Slam Dunk: My Study Abroad Career in Northern Hunan

Chapter 556: The spearman, the fateful veteran!

Jinguji Budo stood on the sidelines and walked to the court with the other players. The audience in the stands suddenly burst into amazing cheers when they saw Budo walking out of the rest area.

"Martial Arts!!"

"Martial Arts!!!"

The cheers grew louder and louder. As the score reversed, Minnesota fans were eager to see the Timberwolves change.

Because even fans who can't understand football can see that as the Spurs took the lead, the victory that was originally in the hands of the Timberwolves has quietly slipped away.

When fans who had pinned their hopes on the team to make changes saw martial arts return to the court, their inner emotions suddenly had an outlet.

"The cheers were so loud."

"It's hard to imagine that a player with so many fans could be a rookie!"

Around the stadium, the media were also attracted by the astonishing sound. Some people slowly shook the camera lens in their hands to capture the scene of the fans cheering.

The commentator at the Target Center Arena also shouted excitedly at this moment:

"After returning from the timeout, the Timberwolves put martial arts back on the court again."

"I have to say, this is definitely a very wise choice."

As soon as one of the commentators finished speaking, another person directly answered: "If you ask me, he should have returned to the court long ago. Even if it is to rest, the rest time is too long."

"If Wu Dao were on the court, it would have been impossible for the Spurs to chase so many points in front of the Timberwolves!"

"You know, the Spurs don't have players who can guard Wu Dao!"

The two commentators sang in unison, and the cheers from the fans slowly died down until all the players entered the stadium.

Timberwolves possession of the ball.

The person who served from the backcourt was Wu Dao. After giving the ball to Marbury, Wu Dao quickly passed Marbury and ran towards the front court.

The Spurs defender is still an "old rival", Chuck Person. This veteran tried his best in today's game. Throughout the game, he had to face the Timberwolves' arrowheads, and there was nothing Time to rest.

During the pause, Chuck Person could already feel the strong soreness and numbness in his legs, but even so, Chuck Person still did not say a single word to Popovich.

Some players in this era always have an "iron-blooded" spirit. Unless they really can't run anymore, they will never complain.

Looking at Wu Dao who was slowly approaching, Chuck Person's expression was quite serious. Marbury dribbled the ball at the top of the arc. After observing the Spurs' defensive lineup, he chose to give the ball to Wu Dao on the side.

Although Marbury is also a second-year rookie, he knows very well what the coach is doing by putting martial arts on the court in this game.

It is true that Wu Dao is just a first-year rookie who has played only a few games, but with absolute strength, seniority will not be an unbreakable barrier.

What happened to the first graders?
Isn't it reasonable? !
Starting with the basketball, Wu Dao dropped the ball directly. His front and rear legs were slightly staggered, and he was doing a simple low-flying dribble without immediately launching an attack.

He has been sitting on the sidelines for a long time and needs to hold the ball for a while to get a feel for it.

It took me four or five seconds to find this feeling.

But even after holding the ball for such a long time, the Timberwolves players still moved patiently without any intention of urging.On the sidelines, the Timberwolves' head coach, Flip Saunders, also had his hands behind his back, watching the martial arts on the court without saying a word.

I'm afraid you will rarely see the same scene in domestic competitions.

Often in domestic games, if the offensive point takes the ball for a while, the coach is already saying "pass the ball faster".

It's not that there's anything wrong with this style of play, it's just that it's impossible to cultivate a big ball-handling core with this style of play.

What is a ball-carrying core?
Only an offensive core that holds the ball for a long time deserves to be called a big ball-holding core.

Imagine that the idea that a player has been instilled in him since he was a child is: when he gets the ball, he should pass it to his teammates.

In such a training environment, how is it possible to cultivate the so-called big ball-holding core?

Budo also came from college basketball, but whether it was in Shohoku or Oak Hill, the coaches he met had one thing in common, that is, when Budo decided to play, the coach would never say a word. nonsense.

Now, even in the NBA, even if the coach is Flip Saunders, who came from the academy, martial arts also has such a "privilege."

Wu Dao held the ball for a long time, and the fans in the stands were very quiet, watching Wu Dao confronting Chuck Person on the court with bated breath.

Around the stadium, the media's cameras focused on Wu Dao early on.

"Snapped!"

Suddenly, the rhythm of Wu Dao's low-altitude dribbling suddenly changed. As the basketball was pulled up significantly, Wu Dao's arms also stretched out.

Wu Dao stretched out his arms and moved quickly in his hands. The basketball he pulled up fell quickly and hit Chuck Person's toes directly before rebounding. At the same time, Wu Dao also directly changed direction after a large change. The acceleration started, and in just one step, Chuck Person was left behind.

The rushing Wu Dao was very fast, and he was close to the paint area in the blink of an eye. Facing Duncan's defense, Wu Dao also slowed down after combining the ball, and then jumped in the direction with a long stride.

Duncan's awareness of assisting defense is very good, and his bounce is also terrifying. His raised arm directly aimed at the basketball in Wu Dao's hand and slapped it hard.

However, when Wu Dao was about to block the shot in mid-air, he curled up and directly avoided Duncan's block. The moment his figure glided past Duncan, Wu Dao also came to the basket, straightened his body, and shot the ball with his backhand. The ball dunked into the basket.

"Boom!!!"

As the sound of dunks rang out among the players in the target center, after a brief silence, the cheers of the fans poured into the court.

"That!!! That slam dunk!!"

"He can even half-turn and perform a chop in the air. This guy's flexibility and coordination are so strong!"

"That bounce is so high! After pulling the lever, can your head even hit the basket? Is this guy really a yellow guy?"

After the enthusiastic cheers, the fans excitedly discussed with each other.Wu Dao's behind-the-back pull-up dunk on the ball really shocked everyone. When Wu Dao turned around to defend, the media's cameras were also tightly focused on Wu Dao.

Seeing Wu Dao's explosive slam dunk, the media had already finalized the pictures to be used in tomorrow's newspapers.

As for the topic of which one is stronger between Martial Arts and Duncan, the conclusion may be finalized at this stage.

Obviously, even Duncan can't stop the young man from attacking the basket!
Although the goal was gorgeous, the score was still only two points.

Although the Spurs players were also shocked by Wu Dao's goal, at this point in the game, it was impossible for them to surrender.

The Spurs' Avery Johnson quickly brought the ball to the frontcourt, and then raised his finger and made a tactical gesture.

At the same time, Chuck Person on the side quickly ran towards the top of the key to set up a screen for Avery Johnson.

Facing the Spurs' tactical movement, Wu Dao did not even move his position. He was still standing in the middle distance on the right corner, and his attention was focused on the two players inside.

In order to limit Duncan and David Robinson, the Timberwolves have been adopting shrinking defensive tactics.Although zone defense is not allowed in this era, players still have a lot to say about tactical movement.

Wu Dao knew that the Spurs' outside attack power was average, and they didn't care about outside players at all.Sure enough, when Avery Johnson followed the pick-and-roll and moved to the three-point line in the corner, he still didn't dare to take a shot despite the wide open space. Then he hesitated and then quickly rushed towards Martial Arts' defense line.

Avery Johnson is very short, and Wu Dao just follows Avery Johnson's position calmly and has no intention of stealing.

Avery Johnson also tried to force a breakthrough after getting close to the opponent. Although he worked hard, he noticed that Wu Dao was not moving at all. Avery Johnson still smashed the ball towards Wu Dao's feet and into the inside.

As soon as Duncan held the ball under the basket, Wu Dao doubled up on Duncan and let Avery Johnson go.

Duncan saw the martial arts attack coming up, and without any hesitation, he directly passed the ball to Avery Johnson.

The latter takes the ball and shoots directly from a wide open space in the mid-range.

The basketball flew over the heads of everyone under the basket, hit the side of the basket, and fell down.

"rebound!"

The placement was very poor. On the other side of Martial Arts, just as Martial Arts made a move, Duncan actually moved his body and blocked Martial Arts' position.

At the same time, the falling basketball was also held in the hands of David Robinson. The latter took off the backboard and kicked the ball a little, then directly stood up against Cherokee Parks' defense and sent the ball into the basket.

"Backboard!"

"Protect the backcourt rebounds!"

Philip was very annoyed when he saw that the team was beaten into a second offense.

How could he tolerate the team making such low-level mistakes at such a critical moment?

"Tom, let go of the one on the outside! Pay attention to protecting the rebound!"

The Timberwolves began to push back, and Philip shouted loudly towards the court.

The Minnesota fans quickly fell silent as the Timberwolves players approached the Spurs half court.

Marbury held the ball at the top of the key, and after hesitating for a few seconds, he directly gave the ball to Wu Dao, who was not far away and wanted the ball sideways.

At this time, Wu Dao had his back against Chuck Person, stretched out his left hand, and grabbed the ball directly in his hand.

After Wu Dao got the ball, he still did not sweep the ball towards the basket. He grabbed the ball with one hand and turned his head slightly, looking at Chuck Person behind him.

At this time, Chuck Person was holding his arms against Wu Dao's back, with his left foot behind and right foot in front, guarding against Wu Dao's acceleration after turning around.

Chuck Person knows that the strong side of martial arts is his right side, so he is very targeted in defense.

Wu Dao glanced at Chuck Person's feet, suddenly moved his body, turned his back and dropped the ball to accelerate, and flashed past Chuck Person in an instant.

Although Chuck Person's reaction was a little slow, he still tried hard to raise his arms to pull the fast-moving martial arts.

Unexpectedly, as soon as Chuck Person stretched out his hand, Wu Dao, who was traveling, suddenly stopped and changed direction due to bad luck.Chuck Person couldn't even commit a foul and watched Nori Budo pass before his eyes.

At the same time, Wu Dao, who quickly passed Chuck Person, did not continue to kill the inside, but stopped in the mid-range to shoot a jumper.

The basketball flew directly into the net and made a crisp sound.

The cool back-turning, deft back luck, and elegant shooting movements were all recorded by the courtside cameras.

Facing Wu Dao, who is excellent at playing the ball and has a strong hand and a strong hand, the elderly Chuck Person couldn't help but feel a strong sense of powerlessness in his heart. He was a little frustrated when he saw Wu Dao starting to run back and defend.

After two consecutive goals, Chuck Person has deeply felt the malice of the world.

He knew very well that he couldn't guard the Timberwolves' first-year player at all.

Chuck Person looked up at Popovich on the sidelines, thinking about asking the coach to arrange for Duncan to move up to help him defend. But when he turned his head to meet Popovich's eyes, his expression changed. Startled.

Popovich saw Chuck Person's gaze and made a "three" sign on his chest.

Seeing this gesture, Chuck Person nodded and slowly ran towards the frontcourt.

The Rifleman.

Meaning Long Shot, this was the nickname given to Chuck Person by fans during his prime.

There is no need to elaborate on what it means.

Three-pointers and long-range shooting have always been the weapons that Chuck Person is most proud of, but as his career enters the end of his career, his weapons are also getting rusty.

Back then, Chuck Person was a troll, with the same bad personality as Jordan and Garnett.

But in the confrontation with martial arts, his other weapon "trash talk" has no use.

Facing him, who was defeated in every position, he simply couldn't find an angle to use trash talk as a "cut in".Talking trash against a guy who can score points on his head will only serve to humiliate Chuck Person himself.

Chuck Person originally thought that since he was useless, he could only make some contributions to the team on the defensive end, but unexpectedly, Popovich now gave him a chance to show himself.

Bet three points.

In this situation, the Spurs are ready to "break their fate" with the Timberwolves!
The Spurs advanced at a slow pace, highlighting a stable position, and the Twin Towers also entered the inside position early.Chuck Person called Avery Johnson's name while running forward, and then made a tactical gesture.

The latter was slightly surprised when he saw the tactical instructions, and turned to look at Popovich on the sidelines.

The latter saw the player's gaze and nodded slightly.

Avery Johnson, who understood clearly, stopped talking nonsense and quickly asked for a pick-and-roll after approaching the top of the arc.

At the same time, Chuck Person also ran over quickly. After a screen, Marbury followed Avery Johnson who was holding the ball, and Chuck Person appeared at the top of the arc. Vacancy.

"call out!"

The basketball was quickly passed and accurately passed into the hands of Chuck Person.

The latter took the ball, adjusted his posture slightly, and then shot directly.

Wu Dao just raised his hand symbolically, and when he saw the path of the ball, he couldn't help but raise his eyebrows.

"Shhh!!"

As the crisp sound of the net squeaked, the Spurs bench suddenly began to boil.

Chuck Person, who scored the goal, also had a fist in his hand and a determined look in his eyes.

Seeing Chuck Person's firm gaze, Wu Dao grinned happily.

"Three points, right?!"

(End of this chapter)