Basketball: Starting from the Rodman template

Chapter 106 Woody VS LeBron

"I think LeBron James is a complement, can help me score better, I feel like we can form a connection between the two of us. Contrary to what people think, I love this kid very much, and now I am with Paul Pierce , which also allows me to have more open shots."

12 month 17 day.

Ricky Davis, who was just traded to the Celtics, responded to a question about the deal.

His attitude made some media reporters feel confused.

They originally thought that Ricky Davis would be a little out of breath.

Because in the previous reports about him, he is a "bad element" who has a bad relationship with LeBron James and has a lot of absurd things off the court.

But looking at it now, why is his attitude still a little sad?

The Goodman brothers also knew Ricky Davis' latest reply, and he said to the reporter Shay Serrano who called him: "Of course you can't report like this, man, you have to polish his words! "

Just kidding, they spent so much time paving the way for the gap between Ricky Davis and LeBron. His existence has affected the growth of LeBron James. How can the outside world doubt this?

Shay knew what it meant when he heard this.

Early the next morning, his latest report appeared in an ESPN column.

"I thought he was here to help me!" ——Ricky Davis's self-report after leaving the Cavaliers! "

Once this article was published, it immediately caused a huge wave.

Many media outlets stepped on Ricky Davis:
"So, it's really not surprising that he was traded!"

"Obviously, Ricky Davis didn't recognize his position. He had no idea what LeBron James meant to Cleveland!"

"It seems that LeBron has really been delayed, but fortunately, the Cavaliers management's remedy is still timely!"

……

Ricky Davis was stunned when he saw these comments.

Is this what I mean?

Didn't I say the two of us had a great time together?

He immediately contacted his agent, wanting to explain, but unfortunately his agent replied to him half an hour later: "Sorry, we don't have such a strong public opinion force!"

In other words, this "blame" is your responsibility.

A certain pair of eyes in Toronto watched all this. Since Vince Carter was stomped on the head by Woody and ridiculed by the media in the "Player of the Week Award" campaign, he has become increasingly dissatisfied with the status quo of the Raptors.

But equally, the Raptors' front office is increasingly skeptical that Vince Carter will continue to be the cornerstone of the team.

But Vince Carter is the box office guarantee of "The North". If anyone trades him, there is no guarantee that he will not be liquidated later.

need a reason...

The way the Cavaliers management handles Ricky Davis is worth learning.

If Toronto fans hated Vince Carter first, then the trade would be a logical one!

Meanwhile, Woody and the Heat continued their regular-season schedule.

After a wave of "three consecutive victories", they ended their winning streak in Atlanta, but then another wave of "two consecutive victories".

December 12, the last game before Christmas.

The Heat arrived in Cleveland, and their next opponent was none other than the Cavaliers!

The first encounter between Woody and LeBron James, the "Akron Twin Stars" in the NBA, has finally arrived.

The league gave the "National Live Broadcast" treatment.

The major media is also all kinds of hype.

Woody and the Cavaliers arrived in Cleveland on the 22nd. After arriving at the hotel, he went back to St. Mary's and watched the last game before the "Christmas War" of St. Mary's High School.

This is the first time he and Curry have met since the "birthday party" in May. Curry should have grown taller, but looking at his immature face, Woody is a little uncertain.

There was a huge cheer when Woody showed up!

The performance of St. Mary's High School in the league this year is hard to describe. They have only won 9 games in the 2 games they have played.

Compared with the "St. Mary's Invincible Division" who was undefeated in a whole season and won the state championship last season, there is a big gap.

There is no way, the original St. Mary's was just a team playing in the Ohio third-tier league. The appearance of LeBron James made them jump to the second-tier league, and then Woody's appearance made them jump to the first-tier league.

In four years, he jumped two levels in a row, which is unique in the history of the entire Ohio State League.

But there are only so many students in Akron, and the quality is far below the standards of the first-level league.

After the "Akron Four" and Woody left this summer, only Stephen Curry was left as the main player.

But he is only a sophomore in high school!

Although coach Drew specially formulated a set of "team four-man pick-and-roll" tactics for him, he averaged 21.4 points per game and made 41.2% of his three-pointers, but it was still not enough to make them a top player in the first-tier league. strong team.

And with the deepening of the league, Stephen Curry's style of play has also been seen through by the head coaches of other teams, and there are more targets.

You can't expect a sophomore in high school to play five-on-one in a first-level high school league.

LeBron James can't even do this!

St. Mary's High School has experienced a wave of "three-game losing streak" recently.

Woody's arrival didn't bring luck to Stephen Curry either.

St. Mary's lost again tonight, 51-65.

Stephen Curry scored 21 points, but he could only grit his teeth and hang his head.

"Woody, I miss the days when we played together!" Stephen Curry begged for a hug.

Woody touched his head and comforted him: "It's okay, Stephen, this kind of life will be over in two and a half years!"

"!!!" Stephen Curry, who was originally pale, suffered a disastrous defeat.

Life is not easy, Curry sighed.

"Will you come to watch the game tomorrow?" Woody prepared a side ticket for the Cavaliers for Stephen Curry.

It wasn't from LeBron James, but from Woody himself.

He is not very familiar with LeBron James.

The chat between them still stayed on the night after the draft.

"I'm looking forward to this fight against Woody. He and I have always been good brothers. We had a very memorable high school time. We won the state championship trophy together. Now seeing him play so well, I am really happy." I am very happy...Of course, I often text him and our friendship remains the same...What, do you want to see our chat content? This is a very private chat, I'm afraid not!"

So when Woody saw LeBron James' pre-match interview with the media, he was stunned.

Do you text often?

It turns out that the "good brother" took this path?
That's it!

That brother, got it!

"Of course, I've been looking forward to this match. In fact, we had an agreement as early as the night of the draft. In our first match, whoever wins will be given 5 dollars by the opponent. I don't know about this. The bet is still unfinished, but our friendship will not change!" Woody's interview with the reporter was also "on the fly".

This immediately aroused the interest of the media.

It also added another gimmick to the game.

ESPN immediately published a headline titled "The Battle of $5."

A reporter asked LeBron James to verify this matter.

He was stunned for a second, and almost burst out:

Am I crazy?

Make such a bet with him?
What is the ranking of the Heat?
What is the ranking of our Cavaliers!
This is false!

You guys actually believe it!
Actually, right now, the situation is like this. When the draft was just over, LeBron James, the "chosen son", coupled with the Cavaliers' sufficient manpower, Ricky Davis and Big Z, the two All-Stars Star-level players, no matter how you look at them, are the stronger side!
So it's not surprising if there was such a bet at the time...

The most exasperating thing is that Woody also added the sentence "I don't know if this bet is still worth it"!
In this way, if LeBron James disagrees, it is easy for people to mistakenly think that he just denied the bet because he saw that the Heat and Woody had a fierce momentum, were not sure of winning the game, and played a better performance than Woody. about!

All in all...

Damn, let this kid cheat again!

When the Goodman brothers knew about this, an unknown flame suddenly arose. They thought of Woody's "restore the glory of St. Mary" before the state finals. "wedding dress".

This time they were afraid of repeating the same mistakes, so they didn't dare to find a gimmick on Woody.

Besides, they just kicked out Ricky Davis, so they should keep a low profile...

Unexpectedly!
They don't miss Woody, but Woody and "Magic" Johnson miss them.

What a ruthless "magician"...

Speaking of which, when they knew that Johnson was Woody's agent, they were not surprised at all, because only such an agent could come up with such a "vicious" scheme.

just now……

The same recipe, the same problem, verified their conjecture even more.

The "superior" behind Woody was Johnson!
LeBron, LeBron, you don't have any memories of high school friendships, you have a Jill friendship with him!
"We must deny this matter and say that he fabricated it out of thin air!" Alan Goodman believes that he absolutely cannot agree.

If this is agreed, it will be an opportunity for Woody to "stamp his head"!

Ok……

They all think that the current Cavaliers will definitely not be able to beat the Heat, and LeBron is unlikely to break out of the Heat's siege.

LeBron James has something to say...

This time it seems that I was the first to make the move.

"I haven't texted him in a while..."

If we say that he is "fabricated out of thin air", then this guy will probably pull out his mobile phone and say that the text messages between me and him are fabricated out of thin air...

The Goodman brothers called "good guy", are you waiting here?
The water of the public opinion war is too deep, they really can't grasp it!
"Listen to my advice, don't play these things with Woody in the future, you really can't play with him, play with peace of mind, good boy!"

This kind of coaxing tone made LeBron very uncomfortable, but he also knew that he did something wrong this time.

"What about this time?"

"What else can I do this time! Follow what they say!"

LeBron James confirmed this in a subsequent interview: "This is one of the reasons that motivates us to work hard after entering the league!"

As soon as LeBron admitted to this commitment.

The media collectively climaxed!
Johnson also called Woody: "Man, the second war is coming!"

In the opening game, the three major sneaker brands released the "first show promotional video", and Woody had the last laugh.

The subsequent performance also faintly suppressed the other two "Heavenly Talents".

Now this "5 knife agreement" is like the "Sarajevo Incident", the "Three Great Talents" dispute has begun again, before it was the "Three Kingdoms Melee", now it is a head-on contest between Woody and LeBron James.

This game, which is already full of highlights, has reached a height that does not belong to it because of this "5 dollar agreement"!

Everyone is talking about this game.

Johnson is full of confidence in Woody winning the game.

But he felt Woody needed to win a little more beautifully.

The more beautiful the better!
LeBron James: Uncle Johnson, you have changed, you are no longer my uncle "Magician"!

Woody thought so too.

Not only did he think so, the system...

I thought so too!
"Ding, the St. Mary's internal fighting mission has been released, please check it out for the host!"

Following the prompt, Woody opened the system panel and found the two missions just released.

The first task is to win the game, and the achievement points rewarded are not many, only 3 points.

This task is really not that difficult...

The description of the second task is a bit complicated. It probably means that the better Woody's own performance is, the worse LeBron James' personal data is restricted, and the more achievement points he gets.

Great deal!

This game must be played well!

On the other side, the Goodman brothers also noticed the rising heat. When LeBron James was still in the locker room, he called him again and asked him to play a good performance tonight anyway.

LeBron James nodded grimly.

At the same time, I couldn't help feeling a little more nervous.

Game time came later.

Woody and LeBron James met on the court.

Wear different jerseys.

As an opponent...

Reporters on the sidelines raised their cameras to record the scene.

Woody and LeBron James walked towards each other, glanced at the cameras on the sidelines almost at the same time, then showed a more obvious smile, and walked towards each other, like old friends who haven't seen for a long time.

"Dude, you miss me!"

"That's what I wanted to say too, Woody, you're amazing!"

"You are better, I hope you can play well tonight!"

"You too, buddy!"

With cordial greetings, the mental activity is actually the same again:

This bitch can really pretend!
Turning their heads and walking back to their team's bench, the expressions of the two became serious.

For the two of them, this game that can only succeed and not fail has begun.

The big screen at the scene gave the starting list of the two teams at this time:
"The Heat: Wade at No. [-], Jones at No. [-], Gerald Wallace at No. [-], Woody at No. [-], Brandt at No. [-];
Cavaliers: LeBron James at No. [-], Jeff McGinnis at No. [-], Eric Williams at No. [-], Boozer at No. [-], Big Z at No. [-];”

Stephen Curry also appeared in the sideline audience at this time, and the media reporters at the scene immediately held up the camera and gave him a close-up.

The big screen at the scene also showed this "elementary school student" who was also born in Akron in time.

Because his father once played for this team for a short time, it also caused a lot of cheers.

Steph Curry smiled joyfully as Woody stepped forward to say hello.

LeBron James noticed this scene, got up quickly, walked towards Stephen Curry, and said in surprise: "My bro, you actually came to watch this game?"

"Woody gave me the tickets." Stephen Curry said bluntly.

This made LeBron James stunned for a moment. He glanced at the reporter's camera from the sidelines and realized belatedly that he had said the wrong thing.

Quickly remedied: "I know, I know, Woody told me about this!"

This sentence made him sweat profusely, and he didn't dare to say anything, and hurried back to the Cavaliers' bench.

Almost exposed again...

Why is the character design of this "good brother" so difficult!
He has nothing to do with Stephen Curry. The reason is simple. He doesn't think Curry can play in the NBA. Even if he plays in the NBA, he may not be a good player. The most important thing... of……

So he doesn't pay attention to Stephen Curry at all.

It's just that he didn't expect that this "elementary student" almost became his "catastrophe" tonight!
The game finally officially started.

Woody jumps the ball with Big Z!

Since the last time he played against the Warriors, Woody beat Dampier by jumping, the heavy responsibility of jumping the ball fell on him.

However, playing the fourth position tonight was deliberately arranged by Stan Van Gundy...

Big Z is 2 meters tall and is currently the third tallest player in the league.

Like Dampier, the height has gone up, and the athletic ability has come down visible to the naked eye.

It was also after seeing the scout reports of Dampier and Big Z that Woody discovered that Yao Ming's talent was far more than just 2 meters tall.

His mobility and soft touch are also rare among players over 2 meters tall.Generally, inside players with a height of 20 meters cannot match him in flexibility.

With his quick bounce and responsiveness, Woody proved that jumping the ball has nothing to do with height.

The group of "big men", including Yao Ming, did not have a very high success rate for the opening jump ball.

The first ball up was the pick-and-roll cooperation between Woody and Wade.

LeBron James doesn't have a strong sense of defense against pick-and-rolls, but Woody bumped into him and felt like he was pushed against a wall.

After entering the league, this guy is stronger!

In terms of strength and confrontation, this guy is indeed historical.

Fortunately, Wade has successfully got rid of him.

Boozer stepped forward to help defend.

As a second-round pick in the 03 draft, he averaged 15.5 points, 11.4 rebounds and 2 assists per game, and he performed very well.

It is reported that the reason why the Cavaliers management finally agreed to send Ricky Davis away has a lot to do with his excellent rookie season.

They want to create a "LeBron - James plus two towers" model.

Facing his interception, Wade hit the ball from his side to behind him without hesitation.

Woody went straight down after the pick-and-roll, just in time to catch the ball, and shot directly facing the frame.

LeBron James is close behind, but Woody is very experienced with the ball against him, and then uses a longer wingspan than LeBron James to complete the layup.

After LeBron James entered the league, his height has reached 2 meters.
But Woody's height is almost 2 meters 06.
If it is compared to the arm span, the gap is even bigger!
2-0!

The Heat came up with the "Wood" connection.

During this time, this was their main offensive tactic.

Stan Van Gundy nodded slightly.

Although Wade, as he thought, had the problem of "recognition" being too slow, the running-in speed between him and Woody was faster than he expected.

He's happy with that.

Stephen Curry jumped up the second Woody scored, so excited.

But this is the home court of the Cavaliers, and his appearance is particularly abrupt.

But considering he was born in Akron and played for St. Mary's High School, they decided to forgive Curry this time.

In fact, they couldn't boo Woody either.If they dare to boo Woody too hard in this game.I'm afraid that the Akron area will have to send them a "lawyer's letter" the next day.

The relationship between Akron and Cleveland is not very harmonious.

They could be rapport over LeBron James, or they could be hostile over Woody...

Woody's "St. Mary, this is for you" has become a classic Akron quote.

Maybe Cleveland has little affection for Woody, but Woody is a very important name to Akron.

LeBron James got the ball in the backcourt. He didn't become eager to score because Woody came up, or he was very anxious, but there was a voice in his head telling him:
Don't worry!
He patiently commanded his teammates to set up, and after playing a high pick-and-roll with Boozer, a pass from the waist was given to Boozer.

Boozer took the ball and made a fake shot first, trying to trick Woody away.

Woody was "cheated away" very face-saving.

But when Boozer was about to shoot again, he jumped back.

Boozer's shot was interrupted again...

After several times of hesitation, his shooting rhythm was completely messed up, he barely jumped up, and forced a mid-range shot to miss.

Woody rushed to the basket quickly at the same time as he shot.

Big Z moved quickly and intercepted him outside, but in this way, Grant was completely open and easily protected the rebound.

It can be seen that the Cavaliers have formulated a series of targeted plans for Woody's rebounding.

It's just that the plan is a bit rough.

The Heat's offensive and defensive transitions are quick.

Grant tossed the ball to Woody, who turned and gave it to Wade.

When Wade takes the ball, he is decisive and fast.

The speed of five people...

It’s just that!

The shortcoming of the big Z with slow foot travel is fully magnified.

The Heat easily got the opportunity to "5 on 4" in the frontcourt.

The moment Wade rushed to the basket, forcing the Cavaliers to double-team him, he took advantage of this opportunity to smash the ball to the backboard.

Woody hurried over, took the bounced ball in his hands, and slid with a bit of...

"Bah!"

Dunk into the box!

Woody scored another 2 points!
Started with 4 points in a row.

This time LeBron James is obviously a little more impatient.

Though my mind is still saying:

Don't worry, don't worry!
But his heart is already:

Don't worry?
Don't worry!

He played the last ball very reasonably, and he believed that this time, he could fool Wade.

This "big cheek gang" is honest and honest at first glance, with "Come and cheat, it's so easy to cheat!" written all over his face.

After a slight pause in front of the three-point line, LeBron James forced a breakthrough straight to Wade's right.

But Wade looked stupid, not really stupid, especially LeBron's pause was so big, he immediately moved sideways quickly, trying to stop LeBron in front of the free throw line.It's just that with the help of Woody's pick-and-roll just now, he didn't have a direct confrontation with LeBron.

this time...

It's his first time.

"Bah!"

There was a muffled sound and a muffled grunt.

Wade's expression was full of surprise.

Is this 18?

He doesn't look alike in appearance, and he doesn't look alike in general. Now that he's in contact with LeBron, he doesn't even feel alike!

Fortunately, his physique is not too thin. Even though LeBron's confrontation was beyond his imagination, he still resisted and did not let LeBron completely squeeze through.

Woody immediately stepped forward, forming a double-team with Wade.

As a high school teammate of LeBron, Woody is well aware that LeBron's breakthrough is mainly the first step.

If he is allowed to push away and continue to exert force, then he can roar past like a train.

Good to have someone stop him.

But if he resists the first push and doesn't allow him to break through completely, his rough breakthrough footsteps will undoubtedly be revealed.

like now!

Seeing that they were about to collide, and he couldn't squeeze Wade away, LeBron held the ball with both hands, and the jump ball was about to pass behind Woody.

Only in this way, his passing action is too obvious.

"Snapped!"

Woody's soaring stealing ability allowed him to accurately predict LeBron's pass, and he raised his hand to intercept the ball.

Another chance for a fast break!

LeBron James gritted his teeth and quickly returned to defense.

The explosive physical fitness is undoubtedly evident.

Just when he stood under his basket, he suddenly discovered an embarrassing situation:

There are two people attacking from the opposite side, one is Woody with the ball, and the other is Wade who is going down quickly without the ball.

On the Cavaliers side, he was the only one who returned to defense in time.

"2 on 1" in the frontcourt!
Watching the ball pass between the two hands, the distance is getting closer and closer to him.LeBron gritted his teeth and rushed towards Wade when he got the ball.Wade immediately passed the ball back to Woody at this time.

Woody made another dunk from the empty cut basket!
6 points in a row!
"beep!"

The referee on the sidelines blew his whistle.

Cavaliers head coach Paul Silas requested a timeout.

LeBron James walks down the court with his head down.

He had to admit that he was cowardly just now.

But he can't help it, the current situation is...

If he doesn't respond again, he is likely to be dunked by Wade or Woody.

These two situations, no matter which one happens, are things he does not allow!

So he can only "try his best" to rush towards Wade.

Silas shook his head helplessly on his face.

The opponent scored 3 consecutive offenses.

The method is the same, after the defense is successful, go down quickly.

This is the most notable style of the Heat this season.

For this point, he also specifically emphasized before the start of the game.

Just judging from the results, the effect is not ideal.

The reason is also very simple, the pace of Big Z is too slow.

Once there is such a rapid offensive and defensive transition, the big Z who is under the basket has no time to follow the team to return to defense in time.

The problem is not just this game.

Big Z's style of play is actually not compatible with LeBron James.

LeBron also needs the whole team to run to play his passing ability.

Ok……

He doesn't really have organizational skills either.

Silas had discovered this a long time ago, but he dared not say it.

Because LeBron's template is "Magic" Johnson.

Without organizational skills, he couldn't organize his teammates to help Big Z open up space and get singles opportunities.

And this is the only strong point of Big Z.

If this strength cannot be brought into play, the rest will be a matter of delay.

In the past, whenever LeBron James played well, it was the game where Silas put the big Z off the court.

Compared to Ricky Davis, Big Z is actually the player who should be traded more.

It's a pity that he has no say in the decision-making of the transaction.

Now he can only bite the bullet and use the big Z, which is the only star player on this team.

But for the first three rounds of this game, Big Z really couldn't stay on the court anymore.

He put Darius Miles on the field.

As the No. 00 pick in the first round of 3, Miles is also a representative of high school students participating in the draft. He is called the "KG second generation". His strong physical fitness is his characteristic and he likes aerial work.

Speaking of which, he and Woody are still a little conflicted.

Woody took over the "Super Perfect Score" this summer, the original athlete role was his, but this movie has not been scheduled or screened, the director chose to re-shoot the part about athletes, he All the roles were replaced by Woody.

This caused him to be full of energy at the moment.

LeBron's eyes also brightened, and he found like-minded people with him.

"I'll pass you more balls later!"

He patted Miles.

The game restarts.

It started with the cooperation of LeBron and Miles.

It's just that the quality of Myers' pick-and-roll is too poor. LeBron James just started, and he went down quickly, causing LeBron to plunge into the "encirclement" of Woody and Wade.

Where are you from?
A scrambled LeBron James passed the ball straight to the sidelines.

The ball belongs to the Heat.

LeBron couldn't help but spread his hands towards Miles.

He failed to score another round, he was really in a hurry!

Silas also took some aim at Woody.

In this round, Woody failed to have a chance to directly catch the ball and score. He simply pulled to the outside line, opening up the entire space on his side, and Gerald Wallace made a second air cut instead of him.

The ball arrives!

"Bah!"

Dunk again.

Although they changed players, the Heat's offense still looked so smooth.

Kenny Smith looked at the Heat who took the initiative, and couldn't help saying: "8-0! The Heat's momentum is really good tonight. On the other hand, the Cavaliers don't know when they will be able to score their goals tonight. first ball!"

(End of this chapter)