Slam Dunk: My Study Abroad Career in Northern Hunan

Wu Dao, who passed Kobe and O'Neal one after another, reached the basket and dunked with his back, and his strong scoring abruptly interrupted the Lakers' upward momentum.

The Timberwolves fans cheered loudly, and their enthusiasm was ignited by Wu Dao's slam dunk.

What kind of person would be called a team leader? Is he the one who scores the most points in the team? Not really.

Team leader is
Someone who can stand up at the critical moment when the team needs it and stabilize the situation by scoring; someone who can lead the locker room and unify players with different personalities; someone who can lead the team to victory.

Only such a person deserves to be called a leader!

Although Wu Dao is young, he has gradually understood what he should do on the court as a team leader. Although his previous all-inclusive style of play quickly helped him gain a foothold in the team, it also helped Wu Dao Attracted many, many fans.

But as the number of games increased and the intensity of the games gradually increased, he also realized that he needed to release a certain amount of space for other teammates to perform.

Opponents are getting stronger and stronger. As a defensive leader on the outside, Wu Dao often needs to face the opponent's best scorer on the defensive end.

Wu Dao had already felt it in the game against the Bulls. With his current physical fitness, it is not easy to maintain a certain level of ability on both offense and defense.

Playing high-intensity offensive and defensive battles occasionally for one or two games is not a problem, but if there are more games, it will be a bit difficult.

There will come a time when martial arts need to make a choice.

Neither focusing on offense nor focusing on defense can actually solve the problem. The only way is to let teammates share the offensive pressure when the situation on the field allows.

Only the decisive ball, or the ball that follows the trend, is executed by yourself.

Only in this way can players maintain their team status while also performing outstanding performances on the court.

For a player of Jordan's caliber, he has mastered this way of playing early, so when you watch his games, he can always step forward when the team is most critical, even in overtime. In the fourth quarter, there were basically no physical problems.

At the same time, Jordan also takes care of defense while attacking.

Even at the end of his career, Jordan still did not relax his requirements in this area. He spent a lot of energy on both offense and defense. It is precisely because of this that Jordan's spirit is remembered by people and by subsequent players. transfer.

The Lakers are a formidable opponent and Kobe is also an outstanding player.

In front of such an opponent, Wu Dao also wanted to see how far he could go and whether he could help the team win without using an all-encompassing style of play.

It’s not that he doesn’t have good teammates. Garnett, Marbury, and All-Star Tom are all very good players. When partnering with these people, with Wu Dao’s current team status, there is really no need to play like before. .

Wu Dao's dunk score obviously brought some "little shock" to the Lakers players. In this attack, Eddie Jones made some mistakes after receiving the basketball and made some mistakes in passing the ball to O'Neal. As a result, O'Neal was unstable in holding the ball. Garnett stepped up and pinched him. He made a mistake and lost the ball. .

After the Timberwolves successfully defended, they quickly launched a counterattack. Marbury dribbled the ball straight to the Lakers basket. After encountering Fisher's pursuit and pressure, he habitually chose to pass backwards and followed up with the ball. Come to martial arts.

The Lakers' defense against Wu Dao never relaxed for a moment. Wu Dao, who received the ball near the free throw line, was quickly flanked by Kobe Bryant and Eddie Jones.

Although in this position, Wu Dao, who had already started to speed up, could not be stopped by players of the size of Kobe and Eddie Jones. However, after Wu Dao noticed the familiar footsteps behind him, he still chose a more secure attack method.

I saw Wu Dao quickly throwing the ball towards the backboard while walking. After the basketball was released, Wu Dao glanced at the person coming behind him, turned his direction, and quickly left the basket.

"Snapped!!"

The basketball hit the backboard, caught Kobe and Eddie Jones off guard, and quickly flew over their heads.

Just when the two of them were wondering why Wu Dao would do this, Garnett's figure was already rising into the sky.

The Timberwolves' starting lineup's counterattack has always been not one person or two people, but a three-person or four-person team!

Wu Dao, Garnett and even Tom can all keep up with Marbury's footsteps!
“Bang!!!”

Garnett caught the ball with both hands in the air and dunked directly to score the alley-oop. The loud slam of the dunk instantly spread throughout the arena.

In the stands, the Lakers fans kept silent, while the Timberwolves fans immediately cheered after seeing this scene.

A smooth and gorgeous fast break performance. The combination of basketball and Marbury and martial arts made the Timberwolves' fast break as smooth as mercury.

"it is good!"

"Good fight!"

Seeing this round of offense from the Timberwolves, Coach Philip of the Timberwolves couldn't help but excitedly jumped up, waved his fist, and shouted loudly.

Philip is a coach and also a fan.

However, this "fan" is different from ordinary fans. He likes to watch the gorgeous individual performances of the players, and he is intoxicated by the outstanding basketball skills of the superstars.

But the team's excellent teamwork can really hit his G-spot, which is another wonderful charm that is different from extreme individualism.

The art of team command is what Philip pursues!
Since he joined the Timberwolves, this team has indeed gradually become stronger, but since Wu Dao entered the team, this team has gradually developed in a direction that Philip did not want to go.

The ultimate personal ability of martial arts has brought the Timber Wolf to a higher level, but similarly, the ability of martial arts has also taken the Timber Wolf to another path.

The conflict between Wu Dao and Philip is actually a huge difference between Wu Dao's playing style and philosophy, which strives to stand out, and Philip.

Wu Dao, who landed in the NBA as a yellow man, has attracted more people's attention. He is eager to perform in the league and silence those who are prejudiced. This is what Wu Dao urgently wants to do.

At that time, the martial arts was sharp and sharp, and it became a little unlike himself.

But now, compared to when he first entered the league, Wu Dao has become much calmer and more confident. This is due to his strength, the change in the team's status, and Wu Dao's psychological changes.

The current martial arts finally looks like a leader in Philip's eyes.

"Well done!"

Garnett scored an alley-oop and showed his face well in front of Lakers fans. His terrifying physical talent made his dunk appear "full of dominance." Garnett was obviously very excited after scoring the goal, high-fiving Wu Dao in celebration with a smile on his face.

This feeling is indescribably comfortable.

He vaguely felt that martial arts seemed to have changed, but for a while he didn't know what words to use to describe this feeling.

"Dunk a few more and let O'Neal and his Lakers see how powerful you are!"

Wu Dao said with a smile, and then the two quickly returned to defense. The Lakers served from the backcourt, and Kobe temporarily acted as the No. 1 position. He took the ball and pressed toward the frontcourt. His eyes swept over Wu Dao, and he took the ball to the top of the key.

Fisher seemed to be aware of it and left the top of the arc and sank to the bottom corner. Without saying a word, Marbury chased Fisher toward the bottom corner, while Wu Dao also came to the top of the arc, spreading his arms to defend Kobe.

Wu Dao's defense is somewhat particular. He seemingly inadvertently glanced at Garnett not far behind him, then staggered his steps and deliberately released Garnett's side of the defense, allowing Kobe to "comfortably" break through his defense. .

An obvious trap.

Based on Kobe's experience, he naturally noticed that Wu Dao deliberately put himself in Garnett's defense zone, but Kobe has never been the kind of person to be afraid.

trap?

Then crush your trap!

Kobe dropped the ball and rushed forward, and his body quickly passed by Wu Dao. The next second after Kobe passed by, Wu Dao quickly turned around and followed Kobe's footsteps, and quickly got in front of Kobe, but Wu Dao did not stick very closely. , deliberately leaving some positions to block the connection between Kobe and O'Neal.

The moment Garnett saw Kobe's sudden advance, he moved as expected. In the blink of an eye, he was in front of Kobe and reached out to block Kobe's sight.

Immediately being double-teamed by Wu Dao and Garnett, Kobe stopped the ball with both hands and quickly raised it above his head.

Wu Dao did not follow Kobe's movements and took off. His eyes were fixed on the basketball in Kobe's hand. Instead of stepping forward, he took half a step back, accumulating strength and preparing to jump at any time to block Kobe's pass.

On the contrary, it was Garnett. When Kobe stopped suddenly, his whole body immediately ejected and jumped directly towards the basketball in Kobe's hand.

Garnett is a tall guy. This guy's registered height was 211cm when he was in the league in high school, but in fact, Garnett's height has grown to 216cm.

It's just that Garnett didn't want to go to the fifth position and fight with those muscular sticks inside, so he kept falsely reporting his height to the outside world. Even during the team's physical test, Garnett deliberately did a little trick, bending his legs to measure his height.

His height combined with his athleticism brings his defense to another level.

It may be difficult for Garnett to deal with "super" players like O'Neal or Yao Ming, but helping to defend a 2-position spring monster like Kobe Bryant is really in line with Garnett's appetite!
You know, even a player of Jordan's level often needs to use his footsteps to fend off Garnett before he dares to take action when facing Garnett's help.

Kobe Bryant's pull-up jumper in front of Garnett's face was courting death!

"Bang!!"

A pair of big hands directly pressed on the basketball that Kobe held high, blocking the ball directly. The martial arts speed on the side was very fast. He directly grabbed the ball in his hands with a sprint, slammed it on the ground, and started to speed up and push back quickly. attack.

Eddie Jones on the side wanted to intercept Wu Dao, but Wu Dao used his body to fly forward. He regained control of the ball at the midline. Wu Dao took the lead and went directly to the Lakers basket, grabbed the ball with one hand, and scored with a flying dunk.

The Timberwolves' consecutive rounds of defensive counterattacks caused the Lakers' rhythm to become slightly disordered. Fisher, who was holding the ball, subconsciously increased the pace of advancement, eager to stop the team's bleeding.

At this time, O'Neal on the inside happened to have some small opportunities. He turned around without the ball and successfully got an opening. At the same time, the basketball was successfully lifted into O'Neal's hands.

The latter took the ball and used his best bottom step to get to the basket. He jumped up and was about to dunk. Garnett's figure suddenly appeared in front of O'Neal, leaping high and holding his hands directly. Then O'Neal raised the basketball.

O'Neal couldn't even take off, and the basketball was "snatched" by Garnett in this way.

Feeling the dull pain in his arm, O'Neal stared at the referee at the bottom line.

However, the referee responded to O'Neal with a somewhat confused expression.

"F**k!"

O'Neal cursed lowly and hurriedly raised his feet to quickly return to defense, but his speed was a bit slower after all. In other words, the Lakers' interior players were relatively slow in movement.

Wu Dao, Fisher and Tom were in a three-on-three frontcourt, but both Eddie Jones and Kobe focused their attention on Wu Dao, ignoring Tom who slipped from the baseline and cut into the basket.

After receiving Fisher's pass, Wu Dao repeated his old trick and sent Tom an alley-oop.

Tom's physical fitness is not as good as Garnett's, and the height of Wu Dao's passing is also a little lower, just a little higher than the basket.

“Bang!!!”

Tom caught the ball in the air with one hand and scored with a dunk, and the cheers of Timberwolves fans also poured into the stadium.

The Timberwolves' successive attacks hit a climax. Seeing the Timberwolves' players freely attacking the Lakers' basket, the Lakers' coach Harris finally couldn't sit still anymore. Taking advantage of the transfer of the ball to the Lakers, A quick timeout was called.

The game was not even halfway through the second quarter when Harris couldn't hold it in any longer.

The point difference between the two teams is actually not too big, but the situation is completely controlled by the Timberwolves.

The buzzer sounded, and the players from the two teams returned to their respective rest areas.

When Harris saw the players coming back, he grabbed the tactical board and roared at Fisher:

"You are the point guard of the Lakers, do you have to follow the rhythm of the Timberwolves?!"

"Slow down!!!"

"Slow down!!!"

"We have Shaq! We just need to get into position with the Timberwolves!"

"Steady, steady, do you understand? Do you understand!!!"

With that said, Harris waved to Joan Barry (193cm, 88kg, No. 1992 pick in the first round of 21) in the rest area:
"Joan, come on!"

"Derek, calm down and think about how to fight."

"Also, Kobe, I know you really want to beat that young man from the Timberwolves!"

"But I tell you, if you want to stay on the court, you have to learn to use your brain!"

"Instead of stupidly charging into the forest wolf's trap!"

(End of this chapter)