Chapter Ninety-Three: Two Blocks
After Bill Duffy and Yang Di reached an agreement, they began to use the resources in their hands to reduce negative news for Yang Di, not only for the sake of Yang Di's reputation, but more importantly, for the sake of interests, many sponsors hesitated because of Yang Di's off-field statement, and Yang Di invisibly lost a lot of advertising contract endorsement opportunities. Pen ~ fun ~ pavilion www.biquge.info
After the weekend, the Heat will travel to Memphis to play the Grizzlies.
The Grizzlies are strong and can finish in the top eight in the West.
One of the best is the team's third-year star Pau Gasol, a young man from Spain who has shown extraordinary talent in the NBA, not only can shoot a variety of mid-range shots from the frame, but also fall to the low post to complete the offense with footwork, and the defensive end also relies on long arms and excellent awareness to become the team's iron gate, very comprehensive.
Against this player, if Haslem is allowed to play again, it will obviously be a bit under-enough, so Stan Van Gundy changed the formation again, pushing Alston to the starting position, making Wade the second position, Eddie Jones starting the third position, Odom as the power forward, and Bryan Grant as the center.
Memphis is a city in the U.S. state of Tennessee, where the famous Mississippi River flows gently through the city.
The urban architecture of Memphis is also dominated by classicism and romanticism, and there are many churches in the city, the people live comfortably, and the pace of the city is slow.
As a young team that only joined the league in '95, the Grizzlies started as part of the NBA's overseas expansion plans, and at that time, their home court was in Vancouver. After that, due to the team's poor record, the Grizzlies struggled, and their popularity in Canada was always difficult to improve, so they moved to Memphis the year before last, in 01.
So in 01, the Grizzlies decided to change blood, replacing the core Raheem, in exchange for "white chocolate" Jason Williams, selecting Spanish rookie Pau Gasol, plus the outstanding performance of young players such as Gooden and Battier, the Grizzlies gradually won the attention of local fans. Last year, the Grizzlies brought in Lakers legend Jerry West and built a new arena ready to go big.
In fact, the young people of the grizzly bear are indeed well-behaved, probably because of the strong religious atmosphere, and the city seems to have a kind of influence that can purify people's hearts, and it is easy for people to find themselves again here and complete the sublimation of salvation.
It's not going to be easy for the Heat to get a win at the Grizzlies' home court.
But on the contrary, Grant's performance was good, sitting on the bench, Yang Di suddenly closed his eyes, picked up a white towel to cover his head, Grant performed well, then he had fewer opportunities to play.
Grant played the full first quarter, and Yang Di came on the second quarter.
At this time, the center of the Grizzlies is a young player named Stemyrol Swift, who looks a little thin but has a very strong body.
Yang Di stood beside him, thinking in his heart that this guy had such a long Achilles tendon and so thin calves, he should be able to jump.
The Grizzlies' point guard is Earl Watson, who is also a master who can run and jump, and after half court of possession, he beckoned Swift to come out and block him.
Yang Di thought in his heart, this ball is going to be blocked and dismantled so obviously, there must be fraud.
Sure enough, when he went out of the high position with Swift, Watson had already broken through in another direction, and Alston couldn't change his footsteps and was broken by Watson by half a position.
Alston has always been short of people at the point guard position, and after Alston made his debut, he went off the court in the second half of the first quarter and returned to the court in the second quarter, and he was used as an absolute main force. Stan Van Gundy did have high hopes for Alstom, but Alston has never been able to break through on the defensive end.
After falling behind in the first step, Watson pulled up the ball and crossed the step again, taking his speed to the next level.
He slammed into the basket, and the empty basket seemed to him like a girl who lifted her skirt, and thought to himself, this is not what he wants?
Immediately drag the ball with one hand, glide through the air for some distance, and fly to the basket!
But suddenly, the spotlight above the arena was blocked, and the sky went dark.
"Be careful!" As soon as the reminder from his teammates fell, a big hand that was half yellow and not black pressed on the basketball he was still holding in his hand, and then the huge force burst out, and the basketball suddenly got out of his hand.
Flew off the bottom line and smashed on a photographer's head.
"This is a no-fly zone!" Yang Di raised his fingers and shook them.
"You!" Earl Watson was furious and yelled at Yang Di, "You yellow-skinned monkey, you arrogant fart, you kind of you go to heaven!" β
The referee hurriedly rushed over, pulled away the two who had a tendency to quarrel, and then unceremoniously made a technical foul penalty gesture to Yang Di.
βwhatοΌβ Yang Di stretched out his hand, it really hurt.
Caron Butler hurried over and pulled the chattering Yang Di away, this guy was simply a troubleless master, he patted his chest and said in his ear: "Calm down, my brother, calm down." β
Mike Miller hit a free throw and the Grizzlies tee off.
Sent to Watson, Watson held the ball to organize, this time, Alston stared at the ground very tightly, Watson forced two unsuccessful breakthroughs, handed to Mike Miller who came out of the pocket, and Miller missed a three-point shot from the outside.
Yang Di jumped high, snapped his hands on the ground, and picked off the rebound heavily, with so much power, as if he was about to burst the racket.
22-24, still 2 points behind, Yang Di raised his head to look at the score, and then trotted forward.
In the frontcourt, Alston asked Haslem to come out to block him, and then lightly turned on the spot to break through to the left, ran to the position near the halfway line and crossed to the left, and gave it to the hand of Caron Butler, who was ambushed in the bottom corner, and Butler took a knife and shot a three-pointer neatly.
At 25-24, the Heat led the Grizzlies by one point.
The offense and defense switched, the Grizzlies changed to a center to respond to the offense, Swift gave Mike Miller a hand-to-hand cover pass, but the quality of the cover was average, Mike Miller couldn't shake off Caron Butler after receiving the ball, and passed to Watson to break through, and Watson stepped inside to kill.
After Yang Di saw it, he sneaked over again, although Watson said that he was tough, this time after seeing Yang Di make up for the defense, his heart was still empty, and he turned around in his head, and passed the ball to the other side of Swift.
Swift dribbled the ball to the ground, knocked away Haslem, and then threw it high with one hand, striking head-on in a similar manner.
Yang Di shouted, rushed over from the side, and slapped Swift's throwing shot like a big bird.
The basketball changed trajectory and smashed into the arm of Grizzlies guard Bunch Wells and went off the baseline.
"Handball, oh no, out of bounds!" Yang Di pointed to the backcourt, and there were two blocks when he came up, not to mention how happy he was.