Chapter 259 General Discord
The Knicks always beat the Celtics in the first half. The home fans don’t think this is the Big Three that can’t be played. The Spurs and the Celtics are often slow to heat up early in the season. The Knicks’ gang of boys are just the opposite. They are easier to find the game state at the beginning of the season than older players.
But unlike the Knicks' slightly impatient fan group, even though they were 15 points behind in the first half, Boston fans were not too worried. During the break, they should buy snacks and let the water go. There is no way to see too much disappointment and anger on their faces. The confidence of the giants is not only reflected in the players, but also in the fans.
The New York players are obviously too young, and their expressions of joy are on their faces. Although they have been turned over because of their carelessness in the fight after leading the score, this memory is relatively small and the lessons learned are not profound enough. So at the halftime break, even Wu Huang felt that his team must win. This is not because of the leading score, but because everything is within their control in the first half. This feeling made the team's confidence begin to expand, and I feel that solving the Celtics is not a problem.
Any player will develop an inflated mood and a proud and complacent mentality when he is in the wind. There are not many people who can remain calm when he leads the big score. There are only a few people in reality. However, the difference between old players and young players is that the former suffers too much because of underestimating the enemy and being careless, and the lessons have been learned enough, so they know what to do when they are counterattacked, so they will not be at a loss. However, young players have never seen too many storms. Once they suffer a blow when they are in the wind, they will easily be unable to react, and they are easily confused by their opponents.
After the start of the second half, Wu Huang first hit a three-pointer, which gave the team a good start. It was not easy for him to score on Rondo today. This guy's shooting has not improved much, but his defense is better than last season. Maybe this year it will pose a threat to his "best defensive lineup".
With Wu Huang's goal, the Knicks players felt more confident in winning, especially when the Celtics did not score the ball in the next attack, the Knicks turned around and made a classic counterattack attack.
When Wu Huang was flirting, he passed a juggling air relay. When Boston fans saw him, they first made a hand change under the crotch, and then smashed the basketball hard on the floor. Xiao Si jumped up. After receiving the basketball, he turned around 180 degrees in the air, and then dunked the ball to the basket!
Stoudemire forgot that he was no longer the little bully before the minimally invasive knee surgery. This difficult dunk was too difficult for him at this time, and the basketball finally dunked on the basket and smashed it far away.
Garnett just rushed into his own three-point line and happened to receive the basketball smashed and handed it over to Rondo. The Celtics also used a counterattack to fight back. In the end, they did not choose to dunk. Ray Allen had a rare opportunity to open three-pointers outside the three-point line. An arc passed by, and the td North Shore Garden Stadium finally rang out neatly cheers!
The Knicks players didn't care much about this mistake. The players looked calm and were still playing more relaxed.
But perhaps because they were too relaxed, when they missed three consecutive shots and the score was reduced to 10 points, some players began to feel impatient, while some players still wanted to relax, and the Knicks' rhythm began to be confused.
D'Antoni's clues can still be seen. He called a timeout decisively and clarified the team's tactics first, so that at least everyone's ideas will be consistent and they will not fall into the point of fighting each other.
But the problem also comes. Wu Huang thinks that they should strengthen their defense at this time. Anyway, the team's external defense has the advantage. If they fight a positional battle or attrition with their opponents, they will never suffer any losses.
But Xiao Wangzi believed that the team should strengthen the offense and consume the opponent's physical strength. He naturally used offense instead of defense, but now the team missed several consecutive shots, which shows that everyone's feel is not very good for the time being. He doesn't understand what it means to have to attack in this situation?
After the game restarted, Wu Huang passed two goals for Sir and Gallinari, but neither of them made a shot. Then he used the cover to jump shot from the middle distance and still failed to hit the ball. Fortunately, Iguodala grabbed the rebound and made up the ball.
At this moment, even fans know that a team cannot guarantee their feel at all times for 48 minutes. When it is time to switch to defense, they should put their fists away. But D'Antoni does not have this idea. He can allow the team to gain momentum and not score points, but the offensive momentum must be maintained, that is, the rhythm of the offensive cannot change.
The differences between Xiaoma and Wu Huang are getting worse and worse. After playing a season, Wu Huang already understands what kind of playing style he likes. He likes tide-like offense and his team to advance and retreat in moderation and set in the left and right. That is, when the wind is up, one side's offense can be wave after wave, but there is a low point. Whether it is shame or playing basketball, once the touch is not good, they should retreat with all their strength and wait for an opportunity to counterattack.
Of course, this kind of playing style cannot be played too fast. Only by not being fast or slow is the rhythm of playing in his mind. The kingly way is to be as fast as possible. He feels that the beard has always been a different sword, which is too extreme.
When D'Antoni saw Emperor Wu taking action on the court again, he began to beat the rhythm instead of speeding up as he ordered, his face became ugly for a while. This situation was not uncommon. Whenever Emperor Wu did not obey his orders and made his own decisions, Xiaomouzi felt very upset. He felt that the authority of a coach was challenged.
Michael Woodson smiled a little. Every time he saw Emperor Wu disobeying D'Anthony's orders, he was in a good mood. Once the two broke up, his chance came. Woodson, who had been an assistant coach in the Knicks for a season, felt that Xiaowang's coaching ability was not much better than that of him. If he coached this lineup, he was confident that his grades would never be worse than D'Anthony.
However, Wu Huang's playing style failed to help his team. He violated the coach's tactical arrangement, which directly led to the team's strategic chaos. The Knicks players thought they wanted to play fast, but Wu Huang was fighting slowly by himself. Are they listening to the coach or the core?
Soon, Xiao Si felt a little unhappy. Every time Wu Huang transported the ball to the frontcourt, he would let him pull out the pick-and-roll, but after disassembling it, there were not many balls passed to him, which made him feel that he was being used as a blue-collar worker. In fact, after all, this was still face. Nash also played like this, but because of his high qualifications, Xiao Si didn't feel embarrassed. But Wu Huang was too young, Xiao Si felt that he was called out by Wu Huang with a gesture every time, and he felt a little resistant and reluctant.
Once Xiao Si has a conflict, it will cause many pick-and-rolls to be blocked and not dismantled, or the blocking is not strong. This makes the pick-and-roll cooperation between Wu and Xiao Si look similar to when Wu Huang and Collins and Evans play pick-and-roll.
The Knicks' pick-and-roll offense did not play as expected, and the players' shooting feel began to decline again. The characteristic of this team is that once the offense is not good, many players are unwilling to defend well on the defensive end. For example, Sir and Gallinari are examples. Both of them are the main players who will only defend well after playing well on the offensive end.
Halfway through the third quarter, the score was 71:64, and the Knicks' lead was only 7 points left.
During this period, the Knicks' offensive routines have become extremely simple. Basically, Wu Huang, Xiao Si or others play pick-and-roll at a high position, followed by his breakthrough and pass. Such a simple way of playing lasts for a long time, and the Celtics are not as helpless as the Raptors. The Bostonians have some ways to deal with these simple default offensive routines.
The team's leading advantage was eroded little by little, and D'Antoni did not take the initiative to call for a timeout. However, when the automatic suspension or the opponent called a timeout, D'Antoni still ordered the players to play according to the previous arrangement.
As for whether Emperor Wu is willing to listen, he doesn't care. Anyway, he will tell him whether Emperor Wu is listening or not.
The game has changed its flavor since here. Xiaomoustache does not intend to accommodate Emperor Wu today, otherwise as long as he is unhappy in the future, he will not play according to the coach's arrangement. What else do you have to do as a coach?
Emperor Wu couldn't get out of Taiwan, and at the same time he was unwilling to listen to D'Antoni's tricks anymore. He already felt resistant to D'Antoni's feelings, just like the relationship between James and Brown in the previous two seasons. The former believed that his coach was not capable of coaching a championship team, so he snatched the tactical board by himself when he was in a bad mood. This is a manifestation of disrespect for the other party.
D'Antoni has a much bigger temper than Brown. He doesn't want to be a complete puppet. These two masters and apprentices who seem harmonious on the surface have actually only maintained a superficial relationship.
It is easy for some senior fans to see that the Knicks had something wrong with the atmosphere, and this was too simple! But D'Antoni did not ask for a timeout to change the offensive strategy. Many fans slowly pointed their finger at the mustache, and at this time he could only take the blame. The fans did not know the broken things inside the Knicks.
D'Antoni is much stronger than last season because of Stoudemire. He now has his own direct line in the team, so he knows that Dolan will not fire him easily, so he doesn't mind using a loss to protect his voice when taking advantage of this opportunity.
After all, Wu Huang is just a player. His vision on the court is limited. He can only master the team's offensive and defensive rhythm and the time and method of launching an offensive. However, he cannot lead the overall situation like a coach, and he cannot arrange comprehensive offensive and defensive tactics. Therefore, if he does not listen to D'Antoni, he can only play simple default tactics.
These "default tactics" can be considered as basic skills at the tactical level. No matter how complex the tactics are, they are composed of these default tactics. But the flaw is that the default tactics have traces to follow, and if you fight too much, you can easily be targeted.
Wu Huang also knows that the core of his team and the coach undertakes completely different tasks. He is the executor and can at best adapt the methods of executing tactics according to his own playing style. The team's head coach is the role of arranging tactics and mastering the overall strategy.
After the third quarter, the score was 80:78. The Knicks were chased by the Celtics in this quarter. If they hadn't been good at defending alone, Wu Huang and others would have scored some points using their personal abilities, and they had been overtaken by the Celtics at this moment.
D'Antoni was playing a bit big today. He was planning to use reality to make Emperor Wu wake up. Don't think that the media always said that his basketball IQ is as high as possible, and he can really replace the coach's responsibilities. These are two different things. He must recognize his responsibilities and put his position in the right place.
Wu Huang didn't think so at this time. If it were last season, he might have been softened by D'Antoni for the sake of the overall situation. But this season, he would not bow to anyone. Although Wu Huang's tone became much more mature when he spoke to other players this year, his attitude towards the media has greatly improved the smell of gunpowder, but his attitude towards the coach has become stronger.
If D'Antoni is unwilling to obey his ideas, then get out! And let alone D'Antoni, even if the Zen master and **Vicci come to New York, they have to follow their own wishes to coach. They must design tactics and systems completely according to his characteristics. In fact, he does not need a strong coach now, and he does not want to force himself to adapt to other people's tactical systems. If he is allowed to do exactly as Parker, he will probably turn against **Vicci in less than three days.
Wu Huang now needs a coach who can get along with superstars. If not, then get him a nanny like black bread.
In the last quarter of the game, Wu Huang didn't care about that much, and kept asking his teammates to cover him, shooting or passing the ball when he had the chance. Moreover, he no longer asked Si to pick-and-roll with him. The quality of this bastard's pick-and-roll is too low, so he would rather play pick-and-roll with Evans, Collins or even Monroe with him.
This is the problem of superstars gathering together. There are too many stars and it is easy to have all kinds of dirty things. Especially when Wu Huang entered the NBA, it was so smooth, and there was no sacrifice in the Celtics' Big Three when they formed a team. Even the Hot Three Big Three were not accommodated. He now has the same idea as Rose of the Bulls, that is, only one core in the team is enough.
In the fourth quarter, 3 minutes and 30 seconds, the score was 94:95, and the Knicks had just been broken by Rondo to overtake the score.
Wu Huang didn't have a minute rest in the second half, and he has scored 28 points, 9 rebounds, 9 assists, 3 steals and 2 blocks. If there is a single-round data, Wu Huang's performance is not picky at all, and 99% of the fans can't see the real problem of the Knicks. Everyone can only see that the Knicks' offense has no routine, and only Wu Huang can see that he can break through, shoot or pass by alone, and the cooperation in the first half is completely unseen. So this should be a problem for the coach, especially after the Celtics overtake the score, the Knicks fans and Wu Huang's fans are scolding the bearded waste.
D'Antoni did a very unwise job in this matter. No matter what deep plans he had in mind, he was still a little overestimated to fight against Wu Huang. In the NBA business atmosphere, as long as Wu Huang's data is good, he can be invincible, and the team's loss will not be his responsibility. The final blame must be the head coach.
"Damn, as a coach, what's the point of not setting up tactics?" Seeing that the score was overtaken, D'Antoni was still fighting with him, and threw the pot directly to D'Antoni. Instead, he thought that the coach was immature and was actually angry with the players. Could it be that he was like himself, only 21 years old?
D'Antoni wanted to learn the cold war between Zen master and Kobe to make Emperor Wu obedient, but he miscalculated. Emperor Wu and Kobe had completely different personalities. The former was jealous of something and was a little cautious. But Kobe didn't take the matter to worry, so it was nothing to break up with Kobe. The little black snake forgot about it in a few days. The boss was not a person who held grudges, but Emperor Wu was a person who held grudges.
What's more, with Wu Huang's current grade and status, it is the stage of being full of energy and frivolous young age. Of course, he could not find reasons for himself. His huge fame and disproportionate grade made Wu Huang's personality become more and more domineering. At this time, he would listen humbly unless his coach said something in college or high school teams. However, it was too difficult for D'Antoni to make him obedient. Wu Huang did not respect D'Antoni in his heart and did not regard him as his mentor.
In the last three minutes of the game, Wu Huang continued to fight alone on the court, but he and Kobe were obsessed with shooting differently. Wu Huang held more balls, but he would pass the ball whenever he had the chance. So even if the tactics were simple, he often made an open shot. The scene didn't look very monotonous, but it was very satisfying to watch, because Wu Huang's breakthrough, shooting and passing are all manifestations of personal abilities. What fans like to watch the most is this kind of playing style they can understand.
Wu Huang quickly got the rebounds and assists he wanted most. The first triple-double mission in the new season has been achieved, but it is still a long way to go before winning. Pierce has stood on the free throw line 15 times today, and the home whistle is not polite.
In the last 20 seconds, the score reached 99:101, and the Knicks were two points behind. Wu Huang must have to do this goal by himself, and the Knicks still have a chance to win.
Rondo's body was very low. Although he had no expression on his face, he was still a little nervous. Wu Huang had already scored 33 points, 10 rebounds and 11 assists on him. If he shot this ball again, it would be a final goal, which was even more depressing than losing under normal circumstances.
The Celtics have far more defensive routines than the Knicks. Wu Huang did want to shoot by himself, but when he started the offense in the last 8 seconds, the Celtics players decisively double-teamed him. The Celtics finally achieved the defensive intensity of the playoffs in this round.
Emperor Wu secretly complained that something was wrong. Garnett's steps seemed to have become faster in an instant. He rushed up in two steps and blocked Emperor Wu's sight with his big hand. He was not sure that he could throw the ball into it, and turned it into a pass in the air, and decisively threw the pot out.
When Xiao Si received the ball on the right wing, he wanted to curse. When he received the ball, he had less than 2 seconds left in the attack. Pierce was rushing towards him. Xiao Si could only increase the arc and shoot the ball out and then there was no more. The basketball didn't even touch the basket, but it hit the rebound and bounced directly into Perkins's hand.
Emperor Wu snorted, turned around and walked into the player's passage, without any idea of communicating with D'Antoni.
Two hours later, Wu Huang called Brandon on a plane in New York: "Someone must be responsible for the loss. I am not happy now. The team's tactical system is no longer suitable for the current Knicks, so someone must leave." (To be continued.)
Chapter completed!