am i proud?

Chapter 220 The Call from Yao Ming

The Pistons did not play on May 5th and 4th, but considering the upcoming strong challenge from the 5ers, Carlisle arranged some confrontational training in these two days, mainly to keep the players in shape.

In these trainings, Carlisle focused on the team's offensive tactics. He didn't study too much on how to defend Iverson, because the Pistons themselves don't have the conditions to limit Iverson in the current situation of lacking a big book.

Uh... To put it bluntly, even if Ben is there, it will be difficult for them to restrain a dexterous small guard like Iverson.

Although Parker seems to be restricted by Billups in the playoffs, in fact, the main reason why the Warriors can restrain him is not how much Billups restrained him, but that he himself is far from mature... After all, he is only a second-year rookie. He may be very good in the regular season, and he should be beaten in the playoffs.

But this situation will get better and better, because Parker will grow rapidly, and Ginobili, another general of the Spurs, will also grow rapidly. They will eventually become the other two puzzle pieces of the "GDP combination" in the original history in the near future.

The Pistons had nothing to do with Iverson's offense, but the 76ers also had no way to limit Wang Dalin, so Carlisle was not frustrated, and he was full of confidence in the outcome of this round of the series.

The first two games of this round of the series will indeed be difficult, but after the return of Daben, the core of defense, Wang Dalin will be able to devote more energy to the offense, instead of continuing to grab both offense and defense like he did when he played against the Magic.

On May 5, the two semifinals of the East and West were played in Detroit and Los Angeles respectively. On one side, the defending champion Pistons played against the 6ers, and on the other side, the Warriors, who entered the Western Conference semifinals for the first time in many years, played against the former champion Lakers.

The young Yao Ming is about to face Shaq O'Neal, the most powerful insider monster in history, in the playoffs, and beside this monster is a "Black Mamba" who is maturing. This round of the series will test him extremely severe, even far exceeding any game he has experienced before.

Like Yao Ming's formidable opponent, Wang Dalin's opponent is the most powerful scoring machine in the NBA at the beginning of the 21st century - Allen Iverson!
In order to increase his chances of winning, Wang Dalin even repeatedly practiced the skill of back hook shooting during the two days of training. He wanted to raise this ability to 80 as soon as possible, so that he could equip the powerful S-level star skill of "Dream Dance Step".

But things backfired. I really can't eat hot dumplings in a hurry!

Although Wang Dalin has worked extremely hard, it is obviously unrealistic to achieve a breakthrough in just two days of training. Until the start of the G76 game against the 1ers, his post-hook shots still stayed at the number 79... He could feel that it was very close to 80, but it was just a little bit short.

In this game, Wang Dalin still appeared in the center position, and his opponent was the starting center Derek Coleman of the 76ers.

The No. 1990 pick in 90 had a glorious past. Even when the "four major centers in the 20s" dominated the inside of the league, Coleman scored 10+[-] for three consecutive seasons. His outstanding performance was not much worse than the four major centers.

During the period from 1990 to 1995, apart from the four major centers, only Alonzo Mourning and Dikembe Mutombo could compete with Coleman.

现在已经是2003年，这位在联盟里征战了13个赛季的老将显然是老了，不过他虽然已不在巅峰，可他油箱里还有油……本赛季他在常规赛里场均可以得到9.4分7篮板1.4助攻0.8抢断1.1盖帽，场均上场时间只有27.2分钟。

So Wang Dalin didn't underestimate this veteran player. He knew that no matter what kind of opponent he faced, he had to be cautious...even when a superstar faced some veteran players who were going downhill, they would inevitably capsize in the gutter. This kind of thing has happened too many times in the NBA.

After the start of the game, the 76ers still resorted to their so-called impregnable iron barrel formation. They used this defensive system to make many strong teams suffer in the regular season.

However, this has little impact on Wang Dalin, because he is different from most players of this era... His style of play is beyond the era!
The defensive system developed by Larry Brown is indeed very powerful, and it well conceals the flaws of Iverson's poor defense, but this system is not invincible.

From a fundamental point of view, this so-called most powerful defensive system in history is nothing more than shrinking the inside and adding various defenses... Uh, yes, and deliberately slowing down the rhythm.

With Kenny Thomas and Derek Coleman, the two master defenders, plus the defensive champion Eric Snow in the first position, even Keith Van Horn, who was not good at defense this season, is a bit of a high-quality 3D player.

That's why the 76ers can play extraordinary defensive strength every night. After all, most of their opponents are not good at outside shooting, or... most teams in this era have not paid more attention to three-pointers.

But the Pistons are different, because they have Wang Dalin, with his current three-pointer, even in the era of small balls in later generations, he can definitely rank in the forefront of the league. In this era...he is a BUG!

艾弗森本场比赛前半段的投篮手感不错，他在上半场就12投6中，其中三分球2投1中，罚球3投3中，得到16分2篮板4助攻，不过却出现了3次失误。

Obviously, "Answer" did not try his best to score points in the first half, but hoped to mobilize his teammates with his own pass. Unfortunately, except for Coleman and Buckner who scored 8 points and 7 points respectively, the other teammates were not very strong on the offensive end.

Larry Brown's well-crafted defensive system turned players into defensive engineers. Even some players who were not good at defense could perform well in this system, but he only let Iverson spread his arms and attack alone. It's a bit too childish.

Against other teams, Iverson might really be able to solve the problem with a single swing, but their current opponent is a super powerhouse with 73 wins this season.
If Larry Brown could really beat the Pistons to death with Iverson alone, Wang Dalin said that unless the "copper skin and iron bone badge" on his body fails, and then he is directly injured and returned.

Facing the slow offensive and defensive rhythm of the 76ers, the Pistons also played very slowly, but their offensive efficiency is obviously much higher.

上半场王大林总共11投6中，其中三分球4投2中，罚球4投4中，高效砍下了18分7篮板5助攻2抢断1盖帽。

Encouraged by Wang Dalin's outstanding performance, other Pistons players also performed well. Among them, Boozer scored 12 points and 7 rebounds in the first half, which was dwarfed by his opponent Van Horn... Van Horn only scored 1 rebound and 2 fouls in the first half, and he didn't score a single point.

本赛季常规赛范霍恩场均可以得到15.9分7.1篮板1.3助攻0.9抢断0.6盖帽，投篮命中率48.6%，三分命中率36.2%，俨然就是76人队的二当家。

可他在季后赛首轮对阵黄蜂队的6场比赛中场均只能贡献出12.2分6.8篮板0.8助攻1抢断0.3盖帽，投篮命中率更是下降到了38.2%，在五个首发球员中他的表现只能垫底。

Facts have proved that the No. 1997 pick in 76 is not much better than a parallel importer, even if he is not a parallel importer, so the 2003ers originally sent him away in the summer of [-].

In the first half, the Pistons led the 49ers by 40 points at 76:9. In the third quarter, the 76ers launched a more violent offensive, especially when they began to hit the basket frequently, which caused a lot of damage to the Pistons inside.

In this quarter, the 76ers got 11 free throw opportunities and made 8 of them. On the Pistons side, only Wang Dalin got 4 free throw opportunities...well, he made all of them.

In the fourth quarter, the game became even more heated. The shooting percentages of both sides in sports battles dropped greatly. Even Wang Dalin made an embarrassing performance of 7 of 2 shots.

However, the Pistons still firmly maintained the advantage established in the first three quarters to the end, and finally defeated the 98ers 89:76, winning the start of this round of the series.

王大林全场25投11中，其中三分球10投4中，罚球10投9中，砍下了35分15篮板9助攻3抢断2盖帽，只差一点就砍下大号三双了。

But he didn't care, after all, he had already played too many large triple-doubles this season, and even the fans and media reporters were used to it.

For Wang Dalin and the Pistons, now that Big Ben has not returned, the most important thing is that they can win this victory at their home court.

In another game, the Warriors were completely defeated, and the score of 81:109 also proved this point.

科比全场23投11中，其中三分球7投3中，罚球6投5中，砍下30分5篮板6助攻2抢断1盖帽……他本赛季的三分投射比以前确实准了很多。

奥尼尔表现更加恐怖，他全场28投16中，加上罚球23投15中，狂砍47分20篮板3助攻1抢断4盖帽，完全打爆了勇士队的新秀中锋姚铭。

Maybe it was because the major media were touting Yao Ming, who performed well in the first round of the playoffs before the game, so O'Neal's narrow-mindedness was obviously angry. He faced double-teams many times in the game and did not pass the ball. He had to teach Yao Ming, a rookie, inside.

After winning two championships, O'Neal is indeed much more lazy than before, and in the regular season, he always rests for more than a dozen games on the grounds of a recurrent toe injury, but when he is serious, he is still as scary as before, as evidenced by the large double-double of 40+20 in a single game.

Although Kobe is now very powerful, the current boss of the Lakers is still O'Neal, there is no doubt about it!
On the night of May 5, Wang Dalin returned home after the game and had just taken a shower and was about to go to bed when the phone on the bedside table rang suddenly.

Wang Dalin picked it up and saw that it was Yao Ming calling, so he immediately connected the call.

"Dalin, is that you?" The voice on the other end of the phone was a little hoarse, obviously Yao Ming was in a very low mood at the moment.

这也难怪……今晚这场比赛他只得到11分6篮板1助攻，全场17次投篮只投进了4个，这跟他在季后赛首轮中的表现简直相差太远。

"It's me, Dayao, what's wrong with you?"

"It's okay... I... I'm just panicked and want to talk to someone!"

"Hehe, Dayao, this doesn't look like your style, does it?"

"Hehe...it really doesn't look like it...but today I lost too badly...I...Dalin, do you think I can really fight against that guy O'Neill?"

Hearing this, Wang Dalin suddenly fell silent.

Now this problem is a bit serious. This big defeat obviously made Yao Ming a little bit of a precursor to collapse. If he continues to doubt himself like this, I'm afraid he will encounter an even more painful defeat in the next game... Maybe he will definitely sink even if he sinks.

This is not alarmist talk!

After all, Yao Ming hadn't adapted to this season except at the beginning of the season. After that, he played smoothly in the regular season and almost never encountered any setbacks.

In addition, he played brilliantly in the first round of the playoffs, which further boosted his self-confidence... To put it bluntly, Yao Ming probably thinks that he is already a top-notch center in the league!
Judging from the data, it really is... Except for O'Neill, there is really no center who can compare with Yao Ming in the first round of this year's playoffs, at least in terms of personal data.

But if you think about it carefully, this does not mean that Yao Ming is so good. The main reason is that the centers of this era have been withering day by day. Apart from O'Neal, there are not many decent centers... If Yao Ming was in his rookie season seven or eight years ago, he would not have a place in the top ten centers in the league.

It was normal for Yao Ming to have such a big psychological gap after he was beaten up suddenly by O'Neal after playing well at first, but he couldn't let his mood continue to sink.

So Wang Dalin asked directly: "Dayao, do you think O'Neal's CIC is better than yours?"

Yao Ming didn't understand why, but he still replied: "I'm much more accurate than him... how can he have a mid-range shot?"

Wang Dalin then asked: "Then is he taller than you?"

Yao Ming still answered truthfully: "He is only [-] meters... I must be taller!"

Just like he enlightened Billups at the beginning of the regular season last year, Wang Dalin then asked: "Then what weakness do you think O'Neal has?"

Yao Ming thought for a moment and replied, "He's bad at defending pick-and-rolls, and he's bad at free throws... Well, his free throws are worse than bad!"

Wang Dalin laughed and said, "So why are you afraid of him? Is it because he beat you up tonight?"

Yao Ming smiled bitterly and said, "Dalin, how can I not know what you said? But tonight O'Neill is really too fierce. He wants to get inside and I can't stop him, and he even scored 15 free throws tonight... It's not that I want others to destroy my prestige, I feel that I really can't beat him!"

Wang Dalin asked with a smile: "Then do you think Duncan can beat O'Neal?"

Yao Ming was stunned for a moment, and then said, "I don't know...it shouldn't be too much difference, right?"

Wang Dalin smiled and said, "You weren't even afraid of Duncan last round, why are you afraid of O'Neill now? Just because he is taller than Duncan?"

Yao Ming thought for a moment and said, "The main reason is that he is too powerful. I can't fight against him at all!"

Wang Dalin said with a smile: "You can't fight against him, who in the league can really fight against him? Can Duncan? He can't either! If there is really no way to fight, then don't fight at all!"

Yao Ming was baffled by this, and asked for a long time: "If I don't fight against O'Neal...wouldn't our team lose?"

Wang Dalin said with a smile: "If he hits you, you can pay him back...you just pull to the middle distance and shoot. I still don't believe it. Could it be that he will give up the basket and come out to defend you?"

Yao Ming seemed to have realized something, but it was still a bit vague, so he asked, "But even if he doesn't come out to defend me, the Lakers still have other people, and their defense is not weak!"

Wang Dalin smiled and said, "Other Lakers? Is there anyone taller than [-]? Don't tell me...just because they can defend against your CIC?"

Yao Ming murmured: "Yeah... If I hit the mid-range shot, the Lakers won't be able to guard me at all, unless Shaquille O'Neal looks out... If he leaves the basket, won't I still pass the ball? Oh... I know how to play... Thank you Dalin, I have to call Coach Musselman, and I just hung up!"

After Yao Ming finished speaking, he hung up the phone, and Wang Dalin also put the phone back on the bedside table, and finally closed his eyes with a smile on his face...

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