Chapter 183 He only had four or five traveling incidents because he had no chance to get into the restricted area

The timeout ends and the game resumes.

He Zhongqiu made the free throw, 9:0, the Cavaliers attacked.

Barkley said with a smile: "With the improvement of close shooting ability, the Wolverines' free throw shooting has also improved greatly in the past few games. The hit rate has increased to nearly 90%. Many guards can't reach this hit rate in free throw shooting."

"Yes, now his free throw posture is both elegant and accurate," Kenny Smith said with a smile.

On the court, James advanced to the frontcourt, and this time he did not go to the top of the arc, but to the right wing.

Ricky Davis on the right wing saw it and quickly came over to do a pick-and-roll, performing his duties as the boss very well.

After the breakup, Alan Houston switched to defend James.

Although his defense is poor, he is better than Nash.

After the pick-and-roll, he was met with a stronger defender. James just wanted to curse, "Did I come here to pick and roll? Nash has a chicken defense. I just want your territory and attack from the right wing."

He accelerated and broke through with the ball, forcing Alan Houston away.

At this time, He Zhongqiu had already come to the right waist position, staring at James who was coming with the ball. James was very decisive and made a quick stop and jump shot two steps away from the right waist position.

He Zhongqiu did not rush over to block the shot, but immediately turned around and returned to defend the basket.

Because James' passing is very good and his assist awareness is strong, and at this time Big Z has already entered the basket, he must choose to return to defend the basket.

"Bang!"

The basketball went off target and bounced straight ahead after missing the shot.

Big Z and He Zhongqiu who was defending the basket jumped at the same time, but was caught by He Zhongqiu who jumped higher.

"James dribbled past two players, Wolverine came out to help defend, James made a quick stop and shot, but missed."

Kenny Smith continued to commentate as the Cavaliers attacked, and continued during the transition:
"James's impact is too strong. His pull-up jump shot in the middle two-point area is his weakness. He should strengthen his long two-point shooting training. That way, he won't rush up, his impact is not great, and his accuracy will be higher."

Barkley said: "It's normal for a rookie who has just entered the league to be inaccurate, and James is still a high school student, he needs time to grow.

Think about what he did when the Wolverines first came into the league last season? I said he would turn the ball over if he dribbled more than three steps. What about now?

"Ha ha!"

Kenny Smith smiled and said, "Now he can dribble the ball all by himself and make a fast break. Most inside players can't match his dribbling basics."

At this time, Nash missed the jump shot, Boozer grabbed the rebound and the Cavaliers attacked.

Barkley said: "Wolverine and King are both fast, but Wolverine's first step, lateral speed, and turning speed are faster than James.

These mobility skills are the physical qualities needed to help defend. I think after playing for another one or two seasons, his tactical ability and game experience will improve, and he will become the Garnett on the defensive end. "

Kenny Smith said: "You are right, I also want to say that Wolverine should be faster in lateral movement and first step."

James dribbled the ball to the front court, and Ricky Davis yelled, "Rookie, give me the ball."

He was a little hesitant because Ricky Davis was being closely followed by Alan Houston.

"Now, just now." Ricky Davis shouted seriously.

The boss was angry, and James quickly passed it on.

Cavaliers general manager Jimmy Paxson was on the sidelines and frowned when he saw this scene.

"brush!"

At this time, Ricky Davis faked a shot and then made a real breakthrough, followed by a quick stop jump shot, and finally scored for the Cavaliers, making a long two-pointer.

In the next few rounds, the Cavaliers only took shots from mid-range two-point shots and long-range shots far away from the restricted area. Few people took shots from close two-point shots, and even fewer took shots in the restricted area.

In terms of low-post offense, Big Z never took the initiative to ask for the ball, and Boozer only wanted to shoot jump shots from the outside and did not play the cutting play he was very good at.

In this situation, the Cavaliers' shooting percentage was seriously insufficient and the score gap became larger and larger.

In the seventh minute of the first quarter, the score was 22:8, the Knicks led by as many as 14 points, and the Cavaliers called the third timeout of this quarter.

“金刚狼7分钟之内5投5中，3罚3中，轰下了13分，骑士的低位防守对他没有造成任何障碍。”巴克利说道。

"The Cavaliers not only have no low-post defense, but also no low-post offense. They are bound to lose, and it is bound to be a big defeat."

Kenny Smith said in a very affirmative tone.

"Low post attack, I want to attack low post. Without low post attack, Wolverine can pose a huge threat to the outside and we can't get close to the restricted area."

On the Cavaliers bench, head coach Paul Silas said, "Big Z, don't be afraid of the Wolverine's defense. His defense is just so-so. I think he's not as good as Mutombo. You should be bold in positioning yourself."

Big Z's eyes twitched, and he thought to himself, Coach, if you want to give me courage, you have to give me a good example. What do you mean he's not as good as Mutombo? Mutombo is a top defensive center. Even if Wolverine is a little worse than him, isn't he also first-rate?
Paul Silas then said to Boozer: “Carlos, you and Wolverine were drafted in the same year, you should be brave enough to challenge him.

So, from now on, I need you to keep cutting in, cutting in from the weak side, cutting in from behind him, going for the layup, and James will pass the ball to you, OK?"

Boozer nodded heavily and thought to himself, if it weren't for the rookie No. 1 pick and the boss Davis who got blocked twice by Wolverine, I would have been scared by him. Do you think I would have dared to cut in?

Paul Silas said to others: "When our low-post offense starts, the Wolverines' defense will be suppressed in the low post, and our outside line will get more space.

So, everyone should attack closer to the basket and stop shooting from inside and outside the three-point line, okay?"

"Yes."

"OK."

Everyone responded one after another.

At this time, someone shouted, "No, this tactic won't work, because Wolverine will slap you to death, and you're going to go in to find the hat. I think it's safer to throw it outside."

Everyone looked up and saw, wow, it was Wolverine.

Not only Wolverine, but a TNT camera also stretched out, right above Wolverine's head, and ran along with him.

"Oh no, our tactics have been leaked." James said hurriedly.

"Hey, Wolverine, what are you doing here?" Head coach Paul Silas quickly stood up and said dissatisfiedly.

"I'll take a stroll, you guys continue."

He Zhongqiu left after saying a few words, leaving the Cavaliers looking at each other in bewilderment.

In the TNT live studio, Barkley and Kenny Smith were already laughing.

"I wonder if it's too late for the Cavaliers to rearrange their tactics?" Kenny Smith laughed, holding his stomach.

"It's probably too late, haha." Barkley said happily.

"Stick to our tactics."

Sure enough, when the timeout was over, Paul Silas glared at He Zhongqiu's back and then said to the players.

The Cavaliers attack.

James holds the ball on the left wing, making the right wing the weak side.

Boozer was lying in ambush on the right wing three-point line. After James dribbled the ball on the left wing to attract the defense's attention, he immediately cut inside, bypassed Harrington, and quickly ran into the penalty area.

At the left elbow on the left wing, LeBron James looked at the position of Wolverine, who was at the left waist two steps below. At this time, Boozer cut to the right waist position and he immediately passed the ball quickly.

But at this moment, He Zhongqiu quickly moved two steps sideways and blocked in front of Boozer when he received the ball and rushed into the penalty area.

Not only that, he also grabbed Boozer's ball with his left hand.

The extremely fierce and precise steal forced Boozer to stop and pass the ball, then turn sideways to protect the ball, and he lost the opportunity for a quick stop jump shot.

"here."

Big Z took the opportunity to get under the basket.

James also hurried over to respond.

At this time, Harrington's double-team came, and with a wave of his hand, he knocked the ball out of Boozer's hand and then grabbed it.

"Look, how fast Wolverine's lateral movement is? It's completely comparable to Kevin Garnett's movement in the restricted area." Kenny Smith exclaimed.

"Snapped!"

At this moment, James completed a steal, intercepted the ball that Harrington passed to Nash, and then made a high jump shot.

"Take it!"

He Zhongqiu rushed forward, leaped up and blocked the shot, grabbing the ball directly.

"Ugh!"

Seeing their No. 1 draft pick blocked by the Wolverines for the second time, there was a lot of sighing at the scene. In the next game, the Cavaliers' low-post offense still couldn't get past He Zhongqiu.

He Zhongqiu's defensive state was very good, which prevented the Cavaliers from launching low-post offense. The Cavaliers' outside offense was also suppressed, and the overall offense was unfavorable. In the end, the Knicks won a big victory on the road and won seven consecutive victories.

112:72, a 40-point win.

He Zhongqiu continued his 30+ performance, with eight blocks and three steals, including four blocks in the first quarter.

被媒体关注的勒布朗詹姆斯上场38分钟，19投5中，命中率26.3%，三分球7投2中，3罚2中，拿到了14分6篮板5助攻1抢断2盖帽3失误2犯规的数据。

Judging from the data alone, it is not much worse than his average data, but the shooting percentage has dropped by 17 percentage points.

He was blocked four times by He Zhongqiu, and one of his two-point shots was blocked, so he took more three-point shots later.

After playing against the Cavaliers, the Knicks boarded a special plane back to New York at 11 a.m. on the 11th. The next game will be on the road against the Nets on the 14th.

On this day, major media outlets evaluated the performances of He Zhongqiu and James.

"The Little Emperor James needs time, but he has the talent to surpass the Wolverine." Cleveland Plain Dealer.

"With the same amazing talent, we look forward to the progress of LeBron James this time next year." Ohio State Service.

"One thing is certain: Wolverine will be unbeatable at the five position in the Eastern Conference." The New York Times.

"Although the Cavaliers lost, it is fortunate that LeBron James only had four or five traveling violations in last night's game because he had no chance to get into the penalty area." New York Sports Daily.

In the last row of the plane, He Zhongqiu was flipping through a stack of newspapers, trying hard to read what was written on them.

"This is wrong, and here..." Wellington Philip corrected them at any time.

He felt that he had to speed up his English learning. It was not convenient to have Philip always around, so he wanted to make Philip unemployed as soon as possible.

This was just a joke of course, because he had to improve his English skills in the offseason because he was going to shoot a movie.

Reading is a good way. For someone like him who spends one-third of his time flying, the time on the plane is the best opportunity to learn. While others listen to music, he reads newspapers or English novels.

In order not to disturb others, he sat at the back.

At three o'clock in the afternoon, when the Knicks' special plane arrived in New York, the Pacers' special plane also arrived in New York.

"Hey, Dazhi, are we here yet?"

"Mid-Autumn Festival, I just arrived, are you back in New York?"

"Yeah, I just got off the plane."

After He Zhongqiu got off the plane, he called Dazhi, who answered the call quickly, and invited him to his home for dinner.

After returning home, he still had some time, so he planned to practice some routines with Zhang Jin.

"How about the Crazy Stick Technique? It's a set of stick techniques from Shaolin Temple." Zhang Jin said.

"Row."

Just after learning the stick techniques twice, Ross Lewis came.

The investment for the film has been finalized, with Disney investing $1500 million, Warner Bros. investing $1500 million, Universal Pictures investing $1000 million, and New Line Cinema investing $1000 million.

"5000 million US dollars? Doesn't that include my salary?" He Zhongqiu asked after doing some calculations.

Lewis said: "Boss, your salary is set at $1200 million, plus a 5% share of the global box office, which is the best result I have ever achieved.

In addition, these companies only gave us $1000 million in investment, and you will pay the remaining $200 million in cash.”

He Zhongqiu thought about it and thought it was not bad, a salary of 1200 million + 5% of the global box office dividends. After all, this was his second movie in Hollywood and his first time as the leading actor.

"Capitalists are all vampires. Are they willing to give me 5% of the box office dividends?" he asked in confusion.

Lewis smiled and said, “Boss, the project is ours and the choice is in our hands. This is our first advantage.

Then I talked to them one by one, and first settled with New Line Cinema, with whom I had cooperated before. Since one company agreed, it opened a gap, and the rest of the companies were much easier. "

"Not bad." He Zhongqiu praised.

Lewis smiled and said, “With your 1000 million salary as investment, the total production cost is 6000 million US dollars. This is definitely a big production.

Taking into account the remaining 200 million salary from the boss, the estimated 1500 million US dollars salary, and the remaining 4500 million US dollars in production costs, I believe the quality of this film will not be bad. "

Zhang Jin, who was sitting next to him, grinned. With such a big production worth 60 million US dollars, he must cling to He Zhongqiu's thigh and try to get a role in the movie to gain some qualifications.

"What about the control of the movie?" He Zhongqiu asked.

"It's a joint production, but the actual control is in our hands, including the post-production and editing rights. They only have the right to make suggestions. It's all clearly stated in the contract."

Lewis said this and added: "The reason why I found these companies and invested in each of them is that I don't want to lose actual control."

He Zhongqiu felt relieved and asked again, "Director, who are you going to invite?"

Lewis said: "I have considered this for a long time. Several companies have recommended some famous directors. I chose Guillermo del Toro."

"he is?"

"The director of Blade 2."

"Blade 2?" He Zhongqiu was stunned.

Lewis nodded and said, "He is Mexican. He came to Hollywood in 97 and made a good monster movie called 'Mutant DNA', and then returned to Mexico.

In 02, he came to Hollywood again and filmed Blade 2. This year, he filmed Hellboy, both of which did very well at the box office.

He is particularly good at making fantasy and monster movies and is known as the monster director.

He has just finished filming Hellboy, and the post-production has nothing to do with him. He does not have the editing rights. I have contacted his agency CAA and asked him to give him the editing rights he wants. He has agreed to the $300 million salary, and all that is left is to sign the contract. "

He Zhongqiu nodded. He didn't know much about these and didn't want to interfere with Lewis's operations.

He thought for a moment and asked again, "Ross, you said this is an action movie disguised as an adventure treasure hunt, so who would you like to invite to the martial arts team?"

Lewis said, "I thought about the Blade 3 Lindian team, Boss, do you think he can do it?"

He Zhongqiu thought for a moment and said, "The best martial arts team in Hong Kong is the Yuan Clan. Zhang is from the Yuan Clan and has just completed martial arts work for Daredevil and Charlie's Angels 2."

Zhang Jin next to him nodded quickly but did not interrupt.

"I don't know much about this. Boss, you are a martial artist, you make the decision." After looking at Zhang Jin, Lewis nodded and said.

He Zhongqiu said: "Yuan's team has a huge business, with many crews working on the show in the US, mainland China and Hong Kong. They may not have enough manpower, so they can let Yuan's team work with Lin Dian, just like they did in The Matrix."

After the two talked for a while, Lewis said goodbye. He was very busy and had to rush back to Los Angeles.

"Zhongqiu, Zhen Bullet was the martial arts director of Blade 2 last year and worked with Director Toro. After he returned to Hong Kong, he said that he was not happy on the crew." Zhang Jin said.

"Why?" he asked quickly.

Zhang Jin said: "He said that Hollywood producers don't pay much attention to martial arts instructors. The producer of Blade 2 usually walked past him without even looking at him."

He Zhongqiu laughed and said, "Isn't it the same in China now? People in Hong Kong are so high and mighty in front of us mainlanders, and they make several times or even dozens of times more money than us?"

Zhang Jin nodded helplessly and smiled, then continued, "It would take him two weeks to complete a job in Hong Kong, but the producer of Blade 2 asked him to complete it in just a few hours. He couldn't even shoot more takes because he was immediately urged to finish the work as soon as the time was up."

He Zhongqiu was stunned. After the release of Blade 2, the selling point was the quality of the action scenes. In the eyes of Real Bullet, isn’t it still good?

He thought for a moment and said, "It's not that they don't value action scenes, but Hollywood has a strong sense of time. Actors and staff members have to finish work on time. It's not that he can work overtime just because he wants to. The crew also doesn't allow actors to work more than ten hours.

Filming here is done in multiple locations, so even if some shots are not good, there are always usable ones that can be edited in post-production. It is rare that actors who have left the film are called back to make up for the shots after the filming is finished.”

Zhang Jin also nodded. He was also not used to it when he first arrived here, but that's how people in Hollywood are.

He Zhongqiu added: "But racial discrimination is really strong here, it is very likely that the producer will ignore him.

Don’t think that I am doing well in the United States now. There are so many people who discriminate against me secretly. This is why I don’t want to immigrate.”

The two chatted for a while, practiced the Crazy Stick a few more times, and then He Zhongqiu drove to the hotel to pick up Dazhi.

After getting in the car, he asked, "Dazhi, is there anyone targeting you in the team?"

"It's okay, there's nothing obviously targeting you." Dazhi said.

"I haven't congratulated you yet, but you're now in the starting lineup." He said with a smile.

"Haha, the team is short of people in the inside." Dazhi said happily.

When I got home, Zhang Heli had also arrived and came to keep me company.

(End of this chapter)