Basketball: Starting from the Rodman template

When the final buzzer sounded, a towel was covering Howard's face.

In the last 30 seconds, he was replaced. The moment he sat down, he covered his face with a towel. He didn't look at his own data because he remembered it all.

Very easy to remember.

0 points, I don’t know if it was 3 or 4 rebounds, no assists, no steals, just one block, and I don’t know if it was 4 or [-] turnovers.

The shooting percentage is 0%!

This set of data alone can already illustrate how unsatisfactory his performance tonight was.

Fortunately, this was not an away game for the Magic, otherwise, he would have heard the fans shouting "who is your daddy" at him!

However, even at home, the atmosphere in this auditorium is already very bad.

Originally, the auditorium tonight was filled with about 8% of the fans, but one minute before the end of the game, there were no more fans in the auditorium.Many fans stood up and left the scene when Woody hit Howard three times in a row and Shaq stood up to cheer.

They are here to have fun, not to cause trouble for themselves!

Even if this guy is a rookie, he can't lose like this, right?
Howard did not meet their expectations in the month after he entered the league. ——In fact, the performance of the high school students of the 03 "golden generation" made everyone look forward to the high school students of the 04 generation.

But the results prove that there is indeed a reason why the 03 generation is so anticipated.

04 can be considered a big year for the draft, but the gap is still very obvious.

At least this year's rookies don't have the feeling of "fighting with gods".

It gives people more feeling:
Some potential, but takes time to grow.

However, after this game, many people in Orlando couldn't help but feel that they had been too optimistic in estimating Howard's talent in the past.

Because it can be seen from his matchup with Woody, a top "talented monster", that Howard was suppressed and had no temper at all. In the areas he is good at, Woody is better than him.

Although the changes that can be caused by entering the league for one year are already huge, but...

On such a night, it is really difficult for them to comfort themselves with such reasons that tomorrow will be better.

After the game, a reporter also asked Howard a related question: "Do you feel that the gap between you and the top players in the league cannot be bridged?"

In the past, Howard would always smile, show his white front teeth, shake his head and say: "I will become stronger, stronger than now."

But now he is still a little confused, so much so that his iconic smile is gone. After the reporter asked this question, he asked the reporter to repeat his question, and then said: "This game really made me see Gap, I believe I can get better, but it takes time!"

In fact, when this game that caused a huge psychological burden on Howard had just ended, it was really difficult for him to gather his thoughts and return to normal immediately.Even though he didn't show any frustration, this was still the result of the support of the Lord in his heart.

When the reporter asked him to evaluate Woody again, he also changed his usual evaluation and said with great approval: "Incredible!"

From his perspective, he didn't feel that he was far away from the NBA after the draft.

Especially the performance of last season's "No. [-] pick", he also thinks he can do it.

When the new NBA season officially started, he slowly realized that there might be a gap between himself and the best players in the NBA.But it wasn't until the end of the game that he deeply understood the gap between himself and the best players at his position in the NBA.

Let’s put it this way:
He is nothing!
Take a look at Woody's statistics for this game. When Shaquille O'Neal and Wade were both "unwell" and chose to rest, he took a career-high 25 shots and hit 14 of them, including free throws. He made 6 of 5 free throws and scored a total of 33 points and 13 rebounds, including 5 offensive rebounds, plus 6 assists, 2 steals and 6 blocks.

The shooting percentage is 56%!

83.3% of free throws!

He obtained such data without any "off-peak travel" or confrontation.

Compared with his, Howard's data is no longer the difference between heaven and earth, but the difference between the Milky Way.

If Woody is at the easternmost edge of the Milky Way, then the gap between Howard and him is at least at the westernmost edge of the Milky Way...

With such a big gap, what else could he say?
Whether he can be groomed into a submissive child all at once is another matter, but at this moment Howard really couldn't say anything to look down on Woody.

As for bumping into him on the court, that's even more...

I can't afford to lose that man!
At least until the next game, when it comes to Woody, he can't react at all except shutting up immediately and throwing himself to the ground.

Because if he still looks unconvinced, even God will think that he is "shameless".

Woody knew very well Howard's attitude at this moment, even better than himself.Because those 33456 achievement points don’t lie.

This is what he achieved by defeating Howard.

Judging from the progress bar of task completion, tonight's battle directly increased Woody's progress bar by 25%, and the task was completed by 4/1. Woody was still very satisfied with this level.

Here I have to thank Shaquille O'Neal and Wade again for taking turns.

Otherwise, even if he performs better than tonight, he probably won't have the same effect.

Howard probably thought in his mind:
You only have Shaq and Dwyane to overwhelm me. If the two of us change positions, you may not be able to overpower me.

But it's different now. Woody really gave Howard a slap in the face!
The night tonight for the people of Orlando is destined not to be beautiful, but when Shaquille O'Neal left, weighing more than 3 pounds, he felt light.That's a joy!
He enjoyed watching this game!
Returning to Miami, Woody also won the second "Player of the Month" trophy of his career with this terrifying data.

The Miami media immediately updated the photo of him posing with the "Best of the Month" trophy. The caption of the photo was:
Towards greatness!

A great player never "needs to say anything", but has to give his "attitude" in all aspects. Only when others are convinced in all aspects can he be called "great".

The reason why I always wear a "crown" on my head and keep emphasizing that "you must respect me" is not "greatness", but an attack of "hysteria"!
Defeating the Magic, the Heat got off to a good start.

However, they did not continue their victory when they returned to their home court. In the home game against the Chicago Bulls, even though Shaquille O'Neal and Wade returned, the entire Heat team was in a sluggish state:
Shaquille O'Neal missed all 8 free throws; Wade basically made all his breakthrough balls, but missed all his shots.Including Woody, he only made 5 of 1 mid-range shots in this game!
"3c" were all in a sluggish state. Although they relied on defense to persist until the last moment, the final score was 108 to 100. The Bulls were 8 points behind, giving the Heat their second loss of the season.

And the "youth storm" belonging to this team continues to be staged.

In the first season when the rules were changed, two "dark horse" teams emerged in the Western Conference, one was the Suns and the other was the Sonics.

In the East, a "dark horse" team also appeared, which was the Bulls who defeated the Heat, which currently has the best record in the league tonight.

This team is composed of almost all freshmen. Like the Heat last season, it staged a "youth storm". In addition to winning this game against the Heat, the Bulls are currently ranked fourth in the Eastern Conference.

From the last team last season to the current fourth-best team in the Eastern Conference, we can see how fierce this "youth storm" is.

Even the Heat fell into their trap tonight.

Although in Stan Van Gundy's view, the main reason why the Heat lost was still because of themselves.But the outside world's praise for the Bulls is getting louder and louder.At this time, the Bulls hit the Cavaliers again.

LeBron James has been in even better shape since entering December. He scored 12 points, 31 rebounds and 5 assists in the first game. In the second game, he scored slightly less, but still scored 7 points and 24 rebounds. With 10 assists, the 10th "triple-double" in his career.

What's even more valuable is that even though LeBron James's personal data is excellent, the team even won. The Cavaliers have not lost a game since December.

The powerful Cavaliers met the equally powerful Bulls.

finally……

LeBron James scored 42 points, 5 rebounds and 9 assists, helping the team win its first "three-game winning streak" since the new season.

It is worth mentioning that this is also the second time in his career that he has led the team to a "three-game winning streak".

In his entire rookie season, he only led the team to a "three-game winning streak" once!
Now ESPN's public opinion offensive has completely exploded, with various remarks about "LeBron James has entered a higher level" and "LeBron has found a way to win" endlessly.

Not to mention, the response from other media this time was not small, because...

This time LeBron James' personal performance is indeed very good, and the team has also won "three consecutive victories." Based on his data, if he also wins the next game, then the "Best of the Week" in the first week of December in the Eastern Conference Player Award" should be his.

This is the first time in his career that he has won the "Player of the Week Award"!
only……

They can defeat Woody and the Heat!

Yes, after defeating the Bulls, the Cavaliers faced the challenge of the Miami Heat at home in their fourth game in December... Woody and LeBron James met for the first time in the new season, It's coming!
The day before the game was the much-loved "brotherhood" session between Woody and LeBron.

When LeBron was asked this question, he still said: "We are all looking forward to this match. I am very happy to see his progress. He is the best rookie in the fourth position in the league. His talent is amazing. , this will be an exciting game!”

But what he didn't expect was that when Woody came this time, he brought him a gift:
a book!

"I don't know when he got such a hobby, but it's a good thing that my brother has such a hobby..." Woody answered the purpose of sending LeBron James a book.

This operation embarrassed LeBron.

This incident stems from the fact that during the closed training camp, LeBron James wanted to attract some attention, so he brought a book to be interviewed and said that he likes to read books very much.

But when a reporter asked him what the book was about, he said he had just read the title page.

The scene was very embarrassing, and now Woody indirectly reminded him of that moment of social death again.

What!

He's really into Woody now...

Getting impatient!
Why is this guy so capable of making people think?

What made him even more angry was that the media actually concluded from this incident that Woody really paid attention to him.

Does he follow g8?
He wants to pay so much attention to me. I bought a car not long ago. Why doesn't he give me a car as a gift?

However, LeBron James has changed a bit. At least he gave Stephen Curry tickets to Quicken Loans Arena, and not once, nor twice or three times.It’s just that after Stephen Curry received the tickets, he was very grateful, but he never came to watch him play.

Not including tonight, of course!

LeBron James also gave Stephen Curry tickets for tonight.

It’s not that he wants Curry to think that Woody beat him up, but he knows very well that if he doesn’t give Stephen Curry tickets, Woody will give him tickets. He has already experienced such an embarrassing moment once. , so I don’t want to experience it a second time.

What's just a little annoying is that although the tickets this time were obviously given by LeBron, Stephen Curry's expression when he saw Woody was obviously much more excited than when he saw him.

These two...

Is the relationship that good?
I haven’t seen him for about two or three months, but I can’t say that Stephen Curry hasn’t changed at all. I can only say that there hasn’t been any change at all.

It’s still that “elementary schoolboy face” that makes anyone look at it and want to sneeze.

However, from the attention paid to him by reporters on the scene, it can be seen that Stephen Curry is now gradually becoming more famous.Woody knew Steph Curry was having a great season entering his senior year.

He averaged 23.4 points and 3.3 assists per game, and averaged 3.3 three-pointers per game.

After changing the way he exerts force with the ball this summer, Stephen Curry has obviously become more agile and as difficult to catch as a rabbit on the court.

At the same time, his shooting speed has become faster as his shooting gestures have changed, making three-pointers increasingly difficult to guard against.

With his overall improvement on the offensive end, St. Mary's High School has only lost 3 games so far in the new season. If nothing goes wrong, it should be able to enter the final "knockout" stage this year.

With the strength of St. Mary's High School, Stephen Curry's performance and leadership achievements are enough to gain more attention. In the latest issue of "Sports Illustrated", he is already a "four-star high school student" Got it! (End of chapter)