Slam Dunk: My Study Abroad Career in Northern Hunan

The Bulls led by Michael Jordan are synonymous with "the strongest team" in this era.

Although from the beginning of the season to the present, the Bulls have a record of 20 wins and 9 losses, and many teams have defeated the Bulls, but that is because today's Bulls are a remnant team, and the Bulls' "second boss" Pippen Did not participate in the previous nearly 30 games.

Therefore, in the minds of most fans, the Bulls are still the same Bulls, the same Bulls team that has won the NBA championship for two consecutive years.

And Michael Jordan, who holds 5 championship rings, is a worthy player in the league and the strongest player in active service.

Even if Jordan's performance in the game has some ups and downs, there is absolutely no way to shake Jordan's status in the hearts of fans.

Strictly speaking, Wu Dao is not a fan of Jordan, but when he and Jordan stand in the same arena, Wu Dao will inevitably have some different emotions in his mind.

That is not a "pilgrimage" mentality, but a sense of accomplishment, or an inexplicable sense of conquest?

Wu Dao didn't know how to describe the feeling in his heart at this time. It was always very strange.

In the middle circle, the person standing in front of Wu Dao was not Michael Jordan, but Tony Cookic. His height is similar to that of a martial artist, and he plays a risky position. In the Bulls, he has always been a substitute for Pippen.

Wu Dao originally thought that Jordan would be facing off against him, but he did not expect that the person facing him would be Tony Cookic.

Wu Dao subconsciously looked in the direction of Jordan and found that Jordan's attention was on the referee who was very strong in kicking off the ball and the two centers. From the corner of his eye, he also glanced at Tom who was opposite him. On his body was a black face with no expression, looking like a "cold-faced killer".

If you don't pay even a little attention to martial arts, you will treat martial arts as if it is nothing.

"Hey, young man!"

"What are you looking at?"

"Your opponent is standing in front of you, don't look anywhere else~"

At this moment, Tony Kuqi, who was standing in front of Wu Dao, bowed slightly and said to Wu Dao. His tone was a bit frivolous. It could be seen that Tony Kuqi's mentality was quite relaxed.

Hearing this, Wu Dao also retracted his gaze, then nodded with a smile and responded:

"Yes, my opponent is right in front of me!"

At this moment, Wu Dao also understood the bull's intention, and a slight smile appeared on his face.

Why don't the Bulls let Jordan, the strongest perimeter defender, defend themselves? Is it because Jordan is afraid? Obviously, this is simply impossible.

The Bulls asked Tony Cookic to guard Wu Dao just to tell Wu Dao: "A newcomer like you is not qualified to let Michael guard you!"

"Beep——"

After the players from both sides were in position, the referee stepped onto the center line with the ball. After tilting his head to the left and right to signal the players on both sides to get ready, the referee also threw the ball high into the air with a whistle.

Luke Longley in the center circle and Cherokee Parks from the Timberwolves also took off and pointed at the basketball.

Luke Longley is a white center born in Australia. His tactical status in the Bulls is not very high. He is the fourth offensive point. The most important work he does on the court is blocking, defense, and finally. It's an auxiliary offense.

Luke Longley's athletic talent is only in the middle and lower reaches in the "monster-filled" NBA. He has some bounce, but it is impossible to say that he is outstanding.

But facing Cherokee Parks, who also had average athletic talent, Luke Longley was able to take advantage of him.

"Ta~"

With a soft sound, the basketball was pushed to the backcourt by Luke Longley.

In today's game, Ron Harper assumed the role of point guard for the Bulls. When this player, who is 198cm tall and weighs 84kg, initially joined the Bulls, he was originally intended to fill the vacancy of Jordan, who "retired for the first time", as a No. 2 player. The Bulls who joined the Bulls as a position.

It's just that in the years when Jordan "retired for the first time", Ron Harper did not perform as expected. Therefore, after Jordan "came back" and returned to the Bulls, he transformed into a point guard and a pure defensive player.

In Jackson's Phil Jackson's system, the team does not need so many offensive starting points. The Bulls with Jordan, Pippen and Cole can easily digest most of the team's shot rights.

The biggest role of Rodman and Ron Harper is to defend, and then pass the damn ball to Jordan.

Ron Harper averaged less than 4 shots per game during the second Bulls dynasty, but he was an indispensable piece of the puzzle for the Bulls to win the championship because his perimeter defensive capabilities were what the Bulls needed. .

Later, after Jackson left for the Lakers, the champion point guard also followed him to the Lakers. With the Los Angeles Lakers, he also averaged about 25 minutes per game and successfully won two championship rings.

Sometimes it is difficult to tell whether a player is good or not by just looking at the scoring data.

The Timberwolves played a zone defense in today's game. The players' defense was tight, except for one player.

In the elbow area on the left side of the court, as Jordan slowly approached the three-point line, Budo also quickly moved closer.

It is true that the Bulls have no intention of letting Jordan mark Wu Dao, but the Timberwolves have the intention of letting Wu Dao mark Jordan!

Wu Dao's individual defense ability is outstanding, and he can be said to be the strongest among the Timberwolves' perimeter players. If anyone in the Timberwolves has the opportunity to limit Jordan, then only Garnett and Wu Dao have such a possibility.

Only the physical talents and individual defense capabilities of these two people can pose a threat to Jordan, whose skills have reached an advanced level.

"Snapped!"

The Bulls' offensive tactics were not difficult. After Ron Harper dribbled the ball into the frontcourt, he quickly passed the ball to Jordan on the side. After the basketball shot, Ron Harper made no further movements. Instead, together with his teammates, he turned his head and looked at Jordan holding the ball.

There was no intention of stepping forward to help cover him.

"Didn't you play the triangle offense?"

Seeing the basketball fall into Jordan's hands, Wu Dao quickly observed the positions of other Bulls players out of the corner of his eye, and then made a judgment in his mind.

It's not that the Bulls can't run the triangle offense because of Pippen's absence, it's just because.

Jordan didn't want to.

"Bang!!"

After catching the ball with his back, Jordan didn't show off his martial arts physique at all. He sat directly on Wu Dao's body and blasted the ball with his back. The huge force made Wu Dao involuntarily take a small step away, and then he stuck to Jordan's body again. On the body.

Jordan is one of those heavy-point shooters. His physical strength allows him to completely crush opponents in the same position in the low post. Even when facing the 3rd or 4th position on defense, Jordan's strength can't be beat. It can give him a fighting chance against his opponents.

Jordan's most iconic style of play is the mid-range post-up, which is one of his many unique skills.

Only this time, facing Martial Arts, Jordan, who caught the ball half a step outside the three-point line, also used a back-up single to attack Martial Arts' defense line forcefully.

"Bang!!" Jordan's solid back muscles "smashed" on Wu Dao's chest. The huge force made Wu Dao involuntarily take a small step back. Facing Jordan's back blow, Wu Dao calmly raised his arms. , carefully observing Jordan's movements.

It's very unrealistic to hit him from behind in this position. After all, the muscles on the martial arts body are not just for show.

"Bang!" After three consecutive back-up shots, Jordan only just stepped on the three-point line. The effect of the back-up shots was very average.

And just after these three back-up plays, Jordan quickly grabbed the ball and turned around. The ball only took one step forward. He suddenly pulled back, quickly glanced up at the basket, quickly grabbed the ball with his left hand, leaned over and hit hard, sideways. It was pressed against the martial arts body that had raised its center of gravity at this time.

Jordan's breakthrough movements are very varied. Although Wu Dao was not blocked by Jordan's change of direction, his sudden bow still made Wu Dao wary.

However, Wu Dao's power is always relatively outstanding. When Jordan's figure passed by Wu Dao, Wu Dao also quickly moved to the side and behind to follow up, and his body was directly attached to Jordan's body.

Jordan, who has already increased some speed, has a strong impact, and Wu Dao is also led to quickly retreat to the middle distance.

At this moment, Jordan, who was charging forward, suddenly paused, pulled back on the spot, quickly stopped his feet, and quickly put his hands together to lift the ball.

Although Wu Dao took an extra step back due to the impact of Jordan's impact, his excellent body coordination also allowed Wu Dao to stop right after Jordan's movement, quickly straightened his center of gravity, and reached out to cover the basketball in Jordan's hand.

But what surprised everyone was that Jordan's action of raising the ball and shooting was a fake move. After deceiving Wu Dao's center of gravity, Jordan quickly leaned forward, pressed against Wu Dao's body, and then jumped forward with both feet. , got directly past Wu Dao's side, raised the ball and threw it.

Jordan's active physical contact caught Wu Dao off guard. Even though his consciousness had reacted, he had no way to turn around and block the shot. He could only watch Jordan shoot.

"Shh!"

As the basketball fell into the net and made a crisp sound, the Target Center Arena was suddenly silent.

On the sidelines of the court, the Bulls' bench players cheered and waved towels, while in the stands, the audience was silent for a long time before they began to buzz.

"As expected of Michael. He can actually score a goal like this?!"

"The martial arts has been put into such a state, but it is still possible to break in. There is really no way."

Fans were amazed by Jordan's terrifying skills, and at the same time felt sorry for Wu Dao's defensive failure.

In fact, Wu Dao's defense against Jordan this time was quite good. Except for the fact that Jordan was confronted at the end and could not continue to follow up, Wu Dao's defense was quite good at other times.

If you can still score the ball under this level of defense, it's not that the defensive players are not strong enough, but that the offensive players are too strong.

Not only successful blocks and steals can be called successful defense. In fact, in official games, "interference" is the defensive method that all defensive players need to "refine".

Wu Dao, who was hit with a ball in front of his face, did not have any major emotional fluctuations. Before facing off against Jordan, Wu Dao had already been mentally prepared.

His opponent was a master of skills and talent in the 1990s and the most dominant outside player. It was normal for him to concede the ball.

Not only was Wu Dao not frustrated after losing the defense, he also had a good mentality.

"I really don't believe that such a ball can be scored!!"

Jordan's goal was very difficult, and Wu Dao didn't believe that the opponent could play an entire game with such an offense.

The offense and defense alternated. Marbury took the ball in the backcourt and quickly advanced to the frontcourt with the ball. In today's game, the opponent Marbury had to face was Ron Harper. Although he was not much heavier than him, But he is taller than Marbury.

Facing the tall Ron Harper, Marbury made an offensive attempt.

After a simple suspended dribble, he stepped forward to accelerate the breakthrough. Facing this opponent who was half a head taller than himself, Marbury planned to use his speed to win!

However, just as Marbury was about to take off, Ron Harper also quickly moved sideways towards Marbury. His interception directly curbed Marbury's speed.

However, the Marbury man kept stopping the ball, quickly moved his hips in place, flipped his left hand, and quickly passed the ball toward the inside.

Garnett caught the ball with his back to the basket half-step away from the edge of the paint. Just as he was about to play it himself, he saw Wu Dao's figure quickly get away from Toni Kukic by half a body, and quickly moved towards the mid-range direction of the baseline. sports.

The basketball flew out quickly and directly came into Wu Dao's hands. There was a small angle of about fifteen degrees between Wu Dao who caught the ball and the horizontal extension line of the basket.

The next second after Wu Dao caught the ball, Tony Kuqi quickly came to him. Seeing Wu Dao lift the ball, he immediately raised his arms to block it.

However, at this moment, Wu Dao suddenly turned sideways to blast the ball, turned around with his body close to Tony Cookic, and then quickly faced the basket and made a fadeaway jumper to quickly throw the ball.

Budao's turn is a bit "weird". Others' turns are to "turn" past the opponent and toward the basket, but Budao's turn after blowing the ball is to "turn back" away from the basket.

Tony Cookic, who was pushed by Wu Dao's body, obviously did not expect Wu Dao's next move. It was not until Wu Dao made a fadeaway shot that he took two steps forward without realizing it, and at the same time his head followed involuntarily. He looked at the basketball in mid-air and looked at the basket.

"Shh!"

With a soft sound, bursts of cheers suddenly erupted from the stands.

Wu Dao's series of movements were smooth and elegant, and the visual sense was quite good. Although the game had just begun, the offensive performances of Jordan and Wu Dao quickly heated up the venue.

When Garnett saw Martial Arts scoring a goal, he slapped his chest and roared in excitement:

"My passing is so sharp!"

After hearing Garnett's boast, Rodman glanced at Garnett as if he was crazy, then took a deep look at Wu Dao and ran towards the frontcourt.

If there is any player who knows Jordan better than Jordan on this court today.

That's undoubtedly Rodman.

He and Jordan had been opponents and teammates.

But Rodman saw some shadows of Jordan in martial arts. It was not because martial arts' style of play was similar to Jordan's, but because of the focus and spirit during martial arts competitions, which gave Rodman a familiar feeling. a feeling of.

(End of this chapter)