Chapter 60: Mission Failure
"Back to back, everyone's physical strength is still affected. Pen ~ fun ~ www.biquge.info" Walker looked at the score on the field and said to Spoelstra.
Spoelstra turned his head to look at the bench, then fixed his eyes on those bright black eyes, and whispered: "The Celtics defend tightly, and the shooting rate of both sides is not high, at this time, it is more necessary to strengthen the protection of rebounding, especially frontcourt rebounding." ”
"Snort~" Walker chuckled, "You still think the same way as me, but unfortunately, our head coach doesn't think so." ”
"He's missing Brian [Grant], and if Brian was here, everything would have been solved." Spoelstra has an insight into human nature, and in one sentence breaks down Van Gundy's current state of mind.
"George said that Yang Di is the fastest improving player he's ever seen, he's like a sponge, hungry for any basketball knowledge, he's getting stronger and more powerful than he was in the draft, and at this rate, Pat really has a good chance of making Yang Di an important target."
"Anyway, if you don't cultivate it, Yang Di's own progress is very fast, you look at his concentration on the court, that desire to win, and dedication to rebounding, it is simply the reincarnation of Rodman."
"So the most tormented thing now should be Brian, who is still recuperating."
The two of them were chatting in the dark, and the score difference on the field had been stretched to 15 points, and Yang Di, who was sitting on the field, was even more anxious.
With three minutes left in the third quarter, the Celtics led by 16 points at 74-58, at which point Yang Di was able to be substituted.
His heart is broken, and the immediate task issued by the system is very likely to be completed.
Luckily, there was no penalty for not completing this instant mission, but the thought of passing by the Celtic superstar template training card pack made him uncomfortable.
When you're on the field, it's more positive.
As soon as he got on the court, he grabbed his fifth rebound of the game, a beautiful frontcourt rebound!
Paul Pierce on the court was slightly surprised, "This rookie is really energetic, and seems to be very active in the rush for rebounds in the front court?" ”
"Pay attention to defense, pay attention to the card position." He clapped his hands and motioned for his teammates to keep their attention.
Alston hooked Yang Di, and then pointed to the position on the left, Yang Di understood, ran to the high position to Alstom, Alstom had a leading position with the help of Yang Di's blocking, and broke through with the ball with his left hand.
Then as soon as Yang Di turned around, Alston had already shot, Tony Barty took advantage of the situation to card Yang Di, and Pierce protected the backcourt rebound.
Everyone retreated, and the Celtic positions attacked.
Three minutes later, the third quarter of the game ended, Tony Barty, who was eyeing Yang Di, did his best to entangle Yang Di, Yang Di grabbed two rebounds, a frontcourt rebound, and a backcourt rebound, and the Heat 79-61 finally led by 18 points into the fourth quarter. Not long after the start of the fourth quarter, Stan Van Gundy made a last-ditch push with his main lineup.
Jandy and Haslem were both pressed off the court, with Odom and the more experienced Malik Allen on the inside.
In the end, the Heat lost to the Celtics 75-98, and Youngdy and Haslem played in the last 4 minutes of garbage time.
played 20 minutes, 2 points, 9 rebounds, 1 block, no steals and no turnovers, his performance can be said to be remarkable, but there was no happy look on Yang Di's face.
The reporters and fans who noticed him thought that Yang Di was serious because he didn't win the game, but they didn't know that the deeper reason was because he failed to complete the immediate task.
Wade had a terrible performance, shooting 2-of-12 from the field, with only five points and two rebounds, and although he had four assists, he also had five turnovers, which was like two compared to the perfect debut of the first game.
At the same time, the performances of several high-ranking rookies in the day's competition were all released.
No. 1 LeBron James started the game against the Kings and put in an eye-catching performance. Played 42 minutes and had 25 points, 6 rebounds, 9 assists and 4 steals, but unfortunately, the Cavaliers lost. Cameron Anthony also had 12 points, 7 rebounds and 3 assists, and even better, the Nuggets beat the Spurs 80-72.
Embarrassingly, the talented teenager Darko Milicic who was the star of the list did not play, and the Pistons faced the arch-rival Pacers in the palace of Auburn Hills that day, and the two teams fought fiercely until the last minute to decide the winner, how could Larry Brown give a rookie a chance to play and hone.
"He still needs to work out and grow." One sentence chokes all Serbian thoughts.
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Coincidentally, the Heat, who returned home two days later, faced a challenge from the Pistons, which was definitely a tough opponent for the Heat.
"The Pistons' interior right now is Elden Campbell and Ben Wallace."
"The scariest thing is their perimeter, Chauncey Billups and Richard Hamilton are well-balanced and very difficult, and there are super sixth men like Chris Williams on the bench, and there are basically no flaws in the whole team."
On the way back, Eddie Jones, Odom and others talked about the Pistons, and there was a look of jealousy in their tone about this team.
"LeBron really dared to shoot, 20 shots in the first game?" Wade and Yang Di talked about rookies, in the first game, James's outstanding performance obviously stimulated Wade, Yang Di could see that Wade's brown and black eyes had flashed a strange light, some envy, and some dissatisfaction.
"Tomorrow's newspapers are probably blowing about him, after all, he is a man with a 93 million contract." Yang Di is more jealous of James's advertising contract, James has not entered the league to play any games, Nike signed the famous No. 1 high school student in the United States with a sky-high price of 93 million for 7 years.
Yang Di calculated in his heart, this money is simply too much to spend, such a comparison, his second-round contract is simply a flower child.
"Why!" He was a little unconvinced, just like Wade, Wade didn't have such super treatment.
The two of them glanced at each other, and they both instantly understood each other's meaning.
"If I run up against the Cavaliers, I'm going to grab 10 rebounds."
"Front-of-the-field." Yang Di gritted his teeth and said.
"Hmph." Wade puffed his cheeks and said, "I'm going to cut 30 points on his head." ”
"That's right," Wade changed the subject and said to Yang Di secretly: "I heard from trainer George that Grant has started to do recovery training, and it is estimated that he will be able to come back in two or three games." ”
"This guy is recovering so fast!" Yang Di was taken aback, sure enough, the NBA players are not ordinary people.
"After all, he is still a famous star in the NBA, and now in the Heat, he must be the main force that cannot be beaten, you should be careful in the future." Wade said to Yang Di with some concern.
Yang Di said nonchalantly: "If he doesn't accept it, I'll beat him again, anyway, I'm not afraid of him." ”
Wade spread his hands: "You still have to control your temper on the court, otherwise the head coach won't dare to let you play." ”
Yang Di nodded, you really have to learn to control your emotions on the court, Yang Di probably knows what the basic quality of professional players looks like now, many players pretend to be angry, pretend to be angry, and use some unconventional means to interfere with the referee's bias, sometimes in this way to win an advantage for themselves, in fact, they are very calm in their hearts.
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The Heat, who had one win and one loss, returned to Miami, and Van Gundy gave the tired crowd a day off.
Yang Di returned to his rented apartment, and in real life, in addition to training and competitions, he was left to play a few video games or cook a few hearty dishes to treat himself.
In the evening, call your family, or read books and magazines for a while, and the day goes by.
The next day, in the morning.
Yang Di, who got up early, came to the stadium early for daily training, at this time the trainer, assistant coach, and team doctor had not yet gone to work, Yang Di practiced the equipment for a while according to the training arranged by the previous trainer, and spent three hundred villain points in the template space to complete the rebounding training with Popayer Jones.
The current 33-year-old Popaye has regressed too obviously, although he has a certain skill and strong body, but his height and weight are now inferior to Yang Di, Yang Di gradually gained the upper hand in the scramble training with Popaye, he learned Popaye's rebounding skills, and gradually had his own judgment on the landing point of the rebound, which is a unique feeling.
But this feeling is not obvious, and Yang Di still needs to continue training in this area.
The system now has an overall rating of 76 on him, with a B-potential rookie rating.