Chapter 116 Two kinds of trash talk
Before the second half, New York fans raised a sign near the front row at the sidelines, mocking LeBron. James had never been to college. "Why didn't LeBron go to college? Because he couldn't handle the final exam." The sign reads these two sentences.
James didn't see this brand at first, but the big screen on the scene gave the two New York fans a very long close-up, so an eye-opener Cavaliers told the little emperor, but the gorilla glared at the New York fans holding the sign for a long time.
These two fans obviously did not buy James' murderous look. Faced with the threat, they shook the sign even more happily.
"I thought you went to college?" Emperor Wu took the opportunity to sprinkle salt on James. The latter's good impression of him disappeared completely.
James' score in the first half accounted for more than half of the Cavaliers' team, which is not a good sign, because in the past, the Cavaliers' chance of losing is more than 70%. Today, the Knicks have fierce firepower. If the Cavaliers cannot limit their scoring, it will be difficult to defeat this opponent.
The competition in the third quarter is the key to the game. The Knicks often shut down in the third quarter, which is the Cavaliers' only chance. Otherwise, they will be able to win in the fourth quarter.
In the second half, the Knicks' tactics remained unchanged. The first half of which was able to suppress a top-level team like the Cavaliers made New York players very excited. They were more motivated in the second half. Although the tacit understanding and awareness on the defensive end were still not good, as long as the enthusiasm was high enough, it would always improve some defensive effects, at least it would make Cavaliers players more uncomfortable when playing balls, more difficult to score, and faster physical energy consumption.
Garlinari played for a long time in the third quarter, almost a full quarter. D'Antoni admired his vicious trash provocation. This behavior of directly greeting the other woman's family can easily make the opponent lose his mind, especially when his own team has the upper hand. Not to mention such vicious language, sometimes a "silly" or "idiot" can become a fuse that ignites the gunpowder.
Emperor Wu also likes to say trash words and use small actions, but they are both implicit and will not be too jealous afterwards. Moreover, he cannot do a blatant provocative move like Gallinari. Most stars still have to be ashamed. After scoring the goal, they provoke it with vicious words, and also involve the opponent's family. This is like offending people after killing the enemy in S.
Think about it, there are only a few hundred people in the entire league. Everyone looks up and sees each other. Who doesn’t know who? They may become teammates in the future, so they will stay in the front line to meet each other most of the time.
Gallinari is the very few people who leave no room for nothing. And not to mention outsiders, sometimes even if his teammates make mistakes, he will complain and sarcasm.
To be honest, this type of player is very annoying. If there is no absolute core in the team, Gallinari will be a big cancer.
However, such people are also very lethal to the enemy. For example, in this game, Garinari almost mocked the Cavaliers players one by one. The vicious words made Emperor Wu feel that he really deserved a beating. Later, even James was attacked by Garinar using the vicious words of "Your girlfriend looks like an orangutan", and the two sides almost had a conflict!
In the middle of the third quarter, Garlinari was bounced away by the opponent's strong body while defending James. He didn't know what he said, but James suddenly became furious after hearing this. He rolled up his arms and wanted to go up and fight! Fortunately, O'Neal was next to him at the time, and grabbed the out-of-control gorilla, and did not let the latter suffer the punishment of possible ban.
Barkley smiled when he saw this: "I dare say that Garlinari's words must have involved LeBron's family, because as far as I know, LBJ would be unbearable for trash words attacking his loved ones."
Kenny Smith explained to the fans: "There are two types of trash talks in NBA, one is 'fuck you' and the other is 'fuck you'. Garnett and Payton are representatives of 'fuck you' style trash talks. What comes out of their mouths can really make you want to fuck you."
James obviously couldn't bear it this time. The gorilla attached great importance to his family. Garlinari's words hit him the point. If O'Neal hadn't reacted quickly, James might not have hit Garlinari with this punch, but he would definitely be punished by being punished off the court + banned afterwards.
Garinari, the guy who caused trouble, received no punishment. Naturally, his trash words would not be said in the referee's ear. When did he see Garnett being sentenced to a technical foul for saying trash words?
James was not punished, and the referee gave the superstar a face. Since James did not really take action, the referee did not give another technical foul. Otherwise, the Gorilla would have been sent off the court after two technical fouls accumulated.
However, such a penalty still made James even more angry. Although his offense was not affected much, he completely beat Garlinari in the third quarter, but the Cavaliers did not catch up with many points. After the third quarter, they still trailed the Knicks by 13 points at 82:95.
James had scored 40 points, 9 rebounds and 6 assists after the third quarter. He completely vented his anger on Gallinari. If it weren't for the free throws of 2 of 5 shots in this quarter, he would have been able to get another super performance of 15 points in a single quarter.
Emperor Wu insisted on fighting against James in the first half. The Cavaliers strengthened their double-teams against him in the third quarter. Emperor Wu immediately put away the attack mode and began to pass the ball to his teammates continuously. He only scored 2 points in this quarter, but gained 4 assists. After three quarters, his personal data became 30 points, 9 rebounds, 8 assists, 3 rebounds, 3 blocks.
Today, Emperor Wu seems to be more versatile than James. No one expected him to perform like this before the game, and even he himself did not expect it.
"Hugo, how are I doing?" Garlinari asked with a smile on the bench after the third quarter.
Gallinari is still quite convinced by Emperor Wu. The team competes in shooting skills and comprehensive physical fitness. The one who can be better than him is Emperor Wu.
"I did a good job. I think James really did it, and he wouldn't be able to take advantage of it." Emperor Wu said seriously.
Garinali likes to be followed and belongs to the more sexy people. This time, when Wu Huang invited Harrington to a nightclub, Garinali met David. Lee and his girlfriend, he immediately called his model girlfriend, which shows his personality.
Emperor Wu knew how to deal with such a person. When he performed well, he should certainly praise him, but he should never pay too much attention to him. When he should be criticized, he should be criticized to save him from gaining traction.
Gallinari had provoked Wu Huang when he first joined the team. However, when Wu Huang showed his strength in training, especially after signing the big contract of UA, the guy quickly lost his voice. Although this Italian was arrogant, he was at least self-aware, and this is where he would definitely be better than Milicic.
In the fourth quarter, James was finally replaced and had a good rest for a few minutes, but it was these few minutes that completely made the Cavaliers lose hope of turning the tables.
D'Antoni deliberately replaced Harrington and David Lee in advance in the third quarter, and replaced it in the fourth quarter: Du Hong, Danny Green, Al Harrington, Channing Fry, and David Lee's rotation lineup. The attack power of these five people is far greater than that of the Cavaliers' rotation lineup. The Knicks' first-stage big ** hit tactics in the fourth quarter, and the speed is much faster than when Wu Huang was on the court.
Emperor Wu did not just fight fast today. He was a little bit sluggish and he only turned his horse full of power when there was the opportunity to counterattack and make offense and defense. He was usually slow and occasionally fought positional battles, which made D'Antoni a little confused. This style was definitely not what he taught, nor was it what the Knicks should have. This was Wu's own decision.
But what surprised him was that Wu Huang's pace of speed and slowness did not make the team uncomfortable, and these players played quite like that.
The Knicks players are now learning to watch Wu Huang play. As long as they see Wu Huang speed up, they will accelerate; Wu Huang slows down, and they will slow down.
This sounds very relaxed, so it is better to say that the Knicks are now being bombarded by D'Antoni, but rather that it is a bombarded by Emperor Wu. The Knicks players follow the rhythm of Emperor Wu on the court, so there is no need to worry about the pressure. The team with the backbone is different from the team with a loose set.
In the fourth quarter, 7 minutes and 10 seconds. The score was 105:90. The Knicks returned to the rhythm of having no backbone in the fourth quarter, but the unorganized bombing was quite powerful.
When James was not present, the Cavaliers actually had no backbone and didn't know how to fight. They could only passively keep up with the Knicks' bombardment rhythm, and the result was that the score difference was further widened.
Wu Huang's playing time was two minutes later than James, and before that, the difference between the two teams had reached 18 points.
After James came on the court, he helped the team to catch the gap to 15 points. After Emperor Wu came, he faced tit-for-tat, using one breakthrough to cause Valecho's fifth foul, and made both free throws to stabilize the situation.
There is a star in the team who is good at attacking. The advantage is that when the opponent starts to chase points, this outstanding star can use his personal ability to help the team increase points, so that the opponent cannot score. This is equivalent to thwarting the enemy's counterattack attack. Wu Huang is an example.
In the fourth quarter, the Knicks continued to lead the score. After Wu Huang scored five points in a row, he once again attracted the Cavaliers' focus, which allowed his real purpose to be better achieved. With two assists, he could get his second triple-double in his career.
The Cavaliers players were patronizing against Wu Huang's attack, but ignored the running positions of other Knicks players.
Wilson Chandler first received a pass from Wu Huang to penetrate the entire defense line and sneaked into the back and scored a goal.
A minute later, the pick-and-roll cooperation between David Li and Wu Huang put O'Neal, who had just appeared, into an embarrassing situation again. He did not defend himself and gave David Li Qing a chance to jump shot from the middle distance. Wu Huang Huang's third triple-double was easily obtained.
After the basketball passed through the basket, it happened to fall to James who rushed to the basket. The little emperor was so angry that he was so angry that he was unable to turn around. He was even compared by a first-grade rookie. He was so angry that he smashed the basketball hard against the floor, venting his depression, and then it was a tragedy!
Seeing that the game was decided, the referee also took the opportunity to show his presence and directly showed off his technical foul to the league's first active star. Now James has been expelled from the court two technical fouls.
A burst of laughter broke out in Madison Square Garden. New York fans' covetousness with James has dropped a lot through this game. They finally found that their team seemed to have a core of their potential that was not inferior to James. So why bother to leave the distance and try to please James, who has no horoscope?
Wu Huang raised his hands to respond to the cheers of the fans. D'Antoni made a substitution adjustment off the court, preparing to replace Wu Huang with Du Hong.
There are more than 5 minutes left in the fourth quarter, and now the score is 114:96. The Knicks lead the Cavaliers by 18 points. James is sent out again. At this time, he can replace the next part of the main players to allow the game to enter garbage time in advance.
The Knicks have consumed a lot of physical strength to defeat the Cavaliers today. They use the consumption method to bully the physical strength of the Cavaliers players. This month, their own schedule is not good. They have to play a total of 15 games, an average of two days per game, and they have to deal with several back-to-back games next. Now, they can save some physical strength to save some.
A dead ball soon appeared on the court. Wu Huang and his teammates slapped their high-fives and walked off the court slowly, waved to the New York fans cheering for him with a smile on their faces, and secretly glanced at the direction of Christine who came to watch the game today, but naturally he couldn't see anything.
Wu Huang's data in this game ended up being 35 points, 10 rebounds, 10 assists, 4 steals and 3 blocks. He successfully won his second triple-double in his career against the team that ranked first in the East District last season. You should know that he only had 6 games in total in the NBA regular season.
James's data was first stuck at 44 points, 10 rebounds and 8 assists. A quasi-triple double-digit score made the active No. 1 star not only lose, but also lost his personal data. If the Cavaliers' opponent is the Lakers today, it would be nothing great, but his opponent is the Knicks, who had the last record in the league last season... It would be a bit embarrassing to be a first-year rookie.
Kenny Smith commented after the game entered garbage time: "Hugo played point guards and shooting guards today, and he was very efficient no matter where he was. I think this game has allowed people to see his potential."
Chapter completed!