Slam Dunk: My Study Abroad Career in Northern Hunan

Obviously, the provocation from the rookie has allowed Anthony Mason Jr. to quickly enter the state.

As a veteran, with a reputation for being vicious, and having played with and faced off against many superstars in the league, Anthony Mason Jr. has absolutely no way of enduring a high school player who has just entered the league to challenge him like he is now.

In today's era, professional players have colored glasses for high school rookies.

What's more, Wu Dao is not only a high school student rookie, but also a yellow high school student rookie, and an arrogant yellow high school student rookie.

It can be said that in the eyes of little Anthony Mason, the current martial arts has been piled with various debuffs, making him dissatisfied with everything.

The Hornets' offensive rotation.

The Hornets, an Eastern Conference team, ranked sixth in the Eastern Conference with 96 wins and 97 losses in the 54-28 season.It is only two or three games different from the higher-ranked Pistons, Hawks, and Knicks.

And compared with last season, the team's most important players have not changed much, and the overall strength of the team is still very strong.

On the offensive end, the Hornets players who got the ball began to enter the frontcourt, and the offensive formation also spread out.

The Hornets' offense is built around Glenn Rice.

Glenn Rice not only has excellent court vision, he is also very versatile on the offensive end, and he also has a good three-point shot. In the mid-90s, this guy even surpassed Miller and won the All-Star three-pointer. The champion of the competition.

In the 96-97 season, he averaged 5.6 three-pointers per game, and his shooting percentage reached a terrifying 47%.

When David Wesley brought the ball into the frontcourt, he quickly gave the ball to Glenn Rice, who was one-on-one with Tom on the left.

The latter took the ball, raised it a little, and then quickly dropped the ball to his left, accelerating from Tom Gugliotta's right.

In the blink of an eye, he had already reached the middle distance.

At the same time, the two forward players of the Hornets, Anthony Mason Jr. and Tony Farmar, also took advantage of the situation and cut inside.

In the blink of an eye, the Timberwolves' basket was already filled with strong men.

Tom's pursuit was very fast, but when he got close to Glenn Rice, he saw the latter joining the ball, took the initiative to find a confrontation, and then took two big steps into the paint area, jumped back, and jumped with one hand. Grab the ball and throw it.

An elegant shot near the basket, the basketball hit the board on the side and bounced directly into the basket.

Excellent balance ability in the air, and can still maintain a beautiful shooting posture after confrontation.

It can only be said that Glenn Rice is worthy of being one of the shooting textbooks in the NBA, and worthy of being the person who can beat Jordan and Malone to win the All-Star MVP in the All-Star Game.

After the opponent easily scored the ball, Budao couldn't help but look at Glenn Rice a few more times.

He has now recalled some information about Glenn Rice in his mind.

Wu Dao vaguely remembered that this player had been teammates with rookie Yao for a period of time.

It's just that that period was already at the end of his career, and the team boss at the time was Steve Francis. As for Glenn Rice, he was the team boss.
Wu Dao never had a strong impression of this veteran substitute. He only knew that the rookie Yao had carried his sneakers and that he had rubbed Yao Ming's back when they went to take a shower together.
Oh, by the way, he once "warned" rookie Yao: "If someone is guarding you, just give him an elbow, otherwise I won't pass the ball to you."

The Hornets' offense was smooth, and the Timberwolves were not to be outdone.

In this attack, Marbury did not pass the ball to Wu Dao. Facing David Wesley's defense, Marbury finally found an opportunity to attack after continuous changes of direction in front of his body, and directly entered the paint area from the center. , after attracting double-teams, he sent an alley-oop to Garnett inside.

The latter jumped up, grabbed the ball in the air with one hand, and dunked it into the net.In front of Garnett, Tony Farmar, who was unable to defend himself, was pushed back two steps before he regained his balance.

"Um?!"

"Is anyone guarding me?"

Garnett landed a dunk, raised his neck, and looked towards the camera on the baseline, completely ignoring Tony Farmar in front of him, talking to himself, looking arrogant.

After saying that, Garnett looked at Tony Farmar with a fake look, and asked a little strangely: "Were you defending me just now?"

With that said, Garnett grinned at Tony Farmar, turned around and started to return to defense.

The Timberwolves began to retreat on defense. Although Tony Farmar was holding back his anger because of Garnett's ridicule, he could not vent his anger on the offensive end.

The Hornets' current head coach is Dave Cowens, who was once an assistant to Spurs head coach Bob Hill, and Bob Hill was a disciple of Larry Brown.

Dave Cowens is actually the head coach of the Spurs.

Although the head coaches of this "sect" have different personalities, they all have one thing in common, which is their emphasis on team basketball.

Although Dave Cowens' obsession with team basketball is not as deep as Popovich's, the team he coaches attaches great importance to prioritizing ball rights.

He will never allow his team's players to play tricks, and he will never allow players other than a few players to play difficult or critical goals.

The core of the Hornets' offense is Glenn Rice. David Wesley, who brought the ball into the frontcourt, immediately released the ball near the top of the arc and then started running.

In this attack, Glenn Rice used a tentative step to seduce Tom after taking the ball, but Tom was not fooled. The two were in a stalemate for a few seconds, and the Hornets' rotation began to show results.

Anthony Mason Jr., who originally planned to cut inside to seek opportunities, saw that his teammates did not start. He immediately changed his direction, rushed towards Glenn Rice, and helped set up a pick-and-roll.

"Switch defenses!"

During the pursuit, Wu Dao shouted loudly towards Tom. Tom heard Wu Dao's voice and glanced out of the corner of his eye.

With Anthony Mason Jr. in place, he no longer has the intention to squeeze in the pick-and-roll and pursue.

He just stretched out his hand towards Glenn Rice symbolically.

Taking advantage of the pick-and-roll and taking two steps laterally, Glenn Rice had just the intention of shooting the ball when Budo's big hand directly covered his face.

"this boy"

The martial arts is very fast and has an excellent wingspan.

Glenn Rice straightened his body, and after the virtual combination of the ball, he decisively gave up the idea of ​​a three-pointer. He leaned over and accelerated forward, his body directly pressing against Wu Dao's body.

"Bang!!!"

A powerful force came from his chest. Wu Dao held his breath and pushed hard with his body, but he was still pushed back half a step by the opponent's strength.

It's not that Wu Dao's power is not strong enough. In fact, in mobile battles, Glenn Rice has the speed blessing. Wu Dao only takes half a step back in the defensive disadvantage position, which already shows how powerful Wu Dao is.

However, this half-step also allowed Glenn Rice to smell an opportunity.

Emergency stop, ball jump shot.

The moment Glenn Rice raised the basketball above his head, Wu Dao quickly pounced and blocked it directly with his right hand.

"Ta!" There was a soft sound, and the martial arts fingertips directly touched the basketball. After the basketball flew dozens of centimeters, it began to fall rapidly.

"Quick attack!"

Before the basketball was in hand, Wu Dao had already shouted to his teammates. As the basketball fell, Wu Dao took off again and slapped the ball towards the front court.

At this time, Marbury was already approaching the center line and was about to cross the midfield.

Starting with the basketball, Marbury quickly pushed back and matched up with David Wesley in the frontcourt. It was just a simple disguise. Marbury passed the chasing opponent, reached the basket and reversed the ball. Sent into the basket.

"Ohhhhh!!!!" one letter after another.

The audience at Target Center suddenly burst into cheers.

In yesterday's game, Wu Dao had just trained the Warriors' madman, and in today's game, he successfully blocked the Hornets' star Glenn Rice. Wu Dao's outstanding performance was recognized by everyone.

"Okay! Well done!"

On the sidelines of the court, Phillip Sanders saw Wu Dao's defense in this round, stood up, clapped his hands, and shouted encouragement.

He has always had high expectations for Wu Dao. He does not want Wu Dao to be just a scorer who focuses on offense. He hopes that Wu Dao can grow into a superstar with both offense and defense.

There is no doubt about Wu Dao's ability and performance on the offensive end, and he is also very strong in solo defense. However, in Philip's view, Wu Dao still has big problems when cooperating with teammates on defense.

Compared with the top players, there is a clear gap in the awareness of supplementary defense and switching defense. Philip believes that this is a problem with the Asian basketball training system, and Coach Smith of Oak Hill obviously focuses on the offensive ability of martial arts and ignores his shortcomings.

Because of this, when Flip Saunders lets Wu Dao play, he hopes that he will devote more energy to defense.

The Timberwolves' starting lineup actually considers letting Wu Dao work more with his teammates on the defensive end.

Because if you purely consider offensive firepower, relying on Tom, Garnett, and Marbury, they can completely penetrate the opponent's defense line.

For the team as a whole, Budo's offensive ability is actually used in the transition period between the end of the second quarter and the beginning of the third quarter. It is most beneficial to the team when leading the bench lineup.

For example, the current lineup of the Timberwolves is obviously overflowing with offensive firepower, and not a single ball is enough for the players.

In the next few rounds, Marbury was "evenly matched" on the offensive end, focusing on taking care of Tom and Garnett.

Marbury's idea is very simple. In yesterday's game, Wu Dao's scores were too high. Although many of them were open opportunities caused by tactics, in the minds of Garnett and Tom, it was Wu Dao's many shots that allowed him to score so many points. Counting.

Although neither Garnett nor Tom told Marbury about this matter, it was not Marbury's first day playing in the league, so he still had this idea.

Therefore, in today's game, if Wu Dao's side is not obviously wide open, Marbury does not want to give Wu Dao too many opportunities to hold the ball.

What's more, the martial arts side is indeed encountering some troubles now.

In martial arts, he put most of his energy into getting rid of Anthony Mason Jr.'s entanglement.The opponent seemed to have a strong connection with Wu Dao. As soon as Wu Dao passed the midline during the Timberwolves' attack, the black brother would stalk him.

And Anthony Mason Jr. doesn't seem to worry about his lack of physical fitness at all. No matter where the martial arts goes, he follows him.

Without teammates to provide off-ball coverage, Wu Dao can only rely on a lot of running to get rid of Anthony Mason Jr.'s defense.

As the game progressed, the Timberwolves' offense continued to play smoothly, but the audience also noticed the entanglement between Wu Dao and Anthony Mason Jr.

Little Anthony Mason was like a piece of dog-skin plaster. He was obviously out of breath from the martial arts, but the martial arts still couldn't get rid of the opponent.

Wu Dao, who couldn't get the ball, wanted to grab a rebound, but Anthony Mason Jr. would rather not grab the rebound himself and give Wu Dao a block.

Moreover, little Anthony was even more unscrupulous when fighting in the martial arts, with a wide range of body movements.

For Anthony Mason Jr., martial arts is not used to him. If the opponent does not make him feel comfortable, martial arts will never make the opponent feel comfortable.

When the Hornets were attacking, Wu Dao also stared at Anthony Mason Jr., not giving the opponent a chance to catch the ball at all.

Wu Dao's wingspan is very good, and he is very oppressive when defending closely. Anthony Mason Jr.'s original offensive position is not that high. Of course, the Hornets will scare Wu Dao's defense away when they choose to pass the ball, and they will not give it to Xiao. Pass by Anthony Mason.

After the first quarter, the score between the Hornets and Timberwolves reached 26:29, with the Timberwolves leading their opponents by 3 points.

The Timberwolves' huge advantage at the start was stabilized by two consecutive three-pointers by Glenn Rice.

As the game progressed, Garnett's shots failed several times.

Fortunately, the stable performance of Tom and Marbury allowed the Timberwolves' offense to maintain excellent efficiency.

As for Wu Dao, apart from scoring 6 points, 2 rebounds, 3 assists, 1 steal and 2 blocks, he didn't score any more points. Not only that, during the struggle with the New York beast, he also gave the opponent a hand because of his excessive movements. A hidden elbow hit his lower abdomen, and the referee called a foul.

This is true for martial arts at home, not to mention Anthony Mason Jr., who had already received three fouls after one quarter.

Do you understand the value of the home whistle? ?

Rest period.

The Timberwolves' rest area was very quiet. From time to time, several substitute players would peek at Wu Dao, who was sitting in his seat with a sullen face and sipping water.

Garnett also unusually did not provoke Wu Dao during the break, and did not show off to Wu Dao that he scored more points than Wu Dao in the first quarter.

Everyone can feel that Wu Dao is in a bad mood now. He and the Hornets' Anthony Mason Jr. are obviously having a real fight.

At this time, they really didn't want to affect Wu Dao's mood.

I don't know since when, the Timberwolves players have considered whether a rookie's mood is good or bad.

The martial arts mood will also directly affect the atmosphere of the rest area.

"Martial Arts, do you want to take a rest?"

Phillip Sanders glanced at Wu Dao with a sullen face and asked aloud.

His reason told him that Wu Dao should be replaced at this time to allow the players on both sides to calm down. This was also to protect Wu Dao. He did not want Wu Dao to be injured.

In Phillip Saunders' view, Wu Dao, who has just entered the league and has played only a few games, may not be able to withstand the current intensity.

The intensity of the practice matches and the intensity of the current competition are completely different levels.

In terms of confrontation alone, people of Anthony's age are stronger than Garnett. More importantly, when facing martial arts, Anthony is more daring to make moves than Garnett.

"rest?"

"What a joke!"

"That guy won't be able to hold it any longer."

"I have to run him to death first!"

Faced with the question from coach Phillip Sanders, Budao blurted out without thinking.

The surrounding team members all looked at each other.

Sure enough, the rookie was really in a bad mood today. He was really pissed off by the opponent and had such a tough attitude towards the coach.

"OK~"

"no problem."

Phillip Sanders obviously felt something was wrong with Wu Dao's mood today. After hearing the answer, he spread his hands and said submissively.

(End of this chapter)