Chapter 19 Continuous Fermentation
July 21st.
The attendance rate at the basketball stadium today was obviously much higher than the last game between the Mavericks and the Spurs. At the same time, there were also several more media reporters and scouts from other NBA teams present at the scene.
The Rocky Mountain Summer League itself is a relatively small league held in the summer league. The real NBA teams only need to invite six teams, plus a team from the Development League and the Iranian national team, to make up the total.
Only eight teams come to compete, so the competition time is relatively generous, with one game scheduled every day.
Today the Mavericks played against the Utah Jazz. Before the game started, players from both teams were warming up on the court. The Mavericks were doing shooting drills, and Wang Dachun was responsible for picking up the basketballs thrown by his teammates and passing them back to them.
It’s not that Wang Dachun took the caddy job because he was ostracized by his teammates, but that Coach Solano specially arranged it for him.
The effect of shooting cannot be achieved in a short time. The coach believes that what Wang Dachun urgently needs to practice now is passing, because his passing force is too strong. After the game against the Spurs, the feedback given by his teammates to the coach was that they hope
He passes the ball with a little less force, and must adjust it, otherwise when the ball passes into the hands of his teammates, the whole hand will be numb.
While doing passing practice, Wang Dachun felt that many people were looking at him, which made him uncomfortable. After all, it felt awkward to be stared at by hundreds of people suddenly.
Green seemed to know something. He walked up to Wang Dachun with the basketball and passed it to him and said:
"Put the basketball in the hoop!"
Wang Dachun didn't know what Green meant, but when he came to the basket, he stood up on tiptoes and dunked the basketball into the basket with one hand. This action was what he used most during this period. When practicing free throws, he always failed to score. He was angry.
Sometimes I use this trick to attack the basket.
But what he didn't expect was that as soon as he finished dunking, there would be a burst of cheers. Green said with a smile next to Wang Dachun:
"See? Man, you're a celebrity now!"
Wang Dachun was a little dumbfounded. Did he become a celebrity just by putting the basketball in the basket? Aren't many people able to do it?
Wang Dachun didn't realize it because the TV station reported his amazing performance in the game against the Spurs.
There were a lot of local fans coming to the game today, and they all came to see what Wang Dachun, who could catch fire with both hands in mid-air, looked like.
At the same time, many media reporters also became interested in Wang Dachun. Although this player is not very famous at present, they still came to the scene to see if there would be some interesting news.
In addition, some NBA teams also sent their scouts to see if the newcomer they missed was as good as what was said in the news or was just fake, to refute the media's claim that they were out of their minds.
Shit idiot.
The game officially begins.
The starting lineup sent by the Utah Jazz is:
Point guard, Ronnie Price, 188 cm tall.
Shooting guard, Maurice Almond, 198 cm tall.
Small forward, Ronnie Brewer, height 201 cm.
Power forward, Paul Millsap, height 203 cm.
Center, Costa Koufos, height 213 cm.
Utah Jazz center Costa Koufos is a rookie this year like Wang Dachun. He was selected by the Jazz with the 23rd overall pick in the first round.
The Dallas Mavericks' lineup is the same as the Spurs' lineup:
Point guard, Jose Barea, height 183 cm.
Shooting guard, Dwayne Mitchell, height 196 cm.
Small forward, Gerald Green, height 201 cm.
Power forward, Brendan Bass, height 203 cm
Center, Ryan Hollins, 213 cm tall.
There is not much difference between the lineups of both sides today. It can be said that they are evenly matched. Wang Dachun still failed to become the starter today. Coach Solano still attaches great importance to this game and hopes to win this game.
Besides, Wang Dachun's current ability, which means he is good at protecting the frame, does not really help much on offense, so he did not send Wang Dachun on the court until the end of the first quarter and the beginning of the second quarter.
At this time, the audience gave up and thought to themselves: We made a special trip to see that guy who can "stand dunk", but what do you mean, you are a bad coach and won't let him do it?
So the audience shouted "Big Spring King, Big Spring King" one by one. It doesn't matter if one or two audience members shout. They can't stand up to the hundreds of people in the audience.
At present, the score on the field is anxious, and Solano has no intention of substituting. However, seeing the continuous shouting of the audience, and the reporter's camera turning to him, Solano does not want to offend the public and can only send Wang Dachun to play.
Wang Dachun was quite happy to see the enthusiasm of the audience at first, but when he heard hundreds of audience members calling him "King Dachun", his whole mood was not beautiful. He thought to himself, if you don't know how to recite it, just don't recite it, okay?
They are a group of uneducated foreigners who forcefully pronounce the word "spring" as "stupid".
With 15 seconds left in the second quarter, Wang Dachun committed five fouls and left the field amid cheers from the audience.
The audience cheered with joy, and Solano felt so uncomfortable that he wanted to curse. There was no denying that Wang Dachun's frame protection and defense were pretty good, but he couldn't stop him from fouling the opponent.
5 fouls were committed, and a slight lead was turned into a 9-point deficit. The deficit was all the result of the opponent's free throws.
The audience cheered and didn't care whether you were behind or not. Although they didn't see any offense from Wang Dachun, they saw several times the suppressive defensive effect of Wang Dachun's talent.
During one of the defenses, Paul Millsap attacked Buss with his back. Millsap had many low-post offensive methods. Although the two were the same height, Buss was no match for Millsap in terms of technique and strength.
Millsap squeezed into the three-second zone with his back and deceived Buss with a fake move. When he made a hook layup, Wang Dachun suddenly ran behind Buss, jumped up and easily took the ball with one hand.
He caught it and passed the ball quickly. Green and Barea cooperated. Green made an alley-oop dunk and made a beautiful fast break.
Costa, the center in the same class who faced Wang Dachun, was also extremely aggrieved. He and Wang Dachun were not much different in height, so how could he be half an arm's length away from this guy when he was grabbing rebounds? Are my hands that short? He obviously doesn't have a tonnage.
I'm so big, why can't I squeeze in?
If the opponent hadn't committed most of the fouls on himself and scored 3 points with free throws, wouldn't it mean that his 23rd pick in the first round was blocked by a small 51st pick in the second round? When Wang Dachun came off the court, Costa said to himself
I have deep doubts about my ability!
And Wang Dachun didn't even think about it after he came off the field until the end.
Chapter completed!