Chapter Ninety-Six: The End-of-Year War

At the end of '03, the Heat only had their last game left, which was against the Knicks, but the venue was at the Knicks' home court, Madison Square Garden in New York. Pen & Fun & Pavilion www.biquge.info

It was the first time for Yang Di to come to the Big Apple, and the whole city was immersed in the festivities just after the New Year.

"You can't lose to New York twice in a row, no, today we should be back to normal." Wademore is ready to make a big splash in the final game of the year.

Yang Di chatted: "The new rookie list is out, Dwyan, your ranking has risen again, and now you are only behind LeBron and Cameron, and if you work harder, you won't be able to grab the best rookie." ”

"Best Rookie ~ Nice award." Wade had a fire in his eyes, and who wouldn't want to win as many honors as possible in their careers? Although the best rookie is only a small award, it is the best affirmation of the rookie year, as long as you are a rookie, there is no one who does not want to get this award.

"The Cavaliers' record is scummy, although the Nuggets are okay, they are definitely not as good as our Heat." Yang Di cheered for Wade, looking like a dog-legged little brother.

"Uh-huh, that's a good point." Wade nodded, feeling that he was.

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At 6 o'clock, the game started on time in Madison Square Garden.

"Ding, instant mission, revenge New York - after three days, lead the Heat team playing on the road to defeat the New York Knicks, mission reward: B-level template training card pack draw."

Yang Di pouted, the reward is not very rich, if it is only B-level, then it is estimated that the difficulty of the system to judge this task is not very high, and it is very likely that it will be another game of not contributing and hugging the thighs.

He sat on the bench and watched Grant's jump ball on the court win, and the game officially began.

Before the game against the Heat, New York went to Orlando back-to-back to challenge Maddy's Magic, and now there is a certain physical disadvantage compared to the recuperated Heat.

So as soon as it came up, the Heat started the game 8-0, not because the Heat was accurate, but because New York couldn't vote.

Wade's divine help, whether it is Alan Houston or the unknown Frank Williams, they can't resist his pace at all, and they are always swept away. Fortunately, there is Mutombo on the inside, although he is old, his height and arm span are still a threat, and it is more than enough to defend the penalty area every game.

Because of the poor record in New York this season, head coach Don Cheney fell into the rumors of dismissal, and seeing that the Knicks were beaten with a small high-pitch opening, he naturally disliked it and immediately called a timeout.

"Well done!" On the bench, the Heat players led by Malik Allen greeted him, and everyone cheered.

After the timeout, the Knicks were a little more energetic and focused, and Alan Houston took the lead with a mid-range shot to break the Knicks' scoring drought.

Yang Di silently waited for his opportunity, and with three minutes left in the first quarter, he was substituted.

At this time, the Knicks also made an interior rotation, and Mutombo, who looked almost forty years old, was replaced with a player named Antonio McDyce.

Yang Di didn't know the player, but in fact, he was a big name in the NBA.

Antonio McDyce has been affected by injuries in the past two years, and his form has declined significantly, and in this healthy period, he can contribute an NBA first-class power forward who averages 20+10 per game, he has participated in the Dream Four team and won gold medals, has also been selected as an All-Star, and has been selected for the NBA All-Round Third Team, with mid-range shots, speed, and rebounds.

Yang Di stuck with McDyce, feeling that the latter's confrontation was not particularly strong, and he felt a little contemptuous in his heart.

Unexpectedly, as soon as he got on the court, McDyce let Yang Di go and clamped the ball carrier Alston, Alston made a dribbling error under the pressure defense, and the Knicks grabbed the ball.

"Rub, old fellow." Yang Di saw that he had made a mistake and hurriedly retreated.

Fortunately, the Knicks are not a team that is good at fast breaking, and after the second half, they found that the Heat defense was in place, so they pulled back to outside the three-point line to organize a positional battle.

Knicks guard Shanton Anderson received the ball from the outside, went diagonally forward 45 degrees, and after passing Caron Butler, he was on the verge of a flat shot.

Yang Di rushed over to make up for the defense, Anderson and Yang Di "slammed" together, the momentum of the impact stagnated, and with the strength of his waist and abdomen, he barely threw the ball out.

Under such a confrontation, Anderson's technical movements were deformed, and a ball smashed into the basket and bounced.

On the other side, Caron Butler jumped up and snatched the rebound away from the path where the ball bounced, and then the Heat quickly advanced, and by halftime, Caron found that the Knicks were scattered.

After he paused outside the three-point line, he directly changed his heading to the inside, picked up the basketball at the free throw line and took three strong steps, and the Knicks immediately pounced on him with two people to defend him.

Butler's shooting space was blocked, and he threw the ball out when he was close to the baseline, smashed it on the rebound, and bounced to the right, looking at this angle, he couldn't touch the rebound at all.

But at this time, Yang Di arrived at the horse.

Suddenly stopped, "呲~" sounded, and the sneakers made a violent grinding sound on the ground.

Yang Di's left leg bent his knees, like his legs and like a single leg tense strength, bounced up quickly, and the whole person jumped up under high-speed movement very exaggeratedly, and then spread his arms in the air, took the basketball with both hands, and dunked the basketball into the basket with a "bang".

The hand does not grab the frame and flies out of the bottom line.

The audience gasped in the Madison Square Garden Arena in New York City, and the visual impact of the No. 8 player's god-like dunk was really amazing.

"Oh buy ga!"

Wade, Odom and others on the bench all stood up again, clasping their fists at Yang Di on the court, which has become a favorite celebration gesture for the whole Heat team, and every time Yang Di scores, they will salute Yang Di like this.

Yang Di returned the salute and looked back and retreated.

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Yang Di doesn't have many opportunities to shoot, but because he is mostly simple or simply slammed, the hit rate is particularly high, and according to statistics, there are more than 60 percent, ranking first in the league. In second place was O'Neal with 58 percent shooting.

In this era, the interior defense is extremely pressing, and it is not easy to complete a dunk. Many interior lines are actually very comprehensive offensive methods, such as the shooting percentage rankings, starting from the sixth place Antoine Jamison, who is already able to master the shooting of the inside, Hilario, Boozer, Yao Ming......

In terms of shooting percentage, there is actually nothing to be proud of, it can only be said that Yang Di's offensive means are lacking, so many teams are more targeted to his defense.

However, what the Knicks coach didn't expect was that near the end of the first quarter, Yang Di, who received the ball at the free throw line, actually ran out of time and threw a mid-range jumper in a hurry!

The arm was raised like a proud swan, and Yang Di, who threw the ball, pressed down on his wrist and maintained this posture to retreat.

The Heat's bench is obviously boiling again, Stan Van Gundy, assistant coach Walker, Spoelstra and others look at each other, "Although this ball was thrown in a hurry, the posture is very standard!" ”

It must be luck, right?

On the bench, Grant clenched his pants tightly, with shock, disbelief, and overwhelm in his eyes, Yang Di's progress was too fast!