Slam Dunk: My Study Abroad Career in Northern Hunan

Even if they are fans who support the same team, they may not have conflicts with each other.

Just like the pair of friends of similar age in the corner of the stands, although they are both fans of the Timberwolves, their favorite players are completely different.

The blond white guy likes the yellow guy who just joined the Wolves this year and has a gorgeous playing style and martial arts.

Although Wu Dao is an Asian and a yellow race, Wu Dao plays in indoor arenas all year round, and his skin is even whiter than that of some white people in the traditional sense. I don’t know if it’s for this reason. Some white children prefer martial arts and don’t like the other “black brothers” of the Wolves.

But the blond boy's friend likes Garnett, who has a fierce playing style, likes to talk trash on the court, and has strong street characteristics.

Perhaps in the eyes of black children, people like Garnett are "man" and "cool" enough.

If Garnett could rap a few words, he would be even more popular with black children.

Wu Dao scored strongly as soon as he started, which made the little black fans' faces darken. For a while, they couldn't find an angle to refute their friends. When the blond boy saw his companion shut up, the corner of his mouth curled up, and a childish cheering sound rang out from the corner of the stands:

"Come on, Wu!"

"Defeat all those bastards!"

"Lead the Timberwolves to win this game!"

The cheers of the blond boy were naturally drowned out by the tsunami-like cheers in the arena. Wu Dao quickly returned to his own half and defended outside the three-point line.

The Cavaliers, who were attacking inside, were very slow when advancing. After six or seven seconds, the Cavaliers' Brevin Knight entered the frontcourt with the ball.

After dribbling the ball at the top of the arc and observing the Timberwolves' defense, Brevin Knight glanced past Wesley Person in front of Budao, and then hoisted the ball toward the inside. .

In fact, the outside attack point here is Wesley Person, but the Timberwolves have made some adjustments. The outside player guarding Wesley Person has been replaced by Martial Arts from Sam Mitchell.

Mitchell is a little older, and his athletic ability has actually begun to decline. In the previous matchup with Wesley Person, his disadvantage was obvious.

Although Wu Dao is much taller than the defenders, his speed and strength are not slower than those of ordinary defenders. Although players like Wesley Person have good physical talents, compared with martial arts, they are still lacking!

Obviously, the Cavaliers' Brevin Knight also knew this very well. They had studied the Timberwolves before the game and knew that Wu Dao's single defense ability was terrifying. In previous games, they defended other teams' outside aces. The suffering is unspeakable.

Blevins Knight did not intend to let his teammates test the defensive strength of Wu Dao. He chose a safer style of play.

Give the ball to Sean Kemp, the rain man in the paint, and he will naturally lead the team to victory!

At the edge of the paint area, Sean Kemp caught the ball with his back. After a simple blow, he quickly put his hands on the ball and made a shoulder cover. Then he quickly turned to face the basket and raised the ball with a fake move to deceive Garnett. , his right hand became a ball protector, he jumped up with both feet and took the initiative to meet Garnett. He blocked Garnett's block with one hand, grabbed the ball with his left hand and hooked the ball to the basket.

There were no complicated footwork changes, just such a simple and solid action, which easily lit up Garnett and then put the basketball into the basket.

Garnett maintained his posture very well when defending. Although there was some physical contact with Shawn Kemp, the referee who was watching all this from the bottom line did not blow the whistle.

After the basketball hit the net, the Cavaliers' bench also let out bursts of cheers.

But in the stands, the home fans who saw the Cavaliers score were silent for a while.

"Hurry up and fight back!"

But soon, a sharp and childish shout sounded from the corner of the stands, which seemed so abrupt in this quiet venue.

Martial Arts, who was marching towards the front court, also looked at the sound, and what caught his eye was a blond boy holding a support sign with his own initials.

A smile appeared on Wu Dao's face and he gave a thumbs up in the direction of the young man, as if he was praising the other party for his enthusiastic cheers.

At the same time, the home DJ also cooperated very well by playing a piece of music to encourage offense. As Marbury dribbled the ball into the frontcourt and the basketball was transferred to Wu Dao's hands, the music stopped.

Holding the ball from the outside, Wu Dao repeated his old tricks when facing Wesli Posen's defense. He directly pushed Wesli Poson on the opponent's body, pushing Wesli Poson back a step. At that time, Wesley Person also learned a lesson, removed his stool, and then tried to steal from the side of Wu Dao.

But at the moment when the gap appeared, Wu Dao suddenly turned around, and when Wesley Person pounced, he quickly changed direction and directly accelerated to pass Wesley Person.

Wu Dao, who had reached the mid-range, had no intention of testing Shawn Kemp's defensive strength. Before the opponent came up to defend, he made a pull-up jump shot and sent the ball away.

"Shh!"

As a soft sound was heard in the field, there was a burst of cheers from the stands.

Wu Dao glanced at the basketball falling from the net and quickly turned back to defend. For Martial Arts, Wesley Person's defense without any sense of oppression is impossible to affect his performance.

This kind of "shooting training" couldn't be easier. If you hit a hundred shots with the same ball, you can probably count the number of missed shots in martial arts on one hand.

Although the Timberwolves have not been able to narrow the point difference, judging from the offense and defense in these rounds, the Cavaliers have no way to suppress the performance of martial arts.

Coach Philip of the Timberwolves noticed this, and in fact, coach Mike Fratello of the Timberwolves also noticed this.

But there is nothing the Cavaliers can do about this. Sometimes, guarding a player is not something you don't want to do, but something you can do.

Mike Fratello also tried to ask his players to double-team Wu Dao, but what made them despair was that even in the face of a double-team, Wu Dao should pull up or pull out, or rush in, even though he encountered a stronger opponent when shooting. Interference, but Wu Dao's outside shooting rate is still very outrageous.

With the main offensive axis, the other Timberwolves players know what they need to do. Marbury just runs into the open space after dribbling the ball into the frontcourt, while Sam Mitchell often gets into the basket to help his teammates get stuck. position, ready to grab offensive rebounds.

Garnett is a little busier. Sometimes he goes out to help cover when Wu Dao encounters a double-team, or he moves around to give Wu Dao space.

Although the offensive burden of the Timberwolves is placed on Wu Dao alone, the entire Timberwolves team is revitalized. The players seem to have found the backbone, playing around Wu Dao to make Wu Dao feel comfortable.

On the Cavaliers side, there is no way to limit the performance of martial arts on the defensive end. They can only find ways on the offensive end.

Garnett gradually adapted to the pressure brought by Sean Kemp. His defensive level improved rapidly in just a few minutes, and he was occasionally able to interfere with Sean Kemp's offense.

As for the Cavaliers' outside players, they are basically in a state of misfire. Sam Mitchell played very well against Cedric Henderson. The opponent is a functional player who averages about 10 points per game. Under Mitchell's full defense, Cedric Henderson was completely muted.

This kind of thing also happened to Brevin Knight, who was marked by Marbury, and Wesley Person, who was marked by Wu Dao.

Although relying on running positions and alternating screens can occasionally create short-term shooting opportunities for players, under the defensive pressure of the Timberwolves, the Cavaliers' perimeter offensive efficiency is very low.

The entire team's offensive tasks fall on the two players inside. Sean Kemp played very well, and the Cavaliers' young center Vitali Potapenko also taught Cherokee Parks of the Timberwolves a good lesson.

After the third quarter, the Timberwolves recovered 29 points with a score of 21:8 in a single quarter.

The score of the two teams also went from the original 44:54 to 73:75, and the point difference narrowed to 2 points.

Wu Dao scored 13 points, 3 rebounds and 3 assists in a single quarter. Although it is not an explosion in terms of scoring in a single quarter, while he played an excellent performance, he also revitalized the entire team.

After narrowing the 8-point gap in one quarter, the Timberwolves fans suddenly cheered loudly.

It is worth mentioning that Garnett played quite well when facing Sean Kemp. The opponent's shots and shooting percentage were both suppressed. After one quarter, Sean Kemp also "only" Just got 7 points.

Although in this era, 7 points in a single quarter is already an excellent performance, from the martial arts perspective, being able to control the fishmen to this score is already quite good.

Although Sean Kemp himself is not the kind of player who scores explosively, he can't hold back his explosion and revitalize the entire team, right?

In the fourth quarter, the Cavaliers still failed to find a way to break the Timberwolves' offense. After the break, all the players could only bite the bullet and return to the court.

In the fourth quarter, the Cavaliers finally got a chance to open the ball, but after being chased by the Timberwolves to a 2-point deficit, the mentality of the Cavaliers' players also changed to some extent.

On the first attack after the game started, Cedric Henderson drove to the basket for a layup, but was interfered by Garnett, who was assisting on defense, and the basketball crashed out of the basket.

The dropped rebound was also picked up by Garnett in his second jump, and was thrown towards Wu Dao who was quickly counterattacking.

In the fourth quarter, Sam Mitchell was replaced by Tom. The energetic Wu Dao, Marbury and Tom decided to speed up the pace. They not only wanted to completely erase the two-point difference in the fourth quarter, but also The difference is opened in reverse!

The basketball fell into Wu Dao's hands. Faced with Wesley Person, who was quickly pursuing him, Wu Dao accelerated his advance. When he crossed the three-point line, Wesley Person also appeared from Wu Dao's side.

When Wu Dao took off with the ball one step in front of the free throw line, Wesley Person still went around to the side of Wu Dao and took off almost at the same time as Wu Dao in an attempt to block Wu Dao.

But as Wu Dao grabbed the ball with one hand and dunked the ball into the basket against Wesley Person's defense, the referee's whistle also sounded.

2+1.

At the beginning of the fourth quarter, Wu Dao used a dunk to declare to everyone his determination to win this game.

The result of the game did not disappoint the Timberwolves home fans. In the fourth quarter, the Timberwolves completely picked up the pace, making the Cavaliers, who built their team around the inside, miserable.

In the last quarter, martial arts broke out completely, absorbing almost all the team's ball rights, scoring 21 points in a single quarter, and finally helped the team protect their dignity at home with an absolute advantage of 30:20 in a single quarter.

In the end, the Timberwolves easily defeated the Cavaliers 103:95.

From the beginning of the season to the present, the Timberwolves lead the Western Conference with a terrifying record of 10 wins and 1 loss.

Wu Dao scored 44 points, 7 rebounds and 9 assists in this game. With comprehensive statistical performance, he is undoubtedly the best player on the team.

After this game, all Timberwolves fans who watched the game, regardless of whether they originally supported martial arts or not, became fans of martial arts after the game.

Even if you are a hater and don't like martial arts, the efficient performance of martial arts in this game is undisputed.

After the game, the Timberwolves only celebrated briefly. Early the next morning, the team boarded a chartered flight to Salt Lake City, Utah.

For NBA players, their regular season life consists of rushing, playing, playing, and rushing.

Of course, this is for those more normal players. There are many players in the league who like to "play". No matter where they go to play, they can make some gossip.

Even the self-disciplined Carter in the eyes of the public once had the outrageous incident of flying back to North Carolina to attend the graduation ceremony before the tiebreaker in the playoffs.

From a process perspective, Carter did not delay the game, rushed back in time before the game, and only attended a graduation ceremony. This should have been a "reasonable" and "understandable" thing.

But after the Raptors lost the tiebreaker, the impact of Carter's "catching a flight" became quite large.

Whenever a reporter talks about the Raptors losing, they always mention Carter returning to North Carolina to attend the graduation ceremony, as if the team's loss was entirely due to Carter.

Everyone seems to have forgotten that the final reason why there was a tiebreaker was because the Raptors did not have the strength to crush their opponents.

At that time, the strength of the Raptors and the 76ers was only about the same, and the outcome was decided by all the players.

The Timberwolves have a very good team atmosphere so far.

Although the coaching staff did not say anything clearly to the players, everyone in the Timberwolves knew that young Wu Dao was the leader of this team.

The leader's style and habits will subtly affect all other team members.

The attitude of martial arts towards competition is two words: seriousness.

This was the attitude of martial arts in previous games. Facing the Jazz game, martial arts will only show more seriousness and caution.

The Utah Jazz, the team led by Malone, is definitely one of the most difficult super teams in the Western Conference.

If Wu Dao remembers correctly, this year's Jazz were the super-powerful team that swept the Lakers 4-0 in the Western Conference Finals and reached the Finals, standing in front of Jordan and preventing him from achieving his second dynasty.

"Even in the regular season, be careful of the muscular man's iron elbow!"

On the plane, Wu Dao looked at the sea of ​​clouds outside the window and secretly warned himself.

(End of this chapter)