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Chapter 73 Sweeping and advancing (today's second update)

On the evening of April 4, the arena at the American Airlines Center was packed.

Home fans donned red and white Heat jerseys in various numbers.

大部分球迷都穿着莫宁的33号、哈达威的10号和琼斯的6号球衣，少数人穿着格兰特的44号和梅森的14号球衣。

Wang Dalin found in the crowd that there were actually a few fans wearing his No. 8 jersey, and some of them were waving his KT board with his big head photo.

Seeing this scene, Wang Dalin couldn't help but secretly rejoice...After working hard for a whole season, my buddy finally has the support of fans!
All in all, Wang Dalin has as many fans as Mason and Grant. This is not because Miami fans prefer Chinese players. The main reason is that Wang Dalin has performed really well this season. Of course, the most important thing is... this guy is handsome!

Wang Dalin has a handsome appearance and a slender figure. After a season of hard training, his figure is no longer as thin as it was in last year's draft.

If in China, according to Chinese aesthetics, his arms are a bit too long, but since he plays basketball... Isn't the arm length just right?
If Chairman Yao's arm was two inches longer, given his height and ability to grab rebounds, how could he average less than 10 rebounds per game in his career?

In this game, Wang Dalin entered the starting lineup. He replaced Mason as a power forward against PJ Brown on the Hornets.

Due to his slightly poor offensive and defensive ability inside, Wang Dalin is still more used to playing at the top of the three-point arc.In this position, you don't need to fight with the opponent's inside muscle stick, and you can give full play to his advantages in moving speed and shooting.

Brown is 211cm tall like Wang Dalin, but he weighs only 102KG, and his movement speed is relatively fast among interior players.

And Brown is very active in rebounding, averaging 9.3 rebounds per game this season, of which offensive rebounds accounted for 3.2, which is considered a very good rebounder.

It's just that since he entered the league, he can only be regarded as a blue-collar power forward. The season with the highest scoring average was only 11.4 points. Compared with the current Wang Dalin, his offensive power is at least two grades worse.

Brown has a 55.5% completion rate at the basket this season, and only 40.6% of his shots from the left and right sides of the free throw line. His offensive efficiency is not high either at the basket or in the middle distance.

However, Brown averaged 1.2 blocks and 1.0 steals per game. As a blue-collar, his performance on the defensive end is quite qualified.

In this game, Wang Dalin faced Brown, who was not inferior to himself in height and speed. On the offensive end, he played a bit unsatisfactory, and he only made 13 of 5 shots in the game.

And Brown's defensive experience is quite sophisticated, Wang Dalin even got only 1 foul on him, and only got 4 free throw opportunities in the whole game.

However, the Heat's offense played very smoothly, because Wang Dalin changed his style of play in time after the first three offensive strikes, and began to concentrate on passing the ball to his teammates. The assists were so cool!

In addition, Hardaway also sent out 8 assists in this game. He and Wang Dalin alone contributed 15 assists. The Heat's offense was so "reasonable"!
In the end, the Heat defeated the Hornets 101:89 unsurprisingly, leading 2:0 in the first round of the playoffs.

王大林全场拿到14分6篮板7助攻1盖帽，虽然比G1战的表现稍嫌逊色，可同样将自己的全面性表现得淋漓尽致。

Wang Dalin is certainly happy to win the game, but what is even more gratifying is that on the morning of April 4, the league announced the winner of the Rookie of the Year award, and the trophy has been mailed to Miami in advance.

Not surprisingly, Wang Dalin lived up to expectations and won this award.

Among the votes of many sports journalists and TV commentators, Wang Dalin received more than 70% of the first votes, and won the Best Rookie Award with a very large margin.

This is the first trophy he has won in the NBA in his life, and he solemnly placed it in the most prominent position of his wine cabinet.

Now that he is too poor and still rents a house, Wang Dalin decided that when he has money to buy a big house or a big villa, he must set up a special room as his trophy showroom... I guess Jordan, James, Kobe and other superstars do this, right?

After the end of the G2 battle, the two sides had a truce for 4 days. The Hornets will face the Heat at home on the evening of April 4. After losing two games in a row, they have been forced to the edge of a cliff. This is their last chance.

On April 4th and 25th, Riley started the "devil training" again. This guy just doesn't feel comfortable without "devil training".

Wang Dalin was very surprised why Riley, who is so smart, would be so keen on doing this kind of "suicide".
If it wasn't because he always exhausted the players during training, with the luxurious lineup of the Lakers at that time, how could they only win 4 championships?
After two days, Wang Dalin and the Heat players were as exhausted as dead dogs. Fortunately, Riley did not continue to die on April 4, and everyone finally got a rare chance to breathe.

On the evening of April 4, the G28 battle between the Heat and the Hornets started.

All the players of the Hornets fought fiercely in this game. The players knew that if they lost this game, everyone would have to go back to their homes and find their own mothers, so they broke out an amazing fighting will.

When Campbell was fighting for rebounds, his brow bone was cracked by Mourning's iron elbow. After the blood flowed down his face, he just went back to the locker room to deal with it and then hurried back to the court...

In order to save a ball that was about to go out of bounds, Brown flew sideways out of the court and fell into the auditorium...

Davis's breakthrough is like holding a dynamite bag and dying with the enemy. Every time he hits the basket of the Heat, he always falls on his back...

Mashburn had many fierce quarrels with Bowen because of the frequent and intense physical confrontation. If the referee hadn't separated them in time on several occasions, they would probably have started fighting...

Although the Hornets have tried their best, the Heat still won the game with 92:86.

Basketball... still depends on strength!

Although the Heat lost Mason, Wang Dalin stepped up in time, and how powerful is Mourning playing the sixth man?

The starting players of both sides were evenly matched, but as soon as the second team led by Mourning appeared on the stage, the score was quickly drawn.

Wang Dalin scored 12 points, 6 rebounds and 4 assists in this game. It seems that his performance was not as good as the previous two games, but he only took 8 shots and hit 5 goals in the game. The efficiency is obviously higher than the previous two games.

After three games, the Heat directly swept the Hornets to advance to the next round.

And their opponent will be between the Bucks and the Magic. The Bucks currently lead by a big score of 2:0.

Wang Dalin couldn't remember whether the Bucks swept the Magic at that time, but he hoped that the Magic could support them for two more games, so that the Heat players could take more rest.

Fighting the Bucks... is not as easy as beating the Hornets!

(End of this chapter)