Slam Dunk: My Study Abroad Career in Northern Hunan

Bird's encouragement, or "reminder", can indeed mobilize the enthusiasm of the Pacers players. Although all of these Pacers players are "elderly".

But when they stand on this court as players, they are still proud and still have a strong desire to win.

And superstars like Reggie Miller who emerged from the basketball environment of the 90s are more proud than other players.

On the court, the Pacers quickly organized a counterattack. Mark Jackson at position 1 took the ball in the backcourt. When he just crossed the center line with the ball, Reggie Jackson, who was originally standing outside the three-point line in the corner, Miller moved quickly. His escape movement was still very big, he stretched out his hand to push Wu Dao, and then quickly crossed Wu Dao and penetrated towards the inside.

At the same time, Dale Davis, who had just crossed the three-point line from the top of the arc and ran to the inside, "happened" to pass by. Reggie Miller turned to one side and quickly passed by his teammates. When the pursuing Wu Dao was about to cross At that moment, Dale Davis paused and blocked the path of martial arts.

Faced with this kind of cover, Wu Dao turned sideways, dodged and passed through, and at the same time put his body's strength on Dale Davis. Dale Davis, who was standing still, also leaned forward and couldn't help but take a step back.

Being violently squeezed away by Wu Dao, Dale Davis couldn't help but glance in the direction in which Wu Dao ran away. There was a bit of shock in his eyes, but he soon returned to normal.

"As expected of a first-year student who can knock down a postman. He is so strong. He won't lose to others even if he plays the 4th position."

With a sigh in his heart, Dale Davis saw that Reggie Miller, who was being chased by Wu Dao, had already caught the ball in the three-point line in the left area. The outside stars of this era have not accepted the "magic ball" theory. The baptism, even in the low-efficiency area, will have a large number of shots.

Reggie Miller is very good off the ball and is very good at using the movement, positioning and screening of his teammates to find opportunities for himself.

And he is very good at catching and shooting. Compared with his mediocre offensive ability with the ball, Reggie Miller's off-ball ability is completely top-notch in the era.

It can be said that he is actually the Curry of the 90s. The only difference between him and Curry is probably the ball-holding offense.

But this gap is not so easy to measure, because the era in which Reggie Miller lived was the brutal NBA in the 90s. The defensive pressure from defensive players faced by Curry and Reggie Miller was completely different.

Starting with the basketball, Reggie Miller blasted the ball, turned to face the basket, and shot quickly. The moment he took action, Martial Arts, who was nearly 1 meter away from him, also jumped up.

The black shadow instantly obscured Reggie Miller's sight.

The basketball was released. Under the watchful eyes of everyone, the basketball thrown by Reggie Miller hit the edge of the basket and then bounced outside.

Although Wu Dao's pursuit was delayed, his physical condition allowed him to still give the opponent a terrifying sense of defensive pressure when Reggie Miller took action.

Even a superstar like Reggie Miller was caught by Budao's defense and his shots were slightly off.

Although Reggie Miller did not make a shot, the Timberwolves still failed to protect the defensive rebound. Rick Schmitz, who quickly squeezed into the basket, gave the opponent Garnett a "100 million point" physical confrontation. , although Garnett occupied a better position to grab the board, he couldn't jump at all under the strong physical contact.

Likewise, Rick Schmitz can't jump, but he's tall!

I saw Rick Schmitz gently tiptoe and click directly under the basketball. The falling basketball immediately rose in the opposite direction, and then fell steadily into the basket and swiped into the net.

"Hey!!"

"Defensive rebound!"

"Pay attention to protecting the rebound!"

Losing points is actually normal. After all, no matter how good a team is, it is impossible not to lose points. But the loss of defensive rebounds was not something Coach Philip could tolerate, and he immediately yelled at the players on the court.

Garnett looked embarrassed, and martial arts was actually the same.

He is a small forward. In addition to attacking tough situations, grabbing rebounds is actually one of the things he has to do.

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Reggie Miller's shooting position was too close to the three-point line, and in order to defend, Wu Dao also jumped with all his strength. He simply couldn't return to the inside to grab the rebound.

Ben Wallace glanced at the coach off the court, then quickly bowed, picked up the basketball, walked off the court, and served to his teammates without saying a word.

Although he didn't say anything, at this time, Ben Wallace already knew clearly what he was going to do on the court.

He cooperated with other members of the Timberwolves for the first time, but he was also very clear about his position on the court.

The offense and defense alternated. Marbury quickly held the ball and entered the frontcourt. The Timberwolves counterattacked quickly. The Pacers' players had just returned to the court, and the Timberwolves' players had already followed them to the frontcourt.

Ben Wallace provided an off-ball screen for Wu Dao, and Wu Dao did not hesitate. Using the pick-and-roll, Wu Dao moved directly toward the baseline.

Dale Davis, who was chasing Wallace, saw Wu Dao making an empty cut and quickly blocked Wu Dao. And Wu Dao, who entered the low post, had no intention of leaving. On the side of the paint area, he withstood Dale Davis with his back and reached for the ball.

"Ok?"

Marbury saw Wu Dao actually going down low to ask for the ball. After muttering in surprise, Marbury lobbed the ball to Wu Dao.

Starting with the basketball, Wu Dao, with his back body, blasted the ball with his back, grabbed the ball with his left hand and quickly swung his head sideways, then turned his back from the right, and quickly faced the basket and shot a fadeaway jumper.

A simple feint instantly created space for Wu Dao himself, and his fadeaway jumper near the basket was simply not something Dale Davis, who was similar to himself, could stop. His strength is slightly worse than that of Martial Arts, and he is on the defensive side. When Martial Arts blows the ball from behind, he cannot keep up with Martial Arts.

There was a crisp sound as the basketball hit the net.

The Target Center Arena was already filled with cheers.

Easily scoring 7 points, Wu Dao's "comeback" battle state was as usual, terrifyingly strong.

When the Pacers players saw Wu Dao scoring consecutive goals, they couldn't help but cast more eyes on Wu Dao. Mr. Bird on the sidelines was also full of displeasure at this moment, and roared at the players on the court:

"What are you doing! Why are you so soft? You look like a girl!"

"Do you want me to teach you how to defend?"

"Hey! Wake up, everyone, and treat this game like a series."

Bird roared very loudly, but the effect was average. The Pacers quickly pushed back and closed in. Mark Jackson was waiting for the opportunity at the top of the arc, while Reggie Miller began to quickly weave across the court under the guard of Wu Dao. He's very quick and takes advantage of teammates' screens.

Facing Reggie Miller who was running wide, Wu Dao did not dare to slack off and stuck tightly to each other. It was just a tacit understanding among the Pacers players. When Reggie Miller interspersed his movements, someone would often delay Wu Dao's pursuit.

This gave Reggie Miller another chance to shoot with the ball, but it was different from before. This time, he caught the ball from outside the three-point line. While lifting the ball, Wu Dao also chased it from inside. .

Reggie Miller raised the ball a little, and the martial arts was successfully activated by him. Then Reggie Miller took a side step and shot another three-pointer.

However, what surprised Reggie Miller was that after landing, the defensive martial arts took off twice non-stop, and a black shadow quickly moved in front of him from the corner of his eye. This sudden change also disrupted Reggie Miller's shooting rhythm.

"Dang~~"

With a crisp sound of iron, the basketball fell sideways.

Ben Wallace pressed his back tightly against Dale Davis and tried to push his opponent outwards. When the basketball went down the road, Garnett, who was not far away, rushed over and jumped up to successfully pass the ball. Caught in hand.

Seeing his teammates get the ball, Ben Wallace also had a smile in his eyes, quickly turned around and ran towards the frontcourt, hiding his merit and fame.

Garnett grabbed the rebound, looked happy, passed the ball to Marbury, and then quickly entered the frontcourt.

The Pacers failed to score a three-pointer, and Marbury seemed unwilling to be lonely and also tried a three-pointer.

Mark Jackson's defense is "very particular". When Marbury tries to break through, he will put pressure on him. However, Mark Jackson is completely unprepared for Marbury's possible three-point long shot.

Marbury also didn't believe in evil. He was still more than 20 centimeters away from the three-pointer and shot the three-pointer directly.

Mark Jackson only raised his hands symbolically and "pretended" to defend.

"Dang~~~"

The insulting defensive method actually achieved good results. Marbury's shot crashed out of the basket, and the rebound was caught by Chris Mullin who was rushing inside.

The Pacers counterattacked with a fast break. Reggie Miller and Mark Jackson started the fast break. Wu Dao and Marbury reacted quickly and chased the Pacers who were pushing back. Seeing that the fast break failed, they walked The attackers simply slowed down their pace and switched to positional warfare.

But this time, the end point was Rick Schmitz, and the basketball was also given to Rick Schmitz. Reggie Miller's off-ball movement did not give Rick Schmitz a good performance. space.

Wallace on the other side is also eyeing Rick Schmitz covetously.

But Rick Schmitz didn't seem to notice, and he hit the ball behind the back. Although he couldn't push Garnett, relying on his height and long arms, Rick Schmitz got up under the basket and pushed Garnett. The defense went straight to the layup.

Garnett and Wallace, who was not far away, took off together, but Rick Schmitz moved very quickly. By the time their arms were raised to a position where they could block the shot, the basketball had already touched the ground. It hit the backboard and then bounced into the basket.

Rick Schmitz's style of play is a little different from the muscle sticks of this era. It feels soft and hard, which is very inconsistent. However, such an inconsistent style of play is Able to score the ball.

This Dutch giant is obviously not an inside player from the United States. His style is very different from others. Garnett has a hard time defending.

"Mobilize that insider."

While running towards the frontcourt, Wu Dao reminded Garnett softly as he passed by.

The Dutch giant's style of play reminds Wu Dao of Dayao, and there are many ways to deal with this kind of inside.

That is to force him to move. The bigger the size, the faster he gets tired. This is used by most players in the NBA.

Garnett has the shooting ability to make Rick Schmitz run. If he is exhausted on the defensive end, it will be difficult to maintain his physical strength on the offensive end.

The number of offensive and defensive insider superstars is limited!

In fact, even without martial arts tips, Garnett knew how he should seek a breakthrough, and that was exactly what he wanted to do.

So when Budao stood on the wing again, a strange scene appeared in the stadium.

The two inside players on the Timberwolves side ran out from the inside. When Marbury gave the ball to Wu Dao, Garnett and Wallace, one on the left and one on the right, acted like two goalkeepers, directly passing the ball to Wu Dao. Reggie Miller's made a dumpling.

After his teammates set up a pick-and-roll, Wu Dao quickly rushed in from the left. Near the free throw line, he met Rick Schmitz who was on defense. With just a simple pause, Rick Schmitz's body froze. There, watching Wu Dao accelerate towards the basket.

“Bang!!!”

There was a loud noise from the empty basket, and he passed Rick Schmitz's martial arts one-handed dunk and poured the ball into the basket.

Cheers rang out from the stands, and Philip clenched his fists and smiled broadly when he saw Wu Dao's performance today.

Recovered, needless to say, this kid must have recovered.

Seeing Wu Dao score again, Bird calmed down completely, holding his hands and looking at the players on the field.

In this attack of the Pacers, Rick Schmitz, who showed confidence, caught the ball from the side of the free throw line, turned over and shot under Garnett's defense, but the basketball collapsed out of the basket and was rushed back to Garnett inside. Special took it in his hand.

Once again, the offense and defense changed. The Timberwolves started a fast break and went three-on-three in the frontcourt.

The Pacers' three perimeter defenders all returned to defense, and Marbury, who got the basketball, directly passed Mark Jackson in disguise in advance, went straight inside along the middle, and then followed Chris Mullin's pursuit with a high pass. A layup after a difficult physical confrontation sent the ball into the basket.

Although he failed to cause a foul on the opponent, his tough goal also attracted applause from the audience in the stands.

Marbury himself also has a surge in confidence.

The Pacers' counterattack came quickly. Chris Mullin caught the ball from the side and used his teammates' pick-and-roll to force a kill to the basket. However, during the layup, he was slapped by Wallace who was filling in with the ball. Come down.

Ben Wallace's defensive action was very rough, and he was naturally called for a foul. Seeing Chris Mullin make one of two free throws, Wallace actually had a smile on his face.

It's just his defensive style that seems to have completely activated this Pacers team.

"Is this how you play ball?!"

"Tell me earlier!"

“Aren’t we good at playing like this!”

Bird originally thought that maybe the players were "shy" and did not find a familiar rhythm in the first quarter. At this time, when he saw the Timberwolves starting to "increase intensity", a smile suddenly appeared on his face.

Players of his age are most familiar with "high-intensity games."

Most of the Pacers' players have just passed their prime and begun to decline or have just entered the final years of their careers, but like young people, they can still increase the intensity of the game!