Basketball: The Chosen Victim

Chapter 161 Rewards grow exponentially!
"At this time, you still want to win!"

Anthony spat at D'Antoni angrily, he was getting bored to death:
"The team is almost 20 points behind. At this time, if you don't help me score, what's the point of letting others play?"

D'Antoni choked to death on the spot by his two words!

Soon, with the prompt sound at the beginning of the fourth quarter, Anthony walked onto the court without looking back. He had to break through 20 points!
But Wu Di will not agree!

Scott didn't agree either!
The Cavaliers did not agree!

On the court, the Cavaliers lineup has been replaced by Beverly, Parker, Woody, Jamison, Jordan Jr., without a defensive colander.

Anyway, they have already led by 16 points. Even if Billups leads the Knicks to go crazy, they still have a lot of opportunities to respond.

So now there is only one task for the whole team, and that is to lock Anthony's scoring!

In the Knicks' offensive round, Beverly had double-teamed before Anthony could catch the ball.

"Go and guard Chauncey! He's the Finals MVP!"

Anthony was cursing, but Beverly remained indifferent, standing firmly by his side, ready to help Wu Di get stuck in his attacking route at any time.

Billups was completely speechless. He really wanted to throw the ball from the outside, but Anthony was eager to see through.

After a moment's hesitation, Parker made up the defense, and Billups could only pass the ball to Fields.

Fields wanted to pass the ball to Anthony, who was running, but the latter was dragged down by his receptors, and he never ran out of a high-quality position.

Fields is also a rookie player. Just now, his open three-pointer has hit the iron twice in a row, which has seriously affected his mentality, so he has no choice but to go inside.

But when it came to the inside, Jordan came back to defend.

Fields made an internal pass to pull his hips, and then turned back and passed the ball to Billups.

As the 24 seconds were about to run out, Billups tried his best to pull some distance away, and then shot a jump shot——

Bang!
Another strike...

After a few rounds, Anthony, not to mention scoring, had difficulty connecting the ball, and his physical fitness was still rapidly depleting.

The two teams competed fiercely and refused to give in to each other, but under the leadership of Wu Di, the Cavaliers firmly controlled the initiative.

"Hahaha, what an irony!"

At the on-site commentary stand, Tate exclaimed overjoyed that Anthony's arrogant expression seemed to be still in front of him two days ago, but in the blink of an eye, he was severely slapped in the face by the emperor:
"If I remember correctly, Anthony vowed before the game to limit Wu Di to less than 20 points. In the end, Wu Di almost broke through 40 points, but his score was less than 20 points!"

The audience at the scene had never seen such a comfortable face slap, and they burst into laughter.

Isn't it arrogant?
Don't you want black seven?

come!

Some Cavaliers fans who liked to booing whistled and yelled, "Cameron come on, your score is almost half of Wu Huang's!"

"Hehe, if I were Anthony, I would announce my retirement tonight!"

Larry Nance continued to speak viciously, it's so cool to be a commentator!
Not only can you be a keyboard warrior, but you can sit in the emperor's seat and watch games for free, and you can also get paid!
Much better than being a player!

No wonder Tate has been doing it for more than 40 years!

No, he has to discuss with Gilbert after the game to see if he can turn his guest commentator into a resident commentator, even if the salary is reduced.

The Cavaliers fans were overjoyed, but Anthony was about to collapse!
With a roar, he desperately grabbed a defensive rebound in the crowd, and then gritted his teeth and rushed all the way to the frontcourt.

He only scored 16 points now. If he can't break through 20 points in this game, then the people who criticize him will be far from just Tate and Larry Nance!

However, Wu Di was one step ahead of him and stood still on his way.

Anthony could have turned around to dodge, but his physical fitness has declined severely, and the rebound just now, coupled with his own fast break, made him out of breath, so a change of direction did not work. Be steady and pull Wu Di to fall out——

beep!
Bang bang!

With the whistle of the referee's offensive foul, the two fell to the ground at the same time, Wu Di stood up as if nothing had happened, and Anthony held his ankle in pain.

The slow-motion replay on the big screen showed that Anthony stepped on Wu Di's instep when changing direction, and then fell out without a foothold.

"Guys, the problem is that Wu Di stood still and Anthony stepped on it. I can't say more about the rest!"

Larry Nance hinted that there was a lot of boos at the scene, the one who was hit was fine, but the one who hit was injured?
When Anthony heard this, he wished he could rush over to fight him immediately.

He was totally screwed today.

He didn't think too much just now, but this fall did wake him up suddenly, yes, he can still pretend to be injured...

"I definitely scored more than 20 points, but Wu Di's defense was so dirty that I was injured!"

He clutched his stinky feet, already thinking about how to explain after the game!
Although it is a bit late to use this trick in the middle of the fourth quarter, as long as there is an excuse to explain to the fans, the problem will not be a big problem.

However, a cold voice broke his beautiful fantasy:
"If you do this, I'm going to break the record!"

He looked up, and Wu Di was looking down at him.

"Fake squid!"

Anthony just wants to scold his mother, he has to forgive others and forgive others, Wu Di is an All-Star starter, doesn't he even understand this?
But looking at Wu Di's eyes, Wu Di really wasn't going to let him go just like that...

Wu Di has already scored 35 points, which is only 42 points away from the Magician's record of 7 points in a playoff rookie game!
Without his restraint, I'm afraid this guy can really break the record!
Anthony forced himself to stand up, he decided, stop pretending, and continue the game!
He is only 4 points away, there are more than 6 minutes left in the clock, and the referee is still on their side, and will make more fouls later, I am not afraid that he will not score more than 20 points!
Finally, after standing guard and watching Wu Di hit a three-pointer, Anthony relied on the slight advantage of strength to get the ball, and then pulled it up outside the three-point line, and at the same time, the shooting hand deliberately hit Wu Di's raised arm !

The basketball bounced off the board, but the whistle that Anthony was expecting did not sound!
Anthony frantically spread his hands at the referee, obviously very dissatisfied with the referee's "missed judgment":
"Referee, Wu Di obviously fouled the thug just now!"

But the referee didn't bother to talk to him at all. Anthony wanted to foul this ball, but Wu Di had already judged his intention in advance, and the interfering arm was completely vertical.

Although the referee was instructed to blow the whistle to favor the Knicks, but now blowing it to Anthony will not help the outcome of the game...

That's still a hammer!
The Knicks have the cancer of Anthony, and they will lose no matter how many games they blow, so it is better not to blow it, so as not to be complained after the game.

Anthony is completely desperate now, his physical fitness has long been exhausted, and he is fighting on the field with his will, but how can he beat Wu Di with his will?
He still left the field early, and the whole person was spread out on the bench, with a look of lovelessness on his face.

But Wu Di continued to stay on the court and scored his 40th point abruptly!
Let Anthony's cruel words completely become a joke!

With the sound of the final whistle, the score was fixed at 76-88.

Anthony got up from the bench in despair, and walked to the locker room amidst the infinite boos of the fans.

However, Wu Di's eyes lit up, because the system prompt sounded in his mind:

【Ding!It is detected that the host has won G2 in the playoffs against the Knicks, and the winning reward coefficient will become 2^(n+1), where n is the number of rounds in the playoffs! 】

【叮！检测到本场宿主获得40分7篮板4助攻4盖帽1抢断的数据，财富值到账，（40+7+4+4+1）*10000*2^2=2240000美刀！】

Winning in the playoffs, the reward factor is not fixed twice of the regular season, but is determined according to the number of rounds of the series!
In other words, if he can lead the team to victory in the next round of the Eastern Conference semifinals, the reward factor will be 8 times!
The Eastern Conference finals will become 16 times!
In the finals, it became 32 times!
Therefore, if he can win the game in the finals and also cut down the data like tonight, he can get a reward of 1792 million dollars in one game!
Win the next game to reward more than 1000 million dollars!

Should I say it or not, this is the treatment that the playoffs should have!
It should be this exciting!

Works better than Under Armour's stock!

Truly exponential growth!

Originally, Wu Di was worried about how to increase his talent points to 1000 million before they could be exchanged for some, but now the system handed over the pillow!

The exhaustion of the original four quarters was swept away in an instant, and Wu Dixiong rushed to the post-match press conference with high spirits.

Isn't it just creating topics to affect mentality?

Who wouldn't!

Whoa!
The moment Wu Di brought Davis into the media room, the reporters gave a standing ovation!

Not just reporters from Kecheng and Ohio State, but also sports weekly, bleachers, ESPN and so on.

Only the reporters in New York did not applaud!
Oh, the New York reporters didn't come at all, what a shame!
"Face slap king, what caused you to explode in this game? Did Anthony say before the game that he wanted to limit you to 20 points?"

"A rookie who scored 40 points in the playoffs, can you comment on Anthony's performance in this game?"

"This game is your first victory in the playoffs. It is very commemorative. Can you share with us your current mood?"

……

In this regard, Wu Di answered one by one, talking about Anthony inadvertently:

"In fact, Anthony played very well today, he almost reached 20 points!"

I also talked about Stoudemire by the way:

"Stoudemire played well, how many points did he score? Oh, 19 points on 9 of 21 shots! Absolute superstar performance! But I don't know why Billups didn't pass him the ball much... "

Of course, don’t forget to intersperse some D’Antoni’s situation:

"D'Antoni and Anthony, are they okay? The sound of their quarrel can be heard on the field..."

But to Wu Di's embarrassment, Davis even praised him in front of reporters in front of him:
"This is my 13th year in the league. Except for the rookie season, I played as a starter, so I can be regarded as someone who has seen the world. Believe me, Wu Di is definitely the only player in the league!"

"You can score 40 points in the playoffs in your rookie season. This is the data that only Chamberlain, Magic, and Jordan can get. And which one of them is not a famous figure in history?"

Wu Di coughed dryly and patted his shoulder:

"That's enough brother, just tell me which car you like!"

The audience roared with laughter, but Davis did not intend to brake:
"Haha, having said so much, I just want to say that Stoudemire and Anthony are not qualified to comment on Wu Di's superstar quality!"

"During their rookie season, these two played well in the regular season, but in the playoffs, they couldn't even count as the second scorer in their respective teams. Now they dare to discuss Wu Di's superstar quality. bring shame on yourself..."

……

The Cavaliers press conference was full of hot spots, and the Knicks' press conference was not missed. First, Anthony put on sunglasses and headphones at night, and slipped away without attending the press conference.

Then D'Antoni turned the press conference into a yin and yang meeting:

"I said before the game that there is a 20% chance of losing. You have also heard the person say that he is responsible for the 20%, but now we have all seen the results!"

"It's hard to say that we are convinced that we lost this game. At least I am not convinced. I will end up in New York, and there will be no bad mouths from the commentator..."

"Today, it's just that Wu Di feels better. Rookies are like this, and his performance is very unstable. Next time we go to New York, we will teach him a lesson!"

……

After the game, on the Knicks' flight back to New York, D'Antoni called Anthony and Stoudemire to his side:

"Cameron, do you understand now? It's not that I don't care about your reputation, but the problem is, Wu Di can really prevent you from dying!"

"Look, you insisted on playing in the fourth quarter, but it didn't work at all, it might as well be..."

But Anthony interrupted him:
"Stop, stop, stop!"

"You don't know the situation on the field today. This kid's strength suddenly increased. I didn't get used to it for a while, so this kid can take advantage of it..."

D'Antoni waved his hand:

"Admit it, you can only do a good job of offense and defense, but now the team needs you to take on the responsibility of defense. In order for the team to win the game, you have to..."

Anthony frowned and retorted:

"No! You don't understand the situation at all. I am the team's superstar and the number one offensive player. If even I can't make achievements in offense, the others will only be worse..."

D'Antoni sighed. Anthony was used to living the life of the king of the mountain in the Nuggets, and he had put his personal interests above the interests of the team...

He looked at his disciple Xiaosi, expecting Xiaosi to persuade him a few words.

However, Stoudemire lowered his head.

Although he started to follow D'Antoni very early in his career, and D'Antoni was kind to him, using running and bombing to support him as the core of the team and help him successfully promote to the All-Star.

But he has something to hide.

Now it is his honeymoon period with Anthony. At Anthony's wedding last year, Stoudemire was also his best man. It can be said that he is a brother and friend.

And Anthony chose to come to New York this time, not only in response to Stoudemire's recruitment, but also has a plan to discuss major issues and compete for the championship.

They are going to try their hand in the playoffs this year, and next year they will bring Chris Paul, who will have a player option, to form the New York Big Three to hit the championship!
Everything is progressing steadily, Stoudemire has not yet thought about venting to the fire hydrant, and Anthony has achieved a career-high average three-point shooting percentage of 22% in 42.4 games after joining the Knicks. Career-high free throw percentage, 87.2%.

But they met the Cavaliers led by Wu Di in the first game of the playoffs!
Wu Di snatched Stoudemire's All-Star starting spot, and has been at odds with Anthony.

This made them change their plans, they can no longer try their hand at the knife, they want to show their talents!
In this regard, D'Antoni deeply agrees!
The magic ball system promoted by Scott was praised by the outside world as a tactical system that is "more powerful than running and bombing" as soon as it was launched.

This made D'Antoni, who is a master of running and bombing, very dissatisfied.

Therefore, the three masters and apprentices hit it off and changed the goal of this year to at least reach the second round and reach the black seven.

Unexpectedly, G1 went very smoothly, but G2 turned the tables on their backs...

Stoudemire's head hurts, Yu Li, he should help D'Antoni, Yu Qing, he should help D'Antoni to speak.

But he knew very well that Anthony was very domineering. If he said something wrong about Anthony on this occasion, the two of them would basically break up with each other.

Not only is the brotherhood completely broken, but also don't want Anthony to sacrifice on the team in the future...

After thinking for a long time, Stoudemire finally said in a deep voice:
"I think the core of the problem is Wu Di. We still have to restrain Wu Di, but we must find the right way!"

(End of this chapter)