Chapter 21: Rivals
In the locker room, before Wang Xiaomu could say ruthlessly, the Knicks generals were already eager to give the Celtics a head-on blow.
"We're rivals with the Celtics!" The team's team doctor picked up the Celtics with a hot towel disdainfully.
"Oh? And this history? Wang Xiaomu was confused.
In fact, the feud between the Knicks and the Celtics can be determined by their geographical location. Both teams are in the Atlantic Division, and both belong to traditional powerhouses, and the history of the Celtics goes without saying, with 17 NBA championships and 8 consecutive championships. In the 2011 All-Star Game that he just went to, all four of his big four were selected, which became the rarest scene on the All-Star Game. It can be said that the Celtics are almost an encyclopedia of the NBA, and their history is a history of winning championships and a history of stars.
And the history of the Knicks team can be summed up in three words: not bad money.
When a team that is not bad meets a team that is not bad for money, it is naturally Mars hitting the Earth.
On December 15, 2010, Paul Pierce beat the Knicks with a three-point shot at Madison Square Garden, and then performed a classic flying move, and even more odious Kevin Garnett imitated Reggie Miller's classic bow to provoke fans in New York.
In last year's playoffs, the two teams encountered the most competitive opportunity, but unfortunately the Knicks were swept in 4 games and knocked out. First Ray Allen three-point kill; In the second game, the Knicks' interior line was blown up by Garnett; In Game 3, Anthony scored just 15 points, while Ray Allen shot 8-of-11 from three-point range and Pierce scored 38 points. If you don't talk about it, if you talk about it in detail, it's all tears.
As soon as Wang Xiaomu heard this, he was naturally furious, and tonight's strategy was: fuck him!
As the players played, the Knicks were heckled and taunted by the home fans.
"Go back to New York! Underdog! Fans dressed in Celtic retro players chanted.
"Defeated, die, 4:0, 4:0, 4:0." Some fans held up big wooden signs to provoke.
There are even people who are dissatisfied with Wang Xiaomu as the head coach, writing on the white T-shirt: "Chinese, go home and play!" This belongs to the Celts. ”
Of course, there are occasional fans from the university cheering on Jeremy Lin. "Jeremy, give them some color and see!"
"The atmosphere is good!" Coach Wang watched the players warm up on the field and felt the noise of the stadium. He was somewhat glad that he had paid a $150,000 fine to save him the embarrassment of sitting in the away audience. Last time was in New York, the fans took good care of Wang Xiaomu, if he sat in the audience at the TD North Shore Garden Arena, whether he could get out of the whole body was secondary, and it is estimated that the ears would definitely be shocked to endocrine disorders.
"Lao Wu, you see, we have 12 players to rotate, and only 10 players can play on the other side, this game can't be won, can't be said!" Wang Xiaomu took the list of people registered by both sides and analyzed it professionally.
Woodson had corrected Wang Xiaomu's address to him more than once, but Wang Xiaomu insisted on using this kind of affectionate title, and Woodson had no choice but to let him go. However, Coach Lao Wu was still thundered by Wang Xiaomu's analysis, this is not a group fight, if you can win with more people, what do you want the coach to do!!
"There are 4 All-Stars on the other side!" Woodson explained, pointing to the opposing team's starting five tigers on the table.
"There are four of us! And Jeremy, a future All-Star! Wang Xiaomu felt that the cards in his hand were also four bombs + A, "By the way, didn't you say that Bibi also has the strength of an all-star!" ”
"Okay, but our players are all offense-beating players, and I suggest you build a solid defensive set for your team so we can go far in the NBA playoffs." Woodson is a bit presumptuous, but he also thinks his team will be fine in the playoffs.
"No, old Wu, I need to correct your concept! We must have the sharpest spear to penetrate everything, and the task of our coaching staff is to attack, to invade! Wang Xiaomu looked rare serious, put his arm on Woodson's shoulder and said, "We, the New York Knicks, will be the greatest team on this shijie!" Remember, the greatest, there is no one! Like the victory over the Pistons, it doesn't show our greatness, only by trampling on the Bulls, Celtics, Lakers, Heat and other strong teams can we create our legends. Lao Wu, we have no opponents, our opponents are not ourselves, and all that awaits us is the NBA record! ”
Woodson looked at the high-spirited young man in front of him, and felt that his thinking seemed to be a little stagnant, could this be the legendary king aura? The body of a king? Selling Ga squat, could it be that this time, the president and the general manager really picked up the treasure from the garbage heap?
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With the players on the court in place, the Knicks ushered in the first wave of attacks. At this time, the game has not yet started.
Celtic's Trick 1: Garnett's Powder Blaster.
Anyone familiar with Garnett knows it. Before the start of each game, this guy will walk to the jishu platform to shoot the powder everywhere, and it seems that this bad habit has become a beautiful scenery in the NBA arena. Almost every Jishu member who works in Jishutai has been "bullied" by him. And he also likes to grind when jumping the ball, until the referee "can't bear it anymore", then he tells the referee with his eyes, "I'm ready!"
Even the close dugout can sometimes be affected, like today, at his home stadium at TD North Shore Garden, Kevin Garnett wants to put this jar of magnesium powder on the Chinese's head. Can China produce good coaches? Pipe dream!
Just when Garnett's stomach was full of bad water and he intended to lead the powder to the Knicks coach's seat, Wang Daoshi directly sacrificed a Qingfeng talisman, the process of pointing the talisman was very short and small, Wang Xiaomu completed this process in his hand, although the range of effects would be affected. But the effect does not seem to be bad.
The sad Kevin was still preparing to control Hahadaxiao, but he didn't expect that the powder he spilled turned out to be like a shielded radio wave, and he returned to cover himself the same way.
Wow, everything is quiet, followed by daxiao of all the staff of Jishutai.
At this time, Garnett was like an old birthday boy with a cake on his face, with an innocent face, and then he bent down and vomited.
"Haha, Lao Wu, you see, it turns out that the Celtics can't afford fat powder, so they all rely on rubbing some whitening before going on the field!" Wang Xiaomu crossed his feet and laughed with Woodson.
"Ahem, you! Ahem. Wang Xiaomu's voice was just enough to reach Kevin Garnett's ears, and Kevin coughed and tried to retort. However, the referee naturally stopped the provocation between him and the opposing manager. Everyone knows what is going on in this scene.
Poor Garnett messed up.
On February 3, at 20:00 ET, Tyson Chandler and Jermaine O'Neal kicked off the game with a jump ball.
As soon as it started, the game was hard to solve. Too much physical contact and hard bumps made the game not very good-looking. The trash talk of the players on the field is also a scene in this game.
"Anthony, your three-point is not very good, shoot, let me see if you get one!" Ray Allen hit a three-pointer in the opening stanza and then started babbling in Cameron's ear.
"Ray Allen, you play like a" Anthony, who walked to the free throw line, grew up in a black district, and naturally didn't eat this.
And here, Jermaine O'Neal was dissatisfied with Stoudemire's back and forth wheel, and his arm directly hugged him from behind. The referee immediately gave a jishu foul.
"Hey, hey, didn't you see him swing his elbow!" Jermaine O'Neal kept gesturing at the referee. The referee glared at him fiercely, and Jermaine O'Neal went back with his neck curled.
According to the previous tactical arrangement of the two teams, both teams are mainly from the outside. All the fans thought that the two teams were the ones who won the outsiders.
But in this game, Wang Xiaomu sacrificed a surprise soldier, and the opening was mainly an internal attack, and Anthony wanted to shoot on the outside several times, but was scolded back by Wang Xiaomu.
Returning to coaching on the sidelines, Coach Wang found that one of his huge advantages as a cultivator was that he didn't have to stand on the sidelines and shout like Celtics championship coach Doug Rivers did. All you need to do is pass the sound into the secret, and you can easily let the players hear their intentions in a noisy environment. Of course, it is still necessary to pretend, otherwise I heard that there are some studios in the United States that study aliens, and it will be worth the loss if they are sliced into them.