Chapter 115 False report of height
On the defensive end, Mike Brown likes to use the number of players and high-intensity compression defense to drive away the opponent from the penalty area, trying to keep the defensive targets from mid to long distance, while the opponent stays away from the basket and can also facilitate them to protect their rebounds.
This kind of defense fully utilizes James' perverted physical advantages. Few players can easily control the basketball when facing multiple presses led by James. What follows is various mistakes and hasty shots. Mike Brown has achieved the defensive efficiency of the Cavaliers' top three leagues.
Wu Huang watched the field for a long time off the second quarter and found that the Cavaliers were indeed fast in surrounding people with balls. Once the ball controls stick, they would be surrounded. However, he found that the Cavaliers' high-pressure defense today was to use the number of people rather than the intensity of the defense. They always felt a little "empty", just to tell others, "We have a lot of people here, so you must not come here."
"Haha, they just finished playing back-to-back, and today they were not strong enough on the defensive end." Wu Huang quickly figured out what was going on. Even James did not use too much energy on the defensive end today, but instead used most of his physical strength to attack. So the Cavaliers' defense is simply a fancy today, just a fancy or not.
"We pass more balls, and their pressing only has three tricks. As long as we pass the basketball a few more times, they will not be able to keep up." Emperor Wu said to his teammates after he got on the court. He was going to try if his idea was correct?
As the team coach, D'Antoni naturally discovered the Cavaliers' strong and middle-aged players. This time, he did not select Du Hong, but sent out Du Hong, Wu Huang, Gallinari, Harrington, and David Lee's double point guard lineup.
The Cavaliers' defense today is indeed not durable enough, and the first three axes are still the same. The speed of double-teaming and surrounding is as fast as ever. But as Wu Huang thought, as long as the Knicks' basketball can conduct several more times, the Cavaliers' rotation speed will begin to become slow. The players seem to be too lazy to move, and the overall movement becomes slow, and they will soon be unable to keep up with the Knicks' offensive rhythm.
"I almost got the trap. If I continue to play fast, the Cavaliers will reduce the impact of back-to-back." Wu Huang found that today, we cannot just play fast, but should combine fast and slow, which can consume the physical strength of the Cavaliers.
"It seems that the Bulls have consumed them a lot. I should have called Gibson yesterday to thank him." Wu Huang also thought in his heart that his speed advantage came in handy now. He played completely as a shooting guard in the second quarter. At the beginning, he was against Anthony Parker. Unfortunately, this brother with a great sister is tall enough but his steps are too bad. And like many players, he also became unable to play when he came to the Cavaliers. Wu Huang broke through and shot twice in a row on the defensive end.
Mike Brown adjusted his defense very quickly. Seeing this, he immediately replaced Anthony Parker with the Supreme Emperor.
Wu Huang's official height was 188m. Not only did he not falsely report his height with the crowd, he reduced his real height by 3 cm. In order to use cruel reality to humiliate the point guards with official height of 191m-196m.
For example, now, when he stands with West, who is 191m in height, he is obviously much taller than the other party. The latter is only 188m in height after he is suffocating. Such a contrast will definitely make the opponent disgusted.
Before Wu Huang entered the NBA, he thought these guys were falsely reporting at most 3m. But after he really got on the court, he realized his innocence. It would not be too much if anyone only falsely reporting 3m. Most NBA players started directly from 5m to falsely report their height.
This is too much difference, 5m is completely the difference between the two positions.
For example, his former teammate Nate Robinson, who is 175m tall and 178m tall. In fact, it is only between 170m and 172m tall, which is similar to the height of ordinary people. This can explain why no team is willing to offer him a long-term appointment and a high salary, and everyone's eyes are not blind.
Both Wu Huang and West are good at scoring and defense with speed and flexibility. However, West's depression has recurred this year, and the continuous off-field problems have caused the team to be unwilling to use his time bomb. Now this good sixth man has begun to decline. Wu Huang is younger than him, with stronger speed and explosive power, and is also taller, so this guy with the domineering nickname of "The Supreme Emperor" was completely exploded!
After entering the NBA, Wu Huang quickly adapted to the defense of these faster defenders, because his speed was still faster than most of the players here. Even if he met a few players who were faster than him, such as Chris Paul before his injury, he could use his height to get back this little speed disadvantage.
Therefore, even if Wu Huang has not played enough NBA games, he can basically describe his athletic talent as "the players who are faster than him are not as taller than him, and those who are higher than him are not as fast as him", which makes him almost never restrained by his opponents in terms of athletic ability, and this happens to be an important prerequisite for becoming a superstar. Any superstar player has similar talents to Wu Huang. If he can be restrained by someone in his innate conditions, it will be difficult to become a superstar.
James is still dragging the Cavaliers forward with his own strength, but in the past these teammates were still reliable on the defensive end. The Cavaliers, the players who were called CBA, may often watch the show on the offensive end, but they played a big role on the defensive end, but it is obviously not the case today.
The secret to the power of the Cavaliers has always been: the airtight defense of the entire team + the little emperor's unsolvable personal attack.
But today there are fewer rules for winning today, and the Cavaliers immediately became no more powerful than the Knicks.
In addition to competing with James in his own state in the first half, Emperor Wu also sneakily raised the rhythm of the game.
The experienced positional teams like the Cavaliers will not be so easy to be driven by the opponent, but today their defense is too poor, and they can't defend against Wu Huang's personal breakthroughs and passes. They spend the boss's efforts to defend each time, but in the end they end up losing points. Over time, the players' mentality will inevitably become impatient and cannot stabilize at all.
1 minute and 30 seconds before the end of the half, Emperor Wu was so excited that he used the cover to pass Xiao Mo in one step...
James quickly replaced the team and replaced the defense. Wu Huang rarely faced the gorilla today. He did not do anything for a few transfers, and he ended with passing. But now the score has become 60:50. Wu Huang did not plan to avoid the opponent this time. He wanted to try to play James.
He is only 180 pounds, and the first step of starting speed will definitely have an advantage over the 260 pound James.
That's what Emperor Wu thought. He stopped in front of James and then quickly broke through to the left.
James immediately took a side step and blocked the breakthrough route.
Wu Huang used his explosive power to force the level. His first step was extremely powerful. After taking the second step, he suddenly changed direction and took a step to the right. He then threw away most of James's body, and then hugged the basketball with both hands in the air. After landing, he used his forward foot as the center foot and jumped again at the basket... He completely threw James behind him, and then used his long arm to easily smash the ball into the basket with one hand.
"Damn, he took four steps!" James didn't expect that he would be fooled by Emperor Wu like this before his death. Although he opened his arms and shouted to "take" at the referee, he actually saw it very clearly. Emperor Wu's step breakthrough was explained very clearly. Although it seemed like he had taken four steps, it was actually a perfect breakthrough layup.
"I'm demonstrating for you, what is cushioning and what is pedaling." Emperor Wu first glanced at the referee and found that there was no movement. When he was happy, he couldn't help but say a few trash words.
"Bastard, you will pay the price." James was a little unhappy. His status was much higher than that of Emperor Wu. This kid was really rebellious.
"Idiot, this matters me. Anyway, I'm not guarding you." Emperor Wu's words made Harrington next to him look purple. He is the one who defends James now. Isn't this adding difficulty to him?
New York fans now feel that their team is overwhelming. They actually pressed the powerful Cavaliers to the ground to beat?
That's fine, but Emperor Wu's breakthrough just now made fun of the little emperor LeBron James, which is really incredible!
Moreover, even New York fans can see that the Cavaliers' defense and offense soon lost their layout and control after Wu Huang's attack...
Emperor Wu is very cunning. He knew that with his current skills, if he cooperated with his extraordinary physical fitness, it would be fine to attack superstars like James. But if he did a few more times, he would probably be full of bags. So he would not be able to fight before. If he didn't have a good chance, he would hold back and not play. If he didn't have a chance, he would immediately give James a ruthless one, and by the way, the last "Top Ten Monthly Ball" highlight was highlighted.
James was furious by Wu Huang's ball. He held the ball continuously for more than the last minute of the first half, but the injured one was indeed Harrington. This unlucky guy was hit by James' iron elbow in the last defense in the first half and immediately bleeding all over the ground.
The little emperor did not get any good results. A technical foul made Wu Xiaoxi score his 28th point in the half, and also allowed the Knicks to lead the Cavaliers by 14 points 68:54.
"Everyone did a good job. We will have a more fierce attack in the second half. Remember! This is our home court, and the Clevelanders will never come back tonight!" D'Antoni didn't know how they led the way at all during the break. But no matter what the reason, the Knicks are indeed leading by a big score now, so the credit will naturally belong to him, the head coach.
Emperor Wu scored 28 points, 6 rebounds, 4 assists, 2 blocks and 1 steal in the first half. This data seems to be comparable to James' 28 points, 6 rebounds and 5 assists. However, considering that Emperor Wu is just a birdie who has only experienced 5 games in the NBA regular season, James obviously dare not say that he performed better.
During the halftime break, Barkley discussed the increasingly serious false height reporting of players in the league. He smiled and said, "If I said I hadn't falsely reported my height back then, you would definitely not believe it. In fact, my true height is only about 195m."
After retiring, Big Butt obviously didn't care about these old past events and commented shamelessly: "If you ask how this trend came about, it would be too simple, because NBA often looks at big people differently, regardless of whether he can play basketball."
Barkley is not afraid that saying this will offend people. Many fans know about the fact that they are falsely reporting their height. Therefore, he continued, "False reporting of height allows me to earn millions of dollars a year. If I report my true height, I will definitely not get the rookie contract that year."
Kenny Smith also said: "I think what everyone wants to know more is how players falsely report their height. It's also very simple. Choose a pair of high shoes on the side of the body, line it with mats, and wear more socks. I know that every year, people wear four or five pairs of socks to measure their height, and also put a thick mat, so that they can be at least 5m taller."
Barkley soon offended people again. It was better to just talk about the matter, but he insisted on giving an example: "The height data in the manual used by NBA are provided by each team. Most of the false heights come from the players' own wishes. Collins is a good player in false heights. In 2003, the Nets met the Spurs in the finals. The Nets coach sent Collins, who was 'height 2.13 meters', against the Spurs inside, and Duncan, who was also 2.13 meters tall, but Collins was shorter. Afterwards, he admitted that he was actually only about 2.03 meters."
When Wu Huang was playing on the Knicks' side, the team suggested that he be 196m tall, which could bring invisible pressure to his opponent. After all, one inch long and one inch stronger can have a more powerful effect in such a top-level league than literally.
But Emperor Wu did the opposite. He claimed an official height of 188m, but his actual height was 191m. In this way, many players who thought they were very tall would inevitably suffer a big loss in front of Emperor Wu if they were careless.
"I dare to swear to the sky, he is definitely not 188m." Xiao Mo just swears to the lamp. His official height is 185m, but in fact he has just been in his early 180m. He has been half a head short when facing Emperor Wu, so he is sure that Emperor Wu is definitely not 188m tall, and for this he paid the price of being capped by Emperor Wu once.
"This bastard elbowed me!" The Supreme Emperor also spoke during the intermission. During a breakthrough in the first half, Emperor Wu gave him a "New York elbow". Now the Supreme Emperor's chest is still aching, and even his depression is almost inflicting. He was so anxious that he comforted him.
The Cavaliers generally have a lot of opinions on the Knicks players at this time. Today, these New Yorkers have made great moves and keeps small moves, but the referee's home whistle is fair and strict, and he has not made a few fouls. Now they are exhausted physically and mentally, and they are really unable to withstand it.
Chapter completed!