I'm a basketball star

Chapter 132 [The first battle in Yincheng: provocation to relieve tension] (with thanks)
Twelve years ago, on October 12, 2002, was Yao Ming's NBA regular season debut.

Do you remember what team he played against?

That's right, it's the Pacers, at the Pacers' home court.

Yao Ming's debut ended in embarrassment.Played 11 minutes, only shot 1 time but missed, 0 points, 2 rebounds, 2 turnovers, 3 fouls.

The performance of 0 points made Yao Ming and Oden together become the rare "eating duck eggs" champion debut.

How many times did Lu Deng think: Yao Ming is so good, how could he not score even one point?Even if he stands still under the basket, he can pick up an offensive rebound and dunk for 1 points.

How can you get 0 points?

Lu Deng also specially found Yao Ming's interviews and biography to read, that game was naturally unavoidable, the general explanation is: he was too nervous, and he didn't play in the summer league, and he didn't play much in the preseason, almost from the national team. When I came back, I directly participated in the regular season. There was no adaptation in the early stage, and there was basically no communication and running-in with the team.

But Lu Deng thought, even so, he wouldn't get 0 points, would he?

nervous?Why be nervous? I have played so many international competitions, and I have seen all the big battles. How can I be nervous?

Until Lu Deng appeared on the stage, he still felt that nervousness was an unscientific thing. How could he be nervous?

However, the moment Luden entered the Indiana Pacers arena from the player tunnel, he suddenly understood.

What does this feel like?

Just like the bullring in Spain, when the bull enters the bullring for the first time, when he is locked in the bullpen, he can only hear faint and distant shouts and cheers outside, and cannot guess what the outside world is like.

When it was driven out of the narrow and long passage, looking around, the shouts of tens of thousands of people were mixed together, and no one would feel hairy, and no one would be at a loss.

This is how Lu Deng feels.

In the locker room just now, he was still immersed in the praise comments on his mobile phone, but when he walked out of the player tunnel, he seemed to be dragged from the quiet world into the battlefield full of gunfire. The noise was like a bomb. Instantly increased dozens of times.

The Indiana fans gave Landon a lot of applause, cheers and whistles, and of course the fans scolded their opponents.

Lu Deng suddenly felt the tension that Yao Ming had at the beginning.There was no relief from the cheers.He even had sweaty palms.

It's a scene he's never experienced in summer league.

There were very few spectators in the summer league, but today, even though it was only a preseason game, the spectators were full and crowded.

The weird uncle with a big beard holding a Coke, the black woman with a big butt twisting wildly, and the fans wearing Pacers jerseys and paint on their faces, they yelled at the stadium and couldn't hear it What are they yelling? I can only see the smiles on their faces, the ferocity, and the noise of the entire arena!
Really, Lu Deng was really nervous.This feeling of tension is many times stronger than when he first played in the college league.

"This is my first official game", he thought, "Don't be nervous, don't be nervous, you must play well!"

But it didn't work, I was still nervous and couldn't control myself.

Lao Mo slapped the ball and swayed over: "Hey, what's wrong with you? Nervous? I've never been nervous. This is the NBA. Look over there..."

Lao Mo pointed to the auditorium behind the basketball hoop. It was a green-haired fan with a mohawk cut. He held a sign in his hand that read: Yao, 0 points. Lu, 0 points!
He yelled frantically at Luden, pointing frantically at the words on the big sign.You can guess what he's talking about without even thinking about it.It seems that Lu Deng does not have him among the large number of fans he has gained.

In fact, it is useless without him!
Fans are like this, no matter how high he thinks of you, but you are my enemy, I want you to look good. "Clear love and hate" is the standard for every qualified fan.

"Hey, kid, it's embarrassing to score 0 points!" Mo Williams prodded with a half-smile, patted the ball and left.

Bennett patted Lu Deng on the shoulder: "Hey, brother, don't be nervous. I was like you at the beginning. I was shaking when I debuted. What you have to do now is to warm up and relax yourself. After the game starts , as long as the first ball is scored, this is your home court. Go, man, warm up and go."

"Thank you!" Lu Deng was grateful for Bennett's thoughtfulness.

But he didn't warm up, he knew himself best, and warming up wasn't enough to ease his tension.If he is not nervous, he doesn't need to warm up at all, and he can score when he goes on the court, which is more microwave than a microwave oven.

However, if you have been so tense, even warming up is useless.Right now, he has to adapt to the current atmosphere.

This is the first game. Hundreds of millions of fans around the world are watching his game. He must play well, and there must be no embarrassment of 0 points.

The best way to relieve tension is to face it, and Luden has his own way.

He picked up a basketball from the ground, held the ball with one hand in his right hand, and walked around the sideline with his hand high, looking for every fan who was shouting the loudest, and looking at them.

For the fans, this is nothing short of provocative.

How can fans who "distinguish between love and hate" tolerate the other party's wild behavior!Neither can you, Lu Deng!You can't give George a hundred Kung Fu Pandas!
Everywhere Luden went, he ignited the anger of the fans.They yelled, yelled, cursed, and raised their middle fingers at Lu Deng even more frantically, and some took out their mobile phones to film Lu Deng.

Slowly, Lu Deng got a feeling, it seemed that this was the smell he was familiar with.

It would be even better if we could scold each other.

But no, the reporters gathered around and followed Lu Deng.

They have never seen such an entrance ceremony. The little emperor James is crazy enough to throw chalk. Every time he goes to a city, he will get countless curses. Even that is not as crazy as Lu Deng.

The basketball in Lu Deng's hand is like a sword and a flag. He wants to plant the sword and the flag on the highest point of the city, swearing hegemony over the city.

After a lap, Lu Deng was completely relaxed.

Nervousness is like a durian. Walking around, it’s like cutting the durian open, and you can see the flesh inside, which is far less repulsive than the hard thorns wrapped outside!
The metaphor of fruit seems inappropriate.

It's more like this, the stadium is a pot of hot water, and Luden is a glass of cold water. After this lap, Luden's glass of cold water has heated up, which is consistent with the temperature of the stadium. Both sides have resonated and adapted!
Landon was completely relaxed, he couldn't wait to cool down the stadium with a goal!

The game was about to start and the field was about to be cleared. A reporter hurriedly grabbed Lu Deng and asked, "What do you mean by holding the ball around the field? Is it a provocation?"

Lu Deng smiled: "No, no, no, I never provoke, I pay tribute to all the fans. In the final analysis, the fans are the parents of the players! Without the fans, the athletes are nothing, let alone become famous, so, Every player should thank the fans, and you should also thank the media, thank you."

The reporter was very moved when he heard this, look at Lu Deng's quality!Must like!

(For every author, readers are their parents. By the way, I would like to thank you for your tolerance and support. Thank you!)

(The exam ended on March 3. I feel that I did well in the exam. I will code well in the future and wait for the exam results to be released.)
(Thanks to the brothers who have been supporting me recently. Especially thanks to the "Laughing Flounder" who is ranked first in the fan list, as well as the new works of the great god, Yueran Jianjia, Q Ball Dad, he slept in the summer, fantasy yearning, wind blowing Yang Liu, Yu Huizi, etc.)
(End of this chapter)