Chapter 386 Why did he grab my headlines?
"I heard you were going to shoot a slam dunk 2?" Taylor Swift asked while holding a gossip magazine at home, pretending to suddenly remember something.·Chinese·Novel.
Wu Huang wanted to remind Taylor Swift at this moment, "You've got the magazine backwards." However, he was worried that the little singer would get furious when he heard it, so he still held back and said perfunctorily: "Warner did find me, but this movie is not the case. You know that such a big production will not start shooting without two or three years of preparation. Just like what I said in Miami, they want to wait until I win a few more championships before starting shooting. I am using this to hype myself."
Since the media reported that Warner was looking for him to film "Slam Dunk 2", several girls had already looked for opportunities to mention this to him before the little singer spoke.
Of course, Wu Huang knew the plans of these little bitches. Eighty percent of them were aiming at the position of the heroine and wanted to get up and take a bite. Even the little radish shredded carrots and the rich girl Ajiali who were not interested in making movies wanted to get in. The latter was eighty percent of them wanted their rich dad to spend money to praise him as the heroine. However, Warner did not want to find partners for such a movie that was reliable and unworthy.
Of course, these excuses from him are nonsense. This movie doesn't take two or three years to start filming. Warner wants to start filming this summer. In short, the faster the better. In this way, the production of the movie will be almost completed in two years, which will just catch up with the Knicks' three consecutive championships.
But the real problem here is actually Emperor Wu. This guy, Lion, said a lot. He not only asked for the box office share of the movie, but also asked to cooperate with Warner. He clearly wanted to bite half of the cake in one bite. As a result, the greedy Holy Lord scared Warner away, and the movie was temporarily stranded.
But Emperor Wu was so cunning. Warner was so angry that he asked James or Kobe to shoot it. This made him desperately raise the movie and give the male protagonist of the movie a special meaning.
During this period, under the naval offensive he launched, even neutral fans now feel that this movie cannot be filmed just by saying it. It must be the God of Basketball in each generation that is qualified to film, and it is enough to shoot one movie every twenty years. This is exactly the time when the NBA generation overlords change.
The "God of Basketball" is not something running around the streets. It takes at least twenty years for such a overlord in a field to produce one, and it must be the king of the kings who truly overwhelmed all players of the same era to be called the God of Basketball.
But in fact, Wu Huang didn't like that movie at all. He felt that not only the plot was naive, but the jokes were also low. Of course, the acting skills of the starring Jordan were also very poor. The global box office would be so high, all thanks to the gimmicks of cartoon live-action and the title of the God of Basketball to attract attention.
But this did not prevent him from praising the movie outside because it had personal interests with him. His purpose was to make Warner unable to find anyone else to act, and he would not be able to do so without being cut by him.
Wu Huang predicted that the movie would be at least a box office of more than one billion US dollars worldwide, so he didn't think about it if he wanted to let him go. Even if Warner refused to bow his head and asked someone else to shoot it, then there would naturally be other film companies to come to Wu Huang to shoot a movie like "The Emperor of Basketball", which would definitely make Warner's loss.
After the Knicks defeated the Heat, major media immediately increased the probability of the defending champion's championship. On the latest team's combat power list, the Knicks also dominated the top spot for the third consecutive period. Since January, the Knicks have been the top spot in various teams' strength lists, and the ranking in reality is the same. The Knicks temporarily led the league with a record of 16 wins and 3 losses.
On January 29, the Knicks welcomed a rival Houston Rockets who was not strong but had a high media attention at home.
The Rockets' popularity in China has not decreased with the rise of Wu Huang and the Knicks in the past few seasons. The league has always been interested in staggering the game dates and times of the two teams, so most domestic fans will watch the game between the two teams.
There are only two Chinese stars in the NBA now, and they still think there are fewer ones. It is best to have ten or eight superstars distributed to various teams in the NBA. That is the happiest time in the eyes of these Chinese fans.
In recent seasons, there are indeed more and more Chinese players in the NBA. Although Sun Dasheng, Space Yi and Jeremy Lin have not played well, Wu Huang and Yao Ming have always been very successful. More and more Chinese players have also proved that yellow people are qualified to gain a foothold here. Of course, it would be even better if there are a few more stars.
The Rockets' lineup this season is even more dizzy, but they are playing real team basketball now. Yao Ming led a group of role players and a group of little guys in advance, and actually played a record that many strong teams were targeted. The Rockets had already entered the top eight in the Western Conference not long ago.
Currently, the Rockets rank seventh in the Western Conference with 11 wins and 8 losses. Fans who have been following them know that the Rockets did not play well in the opening stage. A 1 win and 5 loss opening record made many people feel that the Houstonians are leaving the playoff stage this season.
However, after mid-January, the Houstonians won consecutive victories, including the Spurs, the No. 1 in the West, who were both killed by them, which made many people pay attention to this civilian team.
Yao Ming's data this season is slightly better than last season. This season, he averaged 30 minutes per game, contributing 19.5 points, 9.3 rebounds and 2.1 assists. Yao Ming, who entered the tenth season, also completed a Chinese record in the NBA. He is currently the only Chinese player who has played in the NBA for ten consecutive years and has been the All-Star for ten consecutive years. In these ten years, he has been the team's main starter.
Although this Rockets has no strong star flavor, they do not have too many flaws in any position. Instead, there are two young point guards who play at the quasi-All-Star level. The defenders and forwards include Martin, Badinger, and Lee, who performs outstanding rookie Parsons. In addition to Yao Ming, there is also a gorgeous Scola and a practical Patterson in the interior, and Camby, who is 38 years old but has not had a good knife. It can be said that the Rockets have a lot of personnel in all positions. Except for these people who are not famous or are too young, the Rockets' overall strength is still considerable, and they have the potential to become a dark horse.
The only thing Chinese fans are worried about now is that Yao Ming, who has glass attributes, will have something to do in the shrinking season, and everything will be fine at that time!
Before this game, Emperor Wu was a little embarrassed when he saw Yao Ming, but he didn't regret that Yao Ming had not succeeded. If you were to judge things, Gasol's tactical role would obviously be greater and would be of greater help to Nick.
The advantage of the Little Giant is that his ability to attack at low positions is better and his direct output is higher. However, if you consider that there is already a total lack of Wu Huang in terms of output, the combination of Gasol and David Si is more suitable for the Knicks. Moreover, the attendance rate of these two people is much stronger than that of the Little Giant and the risk of injury is also lower, which is very important for a team that is determined to defend the title.
Yao Ming did not mention this matter again. He has now decided to live with the Rockets. The contract he finally signed last year was 4 years and $68 million. This is a very sincere contract. The Rockets also want to keep the No. 1 pick center he chose in Houston. This will be a good story in the future.
The Knicks' chance of winning in this game is obviously much higher. Although the Rockets have no shortcomings, their strength is only center position, but it is not a real advantage against the Knicks. Gasol has never been afraid of Yao Ming, both in the national team and in the NBA.
Yao Ming struggled in this game. It should be said that before Gasol joined the Lakers, the two were quite in line with each other in the NBA, and the Little Giants even had a slight advantage in team record and personal data.
This may be related to the Grizzlies' failure to provide enough support to Gasol, but since his wife arrived at the Lakers, Yao Ming's data against Espanyol and the Lakers have begun to plummet, and there are few games with more than 20 points.
Today, Gasol still faces Yao Ming without caring about his identity. In this league, who are unwilling to put down his body, except for those large tonnage insiders, there may be only Howard. Whether Duncan or Gasol, they will choose to keep going around to defend Yao Ming, because everyone knows how terrifying it will be after letting the little giant complete a standard hook move.
However, Yao Ming has a hard time completing his standard action in this game. It is not only that Gasol is troublesome to go around. Batman, who is familiar with all his operating habits and styles of play, has now run to the Knicks to play. Today, his task is not to defend rookie Parsons, but to help Gasol double-team Yao Ming, which makes the latter very embarrassed.
Although the Rockets play team basketball now, it still happens occasionally that Yao Ming is difficult to get the ball in the inside. Today, this kind of situation that domestic fans can't help but scold.
But this is not that the Rockets players don't want to pass the ball to Yao Ming, but that Lori and Dragic are not the point guards who pass the ball with a very accurate pass. They have to pass the ball to the inside while going around and double-teaming. Besides, in this case, other people should be attacked. The little giants have already restrained two people in the inside. Who will they play if they don't hit?
This season, Celtics legend Kevin McHale replaced Adelman and became the head coach of the Rockets. Although he was inevitably scolded as the Rockets coach, it has to be said that there has been no head coach of the Rockets in the past decade, which is really bad, including the new coach McHale, who also has his own unique skills.
The Rockets have so many young players and previously unknown players this season, which is a reflection of McHale's good at tuning young players and substitutes. In addition, he is also an excellent coach who is very good at mastering the locker room and tapping the potential of players. Although he is not as good as famous coaches like **Vic in terms of skills, tactics and on-the-spot response, no one is perfect. Being able to have one or two abilities is enough to become the coach of the NBA team. Moreover, his style is suitable for the current rebuilt Rockets.
What is more interesting in China is that those pseudo-fans who prefer the Rockets will crazily complain about the Rockets coaches and then blow their beards out of the sky and the ground; while those who prefer the Knicks will stomp their beards out of nothing, on the contrary, they will stomp their beards out of nothing, and then crazily praise the Rockets coaches how powerful they are.
However, McHale is still very powerless today. He cannot stimulate Rockets players to defeat the powerful Knicks through communication skills and motivational abilities. First of all, they were completely suppressed from point guards. Lowry and Dragic are both more than two levels worse than Wu Huang. These two are still working hard to become a quasi-All-star player, and there is an irreparable gap with real superstars.
Emperor Wu beat Lowry, who was not tall, in the first quarter. After the latter committed two crimes, Emperor Wu's opponent was replaced by Dragic, who was 191m tall. However, this time, the Holy Master used his strength to make the Slovenians embarrassed. He played such a player who was a little worse than the quasi-All-Stars. It must be a crushing game. This is a double crush of talent and technology. Just like the Grandmaster's Fortune 500 runs to the fish pond to swim. How could he lose?
Any player who can reach the All-Star level in NBA will not be much worse than Wu Huang in terms of physical and technicality. For example, Nash is not inferior to Wu Huang in terms of technology, and the difference between the two lies in physical fitness. The quasi-All-Star level players are almost suppressed by him in all aspects. For example, Nelson of the Magic, not only has a much worse skill, but his physical health is not as good as Wu Huang. This is basically suppressed by the Holy Master so much that he can't raise his head. As for the two point guards of the Rockets, they are a little worse than the quasi-All-Star level, which is a complete blow.
The Knicks have a great advantage in the second and third positions. In this case, even if they rely on better tactics, it is difficult to smooth out the gap in personal strength in the middle, not to mention that the Rockets do not have too clever tactics.
When Yao Ming is on the court, if they can play inside, they can play inside. If they can't play, they can let the little giants attract defense and create opportunities for outside players. When Yao Ming is not on the court, this Rockets plays a low-end version of the small ball tactics, which is barely considered an introductory bombardment.
These two tactics cannot be played against the Knicks. After the first half, the Rockets were almost dead. Their only inside line that was not suppressed was unable to contribute under the Knicks' counter tactics. The Knicks had basically been killed by the Knicks. Lowry and Dragic on the point guard alone had three fouls and two fouls. McHale spent the entire halftime break and it was difficult to motivate the morale of the outside players.
The Rockets made their last attempt in the first half of the third quarter, but were easily resolved by the Knicks' counterattack and continued to widen the gap, McHale quickly replaced Yao Ming and a group of main players and announced that they would not want this away game.
This result was long as the media expected. Teams that do not know how to retreat strategically in this shrinking season will find it difficult to end well. Moreover, the Knicks' lineup is too restrained by the Rockets. The latter does not need to spend too much energy to defeat the defending champion. If you exchange a coach with a stronger vigor in success, you may have given up after the first half.
"You beat me again." Yao Ming stepped forward to greet Emperor Wu after the game, and sighed after saying that.
Yao Ming knew very well that judging from the current league structure, since he had made the decision to stay with the Rockets, he would basically miss the championship. The giants in those giant teams are younger than him, so how could he survive these guys?
"Take the surrender!" Emperor Wu could only say repeatedly. Facing the little giant, he was extremely cheap and acted obedient.
The scene of Wu Huang and Space Yi standing with Yao Ming after the game was also frozen by countless Chinese media. This is a picture worth repeatedly showing off in the future. It would be even better if there was another Dasheng Sun or Jeremy Lin in the picture.
The Knicks defeated the Rockets and had the last game against the Pistons in January.
At home, the Knicks will certainly not make a mistake for such a team. D'Antoni even took two main players in the team. Today he used Monroe and Tony Allen, but he still beat the Pistons at home.
The New York Times praised D'Antoni's rotation rest strategy after the game and encouraged him to be bolder and find opportunities to let the Holy Master and the No. 1 brother take some appropriate rest. Although these two people have good physical strength, when facing teams like the Pistons, they can give more people on the rotation rest list, which can also give substitutes more opportunities.
Wu Huang's data decreased in January. He was replaced early in some games with a score of points, and other teams were roughly the same. So after the end of the month, Wu Huang's personal data had become: 29.0 points, 5.1 rebounds, 9.4 assists and 3.3 steals per game. He shot 52.2%, 3-point shooting percentage was 42.5%, and 92.6% from free throws.
Although such data allowed him to continue to lead the scoring list, he had already widened a lot of gaps in the assist list. The former averaged 11.2 assists and the latter 10.4 times. Both of them were much higher than his assists. And let alone the top two, Wu Huang could not even keep his third position now, and Chris Paul also followed closely with an average of 9.0 assists, and could surpass him at any time.
Emperor Wu also knew that his previous thoughts were a bit of a matter of course. Since the 1980s, the assists of previous games have only appeared in just five times. If he wants to win the score, he will only have a chance to wait until a chance to stop. However, the chance of this opportunity is obviously not high. Although Nash is old, both Rondo and Paul are still young, so it is not easy for him to find a bargain.
The New York media has already awarded the best of the month to Wu Huang before the January award. He has won the best of the week three times this month. There will naturally be no suspense in the last best of the month, and it will definitely be awarded to him in the end.
In addition, many fans have also found that in a blink of an eye, the All-Star weekend of the new season is about to begin.
The result of the third All-Star vote was officially released at the end of the month. Wu Huang continued to lead the league with 2.2 million votes as expected, and he had a total of 550,000 more votes than Kobe, who was second.
As early as 10 days after the NBA new season started, the league had announced the list of candidates for the All-Star Game. This "advanced volume" completely rewrites history, and everything was because the "shrinkable season" schedule was too tight. Among them, Chinese fans' enthusiasm for voting has not been reduced due to the shrinking season. As long as Wu Huang, the vote king, the NBA All-Star Game will continue to drive the NBA's ratings in China.
According to statistics, on December 26 last year, the opening match of the NBA broadcast by CCTV, the focus match between the Knicks and the Mavericks at 6 o'clock in the morning, the ratings reached a terrifying 1.81% and the rating share was 8.13%. This is already a very terrifying number in the early morning time period. In the morning, about 50 million viewers watched the opening match of the Knicks in the morning.
Last year's Los Angeles All-Star Game in the United States set a new high in the past eight years, with the main game ratings reaching 5.8%. This year's Orlando All-Star Game with the participation of Wu Huang and Yao Ming will inevitably be sought after by Chinese audiences as usual, and may also reach a new high in global ratings.
But just when the vote king Wu, the king of votes, became the focus of the outside world again, the Knicks suffered a three-game losing streak in a four-day and three-game horror schedule! However, this wave of losing streak made Wu even more popular! After the influence reaches a certain level, it will not only become the focus of media attention when you perform well, but also have the same effect when you are in trouble.
The Knicks first played against the Chicago Bulls at home on February 2, which was the focus of the league's first and second place. As a result, with Anthony and Ross jointly contributed 62 points, the Knicks did not play the dominance of last season at home, especially Anthony's crazy performance in a single quarter of 13 points in the last quarter made the defending champion lose the first game of the new season at home. This is the first time this year that someone beat them in Madison Garden.
Knicks fans have finally paid attention to this opponent. The Bulls' increasingly tacit chemical reactions, and the continuous progress of young players such as Ross, Noah, and Asik have made the Bulls stronger than last season. Referring to last season's Eastern Conference semi-finals, the Bulls always die in the last quarter, but this time the Chicagoans who successfully took revenge will completely lose their psychological burden. This team may be the Knicks' biggest rival to win the championship.
The New York players ran away to challenge the Celtics the next day with a heart of depression. Needless to say, they must have been beaten back to the top of their heads, but this is not impossible, but because the schedule is too passive, it is so difficult to play back to back away.
On February 5, the Knicks returned to home again. This time they were dealing with the bottom Nets. As a result, the Knicks fans who thought they could take the opportunity to get some blood were disappointed again.
In this game, Delong used his body to interfere with Wu Huang, which made the Holy Master only hit 5 times in 16 shots in the game. He only scored 15 points, 5 rebounds and 4 assists in 34 minutes. It can be said that this was his worst game this season, because his opponent Delong played for 44 minutes and scored a game-high 28 points and 8 assists.
But if Wu Huang performed poorly, the Knicks would not lose to the Nets. The problem is that Gasol was also very soft today. He only made 3 of 10 shots in the game, and only contributed 8 points and 5 rebounds in 29 minutes of appearance. In addition, Bathil's performance was also average. Only David West performed well in the team and scored the highest 20 points and 10 rebounds in the team, but he was unable to help the team win.
The Knicks' three-game losing streak made New York fans dissatisfied. This picky criticism made Wu Huang want to scold people. Didn't they just lose a team battle of 4 days and three games? Now the Knicks have just temporarily fallen to the second place in the league. Isn't it over if they fight back next?
On February 7, the Knicks defeated the Utah Jazz at home, and Wu Huang set a new season's highest score in a single game. In this game, he rebounded strongly and staged a crazy performance of 51 points, 10 rebounds and 3 assists, helping the team quickly get out of the shadow of three consecutive losses.
But even such outstanding performance did not make Wu Huang a unique headline, because the Mavericks defeated the Denver Nuggets, who had the Devil's home court away today.
This is not the point, the point is that Chinese point guard Jeremy Lin scored a maximum score of 38 points in his single game in this game! So someone in this issue of Sports Illustrated made the headlines with Wu Huang. This person is Jeremy Lin, who is also wearing yellow skin.
"Damn it! Although this kid's rise is sudden and amazing, what is the reason he can steal my 51-point headline with 38 points?" After Wu Huang knew that he only had half of the headlines the next day, he was not very willing because he felt that if he wanted to get a mere 38 points, he could score at any time.
However, he didn't think about it. Jeremy Lin was the lowest player in the league a month ago and was a Chinese. This sudden rise was indeed worthy of the media's special writing. What he reported was not the matter of getting a few points, but the inspirational factor in it. This is not as simple as 38 points.
Speaking of Jeremy Lin, his experience is indeed very inspiring.
After the suspension in 2011, the Warriors cut Jeremy Lin, and he was claimed by the Rockets. Half a month later, Jeremy Lin was cut again on Christmas. Two days later, the Mavericks, who lacked control, became Jeremy Lin's new owner. From then on, a legendary story began to be staged in Dallas.
Jeremy Lin's performance in the early stages of the Mavericks was not amazing, and he played against his old club, the Warriors in the first game. Jeremy Lin said before the game that he didn't want too much and just enjoyed the fun of the game. As a result, he only played for one minute in garbage time, and the Mavericks also lost to the Warriors 85:98.
Jeremy Lin was transferred to the NBDL after only less than a week at the Mavericks, but on January 20, he scored 28 points, 12 rebounds and 12 assists in the Development League. The Mavericks, who was trapped in the point guard shortage due to Kidd's injury, quickly recalled him. Then the Chinese point guard used his hands to tightly clamp the throat of fate... (To be continued.)
Chapter completed!