Slam Dunk: My Study Abroad Career in Northern Hunan

A new man, an arrogant new man, an arrogant and capable new man.

When such a player becomes a rookie for the team you support, then you must be able to understand the enthusiasm of Minnesota fans in the Target Center Arena.

Cheers like a roaring mountain and a tsunami poured into the stadium.

The cheers continued for a long time, until the Hornets' old Curry entered the frontcourt with the ball, and the cheers became a little smaller.

On the sidelines of the court, Hornets head coach Dave Cowens tried his best to comfort Anthony Mason Jr., who was provoked by martial arts.

Obviously, as one of the representatives of "iron-blooded basketball" in this era, Anthony Mason Jr. was already a little unable to sit still after being treated like this by the newcomer.

But at this time, Dave Cowens can't let Anthony play. He is no longer the Anthony he used to be. It is extremely difficult for a heavyweight No. 4 to defend a highly mobile player like Wu Dao. Something that consumes energy.

If Anthony Mason Jr. is in his prime, he should be able to guard him for about two quarters.But now, marking one quarter is already a very difficult task.

Dave Cowens can see this from how much Anthony Mason Jr. sweats.

And Anthony Mason Jr.'s temper is not very good. If he is put on the court at this time, he will probably get full of fouls and return to the dugout soon.
On the court, the Hornets' offense was very smooth. After getting the pick-and-roll from Curry, Glenn Rice quickly rushed inward. After attracting Marbury's defense, he quickly passed the ball back to Old Curry.

After receiving the ball, the latter made a fake move and successfully lifted up Tom who was switching defense. After quickly dropping the ball and moving one step forward, he shot directly from the outside for a three-pointer.

Old Curry's shooting posture is a little different from the traditional two-stage jump shot, but it is not the kind of flip-flopping shot that his son is best at.

Strictly speaking, it should be regarded as a 1.5-stage shot. The shooting speed is faster than the ordinary two-stage shot. When the basketball is in the air, it spins very slowly.

But the strange thing is that the stability of such a shooting basketball is very good.

Tom was deceived by the fake move and turned to look at the basket. Under his gaze, the basketball thrown by Dell Curry went directly into the net with a crisp sound.

Seeing the players on the field make a three-pointer, the Hornets' bench suddenly burst into cheers.

Dell Curry was the NBA's best sixth man in the 93-94 season. When he broke out, his scoring ability was definitely something all teams needed to pay special attention to.

"Hey!"

"Don't get fired up so easily!"

"Don't jump like this on outside defense! What are you jumping for! I'm just asking you what are you jumping for?!"

"Raise your hands, interfere, interfere, understand!"

Sure enough, after seeing Tom's round of defense, Coach Philip on the sidelines had already shouted loudly.

It is normal for a team to lose the ball, but the details of a player's defense are also something that requires special attention.

The Timberwolves are planning to rely on defensive counterattacks to play the game this season. The core of the perimeter defense is Tom and Wu Dao.

Philip will never allow such low-level mistakes to appear in the team.

In the stadium, Tom, who heard the coach's reprimand, couldn't help but turn his head and glance at Philip's face. When he turned around, he could already see his teammates advancing quickly towards the frontcourt.

Philip said such ruthless words in front of so many media, which made Tom somewhat unhappy. After all, he is also an "All-Star player", even though he is a substitute.

In the NBA, coaches generally choose their target for training. For the absolute core of the team, basically no one will yell as loudly as Philip.

For example, when Mike Brown coached the "only GOTA" in the Cavaliers, he could basically be said to be James' leg pendant.

Ah Tan has been in the league for so many years, but has made almost no progress in terms of technology. A large part of the reason is that the team's management is too proud of this "proud son of heaven".

So much so that a physically gifted player like him couldn't even do a crotch dribble, so he was cut into a JPG and was laughed at crazily by the fans.

In the high school arena, Ah Tan's absolute physical talent allowed him to solve many things easily, but in the NBA, it is not so easy.

Tom's concentration was a little scattered. Marbury did not notice the strangeness of his teammates. After entering the court, he made a fake move to give the ball to Martial Arts, and then passed the ball to Tom on the side.

Tom, who was not paying attention, slipped his hand when catching the ball and failed to hold it firmly. Just as he collected the ball in his arms, his defender, Glenn Rice, suddenly made a move and tapped the basketball from bottom to top.

While the basketball was falling, Glenn Rice also rushed forward quickly, picked up the basketball and directly played a fast break counterattack.

"Ohhh!" The clean steal made the Hornets players on the sidelines extremely excited.

On the court, Glenn Rice, who quickly dribbled the ball into the Timberwolves' three-point line, directly joined the ball and dunked as he approached the basket, and poured the ball into the basket.

When he landed and turned around to return to defense, he saw Martial Arts walking towards the baseline less than one meter in front of him, preparing to pick up the ball and serve it.

Seeing Wu Dao's figure, Glenn Rice was shocked. He didn't realize that someone was already behind him when he pushed the fast break.

And Glenn Rice also had a hunch that if he hadn't made a decisive dunk just now, the Timberwolves rookie in front of him might come up and give him a big block.

This is indeed the case. When Glenn Rice pushed for a fast break, Martial Arts had already caught up immediately.

However, for the sake of safety and controlling the number of fouls, Wu Dao did not choose to block the shot when the opponent hacked and dunked.

"oh!"

"fk!"

"Martial Arts, what are you doing! Why did you stop? Block him!"

"What are you worried about? You are on the NBA court now. This is a battlefield!"

"What are you showing mercy to your enemies?!"

Marbury returned to the court, and Wu Dao ran in front of Marbury after throwing the ball and walked quickly toward the frontcourt.

When passing by his team's rest area, he heard Coach Philip roaring angrily.

Wu Dao heard this and didn't argue. After all, what Coach Phillip said was correct.

When Tom saw Wu Dao being scolded by the coach for defensive issues, a smile suddenly appeared on his face.The unpleasantness of being scolded by the coach just now was gone.

Obviously, Philip is not targeting Tom alone, but everyone!

Due to the Hornets' consecutive three-pointers and Tom's mistakes, the Timberwolves fell into a disadvantage early in the second quarter.

The team now urgently needs a goal to stop the bleeding.

And Marbury also cast his sights on martial arts.

Although Marbury was reluctant to admit it, after playing so many practice games with Wu Dao, it has to be said that Wu Dao is the one with the most stable offense among the Timberwolves' outside players.

There is no problem in hitting key balls for this rookie.

Just when he thought of this, the basketball in Marbury's hand was quickly passed out.He was given martial arts from the side.

When Wu Dao received the ball, he was still almost one meter away from the three-point line. After taking possession of the basketball, Wu Dao, after a simple change of hands and direction under the crotch, stepped close to the three-point line.In front of Wu Dao, JR Reed maintained a relatively high center of gravity, guarding against Wu Dao's sudden cold arrows.

After completing the martial art of changing hands and dribbling, he grabbed the ball with his left hand and paused slightly. While dribbling in a suspended position, his eyes were already looking at the basket. JR Reed was alert and immediately stepped forward to get close to his body. His feet had just moved. , the basketball had already landed in front of Wu Dao, and changed hands to his right hand.

At the same time, the martial arts also accelerated, directly surpassing the opponent.

The bilateral direction that looks relaxed and free-spirited has become a big offensive weapon with a wingspan of martial arts level.

The extremely large change of direction and extremely fast first step allowed Wu Dao to easily dodge JR Reed's defense.

This striker, who is 203cm tall and weighs 112kg, looks clumsy in front of martial arts.

After passing his opponent, Wu Dao made an emergency stop two steps inside the three-point line and shot a jumper. The basketball quickly flew to the basket. In the sight of everyone, it hit the net with a crisp sound.

The Target Center Arena suddenly burst into cheers. Wu Dao, who scored the goal, did not look at his opponents on the field, but turned to look at Anthony Mason Jr. off the field.

Even when he turned to defend, Wu Dao's eyes were fixed on Anthony Mason Jr.

Although he didn't speak, everyone knew what Wu Dao meant at this time.

After repeated provocations, Anthony Mason Jr. finally couldn't bear it anymore. When he was passing by the rest area on the martial arts road, he couldn't help but taunted: "Boy, what are you crazy about?! When I was on the court, you only took six. point!"

"In the second half of the first quarter, you didn't score a single point!"

When Wu Dao heard this, he slowed down, took out his ears, and said with a smile: "I only know that my score has reached double figures."

"And some people are still sitting on the bench."

"Are you going to defend me off the court? Are you going to make me respect a mouth player?"

There was not a single curse word in Wu Dao's words, but little Anthony Mason's neck now had veins popping out, and his face was full of anger.

Seeing this scene, Dave Cowens knew that something would go wrong if he kept Anthony off the court.

As a coach, sometimes you can't just think about the outcome of this game. It's also important to make the players feel comfortable playing.

There are more than 80 games in the regular season. If the player's mentality collapses, the loss will not be as simple as two games.

The offense and defense alternated in the court. As the Hornets Glen Rice shot, the basketball was pointed out of the court by Garnett and Tony Farmar who were fighting for rebounds. The Hornets immediately made substitution adjustments.

Anthony Mason Jr. is back on the court.

JR Reed, who had only played for a few minutes, returned to the dugout.

The Hornets had the ball, and after the basketball was released from the baseline, it was passed to the hands of senior Curry after several transmissions. The latter took the ball and faked a move directly to break into the paint area and then succeeded in the throw.

After the offensive and defensive rotation, Marbury dribbled the ball toward the frontcourt, but before halftime, he saw Martial Arts calling him.

"Stephen!"

"Give me the ball!"

Marbury had never seen such excessive demands. He looked at Tom and saw that after Tom entered the frontcourt early, he stood outside the three-point line with his hands on his hips.

If the rookie wants to fight, then let’s fight.

After hitting a wall, he, as the team leader, can just stand up again!
Not only Tom thinks so, but Garnett actually thinks so too.He and Wu Dao can't deal with each other, and Wu Dao is weakened, which Garnett is happy to see, although his inner reason tells him that the old and frail Anthony may not be able to stop a sharp super scorer like Wu Dao.

But what if?
Didn't Anthony Mason Jr. play great defense in the first quarter?
Marbury saw that neither Tom nor Garnett had any objections. He also gave the ball to Wu Dao early after crossing the center line.

As far as Marbury himself is concerned, he actually doesn't mind if Wudao takes the ball. As long as he can win the game, no matter who scores the goal, Marbury's value can still be reflected as the "core" of the offense. .

The basketball fell into his hands, and Wu Dao dribbled the ball towards the three-point line.

Anthony Mason Jr. is different from JR Reed. When Wu Dao was still about two meters away from the three-point line, he immediately posted it.

As the defenders approached, Wu Dao also suddenly accelerated his dribbling rhythm. He quickly leaned over and accelerated with a stabbing step. Little Anthony couldn't keep up with Wu Dao's sudden speed with his sliding step, so he could only change to a pursuit step.

But the pace had just been adjusted, and Wu Dao directly dribbled the ball towards Anthony Jr., actively seeking confrontation.

"Boom!"

After a strong physical confrontation with the martial arts stride, he still maintained his body shape very well. On the other hand, little Anthony took half a step back under the impact of the martial arts, giving up a little bit of his body. After he adjusted At that time, Wu Dao also quickly stepped down and changed direction, his right hand became a ball protector, pressed against Anthony's chest, and rushed to the left.

At the same time, Martial Arts has also crossed the three-point line.

Anthony Mason Jr.'s strength is very good. He held his breath and held his chest to maintain his position and then quickly made up for it.

However, as soon as he reached Wu Dao's side, Wu Dao rushed forward in disguise, and his body was fixed on him again.

Little Anthony's feet were rooted to the ground and he faced the impact. At the same time, he made some small movements with his hands and grabbed the martial arts jersey.

If Wu Dao continues to advance, he can grab Wu Dao's jersey to delay it and affect Wu Dao's offensive posture.

But after this physical contact, Wu Dao, who was holding the ball, suddenly took a step back and retreated to outside the three-point line. Then he put his feet close to the three-pointer and shot a jump shot directly.

At the moment of taking action, Wu Dao still leaned back nearly ten degrees.

The extremely high shooting point simply makes it impossible for Anthony Mason Jr. to interfere.

The basketball flew directly over the opponent's head. Under the breathless gaze of the audience in the stands, the basketball quickly fell and passed by.

Terrible offensive efficiency!

The audience burst into cheers when they saw the basketball hit the net.

Both the offense and defense performed well in this round, but in the end, the martial arts skills were superior.

This New York beast had just returned to the field when an arrow hit its body.

"Defense!"

"Defend! Little brother!"

"Don't stand there like a piece of wood! Let's fight! I can't feel your defensive pressure!"

"You're the only one who calls the New York Beast?"

Wu Dao scored a goal without being subtle, he directly opened his hands towards Anthony.

The provocation of martial arts was also recorded by the media's cameras, and along with the replay of the goal, it was shown over and over again in front of the audience in front of the TV.

After today's game, Martial Arts Club will gain a group of fans, and at the same time, it will also gain a group of anti-fans.