am i proud?

Chapter 22 Fighting Charlotte ([-])

NBA commissioner David Stern was very depressed because he was watching the regular season game between the Heat and the Hornets in front of the TV.

Hello Pat Riley!

And you Paul Sellars!
You two souls... It's the 21st century, how good are you two playing run and gun like old Nelson?

Who's crazy and wants to watch the defense?
Thinking of this, Stern regretted it too much, and wished to slap himself hard—for this kind of game, why the hell should I agree to arrange a national live broadcast for them?
The reason why the league staff arranged a nationwide live broadcast for this game was mainly because the two teams had good records last season, one was second in the Eastern Conference and the other was fifth in the Eastern Conference!

And both the Heat and the Hornets do not lack stars. Mourning was selected to the second team and first defense last season, Jones was selected to the third team and second defense, and Jamal Mashburn was also selected to the All-Star and All-NBA teams. It stands to reason that the games between these two teams will not be dull.

But that's the way it is, when you thought they were going to put on a brilliant offensive show, they ended up putting on a blacksmithing show.

That's right, this is a blacksmithing show!

The first quarter lasted 8 minutes, and the score between the two teams reached 11:15, with the Heat trailing by 4 points.

The starting players on both sides were a little tired, so they all began to deploy troops and slowly replaced them with the second team.

The Hornets replaced PJ Brown, who felt extremely bad, and replaced this year's rookie center Magloire, playing the twin towers.

The Heat also replaced Anthony Mason and Eddie Jones, who also felt surprisingly bad, and replaced them with Wang Dalin and Don McLenne.

The ball was still on the Hornets' side. "Big Beard" Davis took control of the ball for half the court, and directly crushed Hadaway from the left back and approached the three-second zone.

Wang Dalin had no choice but to come over to help defend. Davis made a very concealed pass behind the back and handed the ball to Magloire who had already missed.

Fortunately, Grant's defensive awareness is very good. After a delay, Wang Dalin finally returned to the defense in time.

Magloire is a first-year rookie just like Wang Dalin, the difference is that he was drafted "as high as" 19th in the first round, while Wang Dalin was just an undrafted pick.

Faced with such a "nobody", how could Magloire be false?Relying on his own strength, he directly confronted Wang Dalin and wanted to force a layup, but was firmly covered by Wang Dalin's hot pot.

Magloire is indeed much stronger than Wang Dalin, and his strength is not at the same level. However, Wang Dalin didn't put up a hard top when defending him, but kept his strength while holding back to prepare to take off and block the block.

When Magloire forced a layup at the basket, Wang Dalin seized the opportunity to take off and complete the block.

Dalin, the king of the ball, was very domineering, and the Heat's bench burst into cheers. The 37-year-old Green danced the towel so handsomely that he was comparable to the Lakers "cheerleader" Thackeray.

In this drowsy "striking iron match", Wang Dalin's wonderful performance was like a bolt from the blue. The fans at the scene immediately reached a climax and booed him one after another.

With sharp eyes and quick hands, Hardaway grabbed the ball at the second spot, slowly dribbled the ball to the frontcourt, and then passed it directly to Wang Dalin who just ran to the top of the three-point arc.

Magloire hurriedly lowered his center of gravity and stepped forward. Wang Dalin didn't even look at him. With a flick of his right hand, the ball flew towards Bowen who was cutting in quickly.

Bowen went straight to the layup after receiving the ball. Campbell's defensive action was very fierce.

There is one thing to say, Campbell can only be regarded as a big defensive move, and he is really dirtier than anyone else. Bowen dared to say to everyone on both sides-"I mean everyone present is happy (la) color (ji)!"

Bowen made two free throws and the Heat trailed by 3 points.

Afterwards, both sides missed two attacks each, and Wang Dalin was a little speechless... How bad does it have to be to be so determined?
The Hornets missed another shot. Wang Dalin took off the defensive rebound and then made a long pass across the field. The ball was very accurately passed to Bowen who was about to shoot down. This time Bowen finally made a shot.

At 14:15, the Heat were still 1 point behind, and there were only 2 minutes left in the first quarter.

For the Hornets, Mashben went to the wing to receive the ball, and then made a decisive breakthrough. However, Wang Dalin was "obstructed" during the layup, and the layup was very rare.

After Wang Dalin took off the defensive rebound, he made another long pass, this time to Hardaway.

Hardaway saw that the opponent was retreating quickly, so he did not rush forward.Wang Dalin ran over and made a pick-and-roll with him, and immediately ran to the flank after the pick-and-roll. Hardaway gave the ball very comfortably. When he received the ball, Magloire was at least two meters away from him.

The "beautiful CIC" Wang Dalin went online in an instant, and immediately pulled up a jumper after catching the ball. The ball was there!
At 16:15, the Heat finally overtook the score, and there was another burst of joy on the bench.

The two commentators on TNT TV were also very excited. Charles Barkley grinned and said, "This Chinese rookie named Darling Wang played very well, but if the Heat want to win this game, obviously they can't count too much on this first-year kid. They have to rely on Tim, Eddie and Brian!"

"Man, I have a different opinion!" Kenny Smith laughed. "As far as I know, Darling Wang participated in this year's draft, but was not selected. Then he represented the Heat in the 'Orlando Summer League' in July. He performed well, so the Heat signed him with a non-guaranteed basic salary contract..."

Picking up the water glass and taking a sip, Smith continued: "Then he participated in the preseason game last month, averaging 18.5 points, 8.5 rebounds, 6 assists and 1.5 blocks per game. If I remember correctly, the great Sir Charles was not as good as him in the preseason in his rookie season, right?"

Barkley curled his lips and said, "It's just the stats from the preseason, and you're making too much fuss!"

史密斯似笑非笑道：“可他前天的首场常规赛也打得很不错，上场12分钟就拿到了19分6篮板3助攻2盖帽！”

Barkley showed a sarcastic smile: "What can the data played during the garbage time show?"

Smith laughed: "Charles, it seems that you only scored 11 points, 6 rebounds, 3 assists and 1 block in your regular season debut in your career?"

Barkley said angrily: "Don't do this with me! Michael only made 16 of 5 shots in his career debut!"

Smith patted the table and laughed loudly: "But Michael scored 16 points, 6 rebounds, 7 assists and 4 blocks in that game. Can you compare?"

Buckley said angrily: "Okay, I can't compare with Michael, but this kid surnamed Wang, the great Sir Charles can teach him a lesson with one hand... Well, how about we make a bet?"

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(End of this chapter)