107. Yao Ming's influence

After the results of the first round of All-Star voting were announced, the league set off a wave of anti-Wu frenzy, not only the star players of the Eastern Side who were behind Wu Dawei were telling their grievances, but many leftovers also began to spit on Wu Dawei.

One of them is Mavericks bench player DeSean Stevenson, the shorty man on the court and a full-fledged linguistic "superstar". His name has long been known to basketball fans, not because of how good his numbers are or how amazing his performances were, but because of his confrontation with LeBron James in the first-round playoff series between the Wizards and the Cavaliers a few years ago.

He told reporters that Wu Dawei was actually an overrated player. Just as he said a few years ago that LeBron James is overrated, and he thinks Wu Dawei is even more unbearable than James because he is Chinese. He said that Chinese players rely on a large number of Chinese to make it to the All-Star.

Soon, DeSean Stevenson, who was unscathed, became Wu Dawei's first target.

The Cavaliers kicked off their second straight road trip after finishing their home game against the Atlanta Hawks. The first game was the Dallas Mavericks, who traveled to Dallas for the only time this season in the regular season.

Although the previous six consecutive away games made the Cleveland team quite uncomfortable, only with a record of 4 losses and 2 wins, but fortunately, they did not play the terrifying Texas top three in a row. It's proven rare for a team to win three games in a row against the Texas top three in a row, and the Boston Celtics in '08 did that, and they went on to become champions that season.

However, although the Cavaliers did not play three consecutive Texas powerhouses on the road this time, their road trip was not easy, and after playing against the Mavericks at the American Airlines Center in Dallas, they will travel to Houston, not far from Dallas, and then play another game at the Toyota Center of the Rockets.

It's unfortunate that it's an away back-to-back! The schedule that all the players and coaches in the league are the last to go through.

Fortunately, the Cavaliers still had plenty of time after coming to Dallas, they arrived in Dallas the day before the game, and then adapted to the climate and venues, so it can be said that the preparation is quite sufficient.

In this match, Wu Dawei quickly showed DeSean Stevenson the embarrassing process, of course, Wu Dawei embarrassed Stevenson for a short time, because the two sides have a huge difference in status in their respective teams.

It's just that in the first half of the second quarter, when Wu Dawei was about to dunk Stevenson after a breakthrough, he slapped his dunk head-on and knocked him to the ground! This move almost got the match out of hand, because DeSean Stevenson was a little annoyed after being blocked, and instead of jumping into the game as soon as he got up, he decisively approached Wu Dawei and exchanged trash talk with him.

Of course, Wu Dawei squirted back without backing down, in fact, in Wu Dawei's eyes, this guy is a clown who is grandstanding in the real sense. Because he was selected as an All-Star candidate and got a high number of votes, 180 strokes didn't matter at all.

And Wu Dawei's trash talk is obviously very superb, he is not like many players who only greet each other's relatives, he uses all kinds of tactful ridicule, which makes Stevenson angry.

Of course, the clash was quickly stopped by the referees, and since it was at the Mavericks' home court, both sides were warned of a technical foul. This made Wu Dawei a little depressed, he was looking for trouble, can't I even reply?

This made him a little puzzled, what about Lao Tzu's star whistle? David Stern doesn't look like a man of words.........

This is just a small episode in the game, and DeSean Stevenson is just a fringe player for the Mavericks, and his playing time per game is not even a fifth of Wu's. Since he was promoted to the team's main No. 3 position, Wu Dawei's playing time has been expanding.

Until the game against the Miami Heat, Wu Dawei not only set a new high in all his counts, but also played an astonishing 42 minutes! In the next game against the Atlanta Hawks, Wu Dawei played another 35 minutes.

This game was no exception, due to the scorching score of the two sides, so Wu Dawei played more than 30 minutes for the third consecutive game. Of course, compared with the previous games, Wu Dawei's defensive tasks in this game were lighter.

After all, the height gap between him and Mavericks star Dirk Nowitzki is there, and head coach Byron Scott just asked Wu Dawei to keep stepping forward to help defend and make sure that Nowitzki doesn't shoot well.

Without too much defensive duty, Wu Dawei finally got 18 points, 12 rebounds, 3 steals, 2 blocks in this game, and once again handed out 6 assists. It's a little sad that the Cavaliers still lost the road game in the end.

They didn't have time to regret it, though, and immediately boarded a plane to Houston and rushed to their next opponent's home stadium.

Due to the tight time, Wu Dawei, who arrived in Houston, didn't even have time to catch up with his compatriot Yao Ming, so he started training at the venue. Although all the players had a short night's sleep on the plane and a few hours of rest in the hotel after arriving in Houston, there was a hint of fatigue on everyone's face when the night came.

This should have been the most watched game by Chinese fans, but it is a pity that Yao Ming's absence will make it a one-man show for Wu Dawei. However, there are still many Chinese fans at the scene, Yao Ming's arrival has made many Chinese in the city become basketball fans, and although there is no Yao Ming tonight, Wu Dawei, who has been in the limelight recently, is enough to be the reason for them to come to Toyota Center tonight.

It has to be said that Yao Ming's influence has been deeply rooted in the hearts of the people in this city. Standing on the court at the Toyota Center, Wu Dawei could see the Rockets No. 11 jersey at almost a glance, most of them yellow, black and white.

Think about it, when Yao Ming, who was still very immature and thin, first came to the NBA, he faced not only doubts, but also more racial discrimination, but he survived. In response to Charles Barkley's questioning that he couldn't score more than 19 points, Shaquille O'Neal mocked his unworthy All-Star vote.

Yao Ming slowly conquered this strange country with a better and better performance year by year, and now, even though he has been seriously injured, Americans still think that he is the current number one center in the league!

This compatriot, who is more than 20 centimeters taller than himself, has a situation that is similar to his current situation! He slowly conquered everyone with one amazing game after another; And isn't this what you're doing right now?

Yao Ming's experience made Wu Dawei more convinced that the path he is taking now is the right one. Let those people question and laugh at them, and I'm responsible for keeping them speechless!

When the game was about to start, Wu Dawei walked onto the court, he didn't greet the opponents on the court first, but walked to the Rockets bench and said hello to Yao Ming: "Hey, handsome guy, congratulations on escaping the fate of being covered by me tonight!" ”

The two Chinese players laughed on the sidelines of the court, but the Chinese fans sitting in front of the TV and computer sighed why they came one after another instead of together, otherwise, maybe the height of Chinese basketball would have reached a higher level in 2008.

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