am i proud?

Chapter 17 Still defeated
Anderson slowly dribbled the ball across half court, then passed the ball to Pierce on the wing.

During this period, the Celtics' offensive routines were actually very simple. They were Walker singles, Pierce singles, and Walker's high-post support. The team relied too much on this pair of All-Star strikers.

It's no wonder, with two super forwards who can score more than [-] points per game, who else can they rely on?

Anderson?He was selected as an All-Star at his peak, but now he is very old.

Pierce still made a turnaround jumper this time, and the ball was impeccable both in terms of the swing and the movement of the shot, but the ball was missed... It is impossible for the peak "truth" to score every goal!

After Wang Dalin grabbed the rebound, he quickly launched a fast break. This long pass was accurately connected to Hardaway, and the "Beetle" seemed to be back to the top at this moment. The speed was amazing and he made a layup.

Hardaway is old, but running like this once in a while is very exciting... I don't know if it stimulates Riley or Pitino.

"Pat, Tim ran a little too fast this time!" Spoelstra reminded Riley in his ear, "We still have to let him control a little bit, and it will be bad if his old knee injury recurs!"

"Yeah!" Riley responded noncommittally.

With 34 seconds left in the next third quarter, both sides still have a chance to attack.

Walker came to the top of the arc to play high post support, which is his best game style... "Organizational power forward" is his unique label.

Pierce went around the screen and received the ball. Before Wang Dalin's supplementary defense was in place, he pulled up and shot. The ball went in.

80: 71!

In the final attack of the Heat's third quarter, Wang Dalin also came to the top of the arc to play a high post, just like Walker just now.

Who is not a "playmaker power forward"?

Wang Dalin approached the three-second zone under the cover of Grant, but was defended by Potapanko. Walker bypassed the cover and came to double-team him. For a while, Wang Dalin was "male on the left and right".

Grant slipped to the basket with a tacit understanding, and Pierce hurriedly ran inside to defend, but Wang Dalin passed it to Jones with a flick of his wrist.

It was Pierce who was defending Jones just now. At this moment, there was no one in front of Jones. How could Jones be polite after receiving the ball?
"Shua", Jones, who was close to the three-point line, made a successful mid-range shot, and the point difference was finally caught up to single digits.

At 80:73, the Heat ended the third quarter trailing by 7 points.

王大林第三节上场4分30秒，砍下9分3篮板3助攻1盖帽，表现得像个全明星。

"Hmph, 5 points, 5 rebounds, or 5 assists, so you get 500 points? Who do you look down on? Children make choices. As an adult... I want them all!"

After taking a few sips of Gatorade on the bench, Wang Dalin finally felt relieved. Although he only played for a few minutes just now, his physical exertion was not small at all.

"Fat Toutuo"'s defense is indeed bad, but his body is also strong...Wang Dalin and his body confrontation is very fierce, and overall he is still at a disadvantage.

"The strength is still a bit weak!" Wang Dalin resolutely increased his strength with the 1500 points reward he just got and the 100 points he had originally had in stock.

In this way, his strength has reached 65. Although he is still relatively weak as an inside player, it will make his situation slightly better when he fights against "Fat Toutuo".

Based on his performance in the past few minutes, Wang Dalin believes that Riley will definitely let him continue to play in the fourth quarter, if Riley's brain is not flooded...

Sure enough, Wang Dalin continued to play at the beginning of the fourth quarter, along with Hardaway, Jones, Mason and Grant.

The "magic operator" can be regarded as giving everything he has, and did not let the two veteran players, Hardaway and Mason, rest in the first half of the fourth quarter.

Pitino also continued to send Pierce and Walker, the "twin stars". Compared with Riley, he is the one who can't afford to lose.

In this way, this preseason game is extremely rare to play the intensity of the playoffs.

In the fourth quarter, both sides fought fiercely, almost every ball must be contested.Under such a high-intensity defense, the offensive efficiency of both sides is not high, and almost every third offense can barely score a goal.

Wang Dalin found that he was often defended by the opponent as soon as he got the ball, even from beyond the three-point line.After all, his performance just now was extremely eye-catching, and Pitino naturally made targeted defensive arrangements.

"Hehe, I didn't expect my first NBA game... Well, it's just a preseason game, and I'm actually treated like a star?"

After being closely defended by the opponent, Wang Dalin played very cautiously. In the fourth quarter, he only made two shots for about 4 minutes, but both ended in blackouts.

Of course, the Celtics were not feeling well. Pierce and Walker also struck iron again and again.

Riley called a timeout... There was no other way. The two veteran players, Hardaway and Mason, had played for more than 30 minutes and were exhausted enough to come down to take a breather.

Seeing Hardaway panting heavily, Riley frowned and made a decision to let Anthony Carter play, replacing the exhausted Hardaway.

Mason was also tired, and Riley asked AC Green to replace him.

In this way, the Heat's insiders became Grant and Green, and Wang Dalin swung to the small forward position.

"Is this going to make me face Paul Pierce?"

Wang Dalin took another gulp of "Gatorade" and took a deep breath.

The defense of "Truth" is naturally not what "Fat Toutuo" can match, but his height is much shorter than Walker. Wang Dalin feels that he may not be completely blown up against him. Maybe it is easier than facing Walker... right?

Before LeBron James and Carmelo Anthony entered the NBA, it was generally believed that Paul Pierce was the number one small forward in the league.

Even in their first seasons in the league, "Little Emperor" and "Social Melon" can't compare with "Truth".

Throughout the entire career of this legendary superstar, you will find that he has entered the peak since his second season in the league, and then he has been "peak" for 14 seasons...

"Truth" is not only hard, but also very durable!

From this point of view, even his Celtics predecessor Larry Bird can only bow down, because Bird's career is only 13 seasons, while Pierce has 19 seasons.

Of course, if it is far worse than the "truth" of career records and honors, after all, Bird is known as the "king of the king", so how can he lack the capital to act aggressive?

When facing Pierce for the first time, Wang Dalin immediately discovered that "Truth" really deserves its reputation, at least on the defensive end, it can be said that it is basically impossible to defend.

Pierce's offensive skills are very comprehensive, which can be called "offensive kaleidoscope", and although he is very strong physically, he is very agile, which can be said to be the "ceiling" of the small forward position.

If it wasn't for his teammates coming over to help him defend from time to time, Wang Dalin estimated that he would be completely blown up.

No way, Pierce's start and change of direction are too fast... Wang Dalin's speed is 72, his acceleration ability is 71, and his lateral agility is also 66. He definitely ranks in the forefront among inside players, but he is still far behind Pierce.

On the offensive end, Wang Dalin did not get any easier.

Although Pierce's height is only 201 cm, which is much shorter than Walker's 206 cm, his footsteps are very fast, and his strength seems to be stronger than Walker's. Facing such a strong defensive Wang Dalin feels very uncomfortable.

This is probably the reason why Durant, at his peak, has become a super scorer with "all-round attack without dead ends", but he is still extremely embarrassed by Tony Allen, who is only 193cm tall.

Wang Dalin's offense was blocked, but fortunately, his high-level support can still play a role. Under his guidance, Jones and Grant succeeded in attacking consecutively, finally adding firepower to the Heat's offense.

However, the Celtics continued to score, but the point difference between the two sides hovered around 6-8 points until the end of the game.

102:97, the Heat finally lost this preseason game.

皮尔斯全场24中11砍下32分8篮板5助攻，沃克也22中9拿到27分9篮板7助攻，两人拿到全队大半的得分……不愧是“凯尔特人双子星”！
热火这边表现最好的是埃迪.琼斯，他全场23中11拿到29分6篮板3助攻。

此外哈达威16分7助攻，梅森15分9篮板，格兰特12分8篮板也都表现不错。

What surprised the Heat's coaching staff the most was Wang Dalin. He only played 16 minutes in this game, but scored 13 points, 6 rebounds, 7 assists and 1 block.

Especially when he defended Walker, although he took a dark elbow from the opponent at the beginning, he never let the opponent take advantage of it, and even returned an elbow while defending.

Although Wang Dalin's elbow was not thick enough, that elbow made "Fat Toutuo" grin his teeth in pain...

Wang Dalin himself was quite modest: "Actually, I didn't do anything... It's all taught well by the old comrades in the team..."

There is one thing to say, these days, if you really want to compare iron-blooded or brutal with the Heat and these old men, you can look at the entire NBA and no one is in vain!
The old men even gave you a Mourning!

Do you have the ability to inquire about it?Whose thigh was Jeff Van Gundy dragged for more than ten meters?
After the game, Riley praised Wang Dalin by name in the locker room, and said in front of all the players that the next game would definitely give Wang Dalin more playing time.

The next game is the night after tomorrow, and the opponent is still the Celtics, but it is Boston's home court.

Riley's habits have been mentioned earlier. Of course, the Heat have to carry out "devil training" according to the usual practice.

Riley announced on the spot that tomorrow the team's training session will be increased to two... Hearing this "bad news", all the players present were frowning, as if their father died collectively.

(End of this chapter)