the team smoothly, and Nash didn't have that in that case.
At the post-match press conference, it was another harmonious scene, and the low-level reporters were eighty percent Chinese reporters and New York reporters, and the questions asked were as if they had been discussed in advance.
With a win over the Bobcats, the Knicks went on a non-stop run to take on the Washington Wizards on Nov. 7.
The Wizards have also had a bad year this year, with their star Arenas suffering a left knee injury in the preseason and is expected to miss all regular season games this season, which is big news for Washington fans.
This season, the Wizards have gathered Eastern Conference All-Star starting point guard Arena Nash, All-Star small forward Caron Butler, and fellow All-Star power forward Antoine Jamison. With one All-Star starter and two All-Star benches, the Washington Wizards' configuration makes all teams drool and makes Washington fans hope that the team will defeat the Celtics Big Three and reach the finals before the season begins.
It's a pity that Arenas's accidental injury completely shattered the beautiful hope, the team started with three consecutive defeats, and now it is about to usher in the Knicks, and the media is generally looking down on the wizards who have lost their generals.
However, even if one of the three All-Stars is missing, the Wizards are still difficult to deal with, under the leadership of Butler and Jamison, plus the two young people who are beginning to show their prominence - Bretcher and Roger Mason, the Wizards' offensive firepower is still not to be underestimated!
Zhang Yu played against Stevenson in this game, this is an excellent outside defense expert, and he has a good set of defensive swing guards, especially defensive scoring guards who are outstanding in the league!
Stevenson is just an obscure little guy, but he's a "superstar" in terms of words and small movements, and before the Wizards' game against the Cavaliers in the first round of the 2007-08 playoffs, he said of James: "He's definitely overrated, the Cavaliers have villains." ”
The remarks angered not only Cavaliers fans but also James, and the two began to compete with each other in the series, fighting trash talk outside the arena, with James' friend Jay-Z even writing a song to insult Stevenson. In one game, Stevenson once knocked over James and knocked off his headband, James got up and went straight to Stevenson, and the two went trash talk to each other to greet each other's parents. And whenever he shoots a three-pointer in James' defense during the game, Stevenson will humiliate James by covering his face with his hands.
With intense hostility and hatred towards James! When Stevenson evaluated his opponent before the game, he deliberately praised Zhang Yu to the sky, touted all kinds of things, and compared Zhang Yu's technical characteristics with James one by one, and finally claimed that the "Chinese Emperor" was far stronger than the "Knight King"!
Stevenson's praise made Zhang Yu, who has always been shameless, blush, which is too low-key. Although I knew that Stevenson was deliberately using him to anger James, I still felt so good!
However, after the start of the game, Zhang Yu found that this guy immediately changed his face, trash talk kept spitting out, and small movements in his hands continued, this ability to change his face made Zhang Yu deeply admire!
Wizards starting lineup: point guard Antonio Daniels, shooting guard Stevenson, small forward Caron Butler, power forward Antoine Jamison, center Brandon Haywood.
Zhang Yu faced Stevenson, and suddenly felt more uncomfortable than facing the 76ers star Iguodala, although Xiao Ai's defense is difficult, but the action is very clean, there is no small action, in Zhang Yu's eyes, he belongs to a bright and upright defensive expert. And Stevenson, the bastard, kept disturbing him with small movements, provoking him, and kept greeting him with trash talk for a moment
"I said, is the hair on your mouth growing in the wrong place?"
Last year, Stevenson and teammate Gooden made a bet on who would shave first? As a result, the beards of the two of them now look like Guan Erye. Zhang Yu's harassed heart was on fire, and he couldn't help but ridicule.
Stevenson is not good at stubble, and he dares to make a black hand in the face of James, greeting the other party's parents, how can he put Zhang Yu in his eyes.
"Just ask your mother!"
Stevenson's trash talk is different from Zhang Yu's, it is not offline at all, it has nothing to do with art, and his mouth is full of foul language.
Zhang Yu can't take the trick, he can't scold this kind of inferior trash talk, this is no longer trash talk, at best it is swearing. He will answer when the other party talks trash talk, but he won't respond to swear words, he is not interested in scolding the street with a shrew!
Zhang Yu dribbled with one hand, two disguises in a row, and quickly turned past Stevenson. Jamison was on the inside to make up for the defense, and he was still a little jealous of the All-Star power forward Zhang Yu, and he didn't hit hard, and after attracting the attention of the opponent, he sent the ball into the penalty area, and Kenyon Martin received the ball with a two-handed dunk!
Kenyon Martin said to him, "If you were my opponent, maybe you wouldn't like me, but if you were my teammate, you would like me." Zhang Yu didn't care about it, but when Kenyon Martin returned to the defense this time, he deliberately passed by Stevenson's side and pretended to unintentionally knock Stevenson two steps away with his body, and the latter was defenseless and almost fell to the floor.
Stevenson's temper was also hot, and he took two steps forward to top the bull, but Kenyon Martin's eyes glared, and Stevenson suddenly froze, a little timid
Kenyon Martin stared at Stevenson as he ran, his eyes fierce, and the latter unconsciously turned his head away from Martin's gaze.
"Thanks!"
"It's okay, this kid is strong on the outside, he is not timid, and I am not in a rut!"
Kenyon Martin has a bad reputation, and that notoriety sometimes plays a big role in him, at least there are fewer players who dare to make small moves against him. However, Zhang Yu then found that although this Stevenson was afraid of Kenyon Martin, he was not afraid of him, and his small movements were more frequent.
"Damn, how do you feel that Martin has done something bad with good intentions? Is this bastard using me as a soft persimmon? ”
Zhang Yu scolded in his heart, he was the first time he made people treat him as a soft persimmon, can he bear it?
Stevenson relied on the home advantage, and the referee didn't care about some small actions, the movements became bigger and bigger, and the attitude became more and more arrogant......
At 4 minutes and 30 seconds in the first quarter, Zhang Yu broke through to the basket and made a layup by covering it, Stevenson couldn't stop it, and directly knocked Zhang Yu to the ground from the air with a choke lock behind him!
"Lock the throat" is enough, but when this guy put down Zhang Yu, he added a lot of strength to his hand and threw him directly to the floor! If it weren't for Zhang Yu's cunning, he didn't feel right when he made the layup at the end, and he slowed down to protect himself, and if he didn't do it well, he would have to be sent to the hospital to lie down for a few weeks.
This malicious action immediately aroused the displeasure of the Knicks players, and Kenyon Martin waved his fist to give Stevenson an old punch, but was stopped by David Lee, and the referee immediately rushed to the basket and showed Stevenson a "first-degree malicious foul!" ”
Although Zhang Yu fell badly, it was not a big deal, and Crawford stepped forward and reached out to pull him up.
"Are you alright?"
"I'm fine, but someone is about to have an accident."
"Don't be impulsive, the referee will be on your radar, it's hard for you to take advantage."
Crawford is an old man, knowing that once there is a malicious foul on the field, the referee is worried that the conflict between the two teams will intensify, and the punishment will be very severe in the future, Zhang Yu is now the victim, and the referee will favor him from now on, but once the malicious retaliation, he will suffer a big loss!
Zhang Yu nodded, he knew what Crawford meant, even if he wanted to retaliate, he would not choose now, he was not angry.
In the face of provocation, Kobe and James will choose to respond with basketball and completely blow each other up on the court!
This is a good solution, but it is far from enough for Zhang Yu.
Blowing up the other party is just the first step for him, an eye for an eye! This time he suffered a loss, and he will definitely double it back before the end of the game!
ps: Two chapters in one, and there is one more chapter in the evening, please recommend the collection. (This book won't just be small action, trash talk, the protagonist will mature more and more as he gets older and more technological.) )