Slam Dunk: My Study Abroad Career in Northern Hunan

The Bulls sent Jordan back to the court halfway through the second quarter, and Jordan's return to the court also raised the Bulls' offensive power to another dimension.

After the second quarter, Jordan, who only played for a little more than half a quarter, scored 13 points under Garnett's defense. At the same time, the score between the Bulls and Timberwolves in the second quarter also reached 33: 24, the score of the two teams also reached 64:57. The Bulls successfully completed the overtake, leading the Timberwolves by 7 points.

Jordan, who has an explosive hand, has already scored 29 points. He has scored nearly 50 points in just half of the game. No one will doubt that Michael can score more than 60 points or even more than points in today's game. Score data.

Today's Jordan is expected to hit his own single-game scoring record of 1990 points set in 69.

While watching Jordan's performance, the audience at the Target Center would also look towards the Timberwolves' bench from time to time. Like Zen Master's doubts, Timberwolves fans also don't understand why Philip chose to put a player like Wu Dao on the bench.

Although Wu Dao didn't guard Jordan when he was on the court, and it was true that Jordan scored 16 points in a single quarter on his head, but Garnett couldn't guard Michael either, right?

In the minds of today's fans, isn't it normal to be unable to guard against Jordan? And judging from the second quarter of the game, Jordan played more easily when facing Garnett's defense, scoring 13 points in a little more than half a quarter.

If Jordan played the whole quarter, 20+ in a single quarter would not be impossible.

This kind of offensive efficiency is much higher than the previous martial arts defense.

What's more, although Wu Dao couldn't guard against Jordan, Kukqi on the Bulls side also couldn't guard against Wu Dao, right? ?

Wu Dao scored 19 points in the first quarter, which was even better than Jordan today.

So when the fans were wondering why coach Philip didn't send martial arts to continue the game, they began to secretly speculate on the reason.

In a game where martial arts was vacant, his presence was much stronger than when he was playing on the court.

The reporters also smelled something unusual from the Timber Wolf's weird performance, and a strong desire to explore arose in their hearts.

At halftime, when Coach Philip faced the underperforming players, the smile on his face was much less. The points difference opened up by the Bulls was enough to prove that his adjustment to the Timberwolves was a failure.

In other words, in front of Jordan, his adjustment failed.

But falling behind in one game cannot change Philip's deep-rooted thinking. He is absolutely unwilling to become the incompetent coach who is coerced into becoming a star pendant.

But reality also forced him to make a substitution decision.

Chris Kyle, who thought he would be off the field, still stayed on the court. On the contrary, Wu Dao replaced Marbury and came on the rotation. At the same time, Sam Mitchell also replaced Tom, who played two consecutive quarters. On the inside, Stanley Roberts also replaced Garnett.

In the third quarter of the Timberwolves, Wu Dao actually had to lead a group of substitute players to continue playing.

And when Coach Phillip told the players about his adjustments, almost all the players focused their eyes on Coach Phillip.

Even Martial Arts couldn't help but look at Phillip after hearing such an arrangement.

Chris Kyle, Sam Mitchell, Ben Wallace, Stanley Roberts and Wu Dao himself formed the Timberwolves' lineup in the third quarter.

It is true that both Tom, Marbury and Garnett have played a lot of time, and rotation rest is normal, but rotation rest is not such a rotation method.

For the Bulls, Jordan only played half of the second quarter and will definitely continue to play in the third quarter. Kuchi has also rested for a while and should return to the court in the third quarter.

Luke Longley plays a lot of time and should find time to rest. There is a high probability that he will play in the middle of the third quarter, or he will not play at the beginning of the third quarter.

For the Timberwolves, the third quarter with Wu Dao on the court is actually an opportunity to chase points. The Timberwolves can completely borrow Garnett's terrifying physical ability to suppress the Bulls' inside line, complete control of the inside line, and assist Wu Dao's offense in chasing points.

But isn’t Philip’s adjustment a clear “transition”?

NBA-level games are very intense, and it is actually very common for multiple players to rotate, but that should not happen when the players still have the desire to win and the situation is not stable.

The most likely situation caused by this "transition" is that the Timberwolves were widened by the Bulls early and transitioned directly to garbage time.

All the people present were professional players, and everyone noticed that there was a huge problem with Coach Philip's substitution this time.

But in the face of Philip's substitution adjustment, the other assistant coaches did not express their opinions. Wu Dao didn't say much after looking at Coach Philip for a few times.

For him, although Chris and the others are all substitute players, they may be more helpful to him than Marbury and Tom.

Their lineup is slightly weaker on defense, as for the offense.

Then it depends on the performance of martial arts!

The rest time passed quickly, and the players from both teams returned to the court.

As expected, because the Bulls have a 7-point lead, Jackson has enough "operation space" to let the main players rest.

The Bulls' center was replaced by veteran Bill Wennington (213cm/111kg, 1985th overall pick in the first round of 16), a white player from Canada who has spent most of his time on the bench since entering the league. , has good support and passing abilities.

Although his offensive ability is relatively low, in the Bulls, Bill Wennington, as the backup center, does not need much powerful interior offensive ability!

Rodman was also substituted, and his replacement was Joe Klein (211cm/116kg, first round in 1985), who is also a veteran, but compared to the perennial substitute Bill Wennington, Joe Klein He is a bit stronger. When he was in other teams in the early days, he was often able to start the game. He had good passing ability and also had a mid-range shot.

Of course, the most important thing about Joe Klein is his willingness to use force when defending.

Except for some adjustments made by the interior players, the Bulls did not make much adjustments on the outside.

Ron Harper, who was not under too much offensive and defensive pressure, still stayed on the court. At the same time, Scott Burrell was also replaced by Kukqi. With the addition of Jordan, the Bulls' substitute players came on. It has improved a lot, but in terms of offensive firepower, it has not declined compared to before.

The two insiders who were replaced at the same time can still protect the Bulls' inside line. Wallace and Stanley Roberts may not be able to break through the defense of the two experienced veterans.

Players from the two teams entered the stadium, and there was a buzz of discussion in the stands. The Timberwolves' group of players seemed a bit weak to the Timberwolves fans.

Once upon a time, Timberwolves fans were no longer used to the Timberwolves, who were just two or three big cats and kittens with no background.

Seeing Wu Dao "leading the team alone", the fans felt somewhat dissatisfied.

On the Bulls side, Jordan at least still has Cooke and Ron Harper as "helpers"!

It was still the Timberwolves who kicked off the third quarter. Chris Kyle received a pass from Budo in the backcourt and began to advance slowly with the ball. When competing with Martial Arts on the same court, Chris knew exactly what he needed to do, and precisely because he knew exactly how he should play, Chris' mentality became unusually relaxed.

When Wu Dao at the bottom line passed Chris and entered the frontcourt, Chris began to speed up and kept up with Wu Dao's pace.

The Bulls adopted a relatively standard defensive method of 2 inside and 3 outside. It is not accurate to say man-to-man, but when it comes to zone defense, it is not really a zone defense. It is considered a zone defense.

The one who defended Wu Dao was Kuqi, who had returned to the court. He also took a lot of rest. At this moment, he was full of energy. When Wu Dao entered the frontcourt, Kuqi quickly followed up. Compared with previous games, Kukchi's defensive strategy has obviously changed.

The defense of holding the ball became the defense of catching the ball.

"Boy, why have you been sitting on the bench for so long?!"

"Is it because you are not physically strong enough? So you need more rest?"

Kukchi also speculated about the vacancy in the second quarter of martial arts. He felt that martial arts played too hard in the first quarter, which caused problems with physical distribution and needed some time to rest.

This is actually the norm in the NBA. When many superstars are on the court, in the first half of the game, they will always conserve their physical fitness and assist the offense with passing balls and a small number of singles with the ball. In the second half, when the victory needs to be truly decided will explode.

Mature players tend to allocate physical energy better than young players.

After all, physical monsters like Jordan and Kobe are in the minority after all.

During the break, Kukchi also recalled the previous games of Budo and found that the playing time of Budo was basically in the early 30 minutes, so he also thought of many "reasons" for Budo in his mind.

"Not strong enough?"

After hearing Kuqi's words, Wu Dao couldn't help but glance at him.

Is this what this guy actually thinks about himself? Do you take your defense too seriously? Facing an opponent of this level, will you have physical problems?

Wu Dao quickly turned his body to the side and leaned hard on Kuqi's body. Then he turned around without the ball and quickly passed the opponent.

Confronted by the power of martial arts, Kukchi was half a beat slower in pursuit, and the moment he turned around, what he hit was not martial arts, but the solid chest of Ben Wallace.

At some point, Wallace, who was supposed to be positioned inside, actually came up and made a pick-and-roll without the ball.

At the moment when Kukchi was delayed, Martial Arts also had a vacancy.

Chris, who was at the top of the arc, was defended by Ron Harper and was unable to hit the ball as soon as Budao became open, but he also used a lob to send the ball towards Budao.

But when Wu Dao received the basketball in the mid-range, Kuqi was already chasing him. At the same time, Bulls insider Bill Wennington quickly rushed towards Wu Dao. It seemed that he wanted to fight Kuqi. Together they double-team martial arts.

In this era, illegal defense still exists, that is, zone defense is not allowed in the half zone, which is a policy to encourage offense and enhance the enjoyment of the game.

However, in the actual game whistleblowing, the scale of illegal defense is quite loose, because it is difficult to define illegal defense in the actual game, and if the whistleblowing is strict, it will seriously affect the smoothness of the game. On the contrary, it is It doesn't help the enjoyment of the game in any way.

Therefore, when watching early basketball games, you can see a lot of one-on-one singles, but at the same time, there are also a lot of scenes of scoring the ball against the defense of several people.

In many media brochures about Jordan, he is always surrounded by people.

Chasing, Kukchi and Bill Wennington, who stepped forward, quickly arrived in front of Wu Dao. The moment the basketball fell into Wu Dao's hands, both of them also completed their positions, one on the left and one on the left. The right side blocked the path of martial arts.

However, facing the defense of the two men, Wu Dao took the ball and just leaned back and pulled out his hand without even the thought of making a fake move.

Bill Wennington and Kukchi both reached out to intercept, but Wu Dao's excellent explosive power and terrifying bounce allowed him to still get enough space to take action despite the two blocks.

The basketball flew past the fingertips of Bill Wennington and Kuqi, and then fell steadily into the net with a crisp sound.

As the basketball entered the net, there was a burst of cheers from the stands. Wu Dao sent the ball into the net against the two defenders, which was really easy to ignite the enthusiasm of the audience.

"F**K, you weakling!"

"Always evade defense with shots like that!"

"Young man, can you be tougher?"

Kukchi heard a soft sound behind him, glanced back at the basket, turned his head, and cursed at Wu Dao.

He had some small grievances against Martial Arts. Now that he saw Martial Arts scoring another goal, he couldn't control his temper. Of course, he would say such things not entirely because he was angry, but more because he was trying to provoke Martial Arts. In this way, martial arts are stimulated to change their fighting style.

"tough?"

"Both of you can't guard against my soft attacks. Wouldn't it be even harder to guard against my harder attacks?"

"When you can stop me, I will fight harder."

Faced with Kukqi's provocation, Wu Dao just smiled and said sarcastically.

He is not one of those black players born on the street, so this kind of aggressive approach is of no use to him.

But even though he said that, the way Wu Dao looked at Kuqi also changed slightly.

It’s not impossible to satisfy someone’s little wish!

more importantly.

While thinking about it, Wu Dao, who was returning to defense, also looked at the Timberwolves' rest area, and at Philip who was sitting upright on the bench. Wu Dao also had a smile on his face.

"More importantly, let them realize that I, the newcomer, am different from other newcomers!"

The Bulls have given martial arts superstar treatment, and double-teamed him as soon as he got the ball, but the Timberwolves themselves don't seem to understand the difference between martial arts and other rookies.

(End of this chapter)