Slam Dunk: My Study Abroad Career in Northern Hunan

The strong buckle made the audience in the stands burst into the warmest cheers since the beginning.

The fans waved their name tags and team logos, and looked excited and enthusiastic. The fans' emotions were ignited by martial arts, and the entire venue was filled with the fans' voices, as if they were about to lift the dome of the arena.

Malone looked at Martial Arts not far away with an angry face, and his heart was filled with anger. After being in the NBA for so many years, it is not that Malone has never experienced being dunked, but this time it was different. It went over my head
Whether it is the East or the West, everyone has the same view on the matter of "crotch humiliation".

Naked humiliation, this is unacceptable to Karl Malone.

If it wasn't on the court, Malone would have greeted him with his fists, but unfortunately, this is an NBA arena. Although Malone is full of anger, he also knows what can and cannot be done.

"It's not over yet, just wait."

Ma Long stretched out his hand and pointed towards Wu Dao, with a fierce and threatening look on his face. However, facing Ma Long's threat, Wu Dao just casually spread his hands and didn't care.

If you are still afraid of the opponent's retaliation when playing on the court, then you don't need to play anymore, just go home and hide at home!
"I'm waiting for you, but don't make me wait too long!"

Wu Dao turned around and ran towards the Timberwolves half court. Before leaving, he said this to Malone in a relaxed tone.

Malone walked to the baseline without saying a word, quickly released the ball, and ran towards the frontcourt quickly after releasing the ball. I don’t know if it was because his mentality was affected, but Malone’s running speed was very fast. Stockton's ball had not even crossed the center line, and Malone entered the frontcourt early.

Malone did not go to the inside or the mid-range as usual to wait for his teammates to cross the half court, and then rotated to look for offensive opportunities.

After crossing the center line, he had no intention of positioning inside. Instead, he walked straight in front of Wu Dao, forcing Adam Kife, who was originally positioned here, to change direction and go to the left. Near the three-point line.

At the same time, Jeff Hornacek, who was supposed to defend at the left three-point line, was forced to leave his original position. After looking around, he chose to sink into the bottom corner on the same side.

As Malone's position changed, the entire Jazz team's offense became stronger on one side and weaker on the other.

On the right wing defended by Wu Dao, three Jazz attackers suddenly stood up.

The Jazz's Greg Foster still chose to position inside after entering the frontcourt.

This also led to the Timberwolves' defensive half, with only Adam Kife in the left half, forming a reverse "open singles".

Of course, the premise is that the Jazz ball will be in the hands of Adam Kiefe, allowing him to single Sam Mitchell.

In this attack, Stockton's choice of ball will not be Adam Kife, but Malone, who has just suffered humiliation.

It is true that Stockton is a very rational player. If the opportunity is right, he does not care whether his teammate is a star player. Even if the opponent is a newcomer who has just entered the league, he will still pass the ball to the opponent.

But similarly, as an NBA veteran, Stockton also understands the world of people on the court.

Malone has worked with him for many years, and he knows the character of the other player very well.

After being dunked by martial arts, Malone will definitely look for opportunities to regain the court. At this time, looking at Malone's offensive position, Malone does not want to wait for opportunities to appear. He wants to play now and take the initiative to create opportunities!
Jazz players fell into position one after another, and Stockton, who was approaching the top of the arc with the ball, also saw Malone's intention and gave the ball to Karl Malone on the wing.

As the basketball came into his hands, a bright smile appeared on Ma Long's dark face. He dropped the basketball and was about to rush forward, but suddenly he found that the martial arts man standing in front of him stepped back and quickly got out of the way.

And at the same time that Wu Dao gave way, Timberwolves insider Ben Wallace suddenly moved up, directly filling the gap in Wu Dao and blocking Karl Malone.

The retreating Wu Dao also moved towards the bottom corner, intercepting Karl Malone and Jeff Hornacek, blocking the passing route from the wing to the bottom corner.

"Ok?"

The Timberwolves' quick defensive rotation left the Jazz with no time to move the ball. After the ball fell, Karl Malone let out a soft murmur, glanced at Wu Dao as he left, and then turned back to look at Ben Wallace in front of him.

"I am your opponent."

Ben Wallace had a bright smile on his face, spread his arms, and challenged Karl Malone in front of him.

When Karl Malone heard this, he immediately laughed angrily. Without any nonsense, he quickly started to advance as soon as the basketball landed.

The next second, Karl Malone's body and Ben Wallace's body collided firmly together.

The huge force hit Ben Wallace, forcing him to take a step back, but at the same time, Karl Malone, who had just accelerated, was also suppressed by the huge recoil force.

Malone is a very versatile player, and this versatility is not only reflected in his skills at the basket.

Malone is also good at attacking with the ball from the outside.

While the speed dropped, Malone quickly changed direction and continued to rush inward from the right side of Ben Wallace. However, this time, Ben Wallace's defense failed to suppress Malone's speed. Malone quickly rushed in. Forced to hold Wallace close to the free throw line, under the surprised eyes of all the players, Malone suddenly rose up, shot an arrow on horseback, and quickly released the basketball in his hand.

For a power forward, Malone's offensive moves look a bit supermodel.

In the eyes of Wu Dao and others, Ma Long was simply forced into a desperate situation and took action forcefully. This was a senseless offensive choice.

But under the gaze of everyone, the basketball thrown by Malone fell steadily into the net with a crisp sound.

"What the hell?"

Seeing Malone's goal, Wu Dao, who was defending in the corner, couldn't help but twitch his eyes and murmured in disbelief.

He never expected that Malone could score a goal in such an attitude. This was indeed beyond martial arts' expectations.

All the Timberwolves players looked at each other in shock at this moment, and they all saw shock in each other's eyes. Ben Wallace, who failed to defend, also turned to the martial arts in the corner, spread his hands, and showed a Helpless look
"Shit luck, just a coincidence."

On the sidelines of the court, fellow power forward Garnett couldn't help shouting.

He thought that if it had been him who had scored the ball just now, he would not have been able to score in such an attitude, and what he couldn't do, Malone should not be able to do it either.

This is Garnett's confidence in his own strength.

"Who knows."

"Okay, attack."

Budao clapped his hands and trotted towards the front court.

The Timberwolves players also recovered from the shock and returned their attention to the court.

Just a fairy ball.

It's not unusual for these players in the NBA to score goals that exceed the expectations of the audience and opponents once or twice.

Between the alternation of offense and defense, the Timberwolves players also pressed into the Jazz half.

Marbury, who crossed the midline with the ball, looked in the direction of Wu Dao and found that right in front of Wu Dao, his defensive opponent had changed from Adam Kife to Karl Malone.

It seems that Jazz is planning to let Malone target martial arts.

A slight smile appeared on Marbury's face, but he did not show any surprise.

The Jazz's defensive adjustments were within the Timberwolves' expectations! Ben Wallace, who was about to go inside, turned around and quickly went to Karl Malone's side to set up an off-ball pick-and-roll for Wu Dao. Before Ben Wallace was in position, Wu Dao had quickly left the wing and ran towards Marbury at the top of the key.

The ball was handed to Wu Dao hand-to-hand. After releasing the ball, Marbury and Ben Wallace after the pick-and-roll quickly went down from both sides and rushed towards the basket.

After catching the ball, Wu Dao took the ball with both hands and quickly threw the basketball in his hand.

The eyes of the players on the court and the fans on the sidelines followed the basketball thrown by Budao and moved towards the basket.

Just when the fans were praying that Wu Dao could successfully score the goal, they suddenly discovered that the basketball had lost its strength halfway through and began to fall.

At the same time, people finally discovered Ben Wallace, who was traveling quickly towards the basket.

"clatter!"

Wallace stomped his feet heavily on the ground and jumped up. His huge body quickly blocked the spotlight on the dome, and the dark shadow enveloped Greg Foster.

Wallace caught the ball with both hands in the air, glided to the basket, and slammed the ball into the basket with both hands.

"Bang!"

The sound of dunks rang out from the court, and Wallace's body collided with Greg Foster's, knocking his opponent backwards.

Following Wallace's dunk, the Timberwolves' bench suddenly began to boil. Garnett let out strange screams and cheered vigorously while waving towels.

Even if this kid doesn't play, he still has endless energy.

Wu Dao, who sent the alley-oop, pointed in the direction of the basket and reminded Malone in front of him:

"Aren't you an inside player?"

"What are you doing out there?"

"Don't you think we Timberwolves don't have the ability to attack inside?"

"He is indeed a defensive player, and his ability to hold the ball and attack the basket is average, but his talent is real."

"Let him jump up smoothly, and none of you Sirs can stop him."

"Karl, the people I mentioned include you!"

Wu Dao said, retreating towards his own half. Ben Wallace, who successfully scored, also jogged past Malone. When he came to Wu Dao's side, he stretched out his hand and gave Wu Dao a high five to celebrate.

Being stared at by all the Timberwolves players, Malone felt uncomfortable everywhere in his body.

Wu Dao's faint smile made him think it was the other party's ridicule.

Ma Long took a few deep breaths before suppressing the anger in his heart. As a veteran and famous player, Ma Long knew very well that at times like this, he must be calmer.

His gaffe just now caused the team to easily lose points. Seeing this alley-oop from the Timberwolves, how could Malone not know that he had been fooled? !

Players like him are also top-notch in their ability to adjust their mentality.

After all, it is difficult for a villain like Rodman to stir up his emotions. It is impossible for Malone to completely lose his mind with such simple words as Wu Dao and others.

The Jazz attacked and Malone's position became reasonable again.

He returned to normal, and the rest of the Jazz's movements also returned to their previous level. Jeff Hornacek on the outside first set a pick-and-roll for Stockton at the top of the arc, and as Stockton accelerated his breakthrough , the Timberwolves also took advantage of the trend to perform defensive rotations.

Sam Mitchell, who was originally guarding Jeff Hornacek, switched to guard Stockton.

Facing the slightly bloated Mitchell, Stockton did not play the ball, choosing to use small to beat big and use speed to overpower.

As Stockton quickly reached the basket, Wallace and Roberts, who were guarding the basket, looked away. Neither of them noticed that Malone had already reached the center in front of the baseline. Distance, waiting for opportunity.

Wallace no longer allowed Stockton to show off his power under the basket he was guarding. He quickly moved towards the basket and covered Stockton's eyes with his arms.

But this time, Stockton obviously did not choose to attack the basket by himself. With a flip of his wrist, the basketball turned into a red light and was quickly given to Malone in front of the baseline.

The basketball exploded in Malone's hands and he accelerated directly to the basket, completely ignoring Ben Wallace who was under the basket. He grabbed the ball with both hands and jumped suddenly, about to dunk over Wallace's head with two hands.

However, at this moment, a figure quickly jumped up from behind Malone. The height of the figure when he took off was even a little higher than Malone. A big white hand was pressed firmly on the basketball.

"!!!"

Huge force came from his arms, and Malone was forced down when he took off. The basketball in his hand was dunked on the edge of the basket and flew outward.

"Bang~"

There was a soft sound, and the crooked Ma Long quickly fell back to the ground, and then couldn't help but look back.

Looking back, Malone discovered that Wu Dao, who was supposed to be guarding Adam Kife, had actually penetrated the inside and came behind him.

"There's no way I can look good playing like this!"

Wu Dao, who blocked Malone's dunk, pointed at the basketball caught by Marbury and smiled at Malone. In the playoffs, Budo will use every score to increase his team's chance of victory.

Regardless of whether trash talk is useful or not, it doesn’t take much effort anyway, just say it and that’s it!
It doesn't matter if it doesn't work, but if it does.
The Timberwolves began to counterattack, but the Jazz returned to defense relatively quickly, and Wu Dao did not launch a fast break immediately, causing the Timberwolves to fast attack the side positions.

After the attack failed, Malone's face turned dark and he was full of displeasure.

In today's game with the Timberwolves, Malone didn't know why, but he always felt weird and uncomfortable.

It was a feeling Malone was familiar with.

"Targeted by these people from the Timberwolves!"

"Their defense revolves around me?!"

Malone, who has rich experience in the game, quickly sensed that something was wrong, and it was precisely because he clearly understood that he was being targeted that he looked so bad.

It's not just a day or two for a super giant like him to be targeted. There are not many teams in the league that have this idea.

But there wasn't much that really made him feel the pressure.

Today's young Timberwolves really made him feel constrained and extremely uncomfortable.

(End of this chapter)