Chapter 90 If it were the home court, I would be more likely to do this!
When the Miami media reported this incident, they linked it to the incident when Nike helped Michael Jordan pay a fine so that he could wear red and black Nike shoes on the field.
This wave of publicity was very successful.
Woody is more closely bound to the "finger wag" action.
In the city of Miami, many posters of Woody wagging his finger appeared overnight.
Adidas noticed this trend and immediately sent a representative to contact Woody, hoping to launch some products quickly to deepen the outside world's impression of this matter.
The best way is naturally to produce a signature shoe. However, the designer team, which has just finished working on McGrady’s signature shoes and has to design a “Christmas War” signature shoe for McGrady, has initially planned for Woody’s new shoe on Monday next year.
In March, even if they could temporarily shelve the design of Maddie's "Christmas Fight" signature shoes and immediately invest in the design of Woody's first signature shoe, this would not be something that could be completed in a week or two.
Woody also didn't want the first signature shoe of his career to be too shoddy.
The well-informed "Magic" Johnson made a suggestion: "Otherwise, first design a small sneaker charm similar to Velcro. This is equivalent to just designing a small logo. Not only can the time be shortened, but the finished product will also be of high quality.
It’s guaranteed too!”
This proposal was approved by Woody and also received approval from the Adidas team.
On November 3, the Heat's first away game of the new season arrived.
They will travel to Milwaukee to challenge the Bucks.
Last season, the Bucks sent away Ray Allen, bought out Gary Payton's contract in the summer, and then sent away "Big Dog" Robinson, officially announcing that they belonged to the "Three Musketeers of the Bucks"
"The era is completely over.
The addition of Michael Redd, together with Ford, who was selected with the 8th overall pick in this year's first round, forms the current Bucks' defense line, which has won two games so far in the new season.
It seems that the road to reconstruction is going extremely smoothly.
There were also a lot of Milwaukee people here tonight.
At least 80% attendance rate.
In addition to the attendance brought by the two consecutive wins at the beginning of the new season, there is still a small number of people who come for Woody.
The owner of the Heat has said that he is willing to pay a fine for Woody's "finger wagging", which costs a lot of money to watch, 25,000 at a time!
They only need to spend a few dozen dollars to watch the "finger wagging" 25,000 times. How can they not watch it?
As for why they are sure they can see such a scene...
Let’s take a look at the average blocks per game of the Chinese newcomers in the first two games of the new season!
An average of 4 times per game!
The Bucks look like a bunch of losers, and they are going to get slapped at first glance!
Bucks players: Are you polite? Whose home court is this? Whose fans are you?
"Dude, relax, you can do this!"
Before Eddie Jones went on the court, he fist bumped with Wade.
Wade just nodded stiffly, and then took a deep breath. It seemed that he was even more stressed.
Jones shook his head helplessly.
He shared a room with Wade. When he woke up in the morning, he found this guy running back in sweat. It looked like he had just finished training.
The Heat boss's hype, coupled with Woody's consistent and steady output in the last game, put even more pressure on him.
"Hey, man, don't be too stressed. Even if the 6th pick in the first round is not as good as the 5th pick in the first round, it's normal..." When Wade was taking a shower, he shouted jokingly, his intention was
Make fun of it.
Unexpectedly, the bathroom door opened with a "bang", which frightened him. He subconsciously moved half a step towards the bed. Before his face came, his cheeks went first, and his big cheeks poked out of the bathroom door, towards Jones.
He said with a serious face:
"That's not an ordinary No. 6 pick in the first round, that's the No. 6 pick in the first round specially traded by Pat Riley!"
The implication:
How much Pat Riley thinks of me!
Can I be stress-free?
Jones swallowed hard and couldn't hold back a word for a long time.
There is such a rumor circulating in the Miami arena:
Wade is slightly mentally retarded!
Jones didn't believe it at first. Now, he can only say one thing: rumors are never groundless. There is indeed a reason for such rumors.
Pat Riley is too cruel!
Not even the mentally retarded!
Realizing this, he also cared a little more about Wade.
Too much is not enough, Wade's meniscus is still a big hidden danger, and he is really afraid that Wade will train too hard and injure himself.
It's just that he found that his comfort always seemed to have the opposite effect. Let's just talk about this game. I don't know if it was what he said to Wade before the game. This guy has a particularly strong desire to attack with the ball.
This kid!
Even if you have no brains, you are still rebellious by nature!
Bucks head coach Terry Porter noticed this situation very promptly and shrunk the entire inside line to a very small size.
Wade's first two offenses both ended with layups.
Fortunately, the Bucks' insiders are Keith Van Horn and Joe Smith.
Van Horn was the "Second Generation Bird" who was praised as "miraculous" by the "Cardinal". Unfortunately, Popovich was not fooled. He did not choose the second "Bird" but the third one.
A Duncan.
Putting aside the "Second Bird" label that the "Cardinals" forced on Van Horn, he did not waste the second overall pick in the first round of 1997. He averaged 19.9 points and 6.6 rebounds per game as soon as he entered the league.
, is one of the few "high turrets" in this era, but because of his pitching attributes, his ability to grab rebounds is not very strong.
Joe Smith, the No. 1 pick in 1995, was considered the No. 1 pick when he debuted. Unfortunately, he had no brains and met an agent with cerebral palsy, which caused him to fall into the "yin and yang contract case", and his career took a turn.
No team is willing to use him as the core, and his personal confidence and skills have been affected by constant transfers. Now he is only a second-rate inside player in the league. His style attributes tend to be "one-size-fits-all", and he belongs to the category of "can do a little bit of everything, but also
No one is good at it."
With these two people guarding the inside of the Bucks, let's put it this way...
Just here to give Woody a rebound!
Wade missed two consecutive attempts at the frame, and Woody grabbed the rebounds, made a putback dunk, and had an indirect assist to help Jones complete a 3-point goal.
Personal statistics came to 2 points and 2 rebounds as soon as the game started.
Wade was even more anxious.
However, the score was very tight. The Bucks were 4-5 and only trailed by 1 point.
The Bucks' team style can be seen from their first two games, which mainly relies on the offensive end.
If you can attack harder than the opponent, you win; if you can't, you lose.
In the first two games, relying on TJ Ford's speed, they split the opponent's direction very well. Michael Reed and Van Horn set up a "fort" on the outside, and Mason on the wing cut to the inside.
Killing creates killing.
In their first and second games of the new season, they averaged 100 points per game!
The scoring firepower ranks among the top 4 of the 29 teams in the league.
Of course, their average points loss per game is terrible enough, averaging 98.5 points per game. The difference between the two wins is actually 1 goal. If the opponent has one more goal, or the Bucks score one less goal, then the Bucks' current
The record will be completely rewritten.
Otherwise, why is part of tonight's attendance due to Woody?
Their hard power does not meet the standards of a truly strong team.
Stan Van Gundy was not in a hurry to change his formation. He just yelled at Wade from the sidelines, telling him to wake up and not get caught up in too many singles and reckless actions.
The score continued to be tense, and the one-point difference between the two teams lasted for most of the quarter.
The turning point occurred at 7 minutes and 34 seconds of the first quarter. Michael Reed made a beautiful off-ball movement fake on the wing, completely shaking Jones away, and he raised his hand to shoot. As a result, Woody came out from the side and slapped him.
The shot was missed, causing low cheers from the audience.
They weren't spontaneously trying to cheer for Woody.
It was only when they heard this loud cry that they realized they had just screamed.
This block really showed Woody's physical explosiveness. The Bucks' home broadcaster couldn't help but replay this block.
The eyes of some Bucks fans suddenly lit up.
This is a Milwaukee man who comes just for Woody.
After waiting for a long time, is that moment finally coming?
They all looked at Woody, and the big screen at the scene also gave Woody a close-up shot. It was a pity that Woody just felt pity and clapped his hands, turned around and stood in a defensive position, without moving towards
Just as Michael Reid was wagging his finger.
This group of Bucks fans kept looking at Woody without giving up until the referee signaled a throw-in, and finally gave up completely and their eyes dimmed.
They suddenly felt like they had bought their tickets for nothing!
If Woody doesn't wag his finger, what's the point of them being here?
The Bucks fans who came specifically for Woody were very "blue and thin", but the Heat's momentum was ignited by Woody's big defensive block. Stan Van Gundy pulled up in time under Spoelstra's reminder.
Gerald Wallace.
The Heat played their best defensive counterattack.
Before the starters came off the court in the first quarter, the Heat went on an 8-1 "scoring wave." At the end of the first quarter, the Heat's lead was reduced to 8 points.
Woody scored 8 points in a single quarter, and Wallace, who came on the court halfway through the first quarter, scored 5 points. The two of them made cuts on the wings, which caused a lot of trouble for the Bucks' forward line.
But this cannot be solved by simply compressing the inside space.
Jones' outside shooting was very good tonight, and he hit 2 three-pointers in the first quarter alone.
The Bucks have lost sight of one thing and can no longer restrict Wade's defensive formation.
Wade, who was a little frustrated in the first half of the first quarter, gradually found the feeling in the second half of the first quarter. As soon as the second quarter came on, he was completely blown away, attacking Ford in various ways, just like he was beaten by David in the last game.
Si crushed all the way.
No, Ford is still going to be worse!
With his height and thin body, he is destined to become a breakthrough on the defensive end.
This brings us to Allen Iverson again.
With the same size, Allen Iverson does not have such a big problem on the confrontation end. His more problem lies in his bad defensive habits. He likes "gamble-style" steals too much.
Risks and opportunities coexist..
And Ford didn't even have the chance to "gamble".
Wade can easily defeat his defense with his explosiveness and strength.
Stan Van Gundy continued to activate Wallace in the second quarter, and the Heat's defense began to focus on mutual defense.
This is mainly because the Bucks do not have strong ball handlers and use various complementary zone defenses to force opponents to make faster passes or faster shots.
With Ford being restricted, the Bucks, without a stable breakout point, gradually became chaotic on the offensive end.
In the first 6 minutes of the second quarter alone, they made 4 turnovers due to passing coordination.
Terry Porter called two timeouts in two minutes, but still failed to stop the Bucks' chaotic decline.
At this time, he had too few cards, which caused the team's single-tactic problem to be exposed. The Bucks management was too impatient and sent away three core players in one go. As a result, this team except Michael Reed
In addition, there are no players with long-term main experience.
Including Reid, he actually only firmly secured the second starting position after Ray Allen left.
It takes time to get used to being a starter, let alone taking on the responsibility of being the leader of the team!
There were no ups and downs in this game. The Heat relied on defensive counterattacks to successfully defeat the Bucks and win their second victory of the season.
Woody scored another 20 points in this game.
He made 9 of 15 shots and 3 of 5 free throws, scoring 21 points and grabbing a career-high 14 rebounds.
Facing Van Horn and the "1995 No. 1 pick" who had no mentality at all, Woody acted like a "wolf in the sheepfold", making all kinds of mistakes and easily grabbed 5 offensive rebounds.
It's just that the number of blocks is a bit low, only 2 blocks.
After blocking Michael Reed, Woody gave the 2001 "Slam Dunk King" Mason a big block.
However, after this block, Woody still did not wag his finger, once again disappointing the Bucks fans at the scene.
In addition, Woody had as many as 4 assists.
As long as the Heat's defensive counterattack frequency is high, it will be easier for him to get assists than usual.
After watching this game, Stan Van Gundy was convinced that the Heat's main style of play in the new season is this "anti-counterattack" tactic!
On the defensive end, watching Woody and Wallace assist in various defenses, he felt that "regional pseudo-zone defense" was more suitable for the Heat in the new season than single defense...
I don’t know if it’s to prove that his idea is correct.
In the Heat's next away game, they still used "defensive counterattack" to win the final victory. In the first 4 games of the new season, they scored 3 wins and 1 loss.
Woody was affected by consecutive away games and the NBA schedule in this game. He had never experienced such a situation in the high school league. He made 5 of 11 shots and his shooting percentage was only 45%.
Fortunately, he was still the same as before, stabilizing his defensive base, not only grabbing 11 rebounds, but also blocked 3 shots.
Reporters asked a question after the game: "Mitch has promised to pay a fine for wagging your finger. Why haven't you done it again since the opening game?"
Woody said: "This is still a technical foul. This is a situation that will benefit the opponent. And the last two games are not in Miami. If it is home, I will be more likely to do this!"