Slam Dunk: My Study Abroad Career in Northern Hunan

The "group fight" incident between the Timberwolves and Suns was naturally considered a heinous crime in the media, and the league also punished this incident.

Wallace's personal suspension and fine are the specific punishment measures taken by the league.

Obviously, such a punishment cannot satisfy certain media with impure minds. What they want to see is not punishment for Wallace.

Today, Wallace is just an inside substitute for the Timberwolves in the eyes of everyone. Whether the league punishes such a player is irrelevant to the media.

What those media want to see is that the league punishes players who encourage players to take action, preferably directly banning them. In this case, it will be a very good thing for other teams.

It's just a pity that the league will not act according to the will of those media.

Wu Dao is no longer a small figure in the league. Whether the fans are active or passive, since the game between the Timberwolves and the Bulls, fans all know the name of this supernova in the league.

When talking about Jordan, it is inevitable to mention martial arts, a rookie player who competed with Jordan on the court and even vaguely suppressed the elderly Jordan.

If Budo only played that good game, his name would soon be forgotten by the fans. After all, there are too many outstanding players in this league, and it is nothing new in this league for certain players to perform amazingly well in a certain game.

But Martial Arts is different. Before the game against the Bulls, his personal statistics were quite impressive, and after the game against the Bulls, Martial Arts continued to score high scores.

Wu Dao, who ranks first in the scoring list this season and is also first in the rookie list, has already gained the love of a large number of fans without his own knowledge.

In the 1990s, the Chinese community living in the United States was also quite large, and the martial arts fan base was much larger than he imagined.

Although Wu Dao focuses on the court, his commercial value has long attracted the attention of many people. The league's management is not a fool. At this time, will the penalty of banning Wu Dao be of any benefit to the league? !
The media's thinking is completely different from that of the NBA management. They have seen the other markets from Martial Arts. Everyone is thinking about how to tap the Asian market behind Martial Arts. How could they ban Martial Arts at this juncture? ?

In such a general environment.

The Timberwolves will face the Trail Blazers at home on January 1th.

This is not the first time that the Timberwolves have competed with such a strong team. Although it is considered a "second battle", the Timberwolves still attach great importance to the Trail Blazers.

From the beginning of the season to the present, the Trail Blazers have achieved a good result of 19 wins and 13 losses. Although there is a considerable gap between them and the Timberwolves in terms of record, this does not prevent the Trail Blazers from being a strong team.

This game was not easy for the Timberwolves.

The impact of Wallace's suspension on the Timberwolves' hard power is actually very limited. The Timberwolves' difficulty in playing is not due to Wallace's absence.

The Trail Blazers did a thorough research on the Timberwolves before the game. In addition, they had played against the Timberwolves before, so they had a correct understanding of the Timberwolves' strength.

At the same time, as martial arts competes in the league more and more, the outstanding performance on the field has already been noticed by other players and coaching staff.

During the regular season, the most important thing for NBA team coaches is to adjust their own team while observing other teams.

But in the regular season, there are sometimes as few as four or five games per day, and sometimes there are as many as ten games. It is impossible for the coaching staff of any team to watch so many games.

And among these games, some games are live broadcast, and some games are not live broadcast.

Coaches in the NBA often only select some of the most representative games to watch. For the rest, video analysts watch the games and then select teams to talk to the players about when they have free time. This is often the case. Most of them happen after the regular season ends and before the playoffs start!

At this time, the disadvantages of a player's fame appear.

With his outstanding record in martial arts, he has been called "Michael's successor" by some media, and in addition, the Timberwolves' record now ranks first in the Western Conference.

Wu Dao's personal style of play has naturally become the focus of research by the coaching staff of various NBA teams.

The Trail Blazers are naturally one of these teams.

Wu Dao's offensive methods are rich, his breakthrough skills are quite good, and his shooting threat is even higher than that of Michael Jordan. After some analysis, the Trail Blazers found that Wu Dao's offense has no so-called "blind spots", and Wu Dao's breakthrough habits look... There is also no trace to be found.

After realizing the difficulty of martial arts, the Trail Blazers did not come up with any very "awesome" defensive tactics. They just copied the league's experience in defending Michael Jordan and applied it to martial arts.
Whenever Wu Dao catches the ball, the player defending him will immediately tag in. The opponent's defense has no intention of blocking Wu Dao's shooting, nor does it have any intention of preventing Wu Dao's breakthrough.

The opponent's way of playing is very simple, which is to constantly provide physical confrontation, forcing Wu Dao to consume more physical energy, and he is also very daring to make moves when defending. Facing Wu Dao's breakthrough, it can be called a force.

What's even more terrifying is the Blazers' defense on the inside. Whenever Wu Dao rushes in with the ball, the Blazers players have to pull Wu Dao from the air even if they hug him.

Various types of fouls cut this game into pieces. Wu Dao was often sent to the free throw line, and he rarely scored smoothly.

After two sessions, even the martial artist felt deeply tired. This fatigue was not only physical, but also mental.

The opponent's frequent foul actions will inevitably make Wu Dao feel a little irritated.

After half a game, Wu Dao's personal score was "only" 17 points, many of which were obtained through free throws.

After Marbury noticed the defensive pressure faced by Wu Dao, under the instruction of coach Philip, he reduced the number of shots given to Wu Dao.

This time, it was not that Philip hoped to use this method to weaken the voice of martial arts.

The reason why he did this was because he felt the pressure brought by the Trail Blazers and hoped that Wu Dao could hold the ball less and avoid injuries in such a fierce game.

In Philip's view, martial arts is still young, and it will take some time to adapt to such a "playoff" intensity.

At the end of the first half, the Timberwolves led their opponents by 47 points, 41:6.

In the second half, the Trail Blazers further strengthened their defense against Wu Dao. Wu Dao only played 24 minutes in the 19-minute game in the second half and was replaced by Philip early to protect him.

In the second half of the game, Wu Dao's personal state was also severely affected, and his personal score was "only" 11 points. From the beginning of the season to now, in this series of games where Budao has gradually established his position as the team leader, Budao's personal score has rarely been less than 30 points. His offensive efficiency and level today have also returned to that of a "normal superstar" on the horizontal line.

His previous offensive performance was amazing in the small ball era when he often scored 110 and 120 points.

Now in the 1990s, it was downright scary.

At the end of the game, the Timberwolves won the game 101:91. Naturally, everyone in the Timberwolves was very happy after winning the game.

But the strange thing is that the Trail Blazers players who lost the ball did not show much disappointment.

Although the ball was lost, their players also found that players like Wu Dao were not unstoppable.

The Trail Blazers' Isiah Leder played 42 minutes in this game, which was much more than Wu Dao's 33 minutes. However, his personal score also reached 32 points, which is better than Wu Dao's data.

In addition to Leder, the Trail Blazers also had three players score in double figures.

If Arvydas Sabonis, known as the "Roof of the World," hadn't played a little rough today, the Blazers would have had a chance to defeat the Timberwolves.

He is a big center, and he even shot three three-pointers in today's game, and he didn't score any of them.
This 221cm big man has a somewhat changeable playing style.
After the game against the Trail Blazers, the Timberwolves boarded a chartered flight and left Minnesota without stopping.

After playing against the Trail Blazers at home, the Timberwolves will then play against the Nets on the road.

This is a back-to-back game.

Yesterday's game between the Timberwolves and the Trail Blazers was also of great "reference" significance for the Nets.

That night, when the Nets played against the Timberwolves, their defense against Wu Dao was exactly the same as yesterday's game.

And the terrible thing is that the Timberwolves and Nets are playing back-to-back games on the road, and the referee's whistle is obviously biased towards the Nets.

The player facing Budo in this game is Keith Van Horn. This player is also a familiar face to Budo. Like Budo, he was drafted in the same year in 97, and he was the second pick in the first round. Only below Duncan.

The Nets have achieved 18 wins and 15 losses since the beginning of the season. Keith Van Horn, known as the "Second Bird", has long been corrected by the team.

The Nets are considered a "bad team", and Keith Van Horn has high hopes from the Nets coaching staff.

And he has lived up to the opportunity given to him by the management. From the beginning of the season to the present, his scoring average has been close to 20 points. If martial arts were not so dazzling, Keith Van Horn would probably be able to compete for the top spot. Best rookie.

Judging from the current situation, whether it is personal data or team record, Wu Dao will be the best candidate for "Best Rookie".

As for the Best of the Week in martial arts, there is no way to treat that kind of thing as easy and put it on the table.

Keith Van Horn is 208cm tall and weighs 100kg. Although there is a certain gap between his martial arts physique and martial arts, all he has to do is keep up with martial arts movements. If he really breaks through Keith Van Horn in martial arts When the situation is good, the Nets will naturally have other players come up to help defend.

In addition to one-on-one opportunities outside the three-point line, martial arts have to face one-on-two or even one-on-three most of the time.

His shots became much more difficult.

Although his strength is very strong, his movements will inevitably be deformed when two NBA-level players come up to him.

The game between the Timberwolves and the Nets was ultimately won by the Timberwolves, 111:103, with only an 8-point lead. Although the Timberwolves played their own style in this game, they still struggled a bit and it was not easy.

Wu Dao played this game for 41 minutes and scored 37 points. Although the statistics are very impressive, anyone who has watched the game can see that Wu Dao played very hard in this game.

Keith Van Horn, who was opposite him, also scored 14 points. Under the defensive pressure of Martial Arts, he was able to find opportunities to shoot cold arrows. It must be said that Keith Van Horn's ability has to be taken a look by Martial Arts. , he still underestimated this childhood show.

After playing two "playoff-level" games back-to-back with high intensity, Budao gradually realized that he needed more tactical support.

This can greatly increase his offensive changes and save him from playing so tired.

Those teams have already begun to study him and the Timberwolves. Basic pick-and-roll movement has made it difficult to create more opportunities for Wu Dao.

Of course, if it's just a game, Budo can still attack with the ball for a whole game, but if it's back-to-back games or playoffs, this style of play is definitely not sustainable.

After the game against the Nets, the Timberwolves immediately rushed back to Minnesota. After a day of rest, the Timberwolves faced the Warriors at home.

The Warriors are obviously much better as a team. Although their defense against Wu Dao is very serious, they will not use "playoff intensity" to deal with Wu Dao.

In this game, the Timberwolves also defeated the Warriors 103:87. In this game, Wu Dao played two quarters and "casually" scored 26 points before clocking out.

Playing against a weak team, Wu Dao hopes to give himself more time to rest and adjust. His current goals are different from when he first joined the Timberwolves. Instead of "earning points" on the court by himself, it is better to let other substitute players have more time to rest and adjust. Opportunities to practice and compete.

If the Timberwolves want to compete for the championship, not to mention having two lineups, the most basic eight-man rotation must be there, right?
According to the current lineup configuration of the Timberwolves, no one can be regarded as an excellent rotation. Both Mitchell and Wallace can only be regarded as half.

In fact, their team is still somewhat lacking in the center position.

If they face a team with a terrifying front line, the Timberwolves' game may not be easy to play.

No, after the game against the Warriors on January 1, the Timberwolves rushed to Houston in advance after a day of rest to prepare for the next game.

They will play against the Rockets away from home in Houston on January 1th.

The bad news is that the Rockets in 98 had two super giants, "Big Dream" Hakeem Olajuwon and "Flying Pig" Charles Barkley.