Basketball: The Chosen Victim

Chapter 156 Is Your Brain Out Of Watts?
The "Durant thinks Wu Di is not worthy of the Best Rookie Award" incident has come to an end, but the impact is far from over.

Ordinary people are eating melons to watch the excitement, or directly off to participate in the tearing battle. Some big Vs who are sensitive to traffic are shocked to find out——

After this wave of hype, Durant's number of fans directly increased from more than 1100 million to more than 1300 million!

Wu Di rose from just over 2000 million to 2300 million!
Catching up with Lao Zhan's 2900 million!
Even with other big Vs involved in this matter, such as MGK, Lil P, C White, Kendrick Lamar and others, their fan numbers have increased by hundreds of thousands each.

Durant has 10 tweets every day, but only this one made him gain more than 200 million followers. The problem is self-evident.

Wu Di's phenomenon-level topicality has aroused the envy of countless people!

Jay-Z, Lord Gou, and other hip-hop bigwigs who felt that they had lost their place before, all tweeted about this matter the next day, obviously wanting to get more traffic.

It can only be said that it is no wonder that Jay-Z and the gang of hip-hop bigwigs like Lord Gou don’t have as many Twitter fans as Kanye.

The pace of the Internet is too fast, what happened yesterday, just entered the market today, this is what can't even keep up with the heat.

Like Kanye, he immediately said yesterday that Durant should wash up and go to bed, and he just got more than 100 million new fans, and once again strengthened the personality setting of "Everyone is drunk and I am alone".

Then tweeted again early today, saying that he would watch the G3 and G4 games between the Cavaliers and the Knicks live at Madison Square Garden.

Kanye really understands the traffic.

But this is nothing. Not long after, Ao Guanhai, who was in the White House, even tweeted that if the Cavaliers played against the Heat in the Eastern Conference Finals, he would watch the game live during his vacation.

This is the king of traffic. It not only grasped the essence of this year's playoffs, but also directly filled the sense of expectation.

Lao Zhan immediately said that he would wait for Ao Guanhai's visit in Miami.

Ao Guanhai replied to him directly:

"Okay, I will go to Miami to watch G7 then!"

One word, absolutely.

Soon, on April 4, the 16-2010 NBA playoffs officially kicked off.

The Cavaliers will have a game on the first day, at home against the Knicks led by Melo Anthony and Stoudemire.

But Wu Di soon discovered that the entire Cavaliers team was out of shape...

After the first half, 42-35, the Cavaliers trailed by 7 points, setting a new season low in halftime scoring.

Wu Di only scored 13 points, which was worse than the scores in a single quarter of previous games, and the others performed at the level of war criminals.

The atmosphere in the Quicken Loans Arena slipped to freezing point.

Before the game, quite a few media predicted that the Cavaliers would not be able to adapt to the playoffs.

After all, the Cavaliers' three main players, Wu Di, Love, and Jordan have no playoff experience. The other two starters, Jamison and Davis, have little to no playoff experience, and have never made it past the second round of the playoffs. .

As for the Knicks, not only Anthony and Stoudemire are regulars in the playoffs, but also Chauncey Billups, the MVP of the 03-04 season finals.

But the Cavaliers fans didn't take it seriously at all. After all, the media predicted the Cavaliers' record before, and their faces were swollen. I don't know how many times.

In the second half, Wu Di's hand feeling picked up, but Anthony, Stoudemire and Billups' hand feeling was still hot.

Especially Stoudemire, who felt so hot that he melted. He broke through the frame with one hand and made a mid-range shot. He made 7 of 6 shots in the third quarter and beat Jordan and Love completely without temper.

In the end, the Cavaliers still lost the game 96-82, and the big score came to 1-0.

吴迪30投11中拿下26分6篮板3助攻，这数据在季后赛不能说差，但离常规赛统治级表现差得远。

Moreover, the overall shooting rate is only 36.7%, which is a lot lower than the data of more than 50% in the regular season.

乐福则是三分4投1中，两双机器直接失灵，打了36分钟也只拿下了9分7篮板2助攻的数据，还贡献了4个失误。

Jordan was even more horrible. He suffered chest spasm and left the field in the middle of the second quarter, only showing 6 points and 3 rebounds.

Jamieson and Davis performed fairly unsatisfactorily.

贾米森12分6篮板4助攻，戴维斯则是8分2篮板7助攻，只能称得上稳健，都无法改变比赛的走向。

Among the bench, only Beverly performed well.

Although it can't be reflected in the data, it successfully limited the Knicks point guard Tony Douglas, and also caused some interference to Billups.

But on the whole, the performance of the Cavaliers is seriously abnormal, far from the level shown in the regular season.

This result, not to mention that the Cavaliers did not expect it, even the Knicks coach, Mike D'Antoni did not expect that they would win the Cavaliers by 14 points at home.

After the game, D'Antoni, Melo and Stoudemire laughed at the press conference.

"Mr. Coach, this is the first time the Knicks have reached the playoffs again after 7 years, and they beat the Cavaliers ranked No. Shall we share the Knicks' secret to winning?"

The accompanying reporters of the "New York Times" first congratulated D'Antoni, and then asked questions.

"Actually, there is no special secret. If there is one, it is teamwork!"

D'Antoni paused, and then said:

"We have Cameron, Chauncey and other players in the middle of the season. They integrate into the team very quickly. I am surprised every day by the new changes and good chemistry of the team. The results of the game are getting better and better, so beating the Cavaliers is not a big deal!"

Good guy, you, the seventh in the Eastern Conference, actually said that beating the second Cavaliers in the Eastern Conference is no big deal!
A group of reporters caught tonight's hot words in an instant, and lowered their heads to write shorthand in their notebooks.

"Mr. Coach, what do you think is the probability that you will continue to win in the next game?"

D'Antoni obviously felt that it was a bit of a loss to forget to brag about the cup before the game, so he waved his hand:
"At least 80%! Playoff experience is not so easy to make up for. Even if Wu Di is Jordan's second, it took Jordan's Bulls three years to break out of the first round!"

At least 80%!

The reporters exploded in an instant, good guy!

This is comparing the Cavaliers to the Bulls with Jordan, and the Knicks to the Celtics with Larry Bird!
The local journalists from Ohio who were present were downcast as if they had been slapped in the face, but the journalists from New York were greatly boosted in confidence!

They seem to have captured the biggest material of this round of the series!

The Cavaliers, whose original slogan was "to win a real championship", ranked second in the regular season, but they were taught a lesson by the Knicks, and the first game was won by a big score!

Dolan's introduction of Melon Anthony is indeed a wonderful move!

Thinking of this, another blond female reporter from the "New York Post" quickly stood up and asked:

"Cameron, you scored a double-double of 31 points and 12 rebounds in this game. What do you think makes you play so well?"

Anthony laughed heartily:

"Actually, my performance today was pretty mediocre. Today it was mainly the Cavaliers who pulled their hips. They were not ready at all!"

"They far underestimated the intensity of the playoffs! Don't get me wrong, I don't mean to belittle the Cavaliers. They are an awe-inspiring team. The regular season is equal to the Bulls' record, second only to the Heat. This is very It's amazing, Wu Di is completely worthy of being the best rookie, it's completely different from my year..."

Everyone burst out laughing instantly, the best rookie award in the 03-04 season is definitely the most controversial one in the past 10 years.

Anthony was better than James in all statistics at the time, and in terms of team record, the Nuggets returned to the playoffs, and the Cavaliers' record did not make it to the playoffs.

There is no reason for this award to be given to James, but everyone knows the ending.

Anthony spread his hands and continued to smile:

"Just kidding, you all know I don't care about that honor!"

"Having said that, the regular season and the playoffs are two completely different games!"

"As Coach Mike said, we have a big chance to win!"

The reporter went on to ask:
"As a team leader, how do you think you can avoid the 20% loss that coach D'Antoni said?"

Anthony stroked his mustache, pondered for a while, and asked D'Antoni beside him:

"Coach, where do you think that 20% probability comes from?"

D'Antoni was startled, who doesn't know that D'Antoni likes to brag?
Anthony what does this mean?
Do you think he made the team feel impetuous when he said too high?

He still thinks it's too low!

After all, black seven is not something that ordinary teams can win, they have to give enough confidence to do it!

Thinking of this, he replied:
"Uh...you know, the Cavaliers' supernova Wu Di is indeed a character. Our victory today has nothing to do with our ability to restrain Wu Di! But the next game may not be..."

However, Anthony interrupted his words directly:

"So the 20% probability comes from Wu Di, right? Okay, in the next game, I will limit his scoring to 20 points!"

hiss!
The reporters at the scene were instantly overwhelmed by Anthony's arrogance!
Limit Wu Di's score to less than 20 points!
Today's headlines are here!
A group of reporters from New York stood up and applauded!

Wu Di has been in the limelight recently, and the day before yesterday was because of Durant's unworthy incident. Even the President of the United States said that he would go to the Eastern Conference finals to watch the ultimate showdown between the Cavaliers and the Heat!

Go to the Eastern Conference Finals to watch the game between the Cavaliers and the Heat?

Have you asked the Knicks for their opinion?

Today they saw that Wu Di was restrained by the newly promoted King of New York, Anthony, how happy they were!

Seeing this, Anthony was also quite proud.

The outside world is paying attention to the duel between Wu Di and James. Doesn't he deserve a name for Melon?
The revenge of the battle of Tanhua, he will always remember it in his heart!
In Wu Di's career debut, he scored 46 points on his head, breaking Chamberlain's ancient record. He became famous in the first battle and let him be the background board.

Anthony was still the head of the Nuggets at the time, and there were trade rumors, which put him under unprecedented pressure.

Especially the flood defense that has been criticized by many outside parties.

After coming to the Knicks this time, he did nothing else. Originally, he was a native of New York, and his wife was also a local, so the transition from Denver to New York was almost seamless.

Then he devoted himself to the basketball career, concentrating on polishing his skills, especially his defensive skills.

So when the Bulls fell to the same record as the Cavaliers in an upset loss to the 76ers, and the Cavaliers rose to second because of their better record against the Bulls, he almost cried with joy.

This is the chance God gave him, to push Wu Di in front of him, and let him prove himself again!

He seems to have found the same fighting spirit as in the Western Conference Finals back then, even more powerful!

Especially today on the sidelines, when he actually saw the four golden flowers of the Nuggets on the sidelines of the Cavaliers!
Four golden flowers!

That's his big fan!
Now he is sitting directly on the sidelines of the Cavaliers!
So without D'Antoni's special instructions, in this game, he consciously tried his best to defend Wu Di.

Wu Di's hit rate is less than 40%, he must be credited!

But he still thinks it's not enough. In the next game, he will continue to carry forward the defense of this game and lock Wu Di!
Therefore, he shouted the slogan "Limit Wu Di to less than 20 points", definitely not for the sake of traffic, but just to prove himself!
After the reporters were excited, they turned their attention to Stoudemire:
"Amare, you scored 28 points, 7 rebounds and 2 assists in this game, and your shooting percentage exceeded 60%. Can you share with us your feelings about this year's series?"

Stoudemire took the microphone, glanced at D'Antoni and Anthony beside him, and wondered if the two had discussed it in private?

One said that there was an 80% chance of winning the next game, and the other said that Wu Di's scoring should be limited to less than 20 points...

He's done pretending, what else can he say?
In fact, his match was more or less mixed with some personal grievances.

In February, he was robbed of the All-Star starter by Wu Di.

He originally had a higher number of votes than last year, but because of Wu Di, his starting qualification was snatched instead!
Moreover, Wu Di, a forward and guard swingman, can go to the back line to get the starting lineup. Wade's votes are much lower than him, but Wu Di still canvasses votes as a small forward, making it clear that he insists on relying on the Huaxia people to get him more votes. Squeeze!

For this account alone, his teeth itch with hatred.

But what made him even more angry was that a few days ago, because Wu Di won the best rookie award, many people actually compared him with Yao Ming in that year's duel.

Saying that Yao Ming beat him up, but he won the best rookie award, this is evidence that black people get special treatment again.

excuse me?

Yao Ming is about to retire, he is still an All-Star!
Yao Ming's best result was the second round of the playoffs, but he made it to the Western Conference Finals!

Blow your head off!

He is too strong!
Thinking of this, he said:
"Before the game, many media said that Wu Di was a phenomenal rookie player and that he deserved the Rookie of the Year Award. The Cavaliers are a team with unlimited potential. They will sweep us 0-4, etc., but... "

The reporters took a deep breath for a moment, often the words behind the "but" are what a person really wants to say, and the words in front are just a prelude to suppressing the desire!
Moreover, the harder you raise, the harder you suppress back!
"However, the playoffs are the stage to test the quality of superstars!"

"Now we have all seen the results. Wu Di is not as good as the outside world advertised, and the Cavaliers are far from invincible. At least with Anthony and I, the Cavaliers will never break through this round of the series!"

boom!
Stoudemire's words were like a blockbuster, completely detonating the scene!

The media from New York reveled in another carnival, but the local media in Ohio was furious like never before!
Immediately a reporter asked:

"Amare, do you agree with Kevin Durant's opinion and think that Wu Di is not worthy of the best rookie award?"

"You mean, you want to challenge Wu Di's superstar quality?"

A reporter even refuted it directly:

"The quality of the superstar? The topic of the quality of the superstar is actually placed on the All-Star starter and the season's scoring champion. Are you out of your mind?"

"It's only G1 now, let's see how you survive after losing the series!"

"Hurry up and take back what you just said, or you will be fucked by Wu Di in the next game!"

……

But Stoudemire not only did not intend to take back his words, but also finished the press conference with his head raised.

Also raising their heads are Anthony and D'Antoni.

As for the Cavaliers, Wu Di quickly learned of the speeches of several people from other reporters.

"Hehe, it's just a group of clowns who want to steal my traffic!"

Wu Di almost squeezed these words through his teeth, and then he got up and left the scene:

"Wait for the game the day after tomorrow!"

(End of this chapter)