Slam Dunk: My Study Abroad Career in Northern Hunan

Chapter 619 NBA players need to adapt to his intensity!

After the game between the Timberwolves and the Bulls, the team temporarily stopped playing in the next few days.

On December 12st, there was only one regular season game played in the league, which was the game between the Raptors and the Wizards. After this game, 31 passed quietly.

People often say that there is no time in the mountains.

But when people focus on one thing and work hard for it, they will not feel the passage of time.

He doesn't even have any "awareness" of martial arts yet, and he is already 19 years old.

In early November 1998.

The Timberwolves came to Boston.

On January 1, they will play away against the "local snake" here, the Boston Celtics.

This is a team led by super rookie Antoine Walker (the 1996th overall pick in the first round of 6). At this time last year, the Celtics were planning to recruit Tim Duncan in order to have a chance. Rick Pitino, who coached Duncan, specifically left the University of Kentucky, the top NCAA school, to come here.

Since the Timberwolves defeated the Bulls, the players' status has changed a lot. Players like Garnett are obviously much more confident. Wu Dao doesn't know whether this change is a good thing or a bad thing. He just hopes that the psychological changes of the players will not affect the subsequent games.

The Timberwolves' bus stopped in the parking lot. The players, carrying their bags, got off the bus one after another. Looking at the North Shore Garden Arena not far away, Garnett touched the back of his head and let out a sigh.

"The Celtics' last game was against the Suns on December 12 last year."

"Unless the opponent is also an NBA-level team, otherwise, it is better to play practice games within our own team."

"No way?"

"We are really underestimated~"

"Play practice matches with other teams!"

"I think it's just a business competition, it's normal for people to exchange favors."

Rick Pitino gets excited just thinking about what kind of power this pair can exert on the court, but unfortunately, he doesn't have such an opportunity.

According to the established plan, after the Timberwolves arrive in Boston on the 1st, they will check into the hotel in the morning. After a short break at noon, their Timberwolves players will go to the North Shore Garden Arena for training in advance.

But it is a pity that God did not favor the Green Army. After all, Rick Pitino and Duncan did not have a master-disciple relationship, and Duncan was eventually selected by the Spurs.

Sometimes a player's enemy is not his opponent, but his arrogant self.

"The Celtics are an NBA-level team. What kind of team would have a good practice effect by playing practice games with them?"

"They take us seriously."

But in the afternoon, after everyone in the Timberwolves had already boarded the bus to the arena, the team leader received a notice from the Celtics, which meant that they were asked to postpone training for an hour. Their Kyle Te Ren has made an appointment with other teams to play practice matches.

"They will play against us tomorrow evening. I didn't expect that the Celtics would still have appointments with others for a practice match today."

Philip's view is very different from Garnett's. When the game is approaching, the Celtics will also find teams to play practice games. This is obviously to value the performance of their Timberwolves.

"There is a two-day gap between games against us."

"We, like us, will just have fun in the past two days. I'm afraid they have been preparing for war."

The Timberwolves players had already boarded the bus. Of course, it was impossible to return to the hotel like this. It was only delayed for an hour or so. They still couldn't afford the delay, so after communicating with the Celtics , everyone in the Timberwolves still went to the North Shore Garden Arena as originally planned.

"After all, playing at home, the Celtics must attach great importance to the game with us."

Originally.

With Rick Pitino, the top coach from the University of Kentucky, joining, if the Celtics can successfully select Duncan, they will get the inside and outside combination of Duncan and Antoine Walker.

NBA teams are restricted by the league if they participate in commercial competitions. Of course, this does not mean that these players will not play in other competitions.

It's just that the games are different. Players from some teams will also participate in some "friendly matches" in order to make some extra money. But if he wants to "commercialize" something like a friendly match, it can actually be commercialized.

This is something that everyone actually understands tacitly.

"To play a practice match in such an arena, my opponent must have spent a lot of money~"

Garnett looked at the arena in front of him, whistled, and said frivolously. And his words were well recognized, and several team members burst out laughing with unknown meaning.

"Really."

Coach Philip was convinced by Garnett and shook his head speechlessly. After the players got out of the car, he led the players towards the arena.

When they walked through the tunnel and entered the infield, Budao and Garnett heard warm cheers coming from the venue.

"F**K? There's an audience!"

Garnett couldn't help but cursed in shock after hearing the news. If you play with others in private, there is actually no problem. In the name of training games, the league will not say anything.

But if tickets are still sold for this game

The nature is completely different. The NBA will never allow such a thing to happen.

"Go and have a look, it sounds a little different."

Although the cheers that came into the passage were enthusiastic, to the martial arts ears, they were only the cheers of a hundred or so people. The scale of the cheers was somewhat different from the cheers from a venue with tens of thousands of people. .

After hearing Wu Dao's words, everyone couldn't help but quicken their pace and soon entered the inner court.

In the stadium at this time, the Celtics wearing green jerseys were playing against a team wearing white jerseys.

In the corner of the stands leading out of the players' tunnel, there were nearly a hundred spectators sitting. These spectators were not scattered in every corner of the arena's stands, but only occupied a corner of the stands. They looked "organized" and "disciplined."

The sound that Martial Arts and others heard in the players' tunnel was loud simply because these spectators were sitting closer to the tunnel and the crowds were denser.

"what?"

"It seems like it's really just a practice match."

"That team is the Boston University basketball team?"

"Um???"

The Timberwolves walked out of the tunnel. After Garnett glanced at the spectators on the side, he turned his attention to the court. The Celtics' opponents, the players wearing white jerseys, are players from the Boston University basketball team. This can be seen from the logos on the jerseys of those players.

After recognizing this group of people from the Boston University basketball team, Garnett became even more confused.

If the Celtics' opponent today was the University of Kentucky basketball team or the Duke University basketball team, he wouldn't be as surprised as he appears now.

Because the teams of the University of Kentucky and Duke University are the top schools in the NCAA, their academic basketball system and the NBA professional team are actually not going in the same direction. Even the Celtics, facing Duke University and the University of Kentucky This kind of team should also be taken seriously.

If you play against such a school, it can really have a practice effect.

Moreover, according to some information Garnett knows, the current coach of the Celtics, Coach Rick Pitino, is a coach from the University of Kentucky. Using Rick Pitino's connections, he made an NCAA appointment for the Celtics. It won't be difficult for a strong school to play in a practice match.

Just Boston University.

Um.

This school is quite strong in the academic field.

Although it is a private school, Boston University's journalism, biomedicine, business, and law are well-known in the United States.

But in the field of basketball.

After hearing the name Boston University from Garnett, Budo searched for the stars in his mind. Thinking about it carefully, it seemed that no NBA star player came from Boston University.

Even Harvard University, which focuses on academics, seems to have produced several NBA stars. The most famous one is Jeremy Lin?

Is the Boston University basketball team worthy of playing practice games with the Green Army, which is full of historical honors? Did TM stuff money?

Wu Dao looked towards the court. On the Celtic side, apart from Wu Dao having a little impression of Walker, everyone else... huh? Is that Bowen (Bruce Bowen, 201cm/84kg, undrafted player, 3 times on second defense, 5 times on first defense, "excellent footwork")?

And Chauncey Billups, who was drafted higher than me last year (the third overall pick in the first round of 1997)

Except for these three players, the other team members were not very impressed by martial arts.

As for Boston University, Wu Dao glanced at them and saw that they were all unfamiliar faces. However, among the black and white athletes, Wu Dao suddenly saw a familiar figure. Although the opponent's body shape had changed slightly, Wu Dao still recognized him at a glance. Out of each other.

It was a young man wearing jersey No. 8 with broken hair.

Of course, what made Wu Dao familiar was not the hairstyle, but the hair color and his slightly wheat-colored skin.

"Shinomiya Tōno?!"

“That guy is at Boston University?!”

In the stadium, the black-haired young man wearing the No. 8 jersey was Shinomiya Tanano. When martial arts was still playing in Asia, he was the strongest opponent he had ever faced.

Lingnan High School, led by Tian Tian, ​​was once the biggest stumbling block on their way to the championship in northern Hunan.

It was not until Sakuragi and Rukawa Kaede gradually grew up that martial arts were able to lead Shohoku to easily overcome such opponents.

Unexpectedly, after not seeing each other for a while, the other party had already left the basketball desert of Neon and came to the United States, and even went to college here.

It’s just that this guy Ye Ye seems to be just average! Didn't you get into a famous basketball school in the United States?

Spend time at a school like Boston University.

Wu Dao thought in his mind, his eyes also fell on Tian Tian who was wearing the No. 8 jersey in the stadium. After not seeing each other for a while, he seemed to have grown taller, and what was terrible was that this guy's figure looked more solid.

It was Boston University's offensive round at this time. After several passes, the basketball came into Tian Tian's hands, and the place where he took the ball was one step inside the three-point line.

Defending the field is Bruce Bowen of the Celtics. Bowen, who is 201cm tall and weighs 84kg, stands in front of Shinomiya. His figure is obviously two sizes smaller.

Yes, you read that right, not number one, but number two.

This strong body contrast is like the body contrast between Yao Ming and Wen Banyama during their athlete days. The physical difference is really too big.

Today, Shinomiya's height has reached 202cm, but his weight has reached 126kg

Of course, there is no way for martial arts to judge the current Tianye's weight by visual inspection, but don't forget that it is a "hanging" man. It is directly displayed on the system panel, so there should be no mistake.

And

Wu Dao looked at Tian Ye's arms, which were as big as Bowen's head, and fell into silence for a moment.

"What kind of monster is this?"

"I thought this guy was just a low-profile James, but it turned out that this guy was a high-profile Fat Tiger?!"

In the court, Tian Ye's big hands grabbed the basketball in his hand like a chicken. With a slight squeeze, Budo could even clearly see the basketball deformed.

I saw Tianye taking the ball with both hands and sweeping the ball around the frame. While sweeping the ball, his shoulder "gently" rubbed against Bowen who was on defense, directly pushing Bowen back a step.

The next moment, Tian Ye directly exploded the ball. The moment the basketball landed, his biceps bulged directly and pressed against Bowen's body. The huge force directly lifted Bowen away. After quickly getting rid of Bowen, Tian Ye Quickly dribbles the ball to the basket.

However, a strange scene happened.

The Celtics' white center Andrew De Klerk (208cm/104kg, fifth pick in the second round of 1995), who was guarding the basket, actually had no intention of stepping forward to cover up the defense. Instead, he slipped under the basket. ran away.

Take the initiative to give the opponent the space under the basket.

Tian Ye took one step in front of the free throw line and took off, but he didn't show any force. His solid body jumped directly into the air, then grabbed the ball with both hands and slammed the ball into the basket.

"Oh--"

The moment the slam dunk was scored, the young people watching the ball in the stands cheered, and the scoreboard on the court also jumped. The score reached 27:41. Even after the goal was scored, Boston University still had a score. 14 points behind.

But the young people watching the game on the sidelines didn't seem to care at all about the score. When they saw Tian Tian dunk, they cheered happily.

These spectators are actually students from Boston University. Do you think they came to watch the Boston University basketball team play the Celtics?

If you think too much, you are a fan and a top student. Even if you are not in the field of basketball, you know that Boston University cannot be the opponent of the Celtics.

They came to the arena just to watch the field kill NBA players.

What happened to the NBA? They also need to adapt well to the intensity of their team's ace.

"???"

On the sidelines of the court, Garnett and others had inexplicable expressions on their faces when they saw Tianye's stocky body leaping past his opponent in one step, taking off one step before the free throw line and dunking with both hands.

When Garnett and others raise questions, it's not that they have a problem, it's that they think you have a problem.

The biggest problem right now is the white No. 8 on the field.

“Holy shit!!”

"What kind of monster is that?!"

Even Coach Philip looked shocked and couldn't help but uttered foul language.

(End of this chapter)