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Chapter 135: Ticket King? (Today's second update)
Wang Dalin and Carter basically formed a mutual explosive trend, and the two were inextricably fighting each other. However, at the end of the first quarter, the Pistons fell behind by as much as 26 points at 32:6.

It wasn't that Wang Dalin was weak, but that Billups was suppressed.

Before the game, Wang Dalin never expected that this point guard named Alvin Williams could suppress Billups. The two "stars" in NBA history are not at the same level at all.

The two were both rookies in the 1997 class. Billups was the No. 19 pick, while Alvin Williams was only the [-]th pick in the second round, and they were both close to the bottom.

And it goes without saying that Billups has a great career, right?
Which onion is Alvin Williams?
If they didn't meet in the competition, Wang Dalin wouldn't even know this guy!

It's really surprising that such an unknown person can prevent Billups in an extremely embarrassing situation.

He can defend against Billups, not because he is so good defensively, but because he is 196cm tall, and Billups is indeed shorter than him.Moreover, he weighs only 84 kilograms and moves very fast. It is difficult for Billups to break through him from the front.

In fact, Billups' strength must be better, but this game doesn't know what happened. He acted like he went out last night and had a whole night of high energy, and he didn't seem to have any vitality at all.

Seeing "Second Brother" acting so hip-stretched, Wang Dalin couldn't help but be vigilant secretly... It seems that nightclubs can't be frequented, and when they go, they have to act like this!

The game continued. In the first half of the second quarter, the head coaches of both sides made some deployments. At this time, the Raptors' starting center "Dream" Olajuwon suddenly hit a wave of crit like a flashback.

That's right, it's the "big dream"!
He joined the Raptors after his contract with the Rockets ended, and served as the team's starting center this season at the age of 38.

I saw the classic fantasy footsteps of "Big Dream" reappearing in the world, and Da Ben, who has always been known for his tough defense, was played around by him and completely blown away.

In this wave, "Big Dream" scored 4 goals in 3 consecutive interior offenses. The only time he didn't score was because Daben fouled him in advance, scoring 8 points in just over three minutes.

Daben is also extremely depressed. In fact, he doesn’t have a headache when facing a powerful center. Even O’Neill dares to be tough, but "Dameng"'s low post back technique has reached the point of perfection...he can only look up to the sky and sigh, "I can't do it as a concubine"!
Not long ago, Jordan staged "Ye Qing Hui", and the fans are probably still reminiscing about that scene. They never thought that the "big dream" who was older than Jordan would have such a wave.

Being able to feast their eyes on the scene, not only the fans at the "Canadian Airline Center Stadium" were hooked, but even Wang Dalin felt that the trip was worthwhile.

Although the two sides are opponents on the court, this does not affect Wang Dalin's appreciation of Olajuwon... No, it should be said to be "worship".

Looking at NBA history, Olajuwon should be in the top five of the center rankings, but if he has to be ranked in the top three, it is estimated that many fans will jump out and sing the opposite.

However, when it comes to low-post offensive skills, Olajuwon is definitely the number one in history, which is recognized by many legendary centers such as O'Neal, Kareem Abdul-Jabbar, and Russell.

When Wang Dalin and the others went back into battle, "Dream" had already sat off the court, after all, he was an "old man nearly [-] years old", so let's rest as much as he can!

The game went back to the situation where Wang Dalin and Carter played against Biao. The two had a great time playing one by one, but Wang Dalin was still at a disadvantage in comparison.

Carter's style of play is mainly based on breakthroughs, and his shooting ability is quite good, so when Wang Dalin defends him, he always loses sight of others... In fact, it is difficult for Carter to defend just by breaking through.

However, Wang Dalin can only use shooting as an offensive method against Carter. No matter whether he pulls up or leans back, the shooting rate of this offensive method is definitely not as good as Carter rushing to the basket to complete the finish... After all, "the closer to the basket, the easier it is to score" This is an eternal truth.

If it weren't for the strong defense of insider Ben and Robinson, it is estimated that Carter would have completed several dunks long ago. Wang Dalin is very grateful for this.

But how could it be possible to complete the task of preventing Carter from dunking only by luck?
So Wang Dalin began to make a fuss about the defensive position. Every time Carter took the ball, he kept a distance of more than 1.5 meters from him... This obviously meant that he did not let go of the shot!
Carter seemed a little surprised, obviously he was a little puzzled by Wang Dalin's defensive choice.

Are you looking down on my projection ability?
Tell you, I'm not like that little blacksmith in Los Angeles!
Now that Wang Dalin dared to let go, Carter decided not to break through, and started to play various tricks.

To be honest, this guy's shooting ability is really good. In the second quarter, he scored 8 points on mid-range shots alone, with a shooting percentage of more than [-]%.

Wang Dalin was also so happy, as long as you don't break through, even if you make a few breakthroughs, so what?Anyway, I'm not idle on the offensive end, so everyone compares how good they are at shooting?

Moreover, Wang Dalin not only voted by himself, but he passed a pass to Hamilton from time to time when he was in a high position.

This "beautiful mid-range shooter" just catches and shoots. The Raptors chased him.

Seeing that the two sides were evenly matched and no one could open the score, Raptors head coach Lenny Wilkens took the lead in launching the attack and replaced him with "Dream".

Wang Dalin couldn't help complaining in his heart: "You old boy, why are you so cruel to the main force? Olajuwon is almost 39 years old, so you are not afraid of hurting him?"

Wilkens is the first head coach in NBA history to lead his team to 1000 victories. In terms of historical status, he is even higher than Pat Riley and Old Nelson. However, old-school coaches like him have this problem.

"Dameng" immediately caused damage in the low post after he came on the field, and Daben was fouled by him again earlier. It was only now that he had fouled three times in the second quarter.

Carlisle did not make a substitution, but kept Big Ben on the court.

He can't help it, even Big Ben can't defend against Olajuwon, wouldn't it be even worse if he replaced Alexander or Gates?

Robinson and Daben exchanged a few words in a low voice, and decided to double-team "Big Dream"... What an honor it is for a veteran player who is about to turn 39 to be double-teamed by the opponent?

"Dameng" saw that the opponent began to double-team him, so he simply played "low post support". His passing skills were also quite good, and the Raptors players blossomed more for a while.

Fortunately, Wang Dalin, Hamilton and Robinson of the Pistons continued their offensive firepower. The scores of the two teams showed an upward trend alternately, and no one could widen the gap.

After halftime, the two teams fought 45:44, with the Pistons only leading by 1 point.

Compared with the high scores in the previous few games, it is clear that the Raptors have slowed down the pace, so the Pistons only scored 45 points in the half, which is also their lowest half-time score since the start of the season.

In the second half, the performances of the two sides were still tied, and the game was played until the last moment. After Wang Dalin hit the fourth three-pointer of the game, the Pistons finally opened the gap to 4 points.

Although Carter hit a three-pointer, time was running out, so they had no choice but to foul the Pistons.Billups' free throw at the critical moment was not soft, so the Pistons finally won the game with a 3-point advantage.

卡特全场21投10中拿下28分7篮板3助攻2抢断，王大林则贡献出25分9篮板6助攻1盖帽，两人的表现不相上下。

However, due to Wang Dalin's proper defensive strategy, Carter rarely had a dunk, which made Wang Dalin overjoyed.

Unlocking the upper limit of jumping ability to 99 does not allow him to obtain a substantial improvement, but for long-term considerations, he thinks this reward is very worthwhile.

As long as you can play basketball, who doesn't want to be able to play all kinds of fancy dunks?
And Wang Dalin's ambition is more than that, he has already planned in his heart, in the future, he must win the championship in both the three-point contest and the slam dunk contest, breaking this historical record!
(PS: In the history of the NBA, no one has ever won these two championships. It seems that Zach LaVine is the most promising!)
After finally winning the Raptors, the Pistons lost in Philadelphia the next day.

In fact, this is also very normal. The strength of the 76ers itself is very strong, and Iverson is a super scorer at the historical level, and his style of play is quite restrained by Billups.

So... "Second Brother" was beaten again, and this time it feels a little better. After all, Iverson is not a nobody like Williams, and losing to him is not too embarrassing.

Moreover, in back-to-back away games, anyone will be exhausted, and the physical condition of the Pistons players is very poor.

Wang Dalin's performance in this game was so-so, scoring 20 points, 6 rebounds and 4 assists... In fact, he was able to score 20 points in the iron barrel lineup set up by Larry Brown, which is already very good.

On November 11, the Pistons will fly to Atlanta, where they will challenge the Eagles.

Wang Dalin thought that he could finally relax a bit. Compared with the Raptors and 76ers, the Eagles are undoubtedly a big fish.

But who would have thought that they would encounter such a historic moment?
就在这场比赛中，老鹰队大前锋谢里夫.阿卜杜.拉希姆全场30投21中，外加罚球8投8中，狂砍50分12篮板5助攻2抢断1盖帽，打出了个人职业生涯最辉煌的一战。

Speaking of which, Raheem is not unknown. This "96 Golden Generation" prospect showed great talent when he first entered the league. He averaged 18.7 points, 6.9 rebounds, 2.2 assists, 1 block and 1 steal per game in his rookie season.

If there is no outstanding Iverson among the players in this class, it is estimated that he should have won the best rookie.

Being defeated by such a player, and the opponent turned on the berserk mode again, Wang Dalin could only admit that he was unlucky.

The Pistons ended their road trip with 1 win and 2 losses. Although the results were not satisfactory, they still ranked first in the Eastern Conference.

The arrangements for the next four games are one host and one guest. The Pistons will clean up their emotions and come to a wave of four consecutive victories in one go.

The first is the home game against the Grizzlies on November 11. Although the Pistons played back-to-back, they did not give the Grizzlies any chance.

On November 11, they challenged the Magic away.

The two sides played very fiercely in this game. Wang Dalin and Mai Di started to fight against each other, and the scene was very exciting.However, McGrady missed two consecutive shots at the last moment, and the Magic were finally won by the Pistons by 5 points.

On November 11 and November 28, the opponents of the Pistons were the Hornets, but they first sat at home and then flew to Charlotte to complete the away challenge.

Last season, Wang Dalin performed quite well in the first round of the playoffs. At that time, their opponent was the Hornets, so he was never afraid of this team.

Facts have proved that this is indeed the case. Wang Dalin blasted 30+10+5 in two consecutive games, leading the Pistons to win two consecutive victories without bloodshed.

Just after the game, the generals of the Pistons flew to New York in a hurry, and they ushered in another back-to-back away game... I have to say that the schedule of the NBA league is too dense and too frustrating!

Just on the morning of December 12, the league announced the news of the best player of the month in the East and West.

西部最佳球员是科比，他在10月最后两天以及整个11月带领湖人队打出14胜1负的惊人战绩，而且他个人场均也能得到27.6分5.7篮板6.5助攻2.1抢断，投篮命中率52.2%，三分命中率42.3%。

The best player in the East is Wang Dalin. During this period, he led the Pistons to a record of 10 wins and 4 losses, leading the Nets by only 0.5 wins and ranking first in the East.

个人数据方面，经历了赛季之初的高光表现后稍微有所下滑，不过他仍然能够场均得到26.8分8.8篮板5.6助攻1.7盖帽1.1抢断，让另一名候选人贾森.基德场均13.3分7.6篮板9.6助攻1.8抢断0.3盖帽的表现相形见绌。

Compared with the team's record, the Pistons are slightly better, and Wang Dalin is obviously a head higher than the individual performance. It would be strange if they still can't win the Eastern Conference Player of the Month award!

In addition to the East and West Player of the Month awards, the league also announced the results of the first round of voting for the 2001-2002 season All-Star voting. Once the results were announced, they immediately aroused heated discussions.

Because the name at the top of this list is—"Darling-King"!
Look at the number of votes he got in the first round - 920628!
Even in the final round of voting, most NBA stars cannot get millions of fan votes. Wang Dalin is infinitely close to this number in the first round. How can it not be surprising?
Unlike later generations, due to the low penetration rate of the Internet in this era, the NBA has not opened an online voting channel, so fans can only vote by mail.

It is conceivable that Wang Dalin did not enjoy the enthusiasm of the fans in his home country, so he did not have much hope for being selected for the All-Star team this season.

But who would have thought that Su Qun, who was far away in Beijing, would give a "divine assist" at this time. As the director of the basketball department of "Sports Weekly", he introduced a fan benefit.

Specifically, the four consecutive issues of "Sports Weekly" in November set up a special page for All-Star ballots. As long as fans filled out the ballots and cut them off and handed them to the newsstands, they could get a beautiful poster of Wang Dalin...Of course, it doesn't matter who votes for other positions on the ballot, but the position of Eastern All-Star forward must have Wang Dalin's name ticked.

Next, the "Sports Weekly" magazine will send a special person to contact newsstands across the country to collect the ballots, and then put these ballots in envelopes and send them to the NBA headquarters one by one.

This series of operations is really troublesome, so proportionally speaking, this part of the votes is not too many, but... this is calculated according to the proportion of China's population!
So, can you imagine how surprised David Stern was when he saw this pile of ballots?
Tatum and Xiao Hua were equally astonished. The three of them looked at each other and couldn't say a word for a long time, but they couldn't help expressing emotion in their hearts-"there are too many Chinese!"

At the pre-match press conference on December 12, a reporter asked Knicks star Alan Houston: "Darling-Wang received more than 1 votes in the first round of All-Star voting this season. What do you think about this?"

Alan Houston smiled and said: "What's so strange about this? You have to know that China has a population of 13 billion, so what is 90 votes worth? If Chinese fans love basketball like us American fans, Darling-Wang can easily get tens of millions of votes!"

The reporter caught his words and immediately asked: "Do you mean that Darling-Wang was able to get so many votes because Chinese fans were fueling the flames?"

Houston smiled: "I didn't say that, but as long as people can think of such things, it's not surprising!"

The reporter asked him the last question, which is also the most crucial question: "Then, how do you evaluate Wang Dalin's strength?"

I don't know if Houston took "brain fragments" this morning, but he smiled contemptuously and said, "Is he capable? Why don't I know?"

The reporter hurriedly added: "Darling-Wang just won the Eastern Conference Player of the Month award today. Has he performed very well this season?"

Houston laughed and said, "That's because he hasn't touched me yet. I'll show you tonight. In front of me, Darling-Wang is just a clown!"

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Just a little later, the Pistons also held a pre-match press conference. When the reporter told him about Houston's remarks, Wang Dalin was stunned for a long time, and then burst out laughing.

"Did he really say that? In front of him, I'm just a clown?"

"That's right, he said it himself!"

"Okay... Friends from the press, there is a great man in my hometown of China who once said, 'If people don't attack me, I won't attack them, but if they attack me, I will attack them'. So, I will definitely blow him up tonight. I said this, even Jesus can't save him!"

　Thanks to "Maple Juan @火尚" and "Apollo333" for the monthly pass encouragement!
　　
　
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