Chapter 61: The boos at home

Yang Di only played two games, but he set off a wave on the other side of the ocean. Pen % fun % Pavilion www.biquge.info

"Brother, you don't know, now you're on fire!" On the other end of the phone, the younger brothers and sisters said to Yang Di in a tone of adoration, chattering non-stop: "My classmates in our school know that you are my brother, and now they are pestering me to ask me for your autograph!" Also, you will be heard talking about you in the streets and alleys, and you will become a celebrity in our city! ”

It's no wonder that Yang Di wants to be popular, there are a few players who are messing around in the NBA, except for Yao Ming, who don't seem to be as fast as Yang Di.

Xue Yuyang, who was selected at the same time, did not log in to the NBA at all, Wang Zhizhi could not enter the regular rotation lineup in the Clippers, and Battle could only be a marginal figure in the Raptors. The latter two, Wang Zhizhi is in a stalemate with the Basketball Association, and Battle's playing time and exposure are not as good as Wang Zhizhi.

The Basketball Association can only re-push Yao Ming, but fortunately, on the third game day, Yao Ming played well in the game between the Rockets and the Nuggets, easily scoring 19 points and sending 3 blocks, two of which were all given to rookie Carmelo Anthony in a wave of defense, giving the young Tanhua a good lesson.

At the same time, the more biased media also released reports such as "Yang Di took advantage of the injury of the main force to take the position", "Yang Di's internal crisis" and so on to guide the fans, in short, the fans who like Yang Di and those who don't like Yang Di are seriously differentiated, and soon two waves of opposing fans were formed.

In Miami, media reports also have the meaning of smearing Yang Di, who let him beat his own people in Miami before?

October 31st is Halloween, and this year's Heat specially designed the logo of the Halloween-themed version, and the red flames turned into red water droplets, embellishing creativity with an extreme transformation.

Yang Di trained for a while in the afternoon, and was pulled out by Wade and Haslem.

"If you want to fit into the team, you have to fit into the culture first, right?" Wade persuaded Yang Di while making a fist hug: "Look at me, I will learn this very well, what do you think?" ”

Yang Di was helplessly dragged by two people to the costume store where Halloween arrived, and there were many people in the merchandise store who were choosing all kinds of costumes to do a parody show.

Haslem chose the most common Captain America outfit, holding a round shield to look particularly funny. Wade is dressed as a killer and has a sharp knife in his hand. Yang Di looked at it for a long time, it was all some strange costumes, and then he casually picked a devil's mask and put it on his head, and there was a scarlet cloak outside, and there was a huge red and black scythe in his hand, but the sickle seemed to be a little petite against the backdrop of his burly body.

"Haha, Death?" The three of them looked at each other and laughed out loud.

Pedestrians on the street were dressed in different ways, and Yang Di and the three returned to the arena, at which time the Heat specially invited children from the nearby community to the stadium restaurant.

"They're going to watch us play today." Odom walked in wearing clown makeup, and Yang Di almost didn't squirt out a mouthful of water.

Then the whole Heat team accompanied the community staff and led the children to the training hall to play some basketball games.

"Your scythe is so cool." A freckled child walked up to Yang Di.

"yes, that's what I think too, and it's probably a good choice to harvest rice." Yang Di touched the child's head and stretched out his fist.

The child also stretched out his little fist in understanding and touched Yang Di lightly.

"I'm Dan Stivott, nice to meet you." The freckle child is about seven or eight years old, but he is not afraid of life at all, and he seems very precocious when he talks to Yang Di.

"I'm Yang Di, and I'm very happy to know you." Yang Di laughed.

"I'll cheer you on tonight, work hard!"

"No problem! Cinnabar. Yang Di saluted with two fingers.

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Before the game, a local TV commentator in Miami, who is also a rebuilding team, talked about this year's rookies.

"Yesterday, in the Cavaliers' back-to-back away games against the Suns, LeBron James performed eye-catchingly, cutting a quasi-triple-double of 21 points, 12 rebounds and 8 assists, he is simply incredible!"

"Yes, this is only his second game, and his future is limitless."

The two commentators then talked about the Heat's rookie and praised Wade, "Our No. 5 pick is also very good, his breakthrough is lightning fast, his body is very strong, he can easily enter the box to score or dunk, he is like Allen Iverson who is ten centimeters taller." ”

Then he talked about Haslem, who did not participate in the draft, but now serves as the starting power forward, and described him as an excellent team player who is diligent and decent. When talking about Yang Di again, the two looked at each other, and one of the commentators joked: "Yang Di is the most aggressive player I have ever seen, not only on the field, but I am worried that if he can't control his emotions all the time, his career may not go too far." ”

The two of them were talking, and Yang Di and others on the field had already begun to prepare to play.

Because it was the first home game of the season, there were significantly more fans in Miami than in the preseason, with many fans wearing Heat jerseys No. 3, No. 7 and No. 44, with No. 3 being Wade's, No. 7 being Odom's, and No. 44 being Brian Grant's.

Only a few fans of Chinese descent wore the No. 8 jersey that represented Yang Di.

After the start ceremony, the spotlight lit up the arena floor, and the Pistons' starting five took the lead on the court, PG Billups, SG Hamilton, SF Prince, PF Elden Campbell, and C Ben Wallace. The Heat started with PG Alston, SG Wade, SF Eddie Jones, PF Odom and C Haslem.

There is no doubt that he can't think of any good lineup against the Pistons Van Gundy, so he can only use this set of offensive lineups to face the game, hoping to catch the Pistons off guard in the first quarter and establish an advantage.

Jump the ball and the game begins.

Odom couldn't jump to win Big Ben, and the Pistons were the first on offense. Billups pressed the tempo to 15 seconds later to find Hamilton, who ran out of the off-ball screen, and before the ball arrived, the perfect pass in advance gave Hamilton a chance to shoot when he just got the gap.

After a quick shot, Wade caught up and "smacked", and the Pistons hit first.

Then the Heat attacked, Alston gave Eddie Jones the ball, Eddie Jones and Odom blocked and passed back to Odom, Odom faced Big Ben's defense, Big Ben stuck very tightly, a pair of big hands secretly pulled and pulled, and the powerful body aggressively pressed Odom's dribble.

"This kind of defense is simply suffocating!" Yang Di off the court felt the iron-blooded style of the Pistons, every player is going all out to defend without falling, and what is even more terrifying is that their defensive system is still very perfect, Odom can't break through at all, he feels that there are people all around, and after dribbling for a while, he shoots from the middle distance and misses.

The rebound was grabbed by Campbell, and the 35-year-old veteran is still extremely strong, with a height and arm span and weight that dominates the matchup with Haslem.

Three minutes later, the Pistons scored eight points, but the Heat only scored on two free throws from Eddie Jones, and Stan Van Gundy immediately called a timeout.

"It's not okay to go on like this, the rebounds, the defense are all controlled by the opponent, and the offense is greatly reduced." Yang Di turned his head and looked, Wade shot 0 of 2, Hamilton, who is known for his thinness, has a strong defense, and the other two players on the Pistons' perimeter, Billups and Prince are also very good at defense, and the whole team is born specifically for defense.

After the timeout, Odom missed a layup, and Big Ben protected the rebound.

Fortunately, the Pistons felt down and failed to make several consecutive offenses, and at the half-quarter, the Pistons led by 4 points 10-6, and the confrontation between the two teams was very fierce.

"Substitution!"

Van Gundy motioned for the referee to make a substitution, and then looked at Yang Di.

"Yang, get ready to play."

Yang Di nodded, took off his training jacket, revealing his No. 8 jersey, and Haslem, who was sweating and panting, walked off the field and high-fived Yang Di.

As soon as Yang Di stepped on the court, the big screen on the scene gave him a close-up.

Then something unexpected happened, and more than 10,000 spectators from Miami, at least a few thousand of them booed him.

"Boo?"

Yang Di paused for a moment, and when he heard this piercing sound, the other players were obviously cheering when they came on the field.

"Scoundrel, Miami doesn't like you!"

"Cancer, go back to your China!"

"Give us back our Grant, rookie!"

These people are all Miami fans, but they expressed their disgust with Yang Di with a clear position, and the overwhelming negative publicity from the outside world finally had an effect, Yang Di never thought that he would become the public enemy of his team, and Miami people hate him.

He was disappointed in his heart, but his face was extremely calm, and when he walked on the field, even Ben Wallace couldn't help but look at him twice.

This rookie is different, and he is the first time in his career that he can off the home fans.

Wade, Odom and the others showed worried looks.

"Don't worry about it, they're just being fooled by the media, and when you play a good game, they'll change their mind." Wade comforted.

"I'm fine, it's not a big deal." Yang Di and Wade clapped their hands and said with a smile.