Slam Dunk: My Study Abroad Career in Northern Hunan

Chapter 662 Huang Qiaodan’s beating!

The All-Star Game of the 97-98 season has officially come to an end.

After the game, Wu Dao, who was elected All-Star Game MVP, and his remarks immediately became the focus of heated discussion among fans.

Especially the fans of the Timberwolves, after hearing what Wu Dao said, every one of them was as excited as if they had been pumped.

When fans talk about the current NBA league after dinner, they will talk about martial arts from time to time.

Wu Dao's words undoubtedly deepened his base among Minnesota fans. At the same time, his personal honor of All-Star MVP also greatly enriched the fans' talking points.

Whether it is fans in Minnesota or fans from other states, when talking about martial arts nowadays, it is difficult to associate the word rookie with martial arts.

As for the "Best Rookie" rankings that many fans are more concerned about, this kind of thing is not something that Timberwolves fans and martial arts fans are concerned about.

While other rookies are still struggling with playing time, scoring data, and team status, what martial arts fans care about is the MVP rankings and how many games the team has won!

After the All-Star Game, it wasn't just Minnesota fans who were inspired. Other Timberwolves players were also extremely excited after seeing Wu Dao's performance in the All-Star Game.

The fact that Wu Dao can perform like this in front of such big-name players shows his strong personal ability.

Nowadays, many fans are secretly comparing martial arts with Jordan. After all, when the media interviews martial arts, they also vaguely compare martial arts with Jordan.

The team has such a young "super giant" as their thigh, and the Timberwolves players only feel that their future is bright.

In the Timberwolves, there are actually not many older players.

In the years when Jordan dominated the league, the most famous players like Utah Shuangsha and Flying Pigs were not the only players who never won a championship.

In this day and age, as long as you are not a Bulls or Rockets player, everyone's championship dream has not come true.

But for the Timberwolves players, the strength of martial arts gave them hope of the team competing for the championship.

If Philip said in front of the media that "the Timberwolves' goal is to compete for the championship" was just to give some incentives to the players, then now, "compete for the championship" has become what the Timberwolves players really have to do. matter!

2 month 11 day.

One day after the All-Star Weekend, the Timberwolves faced the Magic from afar at their home target center.

The Magic's record is 23 wins and 26 losses, and their strength level is considered to be in the middle. When they run into the Timberwolves, who are the most powerful team in the Western Conference, they have no ability to resist.

101:88, the Timberwolves easily won the game with a 13-point difference.

If you just look at the scores, some people may think that the strength of the two teams is not much different, but the actual situation is that the entire game is firmly in the hands of the Timberwolves. , none of the Magic players saw any hope of a comeback.

The 13-point difference is the result of the Magic's all-out efforts, but it is not the result of the Timberwolves' all-out efforts!
In the few days after February, the Timberwolves defeated the Nuggets, Mavericks, Heat and other teams, and harvested a wave of winning streak. On February 13th, in the second game with the Magic, they once again defeated the Nuggets, Mavericks, Heat and other teams. Defeated the Magic with a -point margin.

In that game, the Timberwolves achieved precise point control.

When media reporters interviewed Timberwolves players after the game, Garnett revealed to the media:
“It’s not like we only won thirteen points that we couldn’t win more.”

"It's just that we don't want the Magic to lose too ugly."

Garnett's madness naturally aroused the disgust of countless Magic fans, and the fans' condemnation also drowned out Garnett.

But Garnett has never been a person who is afraid of trouble. With such a big mouth, how can he know what to say and what not to say.

What's more, Garnett clearly knows that his base is in Minnesota. As long as Minnesota fans recognize him and the Timberwolves win, that's enough.

Therefore, when Garnett was invited to participate in a local Minnesota radio show on his day off, he continued to say loudly: "I don't care at all if Magic fans are against me."

"After all, I told the truth."

"If you don't like it, let the Magic players beat me on the court."

"Of course, that's assuming the Magic can enter the playoffs and meet our Timberwolves."

Garnett's "speech" was as crazy as ever. Not only did he not apologize for his previous remarks, but he also made an insinuation about the Magic's record that season.

The health of Magic star Anfernee Hardaway this season is not optimistic. This guy has not played much for most of the season. When the Magic played against the Timberwolves, only 7 players were rotated.
And Garnett's words really stung the Magic fans.

While the fans vented their anger on Garnett, the Magic players also suffered unreasonable disasters.

While the fans were criticizing Garnett, they also resented the Magic players for "pulling their hips".

This mentality is actually easy to understand. This kind of feeling is equivalent to parents seeing other people's children go to Peking University, but their own children can only go to Peking University Jade Bird.
This feeling of loneliness can only be understood by those who have experienced it personally.

Domestic fans should be able to sympathize with this. After all, just like the national football team, they have no choice but to lose.

Carrying the momentum of a winning streak, on February 2, the Timberwolves once again encountered the powerful enemy Rockets.

In this game, the fans were not able to see the "grand spectacle" of martial arts slaughtering the Rockets' perimeter, but they were lucky enough to wait for Garnett's explosion.

The Timberwolves and Rockets fought in overtime, and in the end the team won the game with a small advantage of 100:95, leading by five points.

In the overtime period, Garnett's key frontcourt rebound and Budo's mid-range pull-up shot after pushing Barkley away completely eliminated the suspense of the game.

这一场球下来，加内特全场打了47分钟，砍下了25分17板2分2封盖的比赛数据。

Although Budo scored a team-high 41 points, his brilliance in this game was not able to overshadow Garnett.

Compared with Garnett and Wu Dao, the performance of the Rockets' two leading stars in this game was a bit "bland".

The game between the two of them and the Timberwolves was very uncomfortable. Olajuwon played 33 minutes and scored 20 points, 7 rebounds, 2 steals and 1 block. However, with this scoring data Basically, he even made 6 turnovers.

The injury he suffered had a huge impact on Olajuwon. Compared with last season, his dominance at the basket showed a sudden decline.

As for Barkley, it was even more uncomfortable. He came on as a substitute for today's game, which was considered to be able to "stagger travel." He played 41 minutes, but he only made 12 of 4 shots and scored 11 points. points, but the number of rebounds was 10, which was considered a beautiful double-double. However, it is worth mentioning that all ten of his rebounds were backcourt rebounds.
The team's two big cores were pissed off, but the other Rockets role players put in their best efforts for this game.

A total of 6 members of the Rockets team scored in double figures, but it is a pity that the team's bosses can't be tough. No matter how hard these players try, they can't save the game.

In the overtime of the game, after taking advantage of the Rockets, the momentum of the Timberwolves team was unprecedentedly high. The mentality of the players also changed after this game, and the enthusiasm of the players during the game was greatly improved. promote.

The Kings and Spurs were killed by the Timberwolves one after another.

On February 2, the Timberwolves once again faced the Houston Rockets away from home.

In this game, all the Rockets players were on hand. As the team leaders, Olajuwon and Barkley also felt hot today. With their explosive touch, the Rockets finally ended the game. Minnesota Timberwolves.

Wu Dao played for 36 minutes in the whole game, turned into the leader of the empty-cut group, and scored 46 points in a single game, but the result was that the Timberwolves finally lost the game 110:118.

The Rockets' home referees were relatively fair in their penalty decisions. After one game, the Timberwolves got 19 free throws, but the Rockets themselves only got 15 free throws.

The win over the Timberwolves had no off-court factors and relied on the outstanding performance of the Rockets players.

这场球火箭球员总共有8人得分上双，其中奥拉朱旺13中8，砍下了20分；巴克利11中7，砍下了15分。

It is worth mentioning that Barkley changed his combat thinking in this game. Unlike the previous game against the Timberwolves, he had to mark Wu Dao himself.

He left the defensive martial arts work to his teammates, asking them to double-team that "Yellow Jordan", while Barkley himself focused on blocking, grabbing boards, and attacking.

Barkley played 29 minutes in this game. While scoring 15 points, he also had 13 rebounds and 6 frontcourt boards.

As for Garnett, he really got a taste of the power of this "senior" in this game. He only scored 16 points on 6-of-13 shooting. He was also blown away and only got 7 rebounds, 6 of which were from the back. field rebounds
The Rockets chose a very correct strategy for this game. To a certain extent, they gave up their pursuit of martial arts defense and instead strengthened the restrictions on other Timberwolves players.

Tang Shuai knows one truth very well. Basketball is a team sport. No matter how one person can score, he cannot take all the team's shots.

No matter how accurate and stable a player is, it is difficult to achieve a 100% shooting rate in such a game.

Whoever controls the rebounds controls the game.

The outstanding performance of the Rockets players also confirmed Tang Shuai's idea.

The young players like the Timberwolves were taught a lesson by the veterans from the Rockets.

After the game, Wu Dao, who had lost the game, relaxed and went to the Rockets' rest area to greet Barkley, Olajuwon and others.

Only strong opponents can be respected.

Facing the humble martial arts, Olajuwon and Barkley, who had just won the game, were very happy, and their attitude towards martial arts was quite enthusiastic.

Buckley, with his big mouth, smiled and patted Wu Dao's arm, encouraging Wu Dao and said:
"The future is yours!"

It's obviously a nice thing to say, but it sounds very wrong in martial arts.
"I want it now, if I can."

Wu Dao's answer made Barkley and Olajuwon laugh. After greeting these two people, Wu Dao also shook hands with Tang Shuai and exchanged a few words.

Tomjanovich is different from many white coaches of this era. He has no prejudice against yellow players, and his attitude when talking to martial arts is also very cordial.

"If a dynasty is established in the Timberwolves in the future, I hope you will take a look at our Houston team."

"Our fans here are also very enthusiastic."

Tomjanovich smiled and joked with Wu Dao, patting Wu Dao's arm gently to show his intimacy. His words could also be regarded as an encouragement to Wu Dao.

After Budo made the bold statement in the All-Star Game, coach Tomjanovich was the first person besides his own team and Minnesota fans to give him recognition.

"If you continue to coach the Rockets by then, I might consider it."

Martial Arts said with a smile and answered appropriately.

When Tomjanovich heard what Wu Dao said, he also smiled: "Then I hope you can establish your dynasty as soon as possible."

"In this way, we are not ready to cooperate earlier."

After exchanging a few words, Budao returned to his team and walked to the lounge with his teammates. Since Wu Dao established his position in the Timberwolves, he has a small habit of not allowing any player to "leave early" regardless of the situation on the court.

Unity, this thing is more important to martial arts than anything else.

This is the most important thing for any team trying to compete for the championship!
After returning to the lounge, coach Philip approached Wu Dao privately and asked in a sideways manner what Wu Dao had just said to Rockets coach Tomjanovich.

He looked a little nervous because he seemed to be very happy talking to Wu Dao and Coach Tomjanovich just now.

Faced with Philip's inquiry, Wu Dao had no intention of hiding anything and said Tomjanovich's words in a joking tone.

Unexpectedly, it was just a joke between Wu Dao and Tomjanovich, but Philip looked like he was facing a formidable enemy, with a serious look on his face, and said seriously to Wu Dao:

"Martial arts, you don't have to think too much."

"The team will definitely build a championship-winning lineup around you!"

"We will definitely make you the greatest player in this league after Jordan!"

"Don't let you become a greater player than Jordan!"

The cakes painted by Philippe, emm, look pretty good.

Wu Dao also smiled and said a few words of thanks, but he didn't take Phillip's words to heart.

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The day after the game against the Rockets, the Timberwolves were sitting in the Target Center Arena. During the home game against the Lakers, Glen Taylor, the Timberwolves' boss, sat in the front row and came to "supervise the battle."