Slam Dunk: My Study Abroad Career in Northern Hunan

Not long after the game started in the third quarter, the Lakers players all felt the strong sense of oppression coming from Wu Dao.

This kind of player who is unfavorable on the offensive end can often inspire the morale of his own players and demoralize the opponent's players when he is on the court.

Kobe just made a difficult three-pointer, and Martial Arts responded immediately.

This feeling of being pressed and beaten made the Lakers players feel very uncomfortable.

Between the alternation of offense and defense, the Lakers quickly organized an offense. Nick Van Exel, who quickly dribbled the ball into the top of the arc, also wanted to try Kobe's offensive point.

After approaching the top of the arc, he quickly made a pick-and-roll gesture toward Kobe.

Many techniques and tactics on the court are initiated by pick-and-rolls. Although the Lakers team has not conducted special tactical drills for Kobe's ball-handling, the team also does not have a technical and tactical system tailored for Kobe.

But everyone present is a professional player, and everyone knows the most basic tactics.

Seeing his teammates' gestures, Kobe also ran quickly in the direction of Nick Van Exel, but just as the Lakers were running from the outside, O'Neal, who was sinking into the low post, suddenly hit Roberts with his back. , quickly take the position.

Seeing this scene, Nick Van Exel ignored Kobe who was running towards him and directly hit the ball in the direction of O'Neal.

Marbury was originally preparing to adjust defense with Wu Dao to deal with Kobe's attack, but unexpectedly, the opponent quickly gave the ball to the inside.

The basketball quickly entered O'Neal's hands. As soon as the latter took the ball, he quickly blasted the ball behind his back, and then quickly turned around. But the moment O'Neal turned around, Garnett quickly double-teamed O'Neal's position.

O'Neal, who was holding the ball high and about to hit with his feet, was directly tackled by Garnett. Garnett's long arm directly hit the basketball in O'Neal's hand.

"Good break!" Wu Dao couldn't help but his eyes lit up when he saw this scene, and he quickly rushed towards the basketball, but at the same time, a figure rushed out from Wu Dao's side and leaped directly towards the basketball. Pounced.

"!!"

Kobe didn't know when he had come to Wu Dao's side. When the basketball landed and rebounded, he realized that Kobe, who was not running as fast as Wu Dao, gave it a try.

His fighting indeed created an opportunity for himself. As Kobe's body fell to the ground, the basketball was also held in Kobe's hands.

Just when Kobe was about to throw the ball, Wu Dao's figure suddenly appeared in front of him. He directly grabbed the basketball with both hands and directly lifted Kobe and the basketball from the ground with the ball.

Seeing that Kobe was holding on to the ball tightly and not letting go, Wu Dao didn't think much and just swung it with all his strength, sending the unsteady Kobe flying away.

"Bang!!" After being lifted up, Kobe's body fell to the ground again, making a muffled sound and sliding against the floor for a meter or two before slowly stopping.

"!!!"

The referee on the side of the court was paying attention to the fight between Wu Dao and Kobe. When he saw that Kobe was actually lifted up by Wu Dao with the ball and then thrown away, he couldn't help but look stunned. Then he quickly recovered and blew the whistle. The whistle in the air sounded.

"Beep--"

The rapid whistle sounded, Wu Dao grabbed the ball with both hands, and finally realized something belatedly. He raised one hand, grabbed the ball with the other, and looked at Kobe who was thrown away.

At this time, Kobe was sitting on the ground with a look of confusion on his face. Only now did he realize that he seemed to have been thrown away just now?

He was nearly two meters tall and a professional player weighing nearly two hundred pounds, and he was actually thrown away?

Kobe raised his head slightly and looked at Wu Dao who was standing not far away with his hand raised, still in a daze.

Under the basket, Garnett suddenly felt a bit of toothache when he saw the martial arts throw away Kobe Bryant, and not-so-pleasant memories were recalled in his mind.

O'Neal, who was standing next to Garnett, couldn't help but look at Wu Dao a few more times when he saw this scene. It was only now that O'Neal was shocked to realize that this fair and tender yellow man seemed to be a little too strong and did not look like a yellow man at all. Many third positions in the NBA may not have such brute strength.

"Sorry!" Wu Dao, who received the foul, walked up to Kobe and stretched out his hand towards Kobe as he spoke.

Looking at the hand that Wu Dao handed over, Kobe was speechless at this moment, but he had good energy. He grabbed Wu Dao's hand with one hand and stood up quickly from the ground.

The number of fouls on the Timberwolves' side has not accumulated to a certain level, and the Lakers got the opportunity to serve the sideline ball.

Under the defense of Wu Dao, Kobe did not have a good chance to pass the ball comfortably, so he could only lob a higher ball and give it to Eddie Jones. Eddie Jones is not as tall as Tom Gugliotta, but he moves faster than Tom and has better jumping ability than Tom.

Relying on running, he still managed to get the ball in his hands without any danger.

In the previous attacks of the Lakers, Eddie Jones was not very involved. Eddie Jones, who was holding the ball outside the three-point line, finally got a chance to play in isolation, so naturally he would not let it go. Eddie Jones started quickly after getting the ball, and then made a simple early change of direction when Tom was chasing him, instantly creating an opportunity for himself.

Tom was also an old man. Seeing Eddie Jones trying to break through, he directly stabbed the opponent with his body. Eddie Jones's figure was somewhat affected, but he still managed to reach the mid-range. When he saw Garnett quickly coming out of defense, he stopped and shot a jumper against Garnett's defense.

"Dang~"

With a crisp sound of iron hitting, the basketball also crashed out of the basket. Garnett, who was turned back to the basket, rushed to grab the rebound.

"Quick attack!"

Garnett shouted loudly and threw the ball directly towards the frontcourt. Marbury and Wu Dao rushed towards the frontcourt one after the other.

Wu Dao, who slowed down and jumped up to catch the basketball, quickly encountered Kobe's defense. Wu Dao hesitated to get the ball and threw the ball directly to Marbury, who quickly passed him.

The latter took the ball and rushed towards the Lakers half.

The young Marbury was full of energy and threw away the chasing Nick Van Exel by two bodies. Marbury dribbled the ball quickly into the Lakers basket and sent the ball into the net with a reverse basket. middle.

As the scoreboard on the side of the court jumped, the Timberwolves once again opened up the score.

After the third quarter of the game, the Lakers also organized several more effective counterattacks. Kobe's shooting touch was very good, and his running position was also very slippery. Through the pick and roll, the Lakers were always able to create mismatches for Kobe. Brie's opportunity made the Lakers' perimeter offense flow much more smoothly.

Compared with Kobe's ease, O'Neal inside was a little more uncomfortable. Garnett completely let go of Eldon Campbell on the defensive end and put the focus of defense entirely on O'Neal.

Although Elden Campbell had many opportunities, Eddie Jones and Kobe Bryant, who had more possession of the ball, basically did not pass it to him, and often launched their own attacks from the outside.

The two perimeter players of the Lakers seem to be competing with each other.

The Lakers' offense is only "half of the country."

On the Timberwolves side, under the mobilization of martial arts, Garnett often pulls up to the high post to cover. Eldon Campbell's footsteps are not as fast as Garnett. When Garnett goes to the outside to cover, he has to keep up. Garnett's pace is not an easy task either.

At the same time, Garnett also has a certain ability to hold the ball. If Garnett is facing someone who is very good at defending, his high-position basket-facing ability may not be enough, but facing the slower lateral movement of El Den Campbell, Garnett's outside skills are completely dimensionality reduction.

In the second half of the third quarter, Wu Dao began to give Garnett and others a lot of opportunities. Except for Roberts, who was locked inside by O'Neal, the Timberwolves had more blossoms.

After the third quarter, the Timberwolves led the opponent by 36 points 24:12 in a single quarter. The Timberwolves' overall offensive efficiency surprised the spectators watching the game.

Martial Arts scored 21 points in a single game, another explosive scoring period.

Although Kobe tried every means to interfere with Wu Dao, and even secretly pulled Wu Dao's clothes while defending, he still failed to prevent Wu Dao from continuing to score.

When the game reached this level, the Lakers completely gave up hope of winning and replaced substitute players early in the fourth quarter. The Timberwolves did the same, replacing Wu Dao and others and replacing them with Yike. A group of substitutes led by Riske.

At center, Cherokee Parks was replaced and he was asked to play with the bench.

After three martial arts sessions, I clocked in and got off work smoothly.

He continued his hot touch in this game, scoring 54 points, 6 rebounds, 8 assists, 2 steals and 1 block in three quarters.

Garnett's side.

Although Wu Dao often gave him opportunities, he only played three quarters, scoring a total of 21 points, 11 rebounds, 2 blocks and 2 steals.

Although these are explosive statistics, O'Neal scored 26 points, 14 rebounds, and 2 blocks.

In terms of scoring data, Garnett failed to surpass O'Neal.

On the sidelines of the court, Garnett gathered with the team's analysts and looked at his various statistics for this game.

When he learned that his scoring and rebounding scores had not surpassed O'Neal's, and that Wu Dao's score was actually 50+, his face suddenly became extremely exciting.

After sitting back on the bench, he approached Martial Arts with his notebook and said with some dissatisfaction:

"Hey! Martial Arts, you guy, look, my data is not as good as O'Neal's!"

"What were you talking about before? You said my data must be better than O'Neal's."

"You lied! I will never cover for you again!"

"You bastard took so much of the ball and you didn't even share it with me!"

When Garnett was speaking, Wu Dao looked at the court. When he heard this, Wu Dao just glanced at Garnett and asked with a smile:

"The analysts should have recorded the game, right?"

"What's your shooting percentage?"

Hearing Wu Dao ask this, Garnett looked startled, lowered his head to rummage, and then replied with a smile: "18 of 9 offensively, including layups, about 50% shooting rate, 4 of 3 free throws, 75 % hit rate."

"Not bad. In the fourth position, my offensive efficiency is already very good. That's what Maxim told me."

Maxim is the name of the Timberwolves team analyst.

"Where's my hit rate?"

Garnett was stunned when he heard Wu Dao ask this question. Although he did not turn over the book in his hand, in his impression, Wu Dao's offensive efficiency seemed to be exaggerated.

“21中15，罚球6中6，三分球9中6”

"In terms of hit rate"

At this point, Garnett realized what Wu Dao was planning to say.

"I just shot more three-pointers than you, right?"

"You can't say that I have more possession of the ball."

"If your shooting percentage was the same as mine, wouldn't your statistics be worse than O'Neal's?"

"Kevin, you have to find the problem within yourself!"

“Whenever you have a problem, don’t look for the cause in others.”

As Wu Dao spoke, he slowly turned his head and said to Garnett with a smile.

Hearing this, Garnett's throat also choked, and he was suddenly speechless. Garnett knows that martial arts is nonsense, because in today's football games, most of the games between teams probably have less than 100 offensive rounds for one team.

Whether it's the number of shots at the basket or outside, if there are a hundred shots, the pace of this game is already very fast. It's completely different from the 120 and 130 shots that are common nowadays.

Wu Dao alone accounted for nearly 30 of the team's shots in the three quarters, which is almost half of the team's shots. Except for Garnett, who got the ball more today, Marbury, Tom and Roberts in the inside did not add up. There are many martial arts.

If Wu Dao said that he didn't take the ball, that would be a complete lie.

But Garnett had to admit that what Wu Dao said was not wrong, because Wu Dao's offensive efficiency was really much higher than his.

The data is all in his hands, and Garnett really has nothing to say.

Sensing Garnett's silence, Wu Dao smiled and said, "You still have to practice."

Hearing this, Garnett couldn't help but roll his eyes at Wu Dao, and moved his butt to distance himself from Wu Dao.

In the fourth quarter of the game between the Timberwolves and the Lakers, the Lakers' bench formed a crushing posture against the Timberwolves' bench.

Kobe was not substituted by the Lakers. He was a member of the substitute lineup. When Eddie Jones and O'Neal were absent, Kobe monopolized a large amount of the team's ball rights and attacked the Timberwolves' basket like a catharsis. .

Facing Kobe, the old and frail Sam Mitchell of the Timberwolves also struggled to defend. At the same time, he was frequently interfered by the dexterous Kobe when attacking.

Fortunately, Chris Kyle played well, preventing the Timberwolves from being too ugly in the fourth quarter.

At 21:34, the Timberwolves were completely crushed by the Lakers in the fourth quarter.

But this point difference is really insignificant compared to the points difference accumulated by the Lakers in the previous three quarters.

In the end, the Timberwolves won the game with a 124-point lead of 112:12.

The Lakers' 9-game winning streak was ended by the Timberwolves.

(End of this chapter)