Chapter 187: Psychological Shadows
“HOW-OLD-ARE-YOU??”
This simple English phrase, under the ridicule of the wise Chinese, was put in a classic cold joke, became a typical representative of Chinese English, and was popular all over the country for a time.
At this moment, if there is a sentence that can summarize the mood of the classmate Dacomilisic who is about to play, but as soon as he raises his eyes and sees Chen Mu, he is weak for no reason, it must be this sentence.
Why are you all the time?!
Before he played, Milicic was already half weak in his heart, seeing Chen Mu running on the court, once again using a high position to send a wonderful pass, assisting Miller to score under the basket, when he returned to the defense, he passed by his side, and actually glanced at himself inadvertently, and then laughed a few times without scruples.
Everyone still remembers that just one season ago, Chen Mu, who had just arrived in Philadelphia, was very depressed when facing the Detroit Pistons' iron bucket formation. Although he rebounded a lot, he was blocked everywhere on the offensive end, and he talked and laughed with Rashid and Ben, two Wallaces...... Ah no, he was abused by two Wallaces in the middle of talking and laughing, and he had no power to fight back.
But in that game, if there was anything else Chen Mu had to shine in addition to the final stunner and rebounding scramble, it must be that in the short period of time when he was facing our big list, no one stopped the offense broke out.
The image left by Chen Mu in Milicic's mind is the same as the big horse monkey in the parents who scared us when we were children to let us sleep, "If you don't sleep, there will be a big horse monkey to catch you", which looks terrifying and murderous.
Toward the end of the second quarter, the 76ers led by five points, 49-44. A pass mistake went out of bounds, and Chen Mu, who was a little tired because of continuous back-to-back singles, added a mistake to himself, and in his frustration, he also caused a dead ball opportunity.
"Magic substitution!"
Amid the frustrated muttering of the fans, Milicic walked onto the pitch almost dejectedly. He didn't listen to what Ariza said to him, he just nodded mechanically with his head down, and then sighed into the half.
Daco Milicic. It seems that Chen Mu has been given a little psychological shadow.
Find the area of this shadow...... (Okay, okay, I'm not wet, don't fight, okay, at least don't slap your face, eh, ......!) )
"Darko!"
When Milicic came on the court, Hill, the spiritual leader of the Magic, instantly understood what the coach meant, and after some transmission, handed the ball to Milicic and motioned for him to open the situation with a single.
That's right. At this time, on the court, the Magic team only has an interior offensive point, and Howard's body is strong, but the skills are not mature after all, and the technical use of the back single is not as good as Chen Mu, and it is difficult to use it as a combat power output point throughout the court.
The reason why the Magic were constrained everywhere on both ends of the offensive and defensive ends before was precisely because their offensive points were too concentrated, and if Howard couldn't open it, the 76ers could unscrupulously expand the defensive line and interfere with the Magic's outside players. For the Magic team to score, it will naturally be more difficult.
Although Milicic still did not meet people's expectations, he did not have a strong outbreak this season. He averaged a career-high 8 points per game and 1.8 frontcourt rebounds of 5.5 rebounds, showing a rebounding ability that is no less than Hunter's.
2.7 fouls in 24 minutes is a bit more, but 1.8 blocks per game is still quite impressive, and the down-and-out star seems to be on the verge of a new lease of life in Orlando.
In terms of technical strength alone, Milicic has already improved after another season of hard training. The already rich arsenal is more comprehensive, and the strength has also reached a new level, and it will not fall behind in the face of most of the league's substitute insiders.
If Milicic can adjust his mentality at this time and use all his strength to seriously confront Chen Mu. The results are not yet known. But it's a pity that Bangyanxiu's fighting spirit seems to have begun to collapse the moment he learned that he was going to face Chen Mu, and his movements after holding the ball were stiff and slow, which made him anxious.
"Milicic's action...... Why is it so unsmooth? ”
Seeing Milicic's appearance, Chen Mu was also stunned. When I looked up at the face of the opponent who happened to be turned into a face frame, I instantly understood the reason:
Dacomilisic has no confidence to confront Chen Mu at all!
"Smack!"
The crisp and neat rocket jump, the powerful Taishan overhead block, Chen Mu fanned Milicic's soft shot, and the latter did not shout like last season after losing the ball, and there was not even a trace of loss, just sighed lightly and turned back to defend.
"Damn, no!"
Seeing Milicic's appearance, Chen Mu couldn't cry or laugh.
"A generation of geniuses, that's how it fell??"
Although it has long been known that Milicic's psychology has always been very problematic, which is one of the main reasons for the fall of the genius inside line with extremely solid physical conditions and technical foundation in the original timeline.
But now that he is officially fighting on the field, Chen Mu can completely understand why Milicic has never been able to become a big weapon.
Like Chen Mu, a young man who was selected into the world's highest basketball hall before he reached the age of 18, his psychology is too fragile.
"Alas, what a pity."
Chen Mu also sighed lightly, since entering the alliance, in addition to working hard to improve his strength, he is also paying attention to the same young new generation of insiders, to see if there will be a genius who can compete with him.
Milicic is naturally one of Chen Mu's focuses, although Milicic has fallen in the original timeline, but now the timeline is changing little by little, and genius is shining again, which is also a drama that everyone likes to watch.
"What kind of blood is a life without an opponent?"
Based on this idea, Chen Mu very much wants to find a real genius, an opponent who can constantly catch up with or even surpass himself in his career. Only with a sufficient amount of opponents can they truly stimulate their potential and fighting spirit, and lay the most solid foundation for their future basketball career.
Just like the magician and the big bird, a legend must have a strong enough opponent to make a name for itself. Even if it is as strong as Jordan, doesn't it have the foil of Barkley and other masters, so that it seems to be more unbeatable?
It's just that at the moment, Chen Mu's hopes are still a little too high, Milicic's strength is actually improving, and his body is becoming more and more mature. But as an athlete, if you don't have enough energy, how can you still play well?
"Where will my opponent be?"
Shaking his head to put the doubts behind, Chen Mu quickly ran to the front court and participated in the attack.
Milicic is tall and has long arms and strength, and there are some flaws on the defensive end, but he is a little more difficult to deal with than Barty. If it weren't for the idea of having a power forward with a consistent mid-range range next to Howard, Milicki would have been one of the Magic's starting interior players in terms of strength.
With the support of his back footsteps, Chen Mu played like a fish in water, and faced Milicic, who had no fighting spirit.
After receiving the basketball turned into a face frame, a tentative step made way for space, Chen Mu opened his hand to shoot, Milicic habitually pressed forward, but what greeted him was Chen Mu's extremely fast ball collection and turn.
"Huh"
The spinning top generally went around Milicic's body and turned to the basket, Chen Mu hit a layup, and went back to the defense without looking back.
The Magic attacked again, with outside Hill and Turkoglu making a dazzling cross-cutting combination, and the incomparable European offensive routine found the mid-range space, and Turkoglu hit the shot.
The 76ers attacked, Chen Muke did not have the slightest mercy, and poured salt on Milicic's psychological wounds. is still holding the ball in the frame, this time Chen Mu after shooting the feint, with the same action as last time, turned around and swayed, Howard has already made up for the defense, Chen Mu shook with one hand, and the basketball was smoothly passed to the weak side of Hunter's hand, the latter made a violent dunk, and the difference was still 5 points.
Nelson and Howard blocked high posts, passed to Hill, who was out of the pocket, sprinted to the bottom corner, and then suddenly ran back. Howard hadn't left the top of the arc yet, and the roll over was another cover to firmly jam Miller, and Nelson received a return pass from Hill and hit a three-point shot to make it a two-point gap.
Control the ball came to the front court, and Miller, who was played by Nelson with a reverse run, immediately sank to the bottom of the basket after handing over the ball, and Chen Mu at the free throw line opened his hand to pass, and Miller scored a layup.
Howard finally found his sense under the basket, hooked his hand to hit the board and scored, there was no time to shout and celebrate, Chen Mu's baseline ball had already sprinted out like the wind, Iguodala held the ball and rushed straight to the basket, and missed the shot under the interference, Chen Mu who didn't know where to come out quickly followed up, grabbed the basketball and dunked it angrily.
Attacking again, the Magic team chose to trust Milicic, the Serbian boy missed, and it was Chen Mu's rebound, there was not much time left in the half, under the urging of Cheeks, Chen Mu quickly played the ball, Iguodala hurriedly shot after receiving the ball in the front court, and the basketball bumped into the frame.
After three points at the whistle, the 76ers led by 9 points in the first half, and the Chinese kid Chen Mu once again fired on fire in the half, scoring 19 points and 8 rebounds, and another 30+ game was close at hand.
"Greg, do you see that?"
In the Amway Arena, a tall and staggering black man wearing a peaked cap nodded slightly while watching Chen Mu's performance on the field.
Beside him, a seemingly ordinary man seemed to be a friend of the big man, pointing to Chen Mu, who was leaving the court from the players' tunnel, and continued:
"After entering the NBA next year, this big Chinese man will probably be your strongest opponent in the future...... (To be continued.) )