NBA villain

Chapter 200 Back to back away games

Seattle is one of the port cities on the Pacific coast of the United States, and is considered to be the city with the highest quality of life in the United States.

It has many aliases, such as "City of Emerald", "City of Evergreen", "City of Emerald", "City of Queen" and so on. The temperate marine climate and the leeward slope of the Olympic Mountains have created such a mild and humid city. city ​​of.Companies like Boeing, Amazon, and even Starbucks are headquartered in the city.

The Seattle Supersonics, a tough team following the gold rush style of the West, once created a strong team like "Rain Man" Kemp + "Glove" Payton in the 90s, and even reached the NBA Finals in that era when there were many stars. In the finals, although they lost to the Bulls led by Jordan, they still left a deep impression on people.

However, after ten years of ups and downs, the Seattle Supersonics have never been able to win the championship. In the middle of the 02-03 season, the Supersonics traded away the team's long-standing player Gary Payton in exchange for an All-Star player of the 96 golden generation. One of the greatest shooters ever - Ray Allen.

And with the 27-year-old as the core of the team's reconstruction, this year is Ray Allen's third season in the Sonics.

Today's Supersonics, with Ray Allen and Rashard Lewis forming a pair of guns, has become the league's favorite three-point shooting team.

Unlike the Warriors, the Sonics are mostly sure of their three-point shooting. In the new season, they simply moved Lewis to the small forward position, supplemented by rebounders like Jerome James and Reggie Evans. , Supersonic's combat effectiveness on the bright side is not weak, it can even be said to be very strong.

As long as they voted crazy, they would have a [-]/[-] split with anyone.

The flight of Yang Di and others skipped over Seattle and arrived in the Emerald City the night before the game.

As soon as a group of tall and mighty athletes arrived at the airport, even though there were not many passengers at night, they still attracted the attention of many passers-by.

The Trail Blazers official team bus was waiting at the exit of the airport. Yang Di was carrying a backpack and was about to get on the bus when he suddenly heard someone calling his name.

"Hey Dick Young!"

Smith in a suit and leather shoes dragged a huge suitcase and looked at him in surprise.

"Smith!" Yang Di subconsciously touched his short head, stepped forward, and gave him a big hug.An old friend in Chicago, after taking off his jersey, he really didn't recognize it for a while.

Smith laughed loudly, shook hands and patted him on the shoulder, "I didn't expect to see you here, what a coincidence! Are you going to participate in the competition?"

"Yes, there will be a game between our Warriors and Trail Blazers tomorrow night." Yang Di shrugged.

The bald-headed Smith spoke quickly, with a look of pity on his face, "It's a pity, I have to leave Seattle tonight, if I had known you would have your game tomorrow, I would have left two days later to watch your live game. I really didn't expect that you can go so far, it's amazing, it's unbelievable!"

"Yeah, I find it amazing too, unbelievable."

"By the way, how is the Windbirds?" Yang Di still remembered the small team in Chicago's second-tier league, saying that it was his first step into a semi-professional career.

"It's still the same. In the spring, the second-tier league will start again, but without you, we can no longer dominate the street games in Chicago." Smith laughed.

"Haha." Yang Di also laughed.

Smith smiled and said, "I'll go back to Chicago when I have time. Finney misses you too."

"Yeah, I'll come and have a look next time in Chicago's away game." Yang Di nodded, then waved to Smith, and walked back into the bus.

On the bus, Richardson asked curiously, "Is this your friend? He also looks very strong."

"That's right," Yang Di sat down. "When I was in Chicago, he was the captain in that little league. He also played very well."

"It's a coincidence that this happened."

"Yes, he runs a company and may come to Seattle for business."

The bus started slowly, and Yang Di put down his backpack and put it by his feet. NBA player buses are specially made, and there is a lot of space between positions, even if two big men like Yang Di are side by side. The seat does not feel cramped or crowded.

Yang Di looked outside through the glass. Under the elevated road, the lights in the distance were brilliant, and the night view of the city was like a colorful picture scroll, full of spirits.

……

The next day, the Warriors lost to the SuperSonics 97-108.

The SuperSonic team made 14 three-pointers. Among them, Lewis and Ray Allen made 7 of 5 shots and 9 of 5 shots. The Warriors seemed to lose by 11 points. In fact, they were behind by 20 points at the highest point in the second half. point.

Yang Di was also very helpless. The Reggie Evans he met this time was a muscular devil with a bald head and a beard. He was not inferior to him in rebounding, and he was particularly active in defense.

In the end, Yang Di only scored 35 points in 8 minutes of playing, got 13 rebounds and 2 blocks, quite satisfactory.

That night, the entire Warriors team followed the team bus to Seattle's airport, and then rushed to New Orleans overnight, which is a team that Yang Di is familiar with.

Last season, the New Orleans Hornets participated in the playoffs for the last time as an Eastern Conference team. Yang Di played with them in three games, and was finally reimbursed for the season due to Magloire's malicious foul.

Yang Di has always wanted to take revenge.

But at this time, the Hornets, which were also back-to-back, suffered serious injuries. Jamal Magloire suffered a severe left ankle sprain and missed the next two months of the game.Earlier, Baron Davis was also injured and will not be able to return until next month.

So the revenge battle after Yang Di became stronger, which was originally played up by the media, has become an unequal game.

The starting lineup that the Hornets made up, David Wesley, Darrell Armstrong, Lee Nairon, David West, PJ Brown, this is almost a lineup of four.

Both Wesley and Armstrong are 83 meter guards, and the remaining three are power forwards.

In comparison, the Warriors' lineup is obviously more balanced and complete, so the misplaced players like Dunleavy and Richardson are obviously much easier to play.

In the end, the Warriors won the game 104 to 97. Richardson performed the best, scoring 29 points, 7 rebounds and 4 assists. Then Dunleavy also scored 22 points. Yang Di scored 13 points, 9 rebounds and 4 assists. Blocks, including 5 shots in terms of shooting, [-]% hit rate.

"Yang Di was selected to the All-Star waiting list."

With Yang Di's outstanding performance, he will undoubtedly be included in this season's All-Star candidate list. Fans in the Bay Area who have paid attention to him, as well as the majority of Chinese fans, should act immediately and prepare to vote for him. How many votes.

(End of this chapter)