Basketball: Starting from the Rodman template

Chapter 130 The playoffs start

The reporter's aggressiveness made Woody understand a situation. His current situation was not optimistic.

Don't talk about him, let's just say that Michael Jordan played cards all night and Vince Carter flew back to his alma mater all night, which caused great controversy.

Although the two of them were playing during the playoffs, he was playing before the preseason.

But this time the opponent is the New York Knicks, who gave the Heat the "black eight shame" back then.

The whole of Miami became even more restless because of this game!

Woody delayed preparing for the game because of his own personal matters.

If this loses...

You can imagine the scene then!

Miami is not yet a city with a strong fan atmosphere.

I'm afraid that the urban craze he just brought about will dissipate as a result.

After his rookie season, Woody discovered that Miami people are simply a bunch of "championship fans."

As long as your team is strong, they will be fans!
After living for 28 years, 27 people who don’t watch football can still buy high-priced tickets and shake like nothing at the scene.

As long as the team's performance is not good, if the game is not finished until halftime, more than half of the originally packed auditorium will be filled immediately.

Of course, the original "die-hard fans" also come from "champion fans".

The reason why the Lakers are a wealthy team and have so many die-hard fans in Los Angeles is that they win a lot!
The Heat are going through this process right now...

On April 4, the NBA playoffs officially began.

In the East, the Pacers VS Boston Celtics and the Nets VS Bucks took the lead.

On the Western side, the Timberwolves, ranked first in the Western Conference, will play the Nuggets, ranked eighth in the Western Conference, and the Kings, ranked fourth in the Western Conference, will VS the Mavericks, ranked fifth in the Western Conference.

The results were no big surprise:

The Pacers easily defeated the Celtics.

Without Walker, Pierce was "alone" and lost himself in the Pacers' defensive formation headed by Artest, making only 18 of 5 shots.

As the core, Pierce is so sluggish, the result of the game can be imagined.

The game between the Nets and the Bucks was a very typical game where "veterans" taught "rookies" a lesson.

From the very beginning, the Nets used a full-court press to make the Bucks very uncomfortable.

The entire rhythm has been restrained. By the time the Bucks reacted, the game time had reached 8 minutes and 14 seconds of the third quarter, and the point difference had reached about 15 points.Jason Kidd directed the team to play steadily and easily defeated the Bucks 102-86 and won the first game of the series.

The course of this game left Miami worried.

They are also afraid that the Heat, as a new team this year, will be defeated by the New York Knicks with their rich experience.

After watching the game between the Timberwolves, the No. [-] team in the West, and the Nuggets, the No. [-] team in the West, they had one more thing to worry about:
Carmelo Anthony, who averaged 20 plus 6 per game in the regular season, only scored 15 points in the first game of the series and shot less than 30% from the field!

This……

In the 03 generation, Carmelo Anthony's scoring ability is already very stable, and his scoring skills are very mature. Even he lost himself under the intensity of the playoffs and relied more on the passing of teammates. Woody, and Wade, who lacks shooting ability... will his performance on the offensive end be more unstable?

They were worried after watching these two games. After watching the reports of these two games, the New York fans opened another bottle of champagne.Fortunately, the game would start tomorrow, otherwise they would be tired of celebrating in advance.

What can be done?

It's all good news!

They can only... keep playing music and dance!
The first game of the series was played at the Heat's home court.

Judging from the attendance in the auditorium before the game, Heat fans are very enthusiastic about this game.

40 minutes before the game started, the auditorium was filled with spectators.What they are looking forward to is self-evident:

They want to see the Heat team today and wash away the shame of the Heat team in the past!

Just listen to the boos when the New York Knicks guys entered the court. The bursts of boos like howling ghosts and wolves, which shows how humiliating it was in the hearts of Heat fans to be "blackballed" in 99.

Heat fans who have been humiliated to this day still feel unforgettable when they think of these things...

These boos instantly turned into huge cheers when the Heat's home team's appearance ceremony began.

Listening to these cheers, Stan Van Gundy felt a faint layer of sweat on his forehead.

Even though these Heat fans are cheering so actively at the moment, if Woody and the others don't perform well tonight, then these cheers will immediately turn into huge boos.

Catcalling can always be directed externally or internally.

Sometimes, the people who praise the most are often the ones who scold the most... They only believe in one truth: as long as they can win, they are the strongest!

Everyone on the Heat team knows what these Miami people are like, and they are even more energetic at this moment. They are more motivated than shouting slogans in the locker room.

Tonight, an unexpected audience member came to the sidelines, Yi**.

Woody was a little surprised by her appearance.It was the first time they had seen each other since Christmas.I*ka also has his contact information, but did not send him a message before coming.But looking at her staring at him, Woody can be sure that this girl is coming for him.

Looking at her dressed in a very business suit, she probably came to Miami to discuss business and take time to watch a game.

Even when she had nothing to do, she suddenly thought that there was a man in Miami who knew her depth, but she didn't know his length yet, so she came up with an impromptu idea.

Ok……

It sure is!
Woody nodded briefly towards her and immediately threw himself into the warm-up.

Seeing him being so serious, I*ka thought to himself: This game is indeed very important. I didn't disturb him, so it should be a bonus, right?

Although she didn't come to Miami specifically to watch Woody play, but as soon as she knew that she had a schedule for Miami, I*ka immediately looked at the Heat's schedule for the day and confirmed that it was the day of the first game of the Heat series. She came a day in advance and was very "considerate" without sending a text message to inform Woody, so that he could prepare for the game with peace of mind.

She felt that her behavior was very "warm girl", and when Woody saw her sudden appearance, he would definitely be able to relate it to...

This score has not increased so much!
I*ka was very satisfied with her last contact with Woody. She was also looking forward to meeting Woody again and leaving a deeper impression on him.Right now, it should be half done.

The big screen at the scene gave the starting lineups of both sides:
"Heat team: No. [-] Wade, No. [-] Jones, No. [-] Caron Butler, No. [-] Woody, No. [-] Grant;" After Wade returned some time ago, Caron Butler briefly He returned to the bench, but later, Stan Van Gundy discovered that this team needed space on the offensive end more than height inside.

So under Spoelstra's suggestion, he made a bold adjustment. He put Odom on the bench and Caron Butler in the third position.

After such adjustments, the entire Heat team's offensive and defensive levels have clearly returned to the time when Wade was injured.

Pat Riley also became more determined in his inner decision after noticing this situation.

The New York Knicks’ starting lineup is:
Marbury at No. [-], Alan Houston at No. [-], Shanton Anderson at No. [-], Van Horn at No. [-], and Mutombo at No. [-].

When the figures of these five people appeared on the big screen at the scene, there was a huge booing immediately.

Woody sat on the bench and relaced his shoes.In the eyes of some female Heat fans, this look is eye-catching and delicious.

giegie I can do it!
Almost done, Woody opened the system and took another look.

Yesterday, Anthony hit the "playoff wall", and the system immediately issued a new task:
What does "Best Rookie" mean?

The task requires Woody to perform on par with the regular season.

If you can complete it, you will get 1 achievement points.

Woody previously completed the "Best Rookie" task and received 3 achievement points. In addition to the 6 achievement points obtained from the "Rebound King" task, plus some miscellaneous achievement points in his hand, a total of 3 About [-] achievement points.

You must know that he got a total of 10 achievement points in the first half of the season, but after the template upgrade, including the season settlement, it was only 6 achievement points.

The speed of obtaining achievement points has obviously been improved again.

This mission must be won!

Thinking of this, Woody's eyes flashed a little more fieryly.

Now he is blessed with several layers of buffs that must win, and his desire to win cannot stop at all.

Before the game started, Stan Van Gundy once again called everyone in front of him to cheer them on.In the past two days, he has been arranging for the veterans to play training games with Woody and Wade at the intensity of the playoffs. The effect is pretty good, and the two people have adapted quickly.But this is just a training match within the team after all, and now is the time to really do it "for real".However, he suppressed these worries in his heart and did not say much. Instead, he showed enough trust: "I believe that you will win this game very simply and make a good start for this series!"

He also specially reminded Woody and Wade: "The NBA rookie's first playoff score was 36 points! Created by 'Sky Hook' Kareem Abdul-Jabbar..."

The small eyes are full of "That's it, you understand, I am optimistic about you"!
Finally, amid the "wave" of the audience, the game time officially arrived.

Woody turned his head and glanced at the audience. Among the cheers that suddenly grew louder, there was a shout that he was very familiar with.

Looking along the sound, it really was I*ka.

The person jumping the ball with Woody is the "African Mountain" Mutombo, who is 2 meters tall, 18cm taller than Woody.

Even though he no longer knows that 30 is dozens more, his height and the wingspan brought by the height allow him to easily jump to the first offensive right for the New York Knicks.

Marbury took the ball to the frontcourt, faced Wade, and played singles with the ball very simply, trying to use rhythm to increase the distance between him and Wade, so as to find a breakthrough angle.

Wade has grown enough this season.

Marbury can be considered a "quick kid", but he still failed to break through. There was always a cheek swaying in front of him.

Mutombo quickly came up and set up a pick-and-roll. Having experience working with Allen Iverson, he actually knows how to create opportunities for this kind of defender to get to the basket.With his help, Marbury successfully reached the basket and made a small throw.

However, he doesn't have Allen Iverson's abnormal waist and abdominal strength, nor can he play with his abnormal drawbar.

Woody saw all his actions and slapped the ball away!
In the first round of his playoff debut, Woody came up with his signature "block", which made the scene boil and... continue.

because……

What an experience it is to wag your finger at his teammates in front of Mutombo!
Woody put all Heat fans through this.

Woody, who succeeded in blocking the shot, raised his right hand in celebration, which was an "aphrodisiac" to the cheers at the scene.

Simply can not stop.

When Stan Van Gundy saw the atmosphere, he asked Wade and Jones to press the defense from the moment the ball was served.

Van Horn, who was serving for the Knicks, saw the situation and hesitated for several seconds, almost breaking the serve. Anderson hurriedly ran to catch the ball, and then gave the ball to Marbury again after the Heat's defensive intensity returned to normal. in hands.

In this round, Marbury did not single out the Heat's entire defense. Instead, he paid attention to Allen Houston's position and gave the ball to the latter's hands as soon as he was open.

As a "Central Shooting Textbook", after getting the ball, Houston took a step forward with the ball, and immediately jumped up. The whole movement was natural and smooth. Jones did not lose his position, but there was no interference from him when Allen-Houston took the shot. What impact can it have.

"Shh!"

The graceful shot was rewarded with a crisp sound of falling into the net.

2-0!

It's the Heat's turn to attack.

The New York Knicks changed the target of defending Wade from the beginning. Anderson at the third position mainly defended Wade.

Woody stepped forward to pick and roll, and Wade cooperated with him very skillfully, but as soon as he walked around, he saw that Mutombo was already waiting with his hands raised.

Is this the speed of defense at the playoff level?
Wade continued to walk in with the ball, but Mutombo was very firmly in front of him, making him a little confused about where the way forward was.

The problem of vision was immediately exposed when facing a veteran help defender like Mutombo.

He "braked" in time and turned to look for his teammates outside the three-point line. When he saw Caron Butler, he also passed the ball in his hand, but this passing action was so obvious that Marbury didn't know He jumped out from nowhere, intercepted the ball directly, and started a fast break.

His speed is very fast, just like a group of "lone wolves" running on the endless prairie.

Looking up, he was already under the Heat's basket.

then……

He met the "lion" who rushed over!
"Snapped!"

With a heavy gun, the Heat's No. 95 contributed "Bloody Chasing Cap".

Marbury stood under the basket with a fucked-up look on his face:

It's this kid again!
(End of this chapter)