Slam Dunk: My Study Abroad Career in Northern Hunan

The halftime break passed very quickly. After returning from the break, the game between the Wizards and Timberwolves entered the third quarter.

By this time, both teams had switched to their main lineups.

In the third quarter, neither team made any major adjustments to their playing styles. As for the Wizards, it was because they did not fall behind in the score. They were able to get the score back in the second quarter because of their current style of play.

As for the Timberwolves, Philip felt that the team's score would be caught up simply because their players had poor touch.

In the third quarter, as long as the players regain their touch, they can easily widen the point difference.

Philip's ideals are full, but reality is very skinny.

The intensity of games in this era is very high. Sometimes, especially in the [-] or [-] minutes from the second half of the second quarter to the end of the game, the intensity of the game is extremely high, and the actions of the players on the field are also exaggerated.

Often at this time, whether a player has a good touch or not is not decided by himself, but by his opponent.

Philip is a person who understands football, but after he has been a coach for a long time, he tends to be too biased in his judgment.

The game between the Timberwolves and Wizards was very intense in the third quarter.

Moreover, the opponent's new player, Ben Wallace, played very distinctively. He hardly participated in the team's offense and was only thinking about defense. He caused huge trouble to Cherokee Parks and almost killed him. Locked up.

Young Ben Wallace has already shown outstanding defensive talent. While containing Cherokee Parks, he also posed a great threat to the Timberwolves' players trying to attack the inside.

In the third quarter, the Timberwolves' players were having a hard time, but fortunately, the Wizards' lineup also lacked offensive power. The Timberwolves had Garnett guarding the inside line, which was difficult to destroy for the Wizards. city ​​wall.

21: 18.

The Wizards and Timberwolves put on a "defensive show" for the audience. In the end, in this defensive battle, the Wizards were the better one.

Tom is an All-Star substitute striker, but his offensive power is far behind those of those stars. Although his skills are comprehensive, his physical fitness is not among the top ones.

He was able to be voted into the All-Stars because he was somewhat supported by the "weak team" of the Timberwolves.

Facing the powerful defensive Wizards, Tom struggled.

After a short break, the two teams returned to the court. The team was lagging behind, but Coach Philip still had no intention of replacing Wu Dao.

In the fourth quarter, the Wizards strengthened their outside defense, and the Timberwolves did the same. Tom and Marbury were not playing smoothly offensively, so they focused more on the defensive end.

In a basketball game, if you want to win, you either need to attack like crazy and score like crazy, or you need to defend like crazy so that the opponent cannot score points!
  The Timberwolves' tactical adjustments have a good effect, but the offensive efficiency of Rod Strickland and Chris Webber on the Wizards' side is very low.

At the end of the fourth quarter, the Wizards were tied by the Timberwolves with a score of 15:18. At the same time, Garnett stood up at the critical moment and scored the tying goal.

The game entered overtime.

By this time, the audience was tired of shouting, and few people would shout for Wu Dao to play at this time. The audience also saw that the Timberwolves made up their mind not to let Wu Dao play in today's game.

Just a few minutes of overtime passed very quickly.

The Wizards' Tracy Murray worked hard throughout the game, and finally got it right in overtime, a buzzer-beating three-pointer that put the ball into the net with 3 seconds left in the game. middle.

And with Marbury's "shots" missing throughout the game, the Timberwolves finally ended their 6-game winning streak at the beginning of the season.

91: 88.

The Timberwolves lost this home game by three points.

In this game, Garnett played quite well. He worked hard for 47 minutes and scored 19-9. He scored a 2+1 on Chris Webber's head and even scored a three-pointer. , scored 22 points and 20 rebounds.

Compared to Chris Webber's 22 points and 17 rebounds, it's not far behind.

马布里这边也是怒干43分钟，20中10，三分球2中1，加上8中5的罚球，交出了28分0板10助5抢断的出色数据。

Chris Kyle, who came on as a substitute for Budo, was also responsible for the team's outside attack. He had a somewhat tactical position. He made 16 of 7 shots and 8 of 2 three-pointers. He scored 16 points, 4 rebounds and 1 assist.

For him as a substitute, being able to hand in such an answer cannot be said to be bad.

Compared to Marbury, Garnett and Chris Kyle, Tom's performance in this game can be described as a war criminal.

全场23中4，罚球7中5，拿下了13分7板2助。

That poor shooting percentage is simply not worthy of his status as an "All-Star substitute".

Tom's weaknesses were clearly exposed through this game. When meeting opponents of the same level, in a high-pressure environment, Tom's technical movements were greatly deformed, and there was no hit rate at all.

At the same time, the Timberwolves' centers were all misfired at halftime. Cherokee Parks scored 5 points and 6 rebounds. Stanley Roberts played 16 minutes and had 0 points and 0 rebounds. He also contributed 3 blocks and 3 turnovers. , 3 fouls
  After being defeated by the Wizards, the audience vented their anger on the team coach and Tom.

The audience saw Tom's crazy blacksmithing in this game. He didn't say anything during the game, but after the game, the audience began to liquidate the war criminals. In addition to the young blacksmith Tom being liquidated, Coach Philip was also pushed out. On the cusp of the storm.

One radical fan even shouted for Philip to be dismissed from get out of class.

As for why?
  The reason is also very simple, because Philip put Wu Dao on the bench.

The audience's brain circuit is very simple. When they liquidated the war criminals, they only saw Tom shooting 23 for 4. With Tom's data, the audience will naturally substitute martial arts into the role of Tom.

Timberwolves fans feel that if these 23 shots were executed by martial arts, let alone the exaggerated hit rate of 60% or 70% like in previous games.

As long as they shoot 26% from the field, the Timberwolves can win this game.

With just some simple calculations, fans can easily draw a conclusion.

That is, the starting lineup of martial arts plays the whole game = victory.

The loss of the Timberwolves had a great impact. After Phillip left the arena with the players despite the abuse, during the post-game reporter interview session, Phillip encountered difficulties from local reporters in Minnesota. A middle-aged reporter sharply asked Why didn't martial arts play in this game? In response to this, Philip's answer was: "He is still a child in martial arts and is still developing. He needs to arrange his playing time reasonably and cannot overdraw his talent and future."

It sounds reasonable at first glance, and his words are full of love and affection for martial arts.

Coach Philip's answer allowed him to get through.

Of course the reporter who asked the question was not stupid enough to believe such an answer, but this reporter was also smart. He keenly sensed that the Timberwolves seemed to have conflicts within the team. In order to prevent the conflicts within the team from expanding, the Minnesota reporter did not inquire further. Instead, he chose to accept it.

Some matters may be handled well in private, but once they are exposed to the media, even a small conflict will eventually become overwhelming.

The reporter from Minnesota is a local. Of course, he does not want to see the Timberwolves lose their current good momentum. He hopes that the team will adjust as soon as possible and eliminate conflicts.

But that's what he thinks. Other reporters don't think that way.

If there is no problem, the media will find some questions for you. Now that there is a problem, the media are like sharks smelling blood and swimming towards Philip.

Although the Los Angeles media didn't ask any questions during the press conference, they looked back and directly wrote a report: "The Wolves' strongest rookie is stunted and unable to take on the offensive responsibility."

The Washington Times also added fuel to the fire and produced an obviously slanted report: "It's no use to anyone, it's a hearty 'big victory'!"

The Wizards are considered the home team of Washington. The Wizards defeated the Timberwolves, who had won 6 consecutive games, which made the Washington media extremely excited.

Fueled by the media, Glen Taylor, the owner of the Timberwolves team, also smelled something unusual. The day after the team lost, he called Philip to inquire about the situation and expressed his concern. "Concern".

After the game against the Wizards, the Timberwolves boarded a plane to San Antonio to prepare for the Spurs.

This time, the Spurs will face the Timberwolves at home. This game still attracts the attention of many people. The reason is very simple. On the one hand, this is the second showdown between Duncan and Garnett. It is also the battle between Martial Arts and Duncan. The second showdown.

One game before may not prove anything, but two games can explain something.

Philip had given up on his "guiding" martial arts personality after a phone call with owner Glen Taylor. In the second battle with the Spurs, Wu Dao was once again put into the starting lineup.

At the same time, perhaps with the boss's instruction, before the game, Philip instructed several starting players to use martial arts in their outside offense.

Garnett, Marbury, and Cherokee Parks did not show any surprise at the coach's request, and Tom's eyes dimmed a little after hearing this, but he did not express any objection.

He has heard too many scoldings in the past few days. In an era where information circulation basically relies on newspapers and television, he has been scolded to the point of being autistic. If in the self-media era of later generations, Tom would probably He was hung up on the forum and whipped repeatedly by fanatical fans.

In this game, it was the first time that Wu Dao was on the same court as Tom and shouldered the task of attacking from the outside.

The Timberwolves' substitutes all know that if Wu Dao performs well in today's game, Tom's team's tactical position may not be preserved.

After the game against the Spurs started, the Timberwolves firmly took the initiative.

The first player to play against Budo was Monty Williams. In the first quarter, Budo scored two three-pointers against the defense. Popovich directly replaced Monty with Chuck Person. Williams.

However, Chuck Parson was also defeated by his subordinates. The old man's movement speed could not keep up with the speed of martial arts, and he was directly smashed into a sieve by martial arts.

第一节打完，武道就7中5，三分3中2，高效的砍下了16分。帮助球队以33:26领先了对手7分。

Popovich saw that he couldn't control Wu Dao's offense, so he watched it again and again on the bench, and finally decided to use the dead horse as a living horse doctor, and took Malik Rose (the 96th overall pick in the second round of 2).

Neither Monty Williams nor Chuck Parson can limit the performance of martial arts. What gamblers like to do most in this situation is to bet on the wrong side.

It's just a pity that Budao didn't play in the early part of the second quarter. Tom, who didn't have many chances to touch the ball in the first quarter, took up the offensive banner when Budao was away. Malik Rose didn't even wait for Budao to return to the court. Just fucked to death by Tom.

After playing for 5 minutes, he was pushed back to the bench.

After Wu Dao rested for 5 minutes, he returned to the court and took over the offensive banner.

However, in the second quarter, Wu Dao took fewer shots.

He is not a person who doesn't understand human affairs. Tom is in good condition today, and Wu Dao doesn't mind leaving some of the ball to Tom.

In the second quarter, Wu Dao made 4 out of 4 shots and 1 out of 0 three-pointers, scoring 8 points.

The team continued to suppress the Spurs 28:22 in a single quarter.

In the third quarter, Marbury seemed to feel that his 7 points in the half were too ugly. He actually seized the offensive ball rights of Martial Arts and began to attack the inside with a large number of himself. Although his sudden layup was interfered with more often, Marbury's sudden breakthrough also gave him some free throw opportunities.

With the team leading by a big score, Wu Dao didn't care about Marbury's data-brushing operation.

第三节，森林狼24:21，单节领先对手3分。武道在这一节除了强突篮下打了一个2+1，下了两次快攻打了两个“easy ball”草草拿了7分就没有更多的高光表现了。

On the contrary, it was Garnett and Duncan's matchup, watching the surrounding audience scream in surprise.

When the team was leading by a big score, the Timberwolves players were very relaxed in the final quarter, and this relaxation actually made the players perform better. Wu Dao played an alley-oop dunk with Garnett in the final quarter. At the same time, Budo also made a guest appearance with "White Chocolate" and played some fancy passes.

Although three passes were not converted into points, the reason was not martial arts, either because of teammates' poor hands, or because of open shots.

In the final quarter, Wu Dao only took a few open three-pointers and easily scored 4 points on 3 of 9. He also picked up two offensive rebounds, both of which turned the rebounds into points, with 13 points in a single quarter.

The Timberwolves also crushed the game 30:25 in the final quarter, continuing their strength until the end.

二番战，森林狼以115:94的屠杀姿态取下了胜利，而武道也是打了42分钟，砍下了全队最高的44分5板4助。

In addition to Martial Arts' 44 points, Garnett also scored 26 points and 6 rebounds in a single game, surpassing Duncan's 15 points, but in terms of rebounds, Duncan had 17.
  The Spurs' goal in this game is also obvious, which is to strengthen the competition for rebounds. It's just that the efficiency of their rebounds into points is too low.

After this match, Tom seemed to have completely lost his temper. When he saw martial arts, he changed from "watching martial arts passing by" to "proactively and enthusiastically greeting!"

(End of this chapter)