The brutality of the NBA

Chapter 64, The Wrath of the Turtle!
Because of the disorganization of the first team, the Blazers raised two players from the second team to start.

As a result, the second team that was originally partnered with Xue Ding also changed.

After the timeout, the Blazers' lineup became Xue Ding, Fernandez, Cunningham, Juwan Howard, and Webster.

Xue Ding kept thinking about the attack method.

The Trail Blazers' second lineup is not much better than the opposite Timberwolves' second lineup.

Most of the advantages of the Blazers' Young Guards are in the starting lineup!The second team is not absolutely sure.

This season, Fernandez averaged 8 points per game, which is the second scoring point after Xue Ding. Although the score is good, this guy is unreliable and unreliable. This is the key to the head coach McMillan's unwillingness to use him as the core.

His trademarks are gorgeous dunks, elegant flying, oversized three-pointers, exotic styles, cool hairstyles, embarrassing stubble, and deep eyes.

The flamboyant style of play can be regarded as Rudy Fernandez in the past. After returning from injury this season, this guy has only three-pointers left. From time to time, he dunks a basket with Xue Ding during the fast break to prove his talent.

At first, Xue Ding thought that Fernandez could do everything, with comprehensive skills and delicate style of play. He felt that it was a pity that he did not become a superstar.

But Xue Ding also discovered this guy's shortcomings after playing a few games.

Now Rudy is not willing to break through, only willing to shoot three-pointers, and there are many rules for shooting three-pointers.

For example: He generally does not shoot non-three-pointers and almost never scores when he shoots, basically does not score open three-pointers, may not score key three-pointers, generally makes difficult three-pointers, and must score invalid three-pointers at the buzzer...

In these few games, his three-point shooting percentage was only 37%.

Xue Ding couldn't believe that this was a guy who just broke the 12-year-old rookie three-point record last year.

Although there is some competition, the relationship between him and Xue Ding on and off the field is not bad.

Another one is that Cunningham is a rookie and is still in the adaptation stage, so he can't provide much help.

As for Webster, Xue Ding didn't know what to say.

Webster is not a microwave player, but the kind of player who needs to play soy sauce and throw bread before entering the play, which is a tragedy.

What's more troubling is that poor dribbling directly positions him as a shooter.

The most unfortunate thing is that his escape is not elegant at all, so he is not suitable as a pitcher.

That's why a formerly gifted high schooler is reduced to a mediocre role player, but that's not all.

The sky of a 23-year-old young man with both height and physique, jaguar-like muscles and "I must tear you apart" eyes, strong physical fitness, shooting, and born for the big scene should be far more than that.

The point is that since Webster entered the league with the sixth overall pick in 05, he has never understood what stability is.

He can play tough and gritty defense on one possession, but can't stay focused the entire game.

He scored 21 points in a single quarter when he was 24 years old, but he has never averaged more than 11 points per game in a season.

Some nights he was unstoppable, but those nights were far too few.

Webster remained steadily inconsistent last season.

Webster's performance made the fans feel that he is the pride of Portland, but when the fans rekindled their hopes for him, Webster began a long hibernation again.

It can be understood that he is a role player with the blood of a franchise player. He needs a lot of shots to stimulate his energy. Therefore, when the team is short of major generals and makes him a top three offensive option, Webster can fully fire. , He and Xue Ding had some ball conflicts.

If Batum's defense is a long-lasting soil, then Webster's defense is a wood that would rather bend than bend.

Webster's template was Glenn Rice, a shooter who should have been an elegant assassin who now has to rely on the defense and attitude he once dismissed to keep himself on the court.
This guy is unreliable.

As for Juwan Howard, Xue Ding respected him very much.

Age wears off a lot of things in him, like his hair, his athleticism, his enthusiasm, even his ambition.

At the same time, time will accumulate many things, such as fat, experience, skills, and even calmness.

But dignity will always be with him, and it will increase monotonically with time.

The old guys also have dignity and passion. Xue Ding will see Andre Miller give the opponent a tomahawk dunk, and see Miller getting hot-headed after being blocked or shooting hard, only the basket is in his eyes.

And it's the same for Juwan Howard, he would rather make a malicious foul than allow his opponent to layup easily on his head. When he feels that the dignity of his teammates is challenged, he will stand up for his teammates without hesitation. When using dirty tricks, he will not hesitate to fight back.

Xue Ding's only teammate who didn't have a dunk on the training ground was this veteran.

Because when Zhu Wan found out that Xue Ding wanted to block him, he would push Xue Ding away.

At the same time, because this veteran is very aggressive, Xue Ding will conflict with him from time to time!
Thanks to the good atmosphere of the Blazers, even if the two conflict, they will quickly blame it on the invisible.

Although there was a conflict on the court, there was no conflict between the two off the court.

The 37-year-old's charisma has made him another respected leader in the locker room.

After Xue Ding knew this guy's temper, he no longer tried to block this guy on the training ground.

Juwan Howard also passed on the skills and experience he heard from his seniors and his 16-year career to the young people in the team, including Xue Ding.

He also advises team leaders Roy and Aldridge.

Now Zhu Wan can shoot 17-foot jumpers and protect rebounds, and he can no longer be asked to do too much.

Xue Ding swept across the faces of his teammates one by one.

At this moment, all eyes were on him.

Xue Ding did not disappoint his teammates.

He clapped his hands and motioned for everyone to gather around.

Xue Ding pressed the shoulders of his teammates on the left and right and shouted loudly: "Guys, take a few minutes to kill them and send them back to Minnesota!"

"Well, kill them!"

The substitutes all know the team's current predicament, and it is really helpless to put on such a lineup.

Juwan Howard was very pleased to see Xue Ding who took the initiative to lead the team.

No need to admit it.

Xue Ding is the morale engine of the Blazers and the leader of the bench lineup.

Juwan Howard is also very clear, if there is no injury to the Young Guards.

So!

The mighty Los Angeles Lakers are going to be in big trouble! ! !

The game restarted.

Although the Timberwolves are said to be in the second team, the starters Love and Flynn did not go down.

Because Xue Ding basically didn't attack much in the first 6 minutes of the game, and he made two three-pointers and failed to make a shot. Flynn didn't care much about Xue Ding's combat effectiveness.

This time he set his sights on Xue Ding confidently again!

The first two rounds after the timeout were indeed as Flynn expected!
Xue Ding's hand feeling was mediocre today, and he failed to make two consecutive throws.

Today's Flynn feels good.

After Xue Ding missed a shot, he used the screen to get rid of Xue Ding, stopped at the free throw line and soared in the middle distance.

14:12.

Just a round or two.

Xue Ding himself was very calm, but Flynn couldn't help it.

After Flynn scored the goal, he deliberately ran over to Xue Ding and said, "Xue, I'm going to blow you up tonight to prove that Chinese people are not suitable for playing guards."

Seeing that Xue Ding was indifferent.

Flynn continued to spam: "Your defense is like paper. Are all Chinese people so weak?"

Flynn's endless trash talk finally changed Xue Ding's mood!

"Dang, activate the talent skill, "The Wrath of the Turtle""

The system's notification sound expressed Xue Ding's mood.

He was angry.

"You'll regret pissing me off."

Xue Ding only replied to Flynn with this sentence!
Then he said to his teammates: "Give me the ball."

(End of this chapter)