Chapter 622: Point Guard Mission One
In March, the temperature warmed up significantly.
At the beginning of the month, the Warriors had another road trip to the East.
The first stop was New York, challenging the Knicks who had fallen to the bottom, and in the Madison Square Garden arena, countless fans cheered for the Warriors from afar and cheered for Yang Di. This is also a great wonder in the league, and the Knicks are unique.
The Warriors easily beat the Knicks and then traveled to Washington, D.C., to challenge the Wizards.
The two teams battled each other, and the Wizards had three guns with ferocious firepower, and they fought the Warriors until the last minute, and Caron Butler hit a key jumper to give the Wizards the lead.
Yang Di responded with a big heart and a turnaround jumper, tenaciously leveling the score.
As the crowd watched, Arenas' final three-pointer went wide and the two sides went into overtime.
In overtime, Yang Di grabbed a key frontcourt rebound, scored a second offense, and then blocked Caron Butler's dunk on the defensive end.
In the end, the Warriors won 117-116 on the road.
That night, the Warriors flew straight to Detroit without stopping in Washington, D.C., and within 24 hours, they had to play the Pistons again.
The Warriors players complained of bitterness and were visibly physically and mentally exhausted.
Although the team has won five in a row, this last victory is not so easy to get.
Before the start of the game, Yang Di received the "Legendary Point Guard Task Four" released by the system.
Mission Description: Chauncey Billups is one of the league's leading championship guards, with an excellent overall view, solid defense, and accurate three-point shooting, and this season, after the Pistons lost Ben Wallace, Billups has resisted the team's banner, and the Pistons are in first place in the East, and Billups has contributed to it.
Objective: Defeat the Pistons.
Reward: Complete traditional point guard task 4 and get a player card above S level.
Last season, Yang Di received the legendary point guard task, half of which was completed, and this season has been completed one after another 3/4, as long as he completes this one more, he can get the super guard player card, which will help him a lot in rating growth and skill improvement.
And the previous tasks have been completed, and it would be a pity if this one could not be completed.
So Yang Di lifted his spirits, and a few minutes before the game started, he was more excited than all the Warriors players.
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The fans in the Auburn Hills Palace Arena were sparsely seated, the economy was sluggish, and there were many fewer people watching the game.
With the support of the Chinese market brought by Yang Di and Yao Ming, the NBA is in the four major leagues in North America, and the income of players is basically stable, but other leagues are not.
The operating income of some of Yang Di's industries is also significantly worse than last year and the year before last, which is still Yang Di's investment industry, unlike the financial industry, which has been so obviously impacted.
At the scene of the game, the Pistons VS Warriors.
Pistons starters: Billups, Hamilton, Prince, Chris Webb and Mark Hill.
Rasheed Wallace missed the game with a muscle discomfort in his lower back and Mark Hill was righted and sat in the starting line-up of the game.
Chris Webber was traded in the middle of the game, about the same time Iverson was traded to the Nuggets.
The 76ers were determined to rebuild, and sent away all the stars and marks of the house, even the once most gorgeous No. 4 position, which had to be sadly cleaned up.
Webb came to the Pistons, very unsuitable for the Pistons' tactics and atmosphere, coupled with a knee injury that affected the body's explosiveness, the state declined rapidly, from last season he could also get an average of 20.2 points and 9.9 rebounds per game, to only 10 points and 7 rebounds this season, on this day, he just passed his 34th birthday.
On the Warriors' side, it is still the starting lineup of Fisher, Ray Allen, Danny Granger, Jandy and Chandler.
Chandler jumped to win Mark Hill, the Warriors' first wave of offense.
Fisher advanced to the three-point line, raised his arms and began to command.
Young's elbow made a cover for Ray Allen's air-cut counterrun, but Ray Allen still couldn't get away well from his defender, Hamilton.
Both are well-known shooters in the league, and their catch-and-catch jumpers are too dangerous to run away, but at the same time, because of their super fast cadence, they are familiar with getting rid of routines, and they can also restrain each other when defending.
Fisher, seeing that there was no chance, turned to the left and then fed the ball to Danny Granger on the wing.
Yang Di came out inside and went to a position a little outside the paint area to catch the ball.
"Smack!"
Yang Di closed the ball with both hands and imprisoned the basketball like an iron hand.
The body was half-turned and faced Chris Webb.
However, at the age of thirty-four, Weber's temples are still slightly pale, Yang Di looked at Weber, who was much older, and couldn't help sighing, when he first entered the league, Weber was still the king's golden signboard, and he was still the top five big forwards in the league, a top star, but he didn't expect that in the blink of an eye, he wandered to Detroit.
Weber's eyes are a little cloudy, and he no longer has the same brilliance, for the young and vigorous Yang Di, he can't afford to compete with him, and he doesn't accept the idea of being old, there is no need for this, he has already fought with Yang Di many times, and he is clear about this young man's ability, this is not a player who can limit him from finishing things at all.
Yang Di tapped his toes lightly, and his shoulders shook, making Webb unable to see the dynamics clearly.
He didn't have much time to attack, he didn't have any extra movements, the basketball was held high and then lowered, placed behind his waist, and then leaned down as if he was about to sprint.
Webber quietly took a small step back.
Yang Di stepped out suddenly, stepped out with his right foot to the right, and reached out to dribble at the same time.
The big man has a lot less variation in breaking through than the small man, but because the big man has a big pace, once the speed or rhythm is dominant, the defender will have a hard time defending.
Yang Di instantly changed direction in front of his body and broke through to the left side.
Weber's defense is not very good, his career is like this, as soon as Yang Di changes direction, even if he has retreated in advance with rich experience, he is still out of rhythm, his steps are staggered, and he can't keep up with Yang Di at all.
In an instant, Yang Di's position was the same as Weber's, and in the blink of an eye, Yang Di passed Weber.
"It's fast again!"
Webb's pupils suddenly dilated like pinholes, and when he turned his head, Yang Di had already stepped up, raising the basketball with one arm in the air, and making a posture of tomahawk splitting.
The 24-year-old Mark Hill has just entered the league in his second year, and he flew up like a stunned boy, and he was in front of Yang Di.
"Bang!"
The two collided, and the 118-kilogram Mark Hill was hit by Yang Di and flew backwards.
However, Yang Di also forbade his body at the same time, and there was no motivation to continue going, his body seemed to be suspended in the air, his waist was straightened, and his arm was forced, and he swung it down.
"Bell!"
One of Yang Di's fingertips just touched the basket, and the basketball penetrated the net like lightning.