Chapter 63: Empty Connection

The Pistons finally replaced Big Ben off the court, and the replacement was Memet Oku, a European player, tall and powerful, with a strong body and the appearance of an interior grinder. Pen? Interesting? Pavilion wWw. biquge。 info

But Yang Di knows that this guy has a very long range on the offensive end, even extending beyond the three-point line.

"A strange alternative center."

Yang Di stared at the European's brown pupils, scruffy beard, and old appearance, and he couldn't tell that he was a rookie who had only entered the league the year before last. In fact, Yang Di himself didn't know, although Oku only entered the league the year before last, he was already 22 years old when he entered the league, and he turned 24 years old this year.

The Heat didn't jump to win the tee-off, so they had possession of the ball at the start of the second and third quarters.

Alstom, who returned to the court, possessed the ball past half of the court, Wade was replaced for the break, with John Wallace and Eddie Jones on the outside, and Odom on the inside for Malik Allen.

"Tactic No. 5."

Alston pretended to stretch out his finger to direct the run, he pointed at Yang Di and motioned for Yang Di to withdraw from the penalty area. Yang Di blinked, his range was short, and there was no threat when he evacuated the restricted area, right?

Alston passed the ball to Marrick Allen in the high post, and Malik and John Wallace, a wing player who came up in the corner, made a hand-to-hand pass cover, and John Wallace, who was 45 degrees from the three-point line, received the ball and turned to the inside to break through, and two steps later it was distributed to Marrick Allen, who was down to him.

Malik catches the ball and makes a jumper. 16-24, as soon as the Heat came up, they scored 2 points and narrowed the difference.

The Pistons position offense.

The Pistons also made a number of substitutions, with Atkins at point guard, Chris Williams at shooting guard, Prince at small forward, Celk Rebraxia at power forward, and Oku at center.

Atkins is a typical NBA small point guard, fast and accurate shooting, but the layup shooting rate after the breakthrough is not high, the finishing ability is not strong, and most of the mid-range shooting is the main offensive means. After he came to the Pistons, as a substitute for Billups, he played less than 20 minutes every night and was the sharpshooter of the Pistons.

After the second quarter came up, he immediately showed the short man's breakthrough skills, and after dribbling under the crotch, he changed his body to a backhand breakthrough, instantly shook off Alston and hit the three-point line.

Oku evacuated to the outside of the three-point line, and Yang Di followed out of the inside, and the penalty area was empty.

Yang Di was subconsciously ready to shrink the defense, and as soon as he turned around, Atkins in the breakthrough made a passing error and was directly tackled by Eddie Jones.

Aggro!

Yang Di turned around and ran wildly, his position was outside, and his running speed was obviously stronger than Oku, and after a few steps, he was already faster than Oku, and passed the half first.

Eddie Jones and Jandy went on a two-on-one frontcourt and Larry Brown got up from the bench.

Yang Di pointed to the sky, Eddie Jones on the left dribbled the ball and suddenly threw the ball into the sky, Oku in the middle position already knew what Eddie Jones was going to do, but he had no way to turn back to defend.

The basketball was tumbling in the air, Yang Di stared at the basketball, his calf muscles were tense, and his right leg kicked the ground, suddenly bursting with strength.

The body flew up as if it was not forced, the basketball flew to the right side of the basket, Yang Di grabbed the basketball in the air with both hands bent arms, and then grabbed the basketball with both hands and lifted it up, the air was slightly stagnant, his waist and abdomen were straight, and he turned into a single-handed ball, and smashed it down!

"Bang dang!"

The basketball runs through the white net, and the crisp sound of smashing the frame drowns out the noisy sound of the entire court.

The entire American Airlines arena fell silent for a moment, and then the next moment, more than half of the fans did not hesitate to give applause and cheers.

"This guy can do it, his head is about to be flattened!"

"He's jumping really high, he's dunking so hard."

Yang Di stepped back and high-fived Eddie Jones in celebration, "Good dunk, big brother." "Eddie Jones was also excited, and his team-mate completed the empty catch to blow up the frame, which made the pass himself burn.

The Heat bench was boiling, Wade and others stood up to applaud Yang Di and threw the towel.

The scene of the camera to Yang Di, who retreated, Yang Di looked left and right, and kept up with Oku, who was holding the ball at the top of the arc, and he was also happy in his heart.

"This young Chinese man is really good." Big Ben whispered to Billups.

Billups glanced at Ben Wallace in surprise, it was not easy to get his recognition, and he was still a rookie, which showed that this rookie was indeed excellent and unique.

"The biggest difference between Darko and him is that Darko's strength is really a little poor."

"It's not bad, it seems to be at the top of the inside line when he is on the side, and he is only 18 years old." Billups wondered.

"No." Big Ben pointed to Yang Di on the court, who was motionless Okuka, and then jumped up easily again and took off the backcourt rebound, "The strength of this rookie is very good, I don't know how he trains, but I can feel that this young man already has NBA starting interior level strength, and it is a well-balanced strength, with strong lower and upper body strength." ”

"The core strength should be excellent, too," Big Ben continued.

Billups said: "That's really good, I didn't expect there to be such a missing pearl in the second round, it's a pity that I didn't choose him." ”

Ben Wallace laughed: "We only have one first-round pick this year, and no matter how bold Joe Dumas is, he doesn't dare to pick this young man with a pick, and Detroit fans will tear down his office with a hammer." ”

Two more rounds were played on the pitch with neither side scoring.

9 minutes and 29 seconds, Yang Di made a blocking and dismantling cover for Alstom, Alstom made a similar wrist flip action to break through, the referee did not blow, the breakthrough effect was excellent, and an empty space was formed to attack the basket in an instant.

Oku released Yang Di to supplement Alston, Alston broke through to the baseline and passed to Yang Di under the basket, and Yang Di got a chance.

"Smack!" With a bang, Yang Di jumped in the air, his arm was hit by Prince, who came from the defense, and instantly lost the air of the basket, although he grabbed the basket with both hands, but failed to score the goal.

"Thug!" Yang Di dropped the basket and found that the referee had no intention of blowing a foul at all, and the whole person was furious in an instant, "Blind?" ”

Then, the referee did not bird Yang Di, the Pistons had begun to advance through the half, and Yang Di pouted and returned to defense.

However, Stan Van Gundy on the side was a little angry, and still complained to the referee unrelentingly: "This ball is obviously fouled, man, this ball must be fouled, the ball is out of his hands, is this a block?" OMG, unbelievable. ”

The Pistons finally scored their first shot since the second quarter, Prince made a layup, and after Youngdy was pulled outside the three-point line, the defense of the restricted area was a little stretched.

……

Yang Di was substituted after playing two more rounds, and got 2 points and 5 rebounds in less than 10 minutes, and the number of rebounds was always more than the score.

After that, the two teams continued to adjust their lineups, and after the halfway point of the second quarter, it became a confrontation of starters.

The Pistons began to grind again, Hamilton hit two mid-range shots in quick succession, and then Campbell drew a defensive foul on Haslem on the inside, and the score was stretched back to eight points.

Yang Di looked at the main force of the Heat being suppressed by the Pistons, although there were occasional goals, and the point difference was not too much, but there was always a feeling of decline.

At halftime, the Pistons led the Heat by nine points, 47-38.

The broadcast TV station began to broadcast the goal highlights of the first half, and Yang Di's empty slam dunk with Eddie Jones was broadcast repeatedly, and the slow-motion replay from different angles was even more powerful, and it was a rare wonderful dunk in the entire NBA.

There are some neutral Miami fans who are slowly changing their minds about Yang Di, at least it seems that Yang Di is still very expressive on the court.

However, some fans who have been completely disgusted with Yang Di have tried their best to find out what Yang Di is not good at, such as Yang Di's single means of attacking the end, they feel that Yang Di coming to Miami is a mistake, Miami does not need a player like Yang Di, if you defend, it is enough to have Grant, well, the new Haslem defense is also good.

In the second half, Yang Dee had 5 minutes of playing time at the end of the third quarter and the beginning of the fourth quarter, no one passed the ball to him again, he protected 2 backcourt rebounds in the confrontation with Big Ben, and then was replaced by Van Gundy, when the Heat had fallen behind by about 13 points, and continued to chase points on the offensive end.

Unfortunately, in the end, the Heat still couldn't catch up with the Pistons, and they lost the first game at home.

The Pistons won the Heat 93-81 by 12 points, the Heat's highest scorer was Eddie Jones, with 20 points, Haslem and Odom each scored 12 points, while Wade had a bad performance, only 4 points on 1-of-9 shooting, and from a statistical point of view, it was not as good as Yang Di with 2 points and 7 rebounds.

Wade walked into the players' tunnel with his head down, Yang Di was not very happy in his heart, and when he passed the players' tunnel, he seemed to hear the ridicule and disgust of the fans at the entrance of the tunnel. There were even two middle-aged fans wearing the number 44 jersey who made a thumbs-up gesture at him.

"Go back to your China, we don't need you."

He bit his lip and tried to calm himself, but his heart was sour and lost beyond words.