I'm really good at shooting.

Sun Hao knew it would be difficult to change him, but if the monk recited scriptures too much, it would be effective.

If he has time in the future, he will come to Los Angeles to watch Yi Jianlian's games and read more scriptures.

……

After returning from Los Angeles, Sun Hao began to put his energy into training again.

Huang Tian paid off his painstaking efforts, and finally before the official start of the regular season, he successfully unlocked the "Back Step Master" badge.

After the system upgrade, the time ratio has increased, and he has been using it in the preseason, so the badge unlocking speed is much faster than before.

Step-back Master (Bronze): Slightly improves the stability of shots after taking a step-back shot.

There is no such badge in 2K, but the literal meaning is easy to understand.

And this badge is very important to him.

You must know that in the past summer, seeking more shooting space has always been the direction of his training.

This badge is the fruit of his hard work.

……

Fast forward to May 10th.

On this day, the door to the 2000-2001 NBA regular season officially opened.

Fans are looking forward to it.

There are a total of 13 games to be played on this day, the Magic played against the Pistons, the Pacers played against the Spurs, and the Lakers played against the Trail Blazers.

These may be the enemies of last season, such as the Lakers and the Trail Blazers. Last season's Western Conference Finals tiebreaker, the Blazers made a comeback in the new season of the Galaxy Battleship;

Or it may be a hand-to-hand battle, such as the Pacers and Spurs, a close-to-hand fight between two defensive players;

Or a team that has undergone major changes in the summer, such as the Magic. They ushered in the former Pistons boss and "Jordan successor" Grant Hill in the summer, as well as the talented rookie Tracy McGrady. The opponent is the Pistons.

In the NBA in the Stern era, the most indispensable thing is the script.

The Mavericks' opener is also in the spotlight.

Of course, not because of Sun Hao and Kukoc, the two newcomers, or even Nowitzki.

Unfortunately, because of their opponents.

After Jordan announced his retirement in 1998, NBA ratings plummeted.

You know, in the 90s, Jordan was the man who supported the entire NBA ratings.

But now, he's retired.

In the season he retired, there was even an atmosphere of "the NBA is going to die".

This is why Stern is eager to find out "Jordan's successor".

Grant Hill, Kobe, Iverson, these stars have all been crowned with such titles by the league or by fans.

And among these players, one person became their leader, and was even called "the man who saved the ratings" by many fans.

Vince Carter.

The four catchy shooting guards of fans in the 20th century, McGrady, Kobe, Iverson, Carter.

Carter has the least honor among the four shooting guards, and he hasn't even made it to the finals.

If the name is changed, many people should say that it is made up of the four shooting guards.

But that just goes to show how much the fans love him.

And this kind of love comes from his style of play, "UFO", all kinds of fairy dunks, a man who turns actual dunks into performances.

Of course, now, Carter is not only loved by fans because of dunks, but when no one knows that his performance will decline due to knee injuries in the future, he is a super rookie who has the opportunity to compete for a new card in the league!

Also because of him, even McGrady was forced to leave the Raptors.

If that wasn't straightforward enough, there's one point that might make more sense.

Carter actually entered the league a year later than McGrady.

而去年，也就是他新秀赛季的第二年，他场均已经能够砍下25.7分5.8板3.9助攻1.2抢断1.1封盖。

The shooting percentage was 46.5%, and the three-point shooting percentage was 40.3%.

Listing these data is quite intuitive.

And even if McGrady leaves, the Raptors are not a weak team, and their overall strength is not weaker than the Mavericks.

The good news is that their opening game is played at home, which allows them to avoid the scene they played against the Celtics before.

On the day of the game, Su Qun came to Dallas again.

During Sun Hao's preseason, he wrote two articles one after another.

One is "The Good and the Bad in Dallas" and the other is "The First Show That Shocked the World".

The previous article talked about Sun Hao's treatment in the Mavericks and the racial discrimination he discovered after his field trip to Dallas.

The next article is about Sun Hao's preseason debut.

An obvious signal, the previous article received far more attention than the latter.

The fundamental reason is that the facts are more convincing.

Just like people writing novels, only by understanding can one write a sense of substitution and resonate.

Relying on imagination alone has limited effect.

So he's back again.

And this time, he made good contact with the press, and rented a house in Dallas, planning to stay in Dallas like Zhang Weiping in Los Angeles.

When Su Qun came back, Sun Hao was also very happy. In the urban environment of Dallas, having one more person who can chat will make people feel much better.

That night, the stadium at the American Airlines Center was full.

Carter's games never lack audiences.

Entering the arena, Sun Hao let out a long breath.

The summer league events are melon seeds and peanuts, the preseason is a cold dish, and the regular season is a hot dish.

The biggest difference from the previous games is that the performance of the regular season will be included in the statistics.

Or in other words, his NBA career officially began at this moment.

With the foreshadowing of the previous games, he already knows that he can adapt to this level of competition, but he is still a little nervous.

This is the first time.

In the stands on the second floor, Su Qun and Zhang Weiping were broadcasting on TV.

Both of them were a little excited.

Also for the first time, they commented on an NBA regular season with Chinese players.

This is destined to be a historic day for the Chinese men's basketball team.

"Director Zhang, what do you think Sun Hao will do tonight?"

Su Qun had seen the big scene after all, and although he was very excited, he still controlled it.

"I think he will play well, let's not talk about anything else, he thinks he will score the most off the bench."

Zhang Weiping said with a smile that he has always been optimistic about Sun Hao.

"Just like in the preseason?"

Su Qun was not as optimistic as Zhang Weiping. After all, the regular season and the preseason were not the same.

The preseason is mainly about training, but the regular season is about winning and losing.

"That's right! It's the same as in the preseason! You can see that the old Nelson's rotation is actually relatively fixed. Sun Hao has already been squeezed in in the preseason, so he won't suddenly fall out."

Zhang Weiping replied with a smile.

Su Qun nodded. He looked at the court. The Mavericks had already started warming up in advance.

He was actually worried in his heart, but he didn't say it.

If Sun Hao averaged only eight or nine points per game like Crawford in the preseason, then if he scored 10 points, the fans would be excited.

But now Sun Hao averaged 14 points per game in the preseason!If he gets another 10 points, the fans will think his performance is average.

This is because the starting point is different, and the expectations brought about are also different.

Sun Hao's starting point is relatively too high.

But now he can only be the same as Zhang Weiping, expecting Sun Hao to perform well.

At this moment, there was a commotion at the scene.

Carter, start warming up.

Backbow, turn around, big windmill...

When warming up, Carter was a dunk show of all kinds.

He really likes to buckle, and the buckle is really nice.

In the other half, Sun Hao's eyes showed envy and jealousy.

Well, I know you will buckle, stop showing off!

Chapter 116 I Want To Raise Such A Son

After the warm-up, the starters of the two teams appeared one after another.

On the Raptors side, Mark Jackson and Carter on the outside, Collis Williams and Charles Oakley on the front, and Antonio Davis at the center.

The Mavericks' starting lineup is the same as it was in the preseason, Nash, Eisley, Finley, Nowitzki and Laettner.

Sun Hao still came off the bench, but unlike before in Boston, he sat in a significantly more forward position.

This also represents his rotation order in the team.

At this time, Alexander, who was two places away from Sun Hao, deeply felt the malice of the world.

Now no one in the Mavericks seems to remember that he was the No. 13 pick.

The game started quickly.

Sun Hao was also very focused.

When he played the Celtics in the preseason, he was very careful to find out which floor was wrong.

But that's just the tip of the iceberg, because of the habit of occupational diseases, the same as in Europe, he likes to observe when he is not playing.

Compared with the Celtics, this Raptors team, he knows a lot more people.

Mark Jackson, one of the greatest point guards of the last century, averaged more than 8 assists per game.

He is 35 years old this year, but he still averaged 8 assists per game last season, which really showed the staying power of the point guard to the fullest.

Speaking of which, his height is only 1 meters, but he is just a traditional point guard, and he is two completely different extremes from Sun Hao.

And this future is an NBA-level head coach, and he is also the kind with a very high golf quotient.

Charles Oakley, a well-known villain in the NBA, Green Artest or something, is really a younger brother in front of him.

In the opening first round, the Mavericks failed to score.

It's not about feeling bad or something, but about the fierce confrontation on the field.

Sun Hao suddenly felt that the Celtics still didn't use their full strength before, because this confrontation was really a level stronger than in the preseason.

Hands were intertwined almost the whole time, and there was a football-style collision from time to time, and they were immediately hand-to-hand after receiving the ball.

Winning or losing is related to the team's record, and the intensity of the confrontation really went up immediately.

Alexander stared straight at this scene, the confrontation was suffocating.

Sun Hao, on the other hand, looked excited. This kind of match was a hundred times better than what he had seen in his previous life, and it was much better than in the Champions League.

This kind of basketball is the real basketball!