Chapter 90: The Wasp
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Wade looked up, and suddenly remembered something.
"Huh? Why did Yang Di go to the toilet for so long? Should it fall into the toilet? He opened his mind and estimated the time for Yang Di to leave, I am afraid it will be twenty minutes.
When he turned his head, he saw Yang Di walking in from the door with a swaying appearance.
"Hey, buddy, what are you doing?"
Yang Di shrugged, "No, go to the toilet normally." ”
"How long does it take you to go to the bathroom? Constipation? Wade said suspiciously.
"You're the head." Yang Di rolled his eyes, too lazy to explain to Wade.
Wade didn't think about it carefully, and pulled Yang Di onto the field, "Come on, come on, accompany me to fight alone, I haven't singled out with you for a long time, and my hands are itching." ”
"Let me rest first, I'm ...... in a nervous breakdown."
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The Hornets are currently eighth in the East, two places above the Heat, who are in 10th place in the East.
Because the Hornets moved from Charlotte to New Orleans last year, the league has already decided that Charlotte will rebuild a new team, which will be named by fans in June this year - Charlotte Bobcats, who will participate in next year's tournament and will also appear as an Eastern Conference team. So this season for the New Orleans Hornets is also the last season to play as an Eastern team.
The Hornets' tactics are more conventional and visible, and the core of the team is the representative of the new generation of star players, 24-year-old Byron Davis.
Byron Davis was a '99 scout who was known for his power and speed, and he was able to crush most point guards at the point guard position without surprise.
With the Hornets playing against the Heat, it is no surprise that Byron Davis will be opposite Dwyane Wade.
This makes fans at the Heat's home court look forward to such an event, because Wade and Davis have a very strong style of play, and they can often complete high-speed cuts, change directions, pull jumpers or punch the frame, which is very enjoyable.
So in the evening, the American Airlines arena becomes even more lively.
Yang Di silently fastened his shoelaces and walked to the sidelines as always, the Heat home under the red rhythm was more atmospheric, after all, it was five consecutive road trips, and the Miami audience had been waiting for the team to come back for more than a week. Now the team is on the rise, and at the same time, it has attracted a lot of individual fans to watch the game.
The pre-match ceremony ended with the starting line-ups.
Heat: Dwyane Wade, Eddie Jones, Odom, Haslem and Brian Grant. Hornets: David Wesley, Byron Davis, George Lynch, PJ Brown and Jamal Magloyer.
Grant jumped to win against Magloyer, and the game officially began.
"You've been pushing Brian hard enough lately." On the sidelines, Caron pulled Yang Di to chat, Caron Butler is still in the recovery stage of injury, playing time is limited, and the game mostly starts from the bench.
"So he's training hard and he's serious now." Yang Di shook his head, Grant was stimulated by Yang Di, recently the 31-year-old top player has a very correct attitude towards training, and the game has become more rigorous and more focused, and gradually shows a lot of good characteristics that Yang Di does not have.
"Jamal Magloyle has excellent rebounding, average offensive ability, and the ability to make a low-post jumper, and Bryan wants to defend him easily," said Caron Butler. ”
Yang Di silently did not speak, Caron Butler understood what he meant, this game was not like the time with the Lakers, at that time O'Neal caused a lot of damage to the inside, under normal circumstances in this game, if Brian was in normal condition, he would definitely play more than 30 minutes, then he would have less time to play.
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Sure enough, Grant was in good shape in the first quarter, not only grabbing five rebounds but also making two offensive shots, and Stan Van Gundy kept him playing until the last 47 seconds of the first quarter before replacing the impatient Jandy.
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At this time, opposite Yang Di is the Hornets' backup center Sean Lukes.
Sean Lukes is 2.08 meters tall and has average talent, has been in the league for almost ten years, is 34 years old this year, and has a jersey number of 45.
Caron Butler, who came on the pitch, controlled the ball, directed Yang Di to run, and then distributed it to Alston in the middle. Yang Di mentioned that Alstom was blocking and dismantling in the high position, Alston dribbled behind his back to widen the distance between him and the defender, adjusted the direction of the breakthrough after two consecutive crotch, and walked Yang Di's right side.
Yang Di helped him block it tightly, and Alstom killed inside.
Yang Di went down the attack, Alston made a quick stop jump shot at the free throw line, the Hornets switched defenses to interfere, and the interior defensive formation was a little scattered.
At this time, Yang Di, who rushed in, attracted enough attention, especially his defender Sean Lukes, who knew in his heart that Yang Di had excellent strength and was active in rushing to grab rebounds.
The basketball bounced up with a bang and bounced in the direction of the other side.
Yang Di was a little disappointed, and his footsteps followed the basketball to move, and the Hornets power forward PJ Brown and Odom on the other side were the first to touch the rebound.
But his hand slipped, and Odom's interference prevented him from controlling the basketball, and the basketball was suddenly picked up in the air again.
Yang Di was overjoyed, just flew over, bumped into PJ Brown, and picked up the rebound with both hands.
At this time, because of the retreat, the Hornets line contracted badly, Yang Di passed outside, Butler turned around and just received the basketball, and made a decisive three-point shot and hit!
"Good shot!" Stan Van Gundy also had to applaud, and Yang Dee was able to see his hard work on the court, and he was always able to grab the rebound in the front court to win the team a second chance to attack.
Then by the end of the first quarter, Yang Di had no chance, and the Heat held a slight advantage of 29-26 on the court, leading by 3 points.
In the second quarter, Yang Di continued to be on the court.
Within two minutes, he grabbed another frontcourt rebound and pulled it hard off Sean's head, at which point the Hornets were not in a chaotic formation and he didn't have a good passing opportunity.
After Yang Di picked up the frontcourt rebound on the left side of the basket, he took the ball with both hands and slapped it to the ground.
After receiving the bounced basketball, the man and the ball rushed forward in unison, pressed down and exerted force, suddenly pushed off Sean Lukes, jumped up, and hung the frame on the spot.
"Bang!" There was a burst of exclamations in the American Airlines arena, and then there was a wave of applause.
The boos were much less than before, but they were still there, and after Yang Di saw the referee signal that the two points were valid, he turned around and went back to defend. And the veteran of the Hornets, the sad Sean told the referee about Yang Di's small movements with a sad and angry face, and waved his elbow to imitate Yang Di's actions just now, "It's definitely a foul action, he's too dangerous, referee!" ”
The referee ignored him and motioned for him to hurry up and serve, otherwise he would blow for five seconds.
Sean shook his head, a look of helplessness.
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Yang Di is against the second-tier players on the bench, and Wade is really competing with the main players.
Byron Davis is the same height as him, and his strength is a few points better than him, the two of them have used various skills to fight each other since the beginning of their debut, Byron Davis's crushing breakthrough, Wade's explosive breakthrough, the audience is very intoxicated, and no one cares that Yang Di has improved again.
In the fourth quarter, Yang Di went off the court and played a total of 12 minutes in the second half, scoring 4 points and 5 rebounds.
Then, Yang Di sat silently on the bench and watched the Heat and Hornets fight each other.
By the last minute or so, Grant hit a crucial mid-range jumper that blew up the entire American Airlines arena at once.
"This is our Brian, it's up to him at the critical moment!"
"Yes, Yang Di is still too immature compared to him, his offensive skills and defensive skills are first-class in the NBA."
Grant himself also clenched his fists and roared passionately, as if he had found the glory of the past, thinking in his heart that Lao Tzu was still an All-Star level player after all, and then secretly glanced at Yang Di sitting on the cold bench on the sidelines, and the latter's serious look made him feel more comfortable.
In the end, the Heat narrowly beat the Hornets by 104 to 100 points.