Slam Dunk: My Study Abroad Career in Northern Hunan

Wu Dao's successive goals also made Minnesota fans excited.

From the beginning of this section, the performance of martial arts has become what they are familiar with.

In the following rounds of offense and defense, Eddie Jones, who was defending Wu Dao, completely became the backdrop for Wu Dao, and on the defensive end, he became a sieve for Wu Dao to break through.

Under the defense of Eddie Jones, Wu Dao played extremely easily whether it was shooting or rushing. Eddie Jones is not a player who is good at defense. Coupled with the huge physical gap between him and Wu Dao, he is extremely weak when defending Wu Dao.

The first step of martial arts activation is very fast. If he wants to defend against martial arts sudden advances, Eddie Jones must lower his center of gravity so that he can keep up with his opponent's movements immediately.

But at the same time, Wu Dao also has excellent shooting skills. The height and wingspan gap between Eddie Jones and Wu Dao forces Eddie Jones to defend Wu Dao's shooting, so he must raise his center of gravity so that he can reach out to interfere immediately.

To prevent breakthroughs, you need to lower your focus, otherwise you will not be able to withstand the power of martial arts and cannot keep up with martial arts. To prevent shooting, you need to raise your focus, otherwise you will just watch martial arts perform shooting training.

When this dilemma was given to Eddie Jones, he chose to have both.

But the final result is that Eddie Jones can neither prevent martial arts' breakthroughs nor martial arts' projections.

Of course, the Lakers coach noticed Eddie Jones's weakness when facing martial arts, but he also had no good way to give Eddie Jones.

Let their team's power forward pay more attention to Wu Dao's breakthrough, and let Eddie Jones on the outside focus on defending Wu Dao's shooting?

If this is done, the Timberwolves' Garnett will definitely be released.

When Garnett is defended by players, his offensive efficiency can be called "good", but if he is left open, Garnett's offensive efficiency can be called "excellent".

The worried Lakers did not make lineup adjustments immediately in the third quarter, which allowed the Timberwolves to chase 6 points in a very short period of time.

Halfway through the third quarter, the point difference between the Timberwolves and the Lakers had narrowed to 9 points, which became single digits.

As the point difference narrowed, the Lakers also slightly adjusted their defensive tactics, allowing players such as Kobe and Fisher to shrink their defense and give up their three-point defense against Marbury and Chriss.

Instead, strengthen the team's defensive intensity in the paint area.

After the Lakers made some adjustments to their defensive formation, Eddie Jones's defense of Wu Dao also changed. His defensive focus was raised, his defense of Wu Dao's three-point shooting was strengthened, and his defense of Wu Dao's breakthrough and inefficiency zone shooting Defense weakened.

Although the confrontation time with Budo was short, Eddie Jones quickly accepted the reality.

He knew that with his own strength, he simply couldn't guard against martial arts. If he could successfully guard against one of the opponent's breakthrough and three-point shooting methods, it would be regarded as his outstanding performance.

The main purpose of the Lakers making such defensive adjustments is to hope that the Timberwolves can increase their outside shooting.

The Lakers believe in the three-point ability of Marbury and Chris Kyle. They know that relying on the three-point shooting percentage of these two people, there is no way to end this game.

As for Martial Arts, the Lakers hope that Martial Arts can increase shooting in inefficient areas.

This is also a game before the Lakers studied martial arts, and the solution they came up with was not a solution.

The Lakers don't have players who can kill one-on-one with martial arts. Packing and teaming up for a zone defense will also unbalance the team's defense. The Timberwolves, even if they don't count martial arts, have many threatening scoring points.

If you want to limit the performance of martial arts and at the same time ensure that the team's overall defensive strength is not degraded, this kind of defense is the best way.

Inefficient area, what is an inefficient area?

That is, the difficulty of scoring is not much different from that of scoring a three-pointer, but after the goal is scored, there is only a two-point area.

Generally speaking, it refers to the area of ​​about one and a half meters within the three-point line, which can be called an inefficiency zone.

After the Lakers adjusted their defensive tactics, Wu Dao also subconsciously increased his passes to Chris Kyle and Marbury.

When Chris, who was holding the ball, brought the ball to the top of the arc, he saw the empty space in front of him and had the idea of ​​trying an open three-pointer in his mind.

After receiving several martial arts passes, Chris himself will increase the number of three-pointers.

And just as the Lakers expected, as Wu Dao took fewer shots, the Timberwolves' scoring tide also receded.

In the second half of the third quarter, Wu Dao played very well as a team. He himself was very clear about Coach Phillip's intentions, but he also followed Coach Phillip's wishes.

Philip tried to teach Wu Dao "The Timberwolves are still an excellent team even without you."

But similarly, Martial Arts also hopes to teach Philip that "the Timberwolves are not a strong team without me."

In the third quarter, the score between the Timberwolves and Lakers reached 28:29.

Budao's initial momentum of chasing points did not continue. He scored 11 points in this quarter, but as the ball rights were reduced, his single-quarter scoring "ended here."

To score these 11 points, Wu Dao only took 6 shots.

Minnesota fans still cheered enthusiastically for the Timberwolves, but watching the Timberwolves' game today gave them a very strange feeling.

Is it because the Timberwolves played so abnormally today?

It doesn't seem like that. Wu Dao's handling of the ball is very "rules". The ball finds an open position, and no one will say anything about it.

At the same time, the Timberwolves' players didn't seem to have much of a problem playing, and there wasn't much of a problem when they should shoot when they were open.

If we really have to find any fault with the Timberwolves' game today, it's that Garnett took fewer shots than in the past.

As for martial arts

Some of Wu Dao's "reluctant" shots have been reduced, and judging from Wu Dao's efficiency, there are no problems with his passing choices.

But such a Timberwolves team with no problems was at a disadvantage in the game against the Lakers who were missing O'Neal.

After three quarters, the point difference between the two teams had become 14 points.

In the final fourth quarter of the game, if a miracle didn't happen, the Timberwolves would have no chance of winning this game.

The team was lagging behind. During the break, except for martial arts, everyone in the Timberwolves' players had a sense of urgency in their minds.

However, there is a sense of urgency. The Timberwolves players just felt that they did not feel good today and did not think about making any adjustments in technical and tactical aspects.

Philip didn't know whether he didn't notice it or deliberately didn't remind the team members. After encouraging the team members for a few words, he didn't say anything more.

As the rest time passed quietly, the players from both teams returned to the court.

Kobe and Fisher have been replaced, and the Lakers have returned to the same lineup as the starting lineup.

As for the Timberwolves, Phillip did not keep Chris on the court, but replaced Chris with Tom, allowing Marbury to return to the No. 1 position.

At the beginning of the fourth quarter, the Lakers continued to shrink their defense. Except for the dedicated defenders on the martial arts side, several other players shrank.

Tom has trouble shooting three-pointers. When he is open, he will more often choose to raise the ball one step inside the three-point line and shoot.

Marbury also reduced his three-point shots and added some small throws during breakthroughs.

On Wu Dao's side, they still played the same as in the first quarter, mainly running and scoring. Some long-shot opportunities for emergency stop jumpers were given up by Wu Dao, trying to give their players as many open shots as possible.

In short, Wu Dao still played very reasonably in the fourth quarter.

The game between the Timberwolves and the Lakers slowly passed in a slightly weird atmosphere.

As the final whistle sounded. The Timberwolves lost this game 94:107.

武道单场砍下了22分7板7助2抢断1封盖的全面数据，就以一个3号位的数据而言，武道的发挥，是相当不错的。

In addition to Wu Dao, the Timberwolves also had three people score in double figures. Garnett scored 19 points in a single game, Marbury scored 25 points, and Chriss also scored 11 points.

Other players such as Wallace and Cherokee Parks all scored some goals.

Marbury's game today is the game with the most points in recent times. From the data point of view, Marbury's score is very dazzling, surpassing Martial Arts, which has always had the most gorgeous statistics.

However, the team's data analysts clearly know that although the score difference between Wu Dao and Marbury is not much, the difference in scoring efficiency between the two is not even a little bit.

Marbury used 22 shots to complete the 25 points.

But on the martial arts side, it only took 13 shots in total. The terrifying scoring efficiency is simply not comparable to Marbury.

Correspondingly, Garnett's 19 points also took 17 shots. As for other players.

But after the game, the team's data analyst did not immediately talk to Philip about these things. Today's loss made Minnesota's home fans even more disappointed.

Fans are not data analysts, and they have no idea what was behind the Timberwolves' loss.

They only know one thing, the Timberwolves lost today.

Moreover, today's martial arts "only" scored 22 points in a single game, and its performance was not as good as the previous games.

It's not that the fans want to throw the blame for the team's loss to Wu Dao, but the fans feel that if Wu Dao breaks out like usual today, the Timberwolves will definitely not lose.

After this idea appeared, after the game, the fans hoped that Wu Dao could perform as well as in previous games, scoring 30+, 40+ or ​​even 50+ points.

Because in the eyes of the fans, as long as Wu Dao can score so many points, it is not difficult for the Timberwolves to win.

After the game, the Timberwolves and Lakers accepted interviews with the media respectively.

Although the Lakers' Eddie Jones was beaten by martial arts on the court, it was only the few minutes when the two faced off.

Eddie Jones played 40 minutes in this game and scored 34 points, 6 rebounds, 1 assist and 3 steals. His scoring performance was the best in the entire game.

Eddie Jones, who won the game, couldn't hold back the joy on his face when he was being interviewed by media reporters.

"The Lakers successfully defeated the Timberwolves today, and we know that Shaquille O'Neal did not appear on the court."

"Eddie is undoubtedly the team's biggest contributor to winning today's game."

"Eddie, how does it feel to defeat the Timberwolves? Compared with the Timberwolves' martial arts skills and yours, who do you think is the better player."

The reporter in Los Angeles beamed and said to Eddie Jones with a smile.

"I'm very happy. Of course I'm very happy to be able to take revenge against the Timberwolves in Minnesota."

"I think our Lakers fans will also be very happy."

"For the martial arts of the Timberwolves."

"I don't want to belittle the opponent after the team wins. I think the game data can explain something."

"Obviously, in today's game, Wu Dao is not the best player!"

Eddie Jones answered reporters' questions with a smile, and the press conference was filled with laughter.

On the other side, coach Philip also brought Marbury and Wu Dao to the press conference after the game.

When reporters asked why the Timberwolves lost to the Lakers today, coach Philip thought about it for a moment and replied:

“The team’s loss is undoubtedly due to our coaching staff.”

"Our Timberwolves guys are great and they want to win."

"We at the Timberwolves didn't do enough to limit Eddie Jones of the Lakers."

Whether it is based on reality or team cohesion considerations, Philip is unlikely to pass the blame at this time. What he said was only half right. When he mentioned that "there are not enough restrictions on Eddie Jones," Philip was actually talking about him.

The reporter's question was pushed away by Philip using "Tai Chi".

The reporter quickly pointed his finger at Martial Arts and asked Martial Arts:

"Wu, we know you scored 22 points in this game today."

"Admittedly, if I ask you by the standards of a rookie, the 22-point scoring performance is already quite outstanding."

"But please understand that we fans have never treated you as a rookie."

"Compared to your performance in previous games, your score in today's game was not outstanding."

"What do you think caused it?"

The atmosphere at the Timberwolves' press conference was not as cheerful as the Lakers'.

A lot of local Minnesota media came. The reporters were not very interested when the home team lost.

This press conference is actually a sharing meeting.

"Well"

"If you watched the game, you should find that my offensive efficiency is not much different from previous games."

"My personal score has dropped because I'm playing more as a team."

"I feel like I'm evolving in a good direction, don't you?"

With a faint smile on his face, Wu Dao took the opportunity of the press conference to speak.

He did not show any dissatisfaction, but Wu Dao knew very well that his words would soon "remind" the fans.

High-end statistics are not popular in this era, but the concept of offensive efficiency is still understood by senior fans.

Wu Dao knows that soon, there will be Timberwolves fans studying this thing.

By then, his status in the Timberwolves team may be really difficult to shake.

Sometimes it's not that Martial Arts wants to compete for the so-called "right to speak", it's just that in his current position, if he doesn't advance, he will retreat.

Either reduce the proportion of tactics or increase them.

There is no other way.

Wu Dao doesn't want to completely break up with the coaching staff. He doesn't know how to imitate Kobe and show off to the coaching staff, so he needs the help of the fans.

The fans will naturally put the yellow robe on him

(End of this chapter)