Slam Dunk: My Study Abroad Career in Northern Hunan

The first day of the regular season ends.

Minnesota fans are already in a state of carnival.

Someone asked, the Timberwolves just won a regular season game, what's there to celebrate?This is just one of 82 regular season games.

But only Minnesota fans who watched that game knew what they were cheering for.

A 30+ victory over the Warriors is certainly something to be happy about, but what excites fans the most is the Timberwolves rookie.

A high school player scored 40+ nearly [-] points in the first regular season game of his rookie season.

This kind of fantasy happened in the Target Center Arena.

If the Timberwolves coach hadn't taken the rookie off the field in the last quarter, everyone believed that the rookie would have scored 50+.

In today's era, let alone 50+, 40+ or ​​even 30+ is an extremely difficult thing.

The last player to score 40+ points in his rookie season was the 76ers' not-for-sale, the No. 96 pick in [-], Allen Iverson.

But Iverson was already a relatively mature college player when he entered the league, while Wu Dao, who also scored 40+ points in a single game during his rookie season, was just a high school student!

And from the perspective of ordinary fans, Wu Dao's physical talent is undoubtedly "far beyond" Iverson.

Wu Dao's amazing performance made Minnesota fans extremely excited and even crazy. Fans who watched Wu Dao's performance that night are already looking forward to the future. They believe that this player can take Minnesota to a higher level!
The next day, the local media had already started to exaggerate the incident.

"The most successful draft trade in history, Minnesota has a savior!" 》

Early in the morning, a newspaper with the above content as its title appeared in the public eye.

The local media in Minnesota began to spare no effort to boast about how wise the Timberwolves' management was, how powerful their martial arts ability was, and how terrifying their talent was.

Overnight, the original sweetheart of Minnesota fans, Garnett, suddenly became unpopular. All the media ignored the horror of Garnett's 26 points, 13 rebounds, 5 assists and 3 blocks in a single game yesterday. data.

Started crazily promoting Wu Dao, a rookie, who scored 40+ points in a single game.

In the past eight long years, the Timberwolves have been struggling at the bottom of the league. Not to mention trying to get a chance at the championship, even the playoffs have been a stumbling block for them.

But the arrival of martial arts has given all fans hope.

The high school rookie's crazy score of 40+ finally had some practical effects after a night and a day of fermentation.

On the day of 11.1, the tickets for the Timberwolves' home game against the Hornets were sold out by enthusiastic fans within just a few minutes of opening. Some fans who failed to grab the tickets paid double the price even if they had cash. Can't buy tickets.

Minnesota is a small ball market, and although the fans are enthusiastic enough, the Timberwolves' record has been too disappointing.

The Timberwolves' management has not seen a scene like this for a long time.

In the evening, the Target Center Arena was packed.

Many fans want to see with their own eyes whether the rookie who scored 40+ points is really as good as the media claims!

"Hey, gentlemen, look, our savior from Minnesota is here!"

Players' locker room at Target Center.

Wu Dao carried his bag and just walked into the lounge when he heard Garnett's strange voice.

Then, Garnett clapped his hands and walked to Wu Dao's side, saying yin and yang:

"Mr. Savior, please continue to lead us to win today!"

Budao glanced at Garnett, shrugged, and said with a smile, "No problem."

Seeing that Wu Dao actually responded so brazenly, Garnett choked up.

He opened his mouth and was about to say something when he heard Philip Sanders clapping his hands and interrupting:
"Okay, stop joking and be serious."

"Basketball is a team sport, and only when everyone works together can we win."

"Everyone performed very well in yesterday's game, let's keep the momentum going."

With that said, Phillip Sanders also walked up to Wu Dao, patted Wu Dao's arm and said:
"Martial Arts, you didn't get to play the full four quarters of yesterday's game, so don't take it to heart."

"As a player, the team's victory is the most important thing!"

After yesterday's game, Flip Saunders has been talking about this matter since the game until today. He is afraid that young people like Wu Dao will be obsessed with records and complain about him.

It’s not like Flip Saunders doesn’t know how important a so-called record is for a rookie like Wu Dao.He just hopes that martial arts can be purer and not focus on those things.

Basketball, after all, depends on winning or losing.

After hearing what Flip Saunders said, Garnett also walked away quietly. The other players in the lounge also became quiet at this moment, looking at Wu Dao and Flip Saunders silently.

Although Garnett didn't get along very well with Martial Arts, he felt that Martial Arts was too venomous and had no respect for "old-timers" like him.

But Garnett still felt a little uncomfortable with what Flip Saunders did yesterday.

Wu Dao has already scored 40+ points in the three quarters of the game. Seeing that he can easily exceed 60 points, if he works harder in the fourth quarter, maybe [-] points will not be a problem.

For a player, this is a rare opportunity.

However, Phillip Saunders changed the martial arts in the last quarter and was only one goal away from fifty points.

If it were Garnett, this matter would definitely make him depressed for a long time.

Although Garnett talks about Yin Yang martial arts, he also feels sorry for martial arts in this matter.

"Coach Flip Saunders, you're saying that again."

"I told you yesterday that I don't care."

“I really don’t care whether it’s recorded or not.”

"As long as the team can win, anything will be fine."

"I know very well that in competitive sports, only the championship is absolute, and everything else is meaningless."

Hearing Phillip Saunders talk about this matter again, Wu Dao couldn't help but feel a little helpless. He was not a Tan who cared so much about data.

Besides, does it really mean anything if it’s not recorded?
As long as enough prefixes are added, the 40+ in martial arts will still be "the first in history".

For example, he is the first player in NBA history to score 40 points in the first regular season game of his rookie season.

Look, customization comes first, is that interesting?

He will not be like some people and say that two Asian championships equal one championship, so Ah Tan ranks first in history.

Wu Dao's current goals are very clear. First, sit firmly in the starting lineup. Second, enter the playoffs. On this basis, look forward to the Western Conference Finals and even the championship.

Meals have to be eaten bite by bite, and roads have to walk step by step.

No matter how many points you score in a single game, no matter how many fans praise you, without a championship, you are still nothing.

You see, when the basketball influencers of later generations rank the historical status of the NBA, some discuss Jordan and Russell, some discuss Kobe and Duncan, and some discuss Ah Tan and elementary school students.

But when people were discussing, when did they discuss Iverson and when did they discuss Tracy McGrady?

Is it because the personal abilities of these two people are not strong enough?Or is it that they didn't have enough fans when they were in their prime?

No, the reason is simple, because there is no championship.

In the NBA, the championship is 1, and all other messy honors, such as regular season MVP, Fmvp, first team, second team, DPOY, are just 1 after the 0.

Without that 1, you are still nothing.Therefore, martial arts who have been baptized in the streaming media era have always been very open-minded. His goal is to win the championship!

It's just that although Wu Dao thinks so, he can't stand Phillip Sanders not believing it!
While preparing for the game in the lounge, Flip Saunders brought it up.

Wu Dao was also a little annoyed by the noise, so he could only make a request to Phillip Sanders.

"Coach, I don't know how many times I've told you that I don't care anymore."

"Since you don't believe it, then fine."

"To make it up to me, let me play freely in this game."

"Don't worry, I won't mess around."

In the game against the Warriors, although Wu Dao scored a lot, he always played with restraint.

It's not that his strength has not been fully utilized, but sometimes when it comes to handling the ball, Budo will give up his most comfortable and familiar way of handling the ball, and instead let the basketball move according to Flip Saunders' wishes.

Now he was a little annoyed by the noise and made this request to the coach.

It doesn't matter if he doesn't agree, but it's better if he agrees. He can play in the way he is most comfortable with.

"Oh?"

"Let you have free reign?"

"Okay, no problem!"

"But it's limited to this one."

"But one thing I still want to tell you is that when the team has already established victory, I will still use the substitutes."

Wu Dao finally made a request, and the request was not excessive. Phillip Sanders was secretly relieved and said with a smile.

If Wu Dao had not made any demands, Phillip Saunders would have thought that Wu Dao was holding back his anger in his heart.At the mention of the request, Phillip Sanders immediately relaxed.

"Well, no problem."

"There are so many games in the regular season, and I don't want to waste my energy in garbage time."

The game against the Hornets is already back-to-back, and then the Timberwolves will travel to Portland, Oregon, to face the Trail Blazers away from home.

Oregon is located on the northwest coast of the United States, and it takes quite a while to get there from Minnesota.

Martial arts must maintain its condition as much as possible to cope with subsequent competitions.

If you don't know how to allocate your physical strength reasonably, you will be confused when playing. Moreover, the intensity of the NBA is very high. It is also back-to-back. The NBA and high school games are not at the same level at all.

When the Timberwolves players' tunnel opened, cheers like a mountain roar and a tsunami poured into the stadium.

As Budo walked out of the tunnel with his teammates, he could actually see someone from the audience holding a "WD" sign and cheering enthusiastically.

"Invincible?"

"pretty good"

Budao smiled and said to himself. Infected by the enthusiasm of the audience, he couldn't help but open his arms and respond to the fans.

The Timberwolves players walked to the rest area one after another. After putting down their things, the players began to enter the court to warm up.

The players of the Hornets arrived much earlier than the players of the Timberwolves. After all, it was an away game. Many players had already been familiar with the venue at the Target Center Arena more than an hour before the game.

When the Timberwolves players arrived at the venue, there was less than four and 10 minutes before the game started.

“The audience is really full today!”

Young Chris Kyle looked around and sighed softly.

"The fans are here to see the savior, of course there are more."

Garnett pursed his lips. As soon as he finished speaking, he heard some fans shouting angrily: "KG!!!"

Turning around, his eyes caught a young man with a chubby figure. When he saw Garnett looking at him, he immediately raised his "support sign" and called Garnett's name excitedly. .

"You're not talking about yourself, are you?"

"As shameless as martial arts."

Tom followed KG's gaze and pursed his lips, "very jealous."

He is an all-star!
Although he is an All-Star substitute, there are no fans cheering for him. He feels really bad.

Wu Dao didn't know what was going on in the minds of each of these teammates.

He just sat on the bench minding his own business, arranging his shoelaces, and then entered the court to warm up.

Soon, as the buzzer sounded, players from the two teams entered the stadium one after another.

The starting lineup for the Timberwolves is the same as in the last game, Marbury and Wu Dao on the back line, Cherokee Parks and Garnett on the inside, and Tom Gugliotta, the "big boss" at the small forward position.

而黄蜂那边，1号位的大卫·韦斯利（185cm/86kg）；2/3摇摆位的格伦·莱斯（203cm/103kg）；4号位的小安东尼·梅森（201cm/113kg）；同为4号位的托尼·法玛尔（206cm/111kg）；五号位的维拉蒂·迪瓦茨（216cm/110kg）。

The Hornets' average height is excellent, and those players are quite impressive when they take the court.

Martial Arts took a quick look and saw the muscular black brothers, and roughly understood what the other party was planning to do.

In the understanding of martial arts, the Hornets are a relatively iconic team of the 90s.

For example, Glenn Rice and Anthony Mason Jr. are the most traditional forward types. Attacking the basket and causing damage is what they are best at.

A pure point guard with some shooting skills, coupled with these muscular men, it seems that the Hornets are planning to play hard-core basketball with the Timberwolves.

After the whistle blew, the basketball was thrown into the air. As the basketball was moved to the backcourt, Martial Arts quickly rushed towards the frontcourt.

As soon as Marbury got the ball, he directly saw Wu Dao sprinting towards the front court. Without thinking, he directly passed the ball towards Wu Dao.

As soon as the basketball was in hand, Wu Dao quickly brought the ball to the three-point corner on the right side.

Just when Wu Dao stood still and raised the ball, preparing to score a three-pointer to open the situation, a dark shadow quickly came to Wu Dao's side and stuck to Wu Dao. At the same time, the opponent's huge power was directly poured out on Wu Dao's body.

"Uh-huh?"

As soon as Wu Dao combined the ball, he was knocked out of balance. He couldn't help but collect the ball and lower his center of gravity. After gaining a firm footing, Wu Dao saw the big black brother Anthony Mason Jr. standing in front of him.

The opponent's eyes were fixed on martial arts, as if he wanted to eat people.

very dark.

Very strong.

very hard.

This is Anthony Mason Jr., the first impression this opponent gave to martial arts.

Anthony Mason Jr. played with the Knicks before being traded to the Hornets.

Known as the New York Beast!

He is a well-known villain and tough guy in the league, and he once made Olajuwon very uncomfortable.

(End of this chapter)