Slam Dunk: My Study Abroad Career in Northern Hunan

Chapter 659: The number one defensive player in history!
Although Garnett's arrogant words were directed at Kobe, the impact was really huge. In addition to Glen Rice, who was successfully interfered by him at the beginning, Jason Williams, who was failing defensively at the moment, was also involved. Within Nate's striking range.

It's just that Garnett didn't notice the expression on Jason Williams' face at this time. He was "concentrating" on Kobe.

When Garnett said those words, his voice was very loud. The media on the sidelines of the stadium and the fans in the infield all heard it clearly. The camera lenses turned their directions one after another, and the long guns and short guns were immediately aimed at Garnett. Special, and some good-hearted fans also started to "howl like wolves" at this moment.

The sounds of booing are endless.

The atmosphere in the arena became heated. Even with so many spectators watching, Garnett still went his own way, chasing Kobe to "teach him a lesson" when retreating from defense.

However, compared with before, Garnett's mouth was much cleaner after scoring the goal:
"Boy, have you learned my defense and offense?"

"If you have learned this, defend well and don't let Michael pass by you like no one else is watching!"

"Oh~"

"I was wrong. How could a fool like you learn it? I actually thought that a guy like you could guard against Michael? I was so stupid~"

I don't know if it was because he had been with martial arts for a long time, but Garnett, who had always liked to scold women, started to feel weird.

It's just that although his scolding words were no longer so unpleasant, when these words fell into Kobe's ears, they made Kobe even more angry.

"Shut up!"

"I'll show it to you right now!"

"Get away, don't get in my way!"

Just as Garnett and Kobe were bickering, the Eastern Conference had already begun to launch a counterattack. Michael Jordan quickly entered the frontcourt with the ball. Looking at Kobe who was obviously a little angry in front of him, Jordan couldn't help but smile a little. , and then taught him a lesson as a person who has experienced it:

"Hey kid, listen."

"The angrier you are, the calmer you have to be."

"Only in this way will you not be carried away by anger!"

After the words fell, Jordan, who was in possession of the ball, suddenly changed his dribbling rhythm. The double change in front of his body successfully induced Kobe to move to defend, and then quickly accelerated from Kobe's left front.

Kobe's reaction was half a beat slow, but when he caught up, he was met with Jordan's active physical confrontation. The pursuit slowed down, and Jordan, who quickly passed Kobe, also quickly entered the basket.

Duncan, who was in the West, reacted a little faster than Garnett at this moment. He quickly rushed out from the inside and moved toward Jordan to defend.

Although Duncan's playing style is a more traditional inside type, his talent is quite explosive, which is completely different from the "cumbersome" and "slow" inside players that fans have in mind.

Duncan, who quickly rushed in front of Jordan, acted very calmly. He did not take off blindly, but just followed Jordan's movements and swayed his body.

He is quite confident in his reactions and explosive power. He is confident that he can complete the block the moment Jordan reveals his shooting intention. Even if he cannot block it, he can form a strong interference.

Duncan's calmness was obviously beyond Jordan's expectations. After a moment of hesitation, Jordan was forced to stop by Duncan one step inside the free throw line.

Duncan is not Kobe. It would be very difficult for Jordan to simply use his body to push away Duncan.

Jordan stopped and was forced to hold the ball. He stood up and pretended to pull up, but Duncan was very patient and just raised his arms without jumping.

After Jordan feinted while raising the ball, he quickly turned sideways with his right foot as the axis. After attracting Duncan's defense, Jordan turned his back and raised the ball again.

However, Duncan still didn't jump, he just adjusted his position and kept up again. Seeing that there was no gap, Jordan stepped forward with his left foot to the right again, turned sideways, and feinted as he grabbed the ball with his left hand with his back to the basket. Seeing Duncan turn around quickly, Jordan turned around again and raised the ball to shoot, but Duncan Followed again.

Michael was like a spinning top. After spinning wildly for two times, he still couldn't find a comfortable shot. He had no choice but to use some tough offensive moves, grab the ball frame with both hands, and use hard force on Duncan. Then he jumped directly against Duncan's body, actually intending to force himself up.

Jordan's idea is also very simple. He wants to use his excellent staying in the air to create scoring opportunities, and under fierce physical confrontation, he can also attract the opponent to foul him.

Jordan jumped into the air with his front and rear feet slightly staggered, transforming into a sky walker. While staying in the air, the basketball in his hand was quickly lowered after being raised high, and then he quickly stretched out from Duncan's armpit and flicked the ball towards the basket. basket.

Duncan's body coordination in the air is also quite terrifying. Jordan's movements did not exceed his expectations. Duncan jumped up and twisted slightly in the air, and quickly moved his left hand back toward the basketball.

Duncan has outstanding jumping and excellent wingspan. However, this time on defense, Jordan took the advantage. Duncan's block failed and the basketball began to rise rapidly.

Just when the basketball was about to hit the backboard, Garnett's figure suddenly flew out from behind Duncan, jumped up, grabbed the basketball with both hands, and directly confiscated Jordan's pull-up layup.

Holding the hat with both hands.

The moment Jordan's layup was intercepted by Garnett, bursts of cheers erupted from the stands. Garnett, who landed quickly, squeezed the basketball in his hand, roared, and then quickly passed the ball to Nick Van Exel is open.

"Hey Michael, can't you see me?!"

After playing the ball, Garnett was extremely excited. He beat his chest with passionate hands and roared at Jordan. Garnett was completely in the zone. Even when facing Jordan, the league's best player, he dared to "speak loudly" in front of him.

On the sidelines of the court, Wu Dao couldn't help laughing and applauding when he saw Garnett's fierce performance. His mentality is completely different from when he first entered the league. He can now sit in the rest area calmly and treat himself as a spectator. The mentality of watching teammates on the court shine.

Garnett's assist defense ability is definitely the best in history. When he was a teammate with him, the feeling of martial arts was not very deep, because on the court, he was thinking about how to score and how to defend the opponent alone. He will subconsciously ignore the brilliance of his players and teammates.

But watching Garnett play off the court, the feeling is completely different.

It's no wonder that after Garnett left the Timberwolves and went to Green Kai, Green Kai, a team that originally had a defensive efficiency in the middle of the league, became the first in the league. If defensive data can become intuitive and easy to quantify, Garnett's historical status can be mentioned even higher.

In the court, Nick Van Exel led the Western Conference to counterattack quickly. Duncan and Garnett were both fast-playing insiders. After alternating between offense and defense, these two people quickly ran towards the Eastern half. .

Nick Van Exel originally planned to cooperate with his old Lakers teammates to complete this round of fast breaks. However, when he approached the three-point line, he suddenly discovered that he had just blocked a shot in the backcourt. Jordan's Garnett actually rushed from the wing to the basket at this moment.

The movement of the body was faster than Nick Van Exel's brain. With a flip of his wrist, the basketball was already sent out by Nick Van Exel and flew towards the basket.

Garnett glanced up at the basketball in the air, pushed past the chasing Jason Williams, jumped up, grabbed the basketball in the air with one hand, and poured the ball into the basket. "Bang!"

The loud noise of the slam dunk was heard in the stadium, and the cheers of the fans rang in the stands. Even in the western rest area, Budao and others applauded.

Coach Philip looked at Garnett with a smile on his face, clapped his hands several times, and shouted: "Good job, Kevin!"

"Keep up the good work!"

Under Garnett's activeness, although there were some minor conflicts within the Western Conference's bench lineup, the team's momentum was successfully built.

No, after Garnett scored an alley-oop dunk, the Eastern Conference called a timeout. Maybe it was because Jordan was tired, or maybe the Eastern coach felt that Jordan's playing time was too long. In short, during the timeout, At this time, Jordan was substituted.

The player who replaced Jordan was a standard defender, the "godfather of hip movement" - Tim Hardaway, nicknamed Bugs (not the same person as Anfernee Hardaway, nicknamed Penny).

As for the west side
After returning to the rest area, Garnett yelled at Coach Philip: "Coach, Kobe Bryant is such a lack of team spirit."

“All this guy could think about was one-on-one with Michael.”

"It's okay to think about one-on-one. The key is that this guy still doesn't recognize himself and doesn't have the ability. You know that, right?"

"I went up to cover, but this guy told me to get out!"

"Replace this bastard quickly, I don't want to play with such a person!"

Garnett is an outspoken person, and coach Philip is the coach of the Timberwolves. At this time, Garnett returned to the rest area and complained to Philip about Kobe's various inappropriate behaviors, and wanted to pressure the coach to replace Kobe.

Kobe, who was targeted by Garnett, just looked at Garnett coldly and remained silent, like a Mamba preparing to hunt, looking unusually quiet.

"Uh-huh."

"Okay, Kevin, it's just a small misunderstanding, nothing necessary."

"Focus on the court. You played very well just now. Keep up your activity."

"There are many fans watching the All-Star Game. Even if your family is not there, they will be in front of the TV to watch your performance."

"Don't let everyone down!"

Philip has been getting along with Garnett for a long time. Philip knows Garnett's character very well. For such a docile donkey, of course he must help him mellow his fur.

After hearing Coach Philip's words, Garnett indeed restrained his temper and nodded silently, but when he looked at Kobe, he still breathed out of his nose and snorted with disdain.

The conflict between the two was temporarily suppressed.

As the timeout passed, the players from both teams returned to the court.

The Eastern Conference made substitution adjustments, and Jordan was replaced. Without Jordan in the Eastern Conference team, Kobe also broke away from the "one-on-one competition" state. Although he played He is still sharp, but at least he has some "communication" with his teammates.

It's not a communication of words, but a communication of basketball.

Kobe and Garnett seemed to be at odds with each other. Whether they were successful defensively or offensively, they both looked at each other and showed off to each other their achievements in both offense and defense.

The momentum of these two people also affected the rest of the Western Conference, and the entire team played very tough.

But toughness is toughness. After all, Reggie Miller and Glenn Rice are long-established stars. There is no doubt about their personal abilities. Under the strong suppression of the Western Conference, Reggie Miller first scored two consecutive three-pointers to help the team stabilize. Seizing the situation, he immediately made a fake shot and passed the ball to assist Glen Rice, who cut into the basket and scored a dunk.

As other players in the Eastern Conference gradually exerted their strength, the situation quickly became deadlocked.

Under this situation, the second quarter passed quickly. The score of the two teams in a single quarter also reached 32:31, and the West gained a one-point lead.

In the second quarter, the pace of the game on both offense and defense accelerated, with a lot of rounds, and the players' offensive efficiency was considered to be in line with their own level.

In the third quarter, both the Eastern and Western teams made substitution adjustments. On the Western side, Admiral Robinson, who had been waiting off the court for two quarters, came to the court.

Mitch Richmond also got a chance to play. At the same time, Wu Dao returned to the court, and he was partnered with Duncan in the inside and Kobe Bryant at the 2nd position.

In the Eastern Conference, the adjustment is not too big, except that the forward position 3 and is replaced by Antoine Walker.

When Wu Dao and other players returned to the stadium, the audience in the stands burst into warm cheers, and some fans shouted Wu Dao's name with great enthusiasm.

Before entering the court, Philip quietly took Wu Dao's arm. Under Wu Dao's slightly puzzled eyes, Philip whispered:
"Save your strength in this quarter. I let you play just to keep you in the game. I will replace you soon."

"This is an All-Star. If you are given too much playing time, others will be dissatisfied."

"Of course, the game is for victory, and you will be needed on the court at critical moments, so don't make your presence too strong in this quarter."

Listening to Phillip's words, Wu Dao's face showed a look of understanding.

He understands the ways of the world very well——

This thing is available everywhere now, even in the NBA, it is the same.

Wu Dao nodded at Phillip and then entered the court.

It is not easy for a player like Wu Dao to make his presence thin. Nowadays, he doesn't need to perform well. He just needs to get the ball and stand there, and the audience will naturally cheer. , and his opponents will spontaneously surround him.

"Coach Phillip really gave me a difficult problem!"