NBA villain

Chapter 154 The hot rookie in the playoffs
During the summer league, Wade and Yang Di showed a perfect partner of one offense and one defense. The most critical moment in the first game of the playoffs was the two of them again. The Heat 82 to 79 Leading by 3 points, the game time is only the last 22.1 seconds.

The situation is very unfavorable for the Hornets. The Hornets' three-point shooting rate is not good. At the last critical moment, do they want a quick two-pointer and then foul?Or continue to shoot three-pointers, try to make one step, and give it a desperate fight?

"It will definitely take a two-pointer!" Stan Van Gundy didn't believe that Floyd would be so bold. There was still time, and the Hornets still had a timeout left. It was obviously safer to ask for a two-pointer than a three-pointer.Van Gundy continued: "For David Wesley, we must guard against his three-pointers. The rest of the outside players are likely to make breakthroughs, and the protection of inside rebounds is very critical...."

The timeout is over, and both sides return to the court.

In the Heat's auditorium, fans waved huge Heat team flags, and loud cheers were clamoring. The fans expected to interfere with the Hornets' offense in this way.

Baron Davis and others looked serious. The Heat had pushed them to the edge of a cliff. If this goal hadn't been scored, the game would have been fatal.

The sporadic Hornets fans in the American Airlines Arena covered their mouths in concern, and this cruel scene seemed to be suffocating.

George Lynch serves from the sideline.

Baron Davis came out to catch the ball with the help of PJ Brown's off-ball screen on the right, and then walked in the middle. At the top of the arc, Magloire made a second pick-and-roll for Baron Davis.

Davis paused, pressed the ball with his left hand, leaned over and exploded in a big stride, like a bolt of lightning, straight into the hinterland of the Heat's inside line.

Yang Di went up ahead of time and appeared in front of Davis in time. Baron Davis jumped up and passed the ball to Magloire in the high position.

"Two points for a big one are not as good as three points, you can shoot!" Yang Di snorted, not believing that Magloire had such courage.

Sure enough, Magloire hesitated, and with this hesitation, the Heat completed the rotation defense. Yang Di opened his arms and stuck them up again.

Baron Davis made another three-point line, and Magloire handed him the ball.

Too much time wasted, and Baron Davis looked up at the timer, flustered.

PJ-Brown came to the pick-and-roll again, with a little movement to cover, the referee put the whistle in his mouth, at this time, the referee would not blow this kind of call that can be blown or not.

Single block screen, Baron Davis shot, mid-range position.

As soon as the ball was shot, Davis felt something was wrong and yelled: "Rebound!"

Under the basket, Yang Di was the first to stand in a fixed position. He observed the trajectory of the basketball. According to the strength of Davis's shot, it might be a direct rebound!

The reporters on the bottom line opened their eyes wide, and Yang Di jumped high, the spotlights in the sky shone, and the jerseys fluttered.

"Snapped!"

He grabbed the basketball with one hand in his right hand, then grabbed it suddenly, closed it heavily in front of his chest, and landed with his feet spread apart, stepping on the floor, motionless as a mountain.

"Key defensive rebound!" The fans at the scene were boiling, and the Hornets failed in their last attack.

Magloire and Baron Davis fought back on the spot and slapped Yang Di on the arm.

"Beep~" The thug made a foul and the referee blew his whistle.

The American Airlines Arena was full of cheers and applause. Wade, Odom and others calmed down their nervous nerves, and then ran to high-five Yang Di one by one.

"nice shot."

"With you grabbing rebounds, I feel relieved."

The crowd surrounded Yang Di and walked to the front court. The fans at home slowly lowered their voices. Many fans stopped their noise, and the American Airlines Arena fell into unprecedented silence.

Yang Di was very embarrassed, the habitual booing disappeared at the beginning of the playoffs, but this situation made him feel a little nervous.

All eyes were on him, and the referee made a two-handed gesture, announcing that it was two free throws.

Throw the ball over and take two shots.

The rim is there, the red timer stopped, stepping up, hands up, eyes on the rim.

"It's definitely possible to enter!"

Nancy prayed silently, even if she didn't know basketball, she knew what such a goal represented.

The basketball that inherited the dream of all Heat fans slipped out from Yang Di's fingertips. In the air, the orange basketball kept rolling, rolling the flow of air, and crossing a most wonderful parabola.

then.

Dive headlong into the net nest!

"Shh!"

All the fans cheered and cheered. At this moment, they forgot that this man was a player that most of them didn't like. They only thought that Yang Di was also very strong, and he could rely on him at critical moments.

"Shh!"

Yang Di scored another goal, 85 to 80, with 8.9 seconds left, almost declaring the Hornets a death sentence.

The Hornets called the last timeout.

Serving from the sideline, Baron Davis crossed David Wesley, who gave the Hornets the most accurate three-pointer. Wesley caught the ball and made a jumper, facing the long arm defense of the tall Eddie Jones.

"Frame~" The ball still missed, Yang Di tapped the ball and passed it to Odom.

The Hornets gave up another foul, and the game ended with the last four seconds.

The two sides did not hug, this is just the beginning of the series... Baron Davis, who played poorly, glanced indifferently at the celebrating Yang Di and Wade, turned and walked into the player channel.

Ribbons fluttered above the arena, and the audience stood up and applauded, shouting the names of their favorite stars.

Yang Di and others clapped and hugged each other, and encouraged each other for defending the home glory with difficulty.

"With 11 points, 13 rebounds and 6 blocked shots, Yang Di contributed a double-double in 24 minutes. In the first playoff game of his career, he played such a terrifying statistic. I think his performance is watched by everyone. It's in my eyes." Yang Jian held Yang Di's technical statistics, his voice became a little hoarse because of the excited roar just now.

"He is really a very good player, and he is only 20 years old this year. I think Yang Di's potential and talent are limitless. He should be selected for the national team..."

"Ahem... that's right," Yang Jian saw that Zhang Weiping had said too much, and immediately interrupted him with a cough, "In fact, the media in the United States were full of praise for Yang Di's performance in March and April. It's hard to believe. , At his age, he can achieve such achievements, his maturity, his passion, his control on the court has become an indispensable part of the Heat..."

The signal was transmitted to the country, and the fans cheered and celebrated. The Rockets lost to the Lakers, but Yang Di won the Hornets. It seems that the Heat have more hope than the Rockets to break through the first round and enter the semifinals.

After the game, the media chased and interviewed Wade and Yang Di, and they became the two hottest rookies in the 03 playoffs.

Another strong contender for the best rookie, Anthony of the Nuggets also ended the game at the same time. The Nuggets lost 92 to 106 to the Timberwolves by 14 points. Anthony made 17 of 6 shots, 5 of 0 three-pointers, and appeared 3 times Turnover, got 6 fouls, was devastated by Sprewell without a temper.

(End of this chapter)