NBA villain

Chapter 210 Howard's Challenge
If Howard, who is under the age of 19, is a young beast, then the 20-year-old Yang Di is a beast that is gradually showing its fangs. Although it is said that Howard has great potential, it is generally believed that compared with the current Yang Di, Howard is still will be at a disadvantage.

This made Howard a little unconvinced, he is the number one pick this year!And Yang Di was just a second-round pick last year. The two started from different starting points. How could it be possible that Yang Di, who has only played for a year, must be better than him?
So before the game started, Howard held his breath, wanting to beat the Warriors on the Oakland field and surpass Yang Di in terms of statistics.

In the evening, in the arena in Oakland.

Before the game started, Yang Di heard the electronic synthesis sound of the system.

"Immediate task, Howard's challenge (S-level) - the young No. 20 pick faced the fiery host on the west coast with a heart of challenge, his state increased by 3%, defeated the Magic, blocked Howard three times, and completed dunks three times. Task reward , S-level items are randomly rewarded, and the free attribute is increased by [-]."

Yang Di was taken aback. The S-level task shows that this task is very difficult!
That's right, Howard already has the ability of 12+10+2, and with an increase of 20%, he may directly enter the category of S-level. During this period of time, the state of the Warriors has been poor.

He looked at his teammates chatting around, closed his eyes, lowered his head, and entered the system space.

In the space, in addition to Bruce Bowen's training card, Yang Di also has a training card called "Big Heart", and only 100% of the 16% training rate has been completed.

This training card was obtained after defeating the Timberwolves, which is different from the previous template training cards.After completing all [-]% training, Yang Di will get the title of "Big Heart", so as to master the ability to keep calm and stable at critical moments of the game.

There are two trainings in Bowen's training card, one is corner three-point training, and the other is defensive training with the ball.

Yang Di has been training with Bowen to defend with the ball for the past few days, and he can basically complete another training session, but the growth effect of his defensive attributes is not much improved.Yang Di guessed that it was probably because his defensive attribute was gradually approaching the bottleneck, and if he went up, he would encounter that unknown energy redemption field again.

Deng Lewei and others around looked at Yang Di bowing his head and smiled knowingly. Yang Di always has this habit of bowing his head and closing his eyes to rest his mind. I don’t know why. It happens every day, sometimes in the training hall. , sometimes before the game, even in the locker room.

The players guessed that this was probably Yang Di's mysterious prayer from China, otherwise he would not have played so well every game.

Before the start of the game, the player admission ceremony will be carried out on the spot.

Amidst the cheers of fans in the Bay Area, Yang Di raised his arms and stood up from the bench, smiling and high-fiving his teammates.Under the dark light, everyone shouted and shouted in unison, and their morale was strong.

He stands under the basket, jumps lightly, grabs the rim with both hands, and then does several pull-ups, revealing his chiseled muscles and huge No. [-] jersey to the cameras under the basket.

Howard also has many supporters. His dunks and big caps have already made their mark in the league, and they are not bad to watch.

He waved happily and grinned like a big boy next door.

……

TNT broadcast the game, and Barkley and Smith made a bet before the game started, "The Warriors must lose again."

Barkley opened and closed his big mouth up and down, and said decisively: "The Magic have been in good shape recently, winning several games in a row, and are currently ranked fifth in the Eastern Conference with 12 wins and 6 losses, which is better than the Warriors' 5 wins and 8 losses. Much better, and most importantly, the Warriors have lost three games in a row."

Smith shook his head and retorted with a smile: "I have a different opinion. The Warriors have experienced three consecutive losses, but they have rested for three full days. This time they must have made sufficient preparations. The desire to win will be stronger than the Magic. strong."

The two couldn't argue with each other. In the end, Barkley bet that the Warriors would lose. If the Warriors won, he would eat ten hamburgers live.

Smith smiled and said that this punishment is too low-level, compared with Yao Ming's bet last time, it is almost a world away.

The camera switches to the field, and the players from both sides stand on the field and prepare for the game.

Dwight Howard, who is slender but somewhat strong, is standing in the middle circle, staring at Yang Di.Yang Di also looked at him and sneered.

Magic starting five: PG Steve - Francis, SG Cuttino - Mobley, SF Stacy - Augmon, PF Tony - Batty, C Dwight - Howard.

From the perspective of personnel composition, this is almost a replica of the Rockets last season. The difference is that Yao Ming has become Howard, and the small forward has become the 36-year-old California veteran "Plastic Man" Stacy Augmon.

The Warriors are still the starters of Fisher, Richardson, Dunleavy, Murphy and Yang Di.

The referee walked up to the center circle, held the basketball in one hand, and held the whistle to his mouth with the other.

"duo~"

With the sound of a whistle, the fans in the arena shouted violently, and the basketball was thrown straight into the air. Howard, who was holding his breath, roared, "cracked", and jumped up like a rocket launch.

Yang Di was taken aback by Howard's explosive power, and he also jumped up at the same time, but his bounce speed was obviously a bit slower than Howard's. This guy's jumping ability must be at S level!

Howard pulled the basketball away and snorted softly when it landed, as if provocative.

Yang Di looked at him, moved back in small steps, and the Magic team pressed on.

When he first entered the league, Howard didn't have any low-post skills, and the Magic's tactical arrangements for him were mainly high-post pick-and-rolls.Outside the three-point line, Francis waved at Howard.

Yang Di immediately chose to take a step back to defend. According to the player report, Francis' three-pointers have always been ineffective, and his tendency to shoot three-pointers is very low.

It was Fisher defending Francis, and Fisher stepped up and straddled Howard's pick-and-roll.

Francis is half a step ahead and speeds up with a single step. Yang Di can only stand in front of him and delay.Francis hits the ground ball to Howard who runs down.

Yang Di moved sideways in small steps and stood in front of Howard.

Howard does not have Yang Di's dribbling skills. Facing Yang Di's outstretched long arms, he directly feints with his right hand and turns around on the spot. This is one of his few offensive methods so far.

There was a playful smile on the corner of Yang Di's mouth, and Howard's offensive choice was also in his expectation.

He made a small horizontal adjustment, was not affected by his first fake move, and was still firmly in front of him. Howard made a circle, raised his right arm and raised the ball, in a half-throwing posture.

Yang Di jumped up high, with his arms straight up, and his big hands pressed down, just firmly pressing on his exposed basketball...

(End of this chapter)