The city of New York has always had the craziest fans in the United States.
Even though this team has only won two NBA championships in its history, and even though these two championships were both thirty years ago, it still does not affect the fans here's support for the Knicks.
Of course, the fans here are also the most demanding in the United States. If they perform well, they will give them applause. If they perform poorly, they will spray the players into flying balls.
On this day, the NBA game will also make way for the NCAA. The Knicks' Alan Houston and "Big Mom" Larry Johnson came to the game, and not far from them sat Shaquille O'Neal and Kobe Bryant.
The on-site commentator laughed: "The Knicks defeated the Lakers in the game the day before yesterday. It was all because of Lu Yu's defense against Kobe Bryant at midfield, which inspired Alan. I wonder if they will advise their respective teams to do this in the future after this game."
Select this Chinese 'gentleman' Lu Yu of the Gonzaga Bulldogs."
The game is about to begin, and the players of both teams are still warming up. The huge arena is packed with fans, not only Gonzaga fans from afar, but also Virginia fans from the south.
Compared with the distance from Spokane to New York, Virginia is much closer, so there were obviously more Virginia fans than Gonzaga fans at the scene.
Of course there are many local New York neutral fans.
Lu Yu raised his hand and shot a three-pointer from outside the three-point line, and the basketball went into the basket easily.
"Xu~"
The audience immediately burst into loud boos.
"Go back to Spokane, you're going to lose!" A fan sitting in the front row picked up the card in his hand with a knight's sword drawn on it and thrust it into the belly of a dog.
The knight's sword represents the Virginia Cavaliers, and the dog represents the Gonzaga Bulldogs.
Lu Yu couldn't hear what he was saying at all. Maybe he didn't notice this crazy guy at all. After all, there were many Virginia fans like this in the audience. He raised his hand to ask for the ball and another three-pointer came.
This time the ball missed and hit the basket and flew out, causing loud laughter in the stands.
"Trash!" many Virginia fans chanted in unison.
"Damn Virginia, what a bunch of unqualified fans." Blake Stepp couldn't help but curse.
Lu Yu knew that such a game environment, even though it was played in a neutral arena like New York's Madison Square Garden Arena, would still make Gonzaga's players feel like they were on the road.
"Let's take a look at the starting lineups of both sides."
The commentator glanced at the list in his hand at the camera: "The starting backcourt sent by the Virginia Cavaliers is No. 11 Donald Hand and No. 21 Roger Mason. The combination of Hand and Mason can be regarded as the best in the Atlantic Coast League.
It's a very strong backcourt combination. The two average points per game combined is 25.8 points. Let's take a look at the average points per game of Gonzaga's backcourt combination... Forget it, it seems that Lu Yu's points per game alone are enough.
Already."
Lu Yu currently averages 26.7 points per game, which is the result of focusing on defense in the next few games.
If he plays according to the way he played at the beginning of the season, it is estimated that he will not have a big problem averaging 30 points per game now.
However, Lu Yu also knows that if they play according to the way they played at the beginning of the season, Gonzaga may be able to get as far as it is now, but it will never go too far.
"The front line of the University of Virginia is No. 17 Chris Williams and No. 33 Travis Watson. Let's focus on Chris Williams. He is Virginia's second scorer, averaging 14.5 points and 6.7 points per game.
rebounds, but you must know that this average score is achieved when he takes very few shots. If Roger Mason is the offensive knife of this Virginia team, then Williams is the core of the Virginia Cavaliers' offense and defense.
The Gonzaga Bulldogs' Mark Spink who happens to be playing against him is the Bulldogs' weakest link."
The commentator introduced in a serious manner, and then introduced Virginia center Stephen Downdon, a tool player.
But when the commentator saw the Gonzaga Bulldogs' lineup, he realized he was slapped in the face.
Because the Gonzaga Bulldogs' lineup is not their regular starter, it becomes point guard Dan Dickau, shooting guard Lu Yu, small forward Blake Stepp, power forward Zach Goode, and center Casey
·Green.
Facing the strong Chris Williams, Mark Foyou still put Blake Stepp, a player who originally led the team in scoring on the bench, into the starting lineup.
In this game, we can only hope that the starting lineup can take the lead. When it's time to substitute, if it doesn't work, let Lu Yu take the lead for a while. After all, Lu Yu never knows how to get tired.
Although this lineup has been tried before, it was Lu Yu who took the initiative to use it this time.
Lu Yu knew that he was stimulated by the Thunder Breathing Technique, so he didn't have to worry about his muscles being unable to hold up, so he just kept doing it as hard as he could.
Because the link he was most worried about collapsing in this game was Chris Williams.
He might not recognize another player, but he had some familiarity with the player in Lu Yu's memory who was the second player in CBA history to score a quadruple-double.
Blake Stepp glanced at the team doctor next to him and found that the team doctor was preparing gauze.
etc?
"What are they preparing gauze for?" Blake Step stared at the medical box in horror and blurted out: "Could it be..."
When it comes to this, I don’t dare to talk anymore.
Kathy Green glanced at Blake, who looked frightened, and said slowly: "Just in case."
Compared to the calm Lu Yu, Blake was always a little less interesting.
Lu Yu was very calm and slightly excited, because when he saw the gauze, he knew that the opportunity to improve his breathing skills had come again.
Black looked worried. He suddenly remembered that when he passed by the Virginia training arena this morning, he heard a shout inside, "Gonzaga!"
grass!
Is this what the hell you mean by bloody battle?
For some reason, Blake suddenly felt nervous.
Players from both sides came on the stage, the referee threw the ball into the air, and Casey Green jumped up with all his strength, shouting: "I want to win the championship too!"
The opponent's center was so stunned that he didn't react. Isn't this the round of 64?
He was so frightened that after he touched the ball with his fingertips for the first time, he dialed it again.
"beep!"
The referee immediately blew the whistle and reached out to indicate that Virginia had a jump ball violation, and the ball was awarded to the Gonzaga Bulldogs.
"Uu~" The fans in the audience booed.
They were all booing the referee.
Virginia head coach Pete Gillen frowned helplessly, and center Dondon was obviously frightened by Casey Green's momentum.
Mark Foyo smiled, he just wanted the team to have this indomitable momentum.
The basketball was immediately released and passed to Dan Dickau, and Donald Hand immediately blocked it.
Dan Dickau was also nervous and pounced before halftime. The defense in March Madness is completely different from the regular season.
He bent his body and used his body to protect the ball and carry it across the half court.
After just a few meters, my arm was pulled so hard that it hurt.
Just after halftime, Dan Dickaw made a change of direction and gave Donald Hand an elbow. Donald Hand took a step back in pain, but immediately came forward again.
"I didn't expect that an honest man like Dan Dickau would do such dirty tricks." Lu Yu pursed his lips.
Sure enough, when March Madness comes, everyone will have a different attitude.
Dan Dickaw saw Hand coming up quickly and passed the ball to Blake Stepp at a 45-degree angle.
As soon as Blake Stepp caught the ball, Chris Williams came over and waved his hand in front of his face.
Blake was a little nervous and didn't dare to break through, so he dribbled the ball with his back to Williams. At this time, Dan Dickau, who had just passed the ball, saw that something was wrong and immediately ran over to respond. When he and Blake crossed paths, Blake passed the ball.
He returned the ball to Dan Dickau and blocked the pursuing Donald Hand.
Dan Dickau received the ball without stopping and broke through directly to the inside. When he saw No. 21 Roger Mason coming to cover, Dan Dickau's eyes immediately searched for the position of Lu Yu who had lost Roger Mason's defense.
, Lu Yu was already standing outside the three-point line in the bottom corner.
Dan Dickau exerted force on his wrist and passed the ball decisively.
Lu Yu caught the ball very calmly, adjusted his body posture slightly, stood up and shot a three-point jumper.
"Whoosh!"
The originally noisy Virginia fans suddenly became silent.
