Chapter 171 Amanda Seyfried

At Madison Square Garden, He Zhongqiu completed the new season's debut ceremony with the halo of the Knicks' new leader.

There were many stars on the sidelines, most of whom he knew, and he went over to greet them one by one.

First up is Tom Cruise, who just finished filming Collateral and returned to New York to rest for a while. He also watched the Knicks' opening game to maintain his exposure.

"Hey, Tom."

"Wolverine, your trailer has attracted so much attention." Tom exclaimed.

"Come on, your shooting shots have also attracted a lot of attention, so don't envy me. Killing with a Borrowed Knife will definitely win the first week box office." He Zhongqiu said.

"I hope."

Tom Cruise said with a big smile.

He was indeed quite satisfied with the film and found it to be of good quality.

"Whenever the movie is released, I will book the theater." He Zhongqiu asked again.

"It should be in the second half of next year. The details haven't been decided yet. I'll tell you then. You have to attend the premiere." Tom Cruise said bluntly.

"That's for sure, but please pay attention to my schedule when you set the premiere date," He Zhongqiu reminded.

"of course."

Tom Cruise smiled.

"Hey, what's your name?"

While greeting his friends, he happened to meet a beauty from Paris's party. He had forgotten her name, but she was a young star who had just debuted and seemed to be Paris's follower.

"Amanda Seyfried, Wolverine, don't forget my name, we had it three times that day."

The blonde rolled her eyes at him, tapped her fingers lightly on his palm, and whispered in his ear.

He hugged the beauty, whispered a few sexy words to her, and made an appointment to meet. As soon as He Zhongqiu turned around, he ran into another beautiful woman at the party.

This beauty is famous. She is the heroine of Star Wars, a top Hollywood star, and has long been on the hot list of the American entertainment industry, Natalie Portman.

"Hello, Wolverine, nice to meet you. Please take care of me." Natalie Portman chuckled and extended her right hand.

"Yes, nice to meet you." He Zhongqiu laughed.

"What did you say to him?"

After chatting for a few words, after He Zhongqiu left, Portman looked around, then smiled and asked in a low voice.

Seyfried had just entered college, but was still a newcomer in the entertainment industry, having only played small supporting roles in a few TV series and not yet turned eighteen.

Last time, she was finally chosen by Paris Hilton because of her beauty and pure white blood, and attended her party, stepping half a foot into their circle.

Like Kim Kardashian, she is now Paris's little follower, and is completely suppressed by the powerful Portman.

She said carefully: "Natalie, he asked me out at his villa tomorrow."

"tomorrow?"

Natalie Portman instantly recalled the unprecedented madness and satisfaction she experienced that night, and she didn't touch another man for two months after that.

Thinking of the enjoyment, she couldn't help but move, and whispered to Seyfried: "Your name is Amanda, right? Let's go together tomorrow."

"OK."

Seyfried said happily.

Being able to be with Portman, a top Hollywood actress, is better than being with Paris, as she is a noble person who can directly help her.

"Humph!"

Scarlett Johansson, who was once again ignored by He Zhongqiu, was so angry that her eyes bled. Those two bastards must be secretly having an affair.

"Xixi, you're not going to class just to watch He Zhongqiu's game?"

In Yanjing, at Liu Yifei's home, Liu Xiaoli asked helplessly.

"Well, Mom, I've taken a day off. This is the opening match of the Big Monk. I'll watch it and then practice swordplay." Liu Yifei said while looking at the TV.

Liu Xiaoli just felt a headache. My dear daughter, when did you become his fan? Can we go back to the time when we didn't know him?
Originally, she thought He Zhongqiu was pretty good. Not only did he make it in the NBA at such a young age, he was also able to make it into Hollywood.

It's not bad for my daughter to make friends with him. More friends means more options. Last time when Xixi followed He Zhongqiu to learn sword, she also supported it.

But the rumors about He Zhongqiu's one dragon and four phoenixes that came back from Japan were really scary. The oldest of the four female stars was only 18 years old. She didn't want her precious daughter to fall into He Zhongqiu's hands.

In addition to this incident, another thing that has been bothering her recently is that there have been more and more so-called negative news about her daughter on the Internet recently. This must be someone hyping it up behind the scenes.

She reminded him, "Mom has to go to the company. After you watch the game, you can still read the script of The Legend of Sword and Fairy in the morning and think about it carefully. OK?"

"Got it, Mom."

After Liu Xiaoli drove away from home, she did not go to the company, but went to Huairou Film and Television City. She wanted to find Yang Xue.

At eight o'clock, the competition officially begins.

He Zhongqiu and Drew Gooden jump ball and the Knicks attack.

He entered the frontcourt, set up low on the left wing, and did not go inside.

Nash pulled to the right wing, paused for a moment, and immediately started a breakthrough. The rhythm instantly changed from slow to fast, and he changed direction to break through Tyronn Lue and broke into the wing.

Tyronn Lue worked hard on defense, but Nash broke through faster.

His dribbling breakthrough immediately attracted the Magic's defensive attention, and the entire defensive formation immediately shifted to the right wing.

Drew Gooden also immediately returned to defend the basket. He Zhongqiu did not enter the paint area immediately, and he found an open space in the low post on the left wing.

At this time, Nash was breaking through, and after suddenly pulling up the ball with his right hand, he made an extremely concealed behind-the-back pass, and the basketball flew to the left wing.

Juwan Howard, who was defending on Nash's left side and blocking him from breaking into the paint, didn't even notice that the ball had been passed and was still defending Nash hard.

"Nash passes the ball sideways."

the on-site commentator Harry Kosco shouted immediately.

Drew Gooden saw the basketball flying through the air in front of him, and quickly adjusted his footing and turned to the left front side of the basket.

"Wolverine?"

But as soon as his gaze turned over there, his expression changed and he quickly stepped back, but it seemed a little too late.

"Wolverine."

shouted commentator Harry Kosco.

At this time, He Zhongqiu had already entered the paint area, took a step forward, grabbed the flying basketball with his right hand, and then dunked on Drew Gooden.

"alley-oop!"

Harikosco roared with excitement.

"boom!"

As the sound of the basket exploding sounded, the Magic team's basket was in chaos, and Drew Gooden was knocked directly under the basket.

"Di!"

The referee's whistle blew.

"Oh ho!"

Madison Square Garden was in an uproar.

"Uuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuu"

Harry Kosko excitedly simulated the sound of an air raid siren.

Another on-site commentator, Bingo Boris, shouted excitedly: "Wolverine! Alley-oop relay slam dunk! The show has begun with the connection between Wolverine and Steve Nash." In the TNT live studio, Barkley said: "In the three preseason games played at Madison Square Garden, Wolverine and Nash contributed a total of 13 alley-oop slam dunks. If they continue like this, New York will surely become the alley-oop city that attracts the most fans."

Kenny Smith said: "What I admire most is Wolverine's body. It's so tough. He doesn't seem to be afraid of such a powerful physical collision at all."

Buckley nodded and exclaimed: "Look at his Blade 3 clip, oh, falling from a seven-meter-high building, shot with a long lens, no buffer, he did it himself, it's amazing!

He has an iron body, his playing style is more violent and beastly than Rain Man, and his attack has no scruples against defenders. "

"I feel like he's a little bit bigger, but not noticeably so," Kenny Smith said.

"He is only 20 years old and his body has not reached its peak yet. His weight should continue to grow in the future," Barkley speculated.

Under the basket, Drew Gooden climbed up in a panic, his chest numb as if it had been run over by a tire, and he kept gasping for breath.

He vowed to get out of the way sooner next time. If such a strong collision happened again, he might not be able to get up. It was just a defensive incident, and there was no need to exchange his career for it.

"Bang! Swoosh!"

He Zhongqiu made the free throw.

0:3, Magic attack.

McGrady received the ball outside the three-point line on the left wing, held off Bonzi Wells with his left hand, and grabbed the ball with his right hand and swiped it diagonally.

The next moment, he suddenly stepped his left foot to the right.

His first step was so quick and long that Bunch Wells was shaken.

Then, after his opponent's center of gravity was shaken, McGrady quickly retracted his left foot and jumped outside the three-point line.

"Tentative step. Fake breakthrough and real shot!" Harry Kosco roared.

"brush!"

A splash appeared and a three-pointer was made.

"Lucky, the scoring leader made a three-pointer." Bingo Boris laughed.

"Bonzi, use your body and make good use of it, OK?" Thibodeau started yelling at Wells on the sidelines.

Bunch Wells was suppressed by He Zhongqiu and nodded obediently without any hesitation.

3:3, Knicks attack.

In the low position on the left wing, He Zhongqiu raised his right hand and made a tactical gesture.

This is the power of the tactical core on the field. He did not have it last season. Now he can decide what offensive tactics to use.

Of course, he will only exercise this power when he wants to take the ball to attack. Usually, the offense is led by Nash, the core of the outside line.

Alan Houston not only lost his position as the tactical core on the court, he was not even the core on the outside. He became an ordinary shooting guard, mainly playing without the ball.

Nash saw it and quickly pulled to the left wing, and Wells on the left wing immediately ran to the top of the arc, took McGrady away and made room for the left wing.

He Zhongqiu began to take a strong position, carrying Drew Gooden one step into the paint area in one second and standing at the edge of the reasonable collision zone.

He has such an advantage in strength and tonnage that it is very easy for him to stand.

Drew Gooden, who is 208 cm tall, weighs 113 kg. Due to his short stature and good muscle content, he thought that he was strong enough to defeat Wolverine. However, facts immediately told him that he was overthinking it, as his defense collapsed at the first touch.

At this time, Nash passed the ball in.

His passes were different from the ones that Ellis and the crazy mid-range shooter made to He Zhongqiu last season. The passes from the three of them were usually lobs, but his passes, in addition to lobs, were often straight passes, or even surgical passes.

For example, this time, after pulling to the left wing, he kept changing direction and breaking through with the ball. After breaking through Tyronn Lue, he waved his hand and passed a straight ball.

Of course, the speed of a straight ball is faster, so it will be more difficult for the opponent to double-team He Zhongqiu in the low post.

He Zhongqiu received the ball, turned around and slid down to the bottom, then turned around again, and his offensive rhythm was very fast.

Drew Gooden behind him was shaken and failed to keep up with the rhythm. His upward turn was directly transformed into a turnaround and dunk with the ball, and he suddenly jumped after taking a step into the paint area.

"boom!"

"Oh ho!"

With the powerful tomahawk slam dunk, the basketball hoop was shaken violently, and McGrady Plaza Garden was filled with cheers.

"Oh oh oh!"

In the TNT studio in Los Angeles, Barkley screamed in surprise, "Did you see that, Kenny, Wolverine's low post-up?"

Kenny Smith was also surprised and said: "Yes, I saw that. His low-post back-to-the-basket skills have improved. His offensive techniques are proficient and his rhythm is very fast."

Barkley shook his head and said, "He played five preseason games and only showed his low-post face-to-basket offense. His face-to-basket offense is much better than last season, even reaching a first-class level, but I didn't expect his back-to-basket offense to be much better than last season."

3:5, Magic attack.

Tyronn Lue advanced in the backcourt with the ball, and Nash also diligently defended and retreated in front.

It's not that he doesn't defend, it's that he's not strong enough and doesn't have the ability to confront. Moreover, his defensive talent is really not that good. He often makes mistakes in defensive predictions and is easily fooled.

When He Zhongqiu ran up, he clapped his hands with Nash.

After playing five preseason games with the Canadians, Nash is undoubtedly better than Howard Ellis, and much better.

Nash's passing is very imaginative and creative. In several preseason games, there were frequent passing errors between the two.

McGrady took over the ball again, but this time, Bonzi Wells didn't give him space and went straight into a physical confrontation.

"Bang!"

In the physical confrontation, McGrady took two forced steps, took a jump shot from within the three-point line, and missed the shot.

He Zhongqiu grabbed the backcourt rebound, held Drew Gooden in his right hand, raised the ball high with his left hand, and saw that Nash was about to go down, so he immediately threw it over.

Nash received the ball and ran quickly, his speed was so fast that Tyronn Lue couldn't catch up with him, and he finally made a layup.

3:7, Magic attack.

"The Magic can't find the biggest weakness in the Knicks lineup, so they won't be able to beat them," Barkley analyzed.

"What's the biggest weakness?" Kenny Smith asked cooperatively.

Barkley chuckled and said, “In the six preseason games, McDyess, Harrington, and Li Nailong all started at the four position.

They are all the Knicks who can play power forward, which shows that the Knicks do not have a fixed starting power forward, which is definitely a weakness.

But this weakness can be partially compensated by the Wolverines' offense, plus there are Nash and Alan Houston on the outside, both of whom can average at least 15+ points per game, so this is not a big problem.

This weakness is on the defensive end, which is very close to the Wolverines. With his ability to assist and help in the playoffs, it can be compensated to a certain extent.”

"So the weakness at the fourth position is not fatal either on offense or defense," Kenny Smith nodded.

"Yes."

Barkley continued: "Then I think the real weakness of the Knicks is the defense of Nash, the starting point guard at the No. 1 position."

Kenny Smith went on to say: “Nash’s position is far from the basket, and the Wolverines’ help defense is only so-so, and they probably can’t help him.

And mid-range shooting king Alan Houston can hardly protect himself on the defensive end. It’s not a big loophole, but it’s definitely a small one.

If there is anyone who can help Nash on the defensive end, it is only Bonzi Wells. His speed is not very fast, but his defense is still quite fierce. "

Barkley laughed and said, "But the Magic's No. 1 player, Tyronn Lue, is just a blue-collar worker with average offensive ability. Even if he plays Nash, he won't score many points. So I said the Magic can't find the Knicks' biggest weakness. Unless."

"Unless McGrady takes the ball to find Nash." Kenny Smith said with a smile.

Barkley laughed and nodded, saying, "That's a good idea. Just keep an eye on Nash after the pick-and-roll.

But there is also a problem. Bonzi Wells's ability to defend against pick-and-rolls is still good, and McGrady may not be able to shake him off. "

(End of this chapter)