Today is February 1st, which is also the first day of the first lunar month.
For Lu Yu, it was the first day of the New Year, but Bellucci's text message made him unhappy.
The one night of fun with Bellucci some time ago was just a small incident in the years of passionate passion for Lu Yu. Moreover, Bellucci was still married. Neither party contacted the other afterward, just as if it had never happened.
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Lu Yu was relieved. Although the matter between him and Bellucci was because Bellucci was not in a good mood after catching her husband cheating, Lu Yu never expected that Bellucci would divorce.
I'm already overwhelmed here, and I really don't have the heart to tangle with Bellucci anymore.
The most important thing is that Bellucci has just gotten divorced, and the gossip outside is blowing the wind on his head. Isn't it unfair?
After thinking about it, he suddenly remembered that Yao Ming told him two days ago that the local Chinese in Oakland held an event and invited several of their Chinese players who played in the NBA to participate. He also received an invitation letter from the organizer and almost forgot about it... Just in time.
There is a reason to reject Bellucci.
So he sent a message back to Bellucci directly, saying that he was not in Chicago.
Then I bought a plane ticket and flew to Auckland.
There happened to be a game against the Warriors on the 2nd. In order to take refuge this time, Lu Yu simply stopped going with the team to avoid being caught. He ran as early as possible if he could.
When Lu Yu arrived in Auckland and met Yao Ming, Wang Zhizhi and Battelle, he realized that the impact of this event was quite large, especially among the Chinese.
Auckland is one of the areas with the largest Chinese population. Every Spring Festival, the Chinese here will engage in some festive activities just like in China.
This year's event is a couplet competition.
Yao Ming, Lu Yu, Wang Zhizhi and Battelle, four Chinese players who helped the Chinese men's basketball team win the World Championship this year, were specially invited to attend the event as guests.
What are couplets?
To put it bluntly, it is a pair.
Such activities are much less common in China. I didn’t expect that Huaqiao in the United States would still engage in such activities. How can I put it, the farther away from home they are, the more they will promote traditional culture. For them, it is in their blood.
Their culture can tell the whole world that they are Chinese.
"Couplet? I don't know how to do this either." Lu Yu frowned.
"Whatever, go ahead." Wang Zhizhi said with a smile: "Otherwise, training every day would be meaningless. It's rare to have fun activities."
Lu Yu didn't care. He wouldn't know the couplet anyway. Besides, Wang Zhizhi and Yao Ming were also going. Their academic qualifications were not as good as his own. Even if something happened, they would definitely be the ones at the forefront.
After a while, the hotel staff delivered the event tickets.
Lu Yu took a look and saw that there were more than a dozen pictures, dated on the morning of the 2nd. He calculated that his teammates would also be in Auckland tonight.
"Wait a minute, I'll make a call."
"What are you going to do?" Wang Zhizhi was stunned.
"Anyway, I have nothing to do. I will give one to each of my teammates..."
Lu Yu took out his mobile phone.
"Hey, Quentin, do you have an event you want to go to?"
"Ron, I have a fun activity here, um, there are a lot of girls."
"Don't worry, Tyson. I'm sure there will be one you like. Remember to inform Richard that boring gourd and ask him not to appear wearing a mask."
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It was nine o'clock in the morning, and the cold wind was blowing gently.
The Auckland Couplet Competition event suddenly welcomed a huge team of people.
The security immediately became vigilant. Yao Ming, who had just entered, had already made them busy. I heard that there were also Lu Yu and Wang Zhizhi, and Battelle could not come because there was a home game in San Antonio, so their work according to the plan only needed to welcome two more players, but
Looking at this posture, they don't look like two players at all.
Looking around, my God!
This is a whole Bulls team, all here?
The security quickly pulled up the human wall and blocked the fans on both sides of the road. Lu Yu and his teammates greeted the fans all the way to the entrance of the event area.
The security still checked the tickets according to the rules. After checking the tickets, they led Lu Yu and the others to the rostrum of the event. When they first built the rostrum, they did not expect that so many stars would come over. Let them hang around below for fear of causing a disturbance, but
Let them get on the rostrum. Can they stand on the rostrum?
"It's okay, just let them do their own thing. They're just here to visit. Please help and watch the fans." Lu Yu said with a smile.
The security guard breathed a sigh of relief.
"Lu Yu, Dazhi, here." Yao Ming waved to them both on the stage.
"You came so early." Wang Zhizhi smiled and stepped forward to say hello.
"How can that be sooner? He is a landlord." Lu Yu joked.
"Come to my house tonight and the three of us will play landlord." Yao Ming invited.
"Okay, when will the event start?"
"It's coming soon..."
Before a few people finished talking, a few old people came out from the rostrum. They were the leaders of the local Chinese Culture Association. They read a long list of manuscripts on the stage, which made everyone drowsy. They finally glanced at Yao Ming and Lu Yu.
Wang Zhizhi and the other three did not invite them to the stage to speak, and directly announced the start of the couplet contest.
To be honest, these old scholars are not basketball fans. Although they know the influence of Lu Yu and the others in the basketball world, in the Chinese literary circle, they are just elementary school students and are not welcome at all.
They were just here to show off, and no one among the three of them knew the couplet, so the situation was a bit awkward for a while.
On the stage, Lu Yu and Yao Ming and Wang Zhizhi looked at each other and realized that they were just three tools to attract people.
"Lu Yu, can you know the couplets?"
"How can I do this..."
"That's it. It'll be a shame if no one gives us questions later."
Wang Zhizhi was even more deceived. After graduating from elementary school, these things were the most troublesome. He curled his lips and said: "If I had known, I would have brought my computer with me. If not, I would use Baidu."
"You're carrying a computer and just holding it here. You can't even think of it."
"Let's take a look and talk. Maybe it won't be a problem for us." Lu Yu said with luck.
At this time, the staff will uncover the red cloth hanging on the test questions in every corner of the venue. There is a pen under each question board. Write the following link and give it to the staff. Someone will tell you whether the answer is correct. The first one to answer correctly will be
Win rewards.
There are twenty question boards in total, which means only twenty people can successfully get the prize.
Wang Zhizhi: "There are only twenty questions, and there are hundreds of people here. Isn't the competition too cruel?"
Yao Ming: "Out of the hundreds of people, excluding the foreigners and Hua Qiao who grew up in the United States, the only ones who can answer the questions are those old men with white beards."
"It's really..." Lu Yu smiled.
Even though the whole place looked lively, only a few elderly Hua Qiao could answer the second couplet correctly. Everyone else was immersed in thinking, but could something like the couplet be figured out just by thinking hard?
Lu, Yu, Wang Zhi, and Yao Ming also went down for a walk, and of course they were accompanied by security personnel.
Yao Ming's family also came to the event, and Yao Ming's father matched a couplet and got the award-winning sign.
"Yao Ming, here."
Yao Ming's father Yao Zhiyuan shouted.
"Lu Yu, this is my dad." Yao Ming introduced to Lu Yu.
Yao Zhiyuan is also very tall, a little taller than Lu Yu. He was a basketball player and served as a center.
He is 2.08 meters tall. He worked as a welder in a factory before starting to play basketball. He played for the Magic City men's basketball team from 1970 to 1979.
When Yao Ming entered the NBA, he just arrived in the United States. Yao Zhiyuan, who was over 50 years old, and his wife spent more than a month learning to drive.
There are two cars in the Yao family. It takes Yao Zhiyuan about 40 minutes to drive from his home to Chinatown. This is a regular route he often takes for shopping. There are many Chinese people in Auckland. Yao Zhiyuan does not feel like a celebrity dad when he goes shopping in Chinatown. The local Chinese will follow him
greet.
Yao Zhiyuan smiled: "Hello, Lu Yu, hello... You are coming to my house for dinner in the evening. I asked Yao Ming's mother to cook something delicious. Are you used to eating Shanghainese food?"
"Really? Thank you, uncle, that's great. Shanghainese food is fine, as long as it's Chinese food."
Yao Ming was embarrassed to remind Yao Zhiyuan that Lu Yu's family owned a restaurant.
Wang Zhizhi turned to the side and said to Lu Yu: "Lu Yu, look there are still a few questions that no one has answered. Do you want to try them?"
The remaining questions are probably too difficult, and many people have already chosen to give up.
Lu Yu thought for a while, and here they are, with so many people looking at them. If they are really just wandering around, it really doesn't make sense.
After calming down, Lu Yu began to read the questions.
As for the couplets, I don't care about numbers one, three, and five, but distinguish numbers two, four, and six. The sky is against the earth, the rain is against the wind, the continent is against the sky. The mountain flowers are against the sea trees, and the red sun is against the sky. Flat, flat, flat, flat, flat, flat, flat, flat.
Lu Yu knew these basic things, but when they were put together, they couldn't match up.
Spring color...can't be right!
The peaks and ridges... are too difficult!
Rixun... I don't know!
Lu Yu looked around and knew he would have come down earlier. He still knew the simple ones, such as firecrackers to say goodbye to the old, and peach charms to welcome the new. Now, the remaining ones, some of which are more complicated, don't even know the words.
Lu Yu, Wang Zhizhi and Yao Ming stared helplessly - this is too difficult.
Not far away, the old man who had just spoken on the podium had a sarcastic smile on his face...
A few old men started chatting on the stage.
"It's not easy to get the remaining couplets right. You see, no one can get them right now."
"This is a couplet contest, there's no point in it if it's not difficult."
"Those athletes are still watching, can they see a trick?"
"Although these players are from China, they still haven't learned enough about traditional culture."
"Didn't you see that the fans around are waiting for them to come out? It would be a shame if they don't come out."
"Why don't we do this? Why don't we give them the answer?"
"With so many media here, we can't do anything cheating. We would rather embarrass them than let the Americans say we are committing fraud."
There are indeed many fans surrounding Lu, Yu, Wang Zhi and Yao Ming. Everyone can't do it right now anyway, and they are all watching to see if the three of them can do it.
Several Bulls players were also cheering on the sidelines.
Especially the few girls who were fooled by Lu Yu, where did they come from? They were all written in incomprehensible words, and there were a bunch of old men and women, all of whom were waiting for Lu Yu to be embarrassed.
"Lu, are you sorry?" Artest shouted loudly: "I know you were a top student when you were in college. Gilbert's Chinese, just that thank you, I heard you taught him
of."
"If it doesn't work, just give up, Lu, this is not suitable for you." Quentin said.
Hamilton looked cute: "It turns out that there are times when Lu is not good enough."
Yao Ming and Wang Zhizhi gave up anyway. They knew that this person would definitely lose today, so they should just stand aside and be spectators.
Only Lu Yu was still staring at the topic, with a hint of thinking in his eyes. The reason was for no other reason than he had seen the couplet in front of him.
The old man on the rostrum didn't know when he came down: "Mr. Lu, you have been staring at this couplet, can you tell it right?"
Gu Tang tugged on Lu Yu's sleeve.
Lu Yu frowned slightly: "Let me give it a try."
The old man was very happy when he heard this, and thought to himself: This young man really wants to solve this couplet? This couplet is actually the most difficult one among the remaining couplets.
How difficult is it?
The old man couldn't even admit it, so he just said it was difficult or not.
"Mr. Lu, don't talk nonsense. This couplet is absolute. I'm afraid you don't know what absolute is, do you?" The old man squinted his eyes and said, "The reason why absolute is called absolute is that no one has been able to get it right for so many years.
"
When the people around me heard this, they thought, "Why don't you put this one here just to embarrass others?"
The key is that Lu Yu also said that he can handle this, which is embarrassing.
There are definitely a lot of Chinese couplets, and they are basically the kind that cannot be corrected today. Anything that can be called "absolute" always has some "weird" conditions and restrictions.
For example, "Smoke Locks Pond Willow", which is well known in the couplet circle, has five characters in the first couplet, and the characters are embedded with five radicals, and the artistic conception is very wonderful. It seems simple and easy to pair, but it is actually very difficult. Not only the radicals are metal, wood, water, fire and earth
The five elements must be relative to each other and must be in harmony with each other, so it is not difficult to make this kind of couplet, but it is simply impossible.
"Lu Yu, why don't you forget it." Yao Ming whispered from the side.
Yao Zhiyuan glanced at the couplet.
This couplet is: "Wangjiang Tower, watch the river flow, watch the river flow from the Wangjiang Tower, the river tower will last forever, and the river will flow forever."
Yao Zhiyuan frowned, thought for a long time, and sighed helplessly. Although this couplet is not as difficult as Yansuo Pochiliu, it is not easy to confront it.
The most difficult thing about this couplet is its artistic conception, the kind of artistic conception that makes you feel nostalgic for eternity when you climb a building and look into the distance.
Most of the people around were fans, and there were also some who were not fans but definitely knew Yao Ming, Wang Zhizhi and Lu Yu. Everyone was talking about it, and even the media focused their cameras on this. After all, it was rare to see Lu Yu in embarrassment.
Lu Yu smiled, stepped forward, picked up the brush, and wrote his second line without thinking.
His calligraphy is not very good, but at least everyone can recognize it.
"This second line..." The old man standing aside was obviously startled.
"Old Liu, come here and take a look!"
When the other judges on the podium heard that the old man's voice was not right, they hurriedly came over and saw the second line that Lu Yu had just written. They didn't take it seriously at first, thinking that Lu Yu was probably just writing it blindly, and it was just the people around him.
With so much going on, they looked at each other and decided to give Lu Yu some face.
But when they looked at the couplet, they were all stunned.
"Yearing the moon well, printing the moon shadow, printing the moon shadow in the moon well, the moon well will be printed for ten thousand years, and the moon shadow will be printed for ten thousand years."
I don’t know who read it out first.
The surrounding audience didn't know whether the couplet was good or not, and they all blinked and looked at the judges.
Yao Ming and Wang Zhizhi whispered to the side.
"Is Lu Yu's couplet correct?"
"It looks like that, but I don't understand the key."
Yao Zhiyuan can understand it, and it's not bad from a general point of view, but after all, it is absolute. If it can be corrected so easily, it will be too simple.
"Old Liu, what do you think?" The old man was a little unsure.
The judge named Lao Liu groaned and sighed: "Wonderful! Wonderful! Wangjiang Tower and Yinyue Well, these two places can be connected, it is really wonderful! Whether it is the artistic conception or the confrontation, this couplet can be said to be the solution.
Absolutely!"
As soon as he spoke, the expressions of the surrounding crowd became rich.
Yao Ming and Wang Zhizhi were also stunned.
Yao Zhiyuan also widened his eyes.
The flashbulbs of the media around them were flashing. For them, tomorrow's news material was available again. Basketball players were absolutely perfect for the ages. This shows that athletes also have culture!
"The younger generation is to be feared, the younger generation is to be feared." Several judges sighed.
At first, the old man was dumbfounded: "This...really made him face off?"
Lu Yu shook his head: "I can only barely match it. The artistic conception of the word ten thousand years is still a little worse than that of eternity."
"It's almost the same, it's not the same." The judge surnamed Liu waved his hands repeatedly, "If it can be matched like this, this couplet can be regarded as revealed. If those guys in the country know that this Qiangu will definitely be matched, they still don't know how to express it.
"
These foreign old men have certain connections with people in domestic circles.
Lu Yu just smiled. The reason he was able to correctly identify this couplet was actually because it was only corrected a few years later and he happened to see it on the Internet.
Many eternal absolutes were slowly discovered later, so they cannot be called eternal absolutes, but can only be called name pairs, and this couplet happens to be one of them.
The couplet activity ended at four o'clock in the afternoon. Yao Ming and Wang Zhizhi no longer felt embarrassed. Even though it was Lu Yu's couplet, in their eyes, Lu Yu represented their athletes.
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Lu Yu didn't think it was anything. The most important thing to him was the game at night.
It's not even evening yet, and the Internet is already abuzz.
The news that Lu Yu had exposed Qiangu Absolute spread like wildfire, and I don’t know who leaked the video of the scene.
The name "Lu Caizi" gradually became a nickname among fans.
This is Lu Yu's second nickname. The previous one was "Gentleman Lu" and now he is "Lu Talent". The difference in style is also too big.
At nine o'clock in the evening, the Warriors' home arena was packed with people.
Even the judges of the couplet competition who usually did not watch basketball games asked someone to buy tickets and entered the arena. They were full of curiosity about Lu Yu, who could both play basketball and play couplets.
The game begins as the referee throws the basketball into the air.
"Welcome everyone to watch the NBA game broadcast for you today..."
Sun Yiping's unique voice came from the TV.
"What we are broadcasting now is the 2002-2003 regular season, but the meaning of today's game is different. Not to mention that it is a Chinese derby, but more importantly, today is the second day of the Lunar New Year, and it is also the two of us in China.
Players’ games during the Spring Festival.”
"Today, Director Zhang Weiping and I explained the game between the Golden State Warriors and the Chicago Bulls. Now I would like to ask Director Zhang to comment on this game for us."
Zhang Weiping appeared on the TV screen wearing a black suit that has remained unchanged for thousands of years.
"I think friends who follow the NBA should be familiar with these two teams. The Warriors have a lot of talented players, including Arenas, Jamison, Richardson, and our center Yao Ming from China. Yao Minglai
After joining the Warriors, he quickly integrated into the team's tactical system, and the Warriors also achieved a good record and are currently ranked seventh in the Western Conference."
"You know last season, the Warriors were last in the Western Conference."
"The Chicago Bulls are a team with Lu Yu as the core. The team's playing style is changeable. Lu Yu is also constantly trying to play different roles in the team's tactical system this season. Last season's
Lu Yu still plays shooting guard, but this season due to the arrival of Hamilton, he took the initiative to move to the small forward position, and played as an organizational small forward. You know, there are players in the league who can play organizational small forwards well.
That’s very few.”
"Yes, there are only a few in my memory." Sun Yiping said quickly.
Zhang Weiping said with a smile: "But the effect of this change is obvious. The Bulls' record is now ranked first in the league. Some time ago, they almost broke the Warriors' 33-game winning streak. Although it is a pity that they failed in the end, fans now expect Lu
Yu can break the Bulls' regular season record of 72 wins, and I think if they can really break this record, the Bulls are probably not far away from the championship."
"Can't we definitely win the championship with 72 wins?" Sun Yiping asked puzzledly.
Zhang Weiping laughed: "Regular season record doesn't mean anything. The teams that have won the championship over the years are not necessarily the team with the best regular season record. Even the Bulls won 72 wins."
That season, if it hadn't been for Rodman, they would have probably lost to the Sonics. Well, the game has begun, let's watch this game together."
Jordan's poor performance was due to the fact that he had not played basketball for two years. Before retiring, his shooting percentage had been 50% to 60%. After retirement, his shooting percentage dropped to 41%.
In fact, the Sonics were pretty good. Kemp was so exciting at the time, but it's a pity that he still couldn't beat an old gangster like Rodman.
The 1996 Finals was Dachshund's favorite kind of finals, full of muscle confrontation, top-level defense, and trash talk. It was also the best one among Dachshund's five championships. The SuperSonics were better in field goal percentage and free throw shooting.
The team actually lost the game despite having a higher percentage and fewer turnovers than the Bulls. The only explanation is that they lost too many rebounds.
Because it was a probation period at that time, after winning the championship, and the Bulls gave me a big contract, I immediately let myself go. What the hell was it like in 1997-98?
As Zhang Weiping finished speaking, the TV screen switched to the stadium.
The starting lineups of both sides were also shown on the screen in a timely manner.
The starting players for the Warriors are:
Center: Yao Ming
Power Forward: Troy Murphy
Small Forward: Antawn Jamison
Shooting Guard: Jason Richardson
Point Guard: Gilbert Arenas
Because both Yao Ming and Murphy have good shots, the Warriors' penalty area is no longer crowded, giving Arenas enough room to break through. Coupled with the implementation of new rules, Arenas's data has soared this season, allowing Arenas to have more room to break through.
People saw the rise of another top defender.
The Bulls' starting lineup is:
Center: Brad Miller
Power Forward: Carlos Boozer
Small forward: Lu Yu
Shooting Guard: Richard Hamilton
Point Guard: Quentin Richardson
In terms of strength, the Bulls' players are more practical. Hamilton doesn't even dribble the ball very much. He just catches the ball and shoots, and his style of play is not that good-looking.
The Warriors are much more flashy, especially Arenas, who is particularly good at making things happen.
After the jump ball, Yao Ming passed the ball to Arenas. Arenas passed half court, shot directly, then turned his face and opened his arms, ready to receive cheers.
Boom!
The ball was struck and didn't go in!
This was so embarrassing that the whole audience burst into laughter.
Lu Yu grabbed the rebound and directly stuffed the ball like a cannonball into the hands of Boozer who had already run to the frontcourt. In terms of movement, Murphy is the weakest link in the Warriors' defense. Although Yao Ming is not as good as him
Fast, but higher than him, so attacking Murphy first at the beginning is undoubtedly the right choice.
What Lu Yu could think of, the coach of the Warriors off the court could also obviously think of it. The first time Lu Yu passed the ball, he could vaguely see the Warriors players shrinking their defense, ready to cover the missed position of Murphy. Boozer
I had no choice but to pass the ball to Quentin Richardson on the outside.
As soon as the ball came into Quentin Richardson's hands, Arenas immediately came up to press him.
"The Warriors' purpose is very clear. They don't give the Bulls a chance to eat Murphy, and then they are ready to use Arenas' defense to kill Quentin Richardson. You must know that the core of the Bulls' offense is Lu Yu.
, but Quentin Richardson, as the end point, also scores more than 20 points in every game. If Quentin Richardson is strangled to death, the Bulls will be much harder to beat." Zhang Weiping saw the Warriors' performance.
Fa immediately analyzed the Warriors' intentions.
Quentin Richardson made a feint and passed the ball to Carlos Boozer. Boozer had already squeezed into the three-second zone. After receiving the ball, he made a fake shot and shook Murphy, and then avoided it.
Yao Ming stood in the area, turned around and hooked, and the basketball hit the net.
2:0
The Bulls came out on top.
"The ball was played very reasonably. It was scored in and out without giving the opponent a chance to choke off the firepower. The Bulls have obviously done their homework." Zhang Weiping nodded.
The Bulls were not happy for a long time, Arenas brought the ball across the half court, and after a few simple passes, Yao Ming found Arenas' position in the high post, and Arenas hit a three-pointer from the bottom corner.
2:3
Sun Yiping was full of praise in the broadcast booth: "Yao Ke connection is the word I mentioned most in the broadcast booth this season. Yao Ming's height ensures that he has enough passing vision, coupled with Arenas' offensive ability,
This resulted in a good chemical reaction between the two of them... The Bulls' offense was also very clear, which was to eat up Murphy. After Lu Yu and Carlos Boozer picked and rolled, Lu Yu forced Murphy, and Lu Yu made an emergency stop.
Back, he scored with a lateral step-back shot. Murphy had nothing to do with him. The score on the court is now 4:3."
Zhang Weiping added: "But the current situation is not good for the Bulls. They can only target Murphy. The most important thing is the defensive end. They cannot restrict the two players Yao Ming and Arenas. This is not the Bulls'
The usual way of playing, we will continue to see."
The Warriors once again hit Yao Ming inside and scored with a hook shot. Before Miller could even reach out, Yao Ming had already put the ball into the basket.
More than half of the first quarter passed, and the score between the two sides was very tense, 21:21.
Lu Yu scored 10 points, Carlos Boozer scored 8 points, and Quentin Richardson only relied on sneak attacks to score three points.
Quentin Richardson was very uncomfortable being defended by Arenas. He almost had no touch. On the defensive end, he couldn't guard Arenas. Every time Yao Ming passed the ball, he was blocked by his defense.
The ball passed to Arenas.
Hamilton has switched defenses with him, but his defense is no better than that of Jason Richardson, who has the same last name as him.
Looking at it this way, the Bulls are hardly the Bulls team that is ready to break records this season.
Of course...just almost.
With 4 minutes and 17 seconds left in the first quarter, Cartwright made a substitution with a big wave of his hand.
Sun Yiping said in shock: "The Bulls have made a substitution. They replaced Quentin Richardson and replaced him with Crawford, two minutes earlier than the normal rotation time. What is he going to do?"
"Quentin Richardson can no longer help on the court. Maybe Coach Cartwright is looking for opportunities." Zhang Weiping hesitated and said: "Quentin Richardson's performance was indeed not good. He was beaten by Arena.
Si's restrictions were very serious, and his abnormal performance also had a great impact on Lu Yu. Lu Yu had to choose to attack by himself on many balls."
The camera focused on Quentin Richardson who was walking off the field. He looked a little depressed.
"Quentin, believe me, we can win!"
Lu Yu stretched out his hand, Quentin Richardson was startled, and then smiled. The two people touched their palms and bumped their shoulders. The live broadcast on the TV was aimed at them. Countless fans were watching for one of the Bulls players.
I was deeply moved by the good feelings between them.
In the afternoon, several judges of the Couplet Competition started chatting in the audience.
"This guy named Lu Yu is not only good at couplets, but also plays the ball well."
"The next generation is to be feared, the next generation is to be feared."
"I think I also dominated the court back then, but now it's the world of young people."
Several elderly people also enjoyed watching the game.
At this time, Crawford dribbled the ball past half court and drew a circle with his index finger toward the sky. This was a tactic that the team had just adapted recently.
Lu Yu took a glance and ran around Carlos Boozer, who gave him an off-ball screen.
It was Jamison who was guarding Lu Yu, but Lu Yu moved up to cover Crawford. After the switch, Arenas was the one guarding Lu Yu, and then Boozer did it for Lu Yu.
Without ball cover, Arenas had already prepared for Carlos Boozer to come up, but he didn't expect that Lu Yu's running position was actually running around Boozer. He couldn't keep up for a while and was caught by Carlos Boozer.
Blocked behind.
The ball in Crawford's hand went straight over like a missile, but by the time Lu Yu caught the ball, Arenas had already pounced on him.
What Arenas hates most about defending is off-ball movement. He is better at defending players who shoot at fixed points. This is also the reason why Quentin Richardson was at a loss when he was defended at the beginning. He could only try his best to defend Lu Yu.
He went to chase him, but unfortunately Lu Yu didn't have the chance to take action immediately.
"Crawford's pass did not create an opportunity for direct attack." Zhang Weiping explained: "Crawford is a bit far away from Lu Yu, and the basketball flight time is enough for Arenas to react defensively... Lu Yu changed
Xiang pulled back and threw Arenas away! Forced a shot from outside the three-point line..."
"Oh, it's a pity that the shot was a little crooked." Sun Yiping sighed secretly: "But it can be seen that Lu Yu's personal singles ability obviously caused Arenas' defense to have loopholes. This is a good sign... The rebound was missed.
Alright, be careful with quick attacks..."
Yao Ming got the rebound, swung the ball to Arenas, who was already rushing forward.
When Lu Yu took the shot, he felt that he might miss the shot. As soon as he saw Yao Ming get the rebound, he knew something was wrong. Arenas had already quickly held the ball and started a fast break. Crawford was a moment slower to react.
Didn't keep up.
Fortunately, Lu Yu reacted quickly enough, exerted force on his legs, and chased Arenas.
When Arenas was about to lay up, he also rushed over. Without any hesitation, he made a tiger leap and flew up.
"drop!"
The referee's whistle sounded.
Bulls No. 10, the thug fouled.
"Lu Yu still lacked experience in this shot. Arenas obviously waited for him in the air and took advantage of Lu Yu's collision to finish 21. Of course, this is also the reason why the league's penalties for defenders have become stricter now." Sun Yiping said.
Zhang Weiping shook his head: "Lu Yu's goal was a bit outweighed by the gain. Arenas made the score and also got a foul."
Lu Yu was also helpless. He didn't expect that Arenas would give him such a sudden attack, catching him off guard. Originally he just wanted to try his best to prevent the fast break, but he didn't expect that he would be charged for a foul for no reason.
Crawford ran over, patted his chest and said, "Sorry, I didn't pay attention to his fast break."
"We can just call him back." Lu Yu said with a smile.
Arenas added a penalty and made a solid hit.
24:21
The Bulls trailed by three points.
Arenas glanced deeply at Lu Yu. He didn't expect Lu Yu to react so quickly to the ball just now. If he hadn't had an idea and rubbed it with his body, I'm afraid this ball would have been really difficult to handle.
Lu Yu ran forward with the ball and glanced at the Warriors' formation. The Warriors' defense had obviously expanded the defensive area. The same man-to-man marking was also divided into man-to-man marking in the narrowed area and man-to-man marking in the expanded area.
These two defensive formations have their own advantages and disadvantages. The defensive advantage of shrinking the area is to prevent air cuts, but it is slightly worse at preventing shots. The defense of the expanded area focuses on guarding the opponent's outside shots, but it is good at preventing singles on inside cuts.
It won't be very good.
The Warriors' biggest reliance in doing this is simply Yao Ming's guard inside.
It's a pity that the NBA is not FIBA, and Yao Ming can't stay in the paint for that long.
Crawford dribbled the ball past half court and directly changed direction to break through Arenas. Without stopping the ball, he handed it to Miller who was going outside. At this time, Yao Ming had to defend.
This is why Cartwright replaced Crawford. Crawford's breakthrough skills make it easier to tear Arenas' defense apart.
Jamison suddenly discovered that Lu Yu was missing.
Miller flicked his hand, Lu Yukong cut to the basket, made a backhand layup, and the basketball hit the board and easily entered the frame.
"Lu Yu made a beautiful shot!" Zhang Weiping said with a smile.
Lu Yu returned to defense and gave Miller a thumbs up, indicating that the ball was passed well. Since the opponent was guarding the shot, he cut to the basket and hit the opponent until the opponent changed formation.
On the court, whoever has the initiative is likely to win.
Jamison's face didn't look very good.
He could hear the head coach's dissatisfaction with him for being distracted on defense, so he decided to give Lu Yu some trouble.
During the attack, he kept hitting Lu Yu with small elbow movements.
Lu Yu also felt very uncomfortable. The referee would not call such a small move a blow. Even before he reached out his hand when he was defending, Jamison punched him down. Who deserved his bad luck for letting him reach out his hand?
After getting angry, Jamison passed the ball to Yao Ming, who was already stuck in position, and then sank into the bottom corner.
Lu Yu glanced at Jamison in surprise. Now that he thinks about it, the Warriors can achieve a good record. Not only the performance of Yao Ming and Arenas, but also the growth of Jamison and Jason Richardson are also indispensable factors.
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Yao Ming attacked hard, but Lu Yu had no choice but to shrink. As a result, Yao Ming passed the ball to Jamison, and Jamison made a three-pointer and hit it.
"There is no problem with Lu Yu's defense on this ball, but the opponent's tactics have already been used. There is no way around it," Zhang Weiping said.
Cartwright called a timeout and replaced Lu Yu.
Lu Yu walked to the bench with a solemn expression and looked at Quentin Richardson. The two people's eyes intertwined, both expressing the same meaning - this Warriors is very difficult to deal with.
They feel like they played the Lakers in last year's Finals.
It seems that we really cannot underestimate every opponent.
At the end of the first quarter, the Warriors led 33:28. Since Lu Yu left the game, the team only relied on Crawford to score a few points.
The Warriors took the opportunity to score points and took the lead entering the second quarter.
At the beginning of the second quarter, Cartwright did not replace the main players. This is the Bulls' regular play style this season. The Bulls' substitutes are not weak and they can take advantage of other teams.
As a result, I didn't take advantage this time, and of course I didn't suffer a loss. I was evenly matched with the Warriors' substitutes.
Four minutes later, Cartwright waved his hand and all the main players came on the field. He glanced at Quentin Richardson, then at Crawford, and hesitated.
"Quentin, come on!"
After all, Crawford has been playing on the court for a long time, but Quentin Richardson played very tangled in the opening game and he was a little wavering.
Quentin Richardson took a deep breath and remembered what Lu Yu had just said to him off the court: "Don't worry about the offense, just run him to death."
Then, run him to death?!
In addition to him, there is Hamilton on the court. As long as the two of them run, they will tire the Warriors' back line to death.
After Lu Yu received the ball, he glanced at Quentin Richardson, who was sliding from one corner to the other. Behind him was Arenas, who would never give up. Then he saw Quentin Richardson.
Richardson ran from one corner to the other.
"What's going on? Why don't you attack?"
"What is Lu Yu doing?"
The fans saw Lu Yu just dribbling, neither breaking through nor passing. Quentin Richardson was running like a perpetual motion machine, and Lu Yu turned a blind eye.
Another person who was exhausted was Jason Richardson, the Warriors' dunk champion. Facing another Hamilton who couldn't run to death, he just wanted to vomit blood.
No one saw the slightest smile on Lu Yu's lips.
Except, Jamison.
Jamison suddenly had a bad feeling in his heart. At this time, he saw Lu Yu move, standing one step outside the three-point line, and stepped back laterally to shoot a three-pointer.
this?
Just voted?
Arenas was also stunned, gasping for air. After running with Quentin Richardson for so long, what are your tactics?
"Whoosh!"
The sound of the basketball hitting the net completely silenced the entire Warriors home crowd.
So, running for so long is just to consume our energy?
Arenas and Jason Richardson wanted to yell: "Isn't this too shameless for the Bulls?"
