NBA: This Center Is So Stable

The two players played a decisive role in the game.

Chapter 278 Secret Plan

On the other side.

For the Knicks duo, Nash only scored 12 points due to his 32 minutes of playing time, but Wang Song still defended the game and scored a super double-double of 28 points and 20 rebounds.

The two scored 40 points together, which was quite satisfactory, but the brilliant data became a milestone in front of the awakened OK duo!

After the defeat, Nash was a little sad, but there was no low-pressure atmosphere in the team.

Thanks to D’Antoni’s arrangement, this game had a preliminary plan at the beginning.

Especially after the end of the third quarter, the Knicks were already behind by nearly 20 points, and D’Antoni promptly followed the pre-match plan and replaced the substitutes.

Although the rotation failed to catch up with the score, the guilt of the players when they left the court made D’Antoni see their sense of participation, and the main players also got enough rest.

Instead of forcing to chase that unreachable number, it is better to use it to help the newcomers and substitutes find the on-the-spot feel of the finals.

If the Zen Master knew D’Antoni’s thoughts, he would definitely call the Italian champion coach a lunatic.

How daring it is to use the finals as a training ground.

Post-match interview.

When the camera was aimed at the Zen Master, he said bluntly:

“If the Knicks coach does not face the finals with 100% seriousness, then I think they will fall into complete despair in the next game.”

On the other side.

D’Antoni did not respond to the Zen Master’s ridicule during the interview, but silently left a sentence: “I’m just doing the right thing!”

This kind of middle school boy’s quote, which sounds full of faith, sounds quite interesting from the mouth of D’Antoni, who is nearly 60 years old.

However, the media at the scene knew that the Knicks coach was not the highlight of the day.

They turned their guns and cannons to Wang Song, thinking that this third pick would shed tears after losing the finals.

But they could not find any sadness on the face of the Asian boy.

It was as if this defeat had nothing to do with Wang Song.

He was just an inside machine who punched in and went to work, doing everything he should do and ignoring everything else.

The next day.

Many media and celebrities started to bombard Wang Song’s attitude.

“I originally thought that this would be a long-lasting tug-of-war, and a Game 7 in the Finals between the Knicks and the Lakers was entirely possible, but after Game 2, I found out that I was wrong, the Asian kid didn’t deserve it at all… Maybe in Game 5 or Game 6, the Lakers will win the trophy!” – Charles Barkley

“Attitude is the way to win in the Finals, and perfunctory attitude will destroy a person! If the Knicks had the same indomitable spirit as Kobe, it would be hard to say who the final winner would be, but it seems that the result of this series was written at the beginning.” – Michael Jordan

“For a data brush, winning is obviously not as important as his data!” – LeBron James

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For a while, the public opinion outside was the same.

All those who had new and old grudges against Wang Song pointed their spearheads at the Asian kid, and some even used this to criticize the laxity of Asian players and wrote an article.

The New York Times columnist wanted to interview Wang Song before the Knicks left New York to restore Wang Song’s reputation abroad.

But what they didn’t expect was that the Asian boy rejected their request righteously.

This made the local media helpless!

After all, Wang Song now represents not only himself, but also the image of New York basketball. The New York Times doesn’t want the high-quality overseas players that they have worked hard to build for Wang Song to collapse in such an incident.

As the storm became bigger and bigger, even David Falk felt that the number of business inquiries had decreased recently, and he called Wang Song to make him compromise.

But the other party only replied: “Mr. Falk, it’s the finals now, and all matters except those related to the game are suspended.”

For Wang Song’s attitude, Falk wanted to rush to Madison Garden to drag the Asian boy out and criticize him.

You know, even the old rogue with a bad temper had to be polite to Falk during the contract period.

Not to mention Falk (semi-retired version), who has already made great contributions. However, Falk didn’t bother with me after all. I thought about this guy who has always been very steady, and he is currently

The identity of the only sponsor was abandoned.

Just when the outside world was in a turmoil.

The atmosphere in Madison Square Garden was also in full swing, and some media and tourists were refused. Two days before G3, D’Antoni conducted secret special training for the Knicks.

“Wang, why didn’t you sign up for the three-point contest? Do you think it’s embarrassing for a center to shoot three-pointers?”

Nash’s curious question attracted the attention of everyone at the scene. Almost all the Knicks players stopped their actions and came up, looking forward to Wang Song’s answer.

“Uh…”

Wang Song, who was speechless for a while, didn’t know what to say in front of the public.

If he said yes, he felt a little humiliated, but he was afraid of hurting Nash’s heart if he told the truth.

After all, he couldn’t say in front of so many people: I’m afraid that if I participate, you won’t have a chance to win!

“There’s no reason, I just felt that I hadn’t practiced enough at that time and I was embarrassed to show it. Another reason is that we Knicks just need you to participate and win the championship.”

Wang Song laughed it off. Judging from the expressions on the faces of other teammates, this matter should be considered a swindle.

But Nash was the only one who still looked unconvinced and looked at Wang Song suspiciously.

Are you sure that this accuracy can be achieved in such a tight schedule from the All-Star Game to the Finals?

But Nash still left Wang Song a last bit of face, or a last bit of foundation for himself.

Just now, Nash once again competed with Wang Song in a round of three-point contest, and the opponent narrowly defeated him by 1 point.

Did he score low? Not really!

The score of 25 points is enough for him to easily enter the finals in this year’s three-point contest, but who would have thought that a center would have time to secretly practice three-pointers.

The most outrageous thing is that his accuracy is almost the same as his own.

Nash looked at Wang Song with a somewhat unfriendly look in his eyes. He decided to give this insincere guy the heaviest punishment between men.

Let him treat me to dinner tonight!

But fortunately, at least this guy who concealed something from me was his teammate, not his opponent.

Instead of digging into the root of the matter, it is better to hurry up and practice new tactics.

In response to Wang Song’s three-point shooting ability shown this morning, D’Antoni came up with a set of integrated center three-point shooting tactics.

Wang Song, who originally developed the mid-range, was already a great joy for the Knicks.

Under such conditions, Wang Song’s fairly accurate mid-range shooting rate can already add many offensive options to the Knicks.

And now, the emergence of his three-point shooting ability can be said to be enough to subvert the original Knicks’ playing style.

(End of this chapter)