Chapter 117 Intrigue
The next day, just as the media reported that the Cavaliers had broken the sand in New York, the Knicks also went away to experience the back-to-back suffering.
On November 8, the Knicks players had no time to celebrate this unexpected victory. When they returned home, they hurriedly took a nap and flew to Milwaukee at noon the next day, and then perfectly copied the Cavaliers' experience in New York City yesterday.
The Knicks players were affected by yesterday's game and had no touch today. They shot 8 of 28 three-pointers and finally ended their four-game winning streak with 89:101.
Wu Huang's performance declined with the team today. He played for 33 minutes and only scored 16 points, 6 rebounds, 4 assists, 1 steal and 1 block. Among them, he made 5 of 15 shots and 1 of 5 three-pointers. Today he lost to another rookie Brandon Jennings, who has performed very well since the start of the game. The latter played for 35 minutes and scored 20 points and 7 assists, and his performance was slightly better than Wu Huang.
Despite this, the outside media still believe that the "East Eastern New Year's Rookie" in November will be included in the palm of Wu Huang without any suspense, and even the "East Eastern Player of the Week" award this week is likely to be awarded to Wu Huang Huang.
In the week just ended, the Knicks played a total of four games and won all four games, which wiped out the unfavorable situation at the start of the game. Wu Huang played a crucial role in it. He scored 30+ in three games, including a triple-double and a quasi-triple-double. Especially yesterday in the home game against the Cleveland Cavaliers, Wu Huang defeated the famous young emperor face to face, which added a lot of points to him.
"New York Media" gave Wu a personal data for the last week before the Knicks and the Bucks. He averaged 30.5 points, 7.5 rebounds, 8.0 assists, 2.3 steals, 2 blocks, 3.5 turnovers. He shot 50% from the field, 45% from three-point shooting percentage and 90% from free throws.
Wu Huang is definitely one of the best players in the Eastern Conference this week. His biggest opponents are James of the Cavaliers and Wade of the Heat, but one of them was defeated head-on by his team, and the other only scored 2 wins and 1 loss this week. The result is as expected by the media. The winner of the "East Week Player of the Week" in the second week of the 2009 2010 season was Wu Huang Huang, a first-year rookie of the New York Knicks!
In this way, Wu Huang set a new NBA record and became a rookie who "gained the best player of the week". If later generations want to surpass him, they must win this award in the first week of the new season. The difficulty can be imagined.
Espn affirmed his leading role after Wu Huang won the award. "Hugo is more fierce in defense than in college and more aggressive in offense. He can enter the game early in the first quarter, and the most important thing is to show his leadership skills. His running-in with his teammates is getting better and better."
On November 10, the Knicks returned to home against the Utah Jazz.
Emperor Wu encountered another challenge in this game. Last time the Knicks fought against the Hornets, he was taught a lesson by Queen Bee Chris Paul. Today he met the fat little boy Deron Williams who specifically restrained Paul, but the result made many experts lose their glasses.
The Jazz's inside line performed normally in this game, easily defeating David Lee, Fry and others of the Knicks.
Carlos Boozer showed off his might in the interior, scoring 26 points and 15 rebounds. Kirilenko, the top wing gate, rebounded strongly today to score 6 rebounds and 6 assists, and Oku also contributed 20 points and 12 rebounds. However, the Jazz star Delong Williams made only 2 of 10 shots, and he only scored 5 points, but he still had 16 assists and 6 rebounds, which was not completely ruined by the rookie Wu Huang.
The Knicks were wiped out in the inside today, and Harrington was exposed under the full defense of AK47 and could not score any points. But it doesn't matter, the Knicks' back line saved the team today. The leader Wu Huang, the leader, used his flexibility and height to make the little fat man look dirty, which surprised New York fans!
Don’t think that Chris Paul can teach Emperor Wu a lesson. Delong often makes Paul silent, so he thinks that Emperor Wu should be beaten by Delong!
This is completely different, and the facts are just the opposite.
Today, Wu Huang fully utilized his flexible and fast characteristics, and kept using the landing after breakthroughs. The emergency stop jump shot and breakthrough pass made the little fat man exhausted. In the past, Delong could use his excellent defensive position to deal with Paul, stronger strength and height to limit Paul who was in his early 180m.
But today, facing Emperor Wu, all these methods of the fat man were useless. As long as he was far away, Emperor Wu immediately pulled himself in place; when he got closer, he could not keep up with Emperor Wu's speed; especially the pick-and-roll cooperation between Emperor Wu and his own inside line, this game made Sloan, the head coach who made his life with a "pick-and-roll attack" very unhappy!
The Utah Jazz couldn't defend against the tricks they were best at, just like D'Antoni was killed by the Spurs using bombardment.
Wu Huang played his own characteristics in this game. He used his accurate shooting to score 28 points, 3 rebounds and 6 assists. Larry Hughes scored the second highest 20 points in the team, and Danny Green also scored 15 points, David Lee, Harrington and Garlinari each scored 8 points, and their performance was sluggish.
The Utah Jazz have only 2 wins and 4 losses this season. They rebounded hard today on the away game and have been in the lead in the first three quarters, but the fourth quarter has become the Jazz's fatal weakness. When they were leading by 14 points in the first three quarters, they were evenly tied by the New York Knicks in 1 minute and 30 seconds before the final game.
Oku's last 30 seconds of a strong fight in the penalty area allowed the Jazz to lead by 2 points again, but at the critical moment, Wu Huang used the off-ball running to make the Jazz team miss a deadly three-pointer opportunity. Wu Huang naturally would not be ruthless, and a precise three-pointer made the Jazz team suffer a decisive victory.
Deron's final shot was very bad, and the Knicks successfully won the fifth game of the new season.
After this game, the Utah Jazz suffered three consecutive losses and completely fell out of the top ten in the West.
This is a bit funny. Even the New Yorkers themselves did not expect that the Knicks would rebound decisively after losing two consecutive games at the start of the game. Now they have achieved an excellent record of 5 wins and 3 losses. They are temporarily ranked fifth in the Eastern Conference. The key is that these opponents are not weak. The Hornets, Cavaliers, and Jazz are all top teams in the league last season. The Knicks' ability to defeat these teams has made fans and players more and more confident in themselves.
"You guys say, can we make it to the top four this season and get the home advantage in the first round of the playoffs?" He just defeated the Utah Jazz at home. During the next day's recovery training, some Knicks players began to expand. Gallinari was playing high-legged circles with his teammates. He actually had a home advantage in the yy playoffs.
"The regular season has just begun, and it is too early to say this now. Think about it carefully, how many of these eight games are luck and taking advantage of others' dangers." Wu Huang was very dissatisfied with this complacency, and immediately took out the core majesty and beat Garlinari, which was a bit of a narrative.
But this is not a deliberate embarrassment to Gallinari. The five games they won were not only mostly at home, one of which was a big touch, one was a back-to-back match for opponents, and one was a thrilling quasi-final victory, and the other two were both weak teams. In fact, none of them was a real tough battle.
Emperor Wu knew that this kind of winning was too accidental. As long as the luck was a little worse, or if he did not play at home, it might not be 5 wins and 3 losses, but 3 wins and 5 losses or even worse.
D'Antoni is currently discussing the team's defense with assistant coach Mike Woodson on the sidelines. As the head coach who has won the best coach, ordinary fans may think that he can only attack and not defend. But this is impossible. D'Antoni is not not not paying attention to defense at all, but he has to give him the right players first.
The basketball system of Xiaoma's basketball system has very high requirements for players. He is not the kind of coach who is good at cultivating rookies and leading the bottom team into a strong team. What he is best at is leading the accurate All-Stars into All-Stars, and leading a good team into a top-level strong team, but it is really difficult for him to train a weak team.
"We need more athleticism, but there are many people on the team who are not talented enough." D'Antoni said halfway to Woodson, but the latter understood what he meant. Mustache didn't want to spend time training the team's rookies, which took too long.
D'Antoni is actually a anxious temper. He can't tolerate such slow pace at all. If you want to play, you have to play "fast". It's the same whether it's a competition or training rookies. In fact, he is unwilling to give rookies too many opportunities unless it's a top pick like Wu Huang.
"If you want to trade, there are not many suitable players this year, and Downey is also a trouble. You also know that he hopes to catch a big fish like James or Anthony next year, and there will be no action this year." Woodson said after pondering for a moment. He knew that Downey wanted to make a big deal this year, but general manager Downey Walsh hoped to take action again next summer. Only by digging up superstars like James can the value of his general manager be reflected. Therefore, in many things, Downey and Downey have serious conflicts in their ideas.
D'Antoni and Downey Walsh have their own abacus in their hearts. In the senior management of any team, unless they work as a head coach and general manager, just like Dunleavy, most of them are fighting for power and profit, but there is only a difference in importance.
Of course, Xiao Wang would not have a really good relationship with Donny Wolson. Both of them want to have a stronger voice in the Knicks and have more power. It is undoubtedly a good idea to have more important players from their own faction in the team.
"You and I understand his thoughts, but now the situation has changed, and his wishful thinking has been disrupted by the players he likes." D'Antoni initially thought that Emperor Wu was Downey's direct descendant, because Emperor Wu was Downey Walsh strongly recommended to James Dolan.
But later, D'Antoni discovered that the boy Wu Huang did not stand in the team at all, and he would not help anyone make a sound in front of the team boss, so Xiao Wangzi took more attention to Wu Huang's teaching during this period.
It is a very wise choice for Emperor Wu to choose not to take the team. If he stands with the general manager, then D'Antoni may be fired at any time. It is conceivable how much effort such a coach will devote to coaching?
Moreover, his attitude of "not taking sides" has changed in the early stages. Wu Huang is now becoming more and more inclined to D'Antoni because he also discovered that Donny Walsh has always wanted to poach a superstar who is in his year of fighting for the Knicks. This is certainly the responsibility of his general manager, but it has a great conflict with Wu Huang's interests.
Just imagine, if a superstar suddenly comes to the team, and it is very likely that he is a super giant on the outside, where will he put his position?
Now Wu Huang and D'Antoni actually have a similar idea. If the current group of young players can be exchanged for an All-Star player at the age of playing, rather than a super giant, then Wu Huang's core position will be stable, and D'Antoni is not afraid that there will be a super star in the team with a general manager and a group of superstars that will affect his position.
Secondly, it is no secret that D'Antoni's intention to dig Sir from the Suns next year, but this does not conflict with Wu Huang. Stoudemire is an inside star, and it is not a super giant. In this way, he has the support of an All-Star and a quasi-superstar. The team's overall combat power is strong and his core position is stable. This will be a win-win situation.
D'Antoni is very cunning. He knows very well that his boss has little understanding of basketball and is very good at changing his mind. He can take advantage of the team's good record for a while. The media is also boasting about the opportunity of Emperor Wu to fool his fickle boss.
If the raw rice can be cooked quickly and an All-Star player will be traded this season, and when Stoudemire is poached for free next year, Downey, the team's operations director, will become a fancy, the entire team will be his own direct line, and the Knicks' management will basically be his one-man show.
At that time, if D'Antoni wanted to drive Downey away, he could encourage the players to hold a collective meeting to kill the general manager and take over the power of himself!
The Knicks' assistant coach Michael Woodson and Donny Walsh have a bad relationship. He has already stood in the team. The two have been thinking about a suitable trading plan these days. However, no matter what kind of transaction, they must first talk about Wu Huang before they have the chance to complete it.
The team has always been the right of the general manager to trade. It is difficult for D'Antoni, the head coach, to go too far, but the team's core can directly skip the management and advise the boss.
Therefore, D'Antoni planned to take advantage of this period of time that Wu Huang was hyped by the media to become a genius who could compete with Jordan, and to persuade Dolan to trade through Wu Huang.
James Dolan has invited Wu Huang to his home many times recently. The businessman is very optimistic about the core of this who can help him make money and improve the team's performance. Therefore, let alone making a deal request, it is not impossible for Wu Huang to fire the general manager and head coach of the team in one go.
D'Antoni believes that as long as he can convince Emperor Wu to make a deal request to James Dolan, his signing plan will be very likely to be completed.
James Dolan is now a bit like the Cavaliers boss trying every means to spoil James. As long as Emperor Wu doesn't shit on his head, everything will be discussed. (To be continued.)
Chapter completed!